Chapter 180: "Magnanimity"
Ma Fang originally thought that Gao Pragmatic would not agree to Qin Deyi's dispatch of troops, but when Gao Pragmatic said this, he couldn't help but think for a while, and then slowly asked: "What does Bingxian mean, let Qin Deyi touch the wall?" ”
Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why does the governor think that Qin Xierong is going...... It's bound to hit a wall, right? ”
Ma Fang smiled and replied: "Although the fried flowers were captured, but in the battle of Hanjiawan today, at that moment, the remnants of the fried flowers can still fly with wings, it is conceivable that there must be capable people in this." ”
Gao pragmatic didn't speak, just waved his hand slightly and made a "please" gesture.
Please, of course, please speak, please continue.
Therefore, Ma Fang continued: "This person must meet several conditions in order to do such a difficult thing. First of all, he should have a respected position in the fried flower department, and in the opinion of old age, he is most likely a descendant of the little prince (the Ming people used to call Dayan Khan the little prince), that is, he should be a Taiji; Secondly, this person should have a certain amount of military power, and this time he must be leading the troops, although the total number is difficult to determine, but at that time, it should occupy a large proportion of the remnants of the fried flowers. ”
Gao pragmatically pondered: "But there are others? ”
"Maybe there is." Ma Fang frowned and said: "Looking at his move to cross the river, it is really dangerous, usually speaking, this is not something that an old general can do, so the old man thinks that this person may not be very old......
Gao pragmatic asked: "The son of fried flowers?" ”
Ma Fang immediately shook his head: "The son of fried flowers is only six or seven years old this year, how can it be him?" I'm afraid he's still circling around him in the old camp of fried flowers at the moment. [Note: Eji, Mongolian, means mother.] ]
Gao pragmatically pondered: "I don't know much about the fried flower department, but I don't know that there are such characters among his subordinates, and they actually know the truth of 'putting them to death and then rebirth'?" ”
Ma Fang shook his head slightly: "This person ...... It is a little extraordinary, but if it is said that he knows how to put it to death and live later, the old man thinks that he is afraid that it is exaggerated, and in the opinion of the old man, this is probably just a gambler's heart. ”
Gao Pragmatic could understand what Ma Fang's so-called "gambler's heart" meant, but he smiled and said: "Since it's just a gambler's heart, why does Du Du still say that he is a little extraordinary?" Is it just because he got the bet right? ”
"No, no." Ma Fang Zhengse said: "The old man said that he was extraordinary, not because he was right, but because he was able to control a group of leaderless rabble in such a short period of time, and take them on such an unpredictable road to breakthrough." In addition, he could at least see one thing, that is, the move to break through to the south would not be successful. ”
In fact, Ma Fang's judgment was slightly biased, because in his opinion, Zai Sai relied on his personal ability and prestige to firmly control the remnants of this fried flower, and then took them to take the risk to force them over, but in fact, it was Zhang Wanbang who really helped Zai Sai a lot at that time.
The battle in which Zhang Wanbang carried the attack of the fried flowers suppressed the top and bottom of the fried flower department, making the fried flower department mistakenly think that the Ming army on the southern front was all the level of Zhang Wanbang's department - then a ghost who broke through?
Since the Ming army on the southern front dared to block their way, they must have enough troops, coupled with such exaggerated combat effectiveness, if they were not afraid of casualties, they might be able to wipe them out in the bay before dark.
But this group of fried flower remnants were also stunned at that time, and they didn't think about where the Ming army would get so many "Zhang Wanbang Divisions".
The 1,500 people under Zhang Wanbang's hands were all him and Gao Pragmatic's family members, and the part that was actually at the forefront at that time was Qi Jiguang's step man trained by Gao Pragmatic, and it was equipped with the latest bayonet Wanli style.
The fried flower department has never seen Wanli's firepower and bayonet array, and it is normal to be stunned.
