The commander of the 13th Brigade had already laughed out loud after hearing the scattered gunfire of the Qi people and seeing the bows and arrows thrown by the Qi people.

The shooting was chaotic and rhythmless, and it was obvious that the Qi people were already extremely nervous, and with the bombardment of the righteous artillery, they could no longer bear it.

The accuracy of the musket's shooting, a distance of 100 paces, is equivalent to shooting blindly with the eyes closed.

The words of the bow and crossbow, a hundred steps away, there is no lethality, the so-called hundred steps through the Yang character, that is really unparalleled in the world, must be a national brave general, how can you put arrows in the chaos of the military formation?

The damage caused by the nine guns on the hillside was not large. Qi people shot and fired arrows like this, and the losses brought were not large.

When the 13th Brigade had advanced to a distance of sixty paces from the Qi camp, the brigade commander finally ordered the musketeers to fire in turn, covering the spearmen forward, creating a gap in the Qi army's formation before the spearmen fought hand-to-hand.

The rhythm of the drums began to become slower, the spearmen marched more slowly, the musketeers quickly retreated to the sides after firing to continue reloading, and the spearmen's slowed march allowed them to quickly keep up with the spearmen.

Half of the musketeers in the first brigade began to shoot rhythmically, and the artillery behind them also supported as much as possible, and the whole front began to attack so that each brigade was taken care of on both sides, and the whole line of the righteous division was like a long rope, which began to tighten towards the Qi army little by little.

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The main camp of the Qi army.

Doctor Pingyin looked at the battle on the front line through the smoke of the battlefield, and once again frowned.

In the past, there was no smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield, but since more than ten years ago, gunpowder smoke has finally begun to appear on the battlefield, and it has become thicker and thicker over the years.

From the appearance of a weapon to the familiarity with the use of a weapon, and the appearance of a military formation that is in tacit agreement with it, it may take hundreds of years of experience in blood and fire, but gunpowder is different.

Since its appearance, the Mo family has had a mature enough formation and tactics for this new thing.

All countries are learning, but there are few people who really learn the essence.

Gunpowder can be bought, but soldiers can't.

Bronze cannons can be imitated, but gunners who can operate can't imitate them.

Even muskets, tactics, and queues, such as today's Mo family, it is really possible to see through the Mo family's current spearmen who only rely on muskets to assist, and the fact that they mainly rely on muskets for killing and wounding, may be able to be counted on one hand.

Doctor Pingyin was not among them, and he was only using the musket as a substitute for the bow and crossbow.

Before today's battle, the righteous teacher of the Mo family taught him a lesson.

After the entire column of musketeers took turns firing, a gap in the Qi army's formation appeared.

Hand-to-hand combat requires relying on a complete formation, otherwise there will be undue courage and will not be able to survive with the cooperation of the military formation.

The neatness after the action of the Mo family volunteer made Dr. Pingyin sigh and envy himself, as neat as a row of trees, a hill, and the tide of the East China Sea...... Approaching little by little, I was helpless.

The battle shrouded in gunpowder smoke was still not clear even in the clairball, but the crumbling Qi army camp had already explained the victory or defeat of continuing to fight like this.

He put down the clairvoyant mirror, shook his head, and said with a kind of tiredness: "I have heard that the Mo family's righteous teachers are good at fighting, and when I see it today, I know that what those words describe is far inferior." ”

"Coming like a mountain, going away like a tide, stretching for miles, neat as one, how many troops can there be in the world? It seems that it is right not to confront it in the field. ”

Standing in the distance, although it is not clear to the bystander, it is also clearer than it is from the front line.

In the eyes of Doctor Pingyin, the Mo family's methods of fighting are really "stupid" or "lacking", and there is nothing new.

It was the artillery that fired first, and when the defender's formation was loose due to the shelling, the infantry beat the drum and slowly moved forward.

