The Ming court's judgment of the war situation was generally quite accurate. When the Tumote Mongolian army entered Daning City, the Tumen outside the city first wandered around in a show of force for a few days, but they did not formally surround Daning City. Instead, they deliberately surrounded some defeated Tumote troops who came to "return to the army". Put it in.
The Ming and Mongolian armies in Daning City and the cavalry leaders in Beijing also discussed whether to go out of the city to show the Chahar people some color, but in the end, the Daning defenders, as the "rightful master", still felt that they should stick to this key point. The city was more important, and he did not agree to go out to fight, but had to wait for the court's order.
After Tumut's previous defeat, he not only lost nearly 10,000 troops, but also lost a lot of cattle and sheep dry food he carried. Now he needed to rely on supplies from Daning City, so naturally he couldn't stick to his point of view, so he could only endure it and hold back. Full of anger.
Tumen and Burihatu want this effect. This means that Tumut not only suffered a huge defeat on the battlefield, but also had to take shelter in the strong city of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, there would be a great loss in prestige, and in turn, of course, Tumen would suffer a huge defeat. The Khan earned a lot of prestige.
However, the Ming Dynasty's reaction was imminent. Cao Yan, the general of Ji Town, quickly sent out troops. With the elite soldiers of Ji Town trained by Ren Jia Ding and Qi Jiguang as the backbone, he assembled an army of 50,000 infantry and cavalry troops and marched out of Xifengkou with murderous intent. Coming from Ningcheng.
When Tumen Khan heard the news, he broke camp and left without saying a word. But before leaving, he sent a sharpshooter to shoot a letter into the city, mocking Tumut for claiming to be powerful but not daring to go out of the city to fight with him. He had simply lost the face of the Golden Family.
He even followed Burihatu's plan and sent people to shout outside the city gate, and dropped two boxes saying they were gifts for Erdemutu and Butashri. After the Chahar army left, the Ming army soldiers picked up the two boxes and opened them. They found that they were two sets of children's clothes.
This was obviously a mockery of the fact that the main and deputy generals of Tumote were all idiots. Therefore, Butashri became extremely angry and strongly demanded that Erdemutu lead the Tumotemen army out of the city to pursue the attack regardless of the Ming army's wishes. I can't stand this bad breath.
However, what is surprising is that Erdemutu was really determined this time. No matter how indignant Butashri spoke, he refused expressionlessly. In the end, he even said: "Taiji is really not angry." , you can go out of the city to show off your bravery, and I am willing to beat the drums for Taiji personally at the Daning Tower to show off his heroic spirit."
How can this be? Butashri encouraged Erdemutu to fight just in the hope of consuming his strength. Anyway, Tumen's performance that day had already said everything. Even if Butashri went to fight together, the Chahar army would definitely keep an eye on Erdem. Demutu's direct descendants from the West Guards would not do anything to his deputy general.
It was a pity that Erdemutu refused to be fooled. Of course Butashri would not really lead only his direct descendants into the battle, so the matter came to a stalemate. But Butashri was not idle either, and specifically asked his men to mock Erdemutu for fear of the enemy and war in front of the Western Mongolian army from time to time. Although Erdemutu had his own plans and considerations, he was inevitably a little embarrassed when faced with this situation.
Erdemutu has been following Gao Pragmatic for some years, and he has naturally read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" which was popular in the Ming Dynasty. Burihatu's strategy is exactly the same as Zhuge Liang's gift of women's clothes to Sima Yi. How could Erdemutu not see it? Not only could he see it, but he also knew that the morale of the soldiers under his command was in turmoil because of his refusal to fight.
However, the problem is that the method that Sima Yi used to stabilize the morale of the army after taking the woman's clothes, he Erdemutu dare not use indiscriminately now.
What method did Sima Yi use to stabilize the morale of the army? Use the Wei court. The book says this:
But he said that all the Wei generals knew that Kong Ming had humiliated Sima Yi with a woman's clothes, but Yi accepted it without fighting. The generals were not angry and went into the tent to report: "We are all famous generals of a great country. How can we bear such humiliation from the Shu people? Please go out to fight to decide the male and female." Yi said: "I don't dare to go to fight but I am willing to be humiliated. But the emperor understands The imperial edict orders you to stand firm and not move. If you step out lightly now, it will be against your order." All the generals were angry and unjust. Yi said: "Since you are going to fight, how about waiting for me to tell the emperor to go to the enemy together?" Everyone agreed. Yi Nai wrote a note and sent envoys to the front of the Fei army to report to Cao Rui, the leader of Wei. Read it carefully. The table is abbreviated as... (omitted)
After Rui looked at it, he said to many officials: "Sima Yi can't hold on, why does he come up to ask for a fight now?" Weiwei Xinpi said: "Sima Yi has no fighting spirit at all. He must be because of Zhuge Liang's humiliation and the anger of the generals. Especially I have made this statement in order to further clarify the purpose and suppress the minds and ears of the generals." As Rui Ran said, he immediately ordered Xin Pizhijie to go to Weibei Village to deliver an edict not to go to war. Sima Yi received the order and entered the account, and Xinpi declared: "If anyone dares to speak out and go to war again, he will be considered as violating the order." All the generals had no choice but to obey the order. Yi An said to Xin Pi: "You really know my heart!" So the army spread the news that the leader of Wei ordered Xin Pi to hold the festival and ordered Sima Yi not to go out to fight.
