warring states careerist

Chapter 238
All kinds of yells were more shocking than the attack of the entire Mozhe team, and it also made the people of Chu panic.

They fled in terror, not thinking about doing meritorious deeds at all, they just wanted to leave these centers that smelled like underground fire.

They still don't know how powerful this thing is, but they can see someone being knocked to the ground in the flames of the explosion.

In the camp at night, the most taboo is loud noises. At least before the appearance of weapons like gunpowder, the consequences of loud noises are unbearable for an army that has never experienced loud noises.

And the sound of these explosions was much louder than the loudest noise, and the already chaotic Chu army was even more chaotic.

In itself, it is impossible for these disciples to organize battles and counterattacks at night. If they can fight at night, then they cannot be mere disciples.

And those Chu people who wanted to hold back the elites of the Mohists, Che Guang, were attacked by the world's first wave of gunpowder weapons.

Already... defeated.

Fifty or sixty gunpowder mines exploded in the dense Chu formation.

These gunpowder mines are not very powerful, because they are just simple black powder.

But it was a fatal blow to the elite Chu people who were wearing leather armor and had never heard such a loud noise.

This kind of blow is not about how many people died, but about causing the Chu people's seemingly neat formation to disperse in an instant, leaving countless gaps.

As Chu Sima thought before, the best tactic for this kind of infantry attack is to have brave archers approach and shoot heavy arrows to scatter the opposing formation, thus creating conditions for one's own attack.

Charge is the key to victory.

The enemy's loose formation and exposed gaps are the key to winning the charge.

The elites of the Mohists did not use heavy arrows, but used gunpowder throwing weapons that were more effective than heavy arrows, which made the formation of the Chu people instantly messed up, and many gaps appeared.

The shock brought by the loud noise and flash of light made these elite Chu people lose their courage even more.

The people of Chu are prostitutes, ghosts and gods, and witches and men. Even a few decades ago, the king of Chu still delusionally asked whether people could ascend to heaven if the Kunlun Ladder was not cut off.

Those who still have the brains to think about all this, the first thing they think of is that they are fighting with a group of ghosts and gods, and then they think of those words about the unjust battle of Tianzhi, and they are terrified and panicked.

And those who didn't die but were dazed by the sound of the explosion, couldn't think at all.Where are you?What are you doing?What happened to me?They couldn't figure out all this.

There is only the sound of thousands of bees and flies flying in my ears, buzzing and buzzing, my mind is dizzy and I don't know what is going on.

As for the more miserable ones, they were directly killed, injured, or stunned.

Chu Sima, the ruler of Chu Zhigui who was second only to Ling Yin and Mo Ao, was killed on the spot.

Originally, this Chu Sima might have died a few years later in the battle between Jin and Chu, and might have died under the hands of Wei Wuzu, but he died under the explosion of gunpowder today.

Originally, he might not die, but before he died, he curiously wanted to kick that strange, comet-like black ball with strange smoke.

So he died.

There were more than a hundred elite Chu people who were killed and injured by the bombing, and a huge gap in the formation was instantly exposed.

This kind of gap is an opportunity that cannot be missed for Gong Zaoye, who has followed Mozi to defend the city for many years and knows when to attack and when to defend.

"The people of Chu have been defeated! This suitable thing has such an effect!"

He instantly judged that the Chu people must be defeated, and instantly thought of the person behind these gunpowder weapons, the person he couldn't see through but admired.

It's not that he hasn't seen the power of this weapon before, but he hasn't seen dozens of them exploding together, because this thing is too expensive.

Before the appearance of evil gold and iron, if this thing was made of stone or bronze, the manpower and money it would consume would be unbearable.

It's not that he didn't think that this thing could destroy the enemy's formation before, but he never saw with his own eyes what kind of terrible impact it would have on the enemy's formation.

The consequence of dozens of bombs being thrown together and exploding was not simply that more than a hundred people were killed or injured, but that a complete formation instantly turned into individual individuals fighting independently.

No matter how strong an individual's force is, he can't defeat the soldiers in formation. This is an eternal truth between heaven and earth.

Almost at the moment of the explosion, Gong Zaoye drew out the dagger at his waist, knowing that he no longer needed to throw the second iron bump.

The moment he drew his dagger, the drummer and orderer behind him shouted orders, trying to make everyone hear clearly.

Many people's ears are still buzzing, but those Mozi who have followed Mozi for a long time know what they should do at this time, and also know what Gongzaoye meant by raising his sword.

Therefore, the Mohist elite on the two wings took the lead in launching a charge while maintaining a dense formation.

They can run fast, and they can keep their formation within fifty paces in a fast impact, so they don't rush very fast, and they need to charge with all their strength when they are close to twenty or thirty paces.

However, even if they did not attack quickly, those Peixian volunteers who had been training for more than a year could not maintain their formation while following their footsteps.

