"At least 50,000 or more!" Baturhun Khan replied with a frown, "With the city and the pier as the support, and the time is too short, it is impossible to confirm how many Ming troops are behind!"
The previous Ming army refused to accept them at night, and the message given to him also said that there were about 50,000, but this news was not true!
When Gushi Khan heard what he said, he frowned and was obviously dissatisfied. However, he suddenly asked a question that none of the people present had expected: "Why did the Ming army build cities and piers so far away?"
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Of course Gushi Khan would know about the situation in Guihua City in advance. Therefore, although he had never been there, he also knew some news about Guihua City. According to his estimate, this place is at least three hundred miles away from Guihua City.
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Hearing this, Baturhun Khan came to his senses first, and immediately said with a little surprise: "Could it be that after the Ming Dynasty built the city, it was all the territory that the Ming Dynasty wanted to protect?"
After hearing this, Yerqiang Khan asked with some confusion: "What do you mean?"
After hearing this, Baturhun Khan quickly turned to look at him and explained to him: "It means that after the Ming Dynasty built the city and then to Guihua City, it was all the place where the Ming Dynasty opened up wasteland and farmed."
"So big?" Yerqiang Khan was shocked when he heard it.
But he also understood. If it weren't for this explanation, why did the Ming Dynasty go far away to build the city? At least this is not a good place for defense!
Khabarov was very happy to hear this, and immediately confirmed: "In other words, behind the Ming army, is the prosperous fortress of Jiangnan?"
Gushi Khan ignored him, but said while thinking: "It is foreseeable that the Ming army will resist the enemy. In addition, if I were the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty and knew that a hundred thousand troops were coming to attack, what would I do?
What to do?"
Upon hearing this, Baturhun Khan didn't know what he thought of, and he was even more surprised. He immediately replied to Gushi Khan: "If I were the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, I would definitely try to keep the enemy at bay. The best way is
, is to make the enemy retreat in the face of difficulties. To achieve this, bluffing and scaring the enemy away is the best strategy!"
At this point, without waiting for others to answer, he continued: "Since those Ming soldiers refused to surrender at night and did not sincerely surrender, then for them, scaring us away must be what they wanted. At that time, they did not
I didn’t know that we had an army of 100,000, so I thought it was just our 10,000-strong cavalry. Therefore, they told me that there were 50,000 horses in Guihua City, which was the guardian of the country. This was a threat!”
Speaking later, Baturhun's eyes brightened even more, as if he had discovered the truth: "For this reason, after I led my troops here, I estimated that the military strength of the Ming Dynasty was at least 50,000. This is absolutely impossible.
That guy was telling the truth! He was bluffing!"
When he said the last four words, his tone became heavier again, obviously emphasizing the Ming army's bluff!
After hearing this, Ye Erqiang Khan asked doubtfully: "Is that so?"
Before Baturhun Khan could answer, Gushi Khan took over the topic from the side and reminded Yerqiang Khan: "Don't forget, the Ming Dynasty is still at war with the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese allied forces. Don't you know that we
When the main force will raid Guihua City, hoarding 50,000 cavalry here would obviously be too wasteful!"
At this point, he began to think about it again, and heard him continue: "If I were the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I would definitely mobilize the cavalry from Guihua City to attack eastward from the grassland. Not only would I be able to attack the vassals of the Qing Dynasty,
, it can also threaten the flanks of the Qing Dynasty and effectively contain the military power of the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese!"
After listening to their words, Yerqiang Khan looked at the two people in front of him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: They are indeed the two most powerful kings of Wasi. No wonder Wasi is becoming more and more powerful under the leadership of the two of them.
!The enemy's situation, which was originally a mystery, became clear after they peeled off the cocoons. No matter how the Ming army commander in front of him played tricks, after making fundamental inferences, there was nothing to hide!
At this moment, the Yarkand Khan felt a little stressed. Because now he is still an ally with the Jungar tribe and the Kashote Khanate; however, if one day there is an enemy, the Yarkand Khanate will be caught between the two of them.
Within the sphere of influence, the situation will definitely be very difficult.
Thinking of this, Yeerqiang Khan looked at Baturhun Khan and Gushi Khan with obvious fear.
In fact, his worries are indeed correct. If the original historical development is followed, although Baturhun Khan did not touch the Yarkand Khanate, Baturhun Khan's son Galdan took Yarkand Khan into his hands.
The country was destroyed.
At this time, after listening to Baturhun Khan's words, Gushi Khan nodded and said: "We have the same idea. No matter what, we must have the advantage in terms of military strength!"
The army united by several forces is a powerful force at any time!
