Everyone knew that he was joking, and some officers said, "The giant thinks too much." It's just that the situation is pressing, so that the other side is helpless. The temple is defeated, the politics are insufficient, the reform is not deep, the weapons are insufficient, the people are uneasy, and they go deep into Sishang...... In fact, from the time the Qi army chose to encircle Shangqiu to save Linzi, it was already doomed to failure. ”

"If you don't surround Shangqiu and save Linzi, Qi Hou can live for two more years, but they are looking for death by themselves, so what can they do?"

Shi shook his head and smiled bitterly, pointed to the left wing and said: "The key is that the battle is not fought like this!" I let the left flank try to attack in advance, in order to allow him to mobilize his forces, so that my center could break through and divide it; Or force him to abandon the right flank and shrink the line. ”

"It's good on the other side, and don't move. Then if you don't move, why don't you just give up the right flank and shorten the front in the first place? Or do the coalition forces think that the right wing can hold out? For the sake of generals, it is necessary to have an understanding of the combat effectiveness of both sides, and at the very least, to be lenient in anticipating the enemy. ”

"I really can't understand this situation. So I'm really worried, is there some mechanical séance or something, is there really a hidden coalition on the left flank? Taking advantage of the offensive on the left flank of our army, there was a sudden appearance to defeat the left flank of our army and turn the tide of the war? ”

A younger staff officer muttered in a low voice, "I see that the coalition reserves on the Sanliu Society's side have never been deployed, isn't it...... They want to find an opportunity to maneuver to the right flank and take advantage of the reactionary counterattack launched by our army on its right flank? ”

Several older officers and senior cadres, including Shi Nai, laughed, and the situation on the battlefield was unexpectedly smooth, which made them feel good.

Shi joked: "Young people must have imagination, but the battlefield is not a place of utopia." This kind of tactic is indeed a common and effective method of winning more with less, but there are two prerequisites. ”

"First, before the start of the battle, through a secret march, maneuver to the side of our army that is not the main attack."

"Second, if the first point cannot be achieved, it is necessary for our army to have enough cavalry on the non-main attacking side to ensure that the reverse of the counterattack it will assemble in the future can support the width of the flank line."

"Third, if one or two cannot be done, it is necessary to have extremely strong discipline and the ability to march quickly, and our army's main offensive side will shrink its forces, artificially reduce the width of their front, increase the width of our front, and prepare for their mobilization."

"Now he hasn't done one or two, if it's three, at least do some action in the cavalry first, when the artillery bombardment should launch a cavalry counterattack and then retreat in defeat, the infantry echelon gradually retreats in the shelling, inducing our army to continue to expand on the flank in the direction of the enemy, so that our army is scattered, the battle line is lengthened, and the direction of the battle line is gradually reversed."

"But now?"

He stretched out his hand to point to the clearly visible battlefield situation, and said: "Until now, the enemy forces in the direction of Sanyanagisha have not retreated and contracted to defend, and the entire front is still in the same direction as at the beginning, even if their marching speed is as fast as ours, it is impossible for them to move to the left faster than us under our noses." ”

"Moreover, he didn't shrink the defense in the direction of Sanliushe, the battle line was still so long and thin, even if he moved the main attack force to the right flank under my nose, how could he rely on it to support our army until our army captured Sanliushe After he successfully maneuvered and launched a counterattack?"

The young staff officer smiled embarrassedly, hearing that this tone was not criticism, but just a burst of excitement under the pleasure, and the staff officer thought to himself, the giant was in a really good mood today.

On second thought, if this battle is won by a great victory, Han, Wei, Qi, and Wei will be equivalent to undefended vassal states. Linzi can go down in an instant, and Luoyi will win in an instant.

The great cause of benefiting the world that tens of thousands of ink people think about is about to become a reality, so how can they not be happy.

The young staff officer also understood the situation on the battlefield, and even more so knew that with the current situation, the collapse of the right flank of the Qi army was likely to be within half an hour.

Because the attack on the left flank of the Mo family was going very well, although the repeated battles for Xiaoqiu had not yet come to fruition, it had forced the forces of the right flank of the coalition army not to dare to move at all.

Even if the movements of the cavalry and infantry on the left flank of the Mo family are discovered now, the right flank of the coalition army is already unarmed.

The flanks collapsed and were to be finished; The hillock is lost, and it will be finished.

Unless the coalition forces send troops to support now, but the battle on the side of Sanyanagisha has also begun, as long as this side attacks hard enough, the coalition forces have missed the opportunity to shrink the defense on the side of Sanyanagi, and once the reserves are transferred, the side of Sanyanagi will also collapse.

Superior forces, superior weapons, and a generational difference in muskets, the coalition front is full of loopholes.

The formation contracted and stubbornly entrenched, and they were to be killed by shelling; Stretch the battle line and be suddenly killed by cavalry and infantry. It seems that the coalition forces would rather be killed by cavalry and infantry than by artillery fire.

Now the Mojia troops on the side of Sanliushe are already cooperating with the left flank, originally the left flank was a feint, but because of the advantage of attacking half an hour earlier than elsewhere, it became the main attack, and it is likely to completely change the situation of the battle.

The officers of the right wing and the central army were quite resentful, and they all felt that the advantage was so great that no matter which side attacked first, they could get the greatest success, and those troops on the left flank were just lucky enough to attack in advance.

The 4,000 infantry, which was maneuvering towards the rear of the Sanyanagisha, were adjusted to match the offensive on the left flank.

At the beginning, the Mohist staff members formulated the plan of mobilizing the two wings and breaking through the division of the center; Or the tactic of forcing the coalition forces to take the initiative to shrink and encircle and encircle the artillery bombardment seems to be useless.

