warring states careerist

Chapter 215
The various things brought about by this self-confidence have actually already begun to be implemented.

Whether it was the Propaganda Department in charge of Shi Shi who started to promote interests, or the mobilization of Si Chenghuang's private dead soldiers to defend the city, it was all for this purpose.

Not only must the deployment of Sichenghuang be mobilized, but also the illusion that the Chu people are attacking the city so violently that most of them will go up the city wall, so as to urge those who might do it as soon as possible.

There is always a sword hanging over your head, which is uncomfortable because you don't know when it will fall.

Instead of this, it is better to find a way to lure the sharp sword hanging above the head to fall, so that you can actively respond.

Such a method was easily understood by the ink practitioners present who were good at fencing.

They feel that this is like a flaw deliberately exposed when they are competing with others, and if the opponent seizes this "weakness", they will often suffer instead.

Mo Zhe did not mobilize the private soldiers of the nobles who were hostile to Emperor Sicheng, but just sent someone to say a few words to make a formality, and he never went after being declined.

Now that the Chu people are outside the city, the Mohists present believe that if someone in the city really colludes with the Chu people and waits for the opportunity to launch a coup, this is the best time.

It couldn't be better than this.

Because Mo Zhe has never revealed that they want to end the siege by coercing the King of Chu into an alliance by themselves, most people in the world believe that this siege will eventually become a new round of Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony.

This unequal information created this "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity for some nobles.

In just a moment, everyone present agreed with Mozi's idea, so Mozi began to assign tasks.

In addition to the appropriate purpose, there is a more realistic reason: before the final piercing attack, eliminate hidden dangers in the city.

Mozi didn't want to think that when people like himself went out of the city to fight for their lives, there would be changes in the city, and once the city gate was closed, Mozi would never be seen in the world!

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Early the next morning, the Mohists spread orders throughout the city: Chu people are about to attack the city. This attack is unusual and requires full guards.

Many people were mobilized to garrison near the city wall, and the normal siege life in the city was disrupted for the first time.

All of Sichenghuang's personal relatives were transferred away from Sichenghuang's side, and they were recruited as daredevils, ready to counterattack if the Chu people attacked the city, and these people were far away from the place where Sichenghuang went to guard the city. He is also a Mohist, not a retainer of Emperor Sicheng.

Some of the soldiers guarding Song Gong were mobilized to join in the task of guarding the city wall.

Those who were loyal to Duke Song, or directly subordinates to Duke Song, such as Gongsun Ze, were also dispatched to the city.

The entire city of Shangqiu looks solid on the outside and empty on the inside, almost all the power in the city is concentrated on the city wall.

In order to play the scene of leading the snake out of the hole well, Mozi did not use the methods of "lowering the grinding car", "moxa smoke", "splashing hot oil" and other methods that can easily break the siege of the Chu people and ants.

It's just that after observing the main attack direction of the four elite formations of the Chu people, a group of elite key guards in the city were mobilized there.

In the rest of the place, the disciples of the Chu people made a feint attack, and the city leaders also had a decent fight with those who the Mohists knew were making a feint attack, and it seemed that they were indeed tired.

At least, it looked like this in the city, but no one noticed the four main attack directions of the truly elite Chu people, and there was no chance of reaching the top of the city.

And those Chu people who made a feint attack met a group of Shangqiu civilians who were "reluctant" to fight with bows and arrows but with wood and stones.

There were not many casualties on both sides, because the morale of the soldiers was low, and it was impossible to cause losses to the defenders.

The real elite of the Chu people had already been seen through by the countless defenders of the city, Mo Di, who used some means to contain the opponent's attack.

Even in order to perform a good play, when the Chu people retreated in the evening, Mozi also dispatched Sicheng Huang’s private soldiers and the court soldiers’ counterattack daredevils, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Chu people’s retreat A counterattack with an excellent opportunity led to a collapse of the Chu people.

It was night, and Mo Zhe rarely ordered all the elites who participated in the defense of the city during the day to stay near the city wall and not to move around. He only said that although the Chu people were defeated today, they might attack Yunyun at night.

For a moment, the city looked extremely tense at night, as if all the forces in Shangqiu City were concentrated near the city wall.

In the seemingly empty city, there is still a hidden force, and they finally waited for this opportunity.

Dayin and the others gathered again, this time not only them, but also their own soldiers and soldiers, preparing to take advantage of tonight to derail their long-planned event.

Dayin first said: "The Chu people have moved, and our opportunity has come. The Mohists have spent all their energy defending the city, but Shangqiu is still there, and the Chu people can't break through, but it is enough to make everyone in the Mohist family focus on the top of the city."

"Today, the Chu people are numerous and powerful, and the ants are attacking the city. Mo Di has to worry about the Chu people's night attack, burrowing, sheep and other techniques when the ants are attacking the city, so he can't relax in the slightest."

"Tonight is the opportunity I've been waiting for!"

Xiao Sikou also added: "That's right, the Mohists defended the city steadily before, and the Chu people surrounded it but did not attack. There was no panic in the city, and there were few complaints."

"However, in the past few days when the Chu people attacked fiercely, complaints arose in the city. If the food in the city was burned again, the people in the city would definitely resent Zitian for contemptuous of the Chu people, which led to the siege."

"In the old days when King Zhuang besieged the city, the city changed sons and broke bones to cook. Everyone in Shangqiu still remembers that they will not endure such things again. After all, Zitian is not the king of that year!"

