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Chapter 257 Extraordinary Power (Part 2)

Several wooden spears that were far away from both wings were stabbed by horses and the cavalry let go of the wooden spears in their hands, for fear that they would be dismounted by the shock recoil, and for fear that their comrades would be stabbed to them.

The musketeers on the flank were completely dispersed. The cavalry did not pursue and slash, but replaced them with iron swords and gathered again at the back under the command of the company commander.

The cavalry that rushed towards the spearmen in front were stabbed by the Qi army's spears, but they also rushed away the front row of infantry.

The cavalry who had fallen off the horse luckily did not break their cervical spine, and took out a dagger or a short gun he had equipped with, fighting in chaos.

I don't know who threw down the spear first and ran back. One person led dozens of people. The formation of Qi army quickly chased and killed the cavalry who threw away the wooden spear with iron swords, but did not pursue it too far, and they heard the sound of horns and turned back to reorganize the team.

The defeat of this team of Qi army immediately attracted the attention of the chief general of Qi army in the camp.

Since the military tactical reform, there are actually not many qualified generals. Not many can command thousands of people to fight and be orderly.

Qi Jiang who stayed here to defend and delay was considered one, and if he was asked to command the main force of the coalition forces of tens of thousands of people, he would be at a loss and could only choose to form a turtle formation to defend the enemy.

Putting it here is also considered to be a perfect use for everyone.

Although he has the ability, the situation is too urgent and he has no choice.

The Mo family's forwards have more than 11,000, but he has only 6,000.

The Mo family vanguard had at least 1,500 cavalrymen, and he had only 2,300.

There is no need to mention the number of bronze cannons.

It is not something he can do to hold on here if he has the will to die.

In fact, he felt that he had done a good job, stuck in the key position, avoided the Mo family's artillery, so as to form a local counterattack. If the main force is built by the river, it will collapse once it is broken through the river bank.

But if you imagine that it will eventually turn into reality, you will still have to look at the battle between double rebellions.

The front cavalry led away the light cavalry that entangled the Mo family's first crossing the river. After the Mo family's vanguard infantry crossed the river, he immediately organized a counterattack, but the effect was very little.

The number of counterattacks cannot be too large, because he needs to stick to the camp to defend the flanks. The Mo family has a large number of troops and can divide troops from the flanks to support him. He can only take out seven or eight hundred people to counterattack head-on.

If the whole line counterattacked without the cover of the cavalry on the flanks, the cavalry on the flanks of the Mohist family who annoyed him would seize the opportunity to storm them.

In fact, after the left-wing Mo family light cavalry crossed the river, he had already noticed it, so he deployed seven or eight hundred troops on the left, but a gap was accidentally revealed.

The infantry of a company could not resist the impact of the opposite cavalry. Now he needs to guess or predict what those cavalry want to do?

Should we continue to attack the camp after defeating the company and creating opportunities in the front line? Or do we have other plans?

The cavalry of the three companies may play a great role. For example, if the Mohist troops crossing the river in the front have already launched artillery to prepare for attack, once this cavalry behind rushes to the middle formation, it will cause great chaos.

If he had a cavalry in his hand, he would naturally use the cavalry in his hand to drive away the flank cavalry, but he did not.

He didn't know the real purpose of the Mo family's cavalry, so he could only guess whether it was right or not. This was the talent of a general.

The flaws of the deputy brigade commander of the Mo family cavalry in the three companies opposite were very perfect, especially after the attack dispersed the Qi army company, he took the initiative.

The defeat and dispersal of that company means that once the cavalry seizes the opportunity to raid on the flank, it will pose a great threat.

Take an active position and choose many.

You can take the opportunity to raid the main general during a frontal melee, causing chaos; you can also force the Qi army to mobilize the flank forces to support it during a frontal melee.

However, at that time, the deputy brigade commander of the cavalry was only the four bronze cannons.

The leader of the Qi army needs to consider the overall situation. He is the weaker side and needs to consider how to stick to the end and win the last time. Before this, there will be no large-scale defeat.

The deputy brigade commander of the Mo family cavalry does not need to be considered from the overall situation. Their main task is to support them. With the advantage of military strength, you can still win by crossing the river head-on. All he needs to consider is more military achievements on the premise of completing the task.

The two sides had different levels of consideration. The chief general of the Qi army finally issued an order for the overall situation, allowing the infantry of several companies on the side to approach there, make a situation of cutting off the siege, and drive away these hateful light cavalry.

As soon as the order was issued, the chief general of the Qi army was attracted by the frontal battle situation.

The front was not smooth, and the Mohist infantry fired successfully after a volley, which had consolidated the formation.

The copper cannons were passing through the floating bridge, and the Mohist engineers, like rats, had already dug up simple camp positions.

Once those bronze cannons successfully cross the river and start on the river side, the battle will be lost, and it will be impossible for them to persevere until evening.

Now we can only do our best to counterattack again. If we defend ourselves, we will not have the advantage of artillery and cavalry. The Mo family will completely blow up his camp and siege them from all sides.

Now we can only leave a part of the people, and at the same time cooperate with each other, drive away the cavalry on the flanks, gather forces to fight back from the front again.

