When the 13th Brigade, which had fought so hard to retreat without falling its flag, arrived at the barracks, thousands of soldiers shouted in unison the words of praise, and the wounded soldiers were immediately taken away by the military doctors behind the artillery positions for treatment.

The commander of the 13th Brigade walked up to the six fingers who came to greet him, paused, and said in a high-spirited voice: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored!" ”

Six Fingers shook hands with him, and said in a voice that could be heard by everyone next to him: "Shi Shuai once said that an army that knows what it is fighting for is invincible, and those who know what it is fighting for are the most courageous. ”

"In the past, Kong Kui was in turmoil, Zilu did not follow, he was attacked by Shi Qi, faced with a knife and axe, his color was calm, and he was calmly dying with a crown and a tassel, in order to seek the spirit of a gentleman."

"Today, my Mo family is fighting for righteousness in Nanjishui, and the Qi people are powerful, and we can still be calm and unhurried, in order to benefit the world. The drums are not scattered, the flutes are not chaotic, and the steps are neat, just because everyone knows that this battle is a battle for righteousness and a battle for the benefit of the world! And if you are in the world, it is beneficial to yourself to benefit the world. ”

"Qi people don't know why they fight, how can they win? Today, our army will be defeated! The Thirteenth Brigade today is full of the power of the ink and the courage of the common people! ”

He took off his helmet, faced the soldiers of the 13th Brigade, and solemnly saluted, and everyone behind him learned from him to take off his hat and salute, and the soldiers of the 13th Brigade accepted it calmly, and at the same time held their heads high.

They deserve it.

They not only bought time for the deployment of artillery, but also spent less than a quarter of an hour completely reversing the situation on the left flank of the Mo family, and their attack was outstanding.

After the ceremony, the 13th Brigade retreated to the last for repairs.

Six Fingers looked at the military formation that was marching from the Chinese army in the distance, and laughed: "The right plan has worked." It's just that this fire is not hot enough, and we need to add another fire! ”

His gaze turned to the right side, where the battle was still raging, that is, the direction of the Qi Right Army closer to the central army, where the 12th Brigade was attacking.

On the hill, the regimental company of the Qi people was supporting that side, while a brigade was supporting the attack of the Eleventh Brigade on the left, which was closer to the river.

But it is precisely because of the proximity to the river that if you can't take the hill, it will not help the overall situation if you break through there, but it will be more convenient to capture the hill.

Six Fingers originally thought that he would make a feint attack into the main attack with the strength of one division, but now he had changed his mind, because he found that it was still difficult for him to grasp the delicate timing in his previous attempt, and the casualties might be too great.

So he is now observing the direction of the attack of the 12th Brigade, that is, closer to the position of the Chinese army.

Changing hands there, it is equivalent to doubling the threat of the Mohists' left flank alignment army: it can capture the hills from here, or it can make a posture to threaten the Chinese army from the current position of the 12th Brigade, and it will not be like the direction of the 11th Brigade's attack can only affect the left flank, and finally there will be hills as the last obstacle.

This was the general idea he had in mind when he galloped from the rear to the front to unify the command in order to create a better opportunity, and at this time the bronze cannons of the four brigades had begun to retract.

The troops he can mobilize now include the 13th Brigade that has just been withdrawn, the 14th and 15th Brigades that are fully manned, a company of foot knights, and some guards who are good at swordsmanship.

The commander of the Qi Right Army judged that if he wanted to maintain the right flank of the Qi people, at least eight brigades would need to be put into the battle situation to form a situation of repeated fighting.

This is similar to the judgment of the six fingers after seeing the 13th Brigade decisively counterattack in the face of the Qiren attack, seeing the 145th Brigade deploy, and seeing the artillery crushing the Qi artillery.

But he was not satisfied, the eight brigades, plus those seven, seven, eighty, or eight troops, that is, 20,000 people, he wanted to press the last bit of troops of the Pingyin Doctor to this side: the fewer the pressure on the formation, as long as the appropriate side broke through, the faster the collapse of the entire Qi army.

Continuing to observe the situation on the right side, Six Fingers ordered the transfer of three spearman companies from the 145th and 22nd Brigades, and the order turned in front of the formation, changing from a horizontal line to a column, and the two companies were close together.

The company of foot knights was in front, and a company of musketeers and elite guards were scattered in front of the three companies of spearmen and behind the foot knights.

The four small cannons, which had been folded, followed the company of musketeers, on the left and right flanks of the four companies of spearmen.

He himself got on his horse and was to direct the six or seven hundred men to attack the right side where the reinforcements of the Qi people were still marching in a fierce battle.

Turning back, he said to the brigade commander of the 145th Brigade: "The artillery has been deployed, and your formation has been completed. ”

"As soon as I lead people close to the place where the 12th Brigade is fighting on the right, I will let the 11th Brigade withdraw and join you to hold on."

Naturally, there is no problem in holding on, but the right side of the six-finger attack is not to support the 12th Brigade and join forces, but to outflank it directly.

This is a dangerous move, as long as it succeeds, the Qi people on the right side will collapse in an instant.

But if the reinforcements of the Qi people catch up, and directly copy the flank of the place where the Qi people are now fighting, they will also be attacked by the reinforcements of the Qi people, and once the foothold is unstable, it will be dangerous.

