Ma Gui is the person with the highest military rank in Desheng Fort besides Ma Wei, and serves as the garrison of Desheng Fort as the commander of Weiyuan Guards. In terms of official position, he is completely qualified to personally lead the highly pragmatic cavalry to attack - because Ma Wei is a general and has been banned by Wang Chonggu from leaving the country to prevent being captured. If Ma Gui is not qualified, Being present is not enough.
As the military officer of the garrison varies from place to place, it is difficult to represent anything. However, the official rank of the guard station is a measure of the official rank of military generals in the Ming Dynasty. The commander of the guard is also a third-grade military attaché. At his age, he is really Not too low.
Moreover, in terms of qualifications and achievements, although Ma Gui is still a junior, he joined the army with his father at the age of thirteen. He has fought in dozens of battles for nearly eight years. He was the commander who was made by himself with his own sword and gun, and was not inherited from hereditary - his father Ma Lu's military position in the guard was inherited by Ma Gui's brother Ma Jin, so Ma Jin is now the deputy general. .
Then there is no way to shirk it. After all, General Ma Gui has to have a rank, a birth, a seniority, a merit... There is really no excuse to make.
So in the following meeting, the trend completely changed. First, they discussed how to temporarily equip the "Gao Family Army" with all the equipment they should have. Gao Pragmatic, who couldn't help but call Gao Mo and Gao Jue in, came together. Attend meetings.
Then they began to discuss tactical issues such as the time to send troops and the direction of the attack. Gao Pragmatic, who had already admitted his defeat, knew that he could not say anything about such specific tactics, so he simply left it all to Ma Wei, Ma Gui, Gao Mo, and Gao Jue without saying anything. Others can decide on their own.
Anyway, the final result of the agreement was that Magui took his 300 servants and 800 highly pragmatic servants, totaling 1,100 people, around Zhenqiang Fort, about 20 miles east of Desheng Fort, and came out at the second hour of the Chou hour. Pass, detour westward to the planned sneak attack location, and launch a night attack around 2:00 Yin hour.
According to later generations' timekeeping methods, this time point would be about leaving the customs at two in the morning and launching a night attack at four in the morning.
Even if Gao Pragmatic doesn't know much about real military affairs, he still knows the benefits of this choice, because four or five o'clock in the morning is the time when people sleep the deepest, and launching a night attack at this time is the most sudden and dangerous.
Of course, it is not easy to launch such a night attack in this era, because night blindness is a relatively common phenomenon under the living standards of this era. However, whether it is the Ma family army or the "Gao family army", the treatment level of these servants is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers.
In particular, because Gao Qingshi had the experience of exercising in the gym in his previous life, he spent some time on the knowledge of diet matching. Not to mention the combat prowess of his servants, regardless of whether they are on foot or cavalry, at least in terms of nutrition, they should be the best in the Ming Dynasty - there is not a single person with night blindness.
When Gao pragmatic finished the meeting and returned to the imperial envoy's camp, Huang Mengyu originally planned to personally supervise the gunnery officer of Desheng Fort to select some of the best quality three-eyed muskets and armor for the Gao family's servants. However, seeing that Gao pragmatic was a little depressed, he gave up. After hearing this idea, he just gave a serious warning to the young eunuch who passed the order, and then went back with him.
Fort Desheng is not a big place, and the so-called imperial envoy's residence is actually a relatively clean inn. When Huang Dazheng arrived at Fort Desheng, he righteously expressed that he would stay here at the same time as the imperial envoy. As for the reasons, Huang Dazheng said that firstly, he lived close to him and could ask for instructions and report in time if something happened, and secondly, he saved money for the court... He was truly a role model for courtiers and an elite eunuch.
The imperial envoy looked bad now, so Guard Huang naturally wanted to inquire about what was going on. So as soon as the two of them returned to the inn, Guard Huang immediately motioned for everyone else to go out, and then bowed slightly and asked: "Gao Shidu, are you worried about the loss of your servants?"
Naturally, Gao Shidu couldn't admit that he was stingy and immediately denied it: "That's not true. I'm just worried that my servants don't have much battle experience and rely on their appearance to bluff people. I don't know if this attack will be successful. If I steal the chicken, I don't know." If you don't throw all the rice outside the customs, let alone anger An Da, I'm afraid An Da will make fun of me because I have no one in the Ming Dynasty."
Huang Mengyu didn't know whether Gao Pingshi's words were true or not, so he could only follow his intention and comfort him: "Although I, Old Huang, have never led a soldier, I have seen a lot. In my opinion, Gao Shi read these servants very much." It is majestic and led by General Ma Gui. Even if the results of this attack are not great, it is unlikely to suffer too much losses."
"How can I see it?"
Huang Mengyu smiled and said: "Although that old man is great, over the years, he has almost always taken the initiative to attack us. Like this time, it was our Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who took the initiative to attack us. That was so many years ago. I guess I The old man no longer has much vigilance."
Gao Pragmatic thought about it and admitted that it was possible, but he still felt a little unsure. Huang Mengyu then said: "What's more, Ma Gui brought his three hundred servants with him... Gao Shidu, those three hundred soldiers are his capital. If he doesn't have enough confidence, he doesn't dare to Easily squandered, so if everything goes well in this attack, there is no need to say anything. If things are not harmonious, I am sure that Ma Gui will definitely withdraw to the pass as soon as possible, and there is no way he will stupidly go to fight with thousands of people. I replied that tens of thousands of troops fought to the death - if he was such a fool, he would have died at least dozens of times in the past seven or eight years."
Gao Pragmatic could barely accept this reason, but I was a little worried. If things really went wrong, wouldn't Ma Gui use my servants as cannon fodder to cover his own servants' escape?
Although Ma Gui was a famous general in the Wanli Dynasty in the original history. He fought in the three major campaigns of Wanli without losing a single match. He was a Grand Slam player and has always been known for his ability to fight and dare to fight, but... he has Gao Shidu didn't remember the situation so clearly if he hadn't sold his teammates. And according to Gao Shidu's habit of thinking the worst about people he doesn't know well, naturally he can't be completely reassured.
But after thinking about it, he felt relieved again. After all, he had reached this situation, and it was definitely not possible to break his promise and gain weight. He could only use Ah Q's spirit to cheer himself up: just treat it as the first final exam of the Cavalry Guards Corps, and There is also an experienced teacher who can give you guidance. If you don't do well in the exam, you can only blame yourself for not being good at studying.
Seeing that Gao Pragmatic's face finally looked better, Huang Mengyu quickly changed the subject: "Gao Shidu, when we launch a surprise attack here, is Ma Zongrong also quick to do so?"
Gao Pangshi did a quick calculation in his mind and said: "It's almost the same. We'll start tomorrow night here, and Ma Zongrong's side will start the day after tomorrow in the afternoon according to the plan. If everything goes well, I'll definitely have to wait until Baidu after the attack here." Genius launches an attack on our Fort Desheng, so that even if they later get the news that the left wing has been defeated or severely defeated by Ma Zongrong, it will be too late for reinforcements."
