warring states careerist

Chapter 626 There is nothing to do

The fugitive soldiers escaped death, and those soldiers who did not escape the fate of death became an indelible fear in the hearts of the nobles of the Qi people.

During the three-day siege, nearly [-] soldiers died and fled, and the wounded were hard to treat, especially the wounded who were hit by lead bullets and temporarily survived. Their wailing echoed in the barracks, which boosted the morale of the army. Fall, but there is no way.

It's not good to execute them so that these wailing will not affect other people. If this is really done, the mutiny will not be far away.

A large number of corpses piled up in front of the battle, and many people cried for their comrades in the camp.

These people had fought in battle, and it wasn't the first time they had been on the battlefield, but they had never seen such a brutal siege, let alone a situation where soldiers had collectively disobeyed orders during the siege.

The three-day siege, not to mention the city walls of Yingyi, even the two fortresses in the main road before the main gate were not captured. This weird city defense method, combined with the rumors that the Mohists were sticking to the rules, made the Qi army lose the ability to continue to fight. The courage to go down.

The momentum was like a tiger, but this vigorous effort was not successful. On the contrary, it turned every attack into a massacre to drive away its own soldiers. The layers of corpses were not only a huge blow to morale, but also caused the Qi army's generals and nobles to make decisions about Gong Ziwu. reason for doubt.

Gong Ziwu has never shown up, and most of the people who stay here are not the direct descendants of Gong Ziwu.

Although Gong Ziwu did not show up, few people doubted that Gong Ziwu had arrived in Dongmou, because the dead soldiers and counselors around Gong Ziwu were all in the camp. This is a very basic judgment, and the nobles might not bring their wives and children with them when they fled. , but the taxis around him will definitely carry and follow, that is the foundation for future recovery.

The counselor who pretended to be Prince Wu in the car was also under tremendous pressure. He was good at intrigue and planning, but he was not very good at how to fight.

It's not that he can't, he just follows the steps and fights according to the previous art of war.

In the face of the Mohist city defense fortifications, these experiences that could be regarded as a battle 20 years ago have become meaningless.

How to break through a fortress built as a concave row of walls?

How to break through a city wall with enough copper cannon defense?

Know nothing.

It's not just that he doesn't know, in fact, few people in the world know, because tactics itself is also an experience accumulated by relying on countless human lives.

In the car, the counselor looked ashamed and said worriedly: "I am ashamed of my love for you. I originally wanted to win the city, so the Mo family had to be rescued. The two armies faced each other in Wenshui. I can last for seven or eight days."

"But now it seems that Kai Zhishi has no intention of supporting Yingyi at all. He actually led an army to Pingyang?"

The Shidao beside him said: "Let's go to Pingyang, and my son will not worry. To win Pingyang, he must return to his teacher to win the city. At least seven or eight days have passed before returning like this. You will definitely be able to cross Yishui."

While talking, he heard a noise coming from outside. Just as the counselor was about to ask, someone ran over and said, "All the generals are begging you to come forward, and they don't want to continue the fight."

The counselor sighed, it is understandable for the Xindao generals to think this way, if they attack the city normally, within three days, they will lose hundreds of people at most, even if they cannot be captured, they will not fall into despair.

But in just three days, 7000 people were killed or injured, and there were even mutiny and disobedience before the battle. It seemed meaningless to continue the fight, and it would smash into pieces in front of the mountains like waves in a river.

It's just a city, but it has changed its appearance, why is it so difficult to attack?
Could it be that there is really a will of heaven in it?Could it be that such a thing as war has the so-called will of heaven in it?
At this time, the generals had already gone outside, and they dared not move forward. The sound of the generals kneeling down could be heard through the curtain, and they said in unison: "My lord, we can't continue the fight like this. If we continue the fight, I'm afraid we won't wait for the Mohist army." Move out, our army has been defeated."

"Young Master wants to fight against Kaizhishi in Wenshui, but Kaizhishi doesn't save Yingyi and goes straight to Pingyang. If Pingyang is broken, the army's morale will be disturbed, and our army will be defeated!"

The leading veterans spoke eagerly, and after waiting for a long time, a slightly hoarse voice came from inside the tent, as if after a cold, said: "Wouldn't it be good to turn to Pingyang instead of saving Yingyi?"

"In Yingyi, there are only soldiers of one division. In Pingyang, there are still [-] soldiers of the common people, the disciples of the Liang father and the doctor. The city cannot be broken within a few days. We only need to be able to capture Pingyang before it breaks. If you win, you can change hands."

"If Yingyi is destroyed, our army can return to Linzi, build Yingyi, and gather soldiers from Jiaodong to guard Linzi. In every battle, there must be gains and losses."

"In the war between Wu and Yue in the past, thousands of dead soldiers killed themselves in front of the battle, terrified the enemy, and finally won a big victory. Now we abandon the soldiers of Pingyang in order to seek a unified country. This is also a last resort."

"Besides, if Yingyi is broken, the siege of Pingyang will be resolved. If we move to Pingyang at this time, and we should ambush halfway, and our army is defeated, then neither Pingyang nor Yingyi can defend. Qi's society is in danger, and the world's rites and laws are abolished Yea!"

These words are not unreasonable, not only reasonable but also very reasonable, but these reasons are all on paper.

Of course, if Yingyi is defeated before Pingyang City is broken, then the siege of Pingyang will be lifted naturally, and the situation will change greatly, and Qi State will regain the balanced power again.

