Chapter 268: Galloping Horse
Ding Hong and his Xuzhou cavalry had just wanted to rush forward to help guard the camp.

Now everyone is trapped in this camp. As long as the defense line in front collapses, even these cavalrymen will have no way out.

But Pei Yuan told him clearly before the war that he should save them for the most critical moment.

After witnessing Pei Yuan's Golden Bull Strategy, which was a free trick, Ding Hong was very convinced of Captain Pei.

So Ding Hong could only suppress his nervousness and wait for Pei Yuan's order.

Now Pei Yuan finally gave the order, and Ding Hong hurriedly urged his cavalry to mount their horses.

Pei Yuan also mounted a warhorse. Without waiting for the Xuzhou cavalry to assemble, he went to the rear camp on his own.

In order to adapt to the geographical location, the camp is very long from front to back, and in order to prevent the enemy from setting fire, the layout is also a bit sparse.

When Pei Yuan rode his horse to the back, Xiao Yan was talking to Xu Feng on the observation deck.

They felt a little uneasy when they saw Pei Yuan rushing over.

The two of them had the same thought at the same time: Could it be that the front camp couldn't hold on any longer and Pei Yuan was going to run away? !
Just when the two were a little panicked, Pei Yuan had already jumped off his horse and rushed to the observation deck in a hurry.

Fortunately, Gu Dayong discovered it in time. In order to make the attack more sudden, the "big tiger" took his troops to take a detour. Pei Yuan on the observation deck had not seen any trace of the army yet.

At this time, Ding Hong also rushed over with dozens of riders.

Pei Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Dayong's reminder prompted Pei Yuan to launch a decisive attack.

This also made Pei Yuan realize the reason why the bandits in Bazhou were able to maintain their fighting spirit.

Afterwards, Pei Yuan took advantage of the gap in the bandits' offensive and dumped the bodies outside to suppress the morale of the bandits in Bazhou.

Then, taking advantage of the fact that the morale of the bandits who were attacking from the front had plummeted and they had retreated directly, Pei Yuan rode quickly with his cavalry to the rear camp for support.

This creates a very short time difference.

The bandits from Bazhou who attacked the rear camp were unaware that the front camp had been defeated; the front camp was gathering the defeated troops and had no time to notify Chen Hutou who was attacking the camp.

Even in the mind of Zhao Xinghe, the vanguard, they were the ones holding the initiative in attacking the stronghold. Even if Chen Hutou's attack was ineffective, it would be in vain and nothing would go wrong.

However, in such a brief window of time, they happened to meet Pei Yuan who had just escaped from the front camp.

Pei Yuan saw more than a thousand bandits appearing in the distance and thought to himself that they were coming.

Only now did he care about Xiao Yan and Xu Feng who kept asking questions. He pointed at the bandits in the distance and said with lingering fear, "Damn it, luckily I got here earlier."

Xiao Yan and Xu Feng also noticed the bandits rushing towards this side.

They looked at the enemy's force of more than a thousand people, the more than a hundred auxiliary soldiers in the rear camp, and the dozens of cavalry brought by Pei Yuan, and they all became a little uneasy.

Xiao Yan asked Pei Yuan a little nervously, "Captain, how is the battle going in front of you? Can you transfer some troops to reinforce us?"

Pei Yuan first calmed Xiao Yan's mind, "The battle ahead was going smoothly, and we have temporarily repelled the fierce attack of the bandit army. The bandit leader should take some time to boost morale, so there is no need to worry about him now."

Xu Feng took advantage of the situation and said, "Why don't you send some people over here to defend against the attack here first."

Pei Yuan shook his head and said nothing more.

Now is the time when the two teams of soldiers need to rest. Moving back and forth will not only consume their energy, but also give them the impression that their retreat is unstable.

The fighting spirit of these Xuzhou soldiers was not strong to begin with, and once the fighting started, they became hesitant, and their combat effectiveness would only be weakened further.

Pei Yuan continued to observe from the watchtower.

He saw the team of a thousand people stop briefly when approaching the camp, and then several people walked to a slightly higher earth slope and made arrangements with gestures.

Pei Yuan looked at the distance between the earth slope and the camp gate and made a judgment in his mind.

Now the situation is "the enemy is in the open and I am in the dark". Pei Yuan already knows the intention of the Bazhou bandits, but the Bazhou bandits are completely unaware that there is a tiger lying in ambush ahead.

If they want to reverse the disadvantage with such a small number of people, they can only attack instead of defend, which will deal a heavy blow to the morale of this surprise attacking army.

Once they realize that our side has been prepared, they will most likely give up the sneak attack.

Pei Yuan looked at the mound again, but he didn't know who was coming, nor did he know whether that guy would participate in the attack.

Pei Yuan thought about it and ordered Xiao Yan, "Have someone take away the things blocking the gate. I want to rush out and kill for a while."

