The eldest son of the red mansion

Arslen Khan did not expect that his small self-protection measures would lead to the collapse of the entire army.

There is a saying that the defeat of the soldiers is like a mountain. In this case, nothing can stop the defeated soldiers. If they stop them too much, these people will even dare to kill their own people.

Jia Ke saw that the opportunity was too late to miss, and he never came back.So he ordered the whole army to charge together, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in the rear.It is necessary to defeat the Tatars in one fell swoop and relieve the siege of Xuanfu Town.

What is the easiest way to fight on the battlefield?Of course it was a smooth battle, and now the Kaiping Town troops are fighting with the wind, they cover and kill from behind.

The Tatars had no intention of resisting, they only knew how to run away, busy like a bereaved dog, anxious like a fish slipping through the net.

Jia Ke rushed to the front with hundreds of people, and the places he passed were like cutting through waves. Eight thousand cavalry under his leadership covered and killed tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry.No one of the Tatars dared to resist. As a result, countless people were killed and injured, and many people even got off their horses and knelt down to surrender.Jia Ke didn't make things difficult for those who surrendered, and led the cavalry to rush past them, and the infantry behind them came up and captured them all.

In the end, Arslen Khan couldn't stop the army's rout, so he had to retreat back to the camp with the remnants of the defeated soldiers. They couldn't hold out in the camp, and the archers kept shooting outwards, which blocked Jia Ke's charge.

Jia Ke saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, so he ordered the troops to withdraw and set up camp five miles away from the Tatar camp.But at this time, Jia Ke did not relax, when the infantry and logistics were camping.Jia Ke led the cavalry to wander around in front of the Tatar village, in case the Tatars attacked suddenly.

Arslen Khan didn't dare to attack at this time. After returning to the camp, he counted his troops and lost nearly 2 people in the battle with Jia Ke, and all the tribes suffered heavy losses.Now they changed color after hearing Jia Ke's name.

Besides, in Xuanfu Town, when the Tatars attacked, they had already discovered that something was wrong, and hurriedly reported it to Jiedu envoy Wang Tao.

After receiving the report, Wang Tao hurriedly took Gao Hong to the city wall and looked into the distance.

Wang Tao and Jia Ke were on the city wall, and they could barely see the large group of Tatar cavalry gathered together and rushed towards the distance. They couldn't see clearly what happened afterwards.

Gao Hong didn't know where he was at this time, the reinforcements had already arrived.A little overjoyed.He said to Wang Tao next to him, "My lord, we are saved. It seems that Jia Ke's reinforcements have arrived. The Tatars are going to fight Jia Ke."

Wang Tao was also overjoyed when he heard that. He was exhausted from the fighting for more than ten days. The more than 2 soldiers who had gathered back before had been completely lost now.He had to recruit all the strong men of the city to defend the city together.

These people have not been trained by ordinary people, how can they withstand such an attack, and tens of thousands of people have been lost in the past ten days.There were even several mutinies in the city. Fortunately, under Gao Hong's plan, Wang Tao made a decisive decision and carried out several purges, killing all the rich and wealthy businessmen who participated in the mutiny. Only then did the dissatisfaction be suppressed.

But even so, Xuanfu Town is almost unable to survive. Now almost all the veterans on the top of the city are killed, all relying on these young and strong to defend the city. But if there are those who retreat, they will be killed without mercy, and the city may have fallen long ago.

At this time, not only Wang Tao and Gao Hong saw the situation of the Tatars moving to the rear, but also everyone on the top of the city.This is the arrival of their own reinforcements, and the Tatars had to send out part of their troops to block the reinforcements.

For a moment, there were thunderous cheers in the city, and many people wept with joy.These people were already numb, thinking that they might die in the city tomorrow.I didn't expect that the reinforcements would arrive so soon. At this time, the morale of the city was greatly boosted. Their eyes were full of hope. Everyone was holding the weapons in their hands. If the Tatars dared to come at this time, they would definitely find these defenders. The young and strong in the city have already made a difference before.

Although all the young and strong were cheering and excited, after Gao Hong calmed down, he began to worry again.

He saw very clearly from the top of the city that the Tatars dispatched at least 1 to [-] cavalry this time.And the Jacoma infantry added up to only [-] people, so I am afraid that they are not the opponents of the Tatars.

Gao Hong analyzed in his heart that if he were Jia Ke, he would avoid the enemy's edge at this time and retreat temporarily.The future strategy will also focus on harassment, trying to contain the Tatars so that they cannot attack the city with all their strength.Then wait for the imperial army to arrive, and join forces with them to fight the Tatars.

Chapter 167

Wang Tao led everyone on the top of the city, looking anxiously into the distance, they were waiting for the result of this battle.

