As soon as the army moved, Shi also came to Liang's father from Boyi, and the scattered righteous teachers also began to gather, and some cities left only one company of righteous teachers, plus some Qi people who had no family or were born as slaves and joined the righteous teachers to temporarily garrison.

Before the decisive battle, it is appropriate to confirm the final information.

When the staff officer in charge of intelligence sent the news in the direction of Chengyang and Linzi, Shi seemed to be calm, but in fact he was a little nervous.

This decisive battle was different from previous battles in that it was not a battle between the two armies that would be decided over a few days, but a battle fought in various places within a wide radius of about 100 miles, which was a large army battle that would appear in the Warring States period, but there was not much precedent now.

The staff officer read according to the information passed back by the scouts and analyzed by the staff officers: "The Wei and Han coalition forces in the direction of Chengyang are not ready to attack. The Wei people have already made contact with me, and the envoys of the Marquis of Wei have entered Pengcheng, even if they are deceitful, it will take at least half a month to gather troops and prepare grain and grass in the direction of Chengyang. ”

"There is no movement on the Linzi side, the remaining troops of Linzi have been in the city, and it is rumored that Tian He is seriously ill and heartbroken. Probably to prevent the disaster of Xiao Wall, so the remaining troops in Linzi have been in the city. ”

"There is no movement in the direction of Jucheng, but the city defense is constantly being strengthened, and there is no gathering of troops."

After the three news were spoken, the righteous division officers present at the scene all breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, it is necessary to assemble troops in advance, and the army cannot be immediately transferred to an offensive state, and it is absolutely impossible to prepare without a month and a half.

There was no problem in the three directions, and he smiled easily: "It seems that this time it was Tian Wu's temporary idea, and there was no cooperation from all parties." In the end, it was still a war between us and Tian Wu, which can be reassured. ”

The rest of the people also nodded and smiled, as long as there is no problem in these three directions, then the battle will be over in half a month, and it will be too late for all parties to express themselves even if they want to.

Yesterday, the army of Qi State had arrived within thirty miles of Yingyi, with a number of about 60,000, which was the main force of the Linzi army, and this was definitely not wrong.

Everyone was very relieved about Yingyi's defense, and the concentration of the army on Liang's father was a strategy based on the premise that Yingyi was difficult to break.

Shi clasped his hands together, stretched out violently, his fingers interlocked, gurgling, shook his shoulders and said with a smile: "We have been dormant in Si for too long, and in the battle of aid, after all, Wei Han joined forces with us to defeat the Qi State." I have endured it for too long, and the princes of the world have forgotten the battle of the water. ”

"In today's battle, the world is shaken, but to what extent?"

Shi stretched out two fingers, bent one and said: "In the battle of Nanjishui, the princes may think, it is not the elite of Qi, the Mo family is strong, but it is not terrifying." ”

"In today's battle, we must let the princes understand that it is terrible, and then we can maintain the army for a longer time. You see, in the first battle of Shangqiu, the state of Chu was honest for a long time; In the first battle of the water, the Yue country no longer had the heart to dominate Si. Today's war, the so-called killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, the country of Qi and the rising sun, the rooster sings first, and it is still red, so it is necessary to borrow the chicken of Qi to scare the 'monkeys' in the Central Plains. ”

He rarely talks about this kind of superstitious thing on weekdays, even if it is a joke, he rarely says it, but when he says it today, he is obviously in a good mood.

"Pass the order, prepare separately, and the troops will leave Pingyang in two days."

The generals were ordered, and they also understood that at this point, the Mo family had no room to turn around.

Once the troops are deployed, they will not be able to change their orders overnight and send troops to Pingyang, which means that the defense of Yingyi must completely rely on the Second Division, and they must be full of confidence in the Second Division.

It is the key point that moves the whole body, if Liang's father is in danger, he can still support, but if he sends troops, he will open the bow and have no turning back.

…………

Winyip.

Smoke has risen.

The 60,000 Qi army concentrated all the bronze cannons in the army, and wanted to concentrate on the city wall to blast open the city wall, but the hot air balloon hanging high in the air found the intention of the Qi army at the beginning of the Qi army's preparation, and the artillery on the city immediately launched a counterattack, and the righteous artillery, which was superior in quantity and quality, completely suppressed the copper cannon of the Qi country.

In a garrison in front of the main gate, five companies of volunteers were stationed in it, and two garrisons were stationed with a total of one brigade of non-commissioned men, each with six small cannons and some iron cannons that fired stones and sand at close range.

Even if the garrison is concave polygonal as a whole, because of the triangular arrangement like Vega, the attack of Qi can only impact the front, not besiege on all sides, because there are cross-cutting covers on the sides and back, which is equivalent to death.

The width of the front is not large, and there are not many offensive forces thrown at one time.

The brigade commander and the brigade representative stationed at the garrison were on one side, and the brigade commander looked at the Qi army who was preparing to attack in the distance, and estimated that the first wave of soldiers of the Qi army to attack the fortress he was guarding this time was more than 600 people.

No matter how many numbers can't be expanded, as for the follow-up waves, it is equivalent to nothing, if Qi Guo really doesn't rush in formation, then it seems to be all over the mountains, but if he really wants to do that, he will be happy and relaxed.

The bitter smell of the burning arquebus choked the brigade commander's eyes with tears, and the musketeers lined up on the fortress quietly awaited orders.

