prosperous age

Chapter 214 Chapter 213
At the side door of the temporary government office in Baoan Prefecture, shortly after all the generals left, a soldier in full armor looked at the three people who had left, sighed, and just waited there quietly.

After a while, the side door was opened, and a soldier dressed the same as him came out.

"Are you sure there is no uncle here?"

The soldier asked the man outside the door.

"I didn't see it, I only saw Commander Zhang Heng Zhang, and people like Zhang Yu and Liao Yuan. The rest are just acquaintances. The relationship with the master and the uncle is just average. By the way, what does it say inside?"

After the man answered, he asked.

"It's not bad. The commander-in-chief sent Ma Fang to take care of the convoy. Let's go back and report immediately."

After a brief conversation, the two went to the nearby stables to pull out four war horses, greeted the guards, and rode away.

The two of them rode four out of the south gate of Baoanzhou, and ran directly to the Sanggan River before turning west. This route was also the route Wei Guangde and the others had made before.

But less than half a day after they left Baoanzhou, another dozen horses rushed into the east gate of Baoanzhou.

It was obvious that a dozen or so cavalry patrols outside were protecting the two knights in the circle. The two looked dusty and exhausted. One of them had an arrow stuck in his back, but the arrow seemed to be blocked by the armor. Resistance, not deep into the flesh.

However, from the thick blood on the gauze wrapped around the arrow, it can be seen that the bandage was sloppy, just to stop the bleeding, but for some reason the arrow was not fired.

Soon, the horse team rushed to the front of the temporary government office in the center of Baoanzhou. All the cavalry dismounted one after another, and then helped the wounded soldier to dismount. Bamboo tube ran into the official office with his right hand raised high.

Two days later in the morning, the gate of Huailai Acropolis, which had been closed for a long time, suddenly opened, and as groups of cavalry rushed out of the gate and scattered towards the surrounding plains, they quickly disappeared from sight.

Wei Guangde stood on the tower and watched the cavalry go away, then he turned to Li Zhen and said, "Master Li, tell them to go."

"it is good."

Li Zhen nodded to the commanders of the nearby Huailaiwei, then turned and went down the city wall. Soon after, with the sound of creaking wooden wheels rolling on the ground, carriages full of grain bags and fodder slowly moved forward. Drive out of Huailai Acropolis.

It wasn't until the convoy was half way out, when Dong Yiyuan came here with a brigade of cavalry under the city gate, that Wei Guangde turned around and smiled at the commanders of Huailaiwei: "I've been bothering you for a few days, let's leave this time. Also, please, my lords, guard the city closely, and don’t make any mistakes.”

"Master Wei, please rest assured, we all have the responsibility to protect the land and keep the people safe, and we dare not be negligent."

Commander Huailaiwei quickly responded.

Wei Guangde nodded with a smile, "When the Datong Army arrives, you can hand them the warrant I wrote, telling them to come to Huailai County immediately without delay."

In fact, this is the key point. Wei Guangde cherishes his life and does not want to confess that he is in Huailai County.

As far as the so-called powerful frontier army he has seen so far, Wei Guangde has given up hope, expecting them to defeat the Alta Ministry, the goal seems a bit far away.

We can only use the advantages of the Ming army, that is to defend the city, go to Huailai County, hoping to attract part of Altan Khan's men to attack the city here, and use the Xuanfu army and Datong army to win a battle. Well done.

After getting off the city wall, Li San led his horse to meet him. Wei Guangde turned on his horse skillfully, and after meeting Dong Yiyuan's men, he rode his horse out of Huailai Acropolis.

Not long after leaving the city, Wei Guangde slowed down his horse and asked Dong Yiyuan beside him, "Did you tell them? Let a team of Tartar scouts come in."

"Don't worry, my lord, there will be no mistakes."

Dong Yiyuan cupped his fists on the horse and said.

"Is Ma Fang really good at fighting?"

This side has already been done, so the rest is whether the people transferred from the Xuanfu can hold up the place at the critical moment. If it is still a soft-footed shrimp in the end, he, Mr. Wei Guangde, will be in danger.

The emergence of grain transport convoys is absolutely attractive to the current Alta Ministry, even if a certain price is paid.

Based on the current battle reports from various places and Wei Guangde's analysis, the 2-man Ida Department is stationed near Yanqing Prefecture to monitor the movements of the Ming army in Yanqing Prefecture. Responsible for the investigation in the direction of Yongning.

But Wei Guangde didn't think there were many Tartars here, and the initial estimate was several thousand horsemen, and their mission was not hard to guess. It must be prepared for the reinforcements in Ji Town in Guannei. Whether it is to stop or retreat, it has an early warning effect.