If the Mohist artillery has not yet been launched here and the infantry has not been invested enough to counterattack, then once the main force of the Mohist family crosses the river and launches its troops, there will be no chance.

Side rear.

The deputy brigade commander of the Light Cavalry gathered three complete companies, not far from the battle where a large number of Qi troops were killed, observing the movements of the Qi army.

He had to pretend to continue to go deeper into the side of the Qi army, and then he could effectively mobilize the infantry on the side of the Qi army, thus creating a gap for his raid on the Qi army's artillery.

This requires some calculation.

The distance deep, the speed of the enemy's advance, and the speed of his retreat, jump out before the enemy siege, but cannot jump too early to avoid the enemy's discovery.

These are not only the accumulation of daily training, but also the teaching of professional education, plus some practical experience.

Whether it is infantry or cavalry, if the distance and speed are miscalculated, something may happen.

In the Battle of Yinyang in the past, Wei Han misjudged the speed of the new army of Chu's central army, which led to the failure of all plans for flanking breakthroughs. This speed of development is closely related to training.

This does not require too much troublesome calculations, there will be summarized experience and formulas. This is something that a deputy brigade-level officer has mastered. It is always easier than those of artillery officers who need to understand the geometry of nine numbers and look up function tables.

About two quarters of an hour later, the deputy brigade commander of the Light Cavalry finally waited for the opportunity.

The two companies he wanted to mobilize were coming here, intending to block the gap and cut off the rear, and the time was just enough for the cavalry he led to jump out of the blockade.

The cavalry of the three companies quickly turned, cut out from the connection between the two Qi infantry companies, and quickly moved towards the small hill where the four artillery guns in Qi State were located.

With an almost perfect time difference, three cavalry companies took the small hill with one charge, and the commander of the Qi army's artillery was hacked to death.

Just as the cavalry were chasing those artillery soldiers, a Qi artilleryman shouted in another very rich Qi dialect mixed with Song local dialect: "Synonym! Equality! Love both! Not attack! Give up the virtuous..."

He shouted several times, but later he closed his eyes and held the iron sword hesitated for a moment, without slashing.

After riding a horse around the man for a few rounds, the cavalry laughed, walked up to him and kicked the man on the shoulder with a shout and said, "I'm very skillful. I almost thought this was not on the battlefield."

The Qi Renbing, whose shoulders were already trembling, also squeezed out a smile and said, "I have heard of the Mohist teaching in Ganling. When the king and the princes were summoned, they had to come, that is, they were just a bit of food. I believe in synonyms, equality and love."

"Although I am a clan, I am also a member of the world. People in the world love each other and benefit each other. The Mo family does not kill prisoners, I know this."

The cavalry put away the iron sword and nodded at him. The deputy brigade coach in the distance shouted, "What's going on?"

The cavalry hurried over and said, "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, there is a Qi artillery soldier who loves equality and not attacks. He has heard of our lectures, Ganling."

When the deputy brigade coach heard this, he came over and asked without asking anything else, "Can you fire a gun? Is it the gunner or the loader?"

The Qi soldier hurriedly said, "You can know, you can do it. You can fire and load it. You used to listen to you and learned some later."

What he said was not the same thing. Ganling was a major city in Qi. The Mo family did teach there, but if we talk about artillery operations, we definitely didn’t hear it when we listened to the lecture.

At this time, many captured Qi people were driven over. The deputy brigade commander pointed at the people and asked, "Is there any nobles inside?"

Qi people shook their heads and pointed to a corpse with a scalp cut off in the distance and said, "That's a nobleman. The rest are all city people who are similar to mine."

Several cavalrymen took out hammers and nails from their saddle bags and prepared to block the fire doors of several cannons on the position.

Each light cavalry squad will be equipped with hammers and nails, and relying on stones is not enough to destroy these copper cannons. Light cavalry often takes the opportunity to raid artillery positions on the battlefield. If the enemy does not have enough time to counterattack, they need to destroy the copper cannons. Wedging the nails in the fire gate is the most common and effective method.

The deputy brigade commander looked at the situation on the battlefield. Now the remaining troops of the Qi army are preparing to counterattack the front, and the formation has been unfolded.

He looked at the iron balls and powder barrels scattered on the ground, turned around and shouted, "Don't wedge the nails first!"

The cavalry stopped, and the deputy brigade commander walked to the Qi army artillery who had shouted equality, synonyms and love, and said, "Would you do your part to benefit the world?"

That man was also a wonderful person and hurriedly replied: "Every man is responsible for the pros and cons of the world. Only by benefiting the world can he benefit himself in the end. I am a person of the world. I am inseparable from the pros and cons of the world and a unified whole. I am willing to benefit the world. I was forced to do so before, and there was always family, wife and daughter..."

The deputy brigade coach smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll give you a chance to benefit the world. Tell your partners that the Mo family will not kill prisoners, but will also love the world. Tell them to turn the bronze cannon and blast the infantry over there."

The man nodded quickly, muttered to his friends, and then turned around and asked, "It would be OK if he wanted to bombard the camp where the master general was. Should he bombard them with one shot?"
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