On the battlefield, the armored cavalry slowly moved from behind the formation to the front.
Alslen Khan waved his command arrow and ordered his cavalry to begin to retreat towards the center.
The infantry and mercenaries in the Western Region are now retreating while fighting. Although they have suffered heavy losses, fortunately, after the initial chaos, they have now managed to calm down.
Jia Ke stood on the high platform and saw that the opponent's armored cavalry had also moved to the front of the formation, knowing that the opponent was about to launch a fatal blow.
After thinking about it, Jia Ke realized that the only ones on his side who could compete with the opponent's thousands of armored cavalry were the Modao Army.
The Modao Army under Jia Ke was established by Jia Ke based on the Tang Dynasty.
These soldiers are all tall and powerful Shandong men, wearing iron armor and holding Mo swords. This army can be said to be Jia Ke's trump card.
The Mo Dao held by the Mo Dao sergeants is about 3 meters long, the handle and blade are 1.5 meters each, and weighs about 33 kilograms. Its earliest prototype may be the horse-killing sword of the Western Han Dynasty, because both are double-edged and long and narrow.
It is extremely sharp and can stab or break, and is specially designed to deal with cavalry.
And on this basis, Jia Ke also made everyone in this army wear heavy iron armor to increase their defense.
Now it's time to officially test the power of Mo Dao.
So Jia Ke immediately blew the horn, causing his infantry to stop advancing, and slowly gathered in the formation. The cavalry from both sides did not dare to fight the armored cavalry, but wandered around looking for his weaknesses.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Ke waved the command flag again, and a bunch of armored men also walked out of his formation.
Each of these armored men wore heavy armor and held a several-meter-long sword in their hands. Although they moved slowly, they moved forward like an iron mountain.
Alsileng Khan also saw the changes in Jia Ke's team from behind the formation. He saw that the opponent actually came with a group of armored infantry. He was trying to pit the infantry against his own armored cavalry. He couldn't help but sneered.
Alslen Khan no longer hesitated, and immediately blew the horn and ordered the armored cavalry to advance faster, hoping to defeat the armored infantry face to face and show off his power before the battle.
Upon hearing Alslen Khan's urging, the armored cavalry immediately urged their horses and trotted forward.
The Mo Dao team on Jia Ke's side also reorganized their formation, forming a dense formation and advancing towards the opponent's armored cavalry.
It didn't take long for the two armored troops to collide.
The armored cavalry on Arslenkhan's side wore iron armor and kept piercing forward with large iron spears.
The armored infantrymen on Jia Ke's side waved their swords and used centrifugal force to chop from top to bottom.
At this moment, the two sides immediately met each other. The Mo Dao weighed dozens of kilograms and slashed from top to bottom. Even the opponent wearing iron armor couldn't bear it. The armor immediately shattered and he fell off the horse.
Although Arslenkhan's armored cavalry kept waving their iron spears, the armored cavalry always used charge to kill the enemy. When they stopped to confront the armored infantry, they immediately showed their weakness.
This clash of iron and iron only lasted for more than half an hour. Alslenkhan's armored cavalry had almost been lost. Although Jia Ke's armored infantry also suffered a lot of losses, they were still able to line up neatly to attack.
Push forward.
Arsleng Khan saw that he could not do anything, so he hurriedly blew his horn and ordered the armored cavalry to retreat.
By the time the armored cavalry retreated, there were only ten of them left.
Alslen Khan no longer wanted to continue the entanglement, and ordered his slaves and mercenaries to move to the rear. He led the Tatar warriors under his command back to his stronghold.
In the blink of an eye, these slaves and mercenaries at the rear were strangled in front of the battle by Jia Ke's soldiers and cavalry.
Then Jia Ke sent his troops to attack the Tatar camp, hoping to break through it before the opponent was fully ready.
Unexpectedly, Alsileng Khan was well prepared this time. He ordered Meng He, the most prudent of his men, to guard the camp.
Meng He was in the camp and saw that several parties had failed in the battle, so he had already made preparations. He opened the main gate wide and welcomed Arsleng Khan into the camp, and then asked the soldiers to leave from several villages.
Enter through the door.
By the time Jia Ke killed all the troops behind the palace and was approaching the Tatar stronghold, the Tatars were almost completely back in the camp.
When Meng He saw that Jia Ke had led his troops to attack, he knew that he could no longer be merciful, so he ordered the gate to be closed immediately, locking thousands of Tatars out of the stronghold.
Seeing that they were abandoned, these thousands of people cried and shouted for the people inside to open the door for them so that they could escape with their lives.
However, Meng He forced his men not to open the door. Under his strong suppression, these thousands of people had no choice but to be abandoned.
When Jia Ke led his army and arrived in front of the Tatar stronghold, he immediately ordered the bows and arrows to be fired. The thousands of Tatars who had not entered the stronghold were shot into hedgehogs in the blink of an eye.
Jia Ke did not stop, and began to tentatively attack the Tatar stronghold.
But Meng He had already been prepared. When Jia Ke's soldiers were just approaching the battle, he ordered thousands of arrows to be fired.
This caused a lot of losses to the soldiers under Jia Ke's command. Seeing this situation, Jia Ke immediately ordered the English longbowmen to shoot at each other so that they could approach the enemy's stronghold.
At this time, the attack and defense were in different positions. Jia Ke commanded the men and horses to attack the opponent's battle, but Meng He's defense was impeccable. Jia Ke attacked for nearly an hour without breaking through the Tatar camp.
Seeing this situation, Jia Ke knew that there was no point in attacking anymore, so he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops from behind.
