warring states careerist

Chapter 543

If you can turn the feint into the main attack, that's Liuzhi's ability.

But since he was asked to make a feint strategically, it was impossible for the entire army to cooperate with the Six Fingers Division's actions.

The left wing and the central army did not choose as the main breakthrough direction. He concentrated all the remaining artillery, soldiers and the first division on the right wing of the Qi army, and wanted to open the situation from the south.

After the distribution of various affairs, the remaining troops also began to deploy. The first division marched south behind the front line, raised troops and hid behind the woods by the river, waiting for an opportunity.

On the left wing of the Qi army, in order to make a good show, several companies of infantry knights rode on horseback to maneuver on the left wing of the Qi army and the central army, dragging branches behind the horses to stir up dust.

The infantry brigades of the righteous division began to advance slowly, and stopped when they were about [-] steps away from the first camp of the Qi army. Many copper cannons bombarded each other.

The left wing of the Qi army and the right wing of the Yishi, with six fingers on a slope, observed the movements of the Qi army.

In the Battle of Lishui, he was an officer at the brigade level and could not command the entire flank.

Today's battle, this is the first time he participated in this decisive battle as the commander of the flank.With his outstanding performance in the two battles of Lushui and Yuanzui, he can be regarded as a budding figure, and everyone is convinced, and he is also convincing enough as a flank commander.

There is not much movement on the southern front now. Like other places, it is also bombarded by artillery. With the educational advantages of the Mohists, the quality and quantity of the artillery are far superior to those of the Qiping Yin Army. This slowness has an advantage over the Mohists.

Now the Qi army can't judge the main attack direction of the Mo family. It seems that the Mo family is spreading across the board, but the Qi army should also understand that this is just to maintain the front.

It is impossible for an offensive battle to be a full-line assault. It can only rely on the majority of troops to maintain the front line, choose the main assault direction, and break through in one fell swoop.

Now a brigade under Liuzhi has moved forward to about [-] steps below the hillside, and about [-] steps down the hillside is the first camp of the Qi army.

The Qi army deployed about two brigades on the front of the hillside. The Qi brigade was slightly larger than the Mohist brigade, and larger than the Zhou brigade, with a number of about [-].

There are still nine bronze cannons on the hillside, which can just bombard the bottom of the hillside, and there is also a brigade of the Qi army on the hillside.

Down the hillside, the Qi army had only four cannons, sandwiched between two brigades.

The Qi army had almost no cavalry, and many chariots were piled up in front of the army formation as materials for the camp.

The two brigades of the Qi Army under the hillside are also connected by other brigades. Liuzhi is not too worried about the support from the side. As long as the brigades of one's own side launch an offensive, the defense forces on both sides of the Qi army's hillside will be overwhelmed. .

It was still early, and Liu Zhi was not in a hurry.

Shi's side must wait for his side to move and attract the attention of Qi Jun's coach, thinking that this direction is the main attack before launching an attack.

As for when he can be mobilized, Shi did not give a clear time to let him play freely.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and Shi Ye can only give a rough plan, so that the six fingers can cooperate well. If it is all relying on the messengers to deliver messages and command, it will be difficult to grasp the timing of the battlefield.

On his side, he concentrated twelve bronze cannons for him, plus the configuration of three small bronze cannons for each brigade at the divisional brigade level, there are a total of 27 cannons here.

There are nine gates on the mountain of Qi, and four gates at the foot of the mountain, and the cannons on the mountain can only support the distance of a hundred steps in front of the camp.

Six Fingers calculated that it would take at least half an hour for the main force of the first division to concentrate on the southern line and prepare to launch. If he was not sure about making his main attack down the hill in one fell swoop, he would have to wait until the southern line. After the first division is deployed, it is possible to launch an attack on the hillside, so as to create opportunities for the southern line.

The Qi army used the musketeers and crossbowmen as the original archers to suppress the formation.This is different from the rebel division after the reform after the First Battle of Lushui. The infantry of the rebel division is now supported by spearmen, while musketeers are the main output.

