warring states careerist

Chapter 841 Coping

The chief general of the Han army also understood what the chief general of the Wei army meant.

In the current situation, the gap that took several days to blast out with artillery is an embarrassing existence.

Instead of attacking from here, choose another place. Either you have to directly climb the ten-meter-high city wall and quickly occupy the high point of the city wall by means of ants attacking the city; or you need to spend time opening gaps elsewhere with artillery.

The loss of ants to attack the city is too great, especially when the defending side has firearms and gunpowder mines.

Then spend time blasting the gap with cannons again. With the organizational ability shown by the Mohists in the city before this, it is possible that a new section of city defense will be repaired just after the gap is opened.

Therefore, it is meaningless to find other places to attack, and can only rely on this gap to open up the situation.

However, relying on the gap to open up the situation is exactly what the Mohists in the city hoped for.

According to past experience, the Wei and Han coalition forces used gaps to break through the city directly; the Mohists reversed this mentality and opened their nets at the gaps where they could foresee possible gaps.

Now there is a gap of twenty feet. If there is no defense behind, the gap of twenty feet is enough, and it can be solved by rushing in with elites.

If there is defense in the back, it is necessary to expand the gap, demolish the walls still standing on both sides, and level the ground at the gap to make room for the artillery of the Wei and Han coalition forces.

How to clear the gap and expand the gap?

You have to rely on people to pile forward.

However, the Mo family built a new city defense at the back, and connected the city walls on both sides that had not yet collapsed into a system. If the gap is enlarged from the gap, it will face the defense of Zheng soldiers on the city wall, and the loss will be great.

The old city defense system is a line, and if one point of the line is broken, then the line is meaningless.

The new city defense system is the surface, which is divided into one surface after another. If you attack one point, you will be counterattacked by three sides; if you attack a point, you cannot directly break through the defense.

If the gap is not widened, a twenty-foot-wide gap to attack the new city defense organized by the Mohists is tantamount to sending. The number of people deployed at one time is too small, even if they are all elites, they will not be able to escape the fate of collapse.

Xinzheng is the capital of the country of a thousand chariots, and its defenses are quite strong without artillery.

In history, when South Korea destroyed Zheng, it was also a sneak attack taking advantage of the opportunity of Wei Chu's war and alliance, and at that time the city was scattered and there was no resistance at all.

Later, South Korea moved its capital, and when Qin defeated South Korea, South Korea had already declined at that time, and Xinzheng City was not breached, but South Korea chose to face off in Weishui field battle, and was defeated by Qin State in the field battle, and the city chose to surrender.

Another example is the Battle of Daliang City when Qin destroyed Wei. It was not broken by normal siege methods, but water from the Yellow River was used to irrigate and flood the city.

This time, Wei and Han's confidence in dividing up the state of Zheng stems from the fact that the state of Zheng has no intention of resisting, there are many people who want to surrender, there is righteous revenge, and copper cannons can blast the old rammed earth walls.

Don't think that several advantages have gone wrong, which makes it unrealistic to break the city in a short time.

Now that the situation is clear, the outer city wall has become an extremely disgusting existence for the Wei and Han coalition forces.

As far as the defenders are concerned, the collapse of the outer city wall does not affect the new city defense system inside: without artillery and gunpowder, the ten-meter-high city wall is difficult to capture. It is impossible to quickly destroy the city, and the people in the city can concentrate on organizing and building it.

What's even more damning is that in this way, the artillery advantage of siege will no longer exist.

Unless the gap is widened, it will not be able to confront the new city defense inside.

Expand the gap, and the artillery is useless: now it is not necessary to blow out the gap, but to clean up the gap, sort out the passages and deploy the positions where the artillery and soldiers gather.

Fighting a war is not just about rushing forward in a hurry. There must be enough space to deploy offensive troops, deploy formations, and respond to the left wing.

The general of the Han army said: "In this way, we can only let the copper cannons continue to bombard the walls on both sides of the gap, and then use the pawns to occupy the gap and clear the passage."

"It's just... a hundred and fifty paces, Zheng Ren's bronze cannons are hitting the gap, and the soldiers may not feel at ease."

"If you don't attack from the gap, it will take time. I'm afraid Zheng people will have to build a whole new line of defense inside."

The general of the Wei army said: "The attack can be achieved. The Zheng people have no fighting spirit, and there are not enough soldiers. Even the Mohists defended Shangqiu back then. They had to go out of the city to fight back and capture the king of Chu. The five-step alliance was able to break the game. That battle Hey, we are naturally careful about going out of the city to fight back, with one hundred thousand against thirty thousand, we will surely win in the long run."

