warring states careerist

Chapter 559 The Battle of Nanji Water ([-])
The four small copper cannons that followed the infantry column also quickly deployed, almost no need to adjust the angle, but directly chose to shoot straight from the front. After quickly reloading, the four small cannons and the musketeers who advanced to a sufficient distance were almost at the same time. open fire.

The elite guards hidden in the hands of the musketeers threw down their muskets, held swords in groups of three or five, and charged towards the place where the muskets and copper cannons had made gaps.

Six Fingers directly ordered the spearmen to turn around, and immediately launched an impact.

The infantry knights who had put away their guns and replaced their iron swords also rode their horses and charged together from both sides.

All this flowed like clouds and flowing water, as fast as thunder.

Almost as soon as the battle was fought, the Qi people who were waiting for reinforcements on the side and rear had collapsed. The No.12 Brigade in the front did not receive any orders, but they also knew that they had stepped up their offensive and invested all their troops.

The defeat was only a matter of a moment. The Qi people who were already on the verge of collapse abandoned their armor and dragged their troops and fled backwards. The infantry knights followed closely behind and started chasing. Many Qi people raised their hands high, just like what the Mo family said last night. Surrendering, the step knights bypassed those people, and after chasing them for a while, they threatened the reinforcements from the Qi people who were still coming this way, but did not attack.

Six Fingers gathered the troops, but did not take a defensive posture, but turned quickly, as if they were going to directly attack the Qi people's reinforcements.

Accompanied by the approach of the step knight and Liu Zhi's crazy behavior, the approaching reinforcements of the Qi people stopped in place for a moment, and then retreated.

All this fell into the eyes of the chief general of the Qi You Army, and also fell into the attention of Doctor Pingyin who was far away.

Doctor Pingyin pointed to the right wing, with a bitter expression on his face, and said: "The harness is suitable for soldiers, as expected, the main force should be placed on the flank!"

"I have never heard of the tactics used by the volunteers in this battle. The right wing is in danger."

"Now on the right side, the Mohists attack Kekeqiu, and Jinke inserts between the right army and the middle army. It is true that Kai Zhishi is going to break through on the right wing!"

The series of moves by Liuzhi not only made the general of the Qi You army feel unprecedented pressure, but also directly made Doctor Pingyin think that the Mohists wanted to attack the right wing.

Because the current situation is too obvious.

At the key point under the hill, the Mohists had at least two or three brigades and nearly thirty cannons there.The Mohists did not move their troops, because it was too difficult for the cavalry to feintly attack the hills.

Now the Mohists cut in again on the left side of the hill, the position there is extremely critical, it is the junction of the central army and the right army, from there, Qi's right army will be divided on the hill.

Moreover, it is suitable for cavalry assault. If the Mohists concentrate their cavalry to attack from that place, the connection between the right army and the central army will be cut off.

If the Mohists defend there, threatening the connection between the central army and the right army, threatening with cavalry, but the main force relies on artillery to attack the hills, it is also dangerous: the hills are captured, the right army collapses directly, and the central army will directly attack the hills. Facing the threat from the Mohist side.

It's just that Doctor Pingyin didn't know that Liuzhi had already exhausted all his strength.It's like lifting a big rock by yourself. You know you can lift it with a little bit of effort, but you don't have that little bit of strength anymore.

However, Dr. Pingyin didn't know whether Liuzhi, who made such a big movement, had the last bit of strength, so the only choice he could make was to press all the troops to the right army.

Doctor Pingyin turned to the dozens of nobles around him and said, "Today's battle is the time to fight to the death. The right army is broken, and the whole army is in danger. At this time, we can only rush to the right army, so that the Mo family can't go any further! "

"The princes entrust you all, today is the time to die!"

Everyone shouted and listened to the order, and the last part of the Qi army also began to march towards the right wing.

At the position where Liuzhi was on the north side, Liuzhi breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the retreating reinforcements from the Qi people.

He is not crazy, without the cover of artillery, and the formation is not complete, it is impossible for him to choose to fight the Qi people.

Just now, he just used the momentum after the column assault broke the formation in one fell swoop to scare those Qi people. The righteous teacher is courageous and full of momentum, and he expected that the Qi people would not dare to fight with him.

Now, he won the bet and bought time for himself, so he gathered his team and formed a team on the spot, preparing to take a defensive posture.

He no longer has the strength to launch an attack, and even if he still has strength, the Qi army is now supporting the north side, and a frontal attack must be a fierce battle, and the gains outweigh the losses.

He knew that what would meet him next would be a counterattack by the elite of the Qi people and several times stronger.

The stronger the counterattack force is, the better it proves that one's mission is completed, and the more Qi troops are mobilized, the faster the assault over there will be: as long as they break through for a while, the Qi people will be powerless and unable to organize defenses, and the whole army of Qi will Will collapse.

He also knew that what he had to do was to ensure that his side would not be defeated and survive until the final victory before Shi's attack was successfully defeated.

Otherwise, even if he had credit for everything he did before, the final defeat would greatly discount all the credit.

At this point, even if his side collapses, Shi's side will win, but once the loss of the righteous army is too great, whether the follow-up strategy can be implemented and whether they can fight the Linzi Army again are all questions.

Now the No.11 brigade on the northernmost side has given up its offensive and has withdrawn to form a defensive formation near the artillery, taking care of each other with the 34th, [-]th and [-]th brigade over there.

