warring states careerist

Chapter 181 Infinite Changes and New Strategies ([-])
If it is suitable, Mozi is very pleased.

Shi didn't learn the art of defending the city systematically, unlike Qin Huali who spent more than ten years getting the true biography of Mozi.

But just based on some things he heard on weekdays, he can sum up the essence of many city defense techniques, which is what Mozi admires the most.

From Shi's point of view, summed up in his words, Mozi attaches great importance to data, to the point where he can't wait to write down detailed data in every detail.

The reason why he asked Mozi about his mission was because the Mohists also cared about the construction of reference objects in the city defense technique.

At every fixed distance outside the city, a special reference object must be built to use geometry to calculate the number of enemy troops, the distance between camps, the number of miles separated, etc. when defending the city.

In the absence of a reference, the eye will deceive the observer, resulting in huge errors.

In the case of a reference object, it is the eternally difficult mathematics, not the eyes, that observe these distances, so it is more accurate.

Outside the city, which seems to be a plain, in fact, Mo Zhe still left a lot of reference objects within the range of his eyesight to calculate the distance.

For example, there happened to be a huge boulder a hundred steps away from the south gate, which was transported by the Mo Zhe with levers and rolling logs, in order to accurately judge the distance of the enemy army.

For example, the height of the temple built to meet the enemy is definite, and the distance between it and the masonry camp is also definite. By calculating things such as shadows, and then based on other reference objects, the definite distance can be judged.

These detailed figures are an important part of the Mo family's defense of the city, and they are also the key to success in one blow in the future.

Rely on the taxis and low-level nobles in the city to make a counterattack posture out of the city, and use the short-term chaos of the Chu people and the reference objects left on the ground to judge the distance between the Chu people's various princely troops, the time of support, and the speed of mobilization, etc. etc., so as to formulate a more complete plan.

Calculation is exactly what Su Shi is good at.

This kind of calculation is also the essence that Mozi seems to be able to comprehend but not to pass on orally. Being able to think of this problem at the first time shows that he has enough talent to comprehend the art of defending the city.

Manpower is exhausted, Shi Shi hasn't learned too many skills of defending the city in the past few years, but it proves that he can learn.

This is very important to Mozi. He always pays attention to the talents of his disciples. He once wanted to learn archery, literature, swordsmanship, and city defense. Disciple, you are not a national scholar, don't think about learning so much, you won't learn.

Mo Ziyin said with a smile: "Since you know the essence of it, it is most appropriate to entrust this matter to you."

"You also said that there are many people in Chu, and the nobles can't agree with each other. They have their own ideas. Although the king of Chu came in person, he couldn't enforce orders and prohibit them. You can use the three armies to form a dignified and upright formation."

"Also, in terms of the customs of the Six Kingdoms, the husband's Qi formation is heavy but not strong, the Qin formation is scattered and fights against itself, the Chu formation is organized but not long, the Yan formation guards and does not leave, and the Sanjin formation is governed but not used."

"The Chu army seems to be organized, but in fact it is precisely because they have to fight without being organized. Even if they are organized, it is still not long. It can be seen that it is difficult to coordinate among the Fengjun County soldiers. These are all things we can use."

Shi agreed, the Mohist school had a whole set of observation tools, and there were a lot of handicraftsmen in it. Each handicraft industry had its own measurement tools, and Mozi used them. In addition, he was planning to build water conservancy in Pei County, and these tools were also complete.

Although crude, the effect of careful calculation must be several times stronger than no calculation.

Shi said: "I think this matter can be done well. Calculation, nothing more than relying on rules, squares, rulers, ink lines, sun shadows, triangles, oblique rods, etc., my disciple is just good at it."

"I just think that my disciple, as a radical, may not be able to fight with the army, and I feel unwilling."

Mozi smiled and said: "I said earlier that if you want to do well in the world, you must make the best use of people. A blind person, you have to ask him to watch the enemy's situation? Can't you let him listen to the enemy's digging?" What's happening in the cave?"

"Your sword skills are too poor, and there are many other things. I would rather let the swordsman guard me than you spend time learning the sword."

Speaking of this, he made the same joke for the second time: "Besides, if you do harm to the world, there will be thirteen swords to restrain you. If you have Gongzaoye's swordsmanship, and you have guards in the future, the thirteen swords will be useless." You are fine."

Shi laughed a few times, thinking to himself, did Mr. forget that he had made such a joke?Or is that really what you think?

But Mozi just said casually, avoiding this matter, and said: "If that matter is done in the future, your merit in calculating is no less than killing the enemy yourself. Therefore, don't be negligent, and you must do it well. If you need someone, come to me. This matter is the first priority."

"You don't have to worry about other things. You also prepare the tools you need."

Seeing this, he didn't say much, and took the order to retreat.

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A few days later, in the Chu army camp, night was the most relaxing time.

The moon is waning tonight, and it is almost impossible for the army to launch a night attack at this time, which requires extremely high organizational skills to complete.

Once encountering a night attack, the army will only stay still and not panic, so as not to cause more chaos.

