However, this was only a temporary respite, and by nightfall General Song admitted that further combat was futile and withdrew the main force of Chinese 29th Route Army south of the Yungging River.
Dette var dog kun en midlertidig udsættelse, og til aften indrømmede general Sung, at yderligere kamp var nytteløs og trak hovedparten af den 29. kinesiske armé tiltabe til syd for Yungging floden.