Chapter 167: Decision (2-in-1)
The order was given to the order, but that only determined that Ma Dong was the former enemy commander-in-chief of this operation, and in terms of general strategy, he still had to listen to Gao Pragmatic's orders, and at the same time, because of the characteristics of the imperial court's military preparation position itself, Gao Pragmatic's power to supervise the army was still retained.
Therefore, the next step is to continue to discuss the specific way of playing this battle here in Gao Pragmatic.
Ma Dong was in too much of a mood at the moment, and asked him about the specific way to fight, but he barely suppressed his impulse, and in the end he could only think of a method that seemed slightly feasible.
Ma Dong said: "Husband fights, courage also." One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. The last general thought that it was still possible to stop the Tartar coalition army on the Liaohe defense line, and at the same time closely observe the morale of its army, once the time dragged on, the morale of the Tartars turned low, and I suddenly sent troops to directly attack the Chinese army, or I could break the enemy in one battle. β
Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, looked at Ma Fang again, and asked, "Does the governor have any other suggestions or additions?" β
Ma Fang thought for a moment and said, "This method is still generally feasible, but it is not detailed enough, for example, when the morale of the Tartars turns lowβwhat is the low?" Will they wait until they feel that they can't attack the Liaohe River and therefore plan to retreat, or will they wait until they are completely shaken whether the fundamental purpose of the battle can be achieved? β
"Also, after waiting for that opportunity, the so-called 'suddenly send troops again, directly attack the middle army' is also very vague - suddenly send troops, where do they come from? Directly hit the Chinese army, which Chinese army? If the other party does not have a joint army, and the two divisions of Tumen and Fried Flower always act separately, or the two of them have their own departments and take care of each other in a cornering situation, where do you plan to send troops from, and which one to fight first? β
Ma Dong said: "Father, this matter must depend on the actions of the other party, and then we can make targeted deployments and decisions, for now...... It doesn't seem like it's a good decision too soon. β
Ma Fang shook his head slightly: "Temporary decision is very important, but it usually refers to after the troops have been led out. The generals are out on the march, and at that time, when encountering unexpected situations that have not been reached by the temple before, they naturally need to make a temporary decision, and they can't stupidly follow the predetermined plan, but this does not mean that the temple can't make some layouts in advance. β
He looked at Gao pragmatically and smiled: "Speaking of layout, what I have admired most for decades is the military constitution, I don't know if this battle in southern Liaoning, the military constitution has already been calculated?" β
When Ma Dong heard this, he immediately looked at Gao Shishi.
Although Ma Dong did not fight directly under Gao Pragmatic at that time, but during the post-war period, especially on the way to Liaodong with his father Ma Fang, the father and son carefully deduced this battle several times, and no one could think of a better way to play.
After all, Ma Dong is not as experienced as Ma Fang, he is more focused on tactics in his deduction, but Ma Fang told him that Gao Bingxian is not outstanding in tactics, and if he really wants to say that there are any advantages, I am afraid it is a "stable" word.
Gao Bingxian's real strength lies in the fact that he can always calculate what the enemy will think, and then set up a set according to the opponent's ideas, which is the foundation of his ability to win in one step and everywhere.
Therefore, Ma Dong has great expectations for his father to push the "layout planning" back to Gao Pragmatic, and hopes to experience this kind of power nearby.
Gao Pragmatic said very domineering before, but at this time, he returned to the usual modesty of literati, and said with a slight smile: "The governor has a reputation, and he doesn't dare to be a good man, but he has a few ideas." β
He paused for a moment and continued: "I expect the Tumen and the fried flowers to come here, mainly hoping to loot in southern Liaoning and seize some materials, grain and grass for winter, this is the reality caused by their blockade by my Ming Dynasty and the lack of materials, unless they are willing to watch their subordinates starve to death and freeze to death, they must think of a solution." β
"But they are all nomads, far inferior to Tumut, and they will certainly not be able to solve it themselves, and can only hope for looting. As far as I know, after Ning Yuanbo went out to Gule Village, he still left some elite soldiers to guard Liaoxi, and in Liaodong, first, there was Liaoyang's deputy commander-in-chief to assist in the defense, and secondly, it was closer to Ning Yuanbo's army, so it was necessary to guard against Ning Yuanbo's sudden collection of troops and reinforcements, so attacking Liaonan was indeed the best choice for Tumen and Fried Flower Erfang. β
"Southern Liaoning has been war-struggling, and has always been known for its unusable soldiers, in the sixth year of Wanli, Tumen and fried flowers came once, and the fault was not that Ning Yuanbo came to help in time, maybe even Yaozhou City was dangerous, it can be seen that the soldiers in southern Liaoning have been weak for a long time, and they can be greatly improved in one day or two."
