Chapter 147: Descending

Half a quarter of an hour later.

The face of the main general of Wei Han was like ashes.

The counterattack of the nobles and slaves around him failed, and it failed so quickly.

The Mo cavalry on the opposite side lined up before the impact, and rushed down, with a formation against a formation, the Mo cavalry flanked and formed an encirclement, and in just half an hour, the noble cavalry on their side retreated.

The two infantry phalanxes on which he pinned their hopes also stopped, and more than three hundred Mo cavalry launched an inevitable failure impact, but this time the inevitable failure of the impact also caused the two phalanxes to fall into chaos, and they stopped and sorted out their formations at the same time.

He also saw a scene that made him envious and jealous: the eight small cannons dragged by the pack horse adjusted the muzzle under the cover of the elite almost continuous fire infantry around him at the same time as his cavalry broke up, and did not choose to drag the pack horse, but a gun crew shifted the direction of the eight small cannons in an orderly manner.

For the time being, no cavalry has attacked him, but those Mo family cavalry are already fighting the idea of those two heavy infantry formations.

Just after the defeat of the three hundred cavalry retreated, the five hundred foot knights approached the heavy infantry formation, and after a volley, the rearranged short-shot cavalry also chose a shot and launched an attack from the reverse of the three hundred cavalry charge.

The bombardment of eight small cannons, the salvo of five hundred foot knights, and a salvo before the charge of the short-shot cavalry caused a huge gap in the chaotic heavy infantry formation to suddenly appear in the flanks and backs.

Under the rush, the phalanx was already crumbling.

Lord General Wei Han let out a long sigh and took one last look at the battlefield.

The right flank, on which he had high hopes, still did not break through the left flank of the Chu army with the momentum of being crushed by the heavy phalanx as he expected.

Even though Chen Cai's division had collapsed, the three brigades of the new army of Chu still held their ground, and after a thunderous salvo before, they thwarted the momentum of the Wei and Han phalanx, so that the Wei and Han phalanx had to choose to continue to circle to the right and outflank.

Because the front is so wide, it can't be attacked, and if you want to give full play to the numerical advantage, you can only choose to continue to move the large array and raid the flank.

Can be re-stepped phalanx to move...... The time it takes is a quarter of an hour!

Now, it will take at least two quarters of an hour to break through and complete another outflanking.

Because of the rout of Chen Cai's division, Wei Han's cavalry and chariots were already in chaos, some were chasing deserters, some were scattered and had not yet assembled.

However, the Cheguang knights of Chu State, who had failed in the previous assault, had regrouped and covered the flank of the new army of Chu, driving out those lone cavalry.

The Chinese army, Wei Han's phalanx was already crumbling, and the positions of several copper cannons had been seized by the Chu army, and the muzzles of the guns were being turned.

On the left flank, the infantry that Chu had previously mobilized gradually gained an advantage with the cooperation of artillery, and the flanks of Wei Han's heavy infantry phalanx were in danger, and it seemed that some phalanxes had noticed the roundabout surprise attack of the cavalry behind, and the formation had been chaotic.

The right wing is undefeated, and even on the offensive, but being undefeated does not mean victory! What Wei Han wanted was to defeat Chen Cai's division in one fell swoop with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and quickly turn to form an outflanking from the left flank of the Chu army, this idea was not achieved, so even if the right flank was undefeated, it was already defeated on the entire battlefield.

The two only heavy phalanxes that could stick to these roundabout Mo cavalry for half an hour had also collapsed, and the other could only choose to hold on, and the way for him to retreat to that side had been blocked.

It is most unwise to retreat to the Chinese army, and now the Chinese army and the left flank are about to be broken, and if you retreat to the Chinese army, you will be involved in the rout and chaos of the army, and life and death are unpredictable.

For now, the only way to do this is to choose to retreat to the right flank, completely abandon the left flank and the central army, and take advantage of the opportunity of the Mo family's roundabout cavalry assault on the central army and the left flank, adjust the deployment, and gather the remaining phalanxes together until dark.

It is no longer possible to recall the three phalanxes that have been crushed together by the right flank and the new army of the Chu State, and the two phalanxes that are continuing to detour to the right flank are also finished, and the troops that can be collected are at most 10,000, or even only 8,000.

