Chapter 11 Feng Sheng’s plan
Originally, the army was preparing to set off from Daning, mainly cavalry, to attack Nahachu.
This plan is very simple and quite satisfactory. However, being mediocre is not a drawback. Now the Ming Dynasty is strong, but the Tatars are weak. Being average means that at least it won't lead to a big defeat. As long as the battle can be won, any battle plan is feasible.
But Feng Sheng has been worried about one problem, that is, what if Naha escapes?
The war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars has always been like this in recent years. It is not worried about the Tatars fighting to the death, but worried about the Tatars fleeing. This becomes a problem. The key to the original battle plan was to move quickly, so fast that the Tatars could not react. There was no time to escape.
After all, the 200,000 people in Naha are not all soldiers. There are quite a few old and weak people. It was too late for him to move as a whole.
But there is another question. What if Naha abandons the old and the weak and only escapes with the elite?
There is no way.
As long as Naha is desperate to escape, this plan will be very problematic.
After all, Feng Sheng did not expect that when he approached the city, Nahachu surrendered neatly. After all, the Ming Dynasty knew that Mongolia was divided internally. We also know that the so-called emperor Khan of the Yuan Dynasty could no longer control various ministries. But the specific situation is not known.
I had no idea that Nahachu was a direct descendant of Muhuali, so he had a relatively high prestige among the Mongols and controlled hundreds of thousands of horses. He has threatened the survival of the Golden Family. If Naha is willing to give up military power, he can become a close minister, prime minister, or prince to Emperor Yuan. Maybe this crisis can be resolved.
But Naha was unable to lead people to gather together when the Yuan Dynasty collapsed. He still has skills and abilities. How could you be willing to put your life and death in the hands of others?
Let him be loyal to the current Yuan Lord just like Muhuali was loyal to Genghis Khan. Simply impossible.
Since Emperor Yuan Shun fled to the grassland, the Yuan Dynasty has had two emperors, and the current one is the second son of Emperor Yuan Shun. He succeeded his elder brother in the posthumous title Yuan Zhaozong of the Yuan Dynasty.
It's just that compared to Yuan Zhaozong, he is far behind.
When Yuan Zhaozong was in Dadu, he couldn't stand Nai's father's stupidity, so he sent a group of people to fight with Emperor Yuan Shun. It's just that what Yuan Zhaozong did was aimed at revival, but because of the civil war between his father and son, he gave Zhu Yuanzhang time and opportunity.
Zhu Yuanzhang defeated the North so easily because of the civil war between his father and his son.
In any case, Yuan Zhaozong was able to control the situation, and the posthumous title given to him by the Mongols shows a lot. Although since the Tang Dynasty, posthumous titles have often had the connotation of flattery, words like Xuan Zhao are not used casually.
This Yuanzhu, who doesn’t even have a posthumous title, is the trophy of the battle that made Lanyu Daiming Yuer, so he really doesn’t have much sense of existence.
Naha probably had his own plans. Even if he took the remaining defeated soldiers to defect to the Yuan Lord, he might be annexed. Even life is at stake. Even if he saves his life and follows the Yuan Lord, there is no hope for the future. Ming Ren is coming fiercely, and maybe he will still be a prisoner before long.
Rather than doing this, it would be better to surrender directly to the Ming Dynasty.
Daming is quite trustworthy here. Maybe you can save yourself and your descendants.
It's just the meticulous work of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland. Some information can be obtained, but this subtle relationship between high-level officials can only be understood after reaching a certain status. It cannot be achieved by some meticulous work.
Therefore, Feng Sheng designed many plans, but none of them were perfect. Let him take the first step to cut off Naha's retreat.
The situation in Liaodong inspired Feng Sheng, and he prepared to attack in two directions, one heavy and one light, one fast and one slow. One after the other.
The main army was stationed in Daning and attacked from Daning. In addition, we will send a large army, which does not need to be too large, only 30,000 elite cavalry, starting from Liaodong, leaping thousands of miles, and cutting off Naha's retreat.
Daning's soldiers were numerous and powerful, and Naha was restrained from sending out the main force. Be aggressive and proceed slowly. As for the elite cavalry starting from Liaodong, their horses must not leave the saddle and use the fastest speed to cut off the Tatars' retreat.
If the original plan was to solve the problem in Liaodong, it would not be a big problem and they would only need to provide some food and grass. Then there is the Liaodong Army, which is going to attack. After all, today's Liaodong Town is on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty. It can be regarded as the younger brother. The real power is Datong. Xuanfu and the armies of Peking are the elites of Xu Da's management.
But this new plan, 30,000 elite cavalry, was too risky.
There is even a danger of the entire army being annihilated. Because it’s light, it’s good to be able to carry around ten days’ worth of dry food. Once support fails to come. There will be problems.
And in this era, not later generations, there was radio contact. If this plan of separate attacks and combined attacks is completed, it will be a brilliant victory. If you don't do it well, you will become an enemy. No matter how many places you come, I will only go all the way.
Even if the two parties agree on a time, there must be errors.
This error is likely to be a few hours or a few days.
It's possible.
This error is likely to cost the life of an army.
But Feng Sheng also had his own considerations.
First of all, Feng Sheng is sure of one thing, that is, even if something goes wrong, there will be no major problems with these 30,000 troops.
Feng Sheng did not send ten thousand, twenty thousand, forty thousand or fifty thousand. Why send 30,000? This number was carefully considered by Feng Sheng. First, we must consider the traffic capacity of Liaodong roads. Too much is too much to bear. And the more people there are, the harder it is to get up. Second, consider the chips in your hand. He must make the front so that the enemy does not dare to neglect. Too much division. It is easy to lack frontal troops. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has fully suppressed the Tatars in terms of national strength, let alone 30,000. Just take out another thirty thousand. There won't be any gaps in military strength.
Even now, the problem Feng Sheng has to consider is that the front of the army is so big. There is no room for so many people. With the total amount of grain, grass and baggage transported at this level, there is no limit to how many armies Daning can support.
In other words, the 30,000 troops will not affect the quantity and quality of Daning's troops at all.
It can even be said that Feng Sheng has opened up another battlefield. Rather than dividing the troops.
Second, Feng Sheng was convinced that even if Naha came out, no, even if Wang Baobao rose from the ground and led the entire Mongolian army, he would not be able to kill the Ming Dynasty's 30,000 elite troops in one go.
Today's Yuan Dynasty is already in ruins. It was no longer what it is now, not even when Wang Baobao was alive.
If we say that four years after Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang reduced his campaign and focused on improving national power and recuperating. Let Ming step by step, its national power become stronger and stronger, not to mention, the arrival of He Xi made the Ming army make a leap in weapons.
Before this, the armor coverage rate of the Ming army was not too high. There are only the general's personal guards, already the most elite army. Only then are you qualified to wear armor. Just like in the early Hongwu period, when the Ming army lacked horses, they gathered the horses together to create a small but extremely elite Ming army cavalry, and a large number of infantry. This was the same as Zhengyiqi against the Mongolian cavalry. The use of armor is also a way to build an elite ace army. With large numbers of ordinary armies.
Among them, the elite army is the Jingying. Or Jingwei.
But after He Xi arrived, the idea of building an army in the Ming Dynasty remained unchanged. But the standards for elites have changed. It's like there are hundreds of cannons on top of the city of Nanjing. Many new firearms have been tried and installed in Jingwei.
After solving the problem of materials, it is not difficult to advance the Daming firearms to the level of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. However, for many details, only large-scale use can tell where the problems are. Therefore, firearms are now more popular in Jingwei and Nanjing. There are also some in the north, but not all of them are installed.
But armor, steel crossbows, chain mail. Weapons such as iron tire bows. There are also cavalry crossbows for cavalry, which are small models of steel crossbows that also have a repeating function. These are all equipped, and the 30,000 fine cavalry have higher combat effectiveness than the previous four or five cavalry.
It should be noted that during the Battle of Mobei, the number of cavalry under Xu Da's command was only this number. At that time, Wang Baobao could not eat these cavalry, so he could only divert them and attack Xu Da's infantry formation. Not to mention that Mongolia is now divided, the Ming Dynasty can still withstand the years of war. Even so, the economic development of Shanxi, Beiping, and Liaodong has also been greatly affected. And how can the Mongols survive?
