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Chapter 769 Zheng Guoce
Whether it is respecting ghosts and loving gods or caring for the people, as well as the envoy's claim that Zheng Guo's capital can hold on for more than half a year under the siege of South Korea, etc., are all internal issues.

If internal problems are not resolved, it is impossible to resist external aggression.

The messenger came with a purpose, but he didn't know the real purpose, or the real purpose of the entire Mohist decision-making circle.

The real purpose of the Mohist decision-making circle is actually very simple: let Zheng Guo reorganize the army and build the city wall, and let South Korea make a judgment: the later the annexation of Zheng Guo, the more likely problems will occur.

Sooner or later, the state of Zheng will perish. Even if it does not perish by Wei and Han, it must perish by Sishang.

The decision-making circle of the Mohists hopes that the demise of Zheng State can be brought forward, and this time they sent envoys to Zheng State with great fanfare, preparing to provide Zheng State with loans and weapons, helping to organize new troops, building city walls, etc., all of which are forcing South Korea hurry up.

If Zheng Guo is not prepared, it may take seven or eight years to subjugate the country.

But this time, the Mohists clearly helped Zheng Guo to reorganize the city defense, but the country might perish in a few months.

South Korea does not want Zheng Guo to gradually have the same military power as Sishang, and it does not want Zheng Guo to transform the capital into a new-style, gunpowder-era fortress.

This is obvious.

Wei Guo will not allow South Korea to swallow Zheng. The only possibility for South Korea to swallow Zheng is a quick blitz. Once the capital is surrounded, Wei Guo will definitely intervene.

This is exactly what the envoy said to the monarchs and ministers of Zheng State. This is the core meaning of the so-called diplomatic mediation to preserve a weak country.

Zheng Guojun and ministers also agree with this statement, and have always upheld the status quo of relying on Wei Guo to ensure that South Korea can only cannibalize and not swallow.

But it never occurred to him that behind such a fact, there is a deeper plan hidden, and there is a real evil intention in his body, and the misfortune is diverted to the west.

There are two issues involved here.

One is the Mohist's unparalleled ability to defend the city. It relied on this unparalleled ability to defend the city to prevent Chu from attacking Song, Chu from Zheng, and Qi from attacking Lu.

The second is the level of Sishang's formation and training of the new army. The battle of Sishang's righteous teacher Nan Jishui caused the world to move, and then Chu State quelled the rebellion of Prince Chen Caiding.

These two issues must be considered by South Korea, and it is also the direct reason why Zheng Guo believes that this is a life-saving straw.

Regarding the relationship between Wei and Han, the Mohist envoys did not say anything false, and the overall idea of ​​being able to hold the capital until Wei Guo mediates is also correct.

Zheng Guojun and his ministers certainly hope to strengthen their military power so that South Korea is unable to invade and defend the country.

However, this is the idea of ​​Zheng Guojun and his ministers. They did not look at the problem from the perspective of South Korea.

Father, like son.

For Zheng Guo, Sishang is a real bystander, who can think about the real situation from the perspective of the parties involved.

From a Korean point of view, this is very subtle.

Because South Korea also thinks the same way, so it’s okay not to provide assistance. If it is to provide assistance, the best choice for South Korea must be to break through Weidu before Zheng Guo can hold the capital.

Sishang is very capable of defending the city, Sishang has the most experience in the city defense system of the gunpowder era, and Sishang is able to help other countries prepare and train new armies... All kinds of factors are added to Zheng Guo. What South Korea has to consider is... If Three to five years later, Zheng Guo really completed the military reform. Will South Korea still be able to annex Zheng Guo?Will South Korea's heartland be threatened by Zheng Guo?
20 years ago, Zheng Guo defeated South Korea several times in a row with the power of a small country, and even directly besieged the capital of South Korea when the Wei Han Zheng alliance entered Wang Ziding. South Korea has always been full of vigilance against Zheng Guo.

Once the military strength of Zheng State is enough to defend itself and support the intervention of other countries, then South Korea will never be able to defeat Zheng State, unless both Wei and Chu lose their hegemony and completely decline-the problem of swallowing Zheng at that time will be the battle between Han Wei and Han Chu.

From the perspective of South Korea to consider the Song coup, it is not that it has no impact on South Korea.

In addition to the need to curb the spread of morality and equality, the growing threat of Sishang also makes South Korea very likely to send troops to Wei.

This Song coup also brought a golden opportunity for South Korea.

That was when Wei, Chu and Han met, and South Korea directly annexed Zheng Guo, forcing Wei Guo to need South Korea's support and admit the fait accompli of South Korea's annexation of Zheng Guo.

If not, the main force will interfere with Song State, and fight against the most tenacious military force in the world for a long time, and allow Zheng State to reform the military, I am afraid that South Korea will lose Zheng State forever.

And this time, if Wei, Chu and Han join forces to interfere with Song, the result will inevitably be to preserve Song and oppose Mo. This is an ideological war. South Korea is likely to contribute but will not benefit, but will suffer heavy losses.

Song State is far less important to South Korea than Zheng State, which is close at hand, wants to annex it, and has been planning for 40 to [-] years.

The Mohist decision-makers are trying to force South Korea to quickly annex Zheng Guo by pretending to arm Zheng Guo.

However, it is impossible for Zheng Guojun and his ministers to know the hidden thoughts of the Mohists. From their point of view, Sishang may have his own purpose, which is to help Zheng Guo against South Korea, but they did not expect that from the perspective of those people on Sishang, whether Zheng Guo exists or not It can all involve South Korea.