If it is a field battle, the Qi army has no advantage, but the Qi army chooses to stick to it, and it is okay to use the few musketeers and the remaining crossbowmen to overwhelm the formation.

Six Fingers observed the position of the Qi army on the hillside for a long time, and the possible support routes of the Qi army in the future. After making a general judgment, he called the artillery commander here.

The commander of the artillery is a young man, less than [-] years old. He is a leader after receiving some education in geometry and nine numbers.

Liu Zhi stared at the nine cannons of the Qi army on the hillside and asked: "You knock them out, or force them to move, and the infantry will fully cooperate with you. Where is the best position you have chosen?"

The young artillery commander pointed to a slightly flat place at the front and said: "That is the best position. If it is there, it can force the bronze cannon of the Qi army to move to the right. If it is to the left, it is still within our firing range. If you move to the right, it will be difficult for them to hit the front, and our infantry can rush in from the left without being bombarded by the bronze cannons of the Qi army."

Six Fingers looked in the direction he was pointing, and it was indeed a good position, slightly to the right of the direction the Rebels were going to attack, and to the left for the Qi Army.

On the right side of the Qi army is a phalanx of the Qi army. If the artillery wants to continue bombarding the hillside after the transfer, the position of the phalanx needs to be moved.

The Qi army has a heavy formation, and once it moves, problems may arise.Once Qi's artillery was bombarded, they did not dare to deploy too far forward. If the Qi people's brigade did not move, it would hinder the deployment of artillery.

However, the position given by the artillery commander was actually very close to the frontline barracks of the Qi army, which meant that the infantry needed to brave the bombardment of nine artillery pieces on the mountain, and attack from the left to restrain the Qi army to buy time for the deployment of the artillery.

Now all countries have started to have all kinds of strange copper cannons. The volunteers have never been bombarded by other artillery before fighting. After all, they only bombarded others before.

Although they have undergone rigorous training all year round and respect discipline, the infantry will definitely be under tremendous pressure when facing artillery bombardment for the first time.

Six Fingers thought for a while, and then placed the No.13 brigade, the most elite in his division, in the direction of the first wave of attack to gain time for the artillery to deploy.

The thirteenth brigade is the absolute main force in the division, and all assessments have always been top-notch.

Liuzhi also knew that taking down the camp before the hillside only opened the way to attack the hillside, and it was not the time to decide the outcome.

But as long as the artillery can buy time and let them go forward to suppress the artillery of the Qi army, then the follow-up infantry will not be bombarded by the artillery of the Qi army. Good enough results on the battlefield.

After the mobilization, Liuzhi gathered twelve long-range bronze cannons that were not assigned to the brigade and were on standby at any time.

Engineers followed closely behind, and once the artillery began to deploy, they needed to use shovels and picks to build artillery positions, thus preparing for repeated scrambles down the hillside.

The remaining cannons were divided into two groups, all of which were assigned to the front line, gathered together, and first confronted the four bronze cannons deployed in front of the first barracks of the Qi army.

The infantry has already started to form, waiting quietly behind the artillery.

The four cannons in front of the Qi army's barracks had already started bombarding, and the distance was still far away. After bouncing a few iron balls on the dry ground, they flew into the formation of the No.13 Brigade.

A soldier who was on the battlefield for the first time had some bad luck. His left foot was directly smashed by the hot iron pellets, and he fell to the ground and howled.

Blood was all over the ground, and the people in the company immediately carried the soldier out as usual training, followed by doctors.

The people around him didn't seem to see the splashed blood, and silently made up where the soldier was.

Before the battle, the eight bronze cannons traveling with the division had also been deployed, forming an angle with the seven on the side.

The young artillerymen were holding push rods, wiping the vinegar velvet inside the chamber, and adjusting the angle protractors, and they were loading in an orderly manner in front of the shiny copper cannon.

After the observing officer made sure that every gun was adjusted, he gave the order to fire.

