warring states careerist

Chapter 314 Brilliant Stars and Myriad Bone Relics ([-])

The battle near the city gate was still going on fiercely. Shi climbed up and looked far away, and found that the second wave of offensive troops of the coalition forces was forming a team.

In fact, it was a little late for the whole team. The Wei army near the city gate showed signs of collapse, the Han army on the south side was still fighting hard, and the Zheng army on the left had just started fighting because of the delay of the artillery.

The artillery was shifted according to the urgency. This time, instead of bombarding the Zheng army, it turned to bombard the Wei army, which was gathering to prepare for the first wave of offensive.

The Wei army near the city gate has shown signs of retreat, which is far beyond the previous cruel battle, which these people cannot bear.

And Zheng Jun on the left wing, because of yesterday's loss and today's artillery attack, hesitated when he was about forty steps away.

While the Zheng people were patrolling, the flag of the Mohist was waved on the top of the city, and a brave warrior who seemed to the Zheng people to be bold but was everywhere in the Mohist family came down from the top of the city.

He was holding the Mohist banner that had people come to collect the corpse yesterday, and in the eyes of the soldiers of Zheng Guo, he seemed to be walking on the edge of the field, and Shi Shi ran towards the Zheng people.

A few Zheng people's little nobles were also there in a daze, and the rest of the Zheng people were also a little numb when they heard the fierce battle on the right.

The Mohist holding the flag went straight to the front of Zheng's army and said loudly: "The people of Zheng and Chu haven't fought for 30 years, why bother to seek hegemony for Wei Mou?"

Zheng's soldiers were holding weapons, but the man seemed to be unable to see, and asked loudly in authentic Zheng language.

"In the year of You Gong, Han Wuzi attacked Zheng and killed You Gong. According to this, it was only 24 years. After Zheng and Han fought, the Chu people did not invade Zheng."

"If you talk about personal enmity, the people of Chu never killed your parents, but the people of Han fought with you in negative millet and Huangchi, or killed your brother or your father. What enmity does the people of Chu have against you?"

"The great Mohists once said that the world is non-aggressive. Zheng is only a small country of eight hundred times, and Chu is weak by several thousand times. The essence of Wei is in Xihe. Can Chu State surpass Zheng State and attack Wei State? Anger, isn’t it Zheng Guo who stands in the way of the soldiers of Chu? At that time, even if the Mo family thinks that Chu is fighting an unjust war and turns to help the Zheng people, won’t it be the Zheng people who will be killed or injured?”

"The cities of the State of Zheng are all under the army of the State of Chu. Does it matter to you whether the King of Chu is a prince or a prince?"

"The Mo family loves each other and can't bear to kill each other, so...why do you want to die? Otherwise, you just wave your flags and shout. The Mo family advises the Chu people in the city to beat drums and throw more gunpowder and thunder under the city to make the sound of battle. .”

That person was talking in front of Qianjun, without any regard for the possible threats, as if life and death were already out of the question.

All the words, just like when Zhu Zhiwu retired from the Qin Dynasty, he didn't talk about any benefits and Zheng, and he always stood on the other side's point of view to make counter-conceptions.

As everyone in the Mohist school has realized, only when the country that started the unrighteous war is hurt, can they listen to the words of non-attack and annihilation of the soldiers.

And three days ago, he attacked the Zheng people with all his strength, which filled the Zheng people with panic. In addition, the people in the Zheng country were quite dissatisfied with the attack on Chu, but they dared not speak out because of the strict laws of Si Ziyang's ruling.

In the battle of the day before yesterday, there may have been people who had never participated in the siege, but when the corpses were collected and returned in the evening, many people saw the horrors of the corpses.

Moreover, that attack almost broke up in a rush, retreating a little closer to the city wall, causing huge casualties in a short period of time, and many Zheng felt lingering fear.

The Mo family has a good reputation and a high reputation. A few days ago, they specially called people to gather up the corpses so that the souls could return to their hometowns. Most of these Zheng people were in Zhengdu, and they had more or less listened to the principles of the Mo family.

Looking at this Mohist now, Wan Jun didn't change his face before, he was talking freely, without holding a sword in his hand, and he was thinking of Zheng people in every sentence, and he was even more convinced in his heart.

The Mohist said again: "There are conflicts in the world, and the people suffer. If you don't attack Chu today, if the Chu people attack Zheng in the future, the Mo family will definitely persuade the king of Chu not to slaughter."

