Chapter 161 The Troubles in Nancha (Seventeen) Advance and Retreat
When the Ming army saw the Mongolian cavalry in the large valley on the mountain, the distance between the two sides was not very close, at least five or six miles away. By the time the Ming army on the mountain remained vigilant and gradually came down the mountain and began to take a position, the Mongolian army had also begun
Mobilize. However, Cao Yu on the mountain saw at a glance that the Mongols were not doing something right.
"Huh?" Cao Yu frowned and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tumen want to withdraw?"
Gao Yimin beside him did not answer immediately, but looked at it again, and then nodded: "Before the war, I made a judgment and thought that considering the current situation in Chahar, Tumen and Burihatu should try their best.
Be cautious and try to avoid battles where they are not completely sure of winning. Even if they are sure of winning, they will give priority to how much damage they may suffer. Once they judge that the losses in the battle will be relatively large, they are very likely to give up the battle - even if the winning rate is
Very high.”
"Entang is far-sighted and can see thousands of miles away." Cao Yu nodded and affirmed Gao's pragmatic views, and then added: "So, now Tumen and Burihatu see that our army is well-organized and they have no profit, so they plan to avoid it.
Instead of fighting?"
Gao Yimin replied: "It seems so."
"But there are still some doubts here." Cao Yu said cautiously: "Our army came to rescue the East City, and they can withdraw. Then our army will continue to recover the West City. Will they also withdraw so happily? If so, Tumen mobilized troops this time.
What is the significance of invading Yehe from the east?"
This issue belongs to the strategic level. Gao Yimin is actually a little puzzled, but after all, he is a top student. Although his specialty is not strategy, he can still see something wrong even from the tactical level.
"General Rong is extremely suspicious. Tumen or Burihatu first provoked a war in the northwest this year, and then provoked a war in Liaodong, but neither the former nor the latter actually invested much in the northwest.
Needless to say, even if Chahar invaded Yehe this time, the number of troops invested by Chahar was not very large. The way to capture the West City was to paralyze Bu Zhai and others with a long siege, then secretly blow up the city wall, and then achieve a breakthrough.
The loss itself is minimal..."
Gao Yimin emphasized his tone: "I wonder if General Rong noticed that when the West City was breached, Bu Zhai and others broke out from the city with inferior forces. They were not intercepted by Chahar's army and only lost about 600 people.
Break through and successfully escape to the West City... Judging from General Rong's experience, is this reasonable?"
Cao Yan was reminded by him and immediately said: "It's obviously unreasonable. According to the combat strength of the Chahar tribe in the past, under the siege of 20,000 elite Mongolian cavalry, the main force of the western city of Buzhai was at most seven or eight thousand.
, it is impossible to escape so easily.
I am not looking down on Ye He, nor am I looking down upon Chahar, but with the same strength, Ye He's cavalry is definitely not as powerful as Chahar. I can guarantee this!
What's more, although Ye He's troops have the highest proportion of cavalry among the Jurchens, they have not reached the point where they are all cavalry. They also have about half of the infantry. In other words, the Xicheng cavalry will probably not exceed 4,000, and the remaining 4,000
They should all be infantry.
Under such circumstances, the Chahar tribe actually only wiped out 600 people from the Yehe tribe, and then watched the main force in the west city escape back to the east city. This is not reasonable at all."
"General Rong Yingming." Gao Yimin praised and continued: "So I think that Burihatu encouraged the Tumen to invade eastward, at least there is one most basic principle, that is, as the master said, they
We must try to avoid the loss of his headquarters. And his main purpose is not necessarily to annex Ye He, or to kill a large number of Ye He's troops, and it is even less likely that he wants to have a big fight with our army."
"Then what does he want?" Cao Yan asked with a frown.
Gao Yimin said slowly: "I thought they were just... looking for trouble and disturbing Liaodong."
Cao Yu frowned: "What is the purpose of this? Is it because Tumen, an old man, is too idle, or because Burihatu is full of food?"
"General Rong misunderstood." Gao Yimin explained: "The purpose is to disturb Liaodong. They may not have a particularly clear tactical goal - the small meaning is that they have not clearly stated where they must win, but simply want to
Liaodong is troubled."
Gao Yimin's idea was actually not completely correct, but he still found the right direction in general, but he didn't think as deeply and carefully as Burihatu did.
Cao Yu also came to his senses at this time and said suddenly: "Oh, I understand. In the final analysis, whether Burihatu is stirring up trouble in the northwest or making trouble in Liaodong, they are actually trying to divert the court's attention from them.
.As for whether to move to the northwest or to Liaodong, it actually doesn't matter."
Gao Yimin nodded and said, "I thought that was the case."
