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Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu in Shuipoji were also caught off guard and had no spare energy to rescue the Baoding army. Even several of their own camps were breached...

Fortunately, Zhang Cheng's Yongyi Army was there to hold back the rebels, so the Chuang and Cao bandits did not dare to send out their full forces. The two of them managed to hold on, and the entire division did not collapse.

But even so, the losses were severe. If the Chuang army launched an attack of this scale again, I'm afraid they would be defeated without a doubt!

Almost at the time when Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei's Baoding army was defeated, Zhang Cheng also issued a military order: "Lin Fangping, you lead the Yulin cavalry to prepare food at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow, and set out at 7:00 p.m. to search and advance in the direction of Fengzhuang, north of Tongxu County."

Although Lin Fangping was stunned when he heard this, he still answered the order loudly without hesitation: "Yes."

"Xu Jinyong, you will lead the Tiger Guards to prepare food at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow and set out at 0:00 p.m. to search for Banpodian and Qiulou Town south of Chenliu."

"Here!"

"Remember this, you two. Each team must try to spread out as much as possible to expand the search area. At the same time, you must maintain contact and strengthen each other. If you encounter bandits, if they are fewer than us, you should fight quickly and make a quick decision. If the bandits are more than us, you should retreat quickly and wait until you have gathered enough troops before launching an attack. If you encounter a large group of bandits, you two can make your own decisions based on the situation.

The purpose of your trip is to investigate whether the rebels have ambushes in Chenliu and Tongxu. If you can eliminate them, then take the opportunity to defeat them. If not, then hide and wait for an opportunity to join the retreating government troops in Shuipoji."

"Here!"

After the two men loudly received the order, Lin Fangping stepped forward and asked softly, "Marshal Jue, the elite cavalry of the Yulin and Huwei have been sent out. I'm afraid that Zhuxian Town will not be able to suppress the bandit army."

"It doesn't matter."

Zhang Cheng, the Earl of Yongning, said with disdain: "Before, because our camp was not solid and the ditches and fences were not well built, we were vulnerable to the bandits. That is why we sent out all the cavalry to cover the battlefield so that the bandits would not know our strengths and weaknesses and would not dare to attack us rashly.

Now, my three front battalions have become a stronghold, with trenches and fences all over the place, and with my rapid-fire guns, sharp cannons, and my ten thousand enemies and other killing weapons, even if Blind Li mobilizes all his bandits to attack, it is like hitting a rock with an egg, and what can they do to me! "

When Zhang Cheng said this, he suddenly looked at Chen De and said with a smile: "Besides, my Yongyi Army has gained another fierce general today. Although Chen De has only a thousand cavalrymen, they are elite warriors who have fought with the blind thief for several rounds. Together with my Suzaku Camp's rangers and the cavalrymen of each camp, they may not be able to deal with the 'three walls' of the thieves, but they are more than enough to deal with their sentinels."

At this point he did not forget to tease Chen De: "Isn't it, Chen the Guerrilla!"

Although Chen De also heard the teasing in Zhang Cheng's words, he did not dare to be rash and replied in a serious tone: "The thousand men I brought with me are all veterans who participated in the battle when Li the thief first came to besiege Kaifeng, and all of them have an irreconcilable hatred for Li the thief.

I dare not say that I can defeat ten or a hundred with one, but if I encounter some ordinary bandits, I can defeat two or three with one without any problem..."

"Good. Chen De, your coming here really gives me more power!"

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Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei's Baoding Army was originally stationed in the northwest of Shuipoji, connecting with the left wing of General Zuo Liangyu, who was responsible for suppressing the bandits, to form a defensive barrier to protect the safety of the headquarters of the commander-in-chief Ding Qirui in Shuipoji. But now, Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei's Baoding Army was broken and defeated by the bandits...

Originally, Zhenbao's general Hu Dawei wanted to rescue Yang Wenyue, after all, he was his superior. However, he did not expect that the standard-bearer of Yang Wenyue's battalion would be so vulnerable.

