warring states careerist

Chapter 373

Since helping Teng State to "restore the country" last year, Shi Shi presided over the construction of three fortresses, blocking the three necessary roads to directly siege Teng City.

Tengdi is the north gate in the direction of Pengcheng. Unless the State of Lu is completely annexed by the State of Qi, this place is the only way for the State of Qi to go south in the future.

Do business early, plan early.

And if the Yue State wants to fight back against Tengdi, it can only pass through this unavoidable fortress.

The northern line is in the Baimaguan area of ​​Lianqing Mountain in later generations. This is a mountain pass that stretches for dozens of miles. The north is Zou State, which can be regarded as a vassal state of Yue State, because Zouhou was deposed by the King of Yue.

The southern fortress was built at the turning point of Xiaoshashui, controlling the direction of Xue Di entering Teng. Xue State was once occupied by Qi State, and was restored by Yue State, and now it is also a vassal state of Yue State.

The fortress in the east is along the banks of the Lushui River, which is the only way to enter Tengdi from Ni City. Now that King Yi of Yue is in Ni City, and the Mohists have the advantage of the battlefield information of the scouts, it is presumed that the Yue Kingdom must attack here first.

This is the battlefield chosen by the Mohists for the decisive battle with the King of Yue.

The strategy has been strategic, and the persecution has already been persecuted. In the end, the war depends on a decisive battle to determine the outcome. Yue Wangyi has no other way to go.

Dare to enter Pei, after the volunteers have demonstrated their maneuverability and siege ability, this is no different from suicide.To garrison troops under the strong city, which is guarded by the Mohists, and the main force of the Mohist volunteers can fight, is also self-defeating.

Since it is necessary to fight, the procedures that should be followed still need to be followed.

King Yi of Yue first sent envoys to the Mohist army to question him first.

After seeing Shi and Gongzaoye, the envoy asked sharply, "I heard that the Mohists say benevolence and righteousness, and talk a lot to benefit the world, but how can they do unrighteous things?"

"In the past, the Marquis of Qi was foolish, and the former king and Zhao Gou defeated Qi. However, Marquis Teng would form an alliance with the foolish king, and the former king would destroy him, in order to show the way of heaven."

"The Houtian family violated the etiquette and murdered the patriarch and brother. Our king and the three Jins attacked Qi to punish the violation of etiquette. should be punished."

The emissary said that when Zhu Gou and Zhao Gou punished the Qi State for being stupid and immoral, the Teng State supported the Qi State.

Zhao Gou is not a scornful name, but a nobleman of the Zhao family, a big man who can lead the army to conquer Qi.

Later, King Yi of Yue and the Three Jins joined forces to attack Qi, and the Marquis of Qi had already admitted that the two vassal states of Tan and Teng would be destroyed by the Yue people.

From the point of view of your ownership, what kind of thing is your Mohist family? What reason do you have to help the Teng people restore the country?

The envoy said again: "In the past, the princes of the Huan League of Qi and the princes of the Kuiqiu and Jin Wen Leagues were in Jiantu, and the world was settled. Since the Mohist said that the world will benefit, don't you know that a small country should be vassalized by a big country, so that there can be fewer wars and disasters, and the world can be bettered?" Benefit the world?"

"Furthermore, I heard that the Mohists once said that the world will be unified. Isn't it because my king destroyed these unrighteous countries for the sake of the unity of the world?"

Seeing the blood that the envoy said was surging, he said with a smile: "Mohist affirms that it is of great benefit for the world to be on one side, but this one cannot be a warlike king. Is it beneficial to the world?"

Seeing that the Mohists directly accused the King of Yue of his character, the envoy turned his face and said, "There are so many warlike kings in the world! Wei, Han, Zhao, and Chu are all warlike, but I don't see you Mohists going to stop them!"

Shi laughed and said, "It's beyond my power. I have heard that there are people who can't do things in the world, and those who can't do it. If you don't do it for the elderly, you can't do it. If you don't do it because you want to surpass the North Sea, you can't do it." "

The envoy was even more angry, never expecting that the Mohism's reasoning was so shameless, and it was clearly slapping King Yue in the face.

