Chapter 948: Defeat and Hidden Dangers
In the early morning, the sun was shining brightly. Rahul stood on the high platform. The complicated military formation had already been fully arranged. Standing in the morning sun were the Kushan officers, surrounded by a group of generals whose internal energy could break through the boundaries, guarding Rahul. The army was as powerful as a dragon, and its momentum was as high as the sky.
Rahul rode his horse and stood proudly in the center of the army. A group of officers had already hidden in the army. If Wei Yan had not had excellent eyesight, he would not have been able to see Rahul standing under the big flag.
As a Wei Yan who had fought against many military gods and famous generals, Wei Yan knew that competing with Rahul in command would be courting death, and competing with Rahul in strategy would also be courting death. Han Xin had educated him in more than one way.
Facing an opponent who is far stronger than him, surprise is of no use in winning. In fact, that surprise may be a means for others to manipulate you into gambling, and you will be crushed to ashes in one blow.
"Lord Galan! I'm here. Only one of us can leave here today!" Rahul greeted Wei Yan.
Rahul's visualization of gods and Buddhas was fully passed on to Peacock by him. Now, his internal energy is all from the Beigui system, which is also a surprise he prepared for Guan Yu.
He possesses his own talent for legionary and command, which is far more powerful than the power brought by visualizing gods and Buddhas, which is why he believes that humans are superior to gods.
Because he who is man-centered is stronger than he who is God-centered.
But after Rahul lost his clairvoyance, he couldn't see Wei Yan's problem from a distance.
"Report!" Just when Rahul was about to say a few words, a stream of light flew over from the sky, and a boundary-breaking warrior covered his wound and shouted loudly in the sky.
"The Galan God is in Wang's City..."
Before he finished speaking, a bright green light extended from afar, and then the world-breaking warrior was cut in half.
"Damn it!" Rahul's face changed drastically, but soon stabilized.
"What a good plan! It's really a good plan! But can you hold on to it?"
Rahul said loudly, it’s just that we have lost the advantage. Now that we are back on the same starting line, I will eat you baits first!
"Attack with all your forces!" Rahul ordered loudly.
As Rahul said, all the pressure now fell on Wei Yan, how he and Meng Huo would face the furious Kushan army.
"retreat!"
Wei Yan announced his retreat without saying a word. He had no intention of resisting at all.
He was no match for Rahul in terms of command, as there was also Peacock on the opposite side, so he had to fight Rahul with his head. However, he was not in a hurry, as Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were not far behind him, otherwise he would have slipped away the moment he saw the Kushan army.
"Chase, never let the Han army go!"
Rahul's eyes were cold. He knew that this was the only chance to weaken the Han army. After this time, the two armies would face off head-on.
"Peacock burst!"
Arrows as big as gun barrels covered over, and more importantly, gun barrels of the same size appeared again on the horizon at this time.
Wei Yan knew that this wave of arrows would definitely cause heavy casualties, so he immediately turned on the desperate mode. With multiple talents added to his body, the brilliant legion's total light blades blasted towards the spears in the sky in perfect condition.
A terrifying roar, accompanied by great luck, knocked away half of the spears, but the remaining spears still whistled towards the Han army.
"Thirty-five miles to the north, thirty-one degrees off the mark, counterattack with all your might!"
Meng Huo's head was about to explode at this time. Regardless of the loss, he instantly caught the peacock's location.
But the bad thing is, they have no way to counter Peacock.
They can only rely on Changshui to launch a forced counterattack, but compared to other elite troops who can only suffer blows now, at least they can still kill a dozen or twenty Peacock Soldiers.
Three waves of arrows were shot out. Even at the same beyond visual range, the spears flying thirty-five miles still had deadly lethality. However, if they were replaced with heavy arrows, even if they contained special powers, they could no longer break through the elephant soldiers with heavy armor when they exploded and scattered after landing.
The Peacock Legion is now completely different from what it used to be. Not only has it recovered the level of six-round continuous shooting, but its defense has also increased sharply. If you have to say, they are now more like three talents rather than some kind of royal guards.
In fact, if it weren't for the joint transmission of talents and the omissions, the combined power of the two top guards might be able to achieve a miracle.
Except for the first wave of arrow rain counterattack, in which more than a dozen people were killed due to negligence, the losses in the next two waves dropped sharply, and basically no casualties were caused.
Looking at the wailing Han army, Rahul commanded the Lancer Guards and heavy infantry to charge directly. As for the Rangers, they went around from the east, apparently preparing to cut off the Han army's retreat.
