Chapter 86: Arslen Khan

When Jia Ke took the two deputy Qianhu and Chen Xi to the big teaching field, all the officers and soldiers had been waiting for a long time.

When the officers and soldiers saw Jia Ke coming in, they stood up together and stood solemnly. This is a sign of respect for their commander-in-chief.

Under the leadership of Chen Xi, Jia Ke walked to the table in the center and sat down, and then waved his hand to all the officers and soldiers to sit down as well. When the officers and soldiers sat down, he stood up instead. casually poured a bowl of wine on the table, raised the wine bowl, and said to the officers and soldiers present: "Kaipingwei and other soldiers, you have achieved a great victory today, almost annihilating the 6,000 cavalry of the Tatars in one fell swoop, and making the Tatar leader flee in embarrassment. You can now proudly say to all the armies of this dynasty that we are the strongest, and we are the best in the world. I'm proud of you, but we lost more than 50 of our brothers today. This first bowl of wine. I, Jia Ke, will honor them. After speaking, he poured the wine on the ground, and at the same time said: "Brothers, you must remember that you are soldiers of Kaipingwei, and don't be a bad seed when you go underground." ”

When all the officers and soldiers saw Jia Ke like this, they also did the same, picked up the wine bowl together, and poured the wine on the ground.

Jia Ke saw that it was almost over, and then said to the officers and soldiers: "Brothers, now that we have achieved an unprecedented victory, you can drink happily, there are no military regulations today, everyone drink to your heart's content." So he took a bowl of wine and drank it all.

The soldiers of Kaiping Guard, seeing Jia Ke's order, lost their image, but they still drank happily, laughing loudly one by one, and they were all debauched. Jia Ke watched in the middle and didn't interfere, everyone walked away from the battlefield, and they should vent the pressure in their hearts. But whoever goes to the battlefield, who is not afraid, but because there is a belief in his heart, he barely supports it. Even Jia Ke himself was also worried before going to the battlefield, not to mention the small soldiers below.

Not to mention Jia Ke, they held a celebration banquet to celebrate this big victory.

Besides, Sobud took a few remnants of the defeated army and fled more than a hundred miles on horseback. Then he stopped his horse and saw that there were only five or six people following him. I couldn't help but feel sad and cry loudly. I think he Sobud is also a hero on the grassland, how many battles, invincible, invincible. Unexpectedly, in the small Kaipingwei, he fell on a big heel. Six thousand iron horsemen, dead and wounded, with only a few people around him to escort them. The more he thought about it, the more sad he became, and he could barely stop crying.

The guards next to him, seeing Sobud so sad, thought that he was crying for the dead and wounded brothers, and they couldn't help but sob.

While they were crying, there was a sound of horses' hooves behind them, and Sobud was immediately frightened, and he thought that Jaco's troops were chasing after him again. I was sad and indignant in my heart, I didn't expect him to die here. I thought that no matter what, I couldn't be captured by the enemy.

So he drew his scimitar and was about to kill himself, when the guard next to him took him by the arm and said to him in a loud voice: "The leader is not a pursuer, but our man." ”

When Sobud heard that it wasn't Jake who was chasing after him, he immediately threw the knife aside. To be honest, who wants to die if they can live.

At this time, the people behind had already come, about one or two hundred people, all of whom were the routs of their tribe.

Sobud immediately stepped forward to stop them, and when the rout saw Sobud, as if they had found the backbone, they all turned over and dismounted and knelt in front of Sobud, crying loudly.

At this time, Sobud showed the demeanor of a leader, and stepped forward to comfort them one by one, laughed with them, cheered them up, and told them that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and should not be taken to heart.

Sobud knew what he was going to do. After he collected these remnants, he sent out his guards and collected them everywhere. In the end, less than a thousand people were obtained.

Sobud led the defeated remnants of the dejected army to a predetermined rendezvous in the depths of the steppe. In Sobud's heart now, he hates you very much for Jaco, and he doesn't know how to be ridiculed by the other tribal leaders this time.

When Sobud arrived at the assembly place of Zhangbei (place name), it was still very deserted, except for the royal tent of the Great Khan of the steppe, no other tribal leader had led the army back.

At this time, in the king's tent, the great khan of the Tatars, the young king of the steppe, Arslen Khan, was looking at the map hanging in the king's tent, thinking about where the various tribes had fought and how much loot they could get.

Arslen Khan was handsome and weak, more like a scholar of the Southern Dynasty than a warrior of the Northern Kingdom, but he had ambitions that other steppe kings did not have. Unlike his father, Arslen Khan only wanted to be king on the steppe, and his ideal was to be the greatest Khan in the world. Although the Southern Dynasty was rich, its soldiers were weak and incompetent, and it was his first object of annexation.

But Arslen Khan did not think at all now that he wanted to encroach on the lands of the Southern Dynasties. Because he knows that the Southern Dynasty is still very strong. Although he can win for a while, it only takes one big defeat to collapse the alliance on the steppe.

The Southern Dynasties, on the other hand, were able to withstand successive defeats due to their large numbers and vast territory. Able to be replenished quickly.

If he wants to replace the Southern Dynasty now, he can only divide and disintegrate the Southern Dynasty little by little, and eat away at his land and population little by little. In the end, there was enough strength to annex it in one fell swoop.

Arslen Khan was in the king's tent thinking about how to take the Southern Dynasty for himself, when his personal guards came in and reported that Sobud of the Tumer tribe had returned.

Arslen Khan was delighted to hear the news, and Sobud was a staunch supporter of him and played a large role in seizing his throne.

This time he ordered Sobud to attack the most difficult to bite away at the Pingwei, on the one hand, to show the other tribes that he was fair and did not favor his cronies.

On the other hand, it is also to take care of Sobud, because once Kaipingwei is breached, hundreds of miles behind Kaipingwei are plains, densely populated, and rich in materials. The Tumo Ministry can be greatly replenished.

Now it seems that Sobud has indeed lived up to his hopes. Conquering Kaipingwei so quickly, I don't know how much he has gained this time.

Arslen Khan gladly said to the guards: "Sobud of the Tumer tribe has returned? How many people did he bring back? How much grain? How much gold and silver? ”

When the guard heard his question, he looked at him in embarrassment, and was speechless.

When Arslen Khan saw the appearance of the guards, he had a bad premonition in his heart. He didn't ask the guards again, but said to him directly: "Let Sobud come in himself and call me back." ”

The guard went out with a sigh of relief.

Soon Sobud of the Tumo tribe entered the king's tent, and Arslen Khan saw that Sobud was completely depleted, and he did not see the energetic and neatly dressed Sobud before, but now Sobud was in low spirits, disheveled, and dirty. It's like a flower child, where there is still the appearance of a clan leader.

Sobud saw that Arslen Khan's eyes turned red, and he fell to his knees in front of Arslen Khan and began to cry.

When Arslen Khan saw him, he knew that it was not good, and he stepped forward to help Sobud and said to him: "Tell me if you have anything, I will be in charge of you, you are an eagle in the steppe, what do you look like crying like this?" ”

Seeing that Arslen Khan comforted him like this, Sobud gradually put away his crying and said to Arslen Khan: "Great Khan, I have disgraced you. I was defeated in Kaipingwei, and the warriors of the clan suffered heavy losses. Great Khan, you must avenge me. ”

Arslen Khan frowned, looked at his unproductive appearance, felt a little annoyed in his heart, and said to him: "You get up and tell me the details." ”

Sobud then stood up, and reported to Arslen Khan about his defeat in 1510.