warring states careerist

Chapter 386

The right wing of the righteous division is still fighting hard.

Except for the 900 people in the seventh brigade who still maintain a formation mixed with spears and muskets, problems have already occurred in the formation of the rest of the brigade.

Although the flanks were protected, the bravery of the Yueren was indeed shocking, especially when those Yueren aristocratic gentlemen with broken hair and tattoos attacked.

They have superb martial arts skills and are good at fighting swords, which is completely different from the righteous spearmen who rely on formation.

In fact, the three companies have been overwhelmed by these Yue people, but the follow-up reserve companies desperately resisted and drove away the Yue people to maintain their formation. The fifteen cannons on the left also had a perfect firing angle under the cover of the seventh brigade. Only then could he bear it and not let the formation disperse.

Once the formation is dispersed, all volunteers will be slaughtered. They know very well that this has been said earlier.That's why the brigade commanders of the various brigades agreed so much with the idea of ​​six fingers counterattacking on the flanks at the beginning, because what they heard most was the consequences of the outflanked spear array.

That's why these young men from peasant backgrounds, when the spearmen in the front row of the company fell one by one under Yueren's sword, they still resolutely stood up from behind to maintain their formation.

The company commander is behind, and the company representative is in the front row. If the company representative dies, the self-owned ink master will take the initiative to take over and stand in the front row, maintaining a tight formation.

In front of them were already piled up with the corpses of the Yue people, as well as the corpses of their own side. A company that rushed out because of red eyes was surrounded by the Yue people and killed.

There are too many people, and once they rush out and are surrounded, there is nowhere to run.

All the backup companies have already pressed on, and the musketeers basically have no chance to shoot in a row. In some places where the battle is most intense, they don't even have the chance to diffuse freely. They can only draw their swords and squat under the spears The Yue people stabbed each other.

When the faint sound of the horn came, the brigade commander of the sixth brigade subconsciously looked up at the black smoke rising from the direction of the Chinese army, and couldn't help shouting: "It's settled!"

More people saw the black smoke that symbolized victory, and their already extremely exhausted spirit burst out with the final strength, telling each other the exciting news, knowing that the Yueren could not last long, and they were not afraid of death at this time. Fighting is the best way to survive.

The long-lost exciting sound of military drums was also heard among the various brigades. After beating the exciting military drums for the last time, these young military drummers also dropped their cowhide drums and drew out their short swords to join the final fight .

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In the Yue people's army, a nobleman looked into the distance and shouted in a distraught and panicked voice: "Mohist cavalry! Cavalry! On our right wing!"

The panicked shouts attracted the rest of the nobles to wait and see.

At this time, the cavalry had broken through the thin front of the Yue people's right wing, and behind the cavalry was a whole column of infantry, advancing at an extremely fast speed.

King Yi of Yue stared blankly at the cavalry and infantry on his right flank, who could already see their silhouettes, feeling horrified.

All the strength in my body seemed to be sucked away, I just murmured: "So they are here! So they are here!"

At this point, he also understood the Mo family's intentions.

From the very beginning, the Mohists never wanted to fight a defensive battle, or even a small victory in which the left wing defeated and forced the Yue people to retreat.

From the very beginning, everyone in the Mohist school wanted to eat all the essence of the 4 Yue people brought by him. From the beginning to the end, there was no change.

King Yi of Yue was not mediocre. He judged the "seven inches" of the righteous army's formation right from the very beginning. The junction of the central army and the left wing was the seven inches of the righteous army.

However, it cannot be opened.

Then he judged that the right wing of the volunteer army was all elite, and the volunteer army in the left wing of the middle army had more than enough defense but not enough attack, which was also true.Concentrating the troops and taking risks on the battlefield has also succeeded. It is also right to reduce the appetite and eat the right wing of the volunteers.

However, couldn't eat it.

The only thing he misjudged was the [-] rangers. He thought it was the last resort of the Mo family, and thought the Mo family had nothing to do, so he deployed all the remaining troops for a decisive battle.

It used to be like this.

But the mohist volunteer army is not the army of the past, nor is it an army that can determine the outcome of a part of the battlefield by relying on hundreds of elite Che Guang.

Now, the Yue people's army has been fully deployed, and there are only two thousand gentlemen, some disciples and archers, and elite private soldiers of various nobles left around him.

I wanted to run, but it was too late.

Withdrawing troops at this time will cause a chain of chaos.

Retreating is a delusion after all the troops are deployed. There is no army that can retreat after deploying its troops, and there will not be one in the next few hundred years.

At this time, if the army can be deployed and engaged in battle, and the situation is unfavorable, the army can retreat calmly instead of retreating, 5 people are enough to sweep the world.

The Yue people can't do it, the righteous teachers can't do it, and even the most elite Mohist brigade can't do it.

Yue Wang Yi had to make a judgment as soon as possible. Unlike the formation confrontation that lasted nearly an hour before, even a very short delay at this time could bring devastating consequences.

The only situation where a "small defeat" is possible now is when the right wing of the righteous army collapses at this moment, and after the collapse, the team quickly regroups and rushes backwards, rushing out before the volunteer army can fully encircle.

But this possibility is no longer extremely small, but absolutely impossible.

King Yi of Yue grieved in his heart, almost all his elites were ruined here in this battle.

This is not a failure of a battle, but a failure of the entire strategy, and even the failure of his career as king.

The more than 20 elite troops were wiped out, and the Yue people would no longer have a chance to gain a foothold in Surabaya, and they would never want to occupy Sishang within [-] years. This place would soon become the "fiefdom" of the Mohists, without a crown or a fief recognized by feudalism.

