warring states careerist

Chapter 820 Next Step
Judging from the information collected from various sources, it is easy to judge Wei Han's intentions. After all, this matter is an appropriate idea of ​​"directing misfortune to the west". .

If Wei Han wants to mobilize troops, especially in the face of the strong army on Sishang side, if Wei Han really wants to go to war, all kinds of preparations can't avoid the careful eyes.

Even if the slogans are shouted loudly, it is impossible to rely on the slogans shouted by Wei Han to make the soldiers fight fiercely and never retreat.

The soldiers and horses went first before the food and grass were used. If we really wanted to go to war with Sishang, each of the three countries of Wei, Han, and Chu would have to mobilize [-] elites, logistics supplies, and civilian recruitment. This cannot be hidden by slogans.

Zheng Guo will end sooner or later, even if he survives now, it will not last ten years.

As for Wei Hanchu meeting and negotiating, what is most concerned about is the direction of Wei Chuhan's future relationship.

The main reason is that Wei State chooses strategic contraction, and Chu State also chooses strategic contraction, so that the conflict between the two sides can be eased, which is not good for Sishang.

It is suitable to wait for the next time when the world will change. According to him, this time may be within five years.

One is the stand of the reform left by the death of the King of Chu and the crazy opposition of the domestic nobles.

The other is the war between Qin and Wei.

Qin Jun is 44 or [-] years old this year, and it is considered a long life to live to fifty or sixty, Qin Jun thinks about it in his heart.

Wu Qi is over sixty this year, Sheng Chuo is about the same age, and those confidantes who followed him to escape are also about the same age.

After all, he was less than ten years old when he was exiled, and the people who followed him were in their prime at that time, and they are all very old now.

Now that the reform has been carried out, Qin Jun must consider the possibility of death and the fact that all the unparalleled people gathered around him will soon die.

A person like Wu Qi can be said to be an extraordinary talent. It is common for people to come and go, and what is even more frightening is that they are able to lead reforms, which is really rare.

For the future, Qin Jun must take advantage of the opportunity of these talented people in the past few years to find a way to retake Xihe, otherwise the situation left to his son will be much worse.

Moreover, the most important thing is...how great a feat would it be to take back Xihe?

Things like high meritorious deeds will not happen to Wu Qi Shengchuo and others, not because of their noble character, but because they are destined not to survive Qin Jun at their age.

Don't be confused, the minister is destined, no accidents, when Qin Jun's son succeeds to the throne, these great heroes will all die of old age, and it will save a lot of trouble in cleaning up the heroes.

If Wu Qi and others are now forty, and Qin Jun is already sixty, it will be another scene.

It is not a good thing for the master to be strong.It will be much easier if the master is few, the strong ministers are dead, and the overall situation is settled.

The war between Qin and Wei in recent years has been inevitable in Shi's view, because all the soft persimmons nearby have been pinched.

Originally, Nanzheng was to be captured in history, but Nanzheng was a soft persimmon in history, but now it is occupied by the Mohists, not a soft persimmon.

Considering the strategy of long-distance and short-term attack, Qin State will definitely choose Xihe to attack, and that is the first step for Qin State to be able to aspire to the Central Plains.

The Xihe River is in danger of Weihan, Qinchuan has been protected by seizing the Xihe River, if not, there is only one Wei River left to defend, and if it enters, it will be the Guanzhong Plain. It will not be so easy. There will never be fewer external resistance and internal collusion with foreign countries.

It is appropriate to guess that now Qin's monarchs and ministers are eagerly looking forward to surrounding Song, and the Central Plains will once again be in chaos.

It's a pity that it seems that Qin Guojun and his ministers are going to be disappointed.

At the beginning, Sishang showed the enemy's weakness and made it clear that he did not want to fight, which made Qin State very intimidated. Many people expressed their intention to send troops to support Sishang to strengthen Sishang's confidence in going to war.

But in fact, Sishang didn't want to fight, but he was not afraid of fighting, but he didn't want to and couldn't take the initiative to attack for the time being.

Now that Wei Han is thinking about Zheng Guo, Qin Guo must also want to stir up the situation in this matter, but it is not yet known how Qin Guo will deal with this matter.

That being the case, the matter on the Song side is easy to solve.

Now if Wei Chuhan sent troops, he would define the incident in Song Dynasty as a "popular riot" and Sishang's as a "revolutionary reform", so fighting is inevitable.

But if they don't send troops, they will definitely admit the rationality of Song State's coup d'état shyly, and admit that the new Dayin of the Consulting Yuan is normally in power, then the excuse that will be used at that time is "the Mohists threaten the peace of the world".

In this way, both sides have steps to go down, and the matter of Song State can be settled through diplomatic mediation, officially recognizing the status of Song State as a neutral country.

After all, there are some things Wei Han can't say: Zhou Tianzi is still there, Jinhou is still there, I have some idea of ​​what my family has done, some slogans are too loud and easy to slap myself in the face, making domestic will be embarrassing.

Therefore, Shi Shi hoped that Wei Han would act quickly against Zheng Guo. In order to force Wei Han to act quickly, he had already transported some weapons and gunpowder with great fanfare.

Now, it is possible to send envoys to Zheng Guo again, and declare to the outside world that they want to negotiate with Zheng Guo, and pull Zheng Guo into the non-aggressive alliance. As for the negotiation process, it must be delayed as long as possible.

The Mohists are trustworthy. If they say they want to choose a virtuous person as the emperor, they really oppose the current feudal system. If they say that everyone is equal, they really respect the virtuous and equal.

