There is a saying: jade is not cut, it is not a weapon. There is also a saying: The mud can't support the wall, and the wall of dung can't be encircled.

The 13th Brigade is trained on weekdays, and it is Yupu who needs to go through the test of actual combat and the tempering of blood and fire in order to become a real powerhouse.

Weekday training cannot directly surrender soldiers without a fight.

However, it is precisely because of the rigor of training on weekdays and the high proportion of ink warriors that the 13th Brigade can be calm when retreating, and it can choose to live and die when the Qi people launch a counterattack.

It was precisely because the 13th Brigade made a counter-assault move that, after removing the elements that put the overall situation first, the division representatives still supported the opinion of the six fingers, believing that the 13th Brigade might not necessarily be defeated.

As the six fingers said, if you save the 13th Brigade now, it will be a scorching battle, and all the five brigades of the 1st Division will become dead and unable to move.

Moreover, without the advantage of artillery, the Qi people occupied the hills, and if they could not take the hills in one fell swoop, it would be a serious problem for the entire left flank of the righteous division.

The two men suppressed the opinions of the rest, and after the vote, the order of the six fingers was carried out.

The 145th and 2nd Brigades continued to stabilize their formations and prepare for defense in case the 13th Brigade was defeated in the event that the Qi men captured it in one fell swoop.

On the hill, the commander of the Right Army of Qi looked at the 13th Brigade of the Volunteer Division, which could calmly form a counter-assault during the retreat, and his face was also shocked.

There is no such strong army in the world, and the actions of the 13th Brigade have broken through the cognition of the general of the Qi Right Army on the art of war.

Frightened, a later saying can describe the situation.

The hemp rod beats the wolf at both ends.

The commander of the Right Army of Qi originally thought that the 13th Brigade of the Righteous Division began to retreat, so even if the whole team could be formed, the morale of the army would be chaotic.

At this time, taking advantage of the momentum, the 13th Brigade will be defeated in an instant, and at that time, with the help of the 13th Brigade's rout, all the strength on the hill will be used to counterattack, recapture the open space under the mountain, reorganize the camp, and fight repeatedly.

But he never expected that the 13th Brigade would not only not be defeated in the face of the sudden onslaught of the Qi people, but on the contrary, it directly chose to form a counterattack, and now the two sides have been mixed together.

Without a sudden rout, the Mo family's front can be maintained, and follow-up support can not join the battle in a chaotic situation.

There are also two brigades of the righteous division at the foot of the mountain, and those two brigades are still in formation, and their movements are unknown.

Doctor Pingyin's foot soldiers transferred from the Chinese army to support still have some way to go.

In fact, there are not many troops in his hands, and there are not many troops on the hills.

In this situation, the commander-in-chief of the Qi Right Army did not dare to act rashly.

The Mo family was certainly worried about the rout of the 13th Brigade, but the commander of the Right Army of Qi had never seen such a calmly retreating foot soldier who could form a counterattack, and he was worried a lot in his heart.

It can be said that the brigade commander of the 13th Brigade made a counterattack in a formation under the impromptu decision led to the current situation.

It is impossible for the Mo family to calculate the thoughts of the commander of the Qi Right Army, and they can only judge the situation from the real reality of the situation on the battlefield.

The commander-in-chief of the Right Army of Qi also did not know that Six Fingers would rather let the 13th Brigade be abandoned than ensure that the four brigades on the left flank were in a situation where they could attack and defend, so he did not order the 14th and 15th Brigades to go up the mountain to support.

The commander of the Qi Right Army had to consider: If all the troops on the mountain were pressed down at this time, and the two brigades under the Mojia Mountain chose to support, what would be the consequences?

If he wins, even if the offensive of the left wing of the entire Mo family is resolved by him, the main force of the left wing of the Mo family will be defeated at that time, and the situation will be alive.

But if he is defeated, all his strength on the hill will be pressed up, and the Qi army that came to support is still marching, and the marching speed is slow, and he has to regroup and enter the battle...... In case the three brigades of the Mo family crushed all their forces in one fell swoop before the reinforcement was reorganized, then even if the right flank of the Qi army completely collapsed, the entire Qi army would be annihilated by the Mo family.

Between victory and defeat, sometimes there is a need to gamble on the battlefield.

The outcome of the bet is often determined from the beginning of the war.

Doctor Pingyin chose to defend to the death, and did not think about the idea of counterattacking to win or winning a decisive battle in a field battle, which also led to the need for the commander of the right army to implement the strategy and tactics of Doctor Pingyin: he can only seek stability, he must seek stability, and he must seek stability.

Yesterday's engagement, this morning's artillery bombardment, and the 13th Brigade's calm retreat and counterattack in the face of the impact of the whole team have tilted the balance in the heart of the commander of the Qi Right Army in the direction of "seeking stability".

Since stability is required, he must ensure that the hill is not lost before the infantry soldiers who came to support the Qi Chinese army arrive on the hill and complete the deployment and deployment.

If you want to ensure that the hills are not lost, you need to reserve troops on the hills, and you don't dare to gamble.

In that case, even if the 13th Brigade really won the counter-assault, as long as there were foot soldiers on the hill, as well as crossbowmen and musketeers already in formation, the situation could be stabilized.

When the reinforcements arrived, they could fight repeatedly with the Mo family around the open space camp under the mountain, although there were casualties, at least there would not be a situation where the right flank collapsed irretrievably.

If he knew that the order from the Six Fingers side was not to support or be anxious, then he would definitely let all the Qi troops on the hill go into battle at this time, and strive to defeat the Thirteenth Brigade in one fell swoop.

