The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 420 The Advantage Is Not Him

Ningxia.

Zhu Feng led his troops back to Ningxia Town, and immediately went to see Yang Yiqing after entering the city. After Zhu Feng led the troops out of the city, Zhu Feng had no chance to see Yang Yiqing again. The expected reinforcements did not come, and Yang Yiqing stayed behind. Inside the Acropolis.

"Yang Zhongcheng."

Zhu Feng was still dissatisfied.

This month, he has been tossed a lot, not only losing his troops, but also damaging his reputation in the army. More importantly, he spent the whole day in fear.

It was agreed that we were going to face a strong enemy together and send troops together according to the order, but I was the only one going there?What about monkey playing?
Yang Yiqing said: "In the past two days, the various routes in Ningxia reported no signs of Tatar activities, and the Tatars withdrew. Marquis Anbian's blocking should be the first achievement."

Zhu Feng said with a dejected expression: "Yang Zhongcheng, don't make fun of me. I really found out that we are not as good as the Tartars in this battle. We will retreat as soon as the Tartars come. There is no way to fight, and the Tatars have learned to be good now. There was never a frontal attack, the troops were very scattered, and we specially captured our troops in the rear, only one tartar was caught on the way...not a single head was brought back."

This remark is close to the straightforward truth.

After hearing the words, Yang Yiqing couldn't help showing a look of worry between his brows.

He was also wondering, what the hell is this?Say you have merit, but you demean yourself first?The Tatars withdrew, and you won't be credited for this. Could it be that Qin Hong, the trilateral system, managed it well?

We always have to play to the court, either to ask for merit or for sin, don't you know this?
"Say you are, you are." Yang Yiqing's face was stern.

On the matter of running the army, Yang Yiqing didn't like to argue with others, and because of his seriousness, he didn't like Zhu Feng's sloppy appearance.

Do what you are asked to do, you are a martial arts leader, how can you talk so much nonsense?Don't know that our traditional civil servants look down on you?

Zhu Feng said: "Yang Zhongcheng, please forgive me for saying something bad..."

Yang Yiqing was also annoyed.

You know it's not pleasant, so tell me?Don't you know what it means to obey orders?

Before Yang Yiqing could utter a word to reprimand him, Zhu Feng was already talking there, "It's very strange that the Tatars retreated this time, or if something major happened in the rear, from what I saw, they had to retreat."

Yang Yiqing frowned and said, "You mean, there is civil strife behind the Tatars?"

Zhu Feng shook his head: "I mean, is it possible that His Majesty has already secretly dispatched famous figures such as Duke Lai to lead troops to attack his rear, and they have no choice but to retreat?"

On this matter, Zhu Feng did not know any information in advance, and he said this purely out of "worship" of Zhang Zhou.

I, Zhu Zhijie, know very well that the Tatars were not repulsed by me, let alone frightened by me. The troops in Ningxia Town are already the most elite. If the Tatars' retreat has nothing to do with me...it can be so awesome It can only be my "omnipotent" brother Zhang who is holding the Tatars back.

Only I understand that my brother Zhang will definitely rescue me when I am in danger.

Yang Yiqing looked unhappy and said: "At present, there is no sign of Ming Dynasty sending troops. People from all walks of life, including Yansui, Datong, Pianguan, etc., have not heard that soldiers and horses are approaching the grassland."

The lag of the news also made Yang Yiqing unable to figure out the crux of the problem.

Even if Yang Yiqing had a military strategy, could he have imagined that it was Wang Shouren from northern Liaobei who led [-] troops to surprise the Tatar rear and forced Batu Mengke to bring his troops back to help?What kind of brains does it take to think of this layer?
Not to mention that Yang Yiqing didn't believe it, no one in Zooming Ming could believe that someone would dare to play this kind of strategy, otherwise Ma Wensheng wouldn't jump out and accuse Zhang Zhou of trying to play tricks every time... and he didn't have ordinary strength, and the Tatars stationed in the rear Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are enough to deal with it, and there is no need for Batu Mengke to return the troops in person.

Without considering this layer, there seems to be only one explanation...

