warring states careerist

Chapter 214
Chu people's siege of Shangqiu this time was never just a problem between Chu people and Song people, but a major event involving the world situation after the division of the three families.

Can the Chu people go north to the Sanjin alliance still be stable?Who did the weak states such as Zheng, Wei, Song surrender to?Can the Qin people take advantage of the opportunity of the Chu people to go north to fight for hegemony to regain Xihe and open the passage to the Central Plains?

Not only those countries that are anthropomorphic are involved, but also the interests of many people in the country that are not as one.

It is just a Wei country, and many people's dreams and interests are involved in this matter.

The 70-year-old Wei Si, the aging Li Kui, Wu Qi who bears the name of a villain, Wei Jian, the undefeated heir in his prime, and Wei Si's younger brother Wei Si, who was considered by the officials to be granted the fiefdom of Zhongshan. Chengzi, the male lineage that has gradually become stronger, the scholars who are the source of Wei's strength, and the middle-aged people who may rise to power after the older generation dies...

All these people are staring at Shangqiu, and at the introduction of a new round of hegemony between Jin and Chu that seems destined to cause waves.

It is true that those who guard Shangqiu are Mohists who are good at defending, but almost everyone in the world regards this siege as the beginning of a new Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony.

How many times the battle between Jin and Chu for hegemony was fought around Song.

The battle of Chengpu was because the Chu people attacked the Song and Jin people rescued the Song Dynasty; the next two military elimination meetings were also outside the city of Shangqiu.

The Chu people besieged Shangqiu, and everyone in the world felt familiar. This seemed to be a symbolic event of Jin Chu's struggle for hegemony.

Almost everyone in the world felt that the only way to win this siege was to rely on the Wei people to send troops.

A former Mohist like Lian Shengchuo also thinks so.

Well, most people in the world who are concerned with this matter think so.

This world seems to be a continuation of the struggle between Jin and Chu for hegemony.

However, after all, someone doesn't think so, and it's not just one person.

In Shangqiu City, people who didn't think that way from the beginning gathered together.

They don't care about the Chu people's siege and siege. In their opinion, this level of siege is not enough to make them helpless.

A few days ago when the Chu people decided to attack the city with ants, they fought and fought repeatedly for several days, and it was not until today that they finally had the possibility of truly attacking the city.

But this way of attacking the city, for Mo Zi who is defending the city, he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

As for how to break this tactic, Mozi once taught systematically after drinking with Qin Huali on the top of Mount Tai.In later generations, some disciples also summed up the article "Bei Mo Fu", focusing on defense as a means of siege.

Mozi understood that it was impossible for the Chu people to deploy all their troops to attack the city, and the elite troops that could be deployed only needed [-] men and women plus those strange machines to defend.

However, some people in the city don't think so, and the Chu people's army looks huge, so this is an opportunity that can be used.

Those who believed that this siege would not be the first page of a new round of Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony knew from the very beginning that the purpose of these Mohists was never to defend Shangqiu, but to benefit the world by defending Shangqiu.

Now, Mo Zi summoned these people together at night to make final preparations.

Shi and others were listed as the left and right sides, and Mozi said directly: "In a few days at most, this is our chance. The Chu people must be tired from attacking the city, and we make the Chu people not know the truth from the falsehood. Judging from the timing, this In a few days, we will have the opportunity to go through the formation in one fell swoop and force the king of Chu to make an alliance with blood."

Mozi looked at Shi again, smiled and said: "Shi also prepared the rest of the details. Looking from a distance now, you can see the raging flames near the camp of the King of Chu from the top of the city, just like people looking for the North Pole." star."

"Those gunpowder weapons have not been used yet, and the Chu people must be panicked."

"And Shi also used the opportunity of the last night attack to roughly judge the reaction time of the Chu people and judge the fit between the various camps."

"With the three hundred Mohists and Jiapei County volunteers fighting with spears, I think it is quite sure."

"It's just that we mohists guard Shangqiu for the sake of benefiting the world, but why did the volunteers from Napei County come here? They are not mohists, so how did we tell them?"

When I asked this question, I felt secretly happy, knowing that Mozi was the last mobilization within the mohists, and explained the final truth for this matter, otherwise there is no need to mention the volunteer teacher in Peixian County.

Because these volunteer teachers in Pei County have no feelings for Song Gong, and they don't even have the obligation to defend Song Gong from Peidi far away.

Even if they follow the leadership of the Mohist, the reasoning is not like this. They have no obligation to benefit the world, because they are not Mohist yet.

From the very beginning, in the propaganda of Peidi, the volunteers of Peixian County knew one thing: use their military obligations and blood in exchange for the recognition of the real New Deal in Peixian County, in exchange for tax reform and political reform in Peixian County.

For the time being, they don't know how to exchange for such a valuable thing, or they don't know that just the blood they died on the city wall is not enough to exchange for everything they want.

But the Mohists present knew and knew the Mohist’s initial strategy for defending the city: instead of relying on the Wei people, they relied on piercing and attacking to force the King of Chu to form an alliance and retreat, and rely on the Mohists themselves to save Shangqiu, thus becoming famous all over the world. To intimidate those belligerent kings!
And only in this way, perhaps when meritorious deeds are rewarded, those volunteers in Peixian County can exchange their blood and military obligations for what they really want in Peixian County.

