warring states careerist

Chapter 201
The ministers of Chu persuaded again, and the king of Chu pointed to the distance and said: "If the city really wants to go out of the city for a decisive battle, it will definitely choose when the sky is about to dawn, and attack with elite infantry first, so as to make our army camp chaotic."

"When we are in chaos and the sky is bright, we can dispatch chariots in the city and gather the whole army to attack. I'm afraid we will be defeated by then."

"It's just...it's dark now, even if those people successfully harass and our army camp is in chaos, how can it be possible to send troops in the city at night?"

"If the soldiers in Shangqiu City can fight at night, and they know the ranks of the troops during the night battle, why should they defend the city? Just fight us outside the city!"

"Tonight, the city must be trying to burn the grain and grass brought from Chendi. The drums on the city wall are beating in unison, just to threaten us."

"If those harassers retreat calmly, the morale of the army in the city will definitely flourish. If we have been besieging the city for a long time, once the morale is depressed, there will be resentment..."

Speaking of resentment, King Chu heaved a long sigh.

In the past, such a siege would last at least two or three months before resentment would emerge, and usually the troops would retreat at that time.

But now it is different.

The mobsters in the city talked like swords, and many people were moved by their words. Whether those truths could be refuted, although there was a ban on spreading those words in the camp, but they couldn't be stopped.

Once morale plummets, I am afraid that these messages that have been ambushed for a long time will be like those spring weeds: green from a distance, but dry grass when approached, but one day the whole field will suddenly turn green.

It was going to be a rainy day, and the trees outside the city were cut down again. The soldiers of the Chu army did not have enough tents, and some of them could only camp in the open air.

At that time, the morale of the army will be low and the rain will be like mold, and the words and truths of those Mohists will be widely spread in the camp.

It's not that the king of Chu doesn't like Mohists' principles at all. He agrees with the sayings such as exalting the virtuous, centralizing power, and synonymously.

These principles interact with the scholar class, so these reasons can make the scholar class loyal to the royal power and strengthen the royal power.

However, in addition to these principles, there are also a lot of truths for common farmers and businessmen. Of course, the nobles don't like to hear these truths, and the king of Chu doesn't like to hear them either. The kingship is spread at will.

If today's matter cannot be dealt with properly, the morale of the siege will drop, and the consequences will be difficult to deal with.

He also knew that today's event was a little dangerous, but he wanted to be a hero, so he knew that the more he had to do some heroic actions in order to win the hearts of the soldiers.

The King of Chu not only explained the truth clearly, but also said it with great pride, and the nobles around him didn't say much, and they gathered their personal relatives and soldiers one by one.

The King of Chu's Che Guang hundred and twenty soldiers also gave up their chariots and chose to fight at night with spears and daggers in armor, and the assembly was completed.

In the rest of the camps, the soldiers did not move. They just lit the torches and burned the bonfire. They guarded the barracks with good shooters and suppressed the formation with crossbowmen. The rest of them assembled and did not move around.

It's just that nowadays, sending orders basically depends on roaring, and it is difficult to send people to announce orders or use flags as signs during the day, but it is difficult to do so at night.

Furthermore, no one knows exactly what happened at night. Once something goes wrong, some people will think that the entire army has been defeated, which will trigger a series of chain reactions.

The king of Chu issued another order: kill those who go out to fight privately, kill those who disturb the morale of the army with loud noises, and kill those who run away without reason...

Under the wooden tower, the private soldiers of various nobles are waiting for orders. The king of Chu is on the wooden tower. Thinking of the strange thing that "can fly above the nine heavens" that the Mohist had shown before, he thought: "If that thing can fly again Make it bigger, and you can pass orders at night!"

The thought was just a flash, knowing that the most urgent task tonight is to drive away the harassing Song people, so he personally put on his armor and held his spear.

He believes that the number of troops capable of attacking at night must not be large, and also believes that if it is for the whole army to counterattack, he will never choose this time to go out of the city to fight at night, so he also believes that tonight will be the time for him to gather the morale of the army and gain prestige.

If he can behead one or two Song people who went out to harass the city, and lead troops to fight in person, and spread the word in the barracks tomorrow, it will not only boost morale, but also make many people fall in love with him.

People love heroes and fearlessness.

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At the top of the city, the Mozhe of Shihe Shuji widened his eyes, watching the bonfire lit by the Chu army camp outside the city.

Behind him, the water leaks are ticking, and the time is being counted, and the reference objects that are faintly visible under the moonlight are also vaguely visible.

The torches in the Chu people's camp were lit one by one, and the bonfires in some places were even more vigorous. Because there was not much firewood within a few miles outside the city, the bonfires in the Chu people's camp were reluctant to burn very vigorously.

It can be seen that the Chu people chose the most sensible way to deal with it: let the camp be brightened first, stabilize the morale of the army, and let the soldiers see their fellow soldiers around them, so as to avoid chaotic and large-scale fleeing at night.

At the same time, it is also extremely wise to let each camp stand firm to prevent accidents: the more chaotic the night, the more chaotic it will be. You can only stand still. Although you cannot fight back and win a big victory, it is also difficult to lose a big one.

Shi is just calculating the time for the torches to gather in each camp of the Chu people, the time it takes for each camp to settle down from chaos, and the speed at which the Chu people pass the news.

Some with good ears were secretly listening to the sound of various drums coming from the Chu people's camp.

During the ticking of the water leak, Shi took a pen and kept marking on the paper, and occasionally opened his mouth to ask a question, and the people behind him would accurately report the time of the water drop to determine the reaction speed of Chu people.

The camp must be prepared for night attacks, but even if the general knows, it is extremely difficult for these conscripted farmers and soldiers to be able to defend against it.

