Chapter 229: Returning to the Division
When Jake found out that the Tatars had opened a gap and wanted to escape, it was too late to intercept them. After the Tatars escaped from the encirclement, Arslen Khan did not stop and led his men and horses all the way north.
Jia Ke and I led the cavalry to chase and kill, and the two sides have been entangled since this day, stopping and stopping, all the way to the north.
When arriving at Miyun, at this time, the master of Miyun thanked him, and saw that the Tatars were defeated and retreated at the head of the city, and the soldiers and horses of this dynasty were following and pursuing, so he opened the city gate and led the remaining men and horses to go out of the city to intercept the Tatars.
Seeing this, Arslen Khan was filled with remorse. I knew that I should desperately attack the city that day, and I would also capture Miyun if I lost some men and horses. With this delay, he will lose an unknown number of warriors.
Arslen Khan didn't have a chance to regret it now, at this time, he led his generals to charge forward, and went straight to the Miyun master to thank him.
Xie Wang saw the swarming Tatar cavalry, and knew that he could not block hard, so he could only retreat to both sides and make way for them. But just blocking it for a while bought Jia Ke time.
Jia Ke and his men and horses quickly caught up with Arslen Khan, and led the army to desperately slash and kill in the back. At this time, the Tatar troops were completely in disarray.
Arslen Khan knew that he had to cut off his tail to survive, so he ordered his general Batel to lead 10,000 horses to intercept Jake behind.
After Batel heard Arslen Khan's order, he scolded his mother, and he was really disappointed in Arslen Khan during this time.
Although Batel was dissatisfied with Arslen Khan, he also had to obey orders at this critical moment, so he turned back with 10,000 iron horsemen to meet Jia Ke.
Battle had several confrontations with Jia Ke, and he knew that Jia Ke was powerful, so although he was ordered to intercept Jia Ke this time, he would not fight hard with Jia Ke.
Battle began to fire arrows as soon as he was an arrow away from Jaco, but he didn't get close to him, just kept attacking from the side of Jaco's team.
Although Jia Ke did not block in front, Battle also lost a lot of men and horses under the constant attack next to him. It seems that he must be dealt with before the pursuit can continue.
Jia Ke ordered Zheng Kai and Xiao Yue to lead 5,000 men and horses each, and began to outflank Battle's army from the front and back. And the rest of Jia Ke went straight to Battle's Chinese army.
As soon as Battle saw that Jia Ke began to send troops to outflank his team, he knew that it was not good, and he was not good at making trouble this time, so he had to really explain it here. Seeing that his eyes rolled, he had an idea, in this case, of course, it was important to save his own life, and as for the rest, I would talk about it later.
The captain next to Battle said, "Take five thousand men and horses to resist Jaco. I'll lead the team to charge forward and make a bloody path, and then you will retreat. β
When the captain heard Battle's words, his face immediately changed, "General, you are a little unauthentic, shouldn't your old man lead the troops to resist Jia Ke now?" Why is it my turn now? β
When Battle heard this, he was furious, and he raised his spear, and with one shot he knocked the captain off his horse. Then he didn't explain, so he said to the deputy Wanhu next to him: "This person doesn't respect the military order, and now he has been killed by me, and now I order you to bring 5,000 people to resist Jia Ke, but you never obey." β
When the deputy Wanhu saw this scene, how could he dare to say half a word. Reluctantly, he took 5,000 men and horses to Jia Ke and went.
After Battelle had sent the men away, he took them in the right direction, and the rest of the men rushed forward.
Standing in front of Battle happened to be Zheng Kai, although he was born in cavalry, his martial arts were 108,000 miles worse than Battle.
Zheng Kai and Battle fought for a couple of hands, and they couldn't resist it, so they could only hide aside. Fortunately, Battle was in a hurry to run away and didn't take him seriously. That's what saved him his life.
And the 5,000 people who blocked Jia Ke were rushed by Jia Ke at once, and before the deputy Wanhu at the head had time to resist, they were split in half by Jia Ke's halberd. At this time, Xiao Yue and I killed from the rear of the enemy, and together with Jia Ke, surrounded 5,000 people in the middle, and it took less than half an hour for all these people to be killed by Jia Ke. After that, Jake regrouped his troops and once again pursued in the direction of Arslen Khan.
Jia Ke led the men and horses to chase forward for a while, and suddenly tens of thousands of horses were killed on both sides.
Jia Ke was caught off guard at this time, and was suddenly thrown into chaos by the other party, and by this sudden attack, his own cavalry also suffered a lot of losses.
Jia Ke put up a pergola and looked forward, only to see a handsome flag in front of him, and a general under his banner, with a golden helmet and golden armor, which was very extraordinary. There were countless elite guards around him, and this person Jia Ke knew was Meng He.
Jia Ke has been in the army for so many years, and it is the first time that he has been ambushed, and now the people and horses of Xuanfu Town have been washed away by the other party, if he doesn't think of a way, I'm afraid he will be defeated.
