warring states careerist

Chapter 568

Tian Wu was asked by Tian Qing, he gradually calmed down, and replied: "You mean...the Mo family besieged the city and lured our army back to help?"

Tian Qing nodded and said: "Anyone who attacks me must be rescued, and ambushed halfway, how can our army fight? Now tens of thousands of troops live in Wucheng, if they return to the army, the nobles of Feidi must follow. The army is slow to move, if I want to rescue, I just Can personally command the light soldiers to gallop forward, and the young master will slowly press the army behind."

"In the Battle of Nanji River, the [-] troops were not enough for the Mohists to attack in a day. If I were to command light soldiers and gallop, once the Mohists lay down in the valley, our army's phalanx has not yet been deployed, but a marching formation. How can we be against?"

"The Mo family broke through Pingyin. Although the army is strong, it can't last long. Linzi can't be defended. The princes withdrew from Linzi and fled to Jimo and Jiaodong. What can the Mo family do?"

Tian Wu frowned and said: "That's not the case. If the Mohist soldiers point at Linzi, my elder brother will make trouble."

Tian Qing laughed and said, "Now that the army in Linzi is in the hands of the young master, what if the young master Tan causes chaos, so what can he do? At that time, the soldiers will return home like an arrow, and when they hear that there is chaos in Linzi, don't they worry about their wives and parents?"

"My son has an army of [-]. Even if son Tan makes a rebellion, can't you counterattack Linzi? The son's army is outside, and the prince will have no worries. Even if son Tan makes a rebellion, he will not dare to kill the king. He can only use the prince as a threat."

"If your son's army is ambushed by the Mohists, then if your son Tan makes trouble, what is there to worry about?"

"When the army is here, the son and the lord will have no worries. If the army is dead, the son and the lord will have no luck!"

Tian Wu smacked for a long time, finally felt the taste, and asked, "In your opinion, what should it be?"

Tian Qing didn't answer directly, but asked: "The Mo family's technique of defending the city is unparalleled. If the Mo family rejects the city and defends the city with five thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of people, how many days do you think you can break the city?"

Tian Wu pondered for a while, and gave an answer that he thought was quite confident.

"Half a month or so."

Tian Qing then said: "After half a month's attack on the city, our army was exhausted. We stationed troops under the fortified city. The main force of the Mohists repaired and waited for work with leisure. If we attack at one fell swoop, I'm afraid that Linzi's army will repeat the mistakes of Nanjishui."

"At that time, people will die, even if Linzi is still alive, who will be able to guard? If the son is captured, if the son Tan makes trouble, who will be able to calm down?"

Tian Wu understood the reason for this, but he still worried: "Father is trapped in Linzi, and my army is out there, but he doesn't rescue him. What will father think?"

How do you think about this? It’s not that Tian He is disappointed with his own son, but that Tian Wu led the army outside, but Tian He asked for help but didn’t return to the army. Would Tian He think that his son wanted to rebel and seize power?

The family history of the Tian clan, after Tian Chang, is a history of bloody battles between father and son, brothers, uncles and nephews. Only 20 years have passed since the bloody fight.

I am afraid that there is not so much trust between father and son. This involves the attribution of power. Sons can be killed, and fathers can be killed.In the troubled times of the Spring and Autumn Period, brothers killed each other, and father and son killed each other. I don’t know how many things happened. As a nobleman, knowing how to rebel is the basic quality of a qualified nobleman.

Tian Qing secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that Gongzi Wu was really too young to understand the essence of it.Back then, the coup d'état of the Song State and the three surnames co-governed, did Song Gong dare to fart?Zheng Guo Qimu dispute, Zheng Gong dare to say that this is not righteous?The Tian family has been in charge of Qi for decades, and scolding Marquis Qi is like scolding his grandson. Isn't Marquis Qi pretending to be stupid and pretending not to know?Jin Wengong invited Zhou Tianzi to hunt in the field, Zhou Tianzi dare not go?
Without strength, military power, and land, it is useless to be a filial son; with land, strength, and military power, even if you are a minister of chaos, the monarch will greet you with a smile.

