Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1677
The distance from Liuhechuan to Guihua City is about eight or nine hundred miles, and Li Rusong's high level of pragmatism is no match for Li Rusong, who leads the army with a daily [-]-mile journey, so in his plan, it will take ten days to arrive at Guihua.

According to his original thinking, there is basically no danger in this denaturalization.Although there are less than 15 cavalry on my own route alone, Ma Chengen who lives north of the headquarters on the right wing, and Li Rusong who may catch up with him at any time, even if you don’t count the inconvenient Imperial Guards, there are already more than [-] cavalry. Wan Dajun, and there are more cavalry than infantry.

Among the more than 15 people, the cavalry reached nearly [-]. As long as the three parties contact each other, it will be very convenient and timely to support each other.And considering that an army with sufficient cavalry usually has a much wider detection range, once that time comes, the possibility of either party being caught off guard is very small.

Six days later, Gao Yushi estimated that his current location was probably east of Ulanqab in the later generations. In his previous thinking, this place was an absolute "safe zone".

However, the safe zone does not seem to be safe. This morning, Gao Wushi received reports three times in a row. Three of his own horse scouting teams encountered Mongolian cavalry scouting teams, and the two sides even fought.

Contrary to Gao Yushi's original idea, the three Ming armies all suffered losses, and each part was lost.Whether it is a loss or a loss, after all, the scouting team is not large in number, and this kind of loss is nothing to fear, but one of the three scouting teams turned out to be the Ming army's "Night Not Accepting", which made Gao Wushi feel that something was wrong up.

The Ming army's "Night Not Accepting" is not an ordinary scouting horse. In analogy to later generations, "Night Not Accepting" can be regarded as the most elite special reconnaissance force.Regardless of individual combat ability or small group tactics, "Night Not Accepting" is at the top level, which can make them suffer, which shows that the Mongolian explorers they encountered must also be the top.

Why is Gao Pragmatism so sure?It can be explained here.

Generally speaking, the frontier defense in the Ming Dynasty was deployed according to the layout of the wall-guan-fort.The fort is the fort, which is equivalent to today's border post, and "No Night" was originally a scout sentry stationed in the fort.

At that time, this name refers specifically to those who "can go deep into the captive camp to detect the truth", which is equivalent to today's special forces. Soldiers, specializing in special operations.

Yebushou's initial combat target was specifically targeting the Mongolian tribes.Since Mongolia was split into three tribes: Oala, Tatar, and Wuliangha at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the strength often ebbed and flowed.But the common point is that no matter who is the boss, they will repeatedly violate the border, from the harassment of dozens of hundreds of cavalry, to the large-scale invasion of tens of thousands of troops, and even the grand master of Wala entered the country-level war first, so It is very important to have first-hand information, which shows the urgency of the responsibility of Yebu accept.

Of course, because you are often in an environment where conflicts with the enemy are the first to occur, the risk is also extremely high. If there is any disharmony, you are often the first to be caught and killed.Therefore, the imperial court and border generals gave Ye Bu received very generous treatment. If they were killed or injured, the pension was very generous, which was also proportional to the high-risk work they were engaged in.

In this regard, there is a record in "Ming Shilu · Yingzong Orthodox Shilu Nine": "The sergeants guarding the pier are not accepted at night along the border, regardless of cold or heat, and they look out day and night. Compared with defense, they are extremely hardworking. It is dangerous and difficult, compared with other troops. Disparity, if it is not thickened and given, why should it be responsible for its life?"

After the change of Tumu Fortress, Yingzong was first held hostage to the city of Datong, and the guard Guo Deng was asked to open the door to welcome him.On the one hand, Guo Deng pretended to be false, and on the other hand, he secretly organized a rescue plan, and the force he was considering using was Yebushou.

On the night Yingzong came to the city, "No Night" successfully infiltrated into the core of the Wara camp, and contacted Yuan Bin, who conveyed the message on behalf of Yingzong, and wanted to bring Yingzong back to the city that night.Unexpectedly, Yingzong was afraid of death and did not dare to follow, so he had to give up.

The specific situation is also recorded, that is, the local night does not accept Yang Zongqi secretly told Yuan Bin: "Tonight, there will be five nights. I will secretly ask my grandfather to go to the Stone Buddha Temple. When he is nowhere to be found, he will go to the city in time."

