The chaos of the Tatars gave Jia Ke a huge opportunity, and Jia Ke also seized this opportunity. He ordered the phalanx soldiers to attack and advance immediately. The phalanx soldiers moved forward like a wall, overwhelming them.
The Tatars collapsed faster, and even the cavalry in the rear began to flee. Jia Ke knew that time was almost up. He immediately ordered his nearly 8,000 cavalry to pursue the fleeing Tatars.
In the past, when the Central Plains people fought against the grassland tribes, in most cases they could defeat the grassland cavalry as long as they formed a neat formation. However, once the opponent retreated, there was no way to expand the results.
So much so that the opponent reorganizes his team, looks for fighter planes again, and defeats his own troops in one fell swoop while they are marching or resting.
Now Jia Ke had eight thousand cavalry under his command. These cavalry made up for this shortcoming when the phalanx army defeated the enemy. They attacked from the center, divided into two groups, divided and surrounded the Tatars, and cut them into one piece.
One piece after another, in order to facilitate the forward attack of the Phalanx Army, this strategy was still very effective. The Tatars were compressed into small pieces and lost room for maneuver. They were hunted non-stop by the Phalanx Army in Kaiping Town.
Killing. The archers behind also kept shooting, increasing their casualties.
Arsleng Khan saw his own cavalry in the rear, and there was chaos again. He knew that if he didn't take action, he would be defeated this time. Arsleng Khan immediately ordered his personal guards to move forward and attack Jia Ke's formation.
center in order to contain the cavalry in Kaiping Town.
Jia Ke saw Alslen Khan sending the final reserve team from the rear, and knew that he must not let this force enter the battlefield, otherwise his goal of defeating the Tatars would be in vain.
So Jia Ke took his own troops and summoned five hundred cavalry. He led these troops to charge towards Alslen Khan's personal guards in person.
Jia Ke had only a few hundred men in total, and the purpose of attacking the thousands of Guards was not to defeat them, but to delay them. He wanted his main force to kill and injure the Tatars as much as possible, so as to gradually gain an advantage in future wars.
When Alsileng Khan saw Jia Ke leading hundreds of people straight towards his personal guards, he couldn't help but remind him of what happened last year. It was the same situation last year. Jia Ke directly killed the people in front of him and went straight towards him.
And go.
Arslen Khan was afraid that what happened last year would happen again, so he led the tribal leaders to retreat. However, this retreat caused consequences that the Tatars could never imagine.
On the battlefield, the Tatar cavalry were being hunted down by Kaiping soldiers. Suddenly, they noticed that the Khan's royal banner was retreating. They thought that the army had failed and the Khan had begun to flee.
I don't know who shouted, "We are defeated. The Great Khan has escaped. Let's run away."
When the Tatars heard this shout, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. They collapsed completely. They all turned their horses and fled back. This time it was a real collapse. No one thought about resisting anymore.
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At this time, Jia Ke had not really come into contact with Alslen Khan's personal guards, but he saw the Tatars running behind them like a tide. Jia Ke was completely stunned by this situation.
Arslen Khan did not expect that his small self-protection measures would lead to the collapse of the entire army.
Youdao means that a defeat is like a mountain. In this case, nothing can stop the defeated soldiers. If they are stopped too much, these people will even dare to kill their own people.
Jia Ke saw that the opportunity could not be missed and would never come back. So he ordered the whole army to charge together, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in the back. He wanted to defeat the Tatars in one fell swoop and relieve the siege of Xuanfu Town.
What is the easiest battle to fight on the battlefield? Of course it is the battle with the wind. The Kaiping Town troops are fighting with the wind now. They cover and kill them from behind.
The Tatars had no intention of resisting. They only knew how to run away. They were as busy as a bereaved dog and as hasty as a fish that slipped through the net.
Jia Ke led hundreds of people to the front, and the place he passed was like breaking waves. The eight thousand cavalry under his leadership killed tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry. No one among the Tatars dared to resist, and they were killed and injured in this way.
Countless people, many of them even dismounted and knelt down to surrender. Jia Ke was not embarrassed about the surrendered people and rushed past them with his cavalry. The infantry behind them came up and captured them all.
In the end, Alsileng Khan could not prevent the defeat of the army, so he had to return to the camp with the remaining defeated soldiers, and could not get out of the camp. The archers kept shooting arrows outwards, thus blocking Jia Ke's charge.
Seeing that there was no chance to take advantage of it, Jia Ke ordered his troops to withdraw and set up camp five miles away from the Tatar camp. However, Jia Ke did not relax at this time. When the infantry and logistics were encamped, Jia Ke led the cavalry in the Tatar camp.
They kept wandering in front of the people's stronghold to be prepared for a sudden attack by the Tatars.
Arslen Khan dared to attack at this time. After returning to camp, he counted his troops and lost nearly 20,000 people in the battle with Jia Ke. All tribes suffered heavy losses. Now they changed their colors after hearing Jia Ke's name.
Besides, in Xuanfu Town, when the Tatars attacked, they already realized something was wrong and hurriedly reported to Jiedushi Wang Tao.
After receiving the report, Wang Tao quickly took Gao Hong to the city wall and looked into the distance.
Wang Tao and Jia Ke were on the city wall and could barely see a large group of Tatar cavalry gathering together and rushing into the distance. They couldn't see clearly what happened next.
Gao Hong didn't know at this time that reinforcements had arrived. He was a little happy. He said to Wang Tao next to him: "Sir, we are saved. It seems that Jia Ke's reinforcements have arrived, and the Tatars are going to fight Jia Ke."
Wang Tao was also overjoyed when he heard this. He was exhausted from the more than ten days of fighting. The more than 20,000 troops he had gathered back had now been lost. He had to recruit all the strong men in the city to defend the city together.
How could these untrained ordinary people withstand such an attack? Tens of thousands of people have been lost in the past ten days. There were even several mutinies in the city. Fortunately, Wang Tao made a prompt decision under Gao Hong's planning and carried out several
A purge was carried out and all the wealthy businessmen who participated in the mutiny were executed, and only then could the voices of dissatisfaction be suppressed.
But even so, Xuanfu Town is about to be unable to hold on. Now almost all the veterans on the city have been killed. They rely on these young men to defend the city desperately. If Wang Tao hadn't sent his own bodyguard to act as a supervisor, everyone would have been killed.
But anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy, and the city may have fallen long ago.
At this time, not only Wang Tao and Gao Hong saw the Tatars forming their troops behind, but everyone on the city had seen it. We were not fools, and we couldn't see such an obvious situation. This was the arrival of our own reinforcements, and the Tatars
The Tatars had to detach part of their troops to block the reinforcements.
For a time, there were thunderous cheers on the city, and many people were crying with joy. These people were already numb, thinking that they might die on the city tomorrow. Unexpectedly, the reinforcements arrived so quickly. At this time, the morale on the city could be said to be greatly boosted.
, their eyes were full of hope, and everyone was holding the weapons in their hands tightly. If the Tatars dared to come at this time, they would definitely find that these young and strong defenders were completely different from before.
Although the young people were cheering and excited, Gao Hong began to worry again after he calmed down.
He could see very clearly from the top of the city that the Tatars had dispatched at least 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry this time. The Jia Kema infantry only had a total of 10,000 people, so they were probably no match for the Tatars.
Gao Hong analyzed in his mind that if he were Jia Ke, he would avoid the enemy's edge at this time and retreat temporarily. The future strategy will also be based on harassment, trying to contain the Tatars so that they cannot attack the city with all their strength. Then wait for the arrival of the imperial army, and with it