warring states careerist

Chapter 774 Dangshan Wai
There are many people who climbed up the sacred Chuqiu Jingshan Mountain with Liuzhi. Looking at the vast and endless mulberry forest scenery, most of them have an extremely "philistine" and "vulgar" thinking.

For example, the mulberry forest in their eyes is just a mulberry forest, the leaves of which can be used to raise silkworms, spin silk, and then weave silk; there are many lush trees in your forest.

The army is currently stationed near the mulberry forest, which is very close to Shangqiu. The two vanguard brigades have already settled in Shangqiu to help maintain order and stabilize people's hearts.

There was no tragic battle before, and the strength gap between the two sides was too great. The nobles in the fiefs did not gather, and it was difficult to defend their fiefs.

Many people wanted to flee, but the cavalry was everywhere, stuck at various intersections, captured a lot, and did not give them a chance to escape.

Now most of the remaining nobles of the Song Dynasty have assembled their forces in the south of Suishui, which can be regarded as destroying their families and relieving their difficulties. They want to continue the stalemate in order to win the opportunity for other countries to send troops to intervene.

The efficient mobilization system and standing army system bought Sishang at least two months, and within two months it was impossible for the princes to assemble and send troops to intervene.

When dispatching troops, Shi told Liuzhi to cut through the mess quickly, the sooner the better, and to stabilize the situation in Song Dynasty, so that it was too late for other countries to intervene.

Six Fingers also faithfully carried out the orders above. This was his first time directing a battle as a coach, and it was also considered a training session.

It's just that the practice this time is quite boring, and so far there is no opponent worth fighting.

The people of the Song Dynasty were very familiar with the Mohists, especially the villages and cities along the coast of Surabaya. They didn't feel that this was an invasion. On the contrary, they thought it was normal, and it would be abnormal if there were no troops.

The Mohist policy in the Song Dynasty also continued the previous strategy, only moving the big nobles, not industrial and commercial people and small nobles who have transformed into operating landlords. Anyway, as long as the big nobles are defeated, the people will be able to eat enough and get enough land , there is no need to be too radical.

Six Fingers stationed in Chuqiu was mainly to guard against the direction of Wei and Han. The mission of the Peiyi Legion this time was to enter the Song Dynasty from the northern line, quickly calm down the situation in the Song Dynasty, and then stationed at the border of Wei, Han and Song.

The Pengcheng Legion advanced from the south along the Suishui River to seize the important frontier Fulisai on the Song-Chu border and guard against Chu's movements.

Sishang is ready for an all-out war, although he doesn't want it to start at this time.

The Peiyi Legion and Pengcheng Legion will march north and south at that time, compressing the nobles of the Song Dynasty in the narrow area of ​​Suishui and Shashui, and annihilating them as much as possible.

If Wei Hanchu intervenes, he will definitely attack Shangqiu. Shangqiu's geographical location is very important, and it is an important node for going east and south.

Wei Han would not choose to send troops from the direction of Heze to the hinterland of Sishang, because the area from the south of Heze to Peiyi is full of fortifications. Big price.

If Wei, Han and Chu do not join forces, Sishang can defeat each of them; if they join forces, more preparation time is needed, and Song State can also complete reform and integration. No matter how you look at it, Sishang is in a favorable position.

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A staff officer sent a copy of the latest information on the front line to Liuzhi. The cadres of the legion looked at it and unfolded the map. Liuzhi pointed to Dangshan and said, "They gathered the army in Dangshan. Resist stubbornly and wait for Wei Chuhan to send troops."

"Isn't this throwing yourself into the net?"

Mangdang Mountain is the only mountainous area in the entire Song Dynasty, and it is also the place where the later Han Gaozu Zhan Baisnake revolted. It is said to be a mountainous area, but in fact the highest peak is only [-] meters, which is considered a hill.

However, this is an ancient quarry, and the stone materials are convenient, and the imperial father's family's fiefdom here is very solid.

As the back garden of Sishang, the Song State itself had an uncomplicated terrain, and the military staff already knew the hydrological characteristics of the few rivers, and it was impossible to rely on the rivers for effective defense.

A staff officer said: "The state of Song is too small, and it is all plains. The nobles and rebels cannot escape. The attitudes of the countries are ambiguous, and they cannot withdraw into Chu and Wei. They can only choose to rely on Dangshan to resist."

"We are familiar with Dangshan Mountain. It is an important lime producing area for us. Nine out of ten limes in Sishang come from Dangshan Mountain. The cities there are easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"They also know that since we have sent troops, there is no chance of winning a field battle. It is better to rely on the strong city to resist until Wei Chuhan sends troops."

"Furthermore, it is surrounded by Daze, so it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack."

At this time, there are many swamps near Dangshan Mountain. The development of Dangshan Mountain in the past few years has a great relationship with Sishang's demand for lime. Good limestone.

In a sense, Song State and Sishang have been unified, because they have a perfect common market, which completely broke the previous economic model that centered on the city and radiated the Baili village.

