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Chapter 167 Making a decision

Accept the order, but that only confirms that Ma Dong is the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in this battle. In terms of overall strategy, Gao Pragmatic still has to listen to Gao Pragmatic's instructions. At the same time, because of the characteristics of the imperial court's military preparation duties, Gao Pragmatic

The power to supervise the military is also still retained.

Therefore, the next step is to continue to discuss the specific strategy of this battle here at Gao pragmatism.

Ma Dong was too excited at the moment and asked him about the specific method of fighting. He barely suppressed his impulse, and in the end he could only think of a method that seemed to be slightly feasible.

Ma Dong said: "Fighting requires courage. You can work hard at one go, but then you lose strength again and again. Finally, you will be exhausted. The general thought that the Liaohe defense line can still stop the Tatar coalition forces. At the same time, he closely observed the morale of his troops. Once time goes by, the morale of the Tatars will turn."

In order to feel depressed, I will suddenly send out troops to directly attack the enemy's army, and I may be able to defeat the enemy in one battle."

Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, looked at Ma Fang again, and asked, "Do you have any other suggestions or additions, Governor?"

Ma Fang thought for a while and said: "This method is generally feasible, but it is not detailed enough. For example, wait until the Tatar morale turns low - how low will it be? Wait until they feel that they cannot attack Liaohe and plan to retreat.

, or are they completely wavering on whether the fundamental purpose of this war can be achieved?"

"Also, after that opportunity, the so-called 'suddenly sending out troops and directly attacking the central army' is also very vague - suddenly sending out troops, where will they come from? Directly attacking the central army, which central army? If the opponent does not join forces, Tumen

, the two troops of Chaohua always act separately, or they each take charge of their own troops and take care of each other in a corner-by-side manner. Where do you plan to send troops from, and which one will you attack first?"

Ma Dong said: "Father, this matter depends on the actions of the other party, and then we can make targeted arrangements and decisions. Right now...it seems that it is not easy to make a decision too early."

Ma Fang shook his head slightly: "Temporary decisions are very important, but they usually refer to after leading the troops. When generals are on an expedition, they encounter unexpected situations that were not considered before. Naturally, they need to make temporary decisions. You can't be stupid.

Several places are coming according to the predetermined plan, but this does not mean that the temple cannot make some arrangements in advance when planning."

He looked at Gao Pragmatic and chuckled: "Speaking of layout, what I have admired most for decades is the Military Constitution. I wonder if the Battle of Southern Liaoning has been completed?"

When Ma Dong heard this, he immediately looked towards Gao Pingshi.

Since the Battle of Monan, the generals of Xuanda have admired Gao Jingshi's layout and planning ability to the point of admiration. Although Ma Dong did not directly fight under Gao Jingshi at that time, during the post-war period, especially

On the way to Liaodong after picking up their father Ma Fang, the father and son carefully deduced this battle several times, and no one could think of a better way to fight it.

After all, Ma Dong is not as experienced as Ma Fang. He focused more on tactics during the deduction, but Ma Fang told him that Gao Bingxian's use of troops is actually not outstanding in tactics. If he really wants to say that it has any advantages, I'm afraid it's the opposite.

It is the word "stable".

The real strength of Gao Bingxian is that he can always figure out what the enemy will think, and then set up traps based on the opponent's thoughts. This is the basis for his ability to win in one step and win everywhere.

Therefore, Ma Dong has great expectations for his father's hand in pushing "layout planning" back to Gao Pragmatic, and hopes to experience this power nearby.

Gao pragmatically spoke very domineeringly before, but now he returned to the usual modesty of a literary man. He smiled slightly and said: "The governor has given me too much praise, and I don't dare to live up to it, but I have some ideas."

He paused for a moment and then continued: "I expect that Tutu and Huahua came here mainly to loot in southern Liaoning and seize some supplies to prepare for the winter. This is because they were blocked by the Ming Dynasty and lacked supplies.

Unless they are willing to watch the people starve to death and freeze to death, they must find a way to solve the reality caused by Feng."

"But they are all nomads, far worse than Tumut. They can't solve the problem on their own, so they can only hope to plunder. As far as I know, after Ning Yuanbo went to Gule Village, he still left some elite soldiers to guard western Liaoning.

As for Liaodong, firstly, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang is assisting in the defense, and secondly, it is closer to Ning Yuanbo’s army, so it needs to be prepared for Ning Yuanbo’s sudden withdrawal of troops to return reinforcements. Therefore, attacking Liaonan is indeed the last resort for Tumen and Chaohua.

Good choice.”