That is, Batu Monk had already robbed, and felt that it was unnecessary to continue fighting like this, so he withdrew his troops.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Yang Yiqing planned to attribute the credit to Zhu Feng, saying that it was Zhu Feng's meritorious service in defending against the enemy and forcing the Tatars to withdraw their troops... In this way, it would sound nice when reporting to the court, and the credit seemed to belong to Zhu Feng But if he deserves merit, he, the governor, also deserves merit. Even if he is guilty in the end, Yang Yiqing can try his best to put the guilt on Zhu Feng.

The usual means of civil servants.

Everyone likes credit, and no one likes to be blamed.

Zhu Feng asked: "Then how will this battle be played? I...I want to apologize. This battle has shown that I am not capable of presiding over one side's military affairs. I want to go back and practice more."

Go back to practice?

Yang Yiqing wanted to say, your "apology" is very good, you are deliberately embarrassing me, right?
I said I want to show you merit, but you want to ask for guilt. You want to drag the entire Ningxia officials and generals system into the scapegoat with you, don't you?

"Marquis of An Bian, please be careful." Yang Yiqing was also not easy to reason with Zhu Feng, after all Zhu Feng was deeply favored by the emperor, don't let him Yang Yiqing and the generals below suffer because Zhu Feng pleaded guilty and nothing happened to Zhu Feng.

Yang Yiqing originally wanted to use the governor's power to suppress Zhu Feng, but he never thought that Zhu Feng's "pleading guilty" rhetoric would make Yang Yiqing very passive. Yang Yiqing originally wanted to suppress Zhu Feng and take the initiative. Now But it seems... being led by the nose by Zhu Feng.

"You can put off the performance for two days, and wait for the latest news of the Tatars to come back. Before that, you can't play it yourself."

To prevent Zhu Feng from jumping over him, Yang Yiqing went directly to the Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of War, or the Emperor.

He knew that Zhu Feng had this authority.

"Yeah." Zhu Feng seemed to be okay.

From the beginning, he didn't use "pleading guilty" to fight back against Yang Yiqing, he sincerely felt that he was not capable, so he didn't understand why Yang Yiqing suddenly seemed "kind" to him.

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Zhu Feng has been busy for more than 20 days, so she went back to rest first.

Yang Yiqing called Song Lan, the guest of honor, and Li Sun from Qianhu, who accompanied Zhu Feng, to come over.

In front of Yang Yiqing, Li Sun explained Zhu Feng's recent march in detail: "... Marquis An Bian worked very hard, but he always couldn't make up his mind. When encountering the enemy, Marquis An Bian also tried his best, but the Tatar troops from all walks of life were too powerful, and it was difficult for the Shenwei cannon to be used, so..."

Although Li Sun was on Yang Yiqing's side from the bottom of his heart.

But he didn't dare to criticize Zhu Feng casually.

To be able to say that Zhu Feng is "indecisive" is his lowest evaluation of Zhu Feng.

But in fact, Zhu Feng's problem is not only indecision, even Li Sun has never seen Zhu Feng leading troops like this... As the commander, is he actually a fool?It's like a headless chicken. Leading troops is just a joke. If this kind of person doesn't assign him a coach, it's really a hell.

"Okay, go down." Yang Yiqing told Li Sun to leave first.

After Li Sun left, Yang Yiqing looked at Song Lan and said, "What do you think?"

Song Landao: "In my opinion, it is still as discussed before, and I will show my merits to the Marquis of Anbian. This way, since your Majesty has something to say to the ministers of the court, it will also look good on each other."

This also reveals a chaotic situation in the military and political affairs of the Northwest.

It's not that the Northwest officials have to "falsely report military exploits" or deliberately whitewash the peace. It's just that showing meritorious service is more in line with the expectations of the court.

to be honest.

The emperor didn't want to see failure, neither did the ministers, and the generals of the Northwest Army didn't want to see it...Anyway, the mountains in the northwest are far away from the emperor. up?
If you encounter a defeat and do not report it, it means you have not lost.

Why do you have to break the casserole and ask the end of the black pot?What is black is what is white, and the whole court agrees, and then kills those who have doubts, so that the majority of the people know that singing and dancing can lead to peace.

Yang Yiqing said angrily, "Zhu Zhijie just came back and told me that he wanted to make an apology."

"Sorry?"

