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Chapter 268 The Battle of the Two Sons (5)

The Mo family officer surviving the hillside was secretly shocked, thinking that fortunately the Qi army was equipped with old combs, which were powerful, but because the fuse was open flame, it could not be arranged in a more dense formation.

If the opponent has all changed into flint rifles, I am afraid that this time the volley of the reverse slope will cause the four companies on his side to be destroyed instantly.

At this time, one company was fled, and the remaining three companies also suffered dozens of casualties. Fortunately, because the opponent's coercion was not dense enough, the remaining system was still intact, and the team quickly had the power to fight.

Thirty or forty steps behind them, there were four companies of the second wave of attackers. As long as they could stabilize, they would have the power to fight.

The spearmen in Qi army lined up in dense formations became closer and closer, and the Mohist infantry who survived on the top of the hill also completed the entire squad and raised their guns. At twenty steps apart, the surviving officer ordered a volley.

The smoke of gunpowder rose everywhere, and after the dense volley, the officer drew out his sword, shouted the slogan of charge, and took the lead in rushing down with the power from top to bottom.

Just as the Mo family company on the hill was instantly dispersed by a round shot, the Mo family soldiers were not made of special materials, and the Qi army soldiers were not made of special materials. The more dense flint rifle formation volleys flying far away, the loose combs can be compared.

In the smoke of gunpowder, more than 200 Qi army spearmen were hit, and several huge gaps appeared in the originally dense formation.

The Mohist infantry following officers at the top of the hill rushed into the formation of Qi army with loopholes and gaps. The contrailer behind the spear had not yet completed the loading.

Almost the moment they took the enemy, the two completely disbanded spearmen companies dispersed. Their dispersion directly made it difficult for the coercive gunmen who cooperated with them to resist and retreated one after another.

The remaining three spearmen companies that had not escaped were already scattered. The Qi army officers did not expect that the Mo family company on the hill would be able to complete the entire team and counterattack in such a short time after enduring a shooting.

Even though the balance between power and weight was achieved as much as possible, the flint rifle inserted with a short spear was still a bit heavy. Fortunately, he fired once at the top of the mountain, and the formation of the spearman who was feinting was dispersed, and the Mo family still had the advantage.

When fighting ahead, the four companies in the second wave had already climbed up the top edge of the hill. After unfolding, they began to avoid the comrades fighting in front and shot at the Qi Jun clamps gunmen on both sides who were still trying to load.

After the Qi army formation, the commander of the Right Army understood the important newness of this hill, and also understood that there were pros and cons of choosing to array behind the hill in order to avoid the bronze cannons of the Mo family. At this time, he no longer cared about a lot and could only let the six companies in the second wave fill in to counterattack.

On his side, the Mo family's light cavalry had driven away the 800 cavalry in his hand, and he had to deploy his already small troops on the side to prevent the Mo family's cavalry.

On the side of the hill close to the central army, the Mo family's infantry was also attacking fiercely, with artillery support there. About two thousand people there had been artillery bombardment for nearly an hour, and the formation was already shaky.

The troops in his hands are really short of strength. He thought that the Mo family had deployed a large number of troops on the left wing of the coalition forces, but he never thought that the Mo family's troops on his side still had a great advantage. However, the first wave of fierce attacks had already made it difficult for him to support.

At this time, the commander of the right army of the coalition forces had already scolded Tian Ju for his grandfather, but he had not scolded his ancestors for his eighteen generations. It was not that he did not want to scold him, but that when he was in his grandfather's generation, they were all family members and could not be scolded. This is probably one of the so-called noble spirit and politeness. When counting up, they were all relatives, and the ones who were enfeoffed were all family members. It was really not as vulgar as the Si plaintiffs and scolded his ancestors for his eighteen generations.

He thought to himself that the four words "talking about war" on paper passed down by Si Shang were so suitable for Tian Ju.

We have to gather on the right wing to fight back, but the right wing has so few troops. If we don’t support it quickly, it may not be possible whether we can support the main force of the Mo family in Sanliu Society.

If we could have secretly mobilized the main force to the right wing before and had it been hidden from the Mo family, there would be a chance.

For example, now, even if the Mo family facing the right wing has already launched an offensive formation, if he has a cavalry of 6,000 people and 20,000 infantry in his hand, he will fight back after the Mo family chooses to attack and launches, it is really possible that the Mo family on the right wing will be directly destroyed.

Because the formation is an attack and the number of troops deployed is too large, if the counterattack is successful, it will be defeated immediately without the opportunity to stick to it.

However, the hot air balloons rising from the Mohist position and the quality of the main force of the coalition forces not being able to march silently at night have made this idea a fantasy.

Tian Ju chose the most difficult road, or the road that he was forced to do so.

