be put to rout;flee at the sight of; flee helter-skelter (/hurry-scurry/pell-mell) at the mere sight of the oncoming force ? 我軍所到之處，敵人～，人民歡聲雷動。(《毛澤東選集》1131) Wherever our troops go,the enemy flee pell mell before us and the people give thunderous cheers.
望風披靡wang feng pi mi
flee pell-mell at the mere sight of sb.
望風披靡
fleeing pell-mell(/helter-skelter)
望風披靡
flee pell-mell(or helter-skelter)at the mere sight of the oncoming force
望風披靡wànɡ fēnɡ pī mǐ
披靡：草木隨風散到。比喻作戰(zhàn)中被對方的威勢所嚇，老遠看到來勢兇猛，未經(jīng)戰(zhàn)斗就逃跑了。flee pell-mell at the mere sight of the oncoming force, be put to rout