warring states careerist

Chapter 661 The Loyal Man

Ximen Leopard woke up suddenly, and when he heard the words of no respect for Marquis Zhao and just used them as a tool, he murmured: "You claim to respect the heavenly emperor, ghosts and gods, but you lack the slightest reverence. How can you respect the sky without half respect?"

The messenger said with a smile: "The people are the Lord of God. The people hope that the Emperor of Heaven will love the people, so the Emperor of Heaven loves the people. It is not because the Emperor of Heaven loves the people, so it is right to love the people. They all love the people, but their meanings are different."

"The "Oath" says that what the people want, the sky will follow. Everything in nature and even people, and the people benefit, that is the wish of the gods and ghosts. We respect the gods and ghosts, so we want to benefit the world. Shu Diao, Yi Ya Qi Huan Obedience in every possible way is not respect; Bigan persuading King Zhou is respect.”

"As for nobles and princes... read more, you will naturally know about the chaos of Prince Lu in Bai Gongsheng in the past. Later generations call him benevolent. Zimozi said that Prince Lu is not benevolent. The real benevolence should be to take this opportunity to become the king of Chu. He put down the rebellion and appeased the people of Chu. Because of the dignity of "Li", he would rather commit suicide than overstep, and the people suffer. What kind of benevolence is this?"

"So we are not supporting Gongzizhang, but supporting a person who may make the people of Zhao Guo better. The lesser of two evils, Gongzizhang is slightly better than Gongzichao, so we support Gongzizhang. If it is Gongzi Zhang Shen is dead, there are many descendants of the Zhao family, and the young master has the name of killing the king and colluding with the Wei family, so no one has stood up and is willing to avenge the king?"

Ximen Leopard was silent for a long time, and finally realized that Wei Guo's strategy had made a big mistake.

From the outbreak of the Qi-Mo War to the Battle of Nanjishui, Wuqi City's Chongquan, and then to the Qin State Reform and civil strife approaching, although the situation in Wei State is ugly, in the eyes of Wei Jian, Gong Shucuo, Ximen Bao and others, it is not There is no silver lining.

They knew Wu Qi's ability, and because of Xihe's hatred, the threat of Qin State was in the not-too-distant future.

If the State of Zhao threatens the State of Wei again, it will be attacked from all directions.Therefore, when the intervention war started, it was impossible to stop. Stopping also meant that there was a complete breakdown between Wei and Zhao, and it was impossible to form an alliance. A stab in the back.

That being the case, it is better to open up the situation on the northern front first.

I have heard about Gaoliu's dispatch of troops for a long time. As part of the whole battle situation, Ximen Leopard knew the strategy of Wei Jian and Gong Shucuo. He used the west of Zhangshui as the preset battlefield, and took advantage of the logistics advantage close to the essence of the river east of Wei, relying on the siege of Zhao. Du Zhongmou lured Gaoliu's reinforcements to cross the river for a decisive battle, and used Xihe soldiers to defeat the field forces that Gongzi Zhang could use in one fell swoop.

The strategy conceived is correct. If there is a decisive battle, the success rate will be very high, but... as the Mohist envoy said, Zhao is not the place that the Mohist must save, and Gong Zizhang is not the one that the Mohist must rely on. The Mohist is not willing. The decisive battle does not need to be decisive, and you can slowly find other agents within Zhao.

At that time, it is nothing more than procrastination.Gao Liu is in the north, can Wei Guo afford it?If the State of Wei doesn't send troops, can Young Master Zhao defeat Gao Liu with that little force?

The Mo family dragged it casually, even if Gao Liu was gone, did Sishang ever lose a bit?

Why is Wei Guo procrastinating?Took three to five years, to the time when the Chu army recaptured Daliang, to Wu Qi leading the soldiers of Qin across Luoshui, to the time when the Mo family marched triumphantly from Chengyang all the way to Hedong?
The essence of the Mohism is Sishang. To attack Sishang, you need to consider the attitudes of Qi, Chu, Han, and Song.

