warring states careerist

Chapter 581
Marquis Lu Zhili was eloquent, and he knew that the Mohist's speech was cautious and logical, and it really fit perfectly.

Since Li Jia said that the Mohists have not investigated Lu Hou for the crime of betraying the alliance, this time the confrontation with Qi is not to pull up those nominal princes in Sishang. As Li Jia said, as long as he firmly insists that letting Qi go across the border does not violate the rules of the Non-Attack Alliance, then the Mohists will not pursue it.

Because the state of Lu joined the non-offensive alliance, and when the alliance was sworn at the beginning, it did not say that it must follow the righteousness of the Mohists as the rules and standards, so it was just a simple military alliance rather than an ideological alliance. The power rests with the people", so unless the Mohists want to make an enemy of the whole world, they will not trouble the State of Lu because of this matter.

The matter of Fei Guo also shocked Lu Hou enough.

In today's world, there are too many ambitious people, people's hearts are not ancient, rituals are broken and music is broken, and there are too many people who talk about benefiting the world and acting for their own self-interest.

What Li Jia said about the governor of Hua in the Song Dynasty was exactly what Luhou was worried about.The matter of Governor Hua is an old story, but looking at Fei Guo, Zhe Yangzi who killed Fei Jun, shouted in his mouth to punish the unjust king for the benefit of the people, did he really think so in his heart?

Fei country can have such a character, why can't Lu country have such a person?
It was also these words of Li Jia that strengthened Lu Hou's mind.Although Lu Hou didn't like the righteousness of the Mo family, at least the Mo family was a group of reasonable people, and they would never attack the country of Lu for no reason like Qi and Yue, at least for now.

After thinking about it again, and a little worried about the oppression of the Qi army near Qufu, Li Biao said: "The Qi army must be in a hurry. Kui Zhishi can't let the Qi army just go up and down Surabaya, he will return to fight with it if he doesn't attack Linzi .”

"The envoy of Qi will come back tomorrow. Your majesty can ask Renyin to talk to him first. He only said that there is not enough food and grass, so he can only borrow some, and he can also make more preparations so that the Qi army can wait for a few days to carry them."

"If the Qi people are eager to return to Qi, they will not wait. The Qi people think that we are afraid of them stationing near Qufu, but we invite them to camp and wait, and they will be at a loss instead."

"As I said that day, far water cannot save near fire. If the people of Qi readily agree, then even though the Mo family may win, they have to agree to the conditions of the people of Qi at this moment."

"Your Majesty is not allowed to come forward on this matter, let me talk about it."

Lu Hou nodded in agreement.

The next day, the envoy of the State of Qi came again, and Li Jia asked the envoy of the State of Qi to talk to him. He said that there was not enough food and grass, and preparations for transportation were needed.

He thought that advancing was retreating, but the envoy of Qi State refused, obviously very impatient, and Li Jia had a calculation in his heart.

In the evening of that day, several fast horses galloped to Qufu. It was the envoy sent by the Mohist school. This time, the Mohist's envoy spoke very harshly, especially when talking about the massacre of Wucheng.

Seeing that the Mohists did not mention the matter of reneging the alliance, but instead questioned the matter of the slaughter of Wucheng, Lu Hou felt relieved and said, "King Wen in the past had four friends, and I have a plow, so there is nothing to worry about!"

So he let Li Jia take full power to negotiate with the Mohists. Soon Meng Sheng's army arrived in Qufu, and Qi's army left without daring to stay.

…………

Pingyin.

Shi Zi broke through Pingyin, and has been paying attention to the movement of Qi State, as well as the situation among Wei Zhao, Wei Chu, and Wei Zhongshan.

Judging from the current situation, this battle can be fought for a little longer, and Wei Guo is already powerless to intervene.

The Mohists had already sent people to Chengyang after the Battle of Nanjishui, but the doctor of Chengyang faltered, and the Mohists sent people to Anyi at Xingye.

Now Wei Guo is encircling Handan, Chencai and Chu are fighting each other, Zhongshan Lord worships Lechi as a general, and merchants support him, so Wei Gongzi can't stick to several cities and make it difficult to attack.

