The next morning, the highly pragmatic Jinlu Headquarters arrived at a place that was once called Ming'an Station in the early Ming Dynasty. The biggest feature of this place is a large lake called Lightning Lake.
This lake is located in Guyuan, Hebei Province in later generations, about 200 miles northeast of Shacheng at this time. It is the largest lake in the upper reaches of the Luan River. It is named because the river before entering the lake is the Lightning River.
Of course, there is also a saying that when viewed from a high place, the shape of the lake is very much like a lightning bolt. However, after arriving here, Gao Pragmatic thought that the rumors were wrong. Maybe the shape of the lake had changed later. Anyway, it now seems that it has nothing to do with lightning, or even
It is not strip-shaped, but almost circular.
Lightning Lake is not small in area, but the water is not deep. It is crystal clear, with swaying water plants. Occasionally, you can see small shrimps swimming freely. Black and white water birds rise and fall quickly on the water, embellishing the lake in summer.
The grassland was painted with vivid golden color and turned into a golden carpet.
Riding on a horse and strolling around the lake, feeling the breeze, your pragmatic mood also adds a touch of relaxation to the soft water plants at the bottom of the water. Such a bright, clear and beautiful lake flashing across the vast grassland in the sky can always make people relax.
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However, there was no sign of relaxation in what he said: "Ye Busuang spotted Chahar prowling his horse four times in a row within three hours in the morning. One of them, Ye Busuang stepped forward to challenge Chahar.
Bai Ying's personal guards left without fighting... What do you think this means?"
Seeing that the other generals were silent in silence, Tong Yangzhong, the guerrilla general of Baoding Cheying, was the first to speak: "The last general thought that the strategy of managing Taiwan was effective, and Tumen has been included in the strategy."
"Really, what do you think?" Gao Pangshi trusted the horse and continued to ask while admiring the lake view, seemingly casually but persistently.
Ye Bangrong, as the core general of this trip, had to speak at this time, but his words were not so optimistic: "It is naturally possible that Tumen fell into the trap, but the general thought that this matter seemed to be doubtful."
"Yeah." Gao Pragmatic nodded slightly and asked, "What's the doubt?"
"If I don't collect them this night, I have already noticed that the number of Chahar's probing horses is gradually increasing. Judging from today's situation, it does look like a large army is approaching me. However, so far, although it is common for Chahar's probing horses to have white tassel guards infiltrating into them,
, however, this time they no longer dared to take the initiative to fight as they did a few days ago, and they no longer even responded to the challenge. The general thought this was a very suspicious move.
It stands to reason that in the previous encounter with Tanma, although the losses of the Mongolian army's Baiying Guards were slightly greater than those of our Night Guards, considering that there were at least thousands of Baiying Guards, such losses were insignificant in comparison.
It's because they took advantage of it. If that's the case, why don't they dare to fight against our army's scouts when the number of their scouts is gradually increasing?"
Tianjin coastal defense guerrilla general Chen Can interjected at this time: "I have something to say to Ye Yourong: Do you think this is a sign that the other party has fallen into a trap? I mean, for example, the other party is starting to launch an attack on our army, so in the formal
Before the attack, they don't want their subordinates to do something that might 'alarm the snake'?"
Ye Bangrong nodded and said: "Chen Yourong's words are reasonable. This situation is possible. However, I don't know if Chen Yourong has noticed that the latest reports of our army's night retreat and horse exploration occurred in the southwest, while there were no reports in other directions.
abnormal.
I thought that if the opponent were Tumen, they would still have an army of 60,000, which is not a child's play. At present, our army has less than 30,000 horses, and they are all gathered on the shore of Lightning Lake in Ming'an Station.
In this way, if the Tumen army wants to launch an attack on our army, it is really unlikely that they will gather their troops all the way. Not to mention being surrounded on all sides or three walls, at least they should be flanked on two sides."
At this time, without waiting for Chen Can's answer, Pogui interjected: "This kind of tactics is sandwiched between two sides. In Mongolia, it is usually made into a statue of righteousness and strangeness complementing each other. Oh, I mean, usually a large frontal force is used to attract the enemy.
Pay attention, and then use elite sneak to the enemy's flank.
After the two sides face each other in a head-on attack, elite troops from the flanks will suddenly attack to collapse the enemy's army, while the front will take advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy. Since the front is also cavalry, a small victory will usually turn into a big victory, and a big victory will turn into a complete victory.
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Ye Bangrong asked: "So Po Yourong also agrees that the Tumen may have deliberately refused to alert the snake?"
"That's not the case. I'm just talking about the tactics that the Mongols are used to." Pogui shook his head and said, "But if Tumen really wants to do this, then assuming that the southwest is where his main force is, he should be more alert."
.If we don’t draw our army’s attention to his frontal army, how can we launch a surprise attack on the flanks?”
Xu Long may still have some quarrel with Pogui, but he objected when he heard this, saying: "But to attract the attention of our army, it is not necessarily necessary to alert the enemy. In my opinion, alerting the enemy is more suitable for targeting reckless people.
