The most sharp thing about the Chu army is the witchcraft. If there are no witchcraft, the Qin army may not lose. The strategists of the National Weifu Mansion have always had this judgment. According to this idea, the strategists came up with a tactic that is theoretically feasible but not actually feasible: a decisive battle in retreat. The most important part of the decisive battle in retreat is to lure the Chu army over the witchcraft and fight with the Qin army. Once the witchcraft is behind the Chu army, the witchcraft will be "devoid".

In the decisive battle of retreat, the Kuomintang-Wei Mansion practiced many times how the Qin army formation was deployed, how to advance, and how to retreat. All the artillery cast by Bai Di craftsmen were used for this kind of exercise, and finally came up with a plan that was not completely reliable but could be tried.

The Chu army is a combination of three types of infantry, cavalry, cannon, and three types of troops. The infantry's spear impact, the cavalry's side attack, the concentrated bombardment of artillery, and the breaking formations are diverse. Therefore, no one can guarantee that the retreat and decisive battle will be effective. The Guowei Mansion just repeatedly stated that if the Chu army does not adopt the retreat and decisive battle, the field battle against the Qin army will definitely be defeated.

In addition, there is another way to follow the Chu army's phalanx formation. After many battle observations, the captive general Zhao Qi led the confession that the Guowei Mansion was already very clear that the phalanx formation was not afraid of attacks from the side. If the Qin army also used this phalanx formation, it would not have to keep the line intact, so it would naturally minimize the killing of witch tools.

Unfortunately, the latter method is completely impossible. It was not that Sun Wu trained a model division like when he was training the concubine of King Wu. What the national war required was a military system that could be implemented across the country. The military system not only lies in the military system itself, but also in social organizations and the most fundamental political system.

The reason why the Chu nobles emphasized that only nobles could become officers of the Chu army was because the result of the popularization of the military system would be the collapse of aristocratic politics, so the size of the army must be strictly limited; Qin is no longer a simple aristocratic country, but it has transformed into a standard bureaucratic country embellished by the King of Qin.

The army of bureaucratic countries can only be cast, not growth-style. Casting can be smashed and disbanded at any time. Today is a mighty army, and tomorrow is a submissive people. Growing army cannot be disbanded. Even if the visible parts on the surface are eradicated, there are still invisible parts underground. When the warm wind and spring rain are poured on, the army will grow like weeds, which will become a threat to the court.

Specifically, if the Qin army also used the square formation of the Yi spear, the first one would be abolished. The Qin army would scatter the formation and fight, which would facilitate beheading; the Chu army gathered the formation and fought, which would be conducive to breaking the formation, and the tactical concepts of the two sides were completely different. Moreover, the spear formation was column-like, not horizontal-like. In order to practice the column, soldiers must also be of the same clan and the same village, and constantly trained during the slack farming period.

The Qin State strictly controlled the military and armor, and all counties set up arsenal. Allowing the Qianshou to train at home during the slack farming period is equivalent to allowing the Qianshou to hold weapons privately. Will the Qianshou to hold weapons privately? What is even more fatal is that they are the same clan and neighbor. Even brothers like Heifu and Jing cannot be in the same battalion. Therefore, when they were the Qin soldiers, the two of them said in their letter, "Heifu and Jing parted the day before yesterday, and they will meet again now."

The purpose of the brothers' different camps is to not transfer the military organization to counties and towns. They are together in wartime and not together in peacetime. This is extremely important. It is inconvenient for soldiers to contact each other without contact, and even if they are in contact, they will not meet without a talisman. If they are bullied during the day, they will not be drunk at night, and shout at the top of their throats, "Kill to Tokyo, seize the bird's seat", and tomorrow it is possible to "kill to Tokyo, seize the bird's seat". This is the reason why more than three people in the Han Dynasty were not allowed to drink for no reason.

It is easy to abolish beheading and titles, and it is easy to allow the Qianshou privately owned soldiers and armor. It is impossible to have soldiers and soldiers in the same clan and neighborhood. Once implemented, there is no need to change. Even if Qin destroys the six kingdoms, the world will be in chaos. However, the key to the formation of combat power of the Yijiu square formation is precisely the same clan and neighborhood. Both are fathers and sons and brothers, both are the same clan and the same clan, and are all the same party and hometown. Only in this way can there be a terrible cohesion, and only when there are people willing to snatch the way forward and others willing to sacrifice themselves.

The Qin State cannot or cannot reproduce the phalanx of the barbarian spear formation. Just as the Germans could not reproduce the similar spear formation more than a thousand years later, the Germans could not reproduce the Irish, and the Scots could not reproduce the same. Even the Swiss who revived the spear formation became mercenaries and lost their original simplicity and unity, the phalanx quickly became decadent and lost their original combat power.

The retreating decisive battle can be said to be the only way for the Qin army to deal with the Chu army. Li Xin took a risk in his life and indeed achieved the goal of eliminating artillery. This was mainly because the Chu army pursued the Qin army for a year, and the generals and soldiers did not allow the Qin people to escape again. Seeing that they retreated more than fifty steps away, they hurriedly crossed the artillery. Once the artillery crossed, the Chu army was fired, so all the artillery ceased.

The artillery of the Chu army was isolated by the Chu army itself. If the right-wing cavalry detoured from the right wing and planned to slam the Qin army's back, they found that they were going to pass through the narrow riverside between the Qin army and the tributary. The Qin army advanced to the Chu army through the tributary, and when retreating, they retreated to a place more than a hundred steps away from the tributary and were chased by the Chu army. The distance of more than a hundred steps was obviously not enough for the Chu cavalry to circulate. Gui Jing would rather the Qin army retreat north of the tributary than enter the narrow space left by the Qin people for himself, and this space is constantly shrinking.