"This..." Xiao Yan was shocked when he heard this, "Don't be reckless, Thousand Households."

Pei Yuan stared at Xiao Yan unceremoniously, "I'll leave all the people I brought with me to you. As long as you say you can hold on, I'll go back to the front camp immediately."

Xiao Yan was suddenly speechless.

The gap in military strength between the two sides is so huge now that it is indeed impossible to defend the situation by following the rules.

Xiao Yan thought to himself, that’s all, and immediately took people to clear out the things blocking the village gate.

Pei Yuan continued to observe the bandits.

The bandit leaders had apparently finished their discussion, and several of them returned to their own teams and began to lead their troops forward.

Pei Yuan's gaze returned to the mound.

The man suspected to be the leader did not participate in the attack, but instead brought dozens of people to watch the battle on the mound.

Pei Yuan secretly felt sorry.

If only that guy had joined the siege, maybe we could have captured him alive.

As Pei Yuan was thinking about it, he saw the bandits shouting and rushing towards the camp.

Pei Yuan was about to look away, but his eyes turned back again.

As the enemy troops pressed forward, the empty space between the mound and the main force of the enemy troops became larger and larger.

Pei Yuan's eyelids twitched slightly.

——The location where the bandit leader stayed was a little further back, which was indeed safer, but he was already out of touch with his main force!

In other words, as long as Pei Yuan could break through the enemy's formation, he would be able to face the bandit leader on the mound directly when the main force of the bandit army was too late to rescue him.

Pei Yuan thought about it for a while and felt that the more feasible it was.

He immediately jumped off the tower, mounted his warhorse, and said to Ding Hong who was approaching, "Don't run around, cavalrymen, just follow my lead!"

Ding Hong also knew the danger of rushing out to fight in the field under such circumstances, so he turned back and gave solemn instructions to the troops.

Although Xiao Yan didn't know Pei Yuan's specific plan, he knew that if Pei Yuan wanted to lead the cavalry to attack, he would take the enemy by surprise. He nervously watched the surrounding enemy troops and shouted to Pei Yuan, "The enemy is ten feet in front of the trench!"

Pei Yuan immediately shouted, "Open the door!"

Several auxiliary soldiers rushed up to open the gate of the village, then loosened the ropes and lowered the suspension bridge over the trench.

The bandit troops were instructed before the attack to create a lot of momentum and force the government troops on the opposite side to ask for help, so that the government troops would withdraw troops from the front camp, causing the morale of the front camp to collapse.

Therefore, in their minds, this battle has more of a threatening meaning.

Many bandits were not mentally prepared for a real fight.

As for the possibility that the government troops would rush out, he never even thought about it.

They already knew all the intelligence about the government troops from "Little Wu Song".

There were only about a thousand government troops in total, and nearly half of them were baggage soldiers transporting baggage.

Even if their sneak attack force was facing all the government troops, they still had the advantage in numbers. How could the other side dare to fight back?
Just as they rushed to the camp of the government army with full confidence, they were surprised to see the gate of the camp opened and then the suspension bridge was lowered. Some of them were very curious and left the team to look over there.

Who would have thought that at this moment, a fierce horse suddenly rushed out from inside, and on the horse was a fierce general rushing out with a big spear in his hand.

Then a series of cavalrymen jumped out from inside and rushed towards them like wolves and tigers.

Many of the rebel soldiers were so stunned that their hands and feet turned cold.

It was the bandits who were a little further away who were alerted and shouted, "Run!"

The bandits near the village gate suddenly woke up from their dream and wanted to turn around and flee.

Pei Yuan was already preparing for this surprise attack. As soon as he rushed out of the camp, he rushed straight to the core of the rebellious army without hesitation.

He chopped and smashed the huge spear in his hand randomly, defeating everyone he hit.

The Xuzhou cavalry followed Pei Yuan's horse closely, wielding their long swords and slashing wildly.

The entire team was like a sharp arrow, easily piercing through the bandits' defense line.

Some bandits subconsciously wanted to pick up weapons to fight, but facing the huge spears and fierce horses, not many people dared to muster the courage to meet them.

Pei Yuan broke through the bandits' encirclement and quickly rode his horse straight towards the mound!
The Xuzhou cavalry behind him kept Pei Yuan's order in mind and followed closely without paying any attention to the pursuit.

At this time, many bandits suddenly woke up and shouted, "They want to deal with Tiger Marshal!"

"Hu Shuai, run!"

"Hu Shuai, run!"

Pei Yuan was riding his horse at full speed and at first he didn't hear clearly what the bandits were shouting. But when he heard them shouting in unison, "General Tiger, run!" he was startled, but then his heart was filled with joy.

Could it be that this raid was led by "Big Tiger", one of the two leaders, and he himself was on that mound?
Pei Yuan's eyes were fixed on the mound, trying to lock on which one was his target.