"The Shaojing War in southern Liaoning has always been known for its inability to use its troops. In the sixth year of Wanli, Tumen and Chaohua came once. It was not because Ning Yuanbo came to help in time. Maybe even Yaozhou City was in danger. It can be seen that Liaozhou City was in danger.

The army in the south has been weak for a long time, and it cannot be greatly improved in a day or two."

Ma Dong interjected at this time and said: "In the military constitution, the general will bring a thousand cavalry, which is quite useful. In addition, the Ma family and the Zhang family have hundreds of servants each, and they are also people who are good at fighting. The three

Adding all of them together, there are more than two thousand elites, so we should be able to use them to break the formation."

Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Of course I know this. In fact, I am here in Liaonan. I have about a thousand servants who can be used. Counting them together, there are three thousand. But I am so good at steel.

Use them on the edge of the sword. These three thousand people are the basis for our final victory in this battle and cannot be thrown in lightly."

Ma Dong nodded to express his understanding and asked Gao to continue his analysis.

Gao pragmatically said: "Brother Chongzhai just said that we should first use the Liaohe defense line to block the enemy and blunt their sharpness. This is a good idea. However, we do not have to wait until they are 'exhausted in three' before taking action. Instead, we can think of ways to devise a plan."

Use a trick, exploit your strengths and avoid weaknesses, and lead them to their own death."

Ma Dong was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately became alert, knowing that now he should have reached the key point that his father had told him, "A good soldier is good at setting traps".

"Please give me some advice from Bing Xian!" he said immediately.

"When discussing military affairs, we can just confirm each other's opinions when talking about military affairs." Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "Just now I mentioned Beijing's gunboats on the Liao River to the two of you, and Brother Chongzhai seemed to be more inclined.

Instead of using them for defense, I actually think it is not necessary to be so conservative, and the Navy should serve more as an offensive force."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ma Dong was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "But the navy can't get to the shore, how can we attack these Tatars?"

At this moment, Ma Fang couldn't help but scolded: "Stupid! Didn't the military constitution just say, 'set a trap', 'use strengths and avoid weaknesses', 'lead them to their own death'! Did you not have ears or did you start at this age?

Are you deaf?"

Ma Dong then remembered that Gao Pingshi had indeed said that just now, and suddenly his face turned red and his expression became embarrassed.

Gao pragmatic stretched out his hand to stop Ma Fang, who continued to teach his son, and said with a smile: "Captain, please calm down, the northerners use far less boats than the southerners, and they are not very familiar with the use of naval forces. This is human nature and not unique.

Brother Chongzhai is like this. Before I went to Guangxi and Annan in my later life, I didn't even know that taking a water post was so much more comfortable than taking a horse post!"

Gao Pragmatic dragged him into it, and Ma Fang couldn't criticize anymore, so he had to suppress his anger and said to Gao Pragmatic: "Oh, you dog is stupid. I hope Bing Xian will teach you more lessons in the future, otherwise I will die in the future.

I'm afraid I'll still have to worry about them if I get to the bottom of Jiuquan."

Gao Pragmatic hurriedly said that it was not enough, and after a few words of persuasion, he said: "I wonder if Brother Chongzhai has noticed that although Jinghua's fleet is said to be the strongest water force in the Liao River Basin, in fact the real gunboats are also

Just over thirty ships... This means that it is actually impossible for Jinghua to completely blockade the Liao River for hundreds of miles. It is simply impossible. Let alone more than thirty ships, even three hundred ships are not enough.

"

In fact, there are really 300 gunboats. The defense line in southern Liaoning alone is quite sufficient. However, Gao Pragmatic said this for other purposes - anyway, the Ma family and his son are both cavalry commanders, and the navy has no idea at all.

I understand, but it’s not like you just believe whatever he says?

Ma Dong was stunned, thinking that there was a loophole in his previous plan, because according to this statement, wouldn't the Liaohe defense line be undefendable?

Therefore, Ma Dong became anxious when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Ah? What should we do? How about we guard a few important ferries or something?"

You may have read too many novels and really thought that the only way to cross the river is a ferry. Even in other books, it is said that Yuan Shao had to have a ferry when he went south. That is because Yuan Shao's army itself was mainly infantry, and the number was very large. When he went south to fight,

They carried a large amount of food and baggage, so without a ferry, the transportation capacity would not be enough, and it would be easy for Cao Cao to cross the river and attack them.

But Tumen are different from fried flowers. These Mongolian cavalry went south, and basically all the supplies they brought were on their horses. Baggage? What is that?

And their military strength is not particularly large. Although the Mongols are not very productive, if they can't even build a raft, how could they have swept across the world two or three hundred years ago? Not to mention that they conquered some countries and regions and

After robbing a lot of craftsmen, at least when they start to raise troops, they can't just stop fighting when they encounter a river, right?

