Chapter 186: Blockade
Arslen Khan was surprised when he heard the news of the attack on the rear tribes, the Tatars had not been attacked for decades, and they had always taken the initiative to attack others. Such an attack came very suddenly, and the tribes were not prepared, so the losses were very large, and many tribes did not even escape a single person.
Arslen Khan immediately sent a message to the tribes that had plundered in the southern court, ordering them to return to the army immediately. At the same time, scouts were sent to search for traces of this force. It was important to find this force, and Arslen Khan was now eager to kill all the troops that attacked his rear, so as to quench the hatred in his heart.
And Jia Ke's entire team is too many people now, and it is not very convenient to move. So a few days later, the scouts sent by Arslen Khan searched for traces of Jake's troops.
After the exploration of the horse returns. Only then did Arslen Khan discover that it was his old rival Jia Ke who led the army.
And now Jia Ke is different from the past, there are at least sixty or seventy thousand cavalry in this army. With so many cavalry troops, even Arslen Khan did not dare to take it lightly.
Arslen Khan immediately made his own judgment, now that Jia Ke's troops were very bloated and no longer suitable for fighting on the steppe, I am afraid that they would soon return to Kaiping Town.
So Arslen Khan was in Zhangbei and issued orders one after another. Concentrated many tribes on Jia Ke's way south back to Kaiping Town, preparing to intercept Jia Ke in this direction, in order to regain the population and eliminate his cavalry force, and must not allow Jia Ke's cavalry force to grow.
The steppe has always been dominated by cavalry, although in several battles with Jia Ke, defeated by his infantry, but without the help of the cavalry on both wings, the cavalry can harass the attacking infantry from all directions with its flexible offensive methods, and even if Jia Ke's infantry is excellent, at most it can only be invincible, but it is an impossible task to win or annihilate the Tatars.
And now, if Jia Ke has so many cavalry, the threat to the grassland is too great. Then from now on, Jia Ke can enter the grassland casually. And they didn't have the slightest way to attack Jia Ke's defensive area.
This forms a form where I can hit you, but you can't hit me. At that time, the offensive and defensive momentum of the grasslands and the Central Plains will be reversed. This is the greatest danger to the grasslands, and you must know that many of their daily necessities are plundered by coming south every year. If you can't invade the Central Plains again, you can only kneel beside the Central Plains Dynasty and become his slave.
On the way back to Kaiping Town, the Tatars laid down heavy troops. Arslen Khan also sent 30,000 cavalry of his elite guard troops, plus the cavalry of various departments of the steppe, a total of more than 100,000 people. This army was commanded by Meng He, one of the four great masters of Arslen Khan, and the most trusted general.
The four heroes under the command of Arslen Khan are different from the four horses, these four people are the real commanders, and the four horses are only four fierce generals.
Meng He has always been cautious in the use of troops, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, and has very rich experience in the operation of large corps, and Arslen Khan has to rely on Meng He's prudence. To deal with Jaco's cunning, it can also minimize the losses of the Tatar cavalry.
Meng He deployed heavy troops on the road to Kaiping Town, and probed horses in all directions to guard against Jia Ke's sudden attack. Meng He thought that as long as he used his troops carefully, he surpassed Jia Ke in numbers, and Jia Ke had no chance of winning at all. But he didn't count the well-equipped troops to which Jia Ke belonged, otherwise he wouldn't have been so easy.
However, Jia Ke seemed to know that there were heavy troops in the direction of Taiping Town, completely ignoring the heavy troops deployed near Meng and Kaiping Town, and he led the army straight to Zhangbei.
This time, Jia Ke led 50,000 cavalry and rode straight to Zhangbei. And the remaining more than 10,000 cavalry, guarding the captured 100,000 people on the spot.
Arslen Khan did not expect that Jia Ke did not lead his army back to Kaiping Town, but came straight to his Zhangbei. After Arslen Khan sent his own 30,000 personal guards to support Meng He, there are now only more than 10,000 Arsleng Khan's personal guards in Zhangbei, as well as tens of thousands of accompanying troops. Although they were very well prepared, they were not ready for war.
When it was close to dusk on this day, Jia Ke arrived at a place fifty miles north of Zhang, and the Tatar cavalry found Jia Ke's brigade of men and horses.
After discovering Jia Ke, Tanma didn't dare to approach, but turned the dock and ran desperately towards Zhangbei. Completely ignoring the fatigue of the horses, he just wanted to send the news to Arslen Khan as soon as possible.
Arslen Khan didn't feel the slightest danger at this time, he was now holding a few beauties from the Western Regions in the big tent, drinking mare's milk wine and eating barbecue, watching the singing and dancing in the tent, I don't know how comfortable.
