Chapter 978 I Laugh at Zhuge Shaozhi
"General, the flank facing the Youyun Cavalry has been routed!"
The lookout gave the order with a grim face. When he was scanning the battlefield before, his eyes met Zhang Fei's, and at that moment the lookout's heartbeat suddenly stopped for a moment.
"Dispatch the rear army's flank guards to defend, and dispatch all the crossbows and catapults to suppress the Han army's Youyun Cavalry. Regardless of the losses to both sides, concentrate all the war equipment to destroy the Youyun Cavalry."
After hearing the news from the lookout, Rahul knew that the battle was probably over, but he could not panic at this time.
Zhang Fei must be defeated. This has become more important than commanding. Zhang Fei must be defeated at all costs.
"General, if this happens, our front line will be completely unsustainable." The staff officer beside Rahul said in fear, but when he looked up he only saw Rahul's cold eyes.
Then the staff officer's head fell to the ground. Rahul no longer cared about convincing people with reason. Now any voice questioning him would be ruthlessly killed by him.
"Follow the order!" Rahul ordered sternly. He knew very well that after more than ten years, he had to face failure again. Unlike the previous failures where he could find excuses, Rahul lost this time without any excuse.
The opponent used his real ability to defeat him directly. It can be said that he lost sincerely and had no complaints at all.
Following Rahul's order, the catapults and crossbows that were originally providing support to the front turned around with difficulty and concentrated their fire in the direction of the Youyun Cavalry.
At this time, Rahul no longer cared about things like hit rate, nor did he care about things like accidentally hurting his own people.
With just one order, all the reserves of war weapons were emptied, even if it meant covering the Kushan Legion that was defeated by the Youyun Cavalry. If he didn't defeat the Youyun Cavalry today it would be Rahul's ability if he could withdraw a legion!
Following Rahul's order, hundreds of spears shot out from the direction where Zhang Fei broke through. The burning tung oil cans in the sky spun, pouring out a wave of fire that covered the direction of the Youyun Cavalry. Of course, more Kushan soldiers were inevitably covered as well.
But at this time, Rahul no longer cared about these things.
With just one glance, Rahul determined that the legion that posed the greatest threat to all the legions on the entire battlefield was Zhang Fei's Youyun Cavalry, and he gave up the barely maintained front army without hesitation.
He thought he had overestimated Zhang Fei's ability to fear as much as possible, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated it.
What Oswald called terrifying was truly terrifying, not the adjective that Rahul habitually thought of.
Now even a commander like Rahul could feel the chilling fear when he looked in the direction of Zhang Fei. So Rahul didn't need to think too much to understand what kind of pressure Zhang Fei's legions were facing.
However, this is not actually Rahul's mistake. After all, it was the first time that Zhang Fei's nine layers of restraints were removed, and the information Rahul had was still more than the previous three layers. The gap between the two was too big.
Struggling with the support of crossbows and catapults is not Rahul's character.
Since defeat has already occurred, then stalemate and struggle will only mean watching the guillotine being pressed down little by little. It is better to give it a try, give up part of the troops, or even end this war to accumulate cards for the next time!
"Today, either you die or I die!" Seeing the slings carrying kerosene flying towards the Youyun Cavalry, retreat was impossible. If they fought, they would be engulfed in flames. At this point, Zhang Fei's fierceness burst out, "Open them!"
In a single breath, Zhang Fei forcibly extracted his legion talent from the elite talent. Fortunately, this was an elite talent based on the legion talent structure. Otherwise, Zhang Fei would not be able to do this even if he wanted to.
Along with Zhang Fei's roar, Zhang Fei, who represented the ultimate fear, directly activated his talents to the fullest. The momentum of his soldiers was forced by Zhang Fei's legion to the level where each person had refined their Qi into Gang. Also, many soldiers collapsed on the spot.
The next moment, kerosene fell on their heads, and Zhang Fei's army launched a counterattack directly under the kerosene in an extremely crazy manner.
The fear that had already begun to grow was directly detonated by Zhang Fei at this moment. Faced with Zhang Fei's elite army head-on, many soldiers simply threw away their weapons and armor and fled.
Withstanding the burning flames, Zhang Fei's army was like evil spirits crawling out of a scorching hell, and in a very short time they crushed the Kushan soldiers facing their army.
