The city gate is not a place for talking, and it is not easy for Gao Pragmatic to give guidance to Ma Fang's son here. He can only say a few words briefly, and then invite the father and son to go to the Bingxian Yamen to talk.
Since Ma Cheng'en and Zhang Wanbang had already taken up their duties, only Gao Pragmatic and Ma Fang were the only ones meeting this time.
In view of Li Shizhen's request, Ma Fang has been banned from drinking. Since he cannot drink, Ma Dong naturally does not dare to be presumptuous in front of his father, lest Ma Laoshuai becomes addicted to alcohol and it is difficult to target Gao Pragmatic and vent his anger on him.
Doormat.
As for Gao Pragmatic, he is a person who has the capacity to drink but is not addicted to alcohol. It would be best if he could not drink, so he only prepared a banquet without alcohol, which made Mr. Ma look disappointed.
Although Gao Pragmatic was amused, in order to avoid accidents, he quickly changed the topic to serious matters.
"About Liaonan's armaments, this is my general plan. As for the first guard post to carry out the Qing army, it will be in Fuzhou...Brother Chongzhai, don't rush to move now, wait and see Fuzhou
Let’s talk about the situation.”
Ma Dong wanted to speak, but when he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered that his father was still beside him, so he quickly shut up and looked towards Ma Fang.
Ma Fang glared at him: "What do you think I'm doing? I'm General Haigai?" At this point, he suddenly remembered Gao Pragmatic's words just now. He couldn't help but suppress his temper, and said in a slower tone:
"You are now considered a general. In addition to asking for instructions from the military constitution, you should also have your own ideas. Don't just follow orders. Otherwise, what is the difference between you and an ordinary soldier?"
Ma Dong said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, my father taught me that."
Ma Fang was about to glare, but when she thought of Gao Pragmatic's words, she was too lazy to pay attention to him and waved her hand to let him speak for himself.
Seeing that Ma Fang had no other instructions, Ma Dong cleared his throat and said: "The military constitution requires Fuzhou to clear the army first, presumably because the commander of Fuzhou has been replaced, and Commander Ma is my general from Xuanda.
Even more able to implement the resolutions of the Military Constitution and the Qing Army without scruples."
Gao pragmatic nodded, smiled and encouraged him: "What Brother Chongzhai said is absolutely true, please continue."
Ma Dong perked up, glanced at him gratefully, and said: "In addition, there is another advantage to Fuzhou being the first to clear the army. That is, Fuzhou does not have to face the threat of the Huahua Department directly. Even if there are people who are uneasy during the Qing army,
It will not affect the defense of southern Liaoning too much, so I would venture to speculate that the task assigned to me by the military constitution is probably to guard the two prefectures of Haigai, especially the Dongchang Fort area."
Gao pragmatic laughed and praised Ma Fang: "Commander, what do you think? I'll just say that the tiger father has no dog son. Look at Brother Chongzhai, isn't this a very accurate conclusion?"
Ma Fang couldn't help but question Gao Pragmatism, so he had to reluctantly say: "Even if he is a fool and thinks a lot, he will definitely succeed."
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but laugh, and said to himself: This father is not good after he expects too much from his son. He is easy to get into trouble. You should let him think and do things by himself. His level should be higher than that of the unknown person in history.
Be strong.
As for your other son, Marin, it's probably because as the youngest son, he is more favored by his father that he dares to "make his own decisions", so he does better than his eldest brother.
However, I am afraid that his training is not enough, otherwise his performance in the battle of Saarhu would not be so hesitant.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic did not think that Marin in history lost the battle because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, because if he was greedy for life and afraid of death, he should have turned around and ran away like Li Ruzhen after learning that Jun Song's entire army had been wiped out.
In fact, Marin's response was to set up camp and build fortifications in preparation for Nurhachi's attack.
This tactical move is worthy of scrutiny, because Marin was already a veteran at the time and had been working in Liaodong for more than a year or two. He should be very clear in his heart that the Kaiyuan First Army under his command would definitely not belong to Nurhachi.
opponent.
