In a fury he trampled the image under his feet and (it is said) put to death all except one whom he sent back with his message to the Golden Horde.

The astonished Khan sent word that he would pardon him if he would come to Sarai and kiss his stirrup.
At last Ivan consented to lead his own army to meet that of the enraged Khan.

The two armies confronted each other on the banks of the Oka.
Then after a pause of several days, suddenly both were seized with a panic and fled.

And so in this inglorious fashion in 1480, after three centuries of oppression and insult, Russia slipped from under the Mongol yoke.

There were many Mongol invasions after this.