The two cities in the east and west are very close to each other, and although there are some detours, it is only twenty or thirty miles.

It stands to reason that it is difficult to set up any ambushes at this distance, after all, there are a large number of cavalry on both sides, and there are plenty of scouts. However, at this time, the northern part of Liaobei was not as good as that of later generations, and the whole was quite primitive, and the forests and grasses were exceptionally dense. In early winter, although most of the grass has withered and yellow, and the trees are mostly evergreen, the impact is not great, so it is still inconvenient for cavalry to enter. Although there are many cavalry, they can only wander around the edge of the forest, and it is difficult to penetrate into them.

The Jurchens have been half-farming and half-hunting for some years, and Yehe's economic composition is even more complicated, with farming, hunting, animal husbandry and businessmen all involved, but unfortunately they are all half-hanging, and they have no understanding of "building roads before getting rich".

The road on the east side of the Yehe River was not built, but completely stepped out, and the east side of the road was not far from the forest, so that there were many places where people could be hidden in the distance of twenty or thirty miles.

Pu Yuanyi is a foot general from a guard, and he doesn't know much about cavalry, he said in his heart that although the cavalry "does not enter the forest", Ye He is a Jurchen in the end, and this is their lair nearby, so he asked Nalin Bulu and Buzhai if they could let Ye Hebu send some scouts into the mountain to investigate.

Narimbulu and Buzhai have a difficult face, indicating that it is not difficult to investigate itself, and even if they don't investigate the surrounding form, they are completely clear in their hearts. The problem is that now it is necessary to find out where the ambush soldiers of Buzhihatu are hiding, and since the other party is an ambush, they must have prepared sharpshooters with excellent eyesight to hide in the key places and observe carefully.

In this way, even if you send scouts, according to the scout principle of "it's better to be still", the other party must be the first to find out, so your own scouts will either not be seen by anyone, or they will send their lives and the news can't be transmitted, which is really meaningless.

The news was not impossible to spread, and the Ming army was actually equipped with a small number of signal flares provided by Jinghua, but at this time, the Jurchens took great care of their forests, and let them light such a big open fire in the forest, and they would definitely not do it - they didn't know that the sparks of the signal flares would have been extinguished long ago when they landed.

After this suggestion was abandoned, everyone deliberated for a while, and finally decided to make fewer meaningless moves, and insisted on the tactics of making use of their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses.

It is difficult to talk about it by exploiting one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses, but it is also easy to say that it is easier to say, and the infantry lineup is a little ahead, keeping vigilance at all times and preparing to line up. Until they reached the river near Tingzhou, the guards led by the generals began to prepare to build pontoon bridges, and Qi Jin and Zhang Wanbang began to line up in the east and south respectively to protect, and they didn't have to worry about the north direction.

The reason why the north doesn't have to care, because the main cavalry at that time will be commanded by Ma Chengxun, hanging over there not far away, even if the Mongols are ambushed nearby, they don't dare to rush into it and be stabbed in the eye by Ma Chengxun.

Normally, it should be impossible for the Ming army to build a pontoon bridge smoothly, so they still have to attack, at this time, Ma Chengxun can decide how to deal with it depending on the position of the Mongols attacking, and it is up to him to flank or outflank.

This plan was implemented quite smoothly, the Ming army was not attacked along the way, and when they reached the vicinity of Tingzhou, Cao Yan ordered Qi Jin and Zhang Wanbang to line up, Pu Yuanyi and Cao Jian's troops began to build bridges, and he himself commanded part of the Chinese army to remain vigilant.

At this time, Ma Chengxun was also wandering three or four miles away on the north side, and ordered Buzhai to send hundreds of cavalry to warn at the edge of the forest.

Perhaps the Ming army's defense was too tight, and the expected sneak attack of the Mongolian army did not happen for a long time, and when the wooden stakes in the middle of the Yehe River Tingzhou were laid in two rows, and the Ming army began to dig thin ice floes, the cavalry wandering at the edge of the forest in Yehe suddenly ran over to report, saying that there were several hunters fleeing from a small village in Yehe in the mountains, and told them some information.

Roughly the day before yesterday, they found that some Mongols had gone into the mountains to investigate, but because the forest was large enough, several of them hid. Yesterday the Mongols began to march into the mountains, ambushed and camped in them. At this time, they wanted to report the news, but the Mongols scouted a lot, and they carefully slipped around a few times but could not find a safe way out, so they had to spend the night in a remote cave.

