warring states careerist

Chapter 991 The Battle of the Two Sons ([-])
On the hill, the four companies of the second wave have also started to counterattack.

In a short period of time, more than 600 people from both sides have fallen near the ridgeline of the hill.

The Qi army's counterattack was very fierce. The nobles took the lead in charging with their right arms bare, red headbands tied on their heads, and even without leather armor.

At such a short distance, there is no way to complete the second loading, because the position chosen by the Qi army is very clever: the artillery cannot hit it, and the Mohist infantry cannot attack unless they cross the ridge line. Once they cross the ridge line, they will be shot by the Qi army. The gun strikes, and then the spearman will immediately charge.

The four companies in the second wave had only two chances to shoot. The first time they helped the companies in the first wave repel the first wave of counterattack, and the second time they volleyed the subsequent Qi army.

The officer's choice was correct. Such a distance is simply not enough to complete the third loading. It is better to take advantage of the mountain shape and rush down.

After the defeat, the three companies that retreated in the first wave had almost completed their reloading. Such continuous counterattacks and counterattacks were a great test of the resilience of the soldiers on both sides.

The hill is not big, and there can only be four or five companies deployed in front of it. If there are more, it will appear crowded.

The so-called control of the small hill is to control the distance of about [-] steps below the ridgeline, so as to gain time and space for the artillery deployment on the ridgeline. Now it is still in a state of repeated competition near the ridgeline, and it is not considered to have captured the small hill at all. mound.

The Qi army's deployment was originally to force the Mo family to fight repeatedly on the hill, using the hill as a bait. After all, once the hill is captured, the entire right-wing support point will be gone. This bait is enough to lure.

On the side of Xiaoqiu close to the edge of the battlefield, the cavalry chasing the cavalry of the Qi army who had fled before had returned to Jian. In one attack, half of the [-] cavalry of the Qi army were killed or injured, and the rest fled.

The order of the deputy commander of the cavalry was to retreat after the pursuit, and the cavalry in charge of the pursuit also obeyed the order. Instead of killing the round immediately, they retreated after chasing a sufficient distance.

Now the three thousand cavalry are maneuvering sideways and backwards to make room for the infantry and artillery who came later.

The purpose of these light cavalry was not for charging, but more for flanking raids. This was what the Mohists had prepared for the entire strategic thinking of first Chu and then the Central Plains.

The cavalry of Chu State is very poor. One is that Chu State does not have a natural environment suitable for horse farming, and the other is that Huaibei is in the hands of the Mohists. This is the most suitable place for raising horses in the south of the Central Plains. So if you bully Chu State or Yue State Cavalry, these light cavalry are enough.

The cavalry of Qi State is not strong, it is determined by the economic system after the reactionary reform of Qi State, the most formal military knight heavy cavalry is too expensive, Sishang is rich and the world sucks blood from Kyushu, but it only raises a division of 500 people Heavy cavalry knights, Qi Guo tightened his belt and produced a standing army of [-] is already the limit, which was accumulated by those fief farmers who were under the reactionary reform and serfdom.

For Qingqi, there are not enough horses to cultivate farmers.

The previous wars in the entire Central Plains were dominated by chariots, and chariots and horses were provided according to the fiefs and villages.

After arriving in Sishang, the agricultural technology was raised to the level of the Han Dynasty, and the problem of fallow farming was solved, which gradually disintegrated the system of re-division of villages and communes under the original land system. China's reactionary changes will aggravate serfdom and policies; or it will deepen reforms and break the fields.

In the past 30 years, high-yield crops, ox plowing and horse plowing, and the use of iron tools, coupled with the horrible balance of the Mohist school for more than ten years, have caused the population of various countries to surge.

The north of Sishang is actually suitable for horse farming, but horses are too expensive, and there are too many people and too little land to support them.Therefore, Sishang retains a special village community system, which makes the amount of land in each village community sufficient, and organizations such as co-cultivation societies make horse farming the main farming method in Sishang.