"It's just... Xinzheng's gains and losses don't depend on whether you and I can conquer it, but whether Qin, Chu, and Sishang interfere. Don't besiege the city for too long, otherwise it will be very disadvantageous to Wei and Han."

"This matter needs to be reported quickly. I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through the city within half a month. Unless more artillery is delivered."

This time the division of Zheng Guo was a sneak attack, so they didn't carry a lot of copper cannons, only some siege cannons for blasting the city walls, and now the problem of insufficient quantity has been seriously exposed.

If they carried more artillery, they could blast open the gap within three days. Even if the Mo family had the talent to startle them, they would not be able to build a new line of defense within three days.

Conversely, such an anxious sneak attack this time is precisely because of the contact between the Mo family and Zheng Guo, which made South Korea very uneasy.

Once Zheng Guo and the Mohists cooperate, the Mohists will send Moshou who are proficient in nine numbers to rebuild the Xinzheng city defense according to Sishang's level. With South Korea's siege ability, they must be ready to besieged for more than half a year.

The problem is that the problem of Zheng State is not the problem of Han and Zheng, but the problem surrounding Wei, Han, Chu and Qin who is about to move behind Wei State. It is impossible to choose the means of siege.

The same is true for this sneak attack. If Wei Han concentrated the power of the whole country, it would be useless even if the Mo family came early, and Xinzheng would have been captured; This makes the siege a problem if it does not develop according to the expected situation.

Before the expedition, Marquis Han, Marquis Wei, Han Xiang, and Uncle Cuona were all full of confidence, thinking that Xinzheng could be captured within half a month at most, or a day at least.

All plans revolve around this premise, because this is the premise of everything: if you have to prepare for the capture in two or three months, then you don't have to think about sneak attack and carve up, then you have to be ready for a full-scale war. Three months is enough for Chu State to complete the mobilization preparations for Chen Cai's division.

The words of the chief general of the Wei army couldn't be more clear. It is not a problem to capture Xinzheng tactically. If more people are killed and more time is spent, Xinzheng will definitely be able to capture it.

However, the strategy has already failed. If Xinzheng can stick to it, Weihou and Hanhou must be prepared, how to conduct diplomatic mediation and deal with Chu's questioning.

It was agreed here to defend against ink. Wei and Han's army mobilization told the Chu people that this was to prepare for the intervention of the Song State to let the Chu people relax their vigilance, and tricked the Chu people to come to the alliance. The state of Zheng was divided up... If the state of Chu is not angry, it will be a ghost.

If the Mohists intervene in the state of Song, it is better to stabilize the situation as soon as possible. I am afraid that the troops stationed under the strong city will not be able to eat, and the state of Chu will send troops to rescue, which will be troublesome.

…………

When the news ahead was delivered to Gongshucuo, Gongshucuo froze there and didn't speak for a long while.

After reflecting for a long time, he shook his head and smiled wryly, "The Mo family's technique of defending the city is indeed unparalleled. Zheng, who has nothing to defend, can survive death."

His subordinate officials also heard the news, and couldn't help saying: "The people of Chu are already complaining, and the great Sima of Chu has repeatedly said this...The king of Chu is in Chendi again, and I'm afraid that the people of Chu will send troops to rescue Zheng."

Gong Shucuo said: "It will take time to send out troops. The Mo family and Zheng Shang have nothing but an alliance to attack. It is not known whether they will send troops or not. Even if they send troops, they must not go to Song Dynasty. Wei, since the Mohists must abide by morality, the Mohists will have nothing to worry about."

"In Chu State, it will take at least two months to send troops. Our army still has a strong army in Daliang. The people of Chu rescue Zheng and fear that we will take the opportunity to seize Yu and block his rear route. We must be fully prepared."

"One month... only one month, and within one month, the city must be destroyed."

One month is considered a safe time by Uncle Cuo. As long as Xinzheng can be resolved within one month, then the talks with Chu State can continue, and Chu State can only admit this situation.

Uncle Cuo just didn’t expect that the Mohist family seemed to have the ability to bring the dead back to life. It was obvious that Xinzheng was no longer defendable, but they could find a way to defend it, just like the classic defense battles when Mo Di was alive. The name is indeed well-deserved.

This also strengthened Uncle Cuo's determination not to interfere with Song State, and he also agreed with Chu State to sign a regional defense treaty in the Central Plains, and build a border city defense between Daliang, Yangxia, Lankao and Wei State, and the Great Wall The defense line is completely different, relying on the fortress of the new city defense.

Xinzheng, who is as frightened as a bird, can encounter such troubles. Uncle Cuo can't imagine how tragic it will be to attack Pengcheng, Peiyi, and Heze and Onozawa, which have been repaired for more than ten years.

After thinking about it, there is actually no way to break the situation.