Today they found that the Mongol scouts were no longer scattered in large areas, but began to concentrate on monitoring the vicinity of the main road, so they began to make a detour out of the mountains. But they were not very lucky, and they had taken a detour out of the mountains to the north, intending to go to the eastern city, which had already fallen, but the Mongols suddenly marched north, and almost collided with them.

It was easy to avoid the Mongols, so they quickly escaped first, but they ran into Ye He's own scouts, so they quickly told the situation, Nalimbulu and Buzhai were surprised, and quickly sent people to report to Ma Chengxun and Cao Yan.

Cao Yan was quite complacent when he heard that the Mongols were indeed ambushing in the mountains, and thought that he had also anticipated the movement of Burihatu this time, but then when he heard that the Mongols had suddenly marched north, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

What is this being done in Burzhhatu? Could it be that after he found out that the main force of the Ming army was well guarded and could not successfully sneak attack, he planned to go north and steal Dongcheng?

But why should he? There are still 8,000 defenders in Dongcheng, even if the Ming army and the Yehe coalition army directly leave Dongcheng alone at this time, it is impossible for Buzhihatu to take it quickly. Correspondingly, it will take less than half a day for the coalition forces to build a pontoon bridge, and this afternoon the whole army will be able to cross the river and begin to encircle Xicheng.

Considering the huge artillery advantage of the Ming army, normally speaking, the coalition army must have broken through the west city earlier than Buzhhatu to break through the east city, in this case, what is the use of Buzhhatu going north to the east city? When the coalition forces recover Xicheng and then return to the army, doesn't he still have only one way to escape?

If so, then Burihatu is here with a left move and a right move, which seems to be very busy, but it turns out to be all wasted chess?

This doesn't make sense, if Buzhhatu can't even calculate the account of the siege capabilities of the two sides, he still deserves to be specially reminded by Entang?

Cao Yan thought about it and always felt that there was something wrong with it. He looked at Gao Yimin, and saw that Gao Yimin was also frowning and thinking, and couldn't help but hesitate: "Brother Gao, do you see if there is such a possibility: Bu Rihatu actually has some gunpowder ...... in his hand."

Needless to say, if Buzhhatu still has gunpowder in his hand, then the reason for suddenly going north at this moment is simply obvious: to bomb the city again.

But Gao Yimin was a little unconvinced, shook his head and said, "It is said that this should not be." First of all, if Buzhhatu really still has gunpowder in his hand, why didn't he take it out and use it during the previous period, and he had to wait until now? At that time, we hadn't come yet, he only needed to deal with Ye He's people, wouldn't it be easier to blow up the city?

Secondly, even if he has gunpowder, but the city wall is not bombarded with a huge cannon, and if he doesn't dig the tunnel in advance, how can this city wall be blown up? And now that he suddenly went to Dongcheng, did he have time to dig a tunnel immediately? ”

Cao Yan also felt reasonable, but he still said: "That's right, but if Dongcheng didn't take precautions, and the main force of our department didn't send troops back to interfere with Buzhihatu, then he still had some opportunities to dig tunnels, and he had to guard against them." ”

Gao Yimin thought for a moment and said, "What does Zong Rong mean is that we will send the cavalry back to interfere with the plan of Buri Hatu to dig tunnels?" ”

Cao Yan asked, "What does Brother Gao think?" "That being said, that's a tacit acquiescence.

Gao Yimin always felt that something was wrong, and analyzed as he spoke: "It doesn't seem impossible, we have a lot of cavalry, at least ten thousand and five, even if there is really any accident when sent out alone, it will not suffer a big loss." However, at least half of them were Yehe's cavalry, and although Yehe was known for his cavalry in the Jurchens, they obviously couldn't defeat the Mongols, and the actual combat effectiveness of these 8,000 troops was to be discounted. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Moreover, I don't know if Zong Rong has thought about it, in case, in case it is said that in case...... If Ma Shenrong goes, what means does Bu Rihatu use to lure Ma Shenrong away or drag it, and then its main force detours back to Xicheng from the north foothills, at that time our main force may just cross the river, at this time he crosses and attacks, and our army has no cavalry cover, what should I do? ”

If everything is as he guessed, then this battle Buzhhatu can be fought carefully enough, and the time in this battle must be calculated accurately to ensure that he can play such a situation.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to completely make the predetermined plan on the battlefield, and there are usually accidents of one kind or another, resulting in the plan not catching up with the change, as it is now - the Mongols did ambush, but they did not take advantage of it, and they did not feel that they were "ready to attack" as expected by the Ming army, and forcibly attacked the Ming army.

