prosperous age

Chapter 217 216 Calculation
At this time, Wei Guangde had realized the importance of Bao'an Prefecture, and it seemed to be an important breakthrough in the battle situation. As long as the Xuanfu army took the initiative to attack, it was possible to defeat the Altan Khan headquarters there.

However, if Liu Dazhang is to send troops, I am afraid that he really has to go there himself.

Wei Guangde was a little unconfident. As a reviewer of the Imperial Academy, although he was listed as a "Military Counselor", he was a general officer.

Well, in fact, the commander-in-chief has no rank, but just gives a right to lead troops.

In the military officer system of the Ming Dynasty, the rank of the military attache had little to do with the position. Positions such as chief soldier, deputy chief soldier, general, and guerrilla general had no rank.

But to be able to sit in that position, there will naturally be another identity, that is, an official position in the guard system.

Liu Dazhang is the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, who controls all the troops in the Xuanfu. The deputy commander-in-chief, generals, guerrilla generals and garrison guards all have to obey his command, so he still has an official position, that is, the commander-in-chief of the rear army The right governor of the government, the honor is the right column country.

Liu Dazhang is a first-rank military officer of the imperial court, but he is not someone who can handle it from a young age of seventh rank. At least there is no such precedent now, and with Emperor Jiajing's character, he will never set such a precedent.

Wei Guangde remembered that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, low-rank civil officials killed high-rank generals, that is, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, but Wei Guangde couldn't remember their specific official positions.

He just vaguely remembered that Mao Wenlong should be at the same level as Liu Dazhang, and Yuan Chonghuan was probably at the level of governor, but he couldn't remember what his official position was or what his grade was.

But what is before Wei Guangde now is that even if he goes to Baoan Prefecture, Liu Dazhang may not buy him. If he is really unwilling to fight, he has nothing to do.

Perhaps, here, only Weng Pu can force Liu Dazhang to fight.

Although Weng Pu's rank is lower than Liu Dazhang's, he is an admiral of military affairs and can command troops in theaters.

Wei Guangde felt a bit tricky, he didn't dare to do anything to a first-rank general, but if he didn't do it, he could only fight, and the great opportunity seemed to slip away in vain.

That's An Dahan, catch him, that's a great achievement, Emperor Jiajing will definitely not be stingy with rewards.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, and started pacing back and forth in the room, he couldn't stop anymore.

"Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji."

Finally, Wei Guangde shouted to the door.

As the words fell, Zhang Ji came in from the door.

"Go and call Li. Tell Dong Yiyuan to come over for a while, and call Dong Yiyuan by the way. First go and call Dong Yiyuan."

At first Wei Guangde wanted to ask Li Zhen and Dong Yiyuan to come over as a staff officer, but then he remembered that Li Zhen had gone to guard the food. The reason why he called Dong Yiyuan was because here, among the people he knew well, only Dong Yiyuan had military experience.

Yes, Wei Guangde didn't believe that he was really a genius in war, so he asked these two people to help him with his staff for all the things he considered before. They had more experience and thoughtful considerations.

Zhang Jiying turned around and ran out the door. Not long after, Dong Yiyuan was called.

"Come and have a look."

After Wei Guangde waited for Dong Yiyuan to salute, he asked him to stand beside the book case, pointed to the map and began to analyze the current battle situation with him. When Wei Guangde gradually expressed his thoughts and wanted to go to the Xuanfu, he forced Liu Dazhang to send troops to contain our troops. He sent Ma Fang and Liu Huan with the troops of Wanhu, and led the cavalry troops from the Xuanfu to raid the royal court of Altan Khan.

Dong Yiyuan was frightened by Wei Guangde's thoughts, not because he wanted to send Ma Fang to attack Al Da Khan, but because Wei Guangde wanted to force the general officer of Xuanfu to fight.

Although the military generals in the north knew the power of civil servants, it was after all aimed at middle and low rank military officers. What Wei Guangde was talking about now was to force the first rank generals.

Dong Yiyuan didn't answer Wei Guangde's question, and didn't even think about the feasibility of Wei Guangde's idea, but was thinking about whether he should find a way to leave the child.

At first, I thought that Wei Guangde was born in a military family, so he should have a natural affection for generals.

Well, now it seems that this is not the case. Just like those military jinshi before, after becoming a civil servant, like other civil servants, he no longer takes generals seriously.

In fact, Wei Guangde did not look down on generals. After all, many of his ideas came from later generations. It is not popular in later generations to emphasize civility over martial arts. At least most people in the era will not despise soldiers.