"It's just about diverting misfortunes to the east." Cao Yu snorted: "It is said that Burihatu has read books written by us Han people. It seems that it is really not nonsense. There are indeed a few drops of ink in this guy's belly."
Gao Yimin cupped his hands toward the southwest (the capital): "So I have a far-sighted vision and saw through Burihatu's trick at a glance. Marshal, I said before that although the troops should be dispatched quickly this time, the advance does not have to be hasty. Isn't that right?
Have you guessed Burihatu’s purpose?”
Cao Yu suddenly understood and clapped his hands: "Come on! I said that Endang's instructions were a bit weird, and he asked me to send troops early, but he didn't allow me to make a quick victory. Now it seems that Endang knew that Buri Hatu was not going to do it.
If they want to fight me, no matter how fast I come, I can't be faster than the entire Mongolian cavalry team. If they really want to avoid fighting, I won't be able to find a chance."
When he said this, he sighed: "As expected of Lord Entang, he is really high up in the temple and can see the rivers and lakes far away. He is far away in the capital, but his sharp eyes can see the direction of Ye He's battle thousands of miles away. It's so special
With such great ability, even if Marquis Zhuge Wu comes back to life, he will have no choice but to be defeated."
These words were a bit exaggerated. They were both "Lord Endang" and "his old man", and even used Zhuge Liang as a foil. However, considering the situation and the situation, and the pragmatic attitude towards Gao
I can understand what Ding, a close confidant of the family, said.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If Gao Pragmatic himself were here, he would definitely have to humble himself immediately, but Gao Yimin is just his servant, but he cannot represent his own humility.
, I had no choice but to "slide" the topic away with a haha, and then said with a smile: "Having said that, Zongrong should not be careless. Burihatu has always been scheming. Although he made up his mind to avoid it this time,
Huge casualties, but if we reveal too big a flaw, I'm worried that he will still try to take advantage of it."
"Oh?" Cao Yu quickly suppressed his smile and said thoughtfully: "Are you saying that his retreat... is half true and half false?"
Gao Yimin pondered: "Perhaps it should be said that it is true or false."
Cao Yu's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and then there was a hint of murderous intent in his eyes: "Why, this guy actually wants to give me another battle at Chang'an Fort? Okay, great, he really thinks that I am a fool.
Could it be that I can’t even learn from the mistakes I made, so he still expects me to make the same mistakes again?”
It seems that the defeat at Chang'an Fort had a great impact on Cao Yu, and almost became his enemy. However, if Gao Wujiang hadn't come to the aid of that defeat, it would be hard to say whether Cao Yu would be alive or dead.
The best result is probably to quit your job and return to your hometown to live in your hometown forever. This lesson is indeed profound.
However, although Cao Yu was angry, he was still a veteran general, especially one who knew the rules of officialdom. Therefore, he did not raise an army because of his anger. Instead, he took a deep breath, calmed down his mood, and asked Gao Yimin: "Since Buri Hatu
The conspiracy has been seen through, so what does Brother Gao think we should do now?"
"Just do what the master wants." Gao Yimin said: "We will stop quietly and do whatever needs to be done. We will never change our established pace because of any actions made by Burihatu."
Gao Pragmatic did not explicitly say these words, nor did he say anything about "stopping with silence." Gao Yimin's statement actually summarized Gao Pragmatic's thinking and made his "guiding ideology" concrete.
However, Cao Yu only knew that Gao Pragmatic must have given instructions to Gao Yimin alone, but he did not know what he said, so he could only believe what Gao Yimin said.
Therefore, he nodded and said: "What Brother Gao said is true. In this case, let's not pursue it for now. I will send someone to ask Nalin Bulu and Bu Zhai to come out to greet them, and let them make arrangements by the way."
Food and accommodation for my army. Let’s rest in the east city for a while, and then consider taking back the west city... I hope Ye He and the two little Belles should know what is good and not disobey the power of heaven."
Gao Yimin smiled, cupped his hands, and nodded in agreement.
The Ming army here advanced slowly and unhurriedly, making no attempt to pursue. Over there, Tumen and Burihatu retreated slowly. They had already retreated to the edge of the northwest corner of the large valley, and were about to climb up the mountain and escape.
.
Tumen looked at the movements of the Ming army, and his face became worse and worse. After a long while, he finally couldn't help but whip his riding whip at an old tree next to him, and said bitterly: "Cao Yu, a cowardly fellow, even chased
Don’t you dare? Fortunately, Ben Khan specially told the men to pretend to be defeated for a while, so that they could lead the Ming army to pursue them all the way to Xicheng... What should we do now? "
Burihatu's face is not good-looking either. Although he is still young, he has been running around this year and trying to stir up troubles. He also has to actually preside over Chahar's internal political affairs to alleviate the problem.
