Arslen Khan felt that if he could succeed in besieging Kaipingwei in this way, it would naturally be good. If it is early winter, Kaipingwei is still safe. He was able to borrow the donkey and withdraw his troops back to the grassland. And because he ordered the tribes to suddenly invade the south and all the tribes had great gains, even if Kaipingwei was not defeated, as long as there were no more major casualties, then it would not have much impact on his prestige.

The next day, Arslen Khan ordered the chiefs of the tribes to gather in the Great Tent.

When the chiefs of the tribes came to the Great Horde, Arslen Khan had not yet arrived. At this time, they whispered to each other one by one, discussing the sneak attack on Kaipingwei last night.

It seems that good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and it didn't take long for almost all the tribal leaders to know about it.

The tribal leaders were very annoyed, and they expressed their opinions word by word.

"I think we have gained a lot this year, and we shouldn't spend it here for the sake of a little Kaipingwei."

"Who says it's not, I haven't seen my wife for a long time, and I know if that mother-in-law has a safe life at home, and whether my new concubine has been abused by her."

"You're fine, you don't have a wheel to open the guard. I'm different, this time to attack the Pingwei, the dead warriors, more than I have lost in several years, and let us continue to fight, I don't know what the Great Khan thinks in his heart. ”

"What do you think? Hmph, every Great Khan is not that little bit of care. ”

"Shut up for me, you don't want to die, dare to choreograph a sweat like this."

"I just said what's the matter, they did it, and they didn't let me say it, I think if this continues, we Tatars are going to suffer heavy casualties here. When the time comes, other grassland peoples will rush up and eat us all. ”

After listening to his words, everyone felt that it made sense, the grassland has always been the law of the jungle. Now the Tatars are powerful and the overlords of the steppe, but as soon as they weaken a little, they will be eaten by other peoples.

Arslen Khan had already arrived, and he hid behind his tent and listened to the tribal leaders. There was a pang of bitterness in his heart, although he was nominally a Great Khan, in fact, he was just an alliance leader. If you want these old foxes to be obedient, so far his prestige is not enough.

Arslen Khan now thinks that his father, maybe he didn't just want to defend the steppe, but there was no way to take these people. If the hearts of the people are not aligned, nothing can be done!

Arslen Khan coughed outside the tent, and the tribal leaders inside stopped talking for a moment, stood up one by one, and looked respectfully outside the tent, as if what he had just said had never been said.

As if he hadn't heard those words, Arslen Khan walked in with a smile on his face, and greeted the tribal leader in front of him from time to time.

Arslen Khan walked to the middle and sat on his throne, and the chiefs of the tribes saluted him.

Arslen Khan looked at them and smiled and said, "It seems that everyone knows about what happened last night, so I won't repeat it here." Let's discuss our strategy for the future. ”

At this time, there was a leader of the tribe who couldn't help it: "Great Khan, we can't fight like this anymore, if we continue like this, maybe we can conquer Kaipingwei, but at that time." How many of us can be left? How do we, the tribal leaders, go back and explain to our people? ”

When there was one who spoke, everyone couldn't help but start complaining.

The leader of the Abaga tribe, Surina, was the eldest of them all, also known as the wise man of the steppe, when he stood up and said to Arslen Khan: "Great Khan, the time has come for change. Now the warriors of all tribes have begun to be war-weary, and they are all a little homesick. If we continue to fight like this, we people will not be able to control the subordinates below by then. ”

As soon as everyone heard that even the respected Su Rina spoke, they couldn't help it even more this time. The main meaning of the quarrel in the big tent was to complain that Arslen Khan should not have stormed Kaipingwei, resulting in heavy losses to his troops.

Arslen Khan listened to the shouts below, all of which were criticisms of him. His angry head was about to explode, and Arslen Khan couldn't hold back any longer, slapped it on the table in front of him with his hand, and shouted: "Shut up for me, are there any rules?" Have you taken my sweat seriously? ”

When Su Rina saw that Arslen Khan was really angry, the old fox immediately stepped forward to dissuade the tribal leaders: "Don't say it, everything the Great Khan has done is for us, although there are some small losses now." But in the overall situation, we still have a lot to gain, and we can't erase the credit of the Great Khan because of this loss. ”

The tribal leaders also reacted at this time, quickly shut up, and then made amends to Arslen Khan together.

Arslen Khan calmed the anger in his heart, and said with a reluctant smile: "Since you have all admitted your mistakes, I will not pursue it." This time I opened the flat guard, and I also had some tactical mistakes. Now is the time for change, from today onwards the tribes will no longer attack Kaipingwei, but will surround Kaipingwei, I will let not a single grain enter Kaipingwei, and they will all starve to death in the city. ”

When the tribal leaders heard that Arslen Khan had promised not to attack Kaipingwei again, they had achieved a certain goal. It's not perfect, and you can't take the loot back to the tribe right now to enjoy it. But at least they didn't have to go to death, so they reluctantly agreed.

Seeing that the tribal leaders had compromised, Arslen Khan was afraid that they would repent. He immediately ordered, "From now on, all tribes will guard all sides in groups, and send out rangers to patrol non-stop." Can't relax even at night. What do you think? ”

When the tribal leaders heard his command, they all felt that it was very reasonable, so they all shook their heads and said, "The Great Han is wise, and we act according to the orders of the Great Khan." ”

Arslen Khan had never been so disgusted with these old foxes as he was now, and rushed up together at the slightest advantage, and retreated far away when there was a difficulty.

With a reluctant smile, Arslen Khan said to them, "If we succeed this time, pull out the nail of Kaipingwei." After that, the road to the south will be smooth, and from here it will go straight to Xuanfu Town. Unobstructed along the way. After that, don't we come when we want to, and leave when we want? ”

The tribal leaders thought that this was also the case, so they assigned their own defense areas, and then each led his troops.

Arslen Khan sat alone in the big tent, thinking about what had happened these days, and felt that he could not go on like this anymore. In the past, he was invincible and invincible, and he didn't feel any constraints, but now when there is a setback, the tribes are immediately distracted.

After going back this time, the next thing to do is how to weaken the power of these old foxes step by step. Let the entire Tatar people completely return to his rule.

At this time, Jia Ke stood at the head of the city and watched the Tatar camp, and there was no movement at this time. He knew that his guess was correct, and it seemed that the Tatars had changed from a strong attack to a siege.

The Tatars just wanted to trap Kaipingwei in the city, but this was exactly what Jia Ke wanted. As long as there are no large number of casualties and the vitality of Kaipingwei is preserved, everything else is not a problem.

Kaipingwei now has plenty of food, and he has also implemented rationing in the whole city, which should last a few months. When the time comes, it will really not work, and there are still hundreds of horses, which can also make all the people of Kaipingwei last for ten days and half a month.

What worries Jia Ke now, Liu Yu has no news. I don't know what's going on in Xuanfu Town? Did Wang Tao have the courage to come to the rescue?