In fact, as early as the time of Genghis Khan, the Mongols had a solution to this problem: each of them not only carried spare bow strings, but also wax and needle thread for repair equipment. These equipment were all packed in a special leather bag

, this skin bag can be inflated when crossing the river.

The inflated skins can be used alone to swim in simple shallow rivers. If it is a deep and wide river, these skins can be tied together, and then local materials can be used to make a raft for crossing the river.

The lower reaches of the Liao River are of course a "deeper and wider" river, so the Mongols needed to make rafts to cross the river, but they did not need any ferries - unless they grabbed enough Han ferries.

After Gao Pingshi explained a few sentences, Ma Dong realized that he had made a joke again and quickly blushed and shut up.

Ma Fang originally wanted to scold him for not even being able to hide his clumsiness, but when he said it, he suddenly felt that "knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing", and it would be better to learn more honestly, so he held back.

Gao pragmatic continued: "I expect that since the Tatars come here to plunder, it is almost September and winter is not far away. They must be in a hurry. In this case, as long as we rely on the Beijing fleet to block them in the Liaohe River

For a few days to the north, the Tatars must find a way to break through, but the way to break through is obviously not to force the crossing with cannons, but to choose another place to cross the river.

In this way, they might set up a suspicious formation by the river, then quietly turn away the army, and suddenly cross the river quickly at a place where we did not notice. After all, according to the Tatars' thinking, as long as they can cross the river, these guardsmen in Liaonan will

It is not worth mentioning at all. It is remarkable that they can defend several big cities or important fortresses. Those ordinary small towns and villages cannot stop their plundering. In other words, they will feel that as long as they find an opportunity to cross the river, the battle will be won.

."

Ma Dong began to understand now. He thought about it and asked tentatively: "Does Bing Xian mean... attack halfway across the river? Or let them cross the river and then set up an ambush ten miles away?"

Gao pragmatic laughed and said loudly: "Why not attack on both sides? Anyway, it is a half-crossing attack. The fleet will hit those on the river, ambush and beat those ashore. The remaining Tatars who are still on the north bank of the Liaohe River are stunned to see their own people being beaten.

But I can’t help, isn’t that very frustrating?”

Before the Tatars were stunned, Ma Dong was stunned first, and said to himself: Gao Bingxian looks like a gentle man, but there is really a lot of bad things in his stomach. This idea must not be far different from murdering people, but he actually wants to

Let the Tatar rear team watch the front team and the middle army being massacred, while I can only howl and jump on the shore. This is really... really fucking wonderful!

He didn't dare to laugh, but Ma Fang burst into laughter and said, "What a great idea! What a great idea! If we can fight like this, it will really relieve our anger. However, there are two little troubles here, so we still have to pay attention to them."

Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "There are two little troubles. Since the Governor mentioned it, why not ask the Governor to talk about it."

After all, it was just a supplement. Ma Fang was not polite this time. He smiled and said: "These two little troubles, the first one is that we must be able to detect every move of the Tatars, and we must not be deceived by the Tatars."

, this one is very important, and you must have a capable person to handle it, so that you can rest assured... Well, this person must be a bold and careful person. He is bold enough to dare to cross the river and approach the Tatars under such circumstances, and

Be careful and you will not be deceived."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Do you have any heroes to recommend, Governor?"

Ma Fang laughed and said: "We have already been transferred thousands of miles under the command of the military commander, so why does the governor still need to test the old man's ability to recognize people? In this matter, besides that boy Zhang Wanbang, who else is more suitable than him?

"

Gao pragmatic asked: "What about Dongchang Fort?"

"Since we want to use the trick to make the Tatars think that we will only defend the front line of Dongchang Fort..." Ma Fang glanced at his son and said calmly: "Just let General Haigai stand in Dongchang Fort to confuse the Tatars.

Already."

Not only was Ma Dong stunned when he heard this, but even Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, because according to the plan just now, if Ma Dong was in Dongchang Fort, he would very likely lose the great achievement of ambushing the Tatars at the river crossing.

.

However, although Ma Dong was stunned for a moment, he did not express any objection, and there was not even a hint of dissatisfaction on his face. Gao pragmatic glanced at him, and upon seeing this, he nodded slightly and said to himself: Ma Dong may still need to train his abilities.

He is a tough guy, but he has a good character and is a trustworthy general.

Gao pragmatic thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and then asked: "So, where is the ambush..."

Ma Fang said without hesitation: "The Ma family's elite soldiers have always been known for their bravery. If we don't use them now, when will we wait? I thought Ma Cheng'en could be used!"

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