The righteous soldiers in the first row could vaguely hear the sound of the drum behind them, and understood that the sound of the drum meant jogging and approaching, not a direct impact.

But when the Mozi who had been guarding their sides and slowing down their speed launched an impact, the legs of these soldiers who had not been training for a long time could no longer cooperate with the drums behind them, but they lost their pace and rushed towards Those crumbling Chu people.

In a normal battle, with the chaotic formation at this time, even if they are undefeated, it is difficult to gain a huge advantage.

However, all of this was abnormal. There was a huge gap in the elite Chu people on the opposite side, and those people had no heart to fight under the shock.

As the first battle of the volunteers in Pei County, this is the perfect opportunity. After this battle, they will grow up, truly see the battle, and truly launch a shock.

When Gong Zaoye saw those volunteers in Peixian County who were in chaos at the slightest impact, he thought in his heart that it was not the battle in front of him, because the battle in front of him was meaningless and his side would surely win.

What he thought of was what Shi had been telling him before the war: slow down!slow!Must be slow!The volunteers in Peixian County were still unable to jog, charge and chase the enemy.

He knew that it was okay at this time, but he understood how far Shi's words could see.

He thought, he had never fought a battle before adapting, and had never actually been on a battlefield. Could this be the truth that can be summed up in "Will of Heaven"?
After the crowd started to attack, Gong Zaoye could only put away his own thoughts, and his eyes were not on the Chu people in front of him, but on a field ridge dozens of steps ahead.

"Stop the whole team there! Be sure to stop the whole team there! To disperse these Chu people, you must form a team, otherwise once you meet the elite Chu people again, they will collapse!"

Before thinking about winning, he thought about losing first. Gong Zaoye was very clear-headed, and was not dazzled by the upcoming victory.

Defeating these elites of the Chu people is not the final victory, the final thing to do is to form a bloody five-step alliance with the king of Chu!
So when he was about twenty steps away from the chaotic Chu people, he took the lead and rushed out first.

Not for merit, not for killing the enemy, but for being able to regroup the team at the forefront.

After the scattered formations of the Peixian Volunteers gave up their formations, they followed in the footsteps of the Mohists on the two wings. The originally even formations became loose and intertwined, but the Chu people no longer had any fighting spirit.

The spear stabs out, the dagger swings, and the copper sword stabs...

Use the formation to attack the unorganized, use the prepared to attack the unprepared, and use the intensive attack to loosen...

This is not a battle, but a chase, a chase that drives away the elite Chu people.

Just like those car battles that have dominated the battlefield for hundreds of years, there is no battle that lasts for two rounds. Once one party's formation breaks up, it means the opponent's victory, and it also means a pursuit.

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The King of Chu in the camp witnessed the whole process of this battle.

His face was livid, he didn't look at him, and he was at a loss.

Those elite Chu people holding torches, he thought he could hold back these Mohist elites, so that all the ministers would assemble a team to form a siege, and after dawn, they would break through the formation with chariots.

It's not that he didn't think that the elite on his side might fail, but he thought that even if they failed, it would be enough to hold back the Mohists. After all, the Mohist's purpose was only to harass the chaos, and it was impossible to fight to the death with all their strength.

But he didn't expect that the purpose of these Mohist elites was not just to cause chaos in the camp.

At this moment, he already understood what these people were going to do!

Just now, he saw the first fireworks in his life, and he may also be the first monarch among the kings of the world to see fireworks on the battlefield.

After the strange flickering fire, the roaring thunder came in the blink of an eye, and when he waited to look again, the elite torches of his side had scattered, and the originally neat formation had completely dispersed. After dropping the torch and fleeing, many people stood there at a loss.

All this happens in one breath.

One breath, the victory and defeat have been divided.

It was too far from his plan to hold these Mohists back for about half an hour.

"What's that? Is it thunder? Can Mo Zhe really communicate with ghosts and gods?"

Thoughts flashed through my mind, and then I thought of what to do now?
These Mohist elites did not intend to harass the chaotic barracks at all, their target was obviously themselves.

Now the distance is only two or three hundred steps, even if there are hundreds of soldiers around, can they resist these Mohists who have defeated their own elite Che Guang with one breath?

escape?In the midst of the chaos, where can I escape?
If they escaped, the Mohists' elites would have attacked so far, and the people of Chu would have no king. If Shangqiu City goes out of the city to fight back tomorrow, it will be a defeat.

If it was daytime, they might still be able to rely on chariots to escape, at least they could stay away from the battlefield, but it was night, and fleeing by car at night was no different from dying!

Don't run away, can these people around now really be able to stop those Mohist elites who haven't exerted their full strength until today?
"Mo Di, oh Mo Di! Could it be that from the moment you defend the city, what you want to do is to splatter blood and form alliances in five steps?"

The King of Chu looked at Shangqiu City, which was close at hand but seemed like the end of the world, and felt a chill in his heart... In this world, there is really someone who can attack the formation at night and approach the enemy commander!
(End of this chapter)