Jia Ke gathered in the hall of the Thousand Households, and the generals stood on both sides. Jia Ke sat in the center.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Jia Ke first bowed his hand to Wu Li, and then said to the generals: "I have just received an urgent military situation, the Tatars have 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry, and they have come to attack Kaipingwei overnight, and they will definitely arrive tomorrow morning." Now what do you do? ”

Look at me, people, and I'll look at you. For a while, no one spoke, and finally Wu Li spoke, "Jia Qianhu, the Tatars are attacking in a big way, and Kaipingwei can resist it." Someone should be sent to report to the Jiedu envoy immediately, and ask the Jiedu envoy to lead the troops to help. ”

Jia Ke replied: "Lord Wu is very true, I don't worry about sending others there, Liu Yu or you go to Xuanfu Town to report to the Jiedu envoy." ”

Jia Ke turned his head and said to Wu Li again: "It's better for Lord Wu to go back to Xuanfu Town with Liu Yu, I don't know what Lord Wu wants." ”

Wu Li thought about it and felt that if he left now, he would not be able to ride a fast horse as a literati, and if he took a car, he was afraid that he would not be able to go far and meet the Tatars, so it was better to stay in Kaipingwei and wait for the rescue of the Jiedu envoy, and there would be a glimmer of life.

So Wu Li said to Jia Ke: "Now that the military situation is so urgent, since I have come to Kaipingwei, I am a member of Kaipingwei, how can I escape from the battle." Master Jia, don't say it again. ”

Jia Ke is not a fool, he understood his thoughts after a little thought, and he didn't break it, but said with praise: "Lord Wu, you are not afraid of danger, you are really a model for adults in this dynasty." ”

After praising him, he turned to Huang Baifeng and ordered: "Last time, you concentrated all your strength and were more experienced, but this time it's up to you to do this." Every family had to go under the walls to support the soldiers. Anyone who dares to refuse will be punished as collaborating with the enemy. You don't have to waste time, go now. ”

Huang Baifeng arched his hand and said to Jia Ke: "Don't worry, my lord, I'll do it now." After saying that, he went out of the hall and went to concentrate his strength and prepare to defend the city.

After Jia Ke finished instructing Huang Baifeng, he said to Feng Mo again: "Now you, gather all the soldiers." All go up to the city, and there shall be no mistake. ”

Feng Mo listened to the instructions of the lecture, without any words, and immediately went out of the Thousand Households Mansion after bowing to Jia Ke.

After Jia Ke finished instructing the two of them, he said to the hundred households present: "You immediately return to your hundred households, and each of your whole team is ready to go to the city to fight the Tatars." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand to let all the hundreds of households retreat, and after the important people retreated, Jia Ke invited Wu Li to come to his study together. Jia Ke first wrote a military intelligence report, but the meaning was that the Tatars of 50,000 or 60,000 people drove to Kaipingwei overnight.

After writing it, Jia Ke showed it to Wu Li, who read it carefully and found that there was no problem. At the bottom of the military newspaper, he signed his name.

When Jia Ke saw that Wu Li had already signed, he stamped his big seal of Kaipingwei and ordered someone to call Liu Yu in and hand him the letter. He said to him: "This letter is very important, you must not delay, set off overnight to deliver the letter to Xuanfu Town as soon as possible, and hand it over to the Jiedu envoy." ”

Liu Yu didn't dare to slack off, took the letter, immediately came out of the Qianhu Mansion, and rode to the south gate of Kaipingwei.

Not to mention how Jia Ke arranged the defense of Kaiping Guard, just why did the Tatars come so strangely?

It turned out that the leader of the Tumo tribe, Sobud, was defeated and retreated to Zhangbei, like the Tatar Khan shortly after the report. The Tatar tribes returned to Zhangbei one after another.

