Jun Song's words sounded very domineering, and it made sense if he thought about it carefully. However, Xiao Ruxun always felt unsure and could not help but hesitate for a moment.
Xiao Ruxun was a general from the three sides of Shaanxi Province, and he was most familiar with the Ordos tribe, followed by Tumut - whether it was the Tumed headquarters or the Qinghai Tumut, Xiao Ruxun knew them all well, but his understanding of Chahar, to be honest, was limited.
A little worse.
He has certainly done a lot of homework since he took office as deputy commander in chief of Liaodong, but "soldiers are the most important thing of the country." As a general who is famous for defending a lonely city alone, he must first ensure that there will be no major mistakes in his first battle in Liaodong.
, this is not only human nature, but also his responsibility.
Relatively speaking, among the three main military discussions today, the strategy proposed by You Shigong is the safest. However, if You Shigong's suggestions are implemented, not only Horqin may suspect that Ming's position is not firm enough, but even those subordinate to the Ming army may suspect that Ming's position is not firm enough.
The two reinforcements Ye He and Hada may have underestimated his coach Xiao Ruxun because of this, thinking that he was afraid of the enemy and war.
This is definitely not possible. In addition to the strength of a general, his prestige is definitely a factor that cannot be ignored. Just like when Qi Jiguang sent out troops, his subordinates would never suspect that he made a mistake in using his troops; if it was Gao Situ who sent out troops,
That would be even more reassuring. It means that not only do you not have to worry about tactical mistakes, but all kinds of guarantees are foolproof. Even if you die in battle, your pension will definitely not be reduced at all, and even your family will be properly arranged in the future.
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Under this premise, the soldiers subordinate to Commander Qi were not afraid of facing any strong enemy, while the soldiers subordinate to Gao Situ were even more determined to risk their lives.
These prestige are accumulated through winning battles again and again. If you do it once, everyone will praise you, if you do it twice, everyone will start to trust you, and if you can do it many times in a row without exception, then everyone will be willing to trust you with their lives.
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Xiao Ruxun, who was born as a general, certainly understood these principles, so he knew that he must not give such an impression to his subordinates and subordinate forces. Therefore, although You Shigong's suggestion was generally supported by the trilateral generals, Xiao Ruxun could not accept it.
Jun Song's suggestion is not unreasonable. Being able to defeat Tumen directly is certainly better than any strategy. Just like before the Monan War, except for Gao Situ himself, everyone else might be beating the drum in their hearts.
Even the emperor might be riding a tiger with difficulty. He neither dared to force Gao Situ to give in to avoid damaging his prestige, but also worried that the consequences of Gao Situ's defeat would be worse. As for the emperor's support for Gao Situ in the end, it may be largely due to the fact that Gao Situ was defeated.
The personal friendship between the two men came into play.
In the end, Gao Situ defeated the Tumen Xinai coalition forces in a battle and firmly controlled Tumote. From then on, all the towns in the nine sides admired Gao Situ. Not only the generals of the Xuanda department who were originally under Gao Situ's influence also
He followed him wholeheartedly, and the three-sided generals who were still a little aloof at first also joined him with a roar.
In fact, it was precisely because of that great victory that Gao Situ was able to successfully subdue non-Li Chengliang generals after he went to Liaodong. In a short period of time, the seemingly monolithic Liaodong generals were divided into the Li family and the Gao family.
But these prerequisites are all based on a brilliant victory. What if there is no great victory? What if we are unfortunately defeated? What if we suffer heavy losses or even lose all armor?
Qiu Fu was so majestic during the Battle of Jingnan. When Emperor Chengzu conferred the title of Duke of Qi, he ranked first among the meritorious officials. However, in the seventh year of Yongle's Northern Expedition to Tatar, Qiu Fu underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, resulting in the annihilation of his entire army, and he also
He was defeated and killed. When Chengzu heard the news, he was furious. Not only did he decide to lead the expedition himself, he also deprived Qiu Fu of his hereditary title and exiled his family to Hainan.
What does this mean? It means that no matter how much you have done in the past, once serious consequences are caused, the court will not necessarily look at your past hard work and be lenient when it is criticized.
At present, we only have 20,000 cavalry, Horqin has not yet been able to join our side, and Tumen is accompanied by Burihatu, who even Gao Situ repeatedly asked him to be careful in his letters. At this time, he takes the initiative to go to Tumen for a decisive battle. What do you think?
It's not a safe idea either, and I definitely can't adopt it.
