The "this battle" Gao Pingshi said was not the battle against Xin Ai that had already been fought, but the next battle with Tumen.
Gao pragmatic himself traveled hundreds of miles from Daban Shengcheng to Shacheng. He was not here for tourism. He was here to coordinate the Monan decisive battle against Tumen.
The location of Shacheng is two hundred miles to the west of the old camp of Xin'ai, not far from Zhangjiakou. Based on Tumen's current location, the Great Khan of All Mongolia only needs to go all the way to the west and slightly to the south, and walk two hundred miles. Arrive soon.
Hannaji and Chaterji haven't come yet, but they will come sooner or later, but before they come, Gao Pragmatic needs them to suffer a defeat first and retreat to Shacheng.
The Mongolians have a high tolerance for losing a battle, or in other words, they almost don't regard the behavior of "leaving after a small loss" as a defeat, because the Mongolians often fight by dragging and fishing.
When some people in later generations heard that the Mongolian cavalry were invincible, they thought that the Mongols were good at charging into battles and destroying fortresses. In fact, that was a huge misunderstanding. Most of the time, the main attribute of the Mongolian cavalry is "cavalry archers". They only occasionally make a cameo appearance as scimitar cavalry when facing weak brigades or defeated troops.
Since they are horse archers, they will naturally not be determined to fight with others. Shooting slowly and grinding slowly is the last word, so Gao Pragmatic let Han Naji and Chaterji have a small defeat and then fled to Shacheng. It is a reasonable and reasonable "Mongolian-style combat" move.
Gao Pragmatic didn't ask how to carry out specific tactical operations, and he didn't know much about it. He could just leave this kind of matter to Chatarji. Even Hannaji was "privately reminded" by Gao Pragmatic, asking him to fully respect Chatarji. Taiji’s tactical arrangement.
Bahan Naji's "big victory over Xin'ai Huang Taiji" just before was so powerful that he was so powerful in Monan. If an ordinary person said this to him, I'm afraid he would be furious.
But Gao Pragmatic is not an ordinary person. In Bhannaji's view, Gao Pragmatic, the number one scholar in the Six Poems, is almost equal to the wisest man in the world! He, Dacheng Taiji, has always respected wise men. How could he not listen to the words of wise men? What's more, Gao Pragmatic has a good relationship with him and is his son's teacher, so he must give him this face.
Therefore, about 6,000 people from Han Naji's western sentry Dacheng Taiji tribe and Qataiji's headquarters were left on the northern front. Zhongjin Hatun and a bunch of Taiji tribes, including more than 10,000 Anda Including the Great Khan's escort, they all withdrew southward to Shacheng together with Magui.
At the same time, under the order of Gao Pangshi as the plenipotentiary imperial envoy, Xuanfu Town mobilized more than 20,000 troops to quietly move north from Zhangjiakou, via Xinghe to Shacheng.
The main force of the more than 20,000 troops is Ma Gui's troops who stayed in the Xuanfu, including about 1,500 troops. They are the troops that he, the deputy general of the Xuanfu, usually supervises.
In addition to Ma Gui's headquarters, there are also two generals whose official positions are "Separately Guarding the Wanquan Right Guards on the Xuanfu Shangxi Road" and "Separately Guarding the Xuanfu Xiaxi Road Chaigoubao Counselor".
In addition, a member of the "General Shunsheng Weiguang who was assigned to guard Xuanfu South Road" was transferred north to Zhangjiakou Fort to support him at any time. He had about 6,000 troops under his command; At the Monolith Fort, he was ready to cut off the Tumen's retreat at any time.
By the way, this Dushibao General is Ma Gui's nephew Ma Chengxun, and his command has been fully strengthened in recent days. Previously, some of Ma Fang's elite cavalry were transferred to his command and temporarily commanded by him.
Generally speaking, Xuanfu Town sent a total of 20,000 troops, and at the same time, more than 30,000 troops were gathered to provide support at any time.
In addition, Gao Jingshi himself transferred a thousand cavalrymen from nearby Shanxi to Shacheng, bringing the personal armed force under his command to four thousand cavalrymen.
Originally, the imperial envoy who was afraid of death wanted to mobilize infantry troops, including the mine protection team of Datong Coal Mine. He estimated that he could mobilize nearly 10,000 infantry troops (mainly mine protection teams) in Shanxi. Later, he still Cao Gan, who came to Shacheng temporarily, calculated it and told him that it was too late in time, so he gave up.
As mentioned before, when fighting a war with high pragmatism, he usually only spends time on strategy. When it comes to specific tactics, he is relatively confused. He usually only remembers one principle: concentrate his forces. So for this planned decisive battle in Monan, or the decisive battle in Shacheng, his idea was also to quietly concentrate his forces and lead the troops to fight.
Doing the math, there are already 50,000 troops in Shacheng. Before the war started, there were 40,000 people under Hannaji and Chaterji, and the main force of 90,000 fought against Tumen. The chance of victory should be relatively good.
As for Tumen, Chahar's main force is 60,000, plus the remaining Xin'ai troops of about 10,000 at most, which means there are about 70,000 troops at most, and they have come all the way and are isolated and helpless.
On Gao Pragmatic's side, in addition to the obvious 90,000 troops in Shacheng, there are also 30,000 troops from Zhangjiakou Fort and Dushi Fort who can come to encircle them at any time. In fact, the available troops are already as high as 120,000. Moreover, since this place is close to Zhangjiakou, it is easier to supplement. No matter how you look at it, it is an advantage.
From the perspective of generals, the only two who can really be regarded as generals in Tumen are himself and Naomao Da. The rest, such as Huang Taiji, Huo Luochi and others, although they are one of the five rulers, their past achievements are also All are good, but it is impossible for the Tumen to hand over Chahar headquarters to their command, so there is nothing.
It's not clear whether Xin Ai's sons, Lalik and Burihatu, can fight with high pragmatism. Anyway, they are not counted as famous generals. Especially Burihatu, this person played an important role in this incident, but because of his lack of reputation in history, Gao Pragmatic was not aware of his abilities and did not count him among them.
Of course, Xin Ai himself has only 10,000 direct descendants left. Even if Burihatu has the ability to lead troops, he may not have any troops to lead - at least he has his father Xin Ai and his eldest brother Lalike above him, so where is the turn? Get him?
After wandering around Shacheng for most of the day, Gao Pragmatic returned to the city and had just settled down when news came that Dacheng Taiji and Qia Taiji had suffered a defeat on the northern front and had abandoned "a large amount of baggage and belongings". He was escaping towards Shacheng.
Gao Pragmatic was very satisfied, but after thinking about it, he still asked a little uneasily: "How many troops did Dachengtaiji and Qataiji lose?"
The messenger said: "As told to the imperial envoy, the Dachengtaiji tribe lost twenty-five warriors, and the Qataiji tribe lost two warriors."
"Very good, very good." Gao Pingshi's mouth twitched, why are you Mongolians so afraid of death, are you the American army? There were less than thirty people dead in total. I wonder if Tumen fell into the trap?
"Did Tumen go south?" Gao pragmatically asked.
The messenger said: "Going south, Tumen's troops have been chasing Dachengtai Ji's troops."
Gao Pingshi felt relieved and said with a smile: "Okay, you have worked hard, go down and receive the reward."
When the messenger went down, Cao Gan laughed and said to Gao pragmatically: "Congratulations, sir, your immortal achievements are just around the corner."
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