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The animals, maddened with pain, dashed furiously into the

enemy's camp where they caused the utmost confusion and dismay;

for their tails acted as torches, showing up the hideous pattern

on their bodies, and the weapons on their horns killed or wounded

any with whom they came into contact. In the meantime, the band

of 5000 had crept up with gags in their mouths, and now threw

themselves on the enemy. At the same moment a frightful din arose

in the city itself, all those that remained behind making as much

noise as possible by banging drums and hammering on bronze

vessels, until heaven and earth were convulsed by the uproar.

Terror-stricken, the Yen army fled in disorder, hotly pursued by

the men of Ch'i, who succeeded in slaying their general Ch'i

Chien.... The result of the battle was the ultimate recovery of

some seventy cities which had belonged to the Ch'i State."]

Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are

signs that he will retreat.