It's just that some things cannot be said too straightforwardly, so Tian Qing said with a look of surprise: "If the young master leads the army and defeats the Mohists, and then asks the king to blame him, saying that the general will not accept the order of the king, how can the king blame it? ?”

"Not only will you not blame him, but you should also prepare three animals for sacrifice and tell the ancestral temple that it is the young master who preserved Tian Qi Sheji. Of course, your majesty will feel that the young master is very wise, brave and talented, so how can you blame him?"

The subtext of this sentence is: How dare the king dare to blame?

Although Tian Wu is young, he grew up in the court since he was a child, Tian Qing's words don't need to be said too clearly, Tian Wu immediately understood.

At the beginning of this battle, Tian He didn't expect to lose, but with the intention of picking up a big deal and gaining a foothold on his shoulders, he dispatched an overwhelming army.

According to Tian He's plan, the Pingyin Army formed an alliance with the Wei and Han Allied Forces in Chengyang, and went down Heshui and Surabaya, threatening the foundation of Mohism.

The Linzi army entered Wucheng and occupied Feiguo.

At that time, the main force of the Mohists must defend Sishang with all their strength, and they can only choose to make peace with Qi.

But he didn't want to surprise everyone. He actually showed the enemy that he must defend the country of Fei. For the sake of the righteousness of the Mo family, he gave up the opportunity to annihilate the father and doctor Liang in the country of Lu. decisive battle.

As a result, the volunteers of the Mohists jumped over Sishui and Heshui, crossed Dayeze, and pretended to attack Chengyang with astonishing mobility.

This made Qi's strategy a total failure, and also showed the princes of the world the powerful strength of the Mo family after more than ten years of forbearance and gathering together. It will inevitably force Wei, who is fighting fiercely on all sides, to make peace.

Up to now, Qi State's strategy has actually failed. From the perspective of Qi State's strategy, the Mohists have won. At this time, it is impossible for Qi State to interfere in the affairs of Fei State.

But Tian Wu and Tian Qing didn't know the Mohist's strategy at all, and they never thought that the Mohist's strategy was far from over. Decay civil strife!
In Tian Wu's view, since it has failed, the best result is a decent peace negotiation.

But now, some actions of the Mo family in Guyi made Tian Wu extremely disturbed: Did the Mo family do those things because they wanted to occupy Jishui for a long time?
In that case, a decent peace seemed impossible.

And this battle was an irreparable failure for Tian He's family: Tian He wanted to pave the way for his son before he died, but he didn't want to say that the road was not paved, and instead smashed his own foot.

That is to say, from the moment the results of the Battle of Nanjishui came here, what should be considered is not Tian He's attitude after victory, but Tian He's attitude after defeat.

If he wins, Tian He's prestige will be as high as the sky, and the authority of the monarch will be strict. If Tian Wu's status as the eldest son is abolished, Tian Wu's status as the eldest son can be abolished.

But now that he has been defeated, even if he returns to Linzi, with the army in hand, Tian He has no prestige, and the young master Tan is ready to move, don't say it is impossible to turn against his own son at this time, even if he wants to turn against his own son, he must consider whether his son will kill him first .

Tian Qing's words were already very clear, and Tian Wu finally figured out the key point.Before, he looked at the development of the incident with a static eye, and considered the consequences of not obeying his father's order to return to Linzi with Tian He's prestige attitude, so he was a little worried.

Now that the Mohist army is approaching Pingyin, my father dare not say a word of cruelty, for fear that he will ask him to return to the army.

Tian Wu asked again: "Then, in your opinion, what should be done?"

Tian Qingdao: "In the current situation, the Mohists are besieging Pingyin, like fishers by the water, waiting for us to take the bait. The army does not divide the troops, and it may not be able to defeat the Mohists, let alone divide the troops and advance quickly?"

