After Jia Ke asked the herald to go down to rest, he immediately wrote a reply to Wang Tao, the envoy of Jiedu, telling him that he had received the news and was preparing for war with all his might, and it would never be that Kaipingwei had made a mistake.

After that, the envelope was still handed to the herald, and not long after the herald arrived, he set off again without any delay.

As soon as the herald left, Feng Mo returned. There seemed to be blood stains on his body, and when he saw Jia Ke, he didn't talk nonsense, and immediately said to him: "My lord, traces of Tatars have been found a hundred miles to the north. Our spies and the Tatar cavalry met. ”

Jia Ke frowned and asked, "Is it the main force of the Tatars that you encountered, or is it a scattered ranger?" ”

Feng Mo replied: "It should be the main force of the Tatars, there are about four or five thousand cavalry, and it should be a big tribe pouring out." ”

Jia Ke thought for a while, and then ordered him: "Put the Tanma statue around again." Let's see if there are any Tatars in other directions, if we only have these four or five thousand cavalry, we can still resist it. ”

Feng Mo still agrees with Jia Ke's judgment, this year is different from previous years. Since Jia Ke came this year, the army has not only strengthened its training, but also equipped it with paper armor. It can be said that now Kaipingwei is already the elite of the elite who are all equipped with armor. If you fight with the Tatars now, you will not be inferior, and you may even win the battle.

Then Jia Ke ordered that all the officers of more than 100 households should immediately go to the lobby of the Thousand Households Mansion to hold an emergency meeting.

Soon all the officers arrived, each standing on both sides of the hall of the thousand households, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, the paper armor had just been completed, and before he had time to rest, the lord of the thousand households was in such a hurry to hold a meeting. I'm afraid there's something really big going on. Everyone speculated that the Tatars had arrived, and their faces were sad.

Every time the Tatars invaded, they bore the brunt of the Kaipingwei, if they held the Kaipingwei, it was fine, if the Kaipingwei was conquered, all the people in the Kaipingwei would suffer, all the men would be reduced to slaves, all the women would be ruined, and the old people would all be executed.

In recent years, Kaipingwei has increased its troops, although few have been conquered, but each time it has suffered heavy losses, and the loss of men and horses is at least more than forty percent. And one or two of them, a hundred households, will always disappear.

While everyone was talking, Jia Ke and Feng Mo walked out of the inner hall of the Thousand Households Mansion. Feng Mo stood at the front of the left, and Jia Ke sat in the center of the lobby.

As soon as everyone saw Jia Ke coming, they hurriedly bowed down to Jia Ke together, and Jia Ke waved his hand expressionlessly to let them be exempted.

After everyone finished saluting, they each stood in two rows, and some people peeked at Jia Ke's face and found that Jia Ke's face was very serious. I knew that their guess was right, and the Tatars came again.

Jia Ke saw that there was silence below, and said: "Just now I received a report from the Jiedu Embassy that this year, the Tatars are moving south, and they have ordered all passes to reorganize their armies to prevent the Tatars from sneaking attack. And the Tatars are not moving this year, so they don't have the ability to support us for the time being."

As soon as he heard this, the hundred households in the hall immediately began to discuss below, in the past, every year the Tatars invaded the south, always choosing one or two targets, although Kaipingwei was always among these targets, but Kaipingwei could always get the support of other troops. If there is no support this year, and the Tatars are numerous. I'm afraid Kaipingwei will not be guaranteed. While discussing, there was a hesitant voice on his face.

Jia Ke saw the chaos below, and shouted at it: "Shut up, what's there to be afraid of?" The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. We Kaipingwei are not vegetarians this year. ”

Everyone heard Jia Ke's shouting, and then slowly quieted down.

Jia Ke said to Feng Mo: "You tell everyone what Tanma saw." ”

Feng Mo took a step forward and said, "This morning, a hundred miles to the north, a large group of Tatars was discovered, about five or six thousand people, I am afraid that a large tribe came to attack. ”

After listening to Feng Mo's words, Jia Ke asked again: "In addition to this Tatar army, have you found any other Tatars around us?" ”

Feng Mo replied to Jia Ke and said: "For the time being, I haven't found any other Tatar tribes, so there should be this one nearby." ”

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he said to the people below: "If you have anything to say, you can say it now." Brainstorm and come up with more ideas for future battles. ”

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he looked down and waited for them to express their opinions. But the hundreds of households below looked at each other and were relatively speechless.

This made Jia Ke very angry, he was making a mess just now, and now let them say it, but they pretended to be dumb one by one.

Jia Ke shouted angrily: "Say, if you have anything to say, I didn't let you say it just now, you alone said it so happily, what's wrong now, you are all dumb." ”

Hearing Jia Ke's anger, the hundreds of households below tacitly moved forward together, took a step, knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said to Jia Ke: "The lowly rank is incompetent, everything is at the command of Lord Qianhu." ”

Jia Ke looked at the people below, and almost laughed angrily at them, but after thinking about it, he didn't embarrass them too much, they were just 100 households at the grassroots level, and there were only 100 people in their eyes, and it was indeed difficult for them to express their opinions. But so it is fine, as long as they obey orders and obey commands, they themselves are not afraid of these Tatars.

Jia Ke no longer cared about the hundred households below, and said to Feng Mo: "The scouts sent out can't stop for a moment, and report the distance of the Tatars from Pingwei at any time. ”

Feng Mo stepped forward and said to Jia Ke, "Don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on their movements." ”

Jia Ke then instructed Huang Baifeng: "From now on, Kaipingwei will enter a state of combat readiness, and all the soldiers will immediately put on armor and go to the castle wall in batches, ready to fight at any time." You're responsible for that. All the households must be at your disposal. ”

Huang Baifeng bowed his hand and said: "Humble duty will never be dishonored, and there will never be mistakes." ”

Jia Ke nodded twice and asked them to go down to prepare immediately, and then returned to the study, wrote a military report to Wang Tao, the envoy of Jiedu, and then called Liu Yu, and when he chose one of his own soldiers, a person with stable and reliable equestrian skills, he immediately sent it to the Jiedu Embassy.

Liu Yu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went down to order, dispatched a reliable candidate among the pro-soldiers, and immediately sent Jia Ke's letter to him.

After Jia Ke delivered the letter, he stayed in the lobby of Qianhu Mansion, waiting for news.

In the afternoon, the news finally came that the Tatars had set up camp less than ten miles from Kaipingwei.

When Jia Ke heard the news, he immediately went to the city to watch.

When Jia Ke arrived at the head of the city, the head of the city was already heavily guarded, and Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng had already arrived, except for them, the other hundred households had also arrived at the head of the city.

Everyone looked north at the head of the city, and saw that the Tatars had already set up camp less than ten miles north of Kaipingwei, and the number was enough to six thousand. And the camp is very secure. If you want to sneak attack, I'm afraid it's not easy.

Now the Tatars are cooking on fires, and there are craftsmen in the army making siege utensils. These craftsmen were all craftsmen who were repeatedly invaded and plundered by the Tatars. And the leading generals of the Tatars also sent rangers to guard the camp in all directions, and it seems that the leading generals of the Tatars are very calm, steady in their use of troops, and are not easy to deal with.

Jia Ke looked at the current situation of the Tatars, I am afraid that they will not attack the city today, this is to rest for a night to recuperate, and come to attack the Pingwei tomorrow, wanting to take it in one fell swoop.