Chapter 244: Response

Dada's encounter can be regarded as a living lesson for Hongda and others. Three days later, the news of the defeat of the Kereh tribe came, which made everyone admire Yan Kang's strategic vision.

The handover of the territory of the Hongji Thorn Department and the Qiyan Department was originally a frequent friction, and when he learned that Wang Han was defeated, Hongda immediately took the lead in surrendering to White Horse City.

Among the 20,000 warriors of his tribe, Wan Yankang selected 6,000 elites to join the army of White Horse City, and did not move a penny of the wealth of cattle and sheep in his tribe, and also gave Hongda countless gold, silver and jewelry.

Of the remaining five tribes, three tribes also followed suit, offering allegiance to Wan Yan Kang.

The remaining two tribes were originally friendly with the Qiyan tribe, and when Temujin was victorious, they made up their minds to join the Qiyan tribe.

A day later, Wan Yankang and Wu Shiman each led 10,000 horsemen and wiped out the two tribes with lightning speed.

After recruiting or killing the surrounding tribes, Wan Yankang obtained a total of 20,000 elite cavalry of the new army, and he mixed the 20,000 new troops with the original troops, remixed and trained.

After five days of intensive training, Wanyan Kang personally led 30,000 cavalry to the west to the south of Choibala Mountain and the Krulun River, preparing to rescue Wang Han.

The battle between the Kereh and the Qiyan lasted for five days, and it was still difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. Temujin had few soldiers, but he had 20,000 elites in hiding, and it was not until the last moment that he threw these 20,000 troops into the battlefield and made a final decision.

Temujin won, but it was a miserable victory.

Although Wang Han was defeated, there were tens of thousands of defeated troops beside him.

It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord. Temujin, as a generation of Tianjiao, naturally understood this truth.

After defeating Wang Han, Temujin did not give the other party any respite, and led his army in pursuit. Because Wang Han's base camp is on the bank of the Wangji River in the southwest, if he is allowed to return to the base camp with the defeated troops and regroup, the follow-up of this battle is unpredictable.

Therefore, Temujin maintained an oppressive posture and drove the rest of Wang Han's troops all the way to the east.

Wang Han led the crowd to forcibly break through several times, trying to run back to the base camp, but in vain.

Under these circumstances, after remembering Yan Kang's words, Sang Kun persuaded Wang Han to go east and go to White Horse City to seek refuge.

Wang Han was reluctant at first, and took the remnants of the army around the grassland a few times, but the more circles he went, the fewer soldiers he had under him. In desperation, Wang Han had to listen to what Sang Kun said and began to run eastward for his life.

Ye Siming has been leading his troops to watch the battle and constantly transmitting the battle situation back. By the time Yan Kang arrived at the Krulun River, Wang Han's remnants were less than fifty miles away.

Wanyan Kang ordered people to find out the direction of Wang Han's remnants to flee, and on the road they must pass, they laid heavy wooden stakes about three miles wide, and the army was stationed behind the wooden stakes.

An hour later, Wang Han and Sang Kun found the wooden stake, and finished Yan Kang's army behind the wooden stake. Wan Yankang shouted from afar: "Go around the pile!" ”

After hearing Yan Kang's voice, Sang Kun couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted to Wang Han: "Father Khan, the little prince's rescue is here!" ”

Temujin led his troops, pursuing unhurriedly in the rear of Wang Han, like wolves hunting cattle, constantly cutting flesh and bleeding from their opponents, and rarely harming themselves.

In Temujin's prediction, the remnants of Wang Han's army, which could last for two more days at most, would be completely dispersed. But what he didn't expect was that the tens of thousands of remnants of Wang Han's soldiers in front of him suddenly scattered to both sides.

Temujin noticed the anomaly and immediately ordered the army to slow down.

After a stick of incense, Temujin and Wanyankang looked at each other across the pile.

Temujin didn't know who was in front of him, and when Mu Huali saw the banner of White Horse City, he told Temujin that it should be Wan Yankang himself leading the army here.

Temujin whispered a few words to Mu Huali, and Mu Huali rode his horse forward, and shouted in front of the stake: "Temujin Great Khan, please answer His Royal Highness the Prince of Dajin!" ”

Wan Yankang would ask: "Mu Huali, your family is sweating, what do you have to say?" ”

"His Royal Highness once promised that Daikin would never intervene in the battle between the Qiyan Department and the Kereh Department, why did he rebel today!"

