Ningxia.
Zhu Feng led his troops withdrew to the Ningxia Town garrison. After entering the city, he immediately went to see Yang Yiqing. After Zhu Feng led his troops out of the city, Zhu Feng had no chance to see Yang Yiqing again, and the expected reinforcements did not come. , Yang Yiqing has always stayed in the acropolis.
"Yang Zhongcheng."
Zhu Feng was still dissatisfied.
This month, he was tortured a lot. He not only lost troops and generals, but also damaged his prestige in the army. More importantly, he spent the whole day in fear.
We agreed that we would face powerful enemies together and send troops together under orders, but in the end I was the only one to play monkey.
Yang Yiqing said, "The reports on various routes in Ningxia in the past two days , there were no more signs of Tatar activity, and the Tatars withdrew. Anbian Hou blocked the attack, which should be the first success."
Zhu Feng said with a frustrated look, "Don't make fun of me, Yang Zhongcheng. I really found that we were not as good as the Tatars in fighting. As soon as the Tatars came, we had to retreat and there was no way to fight. Moreover, the Tatars are now smarter and never attack head-on. Their troops are very scattered and they specialize in catching our troops in the rear. I only caught one Tatar on the road and didn’t bring back his head.”
This is almost a straightforward truth.
After hearing this, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but have a worried look on his brows.
He is also wondering, what is this thing about saying that you have the credit, but you first disparaged yourself and the Tatars withdrew, and the credit is not given to you, could it be that it is actually a trilateral system? Qin Hong is well-organized
We always have to report to the court, either to ask for credit or to ask for punishment. Don't you know this?
"If you say you are, you are." Yang Yiqing looked grim.
When it comes to running the army, Yang Yiqing doesn't like to argue with others, and because of his seriousness, he doesn't like Zhu Feng's carefree appearance.
Just do whatever you are told. You are a martial artist leading troops. How can you come up with so much nonsense? I don’t know that we traditional civil servants look down on you.
Zhu Feng said, "Yang Zhongcheng, please forgive me." That’s not nice to say.”
Yang Yiqing was also annoyed.
You know it doesn’t sound right, but you tell me that you don’t know what it means to obey orders
Before Yang Yiqing could say anything to scold him, Zhu Feng was already talking. , "It's very strange for the Tatars to withdraw this time, or something big happened in the rear. From what I can see, they have to retreat."
Yang Yiqing frowned and said, "You mean, there is civil strife in the rear of the Tatars." "It happened"
Zhu Feng shook his head, "I want to say, has His Majesty secretly sent Lai Guogong and other famous figures to lead troops to attack his rear, and they have to retreat?"
This In fact, Zhu Feng did not know any information in advance. He said these words purely out of "admiration" for Zhang Zhou.
I, Zhu Zhijie, know very well that the Tatars were not repulsed by me, let alone scared by me. My people in Ningxia Town are already the most elite. If the Tatars retreat, it has nothing to do with me. The only one who can be so awesome in forcing the Tatars to retreat is me, who is "omnipotent in heaven and on earth"Brother Zhang.
Only I understand that my brother Zhang will definitely come to my rescue when I am in danger. < /p>
The lag in the news also made Yang Yiqing unable to figure out the key point of the problem.
Even if Yang Yiqing had a military strategy, he could have thought that it was actually Wang Shouren of northern Liaoning who led a surprise attack on the Tatar rear with 6,000 troops and forced Batu Monk to lead troops back for reinforcements. What kind of brains could he have? Reminiscent of this level
Not to mention Yang Yiqing’s disbelief, no one in Da Ming could believe that someone would dare to play this kind of strategy, otherwise Ma Wensheng would not have jumped out and accused Zhang Zhou of trying to take advantage every time. Without ordinary strength, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in the rear of the Tatars are enough to cope with it, and there is no need for Batu Monk to personally return the troops.
If you don’t consider this level, there seems to be only one explanation
That is, Batu Monk has already looted all, and felt that there is no need to continue fighting like this, so he withdrew his troops. .
So Yang Yiqing planned to attribute the credit to Zhu Feng from the beginning, saying that it was Zhu Feng's contribution to fending off the enemy and forcing the Tatars to withdraw. In this way, it would sound good when reporting to the court, and the credit seemed to be It must be attributed to Zhu Feng, but if there is merit, he, the governor, will also be jointly guilty. Even if he is guilty later, Yang Yiqing can try his best to put the blame on Zhu Feng.
