Chapter 141: The Battle of Nanjishui (2)

The trumpeter immediately puffed up his cheeks and played the scheduled bugle.

The artillerymen, who had been silent for two days, quickly hurried their horses and galloped towards the positions that the sappers had set up yesterday.

The two brigades behind the 13th Brigade also quickly regrouped, the musketeers gathered in one place, and the spearmen marched forward in unison.

At the front line, last night's psychological offensive, last day's repeated attacks, today's artillery concentration and the 13th Brigade's attack without leaving a hand behind, almost broke through the Qi army's camp almost a moment after the engagement.

Yesterday's attempt was suitable to judge the time that the Qi army's front line could support, and the six fingers also predicted the timing of the Qi army's rout through yesterday's attack.

Today's Qi people on the opposite side are not yesterday's brigade, but it should still be the same in terms of configuration, yesterday's attack did not expose the offensive on this side, and it is impossible for the Qi people to deploy the elite on this side in advance.

If the hill is not lost, it is impossible for Doctor Pingyin to use the elite as the first line of defense to fight for the Mo family repeatedly.

The Qi people at the front camp began to rout, and the 13th Brigade did not pursue, but immediately formed a group, with drums, and advanced towards the hill.

The two brigades behind also followed at this time, and their six fingers looked anxiously at the artillery of Qi on the hill.

In the eyepiece, white smoke flashed, and several shells flew into the formation of the 13th Brigade, killing several soldiers.

The six fingers, who had been nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the Qi people chose to use the cannon to suppress the 13th Brigade's offensive on the hills, and it seemed that this attack made the Qi people anxious.

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Across the battle line.

On the hill, the chief general of the right army of the Qi army had a gloomy face.

The attack of the Mo family on the opposite side was a little wrong from the beginning of the morning.

Yesterday the artillery on both flanks was also supported, and today it all bombarded the military formation in the open field directly below the hill.

After the engagement, it was evident that several companies of volunteers swept over from both flanks and joined the battle below the hill.

Under the heavy bombardment, the camp under the hill could no longer be defended, and the brigade had collapsed and fled backwards.

Although there were many crossbowmen and archers on the hillside, the brigade of the Mo family below was as fast as a leopard and as fierce as a tiger, and after breaking through the camp, it did not pursue, but directly formed a team at the camp.

A few companies that were originally just supporting joined the team of that brigade under the noses of Qi people.

This is already quite an incredible thing, in the eyes of the commander of the right army of the Qi army, all companies and brigades, that will be in the geographical township, and they must be familiar with it to fight together on weekdays.

But on the side of the righteous division, it was possible to quickly integrate several companies into the brigade of the whole team, and it was not chaotic, even if there were still routs ahead, it was able to quickly complete the integration.

The commander of the right army of the Qi army was already panicking.

The semi-circular formation behind the water is full of key points, and this hill is naturally critical, but if it is in your own hands, it is equivalent to adding several brigades of guard strength.

The hill is not lost, and the front of the hill and the Mojia on both wings are unstable.

However, the flat ground below the hill is also crucial, if the Mo family maintains it below, the distance to attack the hill is shorter, and those hateful copper cannons can also be supported, it will be dangerous.

The key to the hill is not on the hill, but under the hill. The hills simply provide a space to hoard troops, deploy troops, and descend to assault.

Yesterday, the Mo family attacked fiercely, and the Pingyin doctor ordered the prepared brigades to be divided into three sides, left, center, and right, and they had to rely on the way of retreating and beheading, and resisted the Mo family to the death, and carried it until dark, even if it was another day.

Where it could not be held, the reserved brigade would immediately make up for it and stabilize the front.

However, in this way, the reserve force on the right wing of the Qi army is a little insufficient, and the commander of the right army of the Qi army did not expect that the righteous division suddenly changed its offensive today, and the concentrated artillery bombarded the formation, directly pressing the first barracks.

Today's situation, even a fool can see it: the Mo family's attack yesterday was to let the Qi people scatter all parts to the left, center and right, and today is the real goal, to storm the hills.

