Jia Ke waited silently in Kaiping Town for the news of the Tatar invasion of the south, and sent a large number of spies to disguise themselves as various merchants entering the steppe to listen to the situation.

In this way, Jia Ke waited for more than ten days, and the spies he sent to various parts of the grassland came back one after another to report that all the departments of the grassland had already assembled. Preparing for another southward invasion.

After Jia Ke got the news, he was also ready to go north, and he transferred the 3,000 cavalry of Xuanhua Town to Kaiping Town. Coupled with the 5,000 cavalry in Kaiping Town and the more than 30,000 banner soldiers of the Manchu Eight Banners, Jia Ke was able to mobilize a total of 40,000 cavalry.

This is an important force in any country, even among the Tatars, it is one or two tribes that can mobilize forty thousand cavalry at a time.

Jia Ke made full arrangements for this sortie, Feng Mo led 7,000 infantry to defend Xuanhua Town, Huang Baifeng and Zheng Kai led 10,000 Macedonian Fangzheng troops respectively, and 5,000 longbowmen were divided into two divisions, which were led by the two of them. The task of the two of them was to garrison Kaiping Town. Once Xuanhua Town was found to be in danger, Huang Baifeng led half of the Macedonian phalanx and half of the longbowmen to reinforce it. If the enemy does not come to Xuanhua Town and Kaiping Town, then they will not move. No one is allowed to mobilize a single soldier without his orders.

In the end, this order was mainly to guard against Wang Tao, who was afraid that he would transfer the army in the name of the Jiedu envoy. Jia Ke has spent a lot of effort on these troops, how can he give it to others in vain?

Just a few days after the 15th of August, news of the Tatar invasion came from all over the country, and only the town of Xuanfu was peaceful among the nine sides.

The common people knew that this was due to the fact that Jake was guarding the front, and the Tatars did not dare to come. Therefore, Jia Ke's prestige near Xuanfu Town was even higher.

And Wang Tao knew that after the Tatars invaded south, he became a frightened bird. He was afraid that what happened last year would happen again, and he also wanted to transfer people from Xuanhua and Kaiping several times to go to Xuanfu Town to defend. But they were all sternly rejected by Jia Ke, Jia Ke's reasons are very sufficient, if the troops are transferred to Xuanfu Town, then Kaiping, Xuanhua's defense will be weak, and if the Tatars invade the south with all their might, it will definitely lead to last year's mistakes.

Jia Ke did not tell Wang Tao the news that he was about to go north, he was afraid that Wang Tao would know that he was not there and cause trouble for his back road, and he was also afraid of the Tatar spies in Xuanfu Town, but he heard the news.

In the past few days, Jia Ke has also increased the number of scouting horses around, on the one hand, to search for the traces of the enemy, and on the other hand, to find water sources on the grassland and possible future footholds of the troops. The third aspect is to check whether the royal tent of Arsleng Khan is still located in Zhangbei this year? If he was still in Zhangbei, Jia Ke was ready to give him a surprise attack.

Jia Ke is very clear about this year's goal, which is to grab money, people, and livestock. If possible, it would be better to grab Arslen Khan's concubine or son.

Ten days after the Tatar invasion, the fighting was fierce in various parts of the Nine Sides, many passes had been broken by the Tatars, and the Tatar troops had penetrated deep into the interior.

Jake believed that the time had come, and that the Tatars were now stumbling everywhere and could not return immediately. So Jia Ke immediately gathered all his cavalry on the northern grassland of Kaiping Town. There is a pledge to go north.

On that day, Jia Ke wore a purple and gold crown on his head, wore bright light armor, stepped on the clouds, and rode on the fire dragon horse. Looking at the black cavalry in front of him, he couldn't help but feel proud. This is the most important attack force that he has accumulated in two and a half years since he came to Kaiping Town.

Jia Ke called Ji Zhigra in front of the battle, this kid is now human, and he is not wearing paper armor like ordinary cavalry, but wearing a set of iron armor of Kaiping Town.