It's not my compliment - how dare Tumen regard the sutra platform as a reckless person?
Therefore, I think that if Tumen really wants to fight, it is more likely to do the opposite: there is no need to leave too many flaws, because the platform can be seen through at a glance; the flanks do not necessarily have to be on the flanks, they can also be placed in the rear, as Ye Yourong said
Attack from behind and behind the words. It is said that soldiers have no permanent momentum and water has no permanent shape. Even if we don't understand this truth, I think Burihatu will understand it after all, right?"
The generals all spoke out one after another, and what you said was a bit like a hundred schools of thought contending. However, although everyone's speech could not be said to be unreasonable, the opinions of each group were not completely consistent, and the final decision still had to be made by Gao Pragmatism.
Final decision.
It was Gao Pragmatic's intention to let them speak freely, but it did not necessarily mean strictly referring to their opinions. To a certain extent, Gao Pragmatic's doing so was more about cultivating their independent thinking ability.
It’s not that these generals have survived to this day and don’t even have the ability to think independently, but because Gao Pragmatic knows that his prestige in the military is too high, and in fact has formed a certain myth, which has led many generals-especially guerrilla and
The following generals had little confidence in expressing their opinions in front of him, but relied entirely on his orders to act.
Although this can also ensure that once Gao Pragmatic gives an order, they will obey it honestly and in a regular manner, without having the courage to disobey military orders. Not to mention that later generations will often use it to ridicule certain countries that have a good life.
The classic traditional art of "lower to overcome upper".
However, this is still a very bad phenomenon. Although soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders, this is "ancient times" after all, and orders are difficult to convey in a timely manner. Therefore, many times they can only be more general, and generals need to make strong independent decisions.
Ability and authority, so the so-called obeying orders is actually "obeying the gist of the order" rather than all the details.
This is just like what Gao Jingshi said in the memorial he wrote when promoting the reform, "Following the will of the ancestors may not necessarily follow the laws of the ancestors." For generals, especially guerrilla generals who may often lead an army of cavalry alone
For a general who only knows how to obey orders, it is difficult to develop and progress further. Unless you plan to let him be a guerrilla in the Chinese army forever, which is equivalent to the commander of the cavalry reserve retained by the commander-in-chief.
Gao pragmatism invites them to talk and argue, mainly to cultivate and exercise their abilities, and in addition to that, of course, it is inspection. Through these arguments, Gao pragmatism can also better judge their strategic and tactical qualities, as well as their personal
In terms of style, etc., this in turn will help Gao Pragmatic arrange the various tasks they will undertake in the war.
When they had finished talking, Gao Pingshi stopped and stood still and asked: "Don't any of you suspect that the other party may not have fallen into the trap?"
As soon as this question came out, the generals were really speechless. In fact, Gao Pragmatic himself also knew that not all the generals might really doubt this, but in front of him, Gao Jinglue, even if they really had such suspicions, I'm afraid
I dare not say it clearly.
The huge gap in prestige, status and record made them dare not question Jingtai's clever plan face to face, and it might actually fail. They were forced to set a prerequisite for all their arguments, that is, the other party must have fallen into the trap.
, the rest of the things have to revolve around this point.
Is this a lack of opinion? Maybe a little, but it is indeed human nature.
For example, if your boss says something stupid, will you jump right out and ridicule him? Almost no one will do this. You will just find a way to pretend to be stupid, or simply "go with it" - unless you have already
I plan to "stop doing this".
Of course, all the generals still planned to continue, so they could only selectively ignore the possibility that "the strategic plan failed". Therefore, when Gao Pragmatic asked such a question, everyone was embarrassed, and in order to save face,
He looked very surprised, as if to say: "How can this not make sense?"
However, Gao Pragmatic obviously believed that this was true, and said calmly: "The person who came is probably not Tumen, or perhaps not the main force of Tumen."
Everyone looked at each other, not daring to jump out, lest Gao Jing would inadvertently write it down in his notebook.
Only Ye Bangrong, as the core general of this trip, had no choice but to remain silent. He had no choice but to use a certain unique skill known in later generations as the "shock body". He was dumbfounded and asked: "The last general is stupid, I don't know what Entang meant by this?"
Gao pragmatically didn't answer, but turned around and shouted: "Why is it so expensive?"
"Hui Entang, the general is here!" Pogui quickly straightened his back, clasped his fists and saluted on his horse and replied.
"Suppose you were Tumen, who was besieging Guihua two days ago, and suddenly heard that your cousin from the headquarters was leading 30,000 cavalry from the west to relieve the siege. You sent a scout to find out that there was no other Ming army for 300 miles around. What would you do at this moment?
What are your plans?" Gao pragmatically asked.
