warring states careerist

Chapter 204
Song Gongzi Tian was a tragic monarch.

His tragedy lies in his ambition.

Han Fei has a saying: If a country is small but not humble, if it is weak but not afraid of the strong, if it is disrespectful and insults its neighbors, if it is greedy and clumsy, it will perish.

With these four deaths, the Song State in Zitian took over.If you add in the fact that the country is small but the family is big, power is light but ministers are important, it is also a miracle of the Warring States that the Song State is still alive today.

Zibuyou died on the way to the alliance with the Jin people, and Zitian was supported by Sichenghuang, so he couldn't understand how important his father's policy of wandering between Jin and Chu was when he was not old and faint.

I originally wanted to take advantage of Qi's internal turmoil to take a share of the pie and take Guanqiu from the people of Qi, but I never thought that the three Jins would have won when they reunited.

The plan at the beginning of his succession has not been realized, not to mention facing the treacherous aristocratic political situation in Shangqiu City, and catching up with the siege of the Chu people, Zitian can no longer rely on others except Mohists.

He has ambitions, so surrender is impossible.

But Sichenghuang was ambitious, so it was impossible to surrender before the arrival of reinforcements from the Three Jin Dynasties.

The two people have the same interests in resisting Chu State, but Mo Zhe is trying to weaken Zitian's strength.

Shi is not a pure and good person, so he needs a monarch in Song Dynasty who has no prestige, no military power, no wealth, and is bullied by two factions of nobles all day long.

As for the state of song, Shicong never regarded himself as a person of song.

Long before the Chu people besieged the city, Zitian asked Si Chenghuang to send people to the Three Jins to ask for help, but he did not want to agree to any conditions of the Jin people: such as stationing troops in the Song Dynasty, eating in the Song Dynasty, and so on.

Originally he wanted to restore the glory of Duke Xiang, but when he really needed to resist the state of Chu, Zitian realized that this was a dream, and he couldn't even gather a sufficient army.

Rumors and nursery rhymes in the city are spreading day by day, and Zitian is also worried.Civil strife in the Song Dynasty is a tradition. The so-called Ninth Rebellion, sons, fathers and brothers killed each other. I don’t know how many times it happened.

Zitian is not yet familiar with things like coups, alliances, and borrowing foreign powers, so he is doomed to rely on Sichenghuang's family now.

At least, it seems that Emperor Sicheng supports his monarch, and who knows if the rest will decide whether brothers will die or such things.

As for the Mozhe who defended the city, Zitian was full of trust. He felt that Mozhe, who would not hesitate to sacrifice his life for the benefit of the world, was tailor-made for Song.

After Mo Di came forward and asked him to personally reward those soldiers who went out of the city to attack at night, Zitian came forward and took out the gold and precious jade from the office to reward, but Gongsun Ze was not rewarded.

Because some of what Gongsun Ze said during the night attack has become a laughing stock, and even Zitian feels that this kind of person should live in the time of Duke Xiang, not now.

In addition, Gongsun Ze did not contribute when capturing Ziyu, the Duke of Chu, so Gongsun Ze was the most neglected among all the soldiers.

However, Zitian also remembered Gongsun Ze. Thinking of the history of his ancestors being killed many times because of his cheap mouth, he finally held back and did not make a joke, but praised him, "It is a pity that he was not born when Xianggong was born." Such words, this sentence is obviously a bit ironic, but Gongsun Ze was quite moved.

A few days later, the Chu people were beating drums, preparing wood, and building siege tools. It seemed that there were signs of a large-scale siege, so Zitian found Mozi again and asked how to deal with it.

After Mozi came back, he asked a group of Mozi, and said conveniently: "Chu people may not want to attack the city. The king of Chu knows the art of defending the city. If he can't attack the Jin army, the king of Chu will not be able to attack the city within a few years." Go north. The people of Chu have no choice but to besiege the city."

"The people of Chu are approaching the city wall, so they can use the strategy of false and real to deal with it. The grass man mentioned earlier has already prepared. They beat the drums at night, and it seems that they are going to attack at night from the city. With the experience of the last time, the people of Chu will definitely use their bows. Crossbow shot."

Two days later, after the people of Chu pretended to challenge the city, they made the gesture of attacking the city again and again, but the top of the city was only tightly defended.

It was night, the moon was no longer so bright, so I took some straw figures down the city wall, lit some torches, and then let the city head beat drums.

After the Chu people approached the city wall, because they were worried after the last night attack, they set fire outside the camp and prepared their bows and crossbows.

When the night was quiet, there was a sudden sound of drums, and Chu Ying immediately panicked, only seeing shadows under the city wall, there seemed to be more than a hundred people.

The night watchman immediately shouted: "Song people attack at night!"

The Chu troops who were watching the night were on alert immediately, and the general of Chu sent an order: "Your Majesty has already ordered that if the people of Song Dynasty attack at night again, they should not fight in waves, but shoot with bows and crossbows!"

The order was passed down, and the torches were lit, and the drums were beaten to transmit the sound. The archers, crossbowmen and crossbowmen were thrown towards the city wall behind the barracks.

The sound of drums at the top of the city became louder, and the Chu people did not know how many arrows they shot, but they did not see the night raiders approaching, so they only shouted: "The people of Song retreat!"

At this point, Feather Arrow stopped.

General Chu thought to himself, although feathered arrows are expensive, it is not worth it to stop the Song people from attacking at night.

The production cycle of a bow is about three years, but feather arrows need Zhe wood, feathers, isinglass, arrowheads, etc. The production cycle is not short, and the price is expensive, so it is not easy to make.

People who draw bows and shoot arrows will feel sore and weak when they shoot dozens of arrows at most, and the number of those who have practiced since childhood are not many, so they can only supplement with crossbows with shorter ranges.

