Chapter 116: Guerrilla 2
When Arslen Khan received the military report from the troops behind his palace, he couldn't believe his eyes. He didn't expect that this Jia Ke was so bold that he would lead hundreds of men and horses to pursue when his army retreated.
He couldn't imagine what Jia Ke thought and how he dared to be so bold. But since the matter has come, then he must be ready.
Arslen Khan immediately ordered all troops to be on alert, and cavalry to patrol around the large force day and night in case of a surprise attack by Jak.
At the same time, he ordered Bayar, the leader of the Evenki tribe, to lead the cavalry of his headquarters to search for Jia Ke's traces nearby, and once he found it, he would rush up. He must be annihilated in the steppe.
And when Arslen Khan issued the order, Jia Ke was leading his soldiers to eat roast mutton and drink mare's milk wine, boasting about today's results, and after sneaking up on the Tatar rearguard, he also captured some cattle, sheep and horses. They were now drinking in a grove a few dozen miles from the Tatars, as a way for the soldiers to relieve their psychological stress and fatigue. At this time, Jia Ke's requirements for military discipline are very lax, he can't and dare not let these ancient soldiers bear the same psychological pressure as the current Chinese army, if they don't relax and vent when they are not right, once they break out, they will blow up the camp, and Jia Ke will not be able to stop it.
Jia Ke was now sitting by the fire, eating the beef and mutton sent by his men, he was not used to drinking mare's milk wine, and felt that there was a fishy smell in it, which was really difficult to swallow, so he could only drink some water, which aroused the admiration of the soldiers who did not know the truth.
And Feng Mo, who was beside Jia Ke, was also not drunk, and accompanied Jia Ke to drink water together. Feng Mo thought that Jia Ke was always sober for the safety of the troops, and he was even more convinced that he was so self-disciplined.
After eating and drinking in the evening, Jia Ke and Feng Mo discussed it and decided that the two of them would lead dozens of soldiers to be on duty at night. Now that they are deep into enemy territory, they must be cautious.
In the next few days, Jake began to circle the steppe with the Tatars, and once he encountered the Tatars alone, he swarmed up and wiped out these lonely people, and once he found that the Tatars had sent most of them to exterminate them, he used two horses or even three horses to run away.
In these days, the Tatars faced the attack of Jia Ke at any time, whether it was day or night, Jia Ke seemed to be everywhere, and today he was still attacking in the rear, and the next day he appeared in the Chinese army of Arslen Khan, and when Arslen Khan sent men and horses from the Chinese army to encircle and suppress, Jia Ke appeared near their front team again.
Arslen Khan has no way to deal with Jia Ke now, Jia Ke is like a fly, flying around him non-stop, hitting and not killing, driving and driving away, and constantly causing casualties to him. Now not only ordinary Tatars, but even Arslen Khan has an indescribable fear of Jake.
Jia Ke has now adopted tactics, which were originally used against the people of the Southern Dynasties, but now they are being used by Jia Ke on them.
Arslen Khan still came up with a solution, that is, to take advantage of his numerical advantage, to divide the cavalry into a team of five hundred, each team should not be more than five miles apart, and spread a net around him, wanting to net Jia Ke in this net.
Seeing that the Tatars were only 500 people, he thought that he could defeat them in a short time, but as a result, the battle was just halfway through, and thousands of people from all sides came to support.
In the end, relying on Jia Ke's martial arts, he brandished Fang Tian's halberd to open the way in front, and led the cavalry team to kill a bloody road, but this time they also lost nearly a hundred people, and the corpses of these hundred people were not recovered, which was the biggest loss since he pursued the Tatars.
After that, Jia Ke only dared to lead his team to wander around the outskirts of the Tatars, and when he encountered the Tatars, he only launched an attack, and immediately retreated after the battle, so as to prevent being surrounded like last time.
In this way, Jia Keke and his men were around the Tatars, constantly looking for opportunities. But then the results became less and less. When the Tatars were about to reach Zhangbei (the Tatar assembly base in the north), Jia Ke thought that this time, the pursuit could be over.
Although the pursuit may yield greater results, after all, the Tatars of Zhangbei have a large amount of booty and slaves. But it was already very cold, and they were now in the steppe, without any shelter. If you continue to pursue, I am afraid that you will freeze to death on the grassland.
So Jia Ke prepared to withdraw his troops back to Kaipingwei on the seventh day of the pursuit of the Tatars, and this time Jia Ke attacked, and achieved rich results, killing and wounding people, nearly 3,000. They also seized a large amount of Tatar supplies, including nearly 1,500 horses, and about 3,400 cattle and sheep of various kinds. The animals were kept in a small valley by Jia Ke, leaving a dozen soldiers to guard them.
Although Jia Ke wanted to withdraw his troops, this time it was the turn of Arslen Khan to keep attacking him.
Arslen Khan now sent out nearly ten times as many scouts as before, and although Jake was stealthy, under the non-stop search of so many scouts, he was still discovered by the Tatars from time to time, and this retreat was inadvertently discovered by the Tatars.
So another pursuit began, but this time the situation was reversed, the Tatars took advantage of their large number of cavalry and surrounded them from all sides, and Jia Ke tried to avoid fighting with the Tatars in order not to add additional casualties to his troops, he took advantage of their small numbers, easy to hide, and the characteristics of many horses and rapid retreat, and kept getting rid of the Tatar round-up.
Moreover, Jia Ke tried his best to march at night, using the stars in the sky to discern the direction, retreating to Kaipingwei, and finding a place to hide and rest during the day.
When marching at night, from time to time, a sneak attack on the Tatars. In this way, the two sides were entangled for another three days, and both the Tatars and the troops of Jake were now exhausted. Both sides are waiting for a plausible reason to disengage. The reason for this soon came, and it began to snow on the grasslands, although it was only the first snow of early winter, and it did not fall much. But the weather became colder, and Bayar, who was in charge of the Tatar pursuit, decided that it was no longer suitable to continue the war, so he led his troops back, and Jake did not harass him again this time, and the two sides were officially disengaged.
On the third day of disengagement with the Tatars, Jake arrived in the small valley where supplies were stored. Since the valley is surrounded by cliffs on all sides, there is a road to get in and out. Therefore, the temperature in the valley is still relatively mild, the grass is still green, and the livestock in the valley can not worry about food.
Jia Ke watched in the valley, countless cows, horses and lambs, and was very satisfied with the harvest this time, but he also reflected on himself, in the middle of this battle, for a while, he was too carried away, and his vigilance was very lax, so he was almost besieged, and it was also that battle that lost nearly a hundred people. This reminded Jia Ke that he must not lose his vigilance at any time on the battlefield, and that even the weakest enemy can turn into a vicious beast.
However, this time the battle exchange ratio, Jia Ke was still very satisfied, they eliminated the enemy who suffered at least ten times their own casualties, and it can be said that it was a big victory. Although it was impossible to bring back the heads, there were so many horses, cattle and sheep. It is enough to show his exploits.
And these cattle, sheep and horses can not only give compensation to the dead and wounded soldiers, but also allow Kaipingwei to have a good year.
And Jia Ke, as the coach of Kaipingwei, can also get a lot of benefits from it.