Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1993: Inside and Outside the Palace ([-]) Wenhua Calls for a Match (Part [-])
I don't know if it's because the Emperor Wanli in this time and space has outstanding martial arts. Over the years, Zhu Yijun has become more and more fond of participating in the discussion of military strategies in person, and today's Wenhua Zhaoduo is no exception.No, now we are starting to discuss how to act after the various armies are mobilized.

Since it is a military issue, Zhu Yijun is undoubtedly still the most pragmatic opinion first, followed by Dong Yiyuan, not Song Yingchang, Minister of the Ministry of War, or Zhou Yong, Zhou Ge, who is in charge of the Ministry of War.

It is not necessary to explain that high pragmatism is valued by the emperor, but Dong Yiyuan is because he has been in Shaanxi and Gansu for many years in his military career.For example, after the Northwest Rebellion, Dong Yiyuan fought all the way from Shaanxi to Qinghai and Gansu under the successive command of Wei Xuezeng and Zheng Luo, and his current official position is also Yansui General Soldier.

Therefore, Dong Yiyuan obviously has a say in the battle in Gansu. Now that he happens to be in Beijing, Zhu Yijun will of course ask his opinion.

Gao Yushi has basically finished talking about the strategic concept just now, and the next step is the specific tactics. Zhu Yijun threw this question to Dong Yiyuan, wanting to see if the frontline general has any good ideas.

In fact, if you look at the habits of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun's behavior is a bit bad, because even when discussing military affairs under civil politics, it is often up to the civil officials to discuss how to fight. Assigned tasks are sufficient.Now that Zhu Yijun asked Dong Yiyuan first, he undoubtedly made a mistake in the order.

However, the prestige of His Majesty the current emperor is not ordinary-thanks to the high pragmatism, the "Wanli Dynasty" has not lost a single defeat in foreign wars in the past 30 years. up.Since he wanted Dong Yiyuan to speak first, unless Gao Wushi stood up to object, otherwise it would be difficult for everyone to obstruct him.

Naturally, Gao Yushi would not object, not to mention that Dong Yiyuan was originally his and was about to retire, even if he had nothing to do with him, Gao Yushi would not think that letting Dong Yiyuan speak first would overwhelm him.

Are you kidding me, who in the current Ming court can overwhelm him on military issues? Nanning Hou Gao is pragmatic?His current status is not inferior to Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others at the founding of the country, at least it will not be inferior to Zhang Fu, the first British Duke.

Although he is the Duke of the State and he is only the Lord Marquis, everyone knows that this is due to his status as a civil servant and his young age.

Dong Yiyuan obviously didn't expect the emperor to ask him first, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Back to the emperor, in my humble opinion, even if the Tumed Mongolian cavalry from Qinghai and Achatu were mobilized smoothly, they will arrive soon." It will take less than half a month for the vicinity of Ganzhou, and the Hetao cavalry (Ordos Department) will arrive in Ganzhou, at the earliest it will be a month later.

That is to say, Ganzhou has to hold on for at least half a month, and wait for two Tumet cavalry to arrive at the outskirts of Ganzhou to attract the Chahar Mongolian army to divide the troops, reduce the defensive pressure in the city, and boost the morale of the defenders.Then hold on for another half a month before we have the opportunity to cooperate with the main force of the Hetao cavalry to defeat or repel the Chahar Mongolian army. "

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Didn't it mean that the Mongolian cavalry traveled hundreds of miles a day? How could it take so long to arrive in Ganzhou? That's all for the Ordos side. After all, according to Rixin's intention, Bo Shuo Ketu should go first Only by naturalizing and rushing back to Ejin Horo can he lead the army.

However, why did it take half a month for the Tumed cavalry in Qinghai and Achatu to arrive in Ganzhou?I see that their grazing land is on the west side of the river, not far away. "

Dong Yiyuan explained: "The emperor does not know that the Mongolian cavalry can naturally travel hundreds of miles a day during war, but they are not all in one place at ordinary times, but scattered throughout the vast grassland, composed of various tribes, large and small. .

This means that if they had no plan to send troops to fight in advance, it would take a lot of money from the time they received the imperial order to the leaders ordering the herdsmen to gather in the sweat tents and handsome tents, and then to counting the troops and horses to go out. Most of the time.

According to Chen's understanding of the range of grazing in Qinghai and Achatu areas, this process alone will take at least ten days, so their two cavalry appeared near Ganzhou, no matter what, it was less than half a month later. "

It turned out to be like this.Zhu Yijun understood. It seems that the previous understanding was wrong. Although the Mongols can advance and retreat at any time during a war, they still need to make preparations before the war. Daming is still much faster, at least they don't have to think about "soldiers and horses before moving food and grass".

Gao Yushi knew better than Dong Yiyuan what the details of Zhu Yijun, the emperor who was "prosperous in martial arts", was. Seeing that although Dong Yiyuan explained the recruitment of the Mongolian cavalry, he seemed to acquiesce in the emperor's understanding of the combat mode of the Mongolian cavalry, so he coughed lightly and took the initiative Take over.

