warring states careerist

Chapter 416
The leader of the chariot formation had committed suicide before breaking through, and destroyed some accounts and seals before dying.

The concubine turned over on the man who committed suicide, but there was nothing there, and even the representative next to him was shouting loudly, asking his colleagues to untie the connected carts, put on the horses, and get out of here quickly.

The company commander is assigning a few people to guard within ten miles outside in case someone raids.

This is just a simple battle, these people fight too much, they don't take it seriously.

After the company commander assigned the task, he came to Shu Pu Mi's side and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "You are really good, this time you have made another contribution, and you are sure to be promoted to sergeant."

Sergeant, a title borrowed from the original Zhou rituals and the mainstream of the world at this time, is different from the sergeants in other places in the world. In fact, this "shi" is similar to the Wei of later generations.

It's just that at this time, the "Lieutenants" in various countries are all upper-level officials. For example, Xun Xin, a virtuous minister of Zhao State, is a "Lieutenant". He is a central official of Zhao State. , The internal military rank of the Mohists is a lieutenant.

Originally, the non-commissioned officers in the original chariot era were also under the jurisdiction of a chariot, and the 120 five apprentices behind them. Mohist non-commissioned officers generally served as commanders and company commanders, and the number of people under their jurisdiction was just right.

Sergeant, he can already be a company commander or a company representative. It has only been more than a year since the concubine came to the northern border of Gaoliu, and he can be seen by everyone as brave, but the speed of accumulating meritorious service and promotion is fast enough.

When he heard this, he just smiled, thinking that when the old man was my age, he had already participated in the Battle of Shangqiu and brought the tip of the spear within five feet of the King of Chu. I have nothing to brag about when I return home of.If we go back and talk about this matter at the wine table, the old man will definitely talk about how he captured King Yi of Yue back then...

Thinking of the old man stroking his beard and half drunk, Shu Pu Mi couldn't help laughing.

Representative Lian came over and sighed: "The stirrups, iron swords and arrows inside are enough to kill a group of people. It doesn't matter what happens when we go back."

Que and Jun are the lords of the Zhao Kingdom, and the old rule of the world is that officials cannot be punished. This incident will definitely lead to a lot of problems.

The concubine Mi didn't take it seriously, and said, "Let's talk about it when we go back. General Qu will take care of it. I thought, this time, if we catch everyone in the convoy and one of them doesn't run away, it's better to wait until our support people arrive. We escorted this batch of goods to Xiushui, and tricked the tribe that traded with them..."

The company commander stared and said: "Forget it, let's talk when we go back. Team up! Team up! Ready to go back."

The concubine Mi smiled, but did not insist.His white teeth were exposed, heel hit Bai Xing's abdomen, and he went to tidy up those 25 people.

There was nothing to say along the way, and when we were still fifty miles away from the border fort, we finally met a support team.The support team came with three companies and two small cannons. They saw the concubine Mi and others escorting the prisoners and vehicles from a distance. Encountered. If you can solve it yourself, why let us go for fifty miles?"

The number of people has been counted from afar, and there are more than 200 enemies. It seems that there are only a few injured in the company. The loss is very small and the result is great, so you can laugh.

The company commander went over to talk about the general battle process, and the deputy brigade commander who led the team waved at the concubine Mie and said, "Your brain is smart enough. After you go back, you will summarize the experience of this battle with the people in the company, and write Come out and hand it in."

The deputy brigade commander is an Mohist from Sishang, not an old Mohist before the battle of Shangqiu, but also the group who joined the Mohism before the battle of Lushui. When he was in Sishang, the name of King Shuqing was like a thunderbolt, so he naturally knew it. The identity of the concubine prisoner, and knowing that the name of the concubine prisoner is appropriate.

The concubine Mi is also up to the mark. During her time in Gaoliu, she has repeatedly made meritorious deeds and is known for being bold, careful and clever.

The deputy brigade commander looked at the smiling concubine, and scolded with a smile: "Just now, I heard from your company commander that you were trying to lure the tribe that was trading? Let me tell you, you are a little timid."

"Since the border fort will inevitably send troops to rescue, then you should raise your opinion and let the backbone of your company discuss it. If you really go, this will be done. Now that you are all within fifty miles of the border fort, you want to come to trade The tribes of the people are gone..."

After talking and joking a few more words, the whole team marched forward, just like the usual march, even within fifty miles of the border fort, they still sent out scouts to scout around.

In the evening of the second day, the team finally returned to the Bianbao, surrounded by patches of buckwheat, naked oats, corn and potatoes, lush and green, and a strange fragrance rippling around the Bianbao.

The setting sun was slanting, and the star-shaped fort looked like a black monster, stretching out its tentacles around.On the high fort, several bronze cannons were shining with luster.

Under the bronze cannon, there is peace.

The nearby farmers were doing their own things leisurely. From time to time, some people saluted the team. These people protected the peace of the neighborhood and their hope.

A river that draws irrigation from a distance tells the story of the power of these people to change the mountains and rivers. The village community near the border fort has lit a bonfire to smoke mosquitoes, and several carriages creaked and bumped from the road.

Seven years ago, corn and potatoes, naked oats, buckwheat, and some beans were planted here. They can’t be cooked twice, but with the help of horse plowing, crop rotation, and composting, this area that was originally a grazing grassland has begun to have the vitality of farming. .

