The leaders of the various tribes under the king's tent took the order together and said: "I will obey the order of the Great Khan."
Alsileng Khan waved his hand to the people below and said: "Get ready immediately when you go down. When you are ready, set off immediately without delay. This time I will go in person. I want to see what powerful people there are in the small Kaipingwei? Who can defeat them?"
You have lost so many of my warriors."
The departure of the army is no small matter. All kinds of things have to be prepared, and it is not ready until the afternoon.
So the Tatar army, one man and two horses, set off immediately. In the middle of the night, they arrived dozens of miles outside Kaiping Guard.
Only then did we encounter the patrolling cavalry of Kaiping Guard. This was actually Jia Ke, who had little combat experience and did not think carefully enough. He did not expect that the Tatars would come back. This led to the disaster of almost being attacked by a surprise attack this time.
Alsileng Khan led the army to the outskirts of Kaiping Guard. On the one hand, he ordered people to block the main roads around Kaiping Guard to prevent anyone from escaping. On the other hand, he ordered people to strengthen vigilance to prevent Kaiping Guard from sneak attacks. The remaining people set up camp and prepared meals.
Have a meal and take a short rest. Tomorrow we will attack Kaipingwei with all our strength.
Besides, the Kaiping Guards immediately mobilized nervously after learning that the Tatars were attacking. Whether they were formal soldiers or ordinary young men, they were either carrying defensive materials to the top of the city, or standing on the top of the city and looking out.
Be on guard carefully for fear of a surprise attack by the Tatars at night.
After Jia Ke finished arranging the military guard tasks, he called Chen Xi, the chief clerk in charge of logistics, to the lobby of Qianhu Mansion. He asked him whether the materials used for Kaiping Guard's defense were fully prepared.
Chen Xi replied at that time: "Sir, Kaiping Guard has always been a border fortress. The defensive materials stored in it are not only very complete in type, but also in amazing quantity. Among them, the grain and grass can be eaten for half a year. There are also more than a dozen deep wells in Kaiping Guard, and the personnel
There is absolutely no problem in drinking water from the livestock. As long as we have enough personnel, we can definitely confront the Tatars for a long time."
Jia Ke felt relieved after hearing what he said. He ordered Chen Xi to go down and organize people to carry supplies to the city wall.
After Jia Ke sent Chen Xi away, he summoned Zheng Kai. At this time, Zheng Kai had been appointed by Jia Ke as the Hundred Households of the Guards Corps, and he was considered one of Jia Ke's cronies.
Soon Zheng Kai came to Qianhu Mansion. After Jia Ke saw him, he said to him directly without any nonsense: "You should put down other things now and take your people to patrol and monitor the Kaiping Guard day and night. I
I suspect that there are Tatar spies in Kaiping Guards. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the previous Qianhu to die in such strange ways."
Zheng Kai is now very loyal to Jia Ke. As soon as he listened to Jia Ke's instructions, he immediately led his cavalry team to patrol inside Kaiping Guards. Anyone who found someone who was acting suspiciously or whose whereabouts were suspicious, regardless of the reason, first
Catch him and talk about it later.
Seeing that everything was well arranged and not feeling sleepy, Jia Ke summoned his own soldiers and went to the head of Kaiping Guard City to observe the situation of the Tatars first.
Jia Ke arrived at the top of the city and looked out from a high position. He saw nothing could be seen in the pitch black outside the city, but he heard the sound of horse hooves from time to time. It seemed that the Tatar cavalry were patrolling around to prevent him from sneak attack.
He found that the Tatars had some tricks to guard against sneak attacks. The last time the Tatars attacked, a large number of scouting horses were deployed outside, but this time it was much the same.
I originally wanted to take advantage of the Tatars' unstable foothold and lead someone out to attack him in a sneak attack. But now it seems that any sneak attack will definitely fail.
It seems that tomorrow day will be a fierce battle. I must find a way to delay the time, otherwise the small Kaiping Guard may not be able to wait until Jiedushi Wang Tao comes to help.
Jia Ke thought carefully and decided to take a small number of cavalry out of the city to challenge tomorrow. He heard that the Tatars always valued warriors. If he went out to challenge the city, if the opponent did not fight, his morale would be greatly damaged. If he did, he would be beheaded.
Killing its generals can also greatly demoralize the enemy.
If you challenge for several days in a row and the enemy comes to challenge, you can buy a few days for the Kaiping Guard. When the time comes, Jiedushi Wang Tao leads troops to help, and you and he should cooperate externally, and you will definitely be able to defeat the Tatars.
With this idea in mind, Jia Ke ordered someone to find him a leeward position on the top of the city. He lay down and rested in order to recharge his batteries and go out to the city to fight the Tatars tomorrow.