Tumen Dahan on the north bank began to "turn in", but Chaohua Taiji on the south bank couldn't turn in even if he wanted to. He was in a hard fight.
Since the landing site is at the center of the Jizi Bay of Liaohe River, which is actually equivalent to a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, if the Huahua Department wants to turn in, they can only continue to fight south, otherwise... unless they want to fight the Jinghua gunboat I met Zhenzhang in Liaohe River.
This is obviously a way to feed the bastard, and of course Chaohua Taiji is not willing to take it.
Therefore, as soon as he discovered that both land and water routes were ambushed, Chaohua Taiji wisely chose to directly penetrate the Ming army and rush out of Jizi Bay before making a decision.
In theory, this is indeed a very correct decision, because other than this, the other options are worse.
There is only one question before us, that is, the Ming army spent so much effort to complete this half-crossing attack, how can they allow the Huahua Department to break their siege as they wish?
When Gao Wuzhen judged that the Mongolian side planned to land at Hanjiawan, he said in front of the generals: "The two thieves Tumen and Chaohua will die this time."
Because being surrounded on all sides is usually the most difficult. A team with no retreat will either surrender directly or burn its boats. In the case of being surrounded on all sides, if the opponent launches a desperate breakout in one direction, the besiegers will not be able to escape unless they are in a separate direction. If you have several times the strength of the enemy, otherwise you will most likely be unable to withstand it, be broken through the siege and escape, and you will also suffer huge losses. This is why military books often mention the need to surround three without one.
Give people a chance of survival to prevent the opponent from fighting to the death. After the opponent breaks through, it is not too late for our side to slowly pursue them.
But when the Ming army fought with the Mongols, it was unreliable to surround three men without one, because it was easy to let him go, but it would be almost a dream to chase him down. Perhaps only Ma Fang's troops at the time and now Li Chengliang's troops can do it, even if he is very pragmatic at this moment, because he doesn't have many cavalry in his hands now.
But it is much easier to block the Mongols on a peninsula that is not too big.
Use heavy troops to seal the lower part of the Ji Zi Bay and tighten the Ji Zi into a mouth. As long as the bottom horizontal bar is hard enough, Chao Hua will be trapped to death.
So, does the Ming army have heavy troops?
have.
More than half a month has passed since they heard the news that Tumen and Chaohua's coalition forces were heading south. This is one of the main reasons why Tumen and Chaohua really can't wait to cross south.
During this period of more than half a month, Gao Pragmatic was performing a fictitious and real drama in the Liaohe River to block the Mongols' southward route. At the same time, he deployed troops in the rear and strengthened them to stand by near Hanjiawan. In the end, he even moved the horses to Dong and the thousand cavalry servants under his command that Ma Fang personally brought out back then were transferred here just to make this "heavy force" worthy of its name.
Gao pragmatism has always been good at strategy, and he is not considered a tactical master. Many of his combat ideas were learned from Mao Xuan. There are countless articles in that set of books that were written by Hong Taizu for the front-line troops. , among the parts that Gao Pragmatic can learn in a superficial way, he feels that the most convenient to use are the eight characters: Concentrate your forces and attack the weak enemy first!
Why did Gao pragmatically insist on forming a half-crossing attack, and then mainly destroy the landing part? Moreover, the order given to Ma Dong also limited the strength of the landing part?
Because Gao Qingshi felt that if there was too little, it would be meaningless and it would not hurt the turtles and fried flowers. But if there was too much, he would be afraid that he would not be able to eat it and might even break his teeth.
Seven or eight thousand is the maximum he thinks he can eat.
Because he mobilized five to six thousand servants and about 20,000 guard soldiers near Hanjiawan!
As for the servants, except for the 200 people he left behind at the Sancha River Wharf, the Gao family's servants totaled nearly 2,000 people, all of whom were sent to Hanjiawan, excluding the 300 "amphibious" people stationed at the Sancha River Water Village. Troops", and about 1,600 people participated in this ambush and annihilation battle.