The commander of the 14th Brigade put forward his opinion and said: "I am only afraid that there will not be enough time to support the past. ”

Six Fingers shook his head and said: "I will not attack in a horizontal formation, but use the column as if on the training ground, go straight to the flank of the Qi people, and defeat the Qi people in one fell swoop before the arrival of the Qi reinforcements, and join forces with the 12th Brigade to fight the Qi reinforcements again." ”

"I did the math, not only is there enough time, but there is also a lot of spare."

The commander of the 14th Brigade exclaimed: "Are you going to march straight through with a column?" ”

Six Fingers smiled: "In the past, I used it once when I was in the water, and that time it was not very good, but after summing up, I already understand the key." ”

"The horizontal formation is spreading, and it is the engagement formation. A brigade of 1,500 men, 200 men in a column, drumming forward, marching extremely slowly to keep it level. ”

"The speed of a column march is three times that of a horizontal column. The Qi people are now crumbling, I take the foot knights in front, close to the rear artillery bombardment, quickly turn the column to a horizontal line, the spearmen are intensively attacked, and the Qi people can be broken in an instant. ”

"The Qi people have no artillery, and they can't be disturbed; The Qi people had no cavalry, and could not assault my column from the flanks; What am I afraid of? ”

"Moreover, the volunteer teacher trained hard, and drilled a formation, left and right turns, and horizontal columns once every three days...... These are precisely for the sake of actual combat. Qi people want to use it, but they can't use it! ”

The brigade commander of the 14th Brigade knew that the six fingers were quite planned, and after thinking about it, he no longer refuted, and nodded: "Then division commander, you are careful." ”

Six Fingers nodded and said, "The commander of the first division should have commanded behind the formation." It's just that this matter is very profitable, and I can't succeed. As long as you hold on here, the Qi people will be defeated today. ”

After a few more words, he rode forward, followed only by two guards.

The spearmen of the three companies followed closely behind the swordsmen guards and foot knights in front of the formation in a formation of eight columns, and at an angle inclined to the acute angle of the line, followed behind the six fingers and plunged straight into the flank of the brigade on the right side of the Qi people.

In yesterday's battle and this morning, the artillery of the Qi people has completely lost its front line, and the Qi people do not have regular cavalry at all, and it is impossible to attack this team that boldly marched in column in front of the formation.

For a distance of three hundred paces, it would take at least ten minutes or more to march in a horizontal formation, because the greater the number of people, the more even the formation would have to be stopped.

But if you march in columns, it may only take four or five minutes.

Six Fingers understood that if he had cavalry in his hands, only three or five hundred cavalry would be needed at this time to directly cooperate with the Twelfth Brigade to defeat the Qi army.

But he also understands that if the cavalry is used in a scattered manner, even if it breaks through the barracks, it will not be able to penetrate the military formation behind the Qi people in one fell swoop under the condition of scattered use, and it will really be a scorching battle that he does not want to see.

He used the classic tactics of cavalry outflanking the flank, but he did not have cavalry in his hand, relying on the discipline of the righteous division and the training of the marching column on weekdays, and used the infantry of these companies as the starting troops to outflank the flank.

The Qi reinforcements were not far away, but they needed to advance in their entirety, and the less disciplined they were, the more dense the phalanx, otherwise it would be difficult to enter the battle.

Six Fingers immediately calculated the distance he had traveled and the distance of the Qi reinforcements, and had already come to the conclusion that when he arrived at the flank of the Qi people's front, the Qi reinforcements would still have a distance of two hundred paces, and half an hour would be enough for him to defeat the Qi brigade that was already crumbling.

The march of three hundred steps passed in an instant, and the reinforcements of the Qi people over there realized that the situation was not right, and also accelerated their pace, but the formation did not change. Because it takes longer for the whole team to complete, they can only accelerate while maintaining the original formation, but this acceleration is far less than the six fingers of the column.

The Qi Brigade, who had been fighting with the Twelfth Brigade, also discovered Six Fingers' actions, but they did not collapse immediately, because reinforcements seemed to be close at hand, and this was the strength they could still hold on.

It's just that Six Fingers didn't give them the time to realize this expectation.

After the foot knights in the front row formed a slight formation, they waited for the musketeers and elite guards behind them for a while, and then Six-Fingers ordered them to attack first.

The foot knight rode in front of the Qi people, formed an inclined plane, and turned to the right like a chariot charging into formation.

The chariot turns to the right so that the samurai on the left side of the chariot can shoot a bow at the enemy and thus open a gap.

The chariot turns to the left, so that the samurai on the right side of the chariot can attack the enemy phalanx that has been shot by the left side of the chariot.

When these foot riders turned to the right, they chose to use their arquebuses to shoot at the carriage on horseback, which had the same effect as the left side of the chariot.

The projection troops of the Qi people were all fighting against the 12th Brigade in front, and the several companies on the follow-up defense had almost no projection weapons, and when the infantry knights approached about thirty paces, they turned sharply backwards and fired at will.

The arquebus was slow to reload, and the foot knight could only fire one shot at a time, but this shot was enough to open a gap in the Qi army's formation.

The foot knights did not charge, and they were not good at it, galloped to the right, stuck their muskets in their saddlebags, and did not choose to reload on their horses, but took out the iron sword from under the saddle and circled it back to the side of the foot soldiers.