The military formations of the Wei and Han Allied Forces were originally slightly interlaced, so as to give full play to the defensive advantages of the invading formation.

The Grand Sima Chu wanted to use the movement of the formation to quietly move the second-line troops deployed in the central army to the right wing of the coalition forces, and chose to break through on the left wing of the Wei and Han coalition forces, which actually coincided with the idea of ​​the chief general of the Wei and Han coalition forces.

The main general of the Wei and Han Allied Forces was also trying to use the mobilization of the formation to concentrate the main force on his right wing and form an advantage in force on the right wing.

Both sides understand that choosing the Central Army to break through is extremely difficult and it is likely to become a war of attrition, which is a scene that both sides who want to win are unwilling to see.

Indeed, the two sides are now fighting to the north of Hidden Water, and the battlefield seems to be just a few miles wide front.

In fact, it is not the case.

The remaining troops on the Luyang, Yangdi, Yuguan and Daliang lines did not choose to participate in this battle, which does not mean that they did not exist.

Because of the existence and agglomeration of those troops, the Battle of Yinyang is crucial.

When the Chu State wins a great victory, from Xinzheng to Xu, the Wei and Han coalition forces will no longer be able to launch an offensive, and can also form a stable front with Luyang, Yuguan and other wings on both sides.

When Wei and Han won a great victory, the State of Chu could not get involved for at least a few years, and could also reach Zhaoling directly, forcing the State of Chu to retreat and accept the conditions of Wei and Han and the established fact that Zheng had been divided.

In fact, the two sides can only invest so many mobile field troops. The troops of the noble cities on both wings on the strategic battlefield are okay to defend and deterrent, but field battles are not good after all.

It makes no sense for the Central Army to stand stalemate between both sides, so both sides chose the other side's left wing as a breakthrough.

The Grand Sima of Chu chose to break through the left wing because the State of Chu was in the south and Wei and Han were in the north. He wanted to take advantage of the wind to turn the land into the time of the weather.

The general of Wei Han chose to break through the left wing because Mo Yue and Mo Qi had a reputation for making a name for the Si Shang Yishi Division in the past. He did not want to choose the central army, and he felt that the Si Shang Jun on the right wing was difficult to deal with, so he had to choose the newly formed Chen Cai army after the Prince Ding Rebellion.

While the Mo Chu coalition began to move and change formations, the left wings of the Wei and Han coalition forces also began to retreat to the left rear.

Each infantry square array is used as a unit to form a font shape. When retreating, the infantry square array that protrudes in front is first and then goes backwards. On both sides, the concave parts of the font shape are turned into protruding parts. After the first batch retreats, the originally concave and now convex square array retreats back.

Overall, the Wei and Han coalition forces took the right wing as the axis, and the entire front line was slightly shortened.

The left wing not only distanced from the right wing of the Mo and Chu coalition forces, but also concentrated their forces on the right wing. The chief general of the Wei and Han coalition forces believed that relying on those cavalry, he might not be able to completely tear apart the Chen Cai army that defeated the Chu State.

So he chose to shorten the front line, concentrate the troops towards his right wing, and give way to the infantry phalanx on the right wing to form a formation similar to a right triangle.

That is, several infantry square formations are deployed on the far right side, with the largest thickness, and are reduced in turn to the central army and the left wing, as if a formation with hooks as front and strands as the edge of the left wing.

This advantage is that once the Chen and Cai army of Chu collapsed, the Wei and Han coalition forces could quickly insert into the left wing of the Mo and Chu coalition forces to form an encirclement.

At that time, the central army of Chu must readjust the defense, and the superior cavalry of the Mo-Chu coalition on the right wing would have to give up the attack and use the mobile advantage to quickly return to the left wing, thereby alleviating the pressure on the left wing of the Wei and Han coalition.

There were a burst of drums, and tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides began to mobilize according to the consciousness of the leaders of both sides. This was the most important formation confrontation link before the decisive battle between the two sides.

The right wing of the Mochu coalition.

The artillery was still constantly bombarding the infantry formation of the Wei and Han Allied Forces that were retreating, and chaos appeared on the opposite side.

The persistence I had been insisting on before was forced by the officers, otherwise the formation would have dispersed under the bombardment of bronze cannons.

Now the left wing of the Wei and Han Allied Forces chose to stagger and retreat to the right rear. When the formation did not move, it could still be maintained. Once it started to move, chaos would occur.

The main general of the right wing of the Mochu coalition was from the Mo family. Before the war, the Grand Sima of Chu was the main general in charge of the central army, and the command of the Right Army was handed over to the division-level officers sent by the Mo family.

If there is no news from the main general, the overall situation will be based on the established goals at the beginning. Communication is not easy at this time, and formation conversion is difficult. Things determined before the war will generally not be changed.

The Mo family commander on the right wing keenly noticed the chaos that occurred when the Wei and Han coalition forces moved, and knew that this was an opportunity.

As for whether to break through, it requires trying, but at least it cannot be so easy for the left wing of the Wei and Han Allied Forces to retreat.

Of course, it is impossible to fully believe in the Chu army, a friendly army, and it is impossible to launch a full-scale attack from the beginning.

One is that he distrusts the Chu people, and the other is that the Mo family's cavalry commander is sure that his attack speed is faster, and the Chu people's central army moves slowly. If the attack is too fast, it will easily expose the flanks of the cavalry.

So he ordered the cavalry brigade equipped with three short guns and the cavalry brigade of the gang captive Mi to launch a tentative attack first.