He needed the right wing to withstand the front width in the early stage. In the later stage, Sanliu Society wanted to withstand the Mo family's first two attacks and forced the Mo family to unfold the main force and transfer the central army's reserve team to the Sanliu Society, and then the reserve team of the coalition forces near Sanliu Society to the right wing.

Any link is indispensable.

But now it seems that not to mention whether Sanliu Society can rely on the reserve force to force the Mo family to expand its main force. At this time, the right wing was almost unable to hold on under the first wave of attacks from the Mo family.

If he had four thousand cavalry in his hands, as long as he could drive away the Mo family's cavalry, he could mobilize more troops in the direction of the hill, forming repeated struggles and delays in the battle.

But the problem is that the entire coalition has only 6,000 cavalry, and the 800 cavalry on his side have collapsed. The main force still has to stare at the main force of the Mo family's cavalry, and he can't even transfer a single cavalry.

Tian Ju asked him to withstand, but now he was anxious to send a messenger to ask Tian Ju to transfer at least two more brigades, otherwise he would not be able to hold on.

The battle on the hill continues, and the first wave of counterattacks from the three companies of the Mohist family bought time and space for the subsequent waves of companies.

If the hill has not been recaptured within two quarters of an hour, then the digging speed of the combat engineers who were mostly lowly miners in the Mohist family would probably take less than half an hour to build a building on the top and the bronze cannons would be pulled up, and then they would completely collapse.

Now that the second wave of counterattacking had been launched, he also impatiently ordered the third wave of repeated battles to unfold, approaching the hill, and the mezzanine gunmen supported under the hill.

Fortunately, the back-sloping battlefield he chose was so that the Mohist bronze cannon could not be bombarded. The main force system on his side was still complete. If he fired, the soldiers could hold on, and at the same time, he could avoid the morale of the bronze cannon.

The other side of the hill.

The third wave of infantry companies supporting Xiaoqiu were also launched, and combat engineers followed closely behind.

After the troops gathered under the hill, two brigades of infantry were waiting in the formation of dense columns.

The intention of the main general of the left wing of the Mohist family was to attract the attention of the Qi army in the direction of the hill, but in fact, they had to rely on the advantages of the cavalry, and use the cavalry to cooperate with the infantry artillery to launch a general attack directly on the side, directly defeating the main force of the Qi army's right army.

Although the hill is important, the Qi army must have known that it will definitely compete repeatedly, and it will be difficult to stabilize without an hour or two.

Moreover, the Qi army relied on the disgusting backscene edges, which made the Mo family's artillery advantage unable to be exerted at all, and they could only choose to fire and hedge, which narrowed the gap between the Qi army and the Jiexuan Army, and the casualties ratio was very bad.

Since this is the case, the main general of the left wing naturally wants to attack the short ones with the long ones.

Now the edge of the hill is on its own side. This hill blocks the Mohist artillery's view and also blocks the Qi army's view.

The side cavalry had driven away the eight hundred cavalry, and the messenger reported that the Qi army chose extremely dense formations on the side to prevent cavalry raids - this news translated into another meaning, that is, the Qi army chose dense formations to welcome the volley of artillery and horizontal infantry.

Under the cover of the hillside line, the two brigades behind them plus a brigade in the reserve team, fourteen brigades and six cavalry cannons, and the elite two companies first entered the camp and began to maneuver quickly to the side.

A lot of blood will flow on the hills, but compared with the entire battlefield, these bloods are always a necessary price, otherwise more will flow.

When the main general of the left wing looked up to observe the hill, the three companies in the first wave of establishment had retreated to the edge, and the four companies in the second wave of formation were shooting, and it seemed that they were preparing to fight back against the melee.

The inner guards of the Supervision and Inspection Department are gathering the soldiers of the first wave of scattered companies. The company commander and the representative of the Mozi were killed, so there is nothing to punish. They just need to be collected and cannot be used on the battlefield for the time being.

"Let the four consecutive waves unfold and prepare for climbing the hill."

For this hill, he had deployed sixteen companies, nearly two brigades of troops, and even left only a small number of reserve troops.

And all of this is just a feint.

The infantry of the two brigades in dense columns had begun to maneuver towards the flanks. Without the cooperation of infantry and artillery, the cavalry alone could not open the gap.

However, the formation that is conducive to defending cavalry impact will inevitably be detrimental to the defense of artillery and infantry, which is inevitable due to weapons and equipment.

The Qi army's mixed formation of hot and cold weapons, and the slowly loading of the clamps that were too heavy to be inserted into the short spear, made the Qi army only defend in a dense formation without cavalry cover. These are the favorite targets of artillery and horizontal troops.

In the state of dense column marching, the speed of the troops was about 700 steps per quarter of an hour. In other words, the repeated battles here in the hills would require at least two quarters of an hour to allow the side attack to be launched.
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