Song Lan almost wanted to say, what is he planning?
We will give you credit, and when you go back, you will no longer be a bear, but a hero.

It's fine if you don't accept our kindness, but you still want to plead guilty, then where do you put us?
Yang Yiqing said: "I'll let him go back and calm down first, suspend the matter of the performance, and talk to the supervisory censor later, and see how this matter should be reported."

Song Lan looked unbelievable, and said with a wry smile: "People with backers in the court have different styles of doing things. Do you say he is reckless? Or is he thoughtful?"

Yang Yiqing asked: "Do you also think that he may be deliberately putting pressure on us?"

"Otherwise?" Song Landao said, "as Marquis Anbian, he can serve under the command of Marquis Weining, Duke Lai, and Wang Dehua of Pianguan successively, and he can also win His Majesty's trust. Will people believe it? But is he really brave? If he doesn't even have a plan, what else can he do?"

Song Lan is "overestimating" Zhu Ershao.

He thought Zhu Feng had deep meaning in what he did, but in fact Zhu Feng was just a melon, so he must not be talking about Zhu Zhijie if he was brave and scheming.

The life Zhu Feng pursues is just to be a playboy in the city of Nanjing. People with no ambitions to speculate on the deep meaning of his actions are actually complicating simple problems.

Song Lan said: "From this point of view, we need to negotiate with him as soon as possible. Since he wants to exert pressure, he must ask for something. As long as he can calm down and calm down, Ying Ning, you may have to... give in."

"Ah."

Although Yang Yiqing was reluctant, he still nodded.

I can't figure out what Zhu Feng's intentions are, but I just feel that this kid is deliberately embarrassing us, so I go to negotiate with this kid.

Just ask you boy, what exactly do you need?
The big deal is to satisfy you!

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September [-], at noon.

Sixty miles northeast of Guanshan Mountain in the grassland, a big battle is about to begin.

On the Tatar side, with the Chahar tribe as the main force, there were six to seven thousand troops on the top of a hill in the direction of the Ming army's advance, and there were more than ten thousand troops chasing behind the Ming army.

It is equivalent to saying that the Tatars used nearly three times as many soldiers and horses, and they were bound to block the advance of the Ming army before the Ming army moved further westward.

When the Tatars began to line up.

Wang Shouren immediately ordered that Guan Jing personally lead [-] soldiers and horses, cooperate with the army's [-] artillery pieces, and the [-] soldiers and horses all armed with flint blunderbusses, and launch a vigorous charge against the Tatar camp.

Chasing soldiers from behind, attacking from front to back, seemed to be of no importance to Wang Shouren.

"Only when the Tatars, old and weak, women and children are right in front of us, the Tatars will not avoid our artillery and firecrackers, and confront us head-on! Kill them! Exterminate the Tatars!"

"Destroy the Tartars!"

The soldiers charged forward, as if we were here to destroy your entire clan.

The [-] cavalry charged at the other side, and the [-] or so cavalry who were still condescending, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not have the slightest fear at all.

Are your riding skills inferior to yours?Individual combat power is not as good as yours?Not as experienced in combat as you?
That doesn't matter.

The important thing is.

We have cannons, we have blunderbuss, as long as you dare to get close, you can't eat and walk around.

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The Ming soldiers and horses are advancing rapidly.

On the other hand, the Tatar side is waiting in full force, and has not launched an attack for a long time. It seems that they want to wait on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit to stop...

But both sides in the battle knew that if the Tatars really stood there waiting for the Ming soldiers to kill them, then they basically lost completely.

Daming's firearms may not be very accurate when hitting a moving target, but if it kills a target, it is basically accurate every shot.

However, it is clear that the Tatar side is also prepared. In the camps of both sides, the Tatars have preset devices such as tripping ropes and traps to block the progress of the Ming cavalry, so that nearly a hundred of the cavalry of the Ming army rushing to the front were thrown away. Get off the horse.

When the momentum of Ming's attack weakened, the Tatars happened to be more than three miles away from the vanguard of Ming, and they immediately launched a full-scale charge.

Seven thousand soldiers and horses were laid out almost like a long snake array, and they were arranged in two rows, forming a kind of big net, rushing towards the Ming army.

