warring states careerist

Chapter 387

When King Yi of Yue and the great nobles fled, they didn't call out to retreat, because firstly, it was meaningless to retreat at this time, and secondly, they were worried that these disciples might block their way of retreat when they fled.

In the eyes of the nobles, it is difficult for the pawns to attack when they are fighting, but they run faster than anyone else when they are running away.

The big nobles are basically nearby, and some are still in command at the front, but they are completely ignored now.

If you hesitate any longer, you won't be able to escape.

They have already seen the tenacity of the volunteers, and they have no illusions about turning the tide of the battle. If the flanks are surrounded, if they don't run away, they will commit suicide.

It's just that even if the gold was not called, Yue Wang Yi and his banners fell and fled backwards. The Yue nobles who were fighting in front soon realized that something was wrong.

Cursing secretly, he also fled backwards.

Originally, both sides had tried their best, and sometimes the outcome was only a breath away. Once the nobles and the coach fled, the rest of the people no longer had the will to fight, and panic filled the battlefield, scrambling to flee backwards.

Liuzhi retreated when he saw the King Yue's flag lying down, but it was a pity that he didn't understand the Yue people's language, so he couldn't cause panic to the Yue people.

He wasn't worried that King Yi of Yue was trying to feign defeat. For the sake of the battle, he, a brigade-level officer, was enough to understand the situation on the battlefield.

When the black smoke rose, he knew that Yueren's failure was only a matter of time, and he was inexplicably excited, and secretly said: "My Mo family's work is done today, and Surabaya belongs to the Mo family so far!"

He knew that the defeat of the Yue people who were still fighting in front of him was about to happen, and he was going to lead the team to rush over once the Yue people were defeated, regardless of the overall formation. It would be foolish to hesitate at this time.

When the Yue people who were fighting finally realized that the general situation was settled and the coach fled, Liu Zhi drew his sword and shouted: "The company will attack, regardless of the formation of the whole brigade!"

Jumping out first, the musketeer threw away his musket, drew out his dagger or dagger, and followed him into the Yueren army that was on the verge of collapse.

The Yue people wanted to escape, but it was already too late for the Yue people's army.

The four brigades attacked by the righteous division's left wing had already blocked their way to escape, except for the king of Yue and those big nobles who had fled before, it seemed that only cavalry could stop them.

Gong Zaoye, commanding on the left wing, saw the King of Yue's banner falling and was retreating. He was overjoyed and ordered the cavalry to block it. He let the elite brigade of the Mohists in the front advance at full speed, and let the cavalry hold back for a while so that the infantry could keep up. decisive victory.

Because of the previous division of troops, there were still 350 cavalrymen. After the order was issued, the cavalry began to jog, copying towards the back of Yue Wangyi.

There are two thousand soldiers of the Yue people, and nearly one thousand nobles and dead soldiers. They have no intention of fighting, but if they take the road to escape, they may still have the desire to survive, so the cavalry prepares to attack from the side. Can buy time.

King Yi of Yue fled for less than a thousand steps, and the Junzi army around him could no longer maintain formation. The closer the cavalry approached, the more chaotic the formation became.

But these cavalry were very cunning, they just patrolled on the flanks, and did not directly attack.

King Yi of Yue understood that the idea of ​​these cavalry was nothing more than to rely on the intimidation of the flanks to force the guards around him and the remaining [-] formations of the gentlemen's army to be scattered.

He knew it in his heart, but he couldn't make corresponding countermeasures.He didn't dare to drive wildly, the chariot couldn't outrun the cavalry, he understood that.Once he escapes, those cavalry will inevitably chase after him, how can he escape then?

When they were anxious, the cavalry who had been patrolling on the flanks finally couldn't bear it and launched a charge. The Gentlemen's Army rushed to fight, but they were quickly dispersed.

King Yi of Yue was overjoyed, and the nobles around him were also overjoyed. As long as the two armies were at war, the cavalry would not be so easy to pursue, so they drove wildly.

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At the outermost edge of the battlefield, King Shuqing and more than 40 volunteer soldiers squatted on a small hillside.

They were ordered to attack before, chasing the fleeing Yue people, and left the battle early.

The pursuit of the four companies made it impossible for the Yue people to regroup. When they fled to a certain extent, they had no command at all and fled separately.

It was just that the volunteers pursued by the four companies also completely broke up their formation.

In the beginning, it was possible to gather more than [-] people with Sima Chang as the center, but in the end it was all their partners chasing, and even some chasing started, and they didn't know where they were at all.

Fortunately, the existence of the Mohists and Soldiers Committees of each company made the soldiers familiar with each other, and even if the organizational system was in chaos, they would subconsciously find the commander.

King Shuqing couldn't find Yu Tu at all, and there were only seven or eight people around him at the beginning, and he couldn't count exactly how many Yue people he killed.

Those disintegrated Yue people would rather have a sword stabbed in the back than turn around and resist at the very least. King Shuqing thought that if these people resisted desperately, it would be difficult for the 400 volunteers to chase so easily.

Now they were running so far that the only sound they could hear was the rumbling of the cannon.

