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Chapter 1254 There is an ambush!

Outside the high and thick wall of the North Camp in Daguantou, there was also a deep and wide trench dug. This was the last barrier of the North Camp barracks. The only flaw was that the trench was not filled with water and could not be compared with the moats in various states and counties.

Opposite the camp gate, there was a three-meter-wide wooden suspension bridge, which had now been hoisted high, leaving only a two-meter-wide deep trench twenty steps in front of the camp wall.

A dense crowd of people came swarming in, pushing shield carts and bridge-building carts, followed by many servants carrying ladders and long ladders to climb the city walls. There were also several battering rams mixed in the team, as if they were prepared to break down the gates.

"Fuck it! Do these villains really think we are easy to bully?" Qiu Yingquan, the commander of the front cavalry, shouted angrily.

Jin Yong didn't care about it. He just said calmly: "The louder you make noise now, the harder you will cry later!"

After hearing this, Qiu Yingquan's eyes sparkled with excitement and he asked him, "Master Jin, are there any big moves?"

Jin Yong looked back at him, and said with a deep look in his eyes: "You, just follow my orders."

Qiu Yingquan naturally didn't dare to say much in front of Jin Yong, but when he saw him turn around and walk away, he immediately shouted orders to his knights, asking everyone to be nervous, pull out all the war horses, and take a walk in the camp first, so as not to be unable to run and lose face in the front.

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Bai Minghe led more than 800 cavalrymen of his own to supervise the battle from behind. In front of him was a dark crowd, and from a distance it seemed that there was no end in sight.

There were originally 700 cavalrymen and more than 2,000 infantrymen in his camp. Recently, because Liu Zongmin wanted him to set up a camp on his own, he was given more than 2,000 young and strong men, in addition to less than 2,000 servants.

The number of soldiers and horses in Xie Junyou's camp was almost the same as his. Together with the six or seven thousand hungry people temporarily assigned to them this time, the total number of the northern invading army was about seventeen or eighteen thousand.

Now, there are about two thousand servants in the front. They are responsible for pushing shield carts, bridge-building carts, and carrying ladders, long ladders and other equipment. Following closely behind is a row of archers. They are all old thieves in the rebel army. They are responsible for dealing with the government troops on the camp wall and supervising the servants in the front.

Behind the archers were teams of infantry, some holding shields and swords and axes, some holding spears and lances. There were thousands of them in black mass, and they were the main force climbing the ladders to attack the camp.

As the two thousand plus young and strong recruits had only a short training period, Bai Minghe did not dare to let them serve as warriors climbing the wall, for fear that if they suffered too many casualties, it would affect the morale of the entire army.

  Only my old camp brothers can be trusted!

In today's battle, Bai Minghe put all the troops in his camp into action...

This is a rare opportunity for him. The critical moment is the main attack direction of King Chuang's army, and today he will fight his famous battle here!

With this in mind, Bai Minghe looked back at Xie Junyou behind him, feeling deeply moved. Although some of the credit for breaking through the critical juncture must be shared with Xie Junyou, the credit for the main attack and breaking through the camp must be his.

Thinking of this, he could not help but become more high-spirited, and shouted loudly: "Boys, listen carefully, we will rush into the crucial moment later, and don't dare to embarrass ourselves. Charge in, burn any tents we see, burn any houses we see, and charge straight to the south..."

Bai Minghe raised his arms and shouted: "Let's go and pick up Mr. Liu to the big pass!"

"Okay... kill... welcome the general to the crucial moment..." Liu Zongmin's prestige in the rebel army was second only to Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion. When the cavalrymen surrounding Bai Minghe heard that they were going to welcome Liu Zongmin, they all seemed very excited and couldn't wait to kill him right away.

  They cheered and raised their arms, as if they had already won a great victory!

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As bridge-building vehicles were pushed onto the deep trenches, simple wooden bridges instantly appeared above the trenches. Then many servants rushed over quickly and laid many thick wooden boards on top.

The archers remained outside the trench. They did not move forward, but shot arrows at the camp wall. As long as they saw any officers or soldiers showing their heads, three or five arrows would fly at them.

Almost crazy shouts came one after another, and many soldiers of the rebel army rushed out from behind the shield carts impatiently. They rushed across the deep trench on the wooden bridge and came to the bottom of the camp wall.

Strangely enough, there was no reaction from the camp walls, as if the camp had been completely suppressed by the archers of the rebel army. Even officers and soldiers who stuck their heads out to look around were rarely seen.

Soon, more than a thousand soldiers of the Chuang army gathered under the camp wall on the north side of the critical point, and ladders and long ladders were also placed on the camp wall at this moment.

Just as the sword and shield soldiers climbed up the ladder, they suddenly heard loud shouts coming from the camp wall, and then saw iron lumps as big as human heads being thrown down...

For a moment, everyone looked at the strange sight in front of them with amazement. They saw that the iron lump as big as a human head was still emitting black smoke.

"Ten thousand... ten thousand... ten thousand enemies... this is ten thousand..." Several surrendered Shaanxi border soldiers suddenly remembered this thing, and they shouted loudly with horror on their faces.

“…Boom…Boom…Boom…Boom…Boom…”

There were bursts of loud noises and roars, and even the tall and thick camp walls were shaken. The scattered dust mixed with the stirred-up sand on the ground, flying all over the sky and covering the sun.

Some of the bombs did not explode immediately after falling from great heights, but instead rolled forward to the edge of a deep trench before exploding. Many wooden bridges that the rebel army had just built were blown off in this way.

Bai Minghe, who had originally been full of excitement, was also frightened by this wave of tens of thousands of enemies and almost fell off his horse. He looked at the wall of the North Camp in front of him in shock, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

At this moment, he had led the more than 700 cavalrymen to a place less than 50 steps away from the deep trench. He was just waiting for the infantry in front to attack the camp wall, seize the camp gate, and lower the drawbridge, and then he would rush in and kill everyone.

  Who would have thought that the result would be like this?

Before he could even curse, he heard a soldier beside him shout, "Master Bai, these damn officers and soldiers... there's an ambush!"

Bai Minghe looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a trail of dust rising from the southwest behind him. It was obvious that a large group of cavalry were coming from that direction.

However, due to the flying smoke and dust, their flags could not be seen clearly for a while, and it was currently impossible to determine whether they were their own reinforcements or attacking soldiers.

But at such an emergency, Bai Minghe did not dare to be careless. He first ordered the infantry and young men who were still on the trench side to form a battle formation and prepare for battle immediately. At the same time, he ordered the infantry who had already passed the deep trench to withdraw and wait.