But at this moment, Zhang Fei's heart was bleeding. He was the only one who knew what taking this step meant to him. The legion had been so hard to discipline and organize, and if only a thousand people were left after this battle, it was already a sign of Zhang Fei's good training.
Rahul felt dizzy but still failed to stop it. Even with the desperate destructive attack, Zhang Fei successfully broke through the flank.
"Report, General, the rear army has been breached by the Galan God!"
The messenger once again brought bad news to Rahul. If Zhang Fei's breakthrough laid the foundation for his defeat, then Guan Yu's breakthrough directly sentenced him to defeat.
"Report, General, the right wing has completely collapsed!"
"Kill!" Zhao Yun's voice came along with the news of the Kushan flank's collapse. At this time, even if Rahul wanted to withdraw soldiers from the flank, he could not do it.
The two cavalrymen, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, have completely caused the entire flank to collapse.
The sudden collapse of the rear army has left Rahul with no chance to adjust.
The army was well commanded, but if the battle line suddenly collapsed before effective adjustments were made, then unless Rahul had the troops to reinforce and gather the defeated troops, he could only watch this scene.
Rahul now remembers wanting to vomit blood , but he knows that he has already lost this battle, and the difference between a big defeat or a small defeat will come next.
Realizing this, Rahul directly abandoned all the legions that had come into contact with the Han Dynasty and chose to retreat towards the northwest with the existing troops.
Unfortunately, if this incident had happened before, Rahul would have had a buffer period and could have adjusted the entire army's deployment, withdrawing part of the troops for siege, and then trying his best to escape unscathed.
However, the current situation makes it impossible for Rahul to do so.
Rahul could only close his eyes in pain and flee all the way to the northwest. As for how many elite soldiers could survive in the end, it all depended on their fate.
Even if the cavalry of Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were just a drop in the ocean in terms of size, the current situation was doomed by then. These two cavalrymen would pierce through the Kushan's flank without any regard and then directly smash the Kushan's battle line.
When both sides are in a stable state, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun will definitely not be able to do this. As long as Rahul is given some time, he can easily block the two armies.
However, it is said that if both parties are in a stable state.
Unfortunately, is it stable now?
What stability? Rahul is not a fool. He sees it clearly.
That means all the people in the front and rear armies and the right wing will be put on the heads of the center army and the left wing, and on Rahul's head. Who can handle this?
If you don't see or feel some things yourself, it's hard to understand the fear other people feel when facing them. And now Rahul suddenly realized that his arrangement was wrong!
No, it wasn't that his arrangement was wrong, but that he wanted to win too much.
If you want to win, you will make mistakes, and if you make mistakes, you will reveal your flaws. This is the sin of arrogance.
Rahul has good eyesight and judgment. In the current situation, it doesn't matter whether Zhang Fei arrives a little later or Guan Yu attacks a little earlier. These are not the most critical.
The most crucial thing was that Zhuge Liang induced him to push his military strength to the extreme, giving him the illusion that he could flatten the enemy with just a little more effort.
But in fact, the opponent was not only at ease in facing his extreme attack, but also had a sure win.
Every little mistake he made was actually not important. When he had the energy to spare, he had a thousand ways to make up for it.
But when he was trying to suppress Zhuge Liang with all his strength, these small mistakes became huge mistakes that cost him his life.
"Retreat!" Rahul looked at the irreversible situation and decisively began to retreat.
However, the next moment, a rain of arrows from the Changshui Camp directly covered them. In the chaotic situation, it was difficult for Huang Zhong to determine Rahul's location. But the situation had come to this point, and if the Changshui Camp did not take some heads, it might not be able to bear it.
Then, as Huang Zhong used the Shesheng Camp to remotely kill the Kushan command system that was barely maintaining its organization, the entire Kushan army finally collapsed completely.
At this moment, the situation has completely become that the general does not know his soldiers, and the soldiers do not know their general.
Zhuge Liang did not say a word and divided half of his troops to chase the fleeing Kushan army in the west.
Rahul must be forced to have no more time to think, as Pang Tong had just passed the message to Zhuge Liang.
They did not kill Oswald, but Guan Xing and Zhang Bao led a large army to attack the opposite side, which gave Zhang Fei the opportunity to come out and attack the formation.
