Song Nan looked at everyone's embarrassed expressions and smiled, got up and walked off the red carpet in front of the handsome case, and said with a smile: "Generals, everyone must have had a lot of questions in their hearts in the past few days after the war, and I have heard a lot of them in private. Regarding the Battle of Jingyu, do you think we won or lost? I want to hear your heart today. ”

Generals, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke for a while, and in silence, Xu Tai, the commander of the martial arts camp, spoke: "General, let's say a few words." ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "It is best for Hou Ye Xu to start with." The Beijing battalion that accompanied me on the expedition did not lose to the officers and men of the local guard station this time, and I am gratifying. ”

Xu Tai rolled his eyes, is this also a compliment?

"General, although I didn't contribute much to this battle, I still saw this battle clearly in the game; The strength of our army is almost the same as that of the Tartars, but from the point of view of combat power, our army is slightly inferior, and under the general's strategy, the victory or defeat of this battle is actually obvious, although it cannot be regarded as a big victory, but it is certainly a victory, there is no doubt about this. ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Finally, there is someone to say fairly, I want to listen to the latter words." ”

Xu Tai said: "General, I tell you the truth, please forgive me for the offense." ”

Song Nan smiled and nodded.

"This battle is designed by the general, and our soldiers are basically carrying out the general's orders, and the military orders in the army are like mountains, and the general's orders are the king's law, and no one can question it. After the war, since the general wants to listen to our real thoughts, then I will also express my heart. Although this battle was won, the things behind it were actually very difficult to handle, the 40,000 Tartar army went deep into the hinterland, and it was difficult for my foot cavalry to follow up and kill, and the destructive power was huge. At that time, he thought that if our army blocked the east with the main force, he would not let the little Tatar prince go east. Break out and join the Tartar cavalry, I'm afraid the result will be much better. ”

Jiang Bin frowned and said, "Brother Xu, your afterthought is loud enough, who wouldn't say this?" ”

Xu Tai argued: "That's what I thought at the time, it's just that I can't disobey the general's military order, but it's not an afterthought." ”

Jiang Bin chirped: "Nonsense, at that time, you said that the general was resourceful, but I heard it." ”

Xu Tai shouted: "The general's wisdom is unparalleled, who can compare?" I don't know what the general's intentions are, but the bald man walked into the set step by step according to the general's design. I mean, if the Great General can think about the follow-up, it's a perfect battle. ”

"Fart, fart, how clever do you look?" Jiang Bin said sarcastically mercilessly.

Xu Tai blushed and didn't make a sound, he didn't want to say these words to make Song Nan dissatisfied with him, speaking of which, he and Jiang Bin are both Song Nan's descendants, and he is also Song Nan's support today, the reason why he said these words is still in consideration of the battle situation, not to count Song Nan's mistakes.

Song Nan waved his hand to stop the dispute between the two, and said with a straight face: "Don't argue, I will explain this matter to you a little and you will understand my intentions." Xu Tai's words about using the main force to intercept and force the Bald Mengke and his rear army to converge, and it is best to capture the Bald Mengke and the Tartar rear army in one fell swoop, which is a good idea. In reality, however, this is not possible. ”

The generals listened attentively to the reason, but listened to Song Nan talk eloquently: "The bald man is the king of the Tatar country, and his status is equivalent to that of the emperor of my Ming Dynasty. On that day, if we were forced to join the Bald Warrior with the army behind it, our army would indeed be able to encircle and annihilate it with superior forces. But have you ever thought about how the 30,000 Tartar cavalry in the city will react once they learn that their lord is trapped and cannot escape? ”

"Of course, it's to go back to the rescue." A general said.

Song Nan said: "Yes, not only rescue, but desperate rescue, because that is their commander, the monarch, he will be defeated if he dies, so they will immediately abandon Jingyu City and turn back to attack." In that case, it wasn't us who cut through their defenses, but they made our dumplings. ”

"Don't we have that? What...... Call...... Mines, yes, mines. One of them asked.

Song Nan sighed slightly: "First, the Tartars will desperately come back to the rescue, and the heavenly mines can't stop it, and secondly, our mines are not many, and if they rush hard, they will definitely rush over." The reason why they retreated that day was because there was no danger of life and death for the bald men, and the Tartar soldiers did not have the idea of death. Let the bald man and the main force converge, is to let him have the idea of preserving his strength, otherwise he will be cornered, that is a frontal fight, in that case, what is the use of all kinds of plans? ”

The generals suddenly realized, there is such a psychological game in this, think about it, the monarch is surrounded and can't get out, and his soldiers and horses will fight desperately to save it, just like Zhengde was wrapped in dumplings, will the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty still worry about any casualties? It's not a strong rush to save people. Whether you can go east or west seems to be an easy and simple choice, but in fact, the game is hidden and complicated.