In the past, because of the friendship with the imperial father's family, the imperial father's family in the Dangshan area had a lime trade, and it developed well when they were rich. It is indeed a strong city.

However, Dangshan is too close to Pengcheng, and once the Peiyi Army and Pengcheng Army complete the encirclement, it will be a dead end.

It can be imagined that there is no other choice on the opposite side.

Liu Zhi thought for a while, then said: "Then there is no rush, first clean up the surrounding areas, and finally attack Dangshan Mountain. The emperor's family will gather at most [-] remnants of nobles from all over the country, plus the slaves and farmers there. If the city is forced to defend, the more people the better."

Another staff officer said: "The main thing is the city defense system of Dangshan, which was studied with us Si, and learned from Zhao's Jinyang as the foundation of the imperial father's family. Many scholars who are proficient in geometry helped supervise the construction. .”

"It's a tough nut to crack. There must be a lot of food accumulation, and if there is a siege, the troops will have to be divided up. Beware of Wei Chu sending troops. If they send troops when fighting on the front line, it will be very disadvantageous."

With the spread of geometry and gunpowder, Sishang also began to encounter backlash. The city defense system of Dangyi was the city defense system of the gunpowder era. It abandoned the original model of rammed earth walls and flat walls, but increased the side length.

Of course the staff officers had the city map of Dangshan, and Liuzhi had already seen it, but he didn't take it seriously, and said: "It is impossible to encircle. We must fight, and we must quickly take it down."

"Arguably, with the goal of war with the fewest casualties, it is best to encircle and not fight. But war must serve the situation of the world, and this battle must be fought. Not only must it be fought, but it must also be fought with momentum, so that Wei Chudu It’s okay to be terrified.”

Liuzhi thought for a while and said, "If nobles from all over the place flee there, a city cannot accommodate so many people. They will definitely keep the elite in Dangshan, and the rest of the miscellaneous army will be in the surrounding area, which is not easy to fight."

"At that time, the whole world will be staring at Dangshan."

"If we can take it in a month, the chance of Wei Chuhan sending troops is even smaller. If we can take it in two months, they will be shaken. If we don't take it in three months, we may face the risk of war on all sides."

The representative of the legion said: "The higher-ups are mainly considering the complete annihilation of this nobleman. Don't let them run around. It will be difficult to deal with them if they flee to Chu."

"When we dispatched troops, the imperial father's family already knew that they could only choose to stand firm and wait for the intervention of other countries. It was a good move for him to stick to Dangshan. If we divide the troops, we will definitely defeat them one by one."

Six fingers patted his forehead and said: "This is the helplessness of the great struggle in the world. If it is only the Song Kingdom, he will be dead if he takes this step. After all, it is impossible for mere Dangshan to fight against the rest of the Song Kingdom. But he has to wait for other countries to intervene. A tragic battle to defend the city."

"It's difficult to fight. We are not afraid of field battles, but the loss of a siege will be huge. After the first battle five years ago, all countries have understood our siege methods and will be prepared."

"It's just that they know what they don't know why."

Speaking of this, Liuzhi smiled, and everyone else laughed too.

There are many stones in the Dangshan area, which is the place with the most stones in the Song Dynasty.

Stone is very hard, harder than soil, but it is not the best material for building the slope in front of the fort to resist the bombardment of cannons. On the contrary, the seemingly useless soil is the best material.

The scholars who were responsible for the construction of Dangshan didn't understand these reasons. They only knew that stones were used instead of soil, and the edges and corners were made by referring to the city defense system on Sishang, and the length of the sides was extended. However, they made a fatal mistake: where soil should be used, they used it. up stones and bricks.

These are all experiences piled up with human lives, and Sishang's experience is also piled up with human lives, but they are not piled up with the lives of people in this time and space.

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Dangshan.

In the city, crowds were coming and going, and the nobles were boosting the morale of the decline, claiming that this was a war for etiquette and righteousness, but the effect of the propaganda was really limited.

The recruited soldiers couldn't understand, and the etiquette and righteousness of their nobles were really not good things for farmers.

The imperial father's family also imitated Sishang and set up some "Xuanyi Departments", all of which were in charge of some real gentlemen, instilling the righteousness of the world, but the effect was very little.

Because there is really no reason to speak.

Gentlemen have the righteousness of a gentleman, and the common people have the righteousness of the common people. However, it is difficult to explain the truth that we should not only rely on the gentlemen, but also rely on the common people.

Several real gentlemen ascended to the heights and shouted: "We are all descendants of Yin and Shang. We stand here to fight to defend our country, the glory of our ancestors, and the rules of the world."

"The Mohists want everyone to be equal? ​​That's a joke. God has already determined a person's status. Only the destiny can determine a person's status, not the Mohists. If they want to go against the sky, they will fail in the end."

"God divides us into gentlemen and ordinary people, but wants us to love each other in harmony, not to hate each other. The Mohists incited this hatred and artificially divided the harmonious people into two classes. Without the Mohists, there would be no class hatred. It is they After destroying the benevolence and love in the world, what kind of universal love is there..."

(End of this chapter)