Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1667 Cutting Yuan ([-]) Tumen Tuogu
During the Little Ice Age, the Mobei Grassland was not hot in summer, and even resembled the Central Plains in autumn, with a pleasant climate.

On this day, the blue sky is as clear as washing, and the sky is so comfortable. It is an excellent scenery.However, dust suddenly rose from the east of the grassland, and accompanied by a low thunderous rumbling sound, a huge cavalry roared from between the sky and the earth.

The leader is none other than the "Great Khan of All Mongolia" - Zasak Tutumen Khan.Lao Khan is almost sixty years old, which is considered a long life among Mongolians.His beard and hair were already half white with gray, his cheeks were a little sunken, and the thick and dark bags under his eyes showed that he was very tired recently, only his cold eyes remained the same as before.

This large group of cavalry rushed to a long and gentle slope. Tumen reined in his horse profusely and stopped.Tens of thousands of cavalry didn't need orders at all, and stopped immediately like a person, waiting for the order of the Great Khan.

But Da Khan didn't give any orders, he just squinted his eyes and looked forward for a while, then asked in a hoarse voice: "Brihatu, you're going to Shacheng not far away, right?"

Brihatu was in his prime of life, and although the road was full of dust, he seemed calm as usual, pulled the rein slightly, nodded and said, "Khan has a good memory, about twenty miles ahead should be Shacheng."

Tumen nodded slightly, but his face became more gloomy. After a while, he suddenly sighed softly: "In the past, the two of us, the monarch and his ministers, led an army of tens of thousands, and we were defeated under this sand city. At that time... A man is Gao Rixin."

Brihatu nodded, but did not make a sound.Tumen continued: "Sometimes Ben Khan can't help but think, if we had fought so hard to take down Shacheng and killed Gao Rixin here, would there still be so many things now? ?”

Burihatu was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "The past is over, and the Great Khan needs to consider the present and the future."

"Oh, yes, you always have to think about the present and the future first." Tumen smiled as if mocking himself, and sighed again: "Actually, Ben Khan knows what you are thinking. You are thinking that even if we had to attack by force back then, In fact, you can’t win Shacheng, can you? I think so, after all, you insisted a few days ago that ‘the city where Gao Rixin resides must be hard to break’...the Shacheng back then, I guess, was the same.”

Brihatu answered quickly this time, and immediately said: "The Ming court boasted that Gao Rixin is the number one literary commander in the world. Since he became an official, he has won a hundred battles without losing a single defeat. But this man is not really a soldier like a god." From the point of view of ministers, Gao Ri's new political talents are far superior to military talents. There are three major reasons why he has not suffered a defeat.

First, this person is good at pre-war layout, that is, what is said in the book of war of the Han people: "The art of war: the first is degree, the second is measurement, the third is counting, the fourth is called, and the fifth is victory."Earth produces degree, degree produces quantity, quantity produces number, number produces scale, and scale produces victory.Therefore, victorious soldiers are called baht by yi, and defeated soldiers are called yi by baht.The victor's battle is also the person, if the one who decides to accumulate water in the stream of Qianren, the shape is also. 'Gao Rixin has won the essence of it. "

Tumen frowned, "What do these words mean?"

The Great Khan obviously didn't read the Art of War carefully, so Brihatu briefly explained it to him.Tell him that the Han Chinese Art of War says that there are five basic principles for victory: one is the "degree" of land area, the other is the "quantity" of product resources, the third is the "number" of soldiers, the fourth is the "weighing" of military strength, and the fifth is the "quantity" of resources. It is the "win" of victory or defeat.

The difference in the area where the enemy and the enemy are located produces the "degree" of the land area of ​​the two sides; the difference in the "degree" of the land area of ​​the enemy and the enemy produces the "quantity" of the property resources of the two sides; the "quantity" of the property resources of the enemy and the property , resulting in the "number" of the different numbers of soldiers on both sides; the difference in the "number" of the number of soldiers between the enemy and us produces the "weight" of the comparison of the strength of the two sides;

Therefore, compared with the defeated army, the victorious army has an absolute advantage, just like "镒" is called "镒"; Absolute disadvantage.The powerful victor leads the troops to fight, just like breaking the stagnant water in the mountain stream on the cliff. This is the "shape" of military strength.

"It's the 'national power' you often talked about with Ben Khan before." After hearing this, Tumen nodded heavily, and said: "The Ming court's national power is strong, but it couldn't be used well in the past. Later, with the uncle and nephew of the Gao family, this power gradually I can gather together and use my arms like fingers. Although my Mongolian warriors are good at fighting, once they are reduced to fighting with the Ming people, they will only be defeated sooner or later...you go on."

