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Chapter 142 The Battle of Nanji Water (3)

Doctor Pingyin still has troops that can be mobilized. The truly elite private soldiers around him have not been mobilized yet, and there are still many remaining brigades.

As Shi said before, he was standing in the water and looking at each other's heads and tails, but in fact, there were heads and tails everywhere, and there were points that were easy to break through.

Doctor Pingyin didn't think about the idea of ​​retaliating against the counterattack and winning. He was just to resist the deadly situation brought by relying on the Jishui River and last until the fifth day or more.

The soldiers of the first battalion were not all deployed, because if all the troops were deployed on the front line, once they were broken a little, it would mean the defeat of the entire defense line.

This tactic of resisting rotation and garrison support at all levels is also the reason why we want to mobilize the reserve force of Qi people to create opportunities to break through one stone at a time.

Doctor Pingyin determined that the Mo family's attack on the entire line was false and that the main attack on the right wing was real, so he had to start mobilizing troops to support the right wing.

This is also determined by the combat effectiveness of the Mohist charity army. If it were not for the Mohist squad's oppression in the entire line in yesterday's battle, Doctor Pingyin would not have divided his troops everywhere.

It is precisely because the troops were divided into the left, center and right armies that the Mohist party concentrated on the right wing to break through was even more deadly. If the right wing was captured by the breakout hill, then the reserve teams scattered in the central and left wings were equivalent to non-existence and did not play any meaning.

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The Qi army was on the right wing, and the righteous army was on the left wing.

The 13th Brigade joined the spearmen company that was supported by the brigades on both wings, and lined up in the broken camp, enduring the bombardment of the nine guns and maintaining the formation.

Some people were constantly being carried out of the battlefield, and artillery shells were constantly falling into the military formation, but the whole team process never ended.

When the entire team was finished, the flute drummer activated the military music. The 13th Brigade, which was strengthened and the two subsequent brigades were still about 300 steps away, and the attack began.

The crossbowmen and archers of the Qi army occupied the terrain and were in full swing. Now the Mo family's artillery cannot threaten them.

The fifteen bronze cannons of the brigade were too far away and had too close range to directly bombard the Qi army on the hills at the original deployment location.

The twelve heavy bronze cannons under the legion have not yet been launched and have not been directly engaged in battle.

Neither the harassment of artillery fire, the Qi army's crossbowmen and archers were much more at ease than yesterday, and it was easier to maintain the formation.

They formed an inverted eight-character formation, with crossbowmen and musketeers arranged on both sides, leaving a passage for infantry on the hillside to attack.

The commander of the Qi Youjun Army had three brigades left, all on the hillside. Faced with the attack of the 13th Brigade of the Yishi Division, his plan was to use artillery and musket crossbowmen to kill and injure. Then, taking advantage of the loose formation of the Mo family army, the infantry on the hillside took advantage of the tigers going down the mountain to launch a counterattack.

If the counterattack is successful and the righteous army retreats, it will inevitably be in chaos. Then you can take advantage of the situation to regain the camp under the hillside, thereby winning a situation of repeated struggles for fuel consumption.

The reinforcements from Doctor Pingyin can only be used after repeated struggles to increase fuel consumption, or after the first counterattack fails.

He tried his best, and he really did not leave any backup plan and placed all his hopes on the support of the Central Army of the Pingyin Doctor.

The shelling continued, and the 13th Brigade continued to move forward against the artillery.

Qi people's crossbowman archers and musketeers are also adjusting their formation. Now both sides have two or three hundred steps away. Neither crossbow nor musket can kill. Only those nine cannons can pose a threat and want to delay the attack of the righteous army.

At the foot of the mountain, on the artillery position that was built yesterday, the gunners of the twelve long-barrel copper cannons of the Yi Division were deploying at the fastest speed with the assistance of the engineers.

After all, this is a long-barrel copper cannon, not those light-weight ones that can quickly support infantry cannons, which can be pulled by two horses, and the expansion speed is very slow.

Through the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, you can see the flags in the direction of the Qi army's central army, and you are sure that the Qi people have been mobilized by themselves.

So he ordered: "Let the 13th Brigade continue to move forward. When approaching a hundred steps, the musketeers took turns to shoot to cover the infantry back. The flags must not be chaotic, the drums must not stop, and the retreat slowly. After the support of the 14th and 15th Brigades behind arrived at the camp, they immediately formed a defensive formation."

"If you fail to attack, you will defend the camp and encircle the left and right."

After receiving the order, four or five people rode on fast horses and galloped towards the position of the 13th Brigade that was advancing.

Liu Finger did not expect him to dominate the situation, at least he did not expect now. He understood that his mission was to mobilize the Qi people to create opportunities for Shi to launch a general attack on the southern line.

If the general attack is launched there and you can seize the hills on your own, you can reduce casualties and make great contributions.

The movements on the Qiren hills were too obvious. They were simply preparing to use crossbows and fire to volleys and the infantry counterattacks.