The gunners are also relaxed now, the distance is too far at this time, these small cannons are not those heavy bronze cannons in the city, and it is difficult to deal damage to the Qi army before the Qi army is close.

The soldiers were not panicked, it seemed that the large camp of the Qi army was spread out and numerous, but they knew that these people would need to attack in waves, and the number of people they faced each time was far less than that of their partners on their side.

The sides of the concave wall are much longer than the straight line straightened from the front.

In the distance, the horns of the Qi army continued to sound, and the crossbowmen and musketeers of the Qi army began to move forward, wanting to cover the first wave of Qi troops charging into battle.

Several cannons were scattered and deployed in front of the formation, and after the Qi artillery that was originally going to be used to bombard the city wall was counterattacked, they no longer dared to assemble and could only be used in a dispersed manner.

The soldiers in the front row were holding pestles and shields, the soldiers in the back were carrying wooden ladders, and several simple wooden ladders were also slowly moving forward.

A puff of white smoke rose from a Qi gun, and the iron pellet smashed into the thick soil in front of the fort rammed with earth, but it did not bounce off and did not cause any damage.

The brigade commander shook his head and mocked at the people around him: "The methods of the Qi people attacking the city are no different from those of twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, it was possible to defend it with a relay machine and a car, let alone today. ”

"There are a few cannons in Qiren, if there are no cannons, such a fortress, I will guard it with a brigade, as long as the food is enough, I am afraid that it will not be able to be captured in a year."

Just as the people next to him were about to reply, the sound of trumpets and drums in the distance began to sound again, and the whole army began to advance slowly, and the archers and musketeers were also moving forward after completing their formation.

More than 600 Qi troops lined up in a front about a hundred paces wide and crossed the trench puddle in front. There are still several teams of Qi troops behind, and it seems that they are going to carry out waves of uninterrupted impact.

Before the trench, a Qi sergeant with a pestle and shield scolded in the Linzi dialect: "This is to call us to die, the Mo family has cannons, we have a body of flesh, when will the iron bullets run out, but the people behind will be able to attack it?" ”

As he spoke, the drums beat again, and he held his shield in front of him, and began to obey orders to form a group in front of the trench.

The water in this trench is not deep, but after crossing the trench, the formation has been disorganized, and it is difficult to attack again without regrouping.

Two of his companions were howling in the trench behind him, and the bamboo sticks in the trench pierced their feet, making it difficult to fight in severe pain, and there was no one to support them, so they could only crawl backwards in the mud puddle.

The soldier spat and muttered to the person next to him, "Look, I might as well have pierced my foot just now." If the foot is punctured, it is disabled at most. But this iron bullet smashed over, and there is still an immortal? ”

The partner next to him also said, "Why do you want us to come first?" The dead of those nobles waited for our corpses to cover the trenches, and they were good to go to the city, but the merit was theirs. ”

"Good and decent, what do we have to do with the Fei people's own business? My family has also planted a lot of corn this year, which is about to be harvested, where did my family make it? ”

"Let us go to death, but the fief is theirs? The Mo family doesn't kill or rob, what do you fight with them? ”

Muttering reluctantly, as soon as the queue was lined up, a strange scream was heard from the air, and several veterans who had participated in the battle of the most defeated soldiers threw the shield in their hands and lay on the ground without saying a word, but the new pawns behind did not know.

There were a few bangs, and the red-hot iron balls smashed a few blood marks in the team that had just lined up in formation, and the team that had just been formed was in chaos in an instant.

The drums beat again, and someone shouted behind them: "The military order is like a mountain, retreat the latter to death!" The first to enter the city is a soldier! ”

Where did a few new pawns see the scene where their heads were directly smashed by iron pellets, they screamed and threw down their weapons and retreated, and several people were pierced by bamboo sticks between the trenches, and they were screaming in pain.

Finally climbed to the back, and several scholars with swords killed the retreating people in public.

But those old soldiers knew that they could not retreat at this time, and the drums started again, and they had to form a whole team again, and the iron bullets fell again.

A soldier couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "It's a death in front and back, and it's better to die in front than to be stoned to death by an iron pellet here." ”

With this shout, he rushed out with his shield in his hand, and the people behind him were in confusion, and they all rushed forward in a chaotic manner.

It certainly takes courage to charge, but it takes more courage and discipline to keep the formation intact and maintain the line under artillery bombardment, at least not yet in this first wave of Qi troops.

A charge without formation is death, but there is military law behind it, and there is artillery bombardment here, and the fear of knowing when it will fall on one's head is far greater than the courage required to charge.

The soldier who muttered before said to himself, "This rush is also a death." ”

But the formation around him has been chaotic and sparse, some people hesitate, some people have rushed out, and he also rushed forward with a heart.

But he did not rush ahead, but followed several men with a bone amulet in his hand.

He easily rushed to within a hundred paces of the city wall, and there was another burst of gunfire from the fortress, and several people in front of him were all killed, and one of them threw his weapon in shock and ran backwards.

"Fool."

scolded, and said in my heart, where did I run out? Then he calmly lay on the ground, picked up some blood with his hand and smeared it on his face, and lay down in the crowd, and felt out the talisman that the woman had given him, and recited the words, just hoping to get the protection of the Heavenly Emperor and the Mountain God.