Left flank of the combined forces of the Mechu Coalition.

The reorganized division of Chen Caizhi had held out for an hour and a half under the copper artillery bombardment of the opposing Wei and Han coalition forces.

This Chen Cai's division is no longer the former Chen Cai's division as the main force in the Central Plains Theater of Chu, after the rebellion of Wang Ziding, the upper nobles in the Chen Cai area were purged by the king of Chu, and the land granting system was implemented in some areas.

The army formed by the farmers of the fields was trained according to the training method of the new army of the Chu State, which was very costly, and the Chu State could not afford it, and there were not enough grassroots officers, so it could only adopt the military system of heavy infantry phalanx.

Chen Caizhi's division, which was once the main force, is now the weak link on the entire front of the Mochu coalition army, which Chu Dasima knows, and the chief general of the Wei and Han coalition forces also knows.

The continuous shelling had only eased a quarter of an hour earlier, and the artillery of the central army of the Mochu coalition army had the upper hand, and some of the bronze artillery moved to this side to support them.

The soldiers stood in place, not collapsing, and even though the iron bullets from the brass cannons had made many gaps in the formation, they were far enough away to launch a charge that did not obey orders and could not withstand the shelling; There was no attack on the other side for the time being.

Finally, the formation is still stable.

But now everything is different.

The warrior knights and chariots of the Wei-Han coalition army were dispatched and began the attack.

The soldiers nervously looked at the dust raised from the side and the warrior knights who were slowly approaching, and the loud shouts of the officers rang in their ears.

"Hold the formation! Whoever retreats first in chaos, kill! ”

The drums were beating, and many soldiers shouted slogans to stabilize the formation to give themselves courage, and the sound became one.

In the Wei Han army opposite.

The Wei-Han coalition army had taken advantage of the opportunity of the Chu people's advance just now to complete the adjustment of the formation slightly, and many phalanxes of heavy infantry moved to the right flank, and the Pythagorean formation similar to a right-angled triangle had already taken shape.

It's not perfect, it's still going to be perfected, but there's still time.

This time the cavalry and chariots came out together, followed by a part of the fighting soldiers.

The pawn of the struggle is the hand-to-hand fighting arm of the Wei State, which is different from the phalanx soldier of the warrior pawn, mainly undertaking the tasks of charging, hand-to-hand combat, and maintaining the flank of the phalanx.

The commander-in-chief of the Wei-Han coalition army did not regard the warrior knights and chariots as the key to deciding the victory, nor did he regard these fighting pawns as the key to determining the victory, but the foot soldiers who had been lined up in the Pythagorean formation behind him as the key.

The essence of the Pythagorean formation is to concentrate forces and choose a flank to break through.

Because the Wei Han infantry formation is heavy, the mobility is not good, but the thick phalanx also has the advantage of a thick phalanx: it can turn collectively.

This is something that the new army system of the Chu State does not possess after the battle of hegemony in Moyue Si, the new army system of the Chu State plays the advantage of muskets and projection forces, and uses thinner fronts to gain more projection output and frontal mobility, but the flanks are actually very weak and must rely on strong cavalry protection.

This is also the reason why the Mo family calmly helped the Chu State to train the new army: the cavalry of the Chu State is very weak, and the flank protection is very problematic, and Sishang has the strongest cavalry today, if the Chu State and Sishang fight, the flank will be a great hidden danger.

The enemy of the new army of Chu before was the Yimin who were still using stone and bronze tools in the Dongting and Cangwu areas; The confrontation was against Wang Ziding, who did not have too strong combat effectiveness, and when attacking Wang Ziding, the Mo family also sent sappers to help, so naturally it was invincible, and there was no problem to see.

The change of tactics requires the use of blood and defeat as experience, which the state of Chu lacks.

Wei Han's large array was a choice out of desperation, but it did not necessarily lose to the new army system of the Chu State.

The Pythagorean array is an excellent tactic for the main general of the Wei-Han coalition army to exploit his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.

Concentrate a large number of forces on the right flank, let the left flank alternately retreat, and let the whole front rotate, so as to delay the time for the left flank to engage and collapse, and shorten the distance of the right flank attack.

As soon as the opportunity came, the right flank, which had concentrated superior forces, quickly defeated Chen Caizhi's division, which had the worst combat effectiveness of the Mochu coalition army, and then turned en masse.

Because the Pythagorean formation was formed, once the collective turn, in fact, the other right-angled side of this right-angled triangle was still facing the Chinese army that had lost its left flank by the Mochu coalition army.

Even if your own left flank collapses, it doesn't matter, as long as you can defeat the Chinese army of the Mochu coalition before the left flank completely collapses, this battle will be considered a victory.

Up to now, the commander-in-chief of the Wei-Han coalition army was still complacent, and the situation on the battlefield was as he expected.

The Chu people attacked first, the left flank retreated, the battle line was rotated, the right flank was concentrated, the left flank was dispersed, a phalanx was dispersed, but the main force was still there, and Chen Caizhi's division moved slowly, which slowed down the offensive speed of the entire Mochu coalition army, because it was necessary to prevent the disjointed flanks from being stolen......

Now that the Chinese army has exchanged fire, and the archers and musketeers on both sides are firing at each other, this is the opportunity to break through the left flank of the Chu army with all their might.

When the cavalry and chariots began to charge, Chu Da Sima also noticed the situation on the left flank.

