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Zheng Shuqi had already taken the lead and brought his own soldiers to the back of the team.
"General, there are at least two thousand soldiers and horses coming from the Tiger Flag. These soldiers guarding the main camp may not be our opponents." The soldier looked at Li La's crooked soldiers standing not far away.
Even bandits may not be able to defeat such soldiers and horses.
Zheng Shuqi looked at it and said, "You all should be alert. If you see something is wrong, immediately escort me back to Lingqiu County."
"Yes." The soldier agreed.
Having received the news that the Tiger-Character Banner army was coming, the officers and soldiers had no intention of continuing to rest. Even the soldiers guarding the camp had picked up their weapons.
tread! tread! tread!
The sound of horse hooves came from the road in the distance.
Xu Cunzhong, who was guarding the front position of the army, was nervous, and sweat began to drip from his forehead and down his cheeks.
"It's those soldiers of Zheng Shoubei." A servant beside him reminded in a low voice.
Xu Cunzhong naturally recognized the identities of these cavalrymen who appeared in front of him.
However, he did not relax because of this. Instead, he clenched his hands tighter, and because of too much force, the area around the fingertips turned faintly white.
"No, someone is chasing these people!" the servant on the side suddenly shouted.
Behind Zheng Shuqi's personal soldiers, he could faintly see riders chasing after them.
They were very close to where the officers and soldiers were on the road, but the soldiers brought by Zheng Shuqi did not slow down. Instead, they rushed directly towards the ranks of the officers and soldiers.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, let them pass." Xu Cunzhong hurriedly shouted to the soldiers on the side of the road.
He didn't need to remind him at all. Some of the soldiers had already jumped into the ditch on the roadside. No one dared to use their own flesh and blood to stop the galloping horses.
Even though the soldiers started to dodge, a few of the soldiers who were unlucky enough to not dodge were knocked out by the horses and fell heavily to the ground, making them unable to survive.
Several battalion soldiers had their legs trampled by war horses.
This made the already relatively stable ranks of officers and soldiers become chaotic.
"Damn it!" Xu Cunzhong couldn't help but cursed.
He could feel that Zheng Shuqi's soldiers did not take the soldiers guarding the camp seriously at all, otherwise they would not have charged directly.
However, the chaos was quickly suppressed by Zheng Shuqi and his men who were holding the line.
At this time, the tiger-character flag riders who were chasing Zheng Shuqi's soldiers also appeared in front of the army formation. They stopped a hundred steps away and took a few glances, then turned their horses' heads and left.
"What do they mean? Are they leaving now?" Xu Cunzhong frowned.
The cavalrymen of the Tiger Flag left so suddenly, which surprised him.
"General, this battle can't be fought. Zheng Shoubei asked us to die." The servant on the side said in a low voice.
Xu Cunzhong looked very ugly.
How could he not know this, but Zheng Shuqi was the nominal commander of this army. As a subordinate, he could only obey the other party's orders.
"General, the few Tiger Flag cavalrymen who just left did not retreat because they were afraid when they saw us. I am afraid that the Tiger Flag army will arrive soon. We are no match for the Tiger Flag army." The servant thought. Xu Cunzhong didn't understand the seriousness of the matter and couldn't help but remind him.
Xu Cunzhong took a deep breath and said: "Just follow my eyes and act accordingly. Don't lose your head because of other people's black hats."
He did not dare to openly disobey Zheng Shuqi's order, but he decided in his heart to save his own life.
"Don't worry, General. I don't dare to say anything else. It's okay for you to escape, General Protector." The servant assured him, patting his chest.
Xu Cunzhong nodded expressionlessly.
At this time, all he could count on were his own servants. As for the soldiers guarding the camp, he didn't dare to count on any of them. He really knew the virtues of these soldiers.
The soldiers in the camp, who rarely even have enough to eat, have no fighting capacity at all. Especially in recent years, due to the Tiger Flag, the Lingqiu area has been peaceful, and the soldiers guarding the camp have no place to use their skills, and no one is paying attention. To manage the life and death of the camp soldiers.
From top to bottom in the garrison camp, every military attache with a rank is thinking about how to get more free money and get more benefits from the garrison camp, rather than training camp soldiers.
After all, training camp soldiers also costs money.
"Here we come, General." The sharp-eyed servant reminded.
A figure appeared on the road far ahead, and there were more and more figures, crowding the entire road.
"Send the order and be alert!" Xu Cunzhong ordered.
And he held the handle of the waist knife tightly with his right hand.
Not long after his order was issued, the soldiers on the official side became chaotic again. Some soldiers began to retreat on their own, and some even simply dropped their weapons and fled in the direction they came.
Seeing this, Xu Cunzhong's face darkened.
I thought that even if the soldiers guarding the main camp were useless, they could still serve as personal leaders and be used to wave the flag and shout. Now it seems that there is no hope at all.
Before they could fight, some soldiers from the camp had already begun to flee.
"General, should we escape together?" the servant on the side suggested.
One person can tell that the soldiers who are expected to guard the camp cannot be the opponent of the Tiger Flag army.
Xu Cunzhong hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer."
It wasn't that he didn't want to escape, but that he felt that escaping now would give Zheng Shuqi an opportunity to exploit the situation, and he would probably bear the responsibility for the defeat.
After all, his Qian Hu family had long been an eyesore in Zheng Shuqi's eyes. If he hadn't found a suitable reason, he would have been replaced by his Qian Hu family.
When the servant next to him saw what his master said, he could only stay patiently.
However, at this time, the chaos behind the officers and soldiers became more serious, but the desertion stopped.
"Go and see what's going on behind the scenes!" Xu Cunzhong told the servant beside him.
If one battalion soldier escaped, it would be normal for the other battalion soldiers to follow suit. But now all the battalion soldiers not only did not escape, but moved closer and closer.
This was nothing like the garrison he knew.
A servant rode towards the rear of the officers and soldiers behind him.
After a short time, he returned to Xu Cunzhong and whispered: "Zheng Shoubei's soldiers killed several camp soldiers who wanted to escape and stopped the deserters from escaping."
Xu Cunzhong nodded after hearing this.
This is what he thought, otherwise with the virtue of the soldiers guarding the camp, they would have all fled long ago, instead of staying here and waiting for the arrival of the Tiger Flag army.
However, in this case, his idea of taking advantage of the opportunity when the deserters began to flee and fled back to Lingqiu County could no longer be implemented, and he could only stay here.