"Secondly, although Gao Rixin may not be ingenious and changeable, his victory lies in his careful use of troops. This is the art of war:'A good fighter stands in an invincible position without losing the enemy's defeat. This is why the army wins First win and then seek war, defeated soldiers first fight and then seek victory. Those who make good use of soldiers practice the Tao and protect the law, so they can govern victory and defeat.' Therefore, although he is not a natural general, he can always gradually form a winning trend until it is irreversible .”

"Ben Khan understands this passage." Tumen nodded and said, "It means that a person who is good at fighting always makes himself invincible and never misses the opportunity to defeat the enemy. Therefore, the victorious army first Have the certainty of victory, and then seek to engage the enemy; the defeated army often first takes the risk of engaging the enemy, and then seeks to win by chance.

In other words, those who are good at commanding wars must master the principles and methods of "self-protection and complete victory", so as to be able to control the initiative of victory or defeat. "

"Khan is wise, that's exactly the case." Burihatu nodded and said, "Gao Rixin's army always seeks to be undefeated first, and then to win. In the battle of Shacheng, he defended and attacked, and he had a strong city to defend against." Leaning, there are cannons that can hurt me. Our cavalry is superior to him in terms of coming and going, but it is difficult to make an inch in the city. Sooner or later, he will leave. Why should he worry?
The Great Khan also understood the truth that day, so after the test, he withdrew his troops when he saw that he did not show his flaws. This is the right way.Even if it happened again, the minister thought that Da Khan would make such a choice.That being the case, how can we talk about the saying that "we have to fight hard to win Shacheng"? "

"It's just a moment of emotion." Tumen waved his hands uninterestedly, and said, "Let's not talk about the past, let's talk about his third point of winning every battle."

"The third point is that he knows the principle of 'Qi wins'." Brihatu knew that Tumen must not understand, so he explained to himself without waiting for him to ask: "The Art of War says: 'The three armies can seize Qi' , the general can seize the heart. Therefore, the energy of the youth is sharp, the energy of the day is lazy, and the energy of the evening returns. Those who make good use of soldiers avoid their sharp energy and strike their lazy return. The one who treats the near to the far, the lost to the tired, the full to the hungry, these are the ones who rule power."

Tumen thought for a while and said: "It means that for the enemy's army, we should find ways to dampen its spirit and make it lose morale, and for the enemy's general, we can shake his determination and make him lose his fighting spirit. Therefore, the enemy In the morning and at the beginning of the day, the qi must be strong; when Chen Bing arrives at noon, the manpower will be sleepy and the qi will be lazy; at dusk, the mind will return, and the qi will decline.

Therefore, those who are good at using troops should avoid the enemy's vigor when he first comes, and wait for the enemy's morale to weaken before attacking him. This is the way to win by weakening the enemy's morale.Use one's rigor to deal with the enemy's chaos, and one's own calm to deal with the enemy's clamor. This is the way to win by taking advantage of the enemy's psychological restlessness.

And waiting for the enemy from afar on the battlefield closer to you, waiting for the exhausted enemy when your troops are fully rested, and waiting for the hungry enemy when your troops are full, is through consumption. The method of winning by the strength of the enemy. "

"Yes, what the Great Khan said is the correct answer." Brihatu said happily: "For an army, morale is very important, so we must pay attention to hitting the enemy's morale and shaking the general's determination. When the enemy's morale is depressed, When the general is frustrated and has no fighting spirit to attack it, he will reduce his own casualties and win the war with the smallest cost.

The Han people have a saying called "beating a snake and hitting seven inches", which means that you must focus on doing things, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort. "Avoid their vigor, hit their laziness and return" is the same as the combat principle of "avoid the fact and use the emptiness". They both mean that when the enemy and the enemy are equal in strength, we can make temporary concessions in order to maintain the vigor of our army, make the enemy tired and depressed, and reduce the enemy's strength. Kill its advantage.When the time is right, give the enemy a fatal blow. "

Tumen thought for a while, and said: "At the beginning of the battle in southern Liaoning, Gao Rixin first let Ben Khan and Chaohua advance all the way, waited until the riverside and then slowly attacked and blocked them, and then launched the attack while our army was exhausted and eager to cross the river. In the decisive battle, the army of fried flowers was defeated in one fell swoop, and even captured himself, is this the reason?"

"Yes." Brihatu nodded.

Unexpectedly, the mapmen laughed wryly, shook their heads and said: "Ben Khan wanted to say that it would be great if he knew these truths earlier. But after thinking about it, the truth is the truth. When it comes to the battlefield, it can distract the leader of the army." There are too many, and there are so few people who can stick to their original intentions in the end...Even if there is another Liaonan war, Ben Khan and Chaohua have read these military books, but I am afraid that Chaohua will still die."