But Gao Hong didn't have much hope for this, he had already deduced the battle in his heart.The Tatars led the cavalry and left in a big way. Jia Ke's scouting horse found something wrong. After reporting to Jia Ke, Jia Ke made a decisive decision and immediately turned in.Try to avoid the Tatar cavalry as much as possible, and then find a place to defend against danger, so that the Tatars have to disperse their forces, so that the pressure on Xuanfu Town will be reduced by at least half.This was already the best result he could think of.

They waited on the top of the city for nearly two hours, and suddenly the Tatar cavalry in front retreated like a tide, and they could see that the number of Tatar cavalry had decreased significantly.And it doesn't look like these people are retreating in an orderly manner.Instead, he was defeated and fled.

Immediately afterwards, behind the Tatar cavalry, there appeared countless cavalry with white helmets and white armor, like a white blade, and kept killing the Tatars behind them. The Tatars did not dare to resist these cavalry , only know to keep running away.The Tatars finally rushed into their camp, and with the help of the archers in the camp, they blocked the cavalry with white helmets and white armor.

As for one of these cavalrymen, the armor on his body emitted infinite light under the sunlight.Wang Tao knew who it was when he saw the armor, because when Wu Li came back from Kaiping Town last year, he reported Jia Ke's situation to him carefully.He knew that Jia Ke had a piece of armor, which was the personal armor of the old Duke of Rongguo Mansion, which could reflect the light of Taoism in the sun.Seeing him on the battlefield at this time really deserved his reputation.

When Jiedushi Wang Tao saw Jia Ke at this time, he was closer than seeing his relatives, and they were finally saved.The defenders on the top of the city immediately cheered when they saw this situation. The reinforcements had defeated the Tatars, and they were about to be rescued.

Soon, Jia Ke's follow-up troops also came to the city of Xuanfu and began to set up camp.

Jia Ke also led the cavalry back to the camp after the troops settled down in the camp. After returning to the camp, Jia Ke sat in the tent of the Chinese army and ordered Huang Baifeng to immediately count the number of casualties, and Zheng Kai to count the number of prisoners.

After a while, all the data was reported. They injured nearly 1000 people this time, beheaded more than 1 Tatars, captured more than 1 people, and captured more than [-] horses. Expressed satisfaction, such an exchange ratio is a unilateral massacre for any war.

After this battle, the Tatars may never dare to fight him in the field again, but he can calmly block the surroundings, carry out anti-surrounding Tatars, cut off the supply of food and grass for the Tatars, and even cut off their drinking water. He wants to see how long the Tatars can last, and if possible, he will wipe out all the Tatars under the town of Xuanfu.

Arslen Khan returned to the big tent and couldn't help but slumped on his seat.At this time, the leaders of the various tribes also came in one after another, and all of them were downcast when they arrived home, and they completely lost the impassionedness they had just attacked.

Alatan, the leader of the Buryat tribe, just sat down and stood up angrily, and said to everyone: "I don't want to stay in this ghost place anymore, I want to go back to the grassland, I want to go back to my tribe, this Jia Ke is a devil, and it's not something we people can lower."

Qing Geertai, the leader of the Balhu Department, did not have the courage to reconcile Arslen Khan first. At this moment, he stood up and said, "I think what Alatan said is right. We can no longer achieve any results. Now, the front is the strong city of Xuanfu Town, and Jia Ke is watching from the side, and we may be eaten by this tiger at any time. What's the matter of attacking the city, it would be good if we can keep ourselves."

Su De from the Erut department was the most irritable, and he was going crazy at this moment. Regardless of the occasion, he jumped up and scolded: "That bastard told me that we can defeat Jia Ke, go out and have a look, Can we defeat such a person? This is to send us to die.” He stopped and took a breath, and then said: “I completely agree with what the tribal leaders said. If you don’t act, I will go by myself. If this continues, we will all die in Xuanfu Town."

Arslen Khan never expected that a defeat would knock them all out.It is probably impossible for them to fight Jia Ke again now, and it is not an option to continue like this.

Timur, the leader of the Zhelimu tribe, stood up and said to Arslen Khan, "Great Khan, retreat quickly. If we don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave again."

When Arslen Khan heard his words, he couldn't help becoming angry, although he thought he could not win.But it has not reached the point where the entire army is about to be annihilated. Isn't this disturbing the morale of the army?

So Arslen Khan twisted his face and said to him: "Timur, please speak clearly. If you dare to disturb the morale of the army, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people."

Timur was not afraid, he stepped out, stood in the center of the big tent, and said to Arslen Khan and the tribal leaders around him: "It seems that we are still as stable as Mount Tai. Although we have lost a game, our main force is still strong. Yes. Jia Ke had nothing to do with us for a while, and it seemed that there was no danger. But have you ever thought about when we Tatars fought and defended? Therefore, the food and water stored in our camp can make us We have enough food for 10,000+ people to eat for a few days. But without water, how can our soldiers and horses live?"

