The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 204 Schedule
Just when Jia Ke was living her little life leisurely like this.Two hundred miles to the north of Gubeikou on the grassland, flags and flags gathered, and people shouted and neighed. This place has become a sea of ​​people and horses.

Countless people and horses on the grassland gathered here.All kinds of materials piled up like a mountain. In addition to the cavalry on the grassland, there were also some soldiers from the Western Regions who served as servants this time, carrying materials for the Tatars and doing some logistical things.

Arslen Khan has assembled 20 troops here. Although Arslen Khan has become a little arrogant now, he is still a little witty, knowing that he is still unable to pose an essential threat to the Southern Dynasty.

So this time he went south, his goal was to plunder.He wants to take a good walk around the most prosperous place near the capital of the Southern Dynasties, and bring all the wealth here back to the grassland.

At the same time, it also deterred the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, letting him know that he was a big sweat, and from now on he could only offer wealth and beauties obediently.Otherwise, he will destroy his country.

If the emperor of the Southern Dynasties could compromise and send a lot of wealth and beauties every year, he would save himself and lead his troops south every year, not only losing a lot of food and supplies, but also losing some of the warriors who went south.

Arslen Khan gathered his men and horses, and when he was about to go south, the only pass in front of him was Gubeikou.In the past, the Tatars led troops to attack Gubeikou, but failed every time.

Gubeikou is located in the middle of Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan, with steep mountains and dangerous roads. It is only two hundred miles away from the capital. It has been the key to the capital since ancient times.It has been known as Xiongxian since ancient times, and it is known as "the land strangles the throat and turns to the desert, and the sky keeps the lock and key to rest on the majestic pass".Such a majestic pass is naturally well guarded and heavily hoarded.

Arslen Khan's current problem is how to break through this great pass with the least cost.

Since ancient times, to break through the strong pass, there are several methods, either to attack the city with ants, or to use tricks to attack, or to cooperate with the inside and outside.

Arslen Khan thought through all these methods, and finally decided to make a sneak attack first. If it didn't work, he could only attack by force. As for the military fortress where the Tatars joined forces inside and outside at Gubeikou, they didn't have the ability to deploy people.There are no ordinary residents living in a military fortress like this.The fortress is full of elite soldiers of the Southern Dynasty and their relatives, and the Tatar spies cannot penetrate here at all.

As soon as Arslen Khan made up his mind, he immediately sent someone to look for Bateer, one of the four horses.
Since Battelle was defeated by Jia Ke in Kaiping Town last time, he was left out by Arslen Khan for a while after returning to the grassland, but after all, Arslen Khan was employing people, so he quickly let Battelle come back.

After his comeback, in order to regain the trust of Arslen Khan, in the war with the tribal alliance, Battelle must go first in every battle, and by virtue of his personal bravery, he saved the situation several times in dangerous situations.The prairie tribes who were killed were terrified when they heard the news, and even broke through the enemy's tens of thousands of formations with 2000 people several times.

Arslen Khan was impressed by his performance, so Battelle quickly regained the trust of Arslen Khan. This time, he was always at the forefront of the team as a vanguard officer in the southern invasion.

When Bateer heard the summons from the Great Khan, he did not dare to neglect him, so he walked quickly to the outside of Arslen Khan's big tent in three steps at a time.

Soon the personal soldiers came out to invite Battelle in, Battelle entered the big tent, and saw Arslen Khan thinking beside the map.

Bateer clasped his fists and saluted: "Khan, Bateer was ordered to come here, I don't know what admonition the Khan has?"

Arslen Khan seemed to know that Battelle came in at this time, raised his head from the map, turned to him and said, "Battelle, you are here, my sharpest sword, this time I am going to Gubeikou, I am afraid you will have to go there yourself .”

Battelle immediately said: "The big sweat has an order, and Battelle will not hesitate to die."

"Okay, what Battelle wants is your words. In our army, only your bravery can accomplish this." Arslen Khan was still very satisfied with Battelle's bravery.

Arslen Khan then ordered Battelle: "You send a team of warriors to pretend to be merchants, and prepare more smoke in the accompanying vehicles. Send this team to Gubeikou City Gate tomorrow to swindle open the city gate. Once Gubeikou opens At the gate of the city, immediately set off beacon smoke as a warning. You lead a thousand cavalry in ambush five miles away. When you see the beacon fire, you must rush to the city gate of Gubeikou within half a quarter of an hour, and assist the warriors to seize the gate. At that time, I will Lead the army to ambush ten miles away, and rush towards Gubeikou together when you see the smoke of the wolf, as long as you hold on for another quarter of an hour, my army will arrive at the city of Gubeikou. How about it? Can you do it?"

Bateer didn't dare to agree to Arslen Khan easily. He just calculated in his heart for a while, and felt that Da Khan's plan was feasible. Moreover, they hadn't invaded south for three years. The defense of Gubeikou was not very strict. Between the north entrance and the grassland, given the current defense situation of the Southern Dynasty, the chance of success is very high, even if it fails, there is no loss.

After thinking clearly, he bowed and cupped his fists and said to Arslen Khan: "Khan, I think this plan is feasible. As long as the warriors sent out to seize the gate can persist until I come, the Khan must be in the bag if he wants to come to Gubeikou." things."

