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As the commander-in-chief of Henan Province, Chen Yongfu was at the forefront of the anti-bandit campaign in Kaifeng. He was able to defend Kaifeng from two sieges by King Chuang's army without any failure. This shows that his men were very capable fighters.

Although, Chen Yongfu assigned all of his most elite 1,000 cavalrymen to his son, the guerrilla Chen De, in order to enable him to make more military achievements under the command of Earl Yongning, so as to gain a good future for himself and his family!

But even so, the two thousand cavalrymen following Chen Yongfu are also experienced in many battles and are the most capable cavalrymen in the entire Henan government army.

Moreover, these local government troops in Henan had an irreconcilable feud with the rebels. Many of their relatives had died at the hands of the rebels, so they were able to fight, dared to fight, and were willing to fight!
This was also the reason why Chen Yongfu, although he had only two thousand cavalrymen under his command, dared to volunteer in front of Earl Yongning and lead his troops to ambush Tian Jianxiu's cavalry.

At this moment, Chen Yongfu was hiding in a dense forest. He had a thousand elite cavalrymen around him who had not been sent out to join the battle. Instead, they were calmly waiting for the best time to fight.

In fact, although he led his troops to ambush Tian Jianxiu here, his purpose was not to eliminate him here, but to intercept Tian Jianxiu and try his best to delay him so that he could not return to rescue the Yuyuan camp.

Correct.

Yuyuan Camp is the target that Chen Yongfu wants to capture today!

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Chen Wenzhong fought evenly with the 500 government cavalrymen on the opposite side. Although there were casualties on both sides, he felt that there was no hope of winning and he was slightly weaker, but he could only hold on with all his might.

At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a group of cavalry coming from behind, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Hold on, Master Tian has sent troops to help us!"

After hearing this, the knights of the rebel army immediately became energized. They gathered together again, ready to wait for reinforcements to arrive so that they could defeat the government troops together.

But just when the reinforcements were only a hundred steps away from joining the battle, the government cavalry had already whistled and retreated first.

How could Chen Wenzhong let them escape so easily? He immediately ordered his cavalry to chase the government cavalry and kill them. This made Hou Daqing, who was riding a horse towards them, very anxious.

Hou Daqing had been with Tian Jianxiu for a long time, so he naturally knew the temper and character of General Tian.

Although Tian Jianxiu was usually gentle and polite to everyone, he attached great importance to military rules and discipline. Although he was not as hot-tempered as Liu Zongmin and Hao Yaoqi, he showed no mercy to those who disobeyed military orders...

But at this time, he was still dozens of steps away from Chen Wenzhong in front of him. Even if he shouted at the top of his lungs, he could hear no other sound except the whistling wind and the sound of horses' hooves stamping on the ground.

In desperation, Hou Daqing could only order a few of his personal soldiers to stay behind to search for the wounded soldiers who were still alive on the battlefield and force them to reveal some intelligence about the enemy.

In particular, what group of troops did this government army belong to? Who was its commander? How many soldiers were there in total? Were there any other ambushes around?

On the other side, Hou Daqing called upon the 500 cavalrymen who came with him to follow the horses of Chen Wenzhong's more than 300 knights, following closely, fearing that he would be ambushed by the government troops again.

Hou Daqing knew very well that if Chen Wenzhong's troops suffered a great loss, he would not be able to escape the responsibility!
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Everything turned out just as Tian Jianxiu expected...

Chen Yongfu was waiting for the right time to go into battle when he heard a loud shout from a nearby tree: "Master, the thieves are catching up!"

"How many troops are there?"

"About three hundred."

Chen Yongfu was greatly encouraged by what he heard. He immediately jumped on his horse and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "My sons, the rebels have repeatedly attacked Kaifeng, robbed my money, kidnapped my wife and children, and hurt my parents. Do you think the bandits are hateful?" "Hateful... hateful... hateful!"

"We have an irreconcilable hatred for the bandits. If we don't take revenge in this lifetime, we won't be worthy of being human!"

“Revenge… revenge… revenge!”

"The thief is right in front of you now, are you afraid?"

“Don’t be afraid…don’t be afraid…don’t be afraid!”

"it is good."

Chen Yongfu drew out his sword and shouted angrily, "My men, follow me to kill the bandits!"

As he spoke, he squeezed the horse's belly with his legs and urged the warhorse under his crotch to gallop out of the dense forest. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers urged their horses to catch up and rushed towards the pursuing cavalry of Chen Wenzhong's troops like a pack of hunting wolves.

"Kill the thief... Kill the thief... Kill the thief..."

The roars, accompanied by the rumbling sounds of galloping war horses, became farther and farther away, and gradually became inaudible. The birds that had already flown away flew back into the not-so-dense woods.

They rested on the branches, looking at the smoke in the distance, chirping and communicating with each other, as if guessing which side would be the final winner.

Or maybe they were betting on which side would win, and the stakes might be the minced meat they were about to taste?

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After all, Tian Jianxiu is a veteran who has been through many battles...

When he saw Hou Daqing arriving, the entire army did not stop to clean up the battlefield. Instead, a cloud of dust rushed eastward and gradually went farther and farther away. It must be that they disobeyed orders and pursued the defeated government troops.

He cried out in his heart: "Oh no! Why doesn't Hou Daqing, that bastard, obey my orders?"

However, at this moment he was unable to stop Hou Daqing's pursuit and could only pray in his heart that "the thing he was worried about would not happen"!
But unfortunately, "God does not always fulfill people's wishes". Just as Tian Jianxiu was praying silently in his heart, a large cloud of smoke and dust in the distance completely shattered his expectations.

However, Tian Jianxiu's reaction was also quick...

When he saw that there was indeed another ambush, he basically judged from the size of the smoke and dust that the government army must have a thousand cavalrymen. He knew that there was no urgent need for rescue, so he found another way.

He jumped on his horse and shouted, "Li Jianquan, immediately assemble your troops and follow me to the north. First, kill the soldiers in the north and then rescue Chen Wenzhong."

Tian Jianxiu then suddenly drew out the sword hanging from his waist, raised it high above his head, and shouted: "Good brothers, follow me to kill the soldiers!"

Li Jianquan had also mounted his warhorse by this time. Seeing this, he also raised his long sword and shouted, "Kill the soldiers, charge..."

As the saying goes, “The speed of a train depends on the locomotive!”
The bandits, who were already accustomed to obeying orders, became excited after being repeatedly encouraged by Tian Jianxiu and Li Jianquan. They mounted their horses, whipped their horses, and followed them, rushing straight to the north.

The roars of “Kill the soldiers… Kill the soldiers… Kill the soldiers…” were not very uniform, but they rose and fell one after another, and the momentum was very shocking. (End of this chapter)