Chapter 219 218 Night Battle?

"Admiral Weng counted this, so please ask Lord Wei to give instructions, and the Xuanfu will follow the Lord's plan."

He has been plotted and Liu Dazhang has accepted it, just beat him. Now it seems that he still has a chance to win.

When Liu Dazhang thought so, Wei Guangde naturally felt relieved in his heart. It was the best not to question it. After all, he had never received any orders from Weng Pu, and where did he get the plan?

It is said that civil officials of the Song Dynasty had to arrange combat plans in advance every time they fought, including placing troops and formations.

The Ming Dynasty is now in peace and has begun to suppress military generals, but it has not completely deprived the military generals of some autonomy.

As for the combat plan, Wei Guangde had already discussed with Ma Fang and Dong Yiyuan when he was resting on the way.

Whether to fight or not is decided by him Wei Guangde, but when it comes to how to fight, he still knows that he should listen more to veterans like Ma Fang with battlefield experience.

Specializes in profession.

Only Ma Fang has the right to speak in the war, and Dong Yiyuan himself has no experience in the battlefield, so he can only play soy sauce, check for omissions and learn about war experience.

Ma Fang's plan is very perfect, and Wei Guangde believes so.

He led a army to directly attack Altan Khan's camp and attack Altan Khan's headquarters. Even if he could not catch him, he would have to force him back.

Another army launched a feint attack on tens of thousands of households in Altan's army, restraining the other party and preventing them from organizing teams to rescue Altan Khan's camp.

It can be said that the key to this plan is that Ma Fang leads the team to break into Altan Khan's camp and destroys the defensive power of the Royal Court Guard with a strong enough assault.

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

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

The loophole left by Ma Fang is to block the connection between Altan Khan's camp and Wanhu camp, at least that's what Wei Guangde thinks.

The wrong Mongols entered the pass were all cavalry, and they had enough horses to ride, so once Wanhu gave up counterattacking the Ming army's attack and sent an elite horse to rescue Altan Khan's camp, Ma Fang's army would be in a situation where they were attacked from both sides.

After Wei Guangde proposed it, Ma Fangcai seemed to have suddenly realized the remedy, that is, Liu Huan led a team of cavalry to arrange it between the two camps of Altan's army to intercept Altan's army's rescue of Altan's camp.

According to Ma Fang's understanding of Altan's tribe, the Mongolians were not good at camping, and their camps were generally loose.

Although the Mongols continued to fight and other countries and learned a lot during the process of conquest, because of the Mongols' habit of swimming, their camps were rarely attacked by the enemy, because their whereabouts were uncertain and it was difficult to determine their location.

At the city of Bao'anzhou, Ma Fang took advantage of the opportunity to patrol and observed the camp of Altan's troops. There was a Tartar camp more than ten miles away from the city. There should be a camp of ten thousand households beside Altan Khan. There was also a camp several miles after this camp, which was Altan Khan's big tent. The army deployed here was the royal guards whom Altan Khan's confidant.

When they arrived at the Ming army's city, they still set up camp like this, which actually showed the current Altan army's extreme contempt for the Ming army.

The Ming army has not taken the initiative to attack the Mongols for a long time, and usually guards the border walls and waits for them to attack.

However, it was precisely because of this that Ma Fang had the idea of ​​raiding Altan Khan's camp.

After all, if Altan's camps were formed together, more than a thousand people under Ma Fang would probably not be able to rush to the vicinity of the royal court and would be blocked by the awakened Mongolians.

The entire Altan army is now very morale. They have regarded Xuanfu as their next ranch and do not think that the Ming army has the ability to defeat them.

Perhaps, only the senior leaders of Mongolia knew that the threat from the Ming army still existed.

At least over the past 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 that they needed their warriors to maintain high fighting spirit.

Wei Guangde had already learned about the details of the Xuanfu Army's troops in Bao'anzhou through Ma Fang, but at this time he did not directly tell the combat plan they had agreed on before, but gently asked Liu Dazhang about the military strength of the Ming army.

"The total number of horses and infantry personnel transferred to Baoanzhou this time was 17,000, including about 5,000 cavalrymen."

Liu Dazhang was not sloppy when asked about Wei Guangde's inquiry.

Although I had reported the mobilization of the Xuanfu Army before, it was a very early incident after all. There were also variables in the actual mobilization. It was planned to transfer 22,000 people, but in fact there were only 17,000 people. At this time, we must explain it clearly.

"You have reconnaissed how many people there are in Altan's camp, how many people there are in Altan's camp? And how many elite soldiers are there?"

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

"The Altan team originally had about 10,000 households under the city, which was 10,000 cavalry, of which the elite stock price was two or three thousand."

Speaking of this, Liu Dazhang paused for a moment before continuing: "After using the trick, Altan Khan drew about 4,000 troops to go south to Huailai County. At present, there should be about 6,000 people in the camp, and the elite should only transfer one thousand people, and there are still one or two thousand now.

As for the situation in Altan Khan's camp, our scouts had an estimate that the number of people was about 3,000 or less, and they were all elite."

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 scout's reconnaissance ability has not decreased, and there is still basic professional quality.

"Captaining the thief and capturing the king, General Liu should understand what to do to make the greatest achievements of this war."

Wei Guangde said with a smile.

"What do you mean is to attack Altan Khan's camp?"

When Liu Dazhang heard Wei Guangde's "capturing the thief and capturing the king", he naturally understood what he meant. If he could catch Altan Khan or kill him, he would definitely be favored by Emperor Jiajing, and it would be just around the corner.