Arslen Khan was very satisfied after listening to Battelle's words. When Battelle was thinking just now, he admired this subordinate who used to only know how to fight and kill. Now Battelle is already a brave and strategic general. It seems that The last setback touched him a lot and made him understand how to think.He is no longer the reckless man who only knows how to fight and kill.

After hearing his assurance, Arslen Khan said: "This time, you will search for the warriors who are going to seize the gate in person. The horses of the thousand cavalry you lead must be the best in the whole army. You go now. Get ready, it will be up to you tomorrow morning."

Battelle saluted Arslen Khan once, "Don't worry, Khan, I guarantee with my life that as long as I, Battelle, is still alive, the city gate of Gubeikou will not be closed."

After listening to Battelle's assurance, Arslen Khan went up and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good job, as long as you complete this task, our army can reach the capital of the Southern Dynasty smoothly. I will reward you with three hundred herdsmen at that time. You performed better in the capital this time. I can even let you lead a small tribe."

After listening to Arslen Khan's promise, Battelle's blood boiled all over his body. Although he was a general under Arslen Khan's command, he never thought about leading a tribe alone.Now that he got Arslen Khan's promise, he will naturally fight to the death to make a success for himself and his family.

After Battelle came out of Arslen Khan's big tent, he searched the whole army for the warrior who took the door this time.Battelle did not look for the strongest ones, but looked for a hundred or so Tatars who were about the same size and appearance as the Central Plains people.

Then, seven or eight die-hard people were selected from the Southern Dynasty slaves plundered before. These people have stayed on the grassland for a long time, and because of their flexible minds, they have defected to the Tatars early, so they are now slave managers. Steward, they have not been able to return to the Southern Dynasty, so there is no problem with their loyalty.

Bateer ordered them to disguise themselves, and when the time came, the small stewards of the Southern Dynasty would talk to the elite soldiers at Gubeikou, and the remaining Tatars would pretend to be boys and lead the convoy to Gubeikou tomorrow morning.After blasting the city gate, you must go all out to defend the city gate.

Battelle has already made a promise to those people from the Southern Dynasties who have defected, as long as they succeed this time, they will all be liberated as slaves.And each gave them five herdsmen.This is to reassure them, fearing that they will suddenly report to Nanchao that this event will be ruined.

And Battelle himself brought a thousand cavalrymen to ambush in a small forest less than five miles away from Gubeikou in the middle of the night.Just waiting for the smoke from Gubeikou to be released, he led the team to rush out.

The morning of this day was sunny, and Li Yuan, the guardian of Gubeikou Qianhu, came to the city gate leisurely, waiting for the passing merchants.

In the past few years, the Tatars and the Southern Dynasty have been relatively peaceful, so there have been more merchants traveling between the two sides, but the court has banned the sale of supplies to the Tatars, so smuggling by merchants has become a profitable business.

Since it is smuggling, all joints must be opened.The most important of these is Li Yuan, who guards thousands of households at Gubeikou, because Gubeikou is the only way from the capital to the grassland, so Li Yuan has been making a lot of money since this period of time.Of course, he couldn't keep the money he got by himself, and his immediate superior would take more than half of Miyun's defense.In addition, some of his generals at all levels will also be separated.Only in this way can we ensure that this interest group does not disintegrate.

Li Yuan's favorite thing to do now is to be at the gate of the city early in the morning, drinking tea while waiting for merchants to bribe him.Whenever this time he is in a good mood, because he knows that a large part of the money is his own.

Today's visit to Li Yuan was no exception. After the gate of Gubeikou city opened, Li Yuan sat drinking tea at the table at the gate, but today was a bit unlucky. It was almost noon, and no caravan passed by. .

Li Yuan was very dissatisfied with this result, and wondered whether all passing merchants' pass fees would be increased by one layer to make up for the loss caused by no one passing by in the morning.

When Li Yuan was making calculations, he suddenly heard the sound of dense footsteps. He looked up and saw that it was his confidant, Li Quan, who was running quickly.

Li Yuan, when you see Li Quan running over, you know something good is coming.Sure enough, Li Quan rushed to Li Yuan's side, and said to Li Yuan regardless of his panting: "Master, great news. There is a big caravan going back to the capital through Gubeikou, and now it is waiting for the master outside the closed gate."

When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately became excited, and immediately took Li Quan and a few soldiers to the city wall to look down. Sure enough, there was a caravan waiting at the gate of the city. There were about a hundred people. Twenty or thirty large carts were packed tightly. It seemed that they had made some money by going north this time, and the carts were loaded with gold and silver.A caravan of this size can only be run by those high-ranking officials in the capital, how could other people dare to be so blatant.

Although Li Yuan really wanted to make money, he also valued his head very much, so every time there was a caravan coming and going, he had to go to check it himself, for fear that any weapons such as knives and guns would flow into the grassland, and some spies would sneak into the grassland. Central Plains.This time Li Yuan was no exception. After seeing the size of the caravan outside, he brought a hundred people to the city gate and ordered people to open the city gate, preparing to personally inspect the caravan.

And the gate of this grand pass was slowly opened just like that.

(End of this chapter)