[Note: "Grandfather" here refers to Emperor Yingzong. It was explained shortly at the beginning of this book that people in the Ming Dynasty had many ways of addressing the emperor.It's just that if it is written in this way in this book, some friends may find it awkward, so they have not adopted it. ]
It can be seen from this that Yebushou's plan is actually quite careful. He intends to take Yingzong to the Stone Buddha Temple not far outside the city first, and then take advantage of the chaos to bring Yingzong into the city when the Yingzong disappears and internal chaos occurs. .

It is a pity that Yingzong's answer at that time was: "This dangerous matter cannot be avoided. First, I did not die during the civil engineering work. My fate is in heaven. If it does not happen, how about it?" Yingzong's original words. ]
Finding and rescuing the emperor in the midst of thousands of troops in the enemy camp is an extraordinary thing, and it cannot be done casually, especially in case Yingzong is implicated by failure, it is almost impossible for Guo Deng not to be implicated , and this implication is probably the big implication of losing his head.It would be shocking to look back at it like this. How powerful is the Yebushu army, so that Guo Deng can have such confidence?
In fact, there are many records in the history books of the Ming Dynasty about Yebushou. Here are two random passages to look at. For example, "Ye chooses well-behaved and courageous people, and each hides a short bow with ox horns and a small arrow with a pig's stem. When the captives are asleep, they tie up the horses." , Gather clusters of arrows quenched with medicine, come to the front, or ten steps, or five steps, secretly stab and shoot, one of the horses hits, and everyone dies, just like the ancients.

This paragraph is a brief description of the practice of destroying the enemy's strategic resource horses and weakening their mobility at night.

There is also "send the night to not accept the camp, kill seven people, chase the thieves into disorder, and obtain their horses and equipment".This is the equivalent of decapitation and sabotage.

It can be seen that similar harassment and sabotage work is not uncommon for Yebushou, and they are just like the special operations forces of later generations.After the Civil Engineering Change, Yebushou was able to sneak into the enemy camp and meet Yuan Bin. This is a huge success in itself, which is why Guo Deng is so confident.

"Ming Shilu" also records a heroic deed of not accepting at night, about Zhang Dachuan of Zunhuawei who refused to accept hundreds of households at night.When this man and another person were out on patrol, they met Mongolian four horsemen suddenly, and the two fought with them. The enemy was shot by Zhang Dachuan and then abandoned his horse and fled. He summoned the capital to inquire about the details and rewarded him.

In the past, two-on-four beat people to flee, but now they are at a disadvantage because they don't accept to meet each other at night. Gao Yushi has to pay attention to it.Especially when he called Yang, who had suffered a disadvantage, to ask about the situation at that time, he found that there were more than one problem, at least two.

One is to reaffirm that the opponent is the elite of the Chahar Khan Court, because Yang Zongqi said that the helmet of the Mongolian army scouting horse they encountered today is made of white horsetail-this white is not ordinary, It symbolizes the "white" of the "Nine Bays White Banner".

In other words, the person who came was the personal guard of the Mongolian Khan, or the probing horse of the personal guard.

Unlike the "General Han" who was the personal soldier of the Ming Emperor who was only tall and handsome, although the personal guards of the Mongolian Khan also had a tradition of selecting people from the families of various chiefs, those who served as personal guards usually went for gold plating, and almost all of them actually did things. He is one of the best from every department, and it is only natural that he is more powerful.

However, from Gao Yushi's point of view, whether the Great Khan's personal guards are powerful or not is not the key. The key is that the presence of the Great Khan's personal guards here means that his previous judgment has made a mistake, and it is still a very serious mistake.

According to Yang Zongqi's report, the one who met them today was a "Century of White Tassels", that is, about 100 people.At that time, Yebushou led by him was his own general banner, with 56 people, and the number of the two sides was almost two to one.

For Ye Bushou, a one-to-two inferior force is not impossible to fight, so Yang Zongqi didn't panic at the time, and even took the initiative to approach the opponent tentatively, intending to test the opponent's quality.

Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have the same idea as Yang Zongqi. The two sides found each other from a few miles away, and they leaned towards the opponent in unison.But then, there was a clear difference in the thinking of the two sides in the battle.

