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Chapter 232 Spear Penetrating the Five-Step Alliance ([-])
After the oath, Duke Song knew that he had no choice but that all the problems were not yet settled. If he directly formed an alliance with the Chu people, he might not even have the status he has now.

Although he was young and ambitious, he was awakened by the people of Chu, and he understood that he could not do anything under the constraints of the weak and powerful nobles.

After the oath of alliance was completed, Song Gongdeng said loudly: "Since the alliance is completed, as the Mohist said, the Chu people besieged the city. Once the city is broken, they will need food, grass, army, labor, and labor. This is something you cannot agree to."

"But the granary in the city was burned, and the city can't last long. Instead of starving to death, you are willing to bear the military rations and labor of those Chu people."

"Since this is the case, I will invite you to join us for three months. If there is no turning point in three months, then we will form an alliance with Chu. Even if the Chu people let me drive as a participant, it is not unacceptable for the sake of the people. of."

These words moved the people present to some extent, and they shouted one after another: "Since the alliance with the Chu people in March this time is for our benefit. If the Chu people really insult the king, we must Not allowed."

There were also some downcast people who participated in it shouting: "The hatred of the nine generations can be avenged. If the Chu people are really like this, we will fight with the Chu people to the death!"

After everyone shouted, Song Gong said again: "Then now we can only continue to defend the city."

He looked at Dayin and the others, suppressing the hatred and anger in his heart and said: "Dayin and others did this for the benefit of the Song Dynasty and the common people. Now, for the benefit of the common people, I have agreed , Song Zhisheji, there is still a turning point within three months, will Dayin and others still oppose the defense of the city?"

Dayin knew what was going on today, and the three covenants given by Mo Zhe were the best conditions they could get.

Although I hated the Mohists in my heart and had no interest in continuing to defend the city, but at this time, in front of thousands of angry people, I had no choice but to say: "We will no longer object to defending the city for three months."

Possibly because of considerations for the future, Dayin added: "Today, we are not opposed to defending the city, but are worried about the shortage of grain in March, which will lead to famine in the city, and fear that the Chu people will retaliate and even exterminate the sacrifices to the community."

He said these words to the people present.

But the emperor's father Zang who was standing opposite sneered and said, "Da Yin's words are wrong. I heard that Day Yin wants to punish the king of innocence."

As soon as the emperor's father Zang finished speaking, Mo Di said loudly: "There is no way and you have the way, it depends on whether it conforms to the rules of heaven."

"No one is born with the Dao, and no one is born without the Dao. Now that the rules have been established, then judging according to the rules, you can know whether there is the Dao. , but measured."

"If your majesty can abide by the rules, how can it be said that you have no way?"

Suppressing the words of the emperor's father Zang, Dayin and others also echoed.

Song Gong knew that he did not have a high status in front of these nobles, so he had no choice but to say: "There is no need to mention this matter. Since you are still guarding the city, and you still have to guard the city, then please ask Mr. Mo Di to preside over the guarding of the city."

He didn't like the Mohists, but he couldn't trust the nobles present. Now it seemed that the only one who could uphold justice and neutrality was the Mohism, which he didn't like very much.

For a weak monarch, an organization that can uphold justice is beneficial to him.

But Mozi said: "I have my own plans for this matter, but among the three previous oaths, there is also the matter of burying the dead and wounded in the city today and compensating for the losses in the city. This needs to be decided now."

"Since this is the case, I would like to ask your lord, Liuqing, Sicheng, etc. to discuss in the palace, accompanied by the people and mohists, and discuss the results."

"Furthermore, although the oath has been fulfilled now, there may be dead men in the city who don't know, or brave men who don't understand. I'm afraid that there will be assassinations of Zhuan Liao and Yu Rang assassinating Zhao Xiangzi, so I ask all the lords to be in the palace. Inside."

"A ten-year agreement has been made. Each family's strike, and its soldiers' private family members, should be used to defend the city, so as to prevent the Chu people from breaking the city."

"The Mo family is the most fair in doing things, so please allow me to control these soldiers, and also prevent the soldiers from fighting each other and breaking the rules."

After he finished speaking, Song Gong was the first to agree.

This is obviously a kind of house arrest, or it is to gather these people together to prevent them from colluding with each other and starting another rebellion.

Mo Zhe gave sufficient reasons, one is to agree on compensation, and the other is to prevent everyone from being stabbed, so it is safer in the palace.

The guards, of course, cannot be Song Gong's soldiers, nor can they be Sichenghuang or Dayin's soldiers, so they can only choose a neutral side to guard.

Everyone had no choice but to agree.

If the soldiers were handed over to other people, they might still be worried, but if they handed over to Mo Di, their credibility could still be guaranteed.

Sicheng Huang didn't care, his soldiers had already handed over, and the hidden power in the city was temporarily used up, there was still danger on the city wall, it was better to be in the palace together.

In any case, there has never been a situation in which a countryman has replaced his own king and taken the position in any country.The doctor and the six ministers are basically here, and no one is qualified to be the king except them.

In addition to the reputation of the Mohist, they also believed that the Mohist would not dare to risk the disgrace of the world and let the monarchs of the world rise up and attack them.

Today's affairs, the situation can only be like this.

Even if everyone has thoughts, it will have to wait until the future.

