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Chapter 264 The Battle of the Two Sons (1)

Some people in the princes' army also opposed this idea.

Someone said: "In the battle of Yinyang, Wei Han and Mo Chu fought with each other, but the tactics used by Wei Han were also against the lower ones. At that time, he saw that the Chen Cai army of the Chu army was weak, so he gathered the main force to attack Chen Cai's army one wing."

"The heavy formation takes the enemy, striving to spin and encircle after one wing breaks through, but what is the final result?"

"Now our army has few artillery and cavalry. Even if we gather forces on the right wing, how could we break through the left wing of the Mo family before the Mo family breaks through and captures Sanliu Society?"

"Besides, the most difficult thing about such tactics is to mobilize, marching, conceal, and deceiving. It's not like setting up a formation like this."

"How can we not know that the formation is so suitable for the troops, and how can we use troops well? Furthermore, the Mohist army is equipped with hot air balloons that can be taken to the air to watch the battlefield. If our army deploys in advance, it will be noticed."

"If we don't deploy early, we must first concentrate our troops on Sanliu Society, induce the Mo family to attack Sanliu Society, and then mobilize to the right on the battlefield. The officials think that anyone can do it?"

This tactic is indeed difficult to use, and the difficulty lies in the confusion of the enemy mobilizing troops.

Either the opponent is mentally retarded and does not observe the deployment of troops at all before the battle begins; or it is to rely on the excellent military qualities of our side to change formations and march in chaos, and use our side's maneuvering advantages to complete left and right adjustments on the battlefield.

However, the lords' coalition forces are not as good as the Mo family in terms of quality, training, mobility, pure teams, and thin formations. Therefore, some people think that if they are going to fight this kind of tactic tomorrow, they may be seeking death.

Especially the Han general who had experienced the Battle of Yinyang was even more scared.

The situation at that time was already perfect. On the wing of Chen and Cai's army, the weakness of the Mo Chu coalition.

At that time, he was also on the lengthened line of another wing and took the initiative to retreat to resist. The wing facing Chen Cai's army concentrated Wei Han's heavy step formation and formed an extremely thick formation, intending to break through there and turn.

It's a bit like snatching the T-head in a naval battle.

But the result was that the new army of the Chu State's royal army quickly adjusted its deployment, completed the restructuring of the front within a quarter of an hour, changed the direction of the front, blocked the fierce attack of Wei Han's heavy step formation, and eventually failed.

What the coalition forces of the princes are facing is the Si Shang Jiexuan Army, which is far better than the new army of the Chu King's Division in terms of training, discipline and the degree of daring to fight. This tactic is probably not only not effective, but may also be bitten back.

Tian Ju said: "I know it. However, if you form a round formation and defend it, you will be defeated; if you divide the troops equally, you will be defeated. So since you are all defeated, why don't you seek to survive in death?"

"Now the Mohist school has gathered a large number of troops at the Sanliu Society on the left wing..."

Before he finished speaking, the person who refuted him just now said, "Even if that is the case, if you want to perform, you must march tonight to deploy. If the Mo family did not notice it before dawn, we will transfer the left wing troops of our army to the right wing."

"But marching at night, who can control the army? Who can guarantee that there will be no chaos in the army? Who can guarantee that there will be no chaos in the army that will lead to escape? What troops can marching quietly at night?"

"Even if it is a marching, it is at most three or two thousand elite troops. What's the use?"

"This is what Si said about military talk on paper!"

Tian Ju shouted: "You can only say that I am talking about it on paper. Let me ask you, besides saying that I cannot succeed in doing so, can you have a way to win?"

The man bowed his head and said, "No, but I know I can't do this."

Seeing that the lieutenant generals started quarrel again, the Duke of Qi, Han, who was still browning, came forward to dissuade him.

The final result can only be as Tian Ju said, as the dead horse is a living horse.

This is the guiding ideology of tomorrow's decisive battle. As for whether you can seize the opportunity to deceive and mobilize, it depends on the level of tomorrow's decisive battle command.

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The Mo family had already arranged their own tactical concept, and the Mo family's concept was to break through the central government and divide the coalition forces.

One is that the Mohist family used the tactic of two wings to surround each other, or defending one wing and attacking the other wing, which may be noticed by the enemy.

Another thing is that the coalition forces did not choose to defend the turtle formation, but also retained the battlefield control range that field attacks needed to be launched, which led to their slightly longer front line.

This does not mean that the coalition's choice is wrong, because if you choose to defend the turtle formation, it is equivalent to losing the possibility of active attack. The place is small and cannot deploy troops and mobilize troops.

But everything has its pros and cons. Now that the coalition forces choose this way, the advantage is that they can attack and counterattack; the disadvantage is that the front line is lengthened, which has led to the Mohist family being able to use the inherent impression of the tactics of the two wings of the princes to attack one wing of the princes, forcing the princes to mobilize troops to support the two wings. The most convenient way to support the two wings is the central direction. Once the mobilization becomes weak, the Mohist family may be penetrated from the central government and divide the main force of the coalition into two halves.

The direction of Sanliu Society is the direction of the Mo family's feint attack, which is the left wing of the coalition forces.

The location there is very important. The coalition of princes should be misjudged, believing that the Mo family would capture Sanliu Society, thereby cutting off the last possibility of the coalition's retreat.