And in the direction of Baoanzhou is the main force of the Alda Department, tens of thousands of horses are gathered there, and at the same time the main force of the Ming army, the Xuanfu Army is also gathered here.

According to Dong Yiyuan's words, there is no problem at all for the Ming army to defend the Alta Division in Baoan Prefecture, but it seems very difficult to attack the Alta Division, let alone defeat the opponent.

According to Dong Yiyuan, the overall strength of the upcoming Datong Army is actually similar to that of the Xuanfu Army, and because the Xuanfu Army has been fighting against the Alda Department all year round, it seems to be slightly better.

My answer is divided into two groups, no matter which one is difficult to fight, at least it cannot be done with the current military strength of the Ming army.

Wei Guangde had no choice but to find a way to disperse the forces of Alta, hoping to find an opportunity to destroy a relatively weak force.

But after Li Zhen and Dong Yiyuan participated in the analysis, they were keenly aware that Wei Guangde's idea was right, but his approach was very dangerous, that is the attraction of grain and grass to our department.

Once it is determined that there is a large amount of food and grass in Huailai County, if the Alda Ministry chooses to attack with all its strength and rob the food and grass, the Ming army, whether it is Baoan Prefecture or Yanqing, may not dare to go all out to fight the Tartars. At that time, they will all be in danger.

If only a small number of Ming troops appeared in Huailai County, I Da Khan would ignore them, because with the strength of the Ming army in field combat, he would not believe that the Ming army dared to go out of the city to block the passage between Yanqing Prefecture and Baoan Prefecture.

Then it is necessary to increase the attractiveness of Huailai County, so they still loaded a lot of grain out of the Huailai Acropolis, but the number of grain carts was reduced by more than half, and the soldiers escorting the carts were only [-] soldiers recruited from the Huailai Acropolis and Dong Yiyuan. led cavalry.

The rest of the grain trucks will depart from Huailai Acropolis in the afternoon. Their destination is not Huailai County, but the detour they gave up before. After leaving Huailai Acropolis, they will go along the west bank of Yongding River Walk along the Sanggan River for a certain distance before crossing the river and head towards Baoanzhou. At that time, Li Zhen will send a messenger to contact Baoanzhou to send people to meet him on the Yanghe River.

The reason why it is still necessary for Li Zhen to lead most of the grain trucks to detour to Baoan Prefecture is mainly because the Xuanfu army has not much food left, which is only enough to last for about ten days.

This time, it is unknown what the final result will be when I attract some soldiers.

In the final evolution of the battle situation, either one of the Alta troops was repulsed by the Ming army, or they formed a triangular formation to contain each other.

The main force of the Ming army in Xuanfu was defending in Yanqing Prefecture, Baoan Prefecture and Huailai respectively, and the Alda Department was also divided into three parts.

In such a situation, at least the Ming army remains undefeated. If you need to win, you can only ask Mr. Weng Puweng at Juyong Pass to mobilize the town's army to leave the pass. Only by defeating the enemy in front of you with the Yanqing Prefecture garrison can you win. war situation.

However, even if Jizhen's army leaves the customs and enters the Xuanfu, will they definitely be able to defeat the Alda Department?

In short, after weighing the strength of the Ming army and the forces that could be mobilized, Wei Guangde chose a battle plan that at least guaranteed invincibility.

In fact, Weng Pu's strategy was roughly the same before. Even if the Datong Army rushed to the battlefield, it was to maintain a balanced situation, hoping to win a victory at a certain point to force the Alda Department to withdraw from the Great Wall.

If it can't be natural, it won't be forced, that is, to maintain a stalemate. It is really that the overall field combat capability of the Ming army has declined severely at this stage.

Since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne in the Ming Dynasty, especially the implementation of the Nayin Kaizhong Law, the strength of the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty began to go downhill at an accelerated rate. However, due to Zhu Houzhao's short life, this military reform failed to reverse the decline in the Ming army's combat power.

From the perspective of Wei Guangde, who was on the battlefield for the first time, in order to win, the Ming army needs to have an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield, otherwise it is best not to take any military adventures.

He also wanted to be like Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", handing out a bunch of tips to Xuanda's generals, and then winning the war.

Well, with the explosion of information in later generations, Wei Guangde already knows that most of the things in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are fictional. Zhuge Liang does not have very good military command skills. He should be said to be an excellent politician with a strategic vision.

The burning of Bowang was commanded by Liu Bei, and the burning of Xinye was completely fictional in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Zhou Yu contributed the most in the Battle of Chibi. In fact, Zhuge Liang was not able to carry out a real independent command until Liu Bei's death.