He is also a decisive person, and immediately took the opportunity to run to the right, completely abandoning the entire battlefield, just to see if he could bring these 10,000 people back, and hold out until dark to find an opportunity to retreat.

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Two hours later.

The battle is decided.

The Chinese army of the Wei-Han coalition collapsed first, because these Mojia cavalry such as Shu prisoners and Mi chose to go straight to the Chinese army, and then swept the left flank, and the chain of the left flank of the entire Wei-Han coalition army collapsed, and the Chu army had completed the outflanking.

Chen Cai's division of Chu didn't know where it had gone, but the Mochu coalition still had more than 30,000 main forces.

However, on Wei Han's side, there were only five phalanxes left in the city of 8,000 people, which were held by the formation of the plum blossom array.

The cavalry was gone, and there was not a single artillery left, only fifteen hundred musketeers, six hundred archers, and more than 6,000 spear heavy foot soldiers.

The Mochu coalition army formed a three-sided encirclement, and the Wei and Han coalition forces had no heart, and in the sound of drums, many soldiers were trembling with their hands holding their spears.

At this moment, several scholars from the Chu State appeared in front of the battle with white flags.

"It must be a lobbyist."

The commander-in-chief of the Wei-Han coalition army understood, looked at the sky, but had to choose peace talks to delay time.

However, after the Chu people entered the army, they did not delay time, but went straight to the point.

"The general's heavy infantry formation, if the mountains, seems to be extremely difficult to break, the general thinks too much, hold on until dark, or can withdraw."

Lord Wei Han snorted and said, "It is not yet known. In the past, when Qi Mo fought, the Mo family was named the Six-Fingered One, and they also held on to the plum blossom array and lasted until the end. If I use this battle today, I will not necessarily be defeated. ”

In a few years, the once unknown Six Fingers has also become a figure in the mouths of these noble generals.

The lobbyist laughed and said, "General Miao." In the battle of Qi Mo in the past years, the six fingers of the Mo family held on to the plum blossom array, and there were still more than ten copper cannons in the array. ”

"Dare to ask the general, do you have a bronze cannon?"

Wei Han was speechless, of course he knew the situation of the Battle of Nanjishui in the Battle of Qi and Mo, in order to prevent the history books from "more strategy than tactics, so that the clouds and fog make people who read the war nothing more than a battle of wisdom", so they have always compiled some classic battles, as long as they talk about tactics, the battle of Qi Mo and Nanjishui is here.

At that time, the first battle, the six fingers in the flank feint, attracted the Qi army to counterattack, the column with plum blossom formation, with a heavy formation defense, artillery in the formation, the deployment of the wonderful, no matter which direction can be supported by copper cannons, in order to survive to the end, so that the Qi army seven attacks without breaking.

The lobbyist said: "Heavy step formation, one is afraid of being attacked by cavalry when moving and changing formations, and the other is afraid of copper cannon bombardment." ”

"The formation is neat and heavy, the depth is equal in width, and the most afraid of shelling. Now the general doesn't have a single cannon, and our army has dozens of bronze cannons, how can the general defend it? Without artillery, how can you defend in formation? ”

"Moreover, in the battle of Nanjishui in the past year, the main force of the Mo family giant attacked one side, and the six-fingered army knew that they only needed to hold on for a period of time to win, and dared to be a general, at this time, Wei Han's pawn could have morale?"

"Third, in the battle of Nanjishui in the past, he first lured with the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and then counter-outflanked with the technique of flowering in the center, the general was just a battle of trapped beasts at this time, how can it be compared?"

"If the general does not surrender, then our army will fire dozens of bronze cannons in unison, opening the gap with musket close-range fire, and how can we hold it under the impact of the cavalry?"

"In the past year, in the alliance of Heze, the princes had an agreement, and if they didn't kill the pawns, why didn't the general surrender early?"

"The soldiers of Xu Di, the defense is not enough, how can they send troops to help? Although the general will not surrender today and hold out until dark, what can he do tomorrow? Under the harassment of cavalry, the general can travel five miles a day? ”

The lobbyist laughed and said, "Now that there is no artillery, how can we defend it?" Although the formation of heavy infantry soldiers is neat, it is being overcome, and Wei Han has no cannons, so there is nothing to defend. The general can ask the astronomer in the army, and ask the warlock, "There may be rain today and tomorrow?" If the warlock said nothing, what else could the general do but descend early? ”

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in war, and my king does not ask Wenma for ransom, why don't the generals surrender early?"

