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Chapter 611 Capture the Army

Trapped here, what Tian Wu thinks about is still the intrigue in the palace.

Because of the father's letter, there is only one solution to the Mohism's unrighteous decree: let Tian Wu go back quickly to succeed him. Tian He is about to give up his position as a prince. Sang Jun and his disciples are both at Sishang Mohism, and their lives are not long.

That being the case, it is better to consider the family inheritance and let the son succeed.

Tian Wu understood what his father meant.

Tian Wu is now the son, and the son can be killed, but the king cannot.

The monarch can be killed and die in battle, but he cannot be judged by someone who is not the overlord and the son of a shoemaker without the authorization of the Emperor Zhou. the only way.

Zhou Tianzi is a piece of shit now, no princes take him seriously, but he can still be pulled out when needed.

The monarch made a mistake and could not be killed. He could only kill the people around him instead.

In terms of jurisprudence, the only person who is qualified to kill the Marquis after the trial, especially the Marquis of Qi who has the right to conquer, is Zhou Tianzi.Zhou Tianzi cooked Qihou, and the people of Qi only dared to remember for nine generations and vented their anger on the small country who spoke.

Back then, Marquis Wei made a mistake and was tried by Duke Wen of Jin. His defense was chopped off and his substitute was killed, but Marquis Wei was safe and sound. Tian He felt that the Mo family would not even break this rule completely.

Judging the king of a vassal state and then killing him is equivalent to the Mohism declaring to the world: I want to be the emperor.

This is much more serious than Zheng Bo's shot, Chu Wang's question, and Jin Wen's invitation.

But the key is, how to go back?

It is definitely not possible to go back alone, Linzi's army is out, he goes back alone, his cousin is very powerful, and it will be easy to kill him when the time comes.

It is a great virtue to kill relatives with righteousness.At that time, if the cousin is really in power, he can bear the pain and kill his relatives, and he is not sure if he is handed over to the Mo family: brotherhood?Order of honor and inferiority?After Tian He exiled Jiang Qi, Gongsun Sun was killed in civil strife, and Xiang Ziniu's mutiny was exterminated, no one in Qi State valued these things anymore.

Earlier, starting from the dispute between sons and sons in the Qi Huan era, the nobles had already broken the rules of etiquette and silent warmth that best protected themselves.

Tian Wu understood that if he wanted to live, he had to go back, and he had to bring some elite soldiers back.

After going back, without further ado, first coup and kill cousin, so as to be safe.

It's best to do it at the banquet where my cousin welcomes me back, and it may change if it drags on.

When the matter developed to this point, Tian Wu could only ask Tian Qing for help again, but it was extremely difficult to persuade Tian Qing.

He, Tian Wu, could go back and succeed in a coup d'état to become the king, so as to force the Mo family not to execute the death penalty, but what about Tian Qing?
When the time comes, there will always be someone responsible for the massacre of Wucheng. Who will be responsible?Who dares to take responsibility?
If Tian Wu is not dead, the Mo family will definitely arrest a scapegoat, a scapegoat with enough weight to give the world an explanation.

It is impossible for the two crimes in the order to punish injustice to be immortal.

Tian Qing has no other way, the only way is to defeat the main force of the Mohist family, or delay until the situation in the world turns for the better: for example, the Wei Han coalition forces intervene in Sishang, that may be the only way for him to survive.

When the two were in Wucheng, they had the same interests: if Tian Wu can take the position, Tian Qing must be reused, and the two hit it off.

But now, in the face of life and death, the interests of the two have diverged.

Tian Wu is still young, and Tian Qing has been immersed in the conspiracy of the nobles for so long, it is impossible that he can't even see this problem.

Tian Qing wanted to delay.It will be delayed until the world changes, until next year, and until the Mo family has to retreat.

Tian Wu wanted to go back, but he couldn't wait for a moment, not to mention next year, even in winter.

He will not go, Tian Shan is in power, righteousness is in hand, and the Linzi Army takes care of his family in Linzi, so it is impossible to listen to his command: the land that is trapped for a hundred miles is not his fiefdom, and he has no basic board.

The two have their own ghosts, but on the surface, it is impossible to speak so thoroughly. They must use some high-sounding reasons to find a suitable excuse for their own route.