The usual methods of civil servants.
Everyone likes to take credit, and no one likes to take the blame.
Zhu Feng asked, "How will this battle be dealt with? I want to apologize. This battle has shown that I am not capable of presiding over the military affairs of one side. I want to go back and practice more."
Go back and practice< /p>
Yang Yiqing wants to say, you have done a very good job of "apologizing". You are deliberately trying to embarrass me, right?
I said I wanted to express my merits to you, but you want to apologize. Do you want the entire Ningxia official system to take the blame with you?
"Marquis Anbian, please be careful." Yang Yiqing was not in a good position to reason with Zhu Feng. After all, Zhu Feng was deeply favored by the emperor. Especially after Zhu Feng apologized, nothing happened to Zhu Feng, but he, Yang Yiqing, and the generals below suffered.
Yang Yiqing originally wanted to use the power of the governor to suppress Zhu Feng, but he never thought that Zhu Feng's "please apologize" would make Yang Yiqing very passive. Yang Yiqing originally wanted to suppress Zhu Feng. Feng, who had taken the initiative, now seemed to be led by Zhu Feng.
"I can postpone my performance for you for two days while waiting for the latest news from the Tatars. Before that, you cannot do it on your own."
Yang Yiqing is for Prevent Zhu Feng from skipping him and reporting directly to the Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of War, or the Emperor.
He knew that Zhu Feng had this authority.
"Yes." Zhu Feng seemed to be fine.
From the beginning, he did not use "please apologize" to fight back against Yang Yiqing. He sincerely felt that he was not capable, so he did not look at it.I understand why Yang Yiqing suddenly seemed "kind" to him.
Zhu Feng had been busy for more than twenty days and went back to rest first.
Yang Yiqing called over his guest Song Lan and Qianhu Li Xuan who sent troops with Zhu Feng.
In front of Yang Yiqing, Li Shun explained in detail Zhu Feng's recent march: "Marquis Anbian is very hard, but he can't always make up his mind. Sometimes he says he will attack, but when the time comes, he can't make up his mind." But when encountering the enemy, Anbianhou also tried his best, but the Tatar forces were too strong and the divine artillery could not be used, so" Li Xun stood firm from the bottom of his heart. On Yang Yiqing's side.
But he did not dare to criticize Zhu Feng casually.
To be able to say that Zhu Feng was "indecisive" was his lowest evaluation of Zhu Feng.
But in fact, Zhu Feng's problem is not just indecision. Even Li Shuan has never seen Zhu Feng lead troops like this. , Leading troops is like a joke. Damn it if this kind of person is not assigned a coach.
"Okay, you go down." Yang Yiqing asked Li Xun to leave first.
After Li Xun left, Yang Yiqing looked at Song Landao and said, "What do you think?"
Song Landao said, "In my opinion, as discussed before, I will show my merits to Anbian Hou." , This not only allows His Majesty to have something to say to the ministers of the DPRK, but also makes each other look good."
This also reveals a chaos in the military and politics in the northwest.
It’s not that the northwest officers and generals have to “falsely report their military exploits” or deliberately whitewash the peace. It’s just that showing merit rather than taking responsibility is more in line with the expectations of the court, so that they can achieve “Hello, I’m good, everyone.” ".
To put it bluntly.
The emperor did not want to see failure, nor did the ministers. The northwest army generals did not want to see it. Anyway, the mountains in the northwest were high and the emperor was far away. As long as the Tatars withdrew, they would be credited and the people below would not You know, that’s okay
If you encounter a defeat and don’t report it, it means you are not defeated.
Why do you have to break the pot and get to the bottom of this thing? Call the black ones white. Everyone in the court will agree, and then kill the doubters, and let the majority of the people know that singing and dancing will lead to peace.
Yang Yiqing said angrily, "As soon as Zhu Zhijie came back, he told me that he wanted to plead guilty."
"Please forgive me"
Song Lan almost wanted to say, he What are you trying to do?
We will show you our merits. When you go back, you will not be a bear, but a hero.
Forget it if you don’t accept our kindness, but you still want to apologize, then where will you put us people?
Yang Yiqing said, "I asked him to go back and calm down first." , postpone the report, and talk to the supervisory censor later to see how this matter should be reported."
Song Lan looked in disbelief, and said with a wry smile, "There are people with backers in the court, and they have a different style of doing things. It’s just different. Should we call him reckless or scheming?”
