Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1619 Overture to War ([-]) Variable Appears
In Brihatu's vision, it would not be difficult to hunt down Tumed's defeated army, because the location where the battle broke out this afternoon had been calculated in advance by him.

This place is called Qingcheng, but in fact there is no such thing as a city. There is only a Ming army's Yanhewubao located 400 miles south of the battlefield. The name of that place will disappear after more than [-] years.

The location of the battlefield is roughly at the intersection of the northern part of Pingquan, Chengde, Hebei and the southwest of Ningcheng, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. On the east side of the battlefield, there are Luotuo Mountain, Dawang Mountain and Maomao Mountain from north to south. The battlefield itself is located on the edge of the river. To the west is Laoha River.

What does such a geographical location mean?It means that either Erdemutu crossed the Laoha River on the leather rafts carried by the Mongolian cavalry in the unfrozen Mid-Autumn Festival, regardless of the half-crossing that may be encountered at any time, or ran up the mountain with the cavalry, otherwise To Daning, he can only go down the river in the northeast direction—the Laoha River flows in the northeast direction in this section.

To put it simply, he is now surrounded by rivers to the west and mountains to the east, and he and Tumed's defeated army are located in the canyon of the river.

Anyone who has seen the Great Wall near the Yanshan Mountains knows that the mountains here may not all be called majestic, but most of them are relatively steep and there are many rocky mountains.With such a terrain and the shade of trees growing between the rocks, it is not convenient for the infantry to show how to cross the mountains, let alone the cavalry.

The reason why the Yanyun Sixteen States cannot be lost is that the terrain that is extremely suitable for defense has always been a big reason.Once the line of the Yanshan Mountains is lost, further south will be the flat Hebei Plain. Facing the nomads dominated by cavalry, it will naturally become a passive situation where they can only be ready to be beaten at any time.

Brihatu's calculations were not wrong at all, and Erdemutu really had no other way to go except down the river.So, after persuading Tumed's subordinate armies, Butashri was forced to follow him to retreat to Daning City, while Tumen Khan's army, which had retreated a little before, took a break while they were arguing and discussing. Now it has quickly caught up.

However, since both sides are not used to fighting at night, Brihatu has no intention of launching an attack immediately after catching up.His plan is to catch up first, bite and follow, and wait until dawn before launching an attack.If Erdemutu stood in line during this period, then Chahar's army would also stop and confront them.

In a word, I hang on like this, I won't hit you yet, but I won't let you go, and I'll deal with you after dawn.

Erdemutu immediately saw Burhatu's intentions, but as before, Burhatu was still using a conspiracy, and there was no good way to easily break it.If there is any solution, in fact, the best solution is to go back and fight a desperate night battle with Chahar. If he wins, then naturally there will be no troubles.

Not to mention, Butashri also thought of this, and stopped the team on the spot, saying that he should turn around and attack without fear at this moment, not to lose Tumet's face.Based on the habit of finding a reason for one's own victory before the battle, Bhutashri also said righteously: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. At this time of life and death, if Huang Taiji dare not fight to the death, this Taiji—— wish Past!"

Anyway, it was all for the sake of fame, and Butashri was sure that Erde Mutu would not dare to lose his own combat power. It was expected that he would not agree to his own counterattack, so the words on the scene were particularly loud.

However, although Erdemutu is young, he has grown up under the influence of high pragmatism for a long time. He usually imitates his teacher intentionally or unintentionally in all aspects, so even if he hears Butashri provocatively He just said indifferently: "I am very satisfied with Buta Shili's loyalty and courage, but there will be more opportunities like this in the future, so you don't have to rush for a while."

Are you playing tricks with me?I spent all these years by the teacher's side for nothing?

Butashli used the "Taiji" used by Mongolians to describe the relationship between two people, but Erdemutu did not admit it, and preferred to use the expression of the Ming system.The former two are both "Taiji", but Erde Mutu is usually called "Huang Taiji".

Comparing according to this standard, the gap between the two is not that big. They are both "descendants of the golden family"—that is, Taiji, and Erde Mutu just added a yellow character because of his status as the heir. " or "Prince", of course, "Wang Shizi" and "Prince" are the same, anyway, it is a free translation with transliteration influence.

However, according to Daming's status standard, the status gap between the two of them is relatively large.Aside from some additional titles, Erdemutu's standard identity or "basic identity" is nothing else, that is, "the son of the prince of Shunyi", the heir of a foreign vassal.

