Text Volume 3 The Road to Empire_Chapter 379 The Cavalry Battle in the East
The right flank of the Ming army, which was opposed to Mang Gurtai, was also divided into three cavalry groups, and Gunchuk Taiji led a large tent of Sumu and the left flank tribal army of Basumu on the east road.
Zuo Guangxian led the Ninth Cavalry Division and the Liusumu Right Wing Self-Defense Army to guard the West Road, and Guitu Taiji led the Fourth Sumu Big Tent and Cao Bianjiao's Eighth Cavalry Division and the Sansumu Self-Defense Army to sit on the road.
Sumu is actually similar to the Jurchen Niulu, which was also a military unit at first, but now it has also begun to refer specifically to the tribal population that can provide a Sumu army.
Under the adaptation of the Ming people, the self-defense army that a banner population can provide is called a sumu, and a sumu roughly refers to the military establishment of people.
The soldiers and horses of the big tent and the tribal soldiers and horses brought out by the big tent and the soldiers and horses brought out by the Ming people also changed the old Sumu system in accordance with the habits of the Ming people, and established a five-level military system of small flags, general flags, hundred households, guerrillas, and sumu. However, compared with the self-defense army on the right flank, the tribal army on the left flank still seems a little scattered.
After all, theoretically, the self-defense forces of each banner should belong to the owners of each banner, but the appointment of Su Mu must be approved and assessed by the local governor's office, and the officers of the two classes of Baihu and guerrilla must be trained by the governor's office before they can take up their posts.
As a result of the reorganization and training in the past two years, the self-defense forces of the right-wing banners have not only gained relatively strict discipline but also have a fairly mature organizational character, and these self-defense forces are more like an army than the left-wing tribal armies that have been temporarily formed.
The spacing between the left and right armies of the right flank of the Ming army was slightly greater than the spacing between the three armies on the left flank of the opposite Houjin. Moreover, the number of the left and right armies on the right flank of the Ming army was also greater than that of the other party, and only the number of the first route was less than that of the other party, with the Ming army of 8,500 against the Houjin and 11,500 people.
Although it is explained that the command of the right wing of the army belongs to Cao Bianjiao, Zuo Guangxian, Tuntu Taiji, and Gunchuk Taiji, it is Cao Bianjiao who ultimately makes the decision, because he has a good uncle.
However, aside from the relationship between Cao Zhao, the four of them are also Cao Bianjiao's most trusted by the emperor. Although Zuo Guangxian was born in Liaodong, he did not enter the army officer academy for further study. And the two of them knew that they had not been able to gain the emperor's trust, otherwise the emperor would not have kept Guiyingcha by his side.
Therefore, the power to command how this army fought fell into the hands of Cao Bianjiao. Although it was the first time to stand alone, Cao Bianjiao, who received war education in front of his uncle when he was a teenager, was excited about the big scene in front of him.
The fact that Buntu Taiji and Gunchuk Taiji gave up the command to each other may not have any good intentions. In fact, after the banner of the positive blue flag was erected on the opposite side, the two of them cringed a little, after all, the Chahar Department was pressed and beaten by Mang Gurtai in the past, and they naturally knew who was behind the positive blue flag.
When there was not much difference in the number of the two sides, Bontu Taiji and Gunchuk Taiji were obviously not optimistic about their side. Therefore, there is no desire to command this battle. Cao Bianjiao has now taken over the command, so if there is anything wrong with the battle, he can only carry it himself.
After Zuo Guang first saw the banner of the blue flag opposite, he naturally understood who he was facing today. He also felt that this battle was tricky, so he decided to let Cao Bianjiao take command. If something happens, it is impossible for Cao Zhao to die without help.
When the sun rose high, the two wings of Houjin finally began to move forward slowly, Cao Bianjiao looked at the movement of the Houjin army, and then looked at the sun in the sky, lowered his head and thought about it, and then commanded the herald.
"Go and tell General Zuo on the west route to order the four Sumu troops to meet the enemy in front, and when the team is attacking at a 5-degree angle to the east, luring the opposite west route army to march in the direction of the battlefield. After the opposing Western Route Army deviated from the direction of attack, General Zuo was asked to lead the remaining troops to attack and defeat the enemy's Western Route with all their might. ”
When the herald left, Cao Bianjiao instructed the second herald: "Tell Gonchuk Taiji to ask him to dispatch five Sumu troops in the direction of 10 degrees to the east, and lure the enemy's Eastern Route Army away from the battlefield." Then ask him to take the rest of the team to attack the enemy's Eastern Route Army, even if he can't defeat the other party, he can't let the other side go back to the aid road. ”
Hearing the order on the side, Tu Taiji couldn't help but ask Cao Bianjiao a little good: "Why do you want the direction of the troops' attack to be biased to the east?" ”
Cao Bianjiao nodded at the sun in the east and said, "In this way, the direction of the enemy attack on the opposite side will be rushing towards the sun, and the sun will become our best shield." ”
He subconsciously turned his head to look at the sun in the east, and soon he was forced back by the dazzling sunlight. He suddenly said a little loud: "This is also what you learned from school?" ”
Looking at the fuss of Tu Taiji, Cao Bianjiao said disapprehantly: "Isn't it unusual for our side to borrow all favorable natural conditions and give the enemy all unfavorable natural conditions during the war?" ”
Tu Taiji glanced at Cao Bianjiao and immediately stopped talking, this kind of combat knowledge is naturally nothing, but the first general who knows this knowledge, how can he easily announce such combat common sense.