Based on this, under the small collective economic system of the village community, Sishang can guarantee a sufficient number of light cavalry, forming a crush on the number of cavalry of the surrounding princes, and a large number of carriages so that the internal logistics capabilities that the princes find incredible.

The Qi State can't gather so many cavalry, which makes the current situation of the Qi army very passive. Without cavalry to cover the flanks means that more troops cannot move, and the Mo family has the advantage of cavalry, which can reduce the troops on the flanks and choose to invest in key points on the battlefield.

This was not decided at this time, but it was already doomed after Qi State chose the reactionary reform. The quality of the cavalry was very poor, far inferior to the light cavalry of the Mo family.

After the three thousand cavalry are deployed, there are already a lot of them. After they are lined up densely, it will bring great psychological pressure to those infantry who stand firm.

The Qi army's flanking infantry did not dare to move at all, because they knew that as long as they moved, they would create opportunities for the Mohist cavalry patrolling around them.

In order to guard against the surprise attack of the Mohist cavalry, the infantry of the Qi army chose a denser formation, three companies formed a group, the spearmen formed a large formation, and the musketeers spread out on the flanks.

The overall formation is staggered, so that the width of the front can be maintained to the greatest extent while ensuring the defense against the cavalry.

Three thousand Qi troops are here in formation.

And the Mohists chose to attack on the flanks, which is precisely for this formation.

The cavalry was used to force the Qi army to form a heavy formation, and then the artillery was used to break the heavy formation. The cavalry assaulted, and the infantry quickly marched in a dense column to expand the gap opened by the cavalry and tear open the Qi army's flank defense.

Now the cavalry has opened up the space needed for the infantry and artillery to cooperate with them. In a quarter of an hour at most, the general offensive that determines the situation on the flanks will begin.

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On the other side of the front line, the shelling that lasted for an hour finally came to an end, and the frontline Qi army near Sanliu Club had suffered heavy casualties.

In the direction of Sanliu Society close to the Mohists, there is a water mill, which was originally the location of Sanliu Society's mill, and now it has become a solid frontline support point for the Qi army.

A simple wall was built nearby with earthen barriers, and two companies of Qi troops were stationed here. This small mill was next to a small river, and the Mohists could officially launch an attack on Sanliu Society only if they captured this place.

After an hour of bombardment, this place became the focus of the Mohist copper cannons, and the heavy artillery that fired [-] catties of iron bullets completely destroyed the mill.

The Qi troops of the two companies didn't wait until they could play a role at all. Most of them died in battle, and some of them were under the mill.

The infantry who tried to attack took the mill almost without bloodshed. With the mill as the salient, the brigade's small cannons were deployed in front of the mill.

The six thousand light cavalry on the flanks were always staring at the main force of the Qi army's cavalry.

The main cavalry force of the coalition army is an important part of Tian Ju's right-wing slash attack concept. It needs to be pulled to the right wing to drive away the three thousand cavalry of the right-wing Mohist when necessary.

To achieve this goal, it is necessary to use the [-] chariots and [-] cavalry of the coalition army on the Sanliu Society to defeat the [-] Qingqi on the Mo family's side first.

This is an important part of Tian Ju's tactical concept of surviving from death.

The only way is to use [-] cavalry, [-] chariots, and some nobles to completely defeat the [-] cavalry of the Mohists for the righteousness of the emperor, and then the losses should not be too large, and then maneuver to the right to drive away the [-] light cavalry of the Mohists on the right. Then the Mo family launched a fierce attack on all the infantry in the direction of Sanliu Society, and then they could mobilize.

Originally, it was extremely difficult to survive from death, and there was no way for others, and it was impossible to mobilize before, and the deployment in advance would be observed by the Mohist's hot air balloon, so that was the only way to go.

But the current situation is very unsatisfactory. The shelling that lasted for an hour has already made the defensive line in the direction of Sanliu Society crumbling. The Mohists have just started the first wave of offensive infantry, let alone mobilized the reserve team of the Chinese army.

The slash tactic is also a variant of the hammer-and-anvil tactic. Tian Ju's idea is to rely on Sanliu Society as the anvil, making the Mohists unable to attack for a long time, and then he has to deploy all the reserve and second-line troops into an offensive formation, and then he can Move the rest of the force to the right, and make sure that the anvil is not smashed until the right wins.

