warring states careerist

Chapter 371

King Yi of Yue vaguely sensed the difference between the volunteers of the Mohist school and the armies of the feudal lords. This difference stems from the terrifying speed of breaking down the city, which made the model of "defending the city" and "the three armies line up for battle" in the Spring and Autumn Period an outdated experience. .

It seems useless to take Ni and Wucheng without defending them, but in Yue Wangyi's view, this is more like a declaration: the volunteers can take down any city in the Surabaya Valley.

King Yi of Yue could not save Wucheng or Ni, but he had to save those capitals with greater political significance.

The army of more than [-] was like cattle in Peixian County, being led by the volunteers around the princes and small countries by the nose, and they always felt that they were about to catch up, but they were always a few days away.

From time to time, the scouts of the righteous division appeared around the Yue people. They rode horses with saddles and stirrups, and used the simplest fire door guns. just run.

They could not catch up, because the Yue people had no cavalry, only heavy chariots.

Although these messy weapons can only be heard sometimes, the soldiers are often nervous and cannot rest.

On this day, King Yi of Yue and all the nobles observed the traces of the camp left by the volunteers who camped a few days ago. After observing the traces of the camp for a while, they secretly praised them.

I saw that the camp was arranged in a square shape, beside a hillside that could be defended and withdrawn at any time, next to a small river.

There are traces of ground breaking around, and some bamboo or sharpened wood are arranged below as obstacles.

This is not the first time I have seen them. The Vietnamese army has been chasing these camps, but what they see is basically the same every day, which makes Yue Wang Yi feel emotional.

After seeing all this, Siqu praised: "Everyone in the world knows that in the battle of Shangqiu, the Mohist volunteers attacked the Chu camp at night, with [-] million and [-] people, and captured the king of Chu during the chaos. Now it seems that they are very concerned about the night attack on the garrison." , attach great importance."

"I saw it in a few days, the camp is neat and orderly, it is really a strong army."

This is not entirely true. A well-prepared camp may not be a unparalleled team.However, if the camp is in a mess, it must be an army that is about to collapse.

Yue Wang Yi counted the bonfires and stove pits left by the volunteers, and said strangely: "It is said that there are tens of thousands of volunteers, but the number of stove pits is a bit small."

Someone said: "The people of Wucheng have said that these volunteer teachers use something called 'iron pot' to make food, which is different from their partner earthen pots."

Yue Wangyi suddenly nodded and said: "Back then, Gongshang met the former king and told about the Mohism's skills and machinery. At that time, Chu Gong lost his squadron and changed it to a battleship, and built a ladder. The Chu people's boat division is strong, and the former king had the heart to recruit. It's a pity. In the name of the unrighteousness of the former king, Mo Di refused to come and abandoned five hundred miles of land... If this happened back then, why is it happening today?"

"In the whole world, before the righteous teacher, why did you break the city in a few days? The gunpowder, combined with the Mohists' method of defending acupuncture points and attacking, but using it instead, is it so powerful?"

"If he can't break the city, he will wander between countries, so what can he do?"

"In the past, Mo Di discouraged Gongshuban and taught him righteousness. Since then, Gongshuban has never made siege machines. Now, if Gongshuban is revived, how will Mo Di face him?"

Everyone knew that the king was complaining, and they all thought: Mo Di's debating skills are unmatched in the world. Back then, he was able to persuade Gongshuban but not siege machines. Now even if Gongshuban is revived, he may have words to oppose.

After complaining, I had no choice but to stay here to rest and catch up tomorrow.

A few days later, looking at the pots and stoves in the camp, they were actually divided into four parts, each going from four paths.

Asking along the way, it turned out that the volunteers bought food in the villages along the way, but they did not use paper money used in Wucheng, but real gold.

The Mohist family is now rich, and this is something the world knows, many utensils come from Pei County, King Yi of Yue still has two sets of cotton cloth and a few strange "porcelain", let alone those iron wares and gunpowder.

Gold is easy to carry, and there is not much surplus food in the village, but it is enough to pay in gold.

I also asked the people in the villages along the way, and only said that the righteous teacher had the style of a gentleman and did not disturb the people along the way.

At this time, the people of the village community are not good people.It is appalling that the nobles who have eaten Qin Gong's horses, sent Jin Wen Gong's soil, and robbed passing nobles can be praised by the people of these villages.

What surprised King Yi of Yue was not only this, but also because at this time, the army of the world did not have any plans to divide the troops.

Apparently, the volunteers of the Mohism were worried about the lack of food along the way, so they divided their troops into two groups, and it seemed that they wanted to meet up somewhere.

It's just that the army that can do this must be a strong army in the world, Yue Wang Yi was more and more worried.

What he was worried about was not about the field battle. He had the Junzi army in his hand, and he believed that this was the number one infantry in the world. It was a matter of awareness of winning the field battle.

What he was worried about was that since the volunteers of the Mohist sect could be regarded as a powerful army in the world, they had to be more on guard against their capture of cities.

It is now the end of May, and more than [-] troops have circled around these small countries. The soldiers are exhausted, but the volunteers who are being chased are so cunning that the Yue people can't catch up.

The riders and scouts of the righteous division came out in groups of three and four, and the chariots couldn't chase them, and the infantry couldn't even chase them.

As for where the Mohist righteous masters are going, we can only know after a few days, but it seems that the Mohist righteous masters know their whereabouts like the palm of their hands.

Ten days later, those volunteer camps that were divided into four groups merged into one again. King Yue counted the pots and stoves, and found that there were no fewer cookers, and he was even more horrified.

When the army goes out to attack, it can divide and attack without committing any crimes. As a result, there will be as many people as there will be after ten days.

Not long after the reconciliation of the righteous teachers this time, King Yi of Yue soon knew what the righteous teachers had done after the reconciliation.

