The thirty-eighth chapter of the common servants and the gentleman's golden drums (twenty-one)
After the judgment was decided, King Yi of Yue immediately ordered that the troops that had been deployed on the left wing of the Yi Division and the Central Army continued to attack, but the archer was transferred to the Central Army and prepared to follow the left wing.
The Gentleman Army also gave up its plan to attack the left-wing central army unit of the Yishi Division and turned to the right wing of the Yishi Division.
Because of the lack of frontality, the Yue people could use the troops that continued to attack the left wing and central army of the Yishi Division, with about 15,000 people.
Some of the troops that were defeated before were still gathered. The defeated soldiers on the left wing retreated for 200 steps and were finally intercepted and reassembled, but they had no intention of fighting.
Nearly three thousand archers, six thousand gentlemen, more than six thousand cannon fodder priests, and a group of death-fighting soldiers and slaves, totaling nearly 20,000. They re-arranged the formation in the central army to maintain a broad front, strive to make a breakthrough in the center and defeat the right wing of the Yi army in one fell swoop.
It is extremely dangerous to change the formation at the end of the battle, but King Yi of Yue was gambling. The left wing and central army of the gambling army were indeed a group of dead soldiers with several formations, and could only defend but not attack.
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The change in the formation of the Yue people also fell into the eyes of Shi who was standing at a high place. While he was a little confused, he ordered the nine cannons of the Central Army to stop shooting, giving Yue people a more perfect opportunity to change the formation and rectify the formation.
He is waiting for the result.
He was not afraid of the right wing. Meng Sheng had stopped attacking, so he stayed on the hillside according to the previous plan, making the illusion of rectifying the team's attack again, but in fact it still did not move.
So if you are afraid that the right wing will be aggressive and besieged by Yue people, he needs to see what Yue people want to do.
When the left wing of the Yishi Division and the Yue people opposite the central army launched another attack, when the flag behind the Yue people's army began to move to the right, Shi's heart was pounding, almost unable to support her sitting on the ground, holding her crumbling body tightly.
This battle was so important, it was related to his future status in the Mo family, the settlement of internal disputes between the Mo family, and the future of the Mo family.
The thing he was most worried about, Yue Wang Yi, who gave up the left wing and escaped, did not happen, which was a blessing. In fact, he made many mistakes in the deployment before the war, especially the left wing and the central army. He was too cruel, so he was worried that Yue Wang Yi would see the situation clearly and turn around and slip away.
If King Yi of Yue wants to escape, he will not send anyone to attack again.
If King Yi of Yue wants to continue to choose the central army and the left wing as breakthrough points, he will not temporarily change the formation.
It is very likely that King Yi of Yue took the bait and was about to kill his right wing, and exchange the cannon fodder of the left wing and the central army to destroy the right wing of the righteous division.
He judged that King Yi of Yue might have seen that the left wing and central army of the Yishi Division had only defense capabilities but no offensive capabilities.
It's also betting.
The bet was that King Yi of Yue was indeed preparing to attack the right wing of the Yishi Division, rather than preparing for an orderly retreat, otherwise he could now order the entire army to attack to achieve a victory that was not encircled and annihilated but was also a relatively large victory, rather than letting the Yue people go.
But for Shi, unless it is an annihilation battle, there is not much difference between a big victory and a small victory, so he would rather take the risk that the Yue people were preparing to gather and run away and bet that the Yue people were preparing to attack the right wing of the philosopher division this time.
So just after the Yue people's flag was scattered, Shi excitedly called out the messenger: "Tell Meng Sheng quickly that the Yue people took the bait, and the two brigades and cavalry quickly retreated!"
He originally planned to leave three brigades on the right wing, and the remaining three brigades and cavalry went around the left wing, taking advantage of their local advantages and mobility after the transformation of the Yishi military system to complete the encirclement.
But the previous plan was made when the Vietnamese attacked the Central Army and divided their troops to support their left wing.
