The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 144
It was already mid-May when the personal training was completed.At this time, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Jia Ke also changed the training to every other day to prevent the soldiers from heatstroke.It is also helpless for Jia Ke to change the training plan now. In this day and age, getting sick can be fatal, and Jia Ke doesn't want unnecessary casualties.Jia Ke's troops have always trained once a day, unlike other troops in Xuanfu Town who have trained once every ten or five days. The reason for this is that apart from the fact that ancient military training has always been like this, there is another important reason. The reason is that once training, money and food must be consumed, and other functions will save one point, so how can they be willing to spend so much money and food for the court.

And Tang Kuai kept traveling between the Tatars and Kaiping Town during this period, and got some important information. The most important thing was that the Tatars almost had internal strife.

The Great Khan of the Tatars, Arslen Khan, after returning last time, attributed the failure to the disunity of the various ministries and did not listen to his orders.So, using this as a reason, they began to rectify the tribes and began to weaken the power of the leaders of the tribes.Send envoys to the tribes to supervise and even seize the power of the tribal leaders.They even asked the tribal leaders to release Tatar slaves and make them ordinary tribal peoples.

This caused a great shock in the grassland, and the interests of the tribal leaders were greatly impacted. You must know that the Tatars are still in slavery, and this order simply killed a tribal leader.If it is said that sending envoys to fight with them for power, the tribal leaders on the grassland can still tolerate it, then it is completely impossible to compromise on the liberation of the slaves, and the tribal leaders on the grassland complained a lot.

In view of the unstable situation, Arslen Khan had to recall the heavy troops he deployed in the Western Regions to deter other tribes in the grassland.

And the tribal leaders on the grassland did not sit still. They connected with each other and killed the envoy sent by Arslen Khan to the tribe. Dozens of tribal leaders even formed an alliance to fight against Arslen Khan. There were more than 20 cavalry on both sides. Several confrontations.

In this situation where the grassland was facing division and even confrontation, the high priest on the grassland, the famous wise man Erde Mutu, personally convened a large-scale Naadam meeting between the tribes and Arslen Khan.

At this meeting, Arslen Khan was forced to give up his idea of ​​controlling other tribes in the grassland, and other tribes also gave up organizing alliances against Arslen Khan. Both sides took a step back and returned to the state before Arslen Khan issued the order. .

The meeting ostensibly restored calm to the steppe.But everyone knows that under this superficial calm, there are dark tides raging, and many ambitious people have already started their activities.

If Arslen Khan doesn't take measures, the grassland will definitely split, and someone will stand up to challenge his position as the lion king.

What bothered him even more was the Western Regions, which started to make trouble again after he withdrew his troops.In this case, he has a feeling of being pinched from front to back.

Arslen Khan had no choice but to shrink his troops in the Western Regions. This move allowed many small countries that had been destroyed to be restored.

To resist the Tartars, these small states formed a confederacy of thirteen states.Promise that as long as a country is attacked by the Tatars, other countries are obliged to send troops to help with all their strength. In addition to these thirteen relatively large countries, there are [-] or [-] small countries that are members of this alliance.

The reason why these countries were able to establish an alliance so quickly is because there is a big country hidden behind it. This country has been repeatedly invaded by the Tatars, so this time I fully supported the Thirteen-Nation Alliance and provided them with a lot of weapons and horses. , this country is a big food in black.

Dashi in Black wanted to turn the Thirteen Western Regions into a buffer between them and the Tatars.

Arslen Khan was very angry when he knew this situation, but now he has internal and external troubles and is temporarily unable to manage the affairs of the Western Regions, but he deeply remembers this humiliation.When he returned to the Western Regions again, there would definitely be rivers of blood flowing there.And the big food in black must pay its due price.

Besides, Jia Ke lived a peaceful life in Kaiping Town for several months. During this time, there was no war, only three women's house fights.There are no Tatars, only Tang Kuai travels between the Tatars and Kaiping Town, which has brought him huge benefits. In just six months, he has 5 taels of silver in his account.

And Jia Ke didn't let the money lie in the bank.Instead, he bought more than [-] mu of land in the south of Kaiping Town. In this era, there is nothing that can preserve its value better than land. Except for what he bought himself, there are also some land that others gave him to curry favor with him. This allowed him to have [-] mu of land south of Kaiping Town, making him one of the largest landowners in the vicinity.

Now the steward of Kaiping Town's garrison mansion is Qian Mao who came from the capital. This Qian Mao is still very talented in collecting money. Jia Ke brought in a lot of income.

The days passed unknowingly while Jia Ke was happily making money.Soon it will be the season of high autumn and high horse fat.

As autumn just entered, Jia Ke received a legal order from the imperial court.Order a border guard to strengthen the guard and prepare to deal with the attack of the Tatars.

And Jia Ke also received the information sent by Tang Kuai, because last year the Tatars invaded the South and gained a lot of wealth and population.In the process, there was not much resistance, so Arslen Khan decided to go south again this year.Like last year, dozens of lines of defense were generated to attack the imperial court in an all-round way.

As soon as Jia Ke got the news, he ordered everyone to be alert.A large number of scouts were sent to spy in all directions in order to find the traces of the Tatars as soon as possible.

With the passage of time, information about Xuanfu Town continued to come in, and all barriers in Xuanfu Town were attacked by Tatars.This time, although they had prepared for it, but the frontier army was already corrupt, and the officials were starving for nothing, which caused the morale of the soldiers to drop.The fortresses everywhere were easily breached. The Tatars rushed into the hinterland of Xuanfu Town, burning, killing and looting. Wang Tao had no choice but to concentrate all his troops to defend Xuanfu Town to prevent Xuanfu Town from being conquered.

When wars broke out in various places, Kaiping Town was peaceful, and no one dared to touch Jia Ke, the devil.

But Jia Ke did not relax his vigilance because of this situation, and strengthened the vigilance of Kaiping Town, and strictly checked all kinds of people who entered and left Kaiping Town.If there is any suspicion, arrest them first, and interrogate them slowly later.But nearly a month passed, and no Tatars appeared near Kaiping Town.

Jia Ke was quite satisfied with the situation, thinking that the Tatars would not dare to invade this year because of their prestige.

Just when Jia Ke was complacent, reality gave him a slap in the face.

That day, Jia Ke was drinking tea and eating snacks in her room, relaxing with a book.Suddenly Liu Yu was outside the study and shouted, "Master, there is an urgent military situation. Tanma is waiting outside."

Jia Ke is very strict about military intelligence, and has long established rules for his own soldiers, stipulating that no matter at any time, if there is an emergency military situation, he must report to him immediately, even if he is in bed, he must call him. stand up.

Therefore, as soon as Liu Yu got the news this time, regardless of the distinction between inside and outside, he immediately broke into the inner house and reported to him.

Jia Ke knew that under normal circumstances, Liu Yu would not be in such a hurry. It must have been the Tatars, so he didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately ordered Liu Yu to bring the scout horse into the study to report to him.

As soon as Liu Yu entered Jia Ke's study with Tan Ma, the Tan Ma immediately knelt down on one knee for Jia Ke, and said loudly, "Master Garrison, about [-] Tatar cavalry were found thirty miles northwest of Kaiping Town. , Whether there will be follow-up troops is temporarily unknown."

As soon as Jia Ke heard this, she stood up immediately, and said to the scouting horse, "Go scouting again, widen the range a little bit, and see if there are other Tatar troops around besides this troop. "

Tanma agreed, and immediately went out to execute.

(End of this chapter)