warring states careerist

Chapter 205
Shiben is one of the radicals of the Mohists, and he has shown a lot of tricks. Now that he has experienced Cao Hou borrowing arrows, he can speak with the Mohist's armed forces.

This matter is not just a military issue, so this kind of matter is suitable as a radical and has a say.

This matter itself is consistent with the previous plan of Mo Zhe, but the supervision methods are different.

Originally, he just hoped that the oath would be recognized by Song Gong, but Shi thought that such things as rewards and punishments from ghosts and gods were not credible, so he relied on a more realistic balance of power.

In previous conversations between Mo Zi and Gong Zaoye and others, he mentioned that the so-called "ghosts and gods" are not "ghosts and gods", but a method of restraint.

Whether it was about the sword of the world before, or the current idea of ​​creating a development space for the Mohists by relying on the balance of the three parties, they all rely on the power of "another kind of ghosts and gods".

Mozi seems to believe in ghosts and gods, but in fact he doesn't believe in them at all. He just hopes to make others believe in them, so as to restrain the morality of the people and the bottom line of the monarch.

When Shi Shi said these words, Mo Zi hesitated for a moment, and asked, "This matter is dangerous. If you can't handle it well, once the inside and outside cooperate to break the city, then there is no possibility that the volunteers in Pei County will make meritorious deeds and ask for the oath of the autonomous alliance." gone."

Shi spread his hands and said: "Sir, even if there is chaos in the city, how many people can be mobilized? If there are not many people to mobilize, sir, can you last a day if you use the people on the city wall to defend?"

Mozi nodded and said, "Even if the city catches fire and burns to nothing, it's not difficult to defend the city for two days with the people at the head of the city."

Shi smiled and said: "Then there will be no chaos in the city. If they want to make chaos, they can only rely on their own soldiers. Don't forget...now there is the Xuanyi Department, and the Chinese are on our side."

Mozi thought about it, and smiled: "I always forget the changes brought about by the Xuanyi Department. Yes, with you, you don't have to worry about the people in the city being bewitched to riot. Then they can use only a few soldiers and private soldiers." One hundred, we can still deal with it.”

"As long as the people of the country don't move and only rely on those nobles, Shangqiu can't be chaotic."

Shi Ye said: "The Xuanyi Department can guarantee that the people of the country will follow the Mohists, but I cannot do the rest."

Gong Zaoye said: "Sir, if it is true as what Shi said, as long as the people of the country are on our side, the disciples can lead more than a hundred people to suppress those soldiers. Between the streets and the city, they can't stop us Mohists."

The rest of the people also agreed with Shi's opinion, and Mozi said: "If this is the case, then we must prepare in advance."

"I will go out of the city tomorrow and talk to the King of Chu about the altar of offering sacrifices and forming an alliance, which will also complete the details of the final defeat of the Chu army."

Everyone discussed and reached a consensus, then discussed some details and dispersed.

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One month later, the King of Chu looked at a wheatgrass man full of feathered arrows in his tent, with a sullen expression on his face.

A month ago, Mo Zhai came to the camp of Chu and formed a three-year alliance with the King of Chu, saying that Mo Zhai was willing to facilitate the third military elimination meeting. bonfire.

The wooden pagoda camp that was originally built was near the tent of the king of Chu. The king of Chu did not doubt that he was there, so he agreed with Mozi and used oil as a dye on the tower to keep the big brazier on it for a month. .

When Mozi entered Chu alone, Gongshuban thought that the key to breaking Shangqiu was to kill Mo Di, but Mozi said at the time that there was an organization behind him, and killing him was useless.

Entering the Chu camp alone this time, he was even more confident, and the king of Chu also asked for Mo, so he treated each other with courtesy.

Mo Zhe was generous this time. He brought enough vegetable oil from the city, enough to light the bonfire on the tower of Chuying for a long time, which can be regarded as a show of sincerity.

The Chu people had never seen vegetable oil, and because of its novelty, they believed that the Mohist's methods were superb.