The Shu general heard about this and reported it to Kong Ming. Kong Ming said with a smile: "This is Sima Yi's method to secure the three armies." Jiang Wei said: "How did the Prime Minister know this?" Kong Ming said: "They have no intention of fighting, so they invite those who fight to show their strength to the public. Don't you hear: The general is outside, and the emperor's orders are not accepted. Is there anyone who is thousands of miles away and wants to fight? This is because Sima Yi is angry with the soldiers, so he uses Cao Rui's idea to control everyone. Now this word is spread, in order to weaken the morale of our army."
With the example here, it becomes obvious why Erdemutu did not dare to follow Sima Yi's old plan. There were many capable people in the Wei court at that time. Xin Pi could tell at a glance that Sima Yi wanted to use the power of the court to stabilize the morale of the army, so he persuaded Cao Rui to comply with Sima Yi's wishes.
However, how could the wise men in the court of King Shunyi compare with the court of Wei at that time? If Chatterji had not died, we might still be able to see the reason, but with Chatterji gone, it is hard to say whether the others would have such ability. What if my father is right as soon as he reads the battle report, or even becomes furious after hearing about the previous losses?
Burihatu could not come up with this strategy without a backup plan, or he would let Tumen lead the army to rush back to Chahanhot early, and the Tumote army who sent orders back and forth to catch up could not even see a hair on their horse; Or simply let the Chahar army find a place to wait and wait, and wait for the Tumote army to catch up and immediately start another Qingcheng ambush.
The latter situation is naturally a tragedy, but even the former situation is very bad. It is equivalent to his Erdemutu being obviously played by others.
You know, in the Battle of Qingcheng, no one expected that the Tumen would try their best to attack the east and the west on such a vast battlefield. The defeat cannot be entirely blamed on him, Erdemutu, but if he was tricked in front of him like this, , that would really ruin your prestige, and I’m afraid I won’t have the shame to lead troops in the future.
However, this embarrassment only lasted for two days. On the morning of the third day, someone came to his rescue.
The person who helped him out was none other than his teacher Gao Pragmatic.
Gao pragmatic sent three letters, addressed to Guo Youguang, Erdemutu and Gao Jiang respectively.
Guo Youguang's position is to guard Daning's general, which is also the Daning guard general in the usual sense. This person was from Fugu, and obviously belonged to the generals of the Xuan Dynasty. For him, the effectiveness of the private letter written by Gao Pingshi was probably second only to the imperial edict.
Gao Pragmatic's letter did not make it difficult for him, and even relieved his pressure to a great extent. In the letter, Gao Situ "warned" him to be careful of Chahar's possible strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, and "suggested" him to eliminate interference, stand firm, and wait to discuss everything after Cao Zongrong's army arrived.
As for the letter to Gao Jiang, Gao's pragmatic tone was naturally not so polite. He first demoted him mercilessly, and then allowed him to perform meritorious service - but it was not that he was allowed to go out to fight in the city, but that he first arranged for the compensation of the casualties and all the aftermath. matters, and then carefully summarized the reasons for the excessive casualties in this battle and put forward his suggestions for solutions.
I can say a few more words about this last point. This kind of post-war summary is Jinghua's consistent practice. Needless to say the source, it is obviously the PLA experience that Gao pragmatically copied. According to Jinghua’s habit over the years, no matter how good or bad the battle was, a summary must be made after the war. The good aspects should be recorded as a legacy of excellence, and the bad aspects should also be recorded as a lesson learned from the past. Solutions should be figured out and implemented in the future. avoid it in the future.
In his letter to Erdemutu, Gao Pragmatic clearly reminded him not to raise troops out of anger, let alone coerce the Ming army or the Beijing cavalry to follow the expedition in any name - of course, he said it relatively tactfully.
