Chapter 284: Total Baikui (31) There is no one on the old road
The news that Gao Pragmatic had succeeded him as chief assistant was indeed the main reason why Liu Wei suddenly decided to go on a dangerous march, but by doing so, Liu Wei did not disregard the overall situation of the war and his own safety, as well as the safety of his headquarters.
In fact, when he learned that Burihatu left without fighting, his first reaction was to pursue him, his second reaction was that the opponent must have an ambush, and his third reaction was that I could go over the mountain and take a detour to pursue him.
However, after these three reactions, he remembered Gao Pragmatic's instructions to stabilize the situation in Gansu first, wait for the follow-up troops and supplies to arrive, and then concentrate on launching a thunderous strike to conquer the Western Region in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Liu Wei endured it and decided not to pursue the pursuit for the time being. Instead, he went to Ganzhou to meet Xu Sanwei to learn about the actual combat strength of the Ganzhou Seven Guards before making plans. After that, Xu Sanwei's letter led to
This paragraph.
In other words, pursuing a detour was originally a "military contingency plan" that came out of Liu Wei's subconscious, and it was the approach he most recognized.
But why? Although Longshou Mountain and Heli Mountain are not as good as the Qilian Mountains at the southern foot, the mountains that are sixty or seventy miles wide are obviously no joke. You, Mr. Liu, have to go around two mountain ranges to catch up with the Mongolian cavalry.
, have you underestimated your enemy and underestimated yourself?
It’s really not the case, because Liu Wei recognized two points:
First, his unit is the Liu Jiajun! This is the first elite mountain troop group of the Han army that has been traversing the steep mountains and ridges of the southwest for decades, and their mountain climbing and water crossings are comparable to the wolf soldiers in the southwest! Even the cavalry under his unit have to accompany the Liu Jiajun.
When infantry goes into battle, they must specifically strengthen mountain marching training.
If someone asks which cavalry is the strongest in the world, there will definitely be a lot of controversy, and it will definitely not be the Liu Jiajun cavalry's turn. But if you ask which cavalry is the best at crossing mountains, there is nothing to argue about. It must be the Liu Jiajun cavalry.
undoubtedly.
Although Longshou Mountain and Heli Mountain are really difficult to climb in the eyes of northerners, from the perspective of Liu Wei, who followed his father to pacify the Nine Silk Barbarians at the age of thirteen and personally killed several generals... this is just a small scene.
?It’s really not worth mentioning.
As for the second one, it is what he mentioned just now: Burihatu will definitely be in the rear, and he will definitely not go too fast!
Now Liu Wei is no longer the reckless general who relied on his own bravery and elite subordinates to only focus on "defeating thousands of armies". Especially when he accepted Gao Pangshi's personal command in the Korean War for half a year, he
This brother-in-law, who was extremely resourceful, gave him too much inspiration and had a great influence on him.
Now Liu Wei has learned to analyze the enemy's situation in a pragmatic way, and starts to design his own combat plan by judging the psychology of the enemy general.
So, why did Liu Wei judge that Burihatu would not leave too fast and would definitely stay in the rear army in person? There are several points:
First, Burihatu's eastward invasion did not fully achieve his strategic goals. He wanted to plunder as much property and various strategic resources as possible, but in fact he only captured one Suzhou, stopping at the foot of Ganzhou City. Suzhou
Although some Wubao can be plundered around Ganzhou, no matter how rich the Wubao is, how can it compare with the city? Therefore, the one hundred thousand troops of Burihatu were not "full".
Under the premise of "not having enough to eat", now that Liu Wei came, Burihatu actually left without fighting, so obviously there must be a lot of resentment in the Mongolian army. Especially since Liu Wei only brought 30,000 forwards with him.
Man, there must be many people in the Mongolian army who think that this battle can be fought. It would be too cowardly to run away without fighting, as if they were afraid.
When the Mongolian army faced the Ming army, it was true that they often ran away without feeling embarrassed, but that was because the Ming army was a "big army". Moreover, the Mongolian army's combat tradition was to harass them if they couldn't fight head-on, or to avoid them first.
Its edge will be regained when you are no longer in the army next time. But what about now? The conditions are not met.
Not eating enough, and losing face. If these two factors are superimposed, if Burihatu is as difficult to deal with as the Marquis said, he will definitely find a way to give himself a blow to restore the morale of the army, and then use the victor's
Withdraw troops calmly.
The leader of a force will do nothing if he does not take action. If he takes action, he must win, otherwise his prestige will be shaken.
Liu Wei had no feelings about this before. After all, for a general, "victory and defeat are common matters in the military"! However, after the Korean War, he gradually figured out these principles from his high pragmatic principles of conduct.