Pei Yuan's surprise attack came unexpectedly, and Chen Hutou, who was on the mound preparing to command the attack, was also extremely surprised.

At first, seeing that the team consisted of only dozens of people, he did not take it seriously and asked his confidants to pass on the order and command the siege.

Unexpectedly, that small cavalry unit broke through the bandits' siege line easily as if puncturing an abscess.

Then, the cavalry team actually shook off the main force of the bandit army and headed straight for the mound.

Chen Hutou was still in disbelief, but his men were already urging him, "General Hu, get out of the way quickly."

Seeing dozens of people coming, Chen Hutou couldn't help but get angry and said, "When I was in Hebei, I never let anyone do anything. Bring me my sword, I will fight to the death with them."

Everyone around him was excited to see how heroic Chen Hutou was.

Chen Hutou took out a big knife, seized the advantage of the terrain, and waited on the top of the slope, waiting for the general to come up the slope, and then he would kill the man and his horse with one blow.

Seeing the general getting closer, Chen Hutou shouted, "Come on!"

Upon hearing this, the general rode his horse faster and rushed towards the hill quickly.

Chen Hutou had a knife behind him and was about to chop at the general when he saw the general casually throwing a red object.

Chen Hutou, "?"

Before he could react, the red thing suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed him up.

The moment Chen Hutou entered the cassock, a big man holding a long-handled hammer fell out from inside.

Pei Yuan was stunned. Which one is this?

The big man's eyes were filled with tears because of the light outside.

Pei Yuan thrust his spear forward and knocked him down.

There was a clanging sound and the big man's weapon fell off.

When Pei Yuan saw the long-handled hammer, he thought it was quite interesting.

He bent down and picked it up in his hand.

When he looked up, he saw dozens of people holding knives, staring at him in amazement.

Pei Yuan was delighted, thinking it was a good opportunity to give it a try.

Then he rode forward, swung the long-handled hammer and killed a man.

It feels like...

Not very useful.

If this thing is used relying on the speed of the horse, it can be swung with great impact, but if it is used in an immediate engagement, it is neither as good as a sword or a spear, nor as good as his own short-handled golden hammer.

At this moment, Ding Hong also led the cavalry to charge up the slope and killed the panicked soldiers in a few moves.

Pei Yuan was relieved after getting the "big tiger". He said to Ding Hong, "Do you know where Hou Qing is?"

Ding Hong replied, "I know."

The place where Hou Qing and his friends were hiding was discovered by Ding Hong when he was scouting the terrain.

"Very good." Pei Yuan said, "You go meet him in person and tell him that it is tonight. The sound of drums in my camp is the signal."

Ding Hong responded and left alone.

Pei Yuan saw the bandits rushing towards the mound like crazy, but he was not in a hurry. He waited for the bandits to create enough space so that he would have a chance to enter the village safely.

When the bandits got closer and closer and there was no one in front of the camp, Pei Yuan shouted, "Let's go."

As he said this, he spurred his horse down the hillside.

The Xuzhou cavalry followed closely behind, following Pei Yuan.

Pei Yuan swung the long-handled hammer he had just obtained and smashed the head of the bandit who rushed in first with one blow.

Then he changed to the Bazhou knife and cut a bloody path.

Perhaps because their leader had been captured, the Bazhou bandits fought exceptionally tenaciously this time, with some even throwing spears at Pei Yuan from a distance.

Pei Yuan picked up several spears and rushed towards the camp on his horse like an arrow.

Hearing the series of "thump" and "thump" sounds of horses falling behind him, Pei Yuan sighed in his heart, but did not look back.

Xiao Yan in the camp had been paying attention to Pei Yuan's movements. Seeing him rush out to capture the bandit leader and then come back to kill them, he quickly asked the auxiliary soldiers to open the camp gate and lower the drawbridge for him.

Just as Pei Yuan rushed to the front of the camp, the suspension bridge collapsed with a loud bang, and Pei Yuan rode his horse and rushed into the camp gate.

More than ten riders following Pei Yuan followed in smoothly.

Xiao Yan saw that there were still more than ten riders left behind, being bitten hard by the Bazhou bandits. He was afraid that the bandits would break into the camp, so he shouted, "Pull up the drawbridge, pull up the drawbridge."

Pei Yuan heard this and rushed to the lookout tower, shouting angrily, "Don't hurt my hands and feet, let the people in quickly!"

Xiao Yan was stunned to see Pei Yuan being so shameless.

What the fuck are you yelling at me for?
Wouldn't it be better if you just shouted at those soldiers?

It was a pity that Xiao Yan was also able to consider the overall situation. He did not dare to disrupt the morale of the army at this time. He could only swallow this loss and tried to persuade him with nausea, "Captain Pei, you should know the overall situation! If the bandits rush in and fill the camp, how many people can be left alive?"

(End of this chapter)

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