In this case, we can only accept Ma Chengxun's suggestion. In fact, Ma Chengxun's suggestion is not very safe. There is a variable that is not controlled by the Ming and Manchu coalition forces, that is, once the Ming and Manchu coalition forces fight against the main force of Tumen,
, whether Horqin's troops can rush to the battlefield before the outcome of the two sides is decided, and achieve a pincer attack, turning defeat into victory - yes, Xiao Ruxun really does not believe that the 20,000 coalition cavalry can defeat the main force of Chahar.
However, even if there is such a hidden danger, Xiao Ruxun can no longer worry about it. After all, it is never possible to be truly "completely prepared" for things like war. Being able to be 70% to 80% sure, in Xiao Ruxun's opinion, is enough to thank God.
——Did he really feel that he was infallible when he was guarding the lonely city? Obviously not, he just knew that he had no way out. With the lonely city under siege, since he refused to join the thieves, he had no choice but to fight to the end.
In addition, there are two advantages to adopting Ma Chengxun's opinion. The first advantage is that it can reassure Ye He, Hada and the troops affiliated with Jianzhou Youwei - you see, how good I am to you, Ming Dynasty.
There is absolutely nothing to say about the treatment of dogs!
The second benefit is to win the support of Ma Chengxun. Ma Chengxun, or the entire Ma family army behind him, has been following Gao Situ the longest among the generals. Judging from the current momentum, it is also Gao Situ.
One of the most trustworthy generals, and the equal of Ma Jiajun.
Considering that Ma Fang only has three sons and none of his grandchildren are very accomplished, Ma Jiajun should be the number one general under Gao Situ. Oh, no, there is another Liu Jiajun in the south who is highly trusted by Gao Situ, but Liu Jiajun is more trustworthy than Gao Situ.
The situation of the Ma family is still a little worse, because Liu Xian only has an only son, Liu Jing. Although he is highly trusted by Gao Situ, the strength of the family, clan and army is not very good.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, I heard that Liu Xian’s daughter has been living in Gao Situ’s house. This... well, that’s a different story. It’s impossible for Gao Situ to send her out to take charge of the court.
The army of economic system. The Ming Dynasty has its own regulations. She is not a chieftain from the southwest. Even if she marries Gao Situ, she can only be a member of the Gao family who can lead the army.
Therefore, if we can win the support of Ma Chengxun, the alliance between the trilateral generals and the Xuanda generals in Liaodong will definitely become more stable. In addition, the Ma family and the Ma family have a relationship of marriage alliance, then once the Ma family supports
He and the Ma family should also support him. Even if his position as deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong is secured, this must be what Gao Situ would like to see.
War is never just the war itself, and politics is always an obstacle that cannot be bypassed. Xiao Ruxun has made up his mind. After thinking for a while, he expressed his acceptance of Ma Chengxun's opinion, ordered more detective horses and tried to contact Horqin's main force as soon as possible. At the same time, the entire army
Head northwest.
The marching speed of the cavalry is actually not as fast as many people imagine. It is not a common phenomenon to travel hundreds of miles a day. Such high speed is a rushing attack, which is very harmful to the horse. Generally, it can only be done when the enemy is clear and not too far away from you.
It may only appear when you are far away.
Generally speaking, the speed that cavalry generals who are famous for their speed can achieve in battle is usually only tens of miles a day. If it is a raid, few elite cavalry can reach more than a hundred miles. For example, Xia Houyuan, who was in Cao's army at that time
There is a popular saying, "Xia Houyuan, the commander of the Dian Military Academy, has five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days."
How many are converted into kilometers? In the Han Dynasty, one mile was equal to 300 steps, one step was equal to 6 feet, one foot was 23.1 centimeters, and one mile was equal to 0.4158 kilometers. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan's speed was: "207 kilometers in three days, 416 kilometers in six days."
This is equivalent to advancing 70 kilometers per day. Moreover, this was considered a life-threatening run. Xia Houyuan’s death later actually had a lot to do with the death-defying run.
In fact, let alone ancient cavalry, even modern mechanized troops could not move much faster. During the Gulf War, the US 7th Army defended weak points on the flanks of the Iraqi army and unexpectedly broke into the hinterland of Iraq, maneuvering about 260 kilometers to achieve the goal of all-out combat.
The operational goal of annihilating the Iraqi army.
This combat operation was quite similar to the left hook in boxing, and was later called the "powerful left hook operation." However, in this operation, the American army marched for 89 hours in the battle, maneuvering 260 kilometers, with an average
The daily travel is only 70 kilometers.
What about the Eight Banners cavalry that was later so highly praised? In fact, the Eight Banners was not a pure cavalry force, but a mixed force of infantry and cavalry. Even the cavalry itself was mostly mounted infantry. Therefore, before the fateful Battle of Shanhaiguan, the entire Eight Banners army fought day and night.
The journey took 12 days and covered more than 400 kilometers on the map. The average speed was about 35 kilometers per day (in this book, I traveled 70 miles in one day).
