warring states careerist

Chapter 996 The Battle of the Two Sons ([-])

When the coalition forces came up with the idea of ​​fleeing, this lone army became a thorn in the eyes of the coalition commander, and they had to be pulled out so that a passage could be opened for the withdrawal of part of the troops.

The coalition forces assembled all the remaining [-] cavalry and [-] chariots, and prepared to put all their eggs in one basket. First, they rushed to drive away the outflanking infantry, and then assembled their forces to block the Mohist cavalry on the flank.

The assembly of the coalition cavalry was quickly discovered by the marching infantry.

The cavalry of one's own side also noticed the movement of the cavalry of the coalition army. The cavalry of the coalition army had huddled behind the infantry before, so that the Mohist cavalry, who wanted to drive them away, could not find a chance to attack.

The four brigades with a total of [-] light cavalry have not participated in the battle. At this time, the officers were relieved to see the cavalry of the coalition army preparing to attack.

But soon the actions of the coalition cavalry and chariots made the cavalry officers unable to understand.

"What do they want to do? Without the cooperation of the infantry, we are on the side. How dare they directly charge the infantry?"

Almost all brigade-level officers looked at the preparations of the coalition cavalry and chariots, feeling a little strange, thinking that such officers and generals would be court-martialed.

There is no artillery, and the infantry is still gathering behind. The most important thing is that [-] cavalry are on the flanks. It is really unreasonable for them to dare to make the decision to attack the infantry.

It’s just that they think it’s unreasonable, because they have learned the experience accumulated through countless failures and blood in another time and space, and it’s only a few decades for the coalition army to go from chariots to stirrup cavalry. Figure out exactly what to do with cavalry.

The doubtful cavalry officers discussed it and made a decision not to intercept the cavalry of the coalition army, but to wait until the cavalry and chariots of the coalition army were frustrated when they attacked their own infantry, and then supported from the flanks, allowing their own infantry to stick to the opponent's cavalry, so that in one fell swoop Annihilate the last cavalry of the coalition army.

"Find some fast horses and pass the news over."

Soon, several scouts with excellent equestrian skills and fast horses were found out, and quickly galloped towards the position of their own infantry.

The marching infantry had already chosen to stop, and there were no nearby hills to seize, nor any uneven ground to occupy and defend.

The coalition cavalry and chariots on the opposite side had already begun to gather and spread out, and the deputy commander of the infantry who led the team gave the order to form a formation.

Three companies form a group, and they are combined to form a square formation nearby, and the small brigade artillery that follows the advance is also deployed in the gap between the square formations.

The company commanders shouted the military orders loudly, the drummers beat the military drums for changing formations, and the soldiers hurriedly followed the usual training movements, standing side by side.

"On the short spear!"

The company commander's orders covered up the chaotic footsteps, and the assembled infantry quickly drew out the short spears around their waists and put them on the flint guns.

The three brigades assembled ten square formations, which were staggered by about eighty steps from each other, which happened to be the gap between the original three companies.

The small cannons assigned to each brigade were deployed in the gaps in the phalanx, and the gunners hurriedly filled them with gravel and iron filings.

It took less than half a quarter of an hour for the entire army to stop marching and expand into a phalanx.

"Squat down in the first row!"

The deputy brigade commander or brigade representatives in the center of the phalanx issued orders, and the low-level officers repeated the orders loudly. Although the soldiers were well-trained, they were still flustered.

It has always been only their cavalry that charged at others, and almost no enemy cavalry charged at them. Although they have been trained how to deal with cavalry, the momentum of thousands of cavalry is still scary enough.

Tactics are determined by the giants, but no one knows whether they can stop the cavalry, because there is no actual combat.

The soldiers have confidence in Juzi's tactical system, which has been slowly forming an impression. However, when they really saw the densely packed cavalry spreading out in the distance, the soldiers still panicked.

On the side of the coalition forces, several nobles at the doctor level boarded the chariot. They did not ride horses because they felt that riding a horse violated the rules of the nobility, so they still chose chariots.

The first wave of one hundred chariots was the emperor's division, which was the elite brought by Zhou Tianzi from Luoyi.

Behind the chariot was the infantry recruited by the emperor. Unlike Qi, Wei and Han, who had fought and studied with Sishang for a long time, the emperor's troops still retained the orthodox organization, but the organization had also shrunk greatly.

Behind each chariot, thirty disciples followed the chariot and charged in a loose formation, relying on the chariot to open the gap and then fight hand-to-hand.

These orthodox nobles still retain the fighting style of the nobles. There are no musketeers on the chariot, but elite noble archers. The way of fighting is not to charge directly, but to shoot arrows from the side, and then rotate after the gap is shot. The chariot is close to hand-to-hand combat.

An aristocrat from Luoyi boarded his car and looked into the distance. He looked at the Mohist infantry who had changed from marching to square formation in a short period of time, and said to the right side of the car: "If you are in danger, don't be chaotic. If you change the formation immediately, you may not be able to win."

