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Chapter 1364: Don't Worry About Your Life
Yuyuan Village is located nine miles northwest of Gengtangzhuang.

The long trench dug by the Chuang army bypassed Yuyuan Village before turning east to continue digging. General Tian Jianxiu, who was the commander-in-chief of the digging of the long trench on the west side, led his troops to camp here.

The Chuang army that was digging trenches on the western front was originally guarded by Tian Jianxiu, who led Ren Jirong, Dang Shousu, Xin Sizhong, Li Michang and other bandit troops. However, in order to break through the main camp of the Yongyi Army in Xincheng, King Chuang had to concentrate the main force of his entire army.

The three bandit troops led by Ren Jirong, Xin Sizhong and Li Michang on Tian Jianxiu's side were all transferred elsewhere by King Chuang. Only Tian Jianxiu and Dang Shousu were left at the long trench on the west side, and their mission was no longer to guard the long trench securely.

Bluffing and delaying the government troops - this is the new task that King Chuang gave to Tian Jianxiu and Dang Shousu!

Precisely because of the lack of troops, even after receiving Duke Wu's request for help, Tian Jianxiu did not dare to send troops to rescue easily. After all, he only had 3,000 cavalrymen left in his Yuyuan camp, who were barely capable of fighting, and the remaining 5,000 were just servants and hungry people.

But as the news came back one after another, first Du Kewu's army was completely destroyed and the government troops had begun to fill the trenches; then not long after, news was received from Dang Shousu's general Ke Zhenjie, who learned that Dang Shousu's base in Lijiazhai was also attacked by a large number of government troops.

If a small group of rebels like Du Kewu's were attacked, Tian Jianxiu might not send troops to rescue them. But it was different for Dang Shousu. His place was an important node of the West Changhao. If the camp was really broken by the government troops, his own Yuyuan would be in danger.

Moreover, according to the information currently available, the government troops had been silent for two months, watching their own troops digging trenches without any reaction, but now they are deploying troops in many places and even attacking several of their own camps, which shows that they must have some plan.

Even though Tian Jianxiu still didn't dare to assert that the government troops were targeting Dang Shousu's Lijiazhai and intended to cut off the connection between Yuyuan and the King of Rebellion's camp, he didn't dare to sit idly by.

At that moment, Tian Jianxiu immediately assembled two thousand cavalrymen and left the camp with him to head south to rescue Dang Shousu's Lijiazhai camp, while leaving behind a thousand cavalrymen to guard the Yuyuan camp.

But here, when Tian Jianxiu walked south of the camp for more than a mile and was less than 200 steps away from Du Kewu's original station, he could already see the figures of government troops in front of him, and vaguely saw that they were clearing the battlefield.

Tian Jianxiu was just about to command the cavalry to charge forward, hoping to catch the government troops off guard, but he saw a group of government cavalry, numbering about 500, appear on the left side of his team.

Seeing this, he immediately realized that he might have fallen into an ambush by the government troops, and immediately ordered his personal general Chen Wenzhong to lead 500 cavalry to fight. At the same time, he personally commanded the remaining 1,500 cavalry to form three square formations and arranged a "品" formation to guard against the possible arrival of the government troops.

As expected, just as Chen Wenzhong's 500 cavalrymen rushed out of the team, another team of government cavalry, also numbering about 500, appeared behind Tian Jianxiu's "pin" formation.

Seeing this scene, Tian Jianxiu was already certain in his heart that he had really been ambushed by the government troops!

But there were only two groups of government troops visible at the moment, with a total of no more than a thousand cavalrymen. If he wanted to ambush him by relying solely on this small number of government troops, he would be wrong.

"Quick, tell Chen Wenzhong to be careful and don't fall into the soldiers' trap of luring the enemy." After hearing what Tian Jianxiu said, a personal soldier immediately whipped his horse and galloped in the direction where Chen Wenzhong went.

Looking at the smoke and dust that quickly disappeared, Tian Jianxiu felt uneasy...

At this moment, he had already thought that the government troops had not responded properly during the two months since he had been digging the trenches, but today there was suddenly such a big commotion. It was definitely not as simple as he saw now!
"Pass the order, all troops on alert."

While Tian Jianxiu was shouting orders, he sent scouts to gallop in the direction where no government cavalry appeared, in order to find out whether there was an ambush by government troops as well.

"Master Tian, ​​the arrival of this group of government troops today is strange." General Hou Daqing rode his horse to Tian Jianxiu and said.

"Yeah. I guess the soldiers want to steal our Yuyuan camp!" "Then..." Hou Daqing looked anxious: "Why don't we hurry back to help?"

Tian Jianxiu looked at him and said confidently, "Humph. Yuyuan still has a thousand cavalry and five thousand hungry people. It will not be conquered in a short time. But the government troops in front of us are indeed strange. Now that we don't know their true intentions, we must not act rashly, lest we fall into their trap."

"General, let's fight!" a soldier suddenly said.

Tian Jianxiu looked carefully and saw that Chen Wenzhong had indeed engaged in battle with more than 500 attacking government cavalry. The two sides fought head-on and the scene was very intense.

But Tian Jianxiu was not anxious. He stared at the battlefield in front of his left side and did not care much about the situation on the battlefield.

After about an incense stick of time, a smile finally appeared on his tense face, and he said to Hou Daqing beside him: "Daqing, you lead 500 cavalry to reinforce Chen Wenzhong."

"Yes, General."

"Remember, just kill the soldiers and do not chase them."

"Yes." Although Hou Daqing couldn't understand why he couldn't pursue the soldiers, he still agreed readily.

Tian Jianxiu no longer paid attention to the battlefield on Chen Wenzhong's side. He turned his gaze to the rear of his team, looking at the team of government cavalry four hundred steps away, secretly guessing their intentions in his heart.

"If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move!" Tian Jianxiu secretly warned himself: "Don't be reckless, lest you fall into the trap of the government troops."

At this moment, Tian Jianxiu had basically determined that the government troops encountered today were definitely not the Yongyi Army from Xuan Da, because when they were fighting with Chen Wenzhong, they did not hear the sound of the short-handed cannons that the Yongyi Army cavalry usually used.

As for which unit the soldiers were from, he couldn't see clearly because the distance was too far.

However, according to his judgment, news should be reported back soon. After all, as long as it is not the Yongyi Army cavalry from Xuan Da, with his own 1,000 cavalry, even if he cannot completely wipe them out here, he is still confident that he can drive them back.

"The soldiers... the soldiers are moving!"

Just when Tian Jianxiu's gaze returned to the battlefield on Chen Wenzhong's side, he suddenly heard a loud reminder from his personal soldiers. He turned his head abruptly and saw that the five hundred government cavalrymen at the back of the team were slowly approaching him.

"Humph."

Tian Jianxiu snorted and thought to himself, "You think you can charge my 1,000 cavalry with just 500 men?"

He shouted loudly, "Pass the order, Jiao Cheng slowly advances, Li Jianquan stays put and prepares for battle!"

"Yes." After receiving the order loudly, a personal soldier immediately rode forward to pass on the message to the two leaders.

Looking at the receding backs of his personal soldiers, Tian Jianxiu said to himself with a little pride: "He really doesn't care about his life!"