The Mongolian cavalry is no joke. Its average daily marching speed can reach up to 90 kilometers.
This is not unfounded nonsense. It only took them 2 months and 5 days to conquer Northern Russia in a surprise attack, with an average speed of 85 to 90 kilometers per day; it only took 2 months and 10 days to conquer Southern Russia.
, the daily attack speed reached 55 to 60 kilometers; it only took three months to attack Hungary and Poland, and the daily attack speed reached 58 to 62 kilometers.
The above speeds seem to include combat time, which is quite astonishing. It is completely the ancient version of blitzkrieg. Fortunately, that was the record achieved by the Mongols in their most glorious era, and the current Mongolian cavalry can no longer reach that level.
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However, even if they are not as powerful as their ancestors, the Mongolian cavalry at this time can still have some speed advantage compared to the Ming army cavalry...or the Manchurian cavalry. Therefore, even if Xiao Ruxun spreads out to explore the horses, when the two sides meet, the two sides will encounter each other.
There was only a hundred miles between the main forces of the army, and when each of them ran back to report to the main force, the distance between the two sides was only seventy or eighty miles away.
However, neither of the two sides saw the other side's main force. As a result, the generals of both sides could only roughly judge the location of the other side's main force. However, this was enough, especially for Chahar's main general.
The leader of Chahar was none other than Abadai Saiyin Khan, and the Mongolian troops he led were all elite troops he brought from Transkalkha.
The task left to him by Tumen Khan was not complicated: to make the Ming-Manchu coalition and the Horqin tribe think that his troops were the vanguard of the Chahar-Mongolian army. As for whether to defeat the opponent, or which part of the opponent was defeated, Tumen Khan did not make any decisions at all.
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Why did the Great Khan of Tumen not set any actual combat goals for Abadai Saiyin Khan, but only asked him to make the other party think that the Mongolian army in the Waikakarkha region was the vanguard of the Mongolian army in Chahar?
Because the only troops left by Tumen Khan to fight on the eastern front were Abadai Saiyin Khan and the 15,000 Waikakar cavalry he had on hand, and there was no one else.
The main force of Chahar in Tumen Khan's headquarters has already marched westward, heading straight towards Daning. Of course, he is not going to attack Daning City, that would be too difficult. The Ming army has been crazy in Daning City in the past few years
When building a city defense system, if it weren't for the small population in Daning City, they might have built Daning into a second Datong.
But even though Daning City is now much smaller than Datong, the specifications of the city defense system are almost in accordance with the standards of Datong City, that is, there are four main city gates and one each in the southeast and northwest. In order to ensure convenient transportation,
Each main gate is divided into two small gates, with a total of twelve city gates; there are towers built on the four gates, including moon tower, arrow tower, watchtower, and turrets at intervals. Outside the four gates, there are urn city and moon city.
moat.
The entire city is based on huge strips of stone and is reinforced using Jinghua's latest "concrete" technology. The inner core of the city wall is made of three-component rammed earth, and is covered with blue bricks each weighing 17 kilograms. The city wall is as high as four feet (about 12 kilograms).
meters, Datong is 14 meters), and stacks of bricks used by musketeers were built on the walls. After conversion of length units, they are 5 meters long, 0.8 meters high, 0.5 meters thick, and the distance between the stacks is 0.5 meters.
This is just the main city wall, there are dozens of watchtowers, and the sloped protrusions of the bastion-like structure. In short, it is a hedgehog. Unless the invading enemy has an extremely powerful artillery force, a storming attack will almost cost you your life.
Of course, Tumen Khan did not intend to attack by force. The reason why he rushed towards Daning was because Burihatu believed that Tumote would definitely send troops, and the troops would definitely use Daning as a support point. Therefore, since his own side wanted to take the soil
Merte opened the knife to sacrifice the flag, and as long as he wandered and lurked near Daning City, he would be able to wait and wait until the Tumut Mongolian army came and fell into his trap.
It stands to reason that one of the main points why the Mongolian cavalry is so powerful is that they can "departure without logistics". In other words, they do not need any support points. But Burihatu believes that even if the Tumut cavalry is in a certain situation,
It can still be done when there is no support, but if there is a support point available, Tumut will definitely use it.
The reason is very simple. Burihatu believes that the current Tumut must have degenerated. Due to the abundant supplies they obtained from Daminggong City, the pressure on the tribe to survive has dropped sharply. They have been pampered for too long, so once there is Daning City, it can be used as a
If you rely on them, they will never run around in the grassland "stupidly".
At this point, Burihatu's eyes were very vicious, because Tumut's Eastern Expedition reinforcements were indeed headed straight for Daning City under the leadership of Erdemutu.
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