Jia Ke hid in a sheltered spot on the city wall and lay there until early morning, when he was awakened by his own soldiers.
After getting up, Jia Ke touched his face with his hands to wake himself up. Then he walked to the city wall and looked outside.
Outside the city wall, there are already camps connected with camps, tents connected with tents. Outside the tents, there are deep ditches and high mountains, and they are heavily defended. Now that I think about it, I am lucky that I did not attack rashly yesterday, otherwise I might not have been able to get a good deal.
However, looking at the Tatar camp style, it is still relatively primitive. Maybe it is because they are all cavalry, so they do not pay attention to civil fortifications. This is because the Tatars are relatively short of materials. If they attack by surprise, they can still find loopholes.
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While Jia Ke was looking out from the tower, Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng also came to the tower to report to him the preparations made last night.
Huang Baifeng first reported to Jia Ke: "Sir, last night I gathered all the young men in Kaiping Guard. These young men have all undergone some military training. If necessary, they can go to the top of the city to help defend the city."
Jia Ke nodded and said to Huang Baifeng with a serious expression: "How are the preparations for Rolling Wood and Thunder Stone?"
Huang Baifeng replied: "Gunmu Leishi is quite well prepared. I just confirmed with Chief Chen Xi and Chen Xi, and they said that there is no problem in guarding him for ten days and a half."
"We can't be careless and demolish the house when necessary. We would rather demolish the house than lose Kaipingwei when we rebuild in the future." Jia Ke said solemnly.
"Sir, I understand. Don't worry. When the time comes, your house will be demolished. My house will be demolished first." Huang Baifeng said firmly.
Feng Mo saw them finish talking and came over to report to Jia Ke: "Sir, all the soldiers of Kaiping Guard have been assembled. The infantry have gone to the city. Some are in the front ready to defend the city, and the other are resting in the back if necessary.
Take over the first part. All the cavalry, except Zheng Kai's troops, are gathered at the city gate. They are ready to be dispatched by your lord at any time."
"You have done a good job. The current situation is like this. If we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, it may be difficult to defend the city without some clever tricks. Therefore, I will lead the cavalry out of the city to challenge. One is to demoralize the enemy, and the other is to delay time.
, so that Lord Jiedushi can come to help." Jia Ke told them his battle plan.
While they were talking, Wu Li also came up to the city and happened to hear Jia Ke's battle plan. He immediately stepped forward to express his opposition: "Jia Qianhu must not do this. You are the commander-in-chief of the entire army. If there is any damage, I'm afraid
We cannot defend Kaiping, so we might as well hold on and wait for the rescue of the Jiedushi."
Jia Ke saw Wu Li coming up and hurriedly took him to his side. Then he pointed to the outside of the city and said to him: "Sir, please see, this company is camped a few miles outside the city. I'm afraid there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 horses. Although the Tatars
The Tartars are not good at attacking cities, but the difference in numbers between the enemy and us is too big. If we focus on defending the city, it won't take long for our Kaiping Guards to be exhausted. So we must do everything we can to delay time.
, I went out to the city to challenge, and with the character of the Tatar people, I will definitely accept the challenge. Then I can at least buy us one day. I wonder what do you think, sir?"
Wu Li looked outside the city and saw the tents outside the city covering the sky. People and horses were shuttling back and forth, and they were heavily guarded. Wu Li had also been on the battlefield with the Jiedushi. Seeing the Tatars' momentum, he thought again.
After thinking about the thousands of troops on our side and thinking about Jia Ke's method, it was already the best method we could take at the moment.
Although Wu Li looked serious on the surface, he was actually a sweet-tempered person. He didn't know that Jia Ke was capable of martial arts. Now that he saw that there was no other way, Jia Ke was going to risk going out of the city to challenge, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, fearing that he would be in trouble if he left.
So, he cupped his hands and said to Jia Ke: "Jia Qianhu is loyal to the country and does not shy away from dangers. Wu admires him. If he had offended anything in the past, Jia Qianhu hopes to forgive him. Wu is true to Jia Qianhu."
Convinced."
Jia Ke also bowed his hand to Wu Li and said: "Master Wu is also serving the country and sharing the worries of the Holy One. All he does is within his bounds. There is nothing he can't offend. Master Wu doesn't need to take it to heart."
