warring states careerist

Chapter 633 Why Victory ([-])
After the letter was written, the representative of the brigade signed his name first, and then all the people present signed their names, and immediately asked the messenger Xingye to send it back.

The morale of the army is high, knowing that the enemy is outnumbered, but there is no fear.

Since he wants to fight, he can't fight randomly. Yu Tu thinks that he doesn't have the ability to wipe out [-] enemy troops with a brigade of soldiers.

Because Tian Wu knew that there was a brigade of soldiers here, he would definitely be cautious, and it was precisely because of the existence of this brigade of soldiers that he came forward to appease the army and seduce the soldiers with military merits, hoping to make them fight to the death.

This place is in Yishui Mountain, and there is only one road to pass through. Tian Wu's army must take this road if they want to pass.

The place along the road along the river was extremely wide, and a brigade of soldiers couldn't defend it at all. Several people discussed it and set the battlefield in a narrow area behind.

The terrain there is narrow, although it is impossible to ambush, but a brigade of soldiers can guard it.

In this way, the narrower terrain made the eight thousand soldiers in Tian Wu's hands only be used as a few thousand soldiers.

Yu Tu's side couldn't ambush, and Tian Wu's side couldn't surprise the flank either.

After the battlefield was selected, the brigade set off immediately, and arranged wooden antlers, dog walks, pits, etc. to block the impact of the chariots on the predetermined battlefield.

There are only two small cannons in the brigade, and they can shoot iron bullets weighing a pound. They are not the heavy bronze cannons that are equipped with the main force of the volunteer army, and the effect they can have is not great.

There are 500 people in a brigade, half of them are musketeers and half of them are spearmen, which is actually very bad for defense.

The Mohists are good at defending the city, but they took the initiative to attack in several battles, and their formations are becoming more and more conducive to attacking.

Half of the musketeers and half of the spearmen form a horizontal line of seven or eight rows, which is conducive to the effect of muskets, maneuvering, and attacking...

But in the absence of a large number of spearmen, cavalry flanks, and artillery support, this configuration is not conducive to defense, especially when a narrow battlefield is selected and it is impossible for both sides to steal the flank tactically.

The strength of the volunteer army lies in the cooperation of artillery and cavalry, in the flank raids and the rapid battlefield maneuvers of the infantry during the decisive battle, forming a local advantage on the battlefield to fight more and fight less.

But this is in terms of strategy. If you fight alone at the brigade level without all these advantages, it will be very difficult.

Both Yu Tu and the brigade representative knew this well. They were people who had studied in the military academy, and Shi had said more than once: [-] well-equipped volunteers can not be afraid of [-] heavy troops from the princes of various countries.But if it is placed on a company or a brigade, its advantage is not so great.

Several people in the brigade discussed it and decided to rearrange the formation.

Abandon the thin horizontal team with better mobility and offensiveness, but merge the spear company in twos, increase the depth, and assign the musketeers to the sides and front to hinder the attack of the Qi people.

They completely gave up the possibility of chasing and marching to reverse the situation on the battlefield, and used cumbersome formations to resist Tian Wu's attack, because they knew that they could not defeat Tian Wu with a brigade of soldiers. It is considered to have completed the task.

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Standing on the chariot with the mood of escaping from death and showing great ambitions, Tian Wu looked at the formation of Yutu's brigade opposite, and said with a strong smile: "Yesterday we have passed Yishui, and if we break the formation today, the road ahead will be unimpeded." .”

"The tyrannical division of the Mohist school is tyrannical, and what the princes fear is nothing but martial knights and bronze cannons. Today there are none, so there is no need to be afraid."

Although he smiled on his face, his heart had already been overshadowed by the volunteer teacher of the Mohist school.

When they first dispatched troops, they were full of ambitions. In the past six months, they had lost consecutive battles. Instead of complacency, they became panicked and restless.When it came, it was like a crab on the shore of the East China Sea in Linzi, but when it came back, it was like a turtle in a tail painting.

The military formation on the opposite side is very common and common. It is the formation that all countries will arrange. It is neither weird nor peculiar.

The spearmen are densely formed, with the musketeers in front and on both sides of the spearmen.

The terrain is narrow, and neither side can use tactics.

Tian Wu felt that he had no plan left, as long as he broke through here, everything he planned would be realized.

But all of this is based on defeating the opponent...

The faces of the nobles around them were serious. They knew that there would be such a battle, and they had been mentally prepared for it, but they were still worried at this moment.

A nobleman said: "The words of the Mohists are very deceptive. The soldiers in this brigade are only five thousand, and our army is eight thousand. It is terrifying to dare to fight and not retreat."

"The banner is clear and the army is not chaotic. It seems that the soldiers know that they are few and our army is numerous, but they don't panic. How did this happen?"

"Besides, this partial division is here, so they don't need to fight, and no one will pursue them, but they still want to fight? If everyone in Linzi is like this, how can Qi not be strong?"

In their eyes, it is incomprehensible for a small unit that is separated from the main force to dare to form an array without running away, and to actively seek battle when separated from the main force.

The incomprehensible always brings the panic of the unknown.

Tian Wu said: "Although the words of the Mohists can confuse people's hearts and talk about the will of heaven, they can't make most of them march hundreds of miles in a day, let alone fly over."

"Eight thousand elites, facing the pawns of the brigade, are they afraid?"

While talking, a burst of dark clouds suddenly floated in the originally clear sky.

Tian Wu raised his head to look at the sky, the sky in this summer really changed as he said, there was a faint rumble of thunder in the distance, and milky yellow clouds rose and rolled from the east.

