Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1629 Northern Expedition ([-])
The Ming court's judgment on the trend of the battle situation was generally quite accurate.When the Tumed Mongolian army entered Daning City, the Tumen outside the city lingered for a few days, but they did not encircle Daning City in a serious manner. put it in.

The Ming and Mongolian armies in Daning City and the cavalry leaders in Jinghua also discussed whether to go out of the city to show the Chahar people a little color, but in the end, as the "righteous master", the defenders of Daning still felt that they would stick to this vital point The city is even more important, and they don't agree to go out to fight in the city, but have to wait for the order of the court.

Tumed not only lost nearly ten thousand troops after his defeat in the previous battle, but also lost a lot of dry food for cattle and sheep. Now he needs to rely on supplies from Daning City, so naturally he can't stick to his point of view, so he can only endure it and hold back It was full of fire.

This is what Tumen and Brihatu wanted.In this way, it means that Tumed not only suffered a big defeat on the battlefield, but also had to take shelter in the strong city of Ming Dynasty. Naturally, there will be a great loss in prestige, and of course it will be a big loss for Tumen in turn. Khan earned a lot of prestige.

However, Daming's reaction was imminent. Cao Yu, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, dispatched his troops quickly. With the elite soldiers of Jizhen trained by Ren Jiading and Qi Jiguang as the backbone, he assembled an army of [-] infantry and cavalry, and marched out from the mouth of Xifeng Mountain with a murderous look. Ning Cheng came.

When Tumen Khan heard the news, he broke camp and left without saying a word.But before he left, he sent a sharpshooter to shoot letters into the city, mocking Tumot for claiming to be powerful, but he dared not go out of the city to fight against him.

He even followed Brihatu's plan, sent someone to shout outside the city gate, and dropped two boxes saying they were gifts for Erdemutu and Butashri.After the Chahar army left, the soldiers of the Ming army picked up the two boxes and opened them. They turned out to be two sets of children's clothes worn by children.

This is obviously a mockery of Tumed's chief and deputy generals who are both yellow-mouthed children, so Butashri was extremely angry and strongly demanded Erdemutu to lead the Territory Motemeng army out of the city to pursue him regardless of the Ming army's intentions, and vowed to go out. It's impossible to let go of this bad breath.

However, what is surprising is that Erdemutu was really determined this time. No matter how righteously indignant Butashri said, he refused expressionlessly, and finally even said: "Tai Jiruo is really not angry. , You can go out of the city to show your bravery, and this son is willing to beat the drums for Taiji in the Daning City Tower to cheer for Taiji in person."

how can that be?Butashiri encouraged Erde Mutu to play in the hope of exhausting his strength. Anyway, the performance of the Tumen that day has already explained everything. Even if Butashili played together, the Chahar army would definitely stare at Erde Mutu. Demutu's direct descendant of Xishao will not do anything to his deputy general at all.

It's a pity that Erdemutu refused to be fooled. Of course, Butashri would not really only lead his own lineage to fight, so things came to a stalemate.But Butashli was not idle, and specially asked his subordinates to mock Erdemutu for fear of the enemy and war in front of the Western Sentinel Mongolian army from time to time.Although Erdemutu had his own plans and considerations, he was inevitably a little embarrassed in the face of this situation.

Erde Mutu has been following Gao Yushi for some years, and he has naturally read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which was popular in Ming Dynasty.Burihatu's strategy is exactly the same as Zhuge Liang's gift of women's clothes to Sima Yi, so why can't Erdemutu see it?Not only could he see it, but he also knew that the morale of the soldiers under his command was shaken because he refused to fight.

However, the problem is that Erdemutu dare not use the method Sima Yi used to stabilize the morale of the army after receiving the woman's clothes at that time.

What method did Sima Yi use to stabilize the morale of the army?Use the Wei court.The book says so:

