warring states careerist

Chapter 821 Next Step
Going straight to the Central Plains requires a huge force base.

Once war broke out in the Central Plains, the only strategy the Mohists could choose was to fight quickly and defeat each of them, and solve one part before the countries joined forces.

Whether it is the idea of ​​flanking and forcing back proposed by the General Staff before, or Liuzhi's idea of ​​outflanking the two wings on a large scale and wrapping dumplings to solve the Central Plains issue at one time with defense as offense, the center around it is "abandoning the Song Dynasty, leveling the front line, and making outstanding The strategy of turning the whole area into a concave moon, stretching the front line, and outflanking the flanks".

For example, if the State of Song was brought under direct rule, and economic and political issues were not discussed, only military affairs were discussed, then in Shangqiu, Lankao, and Jiyang, it was necessary to invest in military, financial, and material resources to build cities.

The law of war says that when the left is doubled, the right is empty; when the front is doubled, the rear is empty; when it is doubled everywhere, the everywhere is empty.

Once the state of Song, which is in full control of a large plain, needs to be defended, the lines of defense and troops will increase exponentially.

The Heze Taoqiu defense line on the northern line cannot be moved, and more troops are required to maintain the line from Lankao, Jiyang to Heze, which cannot be afforded by financial, material and manpower.

If Sishang's manpower, material and financial resources can ensure that we can fight against the princes of Wei, Chu, Han and Qi in the Central Plains, and push them all the way, then Song State is the best bridgehead; It is the Mo family themselves.

Therefore, I hope that the upper echelons of the Mohists can think clearly about the reasons for abandoning the Song State and maintaining the Song State as the rule of the vassal state.

It is necessary to use the Song State as a buffer state to continue to build Dangshan and the cities of Fuli on the southern line, so that once a war starts in the central plains of the Song State, the Mohists can abandon the Song State, extend the front line, and find opportunities to wipe out the enemy.

As for the southern line, it is south of Fuli, all the way to the area where Surabaya enters the Huaihe River, which is considered to be the key area where Wu Chu and Wu Yue fought for hegemony.

The effective rule of Chu State in the east of the Huaihe River only reached Zhongli, and after Zhongli, the Mohists had the final say.

And because Qin did not win Bashu, nor did it break through Yingdu, the center of Chu's rule was still in Jianghan and Nanyang, and Chu's power in the lower reaches of the Huai River was very insufficient.

Because the Yellow River has not taken the Huai River into the sea, Hongze Lake has not yet formed at this time, but a large piece of good land, in the east of Zhongli, along the Huai River, where the Mohists previously set Nanzheng, Xiangyang, Tongbai Mountain, The offensive launch site of the Huaihe strategy.

In the Bronze Age, the Hongze Lake area, which had not yet been formed because the Yellow River took the Huaihe River into the sea, was the settlement of fugitive peasants and so-called "bandits".

Large and small lakes, humid and warm climate, and superior soil quality made it one of the best granary areas in the Iron Age, but it was not suitable for human habitation in the Bronze Age.

Previously, Sishang had organized a large number of immigrants to enter the Huaishui River, and even implemented the "long-term labor" trade, transporting a large number of people from afar to enrich this area, strong organizational skills and execution, and private capital to cooperate with "long-term labor" The background of profitable trade makes the development here very fast.

Sishang now basically owns the Northern Subei Plain, and has achieved effective rule over the vast area. 20 years of peace, land reform, high-yield crops, and iron farm tools, coupled with factors such as fleeing from other places and human trafficking in the south, have made Northern Subei The population of the area increased dramatically.

The premise that northern Jiangsu was a land of prosperity in the Iron Age of Agriculture was that the Yellow River should not take the Huaihe River into the sea, or that the government would have enough organizational power to completely control the Huaihe River after the Huaihe River was taken into the sea.

As long as one of these two points is achieved, the northern Jiangsu area is one of the best granaries. It has continued in history until the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River in the Song Dynasty, which made this area gradually depressed.