In the military tent, all the generals stood around, and the commander-in-chief, Tian Qing, looked like a country, and explained: "Young master, it's not that I don't worry about the king, it's not that I don't worry about state affairs. Those who know me say that I worry; those who don't know me , What do I want? It is the king and the Tian family that I am worried about."

"If you win the city of Laiwu, it is best to defend the city if you are in the right place, and you can't attack it. The army will be stationed under the strong city. The Mohist army will come out from Liangfu and surround it. Our army will be defeated."

"Now the Mohists have broken the Great Wall, captured Lucheng, and brought troops to Lixia. From Lixia to Linzi, there is no danger to defend. They are all good fields and fields. The reason why Lai Zhishi did not attack Linzi is because of the number in the hands of the young master Heqing. Wan Dajun is here."

"If the army is wiped out and Linzi City is still there, who can defend it?"

This is the reason he said, and this reason cannot be refuted.

Tian Wu originally wanted to discuss this matter with Tian Qing in secret, but Tian Qing was keenly aware of the danger, and turned the secret meeting into an "enlarged meeting", calling all the generals, and making the matter public in front of everyone.

The generals are not mediocre people, Tian Qing's words are reasonable, they naturally agree with Tian Qing's thoughts, and they are indeed so.

The generals did not have the guts to fight Laiwu. In the first battle of Niu Lan, Mr. Wei was so good at fighting, but he still didn't kill Niu Lan, who had thousands of people. Now the Mo family has tens of thousands, how can they attack Laiwu?
At that time, Laiwu will not be able to fight, the back road will be copied again, the army will be destroyed, and Linzi will still be guarding?Now that the Mo family doesn't fight Linzi, isn't it because the tens of thousands of mobile corps are still there, and they don't dare to take the risk of being copied from the back to fight Linzi?
What Tian Qing wants is to be upright, and what he wants is for everyone to participate in order to suppress Gong Ziwu's thoughts.

These are all reasonable words, in front of everyone, it's hard to say clearly about those conspiracies and tricks of the noble court, Tian Qing just wants everyone to force Tian Wu to agree that he stays here and waits for the countries to mediate the world There is a changing strategy.

Tian Wu is still young, far inferior to Tian Qing when it comes to politics, so he was caught off guard by this "enlarged meeting".

But he immediately retorted: "Then according to the public opinion, what should we do? If we don't hit Laiwu, do we have to wait here?"

"The food and grass promised by the Lu people has been delayed, and Zai San's urging is just a prevarication."

"The army of Judi dare not move lightly. Xiliu of the Mo family has already landed and stationed in Jiaodong, and can go straight to the Great Wall from Langya at any time."

"Gongzaoye's army is in the land of Lu. Fei's mobs have joined the army one after another. There are tens of thousands of them. It is no worse than the bandit Zhizhi in the past. This place is a dead place. Don't stay for long."

Tian Wu snorted and said: "No. There are still hundreds of miles in this place. In the past, Shang Tang ruled the world with a hundred miles, and Goujian regained strength with a hundred miles. A town with a hundred miles can also protect a whole country."

"Strictly order the collection of grain, no trading, no possession, as long as it is harvested in autumn, it can be supported."

"If the Mo family attacks, we will defend. Although the Mo family is strong, it cannot last long. When the army of Wei and Han arrives, the Mo family will retreat."

Tian Wu sneered and said, "Where is the army of Wei and Han? What if the army of Wei and Han doesn't arrive?"

"It's not like you don't know the ability of the Mohists to govern! Now the north of Wenshui is undergoing a 'land reform'. In less than a year, from Xueling to Liangfu, the city of 20 miles and [-] people belong to the Mohist family."

"The Mo family can support seven divisions by relying on the land of Sishang. How many divisions can they raise when they get Wenshui and Jishui? How will we fight then?"

"The details of yesterday's beheading have spread a lot of the 'land reform' in Wenshui and Jishui, and the morale of the army has fluctuated. Many soldiers were captured in the war against the most in the past. They didn't have any hatred for the Mohists. Go down, how can we fight?"

"The army is going out, parents and wives are all in Linzi, and the army is thinking about returning, and there are many people who sing "Plucking Wei". I am afraid that the soldiers would rather die on the way home than wait here!"

