Weapons and equipment must be matched with tactical exercises. This is a basic military principle. According to this principle, the Ming Army cavalry's assault training after the second half of last year was all conducted based on the premise of half equipment.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatism will not let them temporarily adjust their equipment unless absolutely necessary, because that means they have to change the tactical system at the same time, which will most likely cause chaos before the battle, and I am afraid that the gain outweighs the loss.
It should be said that the only area that is more likely to be adjusted now is tactics. But the Chahar people seem to have no other thoughts at the moment, they are just focused on avoiding the fight. Therefore, in order to coax them to be willing to fight, it seems that the only way to coax them to fight is to provide them with a bait that is worth the risk.
This scented bait is not easy to find because there are not many truly valuable targets on the Mongolian grasslands. Perhaps Guihua City was originally one, but unfortunately Guihua City is too important to Tumut. It is too pragmatic to just sit back and watch Guihua fall and remain indifferent, or to use "Guihua as bait to catch the trappers" Convince Han Naji and calm down the anger of the entire Tumut.
Even though today's Tumut is deeply under the control of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the control, even if it is one's own territory, it cannot be used as bait. This approach will be very unpopular in any dynasty or generation.
Tumut is practicing Buddhism now, and what he pays attention to is compassion and Dharma, but he is not too forgetful of love. Even if Gao Pragmatic is the "King of Ming", he cannot use his angry look on the Buddhist people. That thing is used to subdue demons.
Since you can't sell your teammates, you can only sacrifice yourself and use yourself as bait. I just hope that my face is big enough and the hatred in Tumen's heart is high enough. When I hear the news that I am alone and going deep, Tumen Khan will fight against him at all costs.
Is this approach feasible? Gao pragmatically thought about it and felt that his value to Chahar at this moment was similar to that of when he first faced Zhu Qizhen in the past.
Although Zhu Qizhen was the emperor, he was just a minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The distinction between monarch and ministers was there, and his political influence was incomparable.
However, we should not underestimate ourselves. Not only do I have a special political status, but I have repeatedly defeated Chahar, and I am also the main driving force behind this war. It is natural that the Tu people hate me to the core.
What's more, I'm the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. If he could capture me, and not to mention anything else, just extorting a ransom would probably keep his 400,000 people well fed for several years. With such a good thing, wouldn’t Turen be moved? If I were Tumen, I would be tempted!
Of course, there must be a premise for all of this, that is, Tumen cannot be made to think that this is a trap, or even just made to feel that it is not safe enough. If people suffer too much, who knows whether they will become particularly cautious and sensitive.
Therefore, for this "solitary force to go deep" to be effective, there must be no other Ming troops within Tumen's "psychological safety range". Only in this way can there be a chance to lure the main force of Tumen to fight.
However, we must be practical and practical, and we cannot really go deep alone. In the end, we can only fight with our backs against the wall, and we still need to make arrangements for the back-ups we should have. It's just bait, you can't really sell yourself. Therefore, the problem ultimately comes down to distance and speed.
There are two aspects to the distance. One is the safe range in Tumen's mind. Centered on him or the position of Gao Pragmatic Headquarters, there must be no other Ming army within a certain radius, so that he can feel that he is sure of victory; the other is The distance within which the Ming army had time to support or even rescue was the distance within which the surrounding Ming armies could arrive at the battlefield when Gao Pragmatic Headquarters was fighting with Tumen but the battle was not yet over.
If it doesn't work if it's too close, most of the people won't take the bait; if it doesn't work if it's too far away, the high-pragmatic headquarters may not be able to withstand it.
If Gao Wuchen is now leading nearly 30,000 elite infantrymen who have been equipped with Wanli II bayonet-style muskets, then he is confident that he can withstand it. Unfortunately, he is an expert in the game but an outsider in actual combat, and the cavalry particularly suffers from the ability of front-line generals to make decisions on the fly. He does not know what the actual combat command level of the guerrillas under his command is, so he is not very confident.
At that moment, an idea even came to his mind: If I have Li Rusong and his Liaodong cavalry under my command at this moment, can I just wave my hand and go straight up? MD, we still need to put more effort into cavalry in the future, and we can’t just hang around like this half-heartedly.
However, it was obviously too late to regret at this time. Gao Jingshi ordered people to get the scale map drawn by Jinghua and began to ask the guerrillas about the speed of the cavalry in various situations, while calculating and determining a suitable battlefield location.
