The distance from Liuhechuan to Guihua City was about eight or nine hundred miles. Gao Rusong was not as pragmatic as Li Rusong, who led the army to march 14 miles a day, so in his plan it took ten days to reach Guihua.
According to what he originally thought, there would generally be no danger in going here to naturalize. Although there were less than 30,000 cavalry on his route alone, there was Ma Chengen who lived north of his headquarters on the right wing, and there were others who could catch up at any time behind him.
Even if Li Rusong does not count the Imperial Guards, who are inconvenient to contact, there are already more than 150,000 troops here, and there are more cavalry than infantry.
Among the more than 150,000 people, there are nearly 90,000 cavalry. As long as the three parties are in contact, mutual support will be very convenient and timely. Considering that an army with sufficient cavalry usually has a much wider reconnaissance range, so once it reaches that
At this time, the possibility of either party being caught off guard is very small.
Six days later, Gao Pragmatic estimated that his current location was probably to the east of Ulanqab in later generations. In his previous thoughts, this place was an absolute "safe zone."
However, the safe zone did not seem to be safe. Gao Pragmatic received reports three times in a row that morning that three of our own horse exploration teams encountered Mongolian cavalry, and the two sides even fought.
Different from Gao Pragmatic's original idea, the three Ming army expeditions all suffered losses, and each suffered a partial loss. Regardless of whether they suffered losses or losses, the expedition teams were not large in number after all. This kind of loss itself is not something to be afraid of, but this
One of the three teams of exploration horses turned out to be the "Ye Bu Shu" of the Ming Army, which made Gao Pingshi feel that something was wrong.
The "Ye Bu Shu" of the Ming Army is not an ordinary detective. If compared to later generations, the "Ye Bu Shu" can be regarded as the most elite special reconnaissance force. Regardless of individual combat capabilities or small group tactics, the "Ye Bu Shu"
They are all at the top level and can make them suffer, which means that the Mongolian detective horses they encounter must also be the top level.
Why is Gao pragmatism so sure? Here it can be explained.
Generally speaking, the border defenses in the Ming Dynasty were deployed according to the layout of wall-gate-fort. The fort was the fort, which is equivalent to today's border guard post, and the "night guard" was originally a reconnaissance stationed in the fort.
sentinel.
This name at that time specifically refers to those who can penetrate deep into enemy camps and outposts to find out the truth. This is equivalent to today's special forces. They are specially trained to be elite reconnaissance personnel who can go deep into enemy territory or enemy camps to find out the truth.
Soldier, specialized in special operations.
Ye Bushou's initial combat target was specifically against the Mongolian tribes. Since Mongolia was divided into three tribes: Oara, Tatar, and Ulyangha at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, their strengths tended to wax and wane. But the common point is that no matter who is the boss, they will commit crimes repeatedly.
On the other side, from the harassment of dozens and hundreds of cavalry to the large-scale invasion of thousands of troops, and even the Grand Master Wala first entered the invaders, this kind of national-level war, so it is very important to have first-hand information. It can be seen that Ye
The importance of uncollected responsibilities.
Of course, because they are often in an environment where they are the first to clash with the enemy, the risks are also extremely high. If things go wrong, they are often the first to be caught and killed. Therefore, the court and border generals gave Ye Bu
The remuneration is quite generous, and if he is killed or injured, the pension is very generous, which is directly proportional to the high-risk job he is engaged in.
Regarding this, there is a record in "Records of the Ming Dynasty·Yingzong Zhengtong Record No. 9": "There are no soldiers guarding the pier along the border at night, no matter whether it is cold or hot, they watch day and night. Compared with the defense, the diligence is even greater. The dangers and hardships are different.
The military disparity is huge. If we don't increase the number of troops and provide them with preferential treatment, why should we charge them with their lives?"
After the Tumubao Incident, he first kidnapped Yingzong and came to Datong City, asking the guard Guo Deng to open the door to greet him. Guo Deng pretended to be a coward while secretly organizing a rescue plan, and the force he considered using was Ye Bushou.
On the night when Yingzong came to the city, "Ye Bu Shu" successfully penetrated into the core of the Wala camp and contacted Yuan Bin, who conveyed the message on Yingzong's behalf, hoping to bring Yingzong back to the city that night. Unexpectedly, Yingzong was afraid of death.
, I didn’t dare to follow, so I had to give up.
The specific situation is also recorded, that is, the local general Yang did not collect the flag at night and told Yuan Bin: "Tonight, we will not collect the flag for five nights. Please secretly ask Grandpa to go to Shifo Temple. When he is missing, we will take the opportunity to enter the city."
