The sun and the moon shuttle back and forth, and time flies by. The dense war clouds in the northern part of the country cannot directly cover the sky of the capital. Beijing in the Ming Dynasty is still enjoying the coolness of autumn as usual.
But this pleasant calm was quickly broken by two pond newspapers, which were like throwing a stone on a calm lake - no, a huge stone was dropped, causing shocking waves.
The first Tangbao came from Liaodong and was submitted by Gu Yangqian, the governor of Liaodong. The report said: "(Our army) went out for a few days and encountered prisoners a hundred miles west of Kaiyuan. Deputy General Xiao Ruxun found out and prepared his equipment and horses in order to meet the enemy.
In the first battle between the Er and Er armies in Mangyuan, the Guanlu troops, about 20,000 strong, were on par with me. They said to the generals, "There is nothing to be afraid of." Then he discussed with his deputy, Ma Chengxun, and Xiao Ruxun personally led the Chinese army in a fierce battle. Ma Chengxun
Xunbu went out from the right to surround the enemy's flank.
The captives only attacked all the way, but although the offensive was fierce, they could not defeat Ruxun. Ma Chengxun attacked from the flank, and the captives were slightly defeated and retreated. I took more than 200 heads and killed hundreds of enemies (Note: Mongolia has
The habit of retrieving the corpses of those killed in battle). Although Wang's division had a small victory, it suffered more than 400 casualties, so he ordered troops to deal with it.
Unexpectedly, the defeated troops of the captives surrendered the next day. When asked, they were told that they were not captives, but Horqin's defeated troops. Ruxun was shocked and asked, only to learn that although the captives had suffered a slight setback a few days ago, the main force was still there, so they turned north to ambush Horqin.
When Horqin Beileming'an heard that the king's army had seen prisoners, he and his brothers Mangusi, Hongguoer and others wanted to help. Unexpectedly, they encountered the enemy and were defeated. Four thousand people were killed or injured and fled. They were in great embarrassment and ran to Ruxun.
Xiao Ruxun, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Ma Chengxun, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, reported to the ministers. They all said that the Lu tribe might be the Tumen front army. If they win with this victory, they will inevitably expand their power. It is inconvenient to immediately counterattack to carry out their plan. They should take Horqin with them.
Retreat to the west of Kaiyuan and temporarily station outside the border wall to plan for the aftermath.
Your Majesty, although Horqin is defeated now, I am victorious, and the captives are also defeated and victorious. It can be said that the power is evenly balanced. However, I am sending troops this time to rescue Horqin. Since that army has been rescued by me, the general situation is victorious.
.I think this is acceptable. When Horqin regains his strength, when will he not be able to send troops?
Kuang Lu came to attack Horqin. Although they won a victory, they were unable to overthrow, and they will definitely try again. I will take Ye He, Hada, Jianzhou (right guard) and Horqin's troops to wait for work, and the chance of victory will increase..."
The main meaning of this Tangbao is roughly as follows: Xiao Ruxun sent troops to meet the enemy, the Chinese army faced the enemy head-on, Ma Chengxun led his headquarters to outflank, and finally won a small victory, the captives retreated, and Xiao Ruxun sent troops to treat the wounded.
However, only one day later, Horqin's defeated army came to surrender. After asking, they found out that they had heard that the Ming-Manchu coalition forces encountered enemies and were coming to attack Chahar with the Ming-Manchu coalition forces. However, they did not expect that the attack here was too fast.
I also walked too fast, so I was ambushed on the road and suffered a huge defeat, losing four thousand elite soldiers.
Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun both believed that they should not fight Chahar now, and asked to retreat to the Kaiyuan Great Wall and wait for Chahar to take the initiative to attack, so that they could wait for work and take advantage of their firepower. Gu Yangqian also agreed with this method.
Then he asked the emperor to judge.
To be honest, although the report from Liaodong is not too satisfactory, it is not too bad either. It can be said that it is still within the range that can be expected. As for retreating to the outside of the Great Wall to the west of Kaiyuan City, it is not that everyone does not understand
The motivation for doing so.
In fact, waiting for work in leisure is only an explicit motive. Not to mention the civil servant Gu Yangqian did not mention the more important motive. Even the two generals Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun shrewdly did not mention it, because that reason is not convenient to announce now.
At the mouth.
The closer Horqin's main force gets to Kaiyuan and settles down, the more they will be inseparable from the protection of Ming Dynasty in the future. Over time, they will become the second Hada and the second Ye He.
If this kind of thing happened ten years ago, it would still be a mixed blessing, because although the restraint effect may be improved, the risk factor will also be magnified - in case Horqin goes crazy for some unexpected reason, because he is very close, the opposite direction
Yuan's threat is obviously greater, at least Kaiyuan's reaction time has been greatly shortened.
But at the moment, at least the officials of the Practical School, both civil and military, no longer worry about this. Gao Situ's methods of restraint are really too powerful. Looking at the past ten or twenty years, all the restraint areas led by him are not
To put it mildly, it is really stronger than some borders themselves, and its obedience is comparable to that of a housekeeper dog.
For this reason, the imperial court had no objection to approving Gu Yangqian's memorial. However, since the battle had not yet been fought and the "main force of Tumen" had not even appeared, of course there was no rush to reward him. Therefore, the emperor quickly
They agreed to the cabinet's proposal, approved Gu Yangqian's proposal, and once again mentioned that the Liaodong battle was to be handled by themselves, giving them the right to act expediently.
But the next day, another report shocked the court. The Tang report from Daning City reported a big change that no one expected: Tumen's reinforcements from the east were attacked by Tumen.
