warring states careerist

Chapter 624

The Qi pawn lying there watching the failure of the Qi army with cold eyes did not know that he was actually considered a genius. He could be considered a genius if he could link the most important truth in war with the killing of pigs and dogs. In a truly chaotic world, such people can always stand out.

But now, he was just looking forward to the defeat of the Qi army, looking forward to the arrival of night.

When this wave of Qi army's offensive receded, corpses were piled up everywhere between the fortress and Yingyi City.

Looking at the sun, it is already afternoon. Although it will be dark for a while, I think there will be no new offensive today.

Sure enough, from the retreat of this wave until the evening, the Qi army did not launch a new attack.

The Mohist volunteers in the city and the fortress sent some people down from the city to clean up the corpses, pile them up and carry them out so that they could not block the city wall.

The Qi army did not collect the corpses, just like the battle when Gongsun Hui rebelled against Qi, the Qi army did not take back the corpses, but the Mo family did not chop off the heads of these corpses and build a Jingguan, but sent people to carry these corpses to A hundred paces from the fortress.

Those broken arms, legs and heads could not be gathered, so they were put into sacks and thrown out of the ditch.

The Qi army did not take the opportunity to launch an attack.

It's just that when the corpses were collected, "dead people" stood up from time to time and were deported back to the Qi army's camp.

Fortunately, some Qi soldiers pretended to be dead in a good position, and the Mo family did not come here, and the Qi army did not choose to collect the corpses.

The Qi soldiers of the Yang Zhu school lying there couldn't help sighing as they looked at the "dead people" who had been driven back to the Qi army camp.

The military law is strict. After these Qi soldiers who pretend to be dead go back, the first thing they will suffer is the punishment of piercing their ears with arrowheads. Military law, according to the laws of the times, a nobleman's word is military law.

"The Mohists are not really benevolent either. Although we know that they are afraid of being infiltrated by secret agents, they can't put them in the city, and they can't spare manpower to take care of them during the war... But if they are really benevolent, they should be put in regardless of these things. That's right, don't the Mohists know that these people might be killed if they are driven back?"

Fortunately, the Mo family's body collection team did not advance here. Fortunately, there is always a feeling of sadness for the death of the rabbit.

He also didn't count exactly how many corpses were piled up under the city today, but he knew that the level of corpses piled up was unprecedented in previous wars.

He had also participated in some siege battles and siege battles with the army before, and even if he sieged the city, he attacked the same kind of city as before.

Square and square, the city walls are flat, as many people can stand on top, as many people can line up below, and there are no artillery, gunpowder and other things when fighting. Even if the attacking party is difficult to break the city, it cannot die How many people were defeated and retreated, because the people in the city could only defend, but there was no way to turn the defense into a flanking massacre.

At least, in his impression, there would not be so many corpses piled up in one siege, especially when the Mo family pushed those corpses out of the trenches of Yingyi City and let the Qi people collect them but did not collect them for a while, the accumulation seemed particularly large.

Seeing those corpses, he became more determined to continue hiding, knowing in his heart that there was no way to continue hiding in this place, and he had to run out quietly while it was dark.

"Just wait until this battle is over and I will come back and surrender myself."

With such thoughts buried in my heart, I hope that the sky will get dark soon.

When the sky finally got darker, he spotted the position to the east, which was not the main attack direction of the Qi army, and there was a big gap there.

There are farmlands outside, and it is summer, so they can take advantage of the cover of those green yarns to escape this cruel battlefield.

I waited carefully for the sound of the Qi army's call for gold to retreat, and quietly waited for the light of the Qi army's fire and cooking. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the sky was not very dark but still a little hazy, I quietly crawled towards the open space to the east.

When we climbed about a mile outside the city wall, it was completely dark. Fortunately, there was a light moon, so we couldn't see nothing.

Following the vertical and horizontal lines of those farmlands, relying on the moon to identify the direction, I walked for about four or five miles, and finally saw a small river.

After walking so far, I was already tired and out of breath, so I lay down by the river and drank some water, and after only a few sips, I heard another burst of explosions in the distance, it must be that the Qi army launched a night attack at night .

However, the noise ended soon, and it seemed that this attack was defeated even faster. He just let out a sigh and guessed that hundreds of people would die, so he touched some reeds by the river and got some fresh white and tender reed buds. Put it in your mouth to satisfy your hunger.

Not long after, there was another sound of footsteps in the distance. He thought it was the team of the Qi army, and got into the reed marsh in fright.

After waiting for a long time, I heard a sound of drinking water from the river not far away, as if drinking water from animals, and I heard a few people with an accent near Linzi say: "Just run here, wait until the battle is over." It's over, go and surrender, be a prisoner of war for two months, and go home when you're full."