If Zheng Guo starts the military reform, even if South Korea does not swallow Zheng, and will fight against Sishang in Song State for a long time, then when the time comes in the future, Zheng Guo can backstab South Korea and besiege the capital of South Korea.

If South Korea chooses to swallow Zheng, it is impossible for South Korea to put too much energy on Song State. Although Zheng State has been eroded, the newly annexed land cannot be transformed into power within five or ten years, and a lot of land must be reserved. Even if the Wei Chu Han alliance is formed, there is actually only Wei Chu.

However, Wei and Chu do not trust each other and have been fighting each other for decades, which can be broken individually.

Moreover, South Korea's swallowing of Zheng will inevitably cause dissatisfaction between Wei and Chu. South Korea will never allow Wei and Chu to divide Zheng's territory, because this is the hinterland of South Korea, and it is only a hundred miles away from the capital of South Korea. A strategy that may allow the three countries to work together to divide Zheng.

Once there are ghosts inside, the changes in the situation in the Central Plains caused by the Song coup will be more beneficial to the Sishang Mohists.

Regardless of whether Sishang is for his own benefit or has other motives, it is impossible for Zheng Guo to reject some opinions put forward by the Mohist envoys.

After explaining Zheng Guo's future in the long run, the envoy said to Zheng Junyi: "The giant sent me this time to prevent the people from being caught in the flames of war."

"Only by fighting and being able to defend, the Koreans will hesitate, and the less they dare to go to war at will."

"If the war cannot be defended, it is like a three-year-old child walking in the market with a piece of gold in his arms. Anyone with a heart will be malicious. There are many people walking in the market with gold in their arms, but they are much safer. That’s what it means to be less robbed.”

Zheng Junyi said: "That's what I said. It's just that people in the market can't be robbed by others, and it's because of the law that the looters will be punished."

"It would be great if the Heze alliance in the past could set the law between countries, so as to stop the big and small, and the strong swallowing the weak."

The envoy on Sishang nodded and said: "Although my Mohists consider this matter for the sake of the world, I have a lot of intentions, but 20 years ago, the call to eliminate soldiers in the Central Plains was betrayed by all countries. Untrustworthy."

Even though Zheng Jun was complaining, he didn't mean anything else.

A country like Zheng Guo, which is absolutely incapable and surrounded by powerful countries, looks forward to the new international law the most.

There is another reason here.

The international law of the world used to be Zhouli. Under the rules of etiquette, what is right, what is wrong, how to levy, how to attack, what to do in wartime, the old and the weak, etc., are all within the scope of international law.

However, Zhou Li, the beginning of the destruction of international law, originated from Zheng Guo, so Zheng Guo was also most looking forward to the new international law and was embarrassed to talk about Zhou Li.

It was Zheng Zhuanggong who first destroyed the international law part of Zhou Rites, and it was Zhuanggong who shot Zhou Tianzi angrily when he was fighting with the emperor.

Zheng Guo also had a confrontation between Zheng and Zhou. The emperor and the princes exchanged hostages.

The part of Zhou Li's international law was destroyed, and Zheng Guo suffered first. Now he naturally looks forward to the emergence of new international law. Only when the new international law is recognized by all countries will it be in the best interest of Zheng Guo and can guarantee Zheng Guo's independence.

Sishang didn't want to establish international law, nor would he advocate for it. He only implemented Zhuxia's laws of war, which made all countries start to expand their armies, prepare for war, and reform their laws. Zheng Guo complained about this.

Zheng Guo and Song Guo are very similar, but very different.

The State of Song can join Sishang's non-aggressive alliance, and under the protection of Sishang's force, it can maintain neutrality with the only remaining state of Lu.

But Zheng Guo can't.

Sishang was too far away, and Wei State was too close. Zheng Guo dared not and could not join the non-offensive alliance led by Sishang.

But because of South Korea's relationship, it is impossible for Wei Guo to truly guarantee Zheng Guo's independence. On the contrary, he will use Zheng Guo as a bait to maintain the Wei-Han alliance and appropriately suppress South Korea.

Sishang is not Zheng Guo’s first choice, but Zheng Guo’s request to Wei Guo to come forward and officially guarantee Zheng Guo’s independence has not received any response. There are only a few ambiguous words, so some military and economic support from Zheng Sishang is Zheng Guo. what the country desperately needs right now.

Ordinarily, it sounds like Zheng Guo's approach is actually very stupid. Surrounded by Wei Han, it is unwise to grandly receive the envoy from Sishang who is opposed to Wei Han.

The so-called strategy of long-distance friendship and short-term attack, which is only feasible with a small country and a big country, is the way to self-destruction.

But the problem is that Zheng Guo understands that even if he doesn't make friends with Sishang, South Korea will beat him. South Korea will never lack a reason to beat himself, and no one abides by Zhou etiquette. Sometimes wars and annexations no longer need any reason. It is the cruelty of the world of great struggle.

If Wei and Han were one, with Chu or Sishang as a threat, Zheng Guo could of course remain independent as a vassal state as a buffer, but this is not the case, then this seemingly unwise approach is actually the most beneficial Zheng's choice.

In the longer term, Zheng Guo's situation is a dead end, which will never be resolved from the perspective of Zheng Guo.

Sishang is just to tie this inevitable knot in advance.

(End of this chapter)