The thirty-eighth chapter of the common servants and the gentleman's golden drums (twenty-seven)
King Yi of Yue was not a mediocre person. He judged from the very beginning that the "seven inches" of the Yishi Army formation. The junction of the central army and the left wing was the seven inches of the Yishi Army. If he broke through there, he could indeed divide the Yishi Army and annihilate most of the Yishi Army.
However, it cannot be broken.
Then he judged that the right wing of the Yishi Division was all elite, and the Yishi Division of the left central army had more than enough defense but insufficient attack. He also succeeded in concentrating his troops and risking the formation on the battlefield. He also thought that it was correct to narrow his appetite and eat the right wing of the Yishi Division.
However, it cannot be eaten.
The only thing he made wrong judgment was the Seven Hundred Rangers. He believed that it was the last method of the Mo family. He believed that the Mo family had no choice but to do anything, so he deployed all the remaining troops and launched a decisive battle.
In the past, it was like this.
But the Mohist army was not an army of the past, nor was it an army that could determine the local outcome of the battlefield by relying on hundreds of elite vehicles.
Now, the Vietnamese army has been fully launched, and only two thousand gentlemen, some soldiers and archers, as well as elite private soldiers of various nobles.
It's too late to run away.
At this time, the withdrawal of troops will cause chain chaos.
Retreatment is a delusion after all the troops are deployed. It is a delusion to be able to withdraw troops and troops. There is no one in the world and will not be able to do so for hundreds of years in the future.
If the army can be able to carry out troops and have already fought, and the situation is unfavorable, the situation is not good, and the 50,000 people will be enough to sweep the world.
The Yue people cannot do it, the righteous teacher cannot do it, and even the most elite Mohist brigade cannot do it.
King Yi of Yue must make a judgment as soon as possible. Unlike the formation confrontation that had been nearly an hour ago, delaying even a very short moment at this time may have devastating consequences.
The only possible "small defeat" now is that the right wing of the Yishishi collapsed at this moment. After the collapse, it quickly reorganized the team and attacked backwards, and rushed out before the Yishishishi could fully encircle.
But this possibility is no longer slim, but absolutely impossible.
King Yi of Yue was very sad in his heart that his elite troops were almost ruined in this battle.
This is not a failure of a battle, but a failure of the entire strategy, or even his failure of his King of Kings.
More than 40,000 essences were wiped out, and the Yue people would no longer have the chance to gain a foothold in Sishui, and would never occupy Sishang again within twenty years. This place would soon become the "fixion" of the Mohist school, without a crown or feudal recognition.
With just three towns, the Mohist family was able to wipe out these 40,000 essences. If they expand to the seven countries of Sishui, how could the Yue people have a chance to make a fortune?
Sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, you will be born in 20 years. Everyone knows the affairs of Goujian Fuchai, and the Mo family knows the general trend of the world, so how could they give themselves such an opportunity?
Can Qi give up this excellent opportunity to go south? Wei Han is confronting Chu and is unable to divide the troops of Qi. Even if Zhao wants to take action, Wei will not only not support Zhao in order to prevent Zhao from taking the opportunity to grow, but will also pull back from behind - it is possible to expand and to start a war with Qi, but I am busy fighting with Chu. It is impossible for Zhao to do it by yourself.
More than half of the Gentleman's deaths and injuries were killed or injured. Even if he fled back to Langya, he would face the possibility that the nobles forced him to commit suicide, and his younger brother and son would kill his relatives and take over.
The nobles were very dissatisfied. Those who wanted to move the capital back to the south would definitely take the opportunity to force him to commit suicide and support the young master to the throne. His younger brother was not a good bird.
When the Wu people in Jiangkou heard the news of the great defeat in the north, they would not sit here safely. They would definitely find ways to restore the country or support the obedient Yue people to split Yue country.
...How come it was defeated? Why did it become like this?
King Yi of Yue felt that his eyes were dark. He regretted it for the first time in his life. Why did he go to war?
When he regrets, he will only regret what is happening in front of him. He has forgotten the necessity of sending troops and only has endless regret left.
If you don’t send troops, you will die, but you will die of a slow disease.
There is always a possibility of gaining the initiative when sending troops, but with the black smoke from the army in the Yishi Division, and with the cavalry surrounding the rear, all this turned into a bubble.
Several nobles had already seen the problem and comforted him anxiously: "Your Majesty! Retreat! There are two thousand gentlemen left, and you can still fight to break through the siege of the Mo family. If you do not retreat at this time, all of them will be captured!"
"The Mo family's cavalry is not a chariot, and they chase along the road, and are extremely fast. Besides, the Yishi military formation is different from other countries. If they join forces, what's the use of defending?"
"Create a formation to defend itself, hold on until dark, look for an opportunity to break through? If it is available elsewhere, the Mo family has a 'cannon'. We form a formation to defend itself, the Mo family's bronze cannons are bombarded and the muskets are fired. How can we hold on?"
"The situation is over, so why not withdraw! The three thousand armored soldiers of the former king Goujian could also take revenge. Now that he has traveled thousands of miles, why worry about not revenge?"
King Yi of Yue thought, bullshit! Now that I go back, how can my sons give up this opportunity? Even if their grandfather kills his father and takes over, half of the Gentleman Army loses this, and I will die when I go back!
The little nobles were disappointed and hated, and the great nobles and relatives were ambitious. Under the feudal system, all nobles had land and private soldiers, and he had lost power. Especially the Yue Kingdom, which had a tradition of killing regicides and fathers.
The defeat was decided, and King Yi of Yue was a little crazy, thinking that he was over, so instead of escaping back and being humiliated or being killed by his own son, he would rather die here.
If there were no Mo family, he would have taken advantage of the opportunity of Jin and Chu to fight for hegemony again, but the emergence of the Mo family ruined all this.
In a rage, he had lost his mind.
Anyway, it’s all death. Even if he dies, he will make it difficult for the Mo family members to die, and he will also fight to defeat the right wing of the Yishima Master… Perhaps, he didn’t want the enemy to live a good life because of failure; or perhaps, he thought that even if he dies, he would die in an internal struggle. It would be better to bring greater losses to the Yishima Master here…
The madness in despair made him roar: "Win to the death, let the gentleman of the imperial guards go to the battlefield again and attack the Mo family's righteous army in front of him!"
But when his order was issued, the nobles around him did not implement it. The temple area that retreated from the front grabbed the reins of the King of Yue’s carriage and advised him: "Master, it is still possible to retreat! In the past, the Chu people were destroyed by the Wu people, and the Chu people were destroyed in Yunmeng, and they still restored the country... Now there is still a chance!"
As he spoke, the nobles next to him also persuaded each other, and even directly held the frame of King Yue and retreated to the back.
The people who were fighting in front could no longer control them, and they could not control them at all. Now they could only rely on the 2,000 gentlemen and the chariots and private soldiers of the nobles around them to retreat.
For King Yi of Yue, failure means a coup. But for the nobles, it is good to live. No matter who is the king, he still needs the support of the nobles. But if he fled here without permission, he might be charged with "abandoning the master and fleeing", which would become a way for the new king to deal with them after he ascended the throne.
We must take King Yi of Yue to escape together, so that we can order these two thousand gentlemen to escape together, otherwise we will be easily caught up by the cavalry of the righteous army.
Chapter completed!