warring states careerist

Chapter 334 Breaking the city with surgery without blood ([-])

Since the city gate was broken and the Teng people did not guard it, the Yue people fled to the inner city one after another to seek shelter.

The defenders of the city had nowhere to retreat, and if the Mohists went up all at once, they would have no chance to regroup.

The Mohists slowly lined up on the city wall, and secretly said: "Although the Mohists have the ability to break through the city, it is a pity that they are not prepared enough. Although the formation is neat, the advance is slow. I originally thought that if I couldn't hold it, I would give up. Ximen soldiers, take the rest back to Langya... gather as many as you can now!"

Since he boarded the car, he asked his attendants to gather the retreating Yue people, and he didn't care about preparing too much. He didn't even have time to prepare food, so he gave up all the luggage. Anyway, Ni, Zou and other countries would provide food and grass. The distance is only a few dozen miles.

Panicked, the Yue people rearranged their formation, gathering about 400 to [-] people. They were panic-stricken and terrified, unable to fight any more.

Regardless of those Yue people who were still in the city, they fled towards the northeast gate, and the Teng people hid at home along the way and dared not stop them.

After leaving the city gate, there was no army stationed here, only a few Mohists on horseback hurriedly retreated, as if to return.

He let out a sigh of relief, knowing that if he fled at this time, the gathered rout soldiers would disperse in an instant, and it would be difficult for him to return to Yuedi to explain to these people's clan and family members, so he could only slow down. Let the carriage move slowly.

Retreating is more difficult than attacking. If the carriage moves a little faster, the soldiers who have finally assembled will be defeated.

The Yue soldiers couldn't help looking back, and sometimes they would feel nervous when there was a turbulence, but after walking for two or three miles, they still couldn't see the pursuers, so they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't dare to stay here, so he could only retreat northeast along the bank of the Jing River along the same road to Ni Di.

Ten miles to the northeast, the Jinghe River and the Xiaojing River form a pass here, which is only more than one mile wide.

On the plain here, Meng Sheng could hear the loud noise just now from Tengdi.

General Qu at the side said: "The city has already been broken! He said that the city will be broken within a few days, and he really broke the city. I don't know how many casualties are there? How many people were killed or injured?"

Meng Sheng looked at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, and said with a smile: "Before attacking Tengdi, Shi had already visited the city wall of Tengdi and made a plan. He is good at defending the city, and attacking the city is easy. I reckon, Only a hundred people were killed or injured, which is enough to show the reputation of my Mohist family."

This is true. Nowadays, the attacking party often chooses to besiege the city and force the city to surrender by running out of food.Or it is to dig the embankment and pour water back, so that the rammed earth of the city wall will be soaked by water.

For the rest of the attack, there will always be huge losses, and the attackers and defenders will have the upper hand.If more than a hundred people can be killed and wounded to break through Tengdi, it will be enough to let the world know that the Mo family can not only defend the city, but also attack the city. In the future, when the Juzi and the princes of the world will make an agreement to eliminate troops and benefit the world, the words will have more weight.

The brigade brought by Meng Sheng and the cavalry on the other side of the river had been waiting here for a long time, they were not allowed to live, and could only eat the dry biscuits of the army rations.

Compared with the meals in the past, the army ration dry biscuits are not bad. The poem "Caiwei" starts with picking weeds, and those soldiers who are homesick on the border can be seen often picking weeds to eat.

Hearing the loud noise from Tengcheng, the soldiers were immediately alert, and they had already ordered that no noise was allowed, let alone beating drums.

Meng Sheng only asked people to pass the order and lined up to prepare.Most of the commanders of the grassroots officers in the army are Mohists. After the order is issued, the team quickly gathers and arrays, divided into three teams, and the characters are arranged.

The musketeer is in front and has already been loaded.

Most of the soldiers in this brigade participated in combat for the first time and had been training for several years. This was their first time on the battlefield, and they were both nervous and excited.

Fortunately, the officers around and the soldiers in the front row took the lead and stabilized everyone's emotions. Everyone held their spears tightly and waited quietly.

Many musketeers who fired for the first time dared not blink for fear of missing the enemy, or of igniting their powder canisters with their matchlock.

The deputy musketeers, holding daggers and usually carrying weapons and supplies for the musketeers, crouched in the bushes by the river, and once they dispersed and fled disorderly, they came out to chase and kill them.

Meng Sheng held the dagger in his hand, and unconsciously tapped the blade with his fingers, feeling anxious in his heart.

He killed a lot, and he was very brave and fierce when he was young. He was not anxious because of the upcoming battle, but thought of the appropriate words before parting.

Shi told him that if the Yue people really fled this way, this would be the first field battle since the formation of the volunteers, and they must fight well, which is also considered a test.

This battle was fought well, not only was it slower to dispatch troops from the Yue Kingdom, but it also boosted the morale of the volunteers and made them more confident in future battles.

For those who must fight in the wild in the future, the Mohists have methods for attacking and defending the city, but they seldom summarize field battles.If you can't fight in the field, whether you want to choose the emperor in the future, or whether you want to restrain the kings of the world and eliminate soldiers, it is all fantasy.

If you win, you will win, Meng Sheng is very confident about this.

It's just how to win beautifully, how to wipe out the fleeing Yue people with the least casualties, this is what Meng Sheng has to consider.

When must the formation be formed?When can the pursuit be dispersed?This is something that a general must grasp, Meng Sheng was a little worried.

