Accept the order, but that only confirms that Ma Dong is the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in this battle. In terms of general strategy, he still has to listen to Gao Pragmatic's orders. At the same time, because of the characteristics of the imperial court's military readiness duties, Gao Pragmatic The power to supervise the military is also still retained.
Therefore, the next step is to continue to discuss the specific strategy of this battle here at Gao pragmatism.
Ma Dong was too excited at the moment and asked him about the specific method of fighting. He barely suppressed his impulse, and in the end he could only think of a method that seemed slightly feasible.
Ma Dong said: "Fighting requires courage. One burst of momentum will be exhausted again, and the next will be exhausted. The final general believed that the Liaohe defense line could still stop the Tatar coalition forces, and at the same time, he closely observed the morale of his troops. Once time prolongs, the morale of the Tatars will turn. In order to be depressed, I will suddenly send out troops to directly attack the enemy's army, and I may be able to defeat the enemy in one battle."
Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, looked at Ma Fang again, and asked, "Does the Governor have any other suggestions or additions?"
Ma Fang thought for a while and said: "This method is generally feasible, but it is not detailed enough. For example, when the Tatar morale turns low - how low will it be? Wait until they feel that they cannot attack Liaohe and plan to retreat. , or are they completely wavering on whether the fundamental purpose of this war can be achieved?"
"Also, after that opportunity, the so-called 'send troops suddenly and directly attack the middle army' is also very vague - suddenly send troops, where will they come from? Directly attack the middle army, which middle army? If the opponent does not join forces, Tumen The two troops of Chaohua and Chaohua always act separately, or they each take charge of their own troops and take care of each other like a horn. Where do you plan to send troops from, and which house do you attack first?"
Ma Dong said: "Father, this matter depends on the actions of the other party, and then we can make targeted arrangements and decisions. Right now...it seems that it is not easy to make a decision too early."
Ma Fang shook his head slightly: "Temporary decisions are very important, but they usually refer to after leading the troops. When a general is out on an expedition, he will encounter unexpected situations that were not considered before. Naturally, he needs to make temporary decisions. He cannot be stupid. Several places have been implemented according to the predetermined plan, but this does not mean that the temple cannot make some arrangements in advance when planning."
He looked at Gao Pragmatic and chuckled: "Speaking of layout, what I have admired most for decades is the Military Constitution. I wonder if the Battle of Southern Liaoning has been completed?"
When Ma Dong heard this, he immediately looked towards Gao Yingshi.
Ever since the Battle of Monan, the Xuanda generals have been so impressed by Gao Jingshi's layout and planning ability that they almost fell into submission. Although Ma Dong did not directly fight under Gao Jingshi at that time, during the post-war period, especially On the way to Liaodong after picking up their father Ma Fang, the father and son carefully deduced the battle several times, and no one could think of a better way to fight.
After all, Ma Dong was not as experienced as Ma Fang. He focused more on tactics during the deduction, but Ma Fang told him that Gao Bingxian's use of troops was not tactically outstanding. If he really wanted to say it had any advantages, I'm afraid it would be the opposite. It is the word "stable".
The real strength of Gao Bingxian is that he can always figure out what the enemy will think, and then set up traps based on the opponent's thoughts. This is the basis for his ability to win in one step and win everywhere.
Therefore, Ma Dong has great expectations for his father's hand in pushing "layout planning" back to Gao Pragmatic, and hopes to experience this power nearby.
Gao pragmatically spoke very domineeringly before, but now he returned to the usual modesty of a literary man. He smiled slightly and said: "The governor has given me too much praise, and I don't dare to live up to it, but I have some ideas."
He paused for a moment and continued: "I expected Tumen and Hua Hua to come here mainly to loot in southern Liaoning and seize some supplies and grain for winter. This is because they were blocked by the Ming Dynasty and had no supplies. Unless they are willing to watch the people starve to death and freeze to death, they must find a way to solve the reality caused by Feng."
"But they are all nomads, far worse than Tumut. They can't solve the problem on their own, so they can only hope to plunder. As far as I know, after Ning Yuanbo went to Gule Village, he still left some elite soldiers to guard western Liaoning. Yes, as for Liaodong, firstly, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang is assisting in defense, and secondly, it is closer to Ning Yuanbo's army, so it needs to be prepared for Ning Yuanbo's sudden withdrawal of troops to return reinforcements. Therefore, attacking Liaonan is indeed the best choice for Tumen and Chaohua. Good choice.”
