Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1615 Overture to War ([-]) Three Discussions of the Ming Army
The dusty Xiao Ruxun has just arrived in Kaiyuan, and Ma Chengxun has already made all the preparations before the expedition. Three thousand Majiada soldiers, thirty thousand guards, and Liaohaiwei are ready to take their respective responsibilities. The Majiada soldiers are the main force of the cavalry He went to battle with Xiao Ruxun, and the two guards were responsible for the defense of Ma Jiada's troops after they left the fortress.

In addition, there were two additional reinforcements: Hada Department sent [-] cavalry after receiving Ma Chengxun's notice, and Jianzhou Youwei also sent [-] cavalry.The [-] cavalry of Jianzhou Youwei is a bit interesting. They established the garrison not long ago, and their financial resources are limited. They originally sent [-] infantry troops, but the camels of the Hada tribe were bigger than horses. Became horse infantry.

Although the 500 people brought out by Jianzhou Youwei were not many, they were actually the elite of Nurhachi in the early days of the army. Horse battles were actually possible, but it was a bit embarrassing at the moment. Some people had no horses. , can be regarded as walking and riding.

Ma Chengxun himself planned to lead [-] troops, and after adding the two support troops of Hada and Jianzhou Youwei, it became [-] cavalry, which is quite strong.

Xiao Ruxun originally only had [-] riders here, and they were scavenged from the entire east of the Liaohe River. Some of the prefectures and guards produced some. Individually, they are almost all elite servants of generals from various places, but whether they can be well formed as a whole depends on It also depends on Xiao Ruxun's ability to integrate.

Looking at it this way, there is some distinction between masters and slaves. After all, Xiao Ruxun is the deputy general of Liaodong, and Ma Chengxun is just a former general. The strength of the two men is about the same, which may cause some disputes.

Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic's intervention changed the situation. Four thousand cavalrymen from the Jinghua Department directly joined Xiao Ruxun's command, which doubled the strength of Xiao Ruxun's direct subordinates almost instantly. It can be regarded as a whole, whether it is used as the core of the Chinese army or as a vanguard, it is very suitable.

Xiao Ruxun's choice was to let the Jinghua cavalry serve as the core of the Chinese army.The main reason why he did this was not purely military considerations, but more importantly, he was worried that using the Jinghua cavalry as a vanguard might cause heavy casualties, and he would be ashamed to face Lord Entang by then.

Although Gao Wushi didn't mention these things at all when he handed over this cavalry team to him, in China, being a person is often more important than doing things, which compromises the interests of the leader's own, and everyone feels that they are going to die now.

As soon as the two armies were assembled, Xiao Ruxun had nine thousand and Ma Chengxun had five thousand, making a total of fourteen thousand, which was more than Gao Pragmatically estimated before.

After waiting for two more days, Ye He's elite main force also came.Coincidentally, the two Baylors in the East and West cities each brought three thousand elite cavalry from their headquarters, and exactly [-] after joining the main force of the Ming army.

Although there are only 20 soldiers, firstly they are all cavalry, and secondly, they are all elites. It should be said that they are also a very powerful force.Considering that Li Rusong in Liaoxi still has [-] cavalry in his hands, the cavalry force that can be used in the entire Liaodong at this moment is as high as [-] to [-], which is indeed much stronger than [-] years ago-after all, this time the assembly is relatively hasty. With enough time, it is actually not difficult for Liaodong to gather another [-] Ming troops.

In other words, even if Jinghua, Yehe, and Hada are not counted, there are already about 20 cavalry in Liaodong's approximately [-] army, accounting for more than one-third, and their strength-especially their field combat capabilities are quite impressive.

Xiao Ruxun asked the chief general under his account his opinion on how to rescue Horqin in the pre-war military meeting. Ma Chengxun was "reckless" as always, thinking that although Tumen Khan had not heard the news of the march, as long as the previous information was true, at this moment Tumen should have already moved, either on the way to Horqin, or planning to attack our army first.

Generally speaking, since the opponent might come to attack our army, of course we should be cautious and be on guard against sneak attacks at any time.But Ma Chengxun's point of view is just the opposite. He believes that we should move forward quickly under the condition of widespread sentry, and strive to arrive at Horqin earlier and join the main force of Horqin.

From his point of view, Horqin will definitely not be in a state of waiting at this moment, they must be fully prepared and prepared, and according to the agreement, they should want to move southeast, in order to try to get as close as possible to Kaiyuan and Ye He The two cities form a corner.