Ximen Leopard kept his mouth shut. He knew that the Mohist school of debate was formidable, and he also knew that the Mohist school was actually negotiating, and one of the great skills of negotiation was to talk from the other side's point of view.

The reason why the Mohists talk about it is because the Mohists still hope that Gong Zizhang will come to power so as to achieve peace.

The reason why the Mo family has the confidence is because they don't talk about the big deal, they give up two points of interests, and completely pull the Wei country into the abyss.

After a long period of silence, Ximen Bao sighed: "You must obey the order of the king. Even if it is beneficial to Wei, the orders of the princes and lords cannot be violated. Isn't it the same for the Mo family? Could it be that the generals of the Mo family can disobey the order of the giant? Don’t the Mohists talk about loyalty? Since you talk about loyalty, why do you make things difficult for a loyal minister?”

The envoy rolled his eyes and said: "You are still loyal to King Zhou when evil comes, but King Wu insists on punishing him. Does that mean King Wu wants to make people in the world disloyal?"

Ximen Leopard is unwilling to continue debating with people like the Mohists. The two sides have fundamentally different meanings. How can there be a normal debate?It is meaningless to argue with two parties who do not even have the same definition of black and white.

After pondering for a long time, Ximen Leopard said: "So, please let me report to the king."

The envoy nodded and shook his head again: "It's fine to report, but you can't give you too much time. At most fifteen days."

"On the [-]th, you can let the Wei army from the west of Zhangshui come galloping to join you. When our army is passive, you can also count it as delaying time."

"Besides, I heard that the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be accepted. If it is beneficial to the country, it will be done, and if it is not beneficial, it will be stopped. If there is still no reply within ten days, or our scouts have discovered that the Wei people west of Zhangshui have moved. , our army will attack it."

"In Handan City, there are still tens of thousands of peasants and soldiers fighting against each other in the field. I don't need to say the outcome."

Ximen Leopard said angrily: "Fifteen days! How can we go to Anyi and return on the [-]th? Isn't it a felony to withdraw the army without the king's order?"

The messenger said with a smile: "Su Wen, before the death of Marquis Wen..."

Ximen Leopard scolded angrily: "Marquis Wen is dead! The princes are dead!"

The messenger changed his words with a smile and said: "Xinxiuxiu... Before Wenhou's death, he entrusted state affairs to Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang, Beimenke, Wu Qi and the king. Now Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang, and Beimenke are all dead, and Wu Qi went to Qin , only you are still here."

"You disobeyed the king's order, but left an elite army for Wei, so that Ye could guard and prosper. Even if you are guilty, you will accept it, right?"

"Who told...you are a loyal minister?"

The envoy bowed and then resigned.

Ximen Leopard didn't keep him. After the envoy went out, someone brought a horse. The concubine Mi secretly looked at the expression on the envoy's face, and didn't know the result of this negotiation.

He really didn't like to talk about it.

Now the Ximen Leopard's strength is not enough for the two forces of Handan City and Gaoliu Army to attack. Military achievements mean promotion means glory, and it also means an extraordinary life.

Although the concubine Mie has the heart of benefiting the world, she will inevitably think: If I make some more meritorious deeds, I can go back to Sishang Military Academy to study again, then I can become a school officer, and then I can serve as a deputy brigade commander...

Now the peasants and soldiers in Yedi under the city of Handan are the best opportunity to make meritorious deeds. They really don't want to talk about peace in their hearts. Meal, to avoid trouble in the future."

Immediately, he looked carefully at the faces of Wei's soldiers and the armor and weapons on their bodies. His mind was nothing more than that. He had heard that the military pawns were very strong, but these people were not military pawns.

