warring states careerist

Chapter 962 Unacceptable Tactics
If I ventured into Zhecheng alone, but the main force of the Chinese army has not captured Ningling and Chengkuang, I will be in danger.

For the task of attacking Qiaocheng by himself, the premise is that the main force of the Chinese army has captured Chengkuang and Ningling, and then he can attack Qiaocheng with peace of mind.

Cheng Kuang has not captured yet, and Ning Ling is still in the hands of the Mohists. If he advances rashly at this time, it is very likely that something serious will happen.

In the previous siege of Yongqiu, there are two things that can be made clear.

First, the Mo family may not have a main force in Sishang, and the artillery that the Mo family is best at has been transferred to the front line of Laiwu.

Second, the Mohists can organize a battle in Song Dynasty with at least 3 people participating, even if these people are new recruits and old and weak in Sishang, but that is relative to the main force in Sishang.

To besiege the city for [-] days and not go down is really a normal thing for the armies of the princes, that is, they are weak compared to the main force of the Mohist school.

But Duan Duan understood that if this army seized the opportunity to surround him, he would probably be wiped out.

Now, where are these 3 people?
Is it to withdraw Shangqiu and defend it to prevent the division of troops from being defeated one by one and retreat?
Or hiding somewhere, laying a trap to lure him into this trap?
Duan Duan thought, what would he do if he was the chief general of the Mo family in the Song Dynasty?
Will stick to it?or what?
He has also read many Mohist books before, and when he thought of Mozi's time, the Mohist's idea of ​​defending a city was to defend from the top to attack, and to defend the city from the bottom. He felt that this time the Mohist's behavior of abandoning two or three cities in a row was extremely suspicious. .

After thinking about it, he decided not to rush forward greedily, but sent an envoy to tell the princes: If the army of the princes does not break through Ningling, he will never take a step forward.If the army breaks through Ningling, he can break through Zhecheng and go south to Kuxian, thereby threatening Qiaocheng.

After the messenger was dispatched, Duan Duan didn't wait here foolishly, but chose to take the initiative to probe.

He first advanced the army to Yangxia, and repaired the city defense in Yangxia as a base for advancing.

At the same time, scouts were widely sent to Kuxian, Chen and other places.

The next day he pretended to continue to advance, and ordered the army to leave Yangxia, pretending to continue to attack.

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To the north of Chendi in the south of Yangxia.

Hearing the news from the scouts, the leader of the Jiexuan army here was a little nervous.

He knew the high-level strategy of the Mo family, and he also knew that his task was to lure the main force of the coalition army into believing that the purpose of the field troops on the Mo family's side was to eat the right wing of the coalition army.

If the coalition forces of the princes cannot be convinced that the main force on the Mo family's side is on their right wing, then this battle may be a bit difficult to fight.

He believed in his own fighting power, but if he could not separate the central and right wings of the coalition forces, there might be a big battle around Shangqiu that was bigger than expected, and his own casualties might be greater.

It's not that they can't fight, but that about [-] to [-] enemy troops will be gathered under the city of Shangqiu at that time, and the Mohist school has no absolute advantage in numbers.

One-on-one is certainly not afraid, but if you can encircle and annihilate with superior forces, your own losses will be small, and accidents will be even smaller.

He believed that Juzi would personally command this decisive battle, and failure was impossible, but he was afraid that after the dumplings were made, the skins would not be thick enough, and the allied forces of the princes would retreat after losing half of the dumplings, which would be bad.

The soldiers in my hands can only be used as suspicious soldiers, and it is not enough for them to cut off the coalition forces.

The field troops in his hands are only half a cavalry brigade and an infantry brigade. It is up to their performances to make the coalition forces give the illusion that the main force of the Mohists intends to divide and annihilate the right wing of the coalition forces.

At this time, he got the news that the Han army on the right wing of the coalition army had already left Yangxia, and he knew that his suspected army was about to enter the stage.

If the performance is not good, I'm afraid it will affect the overall situation at that time. It was originally planned to fight [-] to [-], but it turned out to be [-] to [-], which would be very bad.