Especially the twelve artillery pieces that appeared at the foot of the mountain and were moving in the direction of the hill, which convinced the main general of the right army of the Qi army that the Mo family was going to attack the hill this time.

Seeing that the camp was broken and the brigade of the righteous division was formed at the foot of the hill, the commander of the right army of the Qi army ordered the copper cannons on the mountain to be aimed at the righteous division at the barracks, and bombarded them to delay the offensive.

Originally, these nine guns were aimed at the 13th Brigade, and the cannons could not be fired during the melee, and when the defenders at the Qi army camp retreated, the guns did not need to turn the muzzles, and they could directly bombard the righteous division under the mountain.

The crossbowmen and musketeers were all lined up in front of the formation, and the commander of the right army of the Qi army sighed and said in his heart: "When the righteous division attacks, the guns and cannons will be fired to kill and injure, as long as they can be driven down, they will also recapture the first stronghold." Otherwise, the Mo family's artillery will be deployed at the first barracks, assaulting left and right, and the whole line will be retreated. ”

The first camp under the hill is in the hands of the Mo family, and the hill is in the hands of the Qi army, and the Mo family does not dare to launch an offensive to attack the flanks to the left and right, so that the right wing of the Qi army can completely abandon the first camp, because the Qi army on the hill may launch a counterattack, once the division of troops is weak, it is likely to be outflanked and outflanked.

But if the Mo family did not attack the two flanks, but stabilized their positions, and used the captured camps as the front line to capture the hills, then the Qi army would face great pressure.

The two wings did not attack, but the two wings did not dare to retreat, nor could they not defend. Stabilize the front, dig the barracks, step by step, and wait for the artillery to be deployed, then it will be much easier to capture the hills, and the reserve troops of the Mo family can be continuously transferred to this side to strengthen the offensive.

The main general of the right army of the Qi army understands the key to the open space under the hill, and must take it back no matter what.

Now the Mo family's righteous division at the first camp at the foot of the mountain is forming a team, and the follow-up thousands of people are approaching, but the main general of the Qi Right Army is sure that the Mo family will not choose to combine the forces at one time and then attack: in that case, it is not easy to launch a frontal attack, and once it cannot be captured, it may lead to a rout, and it can only attack in waves.

The key to all of this lies in the coming attack.

If you can rely on the bow and crossbow muskets and the nine cannons to stabilize the killing, the foot soldiers form a formation to counterattack, and take advantage of the lack of support from the Mo family at the foot of the mountain to recapture the camp, then you can achieve a situation of repeated fighting and fighting with the Mo family at the barracks.

In that case, because the width of the front of the battlefield is not enough, and there are artillery on the hills on both flanks, then the Mo family can only send two or three brigades to attack at a time, so that even if the Qi army suffers more casualties, it will be easy to hold out until dark if it is constantly rotated to form refueling.

If you change the formation, it will take time, and it will not be done in a hurry. Since the deployment of the Mo family has been launched, if it changes again, the time can be delayed for a few hours, and it will be dark after staying up.

But if you want to fight like this, the main general of the right army of the Qi army understands that the troops in his hands are afraid that they are not enough, and the soldiers on the hill will be used when they counterattack, but the soldiers on the hill will continue to gather troops to deal with the Mo family's counterattack, which requires more troops.

He hurriedly called for a quick horse to ask Doctor Pingyin to explain the situation, hoping to deploy more troops on the right flank.

Now it seems that the Mohists' attack on the whole front is false, and the main attack on the right flank is real, if it is delayed any longer, the right flank will collapse as soon as the hill is lost.

The right flank collapsed, and all three armies were in danger.

The commander of the right army of Qi urgently ordered the nine cannons to bombard, thinking that even if the Mo family's artillery under the mountain was deployed, it would be a slow death. It's better than the current volunteer infantry brigade at the bottom of the mountain to capture the hill in one go, that is, it will die quickly!