At the top of the city, after the sound of the Chu people's drums stopped, they asked someone to pull the grass man up, and saw that the grass man was covered with feathered arrows, and everyone at the top of the city couldn't stop praising it.

Mozi said: "Anyone who defends a city uses bows and crossbows as the first soldier. It is not easy to make feather arrows. You, a hundred-odd marquis, can compare with the work of more than a hundred craftsmen."

At this time, there is no story of the Three Kingdoms, and there is no fierce event of Zhang Suiyang, so the method of Caohou borrowing arrows is called a magical skill, and all Mohists admire it.

Gong Zao said in his heart: "Shi is not good at defending the city, but his ingenious skills are emerging one after another. When it comes to strange skills, no one can match them. If he succeeds in attacking the Chu army at night in a few days, he will really be the first one." , From now on, when it comes to military affairs, no one among the Mohists is unconvinced."

It is inconvenient to say this at this time, so I took people to check the feather arrows shot by the Chu people, and collected them one by one for the purpose of defending the city.

Early the next morning, Mozi called the crowd together and said, "Now the people of Chu are approaching. Shi is right. I don't think the people of Chu want to attack the city. It's just that they are so close. There must be a reason."

"I'm just afraid that something will happen in the city. The inside should cooperate with the outside."

She was not worried in her heart, but said: "I am also worried about this matter. The situation in the city seems to be calm, but in fact there are undercurrents surging. Nursery rhymes have come up again these days, I'm afraid everyone can see these thoughts clearly."

Mozi asked, "What do you think?"

Shi replied: "Sir, snakes have rats' nests. Those who are good at catching snakes will not chase snakes into the rats' nest, lest the snake stick out its poisonous fangs and bite. The best way is to lure the snake out of the hole, and let the snake just emerge. , and killed the snake in one fell swoop."

Everyone recalled the words "leading the snake out of the hole", knowing that the matter has come to this point, and they can no longer hide it, and said: "Now there are three factions in the city to remove the Mohist."

"The gentleman Zitian and the Sichenghuang family are close to Jin, and those who incite nursery rhymes must be close to Chu. These three factions are now unbalanced, the monarch has no power, and Sichenghuang and the pro-Chu faction are incompatible."

"Since we Mohists are not defending Shangqiu for the sake of defending Shangqiu, this is an opportunity. Once those who are close to Chu make trouble, with the help of Chu people outside, Sichenghuang will be invincible. Song Gongzi Tian... Even if he wants to stop It can't be stopped, when Sicheng fought with Dayin, the monarch could do nothing but kneel down and beg the two ministers to stop fighting. The situation now is not as good as it was then."

Shi looked around and said: "In this way, we can take this opportunity... to send charcoal in a timely manner. Let Song Gong recognize the request of the people of Pei County, and follow the Xiao State's affairs in the past, and become a vassal instead of a county."

"If the oath cannot be monitored, it will be difficult to last for a long time. Therefore, we cannot let the Sicheng emperor win, nor can we let the pro-Chu faction win, but we can't let the monarch win either."

"The monarch has no power, so we will use his power to form a three-legged trio, but if we leave the monarch, we will still have no power, so this will allow the monarch to abide by the oath for a long time."

His remarks that neither Sicheng Huang nor the pro-Chu faction could win made all the Mohists feel different. Mozi asked with a smile, "Is this how we can make them all win?"

Shi shook his head and said: "The specifics need to be discussed, but this principle cannot be changed. Once something really happens, the Mohists must have their own goals in order to know what kind of decision they should make."

The story of Xiao State mentioned by Shi Shi is not Xiao State before the Spring and Autumn Period, but a vassal state of Song Dynasty after Xiao State was destroyed.

It was originally a city, but at that time Duke Song had a low mouth and his neck was broken, which caused a large number of Duke Song clan to flee to Xiao Yi. With the support of Dr. Xiao Yi, he successfully counterattacked and regained the duke position, so Xiao Yi became Xiao State. Not within the Zhou Tianzi system, but subordinate to Song's vassal state status.

Now Mo Zhe is not the governor of Peiyi, and he has no name in Peixian County. He cannot be recognized by the enfeoffment system that has not yet completely collapsed. Such a title is urgently needed.

This is the same as the Mohist's previous idea, but at the beginning the Mohist's idea was more idealistic: use the volunteers from Peixian County to help defend the city, so that Song Gong can reward the oath of alliance.

But since the very beginning when he was trying to reorganize the Mohist School, try some rules and regulations, and try to deny the theory of rewards and punishments of ghosts and gods, he has been looking for a way to replace rewards and punishments of ghosts and gods to maintain the oath.

He didn't believe the words of the nobles at all, even though they still had the noble spirit.

So from the very beginning, he planned to use the contradictions of the distribution of nobles and the young and powerless monarch to ensure the detached status of the Mohists in the Song Dynasty in the future.

No matter which side of these nobles dominates, it is not a good thing for the Mohists in Pei County.

Song Gong Zitian was originally a bit powerful, so I should find a way to weaken him. Now that Song Gong is weak, then help Song Gong fight against the nobles on both sides. It is best to make a tripartite treaty: Song Gong is difficult to suppress without the support of the Mohists. Nobles, on the other hand, no matter who is powerful on both sides of the nobles, the Mohists will try their best to weaken them.

He doesn't believe in such things as oaths of alliance, and he doesn't believe in rewards and punishments from ghosts and gods, so he believes that the only possibility to maintain the stability of the treaty is the balance of the three parties, and no one dares to easily break this balance.

And time is beneficial to Mohists.

The current balance also means the extreme imbalance after the development of Pei County.

(End of this chapter)