Chapter 269 War Prelude (9) Three Discussions of the Ming Army
Xiao Ruxun, who was tired of the journey, had just arrived in Kaiyuan. Ma Chengxun had already made all preparations before the expedition. Three thousand Majia soldiers and 30,000 guards, and Liaohai guards were prepared to take charge of their respective responsibilities. Ma Chengxun served as the main force of the cavalry.
He went into battle with Xiao Ruxun, and the two guards were responsible for taking over the defense after Majiada's troops left the fortress.
In addition, there were two additional reinforcements: the Hada Department sent 1,500 cavalry after receiving Ma Chengxun's notification, and the Jianzhou Right Guard also sent 500 cavalry. The Jianzhou Right Guard's 500 cavalry was somewhat
Meaning, they had just established their garrison and had limited financial resources. They originally sent 500 infantry, but the Hada tribe's camels were so emaciated that they were bigger than horses, so they temporarily lent them a group of horses, which turned out to be horse-mounted infantry.
Although the 500 men brought out by the Jianzhou Right Guards were not many in number, they were basically the elites from the early days of Nurhachi's army. They were actually capable of fighting on horseback, but they were in a bit of a quandary at the moment, with some people and no horses. They got the horses temporarily borrowed by the Hada Department.
After that, you can even ride on foot.
Ma Chengxun himself planned to lead 3,000 troops. With the Hada and Jianzhou Youwei supporting troops, the number would be 5,000 cavalry. The strength was quite strong.
Xiao Ruxun originally only had 5,000 cavalry here, and they were plundered from the entire east of the Liao River. There were some guards from each state. Individually, almost all of them were the elite servants of the generals in various places. But whether they could form a good whole would be
It also depends on Xiao Ruxun’s integration ability.
Looking at it this way, it seems that some masters are indistinguishable. After all, Xiao Ruxun is the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Ma Chengxun is just the former commander-in-chief. The two men have about the same amount of troops, which may lead to some disputes.
Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic intervened to change the situation. Four thousand Jinghua cavalrymen directly joined Xiao Ruxun's command, doubling Xiao Ruxun's direct strength almost instantly. Moreover, Jinghua's cavalrymen were all trained and equipped according to unified standards, that is,
It can be regarded as a whole, and it is very suitable for serving as the core of the Chinese army or as the vanguard.
Xiao Ruxun's choice was to let the Jinghua Cavalry serve as the core of the Chinese army. The main reason why he did this was not purely military considerations. More importantly, he was worried that using the Jinghua Cavalry as the vanguard might lead to greater casualties.
At that time, I was too embarrassed to face Ondou-sama.
Although Gao Pingshi didn't mention these things at all when he handed over the cavalry to him, in China, being a good person is often more important than doing things. If the leader's own interests are compromised, everyone will feel that they are going to be ruined.
Once the two armies were assembled, Xiao Ruxun had 9,000 and Ma Chengxun had 5,000. The total amount was 14,000, exceeding the 12,000 that Gao Pragmatic had previously expected.
After waiting for another two days, Ye He's elite main force also arrived. It was a coincidence that the two Baylors from the two cities in the East and West each brought their own elite 3,000 cavalry, which was exactly 20,000 after joining the main force of the Ming army.
Although there are only 20,000, they are all cavalry on the one hand, and they are all elite on the other. It should be said that they are also a very powerful force. Considering that Li Rusong in western Liaoning still has 40,000 cavalry, the entire Liaodong can use them at this moment.
The cavalry strength can be considered to be as high as 40,000 to 50,000, which is indeed much stronger than twenty years ago. After all, the assembly this time was relatively hasty. If there is enough time, Liaodong can actually gather another 10,000 cavalry Ming troops.
Not difficult.
In other words, even if Jinghua, Ye He, and Hada are not counted, Liaodong's approximately 200,000-strong army already has around 60,000 cavalry, accounting for one-third of the total. Their strength, especially their field capabilities, is quite impressive.
Xiao Ruxun asked the general's opinion on how to rescue Horqin in the pre-war military meeting. Ma Chengxun was as "reckless" as ever, thinking that although Tumen Khan had not heard the news of the advance, as long as the previous intelligence was true, at this moment
Tumen should have already moved, either on the way to Horqin, or planning to snipe our army first.
Generally speaking, since the opponent may come to snipe our army, of course we should be cautious and be prepared for sneak attacks at any time. But Ma Chengxun's view is exactly the opposite. He believes that we should move forward quickly with a wide range of sentries.
Try to get to Horqin as early as possible and join the main force of the Horqin tribe.
From his point of view, Horqin will definitely not be in a state of waiting at this moment. They must be fully prepared and prepared, and according to the agreement, they should want to move southeast to try to get as close as possible to Kaiyuan and Ye He.
The two cities formed a cornering situation.