When they got close to about fifty or sixty paces, the musketeers began to shoot in turns, constantly attacking the defender's phalanx, and after the continuous kills caused a gap in the phalanx, the spearmen began to attack when they were about twenty paces away, and the musketeers retreated and continued to reload, taking time to shoot, and continuing to widen the gap.

It's very stupid and stupid, it looks very simple, so simple that the first time Dr. Pingyin saw it, he could already see the doorway.

But it's as simple as that, but it's unstoppable.

The 2,000 men of the Qi State were a brigade, and after removing the archers, crossbowmen, and musketeers, there were about 1,000 people left.

Thousands of people formed in formation, densely packed in columns, and artillery bombarded, and four or five could be brought down at once.

After a few bombardments, in fact, not many people died, but the military spirit had fallen to the extreme: seeing that his partner who got along day and night was crushed to death by the iron pills flying out of his field of vision, and this iron pill did not know when the huge pressure would fall on him, it was already difficult to continue to maintain the array.

When they got close to the engagement, the musketeers of the righteous division concentrated their fire in one direction, and the army formation of more than 1,000 people was about to fall again, and the gap had already appeared.

If the partners around him are dead, he can't block the impact of the other party at all.

The spearmen of the Righteous Division, on the other hand, would often take advantage of the gap created by the musketeer's few rounds of fire. And where there is a gap in the front row of the Qi army, if it is a warrior, it will die under the cooperation of several spears of the righteous division; If the coward turns around and flees, it will make the formation with a gap even more chaotic, and even cause more people to run backwards.

In just half an hour, four fronts had collapsed and thousands of people had fled backwards.

Fortunately, the follow-up troops went to meet and stabilized the front, otherwise the whole line would have collapsed by now. And those soldiers who fled could not run anywhere else, at most retreated to the river, and a few were killed to stabilize their morale, and they could always be maintained.

After observing for so long, Doctor Pingyin felt that it was actually not difficult to crack the warriors of the Mo family, and it was even quite simple.

In the early stage, as long as there are enough artillery, you can suppress the cannons of the righteous division.

However, neither quantity nor quality can be done.

In the middle term, musketeers and crossbowmen will also be the same as the righteous masters, and they will not fire without waiting for orders, and they will shoot more accurately when they get closer, and thus kill and injure the spearmen of the righteous masters.

However, this sounds simple, but if you really want to do it, it is a fool's dream to expect these soldiers selected by the township shooting.

Thinking of a way to crack it, but not being able to implement it at all, is despair.

The morning artillery counterattack was meaningless, and the elite soldiers and technical fighters under Doctor Pingyin suffered many casualties, and they did not dare to launch such a counterattack again.

Now that the Mo family is attacking on all fronts, it is dangerous everywhere, and it seems that as long as he concentrates his forces in one place to counterattack the Mo family's front, it may not be impossible, but he doesn't dare.

Once a large number of troops are concentrated to counterattack, the follow-up troops of the Mo family can be quickly mobilized, and once there is a mistake in any link, it will be equivalent to creating an excellent opportunity for the Mo family to encircle and annihilate.

He was already determined to be a turtle, motionless, and hold out for three or five days, so how could the Mo family retreat. Not to mention the reinforcements around here, even the Linzi Legion in the direction of Wucheng will force the Mo family to retreat from hundreds of miles away.

Although he frowned, the Mo family's attack today was not very resolute, and in fact, it was not fully launched, so although it was a little troublesome, it didn't seem that it could not be defended.

In the morning, the artillery failed, but in the afternoon, judging from the attack of the Mo family, the casualties caused by the copper artillery were not very large, but more caused the morale of the army to be sluggish, the morale to fall, and the soldiers to panic.

Moreover, the cannon on the Mo family's side seems to be used to support the infantry, blasting open the formation of the Qi army before the infantry can attack, creating opportunities for the infantry.

Now that there is a crisis everywhere, Dr. Pingyin has already filled in more than 8,000 people from four brigades, and it has only been less than an hour.