After hearing what he said, Baturhui Khan quickly reminded Gushi Khan: "However, the Ming army in front of us has excellent ordnance and armor, which cannot be underestimated. As far as what we have seen so far, all the soldiers of the Ming army are wearing
Wearing a breastplate for protection, and they are also equipped with firearms!"
Hearing this, Gushi Khan couldn't help but frown.
Although the army he led was the main force of each tribe, at least half of the soldiers had no armor at all. The other half mostly had leather armor, and only a few had various types of iron armor or
Mail armor and the like.
According to current estimates, the strength of the Ming army in front of them is only about 20,000, which is reasonable, and cannot exceed 30,000 at most.
However, if every soldier of the Ming army has armor and sharp weapons such as firearms, then one more point will be needed to evaluate the combat effectiveness.
If it were in the past, the Ming Kingdom would never have had the ability to equip all its soldiers with such good armor and protective equipment. However, according to the information in Eqiltu's letter, the Ming Kingdom today may actually have this strength. In this way
, to anticipate the enemy's strength, just assume that the entire Ming army is equipped with sophisticated weapons and armor.
It can be seen that Gushi Khan is still very cautious!
Thinking like this, he told all the tribal leaders in front of him what he had thought of, and the Yerqiang Khan's face became even more ugly after hearing this.
There is no other reason. The soldiers with the worst armor and weapons in the army are the soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate.
Khabarov sounded a little jealous. Compared with these yellow-skinned monkeys in the Far East, the biggest advantage of the Russian Empire was that its army was equipped with a lot of firearms. As long as the enemy was hit by firearms, they would lose their combat effectiveness even if they did not die.
But now, he actually heard that the Ming army had more firearms than the Tsarist Russian army, and it also had excellent armor!
This is really rich!
While they were thinking, they heard a smile suddenly appear on Gushi Khan's face, a confident one, and he spoke to them: "But the Ming army has a fatal weakness. We can fight against its weakness.
The chances of winning are great!”
When Yerqiang sweated, he felt happy and asked quickly: "What's the fatal weakness?"
If someone else said this, he might not believe it. However, since it was said by the wise and powerful Gushi Khan, he believed it and was naturally happy.
However, Gushi Khan did not immediately tell them the fatal weakness of the Ming army. Instead, he took them further east, saying that he wanted to see the situation of the Ming army with his own eyes before making a decision.
A journey of twenty miles does not take too long for the cavalry.
In less than an hour, Gushi Khan led the army and saw the castle built by the Ming army in the distance, as well as the piers and so on.
Of course, he also saw that there were Ming troops on top of those buildings, and there were also Ming troops under and behind the buildings.
Even in the distance of sight, although it was not clear clearly, it could be estimated that there were many Ming troops, with banners fluttering and people shouting and neighing.
Judging from this posture, there are indeed at least 50,000 troops.
However, Gushi Khan was not frightened. As he had analyzed before, he believed that those who could not see clearly from a distance could definitely be used as empty troops. At least let him command, and he had many ways to do this.
At this time, his attention was not on what was in front of him, but he looked left and right, and finally said to the tribal leader beside him: "What Ben Khan said is that the fatal weakness of the Ming army is that they cannot maneuver and can only stick to the line in front of them.
Battle line. As long as we contain the Ming army in front of us, and then divide our forces to surround and invade the rear, it will inevitably cause the current Ming army to be at a loss. This is the opportunity we are waiting for!"
As expected of the wise and powerful Gushi Khan, after stating the principle of total gain, he immediately began to deploy specific tactical details to achieve his tactical goals. He spoke eloquently and eloquently, even Baharov looked down on Easterners.
, also nodded frequently.
At the end, Gushi Khan said solemnly: "The key to defeating this battle is whether our army can break through in time and attack the Ming army from behind. Therefore, all departments must work together to defeat the current Ming army as quickly as possible and catch up with the Ming army."
Take Guihua City before Ming reinforcements arrive!"
After hearing this, Batur Huihan and others all nodded together. They still believed in Gushi Khan's ability.
Therefore, these tribal leaders each returned to their own armies to convey military orders, boost morale, eat food and feed their horses, and make final preparations before the war.
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At the head of Baotou City, after the western tribe army arrived, Sun Chuanting checked the enemy's situation through the telescope, and his heart dropped into his stomach.
People from the Wasi tribe who had surrendered before said that Baturhun Khan of the Jungar Tribe and Gushi Khan of the Heshuote Tribe were both very powerful heroes, but what they saw in front of them was nothing but haha.
Got it!
With this kind of army in front of him, Sun Chuanting has to retract his previous comments about the Guihua City army. It is not that there are only 50,000 elites, but 120,000 elites!
It can even be said that at least half of the enemies in front of the Ming Dynasty can only be regarded as strong people!
Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at the distance behind him. According to Li Yan's report, there were more than 200,000 civilians waiting there!