warring states careerist

Chapter 184 Infinite Changes and New Strategies ([-])
The crypt is approaching, and the Mohists in the cave are fully prepared, so they are confident and self-sufficient.

Now that he said so, the leader thought, even if the Chu people dig for a while, they can still win, there is no difference.

He also thought that even if the Chu people heard the movement here and suddenly changed direction, even if they attacked, it would be difficult to penetrate through the tunnel.

So I fulfilled Shi's wish, and after whispering a few words with Shi, I waited silently.

After a while, Shi shouted.

A person behind him yanked the rope connected to the copper bell outside, and Mo Zhe, who had already been on standby with a tool in hand, immediately moved forward, digging the soil at an extremely fast speed.

The person in charge of transport behind him silently put the soil on the ground into soil baskets, passed it backwards at intervals, and temporarily piled it in those big houses.

The speed is far better than when the mine was excavated in Peixian County. After all, Shangqiu is full of good soil, which is not as rough as the gravel on the mine.

The Chu soldiers who were digging the cave suddenly heard a huge movement, and they were very disturbed, and the underground lighting was not bright, so they couldn't help panicking.

The cave was dug open, and the Mohists with short soldiers rushed in first, and the pottery pipes that released the smoke were also hurriedly connected behind.

Holding huge wooden shields, the five of them knocked away the bewildered Chu soldiers and divided the Chu people in the crypt into two.

The five-sided wooden shield was stuck at the entrance of the cave, and was supported by chief spears. There was a gap in the middle of the wooden shield, and several barbarian spears pierced outwards. The pottery pipe was connected with the hole where the spear protruded, and thick smoke billowed immediately.

The wooden shield covered with yellow mud can stop the thick smoke from pouring back, but it can't stop the coughing sound from the opposite side.

The Mohist, who is proficient in Chen Yu, said loudly: "I want to teach you how to defend the city, and go back and tell the king of Chu that the giants could have dealt with it 50 years ago when they attacked the city from the crypt. You know that and dare to do so, and I only spare your lives." , Go back and tell the truth! Tell Xiong Dang not to do useless work!"

He yelled several times, the thick smoke from burning wormwood and pepper skins was already unbearable to the other side, the other side was in chaos, and there was no Mohist special eyewashing potion, the cave was pitch black, and he ran out of the cave. go.

The other half who were separated by the Mozhe were all disciples. It was dark here, and they were already terrified. The Mozhe only yelled a few times, and these people dropped their utensils and surrendered together.

Four or fifty Chu people who excavated and transported earthwork were captured in an instant.Chu people are not good at underground combat, so how can they be the opponents of these Mohists who have practiced countless times.

Furthermore, Mo Zhe calculated the location of the tunnel with his mind but not his mind, and the position of the tunnel was very close. This was a situation that Chu people could not have imagined.

After hearing the movement on the opposite side, I knew that the Chu people on the opposite side had fled, and I didn't know whether it was possible to suffocate inside under the thick smoke.

There is a big house in the cave of your own side to store soldiers, but you can use the Chu people's cave to sneak attack Yangfu, so more than [-] people are left to garrison, and the rest escort the frightened Chu people back.

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A few days later, the king of Chu looked at a letter sent from the city, and he was surprised, but also a little angry.

I originally wanted to use tunnel attacks to create some confusion and pressure on the defenders of Shangqiu, and make the defenders nervous in order to cope with the upcoming wheat harvest season.

But he didn't think that the people in the city, like ghosts, dug a counterattack tunnel more than 50 steps away from the city wall, which was extremely surprising.

In the barracks, there were many soldiers who fled back who were choked by the thick smoke talking about it, and it was even related to ghosts and gods, or some people speculated that the Mohist could communicate with the gods of the underground, otherwise, how could it be possible to get together for dozens of steps? Did you dig through it right away?

Except for ghosts and gods, it seems difficult to explain, and thinking of the rumors that Mohists value ghosts and gods and are good at offering sacrifices, the rumors can't help but spread all over the sky.

Originally there was a ban on the singing of "Buddhist Feather", and now there is another ban on mentioning this matter, but that day the Mohist said at the top of the city that what is not allowed to be mentioned is mostly the truth, there are inevitably some different thoughts in the barracks, Or fear.

The Yangfu soil mountain built was also useless. The Mozhe first relied on feathered arrow archers to shoot at each other, and then sent elite soldiers to attack the Yangfu when they were tired from digging, pouring some strange liquid grease, and burning those who had finally recovered from thirty years ago. The wood transported from inside and outside also captured more than a hundred archers and soldiers.

With such a defeat, the Chu people can only try to launch a counterattack, even if it brings a little chaos to the city, in order to boost morale.

So he used the ladder made by Gongshuban to attack from the sheep, but Mo Zhe hit it with a punching machine, and it was difficult to get close.

The two sides went back and forth for several days, but the city remained safe and sound.

By the way, the city also sent a letter to the king of Chu, which stated the various methods of the Mozhe to defend the city, and clearly told the people of Chu that these are our methods. You can know, but you have no way to break through Shangqiu.

This letter was written on paper in two copies, one in Chu Zhuan, and the other in humble script used internally by Mohists.

The first sentence on the paper is full of self-confidence and ridicule towards Chu people.