Since Yebushou is the absolute elite of the Ming army, the 56 men in Yang Zongqi's hands are very well equipped. In addition to the Wanli II-style cavalry, a full set of half armor, and a new saber mentioned above, they are also equipped according to the habit of Yebushou There are riding bows, poisonous arrows, poisoned daggers, etc., and even strange things such as waterproof fire pockets.

According to Yang Zongqi's thinking at the time, after the opponent leaned over and entered the range of the cavalry gun, he would first give the opponent a "volley" of the cavalry gun, and then change to the horse bow and poison arrow to greet him.At this time, my side must have started to run up and speed up, so I took advantage of the situation and changed my saber again. The two sides met head-to-head, and there was a bloody contest.So it is not in vain to catch up with such an important battle in this life, even if you die in battle, it is a worthy death, enough to smile at Jiuquan.

However, an accident happened. The opposing team's Baitao Centuries were heading towards Yang Zongqi and the others at first, but when they were about two miles away, they suddenly split into two, making a detour around them.

In fact, this tactic is no stranger to Yang Zongqi, and even feels a bit old-fashioned.He ignored the other one at all, and only chose the one on his right wing to kill.

The reason for choosing the right wing is that if you need to look back and think about the white tassel guards on the left wing shooting arrows, it will be easier for your comrades to draw the bow with their left hand, without having to twist the body drastically or turn the horse's head.These are Yebushou's many years of experience, and Zongqi Yang doesn't even need to think much to make a decision.

However, the subsequent development of the situation was somewhat different from what Zongqi Yang thought.After the Mongolian White Tassel Guards on the right divided their forces, facing the Ming army Yebushou who was coming towards them, they did not choose to attack, thus creating an opportunity for the left wing to charge from behind. The oblique trajectory tried to distance itself from Ye Bushou.

This move was somewhat beyond Yang Zongqi's expectations. As mentioned just now, Yang Zongqi thought that they should meet the enemy face to face and create an opportunity for another group of Baitao personal guards to attack from behind the Ming army. Never expected that the other party, as the mighty Khan's personal guard, would run away without fighting at all.

Of course, although Yang Zongqi was a little surprised, he didn't care much about it, and was even a little proud - Daming and Meng Yuan really switched offenses and defenses, and even the Mongolian Khan's Baitao personal guards did not dare to fight now.

Then it became two sides chasing each other, a white-tasseled bodyguard was running in front, and the Ming army was chasing Yebushuai behind, and there was another Baitassel bodyguard behind Yebushuo, who clung to it tightly .

After chasing for a while, Yang Zongqi found that something was wrong.

At first glance, the white tassel guards in front seemed to be running wildly, but in fact, if you look closely, you can find that the other party seems to be very skillful in controlling the speed of the horse, keeping them precisely within the effective range of the Wanli II cavalry. In addition, but it will not be able to get rid of Ye Bushou.

Zongqi Yang thought something was wrong, and looked back at the other half of the white tassel guards behind him, and suddenly found that they were also keeping almost the same distance - they would definitely not be able to hit them if they turned around and shot!
Although he didn't appear to be at a disadvantage on the scene, and both sides didn't even suffer any casualties, Zongqi Yang's years of experience told him: No, he fell into a pit!
Yang Zongqi, who had been in the army for more than [-] years, broke out in a cold sweat for no reason, and his mind turned quickly, hoping to get rid of this unfavorable situation of being led by the nose.

Soon, he suddenly took out a bamboo whistle, and blew two short and one long whistles with a sharp sound, Ye Bushou, who had been running fast, began to slow down gradually.At the same time, under his subsequent loud shouting, the Ye Bu Shuan General Banner adjusted the slightly scattered formation at the start, and finally stopped to form a four-row column, with two rows facing forward and two rows facing back.

This is not a common cavalry formation, but more like the infantry formation line that the Ministry of War has vigorously advocated in recent years.After all, Yang Zongqi was born in the elite, and he was quite a bit like "good at fighting in encirclement" as the paratroopers of later generations often said, so he even applied the infantry array line tactics to the cavalry.

This move also seemed to be beyond the expectation of the commander of Baiying's personal guards. The two groups of Baiying's personal guards stopped quickly and obviously hesitated for a while.

In the end, the Baiying personal guards moved first, and the half of the Baiying personal guards in front of Yang Zongqi began to move diagonally to the right and speed up as much as possible.Yang Zongqi narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that the opponent was going to use the classic Mongolian cavalry archer's oblique shot to escape.

