warring states careerist

Chapter 549
The brigade commander of the [-]th brigade laughed after hearing the scattered gunshots of the Qi people and seeing the bows and arrows thrown by the Qi people.

The shooting was chaotic and without rhythm. It was obvious that the Qi people were already extremely nervous. With the bombardment of the Yishi's artillery, they could no longer bear it.

The shooting accuracy of the musket, at a distance of a hundred steps, is equivalent to shooting blindly with your eyes closed.

As for the bow and crossbow, there is no lethality at a distance of a hundred steps. The so-called character who pierces Yang with a hundred steps is really unparalleled in the world. He must be a brave general of a country.
The nine cannons on the hillside did not cause much damage.The Qi people shot and fired arrows in this way, and the damage caused was not too great.

When the Thirteenth Brigade had advanced to a distance of [-] steps from the Qi people's camp, the brigade commander finally ordered the musketeers to shoot in sequence to cover the spearmen's forward movement and create a gap in the Qi people's army formation before the spearmen fought hand-to-hand.

The rhythm of the drums began to become slower, and the marching speed of the spearmen was slower. After shooting, the musketeers quickly retreated to the sides to continue loading. The slower marching speed of the spearmen allowed them to quickly keep up with the spearmen.

Half of the musketeers in a brigade began to shoot rhythmically, and the artillery behind them also supported as much as possible. The entire front began to attack so that each brigade had support from both sides. The entire front of the volunteers was like a long stretch The rope began to tighten towards Qi Jun little by little.

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The Qi army is the main camp.

Doctor Pingyin frowned again as he watched the fighting on the front line through the smoke of the battlefield.

There used to be no gunpowder on the battlefield. Since more than ten years ago, gunpowder smoke has finally begun to appear on the battlefield, and it has become thicker and thicker over the years.

It may take hundreds of years of experience in blood and fire for a weapon to be familiar with its use and to appear in harmony with it, but gunpowder is different.

Since its appearance, the Mo family has matured enough formations and tactics for this new thing.

All countries are learning, but few people have really learned the essence.

Gunpowder can be bought, but soldiers cannot.

Bronze cannons can be imitated, but gunners who can handle them cannot.

As for muskets, tactics, and queues, outside of the Mohists in the world today, it is possible to truly see through the fact that Mohism's current spearmen are only auxiliary, and the killing mainly depends on muskets, which may be counted on one hand.

Doctor Pingyin was not among them, and he only used muskets as a substitute for bows and crossbows.

Before today's battle, the righteous teacher of the Mo family taught him a lesson.

After the entire row of musketeers fired in turn, a gap in the Qi army's phalanx appeared.

In hand-to-hand combat, you need to rely on a complete formation, otherwise you will have undue courage, and you will not be able to survive with the cooperation of the army formation.

The orderliness of the volunteers of the Mohism after their actions made Dr. Pingyin feel inferior and envious. The orderliness was like a row of woods, a small mountain, and the waves of the East China Sea... There was nothing he could do to get closer and overwhelmed.

The fighting under the smoke of gunpowder is still not clear even in the telescope, but the crumbling Qi army camp has already explained the outcome of continuing the fight like this.

He put down the binoculars, shook his head, and said with a sense of exhaustion: "I heard that the righteous teacher of the Mohist school is good at fighting. Only after I saw it today, I realized that what those words describe is far inferior."

"Come like a mountain, leave like a tide, stretch for several miles, and be uniform. How many troops can there be in the world? It seems that it is correct not to fight against them in the field."

Standing in the distance, although it is not clear to the bystanders, it is also clearer than the front line.

In the eyes of Dr. Pingyin, the Mohists' war methods are really "stupid" or "poor" and nothing new.

That is, the cannons fired first, and after the defensive formation was loosened by the shelling, the infantry beat drums and walked forward slowly.

