Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1006 Captured Fried Flowers Alive (Part [-])
Ma Dong and Ma Cheng'en each led more than a thousand cavalry (each has a number of cavalry from the Gao family under his command), and undertook the task of maneuvering and harassing, scattering and galloping back and forth in several bays, the purpose of which was to prevent Chaohua Taiji from being able to move quickly. Effectively concentrate troops and continue to be "bloodletted" in the process.

Gao Wushi joined this mission at the strong request of Ma Fang. Originally, Gao Wushi just planned to let the two of them go off to fight along the landing line when the Mongolian army had just landed seven or eight thousand, to cooperate with the Jinghua fleet. Completely cut off the front and middle parts of the Mongolian army to make them out of touch, and then temporarily withdraw the troops, waiting for the infantry to carry out the task of mopping up after the three battles of artillery coverage, gun discharge, and bayonet formation.

But Ma Fang didn't think it was possible—in fact, he didn't say it was impossible, but Ma Fang felt that Gao Yushi was too cautious in using the cavalry, as if these cavalry could not lose at all. The pragmatic use of cavalry seems a bit restrictive.

Ma Fang is the number one warrior in the Ming Dynasty who uses cavalry. Although Li Chengliang now has [-] cavalry under his command, which is stronger than Ma Fang's back then, it is recognized by the Ming Dynasty—even the recognition by the Mongols—as the number one cavalry of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, it still has to be counted firmly on the head of "Master Matthew".

In Ma Fang's view, the biggest difference between cavalry and infantry lies in the speed of their attack and withdrawal.

If the attack is fast, the opponent will have no time to make any adjustments and deployments, and will be confused by him at every turn; if the retreat is fast, the cavalry has already withdrawn by the time the opponent finally adjusts to prepare for a counterattack, and is even preparing for the next wave of offensive.

Continuous sudden attacks, even if each wave of attacks is just a one-hit, it is like stabbing someone with a small knife. Even if they don't die immediately, they are still losing blood, and when the blood loss reaches a certain level, they will definitely lose face Trance, strength gradually weakened.

At this time, the cavalry of one's own side can change the "speed type" to "impact type", launch the final charge to break the formation, defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and establish the victory.

Therefore, Ma Fang has a lot of opinions on Gao Pragmatism's use of cavalry as an auxiliary unit, and strongly recommends changing the combat method—that is, the current style of play.

Gao Pragmatism is as good as advice—he has such self-knowledge, because of the infantry problem, he would understand it when he read books and played games in the past, especially in this era, in fact, there is no particularly advanced knowledge, just three elements: Strict discipline, intensive firepower, and strong frontal strikes.

Yes, there is no need for a surprise attack or a conspiracy, just to train a strong army to be tough - the reason why the Ming army in the original history had no solution to the Jianzhou Tartars in the later period was in the final analysis. In fact: the field can't beat it.

If you have all kinds of ingenious schemes and schemes, and you are directly defeated by the Tartars when you go to the field, what's the point?
"Sun Tzu's Art of War·Position": "Anyone who fights will win by being right and surprising. Therefore, those who are good at making surprises are as infinite as the sky and the earth, and as inexhaustible as the river and the sea." It seems that more emphasis is placed on "strangeness", but I don't know that his premise is "positive". Only when "positive" is not weaker than others, then "odd" can have the effect of decisive victory. If your "positive" can't be "combined", what are you talking about "odd" ?
It's like a three-year-old kid sneaking up on a 30-year-old man and punching him suddenly. This is naturally "strange", but what's the point?There is no strength, no meaning, and you will be blown away with a slap when someone turns around.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatism’s thinking in the field of infantry has always been very clear. First, discipline must be strict. Whether it is to improve remuneration or increase punishment, it is all aimed at strict discipline; second, firepower must be strong, and the development of new rifles and artillery must Well, whether it is a private military industry or not, it is all to strengthen the firepower of the Ming army and reduce the failure rate of weapons.

