Arslen Khan asked Na Tanma with a serious expression: "You see clearly, more than 20,000 people are elites?" ”

"Great Khan, the minions can see clearly, more than 20,000 horses and horses are neatly clean, not to mention anything else, almost all of them are stepping on one point just by walking, such people and horses, isn't it still elite?"

Arslen Khan listened to Tanma's words and knew that his hopes were dashed, and he had hoped that Jia Ke would only gather some remnants of the defeated army, which would not only not improve his combat effectiveness, but would lower his original elite morale. Now it seems that the long term is going to be considered.

Arslen Khan listened to Tanma's words, and his heart was actually very nervous. Although more than 20,000 people are not a lot of horses. But last year, Jia Ke defeated 6,000 cavalry with only 2,000 men. Later, it was reported that Jia Ke's losses were minimal.

If Jia Ke really brought 20,000 people at one time, he would lose a lot even if he won in the end. This will face the same problem as last year, the leaders of the tribes will never fight to the death, and will aim to preserve their strength.

During this time, Xuanfu Town was attacked, and Wang Tao resisted desperately due to the festival. So the siege did not go well. The Tatars have also suffered heavy losses in siege battles in the past few days, although their own men and horses have not suffered much, but more than half of the slaves they have plundered this year have been lost. Although the leaders of the tribes did not say it explicitly this time, if such a big loss continues, I am afraid that they will make trouble again at that time. These tribal leaders were short-sighted, and only thought of looting for a while before returning to the grasslands. I didn't think about taking the Central Plains for myself at all, and letting the Central Plains people become their slaves.

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

Even if Jia Ke brought elite this time, then he couldn't wait for him to arrange his troops and then have a decisive battle with him. Large-scale raids should be launched now, rather than small-scale harassment as was the case just now. It is necessary to use superior forces and strive to carry out only one surprise attack to defeat Jia Ke.

Knowing that time was pressing, Arslen Khan did not dare to delay, so he immediately had the horn of the bull blow and summoned all the tribal leaders to come and discuss.

When the tribal leaders heard the sound of the horns, they all rushed to the palace like Arslen Khan's treasure tent. As we walked, we talked to each other.

"I said, what are we going to do today, the Great Khan?" A black-faced tribal leader said.

"What else can I do? Isn't it just for us to continue the siege. Another tribal leader, dressed in white, replied.

The black-faced leader said, "It's impossible, we've lost a lot of money these days. If the loss continues like this, the gain will outweigh the loss. ”

"I think, we've grabbed enough this time, it's better to return to the grassland now and enjoy it!"

The black-faced leader heard what he said, and he said: "Who says it's not, we have robbed a lot of things every time we have come in the past two years, and we have made a lot of money. It's our big Khan, I don't know what to think. Every year, we are allowed to attack the fortified city, causing the tribes to lose a lot of warriors. ”

The silver chief said disdainfully, "If I were the Great Khan, I would do the same." It can not only consume the strength of each tribe, but also increase their wealth. He treats everyone as a fool, you can't see such a simple truth. ”

When the black-faced leader heard this, he couldn't help but fall silent, and it seemed that he thought so too.

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

This made the more tribes in the steppe more alienated from Arslen Khan, so they only organized an alliance last year and almost had a fight with Arslen Khan. On the one hand, Arslen Khan wanted to weaken their power, and on the other hand, they were all afraid of becoming the next Tumer. Once there is a gap between the two sides, the rift between them will not be so easy to repair.

The chiefs of the tribes came to the great tent of Arslen Khan, and each took his place in his place, waiting for Arslen Khan's arrival.

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

Arslen Khan didn't talk nonsense with them, and went directly to the topic, saying: "Let me tell you a bad news, Jia Ke is about to arrive in Xuanfu Town with 20,000 elites, have you figured out how to deal with it?" ”

As soon as the people below heard this, they exploded at that time. They all saw Jia Ke's bravery last year, when he only had more than 2,000 people, and he confronted their army of 50,000 for several months. He killed many of the generals of the tribes, and in the end, none of them dared to fight him. Now he is coming with 20,000 elites, this is to rescue Xuanfu Town, and by the way, he has to fight with them.

The leader of the Balhu tribe, Qinggeltai, stood up at this time and said to Arslen Khan: "Respected Great Khan, the king of the steppe. Please listen to my little suggestion, this year our twenty-eight tribes in the grassland have gone south together, and so far we have obtained enough loot, so it is better to return to the grassland. If we fight hard here, no matter which tribe loses in the end. All are calamities for our entire Tatars. ”

When the other tribal leaders heard him say this, they all agreed, saying that it was better to withdraw the army and come back next year, so that it was the best policy to slowly lose the strength of the Southern Dynasty.

Arslen Khan was amused when he saw them. These people are all blind, and they don't know that there is already a general rising in the Southern Dynasty. If he is allowed to grow up again, let alone go south to herd horses in the future, even his own nest may not be saved.

Arslen Khan couldn't force them to do anything now, so he still had to reason with them again, "Chiefs of the tribes, I know that we have lost some men this time. But compared to our gains, this is a drop in the bucket. And we are now facing Jia Ke, a man who is different from other Southern Dynasty generals, whose troops are brave and good at fighting, and who have blocked our southward march several times. It was our main opponent in the south, and now he is still weak. If we don't take advantage of this time to eliminate it, when he grows up, I am afraid that we will be the last to be destroyed. Therefore, I think we should concentrate our forces and give Jia Ke a fatal blow while he is not firmly on the ground. What do you think? ”

Which of the tribal leaders is not an old fox? Naturally, he understands all these truths. But Jia Ke's awesomeness, all of them know it. This battle is a victory, and I am afraid it will also be a heavy loss. If you stand in the position of the tribe, if the loss is too great, it will be very detrimental to the development of the tribe. The steppes annex each other, all the time. Who can guarantee that they will not be the next to be annexed?

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

Seeing that all the tribal leaders were silent, Arslen Khan couldn't help but sigh. It would be nice if he was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and he could decide in one word.

Arslen Khan stood up from his throne, came to the center of the great tent, knelt on the ground and bowed his hands to the heavens, and said: "Elders of all tribes, I swear here today that the immortal heaven will be the testimony, and the battle with Jia Ke today is completely out of public interest. I have the slightest selfish distraction that will keep me in hell forever. ”

When the tribal leaders heard Arslen Khan's oath, they were all stunned, especially when Arslen Khan swore so much, they couldn't help but believe that Arslen Khan was sincere in his intention to eliminate Jia Ke this time and cause a great harm to the grassland.