Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1678 Cutting Yuan ([-]) Finding the Cause
The big camp has already been set up, and the Juma Lu firewood has been set up. Gao Yushi hastily finished his lunch and called his generals to discuss the several encounters that took place this afternoon.

Since only the cavalry was brought, and after the military reform of the Ming army, most of the cavalry was in the hands of the guerrilla generals except the chief general Zhili, so the participants at this time were all guerrillas.

These guerrillas are: Ye Bangrong, the leading guerrilla general in Jizhen, Zhao Menglin, the guerrilla general in Changping, Pogui in the Xuanfu camp (with the title of guerrilla), Xu Long, the guerrilla general in the left battalion under the command of Jizhen, Jin Bingyue, the leading guerrilla general in Hejian, Baoding Che Battalion guerrilla general Tong Yangzhong, Dingzhou leading guerrilla general Wu Sixun, Tianjin Haiphong guerrilla general Chen Can.

There are a total of eight guerrilla generals in charge of Gao Wushi's 500 cavalry at the moment, and each has about [-] to [-] cavalry. There are about [-] people, and the youngest Chen Can only has [-] in his hands, but both of them are full of soldiers.

In other words, the current establishments are all "adapted to local conditions".That is to say, first consider your position and how many people are needed in the station, and then the imperial court will give you the number of establishments, which is not a standardized combat unit at all.This situation is even more chaotic than the idea of ​​"Type A divisions" and "Type B divisions" in Japan in later generations.

For Gao Yushi, who has a little bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, this is a headache, because it makes it inconvenient to even deploy troops sometimes.

First of all, you have to find out how many soldiers you want to transfer, what is the configuration of weapons and equipment, and sometimes you even have to figure out whether the opponent is full-staffed, whether it has undergone the first round of army reorganization and has carried out such as immediate Salvo, immediate maneuvers and reloading (similar to the Mongolian army's oblique cutting, reloading during the large circle after shooting), dismounting and volleying and other training.

It should be said that if it was their respective commander-in-chief who came to command them, then the commander-in-chief should know the general situation of their troops.

However, civil servants were popular in Ming Dynasty to lead the army. It seemed that civil officials like Gao Yushi who had studied history and led soldiers personally knew that these things required homework.But if some self-righteous civil servants are replaced to lead the army, it is conceivable that there will be some tricks - anyway, I am commanding blindly, I don't know myself, I don't know the enemy, I just go by feeling!Hey, that's how awesome it is.

The guerrillas were naturally very honest in front of Gao Yushi, a dignified strategist. Even the Mongolian general Qugui, who has always been known for his rebelliousness in the army, is sitting still at this moment, watching his nose, nose, nose, and heart.It seems that as long as Gao Yushi doesn't open his mouth, everyone obviously intends to put the mud puppets to the end.

"Ji Town night does not accept today's small battle. You all know how the battle is going. What do you think?" Gao Yushi has something in his heart, but his expression is as usual, and his tone is flat, showing no joy or anger.

None of the guerrillas spoke first, they glanced at each other quickly, and bowed their heads again, as if they felt that Mr. Jinglue hadn't revealed his attitude, and it was difficult for him to know how to speak, so he might as well pretend to be stupid and see the situation before talking.

Gao Wushi seemed to have guessed what would happen like this, so he didn't get angry. He turned his eyes slightly, looked at Xu Long, the guerrilla general of the left battalion under Jizhen's command, and said directly, "Xu Yourong, since he is your soldier, then Let me talk about it first. Don't be restrained, just say whatever comes to your mind...

You all know the style of conduct in this department. The pre-war military discussions and post-war conclusions are always right and wrong, and it doesn’t matter whether it is good or bad, right or wrong. "

That being said, it is true that no one was "convicted of his words" at Gao Situ's military conference and summary meeting, but it is definitely impossible to say that it is completely okay.

At the very least, if your words are meaningful and reasonable, Gao Situ will definitely give you a high opinion, right?On the other hand, if you rambled about for a long time but didn't make any point, Gao Situ might not blame you, but he definitely wouldn't value you so much, would he?
But since Xu Long has been appointed general, it is absolutely impossible not to speak up, let alone to shirk responsibility - Gao Situ is famous for not being afraid of his subordinates making mistakes, and he is annoyed that his subordinates do not report if they know about it.

In the hearts of these guerrillas, everyone knew how many people the old man Gao Situ had blocked with knives in the court.Although he came from a famous Wenkui family, he knows the truth that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

Many people who were impeached for trivial matters were stopped by Gao Situ or by himself, or instructed other officials of the practical school to come forward, and then asked some big pengs from the Supervisor of Rituals to talk about it in front of the emperor. Just make big things into small things.It's just that after the event, I couldn't help but receive a private letter from his old man, and I was given a pass and a warning.

As for those who refuse to change after repeated admonitions, there are naturally some, but such people obviously have no chance to appear here and now.

"At the end of the day, Yebushou, under his command, fought against Chahar Khan Ting Baiying's personal guards. Judging from the reports of Yang Liandun and his men afterwards, the ratio of their losses to the opponent was about two to three. Considering that Yebushou The collection is the elite trained by our army, and we have suffered some losses.

Especially in the end Ye Bushou wanted to get out of the battle, but was unexpectedly entangled by the opponent for a long time. Although he did not cause more deaths in battle, there were still seven people who were lucky. From this we can see the problem. "

Gao Wushi nodded, affirming his opening remarks, and then said, "Let's talk about it."

"Yes, Jingtai." Xu Long is a general in the Eastern Shaanxi Province, and he is not considered the most core Xuanda lineage in the army, so he dare not call Gao Yushi "Entang" with a cheeky face.

He cleared his throat, and said: "Yebushou suffered a loss. First of all, the general is responsible as the chief officer. This shows that Jizhen Yebushou is still better at such things as Qingqi out of the fortress, concealed exploration, etc. For the previous military reform Some of the latter requirements have not been done well enough.”

Gao Wushi slightly lowered his eyelids, but he didn't speak, and still looked like he was listening.

Xu Long originally hoped that he could wait for a high-level and pragmatic comment. No matter whether the comment is good or bad, it will always help him grasp the next step.It's a pity that Gao Wushi didn't speak. He, Xu Yourong, obviously didn't dare to speak out, so he had to bite the bullet and continue talking, probably in the same mood as a person who was forced to walk through the minefield with his flesh and blood on the battlefield hundreds of years later.

"According to Tai Ming, in the past two years of military reforms, the number of cavalry has been changed most frequently. Horses and armors have been changed to weapons, so all tactics have to be changed accordingly.

To tell you the truth, I will only be in Renji Town for one year and three months.The events they had practiced in the past, because they were not sure and did not dare to neglect them, they practiced again after they took office and tested them twice before starting the follow-up training.

However, it didn’t take long before they received various instructions from the Ministry of War, Zhijun, Fujun, Zongjun and other yamen, some of which even conflicted..."

"What kind of conflict, let me give you an example." This time Gao Wushi finally opened his mouth. Although he interrupted him, Xu Long was not only not angry, but heaved a sigh of relief.

"Yes, Jingtai." Xu Long immediately replied: "For example, in September last year, the Ministry of War first issued a notice to the guerrillas in Ji Town, saying that after discussion, it was decided that the cavalry still needed to be equipped with sabers, so they issued a sufficient amount of new sabers. , still ordered me to 'still practice'.

In the middle of the month, the Zhijun Yamen ordered that saber and saber techniques be practiced according to the method taught by Qi Zongrong when he was in office in the past, and all soldiers in Jizhen should only practice Xinyou saber technique.

According to Tai Mingjian, after this order is issued, it is unknown how other ministries will react, but our ministry immediately went into an uproar upon hearing the news.why?Ge Yin, the Xinyou saber technique taught by Zongrong Qi in the past is a step-by-step long saber technique, which requires both hands to hold the saber together.

This knife is five feet long, with a copper guard one foot long, and a handle one foot five inches long, a total of six feet five inches, but it weighs only two catties and eight taels.Its shape is completely different from the sabers issued before, and the saber technique naturally does not match.

So half a month later, the Zongrong Yamen issued a new order. Although they did not say that they would not practice the Xinyou saber technique, they asked me to learn another set of saber techniques. It is said that it was the late famous general Tuotuo (Qiatai) of Tumote. Kyrgyzstan).This saber method is extremely simple, there are only three styles, namely 'drag knife', 'spread knife', 'grid knife'..."

"I have seen this saber technique with my own eyes, so you don't need to describe it in detail." Gao Wushi waved his hand and said, "What happened next?"

This set of high-level saber skills has indeed been seen before, and it was invited by him to demonstrate it to him in person.This set of knife techniques is simple and simple, but it is not so much a "sword technique" as it is a skill and idea of ​​using a knife.

In short, the first two forms of the "three forms" are offensive, and the latter form is defensive and counterattack.No matter which method, the basic idea is to use the horse's power as one's own strength, so as to "kill people easily".

Among these three styles, the most typical way to kill with force is the "dragging knife style", which is completely different from the hacking and killing of Mongolian cavalrymen in later TV movies after rushing into the enemy's line.It is a backhanded knife [Note: The blade is facing forward, and it is a backhand if it sticks out from the side of the little finger. ], the entire back of the knife is completely supported by the elbow and forearm, and the back arm is raised horizontally and slightly adducted-then remains almost motionless.

In other words, this style only needs to adjust the height of the raised arms during the battle, the strength of the blade depends entirely on the speed of the horse, and the cavalry on horseback hardly pushes forward.And because the arms and elbows are against the back of the knife, it can not only avoid the shock of the tiger's mouth, but also ensure that the movement will not be deformed.

This type of saber technique is obviously not a single-handed move by generals, but used by a team of cavalry to charge into battle.The advantage is that after a charge penetrates the enemy's formation, one's side has almost no physical loss, but the lethality is astonishingly high-how fierce the horse rushes over is as fierce as your knife.The whole team of horses rushed over, as if a harvester drove through a wheat field.

Although the other two styles have their own differences, in principle they all use the horse's power for their own use, or use their strength to relieve their strength, or use their strength to kill people.In short, try to avoid fighting hard by yourself, and create a tendency for the opponent to hit your knife edge, so as to ensure that your own cavalry will always have a significant advantage in "endurance".As for the specific actions, I won't go into details here.

Seeing that Gao Wushi had even seen the specific saber techniques, Xu Long was somewhat surprised, and secretly thought, "Gao Situ really knows soldiers, and he even knows how to train soldiers in detail."Fortunately, the surprise was the surprise, he was not guilty about this matter, and after a few compliments, he got back to business.

"According to Tai Mingjian, it seems that such disagreements between the two yamen have happened several times in just half a year. Apart from the controversy over the sword technique, there are many other aspects, and there are some specific ones that are not accepted at night. For example, at night The non-acquisition was originally mainly used to collect intelligence when going out of the fortress in peacetime, but how to use them in wartime and how to equip them is also controversial."

Gao Wushi was a little curious this time, and asked, "What are the controversies?"

Xu Long gave way to Xian this time, turned his head to look at Qugui, and said: "Jingtai, Po Yourong personally participated in this controversy, why don't you ask him to elaborate on this matter?"

Gao Wushi looked at Qugui and said, "Puo Yourong, let's talk about it."

Seeing that Xu Long pushed this unlucky job on his own head, Baogui was very dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to show it in front of the high-level pragmatist, so he pinched his nose and admitted it, and said with a wry smile: "Entang, Xu Yourong is this At the end of the day, he came up with a bad idea."

Gao Wushi didn't know what the story was between them, so he wondered, "How do you say that?"

"Before, Yebushou basically didn't wear armor. Among them, horses didn't wear armor at all, and people only wore leather armor. As for weapons, in the past, Yebushou didn't use firearms, because they were too loud. In line with their usual errands.

The three treasures that Ye Bushou carried with him back then were riding bow, saber and dagger, and this saber was not the one issued last year, but a Mongolian sword, which was relatively shorter and more curved.

Last year, cavalry weapons and equipment changed a lot. Although the general is a Mongol, he tried it himself and found that although the new saber may not be suitable for the battle, it is obviously more advantageous if a small group of cavalry is caught in hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, the general It will be advocated to replace it with a new saber.

In addition, there is the issue of costumes. In this matter, the military government said that things have been released, but each ministry should consider whether to change costumes according to the situation of each ministry.Zongrong Yamen said that since it was an order from the Ministry of War, all of them had to be changed, and no exceptions were allowed.

Generally speaking, our army has a range advantage, but the Dajun (that is, the Tartar army) bows and arrows are difficult to penetrate armor from a long distance, so the general believed that armored combat can effectively reduce casualties, so the general insisted on changing all cavalry, including not accepting at night .

As for why the night is included, it is because the general thinks that the night is usually used for scouting horses on weekdays, and scouting horses is the easiest to get into a small-scale encounter with the enemy scouting horses.In this way, the armor has a better chance of surviving the conflict and passing useful information back to the army.

At that time, many colleagues objected, such as Xu Yourong.He believes that the first thing to do is concealment, and the second is to run fast enough and far enough. Wearing armor has an impact on these, so he opposes wearing armor. "

Gao Wushi rolled his eyes and glanced at Xu Long. Xu Long just nodded, bowed slightly to Gao Wushi, and simply answered "yes".

Today's Yebushou is wearing armor, which shows that this dispute is quite expensive.Gao Wushi also had some doubts in his heart, did Qugui have other reasons, or did he suppress Xu Long's opinion by relying on Xuan Da's direct lineage?

So he asked quite expensive: "Then what do you think about these?"

Pogui sighed, and said: "The general himself is a Mongolian, there are some things that the general... just don't say clearly."

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "You were born in Mongolia, you are Mongolian, but you are not Mongolian—you are from Ming Dynasty. So, there is nothing inconvenient to say, just say it, and the Ministry will listen to you."

"All ears and all ears" have come, and Qu Gui naturally dare not say nothing, so he sighed again, and said with a wry smile: "Even if the night is not accepted, it is the elite of our army, but even if the night is not accepted, even if it is not wearing armor... Is it really here? When it comes to running faster than the Mongols, is there a chance of winning if you don't close at night?

En Tang, Mo Jiang couldn't even walk steadily when he was three years old, so his family put him on the pony's back every day for fun. "
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