In Burihatu's vision, it was not difficult to chase down Tumote's defeated army, because he had already calculated the location where the battle would break out this afternoon.
This place is called Qingcheng, but in fact there is no so-called city. There is only a Ming army's riverside fort located twenty miles south of the battlefield. That place will not even have a name in more than four hundred years.
The location of the battlefield was roughly at the junction of the northern part of Pingquan, Chengde, Hebei Province, and the southwest of Ningcheng, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. On the east side of the battlefield are Camel Mountain, Dawang Mountain and Mao Mao Mountain from north to south. The battlefield itself is located on the edge of the river.
To the west is the Laoha River.
What does such a geographical location mean? It means that either Erdemutu crossed the Laoha River on rafts carried by the Mongolian cavalry during the Mid-Autumn Festival when it was not yet frozen, and attacked at any time regardless of the dangers of half-crossing, or
Take the cavalry and run up the mountain, otherwise he will have to go northeast along the river to Daning - the Laoha River flows northeast in this section.
To put it simply, he is now surrounded by a river to the west and a mountain to the east. He and Tumut's defeated army are located in the river canyon.
Anyone who has seen the Great Wall near the Yanshan Mountains knows that the mountains here may not all be called majestic, but most of them are relatively steep and have many rocky mountains. Such terrain, coupled with the cover of trees growing out of the gaps between the rocks, makes it difficult even for infantry to
It is inconvenient to show how to cross mountains and ridges, and there is no need to think too much about cavalry crossing.
The reason why the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun cannot be lost is that the terrain is extremely suitable for defense. Once the line of the Yanshan Mountains is lost, further south will be the vast Hebei Plain. Facing the nomadic people who mainly rely on cavalry,
Naturally, it becomes a passive situation where one can only be prepared to be beaten at any time.
Burihatu's calculations were not wrong at all. Apart from going down the river, there was indeed no other way to go in Erdemutu. So, after convincing Tumut's subordinate armies, Butashri had no choice but to
Following him, he retreated to Daning City, while Tumen Khan's army, which had retreated slightly before, took advantage of their dispute and discussion to rest for a while, and now they quickly caught up with them.
However, given that both sides were not used to fighting at night, Burihatu had no intention of launching an attack immediately after catching up. His plan was to catch up first, bite and follow them at a short distance, and wait until dawn before launching an attack. If this was the case,
During this period, Erdemutu formed a formation on the spot, and the Chahar army also stopped to confront them.
In a word, I'll just hang you like this. I won't hit you yet, but I won't let you go either. I'll pick you up again when the sun comes up. It's a bit like a situation where the enemy is retreating and we are advancing.
Erdemutu immediately saw the intention of Burihatu, but as before, Burihatu was still using conspiracy, and there was no good way to easily break it. If there is any way, in fact
The best way is to go back and fight Chahar in a night battle to the death. If he wins, then there will be no trouble at all.
Not to mention, Butashri also thought of this and stopped the team on the spot, saying that he should turn around and attack without fear at this moment and not lose Tumote's face. Before the war, he must find a sure winner for his side.
In the habit of giving reasons, Butashri also said with great righteousness: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. At this time of life and death, if Huang Taiji dares not to fight to the death, I - I am willing to go!"
Anyway, it was all for the sake of fame. Butashri targeted Erdemutu and did not dare to lose any more of his own combat power. It was expected that he would not agree to his counterattack, so he spoke loudly in the scene.
However, although Erdemutu is young, he is a person who has grown up under the influence of high pragmatism for a long time. He usually imitates his teacher consciously or unconsciously in all aspects, so even if he hears Butashri's provocative
He just said calmly: "I am very satisfied with Butashri's loyalty and courage, but there will be opportunities like this in the future, so you don't have to rush for a while."
Are you playing tricks on me? All these years of my time with the teacher have been in vain?
Butashri used the Mongolian custom of "Taiji" to describe the relationship between the two people. Erdemutu did not admit it and preferred to use the expression of the Ming system. The former two people are both "Taiji", nothing more.
Erdemutu is usually called "Huang Tai Ji".
According to this standard, the gap between the two is not big. They are both "descendants of the golden family" - that is, Taiji. Erdemutu only has a yellow character added because of his status as heir, with "Crown Prince"
" or "prince" means, of course, "王世子", and the same goes for "prince". Anyway, it is a free translation with the influence of transliteration.
However, according to the identity standards of the Ming Dynasty, the status gap between the two of them is relatively large. Throwing away some additional titles and the like, Erdemutu's standard identity or "basic identity" is nothing more than "King of Shunyi"
Crown Prince" is the heir of a foreign vassal king.