The craftsmen of Kaiping Town, since Jia Ke gave the order, have been studying day and night, and finally under the pondering of several old craftsmen, they have refined a more suitable steel, although the production process is very cumbersome, and the iron material needs to be calcined constantly, but it still meets the requirements of making iron armor. Therefore, now the officers of more than 1,000 households in Kaiping Town have been equipped with iron armor, and Jia Ke originally wanted to equip the officers of more than 100 households with iron armor, but the production of these iron armors is really cumbersome, so so far, it can only be promoted among generals of more than 1,000 households.

When Jirigra heard Jia Ke call him Pegasus to come to him, he said excitedly: "Master, you told me something?" ”

Jia Ke looked at his excited appearance, and said angrily: "The tribe in this vicinity, we have already explored it clearly. The Erut Department where you used to be is now the closest to us, only one or two hundred miles away, and you lead the way in front with the Zhenghuang Flag, so let's go to the Erut Department for the first time this time. Then you will be able to pick up your family. ”

Jizhigela was very happy, but when he heard that he was going to take his family back, his face immediately changed, and his face looked very embarrassed.

Jia Ke asked puzzledly: "What's going on with Ji Rigla?" Don't you want to take back your parents and wives? ”

Ji Zhigra was very embarrassed to squirm there, not knowing how to answer Jia Ke's question.

Ji Ya rode to them, and said to Jia Ke with a smile: "Master, Ji Riguera's wife is a tigress, and she often beats him like a pig's head, and this time he went back with the purpose of snatching Naren, the daughter of the former clan leader, and his wife will definitely beat him to death when the time comes." ”

When Jia Ke heard that this was the case, he smiled and said to Ji Ri Gela: "Ji Ri Gela, you have to work hard this time, as long as you make war achievements, I will give you that Na Ren, and when the time comes, if your wife finds trouble for you, you will let her come to me." ”

When Ji Zhigela heard Jia Ke's words, he immediately smiled happily. Excitedly said to Jia Ke: "Master, you just look at me, I will definitely get Naren this time." ”

After Jia Ke finished laughing with them, he became serious and ordered: "The yellow flag is the forward, the yellow flag is the rear, the white flag is the left wing, the blue flag is the right wing, and the other flags and the cavalry of Kaiping Town are the middle army." The first target, the Erut Division, is now set off overnight, and must arrive early tomorrow morning. When the time comes, launch an attack on time and try to take the Erut department within a day. ”

After Jia Ke gave the order, all the ministries went out one after another. For a moment on the grassland, the dust was all over the sky, tens of thousands of cavalry set out together, the horse's hooves and the earth were in contact like a muffled thunder in the sky, and the figures of countless cavalry were like rolling black clouds rushing forward.

Jia Ke personally led the team to sit in the Chinese army, and while advancing, he listened to the news that kept coming back, and so far no Tatars had been found.

The cavalry of the brigade kept advancing, more than a hundred miles, and finally approached the Erut division at the end of night.

When Jia Ke received news from the Chinese army that it was only more than 20 miles away from the Erut Division, Jia Ke immediately ordered all the troops to stop advancing, rest on the spot, eat some dry food and drink some water, and then rest on the ground to recuperate.

Since they didn't dare to make a fire, they were afraid that the Erut Department would find them, so everyone took dry food, drank some water, and lay down on the ground and slew.

Jia Ke was no exception, and after eating a few dry cakes with him, he also lay down next to his horse and fell asleep. Although it was already autumn, everyone relied on their horses and the horses' body temperature for warmth, so they didn't feel much cold, so they slept peacefully.

I don't know how long it took, Jia Ke was woken up in his sleep, "Uncle, uncle, wake up, it's almost three shifts now." ”

Jia Ke came to his senses all of a sudden, his hand was like a knife next to him, and when he saw Liu Yu who was calling him next to him, he let go of his hand. He sat up and asked Liu Yudao, "What time is it?" ”

Liu Yu replied beside him: "Uncle, I just arrived now, and it should be the third watch." ”

Jia Ke estimated in his heart, and ordered Liu Yu: "It's almost time, let everyone wake up." At the same time, the eight banners were unified, and thousands of households came to listen to the order. ”

Now is the time of the day when people are most relaxed, and this is the time for a sneak attack.