However, looking at it now, this anvil, together with the hammer he thought he could counterattack, will be smashed by the Mo family.

News came from the right wing that the Mo family had launched a fierce attack on the right wing. I hope that Tian Ju will transfer the cavalry now, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to sustain it, and it is best to support at least five or six thousand infantry.

He could see the right flank from here, but he couldn't see the Mohist infantry column maneuvering towards the flank under the cover of the hill and gunpowder smoke.

If the right wing is almost unable to hold on even now, then there is no need to mention the whole concept of itself.

The battle had just begun, and the Mo family's bombardment had just ended. In fact, at this moment, he knew in his heart that the battle was over.

The Mo family on the opposite side was too confident, so confident that after seeing the weakness of the right wing, they didn't even have the support of the central army, so they let their left wing launch an attack in advance.

Where has Tian Ju been on the battlefield, how can he imagine how terrifying the shelling that is nearly four or five times that of his own side is, how can he imagine that the quality of the soldiers on the Mohist side can be defeated in half an hour when the troops are slightly superior. The right wing of the internal attack was shaky.

Those veterans who supported his idea thought that he must have a wonderful plan. While the left wing forced the Mohists to spread out and stick to the Mohists, there was still room to mobilize the right wing to counterattack. Never thought that all his ideas were based on the Mohism On the basis that the right wing will not be attacked from the beginning, and then the left wing storm will be frustrated.

At this moment, the Mohist infantry on the opposite side of Sanliu Society started to move. These infantry did not choose to attack directly, but moved towards the side of Sanliu Society.

The rear of the Sanliu Society is where the cavalry of the coalition army is located, and it is also where the six thousand light cavalry on the Mohist flank are located.

Tian Ju thought that if the Mohists wanted to storm Sanliu Society, they had to advance from the front, spread out their forces, and attack everywhere. He never thought that after the violent shelling was over for a short time, the Mohist infantry of about 4000 people would move to the side. It was obvious that this was to cooperate The cavalry pioneer drove off the allied cavalry.

He was a little overwhelmed, this was not what he expected at all, facing the sudden change, he didn't know how to deal with it.According to his previous assumption, the Mo family would not send infantry to the rear, but would choose cavalry against cavalry.

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Chinese Army.

Shi Shi was listening to the orderer recount the intention of the left-wing commander, and after observing with the binoculars for a while, Shi Shi shook his head and said with a smile: "This battle was fought... I thought the opponent was a bull bone, and I prepared a solid and sharp axe. Talking about beef bones is like spreading snot.”

So far, Shi racked his brains and failed to understand the other party's intention.

The troops and reserves were concentrated in Sanliu Club, and then the right wing obviously couldn't hold on, and these troops remained motionless as if they had lead weights growing on their buttocks.

If you feel that the right wing is irrelevant, then completely abandon the right wing and shrink the line of defense, but it doesn't.

During the bombardment, the cavalry of the coalition army could try cavalry hedging. If they won the charge, they might be able to threaten the artillery position, but they didn't.

If it weren't for the dense presence of scouts, the Mo family knew the battlefield situation well, and Shi would even wonder if there was a surprise soldier from the coalition outside his left wing.

This situation is obviously deployed according to the situation that there is a coalition reinforcement outside the Mohist left-wing battlefield, not far away, and can arrive suddenly when the Mohist left-wing attack is launched.

If he knew Tian Ju's idea, he might slap his head and sigh secretly that his imagination is not as good as it is.

It is precisely because I don't know that I racked my brains and couldn't figure it out.

After a long time, he still turned his attention to the left wing. Thinking of the Greek dramas in the style of mechanical descendants that Solucan brought back to translate, he said to the messenger: "Go and tell the observers on the left wing to keep an eye on the outside of the battlefield. Send more scouts to scout...if there is nothing..."

He thought for a long time and said with a smile: "The commander of the coalition army can't be a secret ink man?"

(End of this chapter)