Yang Yiqing asked, “Do you also think that he may be deliberately doing harm to us?”Press"
"Otherwise," Song Landao said, "with him as the Border Marquis, he can serve under the Marquis of Weining, Duke Lai, and Wang Dehua of Pianguan successively, and he can also win the trust of His Majesty. He is said to be Who can believe that a person is brave but not brave? Is he really brave? If he doesn’t even have a strategy, what else can he do?"
Song Lan is "overestimating" Zhu Ershao.
I thought Zhu Feng had deep meaning in what he did, but in fact, Zhu Feng was just a mediocre person. If he was brave or cunning, it was definitely not the life that Zhu Zhijie pursued.
, Just as a young man in Nanjing, people with no ambitions to speculate on the deep meaning of his actions are actually complicating simple problems.
Song Landao said, "Looking at it from this point of view, we should contact him as soon as possible. He has reached an agreement. Since he wants to exert pressure, he must have something to ask for. As long as he can calm down, Ying Ning, you will probably have to make some concessions. ”
“Yeah. ”
Although Yang Yiqing was reluctant, he still nodded.
I can’t figure out Zhu Feng’s intention. I just feel that this kid is deliberately embarrassing us, then Go negotiate with this guy.
Just ask you, kid, what exactly is your need?
I will probably satisfy you
September 20, at noon.
Sixty miles northeast of Guanshan on the grassland, a battle is about to begin.
The Tatar side is dominated by the Chahar tribe, lying across a piece of land in the direction of the Ming army. There were six or seven thousand soldiers and horses at the top of the hill, and the number of people chasing behind the Ming Dynasty was over ten thousand.
It means that the Tatars used nearly three times the number of troops and horses, and they were bound to defeat the Ming army. Before advancing further west, the Ming army's path was blocked.
When the Tatars began to form a formation, Wang Shouren immediately ordered that Guan Jing personally lead 3,000 troops. , with the army's 500 artillery pieces and 3,000 soldiers and horses, all armed with flint muskets, they launched a vigorous charge against the Tatar camp.
What kind of rear pursuit and front and rear attacks seemed to Wang Shouren. , it’s not important at all.
“Only when the old, weak, women and children of the Tatars are in front of us, the Tatars will not avoid our artillery and muskets, and fight us head-on to kill the Tatars. "Exterminate the Tatars"
"Exterminate the Tatars"
The soldiers charged, with the attitude that we are here to destroy your entire tribe.
Three thousand cavalry charged It can be said that the Ming soldiers have no fear at all when it comes to the roughly 7,000 cavalrymen who are waiting in formation and are still standing high.
The horsemanship is not as good as your individual combat ability and the combat experience is not as good as yours
That's not important.
What's important is that we have cannons and blunderbuss. If you dare to get close, you will not be able to survive.
< p>The Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses were advancing rapidly.The Tatar side was well prepared and did not launch an attack for a long time, as if they wanted to wait and stop.
But the two sides of the battle were waiting. In fact, we all know that the TatarsIf they really waited for the Ming Dynasty soldiers to kill them, they would basically lose completely.
The Ming Dynasty's firearms may not be accurate when hitting sports targets, but if they are used to hit dead targets, they are basically accurate every time.
However, the Tatars were obviously well prepared. In the camps of both sides, the Tatars had prepared devices such as snagging ropes and traps to block the advance of the Ming cavalry, so that the Ming army rushed to the forefront. Nearly a hundred cavalrymen were overturned and dismounted.
When the Ming Dynasty's attack momentum weakened, the Tatars were more than three miles away from the Ming Dynasty's vanguard troops, and they immediately launched a full-scale charge.
Seven thousand soldiers and horses were arranged in almost a long snake formation, arranged in two rows, forming a kind of large net, and rushed towards the Ming army.
This formation obviously gave up the iron cavalry group charge that the Tatars were good at.
Because the Tatars know that the group charge is used as a living target for Ming Dynasty.
So they made the formation as loose as possible, allowing the Ming Dynasty's cannons to land within the coverage area and reduce the number of Tatar cavalry.
The rumble of horse hooves made the grassland tremble.
The Ming army immediately dismounted and began to set up artillery.
Still the usual fireworks.
Even if the Tatars came from three directions, the Ming Dynasty's five hundred artillery pieces were enough to deal with the oncoming enemies from all directions.