To maintain the front, 30,000 people are needed. There are only 20,000 left who can continue to support in the future, and although those who have fled back cannot escape elsewhere because of the barrier of Jishui, it is difficult to fight again immediately.

But...... Now, the sun is about to set.

I don't know what tomorrow will be, but today, I finally got through it, and I finally didn't break through by the Mo family before the sun set.

He looked at the sunset in the distance and exclaimed, "I have never thought this sunset is so beautiful." The order went down and continued to defend it, only saying that it was going to be dark soon, and if it was dark, the Mo family would collect its troops! ”

The people around him sighed bitterly: "Today can say that the sunset is dancing morale, but what will you say tomorrow?" If we continue to fight like this, we will hold out for three or four days at most, but we are afraid that there will be no prepared brigades available, and as long as the front line is broken, there will be nothing to defend. ”

Doctor Pingyin also sighed bitterly: "I also know that today I can talk about the sunset, but I don't know what to say tomorrow." But it is a blessing to be able to keep it for one day. If it weren't for the round formation and the hedging field battle with the Mo family, I am afraid that I would be in prison at this time. ”

While speaking, there was another place where the flag was shaking, and seeing that it was overwhelmed, Doctor Pingyin said helplessly: "Actually, if the Mo family attacks with all their might, I'm afraid we will already be defeated now." ”

"It's just that the suitability of the Empire is in a heavy place, with the division of Chengyang, the back of the Doctor Gu, the Linzi army of Tian Qing and Gongziwu in Feidi, and the elite of the Mo family is in the hands of the Hammer Zhishi."

"The Mo family is not only fighting against me, but also the Linzi army and the Chengyang army, so if he only defeats me, it will not be a victory; Unless the loss is very small, it is only three or five thousand to win. Only in this way can he have the strength to fight against Chengyang and the Linzi army. ”

"Fortunately, I'm not the coach of a country, I'm just a teacher. If this battle had been a decisive victory for Makino, I would have already been defeated. ”

Before that, he said that he couldn't beat the righteous teacher in the field, or some people secretly laughed in their hearts and slandered him for fearing the enemy like a tiger. However, in today's battle, those who used to think like this no longer dare to think like this, and then they feel that not fighting in the wilderness is really the only way.

Doctor Pingyin's inference about appropriate tactics is also a decision made after various considerations.

Lined up with their backs, the soldiers fell into death, and there was no way to retreat, if they really attacked with all their might, the Mo family might suffer great losses.

And the Mo family has artillery, and it is impossible for him to concentrate all his forces in the narrow space by the river.

In this case, if the Mo family wants to win with the least casualties, they must use these two points: slowly compress the space, so that the Qi people will not face the panic of diving if they escape, so as to finally complete the compression and win calmly.

Therefore, Doctor Pingyin felt that the Mo family's side must want to tighten up on all fronts, and this afternoon's attack also proved this.

Doctor Pingyin pointed to the white smoke from the copper cannon visible in the distance and said, "Fortunately, fortunately, the Yan Zhishi did not dare to attack with all their might, and only wanted to rely on their copper cannon to minimize their casualties. ”

"I have seen through it, but I have nothing to do. The only thing that can be done is to divide the left, center and right armies, each with a reserve, and then let people press the formation behind the army, and all those who retreat without permission will be beheaded. When one was broken, the left, center and right armies sent brigade companies to support and maintain the front. ”

"As for how long it lasts...... I don't know. ”

He really didn't know, so he looked up at the sun that was already a little red in the sky, and said with a wry smile: "At least, today is over." It also gave me time to allocate troops to deal with the appropriate tactics. ”

"Once the sky is dark, the troops will be sent to the left and right, and where they can't hold on, they will go up. I am the elite of the army, and if the Mo family storms one place, I will go to the rescue. ”

Knowing that from the time he looked up at the sun just now to the time he finished saying these few words, it might only take a few breaths, and the sun could not have set so quickly.

But he couldn't help but look at the sun in the west again, rubbed his eyes, and felt as if the sun had really set a little further down.