Gao Wushi said: "Your Majesty, Dong Zongrong still hasn't clarified some details. The half month or so he said just now was the time when the two groups of Tumed cavalry arrived at the outskirts of Ganzhou. It doesn't mean they can attack immediately."

Zhu Yijun asked in surprise: "Why is this? They don't need to wait for the luggage. Now that they have arrived at the battlefield, why can't they start fighting immediately?"

"Because the Mongolian cavalry has always attached great importance to reconnaissance in combat." Gao Yushi said: "Generally speaking, when the Mongolian cavalry is fighting, they pay the most attention to the early reconnaissance work, and almost never fight unprepared battles.

For example, before the battle, they will try to collect information about the enemy's roads, rivers, fortifications, army composition, and whether the supplementary supplies are sufficient, and use them in the war.

When the Mongolian army is marching, it is generally necessary to send forwards in front of the army, and sentry cavalry in front of the forwards. As long as it is a small part of more than a few hundred people, they must send sentry cavalry around for reconnaissance.

There are two types of reconnaissance, one is armed sentry detection, which is usually carried out when there are enemy troops around. The sentry cavalry often climbs high to look far away, or plunders the enemy, and approaches the enemy's camp post to obtain information.

The other is sentry patrols during normal marches, mainly to find residents. Once residents or passengers are found, they must be captured and asked about the surrounding terrain, distribution of troops, what fortresses are there, what fortresses are there, where can they be supplied, and so on.

The distribution of such sentries during the march can sometimes be as far as [-] kilometers in front of the army.Once the information is discovered, it will be reported layer by layer according to the importance of the information until the commander of the army.

It is precisely because of this that the Mongolian army in its heyday 300 years ago was almost never ambushed.In combat, the Mongolian army is often more familiar with the environment around the battlefield than the local army, and can use the local environment to help in combat.

Now, although the capabilities of the various Mongolians in these areas have degraded to varying degrees, since they know that the enemy they are facing is Brihatu, the last famous general of Chahar, they must not dare to take it lightly.

Therefore, I am more pessimistic than Dong Zongrong in predicting the speed of the second division's advance... I think it may take about 20 days for them to really play a role in assisting Ganzhou. "

When Gao Wushi said this, it was Zhu Yijun's turn to worry, and he frowned and said: "Xu Sanwei said that the situation in Ganzhou is extremely dangerous, and I don't know if it is true or not. Can Ganzhou stop Brihatu right now? Attack on the [-]th?"

Dong Yiyuan opened his mouth, suddenly remembered his identity, closed his mouth again, and looked at Gao Yushi.Unexpectedly, Gao Wushi smiled at him and said, "Dong Zongrong, you are a veteran general from Shaanxi and Gansu, so it's okay to say something."

Dong Yiyuan repeatedly said "I'm rude", and then he bowed cautiously to Zhu Yijun and said, "Your Majesty, I think that there is one thing that is crucial to whether Ganzhou can hold on, and that is whether Burihatu has a lot of gunpowder in his hands."

He suddenly said such a sentence, and everyone including Zhu Yijun immediately recalled that Brihatu had learned the great method of blowing up city walls back then.Although Brihatu's method of blowing up the city wall is relatively primitive, as long as he succeeds, the power is indeed not small. As long as the quantity of gunpowder is guaranteed, blowing up the city wall is not a problem.

Song Yingchang's expression changed at this time, and he said in surprise: "No, Xu Sanwei's memorabilia clearly stated that this time the Chahar Mongolian army carried a large number of Lumi blunderbuss. The gunpowder in the fire is naturally indispensable..."

Zhu Yijun's heart tightened when he heard it, and he asked pragmatically: "Rixin, do you think Buri Hatu's method of bombing the city can be implemented in Ganzhou?"

Gao Wushi was still calm, pondered for a while, and replied: "His method is actually a stupid method. Someone needs to seal and bury a large amount of gunpowder at the foot of the city wall and then detonate it suddenly. This sudden vibration will cause the city wall to collapse. Therefore, if only From a combat point of view, he has only two ways to achieve this premise.

The first method is to use siege equipment as a cover to force a large amount of gunpowder to the foot of the city wall.But this method is too obvious. My soldiers on the city towers and walls cannot remain indifferent when they see it. They will definitely try to destroy the siege vehicles, or shoot or shell the soldiers pushing the siege vehicles, so that they cannot achieve their goals.

The second method is to dig a tunnel, as long as the tunnel is dug to the foot of the city wall, then the airtight gunpowder is buried, and the lead wire is pulled, and the blast can be carried out by igniting it from a distance.

However, there is no way to deal with this kind of method: there must be underground listeners in our army city, and we can check whether someone is digging tunnels. Digging a tunnel, shooting at him in the tunnel, and fighting hand-to-hand can all break this method.

Your Majesty, the power of the Mongolian cavalry lies in their cavalry. Once they are engaged in close combat in the tunnels, our army's chances of winning will be greatly increased. The Mongols themselves know this.Therefore, as long as the tunnels are discovered in advance and countermeasures are taken, the minister believes that it is unlikely that Brihatu will force his troops to continue working. "

Zhu Yijun felt a little more at ease, and said to Song Yingchang: "My soldier must remember that in the reply to Xu Sanwei, he must write down the countermeasures of Nanning Marquis just now, and don't lose Jingzhou carelessly." Song Yingchang bowed to accept the order.