After nightfall, except for the sound of bonfires, loud noises are prohibited in the camp, so as not to disturb the army.

This requires strict orders, so such things as one Wu and one gang beheaded while sitting on the ground are also emerging in endlessly.

Those people who were propagated by the inkmen a few days ago have been arranged to the rear. Once some words spread in the military camp, there will be endless troubles.

In the tent of King Chu's army, King Chu Xiongdang and a group of important ministers are discussing about harvesting wheat in a few days.

If you want to reap the wheat, you must spare enough manpower, and you must finish the reaping before the rain. The wheat is easy to germinate and easy to fall.

Zhaozhi'ai said: "Your Majesty, in the past, there was only grain, and most of the autumns had little rain. The Mohist's method of staying wheat is between Meng Zhongxia, and there may be a lot of rain. It must be harvested quickly."

The king of Chu said yes, and said: "The widow also has this intention. Now if you collect more, you can transport less from Chu. People also need to eat and use along the way when transporting grain. One load will be less than three loads. If it can be transported in Shangqiu It is best to harvest wheat outside the city for army rations.”

At this time, the weights and measures were chaotic. Among all kinds of strange weights and measures, Chu State used Dan as the unit of measurement for salary.The Qi State used bells, the Wei State used basins, and the San Jin Dynasty used stones, all of which are different.

Chu people often fight for hegemony, so they are very experienced in such things as long-distance food transportation, and the king of Chu is very clear about the consumption of food along the way.

This attack on Song can only win but not defeat.

Not only the status and prestige of the king of Chu himself, but also the power of the Song people can be used to help the northward struggle for hegemony only when Shangqiu surrenders.

However, in the face of the defenders of Mozhe, the King of Chu was apprehensive. From the tower, the city was well-organized and there was no panic at all. It seemed that he could go out of the city to launch a counterattack at any time.

Once the troops are divided to collect wheat and transport grain, I am afraid that the Mohists will take the opportunity to sneak attack. If the troops are insufficient at that time, they may be defeated by the Song people and their morale will be low.

Xiong Dang paced for a long time, then said in a slow voice: "In my opinion, we still have to attack the city to make the city exhausted. We think that we may attack the city at any time, so that we can concentrate our soldiers to harvest the wheat."

This kind of siege is meaningless, just to consume the power in the city, naturally those lowly disciples must be used.

The real sharp warriors are not used at this time.

Zhao Zhi'ai said: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, you might as well use those soldiers who were bewitched by the Mohist in those few days."

After thinking about it for a while, the king of Chu understood the cleverness of it.

For one thing, if these soldiers go back, I'm afraid they will still remember the outrageous words said by Mo Zhe, and it's best that they all die here.

The second is to use the hands of Mo Zhe to get rid of these people, so that other Chu people can see that it is not that Mo Zhe doesn't kill people, on the contrary, he doesn't blink when he kills people.

After a little discussion, it is decided which engineering method to choose.

Methods such as attacking the city with ants, filling trenches, impacting with ladders, and slamming cars into the city gates are impossible to work if only those soldiers are used, and they are blatant.

In this way, the only options left are digging burrows and shooting sheep.

Mo Zhe is good at defending, but the king of Chu thinks that these days the Chu army has been making a gesture of besieging and not attacking, and there may be slack in the city.

Besides, even if it can't be broken, that's okay.The method of sheep can not break the city at most, but it can still deter the city.

Even if the digging fails, the dead will not die in full view, nor will it cause the soldiers to panic when they see it.

After all, the king of Chu was extremely afraid of the Mo Zhe's defensive skills, fearing that if the city could not be broken with all his strength, the Mo Zhe would take advantage of the situation to defend and counterattack, and the Chu army would fail.

The King of Chu said: "Although we didn't go all out, it still panicked the city of Shangqiu. They didn't dare to fight easily and harassed us to harvest wheat. After three or five times, the city was exhausted. Even if we knew that we were just pretending, it was too late."

The nobles in the tent did not object to this opinion. Anyway, they didn't need to use their own private soldiers, nor did they need to use their own elites.

If the soldiers don't do it, they can be killed according to the law, and the rest of the soldiers in the camp will not be dissatisfied.

Every noble has its own elite force, and these elite forces are the foundation for them to live and work, because apprentices can be recruited voluntarily as long as they have a fief.

And if the battle relied on apprentices, I am afraid that this battle would not have to be fought. In Chu people's view, the chariot nobles are the basis for decisive victory.

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Soon, the part of the Chen people who the Chu army had heard the Mohist preaching that day was gathered together. Some were close to the city wall, digging earth mountains to pile up sheep, and the other part was preparing to dig tunnels.

These two need to work together.

Dirt goats need to dig soil, and digging tunnels also needs to dig soil. If you want to dig secrets, you have to find a way to make the soil dug out of the tunnels so that the city cannot see it.

The usual method in the past was to pretend to build a cover wall, so that the soil excavated from the tunnel could be pretended to be hidden in the cover wall.

And if you build a sheep siege to attack the city, you can directly pile up the tunnel soil on the sheep siege, so that it is not easy to observe the response situation in the city.

(End of this chapter)