Chapter 219 218 Night Battle?

"Admiral Weng has taken this into account, so I just ask Mr. Wei to give his orders. The entire Xuan Mansion will follow Mr. Wei's plan."

It has been calculated, Liu Dazhang also admitted it, and just fought. Now it seems that there is still a chance of winning.

Liu Dazhang thought so. Wei Guangde naturally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It was best not to question it. After all, he had never received any orders from Weng Pu and where did the plan come from.

It is said that the civil servants of the Song Dynasty had to arrange a battle plan in advance every time they fought, including the formation of troops.

Now that the Ming Dynasty was at peace, it also began to suppress the generals, but it did not completely deprive the generals of some autonomy.

As for the battle plan, Wei Guangde had already discussed it with Ma Fang and Dong Yiyuan while resting on the way here.

It was up to Wei Guangde to decide whether to fight or not, but when it came to how to fight, he still knew that he should listen more to veterans with battlefield experience like Ma Fang.

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Only Ma Fang has a say in the matter of fighting. Dong Yiyuan himself does not have much battlefield experience, so he can only make soy sauce on the side, check for omissions and learn from war experience.

Ma Fang's plan is perfect, Wei Guangde thinks so.

Let him lead an army to directly attack the camp of Anda Khan and attack the headquarters of Anda Khan. Even if he cannot catch him, he must be forced back.

Another army carried out a feint attack on thousands of households in Anda's tribe to contain the other party and prevent them from organizing a team to rescue Anda Khan's camp.

It can be said that the key to this plan is that Ma Fang led the team to break into the Ada Khan camp and use a powerful enough assault to destroy the defensive power of the Royal Guards.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Wei Guangde felt that Ma Fang's suggestion seemed to have deliberately left a loophole.

Wei Guangde had no battlefield experience. Although he had participated in a war, he was following others and did not involve the level of command.

The loophole left by Ma Fang was to block the connection between the Anda Khan camp and the Wanhu camp, at least in Wei Guangde's opinion.

The Mongols who entered the pass were all cavalry, and they had enough war horses to ride on them. Therefore, once Wanhu gave up counterattacking the Ming army's attack and instead sent an elite team of horsemen to rescue the Anda Khan camp, Ma Fang's army would be in a position of being attacked from both sides. .

After Wei Guangde proposed it, Ma Fang seemed to suddenly realize and proposed a remedy, which was to have Liu Huan lead a team of cavalry to be deployed between the two camps of the Anda tribe to intercept the Anda tribe's rescue of the Anda Khan camp.

According to Ma Fang's understanding of the Anda tribe, the Mongols are not good at camping, and their camps are generally very loose.

Although the Mongols are constantly at war with other countries and have learned a lot in the process of continuous conquest, due to the Mongolians' wandering habits, their camps are rarely raided by the enemy. Because their whereabouts are uncertain, it is difficult to determine Location.

At the foot of Baoan Prefecture City, Ma Fang took advantage of the opportunity to go out on patrol to observe the camp of the Anda tribe. There was a Tatar camp more than ten miles away from the city. It should be the camp of ten thousand households next to Anda Khan, and in this There is another camp a few miles behind the camp, which is the big tent of Anda Khan. The troops deployed here are the Royal Guards who are close to Anda Khan.

When they arrived at the gate of the Ming army, they still camped like this, which actually showed the current Anda tribe's extreme contempt for the Ming army.

The Ming army has not taken the initiative to attack the Mongols for a long time. They usually guard the border walls and wait for them to attack.

But it was precisely because of this that Ma Fang came up with the idea of ​​raiding Anda Khan's camp.

After all, if the Anda troops camped together, Ma Fang's more than a thousand men might not be able to reach the royal court before being blocked by the awakened Mongols.

The morale of the entire Anda tribe is very high now. They have regarded Xuanfu as their next pasture and do not think that the Ming army has the ability to defeat them.

Perhaps, only the top leaders of Mongolia know that the threat from the Ming army is still real.

At least over a hundred years ago, the Ming army had gone deep into the desert to attack them several times. However, the leaders would not tell the people below because they needed their warriors to maintain high morale.

Wei Guangde already knew the details of the Xuanfu army's troops in Baoan Prefecture through Ma Fang. However, at this time, he did not directly tell them the battle plan they had agreed on before. Instead, he gently asked Liu Dazhang about the strength of the Ming army. Condition.

"The troops transferred to Baoan Prefecture by our Xuanfu Army this time total 17,000 horse and infantry troops, including about 5,000 cavalry troops."

Regarding Wei Guangde's inquiry, Liu Dazhang did not take it lightly.

