The leaders of the eight tribes came to Jia Ke's central army tent. They first saluted Jia Ke, and then stood on both sides, waiting for Jia Ke's instructions.
Jia Ke sat in the middle, thought for a moment, then looked at them and said: "The Tatars learned their lesson this time and actually played a trick with me to avoid fighting. There are still things in the capital, but I can't."
I don’t have time to waste with them. I asked you to come this time because I want you to send out cavalry and clean up all the grain transport teams near the Tatars.”
As the commander of the Zhenghuang Banner, Jirigela was impatient. Now after listening to Jia Ke's words, he immediately shouted: "Master, don't worry, I will lead the cavalry to sweep nearby and turn all nearby Tatar tribes into powder.
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Jia Ke looked at his eagerness to grab credit and smiled slightly: "Go back first and follow my arrangements."
Jirigela then obediently returned to the crowd.
Jia Ke was very pleased to see the people below him gearing up. He had raised them for so many years, and now they were finally put to use.
"This time I plan to send four tribes to disperse around the Tatars, destroy their grain transportation lines, and eliminate the nearby Tatar tribes. I want Alslen Khan not to get a grain of grain."
When Jia Ke arrived here, he gave the order: "Ji Rigela, Jiya, Meng Jia Kehe, Muren."
This is a leader who immediately came out after hearing Jia Ke's order, knelt down in the middle, and listened to Jia Ke's instructions.
"The four of you each take your own cavalry and disperse to the four directions of the Tatar military camp. Check the Tatars' grain and grass transportation lines and attack immediately if they are discovered. At the same time, check whether there are any tribes following the Tatars nearby. If there are tribes, immediately attack them.
Annihilate them all."
After receiving Jia Ke's order, these four people immediately bowed and clasped their fists and said, "We will only obey the master's instructions."
After finishing speaking, these four people left the big tent together and returned to the garrison of each tribe to start reorganizing the army.
The other four Eight Banners commanders who stayed in Jia Ke's tent all looked at Jia Ke eagerly, wanting him to give him an order so that they could go out and perform meritorious service.
Jia Ke looked at them like motherless children and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, there are plenty of opportunities to make meritorious deeds. We can't send out all the cavalry this time. If Alsileng Khan jumps over the wall in a hurry, we will have to
Be prepared."
These four tribes could only go back with sighs. These people can be said to be loyal to Jia Ke now, and their hearts are as solid as stone. When they see the opportunity to make contributions to Jia Ke, they naturally move forward desperately and are left behind.
These four people thought they were no worse than the four leaders who went out, so they were all a little depressed this time.
But Jia Ke did not dare to send out all the cavalry, because as time went by, the food and grass in Alsileng Khan's cloud would become less and less, and time would force them to come out to fight Jia Ke. If Jia Ke then
Without cavalry under his command, I am afraid that even if he can withstand the desperate resistance of the Tatars, he will suffer heavy losses.
After Jirigela and other four Eight Banners commanders returned to their stations, they did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered their troops and horses. They discussed it, divided the main directions of responsibility, and quietly left from the rear camp with their troops.
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After these people left the camp with their troops, they were like dragons entering the sea. They reached the grassland where they could show their skills.
Not to mention others, just Jizhigla, he brought his 30,000 cavalry to the western path of the Tatars, and sent out scouts to search everywhere. The direction he was responsible for was the most likely to encounter the Tatars.
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And there happened to be a grain team that was transporting grain and grass to the Tatar camp these days.
Since this unit did not often do this kind of thing, its defenses were very lax. Hundreds of large trucks dragged them along the road for more than ten miles.
This situation was clearly seen by Jirigela's scouts. After these people discovered this army, they sent people to continue to follow the grain transport team and reported to their commander.
Jirigela was overjoyed when he got the news. This was an opportunity for him to make a contribution.
So the men and horses from Jirigela's headquarters in this issue rushed straight towards the direction of the grain team.
As for the leader of this grain team, he was no longer transporting grain once or twice, and every time he delivered grain without incident, he was very relaxed.
When Jirigela and his cavalry were three miles away from the grain team, the leader of the beam team heard the heavy hooves of horses and felt something bad.
But now it was too late for him to take any measures. Jizhigla led the cavalry and swarmed forward, slashing and killing the food protection team that had spread out for more than ten miles.
In less than half an hour, the food team was already empty of people.
Jirigela nodded with satisfaction, dismounted and came to the side of these carts, and casually cut open a sack with a knife.
Golden millet immediately flowed out from it. Jirigela held a handful in his hands, looked at it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction.
Then Jiri Gradan ordered his men and horses to drive these carts and happily headed towards Jia Ke's camp.
And things like what happened to Jizhigla today will happen frequently on the grassland in the following days. Not only were all the transport teams wiped out, but no one was able to escape back and report the news to Alsileng Khan.
