Chapter 587: Withdrawal
Although Arslen Khan was a little unhappy when he heard Meng He's words, he still thought about it rationally, and now Jia Ke did not have much loss, if he continued to fight, he was afraid that not only the troops, but also the grain and grass in the rear would be a little unable to hold on.
Maybe others don't know the specific situation, but Arslen Khan knows his own affairs, the grain and grass needed by these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are transported from the Western Regions for thousands of miles, such a long supply, ten carts of grain to the Tatar camp only three carts left.
With such a big loss, Arslen Khan can barely support it by relying on the squeeze of the Western Regions, if the stalemate continues, I am afraid that the Western Regions have just calmed down, and they will have to reverse again.
So Arslen Khan could only nod helplessly.
Meng He saw that everyone kept nodding in agreement with his words, so he continued: "I think Jia Ke attacked this time, I'm afraid something happened in the rear, so he had to travel to fight with us." ”
After hearing this, Arslen Khan was a little surprised: "In that case, isn't it the time for us to fight with Jia Ke?" As long as we drag the jacket and there is any more turmoil behind him, then the day of Jia Ke's defeat is not far away. ”
Meng He shook his head after hearing this, and then said with a solemn expression: "Now is our most dangerous time, there are tens of thousands of Jia Ke's cavalry on the grassland who are harassing everywhere, although our grain route can be preserved for the time being, but I am afraid that it will not be able to support it for a long time." ”
When Meng He finished saying this, everyone remembered that there were still tens of thousands of Jia Ke's cavalry wandering there on the grassland, ready to pounce on them and take a few bites at any time like a hungry wolf.
Arslen Khan also frowned, tight, his own Tatars have always fought guerrilla warfare with others, this time Jia Ke sent elite cavalry, and even fought guerrilla with himself, and now he knows the distress of those enemies at that time.
"This cavalry is indeed tiresome, but this is still not enough for us to retreat, Meng He, what do you think, say it all so that we can know."
Meng He bowed his hand again and said to the people in the battle: "This cavalry is indeed not enough to make us fearful, but what I am most worried about is Jia Ke, this Jia Ke is brave and good at fighting, and since his debut, he has been invincible and invincible. ”
Arslen Khan also nodded when he heard this, Jia Ke is powerful, he has experienced it many times, and almost his life is in the hands of his jacket.
"This time Jia Ke came to attack, I knew Jia Ke's determination, he actually waved the army, only a while to break our Dazhai, although I asked him to retreat temporarily, but his main force was not lost, the army is stable, if we continue to attack, we may not be able to stop him."
After Meng He said this, the tribes and generals in Tibet were a little apprehensive.
This morning's battle can let them know how powerful Jia Ke is, if it weren't for Meng He blocking Jia Ke, I'm afraid few of them would be able to return to the grassland alive.
Arslen Khan also began to break out in a cold sweat, this time he was killed by most of the opponent's Mo Dao soldiers in the first formation because of the five thousand ironclad cavalry in the hole card, and the second formation was surrounded and killed by all the infantry led by Jia Ke, every time he thought of this, he felt shocked.
Arslen Khan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, knowing that he was afraid that he just wanted to continue to stay and fight Jia Ke, and those people below had no thoughts.
"Meng He, what do you think we should do next?"
"If you return to the Great Khan, the last general thinks that we should now return to the grassland and recuperate for a few years. Over the years, we have been fighting the warriors on the grassland, and we are starting to get tired, if we continue like this, the warriors will be tired of it, and it will be difficult to clean up. ”
Arslen Khan also nodded, in the past few years, he first fought for the Western Regions, and now he has to fight against the Southern Dynasties, although the warriors on the grassland are brave, but they are also psychologically tired.
And this time against Jia Ke is a proof, although Jia Ke is brave, but he also has hundreds of thousands of grassland cavalry under his command, and according to the Dazhai guards, it was so easy to be broken by Jia Ke, which shows that the soldiers have no intention of fighting desperately.
Although Arslen Khan was reluctant, his reason still prevailed, "Meng He's plan is exactly what I want, let's rest for three days, and then retreat back to the grassland." ”
As soon as Arslen Khan made a decision, the people below also breathed a sigh of relief, these people have been fighting for all these years, and now they also want to go home to see the old and young.
Arslen Khan pondered for a moment, and then asked Meng He, "Now that Jia Ke's power is getting bigger and bigger, it is a big trouble for my Tatars, Meng He, what can you do to completely defeat Jia Ke?" ”
Meng He also scratched his head after hearing this, this Jia Ke is cautious and brave in battle, and it is almost impossible to defeat him on the battlefield.
And Jia Ke's foundation in the Southern Dynasties is also becoming more and more stable, almost like a hedgehog, people have nowhere to start.