Whether it is an external vassal or an internal vassal, they are all "one country" under the power hierarchy of the Ming Dynasty. However, the country of the inner vassal is virtual, while the country of the outer vassal is an entity. The prince of the outer vassal is originally the prince of a country, and his status is
"Jun", so except for his parents, everyone else in the country is his ministers and subjects.
According to this principle, Butashri is certainly one of the ministers, and Erdemutu directly states that his identity is "Qian Shi". There are many kinds of Qian Shi in the Ming Dynasty. What is Butashli? Wei Shi
Direct things.
What level of official is this? We must first talk about the nature of "military" and "soldiers" in the Ming Dynasty.
The coexistence of the army and the army was a unique military system of the Ming Dynasty. Gu Yanwu once said, "Those who distinguish between the army and the peasants will suffer from common disadvantages for three generations or less. Those who distinguish between the army and the soldiers will start from the dynasty."
There is a common mistake in the study of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, which is to think that soldiers are recruited soldiers. In this way, the difference between the army and soldiers lies in whether they are recruited and whether they are hereditary. In fact, the organizational form of the army and soldiers
The difference is the fundamental difference between an army and a soldier.
The military-affiliated garrison consists of small flags, general banners, hundreds of households, thousands of households, guard commanders, and capital commanders, all the way up to the governor's office of the Five Armies. The officers and officers of the guard station are hereditary, and only the governor's office and the governor's office of the five armies are not.
Hereditary, it is a floating official, and is selected and awarded by the officials of the health station and the military examination. The military status of the Wei Station and the officers are military, bring their families, live in the same place, and are passed down from generation to generation, and basically do not change.
The location of each guard station is fixed, the number of sergeants is fixed, and there are rules for the establishment of generals. In short, under the guard system, power is decentralized and soldiers and generals are separated. However, after Jingtai, the power of the Ministry of War increased, and the Minister of War was the governor of military affairs, seizing the power of the five government offices.
, the five government officials changed their titles.
The military battalion is composed of commander, captain, sentry, commander, garrison, commander, guerrilla, general, deputy commander, and commander-in-chief, and is directly subordinate to the Ministry of War. Soldiers are generally not hereditary, but those who are transferred from the garrison army to soldiers
Exception. The stipulation that soldiers do not have household registration. The service period of soldiers is not long, and they generally do not serve for life. They are often created during wars. After the incident, the soldiers are withdrawn from the camp, but they are often garrisoned in important military defenses. The soldiers in the camp do not follow their families, which is closer to modern times.
Military system.
Battalion officers have no rank, and some are officers under the guard system. There is no quota and no hereditary. The battalion soldiers and camp generals know each other well. They do not need to be appointed by the court during wartime. They are directly led by the general deputy to the general.
After the authority is relatively enhanced, soldiers can be recruited by the general on his own. The caller has a close relationship with the summoned. Even if something happens to the general, the soldiers will disperse.
The form and amount of pay between the army and the soldiers are also different. The military pay is provided by the garrison. After the garrison is abandoned, it is supplemented by the salt class and the people's movement. Later, part of it is also obtained from the Beijing Movement. The food and pay for the soldiers are fully provided by the
The amount of money is also different. The soldiers have their homes, horse prices, clothing, equipment, etc., and their monthly rations are also richer, while the army only has monthly rations, which are provided during war or when going on an expedition.
Line of food.
The use of the army and soldiers is also different. The soldiers gradually replaced the role of the army. The soldiers are responsible for fighting, the army is responsible for defending, and the army is responsible for the garrison.
The army is replenished with soldiers."
Of course, soldiers did not completely replace the status of the army. The garrison system accompanied the Ming Dynasty until its demise. In the early Qing Dynasty, the garrison army was renamed as garrison, and the functions of the Cao army were partially retained. The garrison system as a military organization completely disappeared.
As a geographical unit and administrative jurisdiction, the health center was abolished even later.
In the Ming Dynasty, the official positions of the camp military system and the garrison system were often used in the same way. Generally speaking (not very strictly), the chief soldier and deputy chief soldier were filled by honorable ministers such as dukes, princes, and governors, etc., and generals and guerrillas were mostly held by the capital.
The commanders and envoys and other officials are responsible for the duties, and the garrison and general control are performed by the guards, commanders, and thousands and hundreds of households.
After clarifying this, the status of "Qian Shi", who is generally the adjutant in charge of generals and adjutants under the "military" system, is relatively clear. In other words, it is the "third in command" of a guard station - of course, it may not actually be ranked.
The third child is because the general health system has one commander, two commanders, and four commanders.
