Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 874 Decisive Battle in Sand City ([-])
Outflanking left and right is a very common tactic, especially used by the side with superior military strength.In other words, the side that uses left and right outflanking tactics is usually the one with the superiority in strength.

Tumen Khan also used to count sheep when he was a child, and this level of addition and subtraction does not seem to be a big problem, so he can at least be sure that he will soon be surrounded by a superior force, and the key is how big the opponent's force advantage is— ——He has no idea how many Ming troops there are in Shacheng.

In the city are the Ming army whose number is unknown but they must be good at defending. Outside the city are [-] to [-] Mongolian cavalry like his troops. No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning this battle.

The retreat in Tumen Khan's heart became louder.

Brihatu saw Tumen Khan's expression in his eyes, and suddenly said: "Congratulations to Great Khan, congratulations to Great Khan, the golden opportunity to defeat the enemy has arrived!"

"A good chance to defeat the enemy?" Tumen Khan thought he had heard it wrong, and asked with wide eyes, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"The minister is very sober, and there is no nonsense." Brihatu said solemnly: "Khan, although our army may be at a disadvantage in terms of overall strength, we can actually form a local advantage before the enemy's army is closed. , Taking advantage of this advantage, we can definitely win."

Although Tumen Khan always felt that Burhatu's belligerence seemed a little too much, but the word "victory" was like a huge bait to lure him. He obviously felt unreliable in his heart, but he still couldn't help asking Said: "How to use it?"

Brihatu was overjoyed, and said: "Our army's scout horses have been placed far away these few days. When we found out that the enemy troops from the east and west were outflanked, the enemy troops were at least three days away from us. Even if the scout horses returned to the center At the time of the army—that is, now—the enemy army is still two days away from us.”

Tumen glanced at Tanma, meaning to ask him if it was true, Tanma nodded repeatedly, so Tumen frowned and asked Brihatu, "What do you want to do?"

Burihatu said: "Concentrate our troops and suddenly withdraw to the east at night to defeat the [-] cavalry on the east road."

Tumen Khan's heart moved, and now he understood what Brihatu meant.

And Brihatu is also explaining his strategy: "Although the number of [-] cavalry on the East Road is not small, after all, it is only about half of the strength of our army, and it is composed of more than a dozen Taiwanese and Kyrgyz soldiers. The orders are not uniform, and it may be okay to bluff at ordinary times, but once you encounter a tough battle, you must have your own ideas, and it is the easiest to defeat!"

Tumen rolled his eyes, thought for a while, and asked, "What happens after defeating them? Will Hanaji bite him?"

"It won't happen if we fight fast." Of course, Brihatu also took this into consideration, and explained: "I will retreat eastward tonight, and I will be able to meet the rebels on the Tumed East Road around tomorrow. , that is, keeping the same direction as the Hanagi Department, the distance between the two departments will basically not be shortened.

That is to say, when we meet the Tumet East Road rebels around tomorrow afternoon, the distance between the Hannaji’s Tumet West Post rebels and us is still two days’ journey—Khan, The rebels on the East Road should not have expected that we would take the initiative to fight it, and they would be defenseless at that time. With the bravery of the Chahar Department, would it take two more days to defeat this group of mobs? "

"The bravery of the Chahar tribe" is of course nonsense. Even if it is really brave, the opponent's Tumed tribe is not bad. If the fighting power of the Chahar tribe is really far superior to that of Tumed, how could there be Tumen Khan before? The father of Kuden Khan moved to the east to avoid Alta Khan's edge?
But Tumen Khan can't object to this statement, and he also thinks that Brihatu's analysis is reasonable. The opponent's 3 people are actually composed of more than a dozen Taiwanese and Kyrgyzstan, and now Hanaji's main force is still in the west. , even if this group of people wanted to obey orders, they couldn't be ordered by Hanaji, so what are they not mobs?
It has now been proven that it is useless to fight a fortified battle to take the Shacheng that the Ming army firmly defends, but Tumen Khan thinks it is no problem to fight a group of mobs with only half his own strength in the field.

"Okay, it's best not to hesitate before the battle. This is the decision. Let's set up camp and head east overnight, and defeat the rebels on the Tumed East Road first!" Tumen Khan finally showed some advantages, and said decisively: "Order all the ministries to start immediately." Get ready, have enough food, feed the horses, and leave after two hours of darkness tonight! However, some felt tents must be left behind, and straw people should be set up widely, and bonfires should be lit, so as not to be seen by the Ming army in the city. Rebels."

Originally, Burhatu wanted to remind him of this, but since he had thought of it himself, Burhatu didn't have to talk too much. Instead, he smiled and complimented: "The sweat is thoughtful, and the minister is absolutely inferior."

Tumen Khan felt complacent, waved his hands and said, "This is just a habit developed over the years, there is nothing to say... Ben Khan has to eat quickly, so you can stay and eat together."

The habits of the Mongols were more straightforward than that of the Ming Dynasty. There was no rule that courtiers could not sit at the same table with the emperor, and Brihatu was not modest, so the two of them soon began to feast on Tumen's Chinese army tent.

