warring states careerist

Chapter 876 Meeting in the Pool ([-])
Shi Xiao was extremely happy, only to feel that the 20 years of forbearance had been swept away, and finally he no longer had to look at the faces of the princes and try to survive from their conflicts.

Now the momentum of the Mo family has been established, and all the preparations that should be done have been completed.

To take the initiative to attack and calm the world, the troops are still insufficient, and we still need to wait for the opportunity of the world to change and the state of Chu to be chaotic, but if the defense counterattacks and severely injures the countries, it is more than enough to ensure that we will not lose.

Now the Mohists don't care about Hanzhong, Gaoliu, Hetao and other places, but Sishang alone is a bit like the situation of the overlord of Western Chu during the battle between Chu and Han.

The capital is Pengcheng, and the army reaches Ju in the north, controls the land of Song Dynasty, and reaches Huaishui in the south.

However, compared with the Gaixia battle back then, the Mohists have three great advantages. One is that the battle between Qin and Wei is inevitable; the second is that the chaos of Chu is imminent; Before that, it was possible to cut off one of its fingers in a decisive battle, then switch to a defensive counterattack, and wait for the success of the state of Chu.

Because the existence of Qin State and the hatred of Xihe is equivalent to the critical moment when the overlord of Western Chu and Han Gaozu fought in Xingyang, Xiao He rebelled against Qin Chuan in Hanzhong and established himself as king...

So this time, he can be unscrupulous, leave the meeting angrily, and then go back and mobilize public opinion to denounce the shattering of the last trust in the princes and nobles, complete the final blow to the internal fantasies, and aggressively prepare for war.

a few days later.

Inside a newly built "walking platform", the fire was stirring.

A huge round table was placed in the middle of the room.

Originally, there was a distinction between respect and inferiority in the alliance, and there were opinions about who sat in what position, but it couldn't work today, and had to go against tradition.

The Mohists don't recognize the distinction of superiority and inferiority at all, and besides, the Mohistry rejected the canonization of Zhou Tianzi back then, what is this?
Ordinarily, this is considered a "son". The so-called Yidi is a son, lower than the prince, but Wu was also called the king at that time. In the end, Huang Chihui was integrated into the Zhuxia system before being changed to the earl. The second king of Chu is not the king. The edgeball is also alive and well, the Mo family does not even have a title, but it is impossible to really treat them as barbarian viscounts.

And this time it was similar to the Bingjiehui back then, but not the same.

The participants in the second military elimination meeting were not the princes, but the powerful officials under the princes.

But after more than a hundred years, the powerful princes of various countries were either divided into three families, the Jintian clan and the Qi Dynasty, or were gradually weakened by the royal power, and the situation of the doctor's alliance was no longer the same.

In this chaotic situation, we can only follow the Mohist concept of "all ministers of heaven and all countries are equal", surrounding this kind of round table, regardless of their superiority or inferiority, only the "sovereignty" of each country represented by each representative is equal.

Otherwise, there is really no way.

Like Shi, he is not even an orthodox scholar, let alone a doctor or prince.

But now he is not allowed to sit on an equal footing with Mr. Wei Chuhan, I am afraid that Wei Chuhan himself will not agree.

If Shi sits on an equal footing with King Wei Chu and South Korea, then the doctors who represent all countries will be dissatisfied: Speaking of us, at least we are doctors, and he is just a commoner, so why should he sit on top of us?

Just like at the Mianchi meeting, every beat of the drum and the rhythm involved national humiliation. Today's weird alliance can only use the method of making peace, otherwise there would be no way to talk about this matter today.

After sitting around, the performances of various countries began, and they all wanted to strive for the greatest benefit.

Back then, the second military meeting was a situation where the two superpowers were strong and the weakest. Jin and Chu sat there, and you came and I went to compete for the sphere of influence. Chu was at a disadvantage at the time, and it was ready to wear a dagger and wear leather armor. Ready to flip the table.

This time, the pattern of the world of the "Mie Binghui" has changed. It is no longer two superpowers, but a pattern in which all countries are strong but one is strong and the other is weak.

Although Wei Chu had a big battle in Yinyang's first battle, it was just to fight for priority on the negotiating table. After all, the two sides tacitly ceased fighting, and tacitly chose a war that was not too large in scale.

The only thing that exceeded Wei Han's expectations was the annihilation of more than 4 mobile troops, which made Wei Han completely lose the ability to attack strategically in the Central Plains and could only choose to defend.

It's not that there are only a few troops left in the Central Plains by Wei and Han, but that there are only so many field mobile troops in the Central Plains.

The state of Chu took advantage, but if the reform of the state of Chu had been completed, the king of Chu would definitely seize the opportunity to annihilate the Wei and Han field mobile corps, and once again marched to Luoyang to station in the Yellow River.

However, what Chu State wants is a good external environment to complete the reform, in order to accumulate strength under strategic contraction.

Moreover, the king of Chu also had his own judgment.

If you take this opportunity to recapture Daliang, Chu State will be at the forefront of the Mo family's west out of Henan.The State of Song has been abandoned by the State of Chu, and obtaining Daliang means that in order to stabilize the State of Liang, the State of Song must become a vassal of the State of Chu. If Chu State cannot do this this year, it naturally does not want to take back the State of Liang to block the Mo family for Wei Han. expansion.

Wei Han was already in a panic. First, he did not expect Shibie to treat him with admiration for three days. After more than ten years of forbearance training in Chu State, which was suppressed by the Three Jins, the new army's combat effectiveness is so strong; I really didn't expect Chu to fight a war of annihilation, which put Wei Han in an extremely unfavorable situation at the negotiating table.

Chu State's bottom line must be to want Xu and Yanling, so that Chu State's defense line in Zhengdi can be connected to the left and right, so that it will not be divided by Wei and Han.