Regardless of whether it is an outer vassal or an inner vassal, under the power hierarchy system of the Ming Dynasty, it is "one country", but the country of the inner vassal is virtual, while the country of the outer vassal is an entity.The crown prince of the foreign domain is originally the crown prince of a country, and his status is "lord", so except for his parents, everyone else in the country is his subjects and subjects.

According to this principle, Butashri is of course also one of the courtiers, and Erdemutu directly pointed out that his identity is "a matter of fact".There are many kinds of things in Ming Dynasty, but what kind of thing is Butashri?Wei commanded everything.

What level of official is this?Let me first talk about the nature of the "army" and "soldiers" of the Ming Dynasty.

The coexistence of army and soldiers is a unique military system in Ming Dynasty.Gu Yanwu once said, "Those who judge soldiers and farmers are at the same level, the following three generations have practiced evil. Those who judge the army and soldiers are at the same level, it is the beginning of the country's dynasty."There is a relatively common mistake in the research of the military soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the academic circles of later generations, that is, they think that soldiers are recruits.In this way, the difference between an army and a soldier lies in whether it is recruited and whether it is hereditary.In fact, the difference in organizational form between the army and the soldiers is the fundamental difference between the army and the soldiers.

The military guards are under the jurisdiction of Xiaoqi, Zongqi, Baihu, Qianhu, Wei Commander, Du Commander, and up to the Dudufu of the Five Armies.The army and officials of the guards are hereditary, only the governors of the five armies and the officers of the capitals are not hereditary.The military status of the guards and officials, with their family members, lived in one place for generations, and passed down from generation to generation, basically no change.

The garrison of each guard is fixed, the number of sergeants is fixed, and the appointment of generals is also regulated.In short, under the Weisuo system, power is dispersed and soldiers will be separated.But after Jingtai, the power of the Ministry of War rose, and the Minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of military affairs, seized the power of the five mansions, and the officials of the five mansions changed their false titles.

The barracks belong to the battalion, and are under the command of the commander, captain, sentry officer, commander, garrison, capital division, guerrilla, general, deputy commander, and commander, directly under the Ministry of War.Soldiers are generally not hereditary, except for those who were converted from guards to soldiers.There is a rule that soldiers have no household registration. The service period of soldiers is not long, and generally they do not serve for life. They are often created during wars.Battalion soldiers do not follow their families, which is closer to the modern military system.

There are no ranks for battalion officials, and some are official ranks under the Weisuo system, with no quota and no hereditary.Battalion soldiers and battalion generals learn from each other, and do not need to be appointed by the imperial court during wartime, and are directly led by the deputy commander-in-chief to march.After the power of the general is relatively improved, soldiers can be recruited by the general himself, and the caller and the called are closely related, and even when the main general changes, the soldiers will disperse.

The form and amount of payment for the army and soldiers are also different.The army's salary was settled by the garrison. After the garrison was destroyed, it was supplemented with salt lessons and the pro-democracy movement, and part of it was also taken from the Beijing Yunnian.And the food and pay of the soldiers are all taken from the regular silver in the year of the Beijing Games, or the new salary added.The amount is also different. Soldiers have silver for their homes, horse prices, clothing, equipment, etc., and their monthly rations are relatively rich, while the army only has monthly rations, and they have travel rations during wartime or expeditions.

Army and soldiers are used differently.The soldiers gradually replaced the role of the army. The soldiers dominated the battle, and the army dominated the defense and settlement. "Soldiers guard against the enemy while the army sits and defends. The army is more important than the army.

Of course, soldiers did not completely replace the army, and the Weisuo system accompanied Ming Dynasty until its demise.In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the Weisuo Army was changed to Tunting, and the functions of the Cao Army were partially retained. The Weisuo as a military organization disappeared completely, and the time when the Weisuo was abolished as a geographical unit and administrative jurisdiction was even later.

The military system of the Ming camp and the official position of the Weisuo system were often used together.Generally speaking (not very strictly), the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief are served by officials such as Gonghou Bo and other officials, and the generals and guerrillas are mostly served by officials such as the commander of the capital. , Baihu acted as.

Having clarified these, the status of "Qianshi" as an adjutant in charge of generals and adjutants under the "army" system is relatively clear.In other words, it is the "third in command" of a guard—of course, it may not actually be the third, because a general guard has one commander, two commanders, and four commanders.

Since the military generals of the Ming Dynasty are generally of higher rank, the Commander of Wei is the third rank, the commander of Tongzhi is the third rank, and the commander of the affairs is the fourth rank.