So he ordered the half cavalry brigade and one infantry brigade to start marching north. At this time, it was exactly one day before the scouts reported that Yangxia's enemy army had left the city and moved forward, and the scouts said that the enemy's marching speed was very fast.

This news required him to think and decide.

It was Duan Duanbu, the right wing of the coalition army, who was greedy for meritorious service, and really believed that the Mo family was powerless to defend, and wanted to seize Zhecheng and Kuxian to make extraordinary achievements?
Or is the other party not greedy for success at all, but testing himself?
If the former, it proves that Duan Duan is an idiot, so stupid that even the first step of the anti-countermeasure conceived by the giant has not been seen through.

If it's the latter, it's very likely to stage a big show.

The task of these two brigades is to go north quickly once the friendly forces start to act, threatening Yang Xia to cut off the retreat of the right wing.

In addition to these two field brigades, there are also second-line garrison troops in Chen, Xiang and other places, and they also have to cooperate with acting.

Two days later, Duan Duanbu has left Yangxia forty miles, this is a test.

So the marching speed was extremely fast on the first day, and then slowed down on the second day, waiting for the scouts to report back the reaction of the Mo family.

He is now about fifty miles away from Zhecheng in the northeast, and about seventy miles away from Kuxian in the southeast.

At noon, the scouts sent out in both directions brought back news.

The scouts in the direction of Zhecheng reported that there were a large number of Mohist troops moving along the Hongshui line. After they approached, Mohist scouts immediately ambushed and captured them. The intention was obviously to capture them all.

Most of the more than 30 scouts were killed or injured, and only a few escaped back by virtue of their martial arts and riding skills.

The scouts in Chen's direction reported that there were indeed traces of the main activities of the Mohist school.

Duan Duan breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said: "It's not what I expected."

"The Mohists are so cunning, they must have lured me into an empty city, while the Sishang army was trying to encircle and annihilate me south of Hongshui and west of Kuxian."

"Fortunately, I saw through it, otherwise if I ventured in, I would be surrounded."

Thinking of this, Duan Duan broke into a cold sweat.

Fortunately, after Yangxia was captured without bloodshed, he realized that there might be a problem, so he hesitated for two days.

Then under this kind of hesitation, he pretended to be aggressive, but he was not far from Yangxia. Looking at the movements of the Mo family, it was as expected.

Otherwise, I must have already marched to the banks of the Hongshui, I can't capture Zhecheng before, I can't retreat into Yangxia later, Ningling is still in the hands of the Mo family, Chengkuang has not been broken, and I will really be alone by then .

He immediately gave the order to change the front army to the rear army and quickly retreat towards Yangxia.

But when retreating, he decisively let the three thousand Zhao troops on the right wing gallop to the south of Yangxia to delay the Mohist army in the direction of Chencheng.

In the afternoon of the next day, an encounter began.

The [-] Zhao troops galloping to the south of Yangxia encountered more than [-] people from the "Mohist vanguard", who were actually the main field force of Chen Di as the suspected soldiers.

This was the first time Zhao Jun fought against the Mohists in the Central Plains, but he was not afraid, but rather eager to try.

Exactly, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.

These Zhao troops have won many battles against the Zhongshan Kingdom, and several times they went north to the grasslands to conquer the Hu people, and they also achieved considerable results. They acted quickly and were good at defense, so they were not afraid.

The three thousand Zhao troops immediately sent people to report back to the general, and at the same time quickly formed an array in order to stick to it.

This place is flat and plain, and there is no hill at all that can be guarded by soldiers.

The three thousand Zhao troops immediately used their experience in fighting Zhongshan and the Hu people to form a camp with chariots and a series of cities.

A total of three light vehicle camps were formed, each serving as horns, and three small cannons were deployed in the center of the vehicle formation.

Musketeers rely on chariots to defend, while spearmen wear leather armor and guard behind the chariots for hand-to-hand combat.

These 3000 people should be regarded as the elite of the right-wing Han army. After discovering the "forward" of the Mohists on the plain, they quickly formed a formation.

