warring states careerist

Chapter 531
Shi also hoped that this would be his last expedition. There would be too many battles to face in the future. The Mo family needed to train more generals who could command tens of thousands of people to fight. This required practice.

Fortunately, time is still on the Mo family's side.

The military education received by the nobles of the world today is actually behind the times. The main attack side of the three armies may not have changed, but the specific coordination of artillery, cavalry, and footwork is not the nobles who learned chariot warfare from a young age. We can control it.

Qin Huali's entrustment actually has another meaning.

Qin Huali is old and will soon step down as a giant.

In today's battle, you need to be on the front line, and if you are a little farther away, you will not be able to detect the loopholes on the opposite side and seize the opportunity.

Coupled with the emergence of gunpowder cannons and backward technology, the iron ball ghost knows where it will fly.

If they went forward in a row, once they died in battle, the loss to the Mo family would be unbearable.

Furthermore, after the battle of Lushui captured the King of Yue and directly disintegrated the hegemony of the Yue State in Sishang, in fact, the whole Mohist hoped that if they could not personally command, it had become a kind of vague trust. The confidence brought about by this trust can easily be shattered by the defeat of a major battle.

He is very confident about countering the intervention of Qi State this time. Today's Mohist volunteers are no longer at the time of flooding. If even Qi State cannot be defeated, then there is no need to think about the future of the world.

Most of the strategies such as encircling Wei and saving Zhao, creating something out of nothing, and ambush on all sides are strategies, which are completed before the start of the battle. When the real battle starts, these strategies are basically useless.

Now roughly speaking, the Mohists have completed the isolation of possible interference, Wei State is caught in the Fourth War, Chu State still needs to cooperate, and only Qi State is left to send troops.

Sishang is a bait, a bait that is fat enough to make the princes unforgettable, and this bait has now been swallowed by Qi.

It’s too late to spit it out now, but it’s no loss for the Mohists to spit it out now: the Yue Kingdom is about to move south, and the Fei Kingdom has already undergone a coup d’etat. If no one interferes at this time, the Mohism can quickly fill the power vacuum and rectify the chaotic situation.

In his heart, Shi was hoping that after concentrating his troops, he would be able to defeat others without fighting, and let Qi retreat in spite of difficulties. That would be the best.

Otherwise, Qi State will be weakened too much, and the relationship between Wei and Zhao may also undergo some subtle changes: Wei and Chu will fight for hegemony, and Zhao will not work hard, but if Qi is weakened, Wei and Zhao will work together to seek unity, then it may not be impossible. possible.If you really want to do that, it's not good, because you will have to help Qi again, but you are afraid of being attacked by Chu from behind.

Nowadays, with the greed of the monarchs of various countries, it is impossible to expect them to retreat in spite of difficulties.

The Mo family didn't know that Wei Guo gave Qi Guohua a joint attack, which made Qi Hou firm in his determination.

However, after contacting some envoys from the Qi State, it was found that the Qi State was not giving in an inch, and insisted on the matter of the doctors who voted together, and was unwilling to back down.

Qin Huali's advice to Shi was also due to Qi's attitude that led to the inevitable war.

Shi Shi understood what Qin Huali meant, and smiled at everyone, which was both a relief and a reassurance, and said: "Since we want to fight, we must sum up our experience. When it comes to winning, there is no such thing as a battle that is sure to win." , but the preparations are sufficient, and the rest is to watch the battle."

No need to say more.

I know that the Mohists have selected enough young people to fill the power vacuum after Yue's withdrawal to the south, and at the same time selected enough people to prepare to go to Fei.

In order to form a deeper alliance than the previous non-offensive alliance, the military power must be in the hands of the Mohists, and the grassroots officials must also be in their hands.

Judging from the current situation, unless the Mohists came forward, Fei Guo really couldn't find enough qualified grassroots officials.

All kinds of people in Feiguo don't really matter.With the powers of education, military affairs, examination and selection in hand, Fei Country still belongs to the Mohists after all.

Now that everything has been arranged properly, the final thing to watch is this great battle that will change the pattern of the Warring States Period.

If everything went according to the plan of the Mohists, after this battle, Qi State might decline for a long time, Wei State would also fall from the status of the overlord of the Central Plains, and the contradiction between the military power and enfeoffment of nobles in Chu State would be extremely sharp.

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Teng.

Five Mohist divisions, more than 600 cavalry, and more than 70 bronze cannons have assembled here.

After Shi arrived, he inspected the army first, and the morale was high. This time, the inspection was done with great fanfare, and he hoped that the Qi State could retreat in spite of the difficulties.

There are nearly 5000 troops assembled here, all of which are combat troops, and the logistics and supplies belong to other departments. The food and grass gathered in Tengdi these years are also enough for the army to consume.

Tengdi is the north gate of Xuzhou. Before the Yellow River was diverted and Weishan Lake was formed, it was a strategically important place that could be attacked or defended.

After the defeat of the Yue Kingdom, although Marquis Teng was still there, he no longer had any power, and this place was completely under the control of the Mohist family.

The wind in early spring was slightly cold, but the streets were bustling with activity. A large number of soldiers gathered, and some businessmen followed them. Knowing that the volunteers of the Mohist school and the people had never committed any crimes in the past autumn, and that the soldiers had money to take, they came here one after another for profit. .

