warring states careerist

Chapter 234 Spear Penetrating the Five-Step Alliance ([-])
As a weapon maker, I can't use these weapons very well.

Because he couldn't throw as far as Gong Zaoye did, he didn't have enough strength.

Some hemp ropes and matchlocks covered by bamboo tubes were lit one by one, and the light was covered by bamboo tubes. Three brave men shared one to prevent danger.

The volunteers in Pei County did not use these weapons. Their task was to follow the Mozhe who opened the way in front, and penetrate deep into the Chu camp in a dense formation.

It's just that their speed can't catch up with those elite Mohists who have trained for more than ten years. Too fast will cause the formation to be disordered.

There is no way to do this, if these volunteers from Peixian County have been training for more than a year, they can trot along with those Mohists who have trained for more than ten years, and the formation is neat. I am afraid that training soldiers is too easy in this world.

It is not necessary to participate in tonight's battle, he will stay in the city with Mozi.

It was Gong Zaoye who led the team tonight. It was rare to see him put on leather armor, prepared a dagger and shield, and carried a few iron lumps filled with gunpowder on his back.

Shi helped him fasten the rope behind the leather armor, and warned: "Don't go too fast, and don't let the formation of the Peixian volunteers in the back be scattered. There is a lot of time, and I calculated it. Even if the rest of the soldiers don't make a counterattack, You are also close enough to the King of Chu before dawn."

"Don't go too fast. If you go too fast, the formation of the Pei County Volunteer Division will be easily broken."

Gong Zaoye said: "Don't worry, I will reflect on myself."

Shi said again: "It's difficult to act at night, the king of Chu can't make a decision right away, he can only wait and see. When he thinks it's impossible to go, he has no choice but to go."

"Once he leaves, the entire Chu camp will inevitably be in chaos. This is something he can't bear. Don't be impatient, you must be slow."

After repeated exhortations, Shi went to the volunteer teacher in Pei County again, explained some principles to the people, promised many rewards, and said some things like why to fight.

The rest of the people are still sorting out their weapons, and the Mohist team is silent. They are all elites, and they were mostly sent to the most urgent places in the previous city defense battles, so they are not nervous about going out of the city to attack the battle. .

In their view, death is nothing more than death, but as long as death can benefit the world, as Mohists, there is no other way.

As for how to benefit the world?They feel that Qiwuhai, the various chiefs and giants will naturally understand the rules of Tianzhi, so in the end the words of the giants must be beneficial to the world.

Shi is not worried about the volunteers from Pei County who are fighting for the first time.

As long as they can maintain their formation and the Chu people don't charge and chase chaotically, then when there are many people gathered, no one will flee, and they will only follow the footsteps of the people around them.

In the battle tonight, everything is ready, and all the details are perfect. If it is not successful, then it can only be a crime of non-war.

After these people were sorted out, Mozi stretched out his hand to summon Shi, and asked, "If tonight is successful, these people are famous all over the world after all. You can't participate, do you have any regrets?"

Shi smiled and said: "I want to benefit the world, so I have to rely on the Mohists. The Mohism knows my merits, and the Mohism's law is clearly rewarded and punished. The disciple's merits are remembered by the Mohists. As for being famous all over the world, if the Mohism is famous The world is over, and I, the head of the Xuanyi Department of the Mohist School, won't I also become famous all over the world?"

"As for this person... It seems that it is meaningless to be famous all over the world. Tonight, Gongzaoye will become famous, but when the world mentions it, they will also know that he is the enlightenment of my Mohist family."

Mozi laughed and said, "It's like this. Make the best use of people. If you are not good at field warfare, I, a giant, will put you in a useful place."

"You have already calculated the feigned attack on the Chu army, causing chaos, and making the Chu people panic and unable to look around. If you succeed today, you should be the first. This is what everyone can see."

"Just look at what the Chu people will be like when the gunpowder explodes tonight. Chu people are good at witches and ghosts, and they value sacrifices, but they also know that our Mo family values ​​ghosts and gods. Tonight, you say they think our Mo family is just talking. Which side will the gods help?"

Shi and Mozi laughed together, swept away the tension before the battle, and went elsewhere to inform those soldiers who were forced to swear to obey Mozi's orders to prepare for the night attack.

After a while, the people on the top of the city beat the drums again, and let down a lot of straw people.

Taking advantage of the commotion, the small gate of the city wall was quietly opened, and Gong Zaoye and others led the team out of the city under the cover of the sound of drums, only hiding under the city.

Needless to say, Mohist, those volunteers from Peixian County had a small wooden stick tied to their mouths to prevent them from speaking and making noises, and quietly lurked.

This was the third drum beating in the night, and the people of Chu seemed to have gotten used to it. They only used rockets to shoot for a while.

After waiting for about half an hour, and guessing that the Chu people were extremely sleepy, Gong Zaoye whispered an order for them to move forward.

The volunteers in Peixian County are in the center, and they are arranged in a horizontal team of 20 people.

The elite Mohists were divided into two teams, and they were on the left and right flanks of the Peixian Volunteer Division, leading them at a distance of about ten steps beyond the Peixian Volunteer Division.

There are characters on both sides who can throw gunpowder and iron thunder. These inkmen have experienced hundreds of battles. They can not only fight on their own, but also quickly form an formation like counterattacking a city gate. They rush into the enemy's formation in a dense formation and break through the defense.