Thinking back to when I was studying in the military academy, I read about Wu Qi’s military knights charging into the battle of Daliang, and I couldn’t help thinking, I don’t know how the military knights of the Wei people’s soldiers compare with Gaoliu’s two regular shock cavalry brigades?
With all sorts of strange ideas, he left the Wei camp. On the way back, a soldier came to the prisoner Mi and asked in a low voice, "Company commander, do you think this battle can be fought?"

Mi, the concubine, scratched her head and said, "How would I know? Listen to the orders above. If the orders change, we'll lose our legs, who knows."

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In the Wei camp, all the generals were also asking Ximen Bao whether to fight or not.

Whether to fight or not is the most important thing, how to fight is not important.

The army in the hands of the Ximen Leopard is only worthy of besieging the city. It is a fool's dream to maintain the siege and fight the Gaoliu army at the same time, and the troops are obviously insufficient.

The group of people in the city don't just know how to defend the city. The Mohist city defense technique is to go out of the city for a decisive battle, and to defend the city down.

If you want to fight, you can move the camp and choose to leave the vicinity of the city wall and retreat to the south, but that will certainly avoid the dilemma of two-sided attack, but it will also allow the Gaoliu Army and Handan farmers and soldiers to join forces.

If they really want to fight, they can only choose to defend after moving the camp, and make their own bait to catch Handan and Gaoliu, the strongest field army, so that Xihe military soldiers can support them, but it will take at least ten days to defend.

Ximen Leopard thought to himself, in the battle of Nanji Water, the Qi people collapsed after defending for three days, the Qi army was no better than the troops in their hands now: at that time, the Qi people didn't have so many complaints.

Even if General Qu is not as suitable as a man, and even if the artillery of the Gaoliu Army is less than that of Sishang's elite, they can join forces in Handan, and they can't hold it by themselves.

If the army retreats, the whole strategy of the State of Wei against the State of Zhao will be over: if he withdraws, the Wei army along the Zhangshui River will also have to withdraw, or they will be defeated; , and Xihe pawns did not go out all this time, lacking the rest of the cover, the winning rate was also low.

If they don't retreat, the Mo family will definitely lose thousands of people, but it can buy time for Zhangshui and Gongshucuo to join forces, but joining forces is useless.

Zhongmu is still in a stalemate, unable to attack in a short period of time, nor can the combined forces attack; combined forces can at most be wary of being defeated by the Mohists, but if they want to chase the Mohists in Zhao's armed parade, I am afraid that they will set off the Zhao army. The country's collective opposition, the logistics can not keep up.

The key to this lies in the attitude of the Mohists towards Zhongmou: it is not necessary to save, so that the initiative is in the hands of the Mohists. They can fight if they want to fight, and if they don’t want to fight, they can fight the rebels, Gongzi Zhi, and Gongzi Chao. defense.Even if Mr. Zhang is dead, there is still a clan in Jinyang. Zhao Guo is really going to be in that kind of chaos. Who doesn't want to hold the banner of punishing rebellion and claim the title of Marquis?
Give it a go, the son and grandson will become princes, this temptation is too great.

Several generals and schools in the tent also came in and said: "I think we should withdraw. There are many complaints in the army, and the autumn harvest is coming soon. If they don't return to the army, Ye will be starved and killed next year. Wouldn't the people feel even more resentful?"

"The city of Handan can't be conquered in one day. Hu Feizi got the biography of Mo Zhai. Qu Jiangzi was in Qi in the past, and Hu Feizi introduced him to Mo. The theory of the five braves made him not fight. The two joined forces and there was no discord. Besides, the Mohists The internal system is strict, even if he has been out for ten years, he still has to obey orders."

Where does Ximen Leopard know that these are the truth?

But where can I express the depression in my heart?

Originally, Wei Guo's idea this time was really beautiful. Taking advantage of Qi Mo's war, he verbally supported Qi State and encouraged the Qi and Mo families to fight against each other. Falcon, grabbed this clam and broke it directly, how could it have its mouth clamped?

(End of this chapter)