Chapter 041 Tuotuo respectfully greets the Holy Ann
There was a slight commotion in Chaterji's military formation, especially near Chaterji's position. The horses neighed, and some of the horses even began to scratch their hooves.
Ma Gui suddenly became nervous. He pressed the handle of the knife with his left hand, turned his body slightly towards Gao Pingshi, and lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, someone has the intention to fight."
"Huh?" Gao Pragmatic's equestrian skills are pretty good now, but his battlefield sensitivity is obviously far inferior to that of Ma Gui, a long-time general. Especially for cavalry, it is the weakest among the weakest. Hearing this, he was stunned and asked
Said: "How can we see it?"
While staring straight ahead, Ma Gui explained: "Qataiji is surrounded by his trusted generals, and the horses under his crotch are all the best. They can sense the owner's fighting intention from the subtle changes in his movements.
, you see... some of those war horses are neighing, and some are pawing their hooves. If this kind of movement occurs on ordinary horses, it may be nervousness and fear, but for these high-quality war horses that have been battle-tested for a long time, it shows that
They are very excited and already want to charge into battle."
Gao pragmatic suddenly realized, and he said that professional matters must be analyzed by professionals. At best, lay leaders and experts can only start from a strategic perspective. When it comes to tactics, it is definitely unreliable. It seems that bringing Ma Gui here this time will not be reliable.
The move was indeed correct. However, if Cao Gan had not followed my order to see Han Naji in advance, he should have been able to see it, right?
Seeing that Gao Pingshi didn't reply, Ma Gui thought he didn't believe it, so he hurriedly said: "Servant, Tuotuo's strength is by no means limited to his personal martial arts. His cavalry are superb in their use. Since they have aroused the will to fight, we'd better
Hurry up and get ready..." Tuotuo is Chataiji.
"Can we defeat them?" Gao Pingshi asked: "I mean, can our five thousand cavalry defeat the six thousand Mongolian cavalry under Chaterji?"
"This... it may be a bit difficult to win, but unless Tuotuo uses his strength and takes great losses, he will never fight us to the end." Ma Gui paused, and then said: "Even if he is really crazy,
, the general will risk his life to send the servant back to the pass."
That is to say, I'm afraid I still can't defeat you, but it's not easy for the opponent to eat me.
Gao pragmatic squinted his eyes for a while, shook his head and said, "Don't worry about them."
"Servant!" Ma Gui said anxiously, "Even if the servant is not afraid, we still have to make some preparations."
This makes sense. Being prepared is always a pragmatic habit.
But this time Gao Pragmatic refused, and said firmly: "They may come to the battle, but, Ma Gui!" His tone suddenly became stern, and he shouted in a tone like a soldier.
"The general is here!" Although Ma Gui was nervous, his subconscious reaction immediately made him surrender.
"You go and give the order. No matter whether the opponent comes directly to the front or not, before engaging in battle, our cavalry must remain calm and not move. You go and ask my cavalry to go to the front line. The top troops move to the center.
Army, the Beijing camp continues to hold down the formation."
After giving this order, Ma Gui actually understood what Gao Pragmatic meant. Gao Pragmatic was betting that the other party would not dare to take action, but at the same time, he still made some preparations and asked the soldiers to be transferred to the central army. This meant that if something went wrong,
The soldiers of the Majia family covered him and left.
In Ma Gui's view, it was not shameful to "leave". What was feared was that Gao Pragmatic refused to leave, resulting in the loss of the emperor's edict and the guard of honor. This situation was much more serious than defeat.
To give a simple analogy, it is like a foreigner trampling on your national flag in front of you. This nature is not comparable to ordinary humiliation.
So Ma Gui immediately gave the order in accordance with Gao Pragmatic's request. Soon after, he began to admire Gao Pragmatic's "unpredictable prophet" because he had just completed the formation change and the other party understood it. As expected, about two to three hundred troops were dispatched at once.
Riding, he started to rush towards the formation directly.
This group of people may be Chatterji's Chinese bodyguards. They didn't even make a run-up with their horses and almost started charging directly.
Horse hooves clattered and dust flew.
Although there were only two to three hundred horsemen, under the personal leadership of Chatterji, they rushed out with the momentum of thousands of troops!
"Hold the knife!" Ma Gui roared angrily.
The Gao family cavalrymen who had been transferred to the front army immediately drew their sabers, but because there were no other orders, everyone automatically carried out the previous "still motionless" order.
From a military perspective alone, the current performance of both sides is abnormal.