After the final decision was made, he immediately ordered the latest military orders to be conveyed to the various ministries that were gathering around him. It was already three o'clock in the morning when all this was done. Except for the sentry posts and sentry scouts, everyone in the army had gone to bed.
Gao pragmatic ordered the meeting to be dismissed, but did not actually let anyone leave. He brought a large number of guerrilla generals to personally inspect the camp, and inspected all eight guerrilla camps - of course, it was impossible to cover every detail. All viewed.
When a coach does this kind of thing, especially if he is a civilian coach, it is more out of considerations of military morale and discipline, rather than strictly checking military details - the generals who are highly pragmatic about that stuff don't know as much as these generals, who can find out What's the name?
However, Gao Pragmatic also has special projects, such as inspecting the sanitary environment. Don't laugh. Hygiene and environment are definitely a big deal in the military. If this matter is not done well, an epidemic may break out in the military by accident, and the military will either be defeated or defeated without a fight.
Especially for cavalry units, hygiene issues are notoriously difficult to deal with. After all, people can be controlled with orders. As long as the punishment measures are in place, at least open defecation can definitely be banned. However, you cannot stop horses from urinating and urinating, so this requires artificial regulation. For example, the layout and cleaning of temporary horse pens and stables must be strictly required.
What's more, horse dung is still a treasure. For example, Gao Pragmatic discovered in the Pogui camp that they were using previously dried horse dung to make a fire and boil water. Okay, this sounds a little disgusting, but the boiling water is still boiling with the lid on. It is clean and saves a lot of briquettes to carry.
In contrast, some Han generals were not as good as this Mongolian general in this matter. Although everyone had dug pits and buried horse manure because of their pragmatic orders, after all, it was not as good as recycling. What a wonderful time. Gao Pragmatic always wonders whether military spending has been generous recently and the military has become a little arrogant.
Therefore, after the inspection was completed, Gao Pragmatic first praised everyone as a whole. He thought that everyone had done a good job in health and epidemic prevention work, but he also praised Pogui in particular and suggested that all guerrillas send special personnel to Pogui camp. Learn about the best ways to dispose of horse manure.
I don’t know whether it was because the high pragmatic prestige was indeed high enough, or because everyone felt that the Mongols did have a few tricks up their sleeves when it came to horse-related matters, but everyone seemed to have no resistance to this order and accepted it calmly.
At this point, Gao Pingshi finally announced the adjournment of the meeting. At the same time, he appointed two generals on duty for the first half of the night and the second half of the night and passed down the password for tonight: "Chang Geng" for the first half of the night and "Qiming" for the second half of the night.
The night passed peacefully, nothing happened. Early the next morning, all the cavalry of the Economic Strategy Headquarters pulled out of camp, and strangely narrowed the area covered by the exploration horses, directly cutting them in half from two hundred miles to one hundred miles.
At the same time, Gao Pragmatic thought to himself for several days, and his body began to get used to the high-intensity horseback march, and the whole army increased its speed to cover hundreds of miles a day. Speaking of which, Gao Pragmatic has always exercised to a certain extent. Although he may not be comparable to the generals under his command, at least in terms of physical fitness, he is by no means a "weak scholar". It's true that he hasn't practiced any martial arts, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have good physical skills.
Less than two hundred miles away to the west, Burihatu and Buyantaiji had already led their troops to dispatch. The two of them actually did not have as many troops as Gao Jingshi, only about 15,000, which was only slightly more than half of Gao Jingshi's troops.
However, Buyantaiji was very excited about the news he received yesterday. Early this morning, he successively found the sentinels sent out last night to understand the changes in the military situation at night, and then hurriedly found Buyantaiji to discuss countermeasures.
Buyantaiji said excitedly: "Gao Rixin narrowed the distance between the horse exploration and deployment last night. It seems that he is afraid of the result of yesterday's horse exploration battle and does not dare to let Ye Busuo suffer more serious losses."
"Really?" Burihatu replied one after another.
"Of course it is." Buyantaiji said immediately: "The Ming army has a very small number of people who have not taken in at night, much less than our Baiying personal guards. If the fight is like this every time, when he arrives at Guihua City, he will How many nights will you have left in your hands if you don’t take them away?”
Burihatu said "Oh" and asked: "Is there anything new in today's news?"
"That's not yet - oh, how can it be so fast? We are still nearly two hundred miles away." Buyantaiji waved his hands repeatedly.
