Daming Yuanfu

After Gao pragmatically informed the generals present of the situation in detail, especially after describing the history and geographical environment of the Fergana Basin in detail, the whole place immediately fell into silence.

Difficulties abound. These four words popped into the minds of almost all generals.

Liu Wei's army was originally an army that was stronger than infantry warfare, especially in mountainous areas. For this western expedition, he temporarily strengthened the cavalry configuration.

However, in any case, the real combat effectiveness of this army is still based on infantry combat. Its cavalry can only be used to occasionally "surprise surprise" or as heavy cavalry (compared to the vast majority of Mongolian light cavalry) to complete a small-width frontal breakthrough. , it is unrealistic to expect them to engage in large-scale cavalry maneuvers and then engage in a large-scale cavalry decisive battle.

In other words, this is a mixed force composed mainly of elite "mounted infantry" and supplemented by a small number of heavy musketry cavalry. It is good at frontal decisive battles, but it is not really good at running on the grassland.

The main reason for this configuration at the beginning was that although the Yarkand region had been occupied by the grassland peoples for many years, a "string of pearls" urban division formed by the early influence of the Central Plains region had already been formed, so the Ming army could rely on these strings of pearls. The cities move forward step by step, and each city can become a logistics node and base for conquering the next city.

In this case, the ability to win decisive battles in the field and attack cities is indispensable. If there is no ability to win decisive battles in the field, then once encountering the main force of Mongolian cavalry while marching between two cities, it is a high probability that the entire army will be annihilated; if there is no ability to attack cities, unless the Ming army can also have the same logistics as the Mongols Fight and then surround a city for several months or even longer, otherwise the city will not be taken.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Ming army to fight without logistics, so it must have the ability to attack difficult problems. Then, infantry-based (including artillery establishment) is essential. Therefore, Liu Wei's department was organized into what it is now.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic also considered that a large number of cavalry might be needed to cooperate, so he recruited two Mongolian light cavalry from the Tumut and Ordos tribes to support the coordinated operations. But it has to be said that Gao Pragmatic dispatched this way at that time mainly because he hoped that they could conduct pursuit and escape operations after Liu Wei's troops defeated Chahar's main force head-on, instead of using them as the main force - after all, only the Mongols can catch up with the Mongols.

This strategy is basically sufficient for now. Although a logistics transport team was severely damaged due to coordination problems before, Gao Pragmatic believes that under the strict orders of the court, subsequent cooperation will definitely be better, and the task of conquering the Western Regions itself can be completed. .

However, it is no problem to conquer Yarkand, and even the Seven Rivers and Oara regions. This does not mean that there is no problem to continue the westward expedition to the Fergana Basin. The problem here ultimately lies with the Ming army itself. As long as the Ming army needs to establish a long-term rule after regaining Yerkang, Liu Wei's tribe must stay there for a period of time to deter those with ulterior motives and capriciousness.

Some people may ask, Chahar did not see instability in his rule even after defeating Yarkand. Why do your Ming army have to worry about this problem? In fact, the answer is very simple, because the original Yarkand rulers, and even the rulers of various regions in Central Asia, are almost all of Mongolian descent - regardless of whether they are Turkic Mongols or Persian Mongols, anyway, Mongolian gold The names of family descendants are always easy to use. This is a kind of ruling inertia.

However, the Ming army did not have this kind of ruling inertia. Basically, after the annihilation of the Guiyi Army, the remaining lineage of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty never had a formal rule over the Western Regions.

Now, six hundred years have passed like a fleeting time. The rulers of the Western Regions have changed from the short-lived Tubo era to the Xixia and local tribes competing for supremacy, to the rise of Mongolia and the comprehensive Mongolianization soon, and then to these Mongolians starting to become Turkic and Persian. , the entire time span has been too long, and the one with the greatest and deepest impact is Mongolia.

Therefore, as the most orthodox descendant of the Golden Family and the holder of the title of "Khan of All Mongolia", the Great Khan of the Chahar Tribe personally "conquered" Yarkand and replaced the latter's rule, at least from the perspective of "legal principles" Speaking of which, no one can comment - why, how can you be more correct than that golden family?

In fact, it was not just the Chahar tribe that had this advantage when they occupied Yarkand. Gao Pragmatic was worried that they would continue to flee westward and occupy Andiyan. He also took this into consideration.

If we apply the saying of a certain war criminals series game, the Chahar Khan can actually claim all the territory within the largest territory of the entire Mongol Empire - you don't care whether he has a "strong claim" or a "weak claim", at least he can. Claims, and there will always be some local people willing to buy it, but Ming Dynasty really doesn’t even have the right to claim it.

You can't say that I'm here to regain the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, right? This statement can only be used for internal propaganda to boost the morale of the Ming Dynasty's ruling and opposition parties. No local people will approve it for external propaganda, because there are no Han people in the local area - except for a few businessmen.

