The eldest son of the red mansion

Jia Ke had already made up his mind to take him under the knife, not to mention the wanton insults he had given to him just now, which made me feel very annoyed. At this time, I didn't care about his pleadings, and announced loudly to the following: "Huo Jiu doesn't respect military orders, He intends to hold a superior officer hostage, control the military power, and plot wrongdoing. Not killing is not enough to enforce the military law. Come here, drag me out and behead him."

As soon as Jia Ke finished speaking, several swordsmen broke into outside the tent and dragged Huo Jiu out.Huo Jiu kept struggling and shouted: "My lord, spare my life, spare my life."

Jia Ke sat on it as steady as Mount Tai, as if she didn't hear it.After a while, the voice outside changed from pleading to scolding.After a while, it suddenly disappeared.

Soon there was a swordsman dragging Huo Jiu's head on a wooden pallet, and entered the tent for Jia Ke to examine.Jia Ke glanced at the heads on the plate, and then said to the people below: "Many of you are serving under my command for the first time, and you don't know my temper. Now I will tell you, the so-called Your credit will not be missed, but whoever of you dares to violate the military order will be your end."

The people below who had just entered Jia Ke's army were all pale and trembling.They are all stragglers from various ministries, they have just been recruited by Jia Ke, and they don't know Jia Ke's temper yet.

Seeing a commander now, Jia Ke killed as soon as he said he would. This is a member of the third rank.Originally, they expressed dissatisfaction with Jia Ke's disruption of the original organization and reorganization of the troops, but now they dare not have any complaints.

Jia Ke saw that the faces of all the generals were frightened, and he knew that it was almost done, so he said to the swordsman, "Hang this man's head on a high pole, and show it to the whole camp. Let all the officers and soldiers know what happens if they violate the military order."

The knife and axe listened to Jia Ke's order, dragged the head and went out.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Jia Ke killed Huo Jiu, the monkey, and policed ​​a group of chickens below.So he said to the following: "Hurry up and go back to eat and rest, continue to leave tomorrow morning, hope to reach Xuanfu Town as soon as possible, so as to relieve the danger of Jiedu Envoy."

All the generals, they dispersed one after another.After leaving the big tent, they talked while walking, expressing awe from the bottom of their hearts for Jia Ke's decisiveness and hotness.Any general who encountered this situation would at most put Huo Jiu under house arrest, and wait until the end of the war to deal with the court.However, Jia Ke dared to kill him to correct the military law, no matter what the purpose was, such courage is really admirable.

Next, Jia Ke disrupted the gathered army and reorganized the plan, which went very smoothly.Almost all the generals did not dare to disobey. After this time, Jia Ke had completely controlled the newly recruited 1 horses. After simple formation, although these people could not collide with the Tatars head-on, they waved their flags and shouted. Some tailwinds are still possible.

Early the next morning, the army set off again.This time, the newly returned personnel also tried their best to walk as neatly as the soldiers of Taiping Town. Although they could not be perfect, they had tried their best.After all, they have not been trained in this area.However, Jia Ke thinks that it is very good for them to have this attitude, which shows that they are actively moving closer to Kaiping Town.

The army marched for another day and a half, and finally approached Xuanfu Town at noon on this day.

As soon as Jia Ke led the army approached Xuanfu Town, there were countless Tatar cavalry wandering around. Jia Ke also sent his own cavalry to drive them aside to prevent them from approaching his main force.At the same time, the marching speed was slowed down, and the army in Kaiping Town even formed a neat Macedonian phalanx.The newly assembled troops also held steel knives and shields, and tried to maintain the same neat formation as the Macedonian phalanx.This made the Tatars have no chance to take advantage of them, so they could only monitor the team of tens of thousands of people from a distance, and slowly approached Xuanfu Town.

Arslen Khan received a secret report the day before, which said: Jia Ke set out from Kaiping Town to rescue Xuanfu Town with 1 horses. Sent by Arslen Khan.The purpose is to continue to conceal Tang Kuai's identity.Moreover, the army led by Jia Ke is mighty, and it is impossible to hide it at all. It is better to send this news in advance to cover Tang Kuai.

Arslen Khan was overjoyed at the time, he was defeated by Jia Ke last year.However, he thought that Jia Ke refused to defend the city back then, and Jia Ke was brave and good at fighting, which made his troops lose their vigor at the beginning, which made him have to retreat.Now the position of host and guest has changed. This time, let’s see how Jia Ke will fight against his 10,000+ troops. He arranges scouts to listen to the news of Jia Ke’s march along the way, and at the same time sends troops to prepare for when Jia Ke arrives in Xuanfu Town. Also give him a chance to wait for work, and let him suffer the consequences this time.