Because they know that they do not have the cover of cavalry, if they form a field battle, they will definitely be attacked by the Mohists.

However, if this is the case, it can hinder the impact of the cavalry, minimize the threat of the cavalry, and be able to stand by for reinforcements, making it less likely for the troops to collapse.

Zhao, Qin and others used this tactic to deal with the nomads on the grasslands in every way.

This tactic actually originated from the chariot warfare method of various countries in the Central Plains. The Mohist branch in Gaoliu used this tactic to fight some barbarian tribes. guard.

Only used in the Central Plains battlefield, Zhao Jun's set of operational tactics is still far behind the times after all.

The "vanguard" troops on the Mohist side are suspicious soldiers, but to convince the opponent that they are the main force, they must win this battle.

Moreover, Wei Han and other countries have always believed that the Mohists are the best at gathering artillery. In the battle of Chengyang Linqiu in the past, the extremely luxurious artillery troops have left Wei Guo with lingering fears. Therefore, they believe that as long as there are more artillery, it is likely to be the main force of the Mohism. .

Therefore, in addition to the four small cannons normally deployed in each brigade, these suspects also had six copper cannons capable of firing five-jin iron bullets.

The chief general of the Mo family ordered the cavalry to go around to the rear. The cavalry was not allowed to attack, nor was it allowed to dismount and fight on foot. Most of the fine riders who are about three years old, if they are used to charge the chariot formation, they may go to a military court.

Looking at the deployment of Zhao Jun, the suspected Mohist general, who was a division officer with a professional background, shook his head again and again, wondering if the level of warfare outside the Central Plains had fallen so far behind?
This tactic was used on the grassland, and of course it worked.

Nomads don't have heavy armor, only leather armor. They lack weapons and can only ride and shoot. They almost don't even have bronze cannons.

So Wu Qi used it in the west of Qin, Zhao people in the north of Zhongshan, and the Mo family in Gaoliuyun, and the Mo family even gave it a very nice name, called it Wugang Che.

With Wugang chariots forming an array, accompanied by muskets, tigers squatting, cannons, hemp rope cannons, etc., nomads without heavy armor can't do anything about it, and they don't have cannons. Facing this defensive method, a thousand people can defend against five thousand.

The combination of Wugang vehicles with muskets and small cannons can be said to be the end of the nomads, but let alone in the Central Plains, it is not effective even when encountering semi-agricultural groups who can smelt iron and can charge with heavy armor and heavy infantry.

It is really unwise to come to the Central Plains with the experience of fighting nomads without armor.

The last glory of the Wugang chariot should have fallen behind at the moment when the artillery could move tactically. This kind of tactics on the Central Plains battlefield is really outdated. The Mohist general doubts whether the Zhao people fought low-intensity wars in the north. How should we fight in the Central Plains?

He could tell at a glance that this was Zhao Ren's method.

Because South Korea does not have such tactics at all, and neither does Wei State. They do not need to fight against unarmored nomads. These years, they are fighting against the new army of Chu State, the Qin people with heavy flint guns, and the Mohists who have no armor but superior firepower.

It’s like the Mohists, after the increase in the number of artillery and a large number of brigade-level artillery configurations, they gave up the heavy guns with large calibers and heavy guns that could smash the armor of tanks and armor, and began to equip them with smaller calibers, lighter guns that could A musket with a short sword in hand-to-hand combat.

It is also like the cavalry battle in Sishang back then. Whether the cavalry should be equipped with short guns or the cavalry should fight hand-to-hand is also due to the fact that the main imaginary enemy Wei Han's tactics are heavy phalanx tactics.Cavalry equipped with short guns can shoot heavy phalanxes to open gaps, while hand-to-hand cavalry will die miserably if they rush directly to the formation unless they seize the opportunity.

Demand and environment determine the tactical system and development direction, so that necessary trade-offs are made.

There is no need, and this kind of targeted tactics that are obviously aimed at nomads who don't wear armor and rush to fight hand-to-hand cannot appear in the Han and Wei armies. This is the Mohist's art of reasoning.

(End of this chapter)