Chapter 126 I answer and ask for a seal (1)

Style: Historical Author: Yun WufengWords: 2168Update Time: 24/01/18 11:16:21
For a whole day, Anda's Chinese army made no move. They neither raised an army to attack Desheng Fort in anger, nor retreated due to the defeat of the left wing. Instead, they reacted as slowly as a drunken man.

But no one in Desheng Fort, from Banlazi Imperial Envoy Gao Pangshi and Datong guarding Huang Mengyu to Datong generals headed by Ma Wei, dared to relax their vigilance. After all, in their view, An Da's reaction was extremely abnormal. This kind of fighting and not fighting, retreating and not retreating behavior was completely inconsistent with the style that An Da had shown over the past decades.

I promise to be a decisive and stubborn, shrewd and generous leader.

Since the guarding eunuch was here, Ma Fang's battle report was sent to Desheng Fort as quickly as possible. The battle report said that Ma Fang's battle "happened on a rainy day, so he decided to send troops. The prisoners' bowstrings were weak and they were attacked. Therefore, there was a huge rout. Fang and others advanced in a combined attack, pursued the enemy for hundreds of miles and then returned, and captured 527 heads and 120 horses. No amount of damage to the enemy or capture was counted. It was actually the first achievement in the desert in decades. "

As mentioned earlier, it was not uncommon for the Ming army to fight against the Mongols and to repel or even defeat the enemy, but beheading them was very difficult. In this battle, Ma Fang beheaded more than 500 people in one battle. It may be a slight exaggeration to say that it was "the first achievement in leaving the desert in decades", but it was indeed an extremely rare victory.

It stands to reason that Ida was first attacked by the Chinese army and accidentally injured the capable general Qataiji, and then received the news that his eldest son Xin Ai's troops were defeated. His mood should be either shocked, angry, or frightened.

If you are frightened and angry, you should send troops to retaliate; if you are frightened, you should retreat your troops.

However, I had no response at all.

Now, it was the turn of the Ming army in Fort Desheng to be confused. Almost everyone thought that An Da was planning a big conspiracy. Only the little imperial envoy Gao, who had been depressed all day because his servants were seriously injured, Pragmatism objects to this.

Gao Shi read the words and said categorically: Although I will not retreat, I will definitely ask for peace, and not only ask for peace, but also ask for canonization from the imperial court.

Gao Shidu's reason is not very complicated: I was originally worried that my grandson would be killed by the Ming court and sent troops to threaten him, but now that the news of the imperial court's canonization of Han Naji has spread outside the customs, Anda's reason for sending troops is no longer valid.

At the same time, since the Ming army was well-defended on the one hand and victorious in attacking on the other, I promised to know that there would be no benefit from sending troops this time. Moreover, his own family had suffered serious disasters. The first two troops sent out to plunder this year were both destroyed by Ma Fang and Qi Jiguang. After fighting back, including this time, they have already sent out troops three times a year in vain. This has actually seriously exceeded Mongolia's own ability to bear. If he continues to fight, Ming Dynasty will not care at all, but he himself will have to live and die. Drown yourself down.

But when the truth comes to this point, everyone thinks it is not enough, because if it is just this, Dawei Anda will just retreat. After all, the Ming Dynasty actually does not have the ability to march hundreds of miles to attack his Tumochuan headquarters, so why should he ask for peace and a seal?

Originally, Gao Shidu had no interest in teaching political lessons to these border generals, but considering that his analysis here would definitely be heard by Datian and even be announced to the world through the imperial court newspaper, so out of "raising hopes" "After considering it, Gao Shidu reluctantly gave them a brief analysis.

According to Gao Shidu, Ida requested to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty and Tonggong did not happen once or twice, a year or two. He had actually been working towards this goal for so many years. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty had never agreed and refused to negotiate with Mongolia, so Anda always wanted to rely on the threat of force and plundering border areas to force the Ming Dynasty to agree, in order to achieve the purpose of paying tribute and maintain the livelihood of the Mongolian people.

However, in recent years, especially since Jinshang succeeded to the throne, the Ming Dynasty's border defenses have become more and more consolidated. As a result, Anda's many trips south were not only in vain, but also suffered considerable losses. At the same time, Anda's Tumochuan headquarters suffered from disasters year after year. Amidst this ebb and flow, Anda's strength actually declined compared to the Ming Dynasty. Now that the strength has declined, the threat of military invasion is of course even less effective - today's defeat is proof.

As a right-wing Mongol Khan, I must find a way out for my people. Since the hard way is not enough, I have no choice but to use the soft way. I can only turn my attention back to begging and begging to be sealed. It happened that his grandson was confused for a moment and tried to surrender, but an accident happened: not only was he not killed, but he was canonized!

While I was surprised, I must have been thinking in my heart at this time: My grandson will be canonized if he honestly asks for surrender. If I honestly ask for surrender, will the Ming Dynasty also agree? In the previous years, the Ming court always refused, maybe just because of Emperor Jiajing. It is said that the current Emperor Longqing is very different from his father's government - how about I give it another try?

Everyone thinks that Gao Shidu's opinions are reasonable, but there is still some inertia in their minds, and they can't believe that this old man like me can really be so honest.

Gao Shidu didn't mind their skeptical attitude, but after saying these words, he went to inspect his cavalry. On the one hand, he felt sorry for the loss, but on the other hand, he also wanted to see and ask questions with his own eyes. Only by asking about the situation of this battle can we analyze countermeasures and arrange subsequent supplements and training.

In his previous life, the cadres of his previous generation were deeply influenced by Taizu, while the cadres of his generation from the Red Dynasty were deeply influenced by Taizong, so he was more open-minded about "paying tuition", but he was open-minded. Gui is open-minded. After paying the tuition, he must learn real skills. This is also his bottom line.

This time, the Gao family's cavalry followed Ma Gui out of seclusion to attack the Anda camp. Ma Gui's Ma family's elite soldiers were the main force. This was something that had been discussed before. According to Gao Jue's report, Ma Gui did indeed The Gao family's cavalry were not placed in the forward position where they were most vulnerable to losses, but even so, the casualties of the Gao's cavalry were actually twice as high as those of the Ma's cavalry, which inevitably made Gao Jingshi a little depressed.

The Gao family's cavalrymen had indeed defeated some path-cutting thieves in Monan before, and even defeated a small tribe that was jealous of money. At that time, Gao Pragmatic was quite happy and felt that his investment would bear fruit very quickly. But after today's battle, he realized that there was still a big gap between the Gao family's cavalry and the real elites.

Although the Gao family's cavalrymen have not had much contact with the three-eyed gun before, and have not even been equipped with armor, in fact, the Gao family's cavalrymen are equipped with good eucalyptus bows and leather armor. Even if they temporarily change their clothes, they are not used to it. But it should not seriously affect the combat effectiveness. With such a loss, it can only be said that the level is still not up to standard.

But the problem is that Gao Pragmatic really doesn’t know much about cavalry, and he can only think of some cavalry tactics that don’t seem to be suitable for the East, such as the wall charge that is highly mythical in some novels - that tactic does not say no. Good, but it has preconditions. Gao Pragmatic believes that many conditions are not met now, such as the most basic point: the horse is not right. It is now impossible for Gao Wuchen to get a group of European giants to use this strategy.

The emergence of any tactic must be related to the conditions it possesses and the goals that need to be achieved. Therefore, after thinking about it pragmatically, at least for now, we can only come up with a solution based on the short but endurance Mongolian horses.