He didn't hesitate at all, and ordered: "Che Guangzhi's cavalry, support the left flank, and drive Wei Han's cavalry!" ”

The order was issued, and the strategist beside him said: "The Wei and Han cavalry are very brave, in the past when Wu attacked Daliang, there were already martial knights equipped with stirrups, and there were many horses in the county, and many people who ploughed with horses, I am afraid that they will not be able to be defeated." ”

How could Chu Da Sima not know this?

The cavalry of Chu is not strong, because the Mo family only helps to train foot soldiers, but they do not help train cavalry, and the cavalry of Chu is mostly aristocratic cavalry, which is to imitate the military system of the Yue Junzi Army, but the Junzi Army is a nobleman who fights on foot with swords, while the Cheguang Cavalry is a cavalry.

Although Wu Qi fled from the Wei State, the Wei Wushu is still there, its military system that attaches importance to military formations and discipline is still there, and the experience of cavalry charging in the Battle of Daliang City is still there, plus the Wei State is not as good as the Chu State, this time the cavalry hedging is bound to fail.

However, it doesn't matter.

Chu Da Sima knew very well that the key to this battle was the right wing, and for the victory of the right wing, these Cheguang cavalry from low-level nobles could give up, just to delay time.

The cavalry of the Chu army was weaker than that of Wei Han, but the cavalry of the Mo-Chu coalition army was stronger than that of Wei Han.

However, if the cavalry is evenly deployed on both flanks, the flanks of the state of Chu are safe, but it is extremely difficult to gather forces to open a gap on one side.

This battle was very important, and it was necessary to completely defeat this main field force of Wei Han in order to make it possible to fight for more interests for the state of Chu at the negotiating table in the future.

If it is evenly deployed on both flanks, the greatest possibility is that the cavalry on both flanks is not enough to tear through Wei Han's flanks and fight a scorching battle, with heavy losses on both sides.

Even if it is victorious, it is useless, because the Wei and Han armies still have strength in Yangzhai, Daliang, Xinzheng and other directions, and at that time, the army with a crushing victory will not be enough to take Xucheng and threaten Xinzheng.

Seeing that he insisted on doing so, the strategists around him finally persuaded: "General, Che Guangzhi's cavalry is the final preparation, and it will be used at this time, and the battle situation is not yet anxious...... I'm afraid it's a little early. ”

Chu Da Sima Yang whipped at the foot soldiers who were lined up in the second line, with infinite pride, and said loudly: "Times have changed!" Now these foot soldiers can be prepared, just like the era of the past chariots and elites who can turn the tide of war by throwing in the shock. ”

"Chen Cai's division is newly built, and it is the weakness of the whole army, if it is not driven away by cavalry, how can it hold on?"

The strategist stopped talking, and the drummer and trumpeter next to him gave the order to beat the drum, and the ride of Che Guangzhi, who had been waiting, was already hot and unbearable.

They are all low-level nobles, in the past, the elite of Cheguang was the most elite force of the Chu State, and it was also the power of the king of Chu to press the bottom of the box, and only when he entered Cheguang did he have the opportunity to get close to the king of Chu.

And now that the king of Chu is centralizing power, he is boldly using some low-level nobles to replace the constraints of those big families, and the Cheguang cavalry was a place where many low-level nobles of Chu dreamed of turning over.

But in the eyes of the Mo family in Sishang, this Cheguang cavalry is actually about the same level as the irregular cavalry in Sishang.

Poor discipline, courage to fight, brave style, very good personal equestrianism, strong ability to fight alone, a hundred people can be called elite, but if a thousand people are not as good as a martial knight with strict training from a homesteader.

Fanaticism is naturally fanatical, but resilience does not last.

These Che Guangzhi cavalry waited on the battlefield for a long time, and finally waited for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and they were really enthusiastic, and moved towards the left flank under the leadership of some nobles, preparing to engage Wei Han's cavalry, wanting to drive them out of the battlefield.

The right flank of the combined forces of the Mechu Army.

The cavalry brigade of the captives had already maneuvered to the periphery of the battlefield and was moving towards the rear of the Wei and Han coalition forces under the cover of some trees.

Now they have no way to observe whether the Wei-Han coalition forces have reacted to their maneuvers, and everything is left to fate.

However, they did not panic, even if they were discovered, it was a big deal to withdraw, and it was impossible to rush the infantry phalanx that was waiting for them.

On the front of the right flank of the Mochu coalition army, the front, reinforced by 6,000 foot soldiers, had already begun to advance.

The previous attack of the four cavalry companies was routed, but it also attracted the attention of Wei Han's infantry formation, causing a certain amount of panic.

The infantry on this side are all the new army of the Chu State, and the proportion of musketeers is very high, and it is not advantageous to shoot at the Wei and Han coalition forces from a long distance.

And because of the existence of cavalry, the left flank of the Wei and Han coalition forces did not dare to attack easily, because once the infantry formation moved, it was easy to show flaws...... Under the gaze of the cavalry, the stride showed its flaws, which was tantamount to suicide.

The infantry on both sides had approached a distance of 100 paces, the musketeers and archers began to fire, and the drummers of the spear infantry began to beat their drums, and the two sides were about to engage.

Musketeers and archers cannot decide the winner, the key to victory or defeat is the final hand-to-hand combat.

The advantage of the new army of Chu was that there were more musketeers and could shoot enough gaps for their own spear infantry to open the gaps.

For the pawns who are in the military formation, with comrades in front and behind them, they can't know the situation of the entire battlefield, they can only see their own left and right.

Therefore, they were very courageous, even if in fact the number of foot soldiers on the right wing of the Chu State did not have an advantage, but the soldiers did not know.

。 Sogou