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Chapter 553 The Battle of Nanji Water ([-])
The trumpeter immediately puffed up his cheeks and played the scheduled bugle.

The artillerymen who had been silent for two days quickly drove their horses and galloped towards the position that the engineers had set up yesterday.

The two brigades behind the thirteenth brigade also quickly reorganized the army, the musketeers gathered in one place, and the spearmen moved forward in unison.

On the frontier, last night's psychological offensive, yesterday's repeated attacks during the day, today's artillery concentration and the [-]th Brigade's attack without leaving behind, broke through the Qi army's camp almost a moment after the battle.

Yesterday's attempt was suitable for judging the time the Qi army's front line could support. Liuzhi also estimated the timing of the Qi army's defeat through yesterday's attack.

The Qi people on the opposite side today are not the brigade from yesterday, but the configuration should still be the same. Yesterday's attack did not expose the offensive here, and it is impossible for the Qi people to deploy the elite here in advance.

If the hills are not lost, it will be impossible for Doctor Pingyin to use his elite as the first line of defense to repeatedly compete with the Mohists.

The Qi people in the front camp began to be defeated, and the [-]th Brigade did not pursue, but immediately formed a team, with the sound of drums, and marched towards the hill.

The two brigades behind also followed at this time, and Six Fingers looked anxiously at the Qiren's artillery on the hill.

In the eyepiece, white smoke flashed, and several shells flew into the formation of the [-]th Brigade, killing several soldiers.

Liuzhi, who had been nervous all this time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. The people of Qi chose to use the cannon to suppress the No.13 brigade's attack on the hill. It seemed that this attack made the people of Qi anxious.

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On the opposite side of the battle line.

On the hill, the chief general of the Qi army's right army looked gloomy.

The attack of the opposite Mo family has been a little bit wrong since the beginning of the morning.

Yesterday it also supported the artillery on the two wings, and today it all bombarded the army formation in the open space directly below the hill.

After the battle, it was obvious that volunteers from several companies swept over from the two wings and joined the battle below the hill.

Under the fierce bombardment, the camp under the hill was no longer defendable, and the brigade collapsed and fled backward.

Although there were many crossbowmen and archers on the hillside, the brigade of the Mo family below was as fast as a leopard and as fierce as a tiger. After breaking through the camp, they did not pursue it, but formed a team directly at the camp.

A few companies that were originally just support joined the brigade under Qi Ren's nose.

This is already quite unbelievable. In the eyes of the general of the right army of the Qi army, each company and each brigade are located in the hometown, and they have to be familiar with each other before they can fight together.

But on the volunteer side, several companies can be quickly integrated into the brigade without confusion. Even if there are routs ahead, the integration can be completed quickly.

The chief general of the right army of the Qi army has already panicked.

Arranging a semicircle with the back of the water, there are key points everywhere, this hill is naturally key, but if it is in his own hands, it is equivalent to adding a few brigades of guarding power.

The hill is not lost, and the Mohists on the front of the hill and on the two wings are unable to stand firmly.

However, the flat ground below the hill is also very important. If the Mohists maintain it below, the distance to attack the hill will be shorter, and those hateful copper cannons can also support them, which will be dangerous.

The key to the hill is not on the hill, but under the hill.The hills just provide a space to hoard troops, deploy troops, and descend the hill.

Yesterday the Mohists attacked fiercely, and Doctor Pingyin ordered the prepared brigades to be divided into left, middle, and right sides. They had to rely on the method of retreating and slashing, and resisted the Mohists until dark. Even if they survived another day.

Where it can't hold on, the prepared brigade will immediately make up to stabilize the front.

However, in this way, the reserve force on the right wing of the Qi army is not sufficient. The leader of the right wing of the Qi army did not expect that the righteous division suddenly changed its offensive today, concentrated artillery to blast the formation, and directly overwhelmed the first barracks .

The current situation, even a fool can see it: the Mo family's attack yesterday was to let the Qi people disperse the various departments to the left, center and right. Today is the real purpose, to storm the hills.

Especially the twelve cannons moving towards the hill that appeared at the foot of the mountain convinced the general of the right army of the Qi army that the Mo family was going to attack the hill this time.

Seeing that the fortress was broken and the brigade of the rebels was regrouping under the hill, the chief general of the right army of the Qi army ordered all the bronze cannons on the mountain to aim at the rebels at the camp, blasting them fiercely to delay the attack.

Originally, the nine cannons were aimed at the No.13 brigade. During the melee, the cannons could not be fired. When the defenders at the Qi army camp retreated, the cannons did not need to be turned around, and they could directly bombard the volunteers at the foot of the mountain.

The archers, crossbowmen and musketeers all lined up to prepare. The Qi army's right army leader sighed, and said in his heart: "When the volunteers attack, the guns will be fired to kill them. As long as we can drive them down, we will take back the first camp." If not, the Mohist cannons will be deployed at the first barracks, attack left and right, and the whole line will retreat."

The first camp under the hill was in the hands of the Mohists, and the hill was in the hands of the Qi army. The Mohists did not dare to launch an offensive to encircle the left and right sides and attack the flanks, so that the right wing of the Qi army could completely abandon the first camp, because the Qi army on the hill might Launch a counterattack. Once the division of troops is weak, it is very likely that the outflank will fail and be outflanked.

However, if the Mohists did not attack the two wings, but instead stabilized their positions and used the captured camp as the front line to attack the hills, then the Qi army would face great pressure.

The two wings do not attack, but the two wings dare not retreat, nor can they not defend.Stabilize the front line, dig out the camps, and make steady steps. Once the artillery is deployed, it will be much easier to attack the hills, and the Mohist reserve troops can be continuously transferred here to strengthen the offensive.

