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Chapter 993 The Battle of the Two Sons ([-])
It is impossible to transmit the news to the command centers of both sides in real time about the change in the direction of the right wing of the coalition forces.

The large number of second-line and reserve teams prepared by the Chinese army, or simply the superiority of troops in the same width of the front, put him in an absolute initiative.

Regardless of whether the coalition forces let the right wing collapse, or hastily dispatched troops to support the right wing at this time, under the absolute inferiority of troops, there are loopholes everywhere.

The Mohists' attack on the left wing was too thorough. If the enemy counterattacked successfully, it would indeed be very dangerous, but the coalition forces couldn't gather enough cavalry, and it was impossible for the infantry on the right flank of the coalition forces to launch a full-line counterattack.

Shi is still waiting, waiting for the situation to change.

The coalition right flanked the hillock.

The infantry of the two densely assembled brigades has been deployed into a dense column, and the brigade-owned small artillery and cavalry artillery that quickly followed are deployed three to four hundred steps in front of the coalition formation, and the cavalry is gathering at the rear and waiting.

The left-wing leader of the Mo family was not in a hurry. He knew that he didn't have many reserves, but he also knew that there were still a large number of reserves in Shi's hands that had not yet been deployed and could go into battle at any time.

Besides, the weather conditions are very good today, and the hot air balloon can take an overview of the situation on the battlefield. If the enemy troops are mobilized, the Chinese army will definitely respond.

After all, the purpose of the left wing's first attack is double possibility. Whether it is to divide the troops or not, the superiority of the Chinese army can regard the opponent's response as a flaw.

As far as the art of war is concerned, the practice of the Mohist left-wing general does not conform to the old art of war. When the two armies deploy, they must first test the opponent's reality and confirm that they are correct before deploying all their troops. Because the entire offensive formation faces the opponent's possible counterattack. , It is easy to cause collapse and even defense without soldiers.

But judging from the specific situation at this time, the left wing's method of deploying almost all of its troops in violation of the law of war has achieved very good results.

Those light and small cannons are most afraid of the enemy's cavalry, especially the cavalry who raided from the side. However, now that the cavalry on the right wing of the coalition army has been driven out of the battlefield, these gunners are full of energy.

After a quick adjustment, the iron bullets could not stop falling into the formation of the coalition forces.

After a short preparation, the two Mohist infantry brigades in a dense formation launched the first wave of attacks.

The elite battalion grenadiers who can disperse the battle approached the coalition infantry formation in groups of five or three, and used the scattered formation to consume the opponent's muskets, causing panic and confusion on the opponent.

The infantry who attacked in formation followed behind, and these harassing grenadiers who first boarded the camp acted as skirmishers, putting great pressure on the infantry of the coalition forces.

The arquebus gunners of the allied forces who had already loaded and prepared nervously watched the Mo family's first camp grenadiers approaching in groups of three or four, wondering if they should shoot.

The officers of the coalition forces also hesitated.

If you shoot now, you will shoot back at the elites who first boarded the camp in groups of three or five, and your muskets may still be reloading after the infantry phalanx behind them approach; The infantry will definitely rely on its own means to cause damage to the army formation.

After the reform of Qi's military system, there are advantages and disadvantages.

In the past, in this situation, the nobles could dispatch their elite servants and soldiers to attack from the formation without relying on the formation, and use skirmishers against skirmishers to suppress the opponents who entered the camp first.

But now there are no slaves and slaves around the low-level nobles who can privately mobilize. Although the combat effectiveness of the entire Qi country has been enhanced after the military system reform, but because of the lack of more arms to cooperate, it is okay to fight against Wei and Han. The more advanced tactical system on the Mohist side is somewhat inadequate.

The two brigades on the Mohist side did not start in one line.

In the front are the scattered elites who first boarded the camp to lure the opponent to open fire, or after approaching, use iron mines to align the dense spearmen of the army to cause great damage.

In the back, a brigade is deployed as a horizontal team, and each company advances in four formations, and ten companies line up in turn.

The second brigade forms a brigade-level column in the central direction, two companies form a group, and five companies form waves.

This offensive formation is not very suitable for all battlefields, but it is very suitable for this time when there is no artillery and the cavalry is being driven.

If the coalition forces had artillery, the dense columns in the central direction would suffer heavy losses before reaching the front of the coalition forces.

If the coalition forces still have cavalry, although the two wings are so weak, although they can maximize their firepower, I am afraid that only [-] cavalry can break through from the flanks.

However, the right wing of the coalition forces had nothing at this time.

In the formation of the Qi army, the arquebus gunners watched helplessly as groups of elites who had first boarded the camp moved about seventy to eighty steps ahead of them, but the officer had not yet given the order to shoot.

The light iron bullets kept falling in the formation. Although they didn't have the power of the heavy artillery attached to those legions, they could only kill three or two people at a time, but the morale was still very low.

In particular, the gunners of the Mohists did not bombard the loose matchlocks, but continuously bombarded the dense array of spearmen. Every time they bombarded the iron bullets, they would open a gap in the dense array of spearmen.

