prosperous age

Chapter 216 215 New Ideas
Hearing Wei Guangde's question, Ma Fang said without hesitation: "There are only 4 households around Altan, about [-] people, including [-] elite cavalry.

His son Huang Taiji still has more than 4000 cavalry, but there should be only a few thousand elites. His younger brother Qingtaiji has about [-] soldiers and horses. It is estimated that there are three to [-] people.

In addition, Altan also conquered some large and small tribes. If forced conscription, it is estimated that two or three thousand households can be collected. "

"Then how many people did I Da Khan bring into the customs this time, and how many elites are there? Are they from the headquarters or from his son or brother?"

Wei Guangde asked immediately, and at the same time, he was calculating in his heart, forty thousand and two ten thousand. As for Ma Fang's claim that another two or three thousand households were collected, Wei Guangde didn't take it seriously. It is these tribes that may follow the Altan tribe, but have not been assigned to others.

Calculated, Al Da Khan can use about [-] cavalry, and the elite counts to less than [-]. This is the entire force, and there must be at most half of them entering the Great Wall.

It's no wonder that Weng Pu didn't dare to move the Jizhen army over, and really needed to guard against the other 4 horses.

"According to previous reports from the scouts, it is estimated that Altan brought about 2 troops into the Great Wall this time, and the brigade is still outside the Great Wall."

Ma Fang replied a little strangely to Wei Guangde's questioning.

Because the Tartars that Ida Khan brought into the pass had already made a judgment, he was not sure why Wei Guangde asked this.

"As for which troops to bring, I think the more than 3000 cavalry in Baoan Prefecture should be Altan's Royal Court Guard and one Wanhu. The elite may be 5000 from the Royal Guard and the elite of Wanhu. It is estimated that There are about [-] people.

As for Yanqing, I haven't seen it. It's hard to tell if it's Huangtaiji or Qingtaiji's people, or it's Altan's own ten thousand households. "

Ma Fang went on to say that it is natural to say that you don't know if you don't know, so as not to be punished by mistake.

Regarding Ma Fang's answer, Wei Guangde was noncommittal, because he did not have an answer, but only analyzed the meaning of Ma Fang's words, and he felt that the possibility was still very high.

In the past, the Ming court regarded the Ida Department as a whole, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the Ida Department is actually composed of three parts.

"According to your guess, there are still 4 people in the Anda Department outside the customs, so it is very likely that his son Huang Taiji is in command."

Wei Guangde analyzed at this time, as for the willingness, it is very simple, no matter how weak the Ming army is, what if something happens?
At that time, their father and son will all be made dumplings inside the Great Wall. Such a result is definitely not what I Dahan wants to see.

"It's hard to say."

Ma Fang shook her head at Wei Guangde's words, and did not give any attitude.

"Okay, one last question."

Wei Guangde couldn't sit still anymore, he got up and walked and said: "You have been stationed in Xuanfu all year round. I am from the south, but like you, I am from a military household. Now I want to hear the truth, Xuanfu Compared with the Mongolian soldiers, how big is the difference in combat power?"

When he said this, Wei Guangde was already standing in front of Ma Fang. He believed that this man would give him a more accurate answer because he dared to fight.

A person who dares to fight and kill can still live to this day, it is definitely not just luck, at least under his appearance of fighting and fighting, he is definitely a person who is good at calculation.

Only when you have a relatively objective assessment of the combat power of the Ming soldiers and the Mongolian soldiers in your heart, will you dare to fight in a confident situation.

It is all nonsense to defeat the strong with the weak, to fight with one's back, or to say that the underdog must win. If one is not strong enough, one will die, and there can be no miracles.

It's just that Wei Guangde's words put Ma Fang in a difficult situation. He understood what Master Xiao Wei meant. He wanted to know the combat power of the Ming army, and maybe he wanted to calculate how many troops were needed to defeat the Ida troops who entered the customs. You can win.

"I know that the Ming army mainly consisted of infantry and less cavalry. Just tell me and do it according to your own ideas."

Wei Guangde added.

"The Mongols are mainly cavalry. There are so many horses raised there that children can ride on horses and pick up weapons to become warriors."

Ma Fang did not answer Wei Guangde's words immediately, but referred to the Mongol warriors, "For the elite Mongolian cavalry, even if the infantry of the Ming army formed an formation, the chance of fighting them ten to one is slim. Ride away.

If it is like the Ming army cavalry we recruited, two-on-one wins, our equipment is better than Mongolian elite cavalry, one-on-one is a bit more difficult, if you want to count, the strength is also close, but if my men, you can One hits both of them. "

Seeing that Ma Fang was blowing up again, Wei Guangde had no choice but to control the topic by himself, and then interrupted and asked, "Then what about the combat power of ordinary soldiers you mentioned earlier?"