Three Li, Two Li, One Li
When the Tatar cavalry quickly broke into the range of the Ming Dynasty artillery, the flag fell with the order to fire the artillery.
"Boom, boom, boom"
Of the five hundred artillery pieces, nearly three hundred fired a salvo in the first round.
There are still two hundred gates, because the enemy in front of them has not yet reached the shooting range.
The five hundred cannons are all equipped with yellow powder cannons. They cover an area of more than ten meters when they land, and the absolute killing range is at least several meters away.
With such a large-scale salvo, the number of cavalrymen who fell on the Tatar side as the shells landed exceeded a thousand in one round.
But the Tatars seem to know that it is useless to be afraid. There is no turning back when the bow is fired, and the only way is to charge with all one's strength.
"Boom"
The artillery is still making sporadic sounds, and the Ming Dynasty is also reloading, because the light artillery is not a mother-and-child cannon, and it is better in terms of reloading. The mother-child cannon is a little more complicated, but the barrels of these small steel cannons are relatively short. After the new shells are loaded in, the second round of firing can be carried out in a short time, and the length of the lead has also been adjusted.
In the artillery training regulated by Zhang Zhou, the light artillery must be able to fire a second shot after firing and before the Tatar cavalry approaches.
In other words, it is guaranteed that after the Tatars enter the shooting range, a cannon can be fired twice, and then they will enter the "hand-to-hand" process of about a hundred steps.
What Zhang Zhou mentioned"Short-hand encounter" is not a cold-weapon encounter in the traditional sense, but it is within the absolute killing range of the Ming Dynasty's fire blunderbuss, and the flint blunderbuss equipped by the Ming Dynasty are all double-shot.
So Come.
An artilleryman in the Ming Dynasty had to complete two artillery fires first, then stand up and shoot out the blunderbuss in his hand twice.
This is also the situation that the Tatar cavalry faced with two cannons and two muskets before rushing into the Ming camp.
The first salvo of artillery fire.
The number of fallen Tatar cavalry was in the thousands.
The second round of salvos was more effective because the Tatars were closer. As the two cannons were fired, the Tatars were no more than one or two hundred steps away from the Ming's forward position. With the cavalry, The charge, in fact, this section of the road can be killed in a gap of breathing back and forth.
The fire cannon soldiers on the Ming side, especially those who were not responsible for firing artillery, had already started firing when the Tatars were about 300 steps away. At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 200 meters.
The straight-line distance is two hundred meters, which is not within the range of the bow and arrow. The effective killing range of the bow and arrow is one hundred steps, which is about seventy meters. It takes forty or fifty meters to enter the armor-piercing and killing range. Life can only be shot from seventy meters away. After all, the materials of ancient bows and arrows are only that.
Of course it also depends on the shooter's strength.
Just like the Tatar archers, from arm strength to stability of mounted shooting, to shooting range and accuracy, they are much better than the Ming cavalry.
But it’s a pity.
The Ming Dynasty no longer relies on bows and arrows to deal with them, and instead uses fire blunderbuss. The range can be extended to about 200 meters. It does not need to be determined by arm strength. There is no need to calculate any parabola in terms of accuracy. Just pick it up and shoot. That’s it.
The advantage immediately lies with me and not with him.
"Bang bang bang bang bang"
The sound of artillery was mixed with the sound of gunfire.
The Ming Dynasty did not need to dismount except for the gunner, and the gunner immediately mounted his horse after firing two cannons and prepared to fire blunderbuss
On the Tatar side, people and horses fell in pieces. .
As for the Ming Dynasty, only the group of people who were tripped off their horses by the horse ropes have not returned to their horses sporadically.
Just before the two sides were about to enter a hand-to-hand combat, the two thousand Chinese troops led by Wang Shouren also came up with reinforcements, and they came from the flanks. With the launch of fire cannons, they directly attacked the Ming Dynasty's front army. The nearly two thousand Tatar cavalry on the right wing were almost completely wiped out.
At the same time, only about half of the more than 3,000 Tatar cavalry who charged directly in front of the Ming Dynasty were still charging, and only half of the 2,000 cavalry on the right wing were left. At this time, the Tatar archers were within shooting range.
Before entering into close combat, the Tatars have already lost more than half of their 7,000 troops, and the remaining effective combat troops are less than 3,000. Please remember to bookmark it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading