warring states careerist

Chapter 304
The last sentence changed Duke Lu Yang's face. He was not worried about the situation of Shangqiu in Luyang City.

But they are worried that the people will hate fighting and refuse to defend the city.If you want to ask the Mohist for help, you have to consider the conditions of the Mohist.

Confronting each other directly in the field, Duke Lu Yang lacked confidence in defeating the Jin-Zheng coalition forces. He knew his strength and also knew that this time Wei and Han would inevitably attack heavily.

Duke Lu Yang really had no choice but to ask, "Is there no other way?"

Shi smiled and said: "You should stop fantasizing. If you really have other ways and think that you can defeat Jinzheng in a field battle, why do you have to invite the Mo family into Luyang?"

"It is impossible for the elite of the Mohist to participate in this defense of the city. These weapons are also defensive, and it is impossible to participate in the field confrontation."

"Before coming, Juzi told us about the situation in the world. If you want to defeat Jinzheng, you can only defend the city. Your elites wait for Jinzheng to lose their vigor, and then fight with them. Maybe you can settle down."

"If the city can't be defended, Jin and Zheng will attack and the morale will be high. How can you win?"

Duke Lu Yang was helpless, and said again: "If you agree, then we Mohists can do a good job for you and ensure that the people can fight to the death. If you don't agree, we have nothing to do."

Duke Lu Yang is not good at this kind of thing, but the Mohist school has many talents, it seems that it can be handed over to the Mohist school.

He was not too clear about the methods of the Mo family, and he didn't think about giving such an opportunity to the Mo family, who would benefit the most.

But Shidu had already said to invite Gao Ming, after thinking about it, he had no choice but to say: "Since that's the case, how dare you refuse to obey?"

After agreeing to this matter, he laughed at Yan Yan just now and talked about other guard matters with Duke Lu Yang.

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In a few days, Duke Lu Yang asked someone to prepare the deed slips, but handed them over to the Mohists. Some of the more than 40 Mohists who followed were members of the Xuanyi Department, so they decided to do something.

In the past few days, I also talked with Duke Lu Yang and others about Jin Zhengruo's route to attack Luyang.

At night, Meng Sheng and Hu Feizi sat with Shi, lit the candles, and did not talk about the destruction of the contract, but the preparations for this war.

The location of Luyang City is very special. There is a lake in the west and a series of mountains in the north. If the Jin Zheng coalition forces want to capture Luyang, there is only one way to go.

Marching in these years must take the big road, and it is impossible to cross mountains and mountains. In terms of organizational strength at this time, crossing mountains and mountains is a disaster.

Luyang is next to the ancient Fushui. "Shui Jing Zhu" says that the Fushui flows out of Xiyao Mountain, Luyang County, Nanyang, originates from Funiu Mountain, passes through Luyang, and flows to the Yingcheng area of ​​Pingdingshan.

The coalition forces of Jin and Zheng wanted to attack the Great Wall of Chu and cross the Hushui River, so Luyang was the only way to go on the western front.Otherwise, you have to go to the front line of Yecheng Fangcheng, which is too difficult.

But to attack Luyang, you have to cross Niulan, advance along the main road, and pass through some small towns attached to Luyang, and there is no other way to go.

There are already many large settlements in Ruzhou in later generations, such as Huyang, Zhucheng, Herenju and other small towns. These cities on the border between Chu and Han basically have no resistance.

Only Niulan City in the northeast of Luyang seems to be a stronghold for defense.

Defending Luyang to death is not the method of the Mohists to defend the city. What the Mohists pay attention to in defending the city is that if they can take the initiative to attack and break the enemy's siege, it is the best strategy; Withdrawal is the worst policy.

Since the best strategy didn't work, and because of Luyang's topography, Meng Sheng and other disciples taught by Mozi almost immediately took a fancy to Niu Lanyi in the north of Luyang.

The key location here is the only way for the Jinzheng coalition forces to attack Luyang, and it cannot be bypassed.

Stuck here, the Jinzheng coalition forces must either divide their forces to besiege the city, and the main force will go south for a decisive battle; or they must capture the city, or they may be cut off from the supply line.

If Duke Luyang can organize troops in Luyang, Niu Lanyi can withstand the attack of the Jinzheng coalition forces, and finally when the attacker is exhausted, Luyang will send troops to fight back in a decisive battle, and there may be a slight possibility of victory.

I don't have much affection for Chu State, and I wish Chu State would be in chaos, but if there is chaos, it must not be chaos in the direction of Nanyang, but to find a way to make Chu State lose a large piece of land on the eastern front, which is most beneficial to the people in Peixian County. The foundation of Mohism and the convenience of Mohism to infiltrate Chu.

Since it is said that it is necessary to make a timely decision and find a way to make the princes of the Mo family pay attention again, this battle must show some real skills.

The Mohist's city defense technology is indeed beyond the times. After learning from Mozi for a while, he realized that Mozi may be the No. 1 who systematically proposed the concept of "cross-fire horse facing the wall".

In several monographs on city defense, "Beicheng Gate", "Bei Lai", and "Bei Gaolin", the concept of "walking wall" has been mentioned many times, which is the so-called horse-faced wall in later generations, or it can be regarded as "the age without gunpowder". Starcastle Concept".

Relying on the horse-faced wall that protrudes from the front wall, it is the best choice to let the attacking side be attacked by projectile weapons from three sides.

It’s not the kind of person who is so stupid that he doesn’t know how to adapt. He also knows the reason why the fortress was made like that in the gunpowder era. According to the Mohist way of analyzing the source and solving the problem, this kind of defense model of "walking wall" and later "star fortress" Can be used now.

There are two main reasons why the later generations of Bastion made it into that way.

It is necessary to defend against the shelling of the attacking party.

Use the firepower of the defenders.

The problem is that today's attackers don't have guns.

Then rigidly following the bastion model to make it so low, sloped, and thick is to know what it is without knowing why.

Even if the quality of the firearms on my own side is poor, it will give the besiegers a better chance to attack, and the low walls are easier to overcome. In the case of insufficient firepower, the enemy cannot be suppressed by firepower, but the city walls must be relied on. It creates certain difficulties for the enemy.

Now that the Mohists can provide some firearms, it is necessary to give full play to their own firepower advantage as much as possible without considering the existence of the "opponent's artillery".

Turn the city from a defending tortoise into a porcupine that caused heavy casualties to the attacking party.

This concept does not need to be raised. Mozi has talked about the importance of "walking the wall" countless times, and the origin of "why we should practice the wall".

Although the concept of crossfire has not been summed up in these four words, the connotation already exists.

Meng Sheng and the others understood what Shi meant when they heard it.

In view of the stagnation of resistance and stagnation of the opponent's attack, Lu Yang has reached a consensus on the strategy of concentrating elite defense and counterattacks, so how to strengthen Niu Lan's defense and how to make Niu Lan the focus of the attention of the world's princes is the focus of discussion among each other .

For internal affairs, we can use Duke Lu Yang's promise to organize the people in a way of kindness, and it is the duty of the Propaganda Department to publicize the rewards and punishments in advance.

Meng Sheng said: "You know the use of these firearms, but we don't know much about it. According to what you said, if the attacking side also has artillery, Niulan can't defend at all?"

Niu Lan is not a big city like Shangqiu. If the attacking party had artillery, it could be said to be destroyed in one blow.After the emergence of cannons, the city's defense system will inevitably undergo tremendous changes. After the popularization of firearms, the concept of running walls proposed in Mozi's "Preparing the High Landing" and "Preparing the Ladder" will inevitably shine.

Shi said: "If Niu Lan wants to defend the city, it must strengthen Niu Lan's defense and build a new city wall according to the method of the giants to defend the city. Using the number of nines to calculate the position of the wall, so as to ensure that the attacking party attacks a place, all There are three or two sides to attack, so they have nothing to do."

He roughly drew the shape of the star fortress and explained it. Meng Sheng nodded and said, "This is to give full play to the advantages of firearms. It's just that as you said, the enemy has no guns, so we don't need to build it so thickly." , It is still necessary to prevent the enemy from clinging and to exert the power of firearms."

Shi nodded and said: "In this way, the amount of earthwork is actually much less than that of guarding against the enemy's artillery."

In other words, it is to give up the advantage of shelling at the bastion, because it is completely useless at this time.

But to take advantage of the cross-firepower, and at the same time, according to the main siege method at this time, some city walls should be built higher than the bastions of later generations, and they should not be so thick, just thinner.

Before the Jinzheng coalition forces attack, they should still have enough time to repair the city wall according to the new plan.

At the same time, Peixian County will continue to transport some weapons over to cultivate a batch of projectile arms in a short period of time, and also allow more elite archers to join Duke Luyang's field team.

If a group of mobs could stick to Niu Lan, it would be enough to shock the world, and some of the Mohist's "defensive weapons", "Tian Zhi Nine Numbers and Geometry" and other things could also attract the attention of the world.

Shi Bian said: "Since that's the case, I will take a few people to Niu Lan tomorrow. Relying on the geometry of nine numbers, I will measure the terrain of Niu Lang and draw the blueprint of the city defense."

"If it succeeds, the princes will not talk about it, and it will also help my Mohist 'Tianzhi' knowledge to spread to the world. Since the defense of the city can be strengthened with the principles of Tianzhi, then other people will naturally feel reasonable."

Meng Sheng asked, "What about Luyang?"

Shi said: "That's right. Since Duke Lu Yang agreed to benevolent to the people, this matter must be in the hands of the Mohists. How to do it, how to say it... The Xuanyi Department will give a reasonable argument, which can be Let the people fight, and spread the principles of Mohism."

"It is difficult for the people to believe that rewards and punishments are measured. I am afraid that the people do not trust the nobles. This is not the Song Dynasty, and the people know little about the reputation of the Mohist school. The title of 'Mohist' cannot make the people feel I don’t think there’s any doubt about it.”

Shi thought for a while and said, "Both Lu Yang and Niu Lan can set up a pole in the market. An order is issued that those who can resist from one side of the city gate to the other side will be rewarded with gold and jade. In this way, It’s bound to be a sensation.”

"We also prepare one person in advance. If the people just wait and see, and no one will stand up if they don't believe it, we need this person to stand up and do this. If there are people who stand up and resist, let Lu Yanggong prepare gold, and we will hand to reward the people who resist the wood."

"In this way, many decrees can be trusted by the people. Even if we leave, the people will still remember the name of the Mohism within ten years."

(End of this chapter)