In other words, after the Ming and Manchu allied forces left the fortress, they should not be too far away from the main force of the Horqin Army. If the Tumen wanted to ambush our army, they would actually be between the two armies.As long as Horqin's response is not too slow, the Ming and Manchu allied forces have a good chance of catching up with Tumen and forming a trend of encirclement.

Although it is said that if Tumen sent more troops, the encirclement circle may not be able to surround the opponent, but although the number of people in a war is important, the "situation" is sometimes more important.Generally speaking, any army that is outflanked or surrounded will basically waver naturally, and it is easy to cause a rout.

Moreover, even if they could hold on, their commanders might not dare to make such a gamble, and would often choose to withdraw their troops voluntarily, first striving to ensure that their own side would not be in danger of being defeated.

Therefore, in this way, the success or failure is determined by the speed of the Ming-Manchu coalition troops. The faster the march, the shorter the time left for Tumen Khan to ambush and sneak attack, and the time left for Horqin to attack from inside and outside. plenty.

Beilena Linbulu in the east city of Yehe, Beilebuzhai in the west city, and Menggebulu in Hadabeile also agreed with this point of view. Attitude, just do what you're told.

But there are also people who object to this method of marching. For example, the former Yansui Shuangshan Fort garrison and the current Qinghe Fort garrison You Shigong have different views.

He believes that since the purpose of going out this time is to rescue Horqin, then Horqin should be more proactive. They can't just wait in their own territory, but the Ming-Manchu coalition forces are rushing here at the risk of being sniped. In the end, the great work of "surrounding" Tumen's headquarters was lost to Horqin.

In his opinion, the Ming-Manchu coalition forces and the main force of Horqin should switch their missions. The Ming-Manchu coalition forces should stop as soon as they leave the fortress to ensure their own safety.

According to his idea, in this way, the Ming and Manchu coalition forces first ensured that they are invincible, and in defensive battles—even in field defensive battles, the advantage is always in the hands of the Ming and Manchu coalition forces. Even if Tumen Khan knows After hearing the news, they may not come to kick this iron plate, so the situation will naturally be reversed.

That is to say, the Tumen couldn’t find a chance to sneak attack the Ming-Manchu coalition forces, so they had to go to Horqin’s bad luck. Horqin would definitely come to join the Ming-Manchu coalition forces, so the place where the battle broke out would not be too far from the Ming-Manchu coalition forces’ station. Once the battle started, As long as the sentry on the side of the Ming-Manchu coalition is reliable, they can quickly learn about it and rush to attack—in short, the positions of the Ming-Manchu coalition and Horqin are reversed, and the degree of danger they face is also reversed.

In this way, the credit can be fully obtained, but the loss can be minimized, which can be called the best of both worlds.

This point of view was supported by a large number of generals of the Yansui Trilateral Faction, and Xiao Ruxun himself was quite moved by this, because he knew that You Shigong's point of view was actually the most considered by the generals of the Three Frontiers of Shaanxi.

Why do you say that?The generals of the three sides of Shaanxi did not have a lot of rotations on the Liaodong side, but because after the Northwest War, Gao Yushi almost had the dominance of the main generals in the entire nine-sided system, so that he could see from the height of the entire nine-sided system. To deploy forces, a large wave of trilateral generals was transferred to Liaodong.

In addition to Xiao Ruxun himself, Gao Wushi also took the lead in the selection of Ren Ziqiang, the then general of the Yanhe Battalion in Jizhou, Gao Ce of the Zhongjun Battalion in Datong Town (with the same rank as a guerrilla), Shen Dong, a guerrilla in Datong, and guerrilla in Xuanfu East Road. Jiesheng (Mongolian), Datong Ninglubao garrison Baisai (Mongolian), Ningxia Yuquanying garrison Juniper, Yansui Shuangshanbao garrison You Shigong, Datong Shoukoubao garrison Yang Dengshan served in Liaodong. The quasi-family Ding will take office.

In Gao Yushi's mind, this group of people was actually preparing to enter the DPRK and fight, but because this matter could not be discussed in advance, the generals of the Trilateral Department themselves did not know.If they don't know the purpose, they can only speculate. Therefore, they believe that the most likely situation is that Gao Yushi wants to firmly control the situation in Liaodong, and lock down Li Chengliang's faction in Liaoxi from Jizhen and Liaoyang, so as to ensure that Shixue can control the overall situation of the Nine Frontiers. Strength does not diminish.

Since it was to strengthen control, it was obvious that strength must be strengthened, so at that time, Gao Yushi gave these trilateral generals a high follower rating through the Ministry of War—that is, how many servants were allowed to be recruited by the court.