Tumen, who is getting older, is sweating and burdened, so his energy is somewhat exhausted.
But now, Cao Yu, the big fish in his eyes, still refused to bite, which inevitably made him look even worse.
In the gloomy light rain, Burihatu was silent for a moment, and then said: "Forget it, it's not a bad thing if they don't come today. Under such gloomy rain, their firearms may not be easy to use, and our bowstrings cannot be used."
How long will it take before it starts to become lax, and it will be inconvenient for both parties..."
He sighed softly and said: "Great Khan, let's retreat to the West City to rest first. In addition, please send a few more sentries to monitor the movements in the East City to see if there will be any changes."
"Change? How else can it change?" Tumen muttered: "Cao Yun, I'm afraid he had his eggs knocked out that time in Chang'an Fort. He has lost all his courage. You don't expect him to just
You plan to go to Ye Hedong City to take shelter from the rain, and when the rain stops, you will come to the West City to fight, right?"
Burihatu's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "It's understandable that Cao Yu's mentality has changed after the defeat at Chang'an Fort. However, he is the coach of the Ming army. It's not too surprising that he can remain calm, but he is so calm.
Being able to hold one's breath does not mean that everyone can hold one's breath. There will always be someone who is more impatient than him."
Tumen was startled for a moment, then hesitantly said: "You mean..."
"The last time Bu Zhai lost a lot of troops, its main force was still there, but almost all the people were lost. Now that the Ming army is pressing down on the border, he may feel that he has support... In addition, Ye Hesu is known as the East and West.
The Jurchens are famous for the unity of the city. If Bu Zhai insists on sending troops to recapture the west city, I am afraid that Belnarinbulu of the east city will have no choice but to come with him, and we may not have no chance at that time."
Not to mention that Burihatu is the talent that the Mongols lack most right now. His calm mentality alone is much better than most of the firecracker-style Mongolian generals who explode at the moment.
After all, Tumen still valued Burihatu. After listening to his words, he couldn't help but sigh: "What you said makes sense, let's do it this way. It's just that I originally planned to headhunt a tiger, who knows there may only be a dog in the end."
This is damn... I feel a little unwilling to think about it."
But Burihatu was very calm and comforted: "Although hunting tigers is a heroic act, tigers are the king of beasts. Hunting is not easy, and it is easy to hurt yourself. Dogs are not the same. They are easy to hunt and easy to hunt.
It's meat. Although the weight is a little light, it can still fill your stomach and won't hurt people easily. It's the most appropriate."
"Hahahaha, you can talk." Burihatu's explanation made Tumen Dahan feel very comfortable. He nodded and said, "You are right. Although the tiger is full of treasures, this thing is really not easy to play with.
To say the least, dogs are easy to handle, they are easy to beat and tasty, and they are not afraid of gnashing their teeth.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then he waved his hand and ordered to the surrounding generals: "Retreat, retreat with peace of mind. I guess Cao Yu has already resigned from the palace and plans to enter the palace to serve Zhu Zhu in the future.
The emperor has gone, let’s go back to Xicheng and have something hot to eat!”
The Mongolian athletes in the cold rain and wind laughed in unison after hearing this, and went to lead their men to prepare for the retreat of the entire army.
At the same time, Cao Yu, who had advanced to the south gate of Yehedong City, stared coldly at the Mongolian army that was retreating to the northwest, and listened to their obviously mocking laughter in silence.
Although he couldn't hear exactly what the Mongolians said, he could probably guess that they wouldn't have anything nice to say. The wrinkles on Deputy General Cao's originally thin face became more profound, and there was a bit of gloom between his eyebrows, which made "
The word "Chuan" becomes more and more obvious.
"Do you think they are laughing at me for not being as good as a woman, or simply laughing at my plan to become a eunuch?" Cao Yun sat motionless on the horse, but suddenly asked.
Gao Yimin guessed that Cao Yun might be in a bad mood, but he didn't expect him to ask such a question. However, Staff Officer Gao reacted quickly and immediately said: "Presumably General Rong must know about Sima Zhongda's old affairs. In this case, this little matter is not worth mentioning now."
What does it matter?"
Sima Zhongda is Sima Yi, and what Gao Yimin said is naturally referring to Zhuge Liang giving women's clothes to Sima Yi.
After hearing this, Cao Yu snorted without knowing why, and said: "Although I am not as good as Sima Zhongda, they are even less worthy of being compared with Zhuge Wuhou."
Then he no longer looked at the direction in which the Mongols were retreating. Instead, he turned around and asked, "Why hasn't Nalinbulu opened the city yet? Does he still plan to let me knock on the door?"
Before he finished speaking, the south gate of Ye Hedong City slowly opened with a "creak" sound.
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