Chapter 367: Huang Taiji's helplessness
Harris had a premonition that he would be defeated, and he immediately retreated, but he could not let go of the dignity of the Tatars, and would rather die in battle than retreat. This is the military rule that every soldier in Houjin swears to defend, and Harris hesitates for a while.
But then again, if you know that you are invincible, you still want to stay here, and continue to fight with an enemy who cannot be defeated at all, it will only increase unnecessary casualties.
For the sake of ethereal faith, I watched the living beings in front of me die here like this. Harris felt that it was completely unnecessary, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and there was not much time left for Harris to think about it, and every moment of hesitation, more of his companions would die.
"Blow the horn and evacuate immediately." Harris gave a decisive order.
"Woo woo woo ......"
The melodious horn suddenly resounded throughout the chaotic battlefield, and all the Houjin cavalry were stunned when they heard the horn of retreat.
After countless wars, they have never encountered such a situation, and before the victory is decided, there is a clarion call to withdraw troops?
The sound of the horn still echoed on the battlefield, but Harris didn't see anyone retreating, looking at them one by one dumbfounded, he roared: "Evacuate ......"
Harris's roar finally woke up all the Houjin cavalry, and one by one they began to react, turning their horses and starting to flee.
Seeing this, Harris finally felt a little relieved, but he himself did not evacuate first, but stayed behind with more than two dozen personal guards.
In order to prevent his companions from making unnecessary sacrifices, he can ignore his faith, but he cannot retreat like other soldiers, otherwise it will really break military discipline.
Seeing the sudden withdrawal of the Houjin cavalry, Chen Jisheng was so angry that he shouted, he took the lead, wielding a saber and constantly chasing and killing those Houjin cavalry who were about to evacuate.
Harris soon saw Chen Jisheng, he laughed wildly, raised the scimitar in his hand and shouted: "Daming thief, Lao Tzu is here, and he has the ability to fight with General Ben for three hundred rounds." ”
When Chen Jisheng heard the prestige, he was immediately overjoyed when he saw that it was the general of the enemy army, and he laughed wildly with the same heroism, and rushed forward with a saber.
Under the urging of the two, the war horses slammed together like lightning.
"Ding Ding ......"
After two sounds of gold and iron, Chen Jisheng and Harris finally staggered.
Chen Jisheng covered his chest with one hand, and then stopped the warhorse, and when he turned to look at Harris, he saw that the guy's body suddenly fell from the horse's quilt, and the handle of the saber was exposed at the mouth of his heart.
"Poof......
Chen Jisheng was so excited that he suddenly pulled the wound on his chest, and after snorting, his throat swelled, and a mouthful of blood spurted out directly.
At this time, Xu Fuzuo didn't know when he came, he saw Chen Jisheng like this, and immediately exclaimed: "Big brother, how are you?" ”
Wiping the blood stains on his mouth with his hand casually, Chen Jisheng shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's okay, it's just that the guy punched him in the chest." ”
Xu Fuzuo was still very worried, he went straight forward to check Chen Jisheng's wounds, but fortunately, he didn't see any knife wounds. It should be as Chen Jisheng said just now, he was just hit by his fist.
After making sure that Chen Jisheng was okay, Xu Fuzuo asked him to rest temporarily, and then he immediately led the Dongjiang army to chase down the Houjin cavalry who really fled in panic.
The battle ended sooner than expected, and the Dongjiang army won a complete victory, killing more than 300 enemies. With less than a hundred dead and wounded, such a result can be described as a good record.
But Chen Jisheng was still not satisfied, you must know that this time to kill the enemy, the soldiers and horses of the Dongjiang Army were about twice as large as the Houjin cavalry, but the result was only more than 300 enemies.
Xu Fuzuo didn't dare to lead his troops to chase too far, and he quickly led the army back.
"How. Is there any chasing? Although he knew that Xu Fusheng must not have been able to speak, Chen Jisheng still asked with a glimmer of hope.
Xu Fuju shook his head and said, "I couldn't catch up with them, and they ran faster than rabbits one by one." ”
"Alas......"
Chen Jisheng suddenly let out a soft sigh.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Fuyu's face was full of doubts, and he sighed suddenly?
"It's a pity that we didn't wipe out all these Houjin cavalry, and we still suffered more than 100 casualties when our soldiers and horses were twice as large as the enemy's. It can be seen that once we meet the Houjin army now, it is unpredictable to win or lose! Chen Jisheng explained properly.
"You can't be a fat person by eating in one bite, things have to be slow, and I think it's good like this." Xu Fuzuo is very optimistic, he is not as sad as Chen Jisheng.
"Okay, we can't stay any longer, presumably this Emperor Taiji's army is already very close to us." Chen Jisheng suddenly changed the subject.
"Yes, let's take a brief rest, and then the whole army will quickly rush back to the territory of Daming." Xu Fuzuo nodded in agreement.
Since there is a unanimous decision, there is nothing to argue about, Xu Fuzuo and Chen Jisheng are in the limelight. Soon let the army pack up their things, and the whole army accelerated and galloped away in the direction of Daming.
Since each of the Dongjiang troops now had a war horse, the speed of the march was quite fast. If Huang Taiji's cavalry was not many, then he would definitely not be able to catch up with Chen Jisheng and them.
After returning from the defeat, the Houjin cavalry returned to the army that was slowly advancing, and immediately reported the battle situation to Huang Taiji. But he learned that Harris actually left behind in order to cover the retreat of the cavalry, and now his life and death are unknown.
After only two dozen people were broken, once they were surrounded by the Ming army, they could be thought of with their toes.
"Order, the whole army hastened forward." Huang Taiji coldly ordered.
The Houjin army immediately rushed to the place where Harris was fighting with the enemy at full speed, and Huang Taiji personally went down to check and soon found Harris's body.
"Come on, bury Harris." Huang Taiji said with a serious face.
"Great Khan, aren't we chasing after the Ming army?" An adjutant immediately stepped forward to inquire.
Huang Taiji looked up at the sky and sighed lightly: "The enemy army has occupied our war horse, and we can't catch up at all." I'll let them go this time, but Harris and the innocent dead tribe won't just leave it at that. ”
The deputy general heard the anger in Huang Taiji's tone, and he didn't dare to say more, obviously, Huang Taiji would just forget it.
Huang Taiji did not chase after Chen Jisheng and them again, but immediately withdrew after collecting the corpses of all the Houjin soldiers. And Chen Jisheng and the others also left Tatar safely as scheduled, and there were no accidents along the way.
What happened here in Tatar, Huang Taiji issued a gag order, and Chen Jisheng did not spread the news, this matter was covered for the time being, and there was no spread.