Because the Wanli Type [-] cavalry had a range advantage, he wasn't too worried about it, but calmly ordered and prepared to fire a volley.

Sure enough, it was Ye Bushou who started the battle first, and more than 20 Wanli Type [-] cavalry guns launched a salvo first, but at this time, Yang Zongqi found that the opponent was already prepared, and the fifty Baiying personal guards in front of him had already taken the lead. In one step, all of them made a "hide in the stirrup" movement, hiding their bodies on the other side of the horse's belly.

Their war horses kept the original direction unchanged, and soon they also shot the first wave of arrows, most of which landed relatively accurately in or near the night formation.

At this time, Yebushou had already changed his riding bow because he didn't have time to reload.They originally planned to switch to riding bows and shoot again immediately after the musket salvo, but at the moment when the sky was raining arrows, riding bows were not as good as sabers. Four people were hit by arrows.

Fortunately, the riding bow is not as powerful as the step bow, and the throwing power is weaker than the direct shooting, so it is said that four people were hit by arrows, but only one was injured, and the other two horses were shot, but they did not die for a while.

Compared with the Baiying personal guards on the opposite side, the total casualties seemed to be a little bigger.According to Yang Zongqi's visual inspection, at least three people fell off their horses, and one of them was unlucky.

However, Zongqi Yang thought about it carefully, but found that he didn't take advantage of it.Although the opponent lost three horses and one man, his own strength was only half of the opponent's. The one who was hit by the arrow was shot in the crook of the arm. Although his life was saved, his combat effectiveness was gone.And if the two horses hit by the arrow are not treated in time, they will not be able to play much role in the future.

In such a comparison, the opponent only lost one more horse than his own. Isn't this a loss in the deal?
Sure enough, the white-tasseled personal guards at the rear saw this and launched an exactly the same offensive.The exchange ratio this time is not much different, the opponent loses two horses and three horses, and the own side loses one man and two horses.

But the bigger problem was yet to come—the cavalry gun had no time to reload, and the opponent had immediately launched a second round of oblique throwing, and at this time, Ye Bu received and could only use the cavalry bow to fight back.

Yang Zongqi secretly thought that it was not good, this kind of fight would be bad, if he couldn't force the opponent to fight hand to hand, then he had to leave, otherwise he would be worn out one by one by them sooner or later until he was defeated.

Another whistle sounded, Yebushou changed again.This time, Ye Bushou set up a typical arrow array at the fastest speed. While the white-tasseled bodyguards in front were cutting obliquely, he even omitted the run-up. Horses are no longer considered.

The Baiying bodyguards in front who had already accelerated and were cutting obliquely because they hid in the stirrups ahead of time, missed the movement of Ye Buhui's charge, and when they heard another part of the Baitao bodyguards blowing horns and trumpets in the distance to warn them, they were already a little bit That's too late.

"It's too late" doesn't mean being killed to the front, but their oblique tactic was originally to turn around and continue to shoot sideways, so there was an obvious arc. The completion of the oblique cut actually exposed the back to the Ye Bu Shou, instead was shot by a wave of arrows from Ye Bu Shou's men.

Yang Zongqi only realized at this moment that the other party's dignified Baiying personal guards were all wearing only leather armor, and at least six of them were reimbursed by this wave of arrows at a time.

But the good news didn't stop there. Since the "array line" was gone, the other half of the white-tasseled guards at the rear were able to turn the oblique cut into a direct approach.The projectiles hidden in the stirrups were replaced by a wave of direct arrows, which also hit at least three people. Fortunately, the Ming army's new cavalry hood defense is still reliable. Although there are arrows in the north, there are only screams. No one was left behind.

In addition, this wave of arrow rain also caused several horses to be shot in the buttocks of the horses—but because of the horse armor, it was unclear whether the injuries were serious for a while, but the painful horses were a bit difficult to control, which made this small number of people Xiaofeng's arrow formation is a bit out of shape.

You can't fight like this anymore, it's just a waste of effort.Although one side does not suffer from the exchange ratio, but the other side has many people and many backup horses, it is definitely not worthwhile to fight.Moreover, Zongqi Yang still has another worry, that is, the Mongols seem to have figured out a way to fight against the Musketeers. Although this method will cause a lot of losses, at least it can be used.

For Ye Bushou, he had to go back to remind Shangfeng of this discovery.
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