There was a slight commotion in Chaterji's military formation, especially near Chaterji's position. The horses neighed, and some of the horses even began to scratch their hooves.
Ma Gui suddenly became nervous. He pressed the handle of the knife with his left hand, turned his body slightly towards Gao Pingshi, and lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, someone is ready to fight."
"Huh?" Gao Pragmatic's equestrian skills are pretty good now, but his battlefield sensitivity is obviously far inferior to that of Ma Gui, a long-time general. Especially for the cavalry, it is the weakest among the weaknesses. Hearing this, he was stunned and asked Said: "How can we see it?"
While staring straight ahead, Ma Gui explained: "Qataiji is surrounded by his trusted generals, and the war horses under his crotch are the best. They can sense the master's fighting intention from the subtle changes in his movements. , you see... some of those war horses are neighing, and some are pawing their hooves. If this kind of action appears on ordinary horses, it may be a sign of nervousness and fear, but for these high-quality war horses that have been through battles for a long time, it shows that They're excited and ready to charge."
Gao pragmatic suddenly realized, and he said that professional matters must be analyzed by professionals. At best, lay leaders and experts can only start from a strategic perspective. When it comes to tactics, it is definitely unreliable. It seems that this time, Ma Gui is brought here. The move was really right. However, if Cao Gan had not followed my order to see Han Naji in advance, he should have been able to tell, right?
When Ma Gui saw that Gao Pingshi didn't reply, he thought he didn't believe it, so he hurriedly said: "Servant, Tuotuo's strength is by no means limited to his personal martial arts. His cavalry are superbly used. Since they have aroused the will to fight, we'd better Hurry and prepare..." Tuotuo is Chataiji.
"Can we defeat them?" Gao pragmatically asked: "I mean, can our five thousand cavalry defeat the six thousand Mongolian cavalry under Chaterji?"
"This... it may be a little difficult to win, but unless Tuotuo fights for his strength and takes great losses, he will never fight us to the end." Ma Gui paused and then said: "Even if he is really crazy , the general will risk his life to send the servant back to the pass."
That is to say, I'm afraid I still can't defeat you, but it's not easy for the opponent to eat me.
Gao pragmatic squinted his eyes for a while, shook his head and said, "Don't worry about them."
"Your Majesty!" Ma Gui said anxiously, "Even if your Majesty is not afraid, we still have to be prepared."
This makes sense. Being prepared is always a pragmatic habit.
But this time Gao Pragmatic refused, but said firmly: "They may come to the battle, but, Ma Gui!" His tone suddenly became stern, and he shouted in a tone like a soldier.
"The general is here!" Although Ma Gui was nervous, his subconscious reaction immediately made him surrender.
"You go and give the order. No matter whether the opponent comes directly to the front or not, before engaging in the battle, our cavalry must remain calm and not move. You go and let my cavalry go to the front line. The top troops must be transferred to the center. Army, the Beijing camp continues to suppress the formation."
After giving this order, Ma Gui understood what Gao Pragmatic meant. Gao Pragmatic was betting that the other party would not dare to take action, but at the same time, he still made some preparations and asked the soldiers to be transferred to the central army. This meant that if something went wrong, Majia Dabing covered him and left.
In Ma Gui's view, it was not shameful to "leave". What he was afraid of was that Gao Pragmatic refused to leave, and as a result he lost the emperor's edict and the guard of honor. This situation was much more serious than defeat.
To give a simple analogy, it is like a foreigner trampling on your national flag in front of you. This nature is not comparable to ordinary humiliation.
So Ma Gui immediately gave the order in accordance with Gao Pragmatic's request. Soon after, he began to admire Gao Pragmatic's "unpredictable prophet" because he had just completed the formation change, and the other party also understood it. As expected, about two to three hundred troops were dispatched at once. Riding, straightforwardly began to charge towards the formation.
This group of people may be Chatterji's Chinese bodyguards. They didn't even make a run-up with their horses and almost started charging directly.
Horse hooves clattered and dust flew.
Although there were only two or three hundred horsemen, under the personal leadership of Chatterji, they rushed out with the momentum of thousands of troops!
"Hold a knife!" Ma Gui roared.
The Gao family cavalrymen who had been transferred to the former army immediately drew their sabers, but because there were no other orders, everyone automatically carried out the previous "still motionless" order.
From a military perspective alone, the current performance of both sides is abnormal.
Qataiji's side launched without any reason and without any preparatory work, and directly started charging into the formation. This was an act that might hurt the horses, and the Mongols usually knew how to avoid it.