In addition, the servants under Ma Dong, Ma Chengen, and Zhang Wanbang add up to nearly two thousand. In addition, there are Pu Yuanyi and other local Liaodong generals at all levels, each with hundreds or dozens of servants. It's five to six thousand in total.
As for the guardsmen, there are not many defensive tasks in Liaonan anyway. It is not difficult to allocate manpower. There are many reasons why Liaonan soldiers are not active in fighting. The most important one is that Liaonan's soldiers and horses Because there are fewer battles than in other areas, the troops in Liaodong are considered weak. When they are deployed, they are generally not used as the main force, but are not used as the main force. Naturally, the food, wages, supplies, equipment, and treatment are also poor. very bad.
However, because there are fewer wars in southern Liaoning, the economic situation is relatively better than other areas in eastern Liaoning. As a result, the supplies and rewards are even less important to the Liaonan soldiers.
A father Ma said in later generations that the main reason why people could not be retained was basically not enough money. This principle was also the same in Liaodong at this time.
The Four Guardsmen of Liaonan, who usually ignored the recruitment, were very active in sending troops this time, not only because Gao Jingshi had just captured Li Rugui, which was a great shock to the commanders, but also because Gao Jingshi offered a high price. .
The reward for sending out troops is two taels per person per month, one month in advance, and the final settlement will not be made until the troops return to the defense;
Silver is rewarded in war. Anyone who does not escape during a battle, regardless of whether he has meritorious service or not, will be rewarded with two taels of silver;
For those who behead enemy invaders, in addition to the reward given by the court, each person will be given five taels of grain each;
During the expedition, it is guaranteed that there must be one meat meal among the three meals (this is child's play for the Gao family servants, but almost a dream for the guardsmen, but the meat here is actually mainly fish-the fleet during this period side business);
In addition, there are also some preferential treatment in terms of welfare benefits. For example, family members of soldiers who have participated in the war can have priority in participating in certain projects in the high-pragmatic construction plan of southern Liaoning, etc.
In short, Gao Pragmatic did not dare to copy the pension system that his own servants had implemented for many years. Under the multiple preferential treatment bonuses, the soldiers sent out this time can be said to enjoy "quasi-servant-level" treatment.
If you give enough money, things will be easier to handle.
The technical and tactical level of these guardsmen may not be significantly improved for a while, but the improvement in enthusiasm for participating in the war is definitely visible to the naked eye.
In the words of Haizhou Guard Commander Pu Yuanyi, who was the first to arrive near Hanjiawan and start digging fortifications, he said: "Damn it, uncle, if it weren't for the fact that the postures of these eight fake Qiu even holding guns were not standard, I would really think that We went out to war with thousands of servants, and all of them were so anxious that they were just looking forward to the war? I am really living in hell!"
Because Mrs. Cui persuaded Pu Yuanyi, Commander Pu took it to heart, so the Haizhou Guard spent a lot of money on sending troops this time. Except for a few fortresses on the front line, they did not dare to mobilize troops. Pu Yuanyi almost included the Haizhou Guard and took them. All the guys who could use the hoe were pulled out. It was obvious that the number of Haizhou Guards was less than 7,000. (It is reasonable to say that the first army guard has 5,600 people, but in fact, depending on the position guarded, there are many fewer and many more). But Pu Yuanyi actually brought out eight thousand guardsmen!
So when Ma Chengen rushed to Hanjiawan with his servants and Fuzhou guards, Pu Yuanyi actually patted his chest and said to him: "Brother Ma, we are all working under the military commander, and we are all our own people, so Don’t worry about your defenses, brother, I’ve already fixed them for you!”
Ma Chengen was stunned for a moment, and then while expressing his gratitude, he secretly murmured: Are you really not interested in the two thousand taels of silver that Bing Xian gave to repair the fortifications?
It was precisely because the strength and morale of the troops were guaranteed that Gao Pragmatic dared to use 5,000 to 6,000 servants plus 20,000 guardsmen to blockade the Chaohua Department, which was surrounded after crossing the river and landing.
