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Chapter 233 The Spear Penetrates the Five-Step Alliance ([-])
As dusk fell, the scouts from Chu climbed high and looked far away. Under the sun, they saw thick smoke billowing in the city of Shangqiu, and immediately reported the news to the King of Chu.

The King of Chu looked at all the ministers and sighed: "The Mohists are good at defending. They are old and weak at the head of the city and can defend today's onslaught. However, there are changes in the city, but they are beyond their control."

"Everyone can know that the city wall is strong, but if the wall is not stable, it will be useless after all."

He didn't consider whether the city was using fraud at all.

One is that I didn't expect it.

Second, if this is the case, it would be unimaginable that the city would still be as usual.I'm afraid that I will feel powerless in my heart, which is unbearable.

Chu Sima said: "If this is the case, we can still attack tomorrow? It's just that there has been no news messenger so far. Could it be that Song Zhiyin and others have failed?"

The king of Chu laughed and said, "I'm afraid that's the case. But after all, the city is in chaos. If we continue to attack tomorrow, it should be enough to force the city to surrender. The granary in Shangqiu city was burned, and there were some changes in the city. Even if Mo Di's defense skills are unparalleled, what can we do?" "

Although he was laughing, the King of Chu also knew that he had limited time to attack the city every day.

He has no choice but to withdraw his troops and not attack today.

If they reorganize their attack, they will have to rest for more than an hour, and then they can attack the city after the reorganization is completed, and at that time, it will not be long until evening.

Once the sky is dark, it will be fine if you attack in one go.

If they can't attack, based on their understanding of Mohist's defensive habits these days, they will inevitably launch a counterattack while the troops are in chaos.

It's not that the king of Chu never thought of using feigned defeat to kill those elite soldiers who went out of the city to fight back.

It's just that although this plan is beautiful and simple, it is extremely difficult to implement.

Those elite counterattacks only counterattacked at a distance of about a hundred steps, and then stopped to wait for orders.

If it is really chaotic, take advantage of the situation and attack.If it is not chaotic and suppresses the position, the whole team will retreat immediately.

In Chu Wang's view, those people should be the elite of Mohism.

The orders are orderly, the advances and retreats are orderly, the martial arts are superb, the fear of death is not feared, and the formation is tight.

Even if the Chu army was in chaos, as soon as the whistle sounded, they would stamp their feet immediately and would never take a step forward.

This kind of strict organization made the king of Chu extremely envious. Although he had Che Guang under his command, it was difficult to achieve this.

If you want to cheat these people here, the team that can fake defeat and immediately fight back with a whole team after a hundred steps back must be Che Guangjing.

However, there are not many Che Guang elites, and the number used to attack the city is too small. If he mixes with the rest of the soldiers to attack together, he is afraid that they will be pushed away by the rest of the soldiers when they feign defeat.

The King of Chu didn't know the word "organizational force", but if he knew it, he would definitely feel that counterattacking in defeat is a task that requires extremely high organizational force to complete.

It seems simple, but under the current circumstances, there are not many elites in the world who can do this.

Thinking of this, the King of Chu sighed: "It's a pity that there will be nights eventually. If the sun lasts for a long time, as long as there is an extra day, Shangqiu City will definitely be captured."

"Although there is chaos in the city tonight, as long as the situation can be controlled, it will be back to normal in three days. At that time, we can only besiege rather than attack, and wait for the Song people to surrender."

"Pass down the order to rest tonight, all armies rest early, and continue to attack the city tomorrow morning."

You Yin said: "Now the soldiers are exhausted and unable to attack the city for several days, and they are shocked by the methods of the Mohists. They can take another three days at most. If they cannot win in three days, then the only way is to siege the city."

The king of Chu said: "That's all right. Spread scouts widely. If Jin people send troops, they will know immediately. Song people are powerless. Even though those disciples of the Mohist family are not afraid of death, they are only few in number. If the Mohisth family has three thousand disciples, how can they be besieged?" Woolen cloth?"

"If there are three thousand disciples of the Mo family, who can stop them?"

After he asked, the nobles present were also speechless. They have really seen those Mohist elites who went out of the city to fight back in an organized way in the past few days. Can't resist.

The King of Chu looked at the thick smoke faintly visible in the city of Shangqiu again, and sighed: "Although there is a plan, but the Mohists don't need so many soldiers to defend the city."

"Even if the inside and outside are connected, we still can't break through the city outside. If the Mohists can help guard the beams of Yuguan and break into the Three Jin and Han lands, why should I worry?"

The crowd didn't say a word, they only sent people to deliver orders, and reserved some elites in front of the formation.

Not long after dark, there were still fires in Shangqiu City.

Suddenly, there was a loud drumbeat at the top of the city, and it seemed that someone was about to fight back after falling down the city wall.

The guards in front of the Chu people shouted hastily, and the soldiers who had just fallen asleep were woken up one after another, prepared their weapons, strictly guarded the camp and the camp, and fired with a strong crossbow and bow, and hurriedly reported the news to the king of Chu.

At the forefront, there was a young general who had tried his best to see that it was a straw man before. Seeing this again today, he had doubts in his heart.

It's just that there was no order at this time, and he wanted to make meritorious service, so he said to several people: "I guess, the ones from the city wall must be straw men."

"There is an order from the king to eat and rest early today, and to take down Shangqiu tomorrow. The Mozhe is cunning, probably because he is worried that we will attack the city tomorrow, so he reuses his old skills and does not let us rest."

"Is there a warrior who is willing to follow me to the city wall and find out what happened?"