In an era when flintlock rifles and bayonets have not yet appeared, it is easy to judge what the opponent will do next.

Because the discipline and training of the Qi army are not enough to support muskets as the main output, the spearmen can use wide front and thin front lines and attack and defend, so they can only choose the mode of separating the melee and fighter formation and prepare for subsequent counterattacks by reserving paths.

Hills are very important, so attacking hills can mobilize the reserve force of the Qi army. But the importance of hills determines the importance of the open space under the hills.

If the Mohist family had no artillery, the open space under the hills was not very important.

But because of the artillery, it can exceed the shooting distance of 300 steps, the open space under the hill that was broken through by the Thirteenth Brigade is extremely important.

If he had made a stand under the hill, and used artillery to counterattack the Qi army artillery, and used the captured camp at the foot of the mountain as a support point to encircle the two wings, the Qi army on the hill would also be nervous and uneasy, and it would not be necessary to let the 13th Brigade fight to the death to attack the hill.

The attack of the 13th Brigade is now just to mobilize the bombardment direction of Qi people's artillery and buy time for the artillery to unfold... In other words, the elite 13th Brigade is now cannon fodder, and it is elite cannon fodder. If it weren't for the elite, it would not have the effect of attracting the Qi army.

Now the two wings behind the Thirteenth Brigade are still fighting anxiously. The Thirteenth Brigade has more than 150 steps away from the attack range of Qi people's muskets and crossbows. The commander's fast horse gallops away, which should be enough to pass the order before the Thirteenth Brigade launches an attack.

Looking at his commander, Liu Jie ordered again.

"Let the 11th and 12th Brigades on both wings continue to fight with the Qi people, and do not retreat or continue to be anxious. The fifteenth cannons of the brigade are ready to transfer. Once the 14th and 15th Brigade arrive at the position of the first camp, they will immediately follow."

"The order to make the 14th and 15th Brigades accelerate their pace, without maintaining the combat formation, and reorganizing the defense at the camp."

"Let the infantry and knights attack and make a stance that threatens the two wings."

The messenger quickly left, staring at the expressman who had been galloping more than a hundred steps in the distance, and was also a little anxious.

The 13th Brigade is the elite of the division. If they really need to be used to consider the overall situation, let alone the 13th Brigade, even the entire division can be taken out.

But now the order is just to attract the attention of the Qi army. Attracting the attention of the Qi army may not necessarily require the Thirteenth Brigade to die.

Even if they are elite enough to attack the hills, without the support of artillery and the subsequent brigades do not keep up, they may fail and retreat. If they take this opportunity to regain the first camp, it will be a big problem for the overall situation.

By observing the flag, Liu Fingers were sure that the Qi people had begun to support the right wing, but how strong was the support? It is still difficult to determine whether the fighter jets were created for the southern line.

On the hill, the strengthened Thirteenth Brigade moved silently in the drum beats.

The brigade representative stood in the first row with a sword. The armor on his body and the towering pheasant feathers on the iron helmet above his head were not to show their status, but to serve as an example for the whole brigade to boost morale.

Also, this will be the most susceptible feature to be concentrated with the popularity of muskets.

The Mo family had nobles, but they all turned against their original aristocrats, so the enemy on the opposite side could not emphasize any aristocratic spirit, so they acted to face the enemy's commander's position as he led his bow three times without shooting because his title was higher than his.

With drums sounded, the whole brigade saw the situation on the hillside. From time to time, artillery shells fell into the formation. Most of the young people in the army knew how dangerous their attack would be.

However, the military orders are like mountains, and the Mohist school is disciplined. Without the trumpet of retreating troops, it is necessary to "go through fire and water, never go back to death", especially the proportion of Mohists in the brigade is the highest in the entire army, and "to benefit the world, never go back to death" is a necessary condition for becoming a Mohist.

The higher the proportion of Mexicans in the army, the stronger the combat effectiveness, the more disciplined they are, the less likely they are to collapse. This is already a consensus.

The previous fight and the artillery attacks suffered by the advance caused the 13th Brigade to lose more than a hundred people. This has not yet collapsed, and it can automatically fill the gap in the military formation that was bombarded by Qi's artillery during the marching. Knowing that the mountain is full of dangers, it still has no intention of retreating. Based on these points alone, it is already considered the elite of the world.

The brigade commander was behind the front, the brigade representatives were ahead, and the soldiers walked forward silently without saying a word, the greater the oppression brought to the Qi people.

As we got closer and closer, when we were still 120 steps away from the Qi army's crossbowman, the commander finally passed the order to the order in a daze.

The coach closed his eyes and let out a long breath. He immediately shouted as soon as he opened his eyes: "All brigade! Stop! The musketeers came forward and alternately covered and retreated!"

The flute drummer beside him quickly changed the rhythm of his playing. The drum sound was rapid for a while. The soldiers who had been marching silently like a mountain immediately paused, shouted loudly, and stood there about 120 steps away from the Qi people.
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