warring states careerist

Chapter 226

Although there are many ways to attack the city, the most cost-effective method is to directly attack the city wall.

Weapons such as crashing cars and rushing cars can be cracked by Mo Zhe's machinery, so they are already useless.

Equipment such as ladders can cooperate with the ant-attached siege.

In addition to the advance of the offensive in the past few days, the sheep is stable, the moats of the moat have basically been filled, and the hidden weapons such as the "dog walking" laid by the Mohists have basically been removed.

As long as they survived a round of arrow rain, the Chu people could directly approach the distance of a hundred feet from the city wall and launch an attack directly from there.

There is no need for more arrangements, all that is needed is enough elite soldiers and enough noble private soldiers to defeat Shangqiu in one fell swoop.

The king of Chu ordered, and everyone obeyed, and immediately began to rectify their private families. Many low-ranking nobles also needed to go to battle in person, trying to break through Shangqiu before the situation in the city was completely clear.

As long as the party that succeeds in the coup has not had time to complete the cleansing and extermination of the clan, there is still a chance for the situation in Shangqiu to be completely controlled by the Chu people.

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The defense on the city wall is undertaken by Mo Zi.As far as the organization of the Mohists is concerned, Mozi is a giant, but as far as the tasks assigned at this time are concerned, defending the city wall of Shangqiu with the least force is the task that Mozi has undertaken himself.

In the city, hundreds of volunteers from Peixian county moved forward slowly in a phalanx of spears. It was not the first time they participated in a battle, but it was the first time they participated in a battle in this phalanx.

The neat steps and the sound of the drums echoed together, like the sound of a zither, in perfect time, as if the ground trembled with these steps.

Gong Zaoye and the others wore black caps and walked beside the team.

Behind them are the people's soldiers gathered in the name of guarding the city wall.

They were originally farmers and soldiers. As conscripted feudal conscripts, they had certain combat capabilities, but they were more for making up the numbers.

Just as Shi Suan, who was marching on the side of the team, thought, if the nobles could not be deterred, then today's battle would have to rely on the volunteers from Peixian County to come forward, and even the elite of the Mohists had to come forward and go into battle shirtless.

The movements of these people quickly aroused the vigilance of the nobles who had not broken through the gate of the palace.

The defense of the palace was stronger than before, and the guarded soldiers were extremely tenacious because they were commanded by the Mohist who was good at defending, and Mohist encouraged them to persevere and tell them that things would change, plus Song Gong's reward.

And Gongsun Ze and other last gentlemen of the end of the Spring and Autumn Period fought to the death, and the aristocrats in the coup d'état also allocated a lot of troops.

Even if there are still a lot of resentment and incited people, taking the inner city cannot be achieved in a moment.

After someone reported Mo Zhe's change to Uncle Cen Xi and Dayin, all the nobles couldn't help being shocked.

No matter how you look at it, Mohist has no possibility of intervening.

Because Dayin felt that what the people wanted now was on his side.It is impossible for Mo Zhe to betray the will of the people, so this time, apart from standing guard on the city wall and waiting for the order to cease fighting and form an alliance, it is absolutely impossible for Mo Zhe to personally participate in the coup d'état.

Big Yin anxiously asked Little Si Kou, "Didn't you meet Mo Di?"

Xiao Sikou repeatedly said: "I have indeed met him. He also swore to the ghosts and gods that Mo Zhe will not violate his own morality, let alone the wishes of the majority of the people!"

"Mo Di is the most respectful of ghosts and gods, and he has never broken his promise. Could it be that his words can't be trusted?"

After asking again carefully, Dayin said doubtfully, "No, based on what I know about Mo Di, it is impossible for him to speak falsehoods."

Uncle Cen was surprised and said: "If the Mozhe comes forward, then we can only divide the armored soldiers, not only to block the Mozhe, but also to break through the gate of the inner city before the Mozhe attacks."

Dayin said: "Don't panic, the matter has come to this point, we can only attack the inner sect with all our strength, and at the same time ask Mo Zhe what he means."

He then asked the messenger what he saw.

The person who reported the letter said: "I saw that the people from Peiyi who came with the Mozhe came out in full force. They held spears and marched in a line of 30 people in the market."

"The spears are extremely long, and the people in the front row are all wearing armor. Another person has a small drum around his waist, and another person has a whistle or something. The sound of the drum matches the footsteps."

"Everyone is moving forward, except for the sound of footsteps and the sound of flutes and drums, there is no other sound. The front row seems to have small shields on their arms."

"Gong Zaoye of the Mohist School and others, follow closely on the left and right, and go together."

"After the people from Peiyi, there are thousands of disciples and people. It is not clear. After that, the leader is only the Mohist."

"Those ranks of Peiyi people seem to have the aura of soldiers, and I'm afraid they can't be broken. They marched like moving forests, and those spears were shining, and only human power can stop them."

After the person who reported the letter told what he had seen and heard, Uncle Cen Xi wondered: "I know there are many scholars among the Mohists, but how can those people in Peiyi be scholars? How can they march in and out like this?"

However, Dayin heard the key question, and without waiting for the returner to answer the uncle's question, he interrupted and asked the person who reported the letter: "As you said, didn't all the Mohists come out?"

"Exactly, there are not many Mohists. There are only dozens of people following them, and they wear black hoods and cloth around their arms to distinguish them from others."

Dayin breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that we can still talk! I said a long time ago that everyone in the Mo family would not care about changing the monarch, and they have absolutely no chance of making a move."