"Ordinary Mongolian soldiers are average in combat strength, and they can also ride horses and shoot arrows. They don't have much combat experience. In fact, these people are usually herdsmen, and they are only recruited temporarily when there is a war.

If you don't run to the death, if you fight the Ming army head-on, the infantry can kill them as long as they form an formation. In fact, the combat power of the cavalry is not much different, that is, the Mongolian elite is much stronger than the Ming army cavalry. "

Ma Fang continued Wei Guangde's words, and made a simple comparison between the combat power of the Mongols and the infantry of the Ming army.

"Are the Mongols who followed you from Baoanzhou elite or ordinary? You should have seen it, tell me."

Wei Guangde frowned, then asked again.

"Ordinary, not many elites."

Hearing Ma Fang's answer, Wei Guangde nodded, turned back to his seat and sat down.

"If my lord wants to eat them, I will take my subordinates to kill them tonight."

Ma Fang was not an idiot, she immediately guessed what Wei Guangde was thinking, maybe he really wanted to attack the Tartars outside the city and destroy them.

"Don't worry, there is still enough food and grass in Bao'an Prefecture for a few days, we have time to wait, at least let your men rest tonight, and we will talk about fighting tomorrow."

Wei Guangde said with a smile.

Several people chatted in the room for a while, and Wei Guangde asked Dong Yiyuan to take the three of them down to rest first and have a welcome banquet. Forget it, and you can't drink on the battlefield.

After the four retreated, Wei Guangde walked to the desk and stared at the map, calculating rapidly in his mind.

At this time, An Dahan should already know that there is Ming army food and grass in Huailai County, and he will recruit troops from Baoan Prefecture or Yanqing in the future.

Tonight, Wei Guangde would take action to destroy this group of Tartar cavalry. When Ma Fang proposed it, Wei Guangde did not think about it, but he was worried that if Altan Khan sent troops directly from Baoan Prefecture to reinforce the Tartars in the city, then tonight It will arrive if possible, and the time difference between the time when the scouts go back and the time they set off will not exceed one day.

It would be dangerous if reinforcements from the other side arrived when they were raiding the enemy outside the city.

However, with Ma Fang's analysis of the combat power of the Ming army and the Mongolian army, Wei Guangde felt that the difference in combat power between the two armies did not seem to be as big as he thought.

In fact, what Ma Fang said was based on the fact that the Mongols got on their horses, and they would fight if they won, and run if they couldn't win, so they took the initiative from the beginning.

As for the frequent defeats of the Ming army in Bianzhen, Wei Guangde can also understand that they only pick soft persimmons, what can you do.

But obviously, Liu Dazhang, the current chief military officer of Xuanfu, is incompetent.

According to what Ma Fang said, there are more than [-] Ming troops stationed in Baoan Prefecture. In fact, after the formation, they can fight with the Ida Department. It's just that Liu Dazhang is worried that he will be punished by the court if he loses the battle, so he simply shrinks. Head tortoise, waiting for the Datong army to arrive.

Starting from the 29th year of Jiajing, in a few years, the Ming army did not expect that the Ming army would degenerate into such a state of fear of war.

Before Wei Guangde knew that the battle between Bianzhen and the Tartars was not going well, he always thought it was because of the soldiers. After all, referring to the inland guards, it is still very simple to draw such a conclusion.

And the civil servants of the current dynasty probably had the same idea as him at that time, thinking that the Ming army was not strong enough.

However, no one thought that before Zhou Shangwen, the Tartars could only make small noises at the border, make some noise, and run away immediately because the Ming army brigade had already been killed, and it would be dangerous if they didn't run away.

This shows that the Ming army has an advantage in a large corps battle with the Mongols.

How to say that the frontier troops are all regular troops, just like what Ma Fang said earlier, the main force of the Tartars is still herdsmen, and there are not many real professional soldiers, that is, the elite Tartars he calls.

Looking at Huailai, Baoan, and Yanqing on the map, Wei Guangde guessed that it might be too late for An Da to send someone to contact Yanqing, and he would choose to send two or 3000 people from his side to Huailai County to trap the Ming army's grain transport convoy.

Regardless of the real situation of the Ming army in Baoan Prefecture, as long as they surround Huailai County and make it difficult for the convoy to move, the Ming army in Baoan Prefecture will naturally retreat due to lack of food and grass.

Even if the Ming army does not retreat, there is only one way for them, and that is to take the initiative to approach Huailai County to seek food and grass supplies. At that time, no matter whether the Ming army is advancing or retreating, as long as the Ming army breaks away from the protection of the city wall and goes to the wild, he can go halfway. Look for an opportunity to attack the Ming army.

Field battles, raids, and rushing to fight before the formation of the Ming army, it is difficult not to win such battles.