Then Wei, Chu, Han, and Zhao, the Mohists couldn't do it, but if they ran to the Yue country, would they be able to do it?Yes, the state of Yue is not as strong and prosperous as it was in Goujian's time, but it is not a weak state like "broken branches for the elders" as your Mohist said?
The envoy said angrily: "The more I have three thousand miles of land, one hundred cities, one hundred thousand men in armor, how weak is it?"

Shi still looked indifferent, and said: "The giant once said that the king of Yue is more warlike, likes to kill his father, and likes land and cities. If you use Goujian to conquer Qi a few years ago, how can you only have Jianyang, The giant mausoleum will return? However, if you get the giant mausoleum of Jianyang, you can call it a big victory. Isn't this weak?"

"The Mohist has the ambition to benefit the world, the ambition to eliminate the soldiers in the world, and stop the unjust wars of the princes. The weaker they are, the more they will stop the more, so as to reach the alliance of the princes in Surabaya. Where is it not benevolent? Where is it unjust? Where is it not good for the world ?”

"I heard that Yue has an army of gentlemen. Everyone in the world calls them fierce tigers. From my perspective, they are nothing more than dead bones in the grave. If they fight with soldiers, they will be crushed in an instant."

"No need to say too much, if you want to fight, let's fight!"

The envoy got up and left in a rage, Gong Zaoye looked at Shi Shi with a smile and said, "In this way, Yue people will be angry."

Shi nodded and said: "Anger is the best. If you are not angry, how can you be arrogant? I am afraid that if I tease them for three months, I will lead them around for three months, and they will collapse at the touch of a battle. In the middle of our army?"

After finishing speaking, he dispatched scouts to watch the movement of the Yue people.

Seven days later, the Yue army had set up camp seven miles away, and a decisive battle would begin tomorrow.

Mozi suggested that Shilai should be the coach of this battle. Originally, only Gongzaoye could compete with Shi for the post of coach.

The rest of the Mohists do not have large-scale command experience.

And with the battle of Niu Lanyi, the battle of Fu Teng and the previous battles with the King of Yue as the basis, it can be regarded as having some experience, at least more actual combat experience than others.

Gongzao became famous in Shangqiu, Pengcheng governed and suppressed rebellion.

But one point is that the use of firearms was brought up by Shi Shi, and the other point is that many people in the Mohist school now see that the giant hopes to be Shi Shi's successor after Qin Huali, and this matter can be regarded as an experience.Their own qualifications and abilities are also the only candidates.

The army of volunteers camped near the fort, quietly waiting for the decisive battle tomorrow. The weather was fine and there was no wind or rain. It was a good day for fighting.

In the camp, I got together with Gong Zaoye, the brigade commanders and deputy second officers of each brigade to discuss the decisive battle tomorrow.

Any battle needs to be planned in advance and have an established plan.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is impossible to follow the plan, but if there is not even a predetermined plan before, then it is purely random.

Seize the timing of the battlefield, be able to keenly perceive the opponent's loopholes, and use them skillfully. He is a unparalleled star, and he does not have this ability.

The staff arranged the predetermined goals in advance, and under the premise of ensuring the overall control of the battlefield situation, they developed towards the established goals. It was far worse than the previous ones, but it was also the most suitable for the current situation of the volunteers.

Both sides don't know their plans for tomorrow, so they can only make their own plans and wait until after the battle to change. That will test the ability of the coaches of both sides and the organizational strength of the soldiers.

I marked it on the map, roughly explaining the planned plan for tomorrow, so that all brigades know what they are going to do, and in case of any accidents, they must rely on subjective initiative to make favorable choices in the overall situation.

Communication is all based on shouting, and an order is delivered by the messenger and then returned. It is easy to go wrong. Sometimes a fighter appears but cannot be seized, and it is difficult to have a chance.

According to Shi's expectation, tomorrow will be a battle of annihilation as much as possible.

Use the water and the fortress behind you as the two support points for tomorrow's formation.

