On the hill, the four companies in the second wave of the four companies have also begun to counterattack.

In a very short time, more than 600 people from both sides had fallen near the hillside line.

The Qi army's counterattack was very fierce. The nobles took the lead in charge with their right arms with red sluts tied around their heads, and did not even wear leather armor.

At such a close distance, there is no way to complete the second loading, because the Qi army chose the position very clever: artillery cannot be attacked, and the Mohist infantry cannot attack without crossing the edge line. Once they cross the edge line, they will be attacked by the Qi army's grenade gun, and the spearman will immediately attack.

The four companies in the second wave had only two shooting opportunities. The first time they helped the first wave of the company repel the first wave of counterattack, and the second time was the Qi army who followed the volley.

The officer's choice is correct, and such a distance is not enough to complete the third loading. It is better to take advantage of the Yamashita's advantage and rush downward.

After the defeat, the three companies that retreated in the first wave were approximately completed. This continued counterattack and counterattack would be a great test for the resilience of the soldiers on both sides.

The hill is not big, and there can only be four or five companies of troops spread out on the front. If there are more, it will appear crowded.

The so-called control of the hill is to control the distance of about fifty steps below the edge line, and to gain time and space for artillery deployment on the edge line. It is still in a state of repeated competition near the edge line, so it is impossible to capture the hill.

The deployment of the Qi army was to force the Mo family to repeatedly compete on the hills, using the hills as bait. After all, once the support point of the entire right wing of the hills is gone, this bait is enough to tempt.

The hill was near the edge of the battlefield, and the cavalry pursuing the Qi cavalry that had fled before had returned. In one attack, half of the 800 Qi cavalry were killed and injured, and the rest fled.

The commander of the deputy commander of the cavalry was to pursue and retreat. The cavalry responsible for the pursuit also abide by the order. Instead, he did not kill the game quickly, but retreated after chasing to a sufficient distance.

Now these three thousand cavalry are maneuvering towards the side and rear, making room for the subsequent infantry and artillery to rush forward.

The purpose of these light cavalry was not to rush forward, but to storm on the flanks. This was prepared by the Mohist school at the beginning for the entire strategic idea of ​​starting Chu and then Central Plains.

The cavalry of Chu State was very poor. One was that the Chu State did not have a natural environment suitable for horse farming, and the other was that Huaibei was in the hands of the Mo family. This was the most suitable place for horse raising south of the Central Plains. So if you bully the cavalry of Chu State or Yue State, these light cavalry are enough.

The cavalry of Qi was not strong, which was determined by the economic system after the reactionary reform of Qi. The most formal martial knights were too expensive. Si Shang was rich and the world was sucking blood from Jiuzhou. He only raised a heavy cavalry of 7,500 troops. Qi tightened his belt and made 60,000 permanent troops. This was the limit. This was due to the farmers who had no human accumulation of fiefs under the reactionary reform of serfization.

If you want to ride a light cavalry, you don’t have enough horse farming and self-cultivation as the basis.

The wars before the Central Plains were mainly chariots, and chariots and horses were provided according to the fiefdoms and villages and communities.

After reaching Si Shang, agricultural technology was upgraded to the level of the Han Dynasty, solving the problem of fallow, and gradually disintegrating the system of villages and communities re-dividing 300 mu and 200 mu for ten years under the original land system. Countries either began to take the reactionary reforms of Qi to aggravate the serfization and policies; or deepen reforms and open up the fields and break the well fields.

In the past 30 years, high-yield crops, oxen plowing horses, and iron tools, combined with the terrifying balance created by the Mohist school for more than ten years, has caused the population of various countries to surge.

To the north of Si Shang, they are actually suitable for horse farming, but the horses are too expensive and cannot be maintained if there are too many people and few lands. Therefore, Si Shang retains a special village and community system, which makes the land of each village and community sufficient. Organizations such as the joint farming club make horse farming the main way to farm in Si Shang.

Based on this, under the small collective economic system of villages and communities, Si Shang can ensure sufficient number of light cavalry, forming a crush on the number of cavalry of the surrounding princes, as well as a large number of horse-drawn carriages that make the princes feel incredible.