Qataiji's side launched without any reason and without any preparatory work, and directly started charging into the formation. This was an act that might hurt the horses, and the Mongols usually knew how to avoid it.
The highly pragmatic side turned a blind eye and did not make any further reaction other than ordering the front army to draw their swords in their hands. If they were really facing the enemy on the battlefield, it would be equivalent to selling the front army.
Cavalry hedging is not the main combat method of the Eastern cavalry. It is unheard of for the cavalry of the hedging party to maintain a formation like infantry and let the other party charge. This directly caused them to lose the two major reliances of the cavalry: mobility and impact.
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So...this is not a war!
Five hundred steps.
Four hundred steps.
Three hundred steps.
Seeing that the opponent's cavalry had only drawn their swords in their hands and had no intention of attacking, Qiataji couldn't help but cheer for his opponent and thought to himself: This person either doesn't understand cavalry at all, or he must be my greatest enemy in my life!
Two hundred steps later, the front rows of the Gao family's cavalry experienced some unconscious fluctuations, but this was not caused by them on their own initiative, but by the spontaneous behavior of the horses beneath them. They felt the danger and began to feel uneasy.
One hundred steps!
"Stop!" Qataiji shouted and started to stop the horse.
A group of two to three hundred riders rushed forward another fifty steps due to inertia, and finally stopped.
Qia Taiji's face was as dark as water, and he quickly turned over and dismounted. His movements were no slower than twelve years ago.
The cavalrymen of the Gao family in the first two rows were sweating on their foreheads. At this moment, they couldn't help but swallowed secretly and stared at Chatterjee who came forward.
Behind Chataiji, the two or three hundred knights had also dismounted, but no one came forward. However, Chataiji was seen walking towards the five thousand Ming army alone.
"Dongshengwei commanded Qian Shi Tuotuo and asked to see the imperial envoy!"
The cavalrymen of the Gao family finally felt relieved and took the initiative to separate the road for Qia Taiji to come forward. A loud shout from Ma Gui came from the rear: "There is an order, and the Dongsheng Guards are commanding Qian Shi to take off to see the angel!"
The emperor's ceremonial guard was lined up, and after Gao Jingshi's death, there was someone who held the imperial edict to show Gao's identity as an imperial envoy. "Imperial envoys" in all dynasties had their own symbols of power, such as "zhijie" for imperial envoys in Qin and Han Dynasties, and "imperial envoys" in Ming Dynasty.
By decree".
Gao Pragmatic himself sat upright on his horse without moving, looking at Chatterjee walking towards him with an indifferent expression.
Qia Taiji was the "Zhebie Shenshe", and he saw Gao Qingshi clearly from a distance.
As a top military commander, he only needed a quick glance to see that Gao Pingshi, the imperial envoy, was definitely a civil servant. Although he was young and looked in good health, he must have never practiced martial arts.
However, no matter how high the status of civil servants was in the Ming Dynasty, it was no different here in Qiatarji. What really surprised Qiatarji was his pragmatic expression.
His eyes were as calm as water, without any fluctuation.
Qataiji knew that the momentum created by his side just now was enough to be fake. Even the young talent from the Ma family next to Gao Pangshi had a nervous look on his face and was still holding the handle of the knife with his left hand.
However, Gao Pragmatic, the civil servant and imperial envoy, was not affected at all. It was as if he had been blind or deaf just now. There was no trace of shock, fear, or even... as if there was a touch of ridicule in his expression.
If the situation hadn't been like this, Chaterji would have really wanted to suddenly launch an attack and capture the young imperial envoy to see if he could still be so calm.
But now, this is not possible.
Qia Taiji took a deep breath, stood ten steps in front of Gao Pingshi's horse, then leaned down and bowed down, and said calmly and forcefully: "Your Majesty, Dong Shengwei, has commanded us, everything is in order. I wish you the best. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."
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Gao Pragmatic's voice was neither loud nor quiet, and it was not as deep and powerful as Chatterji's voice. It was as calm as a deep pool of water with no ripples in an ancient well: "Holy Holy Gong, please get rid of your troubles."
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Thanks to book friends "dj000214" and "book friend 20180224230320150" for their monthly support. By the way, about the "Cha" of Qia Taiji, it was explained in the article that it literally means "diplomat", but today I checked a lot of information again,
I found that there is another theory in the history circle, which believes that "Qia" comes from "Xie Xue". In Mongolian, it is hiya, or xiy-a, which means "Yuan guard".
Hereditary has this word in the name, so some scholars in the academic world believe that this is a hereditary status.