But Wei generals all knew that Kongming insulted Sima Yi with women's clothes, and Yi accepted it without fighting.The generals were not angry, and they entered the account and said: "We are all famous generals of a great country, and we can endure such humiliation from the Shu people! Please go to war to decide the male and female." Yi said: "I am willing to be humiliated because I dare not fight. Nai Tianzi Ming The imperial edict orders you to stand firm and not to move. If you go out lightly today, it will be against your order." All the generals were furious.Yi said: "since you are going to fight, how about waiting for me to play the role of the emperor and go to the enemy together?" All agreed.Yi Nai wrote a letter and sent envoys until he heard about Cao Rui, the Lord of Wei, before the Hefei Army.Rui disassembled the table to see it.The table briefly says... (omitted)
After reading Rui Rui, it was said that many officials said: "Sima Yi can't hold out, so why is he going to the table to ask for a fight?" Wei Wei Xinbi said: "Sima Yi has no heart to fight. It must be because of Zhuge Liang's humiliation and the anger of the generals. Putting up this form, I want to beg for a more clear order, so as to curb the hearts and minds of the generals." Ruiran said, that is to say, he ordered Xin Pi to hold the festival to Weibei Village to deliver an order not to go to war.Sima Yi received the edict and recorded it in the account, and Simpi issued an edict saying: "If anyone dares to speak out again, he will be deemed as violating the order." The generals had to obey the edict.Yi secretly said to Xin Pi and said, "The public knows my heart!" So it was said in the army that Wei Zhu ordered Xin Pi to hold the festival and told Sima Yi not to go out to fight.

The general of Shu heard about this and reported it to Kong Ming.Kongming said with a smile: "This is the law of Sima Yi's security of the three armies." Jiang Wei said: "How does the prime minister know it?" Kongming said: "He has no fighting spirit at all; so he invites fighters to show his strength to everyone's ears. Don't you hear: The general is out, and the king's order is not accepted. Are you going to call for battle when you are thousands of miles away? This is because Sima Yi was angry with the soldiers, so he used Cao Rui's intention to control the people. Now he is spreading this word again, trying to weaken the morale of our army."

With the example here, the reason why Erde Mutu did not dare to follow Sima Yi's plan is obvious.At that time, there were many talented people in the court of Wei State. Sima could see at a glance that Sima Yi wanted to use the power of the court to stabilize the morale of the army, so he persuaded Cao Rui to follow Sima Yi's wishes.

However, how can the wise men in the King's Court of Shunyi compare with the court of Wei State at that time?If Chataiji hadn't died, it might be possible to see why, but now that Chataiji is gone, it's hard to say whether the rest have such ability.What if the father is ready to read the letter of war, and the father is even furious after hearing about the previous loss, what should I do?
If Burhhatu can make this strategy, it is impossible that he has no back-up, or he will let the Tumen lead the army back to Chahanhot early, and the Tumed army who sent orders back and forth and chased after them could not even see a horse hair; Or simply let the Chahar army find a place to sit and wait, and wait for the Tumed army to catch up and immediately launch another Qingcheng ambush.

The latter situation is naturally a tragedy, but even the former one is very bad, which means that Erdemutu is obviously being played by others.

You know, in the Battle of Qingcheng, it can be said that no one expected that Tumen would play all kinds of tricks on such a vast battlefield. Erdemutu cannot be blamed for the defeat, but if he is fooled face to face like this , that would really discredit the prestige, and I am afraid that he will not have the face to lead troops in the future.

However, this embarrassment only lasted for two days, and someone relieved him on the morning of the third day.

It was none other than his teacher Gao Yushi who helped him out.

Gao Wushi sent three letters to Guo Youguang, Erde Mutu and Gao Jiang respectively.

Guo Youguang's job is to guard the generals of Daning, that is, the generals of Daning in the usual sense.This person is from Fugu, and obviously belongs to the generals of the Xuanda Clan. For him, the private letter written by Gao Yushi is probably second only to the imperial decree in its effectiveness.

Gao Pragmatic's letter did not make it difficult for him, and even relieved his pressure to a large extent.In the letter, Gao Situ "reminded" him to be careful that Chahar might use the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, and "suggested" him to eliminate interference and stick to it, and discuss everything after the arrival of Cao Zongrong's army.

As for the letter to Gao Jiang, Gao Jiang's pragmatic tone was naturally not so polite. First, he was downgraded mercilessly, and then allowed him to commit crimes and meritorious deeds - but he was not asked to go out of the city to fight, but to arrange for the compensation of the casualties and all the aftermath Matters, and then earnestly summed up the reasons for the excessive casualties in this battle, and put forward his solutions.

I can say a few more words about the last point. This kind of post-war summary is the consistent practice of Jinghua. Needless to say, it is obviously a highly pragmatic copy of PLA experience.According to Jinghua's habit over the years, no matter how good or bad a battle is, a summary must be made after the war. to be avoided in the future.

In the letter to Erde Mutu, Gao Wushi clearly reminded him not to raise troops out of anger, let alone coerce the Ming army or the Jinghua cavalry to enlist under any name—of course, the words were relatively tactful.