Ma Dong interjected at this time and said, "Bingxian, the last general will bring a thousand horsemen, which is quite useful." In addition, there are hundreds of Ma's and Zhang's families, and they are also capable of recruiting and fighting well, and the three are combined, and there are more than 2,000 elites. β
Gao pragmatic nodded, and said: "I naturally know this, in fact, I am here in southern Liaoning, and there are about 1,000 people who can be used at the moment, and if you count it together, there will be 3,000." However, good steel has to be used on the blade, and these 3,000 people are the foundation of our final victory in this battle, and they cannot be easily invested. β
Ma Dong nodded in understanding, and asked Gao to continue his analysis.
Gao pragmatic said: "Brother Chongzhai just said that the idea of blocking the enemy with the Liaohe defense line first and frustrating its sharpness is very good, but we don't have to wait until they are 'exhausted' before we start, but we can think of a trick to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and lead them to their own death." β
Ma Dong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then immediately got up, knowing that this should be the key to what his father told him, "Gao Bing Xian is good at setting up a set".
"Please also ask for the guidance of the military constitution!" He said immediately.
"Talking about military affairs, what guidance to talk about, we will just confirm each other." Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Just now I mentioned to the two of you about Jinghua's gunboats on the Liao River, Brother Chongzhai seems to be more inclined to use them for defense, in fact, I think there is no need to be so conservative, the sailor should act more as an offensive force." β
Ma Dong was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "But the sailor can't go ashore, how can you attack these Tartars?" β
At this moment, Ma Fang couldn't help but scold: "Stupid! Didn't Bing Xian say just now, 'set up a trap', 'play up their strengths and avoid their weaknesses', and 'lead them to their own deaths'! Did you not have ears or did you start behind your ears at this age? β
Ma Dong then remembered that Gao Shishi had indeed said this just now, and suddenly his face turned red again, and his expression became embarrassed.
Gao Pragmatic stretched out his hand to stop Ma Fang, who was going to continue to teach his son, and said with a smile: "Governor, please calm your anger, the northerners use boats far less than the southerners, and they are not very familiar with the use of the navy, which is also human nature. β
Gao Pragmatic pulled himself in, and Ma Fang couldn't criticize anymore, so he had to suppress his anger and said to Gao Pragmatic: "Alas, the dog is stupid, I hope that Bingxian will teach more lessons in the future, otherwise the old man will die in the future, and I am afraid that I will have to worry about them under Jiuquan." β
Gao Shi hurriedly said that he couldn't do it, and persuaded a few more words, and then said: "I don't know if Brother Chongzhai has noticed that although Jinghua's fleet is the strongest water force in the Liao River Valley, there are actually more than 30 real gunboats...... This means that it is actually impossible for Jinghua to really block the Liao River for hundreds of miles, which is simply impossible, let alone more than 30 ships, even if 300 ships are not enough. β
In fact, there are really 300 gunboats, and the defense line in southern Liaoning alone is really enough, but Gao Pragmatic has other intentions in saying this - anyway, the Ma family's father and son are both horsemen, and the sailors don't understand it at all, so how can he believe what he says?
Ma Dong was stunned for a moment, and thought that there was a loophole in his previous plan, because according to this statement, wouldn't the Liaohe defense line be unstoppable?
Therefore, Ma Dong was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Huh? How should I be born? Why don't we guard a few important crossings or something? β
You may have watched too much romance and really thought that only a ferry could cross the river. Even in books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Yuan Shao had to have a ferry port when he went south, it was because Yuan's army itself was mainly infantry, and the number was very large, and it carried a lot of grain and grass to fight in the south, so if there was no ferry, the transportation capacity would not be enough, and it would be easy to be attacked by Cao Cao.
But the pictures are different from fried flowers, these Mongolian cavalry went south, and the supplies they brought were basically all on horses, and they were heavy? What's that?
And their strength is not very large, although the Mongols are not very productive, but if they can't even tie a raft, how did they sweep the world two or three hundred years ago? Not to mention that after they conquered some countries and regions and robbed many craftsmen, at least when they first started their army, they couldn't stop fighting when they encountered rivers, right?