When approaching about fifty or sixty steps, the musketeers began to shoot in turn, constantly attacking the defender's phalanx. After the continuous killing caused a gap in the phalanx, the spearmen began to attack when they were about twenty steps away. Retreat and continue to load, take time to shoot, and continue to expand the gap.

It's very stupid, it looks very simple, so simple that Dr. Pingyin has already seen the way when he read it for the first time.

But it's that simple, yet it can't be stopped at all.

There are 2000 people in Qi State as a brigade, and after removing the archers, crossbowmen, and musketeers, there are still about [-] people left.

Thousands of people form an array, densely packed, and when the artillery bombards, four or five can be knocked down at once.

After several bombardments, not many people were actually killed, but the morale of the army has fallen to the extreme: seeing the companions I have been with day and night being smashed to death by iron balls flying out of sight, and the iron balls will fall on me at some point It is very difficult to continue to maintain the array due to the tremendous pressure.

When they got close to the battle, the musketeers of the volunteer army concentrated in one direction and fired in one direction, and another group of people would fall from the army formation of more than a thousand people, and a gap had already appeared.

For those who hold spears and halberds, if their companions are dead, they will not be able to block the opponent's impact at all.

And the spearmen of the righteous division would often take advantage of the musketeer's several rounds of shooting to create a gap and launch an attack.And where there is a gap in the front row of the Qi army, if it is a warrior, it will die under the cooperation of several spears from the volunteers; flee.

Counting from the time when the volunteers started to attack, in just half an hour, four fronts had already collapsed, and thousands of people fled backwards.

Fortunately, the follow-up troops went to support and stabilized the front line, otherwise the whole line would have collapsed now.And those soldiers who fled couldn't go anywhere else, they retreated to the river at most, and a few were killed to stabilize their morale, and they could still maintain it.

After observing for so long, Dr. Pingyin felt that it is not difficult, even quite simple, to crack the Mohist fighters.

In the early stage, as long as there are enough artillery pieces, the cannons of the volunteers can be suppressed.

However, neither quantity nor quality can do it.

In the mid-term, the musketeers and crossbowmen are the same as the volunteers. They will never fire without waiting for orders. They will shoot more accurately after getting close, so that they can also kill the spearmen of the volunteers.

However, this sounds simple, but if it is really done, it is simply a dream to count on these soldiers selected by the rural archery.

Thinking of a way to crack it, but not being able to implement it at all, this is despair.

The counterattack in the morning was meaningless. Doctor Pingyin's elite soldiers and fighters suffered many casualties, and he never dared to launch such a counterattack again.

Now the Mo family is attacking from all fronts, and it is dangerous everywhere. It seems that as long as they concentrate their forces in one place to counterattack the Mo family's front, it may not be impossible, but he dare not.

Once a large number of troops are concentrated to counterattack, the follow-up troops of the Mo family can be quickly mobilized. If there is a mistake in any link, it will be equivalent to creating an excellent opportunity for the Mo family to encircle and suppress.

He has made up his mind to be a tortoise, and if he stays motionless for three to five days, then the Mo family will retreat no matter what.Not to mention the reinforcements in these four weeks, even the Linzi army in the direction of Wucheng will force the Mohists to retreat hundreds of miles away.

Although he frowned, the Mo family's attack today was not very resolute, and in fact they did not fully launch it. Therefore, although it was a bit troublesome, it did not seem impossible to defend.

The cannon capture failed in the morning, but judging from the Mohist attack in the afternoon, the casualties caused by the copper cannons were actually not that great, and more of them caused the morale of the army to drop, and the soldiers panicked.

Moreover, the artillery on the Mohist side seemed to be used to support the infantry, blasting away the formed Qi army phalanx before the infantry charged, creating opportunities for the infantry.

Now that there is a crisis everywhere, Doctor Pingyin has filled in more than 6 people from four brigades, and it took less than an hour.

To maintain the front line, 3 people are needed.There are only [-] people left who can continue to support them in the future. Although those who fled back can't escape to other places because of the barrier of Jishui, it is difficult to fight again immediately if they are gathered together.