"This..." Pogui thought for a while and replied: "Hui En Tang, if you take this as an assumption, there are several points that need to be observed and considered first. First of all, you have to judge how long it will take to get naturalization; if it is not possible for the time being,
How many troops are needed to capture and maintain the siege? Or if we withdraw from the siege and leave, will the Guihua City dare to send troops to follow us? If we dare to send troops to follow us, how many troops will we have?
Secondly, if the last general wants to attack Entang, how many troops will he need to gain the upper hand? Whether Entang’s troops are just the vanguard of the Ming army? Even if there are no other Ming troops within three hundred miles, when the last general fights Jingtai, what other troops will he need?
Whether our troops can arrive in time to join the battle; whether the naturalized troops behind them will cooperate with Entang’s troops to attack the general from front to back... All of the above must be considered carefully first."
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "That's true, but what will you do if you can't get other news at the moment?"
This question was a bit overwhelming. Pogui thought for a moment before slowly answering: "If this is the case, we can only send an army to test it first." After saying this, he was suddenly stunned and asked: "This
Is this why Endang thinks that the person coming is not the main force of Tumen?"
"It's not that simple. After all, the above are just suspicions, and suspicions need to be supported by facts." Gao Pragmatic breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Let me ask you again, do you think who is short of time, our army or the enemy's army?"
Pogui was startled, and the other generals were also startled. Pogui thought for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Ah, both of us are competing for time now! The Tumen were originally eager to conquer Guihua, and our army was originally eager to rescue
Guihua... But Entang headquarters quickly chased after him. Tumen first faced the dilemma of whether to conquer Guihua before our army arrived, or to defeat our army first and buy more time to conquer Guihua. He must
make a choice.
However, from the perspective of our army, it is really a question whether Guihua City can withstand it and how long it can withstand it. Therefore, if our army wants to rescue, it must do so as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Guihua City falls, not only will it be very difficult
It is difficult to explain to the King of Shunyi, and by then the Tumen have seized a large amount of naturalized materials, and the morale of the troops under their command will inevitably be strengthened. In addition, without worries, they will be able to freely engage in a decisive battle with our army. This is very important to our army.
This is an unfavorable situation that should not occur at all, so our army is also very pressed for time.
The general thought that maybe it was because of Entang's insistence on rushing forward before. But now that Baiying's personal guards appear more and more as scouts, it can be seen that Tumen has already made a choice. He has either withdrawn
They came to surround us, intending to engage in a decisive battle with Endang's headquarters; or they came to separate their forces, intending to prevent our troops from being on the periphery of the naturalization... But the general at the end could not imagine how Endang judged that the troops sent by Tumen were only one of its troops.
Divide the troops and ask Endang for guidance."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao pragmatically said: "Actually, you shouldn't ask the headquarters about this. You just need to enlarge the pattern a little more and consider the larger-scale situation. In fact, you should be better than the headquarters.
Tang is more able to determine Tumen’s thoughts.
For example, although the Jinglue headquarters is here, and there is no other branch of our army within 300 miles around, how many days does it take to get there within 300 miles? Is this time enough for Tumen to defeat our Jinglue headquarters? Even after defeating it
Do you still have the energy to escape?"
Pogui suddenly realized and shouted: "Ah, so he can only send a small force, pretending to launch a large-scale offensive against our army, forcing our army to stop and prepare to fight. In fact, these people are just here to delay our army."
Move forward to provide cover for the capture of Naturalization!"
The generals next to him also understood immediately, Xu Long said: "No wonder Baiying's personal guards refused to fight with me Ye Bushou. They seemed to be in the open, but in fact they were in the dark, so they did not dare to reveal their true strength, but placed their hopes on
In this way, our army can mistakenly think that they are the Tumen headquarters, thereby giving up the last chance to rescue and naturalize them immediately!"
Ye Bangrong asked nervously: "Even so, the other party has now come closer. Even if it is a separate force, our army is less than 30,000, but it is difficult to continue on the road without making preparations for the battle. What is going on?
good?"
The implication of his words was that if he lost his naturalization because of this, wouldn't he be playing into Tu Men's hands? The other generals also talked about it, all with worried faces.
Gao Pragmatic stretched out his hand to give them some reassurance, and said: "It doesn't matter, the headquarters over at Guihua has already arranged it. The real key for our department now is another thing: how to engage with the opponent's branch as early as possible."
By doing so, they will not be able to temporarily retreat outside the Huihua City to join Tumen."
The generals couldn't help but be a little puzzled, thinking that this detachment of troops came to us to delay the time. Why did they temporarily withdraw and reintegrate? If they really withdraw, that would be a good thing for us! Why don't we just follow them?
As long as the large banner of the Jingtai appears in the eyes of the Tumut people in Guihua City, they will naturally be able to work harder to defend the city if they have hope.
Ye Bangrong felt blessed at this time and asked in surprise: "Could it be that... a main force of our army has not only gone to Guihua City, but has even almost arrived at the city?"
The other generals also looked at Master Jinglue in shock, while Gao Pingshi smiled slightly and said: "Of course."
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