There are two flowers, one on each branch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Lord Wang took Chai Baochen and Yunlin and others to set off to Xuanfu, and the group walked for more than ten days, and finally came to the gate of Xuanfu. I saw soldiers standing on the city wall, guarding this place where soldiers must fight. In the woods outside the city gate, there are more soldiers training in an orderly manner, they are constantly changing their formations, this should be the city defense soldiers, and the training on the martial arts field is not quite the same, they are just routine patrols, but they have already shown extraordinary momentum. This place is really worthy of defending Kyoto, the throat of the Mongols going south, and the precautions are so tight.

Lord Wang's carriage traveled to the gate of the city, and he saw ten soldiers standing at the gate. Seeing a carriage coming, a soldier immediately stepped forward to interrogate. Lord Wang lifted the curtain and took out the appointment document. The soldier was illiterate, so he handed over the official document to the chief for a look, and after the chief read it, he was also respectful, nodded with the official document and came to the car, and handed it back to Lord Wang. Lord Wang nodded at him and lowered the curtain. The coachman drove into the city.

Lord Wang walked into the Daotai Yamen. Because his official position is to supervise the Xuanfu, although he is not the official military and political governor of the local government, he controls the three divisions (the political envoy department of the proclamation, the probationary envoy department, and the command of the envoy department), and holds the local military and political power. Therefore, there were already officials from the three divisions waiting to receive them in the yamen.

Lord Wang was not polite, and directly asked about the official affairs in the past month, and the officials handed over all the official duties clearly. Lord Wang couldn't help frowning when he looked at these official documents and files. Because there are several letters that have attracted the attention of Lord Wang. These letters came from different people and were sent at different times, and they were all information obtained by Ming Dynasty scouts who traveled thousands of miles and risked their lives.

Several pieces of information in the letter were very important, and after taking power in the summer, they took advantage of the abundant water and grass in the summer to incite their subordinates to plunder other tribes, actively expand outward, attack Hami in the west, and conquer Mughulstan on a large scale, which shocked the entire steppe tribe. At present, many small tribes of Mongolia are actively taking refuge in him, and are willing to give half of the tribe's population as his slaves, just to avoid being exterminated by him.

He also sent envoys to the Jurchens to establish rapprochement and intermarry with the leaders of Shazhou (now Dunhuang, Gansu) and Chijin Mongolia (northwest of present-day Yumen City). Now he is on an expedition to Uliangha.

"Chai Baochen, come here." Lord Wang pointed to the letters to Chai Baochen, who was standing aside. Chai Baochen picked it up and looked at it, he was not surprised by the few things mentioned in the letter, because he also knew that in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, he would also invade the Ming Dynasty in a big way, capture Ming Yingzong in the civil engineering change, and besiege the city of Beijing. Yexian is indeed a general, but his stage is very small, which also determines that his ending is sad. However, this person greatly impacted the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, resulting in the military of the Ming Dynasty slumping, and the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to build such a huge military force after losing 500,000 iron cavalry in the civil and engineering changes, and the Ming Dynasty also turned from offensive to defensive against Mongolia.

Chai Baochen put down the secret letter and said to Lord Wang: "My lord, my ability is not small!" I think we should strengthen our precautions now and curb his development, so as not to be passive in the future! ”

"Yes, but I am currently stable and prosperous, how can I look at the Tawara tribe, thinking that I will go on a large-scale expedition to the north during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and beat the Mongolian fart and urine, at that time, there will be many talents, all of them are people who have licked the blood on the tip of the knife for a lifetime, they must rush to the front every time they charge, killing people tirelessly, the soldiers are ashamed of themselves, the military is invincible. Looking at the present day, the promotion of peace has been a long time, although the sergeant also works weekdays, but when he really fights with Warat, he often can't win by relying on more, as long as he is undefeated and can kill some of his people, it is considered a war achievement. This is worrying! ”

"My lord, I want to ask you a question, why do our army often lose battles when they are fighting against Warat?" Chai Baochen asked, he wanted to confirm his thoughts through Lord Wang's words.

"Okay, I'll tell you about the Mongol cavalry." Lord Wang treated Chai Baochen as if he were a motivated son, and he said as he thought: "First, the Mongol cavalry is covered in armor, and the horses of the heavy cavalry are usually equipped with leather armor. And our soldiers are usually not equipped with war horses, only generals have war horses, the main reason is that our pastures are too small, and military horses cannot be supplied.

Second, the Mongol cavalry was usually armed with spears, and some soldiers were armed with maces. However, our soldiers mainly use long knives, and knives that are too heavy are not conducive to the combat use of our army. Sixty percent of the Mongol cavalry were light cavalry, they were mobile and flexible, usually only equipped with helmets, without armor, and their main weapons were bows, which were oversized, requiring at least 170 pounds of pulling force, and had an effective range of 200 to 300 meters. Light cavalry is mobile and flexible, providing support, cover, and reconnaissance for heavy cavalry.

Third, every time the Mongol cavalry went out, it must carry a large number of empty horses. If you are tired of riding, you will change a batch, and you can gallop thousands of miles in a day and night, so it is extremely mobile and has the reputation of being elusive.

Fourth, and something we won't do, the reserve supply of the Mongol cavalry is very easy. They are running away, if there is a shortage of food, and when they encounter a place with water, they will kill some tired horses and eat them, and the horse meat is hungry, so they also have plenty of physical strength to march with one meal a day.

Fifth, during the battle, the Mongolian cavalry was good at bluffing, they held high the banner, a large number of war horses galloped together, bringing up the yellow sand in the sky, rolling in, overwhelming, our army could not tell how many cavalry there were, how many empty horses. They will blow the conch again, whining and whining, and the sound is low and distant, which makes people frightened.

Sixth, the Mongol cavalry was very good at equestrianism, and when the horses galloped, they fell asleep on the horses, so as to reduce the resistance during the march. Our troops sometimes misjudged that the enemy had more empty horses and less cavalry, and when they rushed in front of the enemy, they jumped up and killed our army by surprise. ”

"My lord, listening to you is better than ten years of study, and I have been taught. However, in the course of listening to your speech just now, I discovered the shortcomings of the Mongol cavalry. ”

"Oh?" Lord Wang's eyes lit up, looking at Chai Baochen's very confident appearance, and hurriedly said, "Say it quickly!" ”

"My lord, I think that our army has some advantages, and the Mongol army obviously does not have them. You just pointed out that the Mongol cavalry was agile and good at charging in dense formations, I wonder if you have ever thought about how you can effectively kill and injure them? ”

Lord Wang frowned and thought deeply, as if he had thought of something, but he couldn't grasp it, so he asked, "Say what you think of quickly." ”

"My lord, think about it, if you use gunpowder and use firearms and howitzers to carry out indiscriminate strikes, what will be the result?" Chai Baochen looked at Lord Wang and smiled.