As soon as he finished speaking, two or thirty people stood up.

One is that this person seemed to carry a straw man back from the city of Shangqiu last time. He was so brave that the king of Chu greatly praised him. He was a warrior whom everyone admired.

The second charge into the formation to capture the enemy is also a common means of challenge before the formation. Before Chengpu, the three of Chu drove a car and killed one of them and returned. They are famous all over the world. If they do well today, at least they will be rewarded.

The young general who took the lead shouted, so that twenty or thirty warriors jumped out of the camp and moved forward with their swords.

Standing back and forth, Song Rencheng's head drum sounded even louder. The young general took a closer look and laughed loudly: "Sure enough, the Mohists have no choice but to use this method! Ladies and gentlemen, follow me to capture some and present them to the kings! "

After all, take the lead, this city is no longer the city that was covered with thorns a month ago, and those bamboo stick pits have been filled and cracked by the disciples with their bodies.

More than [-] people scrambled to get close to the city wall, cut the rope on the straw man, and retreated immediately.

Or those who have the courage to hold a bow and shoot an arrow towards the city to show their bravery.

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In King Chu's tent, the previous chaotic drumming made King Chu extremely uneasy.

He couldn't figure out the Mohist's routine, so he was worried that the Mohist would fight back at night, so he strictly ordered all the troops to guard against chaos at night before setting up camp and lighting a fire.

Just when he didn't know what was going on in the city, a close attendant told the story about the young general's capture of a Song native again, and the king of Chu praised: "A true warrior! Give me wine!"

Several courtiers or nobles near the camp had also woken up and rushed forward. The King of Chu said, "The Mohists have many methods and clever schemes, but they have never used such repeated methods. What do you think?"

Everyone didn't know how to answer, the King of Chu laughed and said, "There will be great chaos in the city. Mo Di's technique of defending the city is unparalleled in the world, so how can he not be unparalleled in the technique of siege? He must know that tomorrow will be the most critical time for Shangqiu, so he used this method. Let me wait without rest."

"If I'm not wrong, once this matter is over, within an hour, the drums on the top of the city will be loud again, I'm afraid there will be another 'warrior' coming out of the wall to attack at night!"

Chu Sima was puzzled for a moment, and suddenly said: "The king is smart, we can't match it. Now that we have been seen through, the Mohists must think that we will think that they will not use similar methods again, but they will use them. At that time, we will think it is true. If someone makes a surprise attack, you must be on guard, and you cannot rest."

"They make it difficult for us to sleep at night without a single soldier, and the siege of the city will be slowed down tomorrow."

The King of Chu laughed and said, "That's right! Even if the Six Ministers in Shangqiu City cannot win, their henchmen and disciples will not be reconciled to death. Mo Di knows that these three days are the most critical time."

"If these three days can be defended, the turmoil in the city will subside, and it will be difficult to attack the city again. So, what is left for us is only these three days!"

"Secretly send some warriors to the front of the battle, wait for a moment for the drums to reappear in the city, and immediately fight back, and then capture the straw man of Mo Zhe, tour the three armies, let them sleep peacefully, and go to attack the city with full energy tomorrow morning!"

The king of Chu never thought about the crazy plan of Mo Zhe, because there was no legend of eight hundred broken tens of thousands in this era.

In the view of the King of Chu, there is only one thing the Mohist can do tonight, and that is to harass the Chu army continuously, so that the Chu army cannot rest well, so as to delay tomorrow's siege.

If it is only for this purpose, then no matter whether it is fiction or reality, or the sound of drums at the top of the city, it will not pose too much threat.

As long as the soldiers can feel at ease and attack tomorrow, they can pass the night safely.

Even if the Mohist might send people out of the city to harass, it would only be a harassing for a while, and the purpose could only be to cause chaos.

As long as the camp is stable and defended with a strong bow, there will be no problem: so far, the only fear of night raids is chaos, and absolutely no one will think of the crazy ideas Mo Zhe wants to use.

After the king of Chu sent the order, as expected, about an hour later, the drums on the top of the city rang again.

Not long after, someone reported back, and sure enough, another straw man was released from the city, and was killed by the fire crossbow rockets prepared in front of the formation.

The officials congratulated and praised King Chu for his wisdom, which was beyond the reach of the officials.

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Inside the city, the elite disciples of the Mohist family were resting. After they had eaten their fill, even though there was the sound of drums outside, these people still slept peacefully.

At midnight, when the moonlight was shining, the Mohist elites and Peixian volunteers were woken up one after another, quietly put on their leather armor and prepared their weapons.

Box after box of gunpowder-throwing weapons made of iron was transported, and these weapons have been strictly guarded and never used since the defense of the city.

The volunteer teachers in Pei County knew about this thing, and they often heard it when they were training in Pei County.

And those ink practitioners with high martial arts skills and discipline have long been familiar with the horror of these things, and they also know that they are weapons to defeat the enemy.

Tonight, this thing will explode outside Shangqiu City, and it will become famous all over the world along with the reputation of Mo Zhe.

Moreover, in the future to defend the city, this thing can also be taken out directly.There are new ways to deal with siege methods such as ants attaching to the city and ladder climbing.

The black iron lumps are extremely heavy, and there are about a hundred of them who can throw them very far. They are tall and strong, and most of them are down-and-out people. They have received military training since childhood.

After becoming a Mohist, he trained hard among the elite of Beicheng Gate for many years.

There is a degree of advance and retreat, strict organization, and strict discipline, which are suitable for using such weapons.

(End of this chapter)