In other words, after the Ming-Manchu coalition forces leave the fortress, they should not be too far away from the main force of Horqin's tribe. If Tumen wants to ambush our army, they will actually be between the two armies. As long as Horqin's tribe does not react too much
If they are too slow, after the Ming-Manchu coalition forces engage in battle with Tumen, they will have a good chance of catching up and forming an encirclement trend.
Although it is said that if Tumen sends more troops, the encirclement may not be able to encircle the opponent. Although the number of people is important in war, the "situation" is sometimes more important. Generally speaking, any army that is outflanked or surrounded will basically appear naturally.
If it falters, it can easily lead to a rout.
Moreover, even if he is able to hold on, his commander may not dare to take such a huge gamble, and will often choose to withdraw his troops on his own initiative, first striving to ensure that his side will not be in danger of defeat.
Therefore, what determines success or failure is the speed of the Ming-Manchu coalition's troop dispatch. The faster the advance, the more time Tumen Khan has to ambush, and the shorter the time left for sneak attacks, the more time Horqin has to attack from inside and outside.
Abundant.
Yehe Dongcheng Beile Nalinbulu, West City Beilebuzhai and Hadabele Menggebulu also agreed with this view. Wu Erkun, the leading general of the Jianzhou Right Guard reinforcements, said that everything is based on military decisions, and he himself does not hold
Attitude, just do as you are told.
However, there are also people who oppose this method of marching. For example, the former Yansui Shuangshan Fort garrison and the current Qinghe Fort garrison You Shigong have different views.
He believed that since the purpose of this expedition was to rescue Horqin, Horqin himself should be more proactive. They could not just wait in their own territory. Instead, they knew that the Manchurian coalition forces would rush here at the risk of being sniped.
But in the end, the great success of "surrounding" Tumen's troops was lost to Horqin.
In his opinion, the Ming-Manchu coalition forces and the main forces of Horqin should switch their tasks. The Ming-Manchu coalition forces would stop as soon as they leave the fortress and ensure their own safety first, while the Horqin troops would take the initiative to join the Ming-Manchu coalition forces.
According to his idea, in this way, the Ming-Manchu coalition forces would first ensure their invincibility, and in defensive battles - even in field defensive battles, the advantage would always be in the hands of the Ming-Manchu coalition forces. Even if Tumen Khan knew that
If you get the news, you may not kick this iron plate, then the situation will naturally be reversed.
That is to say, Tumen couldn't find the opportunity to attack the Ming-Manchu coalition forces, so they had to look for Horqin's bad luck. Horqin would definitely come to join the Ming-Manchu coalition forces, so the place where the battle broke out would not be too far from the Ming-Manchu coalition camp. Once the battle started,
As long as the sentry scouts on the Ming-Manchu Alliance Army's side are reliable, they can quickly learn about it and rush to attack in a pinch - in short, the positions of the Ming-Manchu Alliance Army and Horqin are reversed, and the degree of danger they face is also reversed.
In this way, you can get the most credit and minimize the losses, which is the best of both worlds.
This view was supported by a large number of Yansui trilateral generals, and Xiao Ruxun himself was quite tempted by it because he knew that You Shigong's view was actually the most considered by the Shaanxi trilateral generals.
Why do you say that? It is not particularly common for generals from the three sides of Shaanxi to rotate their posts in Liaodong. It is just that after the Northwest War, Gao Pragmatic almost had the dominant power of the main generals in the entire nine-sided system, so that he could take over from the entire nine-sided system.
To allocate strength based on the height of the three sides, a large wave of trilateral generals were transferred to Liaodong.
In addition to Xiao Ruxun himself, Gao Pingshi also took the lead in the selection of the then Jizhou Yanhe Battalion Staff General Ren Ziqiang, Datong Town Central Army Camp (with the same guerrilla title) Gao Ce, Datong Guards guerrilla Shen Dong, and Xuanfu East Road guerrilla
Jie Sheng (Mongolian), Datong Ninglu Fort garrison Paosai (Mongolian), Ningxia Yuquanying garrison Dusong, Yansui Shuangshan Fort garrison You Shigong, Datong Shoukou Fort garrison Yang Dengden went to Liaodong to serve, and all the generals were
The prospective servants will be at your disposal.
In fact, in Gao Pragmatic's mind, this group of people was preparing to enter North Korea to fight, but because this matter could not be discussed in advance, the trilateral generals themselves did not know it. Of course, if they did not know the purpose, they had to guess, so they thought
, the most likely scenario is that Gao Pragmatic wants to firmly control the situation in Liaodong and lock down the Li Chengliang clique in western Liaoning from Jizhen and Liaoyang to ensure that the pragmatic school's control over the overall situation of the Nine Borders does not diminish.
Since the purpose was to strengthen control, it was obviously necessary to strengthen strength, so at that time Gao Pragmatic gave these trilateral generals through the Ministry of War a very high servant rating - that is, they were allowed to recruit as many servants as were paid by the imperial court.