This kind of formation obviously gave up the iron cavalry group charge that the Tatars are good at.

Because the Tatars knew that the group charge was for Daming to be a living target.

Therefore, they made the formation as loose as possible, allowing Daming's flowering cannons to fall within the coverage area, reducing the number of Tatar cavalry.

The rumble of the horseshoes made the grassland tremble.

Immediately, the Ming army dismounted and began to set up artillery.

It is still the usual flower cannon.

Even if the Tatars came from three frontal directions, Daming's five hundred cannons were enough to deal with the oncoming enemies from all directions.

Three miles, two miles, one mile...

When the Tatar cavalry quickly rushed into the range of the Daming artillery, they also lowered the flag with the firing artillery.

"Boom boom boom..."

Of the [-] artillery pieces, nearly [-] launched a salvo in the first round.

There are still two hundred doors, the enemy in front of them has not yet reached the shooting range.

The [-] cannons, all equipped with yellow powder, covered an area of ​​more than ten meters, and the absolute killing range was at least several meters away.

With such a large-scale volley, the number of cavalrymen who fell on the Tatar side as the shells landed in response exceeded a thousand in one round.

But the Tatars seem to know that it is useless to be afraid. There is no turning back when they open their bows, and they can only charge forward with all their strength.

"Boom..."

The artillery is still firing sporadically, and the Ming side is also in the process of reloading, because the light artillery is not a sub-cannon, and it is a little more complicated to load than a sub-cannon, but these small steel cannons are relatively short. , after the new shells are loaded, the second round of firing can be carried out in a short time, and the length of the lead wire has also been adjusted.

In the artillery training regulated by Zhang Zhou, the light artillery must be able to fire a second artillery after firing and before the Tatar cavalry comes close.

In other words, it is guaranteed that after the Tatars enter the range, a cannon can be fired twice before entering the "short combat" process of about a hundred steps.

The "short combat" mentioned by Zhang Zhou is not a cold weapon encounter in the traditional sense, but it is within the absolute killing range of the Daming fire blunderbuss, and the flint blunderbuss equipped by the Ming Dynasty are all double bursts... …

As such.

As an artilleryman in Ming Dynasty, he had to complete two cannon fires first, and then stand up and fire the firecracker in his hand twice.

This is also the situation that the Tatar cavalry had to face before rushing into the Ming camp.

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The first artillery salvo.

The number of fallen Tatar cavalry was in the thousands.

The effect of the second round of salvo was better because the Tatars were closer. With the end of the two cannon fires, the Tatars were no more than one or two hundred steps away from the Ming frontier position. It's just a gap of breathing back and forth to kill.

The firecrackers on the Ming side, especially those who were not in charge of firing artillery, had already started firing about 200 steps away from the Tatars. At this time, the distance between the two sides was about [-] meters.

The straight-line distance is 200 meters, and it is not within the range of the bow and arrow. The effective killing range of the bow and arrow is a hundred steps, which is about 70 meters. Just shoot it, after all, the material of ancient bows and arrows is just like that.

Of course it also depends on the strength of the shooter.

Just like Tatar archers, from arm strength to riding stability, to range and accuracy, they are much better than Ming cavalry.

But a pity.

The Ming Dynasty no longer relies on bows and arrows to deal with it, but uses firecrackers. The range can be extended to about 200 meters.

The advantage immediately lies with me and not with him.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The sound of artillery was mixed with the sound of firecrackers.

Daming did not need to get off his horse except for the gunner, and the gunner immediately got on his horse and prepared to fire the blunderbuss after firing two cannonballs...

On the Tatar side, people and horses fell down in pieces.

On the Daming side, until now, only the group of people who were tripped off the horse by the horse rope had not returned to the horse sporadically.

Just before the two sides were about to enter into hand-to-hand combat, 2000 troops from the Chinese army led by Wang Shouren also came to reinforce them. Almost completely wiped out.

At the same time, only about half of the more than 3000 Tatar cavalry who rushed over directly in front of Daming were still able to charge immediately, and only half of the [-] cavalry on the right wing remained. Archer's range.

Before entering the hand-to-hand combat, more than half of the Tatars have been lost, and the remaining effective combat troops of 7000 are less than [-]...

(End of this chapter)