Outflanking from left to right is a very common tactic, especially used by the side with the superiority in troops. In other words, the side that uses left and right outflanking tactics is usually the side that has the advantage in military strength.
Tumen Khan also counted sheep when he was a child. Addition and subtraction at this level does not seem to be a big problem, so he can at least be sure that he will soon be surrounded by superior forces. The key is how big the opponent's military advantage is. He now has no idea how many Ming troops there are in the city.
Inside the city was an unknown but certainly well-defended Ming army, and outside the city were 70,000 Mongolian cavalrymen like his own. There was no chance of winning this battle.
Tumen Khan's inner drumbeat became louder.
Burihatu saw Tumen Khan's expression and suddenly said: "Congratulations to the Great Khan, congratulations to the Great Khan, the opportunity to defeat the enemy has arrived!"
"A good opportunity to defeat the enemy?" Tumen Khan thought he heard wrongly, and widened his eyes and said, "What are you talking about?"
"I am very sober, and I am not talking nonsense." Burihatu said seriously: "Great Khan, although our army may be at a disadvantage in terms of total strength, we can actually form a local advantage before the enemy forces close up. , using this advantage, we can definitely win.”
Although Tumen Khan always felt that Burihatu's belligerence seemed a bit too much, the four words "win" were like a huge piece of scented bait tempting him. He obviously felt unreliable in his heart, but he still couldn't help but ask. Said: "How to use it?"
Burihatu was overjoyed and said: "Our army's exploration horses have been deployed far away in the past few days. When we detected that the enemy troops from the east and west were outflanking us, the enemy troops were at least three days away from us. Even if the exploration horses returned to the center, At the time of the army, even now, the enemy is still two days away from us."
Tumen glanced at Tanma, meaning to ask him if this was indeed the case. Tanma nodded repeatedly, so Tumen frowned and asked Burihatu: "What do you want to do?"
Burihatu said: "Concentrate our forces and suddenly withdraw to the east tonight and defeat the 30,000 cavalry on the east road."
Tumen Khan's heart moved, and now he understood what Burihatu meant.
And Burihatu was also explaining his strategy: "Although the 30,000 cavalry on the East Road are not too small, they are only about half the strength of our troops, and they are composed of more than a dozen Taiwan-Kyrgyzstan troops. It is very likely that they will If the orders are not uniform, it may be fine if you just shout and shout at ordinary times, but once you encounter a tough battle, everyone must have their own ideas, and they are the easiest to defeat!"
Tumen rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and asked, "What happens after you defeat them? Will Han Naji bite you?"
"If you fight quickly, you won't be able to do it." Of course, Burihatu also took this into consideration and explained: "If we retreat eastward tonight, we will meet the Tumut East Road rebels about tomorrow. Since we are heading east , that is, keeping the same direction as the Hannaji Division, and the distance between the two divisions will basically not be shortened.
That is to say, when we meet the rebels on the Tumed East Road around tomorrow afternoon, the distance between the Tumed West Post rebels in Hannaji and us will still be two days' journey. The rebels should not have expected that we would take the initiative to attack them. They would be unprepared when the time comes. With the bravery of the Chahar tribe, will it take two more days to defeat this rabble? "
"The Chahar tribe is brave" is naturally nonsense. Even if it is really brave, the opponent's Tumote tribe is not bad at all. If the combat effectiveness of the Chahar tribe really far exceeds Tumote's, then how could there be Tumen Khan before? His father, Kuden Khan, moved eastward to avoid Anda Khan's attack?
But Tumen Khan could not object to this statement, and he also felt that Burihatu's analysis was reasonable. The opponent's more than 30,000 people were actually composed of more than a dozen Taiji, and now the main force of Hanaji is still in the west. , even if this group of people wanted to obey orders, Han Naji couldn't give them orders, so what are they if they aren't just a mob?
It has been proven that it is impossible to attack Shacheng where the Ming army is firmly entrenched. However, Tumen Khan feels that there is no problem in fighting a ragtag group of people with only half his own strength in a field battle.
"Okay, hesitation is the best thing to avoid before going into battle. This matter has been decided. Let's break up camp and head east overnight to defeat the Tumote East Road rebels first!" Tumen Khan finally showed some advantages and said decisively: "Order all ministries to start immediately Be prepared. You need to eat enough food and feed the horses. We will leave after two hours of darkness tonight! However, we must leave part of the felt tent and set up grass people and light bonfires to prevent the Ming army in the city from seeing it and sending people to notify the two routes. Rebels.”
Originally, Burihatu wanted to remind him of this, but now that he had thought of it himself, Burihatu did not need to say anything more. Instead, he smiled and complimented: "The Khan has thought carefully, and I can't do it as well as I can."
Tumen Khan felt proud and waved his hand: "This is just a habit developed over many years. I have nothing to say and I have to eat quickly. You can stay and eat together."
The habits of the Mongols were more straightforward than those of the Ming Dynasty. There was no rule that courtiers could not sit at the same table with the emperor, and Burihatu was not humble, so soon the two of them began to feast in the Chinese army's tent in Tumen.