But... now, the sun is almost setting.

I don't know what will happen tomorrow, but today, I finally survived, and I finally didn't get broken by the Mo family before the sun set.

He looked at the sunset in the distance, and said in admiration: "I have never thought this sunset is so beautiful. Pass on the order and continue to defend, only saying that it will be dark soon, and if it is dark, the Mo family will withdraw their troops!"

The people around him sighed bitterly: "Today we can say that the setting sun dances morale, what will we say tomorrow? If we continue to fight like this, we will last for three or four days at most. I am afraid that there will be no prepared brigades available. Once the front line is broken, there will be no troops left." You can keep it."

Doctor Pingyin also sighed bitterly: "I also know that today I can talk about the sunset, but I don't know what to say tomorrow. But I am lucky to be able to guard the day. If I hadn't backed the water and fought against the Mohist in a field battle, I'm afraid I would be dead by now." Imprisoned and imprisoned."

While speaking, another flag wavered, seeing that it could not be supported, Doctor Pingyin said helplessly: "Actually, if the Mohists attack with all their strength, I am afraid that we will be defeated by now."

"It's just that Lai Zhishi is in an important place, with Cheng Yang's teacher on his back, Gu'a doctor behind him, Feidi and Tian Qing and Gong Ziwu's Linzi army, and Lai Zhishi's hands are all the elite of the Mohist school."

"The Mo family is not only fighting against me, but also the army of Linzi and the division of Chengyang, so if he just defeats me, it is not a victory; unless the loss is very small, it is not a victory. Only in this way can he have the strength to fight Fight against the Chengyang and Linzi armies."

"Fortunately, I'm not the coach of a country, but just a partial teacher. If this battle is like Mu Ye's decisive victory, I have already been defeated."

Before he said that he couldn't beat the righteous teacher in the field, or someone laughed secretly and said that he was as fearful of the enemy as a tiger.However, in today's battle, those who used to think like this no longer dare to think like this, and only then do they feel that not fighting in the wild is really the only way.

Doctor Pingyin's deduction of the appropriate tactics was also based on various considerations.

Standing up against the water, the soldiers fell into a deadly situation and had no way to retreat. If they really attacked with all their strength, the Mo family might suffer great losses.

But the Mo family has artillery, so it is impossible for him to concentrate all his troops in a small space by the river so that he can back the water.

In this case, if the Mohists wanted to win with the least casualties, they had to take advantage of these two points: slowly compress the space, so that the people of Qi would not face the panic of diving when they escaped, so that they could win calmly after the compression was finally completed.

Therefore, Dr. Pingyin felt that the Mo family must want to tighten up the whole line, and this afternoon's attack also proved this point.

Doctor Pingyin pointed to the white smoke from the copper cannons visible in the distance and said: "Fortunately, fortunately, Kai Zhishi did not dare to attack with all his strength, and only wanted to rely on their copper cannons to minimize their casualties."

"Although I have seen through it, there is nothing I can do. The only thing I can do is to divide the left, middle, and right armies, each with a reserve, and then make people press behind the army formation. Anyone who retreats privately will be killed. One break, left, center, right The three armies sent brigades and companies to support the maintenance line."

"As for how long it can last... I don't know."

He really didn't know, so he looked up at the sun that was already a little red in the sky, and said with a wry smile: "At least, I can survive today. I also left time for me to allocate troops to deal with the appropriate tactics."

"Once the troops are withdrawn in the dark, all the departments will be dispatched to the left and right, and they will go up wherever they can't hold on. I will command the best of the army. If the Mo family attacks a place fiercely, I will go to the rescue."

Knowing that it may only take a few breaths from when he looked up at the sun just now to finishing these few words, the sun cannot set so quickly.

But he couldn't help but look at the sun in the west again, rubbed his eyes, and felt as if the sun had really dropped a little further.

(End of this chapter)