Alsileng Khan stayed in the camp for a few days, and Jia Ke sent people to challenge him every day, but he stayed on the Diaoyutai and refused to fight.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a month, and eventually Jia Ke stopped fighting at all. The two sides just looked at each other in the camp without any fighting.
This time, Alslen Khan tried his best. All the food and grass needed by the troops were transported from the Western Regions. Among the Tatars, each tribe also had to bear a lot of pressure. The cattle and horses in their tribes were not enough.
They rushed to Gubeikou without stopping just to feed and drink the 400,000 soldiers.
Alsileng Khan thought he had succeeded, and when he was happy, Meng He suddenly broke into the tent.
Alsileng Khan's face suddenly darkened, "Meng He, why did you break into my tent without notification?"
Alsileng Khan thought that if everyone was like this, would he be safe at all in the future?
Meng He also knew that this time he was in trouble, so he quickly knelt down on the ground and said, "Please forgive me, the Great Khan. I am willing to be punished."
Alsileng Khan saw that Meng He's attitude was quite good. Besides, Meng He was his confidant and had made a lot of contributions to his conquests, so he could only let him go gently this time.
"Forget it this time, I will definitely punish you severely the next time."
Meng He breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Alsileng Khan had become a little moody over the years, and their confidants were a little scared, let alone others.
"What's the matter with you barging in in such a hurry?"
"Reporting to the Great Khan, the food and grass in the camp is only enough for more than 10 days. There has been no food transport team in the past few days. I am worried, so I came to talk to the Great Khan."
Alsileng Khan was stunned when he heard this. You must know that the food and grass should have arrived long ago. Maybe something happened on the road.
Alsileng Khan broke into a cold sweat when he thought of this. Jia Ke was not an easy person to deal with. He had been standing still these days, maybe he was waiting for him here.
Alsileng Khan immediately ordered his soldiers, "Go and call the person in charge of food and grass."
This soldier promised to go to war immediately. Not long after, this soldier led a tribal leader into the big tent.
Alsileng Khan stared at this man for a long time, and then asked gloomily: "I just heard Meng He say that we only have enough food and grass for half a month. Why don't you come and repay me?"
The tribal leader's name is Binta, and he is the leader of a small tribe. Because he was the first to follow Alsileng Khan, the tribe has grown somewhat in recent years, so he followed Alsileng Khan even more closely.
This time Alslen Khan went south, and Binta was appointed as the grain inspector because he was the most loyal to him.
In fact, this Binta had already known that there was insufficient food and grass, or he was afraid that Alslen Khan would think that he was not capable enough after knowing the reason, so he concealed the matter for the time being, and instead sent warriors from his tribe to pick up the food team.
As a result, the warriors from the tribe were sued by Meng He before they returned.
Binta couldn't hide it now, so she could only tell the truth.
Alsileng Khan, you are so angry when you hear this, "Okay, you Binta, how dare you have to hide military information."
When Binta saw Alsileng Khan getting angry, he was so frightened that his whole body was like chaff, and he knelt there and kept kowtowing.
Alsileng Khan, you didn't even look at him, and said to your swaying soldiers: "Drag him out and behead him in public."
Upon hearing the order, Alsileng Khan's soldiers immediately stepped forward and dragged the man out. Not long after, a soldier dragged the man's head into the tent and spoke to them.
Alsileng Khan waved his hand and asked the soldiers to drag the head down, and then said to Meng He beside him: "What should we do now? Do you have any ideas?"
Meng He is still a little numb now? It seems that Jia Ke sent out cavalry to intercept his own grain and grass transport team.
The Tatars have always relied on war to support war. This time they went south, it was their first large-scale delivery of grain and grass to the front line. Therefore, their experience was not enough, so Jacques seized the opportunity to attack several times. In the past month, he has
Not a grain of food or grass was brought into the Tatar camp.
Meng He knew that the matter was critical, so he could only say to Alsileng Khan: "Great Khan, the current situation can only temporarily withdraw the troops."
Alsileng Khan immediately became angry when he heard this. He was very sensitive to the matter of being forced to withdraw his troops. At the foot of Xuanfu Town, he had been cut off from water by Jia Ke, so internal strife broke out in his eyes.
Forced to retreat.
"We must not retreat. If we retreat this time, all our previous efforts will be wasted. When Jia Ke returns to the Southern Dynasty with the power of victory, we can begin to eliminate dissidents. When Jia Ke fully controls the Southern Dynasty, we will die.
It’s up to you to live.”
Meng He knew that what Alsileng Khan said was the truth, but at the moment he was running out of food and grass and didn't know what to do next.
Alsileng Khan sat on the throne and thought for a while, and then directly ordered: "Meng He, you bring 30,000 cavalry to meet the grain team. If you encounter the opponent's stragglers, don't worry about them. If you encounter a large army, what do you think?
If you can fight, fight, if you can't fight, retreat. The main purpose is to transport food and grass to the camp as quickly as possible."
After Meng He received the order, he could only carry it out with his fists clasped in his hands.