After he said these words, which completely made the Lord General of Wei Han firmly believe that he could not hold on, he whispered: "Da Sima has another confidential matter to tell. Please hold back left and right. ”

The chief general of Wei Han also knew that the Chu army was victorious, as the lobbyist said, every word was true, without the copper cannon, it would not be able to hold it at all, and the Chu people would not have assassination at this time.

So he retreated from his left and right henchmen, and the lobbyist said: "Da Sima has a saying, the battle between Jin and Chu, and the struggle for hegemony under the rules." The changes in the Song Dynasty, Wei, Han and Chu are all in the Mo family, and they must be guarded against. ”

"In today's battle, the one who did it, Zheng Ye, is not trying to plot against Wei Han's homeland. If the general surrenders, Wei Han's pawn is still there, and it can also be used to prevent ink and anti-ink in the future. If the general does not surrender, under the siege, the casualties will be heavy, if the Mo family is in trouble, what should it do? ”

"If the general surrenders, it will be surrendered to the king of Chu, not to the ink. My king is also divided into feudal seals for the Son of Heaven, and has the heart to dominate the world, but there is no intention of the Mohist family and love to be equal to the troubled times. ”

When Lord Wei Han heard this, he sighed and said, "So, you can descend." It's just 50,000 elites, and they were destroyed by me in the hidden sun, what face do you have to see you? ”

He sighed a few times, but instead of killing himself, he chose to surrender.

At this point, the series of wars triggered by the coup d'Γ©tat of the Song State was temporarily over.

In the battle of Yinyang, the Mochu coalition army took advantage of the disadvantage of the land and turned into a day, using the advantages of the new army of Chu to promote its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, abandoning the left flank to induce Wei and Han to schem, and using Chen Cai's division to induce Wei and Han to raid with the Pythagorean large array, with the help of the reserves of the new army system and the advantages of rapid maneuver and deployment, the plan was planned and the troops were in danger, and the anti-encirclement swept the flank to complete the outflanking.

This battle declared that Wei Han's heavy pawn system must be reformed.

It also announced the fact that Wei was weakened, and the bankruptcy of the strategy of wanting to suppress Chu for five years in a war and unite the three Jin Dynasty to move to defend against Qin.

The hegemony of Wei left over from the era of Wei Wenhou completely changed hands - the restoration of Zhongshan in the Zhao Succession War, some people still think that Wei can be recaptured after five years of recuperation, but after this war has become a fantasy.

In this battle, the Wei and Han coalition forces were completely annihilated, 25,000 were captured, 6,000 were killed, and more than 10,000 escaped, and the door south of Xinzheng was wide open.

If Wei Han wants to regain the initiative, unless he chooses a full-scale war in the direction of Daliang, Xiangcheng, Yangzhai, Xincheng, etc., there is only one way to negotiate peace. And all-out war is something that the three kingdoms of Wei, Han and Chu do not want to see, because there is a fisherman waiting for the sandpiper and clam to compete next to it - there are two for Wei and one in the west.

The Mochu coalition army died 1,500, and Chen Cai's division fled to the barracks, and the assembly could still be fought again. And more than ten bronze cannons, 1,000 horses, and 100 chariots were captured.

With a little trimming, you can still fight again.

To the south of Xinzheng, Wei and Han had no army to fight, and north of Xinzheng, there were only more than 20,000 field troops left, and there were less than 40,000 under the patchwork, and they were unable to fight again.

At this point, the state of Chu can either choose to draw or choose to fight, and the initiative is in hand.

If it is peaceful, it will be possible to obtain Xu and Yanling.

So that Chu Zhifangcheng, Luyang, Fencheng, Xu, Yanling, and Yuguan are connected as one, and they can be attacked and retreated, and they no longer face the danger of being divided into left and right lines by Wei and Han.

If you fight.

To the north, you can go straight to Xinzheng to divide Han and Wei; to the east, the girder can be recaptured; To the west, you can come to the city father, and the yin of Rushui can be taken away.