According to the analysis in Gao Yushixin, it is believed that the Tumed Army has already suffered relatively large losses during this trip, and they do not have the strength to confront the entire Chahar army head-on.As for the Ming army, firstly, the defenders of Daning City were mainly infantry, and secondly, the two sides had never cooperated at the tactical level. Facing a strong enemy, a joint expedition was almost meaningless except to strengthen each other's courage.

The truth is actually very simple. With Brihatu in the Chahar army, if the Ming army had a large number of infantry soldiers, they could find a way to go around in circles. If the coalition forces always act together, they will definitely not be able to catch up with the Chahar army. But if the coalition forces chased and chased the cavalry out of touch, then Chahar could fight anyone he wanted, and the "coalition" of the coalition forces would not play a role at all.

Gao Wushi said so in his letter, but based on Erdemutu's understanding of his teacher, he quickly guessed that the teacher was "releasing the burden" for him.

The fact is also the same. Gao Wushi knew that the defeat in the First Battle of Qingcheng would definitely affect Erdemutu's prestige in the army. In terms of his status in Tumed, it was hard not to find a way back for the sake of face, but Erdemutu, who had lost a quarter of his troops, wanted to counterattack and defeat the chahar army with high morale. It was obviously difficult, so he was simply ordered to rest in Daning City for reinforcements.

In addition, Gao Wushi also asked Erdemutu to inform his father Bahanaji of the news immediately in the letter, and hinted that "If you want to avenge this, if it is not this winter, how can we discuss it again in the spring".

Erdemutu read the letter three times and finally understood what the teacher meant.He was relieved, but he couldn't help but feel ashamed, deeply regretting that he had tarnished the teacher's reputation in the first battle.Although the teacher didn't mean to blame anything in the letter, he just dealt with the aftermath for himself according to the facts, but he kept reminding himself that in the spring of the coming year, he must cheer up 12 points, and he must not embarrass the teacher again.

The reputation of high pragmatism is not only resounding all over the world in Ming Dynasty, but also to Tumed people. What's more, his status in Tumed is very special-not only is he called Han Naji as a brother, but he is also the third king of Ming Dynasty Therefore, as soon as his letter was published, the voice of discussion within the Tumed Army disappeared instantly, and everyone began to wait for Cao Yu and Cao Zongrong to arrive and arrange their next move.

It still takes at least three or four days to go from Xifengkou to Daning City, so by the time Cao Yu arrives, the other voices in Daning City have basically disappeared, even Buta Shi who was clamoring to show his bravery before. Li has long since not mentioned this crop.Of course, there is no point in mentioning it. After all, several days have passed, and if the Tumen army were to leave, they would have already disappeared, and it was impossible to catch up.

Daning City originally had more than 5000 Ming soldiers, plus five or six thousand Jinghua cavalry, and more than 4 Tumote, which made it more than [-] people. Now add the [-] troops brought by Cao Yu , There are nearly [-] soldiers in the city.

A small 10 horses is obviously a big burden for this city of Saibeijian, which is currently not self-sufficient in food, so Cao Yu does not plan to stay for a long time.

After being confirmed by many parties, Cao Yu was convinced that the Tumen army had returned eastward to Chahanhot, so he had basically completed the mission of sending troops this time-he was here to ensure the safe return of the Tumed army, not To fight Chahanhot with Chahar.

In view of this, Cao Yan decided to only rest for one day, and returned west with Tumot after breakfast the next morning. Of course, Cao Ran only "escorted" a section of the road, and he would go south back to Jizhen after confirming that there was no danger.

That night, Cao Yu revealed to Erdemutu, who came to visit him, the plan to launch a war after the beginning of spring, and told Erdemutu not to worry about losing the battle. His teacher Gao Situ had already sent a letter to King Shunyi He and Cheng Wen, the court angel, will block Tumet's internal attacks for him, so that he should not be distracted by these matters, but should make solid preparations before dispatching troops, and strive to restore his reputation with his achievements next year.

Erde Mutu was very moved, and said that he must prepare well according to the teacher's instructions. At the same time, he also reported some other situations, and asked Cao Yan to pass them on to the teacher.

Naturally, Cao Yu agreed one by one, and the guests and hosts had a great time. When Erde Mutu left, Cao Yu personally sent him to the gate, giving him enough face.

In the early morning of the next day, about [-] people from the Ming and Mongolian allied forces left the city from the west gate of Daning and headed towards Guihua City all the way. The battle around Daning City came to an end.

But at this time, they still don't know that the "Chahar Decisive War Prelude" that broke out when Chahar announced to send troops to Horqin has not really ended yet.
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