When Arslen Khan knew that Jia Ke would definitely arrive today, he waited for news from Jia Ke in the big tent to see if he could escape the surprise attack.

Not paying Arslen Khan's hope, he visited Ma to report at noon.

"Report to the Great Khan that Jia Ke's army was found 30 miles to the north."

Arslen Khan finally got the accurate news, and said with a sigh of relief: "As far as his troops are less than 1, what if they come? Have our troops started to attack him?"

When the scouts below heard what Arslen Khan said, they were taken aback for a moment, fearing that they would make a mistake, and hurriedly reported to Arslen Khan: "Khan, there are not ten thousand people here, but I think the other party is boundless, at least twenty thousand people. .And the military appearance is clean, and it looks like the elite of the Southern Dynasty. Our cavalry can't find any flaws in several raids. They are afraid of causing too many casualties, so they don't dare to charge, and they only monitor them nearby?"

Arslen Khan was also stunned when he heard this. He received a secret report from the spies in Kaiping Town, saying that Jia Ke had only brought 1 people with him. How come there are more than 2 people now?Could it be that other people and horses were transformed?However, the most likely ones were the rout soldiers recruited along the way. Arslen Khan was also a veteran on the battlefield. After a little thought, he could understand where these troops came from.But he was very curious about how Jia Ke managed to make these people so well-trained in such a short period of time.

Chapter 162 The Oath

Arslen Khan asked the Tanma with a serious expression: "You see clearly, more than 2 people are elites?"

"Profusely, the slaves can see clearly. There are more than 2 horses and horses in order. Not to mention anything else, they almost step on one point when they walk. Isn't such a team considered elite?"

After listening to Tan Ma's words, Arslen Khan knew that his hopes were shattered. He had hoped that Jia Ke would only recruit some remnants and defeated generals. This would not only fail to improve his combat effectiveness, but would actually lower his elite morale.Now it seems to be a long-term plan.

Arslen Khan was actually very nervous when he heard Tan Ma's words.Although more than 2 horses are not many.But last year, Jia Ke defeated 2000 cavalry with only [-] men.Later, a secret report said that Jia Ke's loss was minimal.

If Jia Ke really brought 2 people here once, he would suffer heavy losses even if he wins in the end.This will lead to the same problem as last year. The leaders of the tribes will never go forward desperately, and will aim to preserve their strength.

During the attack on Xuanfu Town during this period, Wang Tao resisted desperately because of Jiedu.So the siege was not smooth.In the past few days, the Tatars have also suffered heavy losses in the siege battle. Although their headquarters did not lose much, they lost more than half of the slaves they plundered this year.Although the leaders of the various tribes didn't say it clearly this time, if such a big loss continues, they may have another quarrel at that time.These tribal leaders were short-sighted and only wanted to rob for a while before returning to the grassland.He never thought of taking the Central Plains as his own and making all the people of the Central Plains their slaves.

Arslen Khan thought for a while, and at this time, it is better to strike first, and to suffer later.

Since Jia Ke brought all the elite this time, we can no longer wait for him to form an army before fighting him in an open and honest decisive battle.We should send more people now to launch a large-scale raid instead of small-scale harassment like just now.We should use the superior force to try to defeat Jia Ke with only one surprise attack.

Arslen Khan knew that time was running out and dared not delay, so he immediately ordered the horns to be blown to summon all the tribal leaders to discuss.

When all the tribal leaders heard the sound of the ox horn, they all rushed towards Arslen Khan's precious tent in groups of three and four.Talking to each other while walking.

"I said, what are we going to do today, this big Khan?" said a black-faced tribal leader.

"What else can we do? Let's continue to attack the city." Another tribal leader in white answered him.

The leader of the black face said: "Impossible, we have suffered a lot of losses these days. If we continue to lose like this, the gains will outweigh the losses."

"I see, we've already robbed enough this time, why not go back to the grassland now and enjoy it!"

Hearing his words, the black-faced leader was in the middle of his heart, and he said in line with him: "Who says it's not? Every time we come here in the past two years, we have robbed a lot of things and made a lot of money. It's us who sweat a lot, don't know What do you think? Let us attack Fortified City every year, causing the tribes to lose a lot of warriors."

The silver leader said disdainfully: "If I were the Great Khan, I would do the same. It can consume the strength of the tribes and increase their own wealth. He treats everyone as a fool. You can't see such a simple truth." come out."

Hearing what he said, the black-faced leader couldn't help but fell silent. It seemed that he thought so too.

This idea is no longer the speculation of one or two tribal leaders, but the consensus of many tribal leaders, so people's dissatisfaction with Arslen Khan has become more and more serious.Another important reason is that in the attack on Kaiping Town last year, the Tumo Department, which suffered heavy losses, has been annexed by Arslen Khan.