Although the Xuanfu army mobilization situation has been reported before, it was very early after all. There were also variables in the actual mobilization. It was planned to mobilize 22,000 people, but in fact only 17,000 people were mobilized. At this time I have to make it clear.

"How many people have you scouted out in the Anda tribe's camp? How many people are there in the Anda Khan camp? Also, how many elite soldiers are there?"

Wei Guangde continued to ask. Ma Fang had given an estimate before, and Wei Guangde wanted to confirm it from Liu Dazhang.

"The Anda tribe originally had a force of about 10,000 households under the city, which is 10,000 cavalry, including two to three thousand elite soldiers."

Speaking of this, Liu Dazhang paused for a moment before continuing: "After your lord's trick, Anda Khan twice mobilized about 4,000 troops south to Huailai County. There should be about 6,000 people in the camp at present, and only the elite should be mobilized. A thousand people left, and now there are still one or two thousand.

As for the situation in Anda Khan's camp, our scouts have estimated that the number is about three thousand to less than three thousand, and they are all elites. "

After hearing Liu Dazhang's words, Wei Guangde knew that Ma Fang's news was not false.

Although the Ming army's combat power has weakened, the scouts' investigation capabilities have not declined, and their basic professional qualities are still there.

"To capture the thief and capture the king, Mr. Liu should know exactly what to do to maximize the success of this battle."

Wei Guangde said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, do you want to attack Anda Khan's camp?"

Hearing Wei Guangde's "capture the thief and capture the king", Liu Dazhang naturally understood what he meant. If he could catch Anda Khan or kill him, he would definitely be favored by Emperor Jiajing, and his rise to prominence would be just around the corner.

"But."

Liu Dazhang's face briefly showed excitement, but then quickly dissipated, "If our army besieges the Ada Khan camp, once the six thousand Tatars rush out, it will be difficult for us to stop them in the wild."

Yes, since Anda Khan is regarded as prey, it is natural to surround him on all sides to prevent him from getting away. He naturally knows how many troops he can send out, and it is not enough.

Stopping Anda's 6,000 men is still a field battle. It will definitely not work without preparing tens of thousands of people. How many are left to attack the Anda Khan camp.

As for the use of night sneak attack tactics, it is actually the most undesirable in this era. For some reasons, the proportion of night blindness in the army is very high, but this is not the main reason. The real reason lies in the large corps operations. If it is conducted at night, the command It will be very troublesome, and it can even be said that once you use night battle, it is basically just a random fight.

During daytime battles, you can command through flags, drums, etc. Even if you send out messengers, you can quickly find the person you are looking for according to the flag to convey the order. This is impossible at night.

It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. At this time, Weng Pu and Wei Guangde are taking the blame. Although Liu Dazhang is also responsible, it is not a big one after all. As long as he insists on following Wei Guangde's method, he will be the one who gets the blame in the end. Although he will be implicated, but Not much responsibility.

Therefore, after Wei Guangde said that he was attacking me, Liu Dazhang naturally thought of besieging him on all sides, but he did not have enough troops. This point must be raised, otherwise he, the commander-in-chief, would be incompetent in his business ability.

Execute orders, but don’t even have basic judgment?

Wei Guangde reacted quickly after being briefly confused. Liu Dazhang probably thought that he wanted to capture Anda Khan alive, so he went out to fight in broad daylight, or at least took advantage of the cover of night to surround Anda Khan's camp. Then he started fighting at dawn and besieged Anda Khan's camp. .

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Wei Guangde shook his head, "It's true that the target is Anda Khan. It's a great achievement to catch him and kill him, but it's not that easy. The first goal is to take advantage of the Tatars' unpreparedness and pride. Catch him by surprise.

The cavalry was divided into two teams. One team was led by Liu Huan and was placed between the two major Tatar camps to stop the Tatar cavalry from supporting Ada Khan. "

After saying this, Wei Guangde paused and looked at a burly military general in the hall. He seemed to be a strong general who could fight hard, at least stronger than Ma Fang.

Liu Huan and Wei Guangde heard Dong Yiyuan and Ma Fang mention him, so they naturally paid attention to this person before entering the city.

Wei Guangde didn't think that the infantry attack alone could delay the rescue of Anda Khan's camp. There would definitely be cavalry rushing out to rescue. This is the time for this fierce general to come in and stop the reinforcements. Unless a fierce general leads the cavalry The troops cannot.

"General Liu, you and I will lead 10,000 infantry to attack the Anda camp. Try to hold them back and prevent them from sending more men to support Anda Khan. As for Anda Khan."