But Arslen Khan had already asked, and he couldn't help but answer, so Meng He thought desperately, and finally could only say helplessly: "The time for us to defeat Jia Ke has passed, if we attack desperately when he is weak, we may be able to defeat Jia Ke, but now that Jia Ke has such a cloud of elite soldiers and fierce generals, it is almost impossible to defeat him on the frontal battlefield." ”
Arslen Khan was a little unhappy when he heard this, "Are we going to wait for Jia Ke to lead the soldiers and sweep away the grassland." ”
Meng He said helplessly: "If you want to fight against Jia Ke, we can't fight him near the Southern Dynasty, we can only lure the enemy deep and introduce Jia Ke into the desert, so that he is short of food and grass, and the terrain is not familiar, and finally the constant harassment makes Jia Ke flawed, and then he can break it." ”
Arslen Khan stood up and walked a few steps in the big tent, then suddenly turned around and looked at Meng He with shining eyes: "The general's plan is exactly what I want." This time, let's go back to recuperate, and then keep sending cavalry to harass Jia Ke's border, so that Jia Ke can finally bear it anymore and lead the soldiers deep into the grassland, and then we will let Jia Ke have no return. ”
After Meng He listened to Arslen Khan's words, he felt that he was taking it for granted. Now the armies on the nine sides of the border between the South and North Korea are very brave and good at fighting, and even if they send people to harass them, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses, and in the end, no one will be in a hurry.
But Meng He didn't dare to confront Arslen Khan in person, so he could only stand there in silence.
And the other tribes and generals in the big tent all thought that Arslen Khan's plan was good, so they all started to pat on the back, only to shoot Arslen Khan a little fluttering.
Arslen Khan was there, listening to the constant compliments of the people below with excitement on his face, and suddenly he saw that Meng He was silent there, and immediately sobered up, and now it was not the time to be happy when he was still away from Jia Ke's army.
Arslen Khan hurriedly ordered: "Immediately send scouts to check on the situation of Jiake's army at any time, and at the same time, all departments will reorganize their men and horses, and prepare to retreat to the steppe in three days." ”
After listening to Arslen Khan's order, the crowd responded with a bang.
Then the Tatars sent out their horses and began to pack up and prepare for retreat.
Besides, after Jia Ke returned to the camp with the army, he was a little annoyed, he had never fallen for other people's tactics since the battle, and this time he was calculated by Meng He, which could be regarded as a loss of face.
Early in the morning of the second day, Jia Ke immediately ordered the drums to gather the generals and find all the generals of the various departments to the Chinese army's tent.
Jia Ke sat in the middle and said below: "Yesterday, we broke through the Tatar camp, but when we were pursuing, I was a little negligent in Meng He's plan, but our losses were not big, I thought about resting for a few days and attacking again, this time we must let the Tatars be annihilated." ”
After listening to this, the generals below kept nodding, yesterday's stop was originally quite smooth, but in the end it was calculated by Meng He, and they were not convinced.
Jia Ke saw that the morale was still quite strong, so he then ordered: "Immediately send out scouts to find out the whereabouts of the Tatars, and the other departments will reorganize and rest, wait for orders at any time, and go out with me." ”
Jia Ke is already a little angry now, this time it seems that he has not lost much on the surface, but Jia Ke's prestige has lost a lot.
In the past, Jia Ke was an invincible god, but now people have also discovered that the gods in their eyes can also be defeated.
Although Jia Ke is now in a good position, he can still bear the loss of these prestige, but after all, no one wants to leave a stain.
What's more, Jia Ke's purpose is to become the founding monarch, and he naturally wants to leave a perfect life in history, so he didn't expect to set a precedent here today.
What's more, the current affairs in the capital make Jia Ke also very worried, originally Jia Ke also thought that the Tatars were just a group of rogues on the grassland, and it was easy to defeat them by 10 points, but he didn't expect that there were also heroes on the grassland, if he couldn't break Arslen Khan in a short time, then the things in the capital could only be watched by Fan Kang.
In the next few days, the scouts sent by Arslen Khan and Jia Ke joined each other in this grassland within a radius of dozens of miles.
They tested each other, attacked each other, and sometimes hid from each other, and as a result, these people who were supposed to listen to the news became the main force in the confrontation in the past few days.
When Arslen Khan received the news of the Tanma, saying that Jia Ke had sent a dense number of Tanma, and kept listening to the intelligence of his side, he knew that Jia Ke was not dead and wanted to continue the attack.
Arslen Khan now admires Meng He a little, and sure enough, as he expected, since this is the case, he will withdraw his troops first, if Jia Ke comes to attack, he will deal with him on the grassland, and if he does not come to attack, he will retreat back to rest.
So on the third day, Arslen Khan led the army to pull out the camp and head to the northern steppe.
This time, it was still Meng He who broke off with 50,000 cavalry.
Naturally, such a big move by the Tatars could not be hidden, and Jia Ke got the news not long after he left in Arslen Khan.
Jia Ke did not immediately order the troops to pursue, but thought about it in the big tent, did the other party really retreat, or did he leave an ambush for himself?
In the end, Jia Ke decided to test it, so he sent his own soldiers to send an order to Huang Baifeng, the envoy of Xuanfu Town, ordering him to take 10,000 cavalry from Xuanfu Town and 20,000 cavalry from the Eight Banners Zhongzheng Blue Banner to immediately attack and pursue the Tatars.
The reason why Jia Ke sent Mu Ren was because he was very stable and not easy to fall for the enemy's tricks.