It's just that today, many methods are not available.

Gong Zaoye thought to himself, he couldn't see clearly at night, bows and arrows couldn't do too much damage, and the Chu people could only form an elite defense formation at best.

If it was usual, it would be necessary to charge over and tear apart the enemy's formation at about thirty steps, just like when counterattacking at the city gate.

But today, all you need to do is ignite and throw these iron bumps in your arms, and the people of Chu will be in chaos.

Forming an array, these iron lumps can exert the greatest effect.

If you don't end the formation, how can you block the impact of the ink fighters?

Gong Zaoye walked in the front, and estimated the time after crossing the moat.

The sound of drums at the head of the city, which had been silent for more than half an hour, suddenly sounded again, just to make the people of Chu completely lose their last sliver of vigilance.

While the Chu people were a little more sober and cast their eyes on the city with sneers, Gong Zaoye gave a loud shout and took the lead in peeling off the bamboo tube with the matchlock hidden on his body.

The rest of the people followed suit one after another, and immediately peeled off the bamboo tube, and the burning matchstick was immediately exposed to the moonlight.

At this time, they had already marched to the edge of the Chu people's camp. Behind the loud drums at the top of the city, the drums and flutes of the Peixian Volunteer behind them also began to play, and they lined up to attack the Chu people's camp.

It is better to say that the whole team is walking slowly, because it has been inspected countless times, and with the training level of the volunteers in Peixian County at this time, it can launch an intensive impact of about [-] steps at most. If it is farther away, the formation will break up up.

At the same time, on the two wings of the city wall, those soldiers who belonged to the aristocratic Duke Song also left the city with weapons in hand. They were much slower than Mo Zhe.

Their task was only to cause chaos in the Chu people's camp, because it was difficult for them to attack as a whole, and it was impossible for them to maintain their formation at night without chasing at will.

The people of Chu, who had experienced the sound of the drum four times in one night, were already numb. When the sound of the drum sounded again, the archers in the front row who were responsible for shooting the rockets were extremely slow.

Cursing in his mouth, sleepily preparing his bow and arrows, he wanted to move forward.

Either they didn't wake up, or because they were tossed too many times in one night, several archers from Chu felt that something was wrong.

A group of soldiers in leather armor were marching opposite them, with extremely conspicuous white cloth strips tied on their arms, which were extremely clear under the moonlight.

The sound of the drums at the top of the city could not cover up the waist drums and the strange ocarinas in these people's ranks. The Chu archers reacted for a long time before they realized that this time it was no longer the straw men, but the Song people in the city who had really come out of the city to attack at night.

It's just that it was already too late, those people wearing white cloth strips were no more than twenty steps away from the camp.

Gong Zaoye raised his sword and shouted, and the most elite seven or eighty people on both sides launched an attack.

The pace of the volunteer teacher in Pei County sped up slightly, but was soon slowed down by the Mohists on both sides who did not launch an attack, and still maintained a normal walking speed.

Gong Zaoye hadn't fought for a long time, and the sword in his hand hadn't met a real opponent for many years. These sleepy-eyed Chu people were naturally hard to resist.

He crossed the camp first, and after killing a few people, he only stopped thirty steps behind the camp.

As soon as the whistle sounded, the 80 or [-] people who attacked with him immediately stopped their pursuit, completely different from the Song Shi who attacked at night a month ago.

At a distance of [-] steps, more than [-] Chu people were killed, causing chaos in the Chu camp. Many people retreated, but Gong Zaoye did not pursue.

He knew that at this moment, his task was to let the team behind him catch up, cross the camp, and then move forward without hindrance.

As for chasing and killing the fleeing Chu people, it is meaningless, on the contrary, it will cause the dispersion of one's own forces.

It is only necessary to prevent the Chu people from having the opportunity to form a team. On the one hand, it is a night attack, and on the other hand, although the people behind are only advancing slowly, it is enough to march to the center of the camp here before the Chu people form a team.

With the help of the moonlight, Gong Zaoye looked at the "Welcome to the Enemy Temple" which was very obvious under the moonlight, and knew that it was the camp of King Chu.

Those oil fires lit for the oath still flickered at night, and the location of the Chu people could be clearly judged.

The camp distribution, camp construction, topography, megalithic landmarks, etc. of the Chu people along the way have already been kept in mind. Opportunity to hesitate at a distance.

Looking back at the city wall in the distance, listening to the chaos in the Chu people's camp, and seeing several huge lights rising from the top of the city, I knew that the soldiers on the two wings had also activated.

Thirty steps behind them, the volunteer soldiers in the first row had already crossed the barracks, and were forming a team in the open space, waiting for the comrades who were still climbing over behind.

Those ink practitioners who stretched out their hands vigorously maintained an extremely slow speed on both sides, and they must not go too far beyond the Peixian volunteers, lest the Peixian volunteers follow them in disorder.

As long as they crossed the first barracks, on the remaining flat ground, there would be no possibility of confusion for the entire team of elites, and they could always maintain their formation.

Gong Zaoye checked the matchlock wrapped around his body, touched the iron bumps on his back, and felt relieved.

I thought to myself, what if the Chu people formed an elite defense array?Fifty or sixty pieces were thrown together, the tighter their formation, the faster they would collapse.

(End of this chapter)