However, he didn't know it.

The commander of the right army of Qi finally glanced back at the reinforcements of the Qi Zhong Army who were still marching, and then at the thirteenth brigade that could choose to counterattack in formation without confusion, and sighed, and made up his mind in his heart.

If the two brigades of the Yamashita Yishi are also so good at fighting and dare to fight and do not hesitate to die, or they have long heard the style of the Mo people who do not hesitate to die for the benefit of the world, as well as the demagogy of those unscrupulous words that the Mo family shouted for a long time last night...... If you really choose to press the whole army, it may lead to the defeat of all the Qi troops on the hills, and when the time comes, there will be no one to suppress the formation after the chaotic army, and the Mo family can disintegrate the entire Pingyin army formation in an instant.

As a result, the commander-in-chief of the Right Army of Qi ordered:

The musketeers of the crossbows remained motionless, each preparing for the defensiveness.

The infantry of the 13th Brigade of the Assault Division who did not participate in the assault lined up on the chest between the two wings of the wild goose formation, making a posture that could be attacked and defended.

If the support from the Chinese side can arrive quickly, then you can choose to attack by the crossbow musketeers and the Chinese reinforcements that have come in to support you.

If you can't arrive very quickly, look at the situation below, if you can't win, then Mingjin will collect troops, and the Mo family will not dare to chase after it.

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On the hills, the 13th Brigade and more than one brigade attacked by the Qi army were already in the most dangerous and brutal hand-to-hand combat.

The musketeers all abandoned their guns and faced them with short swords or axes and forks, covering the flanks of the spearmen.

The spearmen on both sides held their wings and held firm, while the spearmen in the center, led by the brigade commanders and brigade representatives, as well as those in the army, began a counter-assault.

From about thirty paces, when the musketeers took turns to shoot their guns, the commander of the 13th Brigade ordered the middle companies to charge in formation, instead of waiting for reinforcements.

The spearmen formed a formation with the same impact, and although the Qi people who attacked by taking advantage of the hills were fierce, the formation was chaotic and could not effectively form an advantage at all.

It seems that the number of Qi people is larger, but as long as they do not form a formation, the number of people in a head-to-head confrontation will always be less than that of a dense array of righteous divisions.

The rest of the people can only be in the back, and it is difficult to devote themselves to the fight.

The brigade commander of the 13th Brigade had already stabbed six Qi people to death, and the spearman company behind him was in high spirits, and the brigade commander saw that the morale was up, so he picked up a spear and threw himself into the company, and Yu soldiers stood in the front row.

In the front row of the company, the company representatives in the same column were not Sishang locals, but outsiders who were inspired by the words of the world and rushed to join the Mo family.

He saw the towering pheasant feathers on the brigade commander's iron helmet, and the armor on his body was full of blood, standing with a spear, not avoiding the back of others, and he felt his own emotion in his heart.

Xin said: "In the battle of Ailing in the past year, Ran Qiu advanced with a spear, invigorated the morale of the army, and led the spearmen to meet the formation, and the knots were not dispersed, and the majesty was majestic, and he made a gentleman's merit with the body of a gentleman. Every time I read this, my heart stirs. ”

"The power of today's brigade commander is no less than that of his son! Confucianism has gentlemen, and the Mohists also have ink masters who do not spin their heels, how can Qi people win today's battle? ”

The true gentlemen of Confucianism and the true ink masters of the Mohists are two completely different styles, but they both have the same heroic momentum.

When Ziyou held a spear to meet the Qi army, he must have been wearing a crown and a bo, a whole bun of clothes and hair, facing the enemy and fighting, covered in blood, but he did not forget that when the hat was crooked, he stood in front of the army and arranged the crown and hat, and regarded the enemy of the thousand armies in front of him as nothing.

And when the commander of the Ink Brigade held a spear to meet the Qi army, the towering pheasant feather helmet that could be seen by the soldiers did not have the momentum of being proud of the ten thousand armies, but stood like an oak tree standing by the river, standing in the wind and rain, waving the spear shaft, and merging with hundreds of people and thousands of people, like the power brought by the roots that pierced into the land that could not be blown down and broken.

Although they are different, the momentum is just as heroic.

The brigade commander of the 13th Brigade stared at the banner raised by Qi Renzhong, looked back at the spearmen who had been maintained on both sides, and shouted: "Impact! ”

This shout began to respond from his side, and finally gathered more than a thousand people to shout together, the drums beat loudly, and struggled forward, and his company rushed straight to the front where the Qiren banner was.

The Qi people also held spears, but they took advantage of the situation to go down the mountain and attack the righteous division did not collapse but counterattacked, and its momentum was frustrated.

The formation is not neat, and it is difficult to concentrate in one place, the people behind squeeze forward, the people in front can't hold on and want to retreat, and the scene is becoming more and more chaotic.

The hand-to-hand combat between the two armies was only half an hour, but in this half an hour, the 13th Brigade survived without a rout, and the Qi people were already a little unable to hold on.

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At the foot of the mountain, the Qi people camp was broken through.

The two brigades, which had received the order not to support but to form a team, were also watching the melee on the hill while forming a team.

But now, the expressions of the middle and senior officers have changed from the nervousness of half an hour ago to the composure of this moment.

The Qi people did not defeat the 13th Brigade in one fell swoop, now the 13th Brigade's front is stable and is slowly moving forward, the Qi people have missed the opportunity to make a big move, and when it comes to the resilience of the Qi people, it is not as good as the 13th Brigade, the 13th Brigade can be said not to be defeated, at least it can be stabilized.