In the central direction, the five first camp grenadiers closest to the Qi army were only 120 steps away from the Qi army. About [-] steps behind them was the central column of the Mohist left wing, which was constantly approaching, but had not yet exchanged fire.

These five soldiers who entered the camp first were skilled and courageous, and they were not afraid of the matchlock gunners of the Qi army sixty paces away, because their position was directly in front of the spearmen of the Qi army.

In order to guard against the Mohist cavalry assault, the Qi army integrated the spearmen of several companies into an array, and the matchlock gunners spread out on the two wings of the spearmen.

At a distance of sixty steps, without long-term training, it is not so easy to hit, especially when facing the small number of stragglers who first entered the camp, a little movement will lead to shooting failure.

Moreover, once the Qi army shoots, the arquebus with a reload time of nearly 1 minute is likely to cause the Mohist main force to reload when the horizontal column approaches, which will be fatal.

The officers of the Qi army understood that relying on this point to form skirmishers who entered the battalion first was not enough to break through their defense line, so they could only endure and not allow the musketeers to shoot.

The soldiers who boarded the camp first raised their muskets when they were about [-] steps away, and used the marksmanship they had trained for many years and their elite fast loading to continuously harass the front line of the Qi army.

These grenadiers who first boarded the battalion were born in Beichengmen of the Mohist school, and they were from the same division as the sailors in the navy who jumped into hand-to-hand combat.

In land battles, they are not only the first troops to ascend to the city, but also the killers who throw iron mines to open the opponent's line when shooting in formation.

When the matchlock guns were first prepared, these people did not use matchlock guns with a slow loading speed when they lined up to face each other, but heavy bows, crossbows, short swords and iron mines.

Originally, they needed to carry hard bows, approach the enemy's battle formation, shoot with heavy arrows at a distance of [-] to [-] steps, or throw explosive iron mines, so as to tear apart the enemy's front line, and then rush into the enemy's formation to save their lives. Fighting with short swords prepares for the subsequent main formation attack to open the gap.

Now they are equipped with flint guns, iron mines and short swords, and rely on personal technical harassment with flint guns at a distance of sixty or seventy steps.

After a few random shots, a soldier who boarded the camp first handed over his musket to his fellow robes to reload, took out two iron mines that were ignited by rubbing copper wire and chilin powder from his body, pulled them out and ran forward quickly After a few steps, when he was about forty or fifty steps away from the opponent, he quickly threw the iron thunder.

The spearmen of the Qi army, who had been bombarded for a while, saw the black spots in the sky getting bigger and bigger, and finally fell into the formation.

boom……

The "enemy of ten thousand people" filled with gunpowder and iron scraps exploded in the formation. In such a dense formation, four people were injured and one person was killed in an instant.

Fortunately, the formation was too dense, but these five people blocked the explosive power, and the rest of them were not injured except for being scared to death.

The elites of the two companies who boarded the camp first used this method to constantly harass the front of the formation.

After several throws, the arquebus from an unknown company finally couldn't bear it and chose to shoot back.

This gunshot immediately triggered a chain reaction. The crackling gunshots kept ringing, and several grenadiers who were too close to the camp were hit. However, for such a loose formation, the effect of arquebus shooting was not good. .

The noble officers of the Qi army shouted and cursed loudly.

"Who fired? Who fired without orders? Reload! Quick!"

In the smoke of gunpowder, even if it is known who fired the gun first, there is no way to pursue it at this time, only to make up for it.

But after the gunshots, another accident happened.

The spearmen of the three companies, who had been harassed by shelling and grenadiers who had first boarded the camp, finally couldn't bear it, and when the gunshots sounded, they launched an attack without obeying orders.

Someone shouted, "I would rather die on the way to the charge than be a target here!"

These words resonated with the company's comrades, and the three spearman companies, which were in a dense formation and had been killed by shelling and projectiles, rushed out without orders, and moved towards the thirty or so pioneers in the front. The stragglers who boarded the camp rushed forward.

The Qi general who presided over the thousands of Qi troops on the flank scolded: "How can we fight with such soldiers? Our army is defeated!"

The spearmen of the three companies in the central direction launched a charge regardless of the order, and a huge gap appeared in the entire front immediately, and General Qi had no reserve team to mobilize.

Seeing that the spearman in the central direction had rushed more than 20 steps, he was helpless.

Those harassing first camp elites were scattered in number and could fight independently. They retreated one after another and fought back from time to time.

The company behind the column assault still listened to the drumbeat, kept level with the companies on the two wings, and moved forward slowly.

The battle on the entire flank started first in the central direction.

When the spearmen of the Qi army who did not listen to the order rushed out and approached the brigade in the central direction of the Mohist column within sixty steps, they suffered a volley of flint guns. Almost instantly, the spearmen of the three companies His hands collapsed, he abandoned his armor and dragged his troops, and fled in all directions.

(End of this chapter)