Wan Yan Kang laughed: "Ben Shuai is here to inspect the territory, why do you interfere with you!" ”

Mu Huali was angry for a while: "Your Highness lives in White Horse City, how can this be your territory!" ”

Wan Yankang shouted: "You go back and ask Temujin to speak!" ”

Mu Huali knew that his identity was not equal to Wan Yankang, and when he said this just now, he was already a little undeserved, so he immediately turned his horse's head and returned to his own formation.

When Temujin heard Muhuali's report, he rode forward alone and came to a hundred paces in front of the stake.

Seeing this, Wan Yankang also jumped over several wooden stakes and came to Temujin.

After seeing that Yan Kang crossed the pile like walking on the ground, wearing a silver armor showing his heroic color, Temujin couldn't help but admire: "Sure enough, he is a young hero!" ”

Wan Yankang also looked at Temujin, only to see that this person's face was broad, not angry and arrogant, although he was close to the age and was not confused, he still showed his vigorous posture on the horse. Judging from the gauze that still oozes blood in several places on Temujin's body, it is obvious that in this battle, his people are personally risking arrows and stones, charging forward.

Wan Yankang arched his hand: "It's over, with the respect of the Khan, he is still charging forward, no wonder Wang Han is not an opponent!" ”

Temujin laughed: "Wang Han is old, and his children and grandchildren are not in the climate, so he is naturally not my opponent!" ”

After that, Temujin pointed behind Wan Yankang: "Little prince, the son of a daughter, you can't sit down, you are here alone, but it is unwise!" ”

Temujin's words implied a threat, judging from the formation of the army behind Wan Yankang, the strength was not strong. And the pursuers led by Temujin had seventy or eighty thousand elite horsemen, and they came with a great victory.

Compared with the two, it seems that the strength and weakness are clear!

Wan Yankang licked his lips, resisted the urge to kill Temujin here, and pointed at the army behind Temujin: "At the end of the strong crossbow, you can't wear Lu Min!"

Temujin froze. What Yan Kang said is not bad, it has been more than ten days since the battle, and the soldiers under his command have indeed relied on the breath after the big victory to hold on.

Although the other side has few soldiers, if the two sides really start a war at this time, Temujin really has no bottom in his heart. But at this time, if he was timid, it was not Temujin's style, he put away his smile and said solemnly: "I, Temujin, crisscross the grassland, which time is not to attack more with less, and defeat the strong with the weak." My sons, no matter how tired and bitter they are, as long as I give an order, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, it will be flattened! ”

In the face of Temujin's pretense of power, Wan Yankang didn't care at all, and he sighed softly: "Khan, why don't we make a bet?" ”

Temujin said: "How to gamble? ”

"You and I will each send a team of warriors to gamble and fight!"

"Bets?"

"I won, where you come from, where are you going. Within three years, the wooden stakes of this land will be used as the boundary, and no horse shall cross the boundary. Wanyan Kang laid down the stake to prevent Wang Han's defeated army from attacking his own formation, and at this time he was thinking about a gamble, which happened to be the boundary.

"Good!" Temujin agreed categorically, and then motioned for Yan Kang to continue.

"What if you lose?" Temujin asked.

Wan Yankang smiled: "If I lose, immediately withdraw my troops and return to the city." ”

Temujin laughed: "Once the word is spoken, the horse is difficult to chase!" ”

After Yan Kang responded, he said: "Khan, I don't take advantage of you, the soldiers under your command have been fighting so far, and it is the end of the crossbow, I will give out 100 people, and you will give 200 people, which is fair." ”

Temujin wanted to refuse, saying that a hundred people would be enough, but when the words came to his lips, he took them back. On second thought, the stakes were too big for him to lose. Since this little prince is arrogant, why don't he get off the donkey down the slope and win this battle steadily.

After thinking about it, Temujin said no more and nodded in response.

Temujin returned to his own camp, summoned his general Borhu, and gave him some careful advice, ordering him to choose 200 warriors to participate in the battle.

Wan Yankang sent Juekong and led a hundred Wushuang reserves to prepare for the battle.

Although this battle is of great significance, the main general has a sense of emptiness, which is enough to kill any general of the opponent. And only used the Wushuang reserve to participate in the battle, Wan Yankang still guarded against Temujin and kept a hand.

