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Chapter 1366 I am too embarrassed to see General Tian again

Henan General Chen Yongfu led more than 1,400 elite cavalrymen to fight against more than 800 cavalrymen led by Tian Jianxiu's generals Chen Wenzhong and Hou Daqing. He also used the advantages of pincer attack and surprise attack to gain the upper hand.

Chen Wenzhong originally saw that the government troops were retreating and his own reinforcements were on the way, so he led his troops to pursue the fleeing enemy. All he wanted was to expand the results of the battle and wipe out all the fleeing government cavalry.

When he found that a large group of government cavalry suddenly rushed out of the woods behind him, it was a black mass, and it suddenly looked like there were thousands of cavalrymen. Chen Wenzhong couldn't help but be frightened and cried out inwardly: "Shit, we've fallen into a trap!"

The more than 400 government cavalrymen who had just been fleeing like rabbits turned their horses around and rushed back towards Chen Wenzhong. They were about to face a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides, but they had no way to avoid it.

Chen Wenzhong yelled, "Quick, gather here, form a formation together, defend... wait for reinforcements to arrive!"

It can be said that Chen Wenzhong is indeed a talented general. He has excellent adaptability to emergencies and the decision he made in such an emergency was very correct.

Faced with a force that was clearly much larger than his own, and being attacked from both sides, he could neither charge forward nor retreat hastily...

Because if they charged forward again, they would inevitably have to fight with the 400 government cavalrymen who charged back. Once the formation was disrupted, they would be surrounded and divided by the government troops rushing out of the woods from the side and rear, and the whole army would inevitably be wiped out.

If they retreated in a hurry now, let alone whether they could break through the government cavalry that were surrounding them from behind, just in such a critical moment, once Chen Wenzhong gave the order to retreat, the knights would surely gallop away on their horses, with no formation at all. How could the war horses, which would have already used up a lot of their strength, outrun the government ambush troops who had been conserving their energy?
In fact, if Chen Wenzhong had not been so greedy and reckless and had not launched a pursuit of the retreating government troops, he would not have been in such a dangerous situation. This shows that people should not be too greedy!

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Hou Daqing's thoughts were different from Chen Wenzhong's. Before he left, Tian Jianxiu specifically instructed him, "Just kill the soldiers and don't chase them."

He had originally thought of rescuing Chen Wenzhong, but when he saw the elite cavalry of the government army suddenly rushing out of the forest, he was immediately shocked and thought to himself: "Master Tian is amazing, he really has a plan that is perfect!"

Hou Daqing pulled the reins of his warhorse tightly and stopped it, shouting, "Stop, everyone stop. Form a formation, everyone form a formation!"

The 500 elite cavalrymen of Hou Daqing's army, whom Chen Wenzhong regarded as his hope for survival, unexpectedly stopped and formed a square formation less than 500 steps away from Chen Wenzhong.

He was originally worried that the government troops on the opposite side would send out a force to attack him, but he saw that the government troops did send out more than 300 cavalrymen, but they did not rush towards him. Instead, they stayed in place to monitor him, and it seemed that they had no intention of attacking him.

"Master Monkey, are we not going to save Master Chen and the others?"

"Save your ass."

Hou Daqing cursed angrily, then said, "Don't you remember what Master Tian ordered?"

He stared at the soldiers on his left and right with his big eyes, and said, "I dare not disobey General Tian's military order. Chen Wenzhong was greedy for merit and took the initiative to pursue the government troops, which led to the ambush. Now he can only pray for the best."

"So we're just going to sit here and watch?"

"Hmph. Look at that."

Hou Daqing said with disdain: "Retreat. The government troops have more than twice as many men as us. We can't rescue Chen Wenzhong if we stay. Instead of staying to watch the show, we might as well go back to clean up the battlefield and quickly write back to General Tian."

"Retreat! Everyone, retreat!"

After he yelled to everyone around him, he shouted to a soldier beside him: "Chen Xiaonian, you lead a hundred cavalrymen to cover the rear. Don't leave in a hurry. I will meet you from behind. But don't let the government troops catch up with you." "Yes."

Hou Daqing turned his horse's head and looked back at the fierce fighting in the distance. He sighed first, then said softly: "I'm sorry, Brother Chen, you wish yourself good luck!"

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On the Eastern battlefield...

Relying on the suddenness of the ambush and the absolute advantage in military strength, Chen Yongfu made the situation on the battlefield as easy as a one-sided massacre, and almost completely wiped out the pursuing Chuang Wang cavalry.

In the end, Chen Wenzhong escaped from the encirclement of more than a thousand government troops with less than ten cavalrymen. All the cavalrymen were injured, and no one was intact. Seeing that the 500 cavalrymen he led were almost wiped out, he no longer had the face to go back to see his own general, Tian Jianxiu.

"Brothers, I am too embarrassed to see General Tian again. You guys go back and tell General Tian a message for me. I don't regret following General Tian in this life. It's just that I didn't do it well this time. I am too embarrassed to see General Tian again. I will still be General Tian's soldier in the next life!"

After Chen Wenzhong finished speaking, he squeezed the horse's belly with both legs and urged the horse to gallop away.

The remaining few people looked at each other, and suddenly two knights looked at each other, then urged their horses to chase after him, shouting loudly: "Master Chen, we will follow you."

One of them turned around and shouted to the others: "Our lives were saved by Master Chen. We are so sorry to General Tian. Please tell us that when we catch up with Master Chen... we will persuade him to come back..."

At this time, a knight with a big beard looked around and said, "Brothers Diao San and Diao Wu are right. We were trapped by the soldiers and it was Chen Tou who risked his life to lead us out. I, Liu Qingshan, must remember this favor."

As he spoke, his eyes glared and he said to the remaining five people: "You guys go back and tell General Tian that I'm going to chase Chen Tou."

Liu Qingshan was about to urge his horse to gallop away when he heard someone beside him say hurriedly, "I am not an ungrateful person. Chen Tou rescued my life from the soldiers and officers. I must repay him for his kindness."

This is true for everything. As long as one or two people take the lead, the rest will almost unanimously follow. Today's situation did not escape this conclusion. As expected, the remaining four people all shouted that they wanted to chase Chen Wenzhong.

Liu Qingshan glanced at them and suddenly said, "Someone has to go back and tell General Tian, ​​we can't just run away without saying anything."

But no matter what he said, no one took the initiative to stand up and expressed their willingness to return to the camp to report the news.

Liu Qingshan glared and shouted in a deep voice: "Lu Zhanyuan, go back and tell General Tian."

"I don't..."

A young knight shouted, "My life was saved by Chen Tou at the cost of his life. You all went to chase Chen Tou to repay your kindness. Why do you want me to go back and report the news?"

In his panic, he blurted out, "You guys should repay your kindness, but I shouldn't repay my kindness?"

Liu Qingshan looked at his angry face and sighed, "Oh. Forget it. We are already defeated like this, and we still have to report the news. Let's just assume that we all died together with Chen Tou surrounded by the soldiers."

"Let's go chase Chen Tou!"