Why are there countless famous generals in the towns in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, who are all unruly and rebellious on weekdays, but when they are under the command of the Marquis, they are all as honest as a mouse meets a cat? Without him, this man would be invincible in every battle!
Don't underestimate the word "prestige", especially don't think that "prestige" is empty, "prestige" is very real!
You ask the generals of the Qin army in various places after the Battle of Julu, did they feel irregular heartbeats when they heard Xiang Yu's name? Ask the Xiongnu nobles who were talking and laughing when they suddenly saw the banner of "Hou Huo, Champion of Han" in the distance.
Did you feel your crotch getting hot when you approached me quickly?
Prestige has this kind of effect, making people change their color, become frightened, and bow their heads unconsciously. Therefore, a leader of a party must pay attention to his prestige and must not take it lightly. This is the case with high pragmatism, Buriha
Isn’t that what the picture is like?
Therefore, Burihatu must have designed a plan for him to pursue him. Even without the jealous letter from Xu Sanwei, Liu Wei dared to infer that as long as he arrived at the gate of Ganzhou City, he would definitely find various signs - all of these signs
They all point to one point: Burihatu retreated in an extremely hasty manner, as if something had changed internally.
In short, he will use various methods to "seduce" himself and pursue him until he breaks into the ambush he has set.
Liu Wei has never been a person who belittles himself. He believes that Buri Hatu is interested in defeating himself, the "famous general of the Ming Dynasty." Moreover, since he was transferred to Gansu at this time, Buri Hatu must understand that he is the Ming Dynasty general in the future.
As a general in Gansu, once he can fight for the first time, he will give himself a show of strength. He will definitely be more fearful when he faces him again in the future, which will be of great benefit to him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The matter is so important, and there seems to be no general under Burihatu who can take charge of it on his own, so the important task of controlling the rear army cannot only be his own.
For that?
The above are the reasons why Liu Wei immediately decided to take a detour after learning that Gao Pragmatic had succeeded him as the first assistant. He was not acting on a whim, but was sure of it.
After the small meeting was held and the route over Longshou and Heli Mountains was discussed, Liu Wei once again sent people to urge the generals and troops responsible for preparations for the battle. At the same time, he also ordered the generals and troops who were about to go to battle to go to bed early and recuperate before going to battle.
Good spirit - running for hundreds of miles is not far or near, so it is essential to recharge your batteries.
According to his plan, after dispatching troops and before arriving in Suzhou, he will not arrange much time to rest, so now it is time to eat and drink. After eating and drinking, he will set off early tomorrow morning!
Although Burihatu will stay behind and wait for the Ming army reinforcements to fall into the trap and pursue him, he will definitely become suspicious if he waits for a long time and does not come. Therefore, the plan to raid Suzhou and intercept the Mongolian army still needs to race against time!
Liu Wei himself was not unambiguous, and went to bed immediately after giving all the instructions. He was a veteran general for many years. Although the plan this time looked dangerous and dangerous based on the strength of his troops, he didn't care at all. He almost fell asleep and soon started to sound evenly.
snore.
Early the next morning, Liu Wei did not wait for his servants to come to invite him, so he got up on time, summoned the generals to inquire about the preparations, and was very satisfied when he saw that all the instructions had been carried out.
He first ordered Liu Tiancheng to command the remaining 20,000 people on his behalf, and slowly marched to Ganzhou, telling Xu Sanwei, the governor of Gansu, that he had obeyed the order to pursue the Mongolian army.
Then he ordered the other ministries to take some measures to pretend that the number of the army had not changed and was still 30,000. This is easy to handle. Why fly more flags, not reduce the military strength, widen the queue, etc., has been done for thousands of years.
The old tricks of the Han army in the past dynasties can now be copied without any innovation.
When everything was ready, Liu Wei, accompanied by three generals and eight thousand cavalry, prepared to set off. Liu Tiancheng and others wanted to give some final advice, but they knew Liu Wei and Liu Wei knew them, so they couldn't do it first.
If he tried to persuade him again, the generals would have no choice but to give up.
So, Liu Wei's army set off and headed north over Longshou Mountain.
It stands to reason that spring has begun at this time, but the weather has been weird in recent years, with long winters and short summers. The higher Longshou Mountain is still covered with light snow, and the ice and snow have not completely disappeared like the "city belt" in the Hexi Corridor.
This winter-like Longshou Mountain is just like any other mountain in the north, with luxuriant grass, dead branches, thin and cold, desolate surroundings, and howling cold wind.
As Liu Wei saw in front of him, as soon as winter entered, the vegetation in Longshou Mountain all turned yellow. Reeds as tall as a person, ice grass and mugwort as tall as half a person were swaying in the wind with yellow faces.