As soon as the person hiding in the reed heard that he was a fellow, he was finally relieved and wanted to go out, but was caught by those people, and after a long explanation, he convinced the other party.

It can be seen that there should be a complete Sima team on the opposite side. It should be that the chief Sima ran over with his fellow countrymen, but the number of people is far more than that of a single Sima.

The Sima Chang who led the team believed his words, so he introduced him.

"These people belong to Anping, these people belong to Qin and Zhou, these two people are burning pottery, and these people are from Yuan Lou's fishing..."

After introducing each other, they are all poor people, not nobles, and have no status as scholars, and there is no conflict of interest between them, they are all for the same purpose, so they are relieved.

That night, the team of more than 30 people increased to more than 50 people, and they went out to watch the sentry in turns at night, and crossed the river in the morning of the next day and walked a few miles east to hide.

In the afternoon, more than 20 people ran here, and several of them carried weapons, and they were also deserters when asked again.

Those who came earlier yesterday asked, "How many people died today?"

They also knew that it was impossible to capture Yingyi, so they didn't ask, and if they captured it, why did they escape here.

One of the people who came later today drank a few sips of water and said: "Who knows how many people died? Let us fill up the city wall with our lives. I'm afraid that the nobles think that as long as there are many deaths, they can be as high as the Mohist fortress. Why don't we just attack it?" gone?"

After this man finished speaking, the people who escaped with him couldn't bear to look back and said: "I'm too afraid of people. I'm going to use a ram to approach today, but how can I get close? A dozen rams were smashed halfway through, it was so easy." When a few cars moved forward, oil was poured on the city to ignite it, and iron mines exploded nearby, and all my partners died."

"Those who pretended to be dead and were driven back last night were all beheaded. We saw that we were dead when we went back. Why don't we just run away?"

Those who came yesterday asked: "Could it be that the private relatives around those nobles didn't rush today?"

"Is there a fart for rushing?"

A deserter scolded disdainfully, and said: "There were some personal and martial arts fighters before. Give more money, and they will rush after we rush over."

"But what's the use of rushing over? A group of people were trapped in the dent, and the muskets on both sides shot down together, and half of them died before they even climbed up the wall. They died like that yesterday, and they died like this today. Children, what do you know about fighting?"

After scolding, these people also made up their minds: "We saw that we would die if we stayed, so we ran away. When the battle is over, we should go out and surrender. Don't give your life to the nobleman."

These words are the thoughts of most of the fugitives, even the private relatives around Mr. Xindao can't take it down, I'm afraid the city can't be taken down either.

It was not yet dark at this time, but the sun was dim, and it was obvious that it was going to rain, and the air was extremely hot.

None of these fugitives had anything to eat, and they had been hungry all day. Fortunately, there were a few mulberry trees nearby, and they happened to pick some wild vegetables such as mulberry and reed buds to satisfy their hunger.

This is a place near the mountains, the farmland is far away from here, and I am afraid of being caught when I go out, besides, the wheat has been harvested at this time, the millet is not yet ripe, and there is nothing to eat.

One of the people who escaped looked at the sky and said, "Look at this day, I'm afraid it's going to rain."

He said this, not to express any opinion on the battlefield situation. Everyone present knew that the Mohists had more firearms, but under the thinking of this era, it is also impossible to fight on rainy days. This is a rule, or it is a habit formed by hundreds of years of war. truth.

It's not that they don't know that rainy days can take advantage of the opportunity to attack the Mo family, which cannot use firearms, but because it is difficult to gather troops when it rains, and any country's army that can attack or march in the army is enough to dominate the world.

Not expressing an opinion for the battle situation, but for the situation of everyone, the man said again: "If it rains, there must be a place to shelter from the rain."

"Aren't there still people with swords and swords? I think it's all done. Let a few people build a thatched hut to shelter from the rain, and the rest of them will collect mulberry seeds, reed buds, cattail grass roots and other food. I think There are naphthalene fruits on the mountain, which can be eaten.”

"Everyone put in some effort. Those who put in the effort to build a house can eat the fruit. Those who take the effort to pick the fruit can avoid the rain. Don't be lazy..."

After he finished speaking, all the forty or fifty fugitives present said: "You're right, we didn't even think of it. We pushed you to be the leader, but we got through these few days together, and the fight will be over soon..."

This is a very normal thing, but the fugitive of the Yang Zhu school who was mentally tortured by all kinds of reasons when he pretended to be dead before the battle yesterday felt a little bit in his heart.

When he was in Linzi, the Mohists often gave lectures. His master was from the Yang-Zhu school, and he often argued with the Mohists. He had heard a lot of Mohist opinions.

At this moment, it was hard to think of the words of the Mohists that I heard in Linzi back then.

(End of this chapter)