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"Marshal, do we not need to go to Xuchang?"

After hearing what his close general Li Guoying said, Zuo Liangyu didn't even look at him and said angrily, "Go to hell!"

Li Guoying smiled and asked, "General, do you think that Earl Yongning is really that powerful? If he comes, can he really defeat Chuang the Blind Man?"

"Hmph. It's hard to say whether we can defeat Blind Li or not."

Zuo Liangyu showed a ferocious look on his face, and said through gritted teeth: "But... Zhang Cheng came at the wrong time!"

It was just as he said. If Zhang Cheng's Yongyi Army had arrived even one day later, or if Wan Guangjin and other scouts had arrived at Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue's camp a few hours at night, he would have probably arrived at the city of Xuchang by now.

"Fortunately, it is indeed fortunate."

Zuo Liangyu then whispered, "If the news had not arrived in time, I would have been unable to escape the emperor's blame."

"General, why can't we withdraw our troops from Xuchang when the Earl of Yongning leads his army here?"

"Humph. The reason why I want to withdraw my army from Xuchang is to catch Blind Li off guard and prevent him from pursuing us with all his strength, so as to keep most of my division intact. In this way, the Ding and Yang Battalions will surely be completely disbanded. At that time, the court will have to rely on us to deal with Blind Li and Xian the thief, so naturally they will not dare to do anything to us."

He raised his head and looked towards Zhuxian Town, and then continued, "But now Zhang Cheng has led his troops to the north of Zhuxian Town, so Blind Li naturally doesn't dare to pursue them with all his strength. He must always be careful to protect his buttocks and not get stabbed by others.

In that case, the Ding and Yang camps might not collapse. If they team up with Zhang Cheng to file a petition to the court and sue me, they will be in big trouble.”

"The commander-in-chief is a man of great fortune and destiny, and he is also wise and brave. Our Zuoying has experienced many setbacks, but we have always survived. I believe we will be able to overcome the danger this time as well."

"Shit!"

Zuo Liangyu was very unhappy to hear his flattery: "Warfare is a matter of life and death. There can be no room for falsehood. Not only must decisions be made quickly, but preparations must also be sufficient. There can be no room for ambiguity. If you procrastinate and hesitate, you will be finished sooner or later."

At this time, the guerrilla commander of the Central Army, Zhang Yingxiang, rode up on horseback and reported loudly, "General, the bandits seem to be attacking Yang Wenyue's Baoding Army very fiercely. The artillery has been bombarding, and now the infantry bandits have also attacked."

Upon hearing this, Li Guoying asked anxiously, "Yingxiang, how are our camps in the front?"

Zhang Yingxiang replied immediately: "There were only sporadic gunfire, not very intense."

"Are there any bandits, cavalry or infantry attacking the camp?"

"There were a few waves of bandits coming out of the camp to attack, but they were all feints. We retreated as soon as we counterattacked."

Zuo Liangyu seemed to sense a hint of danger from their conversation, and he shouted, "Quick, send a message to Ma Jinzhong, Ma Shixiu, Zhang Yingyuan and others, and tell them to be on alert and guard the camp strictly, especially to prevent the intruders from attacking from the flanks."

Zhang Yingxiang was stunned. Although he didn't know why his commander was so nervous, he instinctively received the order loudly and immediately rode his horse to arrange for his personal guard to pass on the message.

Looking at Zhang Yingxiang's back as he rode away, Li Guoying asked thoughtfully, "Marshal, are you worried about Yang Wenyue..."

"Humph."

Zuo Liangyu said with disdain: "That old coward Yang Wenyue is afraid of taking responsibility and is afraid of the enemy. He dares not fight the enemy, but does not agree with our proposal to retreat temporarily. His original intention is nothing more than to avoid taking responsibility.

Now, the blind thief is not fighting anywhere else, but focusing on attacking Yang Wenyue, simply to force him to collapse, and then drive the wolf to chase the tiger, so that the defeated soldiers of Yang's camp can attack our camp and cause the entire division to collapse. " "General, I have sent someone to pass the order to several generals. "

Zuo Liangyu looked at the guerrilla Zhang Yingxiang who had returned to report, and shouted again: "Send someone to each camp to pass the message that from now on, they must strengthen their vigilance and keep their soldiers in armor and horses on saddles.

Even after nightfall, we must not relax. We must double the number of sentries and keep half of them on guard. We must rotate them at midnight to prevent blind thieves from stealing our camp."

"Yes."

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"Quick, go ask Governor Yang for help!"

Feng Dadong yelled loudly, but Feng Tieqing, the leader of the guards beside him, reported back: "General, we have sent two groups, but there is no reply."

"Send more... Quickly, tell Governor Yang that without reinforcements, the front camp will be lost!"

"Yes."

Feng Dadong suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and roared loudly: "Go, go, kill them back... Kill the thieves back!"

Because he fell into Tong Shoushan's trap of "luring the tiger away from the mountain", he transferred most of his troops to the right side for defense, but he never expected that the enemy army would quietly attack the left wing of his camp.

Facing an enemy force five times their size, it was impossible for the two hundred officers and soldiers there to hold out. Although Feng Dadong urgently dispatched the remaining several hundred infantrymen to support them, he also sent an additional two hundred cavalrymen...

But the bandits had already rushed to the front, and some of the more agile ones began to climb the wooden wall, while the officers and soldiers who came to reinforce could not deploy all of them at once, which gave the bandits a good opportunity.

Fortunately, Feng Dadong sent 200 cavalrymen in time. They rode forward on their horses. Although it was too late for them to climb up the camp wall to defend, they were able to shoot arrows from below. Many bandits who climbed up the camp wall were shot dead or wounded by them.

But there were too many bandits, and the morale of the government troops was very low. Their physical strength was also weakened due to lack of water and food. How could they be a match for the bandits? Faced with the bandits from the Shanzi Camp who climbed up the camp wall, they were forced to retreat continuously, and many of them even jumped off the camp wall directly.

Fortunately, the 200 cavalrymen were quite good at archery. Although the bandits had a temporary advantage on the camp wall, they were forced back by the arrows they shot and failed to further expand their victory.

One of the bandits seemed to be blood-thirsty. His eyes were red as blood and he shouted, "I'm going to fight you to the death." He leaped from the wall of the camp and swooped down, hugged a cavalryman tightly, and fell off the horse with him.

Where there is one, there will be two. With a brave warrior taking the lead, more than ten people followed and pounced down regardless of their lives. Although only two or three people held on to the government cavalry, it also caused chaos below, and everyone dodged to the surroundings.

But in just a short while, the officers and soldiers who came to reinforce also arrived. Under the pressure of the captains, they rushed to the camp wall and fought with the bandits.

Seeing that the advantage on the camp wall was equalized by the officers and soldiers, Qi Dakan became anxious. He shouted, "Quick, set up the ladder, set up another ladder."

"Use force, hit it hard, and break it open for me!"

It turned out that Qi Dakan had not only prepared many long ladders, but also brought many thick woods. More than ten of them carried an armful of thick woods and rammed hard against the wooden wall outside the government army's camp.

Although there were large wooden supports inside and a lot of soil was filled in to build the wall foundation, the walls of the government camp could not help but shake under the constant impact of more than ten large wooden blocks. (End of this chapter)