warring states careerist

Chapter 627 There is nothing to do

It doesn't make much sense to talk too much about Jiangshan Sheji and being loyal and brave as a king.

Only interests, only interests can make these nobles fight to the end.

As for the ending, the counselor in the car had already prepared the sword to kill himself, and he had predicted it.

But his ending, the ending of the Linzi Legion, is not the ending of his protagonist Ziwu. Only by persisting to the death, forcing the main force of the Mo family to return to the army immediately after breaking through Pingyang, can Ziwu skip Yishui and return to Linzi for a coup. .

The generals were silent for a long time, finally accepted the promise and dispersed.

After the generals left, the counselor in the car wiped off his sweat and asked the people around him, "Is it impossible to capture Yingyi?"

He never watched the battle in person, but only heard about the cruelty of the siege, but he still had a glimmer of hope.

If you can capture Yingyi, it will not only pave a better way for Gong Ziwu, but also increase the possibility of Gong Ziwu's success.

However, the people around him shook their heads silently and said: "There is absolutely no possibility of conquering. Such a fortress, coupled with the Mohist's defense skills... I am afraid there is no other way except to besiege it for a year and make it run out of food. It can be broken."

"Because...we don't know where to attack."

So he didn't know where to attack, the counselor was stunned, and the man who spoke said: "For example, attacking a city gate, it is difficult to approach without breaking the fortress."

"Then attacking the fort first, a brigade of soldiers is the limit. Tens of thousands of people can only wait behind and cannot receive support. This is like adding oil to a lamp, and the Mohists are like a candle wick. The fire cannot be extinguished, but the oil is consumed day by day."

"If the siege corner... is difficult to deploy, and the city walls of Yingyi are not protruding, but are indeed recessed by the walls on both sides. Once close, three sides will be killed."

"Ants can't attach, and it's useless to rush a car. It's useless to dig into a burrow. The Mohists know the method of preparing a burrow, and they also know that digging a burrow can only dig a maximum of [-] steps. If it is farther away, it will be difficult to breathe and the ventilation will not be smooth. You must Suffocate in it. Within three hundred steps, there are deep ditches for irrigation and cannot be dug."

"Night raids... are even more useless."

"There are so many siege techniques, how can it be possible to attack?"

The counselor thought for a moment, and suddenly thought: "Our army also has gunpowder. In the past, the mantle was suitable for fighting the king of Yue on Sishang, and the method of breaking the city was reported to the world, saying that this was the victory of heaven's will and reason, and that it was the victory of heaven. The victory of the geometry technique in Zhizhong, can't we use their methods to capture the cities they defend?"

"The Mohist not only said that their defense skills are also in line with the will of heaven, but also that their siege skills are also in line with the will of heaven, and that they are invincible. There is no sharpness that can be broken, the two are contradictory, and there is always a falsehood."

"Is there no one in the army who studies Mohism's siege techniques? Is there no one in the camp who uses Mohism's techniques but not Mohism's righteousness like Sheng Chuo?"

He was worried that he would not be able to make progress in Yingyi. If the main force of the Mo family did not return to aid Yingyi after breaking through Pingyang, but went directly to Dongmou, then the big thing would be over.

After asking, the man thought for a while and said: "There is indeed a warlock in the army. This man has studied Mohism for a long time, and now he holds a post in the army. Maybe you can ask him?"

Both warlocks and law calculations are official positions in the army, but in addition to being an official position, warlocks also mean people who are proficient in sacrificial sacrifices and mathematics. The position of law calculation is probably similar to that of a logistics adjutant.

When it comes to military affairs, such a warlock's calculations should not be discussed indiscriminately, but now that he is sick and goes to the doctor, it has reached this point, and the various rules of the nobles are really difficult to solve, so he has to think of such a person to make suggestions.

Then he asked someone to call Na Fasuan to come and enter the army tent.

"Gongzi Wu" still had rashes and could not see the wind, so the counselors around him waited for him and asked, "I heard that you usually practice the techniques of the Mohist school?"

