Jia Ke and Fan Kang entered the city on foot with their generals. As soon as they entered the city, they saw people on both sides of the road welcoming him. When they saw Jia Ke coming in, they all cheered in unison.
Jia Ke kept extending his hands to both sides of the road, and kept saying, thanking his father and fellow villagers for their support! He was able to defeat the Tatars several times. Indeed, every time they interrupted the invasion, the people of Kaiping Town contributed money and efforts.
Almost every household has young men. Before Jia Ke came, almost every family had filial piety after every war. Therefore, in the two years since Jia Ke came, Kaiping Town did not lose much of its population, and ordinary people suffered almost no losses. Therefore, the people
I am so grateful to Jia Ke.
It was a short road, and it took Jia Ke nearly an hour to reach the garrison mansion. When he returned to the garrison mansion, Jia Ke sat in the lobby, with all the generals lined up on both sides. Jia Ke looked down and saw that all these people were standing tall.
The breasts are folded on the belly, like a victorious rooster. Jia Ke did not have any dissatisfaction with them. If they had not moved forward bravely, no matter how powerful Jia Ke was, he would not have been able to defeat the Tatars. Therefore, they have a proud
capital.
Next, Jia Ke ordered Chen Xi to report the results of this battle, which was what Jia Ke was most concerned about.
Upon hearing this, Chen Xi immediately stepped forward, raised his hands to Jia Ke and said, "Your Majesty, in this battle, our army beheaded more than 3,200 Tatars, captured more than 3,000 war horses, and captured more than 800 people. Others.
There were countless swords and guns. But we ourselves also lost more than 500 people."
When the generals below heard this, they exploded with a bang, and they were all very happy. Don't blame them, this is the biggest victory they have ever achieved. Last year, they claimed to have defeated the Tatar Khan, but in fact it was just a victory.
Relying on the advantage of defense, this time the Tatars were truly defeated in the field battle, and achieved such great results.
Jia Ke looked calmly and ordered below: "Behead all the Tatars who died in the battle and build a Jingguan. The location is next to the last Jingguan."
The generals had no objection to hearing what he said. After all, they had done it once, and only Kaiping Town could do this to frighten the Tatars. It was not an honor.
Seeing that there was no objection below, Jia Ke said the second point: "All the captured Tatars will be demoted to slaves. Chen Xi, please recruit more people to take care of these slaves and let them shepherd sheep for me." Jia Ke is now using his power for personal gain.
In one sentence, he added hundreds of slaves to himself.
Fan Kang greatly appreciated Jia Ke's kindness. Like other generals, he did not behead the Tatars as soon as they captured them, which shows his kindness.
However, Fan Kang completely misunderstood Jia Ke. Jia Ke was not in such a good mood and fed them in vain. Jia Ke was doing an experiment to see if he could tame these Tatars. If he could succeed, these people who were born on horseback would
, will be a big help to him in the future. Jia Ke wants to establish an Eight Banners system like the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In the future, he will directly command it and be regarded as his private soldier. He can also avoid the eyes and ears of the court and serve as his own escape route.
Not to mention Jia Ke's celebration in Kaiping Town, besides, the situation in Xuanfu Town is not good at this time.
Although Wang Tao, the Jiedushi Commander, has become less brave and war-weary in recent years, he has been practicing martial arts for many years. When the Tatars successively conquered the passes under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Town, he felt that
Danger.
Last year, Jia Ke blocked the front and dragged the Dada people back to Kaiping Town. Therefore, although the barrier was lost, Xuanfu Town was as stable as Mount Tai.
This year, the Tatars bypassed Kaiping Town and broke into the country from other parts of the Great Wall. They encountered devastation wherever they passed and encountered little resistance.
Although some generals fought desperately to resist, the soldiers below did not have the intention to fight. After all, they were almost out of food, so who would fight for you? So many generals were determined to kill the thieves but were unable to save themselves. This is also because they usually eat
Empty pay is nothing more. The most important thing is to drink the blood of the soldiers. This is to dig out the food from the soldiers' mouths and take off the clothes from the soldiers' bodies. This greatly affects morale. At the critical moment, naturally no one
Work hard for them.
When Wang Tao saw this situation, he knew it was not good and no longer dared to separate the defenses. He immediately gathered all the soldiers and horses from all the passes in Xuanfu Town to the town. But when these people arrived at Xuanfu Town, Wang Tao's heart felt cold.
Not to mention the defeated generals, the number of people was less than half of the actual number, and each of them looked like a defeated rooster, with no fighting spirit at all.
After accounting for the losses in this way, the total number of troops in Xuanfu Town is now only more than 20,000. This made Wang Tao so angry that he almost vomited blood, and decided to behead all these generals regardless of the situation.
Fortunately, Gao Hong stopped him. Gao Hong said to Wang Tao: "If we kill all these people, sometimes there will be no one available in Xuanfu Town. And we can't find generals to replace them for a while. Even if we find them,
They may not be able to control the soldiers under their command, nor can they fully utilize the role of the soldiers under their command, so it is better to let them perform meritorious service."
In fact, what Gao Hong was most afraid of was that if these people were cornered and mutinied together, Xuanfu Town might be over before the Tatars could attack him.
Wang Tao was furious just now, but now he came to his senses and realized that he had been reckless. So he got off the slope and severely reprimanded these generals, asking them to perform meritorious service while defending the city.
So these generals restrained their troops with fear and fear, and told Wang Tao that they would go all out in the next defense of the city and would not let Xuanfu Town be lost. Wang Tao felt relieved when he saw that their morale had slightly recovered.