Rahul wants to completely annihilate these 100,000 people in this place.
"Today is the time to achieve success!"
Niranjan did not hesitate at all and rushed out of the city with the Patta Armored Regiment, and then all the soldiers defending the city rushed out without leaving a single one behind.
They forced their way deep into the enemy's territory and were attacked by the violent army that Wei Yan had dispatched with his cloud energy. Almost in an instant, Niranjan suffered huge losses, but they didn't care at all. As long as they could hold on to the Han army, all their sacrifices would be worth it.
At the same time, another wave of spears fell from the sky, even though one of Xu Shu's backup plans for Wei Yan, the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Death Formation to defend against arrows, had already been activated.
The light curtain has completely covered this area, but it is meaningless. More than 100,000 Han soldiers cannot run away just because they want to. Peacock only needs to attack continuously.
The third wave of spears had already fallen towards the position of Eight Gates Golden Lock, and the Eight Gates Golden Lock was instantly forced down.
At this time, the Changshui Camp had already stopped firing, and three consecutive counterattacks were already their limit. However, more importantly, when this wave landed, the fourth wave had already appeared on the horizon.
If they counterattack again, the Eight Gates Golden Lock will be broken, and the next spear will completely destroy Changshui.
Meng Huo led the rattan armor soldiers to cover the retreat and fought desperately, but he was powerless facing the army commanded by Rahul.
Faced with the high-spirited Kushan army at this time, Meng Huo's counterattack could at most delay some time.
"Kapil, don't hold back. Give the power of the Imperial Scepter to the front line. They will all die today!" Rahul did not hold back at all. Not only the Peacock, but even the Imperial Scepter was given without reservation.
The power of the Imperial Scepter was bestowed on the spear and shield soldiers on the front line, and instantly jumped to the level of pseudo-third talent. The elite rattan armor soldiers led by Meng Huo began to retreat directly.
When the fifth wave of spears landed, Meng Huo was directly pierced by a crossbow arrow from the Peacock Legion. Then Rahul took advantage of the opportunity and stabbed his cavalry directly forward. Almost instantly, the rattan armor soldiers themselves suffered heavy losses. Meng Huo's remaining troops were directly defeated by Rahul.
"Haha, the Han army is giving away these 100,000 troops for free. I really feel polite." Rahul sneered as he watched Meng Huo and Wei Yan's desperate escape.
Xu Shu's plan was very good, but he missed one thing, which was Rahul's speed in killing young people.
According to Xu Shu's calculations, it would take at least one to two days for Rahul to defeat Wei Yan and his men. This time was enough for Zhuge Liang and his men to break the encirclement and rescue Wei Yan and his men. The two sides would then completely confront each other, test each other, and then a war would break out.
Rahul revealed almost all of his cards, which was certainly disadvantageous to the large-scale battles that followed, but the actual number of enemies killed was obviously worth it.
Xu Shu’s plan was good, but he had never expected Rahul’s change in mentality.
In his calculations, Rahul must be cautious in every step and use the momentum of a great victory to threaten Zhuge Liang.
But Rahul did not do so. He chose to use his talent, which had not yet been accumulated to its maximum, and directly took down this wave of Han army in one wave.
One hundred thousand is just a bonus to the two armies overall, but the problem is that after Rahul understood Bai Qi's way of fighting, he realized that it was to destroy the enemy's manpower as much as possible.
Even if he defeated the Han Dynasty in a later battle, it would be difficult for them to counterattack the Han Dynasty's homeland.
So he chose to kill the enemy, which was the only way he could defeat the Han Dynasty.
By relying on Peacock to kill enemies day after day, there is always a chance to wipe out the Han Dynasty.
I have to say that Rahul’s thinking is very strange, but the problem is that Wei Yan and Meng Huo can’t resist it at all.
Defeat, unimaginable defeat.
"Your pupils are almost dilated? Quick, medicine!"
Wei Yan frantically covered the big hole on Meng Huo's chest. Unlike the penetrating wounds of ordinary arrows, the penetrating power of Peacock's arrow could directly make a hole. Fortunately, Meng Huo was not an ordinary person, otherwise he would have died long ago with a big hole close to his heart.
Meng Huo's dying breath caused Wei Yan to feel indescribable panic in his heart. Commanding a large army to attack without reservation and full of murderous intent made him unable to breathe.
After all, simulation and reality are different. Firstly, Wei Yan cannot command so many people, and secondly, Rahul has the advantage in military strength.