Chi Ge Cheyou is also a nobleman, and he only thought that such a fast change of formation meant that it would be difficult to win, but at this moment he could only say: "The world is in chaos, and the only thing left is death."

The two knew each other tacitly, and each nodded in encouragement.

The sound of drums drove the hundred chariots under the emperor's command to attack first from the side.

The royal hands controlled the four horses, and the heavy chariot whistled and creaked. It could run very fast on the flat ground. When the distance was about [-] steps, the chariot began to accelerate, and the disciples behind also began to run after the chariot.

In front of them, the Mohist infantry who had formed an formation and waited felt that the ground was shaking with the chariots, and the galloping chariots were visually shocking.

Many soldiers panicked, as if their hearts were about to jump out of their throats. The veterans who squatted in front pushed their flint guns to the ground, and they were actually panicked while squatting halfway.

In addition to the roar of the chariot, there are officers shouting.

"Hold on! Hold on!"

Stabilize means not only to stabilize the formation, but also to not obey orders and not to shoot.

The first wave of salvo must be after the enemy approaches, otherwise it will not be able to open a gap in the opponent, and it will be easily rushed away.

The officers kept their composure as much as possible, and some backbone ink practitioners were concentrated in the formation. Once the perimeter of the phalanx was broken away, they needed to go up immediately.

Those small cannons have only one chance to fire, and they can only be fired when the enemy is approaching, and then they must quickly hide in the main formation.

The distance of hundreds of steps is very fast for a chariot that does not need formation at all. On the front chariot, an orthodox aristocrat with six skills is holding a bow and arrow, with a calm spirit and a quiver hanging from his waist. , the white tail feathers were pinched in the hand.

The grooves of the exquisite jade fingers are stuck on the bowstring. The bow used on the chariot is more powerful than the bow used by nomadic cavalry, because it is more convenient to cast on the chariot.

This nobleman is very confident in his archery skills, and he is famous in Luoyi for his fast arrows.

This aristocrat is very orthodox, his family is not allowed to engage in business, he never rides a horse with stirrups, his private soldiers are not worthy of buying muskets, and he never uses luxury goods such as glass and porcelain on his neck .

In Luoyi, he can be regarded as a maverick, but there are also many people who appreciate him and associate with him, and think that he is the real nobleman, and he also thinks that people like himself are the backbone of the world.

It's not that he has never seen a musket, but seeing the speed at which the musket can be reloaded for a long time, he is quite disdainful.

I can shoot four arrows in an extremely short time with the Canlian Quick Arrow, and I can hit the bull's-eye within forty steps. A musketeer desperately reloads with only two shots at most, but he can do it within two shots of the musket. The interval reaches twenty shots.

He has also debated with others, and believes that the root cause of the chaos in the world today is that people's hearts do not abide by etiquette.

Just like simple muskets, all countries are starting to use muskets, why?

Because there are not enough shooters selected.

Why can't enough shooters be drafted?
Because the rural shooting system was destroyed.

Why was the rural shooting system destroyed?

Because many people do not abide by the rules, they open up private land and buy and sell private land, which destroys the original land transfer system of the village community. Shooting, how can you practice shooting if you are not full after eating?
The basis of the rural shooting system is the village communal land system. Farmers’ land is exchanged every ten or twenty years. It cannot be bought or sold or transferred. They only grow one season of grain every year. After farming public land, they have time to practice archery.

In other words, it is a land aristocratic ownership system. The land in the village community is not owned by private individuals but by nobles. It is not allowed to be bought and sold, and each family is guaranteed a hundred acres of land. In this way, the rural shooting system can be maintained, and guns can be completely eliminated.

Therefore, he believes that, in the final analysis, it is because of the collapse of the world's system that makes people's minds confused, which leads to various situations in the world that he cannot accept.

Therefore, he forbids the farmers in the fief to use iron tools; he is not enthusiastic when he sees others enclosing land to make a fortune, but continues to maintain the rules of planting a season in his fief and performing martial arts in winter; In addition to working on the public land, he implemented a benevolent government and sympathized with the power of the people.

And he believes that if every nobleman, scholar and official is like himself, the world will surely return to stability.

Such orthodox nobles were extinct in Sishang 20 years ago.

But in Luoyi, there are still many.

Today, some of the most orthodox real nobles and gentlemen in the whole world gathered here, and launched the most heroic charge against the Mohist infantry phalanx.

The chariot started to turn when it was [-] steps away from the phalanx. This nobleman with excellent archery skills caught a feather arrow and shot it. He thought that today he would let the world know that bows and arrows will never be out of date, just because You don't know how to use guns.

The densely packed Mohist infantry had no armor, like a huge target, he shot an arrow, and someone fell down in response.

With a flick of the wrist, three more feathered arrows were caught between the fingers. With a flexible movement of the index finger, the thumb and tiger's mouth hooked the bowstring again to catch the feathered arrows, and quickly pulled them away.

boom……

At this moment, the Mohist infantry in the phalanx finally waited for the officer's order to shoot. More than a hundred muskets in front of them fired at the same time, and the small cannons that had been reloaded for a long time also roared.

(End of this chapter)