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Chapter 1370 Sooner or Later, You Will Die in My Hands

An unequal fight...

Tian Jianxiu's troops had only 200 cavalrymen, but they were facing more than 100 infantry and cavalrymen from Cheng Zihong, as well as 500 cavalrymen from the vanguard who came to support Chen Yongfu. The difference in troop strength was as much as three times.

Fortunately, the 200 cavalrymen on Tian Jianxiu's side had not lost any physical strength, and even the war horses were full of energy. Unlike Chen Yongfu, who had come from a long distance, both the personal physical strength of the cavalrymen and the strength of the war horses had been mostly depleted.

Originally, as long as Tian Jianxiu did not engage in battle with them, it would be difficult for Chen Yongfu to catch up with him even if he had wings.

But the bad thing was Cheng Zihong, who risked his life to try to stop the rebels and managed to intercept Tian Jianxiu's 200-man cavalry, making it impossible for them to escape completely.

Just as Tian Jianxiu's spear pierced a soldier's chest, he saw a flash of cold light. He didn't have time to take a closer look and hurriedly blocked it with the handle of the spear. He heard a "bang" and then a huge force came and almost knocked him off his horse.

On the battlefield, the government and the bandits were fighting in a chaotic battle. Being in the middle of it, there was no time to distinguish between friend and foe. All you could do was rely on your instincts gained from battlefield experience, hacking and stabbing left and right...

Even someone as brave as Tian Jianxiu would find it difficult to escape from the encirclement in a short time!
However, his mentality was surprisingly good. Even in such a dangerous situation, he was still able to remain calm. He rushed left and right, and soon gathered the scattered cavalry knights around him.

The commander's ferocity also inspired the remaining bandit knights. They gathered around Tian Jianxiu, both to protect him and in the hope that he could lead them out of the encirclement.

The biggest taboo on the battlefield is to be divided and surrounded by the enemy.

Tian Jianxiu saw that most of the remaining knights who were still alive were around him, so he calmed down and took advantage of the opportunity when they were defending him from the attacks of the government troops to look far away and quickly observe the surrounding terrain.

"Go west and rush up that mound!" As soon as Tian Jianxiu finished speaking, he urged his horse to charge out.

He stabbed down two government cavalrymen in succession, broke open a gap, and rushed out. A hundred knights followed closely behind him. In a flash, they had rushed to the top of the mound where Cheng Zihong had just been stationed.

There are more than a dozen wounded soldiers here who are temporarily left here because they are unable to move.

"Kill them all!"

After Tian Jianxiu finished speaking, he personally stabbed a wounded soldier of the government army to death. The rest of the knights followed suit and in an instant all the wounded soldiers left there were slaughtered.

"Leave no one behind."

Tian Jianxiu stared with bloodshot eyes, stabbed a dying cavalryman lying in the pile of corpses with his gun, and said, "Pile up the corpses, leaving only one hole on the west side."

The bandits were terrified to see him being so brutal, which was rare. They scrambled to lift the corpses of the government soldiers and piled them on top of the corpses of the war horses, making the outer defense line much stronger than before.

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The lieutenant colonel of the government army braved Chen Yongfu's order and rushed to reinforce Cheng Zihong as a vanguard, and together with him blocked Tian Jianxiu's cavalry.

At this time, he could not find Cheng Zihong, and was surprised that there were only more than 200 bandit soldiers left. Fortunately, he learned that Tian Jianxiu was still here and could not escape, and he felt at ease.

When he saw that Tian Jianxiu actually used the corpses of government troops to build a defense line, he was immediately furious, but he organized several charges but was shot back by them.

"Report, I found Cheng Dusi."

"how?"

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive." When Liu Cai said this, his eyes were filled with tears.

At this time, Chen Yongfu led more than 500 cavalrymen and rushed over. Seeing that the two sides had stopped fighting, he couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

"Reporting to the general, the Tian thieves have climbed up the mound."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yongfu turned his head and looked over there, continuing to ask him, "How many thieves are there?"

"About a hundred." Chen Yongfu was stunned when he heard this. He repeated with a puzzled look on his face: "A hundred?"

"Yes." Gan Mao replied hurriedly: "General, when the flag was taken down, these bandits were the only ones left."

Chen Yongfu then asked him: "Where is Cheng Zihong?"

"Cheng Dusi, he is seriously injured and unconscious. I'm afraid... I'm afraid he may not survive!"

Chen Yongfu felt uncomfortable after hearing this. The group of generals who followed him were walking in front of him one after another. How could he not feel uncomfortable?

But now is not the time for him to show his sorrow, Tian Jianxiu is still trapped on the mound, and Chen Yongfu is also carrying the heavy responsibility entrusted by the Earl of Yongning, so naturally he has to complete the military order first.

"Go, call someone from Cheng Zihong's camp."

After a while, Lieutenant Liu Cai was called over to answer the question. Chen Yongfu asked him directly: "How many troops do you have left?"

"Seventy-two on horseback, sixty-eight on foot!"

"That's all I have left..." Chen Yongfu regretted the moment he said this.

He looked at Liu Cai, who was covered in blood and looked exhausted, and remembered what Gan Mao had just said about Cheng Zihong being unconscious and probably not surviving. He felt even more sad.

Looking at Liu Cai in front of him, he asked, "Did the thief run away?"

"Yes, the thieves fled north in batches. We tried to stop them several times, but we couldn't stop them..."

Chen Yongfu waved his hand to stop him from continuing and asked, "How many escaped?"

"About a thousand riders."

Chen Yongfu nodded and finally said, "Okay. Liu Cai, you will be in charge of these one hundred people. From now on, you are the commander."

Without even giving Liu Cai a chance to thank him, he turned to Gan Mao and said, "I guess the bandits will come back to rescue Tian Ze. You lead the cavalry in your army to the north to set up defenses and stop them."

"Yes." Gan Mao left immediately after receiving the order.

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Chen Yongfu stood at the foot of the mound and looked up. Although he was extremely resentful of Tian Jianxiu for placing the bodies of his cavalrymen on the periphery as a wall of corpses and shields, he did not get impulsive and angry because of this.

"General, why don't you give the order to attack?"

Chen Yongfu looked back at He Zhensheng and said, "The commander-in-chief's order is only for us to delay the thief Tian. Now we just need to surround him and there is no rush to attack."

He turned his head and looked at the top of the mound, saying, "Pass the order down, tell the knights to keep a close eye on the bandits on the mound, and never let them rush down to join the bandits who are coming back to help."

"Yes." After receiving the order, He Zhensheng turned around and conveyed it to the cavalry in his unit.

Chen Yongfu's eyes were still fixed on the mound, and he said to himself, "Humph, you thief Tian, ​​you will die in my hands sooner or later!"

At this time, a soldier beside him shouted: "General, the bandits are coming back."

Upon hearing the sound, Chen Yongfu immediately looked to the north, and saw smoke and dust billowing in the north. Gan Mao's vanguard had already been fighting with the bandits who had returned to support him, and their roars and screams could be faintly heard.

Only then did he feel at ease, and said to himself, "I have held back the Tian bandit cavalry. The rest depends on whether Cao Shixi can handle it smoothly."

"I hope you won't let me down!"