Then, as long as the covenant of the non-offensive alliance is signed, it means that Wei Han wants to take action against Zheng, so he has to consider the attitude of the Mo family.

This non-aggressive covenant is definitely not signed by the Mo family, but if Wei Han thinks that the Mo family will sign it, although Wei Han thinks that the Mo family may not sign it, he dare not take the risk.

Once the Mohists made an attitude of protecting the independence of the Zheng State, it would actually be equivalent to dissolving the alliance between Wei, Chu, and Han.

However, Zheng State is too close to Wei and Han, and the two capitals are only a hundred miles away. The domestic war exhaustion has reached its peak and even the entire city has defected.

So this time, it seems that Zheng Guo's life-saving non-offensive alliance negotiation is actually a reminder for Zheng Guo's subjugation.

If Wei Han doesn't do anything like this, Shi will have to think about what Wei Han wants to do.

The alliance between Wei, Han and Chu, and whether the establishment of the new government of the Song Dynasty will be recognized, and what kind of people the Mohists sent to watch the ceremony, are actually one thing.

Send people to watch the ceremony, during which time they will negotiate secretly with Chu State to ensure the neutrality of Song State, and even the Mohists are not allowed to garrison in Song State. support.

Because the state of Zheng is not the sphere of influence of Sishang, but the sphere of influence of the state of Chu, so in private, they verbally protect the independence of the state of Zheng, but in fact they are trying to win over the relationship with the state of Chu, making the relationship between Wei, Chu and Han worse.

There is a reason for the Mohists to protect their independence.

Not to attack, but to help the weak, that is the tradition of Mozi's era.

The higher the level of going to the state of Song to observe the ceremony, the more it shows the attitude of the Mohists: the state of song is the sphere of influence of Sishang, if Chu chooses to shrink strategically and continue to reform, then admit it; if not, then fight quickly.

Similarly, protecting the independent Zheng State in private is also a secret deal with Chu State in exchange for Chu State’s recognition of Song State’s new policy. In fact, the Mohists will dawdle until Zheng State is annexed, and it is impossible to sign an agreement with Zheng State. Non-aggression alliance covenant.

At the same time, those who go to watch the ceremony must have sufficient status to show the attitude of the Mohists: what the Mohists want is the neutrality of the Song Dynasty, and all countries are not allowed to garrison or cross the border, including the Mohists. They will all withdraw their troops when the Song Kingdom is not threatened.

Is it because the border is so tense that the Mohists are stationed in Song State to control Song State reasonably?Or is it better to withdraw the army and there is no reason to completely control Song State?

This is the pros and cons that Chu State has to consider.

All these problems to be faced, because of the special political system of the Mohists, are not suitable for one person to decide arbitrarily.

By the end of September, the overall situation had stabilized, and Sishang's high-level officials had received enough intelligence and analysis to confirm that it was impossible for Wei and Han to send troops to Song. An enlarged meeting with 16 people was held in Pengcheng.

In addition to Juzi and Qiwuhai, there are also several alternate Gokai, as well as administrative personnel in the military, industry and commerce, etc., because it is not during the usual general committee meeting, Juzi and Qiwuhai exercise the power of the general committee meeting. In an enlarged meeting, eight people except Shihe Nanwukai have the right to speak but not the right to vote.

The scale of this enlarged meeting is much smaller than that of many years ago. The reason for the meeting many years ago was that Shi’s foothold was unstable and he needed to get more people to support him to determine the route after the death of Mozi and Qin Huali.

What will be discussed this time is the handling and handling of the Song Dynasty incident, the next development direction of the Mohist school, as well as the inferences about the future situation, and the next step to prepare for the all-out war.

A few days before the meeting, we discussed the issues surrounding the coup in Song Dynasty, such as gains and losses, merits and crimes, rewards and punishments, and so on.

On the third day, I conveniently made a report on the future war situation.

This report also revolves around the state of Song.

For Sishang, the State of Song is a prominent part. The two wings of Sishang are at the back, and the Eastern Henan Plain is close to the essence of Wei and Han. The protruding belly of the State of Song is an excellent offensive bridgehead.

However, tactics should serve strategy. If the policy of flattening the Central Plains is adopted first, then the significance of the bridgehead of Song State is extremely important.

However, if the strategy of not flattening the Central Plains first is adopted, then the bridgehead of the Song Dynasty should be used as a buffer zone. In the future, when building the city defense line, it should be built backwards to get rid of the Eastern Henan Plain and level the front on the two wings, so as to achieve Prepare for a defensive counterattack.

This is closely related to the geographical environment of Sishang.

To the northeast, the defense line of the Yimeng Mountain Great Wall of Qi State was swallowed by the Mohists. With Judi as the backing, Qi State's Yimeng Mountain defense line was actually in the hands of the Mohists.

In the north, because of the existence of the extremely vast Onozawa at this time, and the existence of the buffer state of Lu, the Mohists built many cities in the north and made preparations for defense.

Taking Taoqiu as the center of gravity, along the Heshui River all the way to Surabaya, this has always been the key defense area of ​​the Mohists.

In addition, the first battle of Qi five years ago disintegrated the effective rule of Qi State in the southwestern region of Qi, and the defense on the northern front is very strong.

Taoyi, as the farthest point of Sishang's northern defense line, was actually still northeast of Shangqiu.

This is doomed that if the Song State is to be managed, the strategic purpose must be to attack along the direction of the Central Plains. With the Song State as a prominent part, it can threaten the Central Plains of Wei Chu, Han Zheng at any time.

This is the strategy that most people in the world would think the Mohist would have, but it is not the strategy that the Mohist had set before.

(End of this chapter)