"Some of you think that the 40,000 cavalry of the Tartars penetrated deep into the hinterland, which is an unwise move to lure wolves into the house. But I don't think so. No matter how strong he is, cutting off his back and losing the source of supplies, where will his 40,000 cavalrymen come from? Of course, they will plunder everywhere, attack small county towns, and sack small villages and towns, and the Tartars are famous for their warfare. But if such a price can be exchanged for the annihilation of the main force of the 40,000 Tatar cavalry, so that the Tatars will never recover, is it worth it? In my opinion, it's worth it. ”

"So, this qiē is all expected by the general?" Xu Tai asked with a glare.

"The matter of fighting a war cannot be arbitrarily speculated, there is no sure victory, all we can do is to ensure that the chances of winning are as big as possible, I do what I think must be done, as for the result depends on the destiny of heaven."

"However, the general mobilized soldiers and horses from all directions to besiege the Tartar cavalry, and ordered the wall to clear the wilderness, is it to trap the Tartars? Why are our armies always stationed here? Why are we approaching the Tartar army, and now we have the advantage, cooperating with the soldiers and horses of other state capitals to encircle and annihilate it? A guard general asked.

Song Nan said: "Good question, the siege of Jianbi Qingye is indeed to cut off the supply source of the Tartars, the Tartars have lost the siege weapons such as the Condor cannon, and the ability to attack the Dazhou capital has been greatly weakened, I mobilized soldiers and horses from all over Shaanxi to gather in the two prefectures of Lingzhou and Guyuan, and ordered the people to move into these two cities, because it is not easy for the Tartars to capture these two large state capitals." Now Guyuan has 8,000 reinforcements rushed by Lord Yang Yiqing and Qingyang Pingliang, plus 4,000 people from Guyuan itself, there are 12,000 people stationed, not to mention that it will definitely be defended, but it is not easy for Tatars to take it lightly. And Lingzhou has 12,000 reinforcements from Yansui and Yan'an Mansion, plus 2,000 men and horses from Lingzhou is enough. There are still two guards and horses in Ningxia Town, but they cannot be moved for the time being, which is to prevent the Tatar soldiers and horses in the territory of the Tatar State from desperately attacking Ningxia Town. ”

"General, then we are guarding here? We have no arrangements for the nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses in our hands. Xu Taidao.

Song Nan said lightly: "The Tartars are very cunning, and our mobility is not as good as theirs, so we can't strike first, but strike later." When they move, we can move. I judged that they did not move in the small city of Jin'an, one hundred and fifty miles away, because they wanted to see the movement of our army. Once we move, we give them a chance. Now the Tartars have three choices, one is to take the road to the west, and flee the same way, and if we stay here, we will cut off their escape path from here to the west. The second option is to take Guyuan, which can go east or south; The third option is to attack Lingzhou in the north, and then take the town of Ningxia. The purpose of summoning you here today is to determine where the Tartars will march. ”

"Didn't the general say that if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move? When they move, don't we know right away? One of the generals asked.

"You're learning and using, but you're a little too old-fashioned. These are not dead principles, but must be put to good use. If we don't move, it doesn't mean that we don't think about the movements of the Tartars, and now that ten days have passed since the Battle of Jinglu, the Tartars' grain, grass and dry food are almost the same, if they can't loot enough grain and grass to maintain the army, they must make a decision. They were cavalry, and if they had moved first, we would have arrived a few days before we attacked, and by the time we arrived, I am afraid the battle would have ended. Neither of these two capitals can afford to fail, otherwise it will be a catastrophe. Song Nan said.

"What the commander means is that since the Tartars are definitely going to risk attacking a certain side, we must anticipate in advance, not to mention that the enemy aircraft will be the first, at least we can't arrive too late, and we can't let either of the two state capitals fall into the hands of the Tartars." Xu Tai pondered. ，

Song Nan nodded and praised: "Exactly, Marquis Xu is worthy of being a diligent thinker, and he understands what I mean." ”

Jiang Bin glanced at Xu Tai and said, "Praise you." ”

Xu Tai rolled his eyes and turned around.