"The Shaojing War in southern Liaoning has always been known for its inability to use its troops. In the sixth year of Wanli, Tumen and Chaohua came once. It was not because Ning Yuanbo came to help in time. Maybe even Yaozhou City was in danger. It can be seen that southern Liaoning The army has been weak for a long time, and it cannot be greatly improved in a day or two."
Ma Dong interjected at this time and said: "In the military constitution, the general will bring a thousand cavalry, which is quite useful. In addition, the Ma family and the Zhang family have several hundred servants each, and they are also people who are good at fighting. The three Adding all together, there are more than two thousand elites, so we should be able to use them to break the formation."
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Of course I know this. In fact, I am here in Liaonan. I have about a thousand servants who can be used. Counting them together, there are three thousand. But I am so good at steel. Use them on the edge of the sword, these three thousand people are the basis for our final victory in this battle, and cannot be thrown in lightly."
Ma Dong nodded to express his understanding and asked Gao to continue his analysis.
Gao pragmatically said: "Brother Chongzhai just said that we should first use the Liaohe defense line to block the enemy and blunt their edge. This is a good idea, but we don't have to wait until they are exhausted before taking action. Instead, we can think of ways to devise a plan." Use this trick to exploit your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, leading them to their own death."
Ma Dong was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately became alert, knowing that now he should have reached the key point that his father told him, "A good soldier is good at setting traps".
"Please give me military advice!" he said immediately.
"When discussing military affairs, we can just confirm each other's opinions when discussing military affairs." Gao Pingshi smiled and said, "Just now I mentioned Beijing's gunboats on the Liao River to the two of you, and Brother Chongzhai seemed to be more inclined. As for using them for defense, I actually think it is not necessary to be so conservative, and the Navy should serve more as an offensive force."
Ma Dong was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "But the navy can't get to the shore, how can we attack these Tatars?"
At this moment, Ma Fang couldn't help but scolded: "Stupid! Didn't the military constitution just say, 'set a trap', 'use strengths and avoid weaknesses', 'lead them to their own death'! Did you not have ears or did you start at this age? Are you deaf?"
Ma Dong then remembered that Gao Pingshi had indeed said that just now, and suddenly his face turned red and his expression became embarrassed.
Gao pragmatic stretched out his hand to stop Ma Fang, who was continuing to teach his son, and said with a smile: "Captain, please calm down, the northerners use far less boats than the southerners, and they are not very familiar with the use of naval forces. This is human nature and not unique. Brother Chongzhai is like this. Before I went to Guangxi and Annan in my later life, I didn’t even know that taking a water post was so much more comfortable than riding a horse post!"
When Gao pragmatic dragged him into this, Ma Fang couldn't criticize anymore, so he had to suppress his anger and said to Gao pragmatically: "Oh, you dog is stupid. I hope Bing Xian can teach you a lesson in the future, otherwise I will die in the future. I’m afraid I’ll still have to worry about them if I get to the bottom of Jiuquan.”
Gao Pragmatic hurriedly said that it was not enough, and after a few words of persuasion, he said: "I wonder if Brother Chongzhai has noticed that although Jinghua's fleet is said to be the strongest water force in the Liao River Basin, in fact the real gunboats are also Just over thirty ships... This means that it is actually impossible for Jinghua to completely blockade the Liao River for hundreds of miles. It is simply impossible. Let alone more than thirty ships, even three hundred ships are not enough. "
In fact, there are really 300 gunboats. The defense line in southern Liaoning alone is quite sufficient. However, Gao Pragmatic had other intentions when he said this - anyway, the Ma family and his son are both cavalry officers, and the navy has no idea at all. I understand, but it’s not like you just believe whatever he says?
Ma Dong was stunned, thinking that there was a loophole in his previous plan, because according to this statement, wouldn't the Liaohe defense line be undefendable?
Therefore, Ma Dong became anxious when he heard this and hurriedly asked: "Huh? What should we do? How about we guard a few important ferries or something?"
You may have read too many novels and really thought that the only way to cross the river was by ferry. Even in books like "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is stated that Yuan Shao had to have a ferry when he went south. That is because Yuan's army itself was mainly infantry, and the number was very large. It carried a lot of grain and grass baggage when going south, so without a ferry, the transportation capacity If it is not enough, it will be easily attacked by Cao Cao.
But Tumen are different from Chaohua. These Mongolian cavalry went south, and basically all the materials they brought were on their horses. Baggage? What is that?
Moreover, their military strength is not particularly large. Although the Mongols are not very productive, if they can't even build a raft, how could they have swept across the world two or three hundred years ago? Not to mention that after they conquered some countries and regions and robbed many craftsmen, at least when they started to raise troops, they couldn't just stop fighting when they encountered a river, right?