Wei Guangde analyzed Altan Khan's possible plan, and it was probably like this.

And as an opponent, how should he play his cards?

Wei Guangde is actually a bit blind right now, he doesn't know what to do.

At the beginning, he ran to Huailai County with great fanfare, just to attract Altan Khan's attention and to attract his troops to come here, while he waited here for the arrival of the Datong Army.

Another one is to help Li Zhen complete the task of transporting grain. As long as Al Dahan's attention is drawn to Huailai County, the chances of Li Zhen's grain transport convoy reaching Baoan Prefecture will be doubled.

He was in Huailai, so he could naturally do nothing, wait for the Datong army to arrive, and force Altan Khan to withdraw with the cavalry with absolute advantage.

The original plan was like this, but as soon as Ma Fang said it, Wei Guangde suddenly felt that he could do something to deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the IDA Department.

The fighting strength of the Ming army was not as weak as imagined, this is where Wei Guangde's confidence lies.

In fact, this is also the case. If the Ming army's combat power is really weak, I am afraid that it should not be Jiajing but I Dahan in Beijing.

In the past, Wei Guangde was only affected by later generations, and because he was more or less a little bit behind the capital, so he really didn't expect that the Ming army's combat power was declining, but in fact it still maintained a considerable combat power.

It's just that this kind of combat power has become more difficult to be noticed after the border town castle has been repeatedly attacked by the Alta tribe. Perhaps even the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have forgotten that their ancestors once swept across the entire desert.

And what about now?
A raging soldier, and a raging nest.

The current situation in the Xuanfu seems to be like this. Liu Dazhang can't do it, and the entire Xuanfu army is in trouble.

Tens of thousands, 10,000+ Ming army faced tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry and did not dare to fight. It is estimated that they were afraid of losing the battle, and their subordinates were strictly restrained by those general officers and were not allowed to fight.

Thinking of what Ma Fang said, besides the Wang Ting Guards, there is only one Wanhu beside Altan Khan in Baoan Prefecture. Now 2000 people from this Wanhu have arrived at Huailai City, and there are only 8000 people left in Baoan Prefecture.

If Altan Khan continues to mobilize troops to surround the grain transportation convoy, even if only 3000 people are used, then there will only be half a thousand households around Altan Khan in Baoan Prefecture, and there will only be about 8000 people including the Royal Guards.

To eat 5000 people in Huailai County, the strength of the army is slightly insufficient.

At this time, Wei Guangde made his own judgment on the forces inside and outside the city.

There are now less than 2000 cavalry and nearly 5000 infantry in the city.

Let Ma Fang take people out to eat them first?The infantry bypassed the city and the Tartars formed an formation behind them to deal with reinforcements?
What will I Da Khan do if he eats the 5000 people here?
Call more troops to come for revenge?
Or run away immediately?

Don’t think about Yanqing’s side. The strength there can only barely protect itself. I said Khan was worried that Jizhen’s army would go out, but he didn’t know that Weng Pu never planned to mobilize Jizhen’s troops to participate in this war from the very beginning. I came here because I was worried that the Mongolian Tartars outside the pass would raid the capital.

Huailai's side, as far as it is concerned, has the strength to fight the Tartars, but it can only fight the 2000 troops outside the city. It will be difficult if there are reinforcements, unless the Datong Army can fly to join the battle at this time.

On the contrary, it is Baoan Prefecture, which has always been afraid of war and avoiding war, who has the upper hand.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde's eyes fell on the location of Baoan Prefecture. After the mobilization of troops from the Alta Department, there were only 8000 troops left in Baoan Prefecture including Alta Khan's guards.

Suddenly, he remembered Ma Fang's suggestion in Bao'an Prefecture, to concentrate the whole army to storm Altan Khan's camp.

Calculating silently, it is confirmed that if Al Da Khan really deploys troops to reinforce the Tartars who came here, then the troops in Baoan Prefecture will be even more insufficient.

This is actually an opportunity for the Ming army.

After defeating the Tartars in Huailai County, Altan Khan can choose to shrink or retreat.

What if I let the place in my arms attract the attention of An Dahan, and I ran to Baoan Prefecture by myself to force Liu Dazhang to fight?

Baoan Prefecture provoked a war, even if they could not win, at least they would maintain the current situation.

And once he wins, the benefits he gets will be huge.

Thinking of Weng Pu who wanted to come in person from the very beginning, this old guy has really poisonous vision, and he can see at a glance that the safest area on the battlefield is actually in Baoan Prefecture, where there is Xuanfu Army.

How to go?
When we got there, what should we do if Liu Dazhang is disobedient?
If it was Weng Pu, Liu Dazhang would not dare not listen.
(End of this chapter)