Therefore, after the recovery of Yarkand, no matter how the war of conquest in the Qihe and Oara areas goes, the main force of the Ming army must temporarily stay in Yarkant to maintain stability, and it will be difficult to continue to attack within a few years.

During this period, the court had a lot to do. Firstly, it is necessary to establish effective local rule and appease the local people; secondly, it is also necessary to establish stable transportation lines to ensure that the local Ming army can be supplied before the development of the Ili Valley takes effect; thirdly, it is also necessary to find ways to reach the local area. The migratory Han population, mainly military households and supplemented by civilian households, firmly controlled the Ili Valley and supported and guided the military and civilian villages in the Ili Valley.

After all this is completed, that is, after the Ili Valley has sufficient supplies to supply the Ming army stationed in the Western Regions, the imperial court can consider launching a further western expedition to capture the Fergana Basin and create another "Corner of the Western Regions" besides the Ili River Valley. ". At this point, things turned back to "the Fergana Basin may be very difficult to fight at this time."

All the generals present are experienced generals. Although in the past, they often did not need to consider political and economic matters in battles, but they did not consider it because they had no right to consider it in the past. It does not mean that they have no brains at all and do not know how to consider it at all.

Especially handsome men like Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang. They were originally capable of overall planning. Now that Gao Pragmatic has fully explained these situations, it obviously gives them the power to consider these major strategic issues, so they naturally dare to imagine them. . Just this idea made me realize that things were really too difficult.

Li Chengliang was not bothered by the fact that his previous claims were dismissed by Gao Pragmatic. At this time, he was still willing to make suggestions and mused: "Yuan Fu's concerns are very serious. If we look at past experience, this matter is almost impossible to solve, but...since Yuan Fu I am fully confident that I can handle Tumut and Ordos, but I think...as long as I do it right, maybe this matter can still be done."

Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly and asked: "Uncle Ning Yuan is saying that he will let the second Mongolian army pursue Chahar, and even chase them all the way to Andiyan, or even simply capture Andiyan and prevent the Chahar army from occupying this place?" "

Li Chengliang smiled and nodded: "It turns out that Yuan Fu had already planned it, and this is what I meant."

Gao Pragmatic was silent. Qi Jiguang said: "It seems that Yuan Fu has thought about Ning Yuanbo's plan, but since Yuan Fu didn't say it before, he must still have concerns.

The old man thought that Yuan Fu was worried because the second Mongolian tribe had a heavy combat mission. On the one hand, they needed to defeat the Oara tribes, and on the other hand, they had to defeat the Kazakhs in the Qihe area. These two territories were huge and their opponents were powerful. It's also pretty strong.

Even if Liu Wei's troops can support one or two people, it is obvious that Liu Wei must first ensure that the locals in the Western Regions are frightened. The strength that can be used to support is probably only 10,000 or 20,000 people... not to mention there is a time difference. "

Qi Jiguang frowned deeply, stood up, pointed a few times at the huge map of the Western Region, and said: "From a time perspective, defeating the main force of Yerkang should be the first task to be completed. If the Shichahar tribe wanted to run away, it could be considered as running away as soon as possible.

The problem is that at this time, the Mongolian Second Division should attack the Oara tribes and the Qihe area according to the original plan, so how can they pursue the Chahar tribe? Therefore, if Ning Yuanbo’s plan is to be implemented, unless the imperial court adjusts its strategy and asks the Mongolian troops not to attack the Kazakhs in the Oara and Qihe areas for the time being, but——"

He drew an arc on the map with his finger, from Kashgar to Andiyan, pointed hard, and said resolutely: "March quickly to Andiyan before the Chahar people, and cut off the Chahar people's westward escape!"

When everyone heard this, they all gasped. Several pairs of eyes were fixed on the planned combat area in the Western Region, scanning back and forth at several key nodes, and mentally evaluating the feasibility of this strategy.

Ma Gui said with some worry: "From the topographic map, the mountains in this area are steep and should not be used by cavalry. Although it has been ruled by Mongolian descendants for many years in the past, I guess they can only rely on some of these mountains." Travel along the road.

However, they are local snakes who have ruled the area for hundreds of years. It is possible that there are guides who are familiar with these mountain roads. However, the Tumut and Ordos tribes have never gone to fight there. If they get lost in the mountains or even encounter an ambush, this is all. What could happen. It can be said that Cheng is extremely dangerous... Yuan Fu and the two old commanders must be careful. "

Gao pragmatic nodded, this was something he had considered before, and Ma Gui was right to mention it. However, just raising it correctly will not solve the problem. Now it seems that this is the only way to try. Therefore, the question now turns to "How can the Mongolian Second Division seize Andiyan in advance" - provided that Gao Pragmatic agrees not to move to Oara and Kazakhstan first.

Qi Jiguang sighed and said with a wry smile: "I have been in the military all my life, and luckily I have not suffered any defeats. What I rely on is nothing more than three words: don't take risks. But this time, I'm afraid I have to come up with a way to take risks..."
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