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Chapter 235 Spear Penetrating the Five-Step Alliance ([-])
Taking advantage of the trend for more than a hundred steps, the Chu people did not organize an effective counterattack.

When Mozi taught the "Beicheng Gate", he mentioned that when going out of the city to fight back during the siege, one must always pay attention to not let the retreating enemies regroup.

Counterattack and pursuit, giving the enemy a chance to regroup is a big taboo. This is the experience that Mozi passed on to his disciples before he came to this world, and the experience he summed up after hundreds of battles.

Once the enemy tends to regroup, even if the formation is ignored, they must be dispersed first.

But if the enemy has completed regrouping, they must not rush in random formations, but advance as a whole team.

When should formation shocks be ignored?When should the situation be judged as the whole team moves slowly?
This is a test of the ability to respond quickly, and it is also a must-have quality for a commander on the battlefield.

Gongzaoye followed Mozi for a long time, and all the people around him were Mohist disciples who had participated in dozens of city defense battles.

Those who are in charge of attacking and chasing and forcing the enemy away do not act together with the Mohists who are close to the two sides of the volunteers in Peixian County.

Those who got close were just to control the marching speed of the Peixian Volunteers, and to cover the wings and rear.

Judging from the infantry at this time, the Junzi Army of Yuezhi was good at using swords and attacking, but their formation was not tight enough, relying more on their own martial arts.

Most of Qi's fighters are full-time hired guards, with strong personal fighting skills, but loose discipline.

The military pawns of Wu Qi from the Wei Dynasty won by relying on the army formation, but at this time the military pawns were not that powerful yet.

If you look at the elite lineup of three or 400 people, not counting chariots, but just infantry, these Mohists are already at the peak at this time.

I have been holding back my strength before, not letting the people of Chu know my methods, but today's counterattack is considered a dead end, so there is no longer any cover to hide.

It was difficult to quickly organize a defense at night, and after beating the drums four times a night, the Chu people became numb to these situations. After breaking through the first camp, the Chu people panicked and retreated.

Or a few Chu people like Sima Chang wanted to organize the people around him, but Gong Zaoye understood that this kind of thing was like oil droplets floating on the water, once formed into a group, it would gather more and more.

So once they saw such a situation, they would immediately lead the seven or 80 people to disperse them, without giving the Chu people a chance to gather at all.

The team of more than 600 people, like a long steel nail, marched towards King Chu's camp along a straight line that had been planned long ago.

Under the sound of drums, their speed is not fast, but they are like huge waves on the seashore, unless the shore is so tough that it cannot be shaken, it is possible to stop their progress.

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In the camp of King Chu, there was chaos.

The King of Chu woke up from his sleep, and his servants informed the King of Chu about the night attack in Shangqiu City.

Climb to the top of the wooden tower and look out from a high place. Before, there were battles on the left, right, and middle sides.

The sound of drums came from the top of the city again, and the battle on the left and right wings looked a bit chaotic, and the Chinese army seemed to have been stabbed into mutton fat with a knife.

The person who sent the order kept coming to report, and the king of Chu wanted to ask how many people attacked at night, but the person who returned the order couldn't tell.

Some say hundreds, others say thousands.

But after a little description, Chu Sima said: "As he said, forming an array and bursting out, forming an array for a long time, and not dispersing for a long time, it must be the elite of the Mohist school."

The King of Chu nodded and said, "It must be so. The elites of the Mohists gathered together, so why?"

He pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "The grass man in the city was spotted by us before, I'm afraid it was Mo Di's deliberate action. But while we were sleeping, he sent elites to attack our army at night, so that we can't rest. its purpose."

Zuo Yin looked at the chaos in the Chinese army and said, "The Mo family's behavior is unexpected. I'm afraid these people have other goals."

"Your Majesty has to guard against these people, lest these people do what Cao Mo did back then."

The King of Chu laughed and said: "Back then, Cao Mo only took advantage of the opportunity of the alliance between the Marquis of Lu and the Marquis of Qi. Even if he was as brave as Yu Rang, wouldn't he be able to do nothing to Zhao Xiangzi? Now I have tens of thousands of men in armor. What if things are unexpected?"

"Today's matter must be to attack chaos at night, so that we can't attack the city tomorrow."

"A few days ago, the Mohist elite went out of the city to fight back. You have all seen that their orders are orderly, and they are not the same as those who attacked us at night a month ago. They have a certain amount of advance and retreat, and the soldiers in front of the formation cannot defend themselves. Could it be that they are allowed to retreat safely like this? ?”

The officials were silent, naturally they were unwilling.

During the siege of the city in the past few days, the Mohists’ display of machines ranging from shooting machines, continuous bed crossbows to Ji carts, lower grinding carts, dog walkers, fire tunnels, etc. has already made the Chu army flustered. There are many rumors that Shangqiu City can only besieged. And not to attack Yunyun.

If the Mohist were allowed to go out of the city to attack at night again tonight, causing chaos in the Chu camp, and those Mohist retreated completely, it would definitely lead to the collapse of the army.

The King of Chu has said that there are only three days left for the Chu army to destroy Shangqiu. Once the city is integrated within three days and the rebellion is completely quelled, the Chu army can only choose to besiege the city.