Even if the Mongolians live on horseback, these knowledge that can be used in battle, in addition to Taiji and Nayan can be learned, ordinary soldiers also need to explore it little by little. Faced with a non-commissioned officer from a civilian background openly teaching this kind of militaristic thing, Ututtai Ji was naturally shocked.
On the side of Mang Gurtai, the Derge and Humba Tulu are the eastern routes; The Otto Sonomu, Dulenbele, and Dulaer, Hongbatu, Luschen, Zhuoliktu, led the Ao Han Department to the west.
It should be said that the Third Route Army on the east side of the two sides should have been unable to interfere with each other. After all, the frontal battlefield width of each route army is about 3-4 miles.
However, because of the small angle that Cao Bianjiao adjusted when he sent out the troops, the Ao Han Department of the Houjin West Route Army also deviated from the direction.
When the Ao Han tribe attacked, it was also divided into two teams, Sechen Zhuo Liketu led 2 or 3 thousand cavalry in front, and Efu Sonomu Du Ling led more than 3,000 cavalry in the rear, and the two teams were about a mile apart.
It is different from the Ming Dynasty, after mastering the political and economic lifeline of the right-wing Mongolian tribes, cutting off the armed forces of the right-wing tribes and the original tribal leaders.
Although the Later Jin were also trying their best to work in this direction, their political and economic influence on the Mongolian left-wing tribes was obviously inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, so they could only use the method of marrying with these tribal leaders to deepen the influence of the Later Jin on these Mongolian tribes, and adopt the method of Xu Tuzhi to transform them.
The death of the former Mongolian left-wing Gushan Ezhenwunag can be said to have greatly delayed Huang Taiji's transformation of the Mongolian tribes. Originally, he wanted to use this Mongolian general, who was quite prestigious among the Mongols, to try to build the Mongolian Eight Banners on the basis of the left and right battalions of Mongolia.
However, the death of Wunag delayed the preparation of the Mongolian Eight Banners. Even the left and right Mongolian battalions have just recovered, which makes the tribal army of the Mongolian tribes not much different from two years ago, it is still a team of some elite warriors carrying a group of herdsmen.
After noticing that the enemy's attack angle was slightly different from his own team, Sechen Zhuoliktu subconsciously adjusted the direction of his horse's head, and then the whole team changed direction.
When the advance of both sides was less than a mile, Sechen Drorictu finally realized that something was wrong, and his team was facing the sun, which made it impossible for his eyes to see the enemy's movements in the twinkle of the sun.
And his subordinates obviously felt the same way as him, either bowing their heads, or tilting their heads sideways to observe the enemy army out of the corner of their eyes. But in doing so, they either slowed down the horse, or confused the formation of their own side.
Sechen Zhuoliktu can only decide to turn, otherwise he will suffer a loss once he takes over his side. However, when he looked to his right front, he noticed that the opponent's second team was rushing towards him, and if he made the team turn to the right, he would undoubtedly slow down and invite the opponent to attack him.
Selchen Drorictu had not yet made a decision in his mind, and with a flick of his hand, he caused the mount to turn north-east. Sechen Drorictu was the brain of the team, and his horse's head was the direction of the team, so the whole team rushed straight to the battlefield.
Sechen Zhuoliktu's change of direction is actually known to be bad. Not only did he interfere with the direction of the attack of his own army, but he also exposed the belly of the team to the advance of the enemy army. In fact, the situation of his team has become even more unfavorable after changing direction.
At this time, he also realized his brother's mistake, so he had to launch an attack in advance, trying to block the attack of the second Ming cavalry for Sechen Zhuoliktu first, so as to prevent Sechen Zhuoliketu from being separated and besieged by the superior enemy in horizontal formation.
Although Sonomu Duling has the same relationship with Mang Gurtai's sister Mang Guji, he is still Mang Gurtai's brother-in-law, so when he encountered such a crisis, he did not hesitate to send a signal to Mang Gurtai for help, hoping that Lu could send troops to save the people of the Lower Sechen Zhuo Liktu and the Ao Han Ministry.
However, Mang Gurtai obviously didn't think about the close relationship between Ao Hanbu and him, but in front of the Mongolian Zuoying Gushan Ezhen Engdeer, he fiercely ridiculed the incompetence of Sonomu Duling and Sechen Zhuoliktu.
He refused Engdel's order to go and rescue Selchendriktu, and instead asked him to pretend to rescue Selchen. Observe if the opponent's road army is moving, and if so, turn directly to the path of attacking the enemy army, and he will follow.
Mang Gurtai thinks that if he goes to the rescue of Sechen Zhuoliktu now, today's battle will become a big melee, and no one will be able to win in the end. And as long as they can't win here today, the allied forces of the Mongol tribes, which have lost their sharpness, will not be able to muster up the courage to have another big battle like this with the Ming and Mongol allied forces on the opposite side.
Therefore, only if you find a chance to defeat the opponent's road army and cause the Mingmeng coalition army on the opposite side to collapse, then even if the entire Ao Han Department is lost here, it is worth it.
After the Houjin Route Army finally began to move, when Tu Taiji was volunteering to prepare for the battle, he was stopped by Cao Bianjiao, who was carefully observing with a telescope, and he thought that the advance speed of the opponent's Route Army was too slow.
Cao Bianjiao then ordered the Mongolian Self-Defense Army on the right wing of Sansumu in his own formation to go forward first and test who the target of the opposite road army was.
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