In fact, back in the time of Genghis Khan, the Mongols had a solution to this: each of them carried not only a spare bowstring, but also wax and needle and thread for repairing equipment. And these equipment are packed in a special leather bag, which can be inflated when crossing the river.
The inflatable skins can be used alone to swim in simple shallow rivers, and in the case of large rivers that are deeper and wider, they are tied together and then made into rafts from local materials to cross the river.
The lower reaches of the Liao River were, of course, "deeper and wider" rivers, so the Mongols needed to make rafts to cross the river, but they didn't need any crossings unless they had enough Han Chinese ferries.
Gao pragmatic explained a few sentences, and Ma Dong knew that he had made a joke again, and quickly shut up with a red face.
Ma Fang originally wanted to scold him for not even hiding clumsy, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly felt that "knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing", and it would be good to learn more honestly, so he endured it.
Gao Shishi continued: "I expect that since the Tartars are here to loot, it is now nearly September, and winter is not far away, so they must be in a hurry. In this way, as long as we rely on the Jinghua fleet to block it north of the Liao River for a few days, the Tartars will definitely have to think of a way to crack it, but the way to solve it is obviously impossible to force it with a cannon, and it can only be to choose another place to cross the river.
In this way, they may be suspicious by the river, and then the army will quietly turn away, and suddenly cross the river quickly in a place where we have not noticed. After all, according to the Tartars' ideas, as long as they can cross the river, these guards in southern Liaoning are not worth mentioning at all, and they can hold a few big cities or important fortresses, and those ordinary towns and villages can't stop their looting at all, in other words, they will feel that as long as they find an opportunity to cross the river, the battle will be won. β
Ma Dong began to understand a little at this time, thought about it, and asked tentatively: "What does that Bingxian mean...... Half-crossed? Or let them cross the river, and then come to an ambush for ten miles? β
Gao pragmatic laughed and said loudly: "Why not do it both ways?" Anyway, it was half-crossing, the fleet hit the river, the ambush hit the shore, and the remaining Tartars who remained on the north bank of the Liao River were dumbfounded and watched their families being beaten but couldn't help, isn't this very pleasant? β
The Tartar was not yet dumbfounded, Ma Dong was dumbfounded first, and said secretly: Gao Bingxian looks like Swenwen is alone, and the bad water in his stomach is really a lot, this idea must be not much different from killing people, and he actually wants to let the rear team of Tartar watch the front team and the Chinese army being slaughtered, and he can only howl and jump on the shore, this is really ...... It's fucking wonderful!
He didn't dare to laugh, but Ma Fang laughed and said, "Clever plan, wonderful plan!" If you can fight like this, it will be really relieving, but there are two small troubles here, so we still have to pay attention to them. β
Gao pragmatic smiled: "There are two small troubles, since the governor mentioned it, it is better to ask the governor to talk about it." β
After all, it was just a supplement, Ma Fang was not polite this time, and said with a smile: "These two little troubles, the first is that you must be able to effectively detect every move of the Tartar, and you must not be deceived by the Tartar...... Well, this person must be a bold and careful person. If you are bold, you dare to cross the river and get close to the Tartars in such a situation, and you will not be deceived if you are careful. β
Gao pragmatically smiled and said, "Does the governor have a Junjie recommendation?" β
Ma Fang laughed and said: "Everyone has been transferred from thousands of miles to the military constitution, why do you still want to test the old man's ability to recognize people?" In addition to Zhang Wanbang's kid, who else is more suitable than him? β
Gao pragmatic asked: "What about Dongchang Fort?" β
"Since we want to plan the plan, let the Tartars think that we will only stick to the first line of Dongchang Fort......" Ma Fang glanced at his son and said lightly: "Just let this Haigai general personally confuse the Tartars in Dongchang Fort." β
Not only Ma Dong was stunned when he heard this, but even Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, because according to the plan just now, if Ma Dong was in Dongchang Fort, it was very likely that he would lose the great achievement of ambushing at the Tartar River crossing.
However, although Ma Dong was stunned for a moment, he did not object, and he didn't even have a dissatisfied face, Gao pragmatic glanced at him, nodded slightly when he saw this, and said secretly: Ma Dong may still need to be exercised in terms of ability, but he has a good heart, and he is a trustworthy general.
Gao pragmatic thought about it for a while, nodded slightly, and asked again: "So, ...... over the ambush?"
Ma Fang said without hesitation: "Ma Jia Dabing has always been known for his blood bravery, don't use it at this time, and when will you wait?" The old man thinks that Ma Chengen is available! β
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