Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1689 Cutting Yuan (卌三) Formation
Not long after, the commanders-in-chief of the two armies received relatively satisfactory returns from their visits.

Brihatu "got his wish" and learned that there was indeed a cavalry of thousands of Ming troops ambushed on the back of the crater to the west of Lightning Lake. It looked like they were planning to rush down the mountain in the chaos when the two armies clashed, and flanked Chaha. Ermeng army right wing.

Although cavalry are known as plain killers, in fact the most suitable terrain for cavalry is to charge from the mountain to the downhill, because under the blessing of the downhill, the impact of the cavalry will be almost doubled.

Regarding this point, not only real cavalry experts such as Burihatu and Buyan Huangtaiji are clear, even high-level pragmatists understand the truth-some famous games of later generations almost have this aspect clearly reflected.

However, Gao Wushi placed the cavalry on the back of the mountain because he expected that the opponent would have doubts about the crater, and he did so to conceal his true intentions. As expected.

To a certain extent, this is Gao Pragmatism's "I predicted your prediction".So when he saw that the right wing with thousands of people in the Chahar Mongolian army did not line up, but walked slowly around the right wing, he couldn't help showing a slight smile.

The right wing of the Chahar Mongolian army is particular about not forming an array: the ambushes of the Ming army are all half-armed cavalry. If they really rushed down from the mountain to kill, it is obviously very unwise for the lightly armored Mongolian army to choose to collide head-on, so they Only "shuttle patrol".

If this kind of shuttle patrol is described in the words of later generations, it actually keeps the horses in a state of "warming up" and can carry out activities such as speeding up at any time.The tactics of the Chahar Mongolian army are also obvious: I maintain a state of high-speed maneuvering at any time. As long as you dare to rush down and attack the flanks of our army, I dare to use the speed advantage to turn the battle situation into me attacking you. Ambush his own flank.

The satisfaction of Brihatu and Buyan Huangtaiji at the moment comes from this, which is equivalent to "sealing" the ambush arranged by the high-level pragmatism in advance.

The satisfaction of the high-pragmatic party includes two other points besides "I predicted your prediction".The first is that although the opponent's army is clearly displaying the nine white flags, it is miraculous that Tumen Khan's own sweat flag does not appear.

Theoretically speaking, only the Mongolian Khan can use the Nine-White Banner.At that time, the left-wing Mongol Dalaisun Kudeng Khan was afraid of being annexed by Alda, and led his troops to move [-] people south, and moved to the southeastern half of Daxing'an Mountains.Even when the power of this kind of Alda was the most powerful among the Mongolian tribes, it had never played the nine-fold white banner, let alone the current Bahanaji.

Therefore, the Chahar army played nine white flags but did not have Tumen's sweat flag, which means that the commander of the army in front of him has gained the status of Mu Huali back then.

What was Mu Huali's status back then?What Genghis Khan said to Mu Huali was: "To the north of Taihang, I manage it myself. To the south of Taihang, Qing encourages me."

The two said in private that it was not enough, and Genghis Khan publicly announced: "Mu Huali built this flag to give orders, as if I came in person." He gave Mu Huali enough real power, and the latter was crowned as a grand master, king, or whatever. The province is responsible for acting, commanding all Mongolian troops in the territory of the Kingdom of Jin, and having full power to deal with the affairs of the war with the Kingdom of Jin.

Among the tens of thousands of households in the Chahar Central of the Mongolian Khanate, who has such prestige and ability to be given the same power as Mu Huali by the Tumen?Of course there is only Brihatu.

Therefore, from Gao Pragmatic's point of view, the appearance of the nine white flags in the Chahar Mongolian army without the Tumen Khan flag means that the commander of this army must be Buri Hatu.As for Buyan Huang Taiji's flag, to be honest... Gao Yushi hardly cared.

The second point of high pragmatic satisfaction lies in the number of Chahar Mongolian troops.The current army of the Chahar Department is about [-], and at this time, there are only about [-] troops within the range of his own scouting horses, which is several thousand fewer than the current strength of his Economic Strategy Headquarters.

Everyone in the world likes to watch decisive battles where you win more with less, such as the Battle of Julu, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Feishui, and the Battle of Eastern Turks in the Tang Dynasty, which are most praised by later generations. Legendary enough.Gao Yushi also likes to read this kind of history, but that doesn't affect that he often chooses to do the opposite when he personally directs.

It is legendary to win the battle, but what if you lose?What's more, in the history of those who win more with less, most of them are actually insufficient in their own strength, so they are forced to fight more with less. If they are strong enough, who would want to fight more with less?

Of course, Li Jing's attack may be an exception...but he is Li Jing, and the high pragmatism is incomparable.

Now the situation looks clearer, let's talk about the army first.

There are about 5000 cavalry in the Jinglue Headquarters, of which about [-] cavalry, a relatively independent cavalry, "ambush" on the back of the crater.This ambush army is actually divided into left and right divisions, which are composed of the leading guerrilla general Jin Bingyue in Hejian and Tong Yangzhong, the guerrilla general in Baoding Cheying.

Since ancient times in China, official positions have always been divided into left and right, and the left and right hide the superiority and inferiority, that is, who has the final decision.However, in ancient China, the left or right statue was not static.In different periods, eras and in different fields and occasions, there are different regulations.

From the pre-Qin period to the Western Han Dynasty, the right was generally respected, but not absolutely.Among them, the pre-Qin and Qin dynasties focused on respecting the left, while the Western Han Dynasty focused more on respecting the right.From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, China gradually formed a system of respecting the left.After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, it was stipulated that the right should be respected.

Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and revamped the Yuan system to respect the left. This system was used in the Ming and Qing dynasties for more than 500 years.In later generations, the classical plays with the Ming and Qing Dynasties as the model were staged. The guests and elders always sat on the left side of the host and the younger generation, which reflected the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty advocating the left.

Of course, there are simpler ways to tell the difference. For example, the servants of all ministries in the Ming Dynasty are the left servants who are slightly higher than the right servants, and the governors of the Five Armies are the left governors who are slightly higher than the right governors. This is a typical respect for the left.

In addition to this division of troops pretending to be an ambush, the [-] main force led by Gao Yushi still took Ye Bangrong's troops as the central army, Changping guerrilla generals Zhao Menglin and Xuanfu Siying Qugui's troops as the right wing, and Jizhen's general troops marked the left. The battalion guerrilla general Xu Long and the leading guerrilla general Wu Sixun in Dingzhou were on the left wing, and the Tianjin coastal defense guerrilla general Chen Can was on the rear.

Generally speaking, this arrangement is relatively flat and stable, and there is no obvious emphasis. On the contrary, Chen Can's troops in the rear army are small and have no actual combat opportunities in the past. It seems to be a weakness.

However, because of the terrain, Chen Can's troops might not have the opportunity to participate in the battle under normal circumstances. His position is almost the northwest exit of Lightning Lake Valley, with mountains on the left and right.

On the mountain on the left is Tong Yangzhong, who is on the right wing of the ambush, and there is almost no one on the mountain on the right, except for a few Ming army watchtowers that he sent troops to take over temporarily.In this way, although Chen Can only had two thousand people, there was no threat in the rear of the Ming army, so naturally it was not dangerous.

The Chahar Mongolian Army on the Brihatu side may be due to a slight shortage of troops, but it has a clear tendency in terms of formation.

First of all, the motorized cavalry he used to guard against the Ming army's ambush was only about 3000. Although there were at least a thousand white tassel guards among them, these white tassel guards were actually a little watery.

Originally, only the personal guards of the Great Khan could use the white tassels according to the standard of the Jiujiabaizhu, but recently Tumen's health was obviously weak. It was given to Burihatu, and the standard of 1000 people each was given to Burihatu and Buyan Huangtaiji, and they were allowed to establish Baiying personal guards.

In the past, as the personal guards of the Great Khan, the standard of weaponry and equipment of Baiying's personal guards was higher than that of ordinary Mongolian troops, but now the situation is critical, and these conditions are difficult to meet for a while, and Tumen can only distribute some of them as much as possible.As a result, the white-tasseled bodyguards held by Burihatu and Buyan Huangtaiji were obviously inferior to the real white-tasseled bodyguards, at least in appearance.

Of course, although the appearance is a bit uninteresting, it is hard to say in terms of combat effectiveness.Because Buyan Huangtaiji was approved to establish Baiying personal guards, he saw that his possibility of inheriting the position of Khan has been greatly improved. Although there is no good way to think about materials for the time being, he is very dedicated to the selection of personnel. The 1000 people were finally selected after selecting the best from each department.

But Brihatu's side is relatively simple. When he defected to Tumen back then, he didn't have many people under his command, but one of them counted as one. It can be said that he was the hardcore of his father Xin Ai back then, and his loyalty to him was beyond doubt.Later, because Tumen Khan gained more and more trust, by giving some prisoners of war and defectors from other Mongolian tribes to Buri Hatu, Buri Hatu had about 2000 people directly under him.

In terms of Brihatu's actual status in the Chahar Department, 2000 people are indeed not strong, let alone many.However, in the final analysis, this is because Burhatu's political status is too high. In fact, within Chahar, it is not a small number to be able to control 2000 people, and it can even be said to be quite powerful.

However, Brihatu's real strength has never been in his military strength, but has always been in his wisdom.As a famous general who is good at learning from his opponents, Brihatu's troops are well-trained and do not completely rely on the almost natural riding and shooting skills of the Mongols.

He has studied the characteristics of the Ming army very seriously, especially the various reforms of the Ming army in infantry and cavalry in recent years. He has paid close attention to it and has been thinking about how to deal with it.

