Ma Fang originally thought that Gao Jingshi would not agree with Qin Deyi's sending troops to the Hetao. After hearing Gao Jingshi's words, he couldn't help but think for a while, and then slowly asked: "The meaning of the military constitution is that Qin Deyi should be allowed to touch the river." Hitting a wall?"
Gao pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why does the governor think that if Qin Xierong goes here... he will definitely hit a wall?"
Ma Fang chuckled and replied: "Although the fried flowers were captured alive, today's battle in Hanjiawan, at such a moment, the remnants of the fried flowers can actually fly away. It is conceivable that there must be capable people among them." .”
Gao pragmatic didn't say anything, just waved his hand slightly and made a "please" gesture.
Please, of course, please speak, please continue speaking.
Therefore, Ma Fang continued: "This person must meet several conditions before he can accomplish such a difficult thing. First of all, he should have a respected status in the fried flower department. From an old age, he is probably still a little prince (Ming Dynasty people are used to treating little princes as little princes). The prince called him a descendant of Dayan Khan), which means that he should be a Taiji; secondly, this person should have certain military power, and he must have led the troops this time. Although the total number is difficult to determine, it was at that time It should be said that they should account for a large proportion among the remnants of the fried flowers."
Gao pragmatic thought: "Is there anything else?"
"Maybe there are more." Ma Fang frowned and said: "Looking at his move across the river, it was actually a dangerous move. Generally speaking, this is not something that an experienced general can do, so I thought that this person might not be old. …”
Gao pragmatically asked: "The son of fried flowers?"
Ma Fang immediately shook his head: "The son of Fried Flowers is only six or seven years old this year, how could it be him? I'm afraid he is still in the old camp of Fried Flowers, chasing Eji." [Note: Eji, Mongolian, means mother. . ]
Gao Pingshi thought deeply and said: "I don't know much about the Fried Flower Club, but I didn't know that there are such people in his tribe. How do you know the principle of 'put yourself to death and live later'?"
Ma Fang shook his head slightly: "This person... is a bit extraordinary, but if I say that he knows how to risk his life and survive, I think it is an exaggeration. In my opinion, this is probably just a gambler's mentality."
Gao Pragmatic could understand what Ma Fang meant by "gambler's mind", but he smiled and said: "Since it's just a gambler's mind, why did the governor still say that he was a little extraordinary? Is it just because he made the right bet? "
"No, no." Ma Fang said sternly: "The old man said he was extraordinary, not because he was right in his bets, but because he was able to control a leaderless group of people in such a short period of time and lead them along such a path. The road to breakout is unpredictable. In addition, he can at least see that the breakout to the south is impossible."
In fact, Ma Fang's judgment was slightly biased, because in his opinion, Zai Sai relied on his personal ability and prestige to firmly control the remnant of the speculators, and then took them to take risks and forcibly cross over. In fact, he really helped at that time. It was Zhang Wanbang who was busy with Zai Sai.
The battle in which Zhang Wanbang withstood the Chaohua attack stunned everyone in the Chaohua Department, making the Chaohua Department mistakenly believe that all the Ming troops on the southern front were of Zhang Wanbang's level - how could they break through the encirclement? ?
Since the Ming army on the southern front dared to block their way, they must have sufficient strength. Coupled with such exaggerated combat effectiveness, if they attacked directly without fear of casualties, they might be able to annihilate them all in a few words before dark.
But this group of remnants of the fried flowers were also stunned at the time, and they didn't even think about where the Ming army had so many "Zhang Wanbang's troops".
The 1,500 people under Zhang Wanbang were all his and Gao Pragmatic's servants. The people who were actually at the front at that time were the infantry trained by Qi Jiguang for Gao Pragmatic, and they were equipped with the latest bayonet models. One style of Wanli.
The Chaohua Department has never seen the firepower and bayonet array of Wanli Style, so it is normal to be stunned.
Examples of battles similar to this battle, such as the Battle of Baliqiao in the late Qing Dynasty in original history, where the Mongolian cavalry was also completely beaten in this way - the Senggelinqin cavalry used the cavalry to attack the well-formed infantry array with obvious firepower advantage. As a result, Tens of thousands of Tatar troops were defeated, but only five people from the British and French forces died, including three French troops and two British troops.
The level of armament of the British and French forces at that time, that is, front-loading flintlocks and smoothbore cannons equipped with bayonets, partially used the latest rifled artillery and rifled rifles that had just been invented. As for the current Gaojia infantry, except that it does not have a rifled gun, other standards are basically met. Therefore, the two biggest improvements of the Wanli Type 1 are bayonet and light rifling (due to limited metal processing capabilities, its rifling is not the spiral rifling common in later generations, and There are only two very shallow straight rifling lines, but it is already a qualitative improvement).
At that time, the British and French forces used the "latest tactics" such as hollow square formations and three-row battle infantry lines. This latest strategy was aimed at the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry at that time.
As early as ten years ago, Gao Pragmatic told Qi Jiguang the general idea of these two tactics, and asked Qi Jiguang to make appropriate adjustments under the conditions of existing weapons, and then taught his servants and the Ming army equipped with Wanli Type 1 muskets force.
The servants under Zhang Wanbang today are all proficient in the tactics of the three-row infantry line, and can naturally easily handle the death-defying charge of the Chaohua Department. What's more, they also have another big killer weapon that neither the British and French forces have - grenades. [Note: In the first volume of this book, we analyzed the differences in ideas about the development of firearms between the East and the West, which showed that in the early days, the West paid far less attention to explosive firearms such as mines, torpedoes, and grenades than the East did. ]
As for why Zhang Wanbang only used a three-row infantry line today instead of a hollow square formation, it was because it was not needed because he only needed to hold the line to the north today, and he was stationed on a line between the hills. Placing a hollow square formation at the mouth of a valley is a complete waste of troops.
The truth at that time was that after the Chaohua Department kicked the iron wall, they were frightened by Zhang Wanbang's performance. Therefore, Nuantu Taiji's proposal could not convince the generals of the Chaohua Department, and because the Jinghua Fleet started U-turn, under such a huge threat, Zasai Taiji finally took the opportunity to take command.
Of course, Ma Fang was not on the front line. It was extremely rare to be able to guess this level. Gao Pragmatic thought about it and thought it made sense.
So he pondered for a while and then said: "If he is not the son of a fried flower, he must be his nephew and grandnephew. In short, I agree with the governor's judgment. This person is probably also a Taiji. In this way, if this person returns to The flower-speculating old camp...the flower-speculating Hatun may imitate Zhongjin Hatun in order to protect themselves."
"Self-protection?" Ma Fang smiled: "I'm afraid it's not just about self-protection. If Hatun is willing to remarry, not only will he be safe, but he and his son will also be safe, not to mention that they can be reconciled. Qin has to rely on the danger of pursuit."
Gao pragmatic nodded, smiled, and waved his hand: "If Qin Xierong wants to go, let him go. Anyway, the only people he has under his command to pursue the fried flower camp are cavalry. Since they are cavalry, they can fight if they can. If they can't, they can fight." He can also run, so it won’t cause heavy losses to my Ming Dynasty, but it can teach him a lesson, which I think is good.”
Ma Fang smiled and nodded silently.
In fact, he had a clear idea of Gao Pragmatic in his heart. Qin Deyi had more than 3,000 cavalry in his hands, 2,000 of which were given to him by Li Chengliang...
Li Chengliang didn't allow Qin Deyi to go south to rescue Liaonan. Gao Bingxian didn't say anything. Did he really have no sympathy in his heart?
Since there is, then you have to give someone something in return, right? Gao Bingxian was already very tolerant without directly teaching him a lesson...
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Thanks to the book friend "Qin Chao Xiaozhu" for the reward, thank you!
The perspective of the next chapter will be changed. I originally planned to give Qin Deyi a chapter, but I thought it was better not to write too much on non-important characters, so the next chapter will be moved directly to Li Chengliang.