Burihatu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Two hundred miles away, if the two sides go towards each other, they can even meet tonight."
"If you say that, it's true. But there is only one latest news: they left camp very early today. They had breakfast while it was still dark, and then set off immediately." Buyantaiji said for a moment. After a pause, he added: "Well... Tanma judged based on some details that Mingjun may have been a little faster than usual today, and he seemed to be in a hurry."
Burihatu thought for a while and asked: "Huang Taiji, if you were Gao Rixin, what situation is there at this moment that would make it worthwhile for you to keep speeding up along the way?"
"Ah?" Buyantaiji didn't expect that he would ask himself this way. After thinking about it, he said: "Then there are only two possibilities. One is that the situation in Guihua City has deteriorated sharply. I think if I can't move faster, maybe Naturalization will be lost; secondly, there is a good opportunity ahead, if I rush over, I might be able to win a big victory!"
Burihatu was noncommittal, but nodded slightly and asked: "What do you think is the most likely scenario for Gao Rixin to continue to march at a faster speed today?"
"Well... let me think about it." Buyantaiji thought for a while while riding his horse, and then said: "It's hard to answer the question of governing. I think there are two possibilities."
"Really? How can you see it?" Burihatu asked.
Buyantaiji smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? The first possibility has always existed, but Gao Rixin should not be able to get the specific situation of Guihua City yet, but the less information he gets, the more likely he is to get the information. It is human nature to become more and more nervous, and Gao Rixin is no exception.
The second possibility is that yesterday's battle must have given Gao Rixin some illusion. He may have thought that the person in front of him was the Great Khan himself, and he must have also believed that it was impossible for the Great Khan to withdraw his troops from outside Guihua City, so Although the Great Khan was present in front of him, he would never bring all his military power with him. "
When he said this, he sighed and shook his head again, as if to drive away some thoughts, and then continued: "Gao Rixin has never lost against me, Mongolia, in the past, which may have increased his pride.
Perhaps he believed that the troops he had on hand were enough to defeat some of the Great Khan's troops face to face, so he rushed forward boldly, hoping to win this victory and add another new glory to his record of military exploits. "
Burihatu asked: "Then why do we need to speed up?"
"I think it's because... he's afraid that the Great Khan will run away to avoid the battle?"
Burihatu did not answer immediately this time, nor did he even ask a question again. Instead, he thought about it carefully and then said: "I also think Huang Taiji's speculation is very reasonable."
Buyantaiji was so happy that he almost laughed out loud. Who knew that Burihatu still had a solemn look on his face, and then spoke again: "But I always feel that there are some things that are difficult to explain. I hope Huang Taiji will be careful."
Buyantaiji's laughter was stuck in his throat and finally turned into a hard cough. He thought for a while, frowned and asked, "What's so difficult to understand?"
"A gentleman should not stand behind a dangerous wall. Gao Rixin must understand this truth, and he has always done so in the past." Burihatu also frowned and considered: "Besides, based on my research on Gao Rixin From the looks of it, although this person is very happy with his achievements, he is very happy with his achievements in the overall situation. In fact, he has always been very measured in doing things, and he does not seem to care about specific military achievements - this is something Huang Taiji should pay special attention to."
"Why are these words so contradictory?" Buyantaiji asked patiently: "He is so happy about his achievements, but he doesn't care about the specific military achievements. Is this Gao Rixin mentally ill?"
"On the contrary, this is where Gao Rixin is brilliant." Burihatu said with a serious look on his face: "Haodaxi Gong refers to the fact that he always likes to lay out the overall situation and plan the situation of the country.
He doesn't care about specific military achievements because he is a civil servant rather than a general. The outcome of a certain battle is not important to him at all. As long as the final strategy is successfully realized, then all the achievements, big and small, must be his share - and it must be the heaviest share. "
"Then what do you mean by being in power..." Buyantaiji felt that there was something in Burihatu's words, but he had not yet learned to completely believe and rely on Burihatu like his father, Tumen Khan, so he could only let Burihatu do this. Hatu took the initiative to explain.
"What I mean is that if Gao Rixin takes any action that is different from his previous actions, his starting point must be at the strategic level, not at the specific war level."
Burihatu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Although I still can't see clearly what his final intention is when he narrows the scope of exploration and speeds up his march, I can be sure of one thing: his so-called urgency is just his hope. We thought he was desperate."
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