When the heralds arrived on the left flank, they conveyed a strategically detailed order.

"Attacking the enemy's flank, if the enemy receives an attack, it is necessary to stretch the battle line and weaken the troops; If they do not accept the offer, they will choose to retreat towards the center. ”

As for the specific deployment, that is the business of the left-wing commanders, and it is not appropriate to give such an order as to let a certain company advance dozens of steps.

The left-wing generals will easily understand what it means.

Appropriate means to focus the attack on the flank of the enemy's right flank, and once the flank is threatened, the right flank of the coalition forces will either choose to defend the flank and increase the number of troops; Either choose to abandon the right flank and retreat in the direction of the central army.

If you increase the number of troops to defend the flank, it means that the original straight line becomes longer, and the troops are weaker. If it retreats towards the center, it means that the battle line of the main force of the entire coalition army has been shortened, and the Mo family can outflank it more calmly and compress the space for the coalition army to operate.

The difference is that in the former's case, the cavalry plays the leading role; In the words of the latter, the artillery sang the leading role.

Originally, the left flank of the Mo family was not fully developed into an offensive formation, the two brigades together, the first brigade was in front, the second brigade was divided into two divisions in the flank and rear, and there were reserves and cavalry in companies behind, which was a defensive counterattack formation.

Now that they were ordered to attack in advance, the commander-in-chief of the left flank ordered the brigades in front not to move, and the brigades that maintained a deep formation in the rear attacked from both sides and formed in front of them.

The brigades that had been flanking the front line were advancing from both sides of the front brigade that had been spread out in a horizontal line, and the whole formation was quickly completed.

All this was in the eyes of the right-wing commander of the opposing coalition forces, and he could see clearly through the telescope.

Looking at the opposite position, the infantry of the Mo family, who were originally behind, completed the entire formation in front of the formation in less than half an hour, and the face of the main general of the right army of the coalition army was dripping with sweat.

No one knows how capable the Xie Hanging Army is now in Sishang.

Although the Qi army has lost more than 10,000 people on the scattered battlefields so far, most of the Qi generals think that what the Mo family relies on is the number of copper cannons and the superiority of troops.

This change of formation before the formation of the whole team completely crushed the trace of self-comfort in the heart of the commander of the right army of the coalition army.

To be able to complete the formation reorganization before the change in such a quick time, the Qi army would not be able to do it so quickly anyway, and I am afraid it would take at least three times as long.

The formation is neat, not chaotic at all, and the infantry who can change the formation in front of the formation and is extremely fast means combat effectiveness, which the Qi general understands after the military reform.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, the commander of the right army of the coalition thought to himself, but he was afraid that it would be over.

Tian Ju's idea was that the Mo family would concentrate all the main forces on the side of the left-wing Sanyanagisha, and that the right-wing would at least be able to maintain a stalemate.

Only in this way will it be possible to launch a counterattack on the right flank.

Now it seems that the total strength of the Mo family is fifty percent more than that of the coalition army, so that even if the right wing is not facing the main force of the Mo family, there is still great pressure.

Seeing that the cavalry on the opposite side had already moved, the commander of the right army of the coalition army hurriedly asked the herald to rush to the middle army and ask for the key.

The right army had only eight hundred cavalry, and the security of the flanks could not be guaranteed at all.

Now the right army has not many options, and once the Mo family starts to attack, it is simply unrealistic to expect the 800 cavalry to defeat the 3,000 cavalry that counterattacked the left flank of the Mo family.

The number of artillery was several times worse than that of the opposite side.

Either the already weak infantry will continue to be spread out to strengthen the flanks; Either you have to shrink the line and shorten the line while the force remains thick enough.

He had to ask clearly, how exactly was Tian Ju going to deal with the attack of the Mohist left flank?

It is said that according to Tian Ju's thoughts, the Mo family is mobilized, and the troops are mobilized to counterattack on the right flank while the Sanliushe is in the melee, then it is necessary to continue to maintain the width of the front.

Otherwise, if the right army shrinks and the formation becomes more and more narrow, then Tian Ju's idea is a utopian: no matter how much the narrow front is mobilized, it is impossible to adjust enough time difference.

However, if the original width of the line is maintained, the cavalry is insufficient, which requires the dilution of troops.

Strengthening the flanks is equivalent to extending the front, what if the Mo family still has spare strength and breaks through on the front of the right army?

Such a thin front, once it breaks through, it will be a complete rout of the right army, and when the time comes, what will we talk about mobilizing forces to gather on the right flank to counterattack?

Amid the roar of artillery, the cavalry on the left flank of the Mo family had already begun to move towards the flank and rear of the right flank of the coalition army.

The infantry that had regrouped in front of the formation also began to move forward.

In doing so, the Mo family is also equivalent to stretching their own front.

However, one Mo family has a military advantage; Second, the horizontal line of the pure infantry of the Mo family is wider, and the front of the Mo family military system under the Mo family military system is wider when the same number of troops are originally deployed on the first line.

If it weren't for the Mo family's reservation of a large number of reserves in echelon configuration, the front could have been wider.

Now that the Mo family has taken the initiative to lengthen the front, there are still enough troops for the Mo family to maintain the integrity of the front, but if the coalition forces passively take over, it will make the dilemma of insufficient troops more obvious.