This is a situation that has never occurred in the teaching of Han Xin and others.
In their teaching, the most basic situation is that both sides are balanced, or Han Xin and his team are directly at a disadvantage.
There has never been a time when Han Xin, Bai Qi and others had the overall advantage to deal with them, because everyone knew that it was meaningless, but now Wei Yan is facing such a situation.
He doesn't see a glimmer of hope. An opponent who is stronger than him and has more troops than him in terms of quantity and quality is now determined to kill him.
He couldn't think of any way to win, so he could only run away.
Big defeat!
This was the first major defeat since the war between the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Empire. Although Xu Shu had buried a sharp knife in the back of the Kushan Empire, he paid an extremely heavy price in return.
After Wei Yan and others were rescued by the troops led by Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, they finally got a chance to catch their breath.
Rahul stopped at this point. If they continued to fight, they would be at a disadvantage as they had no trump card. It would be better for them to retreat first and wait for Peacock to recover before fighting with the Han Dynasty.
"Our casualty ratio is more than five times that of the Han Dynasty?"
After Rahul stopped, Brah, who had joined them, looked at Rahul as if he had seen a ghost.
"Well, it's about one to seven." Rahul didn't answer, but Durga on the side helped to give an explanation. After all, Brach was also the commander of an army and was a direct descendant of the royal family.
"We are one, and the Han Dynasty is seven?" Brach asked Durga in shock.
“Yes,” Durga said with a sigh.
"It's really amazing." Brach looked at Rahul with a complicated expression. This was probably the first time since three hundred years ago that the Great Yuezhi had achieved a decent result against the Han Dynasty.
In contrast, Brahe was like a complete idiot. Although they were fighting with superior forces, his casualties were almost ten times that of the Han Dynasty.
"The main reason is that Niranjan suffered too much loss in his attempt to retain the Han army!" Oswald sighed. The front battlefield was almost a crushing defeat, and the casualties were basically caused by Niranjan rushing out of the city.
"We have killed nearly 50,000 people. Why is the general so unhappy?"
Brach was a little confused and asked Oswald quietly. He didn't dare to talk to Rahul now because he felt that he was not a good match.
"God Galan has gathered many believers in the rear!" Oswald sighed again.
"Isn't this expected ?" Brach didn't understand. Wasn't this the expected situation? Why was he still unhappy?
"This time, Galan God did not use the name of a god. The believers who came over were just because the Han Dynasty treated the people better than we did..." Oswald glanced at Rahul secretly, then whispered to Brach.
Brach understood instantly that things like public opinion and Brahmins were indeed annoying.
They were clearly fighting on their own soil, but surprisingly the Han army was more popular among the people. How could this not confuse a commander?
Of course, this is just confusion. What's worse is that Guan Yu originally had only 10,000 or 20,000 people. Although it is worth paying attention to, he still has a way to deal with it.
But now it’s different. Guan Yu is recruiting soldiers in their native land as if he were at home. Rahul couldn’t imagine how much harm it would cause even if they were simply armed.
He seemed to have won the battlefield, but he lost miserably in the overall situation.
Guan Yu is now really like a sword of Darkness hanging over the heads of the Kushans, ready to strike, which is chilling.
At least Brahe felt scared just by imagining it.
But he was very glad that it was Rahul, not him, who had to face the pressure, and he only needed to obey Rahul's orders.
On the other side is Wang’s City.
Thanks to the blessings brought by the title of Tianfu Zhenjun, they found it easier to recruit soldiers than expected, and they easily recruited more than 50,000 people, even some elite soldiers among them.
They all admired the blessings brought to them by Tianfu Zhenjun, but the Kushans deprived them of these blessings, so they spontaneously hated the Kushans.
In addition, some of Brahma's die-hard fans joined Guan Yu's army.
Guan Yu is a god, so they can ignore the battle with Brahma, but Rahul Arvind and others are human beings, and they dared to kill the god, which is disrespectful.
When Xu Shu received the news, he was silent for a long time, and then silently bowed towards the direction of the battlefield.
"Yuanzhi!" Guan Yu hesitated to speak.
"Yunchang, there is no need to comfort me. This is Yuanzhi's fault!" Xu Shu stood up. Although a man of great virtue is not in charge of an army, the loss was too great. This was a mistake in his plan and he should be held responsible for it.
"Let's talk about it after we defeat the Kushans. I won't fall just like that!"
Xu Shu straightened his body, like an indestructible sword.