"Those who attack sheep are clumsy, they are enough to labor and die, but not enough to harm the city. The government of sheep is that if you attack from a distance, you will harm you far away, and if you are close to the city, you will harm you near the city. It will not reach the city. There is no rest for arrows and stones. Behind the pillars, look to be solid. Resolute and sharp soldiers, be careful not to care, the defenders will be heavy, and the attackers will go lightly. Raise courage and high spirits, the hearts of the people are full of hearts, the more the more the more the less, the soldiers will not slacken."

The latter is the defensive method.

After the King of Chu saw it, he let out a long sigh, showed it to his left and right, and passed it on to the nobles.

For a long while, the officials were speechless.

The King of Chu said: "The Mohist's skill in defending the city is unparalleled in the world, and this is it. Their letter said: Therefore, those who are good at attacking, the enemy does not know what they are defending; and those who are good at defending, the enemy does not know what they are attacking."

"Now Mo Zhe has written down the means of defending the city one by one. How can you break through?"

Gong Changyin, who was the most radical advocate of attacking the city, was silent at this moment, and the mysterious method he could think of was completely deciphered by this letter.

After a while, Gong Yin said: "In the past, Yangshu's archery skills were unmatched in the world. Everyone in the world knew that he was good at archery, but no one dared to compare him with his archery skills. I'm afraid this is his demeanor?"

Yang Youji is from Chu, and his skill in archery is known all over the world. Gong Yiyin, who guards the city to Mo, said that archery is good for Yang Youji, and he has already convinced him.

The King of Chu smiled. He didn't want to attack the city because he knew he couldn't, so he chose to besiege the city and wait for something to happen in the city.

All the veterans have seen Mozi, and most of them have seen the offensive and defensive battle compared with the belt more than 30 years ago, so they are not opposed to siege without attack.

Gong Shuyin, as the main attacker, has been convinced, and the rest are considered to have stabilized.

After a few days of attack and defense, the Mohists captured many Chu people, many disciples from the tunnels, many archers from the sheep, and some minor nobles and warriors.

The Mohists clearly stated in the letter: Everyone is the minister of the Emperor of Heaven, and everyone is equal, so the nobles, scholars, and ordinary disciples will be returned together, and people will be sent to meet the King of Chu.

The people of Chu knew that Mohists were eloquent, but if they avoided seeing them at this time, their reputation might be humiliated, and if they could redeem those low-ranking nobles and scholars, it would be more convenient for the army to stabilize their morale.

Now that we have to besiege the city for a long time, we have to consider the stability of the army's morale. There are already quite a lot of strange sayings in the camp, and I am afraid that it will take a long time to wait for changes in the city.

And after the king of Chu had read Mo Zhe's letters and heard about Mo Zhe's methods, he also had some desire to attract Mo Zhe, and this meeting was imperative.

In this era, envoys are often threatened, and they are often prepared to be fried or cooked. Even Qi Hou was fried by Zhou Tianzi, so there are often times when ministers ask for a cauldron. rhetoric.

The King of Chu said: "I heard that Mozi dies without hesitation. Since he wants to meet face to face, there is no need to prepare some methods. Back then, Mozi went to Chu alone, and he was not afraid. If he uses those methods at this time, he may be ridiculed by Mozi. "

All the ministers thought it was reasonable, and the King of Chu asked again: "Looking at the letter, it seems that the Mohists want to send lobbyists to give up the siege, but of course they can't. It's just that if the Mohism's words strongly occupy the truth, even if they don't give up Siege is always bad."

"Who of you can argue with that?"

The officials were speechless, and there were some quick-witted people among them, but after hearing some Mohist stories, no one wanted to lose face in front of everyone.

It's okay to win, although the reputation is huge, but the chances of winning are very small, even if Mo Di is too old to show up in person, if he meets the person who uttered nonsense in the city that day, it will be difficult to support him.

The King of Chu looked around at the ministers, but without any anger, he just smiled and said, "I'm afraid that when the time comes, I can only say that what they say makes sense, but if it makes sense, it doesn't mean we have to do it."

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In the city, the captured Chu people were not insulted, they were just driven around the city in a carriage to boost the morale of the city.

Subsequently, these people were distinguished according to their respective identities.

Farmers, slaves, Xu Mi, craftsmen, nobles with fiefs, and downcast people who are not directly related to the clan... they are guarded according to their different identities.

The treatment of those nobles is slightly better. The reason here is not that their diet is special, but that they don't need to be nagged by the Mohists every day.

And the people who are better than others, including those down-and-out taxis, are under the propaganda of Mo Zhe every day.

Different people have to speak different truths. The Propaganda Department has implemented this sentence to the extreme and is also busy to the extreme.

For those down-and-out aristocrats, the publicity strategy given by the Propaganda Department is to promote the virtuous.

These down-and-out scholars are the ones who like to listen to the truth of praising the virtuous.

Because they are capable, and although this ability is also derived from the off-the-job study that came from the blood, they are still dissatisfied with the power being controlled by the big nobles and big clans, so they applaud the truth of Shangxian almost every time they say it.

In their view, the world designed by the Mohists is excellent: those who are capable will go up, and those who are incompetent will go down, and everyone will do their best.

Because of productivity, these literati are the group of people with the least power among the literate class, and they are most eager to reform the worthy.

As for people like peasants and Xu Mi, I will tell them the rest of the truth, and I will use dialects they can understand.

In less than half a month, the vast majority of these captured people, except the orthodox sons and nobles, have already appreciated Mo Zhe's truth.

Scholars yearn for meritocracy, the bottom class yearn for equality, farmers yearn for private acreage, craftsmen without wives and daughters even choose to stay in Shangqiu directly.

(End of this chapter)