The news of Dongchang's defeat spread back to Peiping. In shock, Zhu Gaochi broke the tea cup in his hand.
General Zhang Yu was killed in the battle. The Yan army suffered more than 100,000 casualties and elites, and the rest fled. Sheng Yong took advantage of the victory and pursued him from Dongchang to Guantao. He fought several battles in a row. King Yan personally led the army to the rear and secured a way out for the army.
Sheng Yong took advantage of the situation to attack Dezhou, and Ping An led his cavalry to attack Zhending. Wu Jie, the Marquis of Anlu who was stationed in Dezhou, was defeated and led his army back to Hebei. Xu Zhong also retreated from Zhending to Baoding.
The Yan army, which had previously been highly motivated and victorious in consecutive battles, was driven back to Hebei from Shandong by Sheng Yong like a duck after the battle in Dongchang. Along the way, there were countless grains, armors, ordnance discarded, and countless horses lost.
Zhu Gaochi's face turned pale. He didn't care about his manners. He stood up and grabbed Qianhu Liu Jiang who was delivering the letter, and asked anxiously: "Father, are you okay?"
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