When Wei Guangde said this, he looked at Ma Fang, "The guerrilla Ma Fang will lead a night attack to attack Anda Khan's camp. It's best to catch him. If you can't catch him, you can kill him. The last thing is to drive Anda Khan away." , drive out of the Great Wall.

Once Anda Khan ran away, the remaining Anda tribe was naturally leaderless, and retreating was their only choice. "

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Liu Dazhang frowned.

Night attack.

"My lord, what you want is to leave two thousand people to guard Baoan Prefecture, and all the rest of the troops will be dispatched. Fighting at night is still a field battle."

Liu Dazhang was really a little worried at this time. The Ming army and the Tatars fought in the wild. In fact, they lost more than they won, and they didn't even win at all.

Ma Fang had reported several victories, but his gains were not big because his opponents were not very strong.

He is not an idiot, and he is not capable of hitting an egg with a stone.

But even so, Ma Fang became one of the few generals in Xuanfu who dared to take the initiative to fight.

At this moment, Liu Dazhang suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. Why did the battle plan coming from Wei Guangde's mouth be very similar to what Ma Fang said in front of him.

By this time, a trace of doubt finally arose in his heart.

I didn't doubt it before, because as Wei Guangde said, he had issued official documents many times urging war.

With Dong Yiyuan here, Liu Dazhang would not doubt the authenticity of Wei Guangde's identity.

It's just such a coincidence that Mr. Weng Puweng knew the situation here at Juyongguan. It seems that he didn't report in detail the situation of the Anda tribe's camp.

Thinking of Ma Fang, Liu Dazhang began to suspect that Ma Fang failed to win the battle here. He ran to Huailai County and met Wei Guangde, a young man who deceived this little guy who didn't know the heights of the world and was eager to make contributions.

Capturing Anda Khan alive was indeed a big achievement, but it had to be something he could get.

Liu Dazhang didn't believe it was Weng Pu's plan, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it.

Night battle, this is life-threatening. Once the battle starts, it is possible to completely lose control of the Xuanfu Army.

Thinking of this, Liu Dazhang thought that Wei Guangde didn't know the troubles of night battles, so he quickly approached Wei Guangde and whispered all the difficulties he would encounter in night battles, especially the problem that it was difficult to effectively command his subordinates after the battle started.

Deputy General Tian Shiwei was also frightened by Wei Guangde's night battle plan at this moment. He was also a traditional officer. In fact, normal soldiers would not like the option of night battles.

Wei Guangde did not consider the troubles of night battles at first. Influenced by later generations, Wei Guangde always thought that night battles were a good way to attack the enemy.

At Xifengkou, the 29th Army used night attacks to recapture the positions lost during the day many times, and also made the big knife team famous, so that in modern times, many people still think that big knives are more powerful than bayonets.

In the Korean War, the Volunteer Army also used night battles to win many times.

Well, anyway, Wei Guangde at this time did not realize that night battles were actually a double-edged sword, hurting others and himself.

Especially when Liu Dazhang mentioned that "once our troops retreat, other troops will rush in without knowing it, and it is easy to suffer a disastrous defeat", Wei Guangde realized that night battles seemed really undesirable.

Night attacks are okay if they are small elite troops.

But the main purpose of the tactics used is harassment, not defeat.

What he has to do now is to defeat the Altan tribe, and the harassment of a small force will obviously not achieve the desired effect.

Wei Guangde was about to ask Liu Dazhang's opinion and want to hear what he said, but suddenly realized that something was wrong.

If this man had the idea to go to war, he would have taken action long ago. If he asked for his opinion, he would probably only get the sentence "Let me think about it carefully", and then drag it until the military rations are exhausted or the Datong army arrives.

Today, the battle plan must be finalized, whether it is tonight or tomorrow morning, it must be finalized and cannot be changed.

Wei Guangde didn't know that Liu Dazhang had doubts, but he had a bad feeling in his heart.

The generals in the hall were also a little agitated at this moment. No one liked fighting at night, so they watched the three people in the hall discussing here, and the people below also gathered in twos and threes to talk.

At this time, the only one who was anxious was Ma Fang, who was the one who proposed the night battle raid.

At first, he only considered taking his own troops to attack Altan Khan's camp and harass it.

Later, he thought that it might be possible to turn the tide of the war, but the premise was that the troops in Altan Khan's camp must be restrained and not let it send reinforcements to let himself be attacked from both sides.

At that time, the conditions were not met. His basic qualities made him know that the Ming army in Bao'an Prefecture was not strong enough to complete the above arrangements, so naturally he gave up this idea in the end. It was not until he heard Wei Guangde's idea that he felt that this plan seemed to have a chance to be reborn.