Tian Wu couldn't help laughing loudly and said: "God help me! God help me! The Mohists talk about Tianzhi, I'm afraid they are not talking about the real Tianzhi, if not, how can the Emperor of Heaven rain at this time? , but not in the Mo family where Miao talks about Tianzhi!"

At this time, it is impossible to fight when it rains, the bowstring will be wet, the ground will be muddy, and the formation cannot be maintained due to rain.

But the most important thing, and what made Tian Wu laugh out loud, was that once it rained, the biggest advantage of the Mo family would be gone.

The rest of the nobles were also excited, and many people said: "Could it be that the destiny is really in Gong Ziwu? If not, why is it sunny just now, but it suddenly rains now?"

Tian Wudao: "My lords, what the Mohists rely on are nothing but gunpowder and firearms. If today's fate is in order, the Mohist's struggle for power and fate believes that there is no destiny in the world, but how do you explain it now?"

"The Mo family doesn't have gunpowder, so why worry?"

"This rain comes and goes quickly. It is nothing more than that chariots cannot charge, and bows and arrows are difficult to shoot. But if they fight hand-to-hand, can hundreds of warriors and eight thousand strong men not be able to break through this horde of pawns?" ?”

"The Mohists only rely on gunpowder. As long as the gunpowder is not fired, the Mohist's tyrannical masters will not be able to fight!"

He keenly grasped the fighter plane, and the rain has not yet fallen, but the fighter plane has appeared.

Launching an attack before it rains will put the Mo family in a dilemma.

He believed that the Mo family would also be prepared for the rain, just like a crossbowman would put away his bowstring in a rainy day, and the muskets on the opposite side would also be protected by wooden boxes or the like.

However, if the attack is launched now, will the brigade of volunteers on the opposite side use muskets?

If you don't use it, you will definitely not be able to withstand the first wave of shock.

If it is used, once it rains for a while, the gunpowder gun will be wet, so how can it be used?

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On the opposite side, Yu Tu and the officers around him also looked worried. Many of them gritted their teeth and looked at the dark clouds rolling over from the sky.

They didn't think that it was destiny or something like that. In their eyes, the clouds in the sky were not gods and monsters, but the water in the sea on the ground rose into the sky and turned into water.

As for the thunder, there is no god, but it is a very common thing.

They are sure that one day, people will know the will of heaven, when it will rain and when it will be sunny.

Maybe not now, but they are sure that one day it will be possible. This is their dream, like a mythical "Heavenly Paradise", and it is also a future they are fighting for so far that they can only see some clues.

There is no destiny.

This is the righteousness of the Mohists.

But now, the clouds that suddenly rolled up in their eyes and the rain that was about to fall had nothing to do with destiny.

In their eyes, that is just a condition for the inference of "telling knowledge": if it rains, the muskets will not be used, and half of the musketeers only have daggers and wooden forks, which may be difficult to use.

And another result of knowing it is that after the rain, the enemy's chariots are temporarily unusable, and it is difficult for infantry to attack. When the rain falls, it is time for the opponent to withdraw troops.

This is the real reality, and it is also the reason why Yu Tu and others cursed and frowned.

The drums on the opposite side were already beating, and the soldiers on this side were also somewhat flustered. Many people looked up at the sky, stomped their feet, and looked anxious.

"Without muskets we cannot hold it."

This was the thought in the minds of many soldiers, and it was an extremely simple inference, so the officers including Yu Tu also thought the same way, and they would also think the same way.

But the formation has already unfolded, and retreating in front of the formation at this time is the fate of being massacred.

Yu Tu made a decisive decision: "Have the muskets of each company put away and put them under the cowhide tents and patent leather cloths, and cover the cannons with cowhide. Gather the matchlocks together so that they won't be splashed by the rain."

"It's going to rain soon, and it's hard for the Qi people to attack when it rains. They're going all out for this wave. As long as we can hold on, we can form a formation and use guns again after the rain."

"The people of Qi are impatient and want to attack before the rain, forcing our muskets to get wet in the rain and make them unusable. Their crossbow muskets will definitely not be used at this time. They must attack with all their strength."

An officer said impatiently: "I don't think it is necessary. The weather has changed, and we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to withstand it. Since the people of Qi want to work hard, we might as well kill a few more before we die."

"Even if you die, it's damned vigorous. If you don't use your guns now, and the Qi people charge forward, how can we stop it?"

Many people also think that it should be the case, the defeat is already decided, they are not afraid of death, but they hope to have a vigorous fight before death, so that those nobles who show off their might die before the rain, or the last shooting before their lives.

The representative of the brigade who had been silent all this time stood up and said: "Comrades, muskets are indeed the sharp weapon for our continuous victories to shake the princes and shake the old world. But our volunteers won not just rely on muskets and gunpowder."

"We rely more on the belief that we will die for the benefit of the world; we rely on the discipline of the top and bottom; we rely on the formation that has been practiced for several years; The ambition of the Promised Land."

"Without muskets, can't we stop the wave of Qi people's impact? We are not afraid of death, but we have the heart of benefiting the world. Every life is a hundred times more noble than those dirty nobles. Why do we have to fight vigorously just to go Change your life?"

"The commander-in-chief's approach is correct. As long as we withstand the wave of Qi people's impact, we can resist for a longer time, and it will be more likely for the reinforcements to catch up and let Tian Wu, who slaughtered Wucheng, die in the world. under the judgment of men."

(End of this chapter)