After a stick of incense, the two sides gambled on the warriors, set up positions with each other, and waited for an order to ride their horses and kill.

Since Juekong returned to Yan Kang, he was used as a horse thief leader at the beginning, doing some unsightly things for Yan Kang. It wasn't until recently that Wan Yankang completely controlled the situation in the north, and only then did he turn it from dark to light and enter the army to serve.

Juekong entered the army and found that the junior disciples of the year had all made meritorious contributions, and they were in the position of company commander and even deputy battalion commander. Although he was reused by Wan Yankang and had led a battalion alone, he could not announce it to the public, which caused a lot of criticism among the people in the army.

This gambling fight is so important, Juekong is secretly ruthless, even if he is alone, he will also pick out all the other party!

Wan Yankang shouted: "Let's start!" ”

Warriors on both sides, urging their horses at the same time, charge forward!

When the warriors on both sides first started, they were separated by three hundred paces. After ten breaths, the distance between the two sides quickly closed to two hundred paces.

Juekong grabbed the longbow from behind his back and began to draw his arrows. The warriors behind him, without saying hello, also took off their longbows one after another.

Bolhu and Mu Huali, Borshu, and Chi Lao Wen are known as the four heroes under Temujin. Among the four masters, the essay is martial arts, and Mu Huali should be the leader, and in terms of martial arts alone, Bor suddenly should be the first. He saw that Juekong began to draw his bow at two hundred paces, and knew that this person must be a sharpshooter with superior arm strength, and at the same time he took off the strong bow behind his back and stretched out his arrow.

The bow used by Juekong is a peerless standard two-stone strong bow. Borhu also used a two-stone strong bow. The two of them shot arrows at the same time, and there was no doubt that they were the enemy's main generals.

Juekong shot an arrow, and at the same time saw the opponent shoot the arrow, he knew that the opponent was a strong enemy, but he did not hurry, aimed at the arrow, and opened it with the back of the bow in his hand.

Bol suddenly fired an arrow, and then he leaned downward, hiding on the side of the horse's belly, and avoiding the arrow.

The main generals of the two sides each fired an arrow first, but in vain, and the camps in their rear cheered when they saw it.

After a breath, Temujin's side couldn't cheer.

The warriors of the Peerless Reserve have one stone and five buckets with a strong bow in their hands, and compared to the range of the enemy's one-stone longbow, they have a natural advantage in equipment.

Juekong fired his bow and arrow at two hundred paces, and the warriors of the Peerless Reserve slowed down for a while, and only after the horse had run fifty more paces did they open their bows and arrows.

Boer suddenly dodged Juekong's arrow, and just stood up, about to open his bow and arrow again, when he saw a rain of arrows coming from the opposite side, he subconsciously leaned over and dodged.

The first round of arrow rain almost reached the maximum range, but caused several people to fall to the ground after being hit by arrows.

The second round of arrow rain came one after another, killing and injuring more than ten people.

The third round of arrow rain killed and injured more than 20 people.

The fourth round of arrow rain killed and injured more than 20 people.

After four rounds of arrows, the distance between the two sides had reached one hundred and twenty paces, and they had reached the maximum range of a one-stone bow, and on Temujin's side, some people began to shoot back with arrows.

Bor dodged a few rounds of arrows, and finally found time to shoot arrows. However, Juekong kept an eye on this person, and when he saw him revealing his figure, the bowstring he had drawn immediately loosened.

As soon as Bolhu shot an arrow, he heard a sharp roar, followed by a pain in his chest, and fell off his horse......

The warriors of Temujin's side began to panic because Bor suddenly fell to the ground with an arrow. And their original numerical advantage was also erased because of the gap in the range of bows and arrows.

When it came to the hand-to-hand encounter, Juekong's spear danced, like a tiger entering a flock, quickly killing through the enemy's formation, and the outcome was already doomed.

Wanyankang's side, with less than a third of the loss, completely annihilated the opponent.

The warriors of White Horse City shouted one after another: "Invincible! Invincibility! Invincibility! ”

Temujin's face was pale, and he didn't say a word.

After collecting the bodies of Borhu and the others, he took a deep look at Yan Kang for a long time, waved his horsewhip fiercely, and led the army back to the west.