In fact, Shi didn't care much about cutting off the retreat of the coalition forces.

If the Korean army in Yangxia is not abandoned, it will be impossible to conquer Yangxia.

It will take at least four days to abandon Yang Xia's entire army, and this does not include the time when they want to break through and block them halfway.

In the decisive battle, if you have a huge cavalry advantage in your hands, if the coalition forces dare to retreat, they will immediately become defeated.

He just wanted the rioters to misjudgment.

Once the coalition of princes misjudged the judgment, the Mo family would have to mobilize troops from the Central Army to support the attack on Sanliu Society.

At that time, the middle direction will be weak, and columns formed by infantry to attack intensively, supplemented by cavalry, and it is possible to divide them.

In the direction of Sanliu Society, it was the right wing of the Mo family, where fifty bronze cannons, six thousand light cavalry, and ten thousand infantrymen were deployed.

The central army was the main force of the Mohist school. Forty bronze cannons were deployed near the right wing, which could not only support the right wing, but also attack the central central army when it was turned into a central government to break through. In front of the central army were twenty bronze cannons.

The Martial Knights who were rushing to the formation were in the rear of the central army and then made a choice when they needed to enter the battlefield.

The troops of a division are deployed as a reserve force at the junction of the central army and the right wing on the second line.

The left wing has adopted a more defensive deployment.

Each two brigade is combined, the first brigade is unfolded on the front, the second brigade is divided into three parts, two are slightly deployed on the left and right sides of the first brigade, and the remaining one is in the rear as a reserve team.

Each two brigade is equipped with two companies of light cavalry, which is used to catch up with the enemy's retreat after the war and chase after the enemy retreats.

There are three thousand light cavalry on the flank to cover.

As the day begins tomorrow, the artillery will start bombarding. While waiting for the bombardment, the troops need to be mobilized, the offensive preparations are completed, or the deployment of the coalition forces will be readjusted.

This decisive battle is no longer a battle like the previous ones that are aligned against Vietnam. In order to launch a long line of troops, both sides can deploy troops.

As the main attacking party, the Mohist school was nearly six or seven kilometers wide on the battlefield, and it was impossible for the Mohist school to act completely consistently. The three armies each had their own main generals and carried out according to the scheduled plan. The mutual support and support depends not only on the main generals of the three armies' respective grasp of the battlefield, but also on the reserves on the main force of the central army to conduct a series of battlefield dispatches.

The next morning, before the sun rose, the sleepy observers had already washed up.

They have to prepare their work before the sun rises, and the huge hot air balloons need to be inflated with large leather in advance.

When the sun just rises, it is the most suitable time to raise a balloon. The airflow is stable and the weather is a bit cold.

Several auxiliary soldiers took off their cotton coats and wore only one single coat. Three people pulled the heavy leather mat in groups. This was the "standard equipment" used by the Mohist family to defend the city and prepare the enemy to dig tunnels in the early years. It was mainly used to pour smoke into the tunnels. Later, it began to burn sulfur, but the core idea remained unchanged, but the people who digged holes and attacked died even worse.

The heavy leather is wrapped in a huge wooden shell so that enough wind pressure can be generated.

The skin was panting, like a cow plowing in the mud just after the rain.

A huge balloon made of oily paper was sandwiched inside the cotton cloth, accompanied by the panting of the skin, and gradually began to expand.

There is no high-end material at this time. The cheapest one is to use cotton cloth with thin oil paper as a shell, which can fly hundreds of meters high, but it is generally not necessary to fly that high in the army.

The wicker-woven spider plant is equipped with a heating furnace mixed with various greases, and extremely expensive tung oil and whale oil are used in this way.

After the balloon gradually expanded, it began to heat up. The auxiliary soldiers next to it pulled it with ropes to make the balloon stand upright.

Two observers responsible for observation and recording stepped onto the hanging basket and tied to the tool box on the hanging basket. They included various basic drawing tools, graphite pens for sketching, telescopes, etc.

One is responsible for observing oral statements, the other is sketching the specific content on paper, and then throwing it away on the ground and summarizing and reporting by the auxiliary soldiers.

During the Battle of Mo and Yue, the Mohist school used small hills to mobilize its troops, so the Mohist school attached great importance to the observation of the battlefield.

Fortunately, here is a large plain, with only a hill dozens of meters high. As long as the balloon rises, any movements of the enemy's troops will be easily discovered, so that they can make preparations in advance.

If a hill is used well, it may reverse the situation on the battlefield. For example, on the left wing, the main force uses the hill to cover the sight and move to the right wing to suddenly counterattack.

Now the Mo family is strong and powerful, so we should avoid the weak side as much as possible, so it is extremely important to observe the role of the soldiers.

On the long front, there were five balloons rising in total, two on the right wing, that is, Sanliu Society, two on the central army, and one on the left wing.

The observers on the hanging basket have all worked as staff officers and are all professionals. It is the most basic requirement to draw drawings and simple surveying.

In addition, when necessary, they need to make their own judgments on it, but this is not the case. Most of the time, they are only responsible for describing and not summarizing.

If the air is cold today, there is no fog today, there is a slight wind, and now the vision is good. When it starts, the smoke is everywhere. As long as there is a breeze, the vision will not be very bad.
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