warring states careerist

Chapter 620 In the eyes of the fugitive soldier ([-])

After the army moved, Shi Ye came to Father Liang from Boyi, and the scattered volunteers also began to gather. In some cities, only one company of volunteers remained, and some Qi people who had no family or were born as slaves joined the volunteers for the time being. Garrison.

Before the decisive battle, it is appropriate to confirm the last information.

When the staff officer in charge of intelligence sent the news from Cheng Yang and Linzi, Shi seemed calm, but in fact he was a little nervous.

This decisive battle is different from the previous battles. It is not that the two armies face each other to decide the outcome within a few days, but fight everywhere within a wide range of about a hundred miles. This is the Warring States will appear, but now There are not many precedents for large corps operations.

According to the information sent back by the scouts and analyzed by the staff officers, the staff officer said: "The Wei-Han coalition forces in the direction of Chengyang are not ready to attack. The people of Wei have already contacted me, and the envoys of the Marquis of Wei have entered Pengcheng. Even if they There is deceit, it will take at least half a month for Chengyang to gather the army and prepare food and grass."

"There is no movement in Linzi. The remaining troops of Linzi have been in the city. There are rumors that Tian He is seriously ill and heartbroken. It is probably to prevent the disaster of Xiao Qiang, so the remaining troops of Linzi have been in the city."

"There is no movement in the direction of Jucheng, but the city defenses are constantly being strengthened, and no troops are assembled."

After the three news were finished, Shihe and the officers of the volunteer army who were present were all relieved.

To fight at this time, it is necessary to assemble the army in advance. The army cannot immediately switch to an offensive state, and it is absolutely impossible without half a month of preparation.

There are no problems in the three directions, and he said with a relaxed smile: "It seems that this time it was Tian Wu's impromptu idea, and there was no cooperation from all parties. In the end, it is still a war between us and Tian Wu, so you can rest assured."

The rest of the people also nodded and smiled. As long as there are no problems in these three directions, the battle will be over in half a month, and it will be too late for all parties to express themselves by then.

Yesterday, the army of Qi State had arrived within [-] miles of Yingyi, and the number was about [-]. They were the main force of the Linzi Army, and this was definitely not wrong.

Everyone was very relieved about Yingyi's defense, and the army was concentrated at Father Liang, which was a strategy based on the premise that Yingyi would be difficult to break through.

Shi clasped his hands together, stretched them out suddenly, clasped his fingers together, rattled, shook his shoulders and said with a smile: "We have been dormant on Si for too long, and in the battle to aid the most, there will be Wei Han joining us in the end." Defeated the Qi State. After forbearance for too long before, the princes of this world have forgotten the battle of Lushui back then."

"Today's battle will shake the world, of course, but to what extent?"

Shi stretched out two fingers, bent one and said, "The Nanji water battle, the princes may think, it is not the elite of Qi, the Mohist is strong, but it is not scary."

"Today's battle, we must let the princes understand the horror, and then we can maintain the long-term military. You see, in the battle of Shangqiu, Chu State has been honest for a long time; in the battle of Lushui, Yue State has never had the heart of domination .Today’s battle is the so-called killing the chicken to scare the monkey. Qi is the country where the sun rises. The rooster sings first and is still popular, so we want to borrow the rooster of Qi to scare the monkeys in the Central Plains.”

He seldom talked about this kind of mysterious superstition on weekdays, even in jokes, but he was obviously in a good mood when he said that today.

"Pass down the order and prepare separately, and the troops will leave Pingyang in two days."

The generals got the order, and they also understood that the Mo family had no room for change at this point.

Once the army is deployed, it is impossible to change the order from day to day and send troops to Pingyang, which means that the defense of Yingyi must completely rely on the second division and have full confidence in the second division.

It is the key point that moves the whole body by pulling one hair. If Father Liang is in danger, he can still support him, but if he sends troops, he will have no turning back.

…………

Win Yap.

The smoke has risen.

The [-] Qi army concentrated all the bronze cannons in the army, trying to get close to the city wall and blast the city wall, but the hot air balloons hanging high in the sky discovered the Qi army's intention at the beginning of the Qi army's preparations, and the artillery on the city immediately A counterattack was launched, and the Yishi artillery, which was superior in both quantity and quality, completely suppressed Qi's bronze cannons.

In a garrison fort in front of the main entrance, soldiers of five companies of volunteers were stationed in it. The two garrison forts housed a brigade of soldiers in total.

Even if the garrison fort is a concave polygon as a whole, because of the Vega-like triangular layout, Qi's attack can only hit the front, and cannot besiege from all sides, because there are crossing covers on the sides and back, which is equivalent to death.

The width of the front is not large, and there are not many offensive troops deployed at one time.

The brigade commander and brigade representative of the brigade guarding the fort were on one side. The brigade commander looked at the Qi army that was preparing to attack in the distance, and estimated the first wave of soldiers that the Qi army would attack the fort he was guarding this time. There are more than [-] people.

No matter how many numbers there are, it can't be expanded. As for the follow-up waves, it is equivalent to no. If Qi Guo really doesn't want to charge in a swarm, it will look like a mountain, but on the contrary, he will be happy and relaxed if he really wants to.

The bitter smell of the burning match made the brigade commander's eyes water a little, and the musketeers lined up on the fort quietly waited for the order.