In fact, as early as Genghis Khan's time, the Mongols had a solution for this: each of them not only carried spare bow strings, but also wax and needle and thread for repair equipment. These equipment are packed in a special leather bag that can be inflated when crossing the river.
The inflated skin bags can be used alone for simple shallow water river swimming. If it is a deep and wide river, these skin bags can be tied together and then made of local materials into a raft for crossing the river.
The lower reaches of the Liao River are of course a "deeper and wider" river, so the Mongols needed to make rafts to cross the river, but they did not need any ferries - unless they grabbed enough Han ferries.
After Gao Pingshi explained a few words, Ma Dong realized that he had made a joke again, and he quickly blushed and shut up.
Ma Fang originally wanted to scold him for not even being able to hide his clumsiness, but when he said it, he suddenly felt that "knowing is knowing, not knowing is ignorance", and it would be better to learn more honestly, so he held back.
Gao pragmatic continued: "I expect that since the Tatars come here to plunder, it is almost September and winter is not far away. They must be in a hurry. In this way, as long as we rely on the Beijing fleet to block them in the Liaohe River A few days to the north, the Tatars must find a way to crack it, but the way to crack it is obviously not to force the crossing with cannons, but to choose another place to cross the river.
In this way, they may set up a suspicious formation by the river, then quietly turn away the army, and suddenly cross the river quickly at a place where we did not notice. After all, according to the Tatars' thinking, as long as they can cross the river, these garrison soldiers in southern Liaoning are not worth mentioning at all. They can defend several big cities or important fortresses. Those ordinary small towns and villages cannot stop their plundering at all. In other words, they will feel that as long as they find an opportunity to cross the river, the battle will be won. "
Ma Dong began to understand now. He thought about it and asked tentatively: "Does Bing Xian mean...to strike halfway across the river? Or let them cross the river and then set up an ambush ten miles away?"
Gao pragmatic laughed and said loudly: "Why not attack on both sides? After all, it is a half-crossing attack. The fleet will hit those on the river, ambush and hit those ashore. The remaining Tatars who are still on the north bank of the Liaohe River are stunned to see their own people being beaten. But I can’t help, isn’t that very frustrating?”
Before the Tatars were stunned, Ma Dong was stunned first, and said to himself: Gao Bingxian looks like a gentle man, but there is really a lot of bad things in his stomach. This idea must not be far different from murdering people, but he actually wants to Let the Tatar rear team watch the front team and the middle army being massacred, while I can only howl and jump on the shore. This is really... really fucking wonderful!
He didn't dare to laugh, but Ma Fang laughed loudly and said: "Brilliant idea, brilliant idea! If we can fight like this, it will really relieve our anger, but there are two little troubles here, we still have to pay attention to them."
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "There are two small troubles. Since the Governor mentioned it, why not ask the Governor to talk about it."
After all, it was just a supplement. Ma Fang was not polite this time. He smiled and said: "These two little troubles, the first one is that we must be able to detect every move of the Tatars. We must not be deceived by the Tatars." , this one is very important, and it must be handled by a capable person before you can rest assured... Well, this person must be a bold and careful person. Only those who are bold dare to cross the river and approach the Tatars under such circumstances, and Be careful and you won’t be deceived.”
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Do you have any heroes to recommend, Governor?"
Ma Fang laughed and said: "People have been transferred thousands of miles away by the military constitution, so why does the governor still need to test the old man's ability to recognize people? Besides Zhang Wanbang, who else is more suitable than him for this matter?" "
Gao pragmatic asked: "What about Dongchang Fort?"
"Since we want to use the trick to make the Tatars think that we will only defend the front line of Dongchang Fort..." Ma Fang glanced at his son and said calmly: "Let General Haigai stand in Dongchang Fort to confuse the Tatars. ”
Not only was Ma Dong stunned when he heard this, but even Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, because according to the previous plan, if Ma Dong was in Dongchang Fort, he would very likely lose the great achievement of ambushing the Tatars at the river crossing. .
However, although Ma Dong was stunned for a moment, he did not express any objection, and there was not even a hint of dissatisfaction on his face. Gao pragmatic glanced at him, and upon seeing this, he nodded slightly and said to himself: Ma Dong may still need to train his abilities. He is a tough guy, but he has a good character and is a trustworthy general.
Gao pragmatic thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and then asked: "So, where is the ambush..."
Ma Fang said without hesitation: "The Ma family's elite soldiers have always been known for their bravery. If we don't use them now, when will we wait? I thought Ma Cheng'en could be used!"
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