Similar examples of this battle, such as the Battle of Bali Bridge at the end of the original history of the Tartar Qing Dynasty, the Mongolian cavalry at that time was also completely abused in this way - Monk Lingqin took the cavalry to attack the strict infantry array with obvious firepower superiority, and the result was that tens of thousands of Tartar Qing troops were defeated, and the British and French troops only died a total of five people, including three French and two British.
The level of armament of the Anglo-French forces at that time, that is, breech-loading flintlock guns and smoothbore guns equipped with bayonets, partially used the latest rifled guns and rifles that had just been invented. At present, Gaojia Buding, except for the lack of rifled guns, other standards are basically met, so the two biggest improvements in Wanli are bayonets and light rifling (because of the limited metal processing capacity, its rifling is not the common spiral rifling in later generations, but only two very shallow rifling, but it is already qualitative progress).
At that time, the British and French forces used the "latest tactics" such as hollow phalanxes and three-row array infantry lines, which were aimed at the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry at that time.
As early as ten years ago, Gao Pragmatic told Qi Jiguang the general idea of these two tactics, asked Qi Jiguang to make appropriate adjustments under the conditions of existing weapons, and then taught his own family and the Ming army troops equipped with Wanli type 1 muskets.
The group of family members under Zhang Wanbang's command today are all proficient in the tactics of the three-row battle infantry line, and they can naturally easily deal with the death rush of the fried flower department. What's more, they also have another weapon of mass destruction that the British and French forces did not possess - grenades. [Note: In the first volume of this book, we analyzed the differences in the development of firearms between the East and the West, and there are objective facts that show that the West did not pay as much attention to explosive firearms such as landmines, mines, and grenades in the early days. ]
As for why Zhang Wanbang only used three rows of battle infantry lines today, instead of a hollow phalanx, it was because he didn't need it, because he only needed to hold this line to the north today, and he was stationed at the mouth of a valley between the hills, and setting up a hollow phalanx was a complete waste of troops.
The truth at that time was that after the fried flower department kicked the iron plate, it was frightened by the performance of Zhang Wanbang's department, so the proposal of the Fried Rabbit Taiji really could not convince the generals of the fried flower headquarters, and because the Jinghua fleet began to turn around, under such a huge threat, it was finally allowed to take the opportunity to seize the command.
Of course, Ma Fangren is not on the front line, and it is very rare to be able to guess this extent, and Gao Pragmatic thinks about it and feels reasonable.
So he groaned slightly, and then said: "If it weren't for the son of fried flowers, it must be his nephews and nephews, in short, I agree with the judgment of the governor, this person is probably also a Taiji." In this way, if this person returns to the old camp of fried flowers...... The fried Hatun may follow the example of Zhongjin Hatun in order to protect himself. ”
"Self-preservation?" Ma Fang smiled: "I'm afraid it's not just self-preservation, if this Hatun is willing to remarry, not only can he be safe, but he and the son of fried flowers can also be safe, not to mention that he can also solve the danger of Qin Deyi's pursuit." ”
Gao pragmatic nodded, also laughed, waved his hand and said: "Qin Xierong wants to go, let him go, anyway, the only people under his command who can be used to pursue the old camp of fried flowers are cavalry, since it is a cavalry, if you can fight, you can fight, and if you can't fight, you will run, so that I will not suffer heavy losses in Daming, but I can let him learn some lessons, I think it is good." ”
Ma Fang smiled and said nothing.
In fact, he had a clear idea of Gao Pragmatic in his heart, and Qin Deyi had a total of more than 3,000 cavalry, of which 2,000 were given to him by Li Chengliang......
Li Chengliang didn't allow Qin Deyi to go south to rescue Liaonan, Gao Bingxian didn't say anything, did he really have no response in his heart?
Since there is, then you have to give people a little bit of tribute, right? Gao Bingxian was already very magnanimous without directly teaching a lesson......
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The perspective of the next chapter is going to be changed, and I originally planned to give Qin Deyi a chapter of pen and ink, but I think it's better not to ink too much on non-important characters, so the next chapter is moved directly to Li Chengliang's side.