At the same time, Gao Wushi also hurried down from the tower, holding a monocular telescope made of tortoise shell in his hand. Still in the process of research, and Guangxi has a natural crystal producing area (Guangxi has a karst landform, and there are many crystal mines, but the most famous crystal producing area in China is in Jiangsu), so Gao Pragmatism directly asked people to use natural crystal to grind the lenses and began to manufacture telescopes.

Grinding the lens itself is not difficult for Daming, an era where the handicraft industry is extremely developed. The difficulty is that it is impossible to determine the degree of the lens these days, and Gao Yushi himself has no understanding of this industry, and he does not know how to do it. He can only do it simply Tell the craftsmen that the "telephoto" effect is determined by the curvature of the lens.

In fact, the use of crystal in this era is not much, basically it is jewelry, and the Chinese are special. From ancient times to the present, they like jade most, and they are not very interested in other gemstones—at least they are less interested than people from other parts of the world. small.

What's more interesting is that there are still some markets for colored crystals, but few people like colorless crystals, which leads to the strange situation that the price of colorless crystals in Daming is actually very low.

Of course, this is actually the main reason why ancient China was able to make porcelain very early, but failed to make transparent glass.The key techniques of firing porcelain and glass are almost the same, but the ancients in China have been trying to make the glass "turbid" so that they look like "jade"...

Now that Gao Yushi suddenly wants to reverse this way of thinking, it is obviously not possible to succeed in a day or two.

Closer to home, Gao Yushi was checking Tumen’s barracks on the tower just now, and now he and Ma Gui both went down the tower with smiles on their faces. Cao Gan also looked very relaxed on the side, and said in a brisk tone: “It seems that Tumen Khan hasn’t Too stupid, this is planning to leave."

Ma Gui chuckled: "It's a pity that Tumen's subordinates don't know that the servants are pedantic about heaven and man, and they can make clairvoyance, and they are so swaggering in the army, hahahaha!"

The matter of "studying heaven and man" needs to be explained a little bit. In history, the telescope was an important stepping stone for the Jesuits to open the door to China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Some scholars in later generations believe that the earliest historical document in China that mentions telescopes is "Tian Wen Lue" published in 1615 and written by Yang Mano, a Portuguese Jesuit who came to China (1574-1659, entered China in 1610).

The real inventor of the telescope is Liber Hugh, a glasses craftsman in Middelburg, the Netherlands.He pioneered the refracting telescope with a crystal lens in 1608. In 1609, based on rumors and his existing knowledge of refractive optics, Galileo soon created a telescope and used it to inspect the starry sky for the first time.

In 1626, Tang Ruowang, a German missionary who came to China, wrote "Theory of the Telescope", which is the first monograph in China to introduce the knowledge of western telescopes. The actual telescope may have been introduced to China in 1622. Tang Ruowang.

Therefore, in today's Wanli Dynasty, the telescope has not yet appeared, and Gao Wushi is now the inventor of the telescope.

Cao Gan straightened his chest and said proudly: "My master knows astronomy from the top, and geography from the bottom. He has known 500 years before and 500 years after. Since he has clairvoyance, he must be able to do it with wind ears."

Gao Wushi smiled and didn't answer, but couldn't help muttering in his heart: I can really know 500 years later...and I know more than 500 years ago.As for Shunfeng ear... I do understand a little bit, but it seems that I don't have the foundation of that technical condition right now.

But he couldn't help bragging about this place, and said by the way: "Shunfeng ears can indeed be made, but the cost is too high, and even I can't afford it. Before I can't solve the cost problem, I won't make that thing." to touch."

Ma Gui was so shocked that he was speechless for a while, and said to himself: No wonder he is the real leader for 200 years. Not only can he make clairvoyance, but he also knows how to make wind ears. Is it a Mongol?
Cao Gan just blew it off the tongue, but he didn't expect it to lead to such a fuss. After he was taken aback for a moment, his brain came to his senses, and he planned to continue bluffing. Who knew that Gao Yushi changed the subject, and said: "Tumen are leaving tonight. It has already been determined, but I don’t know if he will fall into the trap.”

When Ma Gui saw that he was talking about serious business, he quickly put aside his wild thoughts and said, "There are just a few possibilities, and the servants have arranged backups for each possibility, so I don't think there is anything to worry about in the end."

Cao Gan said: "I feel that this guy has not gained any benefits since his Western Expedition. First, the backyard caught fire, and then he ran into a wall in Shacheng. It would be too embarrassing if he just retreated from the siege now... ...I think that he should consider breaking one part first."

This statement was approved by Ma Gui, and Ma Gui said: "The last general also agrees with Manager Cao, but... Ba Han Naji's troops are powerful, and Tumen Khan doesn't know that Chataiji is not in the West Route Army now. The final general felt that he might not have the guts to fight Han Naji directly, but he would still choose to fight the Eastern Route Army."

Gao Wushi smiled slightly: "If that's true, we can start preparing for the celebration banquet."
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