It was mid-May when the Guards Corps training was completed. At this time, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, so Jia Ke also changed the training to once every other day to prevent the soldiers from suffering from heat stroke. Jia Ke had no choice but to change the training plan now.
For example, in this era, getting sick can be fatal, and Jia Ke doesn't want to cause unnecessary casualties. Jia Ke's troops have always trained once a day, unlike other armies in Xuanfu Town, which train once every ten days or every five days.
In addition to the ancient military training, there is another important reason, that is, once training, money and food must be consumed. Other generals can only save a point, so how can they be willing to consume so much?
Money and grain serve the court.
During this period, Tang Kuai kept traveling between the Tatars and Kaiping Town and obtained some important information. The most important thing was that the Tatars almost had internal strife.
After the last time the Tatar Khan Arslen Khan returned, he attributed the failure to the fact that the tribes were not united and did not listen to his orders. So he used this as a reason to start to rectify the tribes and began to weaken them.
The power of the leader. He sent envoys to each tribe to supervise or even seize the power of the tribal leader. He even asked the tribal leader to release the Tatar slaves and let them become ordinary tribal people.
This caused a great shock in the grassland, and the interests of the tribal leaders were greatly affected. You must know that the Tatars are still slaves. This order simply cost the life of a tribal leader. If we send envoys to fight with them,
If Quan, the tribal leader on the grassland, can still tolerate it, then it is completely impossible to compromise on the liberation of the slaves. The tribal leader on the grassland is full of complaints because of this.
In view of the unstable situation, Alslen Khan had to recall the heavy troops he deployed in the Western Region to intimidate other tribes in the grassland.
The tribal leaders on the grassland did not sit still and wait for death. They linked up with each other and killed the envoy sent to the tribe by Alslen Khan. Dozens of tribal leaders even formed an alliance to fight against Alslen Khan. There were more than 200,000 cavalry on both sides.
There were several confrontations.
When the grassland faced division and even confrontation, the famous wise man Erdemutu, the high priest of the grassland, personally came forward to convene various tribes and Arslen Khan to hold a large-scale Naadam Conference.
At this meeting, Alsleng Khan was forced to give up his idea of controlling other tribes in the steppe, and other tribes also gave up organizing an alliance to fight against Alsleng Khan. Both sides took a step back and returned to the state before Alslenk Khan issued the order.
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On the surface, this meeting restored calm to the grassland. But everyone knows that beneath this apparent calm, there is a turbulent undercurrent, and many careerists have begun to take action.
If Alsileng Khan does not take measures, the grassland will definitely split, and someone will definitely stand up to challenge his status as the lion king.
What troubled him even more was that the Western Regions started to cause trouble again after he withdrew his troops. In this case, he felt like he was being attacked from both sides.
Arsleng Khan had no choice but to shrink his troops in the Western Regions. This move allowed many small countries that had been destroyed to recover.
In order to resist the Tatars, these small countries established an alliance composed of thirteen countries. They promised that as long as one country is attacked by the Tatars, other countries are obliged to send troops to help. Except for these thirteen larger countries,
There are also twenty or thirty small countries that are members of this alliance.
The reason why these countries were able to establish an alliance so quickly is because there is a big country hidden behind it. This country has also been repeatedly invaded by the Tatars, so this time it fully supported the Thirteen-Nation Alliance and provided them with a large number of weapons and horses.
, this country is full of black people.
The Black-clad Dashi wanted to turn the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions into a buffer zone between them and the Tatars.
Alsileng Khan was very angry when he learned about this situation. However, he was currently troubled by internal and external troubles and could not take care of the affairs of the Western Regions for the time being. However, he deeply remembered this shame. When he returned to the Western Regions again, there must be
Rivers of blood will flow. And the black-clad eaters must pay their due price.
Besides, Jia Ke spent several months of peace in Kaiping Town. During this period, there were no wars, only house fights between three women. There were no Tatars either. Only Tang Kuai traveled between the Tatars and Kaiping Town.