Here, the Mohist policy is extremely radical, not only absorbing serfs fleeing from Zhao land on a large scale, but also targeting the tribes on the grassland to increase the population.

At this time, the scale of the tribes was very small, and it was far from the time when the Xiongnu integrated. The tribes, large and small, ruled in a "feudal serf" system.

The leader of the tribe owns all the property, such as cattle, sheep and horses. The herdsmen only help the leader to graze, and the right of ownership is still the leader of the tribe.

On the grassland, individual herdsmen will die and must have a leader, or sooner or later they will be captured and become members of the tribe under the leader.

The customs on the grasslands are also different in the Central Plains. The so-called "the strong eat the fat, and the old eat the rest. The strong and healthy are valued, and the old and weak are cheap. When the father dies, the wife follows the stepmother; when the brother dies, take the wife and wife."

Marrying a sister-in-law and disciple, marrying a stepmother, the strong eat meat and the weak eat grass, it seems to be like this since ancient times.

After the Mohists started operating in Gaoliu seven years ago, there were two completely different "nicknames" among the grassland herdsmen.

One is "the warm sun on the lake" and the other is "the dirty black rat". The difference between these two names naturally stems from the difference in social status on the grassland.

In several battles, many leaders of small tribes were killed. With the values ​​generally applicable to class struggle, they changed customs and won the support of those herdsmen in the grassland tribes, taught them farming and grazing, and settled down here to form a village.

Fewer people, more land, more serfs, fewer nobles and rich families, only need farming to protect soldiers, no need for a developed commodity economy, and continuous supply of Mohist organizational power... All these guarantee the particularity and radicalness of the policies here, Also maintained the stability here.

This border fort is located on the northeast side of Gaoliu. It is one of the five border forts centered on Gaoliu. With this as the center, there are many villages and communities, and some small villages that can accommodate 300 people during wartime. fort.

If necessary, four or five hundred immigrants from households could expand their land northward with the help of vehicles, artillery, muskets, etc., because at this time the nomadic tribes were too backward and had no strong organizational capabilities at all.

In addition, the climate is humid and warm at this time, and to the north is Ulanqab of later generations, where there is also a large lake with lush water and grass, which is far from the desolate appearance of later generations.

The Mohist policy here basically follows this approach.After consolidating Gaoliu City, they continued to organize immigrants to migrate, using four or five hundred households, chariot formations, muskets and regular troops to cover, expand the site, and then build small earthen fortresses.

When the small earthen castle is built, fight a few battles, destroy a few small tribes, criticize the tribal leaders, explain that there are not so many things that are taken for granted, explain the exploitation and plunder hidden in it, change customs, gather people to form villages, and then build border forts , constantly nibbling away.

The technology, organizational capabilities, propaganda methods, and moral foundation of the Central Plains far surpassed the times. When encountering the nomads and backward tribes of the original era, they are not particularly aggressive.

This border fort governs a population of about 60 households, less than half of which are escaped serfs, and most of them are actually nomads.In the border fort, there are about [-] young Mohists who come here from Sishang like the Shuhou Mi, and there are already [-] Mohists registered in the local organization.

Once the organization is established, the Mohist family has taken root here, and it will not fall despite the rain and the wind, unless it is slaughtered—no matter whether it is the leader of the nomads or the nobles of the Zhao Kingdom, it is impossible to come here to do anything that benefits the world , Under the interests, the people are not fools, and they know where they should stand.

Even the young nomads of the new generation have shown a series of radical behaviors, such as criticizing elders for marrying stepmothers, marrying sisters-in-law and younger siblings, and thinking it is a shame.Of course, mainly because of changes in lifestyle and economic base, there is no basis for this habit to exist.

In Gaoliu, some wool felt and woolen workshops organized by Mohists and mainly nomadic women have appeared.

The emergence of this kind of situation is also the reason why Shi Sishang thought "slowly".

The Mo family started to operate in Sishang when King Zhou An had not yet ascended the throne. In 20 years, a new group of young people grew up.

With the help of these 20 years of stability, swaying and fighting, and taking advantage of the contradictions among the princes, he did not rush to fight for world hegemony, but used the profits obtained from the handicraft industry and mining industry to train a large number of young people who grew up under the Mohist system. They came here with a passion to destroy the old world.

The Mohists did not aim to be the emperor of the old world, nor to be a prince. The purpose of fighting for world hegemony is to change the old rules of the old world. Fighting for world hegemony is just a means rather than an end.

Otherwise, if you give up those morals and devote yourself to Qin and Chu, you can make the world one, and you don't need to take this most difficult path.

Gaoliu, located in the north, has more Mohists than the total number of Mohists when Shangqiu was reorganized.

For young people like Yu Shuo Mi, the climate, food, and environment here are different from those in Sishang, but there is a special familiarity and intimacy - leaving Sishang, they are aliens in the world. Qufu, which is closer to the world and has a more similar climate and crop environment, has a more sense of belonging here.

Zhao Guo, Wei Guo, South Korea, Zheng Guo, and Song Guo are separated here, but they write Sishang's low-handed characters, use Sishang's counting symbols, and discuss the world and universe discussed in Sishang School. He would be full of ridicule for the word "benefit to the world" and think he is a lunatic, not to mention no nobles would despise them just because their relatives died and mourned for three days.

Therefore, when the gate of the border fort was opened, the first sentence that came to Shu Prison Mi's mind was "Finally home".

A place that is very similar to home will make people feel like home.

(End of this chapter)