The highly pragmatic side turned a blind eye and did not make any further reaction except ordering the former army to draw the knife in their hand. If it were a real confrontation with the enemy on the battlefield, it would be equivalent to selling the former army.
Cavalry hedging is not the main combat method of the Eastern cavalry. It is unheard of for the cavalry of the hedging party to maintain a queue like infantry and let the other party charge. This directly makes them lose the two major reliances of the cavalry: mobility and impact. .
So...this is not a war!
Five hundred steps.
Four hundred steps.
Three hundred steps.
Seeing that the opponent's cavalry had only drawn their swords in their hands and had no intention of attacking, Qiataji couldn't help but cheer for his opponent and thought to himself: This person either doesn't understand cavalry at all, or he must be my greatest enemy in my life!
Two hundred steps later, the front rows of the Gao family's cavalry experienced some unconscious fluctuations, but it was not their initiative, but the spontaneous behavior of the horses under their crotches. They felt the danger and began to feel uneasy.
One hundred steps!
"Stop!" Qataiji shouted and started to stop the horse.
A group of two to three hundred riders rushed forward another fifty steps due to inertia, and finally stopped.
Qia Taiji's face was as dark as water, and he quickly turned over and dismounted, his movements no slower than twelve years ago.
The cavalrymen of the Gao family in the first two rows were sweating on their foreheads. At this moment, they couldn't help but swallowed quietly and stared at Chatterji who came forward.
Behind Chaterji, the two to three hundred knights had also dismounted, but no one came forward. However, Chaterji was seen walking towards the five thousand Ming army alone.
"Dongshengwei commanded Qian Shi Tuotuo and asked to see the imperial envoy!"
The cavalrymen of the Gao family finally felt relieved and took the initiative to separate the road for Qataiji to come forward. A loud shout from Ma Gui came from behind: "There is an order, please send Dong Shengwei to command the generals to take off their clothes and see the angel!"
The emperor's ceremonial guard was lined up, and after Gao Jingshi's death, there was someone who held the imperial edict to show Gao Jingshi's status as an imperial envoy. "Imperial envoys" in all dynasties had their own symbols of power, such as "zhijie" for imperial envoys in Qin and Han Dynasties, and "imperial envoys" during Ming Dynasty. According to the imperial edict."
Gao Pragmatic himself sat still on his horse, looking at Chatterjee walking towards him with an indifferent expression.
Qia Taiji was the "Zhebie Shenshe", and he saw Gao Pangshi clearly from a distance.
As a top military commander, he only needed a quick glance to see that Gao Pingshi, the imperial envoy, was definitely a civil servant. Although he was young and looked in good health, he must have never practiced martial arts.
However, no matter how high the status of civil servants was in the Ming Dynasty, it was no different here. What really surprised Chataiji was his high pragmatic expression.
His eyes were as calm as water, without any fluctuation.
Chataiji knew that the momentum created by his side just now was enough to be fake. Even the young talent from the Ma family next to Gao Pingshi looked nervous and was still holding the handle of the knife with his left hand.
However, Gao Pragmatic, the civil servant and imperial envoy, was not affected at all, as if he had been blind or deaf just now. There was no trace of shock, fear, or even... as if there was a touch of ridicule in his expression.
If the situation hadn't been like this, Chaterji would have really wanted to suddenly launch an attack and capture the young imperial envoy to see if he could still be so calm.
But now, this is not possible.
Qia Taiji took a deep breath, stood ten steps in front of Gao Pingshi's horse, then leaned down and bowed down, saying calmly and forcefully: "Your Majesty, Dong Shengwei has commanded us, everything is in order, and I wish you the best. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty." .”
Gao Pragmatic's voice was neither loud nor quiet, and it was not as deep and powerful as Chatterji's voice. Instead, it was as calm as a deep pool of water with no ripples in an ancient well: "Good morning, Holy Gong. Please get out of trouble."
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Thanks to book friends "dj000214" and "book friend 20180224230320150" for their monthly support. By the way, regarding the word "Qia" in Qataiji, the literal meaning of "Qia" was explained in the article before. However, after checking a bunch of information today, I found that there is another theory in the historians, which believes that "Qia" comes from "Xie Xue". ", the Mongolian word is hiya, or xiy-a, which means "Dayuan guard", and the word "Qia" has been hereditary to the descendants of Qia Taiji, and has this word in their names, so some scholars in the academic circle believe that this is A hereditary identity.
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