The Qi State cannot gather so many cavalry, which makes the current situation of the Qi army very passive. Without cavalry covering the flanks, it means that more troops cannot move. The Mo family has the advantage of cavalry, which can reduce the choice of flank troops to enter key points on the battlefield.

This was not decided at this time, but was destined after Qi chose reactionary changes. The cavalry quality was very poor and was far from the light cavalry of the Mohist family.

The number of three thousand cavalrymen is already large after they are unfolded. After being densely packed, it will bring great psychological pressure to those persistent infantrymen.

The infantry on the flanks of the Qi army now dared not move at all because they knew that as soon as they moved, they would create opportunities for the Mohist cavalry surrounding them.

In order to prevent the raids of the Mohist cavalry, the Qi army infantry chose a more dense formation, with three companies in groups, spearmen forming a large formation, and musketeers spreading on the flanks.

The overall formation is staggered in shape, which can maintain the width of the battle line to the greatest extent while ensuring defense against the cavalry.

Three thousand Qi troops set up their formation here.

The Mohist school's main attack on the flank is also aimed at this formation.

The cavalry used to force the Qi army to form heavy formations, and then used artillery to break the heavy formations, the cavalry assaulted, and the infantry rushed rapidly in dense columns, expanding the gap opened by the cavalry and tearing open the flank defense of the Qi army.

Now the cavalry has opened up the space needed for the infantry and artillery that cooperated with them to deploy. At most, a quarter of an hour, the general offensive that determines the flanking situation will begin.

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On the other side of the front line, the artillery bombardment that lasted for an hour finally ended, and the Qi army on the front line near Sanliu Society had suffered heavy casualties.

In the direction of Sanliu Society near the Mo family, there is a hydraulic mill. This was originally the location of Sanliu Society's mill, but now it has become the strong front-line support point of the Qi army.

A simple wall was built with earthen trunks nearby. The Qi army of two companies was stationed here. This small moor was next to a small river. Only by capturing this place could the Mo family officially launch an attack on the Sanliu Society.

After an hour of artillery bombardment, this place became the focus of the Mo family's bronze cannons. The heavy cannon that fired 18 kilograms of iron shells completely destroyed the mill.

The Qi army of the two companies did not wait until they were in action, and most of them were killed in battle. Some of them were under the mill. As a result, the mill was destroyed and killed and injured a lot.

The infantry tentatively attacked captured the mill with almost no blood. With this mill as the protruding part, the small cannons of the brigade were unfolded in front of the mill.

The six thousand light cavalry on the flank were always staring at the main force of the Qi army's cavalry.

The main force of the coalition forces is an important part of Tian Ju's right wing's diagonal attack concept, and it is necessary to pull the right wing to drive away the three thousand cavalry of the Mo family from the right wing when necessary.

To achieve this goal, we need to defeat the 6,000 light cavalry of the Mo family on the side of Sanliu Society with 800 chariots and 5,000 cavalry of the coalition forces first.

This is an important part of Tian Ju’s tactical concept of seeking life while dying.

Only with five thousand cavalry, eight hundred chariots and some nobles completely defeated the 6,000 cavalry of the Mo family for the sake of the emperor's righteousness, and the losses would be better not be too great, and then they would move to the right wing to drive away the three thousand light cavalry of the Mo family on the right wing. Then the Mo family launched all the infantry in the direction of Sanliu Society and could not be mobilized before they could be mobilized.

It was extremely difficult to survive in death, and others could not do anything about it. They could not mobilize them before. If they deployed in advance, they would be observed by the Mohist hot air balloons. This is the only way.

But the current situation is very unsatisfactory. The artillery attack that lasted for an hour had already caused the defending forces in the direction of Sanliu Society to be crumbling. The Mo family had just launched the first wave of infantry attacks, let alone mobilizing the reserves of the central army to launch.

