Jia Ke then said to the three cavalry Qianhu: "Send out cavalry along the way, look for those broken soldiers who have been scattered, and gather them together." It can be used by us when the time comes. ”

The three cavalrymen all said that they remembered Jia Ke's orders, and when the time came, they sent people to carefully search the mountains and forests to gather all the defeated soldiers that could be found.

Jia Ke did not delay after giving the order, and ordered the team to set off immediately.

This march was the first time Jia Ke had gone out with a large army. He asked Fan Kang a lot of advice before leaving, plus a summary of the books and warbooks he usually read. Tried on this trip.

This great army will not march more than fifty or sixty miles in a day. If the speed is increased, the soldier will be very tired, which will have a great impact on the rest of the march.

In ancient times, the army of tens of thousands of people was equipped with a mixed army of "foot and cavalry" with baggage convoys, cavalry, infantry, military civilian officials, etc., and the marching speed of the troops should be matched with the baggage convoys. The troops could not walk alone from their baggage.

Moreover, the conditions of most roads in ancient times are not comparable with today's rural roads, and only two or three people are allowed to travel in parallel. As a result, no matter how many people you have, the most you have to march is still two or four columns. As a result, 10,000 troops, plus heavy vehicles, will occupy three or four kilometers of road!

And after about seven days in the wilderness, you have to stop and rest for a day. In order to restore the physical strength and morale of the soldiers.

Jia Ke was also very particular about the march, and this time Jia Ke followed the usual practice in ancient times, generally placing the infantry army in the front, the command center and its guards in the middle, and the logistics team and other non-combatants in the back. Motorable cavalry maneuvered on the flanks in order to take care of the front and rear.

The cavalry of Kaiping Town, on the march, clashed with the Tatar horses from time to time, and the two sides tested each other, and the dogs and teeth were staggered, and they did not stop for a while.

The cavalry of Kaiping Town was also responsible for collecting the scattered rout troops in Xuanfu Town along the way. On the fourth day of the march, Jia Ke had gathered about 8,000 men, all of whom had been scattered and had taken refuge in the mountains. At this time, seeing the imperial army coming to help, they all went down the mountain to defect.

Jia Ke took these routed troops, reorganized them and reorganized them, and then distributed weapons to let them join his troops to use as hand-to-hand combat.

Kaiping Town is two or three hundred miles away from Xuanfu Town, and after four days of marching, it will be possible to reach Xuanfu Town in one or two days.

But on the night of the fourth day, an incident happened, when Jia Ke ordered the troops to bury the pot and cook and camp to rest. Came a group of routs, led by the commander Huo Jiu, this person was originally the commander of Xuanhua, this time the Tatars attacked Xuanhua, he led 2000 elites to flee without a fight, resulting in Xuanhua was easily conquered by the Tatars, so that Xuanfu Town lost the northwest portal, the Tatars arrived at Xuanfu Town in two days, Jiedu caught Wang Tao off guard, and was forced to gather all the troops in the vicinity to defend Xuanfu Town.

Huo Jiu took the men and horses to hide in the mountains these days, because the grain and grass were not sent, so he had been starving, and on this day he suddenly met the cavalry sent by Jia Ke to collect the rout. Knowing that Jia Ke led more than 10,000 horses to reinforce Xuanfu Town, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. If he lost Xuanhua this time, he could already be regarded as an escape, and if he didn't want to find a way to make meritorious contributions. When the war is over, I am afraid that it will inevitably be a sword.

This time, when I met the reinforcements led by Jia Ke, I had a ghost thought. Knowing that Jia Ke was just a garrison, he thought that he would rely on the command to make the official position higher than the garrison, so he seized Jia Ke's military power, and took these reinforcements to reinforce himself, so as to make meritorious contributions.

So Huo Jiu took his 2,000 men to the military camp with the cavalry sent by Jia Ke, and as soon as he arrived at the military camp, he ordered Jia Ke to come to meet him.

Jia Ke heard the report from the soldiers, saying that a commander had come to the barracks with the remnants of the soldiers, and ordered Jia Ke to meet him.