Mohists originally valued ghosts and gods, and there were also many people who were good at witchcraft and sacrifices. The whole process was well-formed, no less than Chu Zhitai Zhu, and it seemed more ritualistic and convincing.

The king of Chu immediately made an oath that after three years, he would abide by the covenant with the Mohists and never engage in unjust wars.

Mozi also said that although this cannot be regarded as the king of benefiting the world, if the Chu people really do this and the Jin people cannot abide by it, then when the Jin people attack Chu, Mo will definitely help the Chu people defend the city and so on.

He also said that if the king of Chu could really obey the morality of the Mohist school and be considered beneficial to the hearts of the world by the Mohists, then it might not be impossible for the Mohist to serve in the Chu Palace to help the Chu people to make the world one.

The king of Chu was overjoyed, no matter how you look at this kind of thing, the people of Chu took advantage of it.

If you have an advantage within three years, complete the deployment of Song and Zheng, gain the advantage over Jin and stop the unjust war, then the people of Chu will be very beneficial.

There is no advantage within three years, and at that time they can only defend, and they can just use the power of Mo Zhe to defend the city.

Xiong Dang thinks that three years is enough time, enough for him to gain prestige, so that he can initiate domestic reforms in three years.

At that time, with the help of Mohist's power, it can also balance the nobles in the country. As for whether it is beneficial to the heart of the world, it can be pretended.

So the two sides formed an alliance and sacrificed to heaven and earth.

During the whole process, the King of Chu did not question the Mohists about the night attack. The covenant was supposed to take effect three years later, and the King of Chu felt that he had the upper hand.

Ordinarily, the king of Chu should be in a happy mood, especially when the weather was good before. When he was harvesting wheat thirty miles away, another farmer in Song Dynasty named Sang Sheng offered a method of stacking wheat stacks to prevent rain. , even more worry-free.

The farmer was rewarded, and because he was familiar with some farming methods, Chen Diyang was in Huaibei in summer, and he was able to grow wheat, so he had to use it.

The harvesting of wheat is going well, and the food and grass are piled up. Even if the city is broken, it can still have the name of benevolence and righteousness, and there will be enough food to resist the possible interference of the Three Jin Dynasty.

It's just that in the past few days, the city has been out of the city night and night to harass, and the soldiers in the front of the Chu people's military base are unbearable and exhausted.

During the day, the Chu army beat drums to guard against the propaganda of the Mohists, and the soldiers could not rest.

In the evening, people in the city seemed to send people out of the city to harass them every night. Every day there would be drums beating again and again.

After more than half a month, the Chu people's bows and arrows were exhausted, and the Chu people who camped in front of them had already complained a lot, and the words of those Mohists were widely circulated in the Chu camp.

The scholars are dissatisfied, the peasants are dissatisfied, the businessmen are dissatisfied, and the Tongli are dissatisfied.

When moving back and forth, the Mohists in the city led more than a hundred elites to harass them again during the daytime. Taking advantage of the chaos of the handover of the Chu army, they captured more than a hundred people and captured several Chu generals, which led to lower morale.

This time, the King of Chu could tell that the Mohists had come forward to harass them in person. The team was neat, marching extremely fast, and disciplined. Taking advantage of the movement of the Chu people's formation, the attack was successful and they quickly withdrew.

Not long after the raid, and two days after the handover of the Chu people, it rained again. The soldiers who had just approached the front were exhausted.

The King of Chu knew that if this continued, if he did not attack the city, he could only continue to retreat hundreds of steps away.

The siege is not a real siege, it is just to prepare the city, so that the city will be chaotic first and Shangqiu will be taken down.

But even a pretentious siege requires morale. With the current fatigue and morale of the Chu people, this time the siege must be poorly organized.

The key point is that this siege must be like that, otherwise it would be impossible to mobilize the attention of the Mohists, and it would be impossible for the Liuqing of the Song Dynasty in the city to have a chance to launch a coup.

But Mo Zhe can still often go out of the city to attack and harass, which shows that the city is stable. If you want to create opportunities for the city, you must boost the morale of the Chu people in order to complete a fake siege, otherwise the Mo Zhe may not need to use all their strength to defend.

