warring states careerist

Chapter 413 The Enraged Youth
King Zhou An was 15 years old, at the age of Jiawu.

This is the seventh year after Mo Di's death.

On a wilderness in the northeast of Gaoliu, Zhao Guo, a group of cavalry is rushing.

The knights all wore the short brown trousers of the volunteers of the Mohist school, and hung a long sword on the saddle, which was longer than three feet, and it was not a copper sword, but an iron sword that had begun to appear in various countries today.

The blade is straight and has a ring head. One can tell that it is the standard iron sword of the Mohist righteous teacher.

The horseshoes are galloping, and there is indeed the momentum of Zhao Keman and Hu Ying, rustling like shooting stars.

This pedestrian is a company with 50 people.

When they arrived at a high ground, the company commander blew the copper whistle, and it was strictly forbidden, and more than a hundred people gathered together and quickly lined up.

Under the high ground, a man came running towards this side on a bay red horse with white spots on his forehead.

When they got to the high ground, everyone saw that there was another person tied to the horse behind this person, struggling.

When the company commander saw the man approaching, he asked, "Shu Yumi, who told you to arrest him? Didn't you just startle the snake? Well, you also learned from Pei County School, and now Chief Sima is in charge of more than 20 people. Don't know anything?"

The concubine threw the man behind her to the ground, and said with a smile: "Company commander, you can't blame me for this matter. I followed behind, but in fact they had already been eyeing me. Three people wanted to arrest me, but I saw that they had already revealed it." I had no choice but to kill one and catch one and come back and ask.”

Representative Lian knew that he was not an indifferent person, so he nodded and said, "If that's the case, that's right. How about it?"

The concubine Mi nodded and said, "There are more than 200 people and more than 50 carts. With guns, they should be trading with Lou Fan."

He got off the horse, walked to the man who was still struggling on the ground, drew out his iron sword and pressed it against the man's back, and with one hand, he untied the rope tied around his mouth.

Once the captured man opened his mouth, he said, "You'd better leave this matter alone. These transactions are all involving nobles. You have already made too many enemies, so why seek your own death?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked heavily behind him and fell to the ground immediately.

After the concubine Mie kicked him cursingly, he thought to himself, "Your noble... My father even captured the king of Yue and the king of Chu. How expensive is the man behind you?"

I was disdainful in my heart, but I didn't curse out of my mouth.

Seeing this, Representative Lian laughed and said, "You know the rules of the Gaoliu trade market. Not to mention that the trade market can only be done in Gaoliu, but the goods you trade...everyone who smuggles iron swords, stirrups, leather armor, guns, copper Those who trade with gunpowder privately and trade with each other will be executed at the head. We will keep an eye on you, so we naturally know what you are transporting."

"Since you have taken this road, you are familiar with this place. You must have seen the hanged people hanging from the trees outside Gaoliu City? Why can't I convey these principles of trading with the barbarians? I won't tell you. , you are also clear. The nobles are behind, and our Mohists only care about the will of heaven and the written laws, when have we ever cared about the nobles?"

Since Qu Jiang led more than [-] Mohists to station in Gaoliu seven years ago, Gaoliu has gradually become an important city for exchanges with Linhu and Loufan.

Two or three hundred miles north of here, there is a large lake and grasslands with lush water and grass. It is the place where the various tribes of Linhu Loufan settle down to recuperate.

In addition to opening a mutual market, the Mohists also provided some materials commonly used by Hu people in exchange for horses and sheepskins, but there were strict regulations on some special commodities that were not allowed to be traded.

This was recognized by Marquis Zhao and designated as a decree, but there were still a lot of smugglers.

Many businessmen have aristocratic backgrounds behind them.Every time you go, you can make a lot of money, especially prohibited stirrups, iron swords, arrows and the like.

At this time, the Hu people were still in the bronze and stone stage, with very little copper, and most of the arrows used bones.A complete set of stirrups and saddles can be replaced with high-quality horses, and horses are necessary supplies for various nobles to increase their strength.

With high profits and hidden military and political uses behind it, there are often desperate people, and there are often dead bodies hanging on trees outside Gaoliu City as a warning to others.

The captives finally shivered when they thought of some rumors about the Mohist family and the corpses hanging outside Gaoliu City that they had seen before.

The concubine Mi scolded: "If you want to be a 'righteous man' who is loyal to the master, then don't say anything. Wouldn't it be beautiful to die well? If you still want to live, just say what you ask. Hesitate, no A cool guy."

The man hesitated for a moment, seeing the flickering swords held by these people, knowing that these people were talking nonsense, killing people would not worry about the nobles behind them, so he nodded and signaled to say.

"What is being delivered?"

"Iron swords, stirrups."

"Change what?"

"horses."

"Where to trade?"

"In the valley north of Xiushui."

"How many people in total?"

"240 people, forty guns, one hundred and twenty bows, all with swords."

"Who is behind?"

When asked here, the captured person finally fell silent, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "Que and Jun."

