The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 160 Marching
Jia Ke then said to the three cavalry Qianhu: "Send out cavalry along the way to find the broken soldiers and gather them together. They can be used by us then."

The three cavalrymen responded in unison, saying that they had remembered Jia Ke's order, and when the time came, they would send people to search the forests carefully and gather all the broken soldiers they could find.

After Jia Ke gave them orders, they didn't delay, and ordered the team to set off immediately.

This march was Jia Ke's first time leading soldiers.Before he set off, he asked Fan Kang a lot for his advice, plus his usual summary of watching military books and battle books.Tried it out on this trip.

The march of this army will not exceed fifty or sixty miles a day.If the speed is increased, the soldiers will be very tired, which will have a great impact on the next march.

In ancient times, tens of thousands of large armies were equipped with a mixed army of "steps and bicycles" equipped with baggage convoys, cavalry, infantry, military officials, etc., and the marching speed of the troops had to match the baggage convoy.Troops cannot go alone without their baggage.

Moreover, the conditions of most roads in ancient times are not comparable to today's rural roads, and only two or three people can walk side by side.As a result, no matter how many people you have, the most marching is still dominated by two or four columns.As a result, a troop of 1 people, plus heavy vehicles, will occupy a road with a length of 4000 to [-] meters!
Moreover, after about seven days in the wild, you must stop and rest for a day.In order to restore the soldiers' physical strength and morale.

He was also particular about marching. This time, Jia Ke followed the usual practice in ancient times. When marching, the infantry army was usually placed in the front, the command center and its guards were placed in the middle, and the logistics team and other non-combatants were placed in the back.Cavalry with good maneuverability maneuvered on the flanks in order to take care of the front and rear.

During the march, the cavalry in Kaiping Town clashed with the Tatar probing horses from time to time.

Along the way, the cavalry of Kaiping Town was also responsible for gathering the broken soldiers of Xuanfu Town.On the fourth day of the march, Jia Ke had gathered about 4 troops, all of whom were scattered soldiers who hid in the mountains for refuge.At this time, seeing the imperial army coming to help, they came down the mountain one after another.

Jia Ke rearranged and regrouped these defeated soldiers, and then distributed weapons to let them join his troops as hand-to-hand soldiers.

Kaiping Town is two to three hundred miles away from Xuanfu Town, and after four days of marching, it will take one or two days to reach Xuanfu Town.

But something happened on the fourth night, when Jia Ke ordered the troops to bury the pot to make food and set up camp to rest.A group of defeated soldiers came, led by Commander Huo Jiu, who was originally the commander of Xuanhua. This time the Tatars attacked Xuanhua, he led 2000 elites and fled without a fight, resulting in Xuanhua being easily captured by the Tatars. As a result, Xuanfu Town lost its northwest gateway, and the Tatars arrived in Xuanfu Town within two days. The Jiedu envoy Wang Tao was caught off guard, and was forced to gather all the troops in the nearby pass to defend Xuanfu Town with all his strength.

For the past few days, Huo Jiu took his men and horses to hide in the mountains. Since there was no food and grass, he had been starving. On this day, he suddenly met the cavalry sent by Jia Ke to gather the defeated soldiers.Knowing that Jia Ke led more than 1 troops to reinforce Xuanfu Town, he couldn't help being overjoyed.He lost Xuanhua this time, and he had already fled the battle.When the war is over, I am afraid that a knife will inevitably suffer.

This time when they met the reinforcements led by Jia Ke, they started thinking about it.Knowing that Jia Ke was just a garrison, he thought of using the command to make his official position higher than that of the garrison, so he took away Jia Ke's military power, and brought these reinforcements to reinforce him, so that he could take the crime and make meritorious service.

So Huo Jiu took his 2000 men to the barracks with the cavalry sent by Jia Ke, and ordered Jia Ke to come to see him as soon as he arrived at the barracks.

Jia Ke heard the report from the soldiers, saying that a commander had brought the disabled soldiers to the barracks, and ordered Jia Ke to go to see him.

