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Chapter 1255 Baiminghe, defeated!

Outside the wall of the North Camp at Daguantou, the rebel general Bai Minghe was still gathering his troops and had not yet formed a battle formation when he saw a streak of dust in the southwest direction that had approached to within a hundred steps.

"Shield soldiers form a formation, form a formation quickly!" Bai Minghe's voice was a little hoarse.

At this moment, he could see very clearly that in the flying smoke and dust, a war flag was fluttering in the wind. The flag was red in color, with red flames on the bottom. In the center of the flag was painted a gray-yellow winged snake, and below it were two apricot-yellow ribbons.

Under the triangular battle flag representing the "Tengshe Camp" is the flagpole held by Ji Donglai, the captain of the rear cavalry. He takes the lead, waving the flagpole vigorously and leading his cavalry to rush forward.

The cavalry of the Yongyi Army were all wearing brown cloth armor. They galloped in the smoke and dust, like a giant red dragon riding on the clouds, winding their way towards the Chuang Army outside the North Camp.

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Xie Junyou had also noticed the abnormality here a long time ago. He was much more stable than Bai Minghe, which could be seen from the fact that he did not strongly support the fierce attack on the North Camp.

At this moment, although Bai Minghe was in great danger of being attacked from both sides, Xie Junyou did not lose his composure...

He first ordered the "infantry to form a formation", with shield soldiers in the front, spear soldiers in the back, and archers in the end. Only after the infantry had formed the formation did Xie Junyou order his 600 cavalry to form a formation and stand by.

In theory, there was nothing wrong with his arrangement. After all, the team of government cavalry coming from the southwest seemed to have about 1,000 people. He could not attack rashly without knowing the enemy's situation.

But just as his cavalry had finished assembling, the two groups of people outside the North Camp had already started fighting...

From afar, there was a cloud of smoke and dust on the distant battlefield, and bursts of crisp "bang bang" sounds continued to be heard, which was obviously the sound of the legendary hand cannons of the Xuanfu border army.

  It was the dust raised by the Tengshe Camp cavalry horses, mixed with the smoke from the firing of the short-handed muskets, that made the battlefield look like a fairyland. The smoke rose and lingered, making it impossible to see what the situation on the battlefield was really like.

Xie Junyou naturally knew that the Xuanfu Army's cavalry came well prepared, and that the Xuanfu Army that had just retreated to the North Camp would certainly come out of the camp to cooperate, attacking Baiminghe's troops from both sides. He could not stand by and watch them die no matter what.

At that moment, Xie Junyou shouted and ordered the infantry to form a formation and advance to support. He then shouted and led 600 cavalrymen to gallop forward...

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Everything happened as Xie Junyou had expected. Just when Ji Donglai and his men revealed their whereabouts, the gate of the North Camp slowly opened, and the very heavy wooden suspension bridge fell heavily onto the deep trench at this moment.

The cavalrymen at the front of the Tengshe Camp, who had suffered so much injustice, were like mad tigers out of their cages at this moment. They rode on their war horses, howling and galloping as they rushed out of the North Camp gate, across the suspension bridge, and towards the infantry and cavalry of the Chuang Army...

Not only did the knights in the front feel aggrieved, even the horses they were riding seemed to be crazy, galloping at full speed and rushing straight towards the rebel army, without the need for the knights to whip them.

  The momentum is overwhelming!

Whether it was the rear knights rushing out from the north camp, or the front knights galloping in from the southwest, they were all ferocious, and their roars and shouts were mighty and majestic.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kill the bandits... Kill the bandits... Kill the bandits..." The shouts were enough to express the thoughts of the Tengshe Camp knights. They were like tigers out of a cage riding wild horses, and rushed into Baiminghe's not yet strict army formation.

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On the other hand, Bai Minghe's side was in chaos and could not form a tight military defense. Many infantrymen who retreated from the camp wall were still immersed in the terror brought by tens of thousands of enemies and could not extricate themselves.

There were many wounded soldiers among them. Some were injured in the chest, abdomen, arms, etc. and were evacuated with difficulty. Others were supported and evacuated by other infantrymen. Their wailing cries disturbed the hearts of every infantryman and made it impossible for them to form a stable formation.

  The hands of many infantrymen holding swords, shields, spears and lances were still shaking, not to mention fighting against the Tengshe Camp cavalry that were rushing towards them!

Ji Donglai and Qiu Yingquan did not indulge them. As early as when they rode their horses over, they had already ordered all the riders to check their pistols and prepare to give the soldiers of the Chuang army a baptism of war.

When the distance between the two sides was about fifty steps, the archers in the Baiminghe camp hurriedly shot arrows one after another, but facing the armored knights of the Tengshe camp, their lethality can be imagined...

But the short-handed guns of the Tengshe Camp are different!

The cavalry only needed one breath to cover the distance of fifty to twenty steps. Just when the archer of the rebel army shot the second arrow, the sounds of "bang bang bang" followed continuously.

There were two thousand short-handed guns for the one thousand knights in the rear. Although each of them only fired one gun at this moment, it was enough to give the soldiers of the rebel army a hard time.

Bai Minghe originally wanted to lead his 700 cavalrymen to charge forward and intercept the cavalry from the rear of the Tengshe Camp that were charging towards them, so that the infantry in the camp would have a chance to come up and strangle them.

But as soon as he showed his head, before he could engage in combat, he was hit in the left shoulder by a bullet. With a scream, Bai Minghe fell backwards and off his horse.

There were as many as twenty cavalrymen who were shot off their horses by the muskets along with him. Seeing this, the rest of the cavalrymen did not dare to charge forward anymore. They reined in their horses and turned around to avoid the musket fire.

Fortunately, Ji Donglai had no intention of engaging in close combat with them. They always kept a distance of about twenty steps from the infantry and cavalry of the Chuang army, and passed each other by, leaving only a trail of smoke and dust spreading in the air.

However, at the moment when Bai Minghe fell off his horse, Qiu Yingquan also led a thousand knights in the front and rushed up from the suspension bridge. They also roared and fired hot and deadly bullets...

Under the repeated attacks of Ji Donglai and Qiu Yingquan's cavalry, five or six hundred people fell down beside Bai Minghe in an instant. All of them had distorted expressions and looked in great pain, as well as their wailing and screaming, which completely shattered the will of the surrounding soldiers.

First, several cavalrymen rode their horses through the gaps in the Xuanfu Army and fled straight to the north...

But most of the cavalry were Bai Minghe's confidants and would not leave him here. A few of them dismounted from their horses and helped Bai Minghe, whose left half was already red, back on their horses. They surrounded him and followed the cavalry who had fled first, fleeing north in a hurry.

This time, the infantry, the young and strong, and the hungry civilians suffered. They were already panicking and timid, and when they saw that their commander had fled, they had no intention of fighting anymore...

He only regretted that his parents had not given him two more legs, so he could not catch up with the fugitives on horseback in front of him. But that didn't mean they ran slowly. No matter whether they were soldiers or young and strong men, they were more energetic than when they attacked the North Camp at Daguantou just now. They could even catch up with rabbits when they ran away.