He just said this, Su De and I couldn't wait to jump up, and then he said: "If there is no water, we will be very hungry and thirsty. I am afraid that we will not even have the strength to walk. How can we fight Jia Ke? In the end I'm afraid they will all be killed here by Jia Ke."

Tara, the leader of Torghut, was the uncle of Arslen Khan, and he was loyal to Arslen Khan. He was very dissatisfied with what they said, so he stood up and scolded them: "If there is no water, we can go out to find water. Isn’t there a river? How can we be short of water? You guys don’t want to be alarmist.”

Su De had disliked him a long time ago. He used to be Arslen Khan's uncle and bullied other tribes a lot. Seeing him coming out and going against the tribes, he immediately jumped up and scolded him: "You A leader who is made by a woman, what right does he have to reprimand us here, have you fought or killed people? If you are powerful, you go out to fetch water. We are all watching."

Su De's words made Tara breathless, but he didn't dare to refute.What if everyone asked him to fetch water?The Jia Ke who stayed outside was like a devil.They were beaten with so many of them going out together.Let him go alone to fetch water. Once he goes out, he may not come back.So he didn't talk to me, and could only sit there and sulk.

But what he said angered Arslen Khan, which has already taken him on board. If he continued to let Su De be so arrogant, no one in the tribes would listen to him anymore, so he said to Su De: "How dare you speak rudely and offend my mother. Don't I know that I am still a big sweat on the grassland? After returning, I will deprive [-] herdsmen. If you don't obey, I will destroy your entire clan."

Seeing this situation, the other tribal leaders knew that Arslen Khan was extremely angry and no one would dare to offend him again, so they all acquiesced to his punishment.

Seeing that the other tribal leaders did not speak to him, Su De knew that if he refused to give in, he would really be exterminated, so he quickly knelt down in front of Arslen Khan and apologized: "Dear Khan, it was my brother just now. No, I fully accept your punishment. I only hope that the big man can forgive me."

Arslen Khan saw that he had given in, so he didn't pursue further.Just waved his hands and put them aside.

Chapter 168 Thirst

Arslen Khan saw that although the tribal leaders did not help Su De, it did not mean that they did not agree with Su De's ideas.Now all the tribes are eager to return. If they hadn't lost the battle with Jia Ke this time, maybe they could still accept breaking Xuanfu Town and gain more wealth.But now it is impossible to break through Xuanfu Town, so the tribes have no intention of continuing the fight, and they all think that if they continue to fight, it will only increase casualties.

Arslen Khan also thinks this way now, and there is no need to continue fighting. It seems that the main attack direction chosen in the past two years is wrong.With Jia Ke in this direction, it cannot be the main assault target at all.However, attacking from other places could not threaten the foundation of the Southern Dynasty, and could only make a small fuss and rob some things to go back.

Moreover, he and the tribe are not on the same mind and cannot be united. If these troops are all commanded by him, if he wants to fetch water, he will send a large army together, and Jia Ke can't help him.It's just a loss of manpower.But now that the tribes don't want to lose their soldiers and horses, he can't send his cronies there, otherwise he won't be able to suppress the grassland tribes in the future.

Arslen Khan felt how correct his previous thinking was, with these tribal leaders acting as shit-stirring sticks in the city.I will never be able to unify the grasslands, and I will never be able to pose a real threat to the Southern Dynasty.

This time, he will never compromise again when he goes back. It seems that he will have a good talk with the high priest when he goes back.Otherwise, if things go on like this, the grassland will always be a mess of loose sand.

All the tribal leaders looked at Arslen Khan at this time, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Arslen Khan thought about the current situation carefully, and finally said to everyone: "If we retreat now as soon as we lose the battle, we will lose our courage in the future. And the people of the Southern Dynasty will also lose respect for us. So I think we should We can’t retreat right now. Starting tomorrow, each tribe will attack the city separately, and the others will guard Jia Ke. We will attack the city for another three days. If Xuanfu Town cannot be captured in three days, we will retreat to the grassland. If we can capture Xuanfu Town in three days Fuzhen, we will rob the city for three days, and then retreat. What do you think?"

The leaders of the various tribes listened to his words, and what he said was well-founded, and he had already considered both offense and defense, so they all agreed.

Then there is the choice of candidates for the siege. If anyone would arrange to siege the city before, they would definitely sigh bad luck, or even fail to work hard.But this time is different, all the tribal leaders are rushing to attack the city.

Arslen Khan would have been greatly relieved if he had seen this situation a day ago.But now that he is shameless towards these old foxes, he has a new view.