The infantry of the Ming army mainly relied on the hollow phalanx with muskets and bayonets. Essentially, this formation was not absolutely unbreakable in the eyes of Brihatu.For example, the reason why the bayonet formation makes the horses dare not rush into the formation is because horses are intelligent creatures, and they naturally know that the shining bayonet will die if they hit it, so as long as they judge that they cannot cross it, they will avoid it by themselves.

However, this point is actually not difficult to solve: blindfolding the horse's eyes can be done.After the Mongolian cavalry blindfolded the horses, they still had enough horse control skills to control the horses to fight in an orderly manner.

But the method comes down to the method. If this method is to be used in actual combat, there is an unavoidable problem: how much casualties are the Mongolian army willing to pay in order to break the front line?

This leads to another question: Can the Ming army's hollow phalanx only have one line of defense?Obviously not, as long as the opponent is well-trained, after discovering that the Mongolian army has blindfolded the horses, they may immediately strengthen the defense line and put up a second, third or even more layers of defense.

At this time, is blindfolded rushing this kind of fighting style really suitable for the Mongols?I'm afraid it can't be said, because the number of infantrymen of the Ming army is basically equivalent to unlimited in the eyes of the Mongols. They have trillions of people, so what if they have to fight for [-] and make up another [-]?
But what about Mongolia, after fighting for 6?A joke, the entire Chahar army is only more than 30 people. After fighting for [-] Chahars, they will disappear immediately. Without the protection of this [-] army, the remaining [-] old, weak, women, children and ordinary herdsmen will be eaten immediately Be clean.

As for being eaten by Tumed and other Mongolian tribes, or being eaten by Jurchens, it makes no difference to them—maybe being swallowed by Da Ming is the best way out.

So for Brihatu, the well-known and highly pragmatic musket bayonet hollow phalanx is not really impossible to break, but the consumption required to break it is simply unbearable.Gao Pragmatism's seriousness in Brihatu is simply some kind of conspiracy: he has the ability to compare consumption with me.

I was stupid to compare the consumption of troops with you, Daming!Therefore, the Chahar Mongolian army gradually became less armored or even unarmored. Firstly, it was because the economy was blocked and it became more and more unable to support the military industry. Second, it was precisely because the tactics had to be changed, and the old style of relying on speed for food had to be restored. State, not seeking to kill many enemies, but seeking long-term fatigue of the enemy, so that the opponent can't fight for life.

What about infantry, how about cavalry?
Burhatu also noticed the changes in the cavalry of the Ming army in recent years. At the beginning, it was a barbaric growth, mainly to increase the stock of horses and increase the number of cavalry; In Brihatu's eyes, there was a big flaw: because of the loading problem of the lance, in actual combat, there was probably just an extra one-off musket volley, and even the volley itself was flawed.

what defect?Not everyone can shoot.Firearms are different from bows and arrows. Bows and arrows can be projected, but firearms can only shoot directly.For example, in the slanting tactics, the Mongolian cavalry completes the slanting, and all the cavalry can shoot their bows out of a parabola, letting the arrows fall from the sky on top of the opponent's head;
The cavalry of the Ming army can't do it. They can only shoot the cavalry in the outermost row, and the others can't shoot, otherwise they can only kill their comrades.Even though the firearms of the Ming army have made great progress now, because the amount of bombs dropped by the unit is so much smaller, the actual damage will naturally be greatly reduced.

Later, the Ming army seemed to have discovered this problem, and began to pretend or half pretend.This is to rely on the ability to forcibly change the strength and weakness: Although I have few people who can shoot, it doesn't hurt much if you hit me now. If I hit you, you will either die or be injured. Do you want to hit?
The result of this is that Burihatu found that the Ming cavalry also had the same effect as the infantry: hard, but the pursuit ability has further declined-the reason why it is called further is because the Ming cavalry could not catch up before. The Mongols who made up their minds to run.

So in this way, the two sides are actually equivalent to strengthening their original advantages: the Ming army is harder, and the Mongolian army is faster.

If you have to say, the Ming army spent at least one million taels of silver a year in order to be tougher, and the Mongolian army in order to be faster... they actually saved a lot of money.From the perspective of cost-effectiveness ratio, the Ming army suffered a great loss.

However, there are prerequisites for this asymmetric advantage to work.For example, the Ming army sent troops, and the Mongols guerrilla-or swam without fighting.At this time, the Ming army seemed to be coming in menacingly. In fact, the Mongolian army didn't need to be too flustered.

But there is also a premise or a critical point, that is, if the Ming army sends too many troops, so many that they surround it in all directions and there is no place to run, then it will be over.

Just like this time.

But fortunately, the Ming army’s goal was too big at the beginning, and they wanted to solve Chahar and Waikarka at the same time once and for all. Later, because Brihatu’s golden cicada successfully escaped, Gao Pragmatic had to adjust his tactics and divide the entire battle situation into Waikha. Erka occupation, Chahar extermination of two parts.

But even Brihatu probably didn't expect that the high pragmatism is actually more detailed...
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