Chapter 166: Advance and Retreat
Wang Tao took everyone in the city and looked anxiously into the distance, they were waiting for the result of this battle.
But Gao Hong didn't have much hope for this, and he had already deduced this operation in his heart. The Tatars led the cavalry away, and Jia Ke's scouting horse found that the situation was wrong, and after reporting to Jia Ke, Jia Ke immediately turned in. Avoiding the Tatar cavalry as much as possible, and then finding a place to defend against danger, the Tatars had to disperse their forces, so that the pressure on Xuanfu Town was relieved by at least half. This was already the best result he could think of.
They had been waiting at the head of the city for nearly two hours, and suddenly the Tatar cavalry in front of them had receded like a tide, and they could see that the number of Tatar cavalry had been significantly reduced. And these people do not seem to be retreating in an orderly manner. Instead, they were defeated and fled.
Immediately afterwards, I saw that behind the Tatar cavalry, countless cavalry in white helmets and white armor appeared, like a white blade, yes, covering and killing the Tatars in the back, and the Tatars did not dare to have any resistance to these cavalry, only knew that they kept running away. The Tatars eventually rushed into their camp, and with the help of the archers in the wall, they were able to stop the white-armored cavalry.
And one of the leaders of these cavalrymen, the armor on his body emitted immeasurable light under the sun's rays. Wang Tao knew who it was as soon as he saw this armor, because when Wu Li came back from Kaiping Town last year, he carefully reported Jia Ke's situation to him. He knew that Jia Ke had a piece of armor, which was the personal armor of the old man of Rongguo Mansion, which could reflect the light of his debut in the sun. At this time, when I saw it on the battlefield, it was indeed worthy of its name.
Jiedu made Wang Tao see Jia Ke at this time, which was closer than seeing relatives, and they were finally saved. And the defenders of the city, seeing this, immediately rejoiced, the reinforcements had defeated the Tatars, and they were about to be saved.
Soon, Jia Ke's follow-up troops also came to the city of Xuanfu and began to set up camp.
After Jia Ke returned to the camp, he sat in the big tent of the Chinese army and ordered Huang Baifeng to immediately count the number of dead and wounded, and Zheng Kai to count the number of prisoners.
After a while, all the data were reported, and this time they injured a total of nearly 1,000 people, beheaded more than 12,000 Tatars, captured more than 5,000 people, and captured more than 10,000 horses.
After this battle, the Tatars may no longer dare to fight a field war with him, and he can calmly block the surroundings, counter-encircle the Tatars, cut off the supply of food and grass to the Tatars, and even cut off their drinking water.
Arslen Khan returned to the tent and sat down in his seat. And at this time, the leaders of the various tribes also came in one after another, and when they arrived at home, they were all dejected, and they were completely devoid of the impassioned attack just now.
Alatan, the leader of the Buryat tribe, just sat down and stood up angrily, and said to everyone: "I don't want to stay in this ghost place anymore, I want to go back to the steppe, I want to go back to my own tribe, this Jia Ke is a devil, and we people can't be low-grade at all." ”
Qinggeltai, the leader of the Balhu tribe, also lost the courage to reunite with Arslen Khan just now, at this time he stood up and said: "I think what Alatan said is reasonable, we can no longer achieve any results now, in front of the fortified city of Xuanfu Town, and behind Jia Ke is watching at the side, we may be eaten by this tiger at any time." What kind of siege is there to talk about, it would be good to be able to keep yourself. ”
Su De of the Erut Department had the most short temper, and he was already mad at this time, and he didn't care about the occasion, he jumped up and scolded: "That bastard told me that we can defeat Jia Ke, you go out and take a look, can we defeat such a person?" It's for us to die. He paused to catch his breath, and then said, "I fully agree with the tribal leaders, and if you don't act, I'll go by myself." If this continues, we will all die under the city of Xuanfu Town. ”
Arslen Khan didn't expect a defeat at all, and he actually lost all their backbone. Now let them fight with Jia Ke again, I'm afraid it's impossible, and it's not a way to continue like this.
At this time, Timur, the leader of the Jerim tribe, stood up and said to Arslen Khan: "Great Khan, hurry up and withdraw your troops. If we don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to go again. ”
When Arslen Khan heard his words, he could not help but be angry in his heart, although he thought that he could not win. But it has not reached the point where the whole army is about to be annihilated, isn't this disturbing the morale of the army?
So Arslen Khan wrapped his face and said to him: "Timur, you make it clear, if you dare to disturb the morale of the army, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people." ”
Timur was not afraid, walked out, stood in the center of the big tent, and said to Arslen Khan and the surrounding tribal leaders: "Now it seems that we are still as stable as Mount Tai, although we have lost a battle, but our main force is still there. Jia Ke couldn't do anything about us for a while, and it seemed that there was no danger. But have you ever thought about it, when did we Tatars fight? Therefore, the food and water stored in our camp can feed more than 100,000 people for a few days, even if it is enough food. But without water, how can our warriors and horses live? ”
As soon as he said this, Sud and I couldn't wait to jump up, and then he said, "If there is no water, we will be hungry and thirsty." I'm afraid I don't even have the strength to walk, how can I fight Jia Ke? In the end, I'm afraid they will all be killed here by Jia Ke. ”
Tara, the leader of Turgot, was the uncle of Arslen Khan, and was very loyal to Arslen Khan, and was very dissatisfied when he heard their words, and stood up and scolded them: "If there is no water, we can go out and find water, and there is not a river next to it?" How can we be short of water? Don't be alarmist, you guys. ”
Su De had long seen him unpleasantly, he used to be the uncle of Arslen Khan, and he had bullied other tribes, but when he saw him come out and fight against the tribes, he immediately jumped up and scolded him: "You are a leader who relies on women to be the leader, what qualifications do you have to reprimand us here, have you fought or killed people?" If you're good, you go out and get water. We're all watching. ”
Sud's words made Tara breathless, but she didn't dare to refute it. What if everyone asks him to fetch water? The Jia Ke who stayed outside was like a demon. So many of them went out together and were defeated. Let him go to fetch water from one tribe, and once he goes out, he may not be able to come back. So he didn't talk, so he could only sit there and sulk.
But this sentence of his angered Arslen Khan, which had already piggybacked him, and if he continued to be so arrogant by Sud, I am afraid that no one in the tribes would listen to him anymore, so he said to Sud: "You dare to speak disrespectfully and offend my mother." Don't I know that I am still the Great Khan of the steppe? When he returned, he deprived 3,000 herdsmen. If you dare to disobey, I will destroy your whole people. ”
Seeing this, the other tribal leaders knew that Arslen Khan was so angry that no one dared to offend him again, and they all acquiesced in his punishment.
Seeing that the other clan leaders did not speak to him, Su De knew that if he did not give in again, he would really be destroyed by the clan, so he quickly knelt down in front of Arslen Khan and apologized: "Respected Great Khan, it was my fault just now, and I fully accept your punishment." I only hope that Dahan will forgive me. ”
Seeing that he had relented, Arslen Khan did not pursue any further. Just wave your hand and put it to the side.