His own side is also the key point, which is the weakness of the Qi right army and the central army. If the people of Qi think that the main attack direction of the Mo family is here, then this place must be taken back, and it must be at any cost.

Now he has only four guns, a No. 12 brigade tired from fighting for a long time, and about a third of the brigade that has just completed the column shock victory.

The crisis is just around the corner, but Liuzhi is smiling, with a sense of heroism in his heart, thinking that if he defends today's battle, how will the first division stand shoulder to shoulder with my division?

He thought that the more critical it was, the more he would show his abilities.

It is no longer possible for the people of Qi to sit back and watch the situation where the right army is on the verge of collapse. Their position is extremely important, and the people of Qi must take it back.

Not only must it be taken back, but in order to prevent the troops under the hill from going here to support, heavy troops will definitely be sent to counterattack the position under the hill.

There are also a lot of artillery, enough infantry, a lot of musketeers, and engineers are also strengthening the barracks. In addition, the ten and forty-five brigades are regarded as new forces, so there will be no problems.

There may be danger here alone, but he can't withdraw now.

Withdrawing now is tantamount to telling the Qi people that they are exhausted and can only switch from offense to defense, and get out of this dangerous place.

Unable to retreat, and waiting for more Qi people to attack, Liu Zhi took a deep breath and called the guards to pass on the order.

He is not going to add any more infantry, but only needs five guns.

Relying on these nine cannons and two thousand infantry, he will use what he has learned all his life to resist the Jedi counterattack of the Qi people.

The idea has already been churning in his mind, but now is not the time to display it, because turning to defense now will make Qi Ren doubtful.

So he ordered the pawns to form a whole team, divided into three teams, arranged in echelons, and made a posture of continuing to attack.

But in fact, once Qi people approached, he would immediately turn defensive.

The infantry of the three echelons will give up the thin formation that is easier to exert their advantages in mobility and firepower, but form a square formation.

The three square formations will be in the shape of a character, and the nine cannons will be deployed in the character, firing salvos through the gaps between the formations.

Musketeers would hide between the frets of the phalanx.

Use spearmen as shields, artillery and volleys and musketeers as swords, do not move, attack or retreat, and hold on to victory.

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The southernmost side of the front.

Shi, who hadn't moved all this time, saw the rising smoke from the north, and now he also noticed the change of Qi people's flag.

When the second puff of wolf smoke rose, Shi knew that the Qi people had been mobilized by Six Fingers, and the Qi people already believed that their main attack direction was the north side.

He looked up at the sun in the sky, estimated the current time, smiled and said to the officer next to him: "When the sun dies, the people of Qi will be defeated. I think we can catch up with Dr. Pingyin to have lunch together. , Eat until the sun dies, for the grain, there is no grain in the army, but I don't know if the doctor of Pingyin can eat it."

The head of the first division smiled and said, "A real nobleman must eat on time."

"Exactly, don't get tired of fine food, don't get tired of fine meat, don't eat when you eat meat, don't eat when fish are hungry, don't eat when the meat is bad. Don't eat if the color is evil, don't eat if the smell is bad, don't eat if it's not cooked, don't eat from time to time. Its sauce is not edible."

"Daily food grain."

"It is also said that Meng Xia's moon eats beans and chickens. It is said that Meng Xia will follow the spring order, and locusts will be a disaster. When the storm comes, the weeds will not grow..."

"It can be ordered by Jichun to eat wheat and sheep."

"We only have fried wheat flour in our army. If he eats it, it can be regarded as Xiayue's spring order. If he is a real nobleman, he might go on a hunger strike to resist..."

Shi laughed loudly and said: "The locusts are a disaster, the storm is coming, the grass is not real, and it has something to do with eating wheat and sheep in the fucking summer?"

"After a while, if Dr. Pingyin is taken prisoner, I think that if you can't give him wheat flour, he will roar: "As a nobleman, even if I starve to death today and commit suicide in prison, I will never eat wheat in summer. Use chopsticks to eat food other than vegetables!"

"But starve him for three days first, and after three days give him a bowl of fried noodles, he must say: It's delicious! Chopsticks are so easy to use!"

Everyone laughed when they thought of such a scene, but no one noticed the flash of memory-like look on Shi's face, which was fleeting.

After laughing, Shi Shi waved his hand and said: "Okay, the preparations of each department are as determined yesterday."

"The infantry lined up on two wings, with the cavalry in the middle. The cavalry guns approached and opened fire within a hundred steps of the Qi army. The infantry fired a volley and charged, and the cavalry took advantage of the situation to advance straight into the Qi people from the middle without retreating. Once they broke through , Disperse the company and attack the place where the Qi people's coach is."

"Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. The cavalry is placed on the two wings, which is the constant state of the formation. Today is unusual, so we rush forward with the momentum of stepping and cavalry, advancing and not retreating."

"Let's go prepare, and prepare for the assault in a quarter of an hour."

All the generals went to prepare, Shi Ye took the iron helmet, put on the pheasant feathers, put on the armor, got on the horse, let go of the memories that just passed by, and thought: "After today's battle, Qi will be in chaos. Tian Wu, Tian Wu, you have no chance to establish the Jixia Academy, and you have no chance to hide your illness from the doctor! I don’t know if your cousin can seize this opportunity to overthrow your father in a coup. If you can’t seize such an opportunity, That's really mud that can't support the wall."

(End of this chapter)