This made the tribes in the grassland even more alienated from Arslen Khan, which is why they formed an alliance last year and almost had a fight with Arslen Khan.On the one hand, Arslen Khan wants to weaken their rights, on the other hand, they are all afraid of becoming the next Tumo tribe.Once there is a gap between the two parties, the gap between them is not so easy to bridge.

All the tribal leaders came to Arslen Khan's big tent and sat down in their seats, waiting for Arslen Khan's arrival.

This time Arslen Khan came very quickly, almost as soon as they all arrived, Arslen Khan entered the treasure tent and sat on the tiger leather chair in the center.

Arslen Khan didn't talk nonsense with them, and directly entered the topic, saying: "I tell you a bad news, Jia Ke is almost arriving in Xuanfu Town with [-] elites, have you thought about how to deal with it? "

When the people below heard this, they exploded at that time.They all saw Jia Ke's bravery last year. At that time, he had only [-] people, and he confronted their [-] troops for several months.Many generals of various tribes were killed by him, and in the end no one dared to fight him.Now with [-] elites, they are here to save Xuanfu Town and fight them desperately.

The leader of the Balhu Department, Qing Geertai, stood up and said to Arslen Khan, "Dear Khan, the king of the grassland. Please listen to my little suggestion. The two tribes went south together, and have obtained enough spoils so far, so it is better to return to the grassland. If we fight here, no matter which tribe loses in the end, it will be a disaster for our entire Tatars.”

Hearing what he said, the other tribal leaders agreed with each other, saying that it is better to retreat and come back next year, so as to slowly weaken the strength of the Southern Dynasty is the best policy.

Arslen Khan felt funny when he saw their appearance.All of these people were short-sighted, completely unaware that a general had already risen in the Southern Dynasty.If he continues to grow, let alone going south to herd horses in the future, even his old lair may not be able to survive.

Arslen Khan couldn't force them to do anything now, so he had to reason with them again, "Leaders of the tribes, I know that we lost some manpower this time. But compared with our gains, this is simply nothing. It’s a drop in the bucket. What we have to face now is Jia Ke. This man is different from other generals of the Southern Dynasty. His troops are brave and good at fighting, and have blocked our southward steps several times. He is our main opponent in the future. He is still weak now. If we don't take advantage of this time to eliminate him, we will be the last to be eliminated when he grows up. Therefore, I think we should concentrate our forces and give him a fatal blow while Jia Ke is not on his feet. Everyone thinks how?"

Which of the tribal leaders is not the old fox?Of course he understands what he said.But Jia Ke's power, they all know.This battle is a victory, and I am afraid that it will also suffer heavy losses.From the perspective of the tribe, if the loss is too great, it will be very detrimental to the development of the tribe.The annexation of each other on the grassland is going on all the time.Who can guarantee that they will not be the next one to be annexed?

It is precisely because of this that they are actively preserving their strength, not that they cannot see a longer-term future.But if they can't get through the immediate difficulties, then the long-term future has nothing to do with them.

When Arslen Khan saw that all the tribal leaders were silent, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.It would be great if he was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and he could decide with one word.

Arslen Khan stood up from the throne, came to the center of the big tent, knelt down on the ground and cupped his hands to the sky and said: "All the elders of the tribes, I swear here today that Changshengtian will testify that I will be with Jia today. Ke's battle was entirely out of public interest. I have a little bit of selfish distraction, which makes me sink in hell forever."

All the tribal leaders were stunned when they heard Arslen Khan swear, especially since Arslen Khan made such a heavy oath, they couldn't help but believe that Arslen Khan really wanted to eliminate Jia Ke this time. It caused great harm to the grassland.

Chapter 163 Caution

The leaders of the Tatar tribes were shocked by Arslen Khan's oath. They did not expect that Arslen Khan, who they thought was too selfish, would have such thoughts.Since Arslen Khan made such a poisonous oath for the whole Tatars.So why do they hesitate?

So the leader of the Buryat tribe stood up and said, "Great Khan, since this is the case, we can't just stand by and watch. Please Khan issue an order to dispatch troops, and we will dispatch together. This time, we must capture and kill Jia Ke in front of the battle."

The other tribal leaders were also bloody, and they were all excited when they heard this.They all challenged Arslen Khan, their morale has been stimulated, and they don't think that it is no longer a matter of a tribe, but a matter of the whole Tatars.

Arslen Khan saw that the morale was good, no matter whether they were real or fake, Arslen Khan now regarded them as real and their morale was boosted, so he said loudly: "Since everyone has agreed to send troops, then Take half of the troops from each tribe, and go out to the camp to fight Jia Ke to the death. I don’t think anyone can match our Tatar cavalry in field battles.”