Wei Han knew Chu's bottom line, but he didn't know whether Chu would increase the price after this big victory.

In Chengyang, the Mo family showed the confidence of the Sishang volunteers in defeating the state of Yue and Qi, and also deterred Qi, Wei and other countries. What Wei Han doesn't know now is the true attitude of the Mo family.

The Mohist's "Reporting to the World" is very clear, but Wei Han absolutely does not believe that this is the true attitude of the Mohist.

Because it is impossible to agree to this now, Wei Ji, Han Yougong, Uncle Cuo and others all think that the Mo family is asking for a lot of money and waiting to pay back the money on the spot.

Talk about such a big one first, and then make a smaller request to force Wei Han to agree.

But the problem is that Wei Jian and Gong Shucuo have been thinking about it for half a month, but they haven't figured out what they can give to the Mo family.

It is definitely impossible for Chengyang Linqiu to be given to the Mohists. If it is given there, the situation of Wei State in the Central Plains will be completely destroyed, and it is easy to be directly inserted into the Yellow River by the Mohists.

Chengyang area is a rich and important city, and it is also the best place to gather troops and rely on Jishui to organize defense. Abandoning Chengyang Linqiu is equivalent to the Mohism can fight Wei Qi whenever they want. It is the best gathering place for Mohism to go north .

Therefore, before the convening of this alliance, Wei and Qi had secretly reached some consensus. In any case, it was impossible to give the Mo family Chengyang Linqiu, and the two countries would use "righteousness" to put pressure together.

The rest are not related to the Mohist family. The matter of the Song State could have been used as a bargaining chip: the recognition of the Song State in exchange for the elimination of troops from both sides.

But the problem is that now that Wei and Han have gone through the battle of Yinyang, they are no longer qualified to use the Song State to threaten the Mohists. The Song State is already part of the Mohist family.

Wei Han's current situation, the root of the disaster has been planted in the battle of Daliang Yuguan more than ten years ago, or the root of the disaster has been planted since the veto of Wu Qi's strategy of first west and then east.

At the time of Marquis Wen, the Wei State was strong, conquering from east to west, and the Three Jins conquered Qi like a broken bamboo, and Yue State could still beat Qi State behind.

At that time, what Wei Guo wanted was the hegemony of Sishang.Therefore, the strategy of first west and then east was rejected, and he was going to win Daliang and take advantage of the opportunity of Wang Ziding's rebellion to get involved in Sishang.

At that time, the Mohists had not yet shown the power to fight against the Wei state. In Wei Han's view, the enemies that Sishang hegemony had to face were Qi, Yue, and Chu.

The three Jins attacked Qi, and Qi's fighting power convinced Wei that if he wanted to seek supremacy in Sishang, Qi would be a scumbag enemy.

As a result, Wu Qi's army faithfully implemented the strategy, and the Chu State suffered heavy casualties in the First Battle of Daliang City.

However... Marquis Wen passed away, and Wu Qi's commander was recalled from abroad, giving up the opportunity to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, only to make the prince decide to return to the country.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the war between Wei and Chu, the Mohists defeated the State of Yue and regained the supremacy of Sishang from the State of Yue. At that time, the State of Qi was still licking the wounds of the three Jins attacking Qi, and by the way, they were dealing with a series of events involving the Tian family replacing Qi. question.

Once an opportunity is missed, it is hard to get it again.The Mo family took advantage of the war between Wei and Chu to drive away Yue State and gained the hegemony in Sishang.

The opportunity of Wei State was lost, and Zhao State was already dissatisfied with the fact that Wei State was so difficult and took Zhao State as a spearman at the beginning. In the battle of Daliang City, Zhao State did not send troops: I will charge ahead in the war, and I will not squeeze out when dividing the spoils. Allow me to enter the Central Plains, I have to follow when Marquis Wen is here, what do you count as Wei Chi once Marquis Wen dies?
Wu Qi withdrew his troops here, and the Wu people moved over there. Yue Guo's airs could not hold back and retreated southward. After filling the hegemony vacuum in Sishang, the Mohists quickly formed an alliance with the defeated Chu State.

The state of Chu was a blessing in disguise. The Battle of Daliang City killed so many nobles whom the King of Chu had always wanted to kill, and gave the state of Chu a chance to centralize power and reform.

After that, Wei Zhao turned his face, Zhongshan restored the country, Chu Ping Chen Cai, and the Mo family took the opportunity to stab Wei Guo again.

Up to now, Daliang City is in the hands of Wei State, and Song State is really not even a tasteless place for Chu State, which wants to shrink strategically and reform first.If Daliang was still in the hands of Chu State, Chu State would definitely interfere in this Song State coup, but the root of the disaster was planted more than ten years ago. At this time, it is impossible for Chu State to do its best for Song State.

Then the Mo family forced South Korea to attack the state of Zheng. Wei thought for a while that South Korea, an ally, was more reliable than Chu, so he also divided up the state of Zheng. As a result, Wei State completely lost the initiative in the Central Plains.

Even now, there is no bargaining chip on the negotiating table.

The only bargaining chip in their hands is the Mohists who are under house arrest in Xinzheng, so they dare not kill or move, and serve them with delicious food and drink.

This may not be enough, Wei State has already considered whether to "return" several cities south of Xiangling to Song State, in exchange for the Mohists handing over Chengyang Linqiu, and by the way, make Chu State nervous about the Mohism in the Central Plains expansion.

Neither Wei Jian nor Gong Shucuo thought in vain. It is said that these opinions raised by the Mo family are impossible to realize, so what exactly does the Mo family want?After thinking about it so much, I never thought that what the Mohist publicized was all true words, and they didn't plan to change anything at all.

(End of this chapter)