The siege will eventually evolve into a decisive battle with the Three Jins.Not to mention the decline in morale after a long period of siege, and the fact that there are Song people who can help in the battle, and the Jin people who came to rescue the Song people and form an alliance with the Song state, Chu people's force deterrence has become a joke.

In this way, the people of Chu and Wuyue will be in a state of panic all day long in the north of Huaisi, which has been contested by Wu Yue for a hundred years, and there will be no day of peace.

Everything follows the Song Dynasty and cuts into Yangxia, Changping, Duanhong, Zhengren and Jinmeng, then the painstakingly managed cities such as Daliang, Yuguan, Zhongmou, and Kaifeng will be besieged by the Three Jins and become enclaves.

The passage northward to the Central Plains that the Chu people have obtained for hundreds of years will be completely blocked.

Tonight's elite raid by the Mohists, if they succeed and retreat completely, of course they will not be able to attack the city tomorrow.

And the next day must not be able to break the city, another day wasted, the integration of the city is completed, then there is no chance of breaking the city before the food in the city is eaten.

When everyone was silent, the King of Chu also considered some other ideas besides these.

He has already formed an alliance with the Mohists, and the Mohists will be like Hua Yuan Xiangwu back then, to promote the elimination of soldiers in Jin and Chu. What Xiong Dang will do in three years is to stabilize the state affairs and carry out reforms.

The strength of the scholars of the Chu people is too weak, and the power of the nobles is too strong.

Judging from the means of defending the city in Peixian County, Shangqiu, those iron farm tools, farming techniques, etc., the Mohists are very capable and can become a force for change in Chu.

Moreover, they are outsiders, who can just fight against the nobles of their own country, especially the families behind the few standing beside them now.

Focusing on them, if the taxi class of Chu State can be integrated, it may be possible to strengthen the royal power and thus take the road of Wei people's reform.

Therefore, he hopes to capture some ink practitioners today.

Mo Zhe dies without hesitation, he knows that.However, everyone in the Mohist family values ​​friendship, which he also knows.

If it is possible to capture hundreds of these Mohist disciples today, or to besiege them until dawn, and when they are unable to charge, they will be scattered by chariots and captured, then it will be easy to say in the future.

One is that the Mohists have brought out all the elites. If they can't retreat tonight, there won't be too many defensive forces in the city to attack the city in the future.

Second, if the disciples of the Mohists can be captured today, after the siege of the city is over and the hostility between the Chu people and the Mohists is lifted, they can be sold well, so as to facilitate the entry of the Mohists into Chu.

He is the hero, so naturally he doesn't care about the temporary chaos, what he cares about is the foundation for the next few decades.

Tonight seemed like an excellent opportunity.

Mohists are not afraid of death, but as long as they can hold them back, organize forces to siege them until dawn, and let the nobles drive to attack, they will definitely break the formation.

Once the formation is broken, send someone to capture him alive.

Seeing the chaos on the left and right wings, the King of Chu hesitated for a while, and asked, "I just don't know what the situation is on the left and right wings? Where is the elite of the Mohist school? There are at most three to five hundred elite Mohist disciples, why are there more than a thousand?"

"Send someone to investigate again! If you can confirm that it is the Mohist elite, report back immediately."

"Order the two wings, the camp must not move around, but stick to it, and shoot with a strong bow. Then send an order to the central army to prepare for assembly."

"Order to gather warriors and hold back those Mohists. Carry all the soldiers, fight with armored steps, don't want to defeat the Mohist disciples, just hold them back!"

The order was announced loudly, and the people around him obeyed and prepared. King Chu's plan has roughly taken shape.

It was extremely difficult to organize an army at night, and he knew very well that the only ones who could organize at night were the elite soldiers around him.

If the Mohists' elites were to attack recklessly, the camp would only become more and more chaotic. According to the current advance speed of those people, it is impossible to expect an effective counterattack against a camp.

They could only organize thousands of people from the Chinese Army and Wang Shi near Wang's tent, and prepare to besiege these Mohists.

In order to prevent these Mohists from slipping away, it is necessary to need elite forces to stick to these people, so that they can neither go nor enter. As long as they can stand in a stalemate for an hour, the king of Chu can gather the central army to complete the transfer.

If they can be surrounded and prevented from rushing out, then at dawn, they can be prevented from breaking through with bows and crossbows, and chariots can be prepared to disperse them.

The King of Chu knew that to stick to these Mohist elites, his Che Guang elites had to fight step by step, but he didn't know how many people came.

Those disciples and peasant soldiers can't be used at all in this kind of deadly battle. It's better to let them not participate in the battle if they mix with the elite.

After the order was conveyed, the elite Che Guang of the Chu people, the King of Chu's close attendants, and the warriors of the Chinese army began to gather.

This time was different from the last time, the King of Chu knew the danger and the ability of the Mohist elite to fight on foot, so he didn't dare to take the risk of leading the army to besiege himself like last time.

Although he was in a hurry, it would take a lot of time to gather suddenly at night. Even if all the elites were summoned, it would not be so fast to complete the whole team.

At this time, deploying bows and crossbows for defense is of little use. Although there is moonlight at night, it is dark and cannot be thrown from a long distance to cause damage.

Shooting with heavy arrows at close range must be elites, and if elites shoot with heavy arrows at close range, they are afraid that these Mohist elites will approach and break through to fight.

(End of this chapter)