Que and Jun, named Zhao Lan, was a branch of Zhao Xianzi's time. The food was in Que and he was a nobleman of Zhao Guogong's family.

It's just that after hearing the name, the inquirer didn't panic, let alone tremble, but asked quietly: "How many times have you traded?"

"Three times... this is the third time."

After asking a few more words, the company commander asked someone to take him to the back, and the company representative called the backbone of the company to discuss it.

The concubine Mi was already the head of Sima, and even became a Mohist when he was in Peidi. Naturally, he had to participate in such a backbone discussion meeting.

Nine people sat on the ground in a circle, and the company commander said: "It's interesting that Que and Jun participated in it."

The concubine Pu Mi showed a disdainful and indifferent look on her face and said: "We all know that Que has a good relationship with the king and the son. It seems that the dispute between the sons of Zhao is really interesting. In order to compete for the throne, don't say that Lin Hu Loufan, even Yi Di who is ten times more ferocious and tyrannical, can also make friends with him."

"What are the nationals in the eyes of these people? They are just pigs and dogs raised in captivity. As long as they can eat their flesh and blood, let alone trading with Lin Hu, I am afraid that if they can lead Lin Hu soldiers into the bandits, it is normal as long as they can get a fief. The princes said Huaxia, but Shenhou didn't invite dog soldiers to enter Haojing back then, and all the women's belongings were taken by themselves?"

He is a typical young Mohist of the new generation who grew up in Pei County. He has received some radical education since he was a child.

The representative of the company snorted and cursed: "It's useless to reason with them. It's just a bit difficult to do. There are two or three hundred people, and there are carriages, bows, crossbows and muskets. Our company has no artillery, so it is difficult to attack."

The concubine Mi suggested: "It can be done like this. Tell people to take this prisoner back to the border fort and gather troops to come. We, more than a hundred people, will surround them first. If they dare to leave, we will attack; if they don't leave, we will attack them." Let's wait until the people from the frontier fortress come and attack them. It won't work if we just let them go."

This place is more than seventy miles away from the frontier fort, and not all of the frontier fort is full of elite cavalry like them, many of them are infantry, if we wait until later to pursue them, I'm afraid the opportunity will be missed.

The concubine Mi received two years of formal military education in Pei County. After the death of Mo Zi, the previous generation of Si carried out many changes, and established the "Sishang Military Academy" to train junior officers. term graduates.

Two years of formal military education, all taught are some basic company-level offensive, whole-team defense and army management, as well as some simple military strategies.If there is a war, when it is necessary to expand the army on a large scale and recruit all people with service experience, people like him can directly serve as the company commander and company representative, but it is not necessary for the time being.

He can be regarded as a Mohist with "roots are straight and black", and his father was the earliest member of the righteous division. He captured the king of Chu and King Yue. Yu Tu is now the commander of the brigade; his name was given by the current No. [-] figure in the Mohist school; his father has the highest military medal in the army; he was a member of the Cuju team in the army when he was in Sishang Military Academy...

But he is a restless person, full of the passion and fanaticism of young people who want to benefit the world, and there are horses in the family farming. He has been proficient in equestrian since he was a child, so he volunteered to come to Gaoliu.

There are not many officers with "specialized" background like him in Gaoliu.

When the opinion was raised, the nine people discussed it, and the company commander said with a smile: "Your brain is really smart..."

The company commander's words also exposed his Mohist origin. At this time, except for the Mohism, the mainstream thinking in the world believes that people's thoughts come from the "heart" rather than the "brain".

Sometimes a simple sentence can reveal whether it is a Mohist who "has mourned for his husband for three days and obviously has no father".

At this time, there are still dozens of miles away from the convoy that traded contraband with Lin Hu.The food carried by the company is enough for seven days, and the gunpowder is enough for a battle.

In terms of the military system, they are considered "foot knights", and their main training is to dismount and fight on foot. The main reason they all ride horses is that most of the soldiers are local farmers, and all of them have horses in their families. will.

Compared with the most elite trained "Warrior Knights" who carry spears and charge, they are not as good as horseback riding; Not as good; but pursuit, sneak attack, and battlefield maneuvering are unmatched.

In addition, their enemies are mainly tribal riders from Lin Hu and Lou Fan. The Mo family has muskets in their hands, iron swords in their waists, and elite soldiers have iron armor. ...The cavalry of Lin Hulou used single-piece bows at this time, and they could only ride and shoot for thirty paces. The arrows mostly used bones, and they did not have stirrups or saddles.

Although he is confident and arrogant, he is not so arrogant. If a company goes to besiege more than 200 noble private soldiers, the loss will be great.

In addition, those people have also learned the tactics of the Mohists on the grassland: relying on vehicles to form an formation and use it to hold on.

Without the cooperation of artillery, it is really difficult to fight, and it is really unnecessary to cause casualties.If those people dare not leave after following them, hold them back, and wait for the infantry and artillery at the border fort to dispatch, they will win a complete victory.

(End of this chapter)