"The main force is at Pingyin Jishui, and Gongzaoye's army is looking around in Feidi. If our army retreats, Gongzaye's commander will be exhausted, and the army will be in ambush at the front, how can our army be undefeated?"

"Now that Wucheng is in hand, it is an important place that can stop Gongzaoye from getting tired."

Tian Wu didn't understand, and asked: "You just said that dividing the army will lead to defeat. Guzhishi once fought in Lushui, and Gongzaoye also became famous in Zuiyi. If Wucheng is defended, isn't it dividing the army?"

Tian Qing said with a smile: "The Mo family has one biggest weakness, and that is their righteousness."

"Will Wucheng have to stay with the army to hinder Gongzaoye's pursuit?"

"My army will go first, and Gongzaoye will follow behind. I will leave three thousand elite soldiers in Wucheng, and wait for Gongzaye's army to approach and burn Wucheng immediately."

"If the more than [-] households in Wucheng become scorched earth, the Mohists will not care about food and housing? Regardless, how will they abide by their righteousness?"

"Come on, can the more than ten thousand soldiers of Gongzao still pursue it? For their righteousness, they must stay in Wucheng to rescue, put out fires, transport food, and build thatched huts."

"Their righteousness is the foundation on which they can stand. The foundation on which we can be nobles comes from the existing righteousness, propriety, and our surname."

"We burned Wucheng, massacred thousands of people, and we are still nobles. If the Mohist left Wucheng alone, then they would not be Mohism, and they would lose their righteousness. Without righteousness, a shoemaker would be no better than a shoemaker, and a gongzao would be no better than a caster, a poultry, etc. Huali is no more than a street ranger, how can they occupy Sishang?"

Tian Wu came to his senses and said: "Your words are like thunder and lightning splitting dark clouds in summer. I am too dull to understand such a clever plan."

"If we were to prevent fire in Wucheng and burn the wheat outside the city, the fire would last for three days, and Gongzaoye would have to stay behind to fight the fire. At that time, we could gallop for five days and break away from contact, so that Gongzaoye could not catch up."

"If he rushes after him after putting out the fire, we can set up an ambush in the mountains, and the ambush will rise up, and we will shoot with bows and crossbows to make him perish."

"If he doesn't pursue, our army can calmly cross the border of Lu and reach Wenshui."

"It's just... it's just that, the people of Feidi may not be willing to join."

Tian Qing laughed and said, "Young Master Miao Yi."

"The matter of Fei State is not with the people of Fei, but with Qi and Mo. In the past, when King Wu defeated Zhou, and Zhou Ping and the Three Supervisors rebelled, did the people of Yin and Shang all die? Are they now living in Song Dynasty or North Korea? Are you ashamed of Cong Zhou? Zhong Ni is a descendant of Shang Tang, and even said that I am gloomy and literary, and I am Cong Zhou."

"If the Mohist school is not eliminated, the Qi will not be able to obtain fees. If the Mohist school is destroyed, the fees will belong to the Qi. Even if the people have grievances, they will be forgotten in ten years."

When it came to the key point, Tian Qing sneered and said: "Didn't you hear that Wumazi called Zimozi and said: 'I am different from Zi, I can't love both. I love Zou people from Yue people, and I love Lu people from Zou people. , love my countrymen like Lu people, love my family like my hometown people, love me like my family, love my body like my relatives, and think they are close to me.”

"The Mo family now talks about universal love, and that people in the world belong to the world, so... I want to see, if I burn Wucheng and slaughter Wucheng, how can the Mo family convince people on my side to love people in the world?"

"Since we talk about love, then the people of Qi killed the people of Fei, burned Wucheng, and insulted their wives, sisters, mothers and daughters. Can the people of Fei still love the people of Qi?"

"If you can't, the righteousness of the Mohist school is not right. After this battle, the Mohist's theory of universal love has been broken by me!"

"Hey! Heresy is in my hands, and it will be famous in history!"

(End of this chapter)