According to the analysis in Gao Pangshi's letter, it is believed that the Tumote Army has suffered considerable losses during this trip and does not have the strength to confront the entire Chahar Army head-on. Even if the Beijing Cavalry is added, it may not be able to reap benefits. As for the Ming army, firstly, the defenders of Daning City were mainly infantry, and secondly, the two sides had never cooperated at the tactical level. Facing a strong enemy, a joint expedition was almost meaningless except to embolden each other.
This reason is actually very simple. There is Burihatu in the Chahar Army. If the Ming Army infantry has a large number of soldiers, they can find ways to go around in circles. If the coalition forces always move together, they will definitely not be able to catch up with the Chahar Army. But if the coalition forces chase the infantry and cavalry and get out of touch, then Chahar can fight whoever he wants, and the "coalition" of the coalition forces will not play a role at all.
Gao Pragmatic said this in his letter, but based on Erdemutu's understanding of his teacher, he quickly guessed that the teacher was "relieving the burden" for him.
This is also true. Gao Pragmatic knew that the defeat in the Qingcheng battle would definitely affect Erdemutu's prestige in the military. With his status in Tumote, it would be difficult not to regain his position for the sake of face, but It was obviously difficult for Erdemutu, who had lost a quarter of his troops, to counterattack and defeat the highly motivated Chahar Army, so he was simply ordered to repair in Daning City and wait for reinforcements.
In addition, Gao Pragmatic also asked Erdemutu in the letter to immediately tell his father the news to Bhannaji, and hinted that "if we want to avenge this, we will discuss it again in the spring if not this winter."
Erdemutu read the letter three times and finally understood what the teacher meant. He was relieved, but he couldn't help but feel ashamed, deeply regretting that he had tarnished his teacher's reputation in the first battle. Although the teacher did not mean to blame anything in the letter, and just dealt with the consequences for himself based on the matter, he still reminded himself constantly that he must be energetic in the coming spring and must not embarrass the teacher again.
Gao Pragmatic's illustrious reputation was not only resounding throughout the Ming Dynasty, but also to the Tumut people. What's more, his status in the Tumut was also very special - not only was he considered a brother to Han Naji, but he was also the third Ming Dynasty king. , so as soon as his letter was made public, the discussion within the Tumut Army disappeared instantly, and everyone began to wait for Cao Yun and Cao Zongrong to arrive and arrange their next trip.
It still takes at least three or four days to walk from Xifengkou to Daning City, so by the time Cao Yun arrived, all other sounds in Daning City had basically disappeared. Even Buta Shi, who had been clamoring to show off his martial arts, had Li has long since stopped mentioning this. Of course, there is no point in mentioning it. After all, several days have passed and the Tumen army would have disappeared long ago, making it impossible to catch up.
Daning City originally had more than 15,000 Ming troops, plus 5,000 or 6,000 Jinghua cavalry, and more than 20,000 Tumote, so there were more than 40,000 people. Now add the 50,000 soldiers brought by Cao Yun. A large army, with nearly 100,000 soldiers in the city.
The small force of 100,000 troops was obviously a huge burden for the city of Saibei, which was currently not even self-sufficient in food, so Cao Yun did not intend to stay for a long time.
With the confirmation of many scouts, Cao Yu was convinced that the Tumen army had returned eastward to Chahanhot, so he had basically completed the mission of sending troops - he was here to ensure the safe return of the Tumen army, not Come to fight Chahar in a decisive battle with Chahanhot.
In view of this, Cao Yu decided to rest for only one day, and after breakfast the next morning, he would return westward with Tumut. Of course, Cao Yu would only "escort" a part of the way. After making sure there was no danger, he would go south back to Jizhen.
That night, Cao Yu revealed to Erdemutu who came to visit him his plan to launch a war after the beginning of spring, and told Erdemutu not to worry about losing the battle. His teacher Gao Situ had already sent a letter to King Shunyi. and Cheng Wen, the court angel, will protect him from the internal attacks in Tumut, so that he should not be distracted by these things, but should make practical preparations before sending troops, and strive to use his achievements to restore his reputation next year.
Erdemutu was deeply moved and said that he would prepare well according to the teacher's instructions. At the same time, he also reported some other situations and asked Cao Yu to convey them to the teacher.
Cao Yu naturally agreed one by one, and both parties had a great time. When Erdemutu left, Cao Yu personally escorted him to the gate, giving him enough face.
Early the next morning, about 70,000 Ming and Mongolian troops left the city from the west gate of Daning and headed towards Guihua City. The fighting around Daning City came to an end.
However, they did not know at this time that the "Chahar Decisive Outpost Battle" that broke out when Chahar announced that he would send troops to Horqin was not really over yet.
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