For a whole day, An Da's Chinese army did not move at all. They neither launched an angry attack on Desheng Fort, nor retreated due to the defeat of the left wing. Instead, they reacted as slowly as a drunken man.
But no one in Desheng Fort, from Banlazi's imperial envoys Gao Pangshi and Datong to guard Huang Mengyu, to the Datong generals headed by Ma Wei, no one dared to relax their vigilance. After all, in their view, An Da's reaction was extremely inappropriate.
Normally, this kind of performance of fighting and not fighting, retreating and not retreating is totally inconsistent with the style I have shown over the past few decades.
I promise to be a decisive and stubborn, shrewd and generous leader.
Since the guarding eunuch is here, Ma Fang's battle report has been sent to Desheng Fort as quickly as possible. The battle report said that Ma Fang's battle "happened on a rainy day, so he decided to send troops. The bowstrings of the captives were weak and they were attacked.
Therefore, there was a huge rout. Fang divided into two groups and attacked together. They chased the enemy for hundreds of miles and then returned. They captured 527 heads and 120 horses. They injured the enemy and captured nothing. It was actually the first achievement in the desert in decades.
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As mentioned earlier, it was not uncommon for the Ming army to fight against the Mongols, repelling or even defeating the enemy, but beheading was very difficult. In this battle, Ma Fang beheaded more than 500 people in one battle, which was said to be "the first achievement in the desert in decades."
"Maybe it's a slight exaggeration, but it is indeed an extremely rare victory.
Logically speaking, I answered that first the Chinese army was attacked and the capable general Qataiji was accidentally injured, and then he received the news that his eldest son Xin Ai's troops were defeated, his mood should be either shocked and angry, or frightened.
If you are frightened and angry, you should send troops to retaliate; if you are frightened, you should retreat.
However, I got no response at all.
Now, it was the turn of the Ming army in Fort Desheng to be confused. Almost everyone thought that An Da was planning a big conspiracy. Only the little imperial envoy Gao, who had been depressed all day because his servants were seriously injured,
Pragmatism disagrees with this.
Gao Shi read the words and said categorically: Although I will not retreat, I will definitely ask for peace, and not only ask for peace, but also ask for canonization from the imperial court.
Gao Shidu's reason is not very complicated: I was originally worried that my grandson would be killed by the Ming court and sent troops to threaten him, but now that the news of the imperial court's conferment of Han Naji has spread outside the country, my reason for sending troops is no longer valid.
At the same time, since the Ming army was well-defended on the one hand and victorious in attacking on the other, I promised to know that there would be no benefit from sending troops this time. Moreover, his own family had already suffered serious disasters. The first two troops sent out to plunder this year were both destroyed by Ma Fang and Qi Jiguang.
After the fight came back, including this time, they had already sent out troops three times a year in vain. This had actually seriously exceeded Mongolia's own ability to bear. If he continued to fight, it would not matter to Ming Dynasty at all, but he himself would have to live and die.
Bring yourself down.
But when the truth comes to this point, everyone thinks it is not enough, because if it is just this, it is enough for Dawei to retreat. After all, the Ming Dynasty actually does not have the ability to march hundreds of miles to attack his Tumochuan headquarters, so why should he ask for peace and a seal?
Originally, Gao Shidu had no interest in teaching political lessons to these border generals, but considering that his analysis here would definitely be heard by the heavens and even be announced to the world through the imperial newspaper, he was motivated by "raising hopes".
"Considering this, Gao Shidu reluctantly gave them a brief analysis.
According to Gao Shidu, I responded to the request to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute not once or twice, but for a year or two. He has actually been working hard towards this goal for so many years. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty never agreed and refused.
What kind of negotiations were going on with Mongolia, so Anda always wanted to use the threat of force and plunder the border areas to force Ming to agree, in order to achieve the purpose of paying tribute and maintain the livelihood of the Mongolian people.
However, in recent years, especially since Jinshang succeeded to the throne, the border defenses of the Ming Dynasty have become more and more consolidated. As a result, Anda's many trips south were not only in vain, but also suffered considerable losses. At the same time, Anda's Tumochuan headquarters suffered disasters year after year. One goes down and the other goes up.
Under the Ming Dynasty, Anda's strength has actually declined compared to the Ming Dynasty. Since the strength has declined, the method of threatening military invasion is of course even less effective - today's defeat is proof.
As a right-wing Mongol Khan, I must find a way out for my people. Since the hard way is not enough, I have to use the soft way. I can only turn my attention back to begging and begging for sealing. It happened that at this time, his grandson suddenly
Confused, he tried to surrender, but something unexpected happened: not only was he not killed, he was canonized instead!
While I was surprised, I must have been thinking: My grandson will be canonized if he asks for surrender honestly. If I ask for surrender honestly, will the Ming court agree? In the years before, the Ming court president
It's a rejection, maybe it's just because of Emperor Jiajing. It's said that the current Emperor Longqing is very different from his father in politics - how about I give it another try?
Everyone thinks that Gao Shidu's opinions are reasonable, but there is still some inertia in their minds, and they can't believe that this old man like me can really be so honest.
Gao Shidu didn't mind their skeptical attitude, but after saying these words, he went to inspect his cavalry. On the one hand, he felt sorry for the loss, and on the other hand, he also wanted to see it with his own eyes and ask questions.
Only by asking about the situation of this battle can we analyze countermeasures and arrange subsequent supplements and training.
In his previous life, the cadres of his previous generation were deeply influenced by Taizu, while the cadres of his generation in the Red Dynasty were deeply influenced by Taizong, so he was more open-minded about "paying tuition", but he was open-minded.
Gui is open-minded. After paying the tuition, he must learn real skills. This is also his bottom line.
This time, the Gao family's cavalry followed Ma Gui out of seclusion to attack the Anda camp. Ma Gui's Ma family's elite soldiers were the main force. This was something that had been discussed before, and according to Gao Jue's report, Ma Gui did indeed
The Gao family's cavalry were not placed in the forward position where they were most vulnerable to losses, but even so, the casualties of the Gao's cavalry were actually twice as high as those of the Ma's cavalry, which inevitably made Gao Jingshi a little depressed.
The Gao family's cavalrymen had indeed defeated some path-cutting thieves in Monan before, and even defeated a small tribe that was jealous of money. At that time, Gao Pragmatic was quite happy and felt that his investment would bear fruit very quickly. But today's battle
After the fight, he discovered that there was still a big gap between the Gao family's cavalry and the real elites.
Although the Gao family's cavalrymen have not had much contact with the three-eyed gun before, and have not even been equipped with armor, in fact, the Gao family's cavalrymen are equipped with good eucalyptus bows and leather armor. Even if they temporarily change their clothes, they are not used to it.
But it should not seriously affect the combat effectiveness. With such a loss, it can only be said that the level is still not up to standard.
But the problem is that Gao Pragmatic really doesn't know much about cavalry, and he can only think of some cavalry tactics that don't seem to be suitable for the East, such as the wall charge that is highly mythical in some novels - that tactic does not say no.
Good, but it has preconditions. Gao Wushi believes that many conditions are not met now, such as the most basic point: the horses are not right. It is impossible for Gao to get a group of European big horses to use this tactic.
The emergence of any tactic must be related to the conditions it possesses and the goals that need to be achieved, so Gao Pragmatic thought about it, at least for now, he can only come up with a solution based on the short but endurance Mongolian horses.