Now he is only waiting for the news that Jia Ke has been surrounded and annihilated from the front, and then he will concentrate his men and horses, and then go down to Xuanfu, this time he must break through Xuanfu Town and enter the hinterland of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Just when Arslen Khan was happy, suddenly a man broke in outside. You see that Arslen Khan is a leader of the horses he sent, and Arslen Khan was not happy at that time, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand. The tanma couldn't wait to say: "Qiyu Dahan, the big thing is not good, my Tanma is fifty miles away, and I found that Jia Ke is leading 50,000 cavalry to come here." ”
When you heard the news, Arslen Khan kicked over the table with one kick, and rebuked loudly: "I asked you to send such a scout horse, where have they gone? How did you get Jaco's cavalry so close to me? ”
The leader of the probe horses didn't care about it now, offended Arslen Khan, and said to him loudly: "Great Khan, you have transferred so many men and horses, where are there so many probe horses under my command that can be sent, and it is too late to hold him accountable, Jia Ke can arrive in half an hour at most." Hurry up and figure it out. ”
Alslen was shaking with anger, what could he do now? Still, Arslen Khan forced himself to calm down. Finally, he ordered: "All the pro-guards are now immediately dispatched to block Jia Ke, and the others are evacuated quickly." ”
After saying this, Arslen Khan walked out of the tent, and after receiving the order of Arslene Khan, his personal commander Huhe knew that time was pressing. He wanted to buy the most time for the Great Khan to evacuate, and he also immediately reorganized the 10,000 personal guards, and lined up on the road from Jia Ke to Zhangbei, waiting for Jia Ke's arrival.
Arslen Khan took all the tribesmen's dependents, and did not want anything, and rode his horse and chariot, and retreated north.
When Arslen Khan retreated, he also issued an order to Meng He to inform him of the situation here, and asked him to immediately lead troops to help.
Jia Ke also spotted the Tatar horses, and knowing that now was not the time to hesitate, he immediately ordered the army to speed up, and at the same time sent the horses out to look for the traces of Arslen Khan.
But it backfired, when they had not yet found the trace of Arslen Khan, Huhe had already led 10,000 cavalry in front of them, these 10,000 cavalry were not ordinary steppe cavalry, these people were the most elite cavalry selected by Arslen Khan from his tribe.
Jia Ke looked at these cavalrymen in front of him, and his heart was full of helplessness. Originally, I wanted to capture Arslen Khan alive in one fell swoop, but now it seems impossible. By the time he had defeated the cavalry, Arslen Khan would have fled to the edge of the sky.
Although Jia Ke was helpless, he still accepted the reality. The most realistic thing now is to defeat the cavalry in front of him, Jia Ke led this time, most of them are Eight Banner soldiers, among which the most elite 30,000 people, all of them are wearing paper armor, and their defensive power is only slightly inferior to the iron armor, but it is much lighter than the iron armor. It allows the cavalry to maintain its superiority in agility and mobility.
Although the Arslen Khan guards were powerful, they still had very few armor, and most of the others were unarmoured.
Jia Ke saw the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides at a glance, and he placed his most elite 30,000 Eight Banners at the front of the team, and the other 20,000 soldiers later surrendered to the Eight Banners and placed them on the two wings of the team. Take advantage of their stallions' skillful riding and archery. Long-range firing assistance for the main forces. This minimizes your own casualties.
Jia Ke and Huhe didn't hesitate, and the two troops charged each other as soon as they met. Jia Ke's side relied on the advantage of numbers and equipment, and surrounded the 10,000 people in Hohe in an instant.
Jia Ke's 30,000 elites kept rolling like wheels, and the other 20,000 rotated counterclockwise with 30,000 people, shooting arrows in the middle of the periphery.
The personal guards of Arslen Khan led by Huhe were indeed brave, and when they were inferior in numbers and equipment, they actually stalemate with Jia Ke's troops.
Jia Ke stood at the rear of the troops, watching the actions in front of him, and he had to sigh at this unit. If the last time Arslen Khan led this army to Xuanfu Town, with Jia Ke's 10,000 or 20,000 horses at that time, no matter how powerful he was, I am afraid he would not be able to take half of the advantage. It seems that the Tatars still have a strong strength that has not yet been shown, and from now on they must not be taken lightly.
In this way, Arslen Khan's personal guards blocked Jia Ke for several hours under the condition of absolute disadvantage, and caused a lot of casualties to Jia Ke's troops.
When the sky was already completely dark, Arslen Khan's personal guards were completely lost. Seeing this situation, Huhe knew that it was irreparable. With a few of his cronies, he killed him when he saw a gap.
Jia Ke looked at him from a distance, and did not chase after him, but took out the treasure carving bow in the bow bag, pulled the bow like a full moon, and pointed an arrow at Huhe from a distance, this arrow was like a meteor in the night sky, and it was behind Huhe in an instant. At this moment, one of his cronies suddenly rushed at him, trying to block the arrow for him with his body. But they still underestimated the power of the Condor Bow.
This arrow directly penetrated this person's body and pierced into Huhe's body, but fortunately, this person deflected the arrow, and this arrow only penetrated Huhe's right shoulder.
Huhe was shot by this arrow, and he was in pain, but at this time he didn't dare to make a sound, he was really afraid that Jia Ke would give him another arrow. He originally thought that the clansmen had completely mythologized Jia Ke, how could there be such a person in the world? But just now this arrow completely shattered his imagination.
He and Jia Ke were at least 600 paces at that time, but Jia Ke's arrow was actually going to pass through a person and shoot through his body again. He had never seen such strength.