Among them, the Evenki tribe and the Tumo tribe were at odds for generations, and the leader of the Evenki tribe, Bayar, saw Sobud's embarrassment. Not only did he not comfort him, but he laughed at Sobud, "Sobud, don't you think you are an eagle on the steppe? Why are you so embarrassed today? Don't the eagle's wings have feathers? ”

Sobud was ashamed and angry, his face was swollen and red, and he saw that Bayar's eyes were as wide as bull's eyes, and his right hand was tightly gripping the scimitar at his waist, and he was about to go up and fight him.

Seeing this, Bayar's guards hurriedly stepped forward to escort Bayar's side.

Sobud's guards also stepped forward to take a stand, seeing that the two were about to engage in a fight.

At this time, someone had already reported the situation here to Arslen Khan. When Arslen Khan heard this, he was furious and immediately ordered the guards to call the two men to his tent.

Sobud and Bayar were about to go to war when messengers from Arslen Khan arrived in time to separate them. And he said to them, "The Great Khan has commanded the two of you to cease the conflict at once, and report anything to the king's tent to him." ”

The two men then stopped fighting, glared at each other without concealing it, and followed the messenger to the king's tent of Arslen Khan.

When they came to the king's tent, the messenger told them to wait outside, and they went in first to report it.

In a short time there was a word from the king's tent that they should both go in, and Bayar and Sobud entered the king's tent with some apprehension in their hearts. They all secretly looked up, only to see Arslen Khan's face pale, sitting on it. As if they were very angry, the two of them quickly knelt down respectfully and saluted Arslen Khan together.

Arslen Khan sat on the big tiger skin chair above and looked at the two kneeling below. In fact, he was not as angry as he appeared in his heart, and the expression on his face was just made to show them. The conflict between the various tribes was a means for him to maintain balance. If the tribes were united with each other, it would be a time for him to be afraid, and this was exactly what he wanted. But surface work still needs to be done.

Arslen Khan said to them in a furious voice: "What do you have to do with you in public, and draw your sword against you." Do you want the whole world to know that we Tatars are at odds within? ”

Sobud and Bayar were completely honest at this time, looked at each other, and then replied tacitly: "Respected lord of the steppe, the lion of the steppe Arslen Khan, just now the two of us did not do things well and completely forgot your teachings. Please punish us with the Great Khan. ”

Arslen Khan didn't think about punishing them at all, and now seeing that their apparent attitude was quite sincere, he gently put the matter aside. He taught them: "It is because of our solidarity that we Tatars can become the overlords of this world. Do not hurt the peace by small things, and cause the tribes to fight each other, and in the end we Tatars will damage our own vitality. ”

Bayar and Sobud confessed their repentance to Arslen Khan and promised that this would never happen again.

Although Sobud expressed his repentance to Arslen Khan, he was still haunted by this defeat in his heart. Thinking that the warriors in the department were so killed and wounded. This has never been done before, and I can't help but feel a sour feeling in my heart. Thinking about returning to the tribe, how can I explain to the people who have lost their relatives? Thinking of their loneliness, thinking of those old people and children, thinking of thinking about it, I couldn't help but kneel there, crying bitterly.

Seeing Sobud's pitiful appearance, Arslen Khan thought that their Tatars had never suffered such heavy casualties since they confronted the Southern Dynasties.

If justice is not administered to Sobud, the loyalty of the tribes to the royal court will be greatly diminished in the future. Who will recognize him as a great khan in the future.

Thinking of this, Arslen Khan said to Sobud: "Sobud, you are a valiant warrior, don't cry here. I know what you are doing, rest assured, I will do justice to you. And in a moment he summoned the chiefs of the tribes to the king's tent and took revenge together. ”

When Sobud heard that Arslen Khan was going to gather the chiefs of the clans to discuss the matter of avenging him. In his heart, he could no longer express Arslen Khan in words, and Sobud thought that he was a man who knew how to repay his kindness, and he used to support Arslen Khan only for profit. And now he can't help but have basic loyalty to Arslen Khan, which is no longer entirely because of interests.