Brihatu nodded and said: "It is indeed possible, because if you add the above three points together and then examine Gao Rixin, you will find a key to his victory over us - he knows what I want, so he can show what I want In this way, it is extremely difficult not to be fooled by him."

Tumen suddenly frowned, and said a little uneasy: "Then tell me, this time, in front of more than 20 Ming troops, we will escape the golden cicada with one hand, and then rush thousands of miles to become naturalized... Could it be Gao Rixin's intentional flaw? Bar?"

"Probably not this time." Burihatu couldn't help but frowned, thinking: "Gao Rixin's battle is different from the previous ones, that is, his goal for this battle is too big. Defeating us, and wanting to wipe them all out, trying to destroy our Mongolian Khan court in one fell swoop. Even, he needs to use this to deter some people in the country who oppose him or oppose the reform of practical learning.

This goal is too big, so many methods that could have been adopted cannot be adopted. We can only spread a net on all sides, trying to surround us.Although at first glance he had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, it would be okay to surround him heavily, but that was just an appearance.

In fact, because there are too many troops, it will be difficult to resupply if they are concentrated in one place. Therefore, before the war, I estimated that he could use no more than 30 troops for five hundred miles around Chahanhot. Chance.

Under such circumstances, if he wanted to encircle and suppress the prairie, he could only delegate power to the frontline generals and let them find their own fighters.However, Gao Rixin used to be able to avoid temptation and resolutely deploy operations step by step according to his own ideas, but other generals under his command could not do this.

Li Rusong was not Gao Rixin's subordinate, he was even the only general in this battle who was not in the same faction as Gao Rixin, so he was under the greatest pressure in this battle.Under such circumstances, Li Rusong will definitely seek to fight actively, even if he can't win all the battles, he will definitely want to win the first battle.

Therefore, I predicted that after Li Rusong expected that our army would not fight with him in Chahanhot, he must have calculated that our army would go north to avoid its edge, so he would go straight to Chahanhot with Xiao Ruxun as a clue, and his headquarters would go up to the dark north to intercept .The minister predicted that with Li Rusong's domineering feats, he would definitely want to reproduce the victory of Sapphire Yuerhai.

In addition to the large army, our army brought more than [-] people this time, and it is bound to be unable to rush as fast as Li Rusong, so the minister asked the Great Khan to persuade Aba Dai Saiyin Khan to go with elites, so he set up a suspicious formation and pretended In the middle.The headquarters of our army sent elite sentries to monitor the besieging Ma Cheng'en's troops. Seeing their speeding up, they knew that Abadai Saiyin Khan had already got a plan, so the whole army took the opportunity to march west...

By now, Abadai Saiyin Khan should have been seen through, but he has lived in Helin for a long time and is more suitable for activities in the Northland. He will definitely be able to get rid of the pursuers and join us in Xichui. The Great Khan does not need to worry about him.On the other hand, Gao Rixin, at this moment, either thinks that our army is going north to join the Waikalkha tribe with Lin, and concentrate our forces for a decisive battle with him; or he thinks that after our army escapes from the encirclement, it will take the opportunity to take Daning, where he is, and turn things around in one fell swoop. ..."

Tumen closed his eyes, and said, "But he didn't expect Ben Khan to abandon his homeland and march westward with such great determination. Besides, Ben Khan is going to Tumot to fight for a grass valley on the way west." , to avenge you in the past."

Burihatu bowed deeply on the horseback, and said, "The kindness of the Great Khan is hard to repay in three lifetimes."

Tumen waved his hand: "You and Ben Khan are both from the golden family, and are people connected by blood. What are you talking about? Besides, the battle in Guihua City is not only for you and your father, but also for Ben Khan. If you take a breath of anger, then you don't need to say anything about gratitude. However, although Tumote's main force is out, the power in Zhong Jinhatun's hands should not be underestimated. This battle may still be a bitter one..."

He suddenly turned his head and waved to a slightly thin middle-aged Mongolian nobleman behind him, who hurriedly stepped forward to listen to his orders.Tumen sighed softly, and said to Burihatu: "Brihatu, I'm going to travel thousands of miles. Ben Khan's health has been a little weak recently, and maybe the day of westward journey is not far away. Although Buyan is not a weapon, after all these years It's a hard work, Ben Khan... I'll entrust him to you today, and I hope you can help me well."

Brihatu was taken aback, and was about to say some words of persuasion, but Tumen shook his head firmly, signaling him not to speak with his eyes.Then Tumen said to his eldest son Buyantaiji: "Buyan, listen, when you succeed in the future, Burihatu will hold the white banner for you, understand?"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Buyantaiji was taken aback, but even Buri Hatu himself was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Khan!"
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