At this time, in the military formation of the left flank of the Mo family, the main general of the left flank stared at a small mound dozens of meters high on the side, and was deploying an offensive plan.

The people in the staff had already made various predetermined plans, and the small mound on the side in front of the coalition formation was the support point for the right flank of the coalition forces.

The commander of the right army of the coalition army can also be regarded as a person who knows the soldiers, because of the Mo family's artillery superiority, so he concentrated the assembled troops behind the small mound.

In this way, the superior bronze cannon of the Mo family had no way to effectively bombard the main force of the right army of the coalition army.

But the same is true of success, and the same is true of failure.

This small mound blocked the copper cannon of the Mo family, but once this small mound was captured, the support point of the right army of the coalition army was captured, the artillery was pulled up, and the infantry held the counterattack of the coalition army, and the right flank of the entire coalition army would collapse.

Obviously, the intention of the commander of the opposing coalition army is to use the hill as a support point to cover his main force from being attacked by the Mo family's copper cannons, and then use the hill as a bait to try to fight a battle to add fuel to make up for the disadvantage in strength and the disadvantage in shooting.

If the left flank of the Mo family attacks this hill, then the allied infantry on the anticline of the hill can launch a counterattack, using the advantage of the melee spearmen to drive the Mo family's infantry away from the hill.

Relying on this hillock, the right side of the hill is the flank of the entire coalition army.

The attack plan of the main general of the left wing of the Mo family was based on the previous speculation, so it was impossible for him to fulfill the intention of the main general on the opposite side.

In his opinion, the advantage on his side was artillery and cavalry, and the opposing coalition army had only 800 cavalry, and his own cavalry could easily drive them away.

The hill is important, but if the hill is the main target, it is likely that the battle will be extremely long, at least until noon.

If it is taken, it can be said that the right flank of the enemy army will completely collapse, but it is not known what variables will come out of the long battle.

Originally, the left wing was not the main force, but the main generals of the left flank and the brigade commanders and division commanders of each brigade hoped to make great contributions in this decisive battle, which was likely to be with the princes of the Central Plains, and then the combat achievements would only become less and less.

The above order is to test the offensive and see how the coalition forces respond, whether the coalition forces choose to increase their troops to strengthen the right flank, or whether the right flank collapses and the coalition retreats, this is an acceptable result.

That being the case, the people on the left naturally wanted to achieve a beautiful flank rout, rather than constantly attacking to force the coalition forces to divide and support.

Therefore, the offensive plan of the Mohists' left flank was to feint on the knoll, use the cavalry on the flanks with the rapid mobility of artillery and infantry, and launch a decisive attack on the flank, rather than relying on the terrain of the knoll to win.

On the basis of this plan, the deployment of the left wing of the Mohists is also clear and clear.

With the strength of three brigades, assemble near the knoll, feint to attack the knoll, pretend to fight for the knoll, if you can take it best, if you can't take it then here to attract the attention of the right flank of the coalition army, and threaten the side of the knoll close to the center.

Three thousand cavalry, all cavalry guns, some of the brigade's quick-moving small guns, and three brigades of infantry maneuvered to the side of the hill near the edge of the battlefield during the battle for the hill.

After the artillery was quickly deployed, the cavalry charged, and the infantry followed to tear open the gap, directly from the flank to crush the main forces of the coalition on the right flank.

The hillock is there, and it won't run away with long legs, so as long as the person is gone, the hillock will naturally be taken.

As soon as the hillock was captured, the artillery was immediately deployed on the hill to bombard the center of the coalition army, and the left flank forces were deployed on the flank, turning the feint defensive direction into the main attack, which became the first of the feats in this battle.

As a result, the entire left flank was almost emptied, and only a small reserve remained. However, the hot air balloon can observe the situation on the battlefield, and the enemy's movement can be known in advance; Second, once the enemy forces are mobilized on a large scale, the strength of the Chinese army and the right flank will be even greater, and the task of mobilizing the enemy troops will be considered to have been completed at that time.

At the very least, if the task is completed and the fight goes smoothly, it may be that the right wing and the Chinese army, which are the main forces, will become a great achievement in fighting with them.

Although they are not the main force, they still have a strength advantage in the face of the coalition forces on the flank.

Two quarters of an hour later, the battle in the direction of the hillock had already begun.

There were no coalition infantry on the hill at this time, but the four companies under the hill preparing for the first wave of attack knew that the coalition infantry was hiding behind the hill and would launch a counterattack once they approached the top of the hill.

Under the observation of the hot air balloon, there are no secrets about the deployment of the coalition forces on the battlefield.

The small cannons of both brigades were already deployed under the knoll, and the flanks were already engaged in battle, and the brass cannons of the entire left flank in the back could also bombard the knoll if necessary.

The reason why there is no one on the hill now is because the two Qi companies stationed on it have been completely destroyed by the copper cannon in half an hour's shelling, and now the coalition forces do not dare to pull their troops up the hill in advance, which will become a target.

Only when the Mo infantry began to attack the hill, they formed a formation from the anticline plane to maintain an intact formation and fought on the hill, so that the Mo family's artillery could not play.