Next, the military sacrificial wine Gao Hong once again advised Wang Tao, "Please open the door of the treasury and reward the three armies with the food and grass inside to improve the morale of the soldiers. Otherwise, I am afraid that the soldiers will have no fighting spirit. No matter what these generals do,
There is no way to restrain it.”
Wang Tao was also shocked when he heard this. It reminded him of the fact that he and these generals drank the blood of soldiers. If he didn't reward him at this time, I'm afraid no one would really work for him. So he followed Gao Hong's suggestion and opened the door.
At the gate of the Xuanfu Town warehouse, they took out white rice and noodles to reward the three armies and boost their morale. Only then did the morale improve, and they could barely use it to defend the city.
As soon as Wang Tao gathered his troops, Alsileng Khan led a large group of troops and surrounded Xuanfu Town. When Wang Tao heard that the Tatars were sieging the city, he hurriedly put on his armor and went to the top of the city to watch.
Wang Tao looked out from the top of the city. He saw fierce banners outside the city, and the joint camp had been deployed for dozens of miles. Countless soldiers and horses were covering the Xuanfu town. These people were galloping back and forth under the city. They were galloping back and forth. They kept going.
He yelled and cursed at the city.
Wang Tao was looking at the soldiers on the top of the city. Their faces were all pale. They had lost their fighting spirit. If they were allowed to appear, Xuanfu Town would probably be captured soon. This was because he had just rewarded the three armies, and these people could barely stand on the top of the city.
Otherwise, I don’t know how many people would be on top of the city?
At this time, Alsileng Khan also took the leaders of the families and his generals. He led 10,000 troops to form an array in the city, and asked Wang Tao to go out of the city to fight with him.
At this time, Wang Tao was frightened out of his wits. He only dared to defend the city, but how could he dare to fight? He responded by ignoring the shouts and curses below.
Alsileng Khan waited for a long time under the city, but did not see Wang Tao come out to challenge him. Knowing that he was already timid, he could not help but feel complacent and said to the surrounding generals: "The last time I met Jia Ke in Kaiping Town, I thought
There were many powerful generals in the Southern Dynasties. Now it seems that people like Jia Ke are among the best, and there are only a handful of them in the Southern Dynasties."
The generals under Arsleng Khan were excited when they saw such cowardice on the city wall, thinking that as long as they listened to the Khan's command and conquered Xuanfu Town, countless treasures and beauties from Shanxi would be waiting for them.
Seeing this scene, Arslen Khan knew that his morale was at his best, and felt that Xuanfu Town could be conquered in one fell swoop, so he immediately ordered an attack on the city.
Alsileng Khan gave the order, and saw the Tatars driving the people from the Central Plains towards the city. Each of these people carried ladders and rushed forward desperately. If they hesitated for a moment, the Tatars behind them would attack each other with swords.
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Wang Tao is also a veteran who has experienced many battles. Seeing this situation, he knew not to be soft-hearted. He immediately ordered the crossbowmen on the city to fire arrows. At first, the crossbowmen were a little hesitant. After all, the people under the city were their own people. As soon as they fired
The arrows must have caused heavy casualties.
But the officers at the top of the city knew that this was the most dangerous time, and they shouted sternly, asking the crossbowmen to release arrows quickly. Finally, the crossbowmen had no choice but to start firing arrows. For a time, arrows were raining down on the top of the city, while the people below the city were miserable.
The screams continued.
The people under the city wanted to retreat, but the Tatar war supervisor couldn't make them retreat. He kept hacking and killing from behind, urging them to advance.
Now the people were more afraid of the Tatars than the officers and soldiers on the city wall. Under the urging of the Tatars, they began to set up ladders and move up to attack the city.
Wang Tao had already prepared. When he recalled all the soldiers, he knew that a siege was inevitable, so he prepared a lot of rolling wood, thunder, stones, and gold juice poison. Now was the time to use it, so he ordered people to release arrows so that they could go down.
Throwing logs and thunder stones, splashing gold juice.
The people who attacked the city suffered heavy casualties. Alsileng Khan could see clearly from behind. Although these people were used to consume Xuanfu Town, they were all good slaves brought back to the grassland. If you can consume less, just some. So.
Order the cavalry to release arrows under the city to support them.
After hearing Alslen Khan's order, the cavalry swarmed forward and kept running back and forth under the city, shooting arrows upwards while running.
There were heavy casualties at the top of the city. Wang Tao also ordered the archers to fire arrows non-stop and shoot at the Tatars. But it has to be said that the Tatars' shooting accuracy indeed exceeded the crossbowmen of Xuanfu Town. Xuanfu
The crossbowmen at the head of the town began to suffer a large number of casualties.
This time the siege lasted until the evening. Although the Tatars did not capture Xuanfu Town, they caused a lot of casualties to Xuanfu Town. Moreover, people's hearts were floating, and everyone was frightened.
Some wealthy families in the city have begun to force their women to commit suicide in order to avoid being humiliated after the city is broken.
After Wang Tao commanded the battle at the top of the city for a day, he handed over the remaining aftermath matters to his subordinates. He dragged his tired body back to the Jiedushi Mansion. Now he regretted very much that he should not have eaten empty pay and drank the soldiers' blood, which made the Xuanfu
The generals in the town worked hard, which resulted in the actual number of soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town being less than half of the registered number. It was too late to regret it now. If he had known earlier, he would have at least trained an elite army to prepare for any eventuality.
It's just that he has lived a peaceful life these past few years and has forgotten to be vigilant. Now he can only blame himself here.