In the midst of irritability and worry, the king of Chu said: "Leaving the city to attack and harass, only shooting with bows and crossbows. Although you can't get close, you can't have peace every night."

"There are warriors in the city, so why don't we Chu people have brave ones? Tonight, we are going to counterattack. Once the city goes out of the city to attack at night, we will choose brave people to defeat the Song people and boost morale!"

He was angry, because it was impossible to send his Che Guang to do this in person, and the Chu people had seen the methods of the people who went out of the city to attack at night last time, which was extraordinary.

The rest of the nobles were unwilling to use their private family members to do this, and they tried to shirk each other. If they sent soldiers, they would definitely not be able to defeat them, so no one agreed.

Night battles are inherently dangerous, and they have to be close to the top of the city. If all arrows are fired from the city at that time, it may not be possible to take advantage of it.

Fortunately, the big nobles were unwilling to go, but the small nobles were willing to make meritorious deeds. They searched for warriors in the camp, and chose a young general named Pan to lead the team. That night, they lay in ambush in the former army fortress, and waited for the sound of drums to rise again at night. Then he approached the city wall and fought.

That night, the sound of drums on the top of the city was heard again, and it seemed that someone was coming down from the city. The young general surnamed Pan boosted his morale, first let the army base shoot arrows, and then led people out after three rounds.

After rushing to the vicinity of the city wall, another arrow was released from the city, but the young general surnamed Pan saw it clearly, and saw some straw men on the city wall, falling from the top of the city with ropes.

He secretly scolded the people of Song Dynasty for being cunning, but he knew that he must get this thing to get the reward, so relying on his own strength, he approached the city wall, cut the rope, and returned with a straw man on his back, offering it to the king of Chu.

This is why the king of Chu was sullen.

Seeing the robbed straw man, the King of Chu was furious: "The camp has been restless this month, so it's just some straw man?"

Looking at the feather arrows on the grass man, I know that the people in the city must have borrowed many feather arrows from the Chu people by this method. I have shot a lot of feather arrows this month, and each one is a military gift from a craftsman. , and Song people can still shoot with these feathered arrows.

I thought about fighting back tonight, killing a few Song people who left the city, and capturing a few more, so as to boost the morale of the army, but I didn't want to be just a few grassmen.

If it spreads out tomorrow, it will not only fail to boost morale, but will also make morale drop even worse: Mo Zhe's technique of defending the city is so cunning, only relying on some straw men can borrow arrows and make Chu Ying feel uneasy. Will be afraid of siege.

Seeing this straw man, the king of Chu knew that Mo Zhe's defensive skills were endless, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to break through simply besieging the city.

Now that the harvesting of wheat is inevitable, morale has declined due to the long-term siege. Coupled with this straw man borrowing arrows, the King of Chu has made up his mind that he can only rely on changes in the city to complete the task of breaking Shangqiu.

Morale can certainly be boosted by winning, but it can also be braved by some insults.

The king of Chu immediately recruited many Chu generals and elite Chu people, and showed the grass man to everyone, saying: "Song people insult me ​​like this, this is unbearable! Tomorrow, attack the city and take revenge!"

More than a month ago, the king of Chu personally led a team to fight back against the night attack. One of the prisoners shot and killed two of them.

Hearing what the King of Chu said, even someone said: "In the past, the people of Yue once said: those who are ministers, the king worries about the labor of the ministers, and the king humiliates the ministers to death. If the Yue people are like this, why can't the Chu ministers not? Since the people of Song Dynasty humiliated each other, tomorrow Then break the city and let Song Gong be the king!"

When all the soldiers heard this, they all swore to fight to the death to repay this humiliation.The king of Chu immediately praised: "Excellent! Today slaughter sheep and cattle to feed the warriors, and attack the city tomorrow to repay this humiliation!"

After all, he asked people to prepare wine, water, cattle and sheep, and ordered the three armies to cook early, eat enough in the morning, and attack Shangqiu tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)