Is it a big problem?

It was supposed to be small, but in fact it could be a bit big. ，

Because the figure is missing people.

Of course, it can't be said that it was a mistake, but he didn't know that there were Zhang Bingzhong and Zhang Wanbang's father and son.

The general who was responsible for escorting cattle and sheep with 5,000 cavalry was named Yi'er Deng Taiji, and he was the second brother with a big brain.

Yi'er Deng, whose father's name is Tabi Khan, gave birth to ten sons, namely Brain Hair Rhubarb Taiji, Yi'er Deng Taiji, Tuchen Taiji, Qingjiang Duer Taiji, Suke Chi Rabbit Taiji, Buyan Rabbit Si Tu Chi Taiji, Erdeni Chou Kuer Taiji, Amin Taiji, and Gongtu Taiji.

At present, there are many Mongolian Taiji, and it can be seen from their family alone.

They are the most important supporters of the Chahar Khan's court, and their strength is not weak. Among them, the eldest son has a big brain, Huang Taiji, the one who controls the strings, the one who controls the strings, the son who controls the strings, the son who controls the strings, the five thousand, the younger son, the Gongtu, and the five thousand who controls the strings. The rest of the sons were about two thousand horsemen. The entire tribe has about 32,000 horsemen, and its strength is not inferior to Duoyan Sanwei.

Note: The Mongols have a tradition of keeping the stove with young sons, so the strength of the youngest son Gongtu Taiji here is higher than that of the other brothers, second only to the eldest brother, and on a par with the second brother. The reason why the mine was strong back then was also because of this tradition.

Both Chataiji and Tumen chose to divide their forces, which seems to be wrong in traditional strategic thinking, because generally speaking, an important key point in order to gain an advantage in a war is to concentrate forces.

But on a case-by-case basis, how is it actually possible for a small town to be able to cram 100,000 troops? The distribution of troops, among other things, must at least be constrained by the terrain.

As early as the time of Genghis Khan, Mongolia created a wide front, large depth, large fish scale marching formation: when the Mongol army marched towards the enemy, its formation was usually composed of forward, avant-garde, left, center, right army and rearguard. ，

At this time, the distance between the various armies was kept large, and the interval from the left to the center was based on the day's journey of the cavalry porter, and the distance between the front and rear of the march was also very large.

Such a formation facilitated the split attack, and was also adopted to deal with the water sources and natural pastures of the large cavalry units on the march. Some 100,000 iron rode into the town and the county seat, is that too mysterious, Yanjing Wanping County?

Take the Mongol attack on the Jin Dynasty as an example: the Mongol army of 100,000 men, plus two or three empty horses per horse, so that an army of 300,000 to 400,000 horses could never march on a narrow front, let alone a line.

At that time, the formation of the Mongolian army was from the left flank to the Yinshan Mountain Range, and the right flank to the Baochang of the Inner Mongolia Taifuzi Banner and Zhangbei County of Hebei Province in later generations, and the two sides were dozens of miles apart.

That time the left flank was commanded by Subutai, the right army was commanded by Jebe, the middle army was commanded by Mu Huali, and Genghis Khan himself acted with the middle route army. This kind of march formed a large fish formation with a wide front and a large depth.

The frontal width was also very large, and it took cavalry to pass a three-day journey from the left wing to the right wing. Of course, this is an unprecedented formation in the history of cavalry, and the current Mongolian cavalry is not as powerful as it was back then, so the distance between the parts is basically one day or slightly less than a day.

It is precisely because they can't be crowded together anyway, and because the terrain here is deliberately calculated by Chataiji, it can't deploy too many troops, so after Chataiji divided the troops, the Tumen followed the division of troops without any scruples, which was not a blind command, but adapted to local conditions.

As for Chataiji, in the case of weak troops, not only did he not stick to it honestly, but instead sent troops to attack the Tumen's rear cattle and horse brigade, which is also a typical Mongolian combat idea, and the origin is still Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan's great "Zasa" has a clear provision: "Attack forever".

He didn't pretend to be forced, he just understood the essence of cavalry, which is an offensive arm that should never be used for passive defense.

In fact, the artillery emperor Napoleon also recognized this after the Battle of Waterloo, and after the Battle of Waterloo in 115, he restored the principle of the French army: "Any cavalry commander who does not take the initiative to attack the enemy, but allows the enemy to attack himself, should be demoted." ”

It can be seen that in terms of strategy and tactics, there are still many common truths throughout the ages.

Chataiji's hand can be called a great detour. Strategic detour is an inherent tactic of cavalry, and there are no exceptions in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. But the trick is very different.

The Mongol cavalry differed from other cavalry in that the Mongol cavalry had not only tactical detours, but also major detours, strategic detours. From the example of past battles, it plays a decisive role in the battle or campaign battle.

For example, when Genghis Khan attacked the capital for the second time, the Jin people held the fortress of Juyong Pass, which was guarded by the elite and was not easy to overcome. Therefore, the Mongol army detoured from Juyong Pass to the Forbidden Pass, and defeated the Jin army at Wuhuiling. Then, Jebe led a cavalry to occupy the south pass and capture Juyong Pass.

During the western expedition to Huazim, Genghis Khan led the main force through the Kikum Red Desert to implement a strategic detour to Samalgan, and when Kublai Khan made an expedition to Sichuan and Yunnan, he also engaged in the transaction of traveling 3,000 miles to the southwest and crossing the Dadu River to the south.

These roundabouts were all extremely successful.

The idea that the Mongol army is good at roundabout encirclement comes from the inevitable result of the nomadic people's activities in the process of long-term nomadic herding and pig hunting. At the same time, cavalry is good at rapid maneuvers, and can take it by surprise and attack it unprepared, so that the enemy is caught off guard and set off for tactical actions that meet the characteristics of one branch of the army.

Chataiji probably hadn't read any military books, but he obviously knew the tricks of cavalry: first choose a battlefield that would make it difficult for Tumen forces to deploy, and then divide his troops to take the opponent's rear route.

Fortunately, the Tumen were not very stupid, and immediately transferred troops back to support.

It's a pity that at this time, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, who was transferred back to support Yi'er Deng Taiji, did not go alone, and encountered a Ming army that suddenly came out of the mountains and forests to fight in formation.

The number of this Ming army is not large, and it is even inferior to Xin Ai's department. Xin Ai squinted and looked at it, and found that the other party was only about six thousand infantry, only half of his own number.

This point of people and horses dare to block more than 10,000 iron horsemen?

Xin Ai was a little puzzled, but he didn't hesitate, he decided to give the other party a little color to see, just to vent the deep unhappiness that had been suppressed in his heart for a while.

This 6,000-strong infantry is the right guard of Datong led by Zhang Bingzhong and Zhang Wanbang father and son. The right guard of Datong is a relatively capable unit in the guards, because they have been fighting before, and although it has been some years since they stopped to repair, the two key towns of Datong and Xuanfu are not as slack as other places.

And more importantly, this unit has just completed the redress, and now it has the most advanced infantry firearm of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinghua Wanli Bayonet Fire.

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