The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 162 The Oath
Arslen Khan asked the Tanma with a serious expression: "You see clearly, more than 2 people are elites?"

"Profusely, the slaves can see clearly. There are more than 2 horses and horses in order. Not to mention anything else, they almost step on one point when they walk. Isn't such a team considered elite?"

After listening to Tan Ma's words, Arslen Khan knew that his hopes were shattered. He had hoped that Jia Ke would only recruit some remnants and defeated generals. This would not only fail to improve his combat effectiveness, but would actually lower his elite morale.Now it seems to be a long-term plan.

Arslen Khan was actually very nervous when he heard Tan Ma's words.Although more than 2 horses are not many.But last year, Jia Ke defeated 2000 cavalry with only [-] men.Later, a secret report said that Jia Ke's loss was minimal.

If Jia Ke really brought 2 people here once, even if he wins in the end, he will suffer heavy losses.This will face the same problem as last year. The leaders of the tribes will never go forward desperately, and will aim to preserve their strength.

During the attack on Xuanfu Town during this period, Wang Tao resisted desperately because of Jiedu.So the siege was not smooth.In the past few days, the Tatars have also suffered heavy losses in the siege battle. Although their headquarters did not lose much, they lost more than half of the slaves they plundered this year.Although the leaders of the various tribes didn't say it clearly this time, if such a big loss continues, they may have another quarrel at that time.These tribal leaders were short-sighted and only wanted to rob for a while before returning to the grassland.He never thought of taking the Central Plains as his own and making all the people of the Central Plains their slaves.

Arslen Khan thought for a while, and at this time, it is better to strike first, and to suffer later.

Since Jia Ke brought all the elite this time, we can no longer wait for him to form an army before fighting him in an open and honest decisive battle.We should send more people to launch large-scale raids now, instead of small-scale harassment like just now.We should use the superior force to try to defeat Jia Ke with only one surprise attack.

Arslen Khan knew that time was running out and dared not delay, so he immediately ordered the horns to be blown to summon all the tribal leaders to discuss.

When all the tribal leaders heard the sound of the ox horn, they all rushed towards Arslen Khan's precious tent in groups of three and four.Talking to each other while walking.

"I said, what are we going to do today, this big Khan?" said a black-faced tribal leader.

"What else can we do? Let's continue to attack the city." Another tribal leader in white answered him.

The leader of the black face said: "Impossible, we have suffered a lot of losses these days. If we continue to lose like this, the gains will outweigh the losses."

"I see, we've already robbed enough this time, why not go back to the grassland now and enjoy it!"

Hearing his words, the black-faced leader was in the middle of his heart, and he said in line with him: "Who says it's not? Every time we come here in the past two years, we have robbed a lot of things and made a lot of money. It's us who sweat a lot, don't know What do you think? Let us attack Fortified City every year, causing the tribes to lose a lot of warriors."

The silver leader said disdainfully: "If I were the Great Khan, I would do the same. It can consume the strength of the tribes and increase their own wealth. He treats everyone as a fool. You can't see such a simple truth." come out."

Hearing what he said, the black-faced leader couldn't help but fell silent. It seemed that he thought so too.

This idea is no longer the speculation of one or two tribal leaders, but the consensus of many tribal leaders, so people's dissatisfaction with Arslen Khan has become more and more serious.Another important reason is that in the attack on Kaiping Town last year, the Tumo Department, which suffered heavy losses, has been annexed by Arslen Khan.

This made the tribes in the grassland even more alienated from Arslen Khan, which is why they formed an alliance last year and almost had a fight with Arslen Khan.On the one hand, Arslen Khan wants to weaken their rights, on the other hand, they are all afraid of becoming the next Tumo tribe.Once there is a gap between the two parties, the gap between them is not so easy to bridge.

All the tribal leaders came to Arslen Khan's big tent and sat down in their seats, waiting for Arslen Khan's arrival.

This time Arslen Khan came very quickly, almost as soon as they all arrived, Arslen Khan entered the treasure tent and sat on the tiger leather chair in the center.

Arslen Khan didn't talk nonsense with them, and directly entered the topic, saying: "I tell you a bad news, Jia Ke is almost arriving in Xuanfu Town with [-] elites, have you thought about how to deal with it? "

When the people below heard this, they exploded at that time.They all saw Jia Ke's bravery last year. At that time, he had only [-] people, and he confronted their [-] troops for several months.Many generals of various tribes were killed by him, and in the end no one dared to fight him.Now with [-] elites, they are here to save Xuanfu Town and fight them desperately.

The leader of the Balhu Department, Qing Geertai, stood up and said to Arslen Khan, "Dear Khan, the king of the grassland. Please listen to my little suggestion. The two tribes went south together, and have obtained enough spoils so far, so it is better to return to the grassland. If we fight here, no matter which tribe loses in the end, it will be a disaster for our entire Tatars.”

Hearing what he said, the other tribal leaders agreed with each other, saying that it is better to retreat and come back next year, so as to slowly weaken the strength of the Southern Dynasty is the best policy.

Arslen Khan felt funny when he saw their appearance.All of these people were short-sighted, completely unaware that a general had already risen in the Southern Dynasty.If he continues to grow, let alone going south to herd horses in the future, even his old lair may not be able to survive.

Arslen Khan couldn't force them to do anything now, so he had to reason with them again, "Leaders of the tribes, I know that we lost some manpower this time. But compared with our gains, this is simply nothing. It’s a drop in the bucket. What we have to face now is Jia Ke. This man is different from other generals of the Southern Dynasty. His troops are brave and good at fighting, and have blocked our southward steps several times. He is our main opponent in the future. He is still weak now. If we don't take advantage of this time to eliminate him, we will be the last to be eliminated when he grows up. Therefore, I think we should concentrate our forces and give him a fatal blow while Jia Ke is not on his feet. Everyone thinks how?"

Which of the tribal leaders is not the old fox?Of course he understands what he said.But Jia Ke's power, they all know.This battle is a victory, and I am afraid that it will also suffer heavy losses.From the perspective of the tribe, if the loss is too great, it will be very detrimental to the development of the tribe.The annexation of each other on the grassland is going on all the time.Who can guarantee that they will not be the next one to be annexed?
It is precisely because of this that they are actively preserving their strength, not that they cannot see a longer-term future.But if they can't get through the immediate difficulties, then the long-term future has nothing to do with them.

When Arslen Khan saw that all the tribal leaders were silent, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.It would be great if he was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and he could decide with one word.

Arslen Khan stood up from the throne, came to the center of the big tent, knelt down on the ground and cupped his hands to the sky and said: "All the elders of the tribes, I swear here today that Changshengtian will testify that I will be with Jia today. Ke's battle was entirely out of public interest. I have a little bit of selfish distraction, which makes me sink in hell forever."

All the tribal leaders were stunned when they heard Arslen Khan swear, especially since Arslen Khan made such a heavy oath, they couldn't help but believe that Arslen Khan really wanted to eliminate Jia Ke this time. It caused great harm to the grassland.

(End of this chapter)