At this time, Jia Ke hurriedly ordered his men to gather the army, so that the scattered formation began to assemble. This shows the benefits of Jia Ke's several modern platoon trainings. As soon as the soldiers and horses under Jia Ke's command heard the order to assemble, they immediately converged in the middle, and in a short time these cavalry had formed a neat formation and faced the Tatars attacking them in front.
At this time, Meng He, the main general of the Tatars, was also a little surprised to see that Jia Ke's army had reassembled in such a short time and lined up in formation.
Originally, I thought that this time I would ambush here and suddenly kill, so as to wipe out Jia Ke's forwards, but I didn't expect Jia Ke's troops to be so well trained and regrouped in a short period of time, and now if he attacks again, I am afraid that he will only be able to fight hard.
After the troops were assembled, Jia Ke urged his horse to come to the front of the formation and shouted to the other party: "Arslen Khan has been defeated by me, and you are waiting here to stop the heavenly soldiers." But hit a stone with an egg, listen to my kind words and advise, surrender at once, and I will keep you from dying. If you don't listen to me, you will be in front of the battle for a while, and you will die without a place to bury. β
Meng He on the other side didn't dare to move forward, he knew Jia Ke's bravery, so he sent soldiers to shout: "Jia Ke, don't talk like this anymore, your use of troops is nothing more than this, I have been waiting for you here for a long time." β
Jia Ke originally wanted to continue to charge and kill, but seeing that his cavalry had been pursuing for so long, he was very tired, and the other party was waiting for work, if he fought with him, although he could win, he would suffer heavy losses.
So Jia Ke ordered the troops to rest on the spot to see what the other side was going to do. And Jia Ke himself took a small number of men and horses to guard before the battle
And at this time, Arslen Khan also returned to the front of the formation from the rear with his men and horses, this time Arslen Khan was considered to have suffered heavy losses, if he hadn't let Meng He in advance to make him a reserve in the rear, this time few of their Tatars might not be able to return to the steppe.
Seeing that Jake was no longer chasing, Arslen Khan was in no mood to fight him again, at this time his troops had already lost their armor, and many of them had no weapons, and now they were fighting to kill him.
So Arslen Khan ordered Meng He to take these tens of thousands of fresh troops to the palace, and the remnants of the defeated generals he brought and the treasure population that he had plundered this time slowly retreated north.
After Jia Ke finished repairing, he once again came to the front of the formation with the cavalry, only to see that Meng He had not retreated at this time. Knowing that the other side was left behind, he ordered the troops to start attacking. And Jake wielded Fang Tian's halberd in front of him, and he was about to fight Meng He.
Meng He knew Jia Ke's bravery, and the soldiers under him might not be able to resist it, so he didn't fight Jia Ke head-on, but hung from afar with his equestrian skills, and kept releasing arrows. Just for them to sweat profusely to stall for time.
In this way, the two sides were entangled for a day, although Jia Ke rushed into the opponent's formation several times, but his cavalry could not keep up, so although he defeated Meng He this time, he could not cause large-scale casualties to him.
In the end, Meng He slowly retreated, and Jia Ke's own soldiers were exhausted, so they could only follow slowly behind, and the two sides did not fight after that, so they tacitly advanced north. By this time, Arslen Khan had fled with his soldiers and horses.
Jia Ke still has lost territory that has not been recovered, especially Beigukou, this place is too important. As long as the northern Gukou was not lost, the Tatars could not cross the Great Wall and come to the capital to wreak havoc. And if they can't recapture the northern ancient pass, the Tatars will be able to go south at any time.
Therefore, Jia Ke followed Meng He and chased closely, and after a day and a night of chasing, Jia Ke finally saw the Guancheng of Beigukou.
At this time, the gate of Beigukou was wide open, there was no figure around, Jia Ke did not dare to enter the city rashly, he now understands, why did Sima Yi plan the hollow city at that time?
But Jia Ke was not Sima Yi, and a thousand households under their command immediately entered the city to see if there were any enemy troops, and he led a large army to wait outside the city.
Soon the thousands of households who entered appeared at the head of the city, shouting like Jia Ke, saying that the city was empty.
Jia Ke slowly entered the city with his troops and entered the Gubeikou. The city was littered with broken bricks and rubble, and the corpses of civilians were scattered everywhere, many of the women were naked.
Jia Ke couldn't help but close his eyes, and by the time he opened them, his eyes were already red. Jia Ke calmed down and ordered the whole army to search up and down Gubeikou to see if there were any living people.
In the evening, the searchers came back to report. There is no living person in Gubeikou, let alone a living person, even the chickens and ducks and other livestock raised by the people are nowhere to be seen. Jia Ke had no choice but to order all the soldiers to collect the corpses of the people and bury them one by one outside the city.
Jia Ke temporarily set up camp at Gubeikou and did not continue to pursue northward, after all, he had a guide when he went deep into the grassland before, but this time he came to the capital, afraid of exposing his arrangements on the grassland. So I didn't have a single person with me, so if I went deep into the grassland now, I was afraid that I would get lost, and I wouldn't even be able to find a water source.
