Chapter 284 General Bai Kui (twenty-eight) Liu Wei arrives in Ganzhou
It has been nearly three months since Ganzhou was besieged. During these three months, the city of Ganzhou was in danger, but the magic has not been broken yet.
It is said that it is magical, but it is not magical at all. The northwest is a place of bitter cold, and the weather in this Little Ice Age is a bit colder than ordinary years. In winter, water turns into ice. However, Burihatu sent troops this time.
In winter, although huge benefits were obtained by relying on this kind of surprise at the beginning, once Ganzhou Kaicheng surrender was not broken, things would be difficult to handle next.
The biggest advantage of Burihatu is that compared to the Han people, the Mongolian troops can be seen as having almost no logistics. The disadvantage is that it lacks effective siege weapons.
The former allowed him to quickly reach the northwestern territory of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army that had no time to dispatch was divided and surrounded by him in various cities and forts. However, because of the inability to resist outside the cities and forts, he was naturally plundered by him. However,
The next attack on Wubao started to be a little difficult.
This matter must at least start from the more than 20 years of Ming Dynasty border defense construction. At that time, Qi Jiguang suggested strengthening the Great Wall defense line and building a hollow enemy tower from Shanxi to Liaodong with the capital as the center. This suggestion was adopted by the imperial court, but the cost was very high, so the construction was completed
After that, the imperial court did not continue such projects for several years.
Later, when Gao Pragmatic gradually enriched the imperial treasury, a new border consolidation plan began to be brewed. However, at this time, he did not focus on the issue of defense projects. Instead, he strengthened the army's armament and accumulated strength to defeat the Chahar tribe. And then
After the great victory in the Northern Expedition and Chahar's escape to the west, the defense of the northwest border became a new top priority, so Gao Pragmatic began to allocate funds to strengthen the northwest border defense.
However, the problems faced by the northwest defense and the defense of the northern line of the capital are different. The inner line of the northern line of the capital is basically a densely populated area, and the density of troops is also very high. Building a hollow enemy platform at a certain distance can form a good defense.
The defense system is very different in the northwest.
Although there is also a Great Wall defense line in the northwest, the local population density is far less than that near the capital. It is impossible to supply a dense Great Wall hollow enemy Taiwan defense line from the perspective of abundant materials or human transportation capabilities. Therefore, it can only be based on the original northwest defense basis.
Carry out reinforcement.
What is the original basis? It is "a vast area, scattered with forts", and then each fort concentrates the main local materials and troops. Once it encounters an enemy attack, the people from the surrounding areas are moved into the fort as quickly as possible for concentration.
defense.
This is an objective reality caused by the living environment. No matter how pragmatic and powerful it is, it cannot be changed. Therefore, even if he allocates funds to strengthen the defense of the northwest for several consecutive years, he can only expand and strengthen these forts, and at most try to create some "Chinese-style bastions."
, a new type of "Chinese Star Castle" style dock is coming.
However, what Gao Pangshi didn't expect was that Burihatu had sent many detailed operations to the Gansu and Shaanxi regions and understood these things quite clearly. Therefore, he chose to lead the Mongolian cavalry on a long-distance attack in winter, a time that has always been considered inconvenient to send troops.
As a result, many people around Wubao had no time to evacuate into Wubao.
Fortunately, because it was winter, many people originally ran back to Wubao Maodong, which objectively reduced losses and strengthened Wubao itself.
After plundering various settlements outside the defenseless Wubao, Burihatu found that the plundered materials were still insufficient, so he was forced to start attacking various Wubao in these scattered branches. It should be added here that his main force
Instead of doing this, he stationed himself outside the city of Ganzhou to prevent the main force of the Ming army from Ganzhou from leaving the city and threatening the robbery squad after he divided his troops.
In this matter, Burihatu was actually overly concerned. The Ganzhou Ming army did not think that it was strong enough to fight outside the city. This is understandable. Gansu's military strength was originally relatively limited, and the Ming Dynasty's military dispatch ability has been poor in recent years.
As we move toward the Korean battlefield, thank God that Gansu can defend the city. Who dares to go out and challenge Burihatu's army head-on?
Even though the Ming army in Ganzhou City knew that Burihatu had divided the army into multiple branches and looted everywhere, they were Mongolian cavalry after all. Once they found out that the Ming army had left the city, they could quickly gather with their mobility and then come to fight the Ming army in the field.
The Ganzhou Ming Army was not the Imperial Guard, nor was it even at the level of Ji Liao's main force, so it was not sure that it could defeat the enemy in a field battle. Therefore, after hearing that Suzhou had been attacked and fallen by surprise, the Ganzhou Ming Army immediately made up its mind: stand firm and wait for reinforcements.
Compared with Suzhou where there is only one Suzhou Guard garrison, Ganzhou has much more troops. In addition to the Five Guards of Ganzhou, there are also Handong Guards and Shazhou Guards who have moved inland for many years, a total of seven guards.
It is indeed where the main force of the Ming Army in Gansu lies.
However, one full-strength guard of the Ming army only had 5,600 men, and the total number of seven guards was less than 40,000. In fact, none of the seven guards in Ganzhou was full-strength. In fact, the total strength was barely
About 30,000. Considering that their equipment is not as good as that of Jiliao, the main force of Shanxi's border army, it makes sense that they dare not go out of the city to fight in the field.
After all, Burihatu is claiming to have an army of 100,000, and his chances of winning are already small enough. If Ganzhou is lost, it will really be a disaster for the northwest. We must not fight in such a wasteful way.