The volunteer army is dominated by infantry, which is completely different from the previous war mode. It is no longer that the infantry follows the chariot after the chariot rushes into the battle. Instead, it needs to rely on the mobility of the infantry to make up for the gap in the battlefield and seize the opportunity decisively. .

Meng Sheng let out a long breath, suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and waited quietly.

When the sharp-eyed scouts spotted the Yueren retreating this way, the Yueren also discovered the existence of Meng Sheng and others, and the two sides had met within two miles.

The nobles of the Yue people were secretly surprised, and only then did they realize that the Mo family might have been prepared for this time, but there are still many people in ambush here, obviously planning to stop him.

However, he stood on the chariot and watched for a while, and hope was rekindled in his heart.

On the opposite side, Meng Sheng's infantry lined up tightly, and some musketeers were also separated to line up in front of the line, so the number seemed very small.

It seemed that there were only a few hundred people, arranged in three small phalanxes, not so many that the birds of prey felt afraid to fight any more and surrendered directly.

If they cross the river at this time, it will become a rout, and it is even more impossible to gather the remnants.What's more, he still rides in a carriage. People can cross the river, so what about the carriage?Could it be possible to let him walk all the way back to Langya?
Although he felt that the volunteers on the opposite side could be defeated, the Yue soldiers didn't think so. Seeing that there were people on the opposite side, he panicked.

Standing on the chariot, the bird of prey shouted: "Teng City has been breached, and the Mohist will chase after it. Now, if you want to survive, you have to defeat these people in front of you."

"They are not many in number. If they cannot be defeated, you will be captured as slaves. Once they are defeated, you can retreat into the country of Ni. The people of Ni dare not disobey us, and they will provide us with food and drink."

"If we can win this battle, we will go to the country of Ni and slaughter the sheep for food! If we can't win, we will keep the pig as a slave."

Under the intimidation and lure, the Yueren, who were already regarded as mourners, mustered up their last courage and re-arranged, preparing to use their infantry and courage to break through the opposing volunteers who blocked them.

The Yue people have few chariots, and the elite are infantry, brave and warlike, with broken hair and tattoos, and most of them hold short swords, wooden shields or hatchets, which are extremely fierce.

After many years of fighting with Qi, the Tian clan lamented that "Yue people are fierce tigers".When Wu and Yue fought, more than a thousand people killed themselves before the battle and threatened the Wu people, causing the battle to break.

This time, he was forced to a desperate situation, and thought that he might be captured as a slave. The bravery in Yue's heart finally defeated the panic and fear.

After finishing the formation, there were no more bows and arrows, let alone chariots, so they went straight forward, ready to break through directly.

Holding arms, abandoning the chariot and fighting on foot, with a command, they began to move forward.

Meng Sheng on the opposite side looked at the loose Yue army formation, shook his head and said: "Shi once said that the Chu army formation is not long and cannot fight. From this point of view, the Yue army formation is scattered and chaotic, let alone fighting. It can be regarded as brave, and it is not easy to line up and move forward under panic."

Then he said to the people around him: "Since you have forced the Yue people here, then order the musketeers to shoot as they were trained before. Shoot one by one and retreat into the position."

After passing the order, the musketeers had already set up the brackets. A hundred and fifty people were arranged in five rows. After the first row fired, they quickly retreated from both sides to the last row to reload. In this way, they could shoot for two rounds in total, and finally all retreated to the protection of the spearmen. within range.

Although these musketeers were nervous, Yueren didn't have many bows and arrows, and the distance was still far away, so they were not as nervous as expected when they went into battle for the first time.

Yueren was moving extremely fast, and the leaders of the Mohist musketeers in the front row thought to themselves, there are still two or three hundred steps away, and the formation is completely scattered, how can they fight?
Seeing that there was still no movement here at about a hundred and twenty paces, the Yue people who rushed to the front could no longer bear the silence of the battlefield, roaring a few times and rushing forward.

The bird of prey cursed secretly in his heart, this is not the time to need courage, the formation is completely messed up if the attack is so early, and those who attack in front will definitely drive the footsteps of those behind.

If there is a chariot, it is of course possible to follow the impact at this time, but now it is just a group of infantry, and it is courting death to attack at such a distance.

Seeing that they had rushed to a distance of seventy or eighty steps, the musketeers in the first row finally heard the order, leveled the muskets that had been set up on the wooden fork early, and aimed at the Yueren who were charging ahead.

With a flick of a finger, the trigger was pulled, driving the snake hook wrapped around the victory, into the ignition powder pool next to the setting sun.

There was a puff of white smoke, a puff of smoke in his hand, and he didn't care whether he hit the target. He subconsciously picked up the musket, which weighed more than ten kilograms, and picked up the wooden fork and spread it to the left and right, from left to right to the last row.

You can’t pass by the musketeers in the back row, that’s clearly stated during the training, the victory on your body is likely to ignite the gunpowder on others, and the gunpowder on your own body may also be ignited by other people’s matchlocks, but it happened a few times during the training Gunpowder is ignited so as to burn to death or cause death from serious injuries.

After the first row retreated to the back, they immediately forked the wooden fork, poured gunpowder from the small clay pot into the muzzle of the gun, suppressed their curiosity, and did not look at the battle ahead.

Furthermore, it was because the sky was falling that there were tall people on top of it, and there were five rows of musketeers in front, which not only blocked the line of sight, but also made the loading people in the back row more attentive.

(End of this chapter)