A team of 8000 Yue people transporting food was ambushed by volunteers. The 8000 people couldn't resist and scattered like birds and beasts.

The volunteers intercepted a lot of rice transported from Hangou from Yuedi, and immediately captured a nearby small town of [-] households. People, after preaching the principles of "unjust war is not advisable" and "surabaya princes must not attack the alliance" and "open rice paddies and destroy well fields", they fled away and went straight to Zancheng.

This time Yue Wang Yi did not need to be a "ruthless king", because the governor of the [-]-household town that was attacked was a "benevolent man".

This magistrate is a native of Fei, and he agrees with Confucianism very much, and also admires Mi Zijian's principle of governing Shanfu.

Back then when Mi Zijian ruled Shanfu, and the army of Qi State passed through the border, Mi Zijian forbade the people in the city to harvest grain, because it was beneficial to the people in the short term, but it might affect the education in the long run, causing the people to want to get something for nothing, and even had a negative effect on the well field system. Psychological confrontation...Because the wheat outside Shanfu City was public land back then, although the people worked, the ownership had nothing to do with the people.

Recently, the volunteer teacher distributed the rice of the Yue people. The governor also thought that it was "something that was stolen from others" and could not be accepted. After accepting it, it would influence and educate the people, so that they would develop a desire to get something for nothing and destroy the foundation of the Lutian system.

As soon as the righteous teacher left, the governor took the initiative to collect all the rice from each family, and when the army of Yue people came, he immediately offered it to show that he would not take "what is not his own".

The people resented the magistrate. Although King Yi of Yue did not order compulsory collection like Wucheng did, since he took the food, he had to bear this resentment.

Since the volunteers of the Mohist School were able to ambush the logistics, it was obvious that the cavalry scouts had controlled the field of vision on the battlefield. King Yi of Yue's incident also broke his short-lived thought of "dividing the troops into three routes and encircling them", for fear that the volunteers would ambush one of them and lead to the collapse of the army .

At this time, the righteous teacher left a message, and the next step is to go straight to the city of Zongcheng in the Yue Kingdom. King Yi of Yue can't tell the truth from the fake, so he can only advance towards the city with all his strength.

Because, the Mohist righteous teacher is not just talking empty words, but can really break through Zongcheng. Everything he has done before is to endorse this cruel statement.

Zengcheng is the territory of Yue State, and its geographical location is extremely important, King Yi of Yue had to be on guard against what the volunteers said they could do.

It was the transit point for the rice from Hangou to Nicheng Tengdi. Once Zangcheng was breached and the grain was burned, it would be impossible to think about breaking through Tengdi in the short term.

Furthermore, the situation in Zengcheng is very special. Although it belongs to the Yue Kingdom, the situation inside is extremely complicated, and the situation is even more suitable for Mohist infiltration than Tengdi.

The nobles of the state of Zong either died or fled to the state of Lu to serve as officials. Zeng Shen was the great-great-grandson of the last Marquis of Zeng.

And the people of the Zong Kingdom have no sense of belonging to the Yue Kingdom, or even to other countries. They only care about their own benefits, because the country is meaningless to them.

When Ju State was still in existence, in order to compete with Lu State for Zou State, they used the lower body method that the nobles of the Central Plains seldom used.

The last Marquis of Zeng married a woman from Ju, and after giving birth to his son, Wu, his wife died, and he married his sister-in-law.

This sister-in-law is of course also from the country of Ju. After giving birth to a girl, she married a branch son of the country of Ju. The girl's mother is actually a cousin of her husband's father, and she gave birth to another son in total disregard of etiquette.

This son is from Ju people by paternal blood.But from the maternal lineage, he is the grandson of Marquis Zeng.

Marquis Zhuang has only one son, Gongzi Wu. As long as Gongzi Wu escapes or dies, the order of succession will go to the grandson of Zhuanghou, which is regarded as a change of surname.

At this time, son Wu and Marquis Lu were cousins, and the state of Lu had always wanted to annex the state of Zong, but the Ju people acted first, and threatened to assassinate son Wu to drive away son Wu, leaving the inheritance right in the hands of the grandson.

Based on this calculation, even if Ju State is destroyed, at least within the scope of Zhou Li, it is regarded as a country that has perished.

But the state of Lu later snatched it back, and then it was taken away by the state of Chu, and then the state of Qi snatched it back, and the state of Wu went north to help him restore the state. After Goujian destroyed Wu, he belonged to Yue, and Yue destroyed it again.

After this round of rotation, the deep-rooted local nobles have basically disappeared, and the country has been subjugated over and over again. The people's concept of "country" is also very indifferent. As the saying goes, whoever can make them live a good life is the king.

As for the enfeoffment of princes and the sanctity of bloodlines, it has become a joke in the eyes of the people in that ridiculous battle over the inheritance of the lower body - for the sake of inheritance, the nobles can do the incest of aunts and cousins ​​just for the inheritance of that little blood.

It is none other than the nobles themselves that destroy the sanctity of the nobility.They destroyed the sanctity of rituals, and in fact they also destroyed their own sanctity, but the general trend of the world cannot be determined by one or two sober people. Under the benefits, whoever observes the rituals will suffer instead, because the emperor of Zhou is already dead. No one is going to be the "punisher" anymore.

King Yi of Yue knew something about the Mohist family, and he knew that if the Mohist family captured Zong, it would not be as simple as Wucheng and Nicheng, but would directly drive away the Yueren nobles like Tengguo, and even distribute the Yueren noblemen. These things have already been done once in Teng by the Mo family.

In other places, the attitude of the local nobles had to be taken into consideration, and they would not be so decisive for the covenant of "the princes of Surabaya should not attack", but in Zangcheng, there was no need to worry about this at all.

(End of this chapter)