From Chief to Ball

The scouts came out from the back of the camp to form a team, holding on to the horse's mane in an unaccustomed manner. The old people and children on the opposite side did not form a team, but circled around from a distance, as if they wanted the scouts to chase them.

Chen Jian blew his whistle, signaling not to leave the camp too far, just protect the flanks around, and don't charge or chase.

The enemy on the opposite side began to move forward tentatively, and there were more than 100 people behind the crowd. The leader's plan was to rely on the maneuvering of horses and go around to the rear of the camp after the battle started.

The timing of the dispatch of these hundred and ten people needs to be grasped. If it is too early, Chen Jian will make preparations early. Only when the two sides are anxious, they will go back immediately to cause chaos.

Chen Jian stood on the ox cart with four shields covering his surroundings. When he watched the other party moving towards this side in a mess, he asked Ge Spearmen to go forward to a distance of six or seven steps in front of the camp. The earliest group of archers who were good at archery followed behind the Spearman.

When the enemy was still a hundred paces away, the archers in the camp listened to the sound of the snare drum and started the first round of salvo.

Feathered arrows, like locusts on the grassland, fell towards the most densely populated place, and the other side also started to shoot back, but the angle was obviously wrong, and only a few landed in the camp.

After two rounds of salvo, more than 30 people fell on the opposite side. The elderly and children in the outer circle also began to approach the camp to throw harassment. Keep a distance of forty or fifty steps, follow if you don't get close, dismount and shoot if you get close, relying on mobility to securely protect the flanks.

When the distance between the main force of the two sides was only seventy or eighty steps, a hundred people riding horses in the distance suddenly maneuvered quickly from the left side of the camp towards the back.

The leader thought that it would cause Chen Jian to panic, and at least send some people to guard the back of the camp, but Chen Jian was unmoved.

As if he didn't care at all, when the hundred people circled to the left side of the camp and were about to circle back, Chen Jian beat the drum, and the soldiers in front of the camp began to advance slowly.

The leader on the opposite side couldn't understand. He shook his head and said, "What does he want to do? Want to fight against the less than 200 people in front and my more than 400 people? Is this person crazy?"

When the distance between the two sides was only more than 40 steps, the hundred and ten people finally circled to the rear of the camp, but the archers in the camp also pointed their bows and arrows at them, and half of the archers picked up their spears and leaned against the deer stockade in the camp. The fence was in formation.

The plan was perfect, but the reality was different. The leader on the opposite side thought that his pressure would make everyone in Chen Jiansuo concentrate on the front. Once the battle was fought, the more than 100 people would go around and attack the empty camp behind.

But Chen Jian only took out half of the people to deal with the front, and those who went around the back could no longer decide the victory or defeat, because the camp was neither chaotic nor empty.

The soldiers at the front of the camp followed the sound of the drums, maintained a neat formation, and went out to a place twelve or thirteen steps away from the camp. The scouts on both sides protected their flanks, and they were not worried.

The feather arrows on the opposite side hit more than a dozen people, and the people in the row behind immediately filled up the formation, and finally approached forty or fifty steps away, and the drums suddenly became louder.

Wolfpi called the earliest group of archers around him who had practiced hard for more than half a year, and took out the heavy stone arrowheads in the quiver. These arrowheads were heavier than the other feather arrows thrown, and they could hit the enemy within a short distance. Time to make the opponent lose combat effectiveness.

From the gap left by the team, he aimed at the shouting and charging people on the opposite side at will. The string sounded, and the arrow shot out, and a row of people on the opposite side fell down immediately.

After two quick rounds of flat fire, the horn blew, and all the soldiers charged in a five-man squad.

On one side are semi-professional soldiers who have been trained for more than half a year, and on the other side are mobilized tribe members. This is why Chen Jian is confident that he can use less than 200 people to deal with the previous 400 people.

There was no suspense at all, the formation full of gaps after being shot by the archers couldn't stop these soldiers who had already understood the coordination of five people.

From the volley to the charge to meet the enemy, but only three breaths, nearly a hundred people have already fallen on the opposite side.

The leader at the back looked at the battle in front of him a little stupidly, and finally realized that the opponent was not crazy at all, but didn't take himself in the eyes at all!

It was as if a hungry wolf had entered the sheepfold, and his seemingly brave tribe could not resist at all. Those blue-black weapons were far sharper than the stones he used, and the leather shields on them even blocked the tribe's stone spears. .

He just felt that the army on the opposite side was very organized, but he never expected that the gap would be so big. His people were like toads trampled by horses' hoofs, and they didn't even have the ability to make the horse feel the sting.

The witch spirit priest shouted: "Back off, leader, if you can't beat it, let those old people and children rush forward, don't let those horsemen chase after you, pull back all the young and strong, stick them to let people report the news, women and children take the lead first Move away with the sheep and horses, and don’t want anything else.”