How many posts were given? Xiao Ruxun, the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia at that time, gave an additional 5,000 to his servants. Ren Ziqiang, the commander of Yanhe Camp in Jizhou, gave 2,000 extra to his servants. The central army in Datong Town took the high strategy of the camp, and Datong went to defend the guerrillas.
Shen Dong and Xuanfu East Road Guerrilla Jiesheng were each given 1,500 yuan. Datong Ninglu Fort defended Bao Sai, Ningxia Yuquan Camp guarded Jun Song, Yansui Shuangshan Fort guarded You Shigong, and Datong Shoukou Fort guarded Yang.
Each mountain climber will be given a 1,000 rating.
Therefore, based on the rated number of personnel, when the Ministry of War mobilized them to Liaodong, they were given a full 15,500 servants. Even if Cao Yu later took away 5,000 servants to take office in Jizhen, the troops controlled by the generals of the Liaodong Practical Studies Department could still be
Reaching 40,000, exceeding or at least equaling the direct force of the Li family army.
The guesses of the trilateral generals cannot be wrong up to this point, because Gao pragmatically did have such considerations, but then they started to become incorrect. The biggest misunderstanding is that the trilateral generals believed that under Gao Situ's layout,
Their primary purpose is not to lose strength or to lose as little strength as possible to avoid an imbalance in the balance of power between western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning.
But in fact, Gao Pragmatic didn't care much about some changes in the balance of power at this time. The reason is that at the entire nine-sided level, the power of the Li Chengliang faction of the Practical School and the Heart School is crushed. The Heart School is not trying to maintain the Li family army.
In turn, suppressing the generals of the Real School - at least at the moment, this situation is completely unrealistic.
What the Xin School wants to do is nothing more than to "leave an incense", and not to lose all the right to speak in the entire nine-sided system and have no sense of existence at all. If there is no military presence at all, in the future the imperial court will not discuss borders.
When doing business, can the Xin School just say nothing?
From Gao Pragmatic's point of view, certain losses are not unbearable, and he is not worried about replenishing the losses. The servants are paid by the court, and the standard of pay is much higher than that of ordinary guards, almost as much as the guards.
The number of soldiers is three times or even higher, and the respective generals will try their best to give some more rewards to win over them, so the treatment is excellent and there is no need to worry about not being able to recruit soldiers.
The reason why Jinghua can "command the heroes" is that in addition to its high pragmatic political power, there is no doubt that it also has strong economic strength. This kind of strength does not mean that Jinghua directly pays the generals, which is definitely not possible. It is at least bribery in nature.
, it can even be considered as malicious intent.
But Jinghua is a giant in both industry and commerce, and it provides too many cooperation opportunities. Generals who casually participate in a certain Jinghua business and become a part of Jinghua's supply chain can obtain a steady stream of profits.
Have the ability to "pay subsidies" to their own servants.
So in this way, even if they lose strength in a certain war, they can quickly be replenished in the rear, and it is basically impossible to be defeated - unless the entire establishment is wiped out, in which case it will be very difficult to recover.
slow.
This battle to rescue Horqin seemed to Gao Praggang to be inevitable, so the issue of losses had already been taken into consideration. He believed that even if the battle was the worst, it would not lead to total annihilation.
The trilateral generals did not know Gao's pragmatic intentions, and only thought about the way to fight based on the safest situation. Although it may not be right, it cannot be wrong.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, an outlier appeared among the trilateral generals. Jun Song, the former Ningxia Yuquan Camp garrison and current Zhenxi Fort garrison, expressed different opinions.
Jun Song's view was actually more reckless than Ma Chengxun's. He believed that the purpose of this battle seemed to be just to rescue Horqin, but in fact it had a deeper meaning. Horqin was originally outside the Great Wall, and unlike Ye He, the core area was close to the opening.
It turns out that outside the Great Wall of this important place of the Ming Dynasty, their small Khan Court was far away from the border wall of the Ming Dynasty.
What does this mean? It means that every time the Tumen want to launch an attack on them, the Ming Dynasty has to travel hundreds of miles to carry out rescue. Once or twice may be no problem, but if it happens more times, the Tumen can completely drag down the Liaodong Army.
Tired, wasted strength in vain.
Therefore, Jun Song fiercely advocated: The key to rescuing Horqin is to defeat the main force of Tumen Khan. Even if it cannot be defeated at once, Tumen Khan will suffer heavy losses. He must understand that as long as he dares to attack Horqin, the Ming Dynasty will
I will definitely break one of his legs! Only in this way can it be regarded as a deterrent to Tumen, so that he does not dare to act recklessly.
What Du Heizi said was actually very profound, and Xiao Ruxun also felt that it made sense. However, Xiao Ruxun was a little skeptical. He currently only had 20,000 cavalry, and he would definitely be in a weak position when facing the main force of Tumen Khan. It would be good if he could hold on. , what else are you talking about defeating, "breaking one of his legs"?
Juniper's answer to this was simple: "If the outcome can be known by comparing the strength of both sides, why should I wait for these generals?"
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