Na Fasuan nodded and said: "Exactly, regardless of the meaning of the Mohist school, its nine calculations are superior. I have studied a lot."

The counselor asked again: "Many years ago, the battle of Lushui was suitable for breaking the city. It was the victory of reason and heaven's will mentioned in the Mohist newspaper. Have you studied it?"

Fa Suan nodded again and said, "I have a lot of experience."

The counselor asked: "Will the city of Yingyi be broken?"

Fajue got up and bowed, and after a long time said: "It can be broken, and it can't be broken."

Hearing this, the counselor was not angry but was overjoyed. This is better than those nonsense, at least there is still a possibility of breaking the city.

The counselor then asked, "What does it mean to be broken? What does it mean to be unbreakable?"

Fa Suan said: "I heard that back then Mo Di stopped Chu from attacking Song, and fought against Gongshuban with his belt as a wall. Today I won the battle in the city. I will follow Mo Di's method. You will know it at a glance."

He bowed in the direction of "Grand Ziwu", but he didn't have the excitement of being able to make a fortune and be reused in the future, as if he was just performing a procedure.

The counselor was a little surprised, thinking that this person must have great talent and the style of a hermit, and he was even more happy.Otherwise, if a small army can get into the eyes of Gongzi Wu, he will definitely jump up excitedly.

After a while, the belt was used as a wall, the earthwork was used as a city, and various utensils were used as an army array, and they were laid out one by one.

That Fasuan first placed the position of the Qi army about four or five hundred steps outside the city of "Yingyi", and said: "Please watch it."

"Back in the battle between Teng and Wucheng, Kuizhi broke the city in just a few days, thinking it was a miracle. He told the world the untold secret of the Mohist city-breaking technique, just to prove the importance of the so-called will and reason. It's something I admire."

"I've read that article no less than [-] times, and calculated it a hundred times at home. I've learned a little bit. Today, I don't talk about the past, but only about the city. If it's appropriate to attack the city, I'll use the same methods as before. What should I do?"

With his fingers, he drew a ditch on the sand table three hundred steps away from Yingyi, and said: "If you use a suitable siege technique, you must first dig a ditch. Build an earth barrier near the ditch and place artillery to suppress Arrows in the city."

"Can the artillery in the army overwhelm Yingyi's artillery?"

The counselors shook their heads one after another. How could they use the artillery in the army? On the first day of the battle, they assembled and used it to directly blast the city wall, but they were counterattacked by the artillery from the top of the Mohist city. How can they suppress the artillery of the Mo family in the city?
One person said: "Could it be that without artillery, the city cannot be attacked? Hundreds of years ago, there was no artillery, and the city was as stable as Mount Tai."

Na Fasuan sneered and said: "How can the city of 20 years ago be compared with Yingyi? If there is no artillery, it is not impossible to attack. Let's see the next step."

With his finger in the middle of the inverted ditch, he drew a ditch diagonally towards Yingyi and said: "Let those who are good at digging in the army dig such a ditch obliquely close to Yingyi, I don't know how many days it will take to complete it." ? The width is two feet, and the length is four hundred steps..."

Although the counselor next to him had never studied geometry, he also instinctively felt that the straight line between two points was the shortest. It would take a long time to dig a two-foot-long trench with a length of four hundred steps, and it seemed to be close to Yingyi. Zizi had to dig at least six or seven holes, so I couldn't help asking: "Then why don't you just dig under the city?"

Fa Suan sneered, and replied like an idiot: "Dig straight, the Mo family's artillery shot directly into the trench, and how many people died. I have asked before, and you also know that our army has few artillery, but you can still ask Such a problem? Only with such twists and turns can we avoid shelling from the top of the city.”

After drawing seven or eight lines on the sand table with his fingers, he finally reached a place about a hundred steps away from the city wall, and asked, "How long will it take to dig so long?"

The counselor made some calculations and said, "Four or five days?"