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Doctor Pingyin listened to the sound of artillery and fighting in the north with a gloomy face, and news kept coming.

"The Mo family has broken through the camp in front of the hill."

"More than a dozen copper cannons appeared on the Mo family's side."

"The Mo family wants to seize the hill ......"

He is not blind or deaf, the request of the commander of the right army has not yet arrived, and Doctor Pingyin has already understood that he has been tricked.

He drew his sword and slashed it on the pole of the carriage, and said angrily: "The sword is as cunning as a fox!" Yesterday's attack, he made me think he was trying to compress the front in an all-round way, but in fact his main attack was on our right flank. If the hill is lost, the right flank will be crushed! ”

The strategist beside him also said: "The artillery of the right army is loud, from the righteous division urging the snare drum to breaking through the camp, it will only take a quarter of an hour, and there must be the elite of the righteous division over there." ”

"Yesterday's onslaught was to put out fires everywhere, mistakenly thinking that he needed to fire on all sides. In fact, today we want to storm the right flank of our army, but it is also dangerous. ”

Doctor Pingyin nodded and said, "It's really dangerous, but he makes the best use of it." In the first battle of the water, he fought for hundreds of miles, attacking the city and breaking the city, such as a shepherd boy leading the oxen, leading the Yue Wang Fei to turn around in Si, and taking advantage of the siege to make the Yue Wang Fei dare not go straight to the foundation of the Mo family. ”

"In today's battle, he stormed the hills. The hills are dangerous, and if the hills are lost, the three armies will be in chaos. ”

"But it's the same, the hills are in our hands, the terrain is dangerous, and it is difficult to attack from the back. If he can capture it, our army will naturally be defeated and the whole army will be annihilated, but as long as he can't attack it and can't make a move, then he can stabilize it, and he will be safe today! ”

The truth is like this, but the key is that more soldiers are needed to defend, and the camp under the mountain is also needed to be elite.

What the commander of the right army of Qi can think of, Doctor Pingyin can also think of.

Of course, the Mo family hopes to make a big move, but if they can't do it all at once, it's not impossible, stabilize the camp under the mountain, keep adding troops, or attack the wings or take the hills.

And the Qi army needs to recapture the camp in one go, otherwise it is equivalent to the first camp being torn apart, allowing the Mo family to gain a firm foothold, even if the hill is not lost, the first camp on the right wing is equivalent to being in the hands of the Mo family.

It is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the right flank has not collapsed now, and the Mo family has not yet gained a stable foothold and cannot outflank left and right, so it can only choose the opportunity to storm the hills with one blow, send an elite counterattack, recapture the camp, and form a battle with the Mo family, relying on continuous rotation to maintain morale and hold out until dark.

Doctor Pingyin doesn't think about how to last for five or ten days now, he just thinks about it until it gets dark today, and then tomorrow.

At this time, through the clairvoyant mirror, you can see that behind the right-wing volunteer division on the north side, many soldiers on horseback are gathering, and smoke and dust are billowing out.

In fact, it was just the infantry knights drawn from various divisions and brigades, not the shock cavalry of the Mo family, but it appeared at this time, as if it confirmed the Mo family's plan to storm the right flank.

The bronze cannons galloping to the position in the distance also made Doctor Pingyin sure that the righteous division on the right flank was going to attack the main one. Counting those galloping artillery, the Mo family on the right flank actually has nearly thirty cannons, and the cannon is the Mo family's branch of the army, if it is not for the onslaught on the right flank, why are the cavalry and artillery concentrated on the right flank?

Doctor Pingyin was anxious, for fear that the commander of the right army of the Qi army would not be able to see the form clearly, so he did not mobilize support first, but first sent someone to give an order: fight back with all your strength, recapture the camp, and compete with the Mo family, and not let the Mo family gain a foothold at the foot of the mountain. He will immediately send people to support, and all the troops on the mountain can be used to counterattack, and the foot soldiers of support will arrive immediately.

As long as the reinforcements can reach the right flank, and the mountain is still fighting, then it can be regarded as holding!