"But."

Liu Dazhang's face briefly showed an excited expression, and then it quickly dissipated. "If our army besieged Altan Khan's camp, once the six thousand Tartars rushed out, it would be difficult for us to stop them in the wild."

Yes, since Altan Khan is regarded as a prey, he naturally has to surround him from all sides and not let him go. He naturally knows how many people he can send out, which is not enough.

It is certain that it will not be possible to stop the 6,000 Altan troops from fighting in the field. If you don’t prepare for tens of thousands of people, how many left can attack Altan Khan’s camp.

As for using night sneak attack tactics, it is actually the most undesirable in this era. Because of some reasons, the proportion of night blindness in the army is very high, but this is not the main reason. The real reason is that large corps combat. If it is carried out at night, command will be very troublesome. It can even be said that once night battle is used, it will basically be a mess.

When fighting during the day, you can command through flags, drums, etc. At the very least, sending a messenger can quickly find the person he is looking for to convey orders according to the flag. These are impossible at night.

It doesn't matter if you win or lose. At this time, Weng Pu and Wei Guangde take the blame. Although Liu Dazhang also has a responsibility, it is not a big deal after all. As long as you stick to Wei Guangde's method, he will be the one who is beaten in the end. Although he will be involved, he is not a big deal.

So after Wei Guangde said that he would attack Altan Khan, Liu Dazhang naturally thought of siege from all sides, but he lacked enough troops, so this must be raised, otherwise his general would be incompetent in his business ability.

Execute the command, but don’t even have a basic judgment?

After a brief moment of confusion, Wei Guangde quickly realized that Liu Dazhang should have thought he wanted to capture Altan Khan alive, or to fight in broad daylight, at least he took advantage of the night to cover Altan Khan's camp, and the war started at dawn, besieging Altan Khan's camp.

How is it possible

Wei Guangde shook his head, "The goal is Altan Khan. It's right. Being able to catch him and kill him is a great achievement, but it is not that easy. The primary goal is to take advantage of the Tartars' unpreparedness and proudly indulge in the opportunity to beat him unexpectedly.

The cavalry was divided into two teams, one of which was led by Liu Huan, and arranged between the two major camps of the Tatars to stop the Tatars cavalry to support Altan Khan."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde paused and looked at a burly general in the hall. He seemed to be a powerful general who could fight tough battles, at least stronger than Ma Fang.

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

Wei Guangde did not think that the infantry attack could delay Altan's rescue of Altan Khan's camp. There would definitely be cavalry rushing out for rescue. At this time, this powerful general was working hard to stop the reinforcements, and he had to lead the cavalry troops.

"General Liu, you and I will lead 10,000 infantrymen to attack the Altan camp, try to hold them back as much as possible and prevent them from sending more people to support Altan Khan, as for Altan Khan."

Wei Guangde said this and looked at Ma Fang, "The guerrilla Ma Fang led his troops to attack Altan Khan's camp at night. It would be best to catch him, but it would be fine if he could not be caught and killed. The second thing is to drive Altan Khan away and drive him out of the Great Wall.

As soon as Altan Khan ran away, the remaining Altan tribe naturally had no heads, and retreating was their only choice."

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Liu Dazhang frowned.

Night attack.

"My lord means to leave two thousand people to guard Bao'anzhou, and all the rest of the troops will be dispatched, fighting at night or fighting in the field."

Liu Dazhang was really worried at this time. The Ming army fought against the Tartars in the wild, but in fact, they thought they would lose more than they won, and they basically never won much.

Ma Fang has won several times, but the results are not big because his opponents are not very strong.

He is not a fool, and he can't do anything to hit the stone with an egg.

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

At this time, Liu Dazhang suddenly felt a little strange in his heart. How could the combat plan that Wei Guangde said was very similar to what Ma Fang said in front of him.

At this time, he finally felt a little suspicious.

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

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

But how could it be so coincidental that Lord Weng Pu and Weng knew the situation here at Juyongguan. It seems that he had not reported in detail about the camping situation of Altan's army.

Thinking of Ma Fang, Liu Dazhang began to suspect that Ma Fang was unable to fight here. He ran to Huailai County to see Wei Guangde, a young man who was ignorant of the world and was eager to make contributions.

Capturing Altan Khan alive is indeed a great contribution, but it must be able to get it.

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

Night battles are a life-threatening battle. Once the battle starts, you may completely lose control of the Xuanfu army.

Thinking of this, Liu Dazhang thought that Wei Guangde didn't know the trouble of night war, so he hurriedly approached Wei Guangde and whispered to tell all the problems encountered by night war, especially the problem of it being difficult to effectively command the subordinates after the war started.

Deputy General Tian Shiwei was also frightened by Wei Guangde's night battle plan now. He is also a traditional military officer. In fact, normal soldiers will not like the option of night battle.

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

At that time, the 29th Army used sneak attacks at night to regain the lost positions during the day many times, which also made the Big Sword Team famous. In modern times, many people thought that Big Swords were more powerful than Bayonets.

During the Korean War, the volunteer army also used night battles to win many times.

Well, at this time, Wei Guangde did not realize that Ye Zhan was actually a double-edged sword, hurting others and themselves.

Especially when Liu Dazhang mentioned that "Once our division retreats, other divisions are still rushing in without knowing it, it is easy to suffer a crushing defeat." Wei Guangde realized that night battles seemed really undesirable.

Night attack, it's okay if it's a small group of elite troops.

But the tactics used are mainly to harass, not to defeat.
To be continued...