Relying on just three towns, the Mohists can wipe out the [-] essences. If it expands to the seven countries of Surabaya, how can the Yue people have a chance to shake the sky?
Reckless, 20-year-old reunion?But everyone knows about Goujian Fuchai, and everyone in the Mohist family knows the general trend of the world, so how could they give themselves such an opportunity?

Can the Qi State give up this excellent opportunity to go south?Wei Han was confronting Chu State, and was unable to divide Qi State at all.And even if Zhao Guo wants to make a move, Wei Guo will not only not support Zhao Guo in order to prevent Zhao Guo from taking advantage of the opportunity to grow bigger, but will definitely hinder him from behind-expansion is fine, alignment and war are also fine, but I am busy fighting Chu Guo, It is absolutely impossible for you, Zhao Guo, to do it yourself.

More than half of the gentleman's army was killed or injured, even if he fled back to Langya, he would have to face the possibility of the nobles forcing him to commit suicide, and his younger brother and son killing their relatives and ascending to power.

The nobles were very dissatisfied, and those who wanted to move their capital back to the south would definitely take the opportunity to force him to commit suicide, to support the young master, and his younger brother was not a good bird.

The Wu people in Jiangkou, when they heard the news of the great defeat in the north, would not sit here peacefully. They would definitely find a way to restore the country, or support the obedient Yue people to split the country.

...how did you lose?How did you lose like this?

Yue Wangyi felt that his eyes were dark, and for the first time in his life, he regretted why he wanted to go to war?

When he regrets, he only regrets the matter in front of him. He has already forgotten the necessity of sending troops, leaving only endless regret.

Even if you don't send troops, you will die, but it will be a slow death from illness.

There is always a slight possibility of gaining the initiative when sending troops, but with the black smoke of the rebel army and the faintly visible cavalry encircling the rear, all this has disappeared.

Several nobles have also seen the problem, and they are eager to comfort them: "Your Majesty! Retreat! There are two thousand gentlemen left, and they can still break through the siege of the Mo family. If they don't withdraw now, they will all be captured! "

"The Mohist cavalry are not like chariots. They chase along the road and are extremely fast. Besides, the formation of the volunteer army is different from that of other countries. If they encircle, what's the use of sticking to it?"

"Stand up and defend yourself until dark, looking for an opportunity to break through? If it is available elsewhere, but the Mo family has 'cannons', we form a formation and defend ourselves. The Mohist bronze cannons blast fiercely and the muskets fire in volley. How can we survive?"

"The general situation is over, it is better to withdraw! In the past, the three thousand soldiers of the former king Goujian could also take revenge. Now that the land is thousands of miles away, why not report it?"

Yue Wang Yi thought to himself, shit!Going back now, how can my sons give up this opportunity?Their grandfather was a patricide superior, and half of the Gentlemen's Army was lost here, and I will die when I go back!

The small nobles were disappointed and hated, while the big nobles and their relatives were ambitious. Under the feudal system, every noble had his private soldiers, and he had lost power.Especially the Yue Kingdom, which has a tradition of killing regicides and patricides.

With the defeat already decided, King Yi of Yue thought with a trace of madness that he was doomed, and that he would rather die here than flee back and be humiliated or be killed by his own son.

Without the Mohist family, he could have gained a firm foothold in Surabaya by taking advantage of the opportunity of the Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony again, but the appearance of the Mohisthist family ruined all of this.

In a fit of rage, he has lost his mind.

Anyway, it’s all about death, and his own death will make everyone in the Mohist family feel bad, and he will also desperately take down the righteous teacher’s right wing... Maybe, because he failed, he didn’t want the enemy to have a better life; or maybe, he thought that even if he died, it would be better It would be better to bring greater losses to volunteers here than to die in the midst of internal strife...

The madness under despair made him roar: "Fight to the death, let the gentleman of the imperial guards go into the battlefield again, and attack the righteous Mohists in front of you!"

But when his order was issued, the nobles around him did not carry out it. They grabbed the reins of the King Yue's chariot from the temple retreated from the front, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, it is okay to go back! In the past, the people of Chu were killed by Wu The capital of Ying was destroyed, the king of Chu died in Yunmeng, and the country is still restored... There is still a chance now!"

While he was talking, the nobles next to him also persuaded him one after another, even holding the frame of King Yue's carriage and retreating towards the back.

Those who were fighting in front could no longer control them, and they couldn't control them at all. Now they could only rely on the two thousand gentlemen's army around them and the chariot private soldiers of various nobles to retreat.

For King Yi of Yue, failure meant a coup d'état.But for the nobles, it is good to be alive, and no matter who is king when they go back alive, they still need the support of the nobles.But if they escape here without authorization, they may be charged with "abandoning the master and fleeing" and become a means for the new king to deal with them after he succeeds to the throne.

It is necessary to hold Yue Wang Yi hostage and flee together, so that the two thousand gentlemen's army can be ordered to flee together. Otherwise, if they flee alone, they will easily be overtaken by the cavalry of the volunteer army.

Yue Wangyi, who was "hijacked" on the chariot, took a last look at the scorching battlefield, and all thoughts were lost in his heart. Looking at the cavalry who had blocked them behind, his heart cleared up for a moment, and he thought: "When I go back, I will take my son and younger brother first." If you kill them all, you may be able to secure your seat, and at worst, move back to Kuaiji..."

(End of this chapter)