"The damn imperial court army is too fierce!”
"Retreat quickly. All the soldiers retreat to the rear camp.”
The general of Qingzhou saw that the situation was over and immediately shouted.
He led a few thousand soldiers and fled to the rear camp.
That speed…
Even Sheng Yong, who was a veteran on the battlefield, had never seen one before.
However, in his opinion, the Qingzhou Army had already become a panic-stricken and chaotic army. It was just the right time to kill them in one wave.
Thus, he decisively ordered the 20,000 vanguard soldiers to pursue.
"Don't let the Qingzhou rebels escape."
"Chase after them, kill all these bandits."
"Capture Zhu Xianfeng alive!"
"Get rid of evil for Great Ming!"
At this moment, the morale of the 20,000 vanguard was extremely high.
Carrying the might of victory and the momentum of mountains and seas, he chased deep into the stronghold.
This chase destroyed more than ten camps.
An hour later.
Sheng Yong realized that something was wrong.
That was because the camps they had broken through…were all empty.
Even the soldiers who fled at first disappeared like clay oxen entering the sea.
"General, these Qingzhou soldiers…where did they go?”
"This matter is a little strange…"
Sheng Yong swept his gaze across the camp in front of him, and a faint sense of unease welled up in his heart.
Right at this moment, a wild clamor suddenly came from outside the camp.
"Hohoho!"
"Sheng Yong brat, you dare to invade our Qingzhou military camp. Do you know what death is?”
"Hahaha, you really don't know life and death. A mere twenty thousand people dare to come and rob the camp.”
Sheng Yong's expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he rushed out of the camp.
However, when he saw the scene in front of him, his heart sank completely.
He saw that the outer perimeter of the huge camp was filled with the Qing Zhou Army that was filled with fighting spirit.
They raised their crossbows, and their eyes flickered with a gaze that seemed like they wanted to eat someone alive.
It was a world of difference compared to the battle with the Qingzhou Army.
How could Sheng Yong not know that he had been surrounded?
"Break out from the west!"
As an experienced general, Sheng Yong knew that it was almost impossible to break through the crossbow formation in the east.
Hearing the order, the vanguard soldiers could only run into the depths of the stronghold.
However…
When they arrived at the western camp, there was still a large group of Qingzhou soldiers waiting for them.
What was even more terrifying was that there were ten cannons placed here.
"General…General, what should we do now?”
"Now that we are in a dead end, we can only fight to the death until the main force of General Geng comes to help.”
Sheng Yong's expression was gloomy as he stared at Qing Zhou. He gritted his teeth and said angrily.
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
The 20,000 vanguard also displayed an aura of facing death unflinchingly at this moment.
"Alright, fight to the death!"
Sheng Yong roared, raised his sword, and rushed forward.
"You're courting death!"
The corners of Li Xian's mouth curled up, and he suddenly ordered,""Release the arrows!"
"Whoosh!"
After a wave of arrows.
In the blink of an eye.
This caused the 20,000-man vanguard to be thwarted.
He watched as the soldiers around him fell one by one.
Sheng Yong's heart was bleeding as he looked at the scene. He shouted crazily,"Li Xian, you butcher."
"Sheng Yong, if you surrender, I will stop killing!" Li Xian replied loudly.”
" Surrender?" Sheng Yong shouted, trembling." Surrender?" What face do rebels have to surrender?”
"Continue firing!"
Li Xian waved his hand.
Another rain of arrows whistled through the air.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!"
The vanguard soldiers were only a hundred steps away from the Qingzhou Army.
However, it became an insurmountable natural moat of death.
In the blink of an eye, batches of vanguard soldiers became ghosts under the arrows.
The spilled blood also dyed the battlefield red in an instant.
At the same time, Sheng Yong's eyes turned red.
His heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife as he watched this scene. He could only shout hoarsely,"Everyone, return to the camp and don't make unnecessary sacrifices!”
"General, we can't retreat!”
"Why?"
"The bandits behind us are already charging over.”
"What?"
Sheng Yong was so angry that he felt a sweetness in his mouth. He spat out a mouthful of blood and his vision went black…
"General…"
Several of his subordinates hurried forward to support Sheng Yong.
"Gather…gather the troops and wait for reinforcements!”
Sheng Yong slowly opened his eyes and ordered weakly.
He had finally calmed down and understood the current situation. Taking the initiative to break out of the encirclement was no different from courting death.
"Yes, sir!"
A few thousand households immediately went to gather the remaining soldiers.
Soon, the remaining vanguard troops gathered together and formed a big circle.
At the outermost perimeter were rows of archers. They raised their crossbows and focused on their surroundings.
Once Qing Zhou dared to launch an attack, they would have to pay a high price.
The second layer consisted of armored soldiers, which could protect the Qingzhou Army from being killed by the crossbow bolts.
At the center was Sheng Yong, who was on the verge of death, and a group of thousand households.
In fact, even if they didn't have to put up such layers of defense, the Qingzhou Army wouldn't have taken the initiative to attack.
This was because Zhu Xianfeng's order to Qingzhou was to trap these 20,000 vanguards and lure the main force of the imperial court to reinforce them.
Only by luring all 200,000 of the imperial court's troops to Tianping Valley would the plan of inviting the enemy into the trap come to a perfect end.
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