Since the generals of the Ming Dynasty generally have higher grades, the commander of the guard is the third grade, the commander of Tongzhi is the third grade of Congzhi, and the commander of Qianshi is the fourth grade.
Wang Jue is generally called "Super Grade" under the Ming Dynasty system. Although it is not accurate, it is clear at a glance that the status is very high. The Prince Wang was demoted one level.
Commander Wei was only a fourth-rank official. Logically speaking, he was not even qualified to speak in front of the extremely high-status Prince Wang.
Of course Butashri was dissatisfied with Erdemutu's reply, but he could only hold it in - not even his mother, Zhongjin Hatun, would dare to directly express dissatisfaction with the Ming Dynasty's system, let alone him.
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Butashri now began to take a high look at Erdemutu. He found that Erdemutu at least knew how to "use power to bully others", but he was relying on the power of the Ming Dynasty. He really couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to deliberately
He sneered mockingly and kept silent.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Erdemutu issued an order: Since Butashri commanded the Qianshi bravely and fearlessly, he would lead his headquarters as the rear army and serve as the rear for the entire army. The remaining troops would speed up towards Daning City.
Enter.
Butashri secretly scolded this guy for being unreasonable and taking advantage of his "brave". However, he didn't know that only a small part of Erdemutu was deliberately trying to trick him. In fact, it was mainly because he saw through Buri.
Hatu's intention was that he knew that Burihatu was unlikely to initiate a fight at least before dawn, and after Butashri was placed at the rear of the rear army, Burihatu would be even less likely to do so.
The reason is very simple. What Burihatu wants is to weaken the power of Han Naji's direct line and try his best to make the hard power of Tumut's "two giants" closer and closer. After the death of Chaterji, there is no one who can serve as
The lubricant and peace guarantor between the two parties, unless Ming continues to intervene, there will most likely be a conflict between the two powers - he and his wife have a conflict of interest, and Chahar will have an opportunity.
Sure enough, after Erdemutu's decision was implemented, Chahar's army became increasingly less intent on attacking. Even "following" became "following from afar." It seemed that they were worried about the impulse of Butashri, who was the rear force.
, as if he came to them for a decisive battle.
The original intention of Erdemutu to accelerate the march was that although he could not reach Daning in one night, he could walk as much as possible before dawn. The closer to Daning, the safer it is. Maybe the defenders of Daning City would find out when they fight again tomorrow morning.
Can you take the initiative to help when the situation arises? Having hope is better than having no hope.
However, Burihatu did not change his plan and still followed him from afar. This was because he felt that firstly, the Tumuts could not reach Daning before dawn; secondly, although Daning City was well-defended, the garrison must
Taking it as their own duty to hold on to this key point outside the city, it is impossible to care so much about the life and death of the Tumut people; thirdly, it is night now, and the Ming army may not even know the situation outside the city, so how can they dare to send troops randomly? If there is nothing outside the city,
In a trap, the Ming army came out of the city and found that both warring parties were their enemies. Under the attack from both sides, the entire Ming army was wiped out. Can the defender afford it?
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, in Burihatu’s view, there is no need to worry about the Ming army tonight.
Burihatu's prediction can be said to be right or wrong. In fact, the Ming army in the city has learned about the battle that broke out near Qingcheng this afternoon, and has a general understanding of the outcome of the battle and the direction after the battle.
There was also a correct prediction, but unfortunately, they did not dare to go out of the city to rescue the Tumut people.
The first task of the defenders and defenders is to defend their own city. If this basic task fails, no matter how great other achievements are, it will be difficult to save their heads, especially now that Daning City is so important.
But why was Burihatu's prediction wrong? Because in Daning City, in addition to the imperial army's economic and political forces, there was also a group of cavalrymen from the Jinghua Trading Company. In fact, they discovered the Battle of Qingcheng and reported the battle to
From the Daning army.
The officers and soldiers of Daning did not dare and could not go out of the city at night to rescue them, but the cavalry of the Jinghua Trading Company, which had great autonomy, were obviously different. They knew the identity of Erdemutu - of course, this mainly refers to his position within Jinghua.
Identity: A direct disciple of the Dong family, Beijing Military Affairs Secretary and in charge of the Lu Division.
To put it bluntly: This guy is the boss’s confidant, my direct boss!
For such a person, what will happen if he chooses to die without saving his life?
As a result, the biggest change so far on this battlefield appeared: Jinghua Trading Company's three cavalry teams in Daning City, which were originally responsible for different directions, urgently mobilized, temporarily grouped together, and persuaded the Daning City Guards to open the city.
They went to meet the Tumut cavalry.
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