At the same time, Gao Pragmatic hurriedly came down from the tower, holding a tortoiseshell monocular telescope in his hand. He finally thought of getting it after meeting the missionaries in Annan, but Jinghua's glass-making technology was still there. During the research, Guangxi has a natural crystal production area in the Guangxi karst landforms with many crystal mines. However, the most famous crystal production area in China is in Jiangsu, so Gao Pragmatic directly asked people to use natural crystals to grind lenses and start making telescopes.
Grinding lenses itself is not difficult in an era like the Ming Dynasty when the handicraft industry was extremely developed. The difficulty is that it is impossible to determine the lens power these days, and Gao Pragmatic himself has no understanding of this industry. He does not know how to do it, so he can only simply Tell the craftsmen that the "telephoto" effect is determined by the curvature of the lens.
In fact, the crystals of this era were not used for many purposes. They were basically used to make jewelry. The Chinese people are special. From ancient times to the present, their favorite is jade. They are not very interested in other gemstones, at least less than people from other parts of the world.
What's more interesting is that there is still a market for colored crystals, but few people like colorless crystals. This leads to the strange situation that the price of colorless crystals in Ming Dynasty is actually very low.
Of course, this is actually the main reason why ancient China had been firing porcelain for a long time, but could not make transparent glass. The key technologies for firing porcelain and firing glass are almost the same, but the ancient Chinese have been trying to find ways to make the glass "turbid" to make them look like "jade"
Now Gao Pragmatic suddenly wants to reverse this thinking. Obviously, success cannot be achieved in a day or two.
Back to the subject, Gao Pingshi was checking Tumen's military camp on the tower just now. Now he and Ma Gui walked down the tower with smiles on their faces. Cao Gan looked very relaxed on the side and said in a brisk tone: "It seems that Tumen Khan hasn't returned yet." That’s stupid, I’m planning to leave.”
Ma Gui chuckled: "It's a pity that Tumen's subordinates don't know that the servants are studying heaven and beings, and can actually achieve clairvoyance, and they can just arrogantly kill people in the army, hahahaha!"
I need to explain a little bit about the "study of heaven". The telescope was historically an important stepping stone for the Jesuits to open the door to China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Later scholars believed that the earliest historical document mentioning telescopes in China was Tian Wen Lue, published in 1615 and written by Yang Mano, a Portuguese Jesuit who came to China in 1574-1659 and entered China in 1610.
The real inventor of the telescope was Lieberhew, an eyeglass craftsman from Middelburg, the Netherlands. He pioneered the refracting telescope in 160 using crystal lenses. In 1609, based on rumors and his existing knowledge of refractive optics, Galileo quickly created a telescope and used it to examine the starry sky for the first time.
The Theory of Telescopes, written by Tang Ruowang, a German missionary who came to China in 1626, was the first monograph in China to introduce the knowledge of Western telescopes. The actual telescope was first introduced to China in 1622, and the carrier was Tang Ruowang.
Therefore, in today's Wanli Dynasty, telescopes have not yet appeared, and Gaowu Shi has now become the inventor of telescopes.
Cao Gan's chest puffed up and he said proudly: "My master knows astronomy from above and geography from below. He knew five hundred years in advance and five hundred years in hindsight. Since he has clairvoyance, he must be able to do it with his ears."
Gao pragmatically smiled and didn't answer, but he couldn't help but mutter in his heart: I can really know five hundred years later, and I can know more than five hundred years before. As for Shunfeng Er, I know a little bit about it, but it seems that I don’t have the technical foundation now.
But he couldn't help but want to brag and said smoothly: "Shunfeng ears can indeed be made, but the cost is too high. Even I can't afford it. Until the cost problem can't be solved, I won't know how to make that thing." Go touch it.”
Ma Gui was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment, and said to himself: No wonder he has been the true leader for two hundred years. Not only can he create clairvoyance, but he also knows how to create wind ears. Fortunately, he is an important minister of our Ming Dynasty because of his erudition. Otherwise, if he were a Mongolian Can people still get it?
Cao Gan just blew it casually, but he didn't expect it to lead to such a quarrel. After being stunned for a moment, his brain came to his senses and he planned to continue blowing. Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic changed the topic and said: "Tumen are leaving tonight. It’s been determined, but I don’t know if he will fall into the trap.”
Seeing that he was talking about business, Ma Gui quickly put aside the random thoughts in his heart and said: "There are only a few possibilities. The servant has arranged backup for each possibility, so I don't think there is anything to worry about."
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. If he just withdraws from the siege and escapes now, it will be too embarrassing for him. I thought he would consider defeating one first."
This statement was recognized by Ma Gui, who said: "The general also agrees with the view of shopkeeper Cao, but Han Naji's department is very powerful, and Tumen Khan doesn't know that Qataiji is not in the West Route Army now. The general I feel that he may not have the guts to fight Han Naji directly, but he will probably still choose to fight the Eastern Route Army."
Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly: "If this is true, we can start preparing for the celebration banquet."
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