It's just an exchange.

From the very beginning, the purpose has not been changed, and from the very beginning, the senior officials within the Mohists have made a plan to strive for Pei County as a nominal vassal state.

However, more than a month ago, on the top of the city, I had a dialogue with Mozi about ghosts and gods, which made this question more realistic.

Even if the volunteers in Pei County achieved their goals, even if the Song Gongmeng swore to recognize the autonomy of Pei County, what would restrain the continuation of this oath?
Shi has talked about the ancient and modern covenants more than once among the Mohists, and said more than once that the reason for the success of the two military elimination meetings was not because of that alliance, but because the Jin and Chu countries could no longer fight, because The nobles in the two countries are busy fighting among themselves.

The Mohists still value ghosts and gods, and still yearn for the real existence of ghosts and gods, so that people can look up to gods and restrict personal behavior and morality.

However, after the reorganization of the Mohist School a few years ago, and the use of systems and cumbersome rules to try another kind of restraint, the Mohist school's internal views on the word "restraint" have gradually tilted in the direction of what is said.

This is a long process, and it is also a process of continuous infiltration and in-depth revision of the original thought of Mohism, which has been applied for several years.

It is also because Mo Zi's attitude towards ghosts and gods is only to restrain the people, which has accumulated to this day.

After Mozi asked the volunteer teacher in Peixian County, he calmly asked back: "Even if this matter is done, how can we achieve restraint? How can Song Gong, Sicheng, and Liuqing admit it and not go back on their word?"

"I have a point of view. The matter has come to this. Let's listen to what I have to say today."

This is not just a military issue of defending the city, he has a right to speak in this kind of matter, and he finally found the opportunity to speak out his plan in full.

Obtaining the status of self-government of Pei County, this is the tone set from the beginning, and there is no need to talk about it.

The issue to be discussed today is to make use of the contradictions among the nobles and use the balance of power to ensure that this achievement will not be regretted and accepted.

Is it bound by ghosts and gods after the oath?
Or is it restricted by the balance of forces in the contradiction?

That's all there is to say.

Inside Mozi, many people don’t believe in ghosts and gods, otherwise, after Mozi fell ill, many disciples would come to ask Mozi where the blessings of ghosts and gods went——Sir, you are the most respectful of ghosts and gods, and you have not received any blessings Fu, can we still believe it?

Among the Mohists, many people were originally aristocrats, who have long been tired and disgusted with the corrupt life and shameless morals of the nobility; many people were originally farmers and laborers, and had natural resentment and distrust for the nobility; many people were originally marketmen. Rangers or assassins have no respect for nobles...

Under such circumstances, the appropriate statement quickly won the approval of everyone.

After all, the general direction has not changed, and it seems that what has changed is only the "little things" of how to restrain after the general direction is achieved.

It's just that they don't know that for this seemingly unintentional "little matter", this seemingly impromptu "little matter", Shi started to plant a nursery rhyme three years ago to provoke conflicts.

Because Shi was not a temporary idea at all, but knew about the siege of Shangqiu early on, and had been preparing for this major event in the early Warring States period from the very beginning.

There is so much involved in this, and so much that no one but Shizu knows.

This incident triggered the murder of the king of Chu in a coup d'état, the civil war of Chu's succession, the death of a large number of Chu nobles, the strong rise of the Wei people, the split between Wei and Zhao, the relocation of the Wei people's capital, and the Chu state's relocation. The people's reform finally led to the tragedy of the Mohists' complete annihilation in Yangcheng...

This was never a matter between Song and Chu, but a major event related to the future trend of the whole world, so we had to be careful and prepare in advance.

Some things cannot be said at this time, but what can be said at this time is enough to shock the ink practitioners present.

Mo Zi waited until he had finished all this, and then said: "You and I know the current situation in the city. In the city, the six ministers are fighting with Sicheng, the Duke of Song has succeeded to the throne, Sicheng has enmity with the people of Chu and has an alliance with the three Jins... …all these things, we have to think about.”

"If something unexpected happens, then if it is going to come out after all, why don't we lure them out so that we can maintain the initiative."

At this point, Mozi no longer used metaphors, and directly stated all his plans for the past few days.

The carnivores in the city could not know that Mozi only needed very slight means to deal with the Chu people's siege, and the Chu people's siege seemed a bit violent, plus the strange night of the bonfire a month ago and the man who committed suicide The defenders of the city made Mozi feel that something was going to happen in the city.

Since there may be an accident, then lead the snake out of the hole and seize the initiative.

When the Chu people attacked the city, they mobilized a large amount of power to concentrate on the city wall, making a posture of full defense or they would not be able to resist the Chu people, making the city loose and giving those who were about to make a move a seemingly perfect opportunity.

If they move, they can mobilize people at any time to intervene in their internal struggles and become a force in the city that can determine the outcome of both sides, thus balancing the forces among the nobles, the monarch, the six ministers, and the city, which is different from the supervision of ghosts and gods. The oath to maintain the promise that Mo Zhe wants to get.

The reason why he dared to do this is that Mozi has enough confidence: not so many people are needed to defend the city, so he can defend the city while participating in the struggle inside the city, and he can also ensure that the city wall is not lost!
Without this confidence and strength, it would be impossible to make such a decision.

(End of this chapter)