Dayin nodded. Everyone present either participated in the coup d'etat many years ago, or their parents participated in the coup d'etat many years ago. They knew very well that what was needed in the coup d'etat was that the people of the country did not object.

As for the attitude of the Chinese people, they are a bunch of mobs, and there is no need to think about what they are planning in an organized way.

As long as these people don't object, relying on the dead soldiers in their own hands is enough to complete the coup.

The biggest threat is Sichenghuang's personal family, but Sichenghuang's private family has been sent to the city wall, and even went out of the city to fight against the Chu people this evening. This is a well-known fact in the city.

Song Gong's own strength is weak.Even if the Mohists do not transfer some of the court soldiers, Dayin and others are strong enough to succeed in the coup.

What's more, it seems that the Chu people's offensive is really fierce today, and Mo Zhe has already transferred some of the court soldiers in order to consider counterattack.

It seems that Mo Zhe is of course not only for that kind of simple defense, but also for not forgetting to launch a counterattack when the Chu people retreat or attack the city when defending the city.

However, in any case, the balance in the city seems to have tilted towards Dayin and others.

As for the power on the city wall, as long as the Chu people maintain this momentum and attack for a few more days, it is impossible for these people on the city to return: All the nobles know that the Mohist’s top priority is to defend the city. don't care at all.

The reason they defended the city was not because Song Gong Zitian was a man, but because Song State was weak and Chu State was strong, and Zitian just chose to resist.

If there was a new Duke of Song, and the new Duke of Song chose not to resist, then the Mohists would have no reason or need to defend the city.

The Mohists help the weak, but they will not force the monarchs of weak countries who want to surrender to defend the city.

For the Six Ministers of the Song Dynasty, the time has come!
The dead soldiers who were called together don't need to reason with them, they just need to tell them what to do.

Reasons such as burning the granaries in the city to save the country of the Song Dynasty are for outsiders, not for these dead men.

There are not many dead soldiers, and they only obey the orders of the Patriarch. They are not soldiers, and they don't need to consider reasons such as benevolence, righteousness and morality.

These dead men will perform disturbing actions such as burning part of the food stored in the city and setting fire to the city tonight.

The nobles present have already perfected all the plans, how to escape, how not to be discovered, how to pretend to be Chu people, where to leave the city, and who can return quietly, etc., have been prepared in detail.

There are no elites near the granary, only a garrison, and a full-time firefighting team left by Mo Zhe, who are also civilians in the city.

Burning granaries is a two-handed preparation.

It would be best if the lack of food could be used to incite the people in the city to support the replacement of the monarch.

When there is no shortage of food, the Mohists can vigorously promote propaganda, and because they can hold on, the people in the city will not panic, and they believe that Sanjin will definitely come to rescue.

If the people's hearts are not disturbed, there will be no deep resentment, let alone oppose the current monarch because of this resentment.

When the food is gone, even if the Mohists are good at guarding, they can't keep the stomachs of the people, and they can't satisfy everyone by reasoning.

At that time, the Mohist will be good at defending, the Duke of Song will fight to the death, and the Emperor Sicheng will resist. All these will become evil in the eyes of the people.

This is one of the preparations.

And even if the coup fails this time, burning the granary will allow the Chu people to break through Shangqiu.

Even though it is impossible for everyone present to get more, they can get rid of Sichenghuang's clan so as to prevent future troubles.

The conflict between the Sichenghuang family and the Chu people is too deep, whether it is because the Sichenghuang family was too powerful for more than 20 years to invite the Chu people to go north and was defeated by the Sanjin; The matter of Jiahe being a gift, it is doomed that as long as the Chu people break through Shangqiu, Sichenghuang's family will have to flee.

There are many opportunities to slowly fight for power with Duke Song, and there are also many opportunities to seize the power of Emperor Sicheng after he fled. Even if it is not as convenient as changing the monarch directly, it is not unacceptable.

These two preparations need to be based on the burning of granaries.

How to burn the stored grain in the city is the key to tonight. As long as someone goes out of the city after burning the stored grain and tells the Chu people: Keep the siege for a few days, then great things will be accomplished.

After the nursery rhyme appeared three years ago, all the nobles who participated in the conspiracy oath were present, and their dead soldiers also gathered to assign tonight's actions.

The rules of Mo Zhe's defense of the city are very strict, but it is also because of the strict rules that Dayin feels that there is an opportunity to take advantage of.

According to Mohist's order, those who guard the city wall are not allowed to participate in fire fighting, and only the nearby people and professional fire fighting teams can rescue the fire in the city.

This is a very good and useful order. After all, there will not be too many spies in the city. What is terrible is not the fire or the chaos in the city caused by the fire.

However, if the nobles in the city are going to do the spying of the enemy, these prohibitions on defending the city seem to give these nobles an excellent opportunity.

When there is chaos in the city and fires are set everywhere, there is a chance to burn the granary while taking advantage of the chaos. What's more, there are small officials in the granary who are still loyal to Dayin, and all the details are complete.

All the nobles encouraged their dead soldiers one by one, assigned tasks, and prepared all kinds of meat as rewards, saying that if everything goes well tonight, there will be wealth and honor in the future.

When midnight approached, all the dead came out, each with a purpose, and the rest of the nobles gathered their private relatives who were known to be ready for tomorrow's event.

Tonight, the city is doomed to chaos.

(End of this chapter)