The general of the right army of the Qi army understood the key to the open space under the hill, and he wanted to take it back no matter what.

Now the Mohist volunteers at the first camp at the foot of the mountain are forming a team, and thousands of follow-up people are approaching, but the general of the Qi You army is sure that the Mohist will not choose to reunite their forces at once before attacking: if that is the case, it will not be easy to launch a frontal attack. And once the attack fails, it may lead to a rout and can only attack in waves.

The key to all this lies in the coming attack.

If the crossbows and firearms and the nine cannons can stabilize the damage, and the infantry counterattacks in formation, and take back the camp before the Mo family's backup arrives at the foot of the mountain, then a situation of repeated fighting with the Mo family at the camp can be achieved.

In that case, because the front of the battlefield is not wide enough, and there are cannons on the hills on the two wings, then the Mo family can only send two or three brigades to attack each time. Stay till dark.

Changing formations takes time and cannot be done in a hurry.Now that the deployment of the Mo family has already started, if it changes again, the time will be delayed for several hours, and it will be dark after a while.

But if you want to fight like this, the Qi army's right army leader knows that his troops may not be enough. When he counterattacks later, the soldiers on the hill will be used, but the soldiers on the hill will continue to gather troops to deal with the counterattack of the Mohists. , which requires more troops.

He hastily asked Dr. Pingyin to explain the situation, hoping to deploy more troops on the right wing.

Now it seems that the Mo family's attack on the whole front is false, and the main attack on the right wing is real. If there is any further delay, the right wing will collapse once the hill is lost.

Once the right wing collapsed, the whole army was in danger.

The chief general of the Qi You Army hastily ordered the nine cannons to bombard, thinking that even if the Mohists' artillery at the foot of the mountain were deployed, they would die slowly.It's better than the volunteer brigade at the bottom of the mountain attacking the hill in one go, that's a quick death!
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Doctor Pingyin listened to the sound of cannons and fighting in the north with a gloomy face, and news kept coming.

"The Mohists have already broken through the camp before the hill."

"More than a dozen bronze cannons appeared on the Mohist side."

"The Mohists want to seize the hills..."

He is neither blind nor deaf. Before the request of the commander of the right army arrived, Doctor Pingyin already knew that he had been tricked.

He drew out his sword and slashed fiercely at the shaft of the carriage, angrily said: "Bai Zhishi is as cunning as a fox! When he attacked yesterday, he made me think that he was going to completely compress the front, but in fact his main attack direction was on our right wing .If the hills are lost, the right wing will collapse!"

The counselor beside him also said: "The guns of the right army are loud, and it only takes a quarter of an hour from the time when the volunteers beat the army drums to breaking through the barracks. There must be elite volunteers over there."

"Yesterday's fierce attack was to let us fight fires everywhere, mistakenly thinking that his armor was suitable for fire protection on all sides. In fact, today he wants to attack our army's right wing fiercely, but it is also dangerous."

Doctor Pingyin nodded and said: "It is indeed dangerous, but he is the best at using it. In the battle of Lushui, he fought for hundreds of miles, attacked the city and broke the city, like a shepherd boy leading a cow, leading the king of Yue to wander around Sishang. The situation made Yue Wang Yi dare not go straight to the Mohism's foundation."

"In today's battle, he attacked the hills fiercely. The hills are dangerous. If the hills are lost, the three armies will be in chaos."

"But it's the same, the hills are in our hands, the terrain is dangerous, and it's difficult to attack from above. If he can attack, our army will naturally be defeated and wiped out. But as long as we can't attack and can't go all out, we can hold on. Yu!"

The truth is this, but the key is that more soldiers are needed to hold it, and elites are also needed to counterattack the camp below the mountain.

What General Qi You can think of, Doctor Pingyin can also think of.

The Mohist certainly hoped to do it all at once, but if they couldn’t do it all at once, it’s not impossible. They can stabilize the camp at the foot of the mountain, keep adding troops, or attack the two wings or take the hills.

But the Qi army needs to retake the camp with all their might, otherwise it will be equivalent to the first camp being torn apart, allowing the Mo family to gain a firm foothold. Even if the hills are not lost, the first camp on the right wing is equivalent to being in the hands of the Mo family.

We must take advantage of the fact that the right wing has not yet collapsed, and the Mohists are not stable enough to outflank the left and right. They can only choose the time to attack the hills in one go, send elite counterattacks, regain the camp, and form a battle with the Mohists. until dark.

Dr. Pingyin no longer thinks about how to survive for five or ten days. Today, he only thinks about staying until it gets dark today, and he will explain tomorrow.

At this time, through the binoculars, behind the right-wing volunteer army on the north side, many soldiers on horseback were gathering, and smoke and dust billowed.

In fact, they were just infantry knights drawn from various divisions and brigades, not Mohist shock cavalry, but their appearance at this time seemed to confirm the Mohist plan to storm the right wing.

The bronze cannons galloping to the position in the distance also convinced Doctor Pingyin that the volunteers on the right wing were going to attack.Counting the artillery that was galloping, the Mohists on the right had nearly [-] cannons. The artillery was the arm of the Mohists. If they were not attacking the right wing, why would the cavalry and artillery be concentrated on the right wing?
Doctor Pingyin was anxious, for fear that the right general of the Qi army could not see the situation clearly, so instead of mobilizing support first, he sent someone to send an order: counterattack with all his strength, take back the camp, compete with the Mohists, and do not allow the Mohists to gain a foothold at the foot of the mountain.I will immediately send people to support, and all the troops on the mountain can be used to counterattack, and the supporting infantry will arrive shortly thereafter.

As long as the reinforcements reach the right wing and Yamashita is still fighting, it will be regarded as defending!

(End of this chapter)