They were as ferocious as a flood that broke through a dam. They collided head-on with the thousand elite cavalry led by Hu Dawei and forcibly defeated the most elite cavalry unit of the Hu camp.

Seeing that his own formation was in disarray and completely trapped in the vast sea of ​​defeated soldiers from Yang's camp, Hu Dawei was helpless and could only sigh inwardly: "It's over, the Ming Dynasty is finished!"

  He shouted loudly to his knights to stop charging, quickly turned their horses' heads and followed the direction of the fleeing soldiers, fighting their way back to the camp!

But before he could return to his central army camp, he saw Zeng Xinjun, covered in blood, leading the defeated soldiers of the front camp to retreat. Hu Dawei knew without asking that the front camp had also been defeated.

They fought hard to drive back the fleeing soldiers and finally gathered together. At this moment, they had no intention of looking for Yang Wenyue anymore. Hu Dawei led them all the way back to his own central military camp.

  As the saying goes, "Good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone"!

Hu Dawei finally escaped back to the camp, and he had to report, "Chen Zhengkuan's right camp has also been attacked by the enemy army and is in imminent danger. Please send reinforcements."

At this point, Hu Dawei knew that defeat today was inevitable, but he was unwilling to be a fleeing general again. Just as he was about to lead his troops to support the Right Camp and vow to live and die with the Right Camp, he saw the defeated soldiers of the Right Camp retreating outside the camp.

Hu Zichen was concerned about his uncle's safety, and in an emergency, he ignored Hu Dawei's military order. He asked Zeng Xinjun to lead the infantry and cavalry to clear the way, while he led hundreds of family servants to rush forward, carried Hu Dawei and fled to the south...

On the other side, Feng Dadong of the front camp of Yang Wenyue's troops was killed in battle, most of his troops were captured by the bandits, and the rest were almost all killed by the sword. On his way of retreating to the west, Yang Wenyue met Zhang Pengyi of the left camp.

Zhang Pengyi's troops had not suffered much loss originally, and the number of bandits attacking them was actually not that large. However, he was already frightened and had no intention of fighting the bandits. After hearing the news that Feng Dadong's troops in the front camp had been defeated by the bandits, he immediately led more than 500 cavalrymen under his command to flee westward, and only then was he able to catch up with Yang Wenyue.

At this moment, they had no time to care about the infantry behind them. They only thought about escaping and staying alive. So, more than a thousand cavalrymen led thousands of infantry and rushed straight to the camp of Ma Shixiu, the deputy general under Zuo Liangyu.

Ma Shixiu could not bear to kill them, and the fleeing soldiers caused chaos in his own barracks, allowing the bandits who were chasing after him to take advantage of him.

  Although he fought hard, the defeated soldiers inside were charging in disorder, and the bandits outside were attacking fiercely. Even if Ma Shixiu didn't want to retreat, how could he do it?

In this way, the two camps under Zuo Liangyu's command were attacked by the defeated soldiers and the bandits, and finally fell into the hands of the bandits...

Until they met Wang Yuncheng, a powerful general under Zuo Liangyu. He didn't care whether you were the Governor of Baoding or not, and he treated anyone who rushed towards his camp as an enemy and fought against them with guns, cannons, bows and crossbows.

  It was Wang Yuncheng's ferocity that stopped the fleeing soldiers from rushing into the camp in time, thus avoiding a major defeat for the government troops at Shuipo Ji!

Under the protection of the deputy generals of the central army Zhang Guozhen and Zhang Pengyi, Yang Wenyue broke out all the way to the south. They did not dare to take the official road, but only dared to escape along the small path along the bank of Shahe River towards Fugu and Xihua.

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It was precisely because of the defeat of Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei's Baoding army that the left wing of Shuipo Ji was completely exposed to the enemy army. The incident happened suddenly, and even if Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu wanted to send troops to garrison, it was too late.

The Chuang Cao coalition forces formed a semi-encirclement of Shuipoji from the north and west. If it weren't for Zhang Cheng's Yongyi Army suddenly appearing in the north of Zhuxian Town, I'm afraid that the main force of the rebel army would be exhausted in today's battle, and Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu would definitely flee! (End of this chapter)