It brought him huge benefits. In just six months, he already had 50,000 taels of silver in his account.
And Jia Ke did not let the money lie in the bank. Instead, he bought more than 8,000 acres of land south of Kaiping Town. In this era, nothing can preserve its value better than land, except for what he bought himself.
There were also some lands given to him by others in order to curry favor with him, which made him own 10,000 acres of land south of Kaiping Town, making him one of the largest landowners in the vicinity.
The current steward of Kaiping Town's garrison is Qian Mao, who came from the capital. This Qian Mao is very talented in attracting wealth. Since he came, he has made Jia Ke's farm and shop management sound and sound.
Jia Ke brings a lot of income.
The days passed unknowingly as Jia Ke was happily making money. Soon it was time for horses to grow again.
Just as autumn entered, Jia Ke received an order from the imperial court, ordering the border areas to strengthen their vigilance and prepare for Tatar attacks.
Jia Ke also received information from Tang Kuai. Since the Tatars invaded the south last year and gained a lot of wealth and population, and did not encounter much resistance in the process, Alslen Khan decided to invade again this year.
Go south. Just like last year, dozens of troops were spawned to fully attack the imperial court's defense line.
As soon as Jia Ke got the news, he ordered everyone to be on alert. He sent out a large number of detective horses to spy in all directions in order to discover traces of the Tatars as soon as possible.
As time went by, intelligence from Xuanfu Town continued to come in. Every pass in Xuanfu Town was attacked by the Tatars. Although they were well prepared this time, they had no choice but to find that the border troops were corrupt and the officials were under attack.
The morale of the soldiers was low due to the empty pay and the blood of the soldiers. All the fortresses were easily breached. The Tatars rushed into the hinterland of Xuanfu Town, burning, killing and looting. Wang Tao had no choice but to concentrate all his troops to defend Xuanfu Town to prevent Xuanfu Town from being declared.
The town was captured.
While wars broke out in various places, Kaiping Town was in peace, and no one was bold enough to dare to touch the devil Jia Ke.
But Jia Ke did not relax his vigilance because of this situation. He strengthened the vigilance in Kaiping Town and strictly checked all kinds of people entering and leaving Kaiping Town. If there was any suspicion, arrest him first and interrogate him slowly later. But after nearly a month, there was no news.
No Tatars were seen near Kaiping Town.
Jia Ke was quite satisfied with this situation and believed that the Tatars would not dare to invade this year because of his reputation.
Just when Jia Ke was feeling complacent, reality slapped him hard.
On this day, Jia Ke was drinking tea and eating snacks in his room, relaxing there with a book. Suddenly Liu Yu was outside the study and shouted: "Master, there is an urgent military situation. Tan Ma is waiting outside."
Jia Ke is very strict about military intelligence. He has already established rules for his soldiers, stipulating that no matter when, if they encounter an emergency military situation, they must report to him immediately. Even if he is in bed, he must be called
stand up.
Therefore, as soon as Liu Yu got the news this time, regardless of whether he was inside or outside, he immediately broke into the inner house and reported to him.
Jia Ke knew that if it was a normal situation, Liu Yu would not be so anxious. It must be the Tatar invasion, so he did not dare to hesitate and immediately ordered Liu Yu to take Tan Ma into the study to report to him.
As soon as Liu Yu entered Jia Ke's study with Tan Ma, Tan Ma immediately knelt down on one knee for Jia Ke and loudly reported: "To inform the garrison, about 5,000 Tatar cavalry were found thirty miles northwest of Kaiping Town.
, it is temporarily unknown whether there will be follow-up troops.”
As soon as Jia Ke heard this, he stood up and immediately said to the scout: "Go and scout again, widen the area a little wider, and see if there are other Tatar troops around besides this army.
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Tan Ma agreed and immediately went out to execute it.