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Chapter 1371 The officers and soldiers want to steal the camp!
Although Cao Shixi's troops of more than 2,000 were the garrison troops of Zhending Guard, they were repeatedly invaded by the Jianzhou Tartars, and Li Jiuhua, the former commander-in-chief of Jingjing Military Preparations and the assistant governor of Shanxi, was determined to take military action.

During his term of office, he not only repaired and reinforced Daomaguan, Longquanguan and Guguan, and added battlements, but also recruited young and strong local militiamen as soldiers and trained them day and night, which led to the establishment of today's Zhending Guard.

It can be said that Cao Shixi is still reaping the benefits left over from the Li Jiuhua era. Even the chubby flesh on his body was forced out by Li Jiuhua back then!

Originally, he thought that with more than 2,000 elite soldiers under his command, attacking a camp guarded by hungry civilians fed by the enemy army would be a piece of cake.
However, what Cao Shixi did not expect was that Tian Jianxiu did not take away all 3,000 cavalry. He also left 1,000 cavalry to garrison in the Yuyuan camp, which caused Cao Shixi to suffer a great loss.

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When Cao Shixi received the report that "Tian Jianxiu led the cavalry to leave the camp and go south."

He did not act rashly, but waited for a quarter of an hour. Only after receiving the information that General Chen had started a battle with the thief Tian's cavalry did he order a surprise attack on the Yuyuan camp.

Among the more than 2,300 soldiers here, there is also a cavalry of more than 500 people, the rest are 1,500 infantry, and the remaining more than 300 are auxiliary soldiers and servants who follow the army.

Cao Shixi did not send out the elite cavalry immediately, but kept them by his side and used them as the central army reserve together with 500 infantrymen. The main attack was carried out by 1,000 infantrymen.

Peng Chengkun was a commander under the Zhending Guard. At this moment, he was leading a thousand infantrymen and sneaking towards Yulin Garden.

His action was quite smooth. He had already advanced to within a hundred steps of the gate of Yuyuan Village without being discovered by the guarding bandits. Peng Chengkun was overjoyed. He called over a lieutenant and whispered in his ear.

Then he saw the lieutenant leading two hundred infantrymen, carrying more than ten long ladders and rushing up to the wall of Yuyuan Village. When Peng Chengkun saw him move forward about forty steps, he waved his hand and immediately four hundred infantrymen followed closely behind him and trotted up...

At the same time, a team of a hundred infantrymen, holding their shields high, rushed towards the gate of the village. Under the cover of the shields, dozens of infantrymen pushed a battering ram, apparently trying to break the gate violently.

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At the moment when the long ladders were put up on the wall, a row of heads suddenly jumped out from the wall, and then bricks, wood, stones and other objects fell from the wall...

At the same time, rows of arrows flew down from the wall like rain, shooting at the government troops behind the long ladders.

Peng Chengkun knew at a glance that the bandits in Yuyuan had already discovered them and were prepared. The most terrifying thing was that he discovered that there were not only hungry people in Yuyuan Village, but also countless old bandits, otherwise the arrows they shot would not be so sharp.

But at this point, there was no possibility of retreat, so he had to bite the bullet and give the order, "Push forward everyone, and capture Yuyuan at all costs!"
Fortunately, there were no bandits guarding the gate of Yuyuan Village. The "bang bang" sound of the ramming car hitting the gate came one after another, as if it was about to break the gate open.

The bandits who were originally guarding the village wall seemed to have noticed this as well. After a moment of panic on the village wall, the number of arrows shot down from the wall obviously decreased a lot.

"Min Changshan, lead two hundred men to the gate of the village. Be careful of the enemy who may suddenly attack!" A sturdy lieutenant responded loudly, called upon two hundred infantrymen and rushed forward.

Peng Chengkun brought a thousand men, 600 of whom were attacking the village wall, and 300 were sent to the front and back of the village gate. Now he only had 100 infantrymen left.

"Go and ask for help from General Cao. There are elite bandits in Yuyuan. Please come to our rescue quickly!" Peng Chengkun grabbed the personal soldier beside him and shouted at him.

Watching his personal guards going away, Peng Chengkun stood up suddenly. He drew out the steel knife from his waist, raised it and shouted, "Brothers, today is the time to repay the kindness of Earl Yongning for protecting our Zhending. We can't be cowards!" "We will never be cowards..."

"In the past two months, we have eaten a lot of dried fish and canned meat from Earl Yongning, and we have also received the reward money from Earl Yongning. If we cannot take this small Yu Garden today, how can we be worthy of Earl Yongning!"

"Kill... take over Yuyuan... kill all the bandits... kill..."

Looking at the soldiers around him whose emotions had been aroused, Peng Chengkun shouted: "Kill! Open the gate and kill all the bandits!"

They rushed towards the gate of Yuyuan Village without hesitation...

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When Cao Shixi led the cavalry to arrive, Peng Chengkun's troops had suffered heavy losses. Only more than 600 of the 1,000 infantrymen were still able to fight, and the rest were either dead or wounded. The scene was quite tragic.

From the village gate to the left wall, there were corpses lying on the ground in all directions. Some soldiers were still alive, hunched over and rolling on the ground, screaming...

There were also some injured war horses that fell to the ground. They were wailing and wailing constantly, and occasionally some of them were struggling on the ground, raising a cloud of dust mixed with blood. The scene was truly tragic!

Faced with the bandits' 1,000 cavalry, Peng Chengkun lost nearly half of his 1,000 infantrymen in an instant. If Cao Shixi had arrived a little later, I'm afraid all of Peng Chengkun's troops would have died in battle here.

Now with the addition of the 500 cavalry brought by Cao Shixi, the situation on the battlefield immediately changed.

Originally, the infantrymen led by Peng Chengkun thought they would die here today, but when they saw their own cavalry coming to support them, everyone had hope of survival. Driven by the mentality of not wanting to die, they all fought bravely and forced the enemy soldiers and cavalry to retreat again and again.

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"Charge the gate, charge the gate, rush in all at once!"

Cao Shixi saw from afar that the gate of Yuyuan Village was open, and there were not many bandits defending there. Most of them were concentrated on the left side of the gate to fight. How could he let go of such a good opportunity?
Five hundred cavalrymen whipped their horses and urged them to go. The horses seemed to sense what the knights were thinking and they also galloped at full speed, speeding up and rushing straight to the gate of Yuyuan Village.

When the smoke and dust first rose, the enemy soldiers and cavalry did not pay any attention.

They thought that even if the government troops had reinforcements and it was too difficult to defeat them, they could retreat back to the village and defend it. After all, they were now on the side of the village gate and had not gone far.

But when they saw that the cavalry of the government troops coming to help did not rush to the bloody battle field here, but rushed straight to the gate of Yuyuan Village...

"Oh no! The soldiers are trying to steal our camp!" Cheng Zhengshan, who led his troops to guard Yuyuan Village, also saw the intention of the government troops, but it was too late.

He didn't dare to continue to argue, and shouted, "Return to the camp, everyone return to the camp," and hurriedly urged his horse to gallop towards the gate of the camp...