So the two sides slowly broke away from contact and returned to their camps.
Arslen Khan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Jia Ke giving up the attack and retreating to his camp.
Arslen Khan came to his own tent, and the leaders of various ministries and generals also followed him into the central tent.
Everyone stood in their respective positions during the battle, waiting for Alslen Khan's lecture. This time they failed again against Jia Ke, but the Tatars below did not feel any frustration, because they had no chance against Jia Ke.
I have won before, and now I am slowly getting used to it.
Arslen Khan looked at the nonchalant expressions on the faces of the people below, and felt a burst of anger in his heart. There was no shame in these consecutive defeats. Could this be a Tatar warrior?
"What do you think of today's matchup?"
The people below looked around and lowered their heads in silence. They had been convinced by Jia Ke and they didn't have any opinions. As long as they could save their lives, that would be fine.
But Meng He stood up at this time, "Qi Khan, in the eyes of the general, our failure this time is just because the soldiers under Jia Ke's command are well-equipped. In terms of courage, we are not inferior to them."
After hearing this, Alsileng Khan nodded and said nothing more. This was to give Meng He face. Do you need to say this? No one here can see it.
Meng He saw Alsileng Khan's expression and quickly continued: "It is not difficult to defeat Jia Ke. I think that although Jia Ke is now in charge of the Southern Dynasties, his foundation is not stable. Now Jia Ke is leading troops outside the capital.
There will definitely be turmoil. As long as we hold out against Jia Ke here, once Jia Ke retreats, we will pursue the victory and defeat Jia Ke."
Alsileng Khan was not very optimistic. He knew Jia Ke better than anyone else. Jia Ke was very cunning in his military use and was extremely cautious and would not leave any loopholes on his side.
But there was no other way now, so Alsileng Khan lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then ordered the people below: "From now on, no one can leave the camp to fight with Jia Ke without my order."
Arslen Khan's order was in line with the thoughts of his generals, so they all said together with sincerity: "Yes."
Alsileng Khan knew that he could not passively defend here, but also had to give Jia Ke some color, otherwise the city would completely collapse.
"According to my orders, the cavalry of each tribe will be divided into five waves, and they will take turns to harass the various passes of the Southern Dynasty in order to disperse Jia Ke's troops. If possible, break through the Southern Dynasty from other places and let Jia Ke divide his troops. In this way.
We also have a greater chance of defeating Jia Ke."
The generals below nodded repeatedly after hearing this. This is also their common strategy.
So the Tatars began to prepare to strengthen the defense in the camp according to Alslen Khan's order, not giving Jia Keli an opportunity to take advantage of, and at the same time sent cavalry to attack and harass at various obstacles.
After Jia Ke returned to the camp, the various Jiedu envoys and general soldiers sitting under the Chinese army's battle, as well as their generals, stood on both sides.
"We fought well today. Although we were not able to break through the Tatar stronghold and succeeded in one fell swoop, we still gave the Tatars a head-on blow. Have a good rest today. We will go out to fight tomorrow and strive to defeat the Tatars in one fell swoop."
The generals below suddenly accepted the order.
The next day, Jia Ke gathered the generals in the big tent early, and then led more than 100,000 horses out of the stronghold, went to the two armies, and challenged the Tatars.
When Jia Ke formed a formation at the front of the army and sent people to challenge, the Tatars closed the door tightly and did not respond to Jia Ke's provocation.
Jia Ke led his men and horses in front of the two armies from morning to evening, constantly shouting and cursing. The Tatars seemed to have been hardened by weights and refused to fight.
Jia Ke was very helpless when he saw this situation. Although he wanted to use his troops to attack the opponent's camp, Jia Ke saw that the opponent's defense was tight and he would suffer heavy losses if he attacked by force, so he had no choice but to give up the idea and retreat.
In the camp, we will think of a solution.
In the next ten days, Jia Ke challenged people every day, but the Tatars stayed behind closed doors and ignored Jia Ke's provocations.
At first, Jia Ke thought the Tatars were timid, but as time went by, he felt something was wrong.
The Tatars are advancing but neither advancing nor retreating. They are just wasting money and food here. What is the reason for this?
Just when Jia Ke was confused, news came quickly from Xuanfu Town, Datong Town and other places. Tatar cavalry were found everywhere and began to harass everywhere.
After receiving the report, Jia Ke understood what was going on. The Tatars wanted to divide their troops and defeat them separately.
But Jia Ke was dismissive of the Tatar's plan. Now that the Nine Borders were impregnable, and Datong also had Wang Ziteng in charge, it seemed like nothing would happen.
Since there is no danger in the care of all parties, Jia Ke thought, you have Zhang Liangji, I have Wall Ladder, and hundreds of thousands of Tatars have gathered at Gubeikou. There will definitely not be a lot of food and grass in their camp, and they will definitely need a lot of troops from the rear.
Stopped support.
The Tatars are nomadic people and do not store a lot of money and food. Their rear area is mainly the Western Regions, and those places are the basis of the Tatars' money and food.
However, the Western Region is thousands of miles away from Gubeikou. Although there are many Tatar horses, such a long supply line is still enough for them.
Jia Ke then thought of sending cavalry to harass the opponent's supply line so that the Tatars would have no food to eat. When the time came, he would have to retreat if he didn't.
After Jia Ke figured it out, he made a plan and immediately summoned the chiefs of the tribes of the Eight Banners of the Manchu people to come and meet.
After a while, these eight commanders gathered together in Jia Ke's tent.