Chapter 597: Defeat
Guan Yu led the army all the way forward, and it only took an hour to come to Happy Valley.
This is a rare flat land, the terrain is very open, even if it is used for cavalry combat, although there are only 2,000 cavalry under Guan Yu's command, but if it can be used well, it will definitely be able to play a vital role in the battle situation, and even turn the tide of the battle at a critical moment.
Because of this, although the road was difficult, Guan Yu insisted on bringing the two thousand cavalry all the way from Chengdu here.
"General, the enemy army has been spotted ahead." At this moment, the spy stepped forward and said to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu nodded when he heard this, and then ordered: "All soldiers are ready to attack!" ”
With Guan Yu's order, the soldiers unsheathed their swords, wound their bows and arrows, and were ready to attack, and the entire military formation immediately showed a solemn atmosphere.
Soon after, the desolate sound of a trumpet could be heard in the dense forest not far away, followed by a strange shout.
"Hehe, aren't the thieves shouting for business?" Listening to the shouts of the barbarians on the other side, Zhou Cang said with a smile.
In fact, it's not that Zhou Cang didn't know that things were a little weird, but in order to ease the atmosphere, he still said so.
Immediately, all the soldiers around him burst into laughter.
Yu Fu and Guan Ping were on guard, in their opinion, the other party must be driving the beast by doing so, so Guan Ping ordered the archers to draw their bowstrings and stand by.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden gust of wind, which rolled up flying sand and rocks, hitting people's faces and causing pain, and most importantly, almost everyone couldn't open their eyes at this time.
Immediately after that, the roars of the beasts came, and the roars of the beasts frightened the horses so much that they fell to the ground, not even having the strength to stand up, and it was a joke that the cavalry could play a role in this situation.
"General, now that the situation is tricky, the enemy army can manipulate the wind, and there are fierce beasts pressing the formation behind, our combat power cannot be brought into play at all, so let's withdraw quickly."
Seeing this scene, Yu Fu hurriedly walked to Guan Yu's side and persuaded loudly.
He knew the situation more than not, but he knew that their retreat was very narrow, and if they ordered to retreat at this time, the soldiers would be in chaos for the sake of retreat, and at that time, they would probably be defeated faster.
What's more, Guan Yu was reluctant to let go of the two thousand cavalry, if he retreated, the two thousand cavalry would probably be lost.
Therefore, after some thought, Guan Yu ordered: "The cavalry soldiers pull their respective horses, retreat first, the infantry guards at the front, and the archers listen to my orders and shoot arrows into the air, you don't need to hit much, just shoot arrows hard." Yide, Ping'er, Zhou Cang, and the sons of the pro-barracks are at the forefront with me, and the thieves must not be allowed to move forward in this battle! ”
"No!"
Listening to Guan Yu's order, the cavalry soldiers knew that not only could not help, but also became a drag on the whole army, so they desperately pulled their horses, little by little, and the infantry came to the front, with their swords, guns and shields to form a strong line, to stop the enemy's fierce beast team from advancing, the archers were desperately pulling their bows and arrows, although the damage caused by these feather arrows was not great, but it was not without effect, some beasts suffered from feather arrow attacks, because of the pain, did not dare to move forward, There are also a few beasts that go berserk and run through the ranks of the brutes, causing chaos in the ranks.
Of course, because of the appeasement of those beast owners, the chaos was only temporary and partial, and it did not have much impact, but it also made the barbarians on the opposite side busy, and even there were some incidents of beasts hurting people.
Fortunately, the barbarians were also afraid of the Han army's swords and guns, so although the Mulu King scolded loudly, these barbarians and beasts did not dare to rush forward, especially after the few fierce beasts that rushed to the front were quickly killed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who unfurled the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and Zhangba Snake Spear, the barbarian soldiers were even more afraid and did not dare to step forward easily.
However, the battle situation only stops there, after all, with these fierce beasts, the war horse does not dare to stand up at all, let alone fight? This led to the direct abolition of the two thousand cavalry, and the formation of the infantry was now limited to defense, and if the soldiers were to attack thousands of beasts, it would be tantamount to looking for death. At the same time, the demon wind created by the Mulu King was still there, and the soldiers couldn't open their eyes at all, even if they really wanted to fight, it was impossible.
"Alas, although I am unwilling, I can only retreat helplessly, all of this is because I was too careless, and I lost this game in front of this rabble, and I really failed the trust of King Qin." Seeing the battle situation in front of him, Guan Yu secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, how many times did he lose because he underestimated the enemy? How many times have you even been in danger of your life because of this? But I still don't change my temper, and I'm really ashamed.
At this time, Zhang Fei beside him said: "Second brother, this time even the younger brother can't stand it, before Mr. Yu Fu persuaded hard, and there was an order from the King of Qin, asking the second brother to wait for the time being, but the second brother just didn't listen, he had to rush, fortunately, there are quite a few fierce generals in our army, Ping'er is on guard in advance, and the archers still have a certain deterrent, which led to the fact that we did not lose a single battle in this battle." But if you keep going like this, second brother, sooner or later, you will regret it. It's not that you don't know, now even the younger brother has made up his mind to quit drinking, although there are countless Wuliangye wines in the camp of King Qin, but for so many days, as long as the younger brother is in the army, he has absolutely not touched the wine, and even the younger brother can change it, can't the second brother change it? ”
"Hehe, what the third brother said is that I will definitely change in the future, and I will never be like before, in fact, to tell the truth, I was competitive precisely because of the previous sentence that Yu translated that was not invincible to the king of Mulu from the prince of Qin, thinking that my combat strength was enough to defeat the opponent, but I didn't expect that there were capable people among the enemy army, and they actually blocked our army here with the help of geographical advantages, and forced me to withdraw from the army by relying on the law of demons and beasts, I will keep this lesson in mind in the future, and I will not underestimate the enemy under any circumstances."
Guan Yu sneered, but he felt a strong sense of shame in his heart, and at the same time there was a trace of nervousness, he really didn't know how he would explain this matter after seeing Liu He for a while?
"Hehe, I call this self-inflicted, and when I see King Qin, even if he punishes me, this is what I deserve, and I must not be wronged." Guan Yu shook his head and said self-deprecatingly.