"Besides blowing up the city wall, is there any other way for Brihatu to break through Ganzhou in a short time?" Zhu Yijun asked again.

Dong Yiyuan said: "I thought that the Chahar Mongolian army came from a long distance and marched very fast. I think it is still mainly cavalry. In this way, it is unlikely to have a large number of artillery. Therefore, as long as the method of bombing the city cannot be used, it should not be There are other ways to break through the city quickly."

Gao Wushi stretched out his hand to stop it, and pondered: "I am not so optimistic, because there is still a variable in this matter that the court has not yet clarified."

Zhu Yijun asked, "What variable?"

"The fall of Suzhou." Gao Wushi thought about it: "If I remember correctly, since the victory in the war against Yuan, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War have provided more than [-] new No. [-] and No. [-] artillery pieces to the towns in the northwest. Among them, Suzhou should have won at least more than [-] gates.

However, this time Suzhou was obviously not vigilant enough, which led to the rapid fall, so that it is not known whether the thirty artillery pieces have fallen into the hands of Brihatu.If Brihatu gets these [-] cannons, as long as they can be used reasonably, they will be a great threat to Ganzhou city defense..."

Gao Wushi has never been to Ganzhou, so he had to ask Dong Yiyuan: "Dong Zongrong, is the city of Ganzhou strong and what is its shape?"

"Ganzhou City... the last general entered Qinghai, but he actually stayed in Ganzhou for more than two months, so he knows it better."

Dong Yiyuan thought for a while and said, "Ganzhou City was built before Xixia. In the 25th year of Hongwu, Governor Song Sheng added three miles, 320 seven steps to the east of the old city, with a total circumference of twelve miles, 350 seven steps, three feet three feet high, and three feet seven feet thick.

As for the city defense, there are one gate in the east, west, south, and north centers of the Ganzhou city wall, with banners inlaid on each gate. The east gate is Yangxu Gate, the second gate is Yinbin Gate; the west gate is Huaixin Gate, and the second gate is Guangde Gate, the third gate is Xuanwei Gate; the south gate is Yanen Gate, the second gate is Shixun Gate, the third gate is Xingxun Gate; the north gate is Zhenyuan Gate, and the second gate is Yongkang Gate.

On the top of each city gate and at the four corners of the city wall, a three-story gate tower and turret with cornices and corners are built; outside the main gate are built urns; around the city is a moat, one foot seven feet deep and three feet seven feet wide, connecting the gates. There is a stone hole bridge on each of the rivers.

There are walls built on the east, south, and north sides of the city; the east gate is 130 steps long, two feet two feet high, and two feet one foot thick; the south gate is two miles long and 24 steps long, equal in height and thickness to the east gate; It is also equal to Dongguo, except that the city has not been built in the west of the city. "

Zhu Yijun interjected: "This is only the shape of the city, what about the city defense?"

"Don't worry, your majesty, let me tell you." Dong Yiyuan continued: "In the 38th year of Jiajing, when Chen Pei, the governor of the capital, inspected the defense of Hexi, he found that the city walls of Ganzhou were all made of earth rammed with sand. The doors are all made of wood, so the governor led the defenders to build six enemy platforms around the city, a total of 24.

The enemy platform built this time is more than Zhang high, divided into three floors, with holes for different artillery can be placed to form cross-fire, which greatly strengthens the defense.In the second year of Wanli, Shi Maohua, the right deputy governor of the Trilateral Military Affairs Inspectorate of the Governor and the left servant of the Ministry of War, Shi Maohua, and Liao Fengjie, the governor of Gansu Province, successively approved the imperial court and allocated money. The construction began on the second day of the third month of the lunar calendar. It lasted for two years. The Ganzhou City Wall is entirely covered with bricks and stones, and a large-scale reinforcement and repair has been carried out.

According to what I learned when I was stationed in Ganzhou, there were more than 480 million bricks, more than [-] stone strips, and [-] lime stones for the city wall. Since then, the city defense of Ganzhou has been strengthened. "

Speaking of this, Dong Yiyuan bowed his hands to Gao Yushi, and said: "It is said that in the 23rd year of Wanli, Lord Hou allocated money from the Ministry of Accounts to Ganzhou, and strengthened the city defense again. However, at this time, I have not been in Ganzhou for a long time. Reinforcement is unknown.

However, according to what I heard, Ganzhou already had 64 city fire cannons at that time, including twelve No. [-] giant cannons.From this point of view, I think that the defense of Ganzhou City is strong enough, and it can even be called the most powerful city in Gansu.As for Ganzhou's grain storage, it should be enough to last for a year, so there is nothing to worry about. "

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun was overjoyed, looked at Gao Yushi, and said with a smile, "Rixin is doing well! From this point of view, Ganzhou has no worries, as long as we discuss how to fight after the three Mongolian cavalry rendezvous."
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