[Note: "Grandpa" here refers to Yingzong. Not long after the beginning of this book, it was explained that people in the Ming Dynasty had many ways to call the emperor. "Grandpa" is also one of them, which is the abbreviation of "Long Live Grandpa". This is just a book
If it is written like this, some friends may find it awkward, so they have not adopted it.]
It can be seen that Ye Bushou's plan is actually quite thorough. He plans to first take Yingzong to the Shifo Temple not far outside the city. When Walaxun Yingzong disappears and there is chaos inside, Ye Bushou will take advantage of the chaos to bring Yingzong into the city.
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It is a pity that Yingzong's answer at that time was: "This dangerous matter cannot be done. I didn't die during the civil engineering work. My life is in heaven. What if nothing happens?" [Note: From Volume 18 of "The Deeds of the Northern Expedition", it may be
Yingzong’s original words.]
Accurately finding and rescuing the emperor in the midst of thousands of enemy troops is an extraordinary thing that cannot be accomplished casually, especially if the incident fails and implicates Yingzong, it is almost impossible for Guo Deng not to be implicated
, and this implication may be a big implication for losing one's head. Looking back at it this way, it will be shocking. How powerful is Ye Bu Shui's troops that can give Guo Deng such confidence?
In fact, there are records of Ye Bu Shu Duo in the history books of the Ming Dynasty. Here are two paragraphs randomly selected to read, such as: "The night selects good and courageous people, each hiding a short bow with an ox horn and a small arrow with a pig pole. Wait until the captive is asleep and tie the horse.
, gather together arrows quenched with medicine, come up to them, or take ten steps, or five steps, and stab in secret. If the war horse is hit, all of them will die, just like the ancients used to unload thieves and saddle horses at night."
This paragraph briefly describes the practice of not harvesting horses at night to destroy the enemy's strategic resources and weaken their mobility.
There is another saying: "They sent people to attack the camp at night and killed seven people. The thieves drove away the chaos and captured their horses and equipment." This is equivalent to a beheading operation and taking advantage of the chaos to carry out sabotage work.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It can be seen that similar harassment and sabotage work is not uncommon for Ye Bushou. They are like the special operations forces of later generations. After the Civil War Incident, Ye Bushou was able to
Sneaking into the enemy camp to catch up with Yuan Bin was a huge success in itself, which is why Guo Deng could be so confident.
"Records of the Ming Dynasty" also records a heroic deed of not collecting food at night. It tells the story of Zhang Dachuan, a member of the Zunhua Guard who did not collect food at night. When this man and another man were out on inspection, they suddenly encountered four Mongolian cavalry.
The enemy fought with Zhang Dachuan, and the enemy abandoned his horse and fled after being shot by Zhang Dachuan. After the border guard reported Zhang Dachuan's achievements, the then emperor Xuanzong specially summoned him to the capital to inquire about the details and gave him a commendation.
Back then, two-on-four people were beaten to the point of fleeing, but now Ye Bu Sheng met his opponent Tan Ma and suffered a loss. Gao Pragmatic had to pay attention. Especially when he brought in Ye Bu Sheng's general flag general Yang who had suffered a loss.
After asking about the situation at that time, I found that there was more than one problem, at least two.
First, it was reaffirmed that the other party was coming from the elite of the Chahar Khan Court, because General Yang Qi said that the Mongolian army detective horses they encountered today had tassels made of white horsetails - this white color is not ordinary.
It symbolizes the "white" of "Nine White Flags".
In other words, the visitors were the personal guards of the Mongol Khan, or the scouts of the personal guards.
Unlike the Ming Emperor's personal soldiers, the "Han Generals", who were only tall and handsome, although the Mongol Khan's personal guards also had a tradition of selecting people from the families of the leaders of various ministries, those who became personal guards were usually gilded, and almost all of them were actually doing work.
They are the best ones selected from various departments, so it is natural that they should be more powerful.
However, from Gao Pragmatic's point of view, it is not the key whether the Great Khan's personal guards are powerful or not. The key is that the appearance of the Great Khan's personal guards here means that his previous judgment was wrong, and it was still a serious mistake.
According to Yang Zongqi's report, the people they met today were a "White Tassel Hundreds", which was about a hundred people. At that time, Ye Bushou, who he led, was one of his own general flags, with fifty people.
Six people, the number of both sides was almost two to one.
For Ye Bushou, the one to two inferior force was not impossible to defeat, so General Yang Qi did not panic at that time, and even took the initiative to tentatively approach the opponent, intending to test the opponent's quality.
Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have the same idea as Mr. Yang. From the moment they discovered each other a few miles away, the two sides involuntarily moved towards their opponent. However, after that, there were obvious differences in the two sides' battle ideas.
Since Ye Busuo is the absolute elite of the Ming army, the fifty-six men in General Yang's hands are very well equipped. In addition to the Wanli II-type lances mentioned above, a full half-suit, and new sabers, they also follow Ye Busuo's instructions.
It is customary to be equipped with riding bows, poison arrows, poison-quenching daggers, etc., and even waterproof fire breakers and other weird gadgets.
According to Yang Zongqi's idea at the time, after the opponent came closer and entered the range of the lance, he would first give the opponent a "volley" of lances, and then switch to the riding bow to greet him with poisonous arrows. At this time, his side must have started to run up and speed up, so
Taking advantage of the situation, the sabers were changed, and the two sides went head-to-head in a bloody battle. It was not a waste of time to catch up with such an important battle in this life. Even if one died in battle, it would be a well-deserved death, enough to put a smile on one's face.
However, an accident happened. The opponent's Baiying Hundreds were heading towards Yang Zongqi and the others at first, but when they were about two miles away, they suddenly split into two and made a detour to the left and right.
In fact, this tactic was not unfamiliar to Yang Zongqi, and even felt a bit old-fashioned. He ignored the other group at all, and only selected the one on his right wing to kill.
I chose the right wing because if there is a need to look back at the white-tasseled guards on the left wing to shoot arrows, it will be easier if my comrades use their left hand to draw the bow without having to twist the body or turn the horse's head significantly. These are all night and day.
With years of experience, Mr. Yang doesn’t even need much thinking when making a decision.
However, the subsequent development of the situation was somewhat different from what Yang Zongqi had imagined. After the Mongolian white tassel guards on the right wing divided their forces, they did not choose to attack the Ming army that was coming towards them at night, thus creating a problem for the left wing.
Instead of having the opportunity to rush from behind, he obviously accelerated forcefully, taking a slanting trajectory in an attempt to distance himself from Ye Busuo.
This move was somewhat beyond Yang Zongqi's expectation. As mentioned just now, Yang Zongqi thought that they should face the enemy face to face and create an opportunity for another Baiying personal guard to attack from behind the Ming army.
I never expected that the other party, as a dignified bodyguard of the Great Khan, would flee without even engaging in combat.
Of course, although Yang Zongqi was a little surprised, he didn't care much about it, and was even a little proud of himself - the Ming Dynasty and Meng Yuan had really exchanged offense and defense, and even the Mongol Khan's white tassel bodyguards no longer dared to fight.
Then it became a case of two sides chasing each other, with a white-tasseled bodyguard running in the front, and the Ming army Ye Buzuan chasing after him, and behind Ye Buzuan there was another white-tasseled bodyguard that wouldn't let go.
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After chasing for a while, Mr. Yang realized that something was not quite right.
At first glance, the white-tasseled guard in front seems to be running wildly, but in fact, if you look closely, you can find that the opponent seems to control the speed of the horse very cleverly, accurately keeping them within the effective range of the Wanli II lance.
Apart from that, but not to the point of getting rid of Ye Bushou.
Yang Zongqi secretly thought that something was wrong. He turned around and glanced at the other half of the Baiying guards behind him, and was shocked to find that they were also keeping almost the same distance - he would definitely not be able to hit them if he turned around and fired!
Although he was not at a disadvantage on the scene, and there were no casualties on either side, General Yang's years of experience told him: No, you're in a trap!
General Yang Qi, who has been in the army for more than 20 years, broke out in a cold sweat and his mind was spinning rapidly, hoping to get rid of this unfavorable situation where he was obviously being led by the nose.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Soon, he suddenly took out a bamboo whistle and blew two short and one long whistle with a sharp whistle. Ye Busuo, who had been running fast, began to gradually
Slow down. At the same time, following his loud shouts, Ye Bu took up the flag and adjusted the slightly scattered formation at the beginning. Finally, he stopped and formed a four-row column, with two rows facing forward and two rows facing back.
This is not a common cavalry formation, but more like the infantry formation that the Ministry of War has vigorously advocated in recent years. After all, Yang Zongqi was born in an elite night, and he has a bit of the style that later generations of paratroopers often say is "good at fighting in sieges."
He actually applied the infantry line tactics to the cavalry.
This move seemed to be beyond the expectations of the Baiying Guards Commander. The two Baiying Guards quickly stopped and obviously hesitated for a while.
In the end, it was the White Guards who moved first. The half of the White Guards in front of General Yang began to move diagonally with the right wing and tried to speed up. General Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that the opponent was going to use the classic diagonal shot of the Mongolian cavalry.