Of course, Zhuge Liang cannot be denied because of this. He should also have military talents. After all, after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang went south to defeat the southwest barbarian tribes and gentry armies, and he also made several northern expeditions to Cao Wei. Although they all failed in the end, at least it shows that he can unify Soldiers fight.

Wei Guangde's soul comes from later generations, and he knows very well what he should do as the first brother on the battlefield at this time. If he doesn't want to become a shooting star in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, then he should honestly arrange the battle plan.

Now go to Huailai County, which is defended by 1 infantry. According to Dong Yiyuan, even if the Anda Department mobilizes [-] horses, it may not be able to win in a short time.

In Huailai County itself, there are soldiers from two thousand households of the Ming army. In addition to the soldiers they brought in, there are also local young and strong who can be recruited at any time.

As for the transfer of Ma Fang from Bao'an Prefecture, Wei Guangde's careful thought was that if there were not many troops coming from our army, he would mobilize the Ming army to eat them; if the opponent was strong, then he would just guard the city gate.

If you really can't hold it, you can follow Ma Fang and Dong Yiyuan's cavalry back to Huailaiwei.

In war, in the end, we still have to rely on strength to speak.

In the history books, there are many cases of wars in which the sword took a slant and a surprise was won by a slant, but relatively speaking, it is still very rare.

Sun Tzu has an explanation for the way of Qizheng, "All warriors use righteousness to achieve victory."

Just looking at this paragraph, it seems that Sun Tzu is saying that the two armies are at war, and the frontal battlefield is often in a stalemate, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the winner.

The sudden appearance of surprise soldiers from either side breaks this dynamic balance, thus changing the situation on the battlefield, and the war is tilted towards the side that favors surprise soldiers, so that the "good at surprise" party has the initiative in the war. win.

But in fact, there is another sentence behind this sentence, that is, "The situation of the war is nothing but odds, and the changes of odds are invincible and poor."

There are no fixed surprise soldiers, and there is no fixed regular soldier. As for who is a surprise soldier and who is a regular soldier, it will change according to the situation on the battlefield. There is no fixed reason, so it is impossible to win.

As for how Wei Guangde knew these things, it is also thanks to the blessings of later generations of the Internet. Although I don’t know if the author who wrote these words is right, anyway, Wei Guangde thought it was very reasonable at that time, and it is still the same now.

As for why Wei Guangde thought of coming here, it was also because when they ran from General Shiguan to Huairou, Wei Guangde went to find the "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to hold his feet temporarily.

The ducks are about to be put on the shelves, can you not be in a hurry?

Wei Guangde had read a lot of books, but he really didn't read many military books, almost none. He never realized that he would one day go to the battlefield and become a small commander.

As the group was marching, it was no surprise that two groups of horses and horses appeared on the hill in the distance. The group of knights in front was slightly smaller, with only a dozen or so horses, while more than 20 riders followed behind.

"My lord, here we come."

At this time, Dong Yiyuan, who had been following Wei Guangde, whispered.

"Go ahead and hunt them down with all your might."

Wei Guangde pointed in that direction with his whip, and Dong Yiyuan turned the horse's head and rushed up with nearly a hundred cavalrymen.

Although the smoke and dust splashed by the horse's hoof is not large, it is enough to indicate the target.

The team of cavalry rushed here, and they were obviously taken aback when they saw the long convoy in the distance, but they did not slow down, but adjusted their direction slightly, drawing a perfect arc from one side of the convoy to They ran away, and behind them two groups of cavalry had already chased up, one left and one right.

Seeing Dong Yiyuan chasing those Tartar scouts away, Wei Guangde suddenly became nervous.

It was just planning before, but from this moment on, it was really put into action. The so-called bow has no turning back.

It was hard to suppress the nervousness. Wei Guangde swung his whip on the horse's buttocks, causing the horse to run faster. At the same time, he turned to Zhang Ji behind him and said, "Notify the team officers below, let them urge the soldiers to speed up, Hurry to Huailai County as soon as possible."

Yes, the Xuan Mansion is not safe in the wild at this time, and it is possible to encounter a surprise attack by the Tartar cavalry at any time.

In fact, no matter how fast they traveled, they would not be able to reach Huailai County tonight, and they had to spend the night in the wild.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the temporary camp is set up, there will be no big waves just by relying on the hundreds of Tartar scouts around here.

As for whether the team of Tartar scouts will rush back to deliver the letter, Wei Guangde is not worried, even if they run away, neither the security guards nor the IDA Department under Yanqing City will have time to intercept them on the way.

At this time, Wei Guangde could feel a little safe only by entering the city protected by the city wall.

(End of this chapter)