Now Yimeng Mountain, the northern gate of the entire plain area, is in the hands of the Mohists, and the Sishui area of ​​Heshui, which is the easiest to break through along the line, is also the center of Mohism's rule. The troops are sufficient and stable, which provides a solid foundation for the next strategy.

Taking the Hongze Lake area as an example, Zhongli in the state of Chu is not far away. After crossing Zhongli and going west along the Huai River, you will find the two important cities of Xiacai and Shouchun.

To take down Cai Shouchun, in fact, the only one who prevented the Mohists from capturing the three passes and going straight to Xiangyang was the "Shen Xizhi Division" of Chu State, a field group.

Shen Xi's division is similar to Chen Cai's division. They are both field army regiments under the county metric system similar to the governor's system in Chu State. The power of the monarch here is very strong. Attacking Shenxi—that is, the Xinyang area in later generations, in fact, the various field groups of Chu State were divided.

The main force of the Chu Kingdom, Wang Shi and Che Guang, are all elites, and they are in the capital of the Chu Kingdom.

E Jun and other local powerful nobles' troops, if they want to support the Shenxi area, they must go to the Dabie Mountains, where traffic is difficult. In fact, Shenxi's division and the Chu army in the Wuhan area of ​​​​Edi are separated by mountains and rivers.

Chen Cai's division is on the front line in the Song, Wei, and Han Central Plains. If they want to mobilize, they need a series of negotiations such as diplomacy. The biggest possibility is to join forces with Wei and Han to attack Song and Pengcheng, and force the Mohists to retreat in a way similar to besieging Wei and saving Zhao. .

The key points of Xiangyang, Tongbai Mountain, and Huaihe strategies, in fact, Chu State also has the Shenxi Division, a well-established and effective field group that can stop them.

The premise of this strategy actually has three points.

First, use the Song State as a buffer, surround the Song State, Heshui, Dangshan, and Fuli's defense lines, stretch the front line, have the power to defend and counterattack east of the east of Henan, and can support the divisions of Wei Han and Chu Chen Cai in key areas attack.Use the mass base and city defenses to resist the attacks of the princes of the Central Plains.

Second, the construction of the boat division and navy requires the ability to occupy the initiative in the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River, suppress Chu's boat division, and divide Chu into Huainan, Huaibei, and Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

Thirdly, Fu Lisai is in the hands of Suzhou of later generations, and the water swamp area of ​​Hongze Lake is the flank, and the flank defense area of ​​Dangshan, Suzhou, and Hongze is formed on the south line of Pengcheng, making it difficult for the divisions of Chu, Chen and Cai to break through easily. Threatening Pengcheng.

If Wei, Chu and Han join forces, Chen Cai's division will inevitably go to the Central Plains Song State line and join forces with the Wei and Chu allied forces.

If Wei Han didn't act or didn't react, if Chen Cai's division had a strong general, he would probably attack Fuli Suzhou to threaten Pengcheng.

Therefore, these three points can be achieved. In fact, the strategy of first Chu and then the Central Plains has basically completed preparations.

Therefore, Sishang's next key task is to jump out of the quagmire of the Song Dynasty, strengthen the defense of Dangshan, Fuli and other areas, and continue to develop the Hongze Lake area as a copy of the logistics base for the battle of Wu Zixu's entry into Chu.

The Chu State seems to be vast, but in fact it is divided into small vassal states by political system factors and mountains and rivers.

The Dabie Mountains and Tongbai Mountains lie between Nanyang and Huaibei, and the most important of them are the so-called "Three Passes of Yiyang".

In the past, when Wu Zixu destroyed Chu, he also broke through the Pingjing Pass, which is now known as Pingjing Pass.

It looks like the Chu State is quite big, but it is actually divided into Huaibei, Huainan, Yunmeng, Dongting, Nanyang and many other divided regions.