How many posts were given?Xiao Ruxun, the deputy general of Ningxia at the time, gave five thousand to his servant, Ren Ziqiang, a general of the Yanhe Battalion in Jizhou, gave two thousand to his servant, Gao Ce of the Central Army of Datong Town, Shen Dong and Xuanfu of the Datong Guards Guerrilla Guerrilla Jiesheng on the East Road will give [-] points each, Datong Ninglubao garrison Baisai, Ningxia Yuquanying garrison Juniper, Yansui Shuangshanbao garrison You Shigong, and Datong Shoukoubao garrison Yang Dengshan will each give [-] rated.

Therefore, based on the calculation of the number of staff, the Ministry of War mobilized them to Liaodong, and gave them a full 15500 posts as servants.Even if Cao Yu later took five thousand family members to take office in Jizhen, the generals of the Liaodong Real Science Department could have [-] troops, which exceeded or at least equaled the direct lineage of the Li family army.

The guesses of the generals of the trilateral system can't be wrong up to this point, because Gao Yushi did have such considerations, but it gradually became wrong after that.The biggest misunderstanding is that the trilateral generals believe that under Gao Situ's layout, their primary purpose is not to lose power or to lose as little power as possible, so as to avoid an imbalance in the power balance between western and eastern Liaoning.

But in fact, Gao Pragmatism doesn't care much about the changes in the balance of power at this moment. The reason is that at the level of the entire Nine Sides, the power of the Li Chengliang faction of the Real School is crushed by the Heart School, and the Mind School is not trying to maintain the Li Jiajun Conversely suppressing generals of the Realism school - at least at present, this situation is completely unrealistic.

What the School of Mind wants to do is to "keep an incense stick", not to lose all the right to speak in the entire nine-sided system, and to have no sense of existence at all.If there is no military presence at all, when the border affairs are discussed in the court in the future, will the Xin School have to say nothing?
In Gao Pragmatism's view, a certain loss is not unbearable, and he is not worried about making up for the loss.The following servants are paid by the imperial court. This payment standard is much higher than that of ordinary guard soldiers, almost three times or even higher than that of guard soldiers, and their respective chiefs will also try their best to give some rewards to win over. Therefore, the treatment is excellent, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to recruit soldiers.

The reason why Jinghua can "command the heroes" is that in addition to high-level practical political power, there is no doubt that it also has strong economic strength. This kind of strength does not mean that Jinghua directly sends money to the generals. , it can even be counted as conspiracy.

But Jinghua is a giant with both business and industry, and it can provide too many opportunities for cooperation.Generals who participate in any Jinghua business casually and become a part of Jinghua's supply chain can obtain a steady stream of profits and have the ability to "give subsidies" to their own troops.

So in this way, even if they lose strength in a certain war, they can be quickly replenished in the rear, and it is basically impossible to lose their strength - unless the establishment is completely wiped out, then it will be very fast to recover slow.

From Gao Pragmatic's point of view, this battle to rescue Horqin has to be fought, so the issue of losses has long been considered. He believes that even if the worst situation is fought, there should be no tragic situation of being wiped out.

The generals of the Trilateral Department didn't know Gao's pragmatic intentions, they just thought about the combat method according to the safest situation, although it might not be right, but it couldn't be wrong.

However, there was an outlier among the generals of the trilateral system. Jun Song, the former garrison of Yuquanying in Ningxia and the current garrison of Zhenxibao, expressed different opinions.

Juniper's opinion is actually more reckless than Ma Chengxun's. He thinks that the purpose of this battle seems to be to save Horqin, but in fact it has a deeper meaning.Horqin was originally outside the Great Wall, and unlike Ye He, the core area was adjacent to Kaiyuan, an important place of the Ming Dynasty, and their small khan court was far away from the side wall of the Ming Dynasty.

what does that mean?It means that whenever Tumen wants to launch an attack on them, Daming has to catch up with hundreds of miles to carry out the rescue. Once or twice may be no problem, if there are too many times, Tumen can completely drag the Liaodong army to exhaustion and waste their strength in vain .

Therefore, Juniper asserted murderously: The root of rescuing Horqin is to defeat Tumen Khan's main force. It will definitely break his leg!Only in this way can it be regarded as a deterrent to Tumen, preventing him from messing around.

What Du Heizi said was actually very profound, and Xiao Ruxun also felt that it was quite reasonable, but Xiao Ruxun was a little skeptical. He currently only has [-] cavalry in his hands. When facing the main force of Tumen Khan, he must be in a weak state of force. It is good to be able to hold on , What else are you talking about breaking, "breaking his leg"?
Juniper's answer was very simple: "If the two sides can tell the outcome by comparing their forces, why should I wait for these generals?"
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