You can immediately mobilize the support of soldiers from the Xingyang area of ​​South Korea, gather the bronze cannons in the Hedong area, transport them to the city of Xinzheng, recruit some soldiers from the east of the river, and quickly solve Xinzheng with the momentum of pressing eggs.

If there are insufficient troops, you can't choose to refuel, but go all out. The longer you delay, the more accidents will happen.

After thinking about it, he quickly wrote to Marquis Wei, and in the name of Xiangbang and the power responsible for the negotiations with Chu and the division of Zheng Guo this time, he began to mobilize Wei Guo's power in the Central Plains.

It is necessary to support the Xinzheng battlefield, but also to deter the Chu State, so that the Chu State needs to spend a longer time to prepare: the longer the time to prepare, it means that the Wei State will take more time to capture Xinzheng, and the Chu State will send troops. The less likely it is.

…………

When the news that Wei and Han sent troops to carve up the state of Zheng reached the Mo family, Shi was still in Shangqiu, so he wasn't too surprised.

The situation of Zheng Guo itself was forced out by him. Without his intervention, Zheng Guo could still survive for a while, and there should be no problem in four or five years.

It was he who won the battle of Dangshan and oppressed South Korea: Our Mohists are going to reach out to Zheng Guo, if you don’t fight, we will turn Zheng Guo into a city defense like Dangshan, and we will not be able to attack for a long time, Wei Chu How can it easily annex Zheng Guo?Hurry up if you want to do it, it will be too late.

As expected, the Sishang Rebels had already begun to withdraw troops from Song State in batches before, and it was obvious that Shi did not want to interfere with Zheng State at all.

Anyway, Zheng State is not a buffer state in Sishang, and Chu State is most anxious about Zheng State being divided up. It is to take this opportunity to alienate the Wei-Chu relationship that has gradually eased due to the rise of the Mohists and the strategic contraction.

The reasons for not sending troops have already been found: it is not that the Mohists do not want to uphold justice, but the non-aggression alliance only fulfills the righteousness of non-aggression. Zheng Guo and the Mohism have not formally signed the non-aggression alliance, so if the Mohists send troops, it is unjust.

To punish unrighteousness cannot take the land of the non-offensive alliance as an excuse, so the Mohists are really powerless.If the Song State can’t get through, Wei State is a small country if they go north, and they will send people to plead with the Mo family not to involve the military disaster in the Wei State. promise?

Originally, he did not send troops to push the Mohists, who have always called for morality, to the cusp of the storm, but Shi was well prepared to push the accusation of public opinion to Wei Han and Chu.

It's not suitable for troops.

But pretend you really want to send troops.

So he wanted to send people to the state of Chu to meet the King of Chu: Wei Han is an unjust king, attacking the small with the big, we want to attack Wei Han to show the justice of heaven.Since Wei and Han are going to be attacked, the previously agreed terms of eliminating troops and not attacking requires Chu State to make a statement: Song State is a non-aggressive neutral state, can the Mohists borrow their way?
Without even thinking about it, it is impossible for the Chu State to think that the Mohists can borrow their morals in the neutral country. Opening this hole will be extremely detrimental to the Chu State in the future. This point of vision is still there for the King of Chu.

Mohism has fulfilled its morality by not being allowed to borrow roads from neutral countries, so can we borrow roads from Chu State?Moreover, the battle requires logistics, food, and supplies. Is it okay for the Mohists to build camps in Chu?
Obviously it is impossible.

At that time, everyone in the world will know three things.

One, Wei and Han were unrighteous and attacked Zheng Guo.

Second, the Mohists wanted to rescue them, but the Chu State was worried that the Mohists would increase their influence in Chu, so they rejected the conditions of the Mohists. The Mohists had to abide by the rules they set for the world to truly eliminate their soldiers.

Third, the Mohists really want to fulfill their morality, and they are gentlemen.However, the gentleman is so restricted that he cannot send troops, which is not the fault of the Mohists.

If the state of Chu is willing to fight, Shi will definitely support it. If you have no money, you can lend it to the king of Chu, and if you lack weapons and food, you can lend it to the state of Chu, but it is impossible for the Mo family to send troops.

Anyway, Wei and Han divided up the state of Zheng, like a sharp knife directly inserted into the weak point where the left and right wings of Chu state meet. Nanyang is in the west, Chen Cai in the east, and controls the upper reaches of Yingshui, a tributary of the Huaihe River. Chu is not in a hurry Will not work.

But it is appropriate to estimate that Chu might just howl a few times, pretend to send troops to threaten, and find a way to sit down and negotiate, and get out of Wei Han's mouth two cities in the state of Zheng, connecting Fenxing and Yuguan, and it is unlikely to start a war with Wei Han.

(End of this chapter)