If you cannot break through, then harass it, delay the opponent's retreat speed and disrupt the order of the Wei and Han coalition forces.

The drum sounded and the horn began to echo on the battlefield.

When the artillery soldiers heard the order, they began to slightly turn the guns, bombard the left wing of the Wei and Han Allied Forces, and gave up space for the cavalry to raid the enemy in a roundabout way.

Like many cavalrymen, the captain Mi held the horse's hooves that were tried to be mascots in his hands and bowed forward according to the superstitious customs in the army, and then pulled out the iron sword.

"Run slowly!"

He shouted, and the messengers beside him waved their flags and blew the whistle. Most of the cavalry brigades involved in this tentative attack lined up, gently urged the horses, and followed the brigade in front.

The cavalry attacked, which was the most panicked thing about the left wing of the Wei and Han Allied Forces.

Originally, there was no copper cannon support on their side. The nearly one-hour shelling caused the morale of the Wei Han army to fall to a low point.

When maintaining the formation is still, you can still form a formation under the constraints of the noble officers, but now the order I receive is to retreat alternately backwards, and the formation will be a little loose once it moves.

The distance between the two sides is not very close, but not too far. Once the cavalry approaches, they cannot retreat.

The arrangement is arranged interlaced and the shape of each other is originally intended to guard against cavalry. If the cavalry retreats when they attack, it is equivalent to exposing the flanks.

If the discipline is sufficient, it is actually enough to complete the retreat and then adjust the formation during the period when the cavalry's impact is approaching.

It is best if our side also has cavalry cover, hedge against the Mo family's cavalry, and buy time for infantry formation and defense, but there are not many cavalry here.

The Wei and Han Allied Forces had only more than 300 cavalry on the left wing. Seeing that the opponent had already attacked, the main general could only let these more than 300 cavalry attack.

The archer and musketeer who were among the Wei Han infantrymen leaned against the spear formation, looked nervously at the cavalry with dust rising from afar, and silently prayed.

The sanctioned captain Mi saw the three hundred cavalry of the Wei and Han Allied Forces, all of which were light cavalry, and the number was too small. He felt that these light cavalry could not resist for very long.

After the three hundred cavalry approached, there were bursts of gunfire sounds coming from the cavalry brigade in front of the sacred captive Mi.

The active Mohist cavalry were as stipulated in the Taoist script. After the cavalry on the opposite side approached, they drew out the long-loaded short gun, fired a shot and put the unloaded musket back, and quickly turned the horse's head.

It was like a straight line hanging in the air was suddenly cut from the middle. After the first shot, the cavalry in the first row quickly turned toward the two wings.

Then the second row of cavalry also had room to shoot.

Bang bang...

After a series of gunfire, only half of Wei Han's three hundred cavalry remained, and the two wings were obviously surrounded.

Almost before the battle had occurred, the remaining Wei and Han cavalry chose to retreat.

One is that he is frightened, and the other is that he rushes over in a sparse way and dies. Even if he rushes again, he needs to retreat and reorganize his formation.

The fleeing Wei Han cavalry ran towards the right rear of the prisoner Mi, and the prisoner Mi did not ask the company to pursue him.

Shortly after the cavalry retreated, the cavalry of the Mochu coalition also suffered casualties. The archers and musketeers of the Wei and Han coalition forces opposite began to shoot, and more than ten front-row cavalry fell off their horses.

The prisoner Mi tied the reins a little, and the messengers next to him also signaled that each company had a front right.

During the battle, the archers were just three shots in the battle, while there were even fewer contrailers, and most of them could only choose one shot.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was already very close, and the short-gun cavalry in front began to shoot at the Wei and Han coalition forces in units of the company.

After the first company shot, it turned to the right and continued to load, and the company behind it followed and shot again.

After repeated incidents, there was a gap in the infantry formation on the far left of the Wei and Han Alliance Army.

The smoke of gunpowders were filled with gunpowders, and the chasers could already see the terrified musketeers and archers retreating to the back of the infantry, and they could also see the Wei Han infantry in an uneasy panic in the places where the gap was shot out.

He held up the iron sword, selected a gap, and the company following him rushed towards the gap.

The extremely clever choice of this gap is both out of instinctive talent and from years of experience in the military and lessons obtained through learning by others.

This is almost the far left side of the Wei and Han Allied Forces. The gap can be rushed in and avoid the harassment of the archers and musketeers of the Wei and Han army formation that have not yet been impacted on the right.

A young Wei soldier waved his spear woodenly, and his hands trembled as he approached the war horses and the sound of horse hooves stomped.

In the previous hour, the six friends around him were hit by the iron balls of the bronze cannon under his nose and died beside him.

At that time, there were other people who filled the vacancy. He could raise his weapons as he usually practiced. Even if he was afraid, no one could run away, and he could not run away.

However, now, the two sides that had just been filled were empty again, and the friend who had only been familiar with him for a quarter of an hour died in the shooting of the short gun cavalry just now.

Looking at the war horse getting closer and closer, the Wei pawn subconsciously stabbed the war horse in the chest.

However, without the help of both sides, the heavy spear was too slow to stab.

The sanctioned prisoner Mi almost subconsciously turned the horse's head, and the war horse under his crotch jumped slightly to the left, and the spear rubbed his leather boots and passed it over.

Fighting with one's life can sometimes determine life and death in an instant.

The slander captain Mi thought to himself, I survived again.
Chapter completed!