The distance of more than 200 steps is considered the limit for these small-caliber copper cannons, and basically it depends on luck to hit them.

But in addition to luck, you can also rely on calculation and experience to make hitting the target, which is a very lucky thing, more likely.

After a few bangs, fifteen cannons fired at the same time. The iron pellets fell very close to the Qi army's artillery, but only one hit the frame of the Qi army's bronze cannon.

Qiren's artillery on the opposite side became nervous. Originally they were going to bombard the infantry, but facing the bombardment of the Mohists' artillery, they could only turn their muzzles and wanted to attack.

However, it was still much slower in the end. The remaining three cannons were fired once, and the shells were far away from the volunteers' artillery. The Qi people had no time to adjust the angle, and there was no support from various mathematical calculations in advance, just relying on experience.

They wanted to run, but they couldn't. If they did, the infantry in front of the camp would immediately be bombarded by the Rebels' artillery.

But after a few rounds of bombardment, only one of Qi's four cannons remained in front of the camp. Probably after receiving the order, the artillerymen gave up their cannons and retreated.

Six Fingers was watching the previous confrontation from behind. The sound of artillery from a distance was that other divisions were also confronting the Qi people. Now that the artillery sounds are no longer symmetrical, it seems that the artillery of the Qi army at the front of the line has been unable to hold on. up.

Now the twelve copper cannons with a slightly larger diameter are ready on the frame, and the engineers are also communicating with the commander of the artillery for a while about how to build a position, and the bombardment on the front line has also ended.

But Liuzhi was not busy, he was sure that the general of the Qi army must not understand what the righteous teacher wanted to do.

Ordinarily, if you want to open the gap, you should concentrate the cannons and blast one place.

But now the small cannons assigned to each brigade of the Volunteer Division are allocated in front of the positions, directly under the command of each division, and the bombardment is dispersed, and only the artillery of the Qi State is attacked first.

Liuzhi thought, from the point of view of the Qiren coach, the volunteers are going to slowly recommend and compress across the board, taking advantage of the artillery to advance little by little.

This should be the favorite of the Qi people's coach, because this kind of advance is very slow, and it can continuously gather the defeated soldiers in front, replace the soldiers behind, and continue to fight in front of the first camp to add fuel to the confrontation.

The advantage of doing this is that the loss of the righteous army will be much smaller: the artillery advances and bombards the Qi army's barracks and phalanxes.

This kind of deception is exactly the reason why the small artillery belonging to the brigade level was not concentrated after the two divisions were ordered to deploy.

In this case, the people of Qi feel that although the righteous army must win this battle, the loss of victory must be small, and they cannot fight to the death here: because the Linzi Army is still there, it is the main force of the Qi army, if the loss here is too big , even if this battle is won, it will be a strategic failure.

Therefore, the Qi people will believe that the Mohists should adopt this method with the least risk, the least loss, but the slowest speed, make the most of the advantages of the Mohist artillery, and use the method of advancing some distance every day to continuously squeeze the Qi people's strength. defense range.

Once it is squeezed to a certain extent and it is difficult to mobilize, the people of Qi will be defeated.

However, Liuzhi understood that this was nothing more than a deception. Behind this deception, his next onslaught was actually a deception.

He is still waiting, still waiting for the other fronts to start slowly advancing, making the coach of the Qi people mistakenly think that the Mohists will win by slowly advancing, and start to mobilize the follow-up troops to disperse the defense lines to facilitate support. He will act.

Is it false to advance across the board? Wait until the Qi people think that the volunteers will advance across the board and start mobilizing to attack the hillside?

Therefore, Liuzhi ordered: "The infantry advance 120 steps, wait for the brigade artillery to catch up, and continue to bombard the Qi people's barracks. The infantry do not charge, wait for orders, and cover the artillery. If the Qi people attack from the base, do not chase, but shoot in salvo Just drive them away. Don't be impatient, don't attack, even if the Qi people are confused by shelling, don't advance without waiting for orders!"

(End of this chapter)