Jia Ke temporarily stationed in Gubeikou, and at the same time sent a messenger to deliver a message like the King of Beijing, waiting for the orders of the imperial court before making plans.
Jia Ke only stayed in Gubeikou for four or five days, and the messenger of the imperial court came, along with 3,000 men and horses, who came to replace Jia Ke to defend Gubeikou.
The order of the imperial court was to let Jia Ke hand over the defense of Gubeikou, and then return to the capital immediately with his men and horses, and there must be no mistake. Jia Ke read the order and knew that something big might happen in the capital. Therefore, Jia Ke did not dare to slack off, and quickly went to the capital with 20,000 cavalry after the handover.
But things are not as Jia Ke thought, when Jia Ke arrived in the capital with his people, he found that the capital was full of people singing and dancing, and it had returned to the state before the war.
Jia Ke put the cavalry outside the city, and hurriedly entered the city to hand over the order to the military department, when Jia Ke arrived at the military department, not only the military department was still there, but even the king of Beijing waited for a long time.
As soon as King Beijing saw Jia Ke, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and he said to Jia Ke: "I have been looking forward to the return of my nephew for a few days, and I put my heart down when my nephew arrives today." β
Jia Ke hurriedly said respectfully: "I am worried about the prince, Jia Ke is very grateful for this." β
"Virtuous nephews don't have to be so polite, we are friends for several lifetimes, you have made great contributions this time, but the emperor will not reward for the time being, wait until a few days the emperor will win the Taimiao, and when the emperor still uses you, don't walk around at home these days, and the emperor will have a heavy reward after the Taimiao victory." King Beijing said a few words to Jia Ke vaguely.
As soon as Jia Ke heard this, he knew that there was a big move. But what could make the emperor so jealous, what did King Beijing, as the emperor's confidant, know about it?
King Beijing didn't notice that a cold light flashed in his eyes from the military department Shangshu Huotu next to him. King Beijing did not shy away from Huo Tu when he spoke, because he was also the emperor's confidant, otherwise the emperor would not have let him be the secretary of the military department, but he didn't expect this Huo Tu to have other ideas in his heart.
After Jia Ke handed over the order to the Ministry of War, he returned to Rongguo Mansion with his own soldiers. As soon as he entered the mansion, he ran into Lin Zhixiao.
As soon as Lin Zhixiao saw Jia Ke, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, and then asked with some complaints: "Uncle, what should you do with the slave you sent before the battle?" Now he is shouting at home every day in addition to eating and drinking, and the master has asked several times. If it hadn't been for the uncle's special orders, the master would have kicked him out a long time ago. β
Jia Ke and I remembered that he had captured Bembre in front of the battle, and I thought that he had been sent back to Rongguo Mansion while he was chasing the Tatars. The people in Rongguo Mansion didn't know what to do with him, so they could only eat and drink well.
"Where is this man now? Take me to see it. Jia Ke asked.
Lin Zhixiao hurriedly led the way in front, and said to Jia Ke as he walked: "Uncle, when your soldiers sent him over, I arranged him in the stable in the south courtyard, how many empty rooms are there?" It is just for him to live in, and it also saves him from disturbing others. β
"Then he should be honest these days, right?"
"Honest? Uncle, don't laugh, these days he came out to make trouble as soon as he had time, a few days ago he took the textile cart of the second daughter-in-law of Li to play, and when he returned it, it had fallen apart, and the second daughter-in-law of Li complained to me for a good time. Or do I have to say that I will put this money in my account, and then it will be over. Lin Zhixiao complained.
"Then did he bully people, or hit people or anything like that?" Jia Ke then asked.
"That's not true, to put it in my conscience, this person is a little naΓ―ve, but a little unsophisticated and a little stupid."
Jia Ke smiled when he heard what he said, thinking that there is no perfect thing in this world, and he gave this man an invincible physique that day, but did not give him extraordinary wisdom, which can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
After a while, they came to the room next to the stable, only to hear the sound of snoring inside, Lin Zhixiao stepped forward and pushed the door open. I saw Bembre sleeping in it, and there was leftover chicken on the table next to him.
Jia Ke patted him on the shoulder, and Bembre immediately came to his senses, and his arm involuntarily hit Jia Ke, and his left hand grabbed lightly. Benbray could not move a single bit.
Benbrai immediately came to his senses, looked up and saw that it was Jia Ke, and quickly knelt down on the bed, lowered his head, and said embarrassedly: "Master, I didn't mean it, I used to sleep in the wild, as long as something touched, I would immediately punch him." β
Jia Ke didn't take this to heart, and when he heard that he often slept in the wild, he asked, "Don't you have a family?" Living alone in the wild? β
"My parents thought I ate too much and couldn't work," Bembre said. He kicked me out when I was a teenager, and I wandered until the other day someone prepared food for me and asked me to fight for him. β