The diagonal tactic is also a variant of hammer anvil tactic. Tian Ju's idea was to rely on Sanliu Society to make anvil, which made the Mo family unable to capture for a long time. Then he had to expand the reserve team and the second-line troops into an offensive formation, so that he could mobilize the remaining troops to the right wing and ensure that the anvil would not be smashed before the right wing won.

However, now, this anvil, along with the hammer he thought he could fight back, would be smashed by the Mo family.

News came from the right wing that the Mohist family launched a fierce attack on the right wing, hoping that Tian Ju would transfer the cavalry now, otherwise he would not be able to hold on, and it would be better to support at least five or six thousand infantry.

He could see the situation on the right wing here, but he could not see the situation where the Mohist infantry column was maneuvering to the flank under the cover of the hills and gunpowder.

If the right wing is almost unable to hold on to it now, then there is no need to mention his entire idea.

The battle had just begun, and the Mo family's shelling had just ended. In fact, he already knew in his heart that the battle was over.

The Mo family on the opposite side was so confident that after seeing the weak right wing, they did not even support the central army, so they let their left wing launch an attack in advance.

Where did Tian Ju go to the battlefield? Where could he imagine how terrifying the artillery bombardment that was nearly four or five times his own side was, and where could he imagine that the quality of the soldiers on the Mo family could be able to attack the right wing within half an hour with a slight advantage in military strength.

Those old generals who supported his idea believed that he must have a strange plan to be able to force the Mo family to stick to the Mo family while still having the spare energy to mobilize the right wing to react and counterattack. He never thought that all his ideas were based on the fact that the Mo family would not attack the right wing from the beginning, and then the left wing would be frustrated.

At this moment, the Mohist infantry opposite Sanliu Society began to act. The infantry did not choose to attack directly, but moved to the side and back of Sanliu Society.

The back of Sanliu Society is where the cavalry of the coalition forces are located and where the 6,000 light cavalry flanked by the Mohist family are located.

Tian Ju thought that if the Mo family wanted to attack Sanliu Society, they had to advance from the front, deploy troops, and attack everywhere. However, after the fierce shelling was briefly over, the approximately 4,000 infantry soldiers of the Mo family moved to the side and back. It was obvious that they were preparing to cooperate with the cavalry to drive away the cavalry of the coalition forces.

He was a little at a loss. This was not what he expected. Faced with a sudden change, he didn't know how to deal with it. According to his previous idea, the Mohist school would not send infantry to the side, but would choose cavalry against cavalry.

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Central Army.

Shi was listening to the messenger retelling the intention of the left wing commander. After observing with a telescope for a while, Shi shook his head and smiled, "This battle is fought... I thought the opposite side was with the bull bone, and prepared a solid and sharp axe. I never thought that if I didn't talk about bull bones on the opposite side, I would just spread my nose."

So far, I racked my brains and couldn't understand the other party's intentions.

The troops and reserve team were concentrated in Sanliu Society, and then the right wing could not hold on anymore. The troops remained motionless as if there were lead blocks on their butts.

If you think the right wing is irrelevant, then you will completely give up the right wing's contraction of defense, but there is no.

When shelling, the cavalry of the coalition forces can try cavalry hedging. If they win, they may also threaten the artillery position, but there is no, but when shelling, these cavalry remained motionless behind them.

If it weren't for the crowd of scouts and the Mohist family knew the situation on the battlefield well, they would even doubt whether there was a coalition army's surprise outside their left wing.

This situation is obviously based on the situation where there is a coalition reinforcement outside the left wing battlefield of the Mohist family, which is not far away and can suddenly arrive when the left wing of the Mohist family is launching an attack.

If he knew Tian Ju’s idea, he would probably have to pat his head and sigh, saying that his imagination was not as good as that.

It is precisely because I don’t know that I racked my brains to figure it out.

After a long time, he turned his attention to the left wing. Thinking of the mechanical sermon-style Greek dramas that Solusan brought back to translate, Shi and the messenger said: "Go and tell the left wing's observation soldiers and stare at the outside of the battlefield. Send more scouts to reconnaissance... If there is nothing..."
Chapter completed!