Therefore, the soldiers who were still fighting inside and outside the palace organized themselves separately, and swore to obey the orders of Mo Zhe during the defense of the city and not violate them.

The nobles had no choice but to enter the palace.

Soon, more than 40 sword and ink holders led the organized people to complete the defense of the palace wall.

The remaining soldiers were gathered and ordered to go elsewhere.

After all this busy work was over, it was almost evening, and the Propaganda Department was busy announcing today's events in the city, so that people in the city could settle down as soon as possible.

There are so many things going on, and a group of high-ranking Mohists met, and Mozi said: "Today's event is only the first step in a journey of a hundred miles."

"In the future, we will not discuss how the Government Council will discuss politics and how to make laws, but the second step has not yet been completed."

"The people of Chu are outside. If we can't form an alliance to force the people of Chu to form an alliance, we must either surrender or wait until the people of Jin come to fight the people of Chu."

"Whether it is the surrender or the arrival of the Jin people, it will be very detrimental to the world."

Mozi looked around at his disciples, knowing that they were all trustworthy, he said, "I think it's today!"

"First, the people of Chu thought that there was chaos in the city, and they would not be on guard today."

"Secondly, the Chu people are exhausted from attacking the city today, and the soldiers cannot rest. It is appropriate to attack tonight."

"Thirdly, after a long time, there may be changes outside the city. Besides, the moonlight is suitable today, and there are no dark clouds. What do you think?"

"Fourth, there is no rain today, and the gunpowder that is properly made can be used. The Chu people must be panicked."

"Fifth, I don't believe that those princes and nobles can restrain them in the palace today and cause chaos in Xinping. They will not restrain us for the time being."

Everyone thought for a while, and said one after another: "Today is the right time. The people of Chu are tired, and they think there is chaos in the city, so they will never take precautions."

Mo Zi glanced at Shi again, and asked, "You have always been quick-witted, what else do you want to say about today's matter?"

Shibai said: "The disciple also thinks that it is most appropriate to attack the Chu people today. It's just that there are still a few things to do."

"The disciples thought that by burning fireworks in the city, the Chu people would mistakenly think that the chaos in the city had not subsided, so that they could relax their vigilance."

"You can use more wormwood, use skin to blow the wind, and cover it with thick smoke so that Chu people who are good at looking at it can't see clearly."

"Another one, you can continue to use straw people to escape the city. I haven't done this for half a month. The Chu people have seen through it last time. Today, they must think that we are really going out of the city to fight to the death, and they must be panicked."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone retorted: "Shi, you said that there are smoke and fires in the city, which is very correct."

"However, going out of the city to fight against the Chu people tonight should not have caused the Chu people to notice it. You used it instead, and you wanted to let the Chu people notice it. Isn't that wrong?"

After the man asked, Mo Zi, Gong Zaoye and the others nodded and smiled at him, and Gong Zaoye said, "If it's suitable, I agree."

"The straw man, the people of Chu must have panicked, thinking that we have nothing to do but to fight the night attack. However, they will soon notice that it is another straw man, and they will laugh."

"False and true, the people of Chu may still think that the city is in chaos, so they can only use this trick to make the people of Chu uneasy. I'm afraid that in the middle of the night, the people of Chu will surely sleep peacefully. Even if we beat the drums and make noise, they will also think that It's just a soldier of vanity grass."

"At that time, we will attack in the early morning and fight desperately. If we can capture the King of Chu before dawn, then a great event will be accomplished."

"If we can't, it's because the gods and ghosts don't protect us. We have tried our best and there is nothing we can do."

Everyone is not afraid of death, and things have been prepared in advance, and the details are complete. Gong Zaoye's words are nothing more than emotion.

The few doubters came to their senses and praised one after another, and they didn't care about Gong Zaoye's statement that the Mohist school might be completely destroyed here, and the gods and ghosts would not protect them.

Shi said again: "Today's affairs, the secrets to be done, must be strictly guarded on the city wall. Although today's affairs seem to be over, the people of the Six Ministers may not dare to send people out of the city today, but they must be on guard."

"Furthermore, we can use the soldiers of Sicheng, Song Gong, and Liuqing now. Although they are chaotic and without formation, they are brave enough to allow them to raid the Chu people's flanks, but we raid the central army, so that the Chu people can't Look after each other."

"I have mapped out how the Chu people acted and reacted before, and I can send them out of the city to attack at night based on this."

"But the disciple still wants to say, we must let us go out of the city first, and then send them out of the city to attack at night after we get close to the Chu people. We can't let the Chu people take precautions in advance, we can only let them ignore them first and last."

Mozi laughed and said, "I have exactly the same idea. These armored soldiers are only useful today. It's a pity that the people who went out to attack the city last time were killed and injured, so they can't be used."

As things were settled, everyone in the Mohist family immediately got busy and prepared to fight to the death tonight according to their respective responsibilities.

Some people sent people to settle in the city, or people sent people to patrol the city wall to prevent people from leaving the city, or someone went to the city wall to prepare straw figures and other things, or someone organized people to carry the gunpowder.

Shi Shi took out a picture, and according to the observation of the situation for more than a month before, pointed out a few places for those soldiers to attack when necessary, looked at the camp of the king of Chu drawn on the picture, and said in his heart: "What happened tonight, if you If it can’t be done, the Mohist family will die! If it can be done, the world will be shocked from then on!”

(End of this chapter)