As a result, Gansu became full of hedgehogs. Ganzhou was full of big hedgehogs, and various forts were full of small hedgehogs. Burihatu tried to attack the city twice in Ganzhou, but both times the fortress-like city was blocked by fire.
Beat him hard until he has no temper.
He originally wanted to copy the old wisdom of digging tunnels under the city and blasting the city walls. Unfortunately, Ganzhou had received warnings from the Ministry of War a few years ago and took strict precautions against this. They would always dig tunnels and then blow them up with gunpowder, or pour poison.
The smoke and gold juice (feces and urine) caused the Mongolian soldiers to suffer heavy losses and complained endlessly. Burihatu had to give up.
The strong attack could not be defeated, and the wall bombing was not feasible. Burihatu began to be particularly envious of the Ming army's giant cannon. The so-called giant cannons were the Ming army's No. 1 and No. 2 cannons. Because Ganzhou's armament priority was not high, the No. 1 cannon
There are only four guns, one for each main city gate. There are sixteen No. 2 cannons, four for each city gate. Although the total number is small, it is powerful and has a long range.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Back then, Gao Pragmatic’s Northern Expedition to Chahar was an offensive war, and there were no strong fortifications in Chahar that required him to use huge artillery, so the artillery carried by the entire army were three
No. 4 cannon and No. 4 cannon, which made Burihatu also lack an intuitive understanding of the Ming army's giant artillery.
So, when the No. 1 gun fired for the first time at the top of Ganzhou City, the entire Mongolian army was shocked. They suddenly found that their camp was too close to the Ganzhou City Wall, and they were literally putting their heads on the muzzle of the opponent's gun. It was a loss.
The Ganzhou garrison's experience in using giant artillery was not very good. After several shots, they were too far away from Burihatu's Jiu Baizhen, and they only killed - or crushed to death - the unlucky guy No. 180.
However, such huge artillery still frightened the Mongolian army. With a livid face, Burihatu ordered the entire army to retreat five miles before setting up camp. From then on, he started a cycle of staring and cursing with the Ganzhou Ming army from a distance.
When Liu Wei arrived at Shandanwei with the vanguard troops assigned to him by his headquarters and the Ministry of War, Burihatu immediately ordered the camp to withdraw to the west without saying a word. What he didn't know was that Liu Wei also ordered a suspension of the advance at this time.
At the same time, ten teams of exploration horses were sent out to investigate the situation ahead.
I have to explain here that Ganzhou is later Zhangye City, and Shandanwei is Shandan County to the east of Zhangye City. It is the first place east of Ganzhou that can garrison tens of thousands of troops. The two places are about a hundred miles apart.
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A hundred miles is not far, especially for the Mongolian cavalry. Liu Wei dared to push directly to Shandan before stopping, which shows his courage. Of course, he also has such qualifications, and at the same time... he also has such a mood.
The reason why I talk about my mood is because he is a general of the Southern Army and did not get the opportunity to fight against Chahar. However, the Ming Dynasty has always given the highest rewards for military merit during the battle against Mongolia, so he was holding his breath and thinking this time.
Have a real meeting with the Mongols and see how they are better than the "Southern Barbarians" and "Eastern Yi".
However, it seems that Burihatu did not want to give Liu Wei such an opportunity. He chose to directly lift the siege and withdraw his troops.
To be honest, Liu Wei did not expect this, because according to his idea, Burihatu had an army of 100,000, but he only brought 30,000 forwards here. Even if the Ganzhou defenders were added, the strength was still at a disadvantage.
What's more, his troops were in the dust, and Ganzhou had been besieged for several months. They were obviously tired soldiers who were out of shape - that's why he stopped at Shandan - but Burihatu was waiting for work, and it could even be said that
He was just "waiting for the rabbit". Why did he leave without fighting?
Therefore, when Liu Wei received the report of the expedition early the next morning, saying that Buri Hatu had withdrawn to the west, his first reaction was: Buri Hatu wants to kill me and turn around?
Regarding Burihatu, Gao Jingshi had vaccinated Liu Wei, so Liu Wei did not dare to underestimate this person - Mr. Gaoge. He specifically explained that people who must be dealt with carefully would not be able to "not fight"
"Run away"! So there must be a reason... No, there must be a trap!
Because of this idea, Liu Wei not only did not march into Ganzhou immediately, but after some hesitation, he ordered another day of rest. At the same time, he sent out exploration horses again, asking them each to equip three good horses to explore two hundred miles westward. They must explore
Reports can only be made after knowing the exact movements of the Mongolian army.
Of course, he did not forget to contact the city of Ganzhou. Two groups of detectives were sent to Ganzhou with his autographed letter in duplicate, telling Ganzhou that the imperial reinforcements had arrived. However, in the letter Liu Wei
I reiterated again and again that we should not let down our guard because of this, and we could only celebrate after seeing our army arrive at Ganzhou City with our own eyes.
Xu Sanwei, the governor of Gansu Province, received a handwritten letter from Liu Wei in the middle of the night. He was very satisfied with Liu Wei's caution, but was very unhappy that Liu Wei dared to give him instructions on how to do things.
I know that you are Gao Yuanfu’s favorite general, and I also know that your sister has a special status in the Nanning Marquis Mansion, but no matter what, you are just a general! I was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli, earlier than Gao Yuanfu.
As for the first subject, it’s your turn to give guidance on how to do things?
However, having said that, Xu Sanwei still needed Liu Wei to stabilize the situation in Gansu for the time being, so he swallowed his breath for the time being and wrote a reply: Upon hearing that Liu Shuai was coming, the students couldn't help but build a wine city to prepare for Liu Shuai.