After Jia Ke and Wu Li finished explaining, they turned to Huang Baifeng and Feng Mo and said: "After I leave the city, you two will be responsible for guarding the city. Don't be careless. If you encounter something that cannot be decided, talk to Lord Wu more
Let's discuss it with Book Duo. He has been following Jiedushi for many years and has rich experience. He will definitely give you some advice when the time comes."
Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng handed over their hands together. Seeing the reluctance on Jia Ke's face, they knew that this challenge was different from the last time. Last time, the enemy army only had five or six thousand people, but this time there were five or six thousand.
, there must be many masters among them. Jia Ke is taking a big risk to challenge now. Looking at their expressions, Jia Ke couldn't help laughing and said to them: "You don't have to worry about me, these Tatars
He looks brave, but I make him look like a fool. I will go out to fight later and let him know how powerful the heroes of the Central Plains are."
After Jia Ke ordered them, he ordered people to prepare meals so that all the soldiers could have a full meal. Jia Ke himself did not return to Qianhu Mansion, so he ate with the soldiers. Facing the upcoming war, Jia Ke had confidence in his heart.
, so he was chatting and laughing with the soldiers while eating, with no fear on his face. Seeing that he was so heroic and completely putting life and death at risk, the soldiers were all secretly heartbroken and proud to have such a commander in chief.
After a full meal, Jia Ke straightened his armor, took a white robe from the soldiers, and put it on himself. He had always envied those white-robed generals in the original time and space, so after arriving at Kaiping Guard, he also felt sorry for himself
He made a white robe and wore it every time he went into battle.
Jia Ke was wearing a white robe, and then went directly down to the city gate. There were five hundred cavalry waiting there, and these five hundred people's eyes glowed with fanaticism when they saw it. The soldiers of Kaipingwei, since Jia Ke last time
After leading everyone to defeat the Tatars, I admired him so much that I feel very honored to be able to fight with him now.
Jia Ke didn't say anything. He took the reins of the fire dragon colt from the soldiers, got on his horse, held Fang Tian Huaji in his hand, ordered people to open the city gate, and galloped out with five hundred cavalry.
Jia Ke led his men and horses out of the city gate, came to the front of the Tatar stronghold, and reined in the horses' heads. The Tatars shouted loudly there: "I am Jia Ke, the Kaiping Guard Qianhu. Who among you Tatars dares to fight with me?"
A fight to the death?" The cavalry behind Jacques also shouted together, swearing endlessly.
The Tatar soldiers at the gate of the stronghold heard Jia Ke yelling and scolding him and hurriedly reported to Alslen Khan.
At this time, Alsileng Khan was in the royal tent, and the leader of the same tribe was eating grilled lamb chops while discussing today's war.
Suddenly I heard a report from a spy: "Jia Ke, a member of Qianhu of Kaiping Guards, led his cavalry down the pass. Before coming to the stronghold, he cursed and provoked a fight. Please ask the Great Khan to make a decision."
Arslen Khan was furious when he heard this and said: "A small thousand households don't know the heights of the world. Last time we were lucky enough to win, but now they dare to go out and come to fight. Who dares to fight? Show off the majesty of our Tatars."
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Bayar of the Ewenki tribe knew that Jia Ke had killed several generals in Sobud, and now was the time to overpower Sobud. So he turned around and winked, and the people behind him understood. So he turned around from behind him and knelt down.
Call for battle at the center.
Alsileng Khan watched carefully and saw the heroic general Tonglaga coming out from behind Bayar. He knew this man. When the old Khan was here, he had accompanied the old Han king on an expedition to the Western Regions. He had experienced military exploits and had fought alone in the Western Regions.
The enemy's four generals were undefeated, and he was a famous warrior among the Tatars. Now that he saw him on the battlefield, he was sure to win. So he was overjoyed and said: "If you go to battle now, you must do your best and don't let go of that arrogant man."
Arrogant Jia Ke."
Tonglaga looked relaxed and replied nonchalantly: "Don't worry, Great Khan. I will let the Great Khan see his head when I am young." After saying that, he left the tent.