The eldest son of the red mansion

166 The Great War 2
The chaos of the Tartars gave Jia Ke a huge opportunity, and Jia Ke also seized this opportunity.He ordered the phalanx to attack immediately, and the phalanx moved forward like a wall, overwhelming them.

The Tatars collapsed even faster, and even the cavalry in the rear began to flee.Jia Ke knew that the time was almost up.Immediately ordered his nearly [-] cavalry to pursue the fleeing Tatars.

In the past, when the Central Plains people fought against the grassland tribes, in most cases, they could defeat the grassland cavalry as long as they lined up neatly, but once the opponent retreated, there was no way to expand the results of the battle.

As a result, the opponent reorganized the team, searched for fighters again, and defeated them in one fell swoop while their own troops were marching or resting.

But now Jia Ke has [-] cavalry under his command, and these cavalry made up for this shortcoming when the phalanx army defeated the enemy.They attacked from the center, divided and surrounded the Tatars in two parts, and cut them into pieces to facilitate the phalanx to attack forward. This strategy was still very effective, and the Tatars were compressed into a small piece. Xiao Kuai lost the room to maneuver, and was hunted and killed by the phalanx army in Kaiping town.The archers behind also kept shooting, increasing their casualties.

Arslen Khan saw his own cavalry in the rear, and there was confusion again.Knowing that if you don't take action again, you will lose this time.Arslen Khan immediately ordered his personal guards to rush forward to the center of Jia Ke's formation in order to contain the cavalry in Kaiping Town.

Seeing Arslen Khan dispatching the final reserve team from behind, Jia Ke knew that this force must not be allowed to enter the battlefield, otherwise his goal of defeating the Tatars would fall short.

So Jia Ke led his own soldiers and summoned another five hundred cavalry.Lead these troops to rush towards Arslen Khan's personal guards.

Jia Ke had no more than a few hundred people in total, and the purpose of attacking the thousands of pro-guards was not to defeat them, but to delay time.Let your main force kill and wound the Tatars as much as possible, so as to gradually gain advantages in future wars.

When Arslen Khan saw Jia Ke leading hundreds of people straight to his personal guards, he couldn't help but reminded him of what happened last year.This was also the case last year. Jia Ke directly killed the person blocking in front of him and went straight to him.

Arslen Khan was afraid of what happened last year, so he led the tribal leaders back, but this retreat caused consequences that the Tatars could never imagine.

The Tatar cavalry were being hunted down by the Kaiping town army on the battlefield, and suddenly they found that the Khan's king's banner was retreating, thinking that the army had failed and the Khan had already started to flee.

Somebody shouted, "We are defeated. The Great Khan has escaped. Let's run too."

The Tatars heard this cry like the straw that broke the camel's back.Completely collapsed, they all turned their horses and fled backwards. This time it was a real collapse, and no one wanted to resist anymore.

At this time, Jia Ke hadn't really come into contact with Arslen Khan's personal guards, and saw the Tatars running back like a tide.Jia Ke was completely stunned by the situation.

Arslen Khan did not expect that his small self-protection measures would lead to the collapse of the entire army.

There is a saying that the defeat of the soldiers is like a mountain. In this case, nothing can stop the defeated soldiers. If they stop them too much, these people will even dare to kill their own people.

Jia Ke saw that the opportunity was too late to miss, and he never came back.So he ordered the whole army to charge together, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in the rear.It is necessary to defeat the Tatars in one fell swoop and relieve the siege of Xuanfu Town.

What is the easiest way to fight on the battlefield?Of course it was a smooth battle, and now the Kaiping Town troops are fighting with the wind, they cover and kill from behind.

The Tatars had no intention of resisting, they only knew how to run away, busy like a bereaved dog, anxious like a fish slipping through the net.

Jia Ke rushed to the front with hundreds of people, and the places he passed were like cutting through waves. Eight thousand cavalry under his leadership covered and killed tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry.No one of the Tatars dared to resist. As a result, countless people were killed and injured, and many people even got off their horses and knelt down to surrender.Jia Ke didn't make things difficult for those who surrendered, and led the cavalry to rush past them, and the infantry behind them came up and captured them all.

In the end, Arslen Khan couldn't stop the army's rout, so he had to retreat back to the camp with the remnants of the defeated soldiers. They couldn't hold out in the camp, and the archers kept shooting outwards, which blocked Jia Ke's charge.

Jia Ke saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, so he ordered the troops to withdraw and set up camp five miles away from the Tatar camp.But at this time, Jia Ke did not relax, when the infantry and logistics were camping.Jia Ke led the cavalry to wander around in front of the Tatar village, in case the Tatars attacked suddenly.

Arslen Khan didn't dare to attack at this time. After returning to the camp, he counted his troops and lost nearly 2 people in the battle with Jia Ke, and all the tribes suffered heavy losses.Now they changed color after hearing Jia Ke's name.

Besides, in Xuanfu Town, when the Tatars attacked, they had already discovered that something was wrong, and hurriedly reported it to Jiedu envoy Wang Tao.

After receiving the report, Wang Tao hurriedly took Gao Hong to the city wall and looked into the distance.

Wang Tao and Jia Ke were on the city wall, and they could barely see the large group of Tatar cavalry gathered together and rushed towards the distance. They couldn't see clearly what happened afterwards.

Gao Hong didn't know where he was at this time, the reinforcements had already arrived.A little overjoyed.He said to Wang Tao next to him, "My lord, we are saved. It seems that Jia Ke's reinforcements have arrived. The Tatars are going to fight Jia Ke."

Wang Tao was also overjoyed when he heard that. He was exhausted from the fighting for more than ten days. The more than 2 soldiers who had gathered back before had been completely lost now.He had to recruit all the strong men of the city to defend the city together.

These people have not been trained by ordinary people, how can they withstand such an attack, and tens of thousands of people have been lost in the past ten days.There were even several mutinies in the city. Fortunately, under Gao Hong's plan, Wang Tao made a decisive decision and carried out several purges, killing all the rich and wealthy businessmen who participated in the mutiny. Only then did the dissatisfaction be suppressed.

But even so, Xuanfu Town is almost unable to survive. Now almost all the veterans on the top of the city are killed, all relying on these young and strong to defend the city. But if there are those who retreat, they will be killed without mercy, and the city may have fallen long ago.

At this time, not only Wang Tao and Gao Hong saw the situation of the Tatars moving to the rear, but also everyone on the top of the city.This is the arrival of their own reinforcements, and the Tatars had to send out part of their troops to block the reinforcements.

For a moment, there were thunderous cheers in the city, and many people wept with joy.These people were already numb, thinking that they might die in the city tomorrow.I didn't expect that the reinforcements would arrive so soon. At this time, the morale of the city was greatly boosted. Their eyes were full of hope. Everyone was holding the weapons in their hands. If the Tatars dared to come at this time, they would definitely find these defenders. The young and strong in the city have already made a difference before.

Although all the young and strong were cheering and excited, after Gao Hong calmed down, he began to worry again.

He saw very clearly from the top of the city that the Tatars dispatched at least 1 to [-] cavalry this time.And the Jacoma infantry added up to only [-] people, so I am afraid that they are not the opponents of the Tatars.

Gao Hong analyzed in his heart that if he were Jia Ke, he would avoid the enemy's edge at this time and retreat temporarily.The future strategy will also focus on harassment, trying to contain the Tatars so that they cannot attack the city with all their strength.Then wait for the imperial army to arrive, and join forces with them to fight the Tatars.

(End of this chapter)