Although Wei Guangde at this moment knew that oppressing Liu Dazhang was a very difficult matter, he wanted to know the feasibility of his idea even more.

If his tactics are feasible, then consider how to deal with Liu Dazhang.

For military generals, what the civil official group can often use is to bring the lawsuit to Beijing. Through the method of impeachment, the military general will be suspended pending trial first, and then it will depend on the relationship between the capital and the city.

In this regard, civilian officials naturally have an inherent advantage. The department with the highest military power is the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is controlled by civilian officials.

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which once controlled the army and occupied absolute leadership power, has become a decoration, and the general's voice in the court has long since declined.

Yes, the first thing Wei Guangde thought of was impeachment, but it was a little too late to write the memorial and send it to the capital.

And at this time, the civil servants in the capital would never be stupid enough to mobilize a general soldier, who was still fighting the Tartars.

Wei Guangde knew that if Zou Shu went up, he would definitely be unlucky.

The usual routines used by civilian officials against generals are ineffective at this time, unless the war is over.

The reason why Wei Guangde thought of impeaching Liu Dazhang was also because Ma Fang said that Liu Dazhang feared the enemy and fought timidly. What a good reason.

However, the only thing he can threaten Liu Dazhang is this. If Liu Dazhang is disobedient and sends troops to fight, then he clearly stated that he will join him after the war and see how he chooses.

Seeing Dong Yiyuan's delay in speaking, Wei Guangde couldn't wait any longer.

"You are talking, is it feasible for Baoanzhou to take the initiative?"

Wei Guangde urged.

"I don't know if I can be humbled."

Dong Yiyuan hurriedly bowed and answered, "You can only know about the war when you fight it. Based on your previous analysis, I think it is still possible to fight. As for the final result, I really don't know."

"Based on what you know about the Xuanfu army, is their fighting power the same as what Ma Fang said before, and can they fight the Tartars?"

Wei Guangde raised a question, which is actually the most critical factor in this battle.

The total cavalry of the Ming army in Baoanzhou, including more than [-] people led by Ma Fang, will not exceed [-] in total, but it is impossible to transfer all of them to fight Altan Khan, but will allocate a part to assist the infantry in fighting That half a million households.

If there is no containment, it is hard to imagine how powerful the eight thousand Tartar cavalry will be.

In fact, the southern soldiers were naturally afraid of cavalry groups charging, and Wei Guangde was the same.

Dong Yiyuan's more than 400 cavalry was scary enough to charge, not to mention that there were 8000 Tartars there.

Regarding Wei Guangde's question, Dong Yiyuan fell into thinking again, but this time he didn't think about leaving Wei Guangde before, but really started to consider the feasibility of Wei Guangde's strategy.

Regarding the combat power of Xuanfu soldiers, he can still speak, after all, he grew up here since he was a child.

As a guerrilla general, his father had hundreds of men under his command, and sometimes he had more than a thousand men. It seemed that sometimes he was able to gain the upper hand against the Tartars, and sometimes he was at an absolute disadvantage. It seems that what Ma Fang said before, the Tartars are ordinary soldiers. The combat power is really not that good.

Dong Yiyuan lowered his head and began to think about the difference between the Ming army and the Tatars. Naturally, Wei Guangde was put aside, and he only cared about this question.

Wei Guangde is not in a hurry right now, Dong Yiyuan thought, that would only make the answer more accurate.

The exact answer is what he needs.

After a long time, Dong Yiyuan finally looked up at Wei Guangde, opened and closed his mouth and said, "What Ma Fang said may be true. I remember when my father was fighting the Tartars, sometimes he felt that the Tartars were weak, and sometimes he was weak. I think Tartar is strong."

Speaking of this, Dong Yiyuan suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and said: "I have been in Ji Town for the past few years, but I really haven't had a chance to fight against the Tartars. I sent them out to the place several times, and the Tartars broke the border fort and robbed them. I ran away, so I didn't experience it myself, I just heard my father say something similar."

"Just my lord, Baoanzhou."

After a pause, Dong Yiyuan was about to continue speaking, but in fact, he wanted to persuade Wei Guangde not to think about how to force Liu Dazhang from Baoan Prefecture to fight.

Dong Yiyuan felt that Wei Guangde's tactics could be given a try, and Wei Guangde also knew how to extract his subordinates' views on the combat power of the Ministry of Defense before the launch, which showed that this person was more pragmatic, not those civil servants who didn't know anything, just Knowing whether to let them go here, fight there, whether they can win the fight is not considered at all.