Under the Ming system, Wang Jue is generally referred to as "Super Grade". Although it is not accurate, the status is very high at a glance.

Commander Wei is only a fourth-rank official, and logically speaking, he is almost not even qualified to speak in front of the very high-ranking Prince Wang.

Erdemutu responded like this, of course Butashli refused to accept it, but he could only hold back his dissatisfaction—even his mother Zhong Jinhatun would never dare to directly express any dissatisfaction with the system of the Ming Dynasty, let alone him. ?

Now Butashri started to take a high look at Erde Mutu. He found that Erde Mutu at least knew how to "buy people with power", but he was relying on Daming's power. He really couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to deliberately With a mocking sneer on his face, he kept silent.

Erdemutu saw that he was calm, so he issued an order: Since Butashri is brave and fearless in command, he will lead the headquarters as the rear of the whole army, and the rest of the troops will speed up towards Daning City. Enter.

Butashri secretly scolded this guy for being unreasonable and unforgiving, using his "martial courage".But he didn't know that only a small part of Erdemutu deliberately deceived him. In fact, he mainly saw through Buri Hatu's intentions, knowing that Buri Hatu was unlikely to take the initiative to initiate a fight at least before dawn. And when Butashri was placed behind the rear of the army, Brihatu would not do so.

The reason is very simple. What Brihatu wants is to weaken the power of Bahanaji's lineage, and try his best to make the hard power of Tumot's "two giants" closer and closer.After Chataiji passed away, no one can act as a lubricant and a peace guarantor between the two parties. Unless Daming continues to intervene, there will probably be conflicts between the two powers—his and his wife had a conflict of interest, and Chaha I also had a chance.

Sure enough, after Erdemutu's decision was implemented, Chahar's army became less and less aggressive, and even "following" became "following from a distance". It seemed that they were worried that Butashri, who was the rear of the army, would be impulsive , In turn, it was like a decisive battle with them.

The purpose of Erdemutu's accelerated march is that although he can't reach Daning overnight, he can walk as much as he can before dawn. The closer he is to Daning, the safer he is. Maybe the defenders of Daning City will find out when they fight again tomorrow morning. Can you take the initiative to come out and help the leader in case of a situation?Better to have hope than to have no hope.

But Brihatu did not change his plan, and still just followed him from a distance, because he felt that firstly, it was impossible for the Tumote to arrive at Daning before dawn; Taking it as their responsibility to stick to this vital point outside the Great Wall, it is unlikely that they care so much about the life and death of the Tumet people; thirdly, it is night at this moment, and the Ming army may not even have a clear understanding of the situation outside the city, so how dare they send troops indiscriminately?If the outside of the city was a trap, and the Ming army went out of the city to find that both sides were their enemies, and the entire Ming army was wiped out under the two-phase attack, would the defender be able to bear the blame?

Therefore, in Brihatu's view, there is no need to worry about the Ming army tonight.

Brihatu's prediction can be right or wrong.In fact, the Ming army in the city has already learned about the battle that broke out near Qingcheng this afternoon, and has a general understanding of the outcome of the battle, and has a correct estimate of the direction after the battle, but unfortunately, they really dare not go out of the city to rescue Tumo special people.

The first task of the defenders is to defend their own city. If this basic task fails, no matter how great the other contributions are, it will be difficult to save their own heads, especially at the moment when Daning City is so important.

But why was Brihatu's prediction wrong again?Because in Daning City, in addition to the imperial court's economical army, there are also a group of cavalry from the Jinghua Trading Company.In fact, they discovered the Battle of Qingcheng and reported the situation to the Daning army.

Daning’s officers and soldiers dared not and could not go out of the city to rescue them at night, but the Jinghua Trading Company’s Qiding, which had great autonomy, was obviously different. They knew Erde Mutu’s identity—here, of course, mainly refers to his inside Jinghua. Status: Master's direct disciple, Secretary of Jinghua Military Affairs and in charge of the Lu division.

To put it bluntly: This TM is the boss's confidant, the direct boss of my fathers!
For such a person, what would happen if he chose not to save him?
Thus, the biggest change on the battlefield so far appeared on the scene: Jinghua Trading Company’s three cavalry teams in Daning City, which were originally in charge of different directions, mobilized urgently, organized them together temporarily, and persuaded the defender of Daning City to open the city. They went to meet the Tumet cavalry.
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