As for the frontal attack, this is a matter of tactical command. In principle, the high-practical principle does not directly intervene, but is responsible for checking the gates, and before planning the battle, the predetermined battlefield is selected first, so that it is conducive to the display of one's own firepower.

As for the cavalry issue, he was really scratching his head.

In fact, compared with infantry commanders, cavalry commanders have been more "talented" since ancient times, because cavalry is actually more in line with the saying that "soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent", and its characteristics change faster. In many cases, it is necessary for the general to make a sudden decision-just like Ma Fang's plan just now.

When to harass and when to break the formation, there are no clear rules for this thing, everything depends on the timing of the general, just like two people competing in martial arts, the other party shows a flaw, you have to judge the opponent's position in an instant. Whether the flaw is a real flaw, or to lure you into being fooled, and seize the real flaw, and launch a decisive blow resolutely and decisively.

In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to teach Huo Qubing the art of war, but Huo Qubing said confidently: "Gu Fanglue is as good as you are, so you can't learn the ancient art of war."

There are at least four or five explanations for this sentence in later generations, but a careful analysis shows that Huo Qubing may not have read military books at all. No.

The highest level in military science, Sun Tzu called it "the way of war", and Sun Bin directly called it "the way".Knowing the way of war or way is the highest state of using soldiers.But how to achieve this state?Sun Tzu didn't say anything, neither did Sun Bin, nor did other military strategists.

In fact, there may not be a specific and effective method at all, just as Sun Tzu said: "The victory of this military strategist should not be passed on first."-This is not easy to say, the key is to rely on the commander To realize it in practice may even depend on talent.

People like Huo Qubing and Ma Fang are obviously this type of talented players, and this type of talented generals has almost always been cavalry generals in history-of course, there may be many infantry generals who are extremely talented, but limited to The speed of the infantry itself is too slow, and it is obviously more difficult than the cavalry to seize a flaw in the battle and immediately win the game.

Now, Ma Fang has given Gao Yushi a little inspiration, and even to a certain extent, it can be regarded as imparting a little experience: "There is no rule when it is appropriate to switch from harassment to rushing, but generally speaking, you can learn from the opponent Judging from the performance of the harassment."

Ma Fang explained: "At the beginning of the harassment, the enemy army still had enough power to actively deal with it, and its dispatching was usually effective, but after a few times of harassment, the enemy army will probably gradually become dull...Once you find out, in the When you launch the next wave of harassment, the enemy army has not even been able to complete the deployment of the previous wave of harassment, and this is usually the time to launch a general offensive."

This is really listening to you, better than reading ten years of books!

Such experience gained through decades of actual combat, he is highly pragmatic, no matter how many military books he reads, he will not be able to learn it!

Ma Dong and Ma Chengen were at Gao Yushi's place preparing to accept the military order at that time, and they also listened to Ma Fang's teachings. As front-line generals, they must have gained more understanding than Gao Yushi, the rear commander.

And during the battle with the Chaohua Department at this time, the two also kept observing Chaohua's response.

In the beginning, when the Chaohua Department found out that its side was being ambushed, it reacted very strongly. Chaohua Taiji personally picked up the men and horses around him, and directly "counter-attacked" Ma Dong, who was the first to kill the harasser, and went back hard.

Although Ma Dong really wanted to confront him head-on, he kept reminding himself to obey his father's teachings, resisting the desire to make a great contribution to repay Gao Bingxian's trust, and led the cavalry from his headquarters to draw an arc. line, ordered his subordinates to "scatter their spears freely", and then quickly evacuated.

At this time, the Huahua Department was still a new force, and they responded directly with cavalry and shooting. The losses of both sides were almost one to one, and Ma Dong did not take advantage of it.

However, Chaohua Taiji had no chance to expand his results, because Ma Dong had just gone around in an arc, and Ma Chengen arrived from the other direction, forcing Chaohua Taiji to stop the pursuit and meet Ma Chengen again.
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