Now it seems that Yue people have given up the central breakthrough tactics and instead turned to their right wing to form a situation where they fight with more and less, so they need to leave four brigades as defense.
The chariot impact originally thought was the most dangerous now seems to be no problem. After winning once, the infantry of the Yishi Division had a psychological advantage and was no longer afraid. They could completely support the Yue people's chariot soldiers who had lost more than half of them.
The most elite brigade of the Mohist family, as a reserve team, no longer needs to be used as defense. The brigade in his hands can also be pulled to the left wing, plus the two brigades that were withdrawn, five hundred cavalry.
In this way, only half an hour will be required to hold on, and there will be four elite brigades, eleven cannons, and five hundred cavalry. They can completely defeat the right wing of the Yue people and complete the siege.
From now on, to starting to maneuver, to breaking the right wing of the Yue people and completing the siege, it may take a total of one and a half hours. This requires the four brigades of the right wing to completely support the main force and elite attack of the Yue people.
There is no problem with the command there. Once Meng Sheng took his men away, the rest had already planned to be the commander against the enemy, with an old Mo from the Sixth Brigade, and internal representatives and commissioners would serve as commander after the brigade commander of the Sixth Brigade was killed.
Shortly after he issued the order, a Mo-man who was responsible for observing the dynamics of the Yue-man pointed to the turbulent flag opposite the Yue-man and said, "The Yue-man's archers are reorganizing and are gathering towards the center."
Another person next to him reported: "The collapsed left wing of the Vietnamese people is also closing and moving towards the direction of Yanshui."
Shi nodded, observed for a while, and finally felt relieved.
The impact of the central army and the left-wing Yue people is meaningless. It cannot be shaken in one go. Now the impact can only be anxious.
He and Gong Zaoye still hold two brigades as reserve teams. If they hold on until Meng Sheng and others move here, they can join the left wing attack. If they can't hold on to these two brigades as reserve teams, they can still throw in to fight against the Vietnamese.
The situation is clear, and everything is won and lost depends on whether the right wing of the Yishi Division can collapse after Meng Sheng’s two brigades and cavalry maneuvered to the left wing to launch an attack.
Shi secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead and ordered loudly: "Let the artillery bombard the central army of the Yue people, and delay the assembly of the Yue people!"
He thought to himself that he could only help this. Whether the right wing can hold on to the main attack of the Yue people depends on the performance of the right wing.
Now I cannot save myself or save me, and I cannot command from a distance. I can only use the tactics of the veterans trained over the years, the Mo people in the company, and a complete set of muskets, spears and cannons.
The Yue people did not have cavalry, so there were fewer accidental possibilities.
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Right wing of the righteous teacher.
Liu Finger stood at a high place and saw clearly the Yue people's mobilization. He asked someone to advise Meng Sheng: the situation is clear, and there is no need to wait any longer, and you can take the people away directly.
He has the right to suggest.
The military formation is not a house. Once it moves, it will be difficult to stop again, and the moment of changing the formation is the most chaotic time.
At this time, if there is a cavalry of two thousand people on the right wing, it can completely disperse the army of ten thousand people of Yue in one fell swoop.
Therefore, the movement of the military formation means that the Yue people have taken the bait.
He could see that Meng Sheng could also see that when the sixth dispatched the messenger to suggest Meng Sheng, Meng Sheng also sent someone to immediately convene the brigade commanders and brigade representatives from each brigade according to the organizational procedures to discuss the plan.
Everyone gathered not far away, and the Yue people were still one mile away. More than ten people touched each other. Meng Shengxian said: "Six Fingers suggest that the Yue people have moved, and we can detour according to the established plan. I agree."
This kind of decision will not be that much nonsense.
While speaking, the central army of the Yue people was bombarded by the nine cannons of the Yishi Division. Liu Finger said: "Since we bombarded the central army of the Yue people, it seems that our judgment is correct, but the messenger has not arrived yet. If we move one step earlier, we will have an advantage."