The artillery was blocked by its own soldiers, and the cavalry could not detour due to the river. It seemed that they could only rely on the spear itself to truly defeat the Qin army formation. Or, like the Ying army had defeated the Qin army's right army before, the soldiers quickly retreated and the artillery came forward and bombarded fiercely. However, at this time, the Qin army was not as dumb as before. They followed a principle, which was to keep close and not allow the Chu army to distance any distance.

This is not because of artillery, but because of spears. No matter how short the distance between the Chu army's spear formation is, it must have a certain distance. If there is no distance between the two sides, the Chu army will not be able to rush the spears. If it is impossible to rush the spears, it will be difficult to break the formation.

Behind Ying Division, Xiong Jing looked at the tangled formation battle in front of him and felt indescribable anger. Gui Jing's cavalry used flags to signal that he could not detour. Ying Division retreated twice and could not distance each other. This battle was really a ferocious battle. He couldn't help but think of the Qingshui Battle back then. Although the Qin army was in a vague position, the left and right armies could not attack horizontally, and the war was stalemate for a long time.

"Why, can you retreat again?" Xiong Jing roared. Just now, the Qin army rushed up again and gave up halfway through the spear.

"I think..." Zhuang Wudi said anxiously, but Deng Sui's voice was faster than him. "I think the Qin people will be defeated. The Zhao army has attacked the right side of the formation and the formation is about to be broken."

Artillery soldiers cannot fire artillery, cavalry cannot detour, and spear formations cannot rush to spears, but the left-wing army formation is wider than the Qin army, and the Zhao army on the left wing is also detouring. As soon as Deng Sui finished speaking, the soldiers standing on a high place and looking at him reported: "Report to the king, the Qin people have destroyed the bridge!"

"Destroy the bridge?" Xiong Jing hurriedly raised Lu Lijing to look, but unfortunately he could only see the flags of the Zhao and Qin armies, and there was no bridge on the water. In the place he could not see, thousands of Qin soldiers on the north bank of the tributary were pulling the boats and wooden beams supporting the bridge with thick hemp ropes, and the bridge on the westmost side was destroyed for a while.

The bridge should not be destroyed. As long as one section is destroyed, the Qin army formation on the south bank can be bent and retreated like the left army, sealing the gap between the army formation and the tributary, and protecting the undestroyed bridge behind. The Zhao army could not detour even if they wanted to detour, unless they crossed the tributary. This is actually the benefit of a backwater array. Backwater can cover its flanks and not be attacked by the Zhao army that exceeds the width of its own array, nor by the Chu cavalry.

Xiong Jing, who heard that Zhao's army failed in detour, was finally angry. He no longer asked Zhuang Wudi Deng Sui and others what good strategies they had, but directly summoned the artillery battalion commander Chen Qing, and after discussion, he asked quickly: "Can you attack?"

"If you withdraw from the array, you can attack, but..." Ying's division formation was about three miles wide and fifteen people in depth. The previous two retreats failed, and the military formation was deeply inward, almost out of touch with the entire front, and was barely adjacent to four or five people. If you retreat again, Ying's division will withdraw from the entire front and the front also broke.

"Quickly release!" Xiong Jing didn't want to wait any longer.

"I am accepting the order." Chen Qing shouted loudly and was about to run out. Xiong Jing added: "Use a shotgun."

"The shotgun may hurt his comrades." Chen Qing said worriedly. This time the cannon was no longer behind the Ying army, but on the side of the Ying army, that is, the connection between the Ying army and the left and right brigades. This angle is a bit like a side strike of a bastion. The cannons on the left fired in the upper right corner, and the cannons on the right fired in the upper left corner.

The Ying division formation is about three miles wide (1200m) and the military formation depth is fifteen rows (15m). Theoretically, as long as the gun angle is greater than 1.11 degrees and less than 90 degrees, it will not hurt one's own people. If you use shotguns, it will be different. Once the shotguns are out of the bore, they will collide with each other, and the left and right muzzles are dangerous areas.

"Then use solid bullets." Xiong Jing was helpless, and he blurted out with a shotgun for a moment.

"Tell me the command, Ying Shi took two steps back." The cannon was behind the Ying Shi formation, and quickly dragged the cannon to the left and right sides of the Ying Shi. Seeing Chen Qing knocking out the Ying Shi, Xiong Jing immediately ordered Ying Shi to retreat.

It took time to convey the military order. Xiong Jing has been staring at the Ying army, which was stalemate with the Qin people since the order, hoping that they could retreat as soon as possible. Perhaps because of his too focused, he did not hear the urgent retribution from his hand.

Zhuang Wudi said anxiously from one side: "King Qibing..." Seeing that he was concentrating and did not answer, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "King Qibing Qibing!"

"What's the matter?" Xiong Jing finally heard his voice. Zhuang Wudi didn't answer. His body became stiff and raised his right hand and pointed to the left side of Chu Jun.

"That's..." Xiong Jing gasped in an instant. He saw the Qin army's cavalry and the overwhelming cavalry.

The 40,000 cavalry under Wang Jian's command were transferred back to Li Xin's command together with the 200,000 elite soldiers. This was Li Xin's last reliance. The reason why Li Xin dared to fight the Chu army here and dared not to set up an ambush in fear of the Chu army was because he had such a cavalry that was twice as many as the Chu army.
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