Fa Suan shook his head and said: "The Mo family is the best at attacking and defending the city. How could they not know how to take advantage of the night to counterattack and bury them? They are fighting hand-to-hand, and within two hundred steps they are under the artillery of the Mo family. They can only fight in the trenches. Four or five days for the warriors of the city gate? I think it would take at least ten days to dig it out. If there are guns, it will be much faster. But without guns, you can’t suppress the city, so you have to slow down. Much more."

"That's why I said, it can be broken, and it can't be broken. The Mohist army has entered Yangyang. With the appropriate siege techniques and enough artillery, Pingyang City will be broken in ten days. And in ten days we have just approached the city wall for a hundred days. One step, it is still too early to break the city, and the Mohist army will return, and our army will be defeated, so Yingyi can be broken, but it cannot be broken."

The counselor was silent for a while, then asked: "Go ahead, if you have already dug a hundred steps below the city, what should you do?"

Fa Suan's finger still followed the zigzag he drew: "Along such a zigzag ditch, our army can advance along the ditch without being injured by the artillery at the top of the city. It's just that the digging of this ditch also requires means. The closer to the city wall The deeper it gets."

Fa Suan didn't bother to talk about the reason behind it, and the counselor never asked. Fa Suan pointed to the ditch that was more than a hundred steps away from the city wall and said, "Here, build an earth barrier. If you have copper cannons, you can deploy them here. Suppress the top of the city. Once suppressed, the pawns continue to dig, so that a gap can be dug in the trench to attack, a hundred steps of impact, the artillery is suppressed, and they can lean forward and attack with all their strength, or they can break the city."

The counselor smiled bitterly and said, "You also know that our army has few cannons."

Fa Suan said: "If you have less guns, you can't attack. You can only find another way, and it will take longer."

The counselor was puzzled, and Fa Suan asked: "Dig the exit here, our army has no artillery, and the Mohists' artillery bombarded the gap, who can rush out? After rushing out, they will inevitably be scattered and unable to form a formation. What's the use?"

"So, since there is no cannon, you can't dig the gap like this, but go back and continue to dig many trenches that are flush with the first one. Move more soldiers into the trenches to prevent the Mohists from counterattacking and filling them."

He drew seven or eight more lines behind the sloping trench at the front, and said, "This many may ensure that the Mohist counterattack has enough soldiers to resist. It will take at least three days."

The counselors looked at it and seemed to understand that by digging a few more parallel roads, the soldiers could directly approach the ditch below the city. Otherwise, they would need support from [-] paces away, which would definitely not work.

Fa Suan didn't explain much, just said: "Accounting before, half a month has passed, I'm afraid that not only Pingyang City was destroyed, but the Mohist army may have returned to break through our camp, so I say it's useless."

"Even if half a month can go on... We have also defended the trench, so we will continue to dig forward, get closer to within a hundred steps, and select elite archers to shoot and suppress the top of the city. There will be some damage at about eighty steps, and the casualties will be small, but it is not possible to break through in a day or two."

"The soldiers moved forward, and then sent people to continue digging forward. The soldiers hiding in the trenches continued to attack the city wall. They did not hesitate to kill or injure [-], or they could break the city. But even if the city is broken, it will take at least [-] days. So I Said, the city can be broken, but also can not be broken."

Hearing this, the counselor couldn't help being furious and said, "If you have such a good plan, why didn't you say it earlier? Young Master Wu is the most fond of scholars. Could it be that Young Master won't listen to your words? If you said it sooner..."

That method snorted and said: "What's the use of talking about it earlier? Winning the city is the first, there is a way to break the city, but the Mohist army can't break it, so even if there is a way to break the city, there is no time to break it. The difference between victory and defeat The number is not under the victory, but at the time of the battle. At the moment of the battle, our army has been defeated, so what is the use of me? The calculation of the temple has been defeated, and there are strange skills, how can it be reversed?"

"I have the skill to break the city, but I don't have the power to break the city. Forgive me, my lord."

After saying three obeisances, he turned around and left the camp, leaving behind a group of counselors who were stunned and at a loss.

(End of this chapter)