The hollyhocks and roses on the side have lost all their leaves, and they are shivering in the cold wind.
The trees in the patches seemed to have suddenly seen through the world of mortals after prosperity and converted to Buddhism. All the leaves had fallen away, leaving only a green gray color and a clean color. However, the leaves of the locust tree fell hesitantly.
, many leaves were still clinging to the branches and refused to fall, and it seemed as if they had listened to an order somewhere and had no time to fall off. Just in the prime of life, they immediately became Buddhas.
However, don't think that Longshou Mountain like this really has no vitality and vitality. In the Shulang Mountain where the Ming army cavalry passed through, the sparrows are particularly conspicuous. They are chubby, jumping and hopping, and their little heads shrink.
It flinched, pecked lightly here, and pecked lightly there, as if looking for food, or playing casually. It didn't seem to be afraid of being so close to people.
One of the cavalry saw this interestingly and whistled gently at the flock of birds. One of the sparrows suddenly flew away in surprise, and the others also flew away as if they were frightened. Then they all stopped together on a tree.
, whispering to each other, and chirping. The surrounding cavalry chuckled, and one of them said: "These guys are quite happy, they are always so lively, right?" Everyone just laughed and said nothing.
After a while, a living thing suddenly jumped out of the grass on the roadside. Several cavalrymen were startled and subconsciously grabbed the handle of the knife at their waist with their right hand. But when they looked carefully, it turned out to be just a khaki-colored animal.
The hedgehog had stumbled away now.
The cavalry are not interested in hedgehogs. The most surprising thing is to meet pheasants. They usually hide in pairs in the grass and make love to each other. Before people get close or notice them, they will act guilty and fan their big dogs.
The wings flew away in the direction of the cavalry's path.
Their long tail feathers are quite beautiful, but the cavalry are not here to enjoy the wild scenery. The cavalry with fast hands will immediately hold the bow in their hand without taking aim. They just rely on the feel of the hand to shoot an arrow, and often get the next meal.
additional meat.
The cavalry did not find it difficult to walk. They even felt that the previous Northern Army comrades were exaggerating. Little did they know that the road Liu Wei took them to take was not known to many people.
This road is actually a smuggling route.
In the 17th year of Wanli, the cavalry of Jinghua Trading Company took over the task of guarding Shandan Guards. It turned out that there was a group of horse bandits active in the area at that time. They not only attacked merchants and caravans who lacked escorts along the way, but even dared to rob passing ones.
A small group of officers and soldiers.
Since the Shandan Guards did not have many cavalry, they pursued and suppressed them several times without success. Instead, they were attacked several times by horse bandits, killing more than a dozen of their comrades. The guards were so angry that they even laid down 500 taels of silver to clear out these people.
At that time, Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd. was already developing business in the northwest, and there was a need to ensure safety along the way. Now there are still people willing to pay, so why not? However, the specific details of the bandit suppression will not be detailed here. In short, this route was finally discovered
.
Their group of people used this road to contact and trade with Huo Luochi and other tribes who were still on the opposite side of the Ming Dynasty. They provided cloth, tea, iron pots and other items to Huo Luochi, Bingtu, Bintu and other tribes in exchange for their
The geldings trade with the people of the Ming Dynasty - of course, there is no need to trade when they can be robbed.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In short, the route Liu Wei took at this time was provided by Gao pragmatic order from Jinghua. Jinghua only recorded this route, and the horse bandits
It is possible that no one has walked on this road since its destruction. Liu Wei may have been the first visitor to this road in more than ten years.
However, the easy road soon ended, and everyone discovered that there was a deep canyon ahead. Just one glance at this road showed that it was extremely difficult to walk. The broken sand and gravel, the canyon with almost no grass, and the rugged rocks
, it is impossible to distinguish between east, west and north, and even in the sky, you can only see a gap between the canyons on both sides. The wind blows through the hall, and the slight warmth of early spring turns to the cold winter in an instant, which makes people feel trembling.
There is no such canyon here, but whenever Longshou Mountain encounters heavy rains, floods will flow out, and a canyon will be formed over time. Otherwise, deep in the vast Gobi desert, how could the mountains on both sides be filled with water?
How come the traces of erosion are all huge rocks and broken sand and gravel? It must have been washed away by running water and exposed to the scorching sun in the Gobi Desert, causing the stones to crack, just like flying sand and rocks during a duel between masters.
Since ancient times, the canyon has been easily ambushed. Although Liu Wei did not think that Burihatu would appear on this unknown road, because he could not see the exit of the canyon, he inevitably became vigilant and ordered the entire army to be on alert and pass quickly.
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