After the First Battle of Nanjishui, Shi understood that as long as Gongzaoye sent troops into Lu, then Sanqiu, Kangfu and other places that still belonged to Lu territory would be able to pass through unimpeded.

There are Heshui, Goulian Dayozawa, Jishui, and Surabaya excavated by Fuchai in the past, making it extremely convenient for the Mohists to rely on ships to transport grain.

Coupled with the supply station and warehouses that had been prepared before, the army he led could at least support a long-term confrontation.

After the [-] Qi prisoners who were captured were educated, some trustworthy ones were selected to form a security force to maintain order in the city.

The aristocrats and officials fled to Pingyin, causing the Qi State to completely lose its ability to organize from Onozawa along Jishui to Pingyin.

What he is worried about now is the Linzi Army led by Tian Qing, the last mobile field force in Qi State.

After the Battle of Nanjishui, the scouts kept watching the movement of Tian Qing's army and reported back every day.

After breaking through Pingyin, there are two choices.

Either immediately abandon the heavy copper cannons, the whole army is lightly armed, gallop between Mount Tai, Liangfu Mountain, and Mount Yi, and set up an ambush in a valley similar to the Battle of Wei.

Either the army should carry all the equipment, confront slowly, rely on land reform and other policies to appease the people, and use the external situation that Wei Guo cannot interfere with, forcing Tian Qing to take the initiative to attack, thus revealing his flaws.

Judging from the news from the scouts, Tian Qing's army moved slowly and was not in a hurry to return to Linzi. Whenever there were scouts ahead, the ambush might not succeed.

With a set mind, he also has to be foolproof.

According to common sense, Tian Qing's army should not choose to return to Linzi via Yishan. One is that the road is steep and the supplies are insufficient, and the other is that the Gongzao army is behind.

This possibility is very small, but after all, two-handed preparations must be made.

So he sent the main force to go through Pingyin to Mount Tai first, and then went out to the coast of Wenshui to capture the city on the north side of Wenshui.

And let the main force take the first to capture Yingyi, which is Laiwu in later generations.

As long as Laiwu is defeated, the Qi army will be stuck on the way back to Linzi.To the east is Yishan Mountain, and to the northwest is Tailai Mountain. As long as Laiwu is in hand, the main force of Qi State will not be able to return to Linzi.

And he led about 5000 people, crossed the Great Wall of Qi, and captured Lucheng along Jishui.

Lucheng is about in the Changqing District of Jinan in later generations, very close to Pingyin, but Pingyin is a border town of Qi Great Wall, while Lucheng is just a big city inside the Great Wall.

In the first battle of Pingyin, Qi State naturally knew the importance of Pingyin, and a large number of soldiers in Lucheng were also wiped out in Pingyin, so Lucheng had nothing to defend and could go down in an instant.

So far, the main force of the righteous division is only more than two hundred miles away from Linzi. During this period, there is no danger to defend.

The channel to enter Linzi has been completely opened, and no matter what decision Tian Qing makes now, he is already in a passive position: the Mohists want to fight Linzi, they can divide a small number of troops in Laiwu, and make peace with Gongzaoye; if they don’t want to fight Linzi, they can also defend Pingyin , so that the army gathered on the front line of Wenshui, waiting for the outbreak of civil unrest in Qi, forcing Tian Qing to take the initiative to attack.

After entering Lucheng, the people did not panic, and the market went on as usual. Obviously, they had heard about what the Mo family did in Jishui.

In the courtyard of a nobleman in the city is the field hospital of the volunteer teacher of the Mohist school. There are several cauldrons boiling outside and boiling water inside. White cotton cloths are boiled in the water to sterilize them.

On the long bamboo poles, there are rows of strips of cloth being dried.

Lime was scattered everywhere in the courtyard, and a strong smell of alcohol wafted into the distance.

From time to time, there were bursts of crying and crying, mixed with local dialects such as Qiyu and Sishang, which sounded unbearable.

In front of a hospital bed, two strong men in the army were holding down a man with a leg injury. A wooden stick was stuffed in the man's mouth, like a horse bit.

