Chengzuo hurried to the outskirts of the camp, only to find that it had calmed down. Chen Jisheng was checking the three corpses on the ground at the moment, and it was not difficult to see from his clothes that two of the corpses were from the Dongjiang Army, and only one was from the Jin Kingdom.

"What happened?" Cheng Zuo quietly came behind Chen Jisheng and asked softly.

"There was a group of cavalry who came to attack and ran away with cold arrows, and two of them were killed or wounded." Chen Jisheng briefly explained.

After Cheng Zuo got closer, he had already seen that the two dead Dongjiang Army soldiers each had at least three arrows stuck in their bodies, which were deep in their bodies, and the shafts of the arrows were almost half deep. Cheng Zuo frowned and said, "Judging from the strength of the arrow, it is obvious that this is a close-range shot. ”

Chen Jisheng nodded and said, "That's right, according to the description of the people present just now, there are not many cavalrymen in this group, only about twenty people. After quietly approaching, he ran away with a cold arrow, and only one guy was killed by our fire when he returned fire. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Zuo immediately realized that this was most likely Huang Taiji's harassment tactic. He immediately ordered the generals to take care of the scene, and then be vigilant and guard, so as not to be negligent.

After explaining the matter of defense, Cheng Zuo pulled Chen Jisheng back to his handsome tent and said to him: "Obviously, now that Huang Taiji has begun to make a move, he doesn't want to fight us openly." The despicable tactics are clearly intended to disrupt our process, and I am afraid that tonight's attack is only the beginning. ”

Chen Jisheng said indifferently: "It's good to come, Lao Tzu's saber is already hungry and thirsty." ”

Compared with Chen Jisheng's passion, Cheng Zuo seemed worried, he frowned and said: "We can't be careless, we can not be afraid of Huang Taiji in the open, but the open gun is easy to dodge and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent." If Huang Taiji is determined to go around with us, but only let his subordinates attack us day and night. I'm afraid that after a long time, we will also be dragged down! ”

As it turned out, Chengzuo's fears were completely correct, and he was attacked three times that night until dawn. Although the Dongjiang army was prepared and did not suffer any casualties, it made the army nervous. If you don't have a good night's rest, you won't have much energy during the day.

When Cheng Zuo and Chen Jisheng were inspecting together, they saw a big-headed soldier yawning constantly. Cheng Zuo pointed to the soldiers who were awkward due to poor rest, and said to Chen Jisheng: "Look at it, how can they fight with Jin Bing like this?" ”

Chen Jisheng didn't care as much as he did last night, he already realized the seriousness of the matter. Obviously, if they continue to be harassed by the Jin soldiers like this, it will not take ten days and half a month, and the military spirit of the Dongjiang Army will definitely be like a plate of scattered sand. If Huang Taiji launched an attack on the Dongjiang Army at that time, the Dongjiang Army would inevitably lose or win.

After being silent for a long time, Chen Jisheng said with difficulty: "Then what should we do now?" ”

At this moment, Chen Jisheng obviously hoped that Cheng Zuo could give an order, and the whole army would fight with Huang Taiji's army as soon as possible while it was not yet decadent. It's a pity that now they still don't know where the main force of Huang Taiji is hiding, and they can't find anyone if they want to fight.

Cheng Zuo frowned and pondered for a long time, but finally shook his head and said: "There is no good way to resolve it at present, if you want to face Huang Taiji, you must first find the main force of the Jin soldiers, but unfortunately in this vast grassland, it is obviously not an easy thing." ”

Chen Jisheng suddenly became ruthless, he said coldly: "This task is entrusted to me, you try to drag the Jin soldiers as much as possible, I will lead the soldiers to hide in the dark to track down those Jin soldiers who came to harass them, I must be able to find some clues." ”

Cheng Zuo nodded and said, "That's all it takes." ”

After Chen Jisheng and Chengzuo discussed properly, he immediately left the army with a thousand subordinates. And Chengzuo also began to arm, four hot air balloons in the four directions of the army's camp to rise, in broad daylight, it is completely possible to use the hot air balloon to reconnoiter the situation in all directions, so as to be able to give early warning, not to let the harassment tactics of the Jin soldiers succeed.

The hot air balloon in mid-air did play a positive role, after the hot air balloon was launched, the Jin soldiers came to harass it twice, but they were found before they could get close to the camp of the Dongjiang Army, which was a good reversal of the current predicament faced by the Dongjiang Army.

However, Chengzuo knows that this is only temporary, and as long as it is night, the hot air balloon will lose its effect. Under the cover of the night, the Jin soldiers could still easily evade the reconnaissance of the hot air balloon, so as to continue to harass the Dongjiang army.

All hopes can only be pinned on Chen Jisheng's body, hoping that Chen Jisheng can touch the hiding place of the main force of Huang Taiji before dark.

After the two failed sneak attacks, the Jin soldiers temporarily stopped. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chengzuo immediately asked the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army to take turns to rest. However, what he didn't expect was that the accident happened.

"Dashuai, no, the hot air balloon in the east was shot down by Jin Bing's strong crossbow." A soldier ran to Chengzuo's big tent in a panic to report to him.

"What ......" Cheng Zuo was shocked when he heard this.

Without saying a word, immediately go to the scene to check. Cheng Zuo found a completely burned hot air balloon on the ground, and there were four blackened corpses inside, and the air was filled with a foul smell.

"Did you see what shot down the hot air balloon?" At this moment, Chengzuo prefers to believe that the hot air balloon fell due to an accident.

If it is shot down, then it means that Huang Taiji already has a weapon to threaten the hot air balloon. This is undoubtedly a big bad news for Cheng Zuo, the most important support of the Dongjiang Army at present is the hot air balloon, once the protection of the hot air balloon is lost, it is difficult to imagine what kind of changes will happen in the next war?

"Dashuai, the hot air balloon was shot down by Jin Bing's crossbow." The soldier's answer directly shattered Chengzuo's disillusionment.

Soon after, the two soldiers brought the crossbow arrows that had fallen in the camp, and the three-meter-long, bowl-thick crossbow arrows made Chengzuo have to believe that it was this thing that shot down the hot air balloon.

Realizing that something was wrong, Chengzuo immediately ordered the height of the hot air balloon to rise directly to 600 meters to ensure safety. Then he hurriedly returned to the tent and wrote a letter to send someone back to Jiayuguan to inform Mao Wenlong of what had happened.

An ominous premonition permeated Cheng Zuo's heart, and he felt that this expedition to the grassland was obviously not as easy to win as he imagined. Unfavorable things are constantly happening, which makes Chengzuo feel a lot of pressure that he has never had.

And Chen Jisheng, who was hidden, had already discovered the group of golden soldiers who used crossbow arrows to shoot down hot air balloons. Originally, he could have stepped forward to stop it, but in order not to startle the snake, he had to endure it. But he didn't expect that in the end, these golden soldiers actually shot down the hot air balloon with huge crossbow arrows, which surprised Chen Jisheng!