Seeing this, the rest voted immediately. Half of them agreed and said, "Then organize the defense immediately?"
At this time, every minute and every second are precious. If the detoured troops take a step early, the more favorable the situation will be, and the less pressure the right wing will stay and hold on.
After everyone voted, they immediately agreed that the commander of the three brigades who were left behind would be the commander of the oldest brigade.
From the day the Yishi Master was established, the effects of the shifting teams of full-time training finally appeared at this moment.
The commanders of each brigade quickly returned to the team and issued an order. The company originally on the second line quickly replaced the companies that were originally on the front line and needed to withdraw the detours of each brigade.
The company commanders of each company issued an order, and Sima Chief conveyed that the order was arranged by one Sima twenty-five people, eight people were arranged in a row, and the formation was quickly changed and the handover was completed.
The three brigades that were originally going to detour quickly formed the team, gave up the offensive formation, but quickly adjusted the marching formation with eight people. On the side of the hillside, they used a speed that would inevitably be shocked if the King of Yue saw it, and completed the transformation from the formation to the marching formation.
The cavalry had retreated first, with the infantry brigade following closely, with the sound of snare drums and flutes coming one after another.
If the formation change is the most dangerous moment on the battlefield, then the formation change of the formation on the right wing of the Yishi Division will only take one-fifth or even less time.
Originally, there were two brigades in the second line, and they only needed to replace one brigade in the front row, and alternately covered create an illusion that the main force was all there, so as not to let the Yue people notice it.
The three brigades were about to march after they assembled, but the commander arrived on horseback. The order he passed was to take only two brigades back and leave one brigade.
Meng Sheng immediately ordered the brigade at the end to stay, and the other two brigades were in marching shapes, quickly maneuvering towards the left wing along the blind spot of sight below the hillside.
The previous voting organization and strategic concepts explained before the war have won about a quarter of an hour for the righteous army. A quarter of an hour on the battlefield is extremely precious.
Four brigades were left with nearly 6,000 men, twenty-five small cannons, no cavalry, and the right wing left about one mile of detour for the Yue people. This was all the manpower of the right wing of the Yishi Division.
With one-fifth of the troops, they restrained the main force that attracted the Yue people and supported the left wing of the Yishi Division to complete the encirclement. This is the task they faced.
Several brigade coaches and brigade representatives met again, and the situation on the Yue people became more and more clear at this time.
The central army was bombarded by the Yishi Division and the assembly speed was a bit slow, but the assembly was basically completed.
The left wing of the Yue people, which had originally collapsed, was marching towards the side of Yanshui, and it seemed that they were preparing to encircle the right wing of the four brigades.
It seems that the 90th archers and elite gentlemen are still preparing to attack from the front, because of the hillside, so many troops can be deployed only on the front.
How to defend has become the agreed goal of this pre-war meeting.
Liuzhi thought of many of the examples he had said before, and after evaluating the combat effectiveness of the Yue people, he suggested: "The Yue people are ready to rely on the people in the previous period to cover us from the right wing. I suggest that our Seventh Brigade is arranged on the right wing in this way."
"Twenty-five small cannons, ten are separated on the front, and the remaining fifteen are deployed behind our brigade."
He pointed to a position on the right and said, "At that time, our spearmen companies will stand in front of the artillery. If the Yue people attack, the spearmen will quickly disperse, and use artillery and musketeers to fire volleys. One volley is enough to make the Yue people on the right wing scared, and the infantry will counterattack and repel the threat from the right wing."
"Then the fifteen cannons do not need to move. They just need our brigade to move forward and repel the threat from the right wing, and counter-surround the Yue people. The fifteen cannons only need to turn and bombard the Yue people."
"The threat from the right wing was lifted, and we could divide four companies to attack the defeated soldiers, prevent them from gathering, and drive them out of the battlefield. The remaining six companies joined the battle from the flanks to the front."
Chapter completed!