Fortunately, he climbed up and screamed, and Mo Zhe soon surrounded him with people, either members of the soldier committees of various companies, or low-level officers like Chief Sima.

Many people recognize King Shuqing, he has the highest position here, and he is also the most convincing. After all, he is the one who puts the spear within five feet of the King of Chu.

There were more than forty people present, including six ink scholars. After discussing for a while, they immediately elected King Shuqing as the leader of the forty people.

Someone said: "I don't know what it looks like now."

The others comforted: "I think the Yue people have been surrounded. Listen, the cannons are still ringing. We are not defeated."

King Shuqing said: "Now the battlefield is still fighting, and our order is to expel and chase the Yue people. Now that the matter is over, I think we should go back?"

"It's not good for everyone to fight there, but we hide outside."

"If you win, when you return to the village, everyone will ask: Where did you go when we fought with the Yue people? It's not easy to answer."

Several people smacked and said, "That's the way it is."

Now they are considered to have left the battlefield. If they were apprentices in the past, let alone go back on their own initiative, they would not fight hard even on the battlefield.

Now that they know why they are fighting, the common people and the nobles are the same people, and they do not lack courage. What they have always lacked is the belief in why they are fighting.

In the past, when wars were fought, they prepared their own food and paid military taxes. The family land was uncultivated, and after the war, it became the fiefdom of the nobles.

Or if he lost the battle, it would be nothing more than changing the nobleman to pay the military tax, there is no difference at all.

It is rare in this world to leave the battlefield with great difficulty and then return, but it is not uncommon here.

These forty people had musketeers and spearmen, but the muskets in the hands of the musketeers had been thrown away long ago. King Shuqing picked up a short spear from the front of the battlefield, and there was a short sword beside him. I don't know where to throw the medicine jar.

The rest of the people also looked similar, messy.

While discussing, someone looked into the distance and said anxiously, "Look over there!"

Everyone followed the prestige and saw several carriages rushing forward without stopping.

The people on the top of the mountain all showed joy, and said one after another: "It seems that the Yue people have escaped?"

"It must be so!"

"Shall we go down and intercept them?"

Someone suggested that King Shuqing looked at the terrain at the bottom of the mountain, and thought of the escape strategy he had learned in the previous study, and knew that the path at the bottom of the mountain was the only way to escape.

So he got up with a spear and said, "Then let's crouch in the grass, wait for them to approach, and pierce the horse. If the horse is injured, it will be difficult for them to escape. Maybe we can catch a nobleman who surpasses people!" "

Since the crowd elected him as the leader, they obeyed the order and slipped down the hill along the grass on the hillside.

Six Mohists, King Shuqing, and two Sima Chiefs crouched in front, each holding a spear.

The remaining people crouched on both sides, and when Mo Zhe came forward and stabbed Yue Ren's horse, they rushed forward again.

Everyone crouched down and waited quietly.

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King Yi of Yue rode his horse and galloped wildly. King Yi of Yue turned his head to look behind him from time to time. The previous assault by the cavalry of the righteous division completely defeated the army of two thousand gentlemen.

It was impossible for 300 people to attack [-] people.But the soldiers had no heart to fight, and rushed to flee. When the cavalry charged, the nobles rushed to flee first, and this situation unexpectedly became like this.

When I came, I was full of confidence. There were more than 4 troops and [-] gentlemen.

When he fled, he was decadent and desperate. There were only four chariots around him, a few chariots, and a few noble soldiers, and there were no more people.

There is no need to think about the battle situation behind him, the result is obvious, Yue Wangyi panicked in his heart, the determination to die in the previous defeat on the battlefield has turned into the decision to kill his son and younger brother after returning, and at this time, the hope of life surged again , so he couldn't help looking back, for fear that the cavalry of the righteous division would catch up.

Driving away, he couldn't care about the failure or the bumping of the chariot.The driver of the chariot had already drawn the blood out of the horse, and several horseflies and gadflies swarmed over, smelling the smell of blood.

In the past, with the technique of controlling the hand, one would have to flick the wrist to pull those buzzing gadflies out of the air, but how can he still have such thoughts now?
Blocked by the Lushui River and the Jing River above, there was only one way to escape, and that was to flee to Miyi, which was a small town that belonged to the Kingdom of Fei, and where they retreated, they could buy a few horses.

King Yi of Yue was planning in his heart, and he didn't dare to stay even if he planned to retreat into the city. He had seen the siege methods of the volunteers of the Mohist school, and now he could only flee back before the news reached Langya, and gather the cronies who stayed in Langya to launch "" coup", killing his son and younger brother in the middle of the night, he must not let the news of his defeat come out.

It's just that these few people who followed him to escape are credible?If it is not credible, do you need to promise some more benefits?Otherwise, it would be difficult to guarantee the support of these people, and the Gentleman Army would be destroyed, and he, the King of Yue, would have lost his greatest political capital.

As the wheels rotated, he thought faster, but suddenly he heard the neighing of the horse, and then the originally stable carriage shook violently.

King Yi of Yue raised his head in shock, his eyes went dark, and seven or eight people sprang out from the grass in front of him, screaming and stabbing at the horse with their spears at the expense of their lives...

(End of this chapter)