Pickets with armbands patrol the streets for nuisances and the like.

Inside the tent, the teachers and Mohist representatives of various divisions were listening to the reports of the scouts.

Young people with paint markers kept marking some wooden blocks representing their respective military units and placed them in the correct positions.

The matter of the sand table has already existed at this time.

And the Mohists paid more attention to this kind of deduction because of the fact that Mozi and Gongshuban used belts as cities and wood and jade as soldiers in the debate about saving Song and attacking Song.

Shi looked at the map and asked, "What's the situation over there in Feiguo?"

A herald hurriedly replied: "The volunteers of the people in Fei State fought and won. The nobles did not dare to fight and fled to Wucheng. Now the people of Feiguo are only tens of miles away from Wucheng, but they listened to us. Opinions, stand still, just preparing food and fodder.”

"Dr. Liang's father from the state of Qi is leading troops to Wucheng. On the other side of the state of Wei, doctor Cheng Yang is also leading [-] soldiers, waiting for the Koreans. Linzi of the state of Qi has already recruited a large army, the number of which is about [-] to [-]." , is not clear."

"Doctor Pingyin is also commanding an army to assemble. It seems that he is going to move along the Jishui River towards Onozawa. It should be to join forces with the Korean and Wei allied forces."

Shi took a wooden stick and clicked on the Heshui Road on the map below: "In the past, Fu Chai, the king of Wu, killed Shen Xu, but he was not young at the age of age, so he set up his army to march to the north. Que is a deep ditch that connects Shang and Lu. It belongs to Yi, and the west belongs to Ji, in order to meet the Duke of Jin in Huangchi in the afternoon."

"This canal for the Wu State to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains connects Heze and Surabaya. It seems that the Pingyin doctor of the Qi State is planning to use the Heshui River for transportation with the Korean and Wei coalition forces, so as to ensure logistics."

"I did some calculations. Now that the military system has been changed, the food and fodder needed by the Qi State along the way can gather at most 7 people if we go all the way. This is the limit, and it must be within the territory of Qi State."

"Right now, the army from Linzi of the Qi State is heading south. It seems that they are going to Wucheng along the direction of Father Liang and Zui."

"In the direction of Wucheng, the people of Qi think that they should be able to hold on for a while. Although our reputation for attacking and defending the city has spread throughout the world, we have published some of the skills of defending the city to the world over the years. Many people in Qi have read such books more often. Maybe some people think they can hold on.”

At the end, he laughed himself, and Liuzhi shook his head and laughed, "You said that blue is better than blue because of blue, and ice water is colder than water because of it. Maybe someone wants to use this to win fame. Think about it, if you can hold Wucheng for half a year under our attack, wouldn't it be famous all over the world?"

"Sheng Chuo defended Linqiu back then, didn't he become famous in one battle? Nowadays, there are many people with good fame and wealth, and there are many such people."

Shi nodded, judging from the current situation, he could only make such a judgment.

Now Qi State and the Mohist School have declared the state of war open. Qi State said that it is Qi State's internal affairs, and the Mohist School should not intervene.The Mohist supported the new king of Fei, thinking that it was in the interests of the people.

The "sages" of Fei country couldn't stop at this point out of righteousness or self-interest.

For the sake of righteousness, it is natural to save the people of Wucheng and make them profit.

For the sake of self-interest, why would you want to become a sage in the capital of the small Fei country if you can live in the sage of Fei country?

Now the wings of the Mohists have hardened. From the non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries when they defended the city without attacking, to now the talk of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is rarely mentioned. Instead, they evaluate the right and wrong of each country from the perspective of the will of heaven and righteousness. .

Not to mention non-interference in internal affairs, but to support Fei Guoxin, which is equivalent to telling those people in Fei Guo's capital: Go ahead and do it, and I will cover you if something goes wrong.

In this case, neither the Qi State nor the Mohists backed down, which was equivalent to tacitly acquiescing that the other party would definitely send troops.

Now that it has been confirmed, Qi State still asks Father Liang to send troops to support Wucheng. It seems that it is determined that Wucheng can be defended for half a year, or at least three months.

It is impossible for the army's logistical factors to act at the same time, and Qi State must be divided into three lines this time.

On the front line of Jucheng, it should be a response, threatening the direction of the East China Sea of ​​the Mo family, so that the Mo family had to divide their troops to guard.

The combined army of Han and Wei, together with Doctor Pingyin, can reach Sishui directly by using the transportation of Heshui.

If Wucheng can hold on for three months, then the main force of the Qi army in Linzi can gather near Wucheng.

If Wucheng is anxious, Doctor Pingyin and the Wei and Han coalition forces can advance along Surabaya, threatening the hinterland of the Mo family, forcing the Mo family to withdraw their troops to defend, and then a siege will form.

These are guesses and inferences, not known information, and I feel that this inference should be correct.

Just like Liu Zhi said, there are many people who think that blue is better than blue.

That Shengchuo became famous in Linqiu, and finally voted for Qin as a minister. It may not be that the people of Qi, who have never studied the technical articles on defending the city published by Mohists, wanted to use this to become famous. Hou is full of confidence.

(End of this chapter)