When Jia Ke heard the news, he laughed angrily. Did the donkey kick the commander's mind?At this time, I still can't see the situation clearly.However, he is the commander after all, so I give him face in terms of etiquette.Then see what he is going to do, if he has any unreasonable thoughts.He just used his head to establish his prestige and deter those newly gathered routs.

So Jia Ke rushed to the camp where Huo Jiu was staying, and saw that there were many swords and guns on both sides, and the surroundings were heavily guarded.

Seeing this situation, Jia Ke didn't go any further.It was obvious that Huo Jiu had no good intentions for him.After entering, I am afraid that he will be put under house arrest or killed, and his military power will be taken away.Wouldn't it be a fool to go in and meet him under such circumstances?
Jia Ke turned around and left Huo Jiu's tent, returned to his large tent of the Chinese army, and immediately ordered to beat the drums to gather the generals. As soon as Jia Ke finished giving the order, the drums of the generals gathered outside the tent rang.

Not long after, all the generals arrived, except Huo Jiu.Jia Ke was furious when he saw this situation, and said loudly: "I am ordered by the Ministry of War, and the emperor's will to lead the three armies to rescue Xuanfu Town, and I will control the troops everywhere. Although he is the commander, but after the end of this war Before, you still have to obey my orders. I have already assembled the generals, how dare he not come?"

So Jia Ke sent an order: "Feng Mo, I order you to lead the troops. Immediately surround Huo Jiu's barracks and ask him to come to see me immediately. If he does not obey, he will be executed on the spot when he enters the camp."

Feng Mo got the order to leave the tent immediately, and after a while, he heard the sound of horns outside the tent.From time to time, the sound of soldiers' neat footsteps could be heard.

Feng Mo led his troops to Huo Jiu's big tent, and surrounded the tent.

At this time, Huo Jiu was still dreaming of his Spring and Autumn Dream, dreaming of seizing Jia Ke's military power.Command the nearly 2 horses and go to reinforce Xuanfu Town.Even if the Tatars cannot be defeated, they can protect themselves with tens of thousands of people.In the end, the Tatars withdrew their troops, and they had redeemed themselves.

Although Huo Jiu heard Jia Ke's drumbeat just now, he didn't go forward. He thought that Jia Ke's small garrison could not order him to command the envoy.So I have been sitting in the account.

At this time, soldiers suddenly came in to report, their big tent had been surrounded, and the leading general ordered Huo Jiu to go out to meet him.

Huo Jiu is not a mindless person, and he can understand the principle after thinking about it carefully.Presumably Jia Ke has seen through his scheme.So he sent people to surround his military tent and asked him to go to the big tent to meet him.

Huo Jiu didn't dare to be tough at this time, no one was a fool, and he had to bow his head under the eaves.Now I'm afraid he can't help but not go.

Huo Jiu went out of the big tent, only to see that the outside of the tent was already surrounded by large soldiers, and his subordinates were weakly hiding aside and did not dare to stop him. Although Huo Jiu was angry in his heart, he had a smile on his face.Going up to Feng Mo, he said, "I think this one is General Jia Ke. I am Commander Huo Jiu. We are all one family. Why do we have to meet each other?"

Feng Mo looked at him with a sneer and said, "I'm Feng Mo, a thousand households in Kaiping Township, under the order of the general. Come and ask Commander Huo to go to the big tent to discuss matters."

Huo Jiu heard that he was not Jia Ke, so he also put away his smile, "You are asking me to discuss matters, why are you bringing so many soldiers?"

"If you don't bring these soldiers, I'm afraid you won't be able to invite the Commander." Feng Mo said with a deadpan expression.

"What if I don't go? What are you going to do with me?"

Feng Mo said decisively: "According to our lord's military order, if you go and return it, that's all. If you don't go, you will be executed on the spot."

When Huo Jiu heard his words, his heart couldn't help beating.It seemed that Jia Ke had murderous intentions towards him, and wanted to find a way to kill him.It seems that I did not act well just now and caused trouble.I also felt a little regretful in my heart, but at this time, regret was useless.

Huo Jiu said to Feng Mo: "Since that's the case, I'll follow you to the big tent to meet the guard and see what he can do with me."

(End of this chapter)