If Xiangyang is controlled, the three barriers are broken once, the division of Shenxi is wiped out, and Sishang and Huaibei are controlled again, in fact, a situation of confrontation between the North and the South can arise.

The three passes are the key points of the Huai-Han military struggle; the Xiangyang area is the fulcrum of the confrontation between the North and the South.

Get the three passes, and keep the interest, then Huai and Han will be connected as one.If three passes are lost and Shen Xi is eliminated, then Chu will be divided.

The Mohists' turmoil in the Song Dynasty is actually attracting the attention of all countries and diverting their attention.

After the Prince Ding's Rebellion, the King of Chu was able to directly govern the Chen-Cai area, but the Central Plains were in a mess, which was actually equivalent to Chen Cai's division being trapped in the Central Plains.

Chen Cai's division has actually become a field force that will be exhausted if any movement on Wei, Han, and Sishang.It is impossible to trust each other to defend against Mo, Wei, and Han. Jin and Chu have fought for more than a hundred years.

The Shenxi area and the Huaihe area have always been the private lands of Chu's lords. The premise of the shift of Chu's ruling center is that Qin's control of Bashu threatened Jianghan and Chu's eastward migration broke the local political balance. Otherwise, the Huaihe area would be There are many princes, and the key rear area of ​​Chu State has always been Yunmeng Dongting and Nanyang.

For Sishang, the Pengcheng area has a 20-year ruling foundation and the highest degree of public support. This is also destined to resolve the North-South confrontation in the future. It will not be in the direction of Nanyang Yiluo, but can only go to Huanghuai, Shandong , the direction of advancing west to north.

With Xiangyang as the center of gravity, the premise of going straight to Nanyang Yiluo is that there is a unified regime in the north, and marching in this direction will cut off the north so that Guanzhong and Shandong cannot be the first to take care of each other.

As for Xiangyang defending and Si attacking, this is a better choice at this time when the world has been divided into a world of great feudal lords.

To use an analogy, once this strategy is successful and the south is stabilized, land reform and regime building will be completed.

Then the situation is like Zhu Yuanzhang who annexed Zhang Shicheng's Lianghuai area.

Or like Zhang Jun Han Shizhong of Lianghuai during Yue Wumu's Northern Expedition and his comrades with one heart and one mind, and there is also a field group in the direction of Huaibei that is no less than Yue's army.

The Surabaya River Basin can be marched northward or westward, forming horns with Nanyang, or occupying the plains and advancing northward to gather the plains east of the Taihang Mountains, all of which are feasible strategies.

The overall strategy was set 20 years ago, and the Mohist school has never been foolishly waiting for "the world will change", but is actively creating opportunities and instigating conflicts among countries.

Now that the state of Song is making such a fuss, it can be said that the whole world will think that the Mohist family will nibble away at all countries along the direction of the central plains of the state of Song, but they never think that what the Mohist family wants to do is to devour them.

As for the Lianghuai River Basin of Chu State and the masters of Shenxi, that does not lie with the Mohists, but with Chu State itself.

If you want to strengthen the defense there, you have to gather the central power, which will damage the interests of the real power aristocrats.

Without a way to gather the central power, the Shenxi and Huaihe River areas would not be able to organize an effective defense. Once the Mohists defeated the Shenxi Legion, the fate of Chu State being divided would be inevitable.

Originally, the sudden coup d'état and the pre-emptive strike in the Song Dynasty disrupted Sishang's strategy of continuing to develop the high-rise city and accumulate grain, but it was handled properly and turned the disadvantage into an advantage, attracting the attention of all countries to the Central Plains.

Now that it has been basically determined that it is impossible for Wei, Chu and Han to join forces to send troops, the next step is to devote more energy to the southern front.

And... continue to instigate internal conflicts in Chu State, and use various methods to prompt the conflicts accumulated in Chu State due to the reform to erupt.

(End of this chapter)