Chapter 686: Cattle and Sheep and Cavalry

The menacing Chen Jisheng only wanted to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible, he didn't know that on his way forward, many people of the Jin Kingdom had already been ambushed, and they were thinking about the war horses under their crotches.

"General, there are a large number of cattle and sheep ahead, blocking our way, now we must slow down first." A scout horse suddenly ran to Chen Jisheng's side and reported to him.

"Cattle and sheep?" Chen Jisheng muttered in astonishment.

"General, there are herdsmen driving cattle and sheep towards us, and the scale is not small. Now we either have to get around it, or we have to stop. The scout explained to Chen Jisheng again.

Chen Jisheng frowned when he heard this, such a situation is obviously abnormal, how can any herdsman be stupid enough to graze cattle in such a place where there is a war? Chen Jisheng immediately felt that there must be a conspiracy here, maybe Huang Taiji did it on purpose, so as to drag them here.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Jisheng gave the order and directly chose to take a detour. The 20,000 cavalry soon circled to the left under his leadership, however, to Chen Jisheng's surprise, at this time, there were also herdsmen on the left who drove large herds of cattle and sheep to block their way.

In desperation, Chen Jisheng had no choice but to lead the army to advance from the right, this time there was no large number of cattle and sheep, but he encountered a large number of herdsmen who seemed to be fleeing the famine. Many herdsmen directly blocked the way of the Dongjiang army, and in the face of these civilians, the Dongjiang army obviously could not kill.

Chen Jisheng suspected that this was a bad move made by Huang Taiji, but he was helpless, there were cattle and sheep in other directions, and he couldn't go at all. After pondering for a moment, Chen Jisheng finally ordered to send a thousand cavalry to rush in front of the army, preparing to drive away the fleeing herdsmen, at least so that the army could pass smoothly.

A thousand cavalrymen, under the leadership of the general, were ordered to set off, and soon communicated with the fleeing herdsmen, asking them to get out of the way and let the Dongjiang army pass smoothly. However, what the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army did not expect was that these seemingly harmless civilians suddenly attacked, and in an instant, a thousand cavalry were swallowed up by countless herdsmen before they could react.

After a short period of chaos, a thousand Dongjiang cavalry soldiers were killed and wounded, and the thousand war horses also fell into the hands of the herdsmen.

Chen Jisheng waited for a moment, but there was no reply, and even sent another 2,000 cavalry to inquire about the situation. As a result, as on the previous occasion, the two thousand cavalry were again silent.

Chen Jisheng really realized that something was wrong at this moment, he didn't dare to have any more delays, and immediately ordered the whole army to assault. When he met the herdsmen, he saw that they had assembled a team of three thousand cavalry, and there was nothing he didn't understand.

lost 3,000 subordinates in vain, and Chen Jisheng's fiery temper was ignited in an instant. He will no longer care about the order not to kill civilians, and directly order an attack, and there is no forgiveness for killing.

Both sides were about the same in number, and the Dongjiang army was furious when they realized that their companions had been killed by the herdsmen in front of them. Rush up and start fighting, without even a word of nonsense.

In the same way, the herdsmen's side was also well prepared, and the 3,000 newly equipped cavalry was at the forefront, just enough to hedge the impact of the cavalry of the Dongjiang Army. Created an opportunity for those in their rear to deal with the cavalry. Obviously, the tactics of the Jin Kingdom were prepared to sacrifice the three thousand cavalry to withstand the torrent of cavalry that rushed in.

The herdsmen who followed closely behind the 3,000 cavalry, each with a bow and arrow, aimed at the Dongjiang army and shot it, causing countless casualties to the Dongjiang army for a time. Chen Jisheng himself is also in danger, when he kills the enemy, there are always cold arrows shooting beside him, but fortunately, the guards beside him are skilled, and they shoot down those cold arrows one by one. But for this reason, there are also more than a dozen guards who sacrificed themselves in order to protect Chen Jisheng.

Seeing the guards beside him being continuously shot down by the ubiquitous cold arrows, Chen Jisheng was so anxious that he was about to go crazy, and he was even more ruthless and crazy when he killed the enemy. Anyone who appears in front of him is a trick to ask for his life.

The herdsmen who are good at riding and archery have made Chen Jisheng suffer a lot, and many people have been killed and wounded, but these herdsmen are always just ordinary people, not regular soldiers. After the fighting between the two armies became white-hot, it began to gradually decline.

Especially after the 3,000 cavalry at the forefront were slaughtered, the remaining archers directly became the target of the Dongjiang Army. was chased and slashed by the cavalry of the Dongjiang Army, and suffered countless casualties.

At first, the herdsmen, who were still agitated, immediately began to flee in all directions, but what makes people feel strange is that when they fled, they all went in one direction, and there was no chaotic situation.

Chen Jisheng only reacted after leading the army to chase for a few hundred meters, and when he looked back, the ground was full of corpses. However, the number of men who followed him was a third less, that is, a third of the soldiers and horses were lost in just one battle.

Looking at the herdsmen who were still fleeing, Chen Jisheng suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered not to pursue, but to turn around and continue to move forward. This unexpected appearance made him dare not have any carelessness, and the fighting power of the herdsmen made him understand that the consequences of underestimating the enemy might be unbearable for him.

Chen Jisheng sent hundreds of scout horses to open the way in front, but he didn't take a few hundred steps, looking at the flat ground in front of him, but many traps suddenly appeared. The surface of each horse trap is camouflaged, and if he is not careful, he will fall into it with people and horses. More than 20 people were killed in an instant, so Chen Jisheng and the others had to stop.

Behind them, the herdsmen who had fled for their lives had returned, followed by a large number of cattle and sheep. As soon as Chen Jisheng looked up, he could see that there was a phalanx composed of hundreds of cattle in front of the herdsmen, and many herdsmen were hiding in the herds, not knowing what they were busy with.

What are these herdsmen doing before Chen Jisheng? The accident happened at this moment, and the phalanx of hundreds of cows suddenly began to rampage towards them. At this time, a guard beside Chen Jisheng exclaimed: "They set the ox's tail on fire." ”

Chen Jisheng could already see it clearly, those herdsmen actually drove cattle to attack the Dongjiang Army, and the ground in front of them was full of horse pits, and it was impossible to walk. There were crazy cattle rushing in the rear, Chen Jisheng had nothing to hesitate, and immediately ordered the soldiers to flee from the left and right directions in two ways.

There is no problem with Chen Jisheng's idea, but the problem is that those herdsmen have already thought of a strategy to deal with it, and they saw that the road to the left and right directions was occupied by flocks of sheep rushing wildly.