The main force intercepted the attack and was caught off guard outside the city of Qingcheng (not the Qingcheng of the Qingcheng faction) less than a hundred miles southwest of Daning City. The more than 30,000 reinforcements lost at least more than 10,000 troops.
To make matters worse, coach Erdemutu and deputy coach Butashri also had a dispute after the war. Erdemutu advocated going to Daning City to temporarily avoid the enemy, gather the defeated troops, and then plan the follow-up; Butashri
Shili angrily accused Erdemutu of not being brave enough, and demanded that the remaining troops be gathered urgently and immediately launch a counterattack to fight to the death with the Tumen.
Logically speaking, coach Erdemutu should of course make a decisive decision in such a critical situation, but this time the forces of both sides sending troops are almost equal, which is a bit subtle.
The core troops in Erdemutu's hands were divided into two parts. One part was about 7,000 elite western sentry troops that his father handed over to him from Hannaji, and the other part was about 5,000 troops left by Qataiji.
Butashri had a total of 10,000 troops, all of which were controlled by his mother Sanniang Zi. They were originally part of the personal army of the royal court of Anda Khan, and were generally regarded as the elite among the elite Tumotes.
In addition to the two of them, of course, each of the ministries affiliated with Tumut also has some members, but their right to speak is definitely far inferior to Erdemutu and Butashri, so I won’t say more.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Looking back, Erdemutu has slightly more troops, but although the core elite soldiers of the Western Sentinel are also elite soldiers, in the eyes of the Mongols
It is still inferior to Anda Khan's royal army. At the same time, the other 5,000 Qataiji's old army in his hands were divided between Qataiji's four sons, although this army was led by Qataiji.
The record is brilliant, but now that Chaterji is gone, how much can his four sons do to their full potential?
After such a calculation, Butashri believed that the strength in his hands was at least as good as that of Erdemutu. The first was that in the battle where he was ambushed and attacked by Tumen, the elite of the Chahar Khan Court
For some reason, from the beginning to the end, I was focused on Erdemutu's Western Post Headquarters and pursued them fiercely, but I showed little interest in the old Qataiji and Zhongjinhatun headquarters.
Throughout the entire battle, as long as the latter two did not desperately come forward to stop them, the main force of the Chahar Khan Court almost turned a blind eye to them, let alone chasing them. As long as they broke through the formation in front of them, the Chahar Mongolian army began to attack them.
Just ignore it.
Such a huge difference in treatment can be seen even on the extremely tense battlefield. Qataiji's old troops and Zhongjinhatun's troops soon became less determined, and 90% of the pressure was on Er'er.
On the shoulder of Demutu's Western Post Headquarters.
To be fair, although Erdemutu has almost no actual combat experience, he may be the best at nearly Zhu Zhechi. His calmness, insight and decisiveness, these three qualities are undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
He first asked the elites of the Western Post to show the courage of "Prince Shunyi's troops" and resolutely fight back in the face of the impact of several times the main force of Chahar. However, the determination of the Mongols never meant fighting to the death, but retreating while fighting.
Adjust the distance between you and the other party at any time.
Since everyone is Mongolian, many tactical restraints do not exist at all. Therefore, Chahar obviously planned to rush into the battle with superior strength after a few waves of arrows, but Erdemutu did not give them this opportunity. He
He personally led the main force and played the "Sixteen-Character Mantra" taught to him by his teacher: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue.
Of course, the situation on the battlefield is slightly different. For example, the word "station" cannot appear now. But even the Mongolian cavalry, after chasing for a while, since they always want to rush into the formation, they have to form a team, and the whole team becomes "
"Station" - at this time Erdemutu will turn around and harass them for a while.
In any case, he had no intention of counterattacking the formation. He only wanted to disturb the formation by shooting a few waves of random arrows. With the tactical level of the Mongolian cavalry, there was no need to form a team at all, and there was no pressure in this regard.
However, there is always such a thing as force suppression. According to Erdemutu’s teacher Gao Pragmatically, under the premise of a constant firing speed, the more troops that can be deployed and effectively deployed, often means that ammunition
The greater the unit's projection, the greater the firepower density, or the stronger the attack power.
Both sides are elite Mongolian cavalry, and the difference in personal level is basically negligible. It is obvious that the opponent is several times stronger than our own, and our own tactical adjustments will be in place, and the casualties will definitely be greater.
Soon, Erdemutu realized that it was not right to continue fighting like this, because he found that his friendly troops seemed to be watching a show, at least they did not go all out to fight the enemy.
He quickly observed the battlefield situation, knew the problem, and immediately ordered adjustments, asking the old Qataiji troops and Zhongjinhatun troops to quickly disengage from the main force of Chahar, and then attack each other's flank - but he
It was not stated what the purpose of the attack was to be achieved.
It was not that the Beijing Military Secretary did not want to assign a purpose to them. He just saw Burihatu in the Tumen army formation, and from this he immediately guessed the reason why Chahar concentrated its efforts on attacking only the western outpost.
Burihatu made it clear that he wanted to weaken the strength of King Shunyi's headquarters!
This truth is not complicated. According to the traditions and habits of the Mongolians, they only value strength. How can you be a great khan if your strength is not enough? How can you be our leader? Therefore, as long as King Shunyi’s headquarters declines to a certain extent, Tumut will
There will be civil strife!
Although this battle was destined to suffer losses, Erdemutu was determined not to lose more, which is why he insisted on going to Daning City for repairs.
However, Butashri jumped out and insisted on fighting back after the war, but there was another reason.
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