Speaking of this, Tian Wu became even more angry, and said angrily: "If they are not of my race, their hearts must be different! Wei Han's surname is not Chen. If they are really credible, during the Jishui war, Chengyang's What are the Wei and Han coalition forces doing? Now that the Mohists occupy more than [-] cities and their forces are scattered, is there any movement from the Wei and Han coalition forces?"

"If we don't return to Linzi, if Wei and Han don't move at that time, the Mohist soldiers arrive in Linzi, Linzi suffers from war, and the parents and wives in the army suffer from the war. Is it tolerable?"

Seeing this, Tian Qing sneered and asked, "My son's words are admirable. Why did I ever say that I don't want to go back to Linzi?"

"However, the young master has said so much, I just ask, how to go back?"

"I said you can't fight Laiwu because Laiwu is the only way to go back to Linzi. If you have a way, you can return to Linzi without fighting Laiwu, wouldn't I obey?"

"You have talked so much about the military strategy, but you haven't mentioned a single word. I just ask you, how did you go back to Linzi? How?"

Tian Wu wanted to secretly change the unspeakable differences between him and Tian Qing to "Tian Qing doesn't want to return to Linzi" in front of everyone, and when the time comes to spread the word and the morale of the army will float, they will be able to make a difference.

But Tian Qing has been immersed in conspiracy for many years. It is the old aristocrat who has received the most orthodox aristocratic education. Chunqiu was completely dead—immediately, he was keenly aware of Tian Wu's sinister intentions, and immediately refuted.

The key to his rebuttal is: It's not that I don't want to go back to Linzi, but it's because I want to go back to Linzi that I stare at Laiwu.But Laiwu cannot be fought, and the Mohists may encircle us if they fight, so what I object to is only to fight Laiwu.

If you, Tian Wu, have a way to bring the army back without attacking Laiwu, of course I would be happy.But you can't say that I don't want to go back to Linzi, let alone try to make the soldiers resent me.

After all, Tian Wu was young, he was at a loss for words for a while, and Tian Qing seized the opening and attacked fiercely, but he couldn't stand it for a while.

When he asked Tian Qing for a secret talk, but was told by Tian Qing that the matter was related to the country and everyone, he knew that he could not talk to Tian Qing.

The reason why he said those words was exactly what Tian Qing had guessed, he wanted the news to spread, causing the army's morale to fluctuate, so as to prepare for one thing.

It's just that Tian Qingyuan was more sensitive than he thought, and immediately expressed his attitude that he didn't want to go back to Linzi, which was a bit difficult to do.

Before that, the counselors around Tian Wu gave him the following advice.

If you can talk about moving Tian Qing, then talk about moving.

If he said nothing, he would use the soldiers' homesickness to instigate a mutiny, seize the Tiger Talisman, assassinate Tian Qing, and take over the military power.

Then they stormed Laiwu with the main force, sent them to death in the name of returning home, and attracted the attention of the Mo family.On the other hand, he led his cronies and more than ten thousand elite soldiers, abandoned the army to protect the generals, left the Yimeng Mountain Association and the soldiers of Judi, went straight to Linzi, killed Tian Shan, and forced Tian He and He to take the position before making plans.

Is mediation?Is it to stick to it?Is it to open the treasury to buy people's hearts to protect Linzi?Or retreat to Jiaodong to force a major change in the world situation?
This is something to be considered later, because if you don’t bring the elite back to Linzi, you will have nothing, and you don’t need to think about it. It’s better to think about how many more women you sleep with and eat more venison before you die. Just eat what you want, drink what you should, and wait to be shot.

This plan is very much in line with Tian Wu's wishes.

The worst thing is to retreat to Jiaodong, forcing the world to change: the princes of the Central Plains do not allow the existence of the Mohists, who occupy most of Qi and are aggressive and shocking in the land reform.

But retreating to Jiaodong, it only makes sense for Tian Wu to retreat for Marquis Qi, otherwise, he would still die if he changed someone else.

Tian Wu thought to himself, if he could force the princes to intervene by then, it would be a big deal that in this life he would not accept concubines with foreign surnames, leave the palace for half a step, and be guarded at every level.

(End of this chapter)