The reputation of the Mo family is higher than that of the princes in the market. After talking about this point, many Zheng people have already hesitated.

He himself, the blood feud between Zheng and Han, fought six times in 30 years. Many people's fathers and brothers died in the hands of the Han army. people.

The Zheng people were afraid of the revenge of the Chu State, that is, after Si Ziyang took power, he strengthened the centralization of power and clarified the laws, so that the people did not dare to speak out angrily.

Now that the Mo family had talked about the future, the Zheng people in the front row all looked at the next doctor and brigade commander who commanded 500 people.

The brigade commander saw that the people had no fighting spirit, and he was also worried that he would die under the city during the siege. Besides, he was already dissatisfied with the ruling against Chu, so he had no choice but to say: "Since the three kingdoms are allied, we will be spurned by the Emperor of Heaven."

Talking about ghosts and gods with the Mo family, in fact, the brigade commander has already approved the conditions proposed by the Mo family, and he said this just to let the Mo family give him a reason to abide by the conditions.

The sound of explosions and screams on the right is still coming, but they cannot be seen through a prominent starburst.

After the sound of the explosion passed, the Mohist laughed and said: "Everyone is the minister of the Emperor of Heaven, and what the Emperor of Heaven likes most is that everyone can benefit from non-offensive attacks. Just like the Taigong in the past, he was an official in Shang Dynasty for many generations, and Shang Zhou was tyrannical, so the emperor in the distance Fishing in Qishan to seek enlightenment and stability in the world is what the Emperor of Heaven likes. Could it be that the Emperor of Heaven is so ignorant that he can't tell the difference between big gains and small gains?"

"Back then, Shang Zhou and Xia Jie made an oath with others and made various agreements, but did they receive the protection of the Emperor of Heaven?"

"A man of courage and strength from Zhou captured tigers and killed people with his fingers. He was called Elai. This man was loyal to Zhou, but he betrayed the righteousness of the world and was finally punished by King Wu. Could it be said that the Emperor of Heaven would think that Elai is loyal to such a small righteousness? , and punish the evil King Wu?"

"So, the three-nation alliance oath is itself unrighteous, so how can it be protected by the Emperor of Heaven?"

The brigade commander didn't answer, but asked the soldiers beside him, "What do you think?"

The soldiers nearby had already been persuaded, and they all said: "Why fight the Chu people? The Mohist guarded the city, and the King of Chu led [-] people, but was captured by hundreds of Mohist people. Could it be that we can fight thousands of miles and thousands of people?" Is it compared with Chu State?"

The brigade commander sighed and said, "It's just that the orders cannot be disobeyed."

The inkman smiled and said, "It's easy to say."

After finishing speaking, he took a step forward and punched the brigade commander straight up on the chin, but the brigade commander didn't dodge, and fell straight on the ground after punching.

Several guards around drew their swords to get angry, but the Mo family backed up and said, "The brigade commander fainted."

The rest of the crowd brandished their spears one after another, acting as if they were irritated, and many of them laughed secretly. Before leaving, the Mohist said: "From tomorrow, Chu people's iron pills will no longer bombard Zheng people, but only Wei people."

After all, he bypassed some traps and bamboo sticks on the ground, went to the bottom of the city, and climbed to the top of the city holding the rope.

On the top of the city, drums sounded loudly, several gunpowder mines were thrown down the city, and there was a rumbling sound, and the people of Zheng also shouted anxiously, with the sound of fighting, as if the fighting here was more fierce than the east gate attacked by the Wei people.

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Near the east gate, the Wei people who attacked in the first wave could no longer hold on, but the follow-up support still hadn't arrived.

Young Master Chi miscalculated the time, ignoring the distance between the retreat of the entire formation and the city wall the day before yesterday, and he did not expect that the artillery that had been bombarding the Zheng people before would turn to bombard the follow-up formation of the Wei people.

Su Shi judged the distance of the follow-up Wei army, and decisively ordered the elite soldiers ambushing near the small side gate to go out of the city to fight back.

Wei Jun, who had already exhausted his energy and courage, suddenly suffered a counterattack, collapsed immediately, and fled backwards. Those soldiers who went out of the city to fight back did not pursue, but returned to the city gate after twenty steps.

Hundreds of people fled backwards. There is no such thing as a fifty-step laugh at a hundred steps. The Wei army's second-line troops who had just endured the shelling were unable to intercept them.

