In addition, they had just arrived in Zhuozhou.
Even among the soldiers who were supposed to be armored, most of them weren't even wearing their armor yet.
Therefore, when faced with a burst of archery from Zhou Wentong's eight hundred cavalry, a large number of soldiers in front of them were immediately felled.
Faced with the terrifying charge of eight hundred cavalry, the already chaotic and exhausted soldiers saw the soldiers falling in the rain of arrows.
He immediately panicked and then turned and ran away.
And this immediately triggered a chain reaction.
With tens of thousands of troops, the only people who could see the enemy were a small group of people in front of them.
The soldiers behind couldn't see what was happening ahead until they saw the soldiers in front running backward.
They naturally assumed that the enemy had already lost and that moving forward would only lead to their own demise.
They immediately followed the large group running ahead, and, driven by herd mentality, ran towards the rear.
Once such a rout occurs, the commander should immediately send out a task force to stop it; otherwise, if it begins to spread, it could very well lead to a complete rout of the army.
Sometimes, even with a large army, if the commander lacks ability, it's better to have a smaller army.
The more people there are, the more things will happen, and the more likely accidents will occur.
Even if you have so many men that you could stop a river with your whips, as soon as they start running backward and someone shouts that the army has been defeated.
An army that is unaware of the situation is likely to be routed immediately.
Faced with the rout ahead, Dong Zhonglou tried to stop it, but with the chaotic army, he couldn't find any supervising team for a while.
At the same time, he dared not send out his personal guards, who were responsible for protecting his safety, to stop the rout.
In the end, they could only watch helplessly as the army at the front collapsed, turning into a complete rout of tens of thousands of troops.
Faced with this scene, Wei Xiaokuan, who was standing on the city wall of Zhuozhou, was stunned.
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