Once Oswald picked up Zhuge Liang, his ultimate killing plan would fail, and he would have to force Oswald to stay behind to cover their retreat.
"Whoever stands in my way will die!" Zhao Yun stared at Rahul and chased him without hesitation with his cavalry.
The commander's assassins who stayed behind to cover the retreat lost their internal energy and were stabbed through by Zhao Yun at the first sight.
In just a short time, Zhao Yun killed thirteen Kushan generals and officers, and no one was able to match him wherever he went.
As the Kushan cloud gradually dissipated, the officers and soldiers below the level of breaking through the boundary were simply unable to face Zhao Yun.
But in the end, the troops were not enough and Rahul's position was lost.
"Ah, Rahul broke through, or was Rahul killed and penetrated the side and successfully broke through?"
Fa Zheng looked into the distance and spoke in a tone that Huang Zhong could not understand at all. At this moment, Huang Zhong vaguely felt that something was wrong.
"Xiaozhi, why do you say that?"
After Dafantian ran away, Huang Zhong chose to return to the archer camp and led the archers to kill the remaining commanders of Kushan. The effect was very good, and Kushan could hardly form a decent resistance.
"Hehehe, surround three sides and leave one side open. Do you think Zhuge Kongming would leave such an obvious loophole?" Fa Zheng's face looked a little bad.
Huang Zhong didn't understand. In his opinion, being able to win was already a great achievement. It turned out that this was exactly what Zhuge Liang meant. From the very beginning, he was fighting with the mentality of completely annihilating the Kushans.
In other words, Zhuge Liang still has some energy left?
Is this still a human? What kind of rubbish game is this? He still has energy left after playing it to this extent.
On the other side, although Rahul had a splitting headache and the backlash of taking banned drugs appeared, he knew that he had to hold on at this time.
And although he suffered heavy losses this time, the Kushans could still hold on. After all, the core area was the foundation of the Kushans, and it didn't matter if all the lands were given to the Han army.
The strategic depth of the Kushans determined that they would have many opportunities to turn the tables. This was just a failure on the battlefield, not the final failure.
"General, how are you?" Kusroyi ran to Rahul. "The Han army has sent almost half of its troops to chase us!"
"Chasing us?" Rahul was stunned, then reacted quickly.
"Let your men charge to the front. Oswin should not have been defeated yet, he is just being held back. There are still Han troops ahead. Go and fight your way out and meet Oswin!"
Rahul reacted and thought that if Oswin was there, he would have rescued him. After losing like this, he might as well cut the loss now.
As Rahul expected, they saw Oswin, Guan Ping and others not long after they ran.
"Damn it!" Wei Yan's face was gloomy. He was transferred here by Zhuge Liang in order to lead Guan Ping and others to kill Oswald and make sure there would be no more accidents on this road, but something happened now.
Oswald's Sun Knights were more resilient than he thought. Even though they had the advantage in numbers, they were unable to capture Oswald.
"Let him go, we will stop as many as we can!" Wei Yan gritted his teeth and followed Zhuge Liang's previous instructions and went straight to Rahul's side.
"Hehehe!" Rahul covered his head. Compared to Zhuge Liang, Wei Yan was too naive.
The idea was good, to let Oswald and them leave directly, and try to intercept as many of their manpower as possible, but it was too presumptuous.
"Kusroyi, press forward directly, defeat them together with Oswin, and make them a stumbling block for the Han army's pursuit!"
Rahul planned the script in an instant. Now, no matter how many people he left behind, it was only a matter of time for the Han army to be defeated.
But if it was the Han army that blocked the Han army's pursuit, then they would be able to withdraw more soldiers.
Kusroyi rushed forward with his remaining troops, and Wei Yan quickly realized the drawback of this tactic.
"No, this is impossible. I have overlooked something. How could Zhuge Kongming give such a stupid order?"
Wei Yan was puzzled. He realized the loophole very quickly. How could Zhuge Liang not know about it? Could it be that even the wisest man can make mistakes?
"Hahahaha, Zhuge is not smart, Guan Yu is not strategic, they are both young after all. If they set up an ambush here...!!!"
Rahul endured the severe pain and thought wildly, but it was this wild thought that made Rahul break out in a cold sweat.
And at this moment, a long roar resounded through the sky.
"Rahul, prepare to die! Xiliang Ma Mengqi has been waiting for a long time!"