The right wing is one mile away from the river, and there is a bend under the river, which can not only cover one's own flank, but also completely eliminate the possibility of the Vietnamese army's flank turning around.

On the left, close to the fort, one mile in front of the fort.Once the left wing collapses, there are still forts to support, and it can also prevent the Vietnamese army from outflanking.

This is all due to the fact that the Vietnamese army has a large number of troops, the Mohist volunteers have too few cavalry, and there are almost no sword and shield soldiers on the flanks.

The ranks of the volunteers are well-organized and the battle line is not wide enough. If they are not along the river and the number of cavalry is insufficient, they will be easily surrounded by Yue people from both wings.

In this way, with the fortress and the river as the two support points, on the premise of ensuring the two wings, it is necessary to force or induce the Yue people to shorten the front line as much as possible, and concentrate on the side of the river, the better.

With two support points, if the Yueren hope to encircle the flanks simply by extending the front line, at least 8 people are needed to complete the encirclement without being penetrated on the opposing side.

The number of people is not enough, and the volunteers take a defensive posture, so it is meaningless for the Yue people to stretch the front.

But although the Yue people were not enough to play with, they were nearly [-], and the formation was loose. If they wanted to win, they still needed to force the Yue people to shorten the line of troops and compress the troops together, so that it was possible to form an encirclement.

If the Yue people want to shorten the battle line, they need to make the Yue people feel threatened by the flank along the river side. This requires concentrating superior forces to attack first, so that the Yue people have to attack from the right wing and the center of the Vietnamese army. Mobilize troops to support the dangerous left flank.

The more people's left wing is close to the river, the more they concentrate on the left wing, the shorter the array shrinks, and the more people are concentrated in a narrow area.

Because the right wing of the righteous division is covered by the river, once the Yue people start to mobilize, then the elite can be transferred away from the right wing, leaving a small amount of troops on the right wing to switch from offense to defense, relying on artillery support to support the Yue people's counterattack.

The elite infantry and cavalry used their mobility to give up the right wing and turn to the left wing from the rear. In fact, the left wing was the main direction of attack of the rebels.

Since the battle line was induced and forced to shorten, once the left wing made a breakthrough and the central army and right wing hadn't collapsed, the Yue people would be surrounded, and the battle would be considered over.

Of course, this is just a perfect plan. If it is implemented, the battlefield changes rapidly, and various accidents may occur.

This is an important test of whether the coach can succeed.

Was it being led by the nose by the other party?
Or can we deal with these accidents and continue to play according to the established outline?

Or seize the opportunity of the battlefield and the situation of the enemy and the enemy, give up the planned plan and seize the opportunity to achieve a great victory?

These three are the difference between mediocre, qualified generals and unparalleled famous generals.

Strategically, the king of Yue who had already been forced had to fight decisively. The Yue people could neither continue to confront, nor were they willing to besiege the city. In front of the extremely mobile volunteers, they had no choice but to fight decisively.

The tactically established target is the right wing of the volunteer army.

The resoluteness to attack in the early stage puts the left wing of the Vietnamese army in danger of collapse, and it is necessary to launch an attack that may collapse the left wing of the Vietnamese army before the center and left wing of one's own side are in crisis.

In the mid-term, it is necessary to quickly switch from offense to defense, which needs to be supported, because if the transfer is successful, the pressure here will be the greatest.

If the mobilization is successful, the elite and main cavalry, as well as the small artillery that follows the travel, must use their own mobility to go around to the left.

If the right wing can't hold on, it can't surround the Yue people, at most it will be a defeat.

Even if the elite has not maneuvered to the left wing, the right wing will collapse first, and the volunteers will even fall into chaos and danger.

If the mobilization is unsuccessful and the left wing of the Vietnamese army near the river collapses first, it will be nothing more than a defeat.

There are not many cavalry, and it is meaningless to fight a rout battle.Because this is not a battle of defending the city with great disparity in strength. It is a battle to determine the future hegemony of the Surabaya Valley.

(End of this chapter)