No matter how they all come from the guard, this understanding is still there, but the previous opinion on Wei Guangde has faded a bit.

Before Dong Yiyuan finished speaking, Wei Guangde interrupted him with a wave of his hand. This issue is not his responsibility.

Originally, if Li Zhen was here, there could still be a civil servant to discuss with him, but now there is only one magistrate in Huailai County, and Wei Guangde is not familiar with him, so naturally he would not come to him.

Moreover, at some point, Wei Guangde also came up with a view on his background.

The county magistrate of Huailai was surnamed Lin, and he was born in Juren. For Wei Guangde, a Jinshi, he really didn't think it was meaningful to get in touch.

The tactics are a bit risky, but fighting is a gamble.

A strong army can also lose to a weaker army, it depends on how the opponent calculates, how to preset the battlefield to maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses, give full play to their own advantages, and offset their own disadvantages.

But for these, Wei Guangde thinks it's better to leave it to Ma Fang to consider.

Since he is so courageous, and seems to be very lucky, he can survive to the present when he charged into battle, so he should be better at calculating the battlefield.

"Do you think there is anything wrong with the other things I analyzed?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"I don't have any doubts about the humble job, I think it should be the same."

Dong Yiyuan had no choice but to bow and say.

"You arranged them, you go and call Ma Fang here now, I have something to say."

Wei Guangde gave an order, and then he stood in front of the map and remained silent.

It's just that Wei Guangde at this time, although he was looking at the map, what he was thinking about in his mind was how to operate, so that he could finally retreat unscathed, and would not offend the people behind him by forcing Liu Dazhang.

To be sent to the Xuan Mansion as the chief military officer, there must be someone in the court.

Wei Guangde felt that it is better to disclose some news to Weng Pu first, at least he reported the situation himself, so it is not considered an unauthorized decision, but reported to the superior.

Even if someone came out to talk about the matter afterwards, he would be guilty of mishandling it, taking wrong measures, and not waiting for the imperial court's order.

Write a document, and then write a memorial, and send them to Juyongguan to see how Weng Pu handles it.

Wei Guangde thinks that Weng Pu is a good person, at least until now he is taking good care of him.

Thinking about how to write this document, Ma Fang had already been brought in by Dong Yiyuan at this time.

At this time, Ma Fang was still a little suspicious, and was about to have a meal, but Dong Yiyuan called him out again, saying that Wei Guangde wanted to see him, and Dong Yiyuan didn't say anything on the way.

After entering the house, Wei Guangde called him to the map, and began to inquire about the camping situation of the Alta Department in Baoan Prefecture.

"Before I left, I was divided into two large camps. The camp closest to the city should be the one with ten thousand households, but now there are only a few thousand people in it, and there is another camp behind them. , I once took advantage of the opportunity of patrolling to look at it from afar, and although I couldn’t see the black banner, the last general was sure that there was definitely Altan.”

When Ma Fang heard that Wei Guangde called him, he asked about the camping situation of the Alta Department in Bao'an Prefecture, and immediately thought of the raid on Alta Khan's tent mentioned earlier.

I was a little excited again, if it really came true, killing or capturing Al Da Khan, it would be a great contribution.

"How do you know it's Alta Khan in there?"

Wei Guangde continued to ask.

"Look at the Tartars around the camp. Altan's camp is fully guarded by royal guards. Those are the bravest fighters on the grassland. They must be experienced in many battles. If you haven't performed on the battlefield, you won't be able to go to the Wangting Guard."

Ma Fang knew all this, after all, he had stayed on the grassland for more than ten years, and in the end he followed Al Da Khan even more.

"Don't worry, my lord, when I was in the grassland, I followed Altan for more than a year. Although he treated me well, he was captured by them after all, and he was only a slave there.

I can tell in which direction Altan is by looking at his camp. If I take people to rush to the camp, I can definitely find Altan, and I know him. As long as he is seen by me, he will never run away. "

At this time, Ma Fang began to promise Wei Guangde that as long as he led people to raid Altan Khan's camp, he would be sure to catch Altan Khan.

Of course, Wei Guangde would not believe this.

Even if Al Da Khan appeared in front of Ma Fang, you have to rely on it.

However, the meaning in Ma Fang's words still touched him, that is, Ma Fang was indeed the most suitable candidate, because he knew Al Da Khan himself.

if you decide to do it
(End of this chapter)