The man whimpered, his eyes widened, and he looked in horror at a saw in the hand of a man wearing a Mohist white witch costume and a mask.

The man's legs were already festering, and foul-smelling pus was constantly flowing out.

The man holding the saw in his hand was the Qinyue man who followed the expedition this time and was responsible for the treatment of the wounded, disease prevention and epidemic prevention.

People from Qin and Yue can also be regarded as Qi people, who grew up in Lucheng. Bian Que was the name given to him by the people of the world after he became famous. At this time, the famous doctor in ancient times was called Bian Que.

Now that Mr. Changsang is old, in the past ten years in Sishang, the people of Qinyue have learned most of Mr. Changsang's skills, and they have some theories suitable for the rest of the time here, and there are many surgical affairs for the wounded. His medical skills are better than ever.

Now he is holding a saw, and behind him are several young Mohists who are dressed in the same witch costume as him, very close.

The Qinyue people took a deep breath, and nodded to the strong man next to him who was pressing the injured man's legs. The two strong men were familiar with the road, and they knew that the man would not be able to hold him down anytime soon, so they increased their strength.

The Qinyue people stared at the injured man's wound, chose the place to saw, and after cleaning it carefully with spirits, put the saw on the man's leg bone.

The creaking sound of sawing bones kept coming out, and the young mohists who were observing and studying next to them were sweating coldly and did not dare to look at them, but Qinyue people were already used to it.

The injured person who was held down could no longer hold on, and finally passed out after sweating profusely.

In the toolbox next to it, there are the most advanced surgical tools at this time: saws, chisels, knives, large needles, twine...

After working for a long time, he finally sawed off the man's leg and stopped the bleeding, so the Qinyue people wiped off their sweat.

After drinking a few sips of water, he turned around and said to the disciples who were studying and observing: "If you have to, you can't do this. It's just that if you don't treat his injury, he will definitely die. Now that he has amputated his leg, there is only a small chance of him surviving. Better than fester and die."

Many disciples who saw leg sawing up close for the first time turned pale, and the Qinyue people sighed and said: "The man who was treated just now is the Qi people who guarded the city. I know him, and he also knows me. When I was in Lucheng, I was his neighbor."

"Our Mohists say that everyone is equal. As doctors, we should understand this truth better than others. Who can escape from birth, old age, sickness and death? Kings, nobles, and common people are all equal."

"A few days ago, I heard that because of the massacre of Wucheng, many people thought it was wrong to treat these Qi people who defended the city and fought to the death."

"I don't need to say too many reasons. I just want to say that if you want to be a doctor, you must have a benevolent heart. In the eyes of a doctor, everyone is equal. If your eyes are blinded by hatred, you cannot be a doctor."

"Besides, there are many people in the world who say that we Mohist people have no king and father, and we are inferior to animals. Looking at us with their righteousness, we are animals. You can look at the man who ordered the slaughter of the city with our righteousness. He is in our righteousness. It’s also worse than a beast.”

"Beasts cannibalize people, and people can eat animals. But people can't eat people just because animals cannibalize people. Do you remember?"

All the disciples nodded, and when the Qinyue people were about to go back and tidy up, one of them came to report in a hurry, saying that there was something urgent and asked him to go as soon as possible.

After leaving the door, the people of Qinyue asked why they were in such a hurry?The man said in a low voice: "There's news from Si, Qinzi is seriously ill suddenly, Mr. Changsang is too old to do it himself, please return to Pengcheng as soon as possible."

The people of Qinyue were stunned, knowing that this was a major event, Mr. Changsang was old and could not deal with some illnesses himself, before he went out with the army this time, Qin Huali was still healthy.

But after all, Qin Huali and Mozi are both teachers and friends, and the age difference between the two is not too big. It is normal for the disease to break out after this old age, and no one can escape.

With a sigh, he thought that some of the Mohist disciples that Mr. Changsang had received before could now take care of the illnesses in the army, so he didn't think too much about the consequences of this major event that would cause shocks in the Mohist family and even in the world, and hurried back Go to the tent and prepare to return to Pengcheng on a starry night.

(End of this chapter)