Everyone asked: "What is so wrong?"

Dayin said: "The Mohist must have come to mediate, for the sake of not hurting the people. If they want us to agree, we will agree to something. But I am afraid that the Mohist also love non-attack and want to stop this expulsion , then everything we have done before is in vain.”

"Since that's the case, let's break through the inner city with all our strength. I will go talk to Mohist, ask them, and delay the time. You must take down the gate of Xiaoqiang as soon as possible!"

"If Zitian is killed before Mo Zhe arrives, then what's the use of them even coming?"

Chinese people can riot and participate in coups, but they have no right to inherit.The monarch can be replaced, but the monarch must also be selected from the public office. This is the rule of the world at this time, and no one can disobey it, at least not yet.

Therefore, all Dayin needs is for Zitian to die.In this way, the affiliation of the monarch can only be people from their lineage, even if the Mohist came forward, it would be meaningless.

The Mohists are not nobles, let alone Shangqing, so they cannot imitate the division of Jin among the three families.

Seeing what Dayin said, everyone knew that the matter was urgent and could not be delayed any longer. Immediately, many people put on their clothes and led the charge.

Or someone thought of a way, prepared firewood and other materials, demolished the house, and prepared to burn the gate of the palace.

The palace is gone, it can be repaired, as long as Zitian is dead.

Dayin took his own car, along with the armored soldiers and several nobles, to the road where the volunteers of Peixian County and the disciples of the countrymen were heading, to meet Mo Zhe and delay time.

Xiao Sikou walked with Dayin, and when he got close to those teams, he couldn't help but marvel.

He had never seen such a neatly marching team. The sound of footsteps and drums seemed to overwhelm the rest of the sound. These people who were obviously only peasants and soldiers marched like elite soldiers.

These people did not have chariots, nor were they followers of chariots, but soldiers who marched on foot.

Xiao Sikou secretly said: "The Tiger Ben, and the gentleman of Yue, I'm afraid it's nothing more than that!"

Looking at the thousands of peasants and soldiers following behind, although they are not neat, they maintain the most basic organization, and the spears are messy but there are many people.

Gong Zaoye and others who walked in the front put a certain distance from the volunteers in Peixian County, and their clothes were obviously different from those of them.

On the opposite side, I saw the frame of Dayin and the others. I didn't know what to shout. When the flute and spoon sounded, the drums stopped suddenly, and the footsteps also stopped. They stood there like a forest of spears.

When Xiao Sikou got off the car, Shi and Gong Zaoye and others had already moved forward, and Xiao Sikou took the lead to ask, "What does Mohist mean by this?"

"I once asked Mr. Mo Di, now the people think that Zitian is guilty, so they want to expel him. Mr. Mo Di also said that he will not violate the morals of the Mohists, nor will he violate the wishes of the people, but he does not know that you are What are you going to do?"

Shi came forward and said: "The Mohist didn't mean it, but the people of Song Dynasty did."

"The Mohists don't want more casualties in the city, but also for the sake of the people in the city, so they hope to do Huayuan and Xiangshu's affairs, and ask both sides to stop their troops."

Xiao Sikou looked at the volunteers in Peixian County, and thought to himself, aren't these people your Mohist soldiers?
But since Shi made it clear, Xiao Sikou asked, "Could it be that the will of the people can be violated?"

Shi shook his head and said, "It can't be violated. It's just the wishes of the city guards, not to expel the monarch, but to gain benefits."

"Mo Zhe upholds the heart of benefiting the world, so he can only come forward to mediate, and hope that both sides will stop fighting."

At this time, the Peixian volunteers behind him seemed to have heard some signal, and they shouted together, very neatly, just like when they were practicing in Peixian, the startled little Sikou almost couldn't stand up.

Seeing this, Dayin thought to himself that the Mohists might end up fighting to adjust the two sides' strikes, but he didn't know what the people were doing for the benefit?

Ordinarily, since the people in the city were panicked and harbored resentment towards Zitian, how could they be willing to defend the city at this time?

There is also the nursery rhyme of destiny, the reason for the nobles to launch a coup is that Zitian betrayed Chu and reused Sichenghuang who was close to Jin, that is, announcing to the city that as long as their coup succeeds, they will form an alliance with Chu.

Under such circumstances, Dayin couldn't figure out why these people still opposed him, let alone why these people would stand with the Mohists, and he didn't know what benefits these people wanted?

Shi, however, came forward and passed Xiao Si Kou, met Yu Dayin directly, and asked: "Before there was a change in the city, Song Gong's close attendant once saw Zimozi, telling you that Dayin and others launched a rebellion, which was actually just a means of attacking the city by the Chu people, so Ask Mohist to defend the city."

As soon as these words came out, Dayin's face changed drastically. He knew the rules and logic of the Mohists. If it was really regarded as a means for the Chu people to attack the city, then the Mohist had a reason to intervene.

Furthermore, he himself had a guilty conscience. After all, they burned the granaries in the city. I'm afraid Mo Zhe would really use this to accuse him.

Just when he didn't know how to answer, Ting Shi took the initiative to say: "But Juzi thinks, that may not be the case. Just talk about things without punishing your heart. You may be the Chu people's siege method."

"But maybe it was also for the pain of the people of Shangqiu not to suffer from Yi Zi, and maybe it was also for the ancestors of Sheji in Song Dynasty. This is also unknown."

"So, Juzi sent me to ask, is this chaos a siege method by the Chu people? Or is it for the people of Shangqiu and the Sheji of Song Dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)