Buzhhatu turned around and went north directly, but instead made the Ming army a little in a dilemma, and it didn't care, it didn't matter.

Gao Yimin was in the special training class that year, and the military deduction exercise ranked second and the actual combat drill ranked first, so he was well aware of the difficulty of designing such a plan and successfully implementing it. In essence, he didn't really believe that the Mongols had such a high level of precision in execution, but as the so-called anticipation of the enemy was lenient, since Buri Hatu could get the great attention of the master, Gao Yimin naturally did not dare to despise it.

In addition, Gao Yimin also suspects that Buzhhatu did not make such a detailed plan from the beginning and implement it step by step, and he is more inclined to think that Buzhhatu is actually making a decision on the fly. It is more difficult to make a decision on the fly than to plan in advance, but Buzhhatu is likely to have such a ability, otherwise wouldn't the lord be slapped in the face for his attention?

Many people in Jinghua worship their own lord almost as gods, although Gao Yimin is not so exaggerated, but he also believes in Gao Pragmatic's vision of people. Therefore, no matter how bizarre Burihatu's actions are, Gao Yimin will not think that he is fooling around, but will only think that he either has other ends or means.

In this way, his calculation that "Buzhhatu could be like this" is very amazing.

Cao Yan couldn't help but hesitate when he heard his analysis. According to his experience over the years, the Mongols as a whole were relatively rough in warfare, although he himself had suffered a big loss, but this kind of thing should be looked at separately: he had fought a hundred battles and played the position of deputy commander-in-chief, which shows how many times he has won battles in the past and how many achievements he has made, and he cannot be considered incompetent because of a failure.

There is no such thing as no defeat, and there are only two people in Daming who have done it, one is Qi Jiguang, and the other is Gao Pragmatism. Qi Jiguang has really won a hundred battles, and he has never suffered a small loss, but although he has fought a lot of battles, the scale is not as pragmatic as high; Gao Pragmatic can't talk about "winning a hundred battles", because he has only fought so many games, but it is true that every time it is a big scene, and there is no defeat.

In short, they are all rare.

At present, there is a Buzhihatu among the Mongols, and the layout and planning are more powerful than those who have read an unknown number of books in the court, and the command of the battle seems to be excellent—if he really intends to deduce it like Gao Yimin, this will make Cao Yan have to cheer up the spirit of 120,000 points.

He thought for a while, twisted his beard, and said slowly: "If this is the case, it is indeed a little difficult to deal with, but Ma Shenrong is also the choice of a famous general...... Brother Gao thinks that Buzhhatu can still have any means? ”

Gao Yimin thought for a moment and said: "If Ma Shenrong can really bite the main force of the Mongolian army and not let go, I can't think of what else Bu Rihatu can do in the next moment." ”

That's it.

Although Cao Yan still remembers the defeat of Chang'an Fort, he is not an indecisive person, and when he heard the words, he immediately made up his mind, and said to the herald: "Pass my handsome order to Ma Shenrong, and order him to go north with the current department, and send a big detective horse to detect the location of the main force of the Tartars, and then bite the ......" Then he summarized what he and Gao Yimin said just now, and let the herald report to Ma Chengxun to know.

After the herald went down, Cao Yan did not say a word, and once again urged Pu Yuanyi, Cao Jian and other troops to speed up the construction of the pontoon bridge, in order to be able to cross the river earlier and avoid the danger that Gao Yimin might be attacked by Bu Ri Hatu in the middle of the deduction.

In addition, he was still very cautious, and sent someone to tell Qi Jin and Zhang Wanbang that although the main force of the Mongolian army might have gone north, given that the people who came to report to him were only a few hunters after all, it was doubtful whether the movement of this "northward movement" was real, so they still needed to be meticulous to guard against an offensive that might appear at any time.

After all these things were arranged, Cao Yan found a place to sit down and rest for a while, while Gao Yimin had not given up the deduction and was still thinking about something there.

On the other side, Ma Chengxun also quickly got the order, he was very bold, he didn't feel that he was in a passive situation of being beaten north, but was very surprised-if he defeated Buzhihatu with only these cavalry under his own command, presumably the Mongols would definitely not retreat, and even Xicheng might just give up and flee back to the lair.

At that time, can Da Sinong not be impressed with himself?

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