Why? Because the Kaiyuan Army itself is not strong in strength (only 15,000, almost the weakest of the "Four Routes of Attack"), and Jun Song's route is considered the main force, with 30,000 elite soldiers, and they can all be defeated.
Nurhaci was completely wiped out in one battle. What was so extraordinary about him that he was able to win?
And more importantly, Kaiyuan is one of the basic bases of Li Chengliang's family. Except for the servants he brought from Xuanda, the soldiers under Ma Lin don't pay much attention to the greetings at all. This has never been the case.
Later, when they faced Nurhachi's main force, it was obvious that they were defeated in one blow - at that time, Ma Lin and his two sons were still fighting to the death with their servants.
According to normal circumstances, the army will collapse only if the servants are defeated. When the servants are still fighting to the death, the morale of the army will usually not collapse. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not be so dependent on the servants, right?
In addition, Marin once served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong in the past. It was precisely because he was ignored by the generals of Liaodong that he finally had to resign. Does he not know how resistant the generals of Liaodong are to "outsiders" like him?
Therefore, reverse derivation can lead to a very clear conclusion: Marin knew that the Kaiyuan Army under his command was unreliable and that it was impossible to defeat Nurhachi in the field. However, he was unwilling to abandon the ground and flee without a fight, so he chose to stop immediately.
Advance, set up camp and build fortifications on the spot, hoping to use firepower superiority to stick to the marching route, so as to prevent Nurhaci from easily surrounding Kaiyuan City and causing the overall situation on the northern line to collapse.
Moreover, he may have had another thought at that time, that is, reinforcements from the Ye He tribe (originally meant to cooperate with him) were already on the way. He could stick to the main road and wait for the main force of the Ye He tribe to arrive, and then join forces to attack Nurhaci.
But he probably didn't expect that the morale of Nurhaci's main force at that time had almost reached its peak, and that the Kaiyuan Army under his command was not unreliable, but completely unreliable.
At that time, Ma Lin saw that Nurhaci personally led only two banners and four to five thousand troops, and the remaining Six Banner troops went to attack his two auxiliary camps (he had set up three camps in the shape of "pin"), so he took his own
Thousands of servants and thousands of Kaiyuan troops planned a decisive battle with Nurhaci, intending to directly capture Nurhachi himself, and the war would be over.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came up here, Daishan led the army on the opposite side and fought nervously with Marin. The other two battalions were defeated and the Six Banners of Jiannu came over.
Ma Lin and his two sons still felt that they were only one step away from Nurhaci, and refused to retreat immediately, and wanted to fight again. Unexpectedly, the Kaiyuan Army under his command was defeated when the deputy battalion was defeated. Even though Ma Lin was still fighting to the death, they retreated directly——
What good would come of retreating in front of Jiannu? Most of them were killed and injured immediately.
The second son of Ma Lin did not want his father to be trapped in enemy lines, so he covered his father and evacuated to Kaiyuan, hoping that Kaiyuan could hold on until the court reinforcements arrived and would not be lost to the Jian slaves. As a result, both of them died in the battle, and Ma Lin left with only a few cavalry.
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The "several cavalry" itself is also worthy of scrutiny, because Marin's servants are always cavalry. If he wants to take them away, he will not only have "several cavalry", and the reason why the general is called a general is very important.
To a large extent, it was because of the strength of his servants that he left many servants on the battlefield, which in itself shows that he spent a lot of money in this battle.
Compare it to Li Ruzhen? The 25,000-strong army was advancing at a slow pace. When he heard that Jun Song was defeated, he turned around and left without saying a word. This was not an ordinary decisiveness.
What's even more ridiculous is that when he was retreating, he was discovered by Jiannu Tanma. Tanma made a noise in the mountains and made an attack. Li Ruzhen actually thought that the main force of Jiannu had arrived and fled in panic. As a result, the army immediately collapsed, even just because they trampled on each other.
More than a thousand people died.
Compared to Marin, who is worse? Who is more worthy of saving?
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