Coupled with the extremely slow delivery of the news and the extremely chaotic night, the Chu people's reaction was not slow, and it could even be said to be slow enough to make Shixi smile.

Not long after, many torches were lit in the center of the Chu army camp, and some torches in twos and threes were also gathering towards the center of the camp, but they were all not far from the center.

That's where King Chu's camp is located. He has been there and left many traces, so it can be roughly judged from the top of the city.

However, if it is out of the city to attack and fight, it may not be easy to find it in the chaos.

After watching it for a while, he heard Gongzao Ye, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, praise: "This king of Chu is quite heroic."

Knowing that Gongzaoye had experienced battles, he asked, "How do you say that?"

Gong Zaoye pointed to the torches that were gathering towards the center of the camp in the distance, and said with a smile: "Everywhere else is camped out, but there are constantly gathering and moving, so the number of people must not be many."

"The King of Chu is probably preparing to fight on foot, using Che Guang, his servants, and the nobles around him to drive away the night raiders."

"If this is done..."

Gong Zaoye thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "This matter must be done. Tonight is just a harassment, and it can be withdrawn in a short time. The choice of the king of Chu can win fame."

"Tomorrow, the people of Chu will definitely boost their morale, and the King of Chu will surely gain a lot of prestige... In the city, it's the same. With your Xuanyi Department, the army's morale will also be boosted in the city."

Hearing this, Shi couldn't help laughing, and finally couldn't help laughing out loud after thinking about it for a while.

But Gong Zaoye waved his hands and said, "Don't laugh, I'm telling the truth. The king of Chu can claim that he drove away the people of Song Dynasty in the night battle, and your Xuanyi department can also claim that the night battle out of the city last night frightened the people of Chu."

"If this matter is normal, the Chu people still have the upper hand: as long as the besieging party maintains morale, it will last longer than the besieged party after all. It is best not to give the besieging party a chance to boost the morale of the army."

"It's different now, we don't have to wait till the end..."

After pondering for a while, I understood a lot, then lowered my head and wrote down a few numbers, and then said after a while: "I just don't know how many servants Che Guang can gather beside the King of Chu?"

Gong Zaoye smiled and said, "There will never be thousands of people, and the Junjun Army of Yue is no more than those people. The King of Chu doesn't have so many people around him."

"Even if there are thousands of people, there is no need to worry. The soldiers of Beicheng Gate, in fact, many people may not be better than the gentlemen who are close to the soldiers of various countries in terms of swordsmanship. It is just that they are in the queue and have orders to know how to advance and retreat. , once the city gate is breached, the soldiers and nobles will be sent here, their martial arts are not low, but they still cannot break through."

He didn't intervene in Mo Zhe's armed forces before Shi Shi, and he didn't know much about some things. He was confident in listening to Gong Zaoye, so he settled down and continued to record the changes in Chu Ying's response.

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The right wing of the Chu army, those Shangqiu soldiers who attacked the Chu army's camp at night, rose up to kill, and advanced all the way without hindrance.

It's just that Mo Zhe, who led the team, couldn't help cursing secretly.

These people are undisciplined and almost unorganized. They have been persuaded long ago not to disperse, not to chase and kill, and not to kill the rising, and everything depends on the person who leads the team.

But half of the people who rushed to kill them really went in, their heads became hot, and they completely forgot those words.

The Mozhe who led the team said in his heart: "If you are Mohist, the master will definitely reprimand you! If you are martial arts, you are better than those volunteers in Pei County; but when it comes to discipline, you are far inferior to them!"

Although he thought so, he knew the difference.

The only ones who can advance as a whole team at a fast pace, at a trot speed, without breaking up, are probably only the two or three hundred Mohists who are full-time Beichengmen.

Their personal martial arts are at the level of soldiers, they are extremely disciplined, they know how to control things, and they obey the orders of their superiors very much, so they can maintain formation and chase with a jogging posture.

Those volunteer teachers in Pei County who have been training for a long time are far from reaching such a level.Usually following the sound of drums can keep the formation in order, but once the speed increases, the formation will become chaotic, so they can only attack slowly instead of chasing quickly.

Now these soldiers who invaded the Chu army's camp are charging fast, but the problem is that the formation has basically dispersed, and there are only more than [-] people left here who are still obeying the order of the Mozhe.

Gongsun Ze was still in the team. Although he was envious of those people who rushed into the fleeing Chu army to kill them several times, he finally held back and obeyed Mo Zhe's order.

When the two armies fought, they often had the method of cutting off the ears after killing people to show their abilities. In the past, Uncle She rode into the Jin camp on a bicycle as a car right, killed one person and returned with the ears, and he became famous all over the world.

Gongsun Ze thought that he would kill a few more people in this night attack, cut off his ears, and then throw it in front of Shi, to stop his vicious mouth... Maybe it was just to make him feel more comfortable, after all It can be regarded as fulfilling his obligations as a scholar.

However, apart from killing a person and cutting off his ear, Gongsun Ze never had the chance to kill anyone.

The Mohists shouted repeatedly that they should not be ordered to rush to kill, but those people who killed people rose up, and those Chu people fled in chaos, and there was no resistance for the time being. Make meritorious service.

When Gongsun Ze was thinking about whether he should rush out and kill him, he heard the Mohist in front shout: "There are people guarding around the front, it must be the doctor of Chu! Today's achievement is here. If you can capture this person alive, you will be killed immediately." Withdraw! Once the Chu people come around, those who are scattered will die!"

"There was an order before leaving the city, and you are not allowed to leave at will. If those people are besieged for a while, they cannot be rescued! Just do what you have to do."

(End of this chapter)