When Jia Ke heard the news, he laughed angrily, did this commander let the donkey kick his brain? It's all at this time, and I can't see the situation clearly. But after all, he is a commander, and he gives him face in terms of etiquette. Then see what he's going to do, if there's anything wrong with it. Just use his head to establish himself and deter those newly gathered routs.

So Jia Ke rushed to the camp where Huo Jiu stayed, and saw that there were swords and guns on both sides, and they were heavily guarded.

When Jia Ke saw this, he didn't go any further. It was already obvious that this Huo Jiu had bad intentions towards him. After entering, I am afraid that he will be put under house arrest or killed, and his military power will be taken away. Wouldn't it be foolish to go in and meet him again in such a situation?

Jia Ke turned around and left Huo Jiu's tent, returned to his Chinese army tent, and immediately ordered the drums to gather the generals.

In a short time, all the generals had arrived, but Huo Jiu did not arrive. Jia Ke was furious when he saw this situation, and said loudly: "I am ordered by the Ministry of War, and the emperor's order is to lead the three armies to rescue Xuanfu Town, and I control the people everywhere. Although he is a commander, he will still obey my orders until the end of this war. I have beaten the drums and gathered the generals, how dare he not come? ”

So Jia Ke ordered: "Feng Mo, I order you to lead the people of the headquarters." Immediately surround Huo Jiu's military camp and ask him to come to see me immediately. If they do not comply, they will be executed on the spot in the camp. ”

Feng Mo received the order to leave the tent immediately, and soon heard the horn outside the tent. From time to time, the neat footsteps of soldiers could be heard.

Feng Mo led the men and horses to Huo Jiu's big tent, and then surrounded the camp tent.

At this time, Huo Jiu was still dreaming of his Spring and Autumn Festival, fantasizing about seizing Jia Ke's military power. Commanded nearly 20,000 horses and horses to reinforce Xuanfu Town. Even if you can't defeat the Tatars, you can protect yourself with tens of thousands of people. In the end, the Tatars retreated, and they themselves were redeemed.

Although Huo Jiu heard the drumming of Jia Ke's generals just now, he didn't go forward, he thought that Jia Ke had a small garrison, where could he order him to command. So I've been sitting in the books.

At this time, a soldier suddenly came in to report that their big tent had been surrounded, and the general led by him ordered Huo Jiu to go out to meet him.

Huo Jiu is not a brainless person, and if you think about it carefully, you can understand the principle. I think Jia Ke has seen through his plan. So he sent men around his tent, and told him to go to the big tent to meet him.

Huo Jiu didn't dare to be tough anymore at this time, no one was a fool, and people had to bow their heads under the eaves. Now I'm afraid he can't stop going.

Huo Jiu then went out of the big tent, only to see that the outside of the tent had been surrounded by a large army, and his subordinates were weakly hiding aside and did not dare to stop it, although Huo Jiu was angry in his heart, but with a smile on his face. stepped forward and said to Feng Mo: "I think this one is General Jia Ke, I am the commander Huo Jiu, we are all a family, why do you want to meet each other?" ”

Feng Mo looked at him and sneered: "Below is Feng Mo, the Imperial Thousand Households of Kaiping Town, on the orders of the general. Come and ask Commander Huo to go to the big tent to discuss matters. ”

Huo Jiu heard that he was not Jia Ke, and he also put away his smile, "Even if you invite me to discuss matters, why do you bring so many soldiers?" ”

"If you don't bring these soldiers, I'm afraid you won't be able to invite the commander." Feng Mo was expressionless and said coldly.

"What if I don't go? What are you going to do with me? ”

Feng Mo said categorically: "According to our lord's military order, if you go to return it, it will be fine, if you don't go to disobey the military order, you will be executed on the spot." ”

When Huo Jiu heard his words, he couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart. It seems that this Jia Ke is murderous to him, and wants to think of a way to kill him. It seems that he acted inappropriately just now and caused trouble. I also regretted it a little in my heart, but by this time, regret was useless.

Huo Jiu said to Feng Mo: "In this case, I will go to the big tent with you, go to see this garrison lord, and see what he can do with me." ”