Chapter 10 Contradictions

Only then did the leader come to his senses, but his own tribe in front had already collapsed, and some of them had already fled.He took dozens of the best cavalry around him to take charge of the rear, and the collapsed clansmen could only be slaughtered when they encountered cavalry.

The hundred people behind who were in charge of containment also left the battlefield relying on their horses, while the elderly and children in the outer circle clung to the scouts controlled by the white horses to prevent them from attacking their rout.

Chen Jian blew the whistle and signaled everyone to return to the camp as a whole. Instead of chasing them, he sent scouts to follow behind them, keeping a distance.

In the evening, the scouts reported back: "Those people gathered the defeated soldiers more than ten miles away, and sent people to drive us away. They seem to be camping there."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "That's why I saw you. When mice are targeted by snakes, they won't run into their nests. They can run fast on horses, but women, children and sheep can't run away." So fast. Keep watching."

The scout nodded half understanding, as long as he knew what he was going to do.

Chen Jian asked, "How many horses and horned deer are there in the camp?"

"A total of more than 60 horses and 32 horned deer were caught."

Looking at the sky, Chen Jian called several soldiers in command to his side.

"Tomorrow morning, white horse and civet cat, you two will lead your clansmen to pursue. Don't go too fast, just follow slowly, let them know that you are chasing."

"What about you?"

"I took the wolf fur and left twenty scouts for you. I took seventy of them and went straight to their big village. You will chase them all day tomorrow. In the afternoon, you will approach the bank of this river. I will be there The bank and you will make it up."

Several people said: "Isn't it too risky? What if they still have people?"

Chen Jian pointed to a dead child who was only twelve or thirteen years old and said, "If there are still people, such a young child would not be able to go to the battlefield. There are almost no men in the village. They think we don't know them at all. Where is the village, but we actually knew it half a year ago."

"Are you saying that these people want to lure us to chase and let the women and children move away first?"

"It should be, don't look at them riding horses, but horses have to rest at night to graze, and if they migrate with women and children, they are not as fast as us. Remember, it is convenient to light a big fire when you reach the river bank at night We'll be back."

A few people nodded and arranged their affairs for the night. Chen Jian selected seventy scouts and those who could ride horned deer, and took out the leather saddles and tread ropes that had been prepared from the bullock cart for the convenience of these people. Clansmen who can ride can ride on their way.

The selected people went to bed first, and the next morning, when it was just dawn, these people were woken up, had breakfast, drank the horses, got on the horses and horned deer, and followed Chen Jian to gallop northward along the river.

The leather saddle is nothing, but the tread rope already has the prototype of the stirrup. The appearance of the stirrup is beneficial to the farming people, because it allows the farming people to train cavalry faster, and does not need to grow up with the horse; Nomadic tribes are stronger and more aggressive.

Everything has two sides. Before analyzing it clearly, Chen Jian can only come up with nondescript things, which can make the clansmen serve as mounted infantry.

When the sun rose, the clansman touched the sweat-drenched horned deer lovingly and said, "Why don't you take a rest? If you keep running like this, the horned deer won't be able to bear it, and you will get sick later."

"Don't worry about the future."

Chen Jian yelled loudly, telling the clansmen not to think about the horses. If they found that village, there would be no shortage of horses.

As for the horned deer that the clansmen get along day and night, it is an unavoidable choice. Whether it is war or farming, horned deer are far inferior to horses.

Running wildly without sparing the physical strength of the mount, he finally arrived at the village where he had visited in winter in the morning, just like before, only a little flustered.

The village was full of sheep bleating, and women tied their young children into wicker baskets on horseback. Some had already driven the sheep up the river, and some were tearing down tents.

A large number of food horses are tied with various ropes to facilitate identification of who owns them, and they gather in a large group.

Some slaves are still working in a daze, obviously only some women are watching them, but they seem to have forgotten to resist.

The screams of several women announced the appearance of Chen Jian and others. The sudden panic turned the whole village into a hell, with conflicting soldiers everywhere, and the village with only women was completely powerless to resist.

The sudden battle didn't wake up the slaves. They hid quietly in the corner, watching these people rushing to and fro, watching those who used to be arrogant and could decide their life and death turn into corpses, but they didn't have much in their hearts. excitement.

Many people were terrified by the cruel blood sacrifice. Those who had resisted died, and those who survived had forgotten to resist. They even longed to be slaves for a lifetime. It would be better not to be sacrificed by blood, and they were even a little panicked. Will people rushing to change the life they have become accustomed to.

Originally they could be killed at will, but a few months ago the leader stipulated that slaves could not be killed at will unless it was a blood sacrifice, and it was best not to use slave scalps as handkerchiefs and decorations. Blood sacrifices who kill slaves at will will be punished with half a sheepskin.