Out of tactics.
Because the Wanli II lance had a range advantage, he was not too worried about this, but calmly ordered and prepared to fire a volley.
Sure enough, it was Ye Bushou who started the battle first. More than twenty Wanli II lances launched a round of volley fire. But at this time, General Yang found that the opponent was already prepared. The fifty Baiying guards in front of him had already
They took the lead and all made the "hide in stirrup" action, hiding their bodies on the other side of the horse's belly.
Their horses kept their original direction, and soon they also fired the first wave of projectile arrows, most of which landed relatively accurately in or near the Ye Bu Shou formation.
At this time, Ye Bushou had already replaced the cavalry bow because he had no time to reload. They originally planned to switch to the cavalry bow immediately after the musket volley and fire again, but at this moment, it was raining arrows, and the cavalry bow was not as good as the saber.
If he performed well, he could also deflect the falling arrows, so that four people were hit by arrows at once.
Fortunately, the riding bow is not as powerful as the walking bow, and the power of the projectile is weaker than the direct shot. Therefore, although four people were hit by arrows, in fact only one was injured. The other two horses were shot, but they were not killed for a while.
Compared to the Baiying guards on the opposite side, the total casualties seemed to be a bit greater. General Yang's visual inspection showed that at least three people fell off their horses. One of them was unlucky. After falling off his horse, he was actually trampled by a horse running from behind. Generally speaking, he should not survive.
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However, when Yang Zongqi thought about it carefully, he found that he had not taken advantage. Although the opponent lost three horses and one man, his own strength was only half of the opponent's. The person who was hit by an arrow was shot in the arm. Although his life could be saved,
But the combat effectiveness is gone. And if the two horses hit by arrows are not treated in time, they will not be able to play any role in the future.
In such a comparison, the other party only lost one more horse than our own. Isn't this transaction a loss?
Sure enough, the white-tasseled guards at the rear saw this and launched exactly the same offensive. There was not much difference in the exchange ratio this time. The other side lost two people and three horses, and our own side lost one person and two horses.
The bigger problem was yet to come - the lance had no time to reload, and the opponent had immediately launched a second round of diagonal projectiles. At this time, Ye Buhou could only use his riding bow to fight back.
Yang Zongqi secretly thought that something was wrong. Fighting like this would be bad. If he couldn't force the opponent to engage in hand-to-hand combat, he would have to leave. Otherwise, sooner or later, he would be defeated one by one by them until he was defeated.
There was another whistle, and Ye Bushou changed his formation again. This time, Ye Busuang set up a typical front arrow formation at the fastest speed, taking advantage of the fact that the white tassel guards in front were in the process of slashing, and even took a run-up.
If you omit it and just slap the horse and force the charge, whether it will hurt the horse is no longer considered.
The white tassel guards in front who had already accelerated and were cutting diagonally had hid in stirrups in advance and missed the movement of Ye Buhou charging into the formation. By the time they heard another part of the white tassel guards blowing horn trumpets in the distance to warn them, they were already a little nervous.
That's too late.
"Too late" does not mean that they were killed in front of them, but their diagonal cutting tactic was originally to turn around and continue to throw sideways, so there was an obvious arc. Now that the diagonal cut was completed, the back was actually exposed.
Ye BuZhou was hit by a wave of arrows from Ye BuZhou's men.
Only then did Yang Zongqi realize that the other party's dignified Baiying bodyguards were actually wearing only leather armor, and at least six of them were wiped out by this wave of arrows.
But the good news only stopped there. Since the "array line" was gone, the other half of the white-tasseled guards at the rear were able to switch from diagonal cuts to direct approaches. The projectiles hidden in the stirrups were also replaced by a wave of direct arrows.
At least three people were also shot. Fortunately, the Ming army's new cavalry armor's key defense was still reliable. Although there were arrows inserted in the north, there were only screams but no one fell off their horses.
In addition, this wave of arrows also caused several war horses to be hit by arrows on their buttocks - but because of the horse armor, it was not clear whether the injuries were serious for a while. It was just that the horses in pain were a little difficult to control, which made the originally small number of horses difficult to control.
The small front arrow array is a bit out of shape.
You can't fight like this. Fighting like this is just a waste of money. Although you won't suffer a loss in terms of exchange ratio, the other party has many people and many horses in reserve. It is definitely not cost-effective to fight. Moreover, General Yang also has another worry, that is, Mongolia
People seem to have figured out a way to fight against the musketeers. Although this method will cause a lot of losses, at least it can be used.
This discovery made it necessary for Ye Bushou to go back and remind him to go up to the peak.
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