The gunners are also very relaxed now. The distance is too far at this time. These small cannons are not the heavy bronze cannons in the city. It is difficult for the Qi army to cause damage before the Qi army approaches.

The soldiers were not in a panic. It seemed that the Qi army's camp was vast and numerous, but they knew that these people would need to attack in waves, and the number of people they faced each time was far less than that of their partners.

The side length of the concave city wall is much longer than the straight line on the front.

The horns of the Qi army kept sounding in the distance, and the crossbowmen and musketeers of the Qi army began to move forward, trying to cover the first wave of the Qi army.

A few cannons were deployed sparsely in front of the formation. After the Qi army's artillery, which was going to use it intensively to blast the city wall, was counterattacked, they no longer dared to gather and could only use it scattered.

The soldiers in the front row were carrying pestle shields, the soldiers behind were carrying wooden ladders, and several simple wooden ladders were also slowly moving forward.

A puff of white smoke came out from a cannon of the Qi army, and the iron ball hit the thick soil in front of the rammed fortress, but it didn't bounce off, and it didn't cause any damage.

The brigade commander shook his head and mocked at the people around him: "The Qi people's methods of attacking the city are no different from 20 years ago. 20 years ago, it was possible to defend the city with a transfer machine and a car, let alone today."

"It's just that the Qi people have a few cannons. If there are no cannons, I will guard such a fortress with a brigade. As long as there is enough food, I am afraid that I will not be able to take it down for a year."

Just as the person next to him was about to answer, the sound of horns and drums sounded again in the distance, and the Qi army that had completed the formation began to move forward slowly, and those archers and musketeers were also moving forward after they were lined up.

More than 600 Qi troops lined up in a front about [-] paces wide, and crossed the trench puddle in front.There are still several teams of Qi troops behind, and it seems that they are going to carry out waves of uninterrupted attacks.

In front of the trench, a soldier of the Qi army with a club shield scolded in Linzi dialect: "This is calling us to die. The Mo family has guns, and we have a body of flesh. When their iron bullets are used up, don't come back!" people can attack it?"

While speaking, the drums sounded again, and he held the shield in front of him, and began to obey the orders and formed a team in front of the trench.

The water in this ditch is not deep, but after crossing the ditch, the formation has become chaotic, and it will be difficult to attack again without reorganizing the team.

His two companions were howling in pain in the ditch behind them, and the bamboo sticks that were densely covered in the ditch pierced into their feet. It was difficult to fight under the severe pain, and they had no one to support them, so they could only crawl backwards in the mud pit.

The soldier spat, and muttered to the people next to him: "Look, I might as well have had my feet pierced just now. If my feet are pierced, I will be disabled at most. But if the iron bullet hits it, there is still one alive?"

The partner next to him also said: "Why do you ask us to come first? The dead soldiers of those nobles are waiting for our corpses to fill the trenches. They can climb the city, but their merits are theirs."

"It's all right, Feiguo's own business, what have we to do? My family has planted a lot of corn this year, and it will be harvested soon. How can we do it at home?"

"Let us go to die, but the fief belongs to them? The Mo family doesn't kill or plunder, so why fight them?"

Muttering reluctantly, just after the queue was formed, a strange scream came from the air, and several old soldiers who had participated in the battle of the most fell to the ground without saying a word, throwing their shields in their hands, But the recruits behind did not know.

There were a few bangs, and the hot iron balls smashed a few bloodstains in the team that had just formed the formation, and the team that had just been formed was thrown into chaos in an instant.

The drums sounded again, and someone behind shouted: "The military order is like a mountain, and the one who retreats dies! The first to climb the city will be awarded the title!"

A few new recruits had never seen a scene where their heads were directly smashed by iron pellets. They screamed and dropped their weapons and retreated. Several people were stabbed by bamboo sticks in the trench and howled again.

After finally climbing to the back, several scholars held swords and beheaded the retreating people in public.

But those old soldiers knew that they could not retreat at this time, the drums sounded again, and the team had to be assembled again, and the iron bullets fell again.

A soldier couldn't take it anymore, and shouted: "Both front and back are dead. It's better to die in the front than to be smashed to death by iron balls here."

When he yelled, he held up his shield and rushed out first, and the people behind him rushed forward in a panic.

It certainly takes courage to charge, but to maintain the same formation under shelling and maintain the front requires greater courage and discipline, at least this first wave of the Qi army has not yet possessed such qualities.

Charging without a formation is death, but there are military laws behind, and there will be shelling here. This kind of fear of being hit on the top of one's head when the ghost knows when is far better than the courage required for charging.

The soldier who was muttering before said to himself: "It's death to rush over."

But the formation around him was chaotic and scattered, some people hesitated, some people had already rushed out, so he was also heartbroken and rushed forward.

But he didn't rush ahead, holding a talisman made of a bone in his hand, and followed behind several people.

After finally rushing to within a hundred steps of the city wall, there was another burst of gunshots from the fortress. All the people in front of him were killed, and one of them dropped his weapon in shock and ran back.

"Fool."

After cursing, I thought to myself, where can I get out?Then he lay down calmly on the ground, scooped up some blood with his hands and smeared it on his face, lay down in the crowd, took out the talisman that the woman gave him, and murmured, just begging to be protected by the Heavenly Emperor Mountain God.

(End of this chapter)