At this time, a few more iron pellets fell into the formation of the Wei people, coupled with the impact of the rout, the Wei people immediately broke up and retreated.

Since the Wei people retreated, the Koreans could no longer hold on.

The people of Zheng were shouting, when they saw someone waving the flag of the Mohists a few times at the top of the city, several voices said loudly: "The people of Wei have retreated, do the people of Zheng have to be warriors?"

As soon as Zheng Ren heard this, many people in the rear team looked back. Seeing that the Wei people had indeed retreated, they immediately lifted up the brigade commander, dragged their weapons backwards, and fled backwards. Said: "Don't let the iron pellets bombard you!"

Not long after, the Zheng people retreated cleanly, without leaving a body or hurting anyone, just seeing the flag fall, those who didn't know it thought they had also suffered a big defeat.

Under the east gate, there are more than [-] corpses of Wei people, and many wounded are mourning under the city.

In the direction of the rest of the city walls, the Wei people also lost a lot, but they were all farmers and soldiers who made up the numbers, not the elite who mainly attacked the city gates.

Although there are not as many firearms as near the city gates elsewhere, there are warriors who can throw gunpowder mines every thirty or fifty steps, and the rest of the peasants and soldiers also fight bravely, or attack the Wei people who attack the city with lime pots and rolling logs.

It was just a wave of attack, and nearly a thousand people had already been lost, including quite a few elites. This was already a major defeat that the Wei people could not bear.

Without him, if you want to fight in the field, you need Cheshi as the main force.The siege elite can mostly be used as chariots, and the rest of the infantry are not competent.

Moreover, the [-] allied forces, the real essence is no more than [-] people, divided among the three countries, such losses are already extremely serious.

What's even more frightening is that so far, none of the Wei and Zheng armies have climbed to the top of the city, but only a few people from the Han army have climbed to the top of the city, but they were quickly killed.

Seeing the retreat of the three armies, the young master shouted angrily, but he could only withdraw his troops temporarily, and only waited for a while to rest before attacking the city.

In the afternoon, the siege continued, but the result was similar to the morning.The Mohists also kept their promise, no longer bombarding the Zheng people, but always bombarding the Wei people.The people of Zheng were still waving their flags and shouting under the city, which sounded like a fight, while the people of Wei formed an formation to attack.

Until the evening when the corpses were collected under the banner of the Mo family, the biggest achievement was that the Wei people dug four holes under the city wall. Unfortunately, it was already dark and the holes would be repaired by the defenders at night.

Young Master Chi's eyes were red, and Zi Ma already knew what Zheng Ren did this afternoon, but he didn't tell the truth. Ai Qiang couldn't help his heartache, and said, "Continuing the attack like this is not the way!"

"I can't climb the city today. Even if the trenches are destroyed and the caves are dug, I have to guard against the bombardment of iron pellets at night. I can't stay within a hundred steps, so I can only retreat and set up camp. The defenders must go out of the city to fill it up, so what can I do?"

The young master gritted his teeth and said, "If I had the iron pellet bombardment weapon of the Mohist for defending the city, the city would have been destroyed today! The Mohist kept saying that they would not provide offensive weapons. Couldn't this thing be able to attack the city?"

He was just angry, knowing that it was useless to say such things at this time, he turned his head and asked Zi Ma, "The Zheng people only died today, and they fell into a trap and died! What's going on?"

Zima frowned and said, "How do I know? The people of the country don't want to fight, do you want me to go to the city in person? The military law is strict, but thousands of people violate the military law. If I kill them, the soldiers will die!"

Ai Qiang said coldly: "The people of Zheng are cowardly, as always."

Zima said angrily, "Have you forgotten how the Koreans were chased and fled by me during the Battle of the Millet Six years ago?"

The young master was angry and drew his sword, hacked at the case in the tent and said: "Don't argue! Since the oath of the alliance has entered into the prince's appointment, does the Zheng people want to betray the alliance?"

Zima bowed his head and said: "The people of Zheng are good at fighting in the field, but not at attacking cities. I wanted to invite Duke Luyang to fight, but how could I have thought of attacking the city defended by the Mohists? The gunpowder was so powerful that I had never seen it before. The means are high..."

He paused for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said, "If we attack the city like today, if there is no invitation from Luyang Commander-in-Chief Chu to fight in another five days, our army will probably be defeated! It is no longer possible to continue the attack like this."

(End of this chapter)