The main reason is that I really didn't expect the coalition forces to come up with such a tactical choice that they don't know what to do, not to flank support, and not to directly give up the flanks to prepare for contraction, as if the entire coalition army can only command more than 10,000 people and deploy the tasks of each department in advance, and they can't do this kind of means such as changing battlefield formations at all.

The 4,000 infantry who maneuvered to the flank of Sanyanagi were to fight with the cavalry, and if the cavalry of the coalition army attacked, the infantry would choose to form a formation to create an opportunity for their own cavalry to surprise and encircle the coalition cavalry from the flank.

If the Allied cavalry does not attack the infantry, but instead attacks the cavalry, then the infantry can inflict damage on the Allied cavalry with artillery and muskets.

If the coalition forces transfer the infantry of the reserves, then the coalition forces will not even have the possibility of changing formations in the end, and the divisions can safely and boldly storm with confidence.

The most important thing is that once the right flank of the coalition army collapses, I am afraid that it will definitely shrink on the side of Sanliushe, and these 4,000 infantry are to cooperate with the cavalry to cut off the retreat of the coalition army, and once the right flank collapses, the coalition army will be completely surrounded, gradually compressed the encirclement, and finally concentrate artillery for two days, cut off water and food.

Now it depends on how the opposing coalition forces respond, from the shelling to the present, the Mo family has always held the initiative in the battle, and the coalition forces have not had any mobilization to force the Mo family to change their strategy to deal with it, but it has always been the Mo family's initiative to passively accept the coalition forces.

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On the side of the battlefield, on the right side of the right flank of the coalition army, when the Mojia infantry and cavalry artillery, which were hidden by the hillock and were able to maneuver to the side, suddenly appeared behind the flank of the right flank of the coalition army, the commander of the right army of the coalition army panicked.

Now that the competition on the hill has reached a white-hot level, three impacts and three counter-impacts, the Mo family has a tendency to gain a firm foothold.

The interval between Qi attacks gradually increased, and the Mojia infantry on the ridge line had more time to reload.

And on the ridge of the small hill, the combat sappers wielding shovels and shovels put great pressure on the commander-in-chief of the right army of the coalition army.

If they can't organize two more counterattacks immediately, once the Mo family pulls up the bronze cannon, there will be no need to fight this battle.

Who would have thought that the Mo family was not prepared to seize the hill at all, but was ready to cooperate with cavalry and infantry to directly defeat his main force on the flank.

He has no troops available now.

A total of more than 10,000 troops, two thousand were deployed in the direction of the Chinese army, there was no cover of the hill, and the previous artillery bombardment suffered heavy losses, but fortunately, the Chinese army could support each other, and they finally withstood the offensive of the Mo family.

The eight hundred cavalry were routed and driven by the three thousand cavalry without any suspense, and could not be organized in a short time.

Three thousand infantry defended the flanks in a dense formation, while the remaining four or five thousand men concentrated behind the hillock, dodging the initial artillery bombardment and constantly plunging into the battle for the hillock.

As soon as the battle on this side began, he sent someone to ask Tian Ju to support the two brigades, otherwise he would not be able to hold on. Or transfer the cavalry over and drive away the 3,000 cavalry of the Mo family, otherwise the 3,000 soldiers on his flank will be dead, and they can neither attack nor dare to move.

But until now, not a single soldier on Tian Ju's side has moved, only saying that it is not yet time, let him hold on for a while.

On the other hand, on the Mo side, the strength was already superior, and the 2,000 Qi Army close to the direction of the Chinese army had less than one brigade of Mojia infantry to confront it, and because of the artillery bombardment, it had the upper hand.

On Xiaoqiu's side, the Mo family used waves of attacks to invest four companies at a time, attacking and counterattacking continuously, forcing the Qi army to use more troops to fight repeatedly.

The most important thing is the cavalry on the flank, and General Qi feels that if he has the advantage of cavalry, the 3,000 foot soldiers on the flank can be mobilized.

Fortunately now, the cavalry of the Mo family and the infantry of the two brigades are already about to attack, and their own hillock is still fighting.

is still fighting, in fact, even if it is beneficial to the coalition army, because the coalition army does not dare to ask for the front of the hill, and the front formation will be hit very badly by the Mo family's copper cannon, and it is precisely because of the fear of this that they are behind the formation.

But once the Mo family didn't fight for the hill with all their might, but chose to flank and raid, then he would have nothing to do.

The left wing of the Mo family invested so many troops to deploy at one time, and almost used all the reserves, once the coalition army successfully counterattacked, the left wing of the Mo family would collapse on the whole front.

But what did he use to fight back? Tian Ju said that once the Mo family's forces on his side are deployed, it will be the best opportunity to counterattack, but what about the soldiers now? There is not a single reinforcement, and I can't defend it by myself.

Abandoning the hillock is death, and breaking the flanks is also death.

In a dilemma, he finally decided to focus on the overall situation.

This little mobile force reserve in his own hand let the flanks hold up, and all the rest counterattacked the hillock. As long as the hillock is controlled, the Mo family's artillery will not be able to pull it up, and even if their side will suffer a large number of casualties, the Mo family will not be able to directly take advantage of the situation to threaten the Chinese army for the time being.

At least, he can buy half an hour for Tian Ju's right flank diagonal counterattack tactics, or half an hour for the coalition forces to shrink the defensive line and deploy the flank defense of the Chinese army.

It's only half an hour. On the bare hillock, at most half an hour, the dense formation will be completely demoralized by the Mo family's copper cannons, but at least the Chinese army should have a chance to shrink.

Otherwise, once the flank collapses, the Mo family pulls the cannon up the hill to bombard the middle army, and the cavalry and infantry follow the chaotic army to rout the army and rush straight to the middle army, and the whole line will collapse.