Chapter 386: The Fear of the Night
Just as Jin Enyun expected, Xue Rengui's attack was indeed fierce, but his number was too small, and he was quickly stopped by the surrounding generals.
The generals who heard that Xue Rengui had defeated Yeon Gaesomun were very tactful and did not attack him to death. Instead, they used their legions to attack Xue Rengui, making him look very embarrassed.
"Hahaha, after I capture this guy, I'd like to see how Yeon Gaesomun handles himself." Kim Eun-yoon laughed.
For these generals, they could not defeat Yeon Gaesomun, but the reason why they could suppress Yeon Gaesomun was because they relied on a solid foundation. No matter how strong Yeon Gaesomun was, it was meaningless in front of the army.
Xue Rengui quickly began to retreat. Even he found it difficult to withstand the attack of the legion.
However, a smile appeared on Xue Rengui's lips. This was exactly the effect he wanted.
"Retreat ! Retreat quickly!" Xue Rengui shouted loudly and was about to leave with his soldiers.
"Chase him, don't let him run away!" Jin Eun-yoon quickly mobilized his confidants to chase him. Xue Rengui is a big fish, a big fish that is big enough for him to overwhelm Yeon Gaesomun, and he can't be allowed to get away like this.
Jin Enyun, who only had Xue Rengui in his eyes, did not notice that the defense of his camp had been completely deformed. Everyone was moving towards Xue Rengui, forcibly pulling the entire camp into the shape of an isosceles triangle.
Maybe he saw it, but he didn't care. After all, his opponent was right in front of him. It wouldn't be a bad idea to chase him and capture Xue Rengui and then go back to rearrange the camp.
However, he obviously had no chance. The front army camp, which had been pulled away from the front line by Xue Rengui, became more empty than ever before.
"Follow me and kill!" A loud roar came from another direction. Just when the attention of the generals in the front army camp was attracted by Xue Rengui, Wen Chou led another troop and rushed straight towards the camp.
"You don't know how to live or die! You, you, you go back and stop him. I will come back after I catch Xue Rengui!"
Jin Enyun disagreed. Wen Chou's men were not that numerous, only about four or five thousand in number. The number was too small, so it would be meaningless even if they took them by surprise.
Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sky, and the whole earth became pitch dark again.
Unlike the soldiers in Youzhou, Goryeo was not extravagant enough to popularize meat. Soldiers with night blindness ate one handful of meat after another. It would be fine at normal times, but losing vision at this time was not a good thing.
At this moment, not only the Goryeo soldiers were stunned, but even Kim Eun-yoon was stunned. He had already realized what would happen next.
As he expected, there were sudden shouts and cries of killing from all directions, as if enemies were attacking from all directions.
What was supposed to be Goryeo's camp turned out to be like Han's camp, with sounds of fighting and killing everywhere.
The moment the dark clouds blocked the moonlight, the originally bright light was completely swallowed up by the darkness, which seemed even quieter. However, the next moment, the sounds of crazy fighting and the clashing of metal broke out.
The Goryeo soldiers were visibly in a panic. People often lose their rationality in the dark, and the suddenness of the incident was bound to cause chaos and even camp shouting.
The moment darkness fell, the Goryeo soldiers who were originally chasing Xue Rengui found that their field of vision began to narrow. After the darkness fell completely, they could not even see the comrades around them.
"It's over! Form a formation and retreat!"
Jin Enyun, the commander of the front army camp, had his eyes darkened. Looking at the opponent's orderly movements, he knew that he had lost. In this situation, let alone the advantage in troop strength, even if the opponent had only 10,000 people, they would definitely be able to hang up and beat your hundreds of thousands of blind men.
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!" Kim Eun-yoon's rich experience told him that he would definitely lose, so he turned around and ran without any hesitation.
Even if he knew his own business well, he could imagine what would happen next. If he didn't run away now, the army would be in chaos and his own people would break up the formation, and he would be beheaded.
Although he is arrogant, he was also a man who was defeated by Yeon Gaesomun, so he naturally knows what will happen when facing a general of Yeon Gaesomun's level.
There was absolutely no way he could be the enemy who had defeated Yeon Gaesomun, so the most important thing he should do was to run away and preserve his strength.
Anyway, the entire army stretched for hundreds of miles, so he only had to retreat to a safe area and gather the defeated soldiers after daybreak. It was pitch dark, and Xue Rengui and his men couldn't kill many soldiers. The maximum loss would be more than 10,000 people.
"Retreat, the entire army retreat to other camps!" He directly released the internal energy out of his body, using it as a light source, and loudly guided the soldiers to run away.
"Swoosh!" An arrow quickly passed by his body and stabbed into the ground.
Jin Enyun quickly gathered his internal energy and rolled to the side, wiping the cold sweat from his head. He no longer dared to speak loudly to attract Xue Rengui's attention. He ran away silently with his confidants.
"Archers shoot, cavalry charge, disperse them! We can't let them get away like this!"
Wen Chou shouted orders to his soldiers. Compared to the Goryeo soldiers who were in a panic because they could hardly see any people in the darkness, they were in the camp and could see more clearly.
In addition, they had been informed of everything in advance, so they appeared very calm, completely different from the confused Goryeo soldiers.
Wen Chou's hoarse roar made the Goryeo army, which had already become like headless flies, even more chaotic. The subsequent arrows made several Goryeo soldiers scream, and the heavy blows almost caused the Goryeo army to collapse in an instant.
The formation that was originally crowded together to hunt down Xue Rengui turned into a deadly formation, and all the soldiers began to push each other in panic, trying to disperse.
The soldiers of Wen Chou's army accurately carried out Wen Chou's orders. They formed teams of a hundred people and did not seek to kill the enemy, but to disrupt the organized retreat of the Goryeo soldiers. They would rather give up killing and casualties than to break up the organizational strength of the Goryeo troops.
The ambushing troops who had been shouting and killing before also rushed forward according to Wen Chou's orders. The Goryeo soldiers who were in chaos did not dare to fight back at all. Their minds were blank and they could only remember Jin Eun-yoon's order to retreat.
In fact, Jin Enyun's decision was correct. No matter how hard Xue Rengui and Wen Chou tried, only a small number of Goryeo soldiers were left. The vast majority of Goryeo soldiers fled to the three camps of the left army, the right army, and the center army.
On the other side, Xue Rengui turned his horse around and shouted to Wen Chou, "I will go after the enemy commander, and you lead the entire army to pursue them. We must not give them any chance to catch their breath!"
They worked so hard to design a battle not just to defeat a camp, but to win a complete victory.