However, any strategy is built on the basis of tactics, otherwise it is meaningless.

An old general at the head tried to persuade: "The words of the young master are very clever. But...but how can we attack the city of Yingying? How can Pingyang be able to defend for a long time? The suit of the soldier is the best at attacking and defending, followed by In a field battle, the city of Pingyin is far more majestic than Pingyang, and if it was destroyed in a few days, what is worse than Pingyang? Can this be ignored?"

"The son's words are tantamount to saying: If I can move Mount Tai, then I can certainly move Nanshan in Linzi."

"Young master's words are reasonable, but...but you can't do it!"

This veteran has been fighting for a long time. Although it is difficult to understand the ever-changing war mode, his eyes are not blind.

He has been in the army for decades and has seen countless siege battles, but he has never seen a siege battle like this.

The soldiers of the brigade were already in chaos before they rushed under the city wall.

It was so easy for the craftsmen accompanying the army to finish the car, but it was blown to pieces just after crossing the trench. Dozens of craftsmen were busy all day, and it was nothing more than an iron pellet on the Mohist side.

The soldiers who attacked the city did not know how to attack the city, and were in a hurry.

The brigade commander and township chief who followed in front didn't know where to attack and where not to attack, and led his people to rush between the two angles. After a while, the company's pawns retreated and fled.

Hopeless, meaningless, completely impossible to see the possibility of breaking the city.

Now there is another news that Father Liang's volunteers have dispatched and marched towards Pingyang.

If Pingyang is lost and Yingyi cannot be attacked, the tens of thousands of troops will be completely trapped here to death. Before the Mohists come to attack, the army's morale may be broken.

Now the morale of the army is already unstable, and the soldiers have the intention of fleeing, and those who run away and pretend to be dead cannot be scared even if they try to scare the chickens.

This veteran is the heart of fist, but he was reprimanded by "Gong Zi Wu" in the tent.

"You say that what I said is meaningless, why don't you tell me how to fight this battle?"

"How could I not know that Kaizhishi has sent troops to Pingyang, so what can we do?"

"If you don't win the battle with the troops, return to Pingyang?"

With a rhetorical question, the veteran said calmly: "I'm afraid it won't work. When we return to Pingyang, we will have to ambush and fight. Our army's morale is not strong and we will be defeated."

The young master Wu in the car snorted coldly: "Then go and march on Father Liang? Wenshui will be cut off if Father Liang is captured?"

The old general pondered for a while, then said: "I'm afraid it won't work. Mohist soldiers are good at marching. In the past, they seized Liangfu and Yingyi and traveled hundreds of miles in two days. Now the Mohist cavalry are out together, and scouts are everywhere. If our army moves, it will be known. .If you approach Liang's father, the army will return..."

Young Master Wu in the car said again: "If we don't win the city, the whole army will go east and return after crossing the Yishui River?"

After saying this, the veteran was silent for a long time and said: "It is not possible. At this time, if you cross the Yishui River to the east, the army's morale will be lost. If you fail to retreat, you may flee. It was also a big defeat."

Zi Wu laughed loudly in the car and said, "This won't work, and that won't work. If you say no, there must be a way?"

"Could it be that you think my method is not good, but you don't know how to do it. What do you mean? Don't let the army not attack, nor go to Pingyang, Liangfu, and Yishui, but just station here, waiting for the army to be suitable Break through Pingyang?"

"Since you are opposed, there must be a way. And there is no way. You can't continue to attack and win the city. You need to tell me what to do!"

The crowd fell silent.

After the First Battle of Nanjishui, after the Mohists seized Yingyi and Father Liang, and Gongzaoye deterred the State of Lu, the Linzi Legion was actually in a dead end.

Tian Qing's strategy is to procrastinate, and he can see that the Qi army is in deep danger. He can only wait for the situation in the world to change, and pin all his hopes on the internal strife of the Mohist family or the dispatch of troops by Wei and Han.

But Tian Qing could procrastinate, Tian Wu couldn't procrastinate. He also has a cousin who is the prince in Linzi, and his father's heartache attack is running out.

However, when Tian Qing was there, at least the Mohists were not attacking, and they were still procrastinating, at least they were not trapped in a deadly situation as it seems now.

The counselors in the car knew that these people had no solution or strategy to win, they just missed the situation that could survive when Tian Qing was still around.

But even if Tian Qing was there, so what?
Thinking of this, "Gongzi Wu" in the car said: "Qing Shuai is good at using soldiers, so I am not as good as him. But even if Qing Shuai does not die at the hands of Mohist assassins, he cannot win."

"The Mohists have already occupied the cities in Wenshui and Jishui, and reformed the rice fields. You don't know the power of the Mohists' instigation. Wait here. After a year, all [-] cities will be blackened, and the banners will reach [-]. Linzi, your fiefdom and mine will be reformed, won't it be worse than dying now?"

"For today's plan, the only way is to attack the city fiercely and spare no casualties. Only in this way can there be a way to survive. It is to put them to death and survive."

"My lords! You are not fighting for me, nor are you fighting for the princes, you are fighting for yourself. Qi is merged into Wei and Han, and you still have fiefdoms, and you can flee the country and become an official. But if you don't Entering the Mohist family, enfeoffing the land and reforming the land, and depriving the peasants of slavery as common people, this is making it difficult for us to survive!"

(End of this chapter)