warring states careerist

Chapter 907

"It is advisable to retreat quickly! Only by retreating, the Mohist army will be unsustainable due to lack of food and grass. To break the Mohism, you must have the help of the princes. It may be difficult to rely on the strength of Chu alone."

Just now Zuo Sima, who was still thinking about going to rescue Shen Gong and strengthening the left army to cut off the return route of the Mo family crossing the river in order to besiege the Mo family west of Bashui, immediately reversed his attitude.

Shen Gong fell too fast, too fast for them to bear.

The reality that is more terrifying than Shen Gong's destruction is that if the Mohists can destroy Shen Gong so quickly, what will they do if they send an army to raid the city of Zhu?Who can keep it?

If the army can fight in the field, if it can be won in battle, it would have been in the field long ago.

What I thought before was nothing more than the advantage of mohists in gathering field battles, so they defended and built fortifications here, procrastinating for time, prompting all countries to send troops, and letting the Nanyang lord of Huaibei gather troops to encircle Si to save Ying.

However, it now appears that this strategy cannot be carried out.

Zuo Sima saw that the crowd remained silent, and said, "Before seeing the Mohists hesitate to move forward, I thought they were afraid that it would be difficult to break through the camp, or that they would lose too much if they broke through Bashui."

"Now it seems that's not the case. I'm afraid that the reason why they don't attack is just to completely destroy us."

"The trapped boat division is to prevent us from retreating into Jingshan Yingdu for defense. The goal is achieved. Immediately cross the Bashui and besiege Shen Gong's division, preventing the two armies from reuniting."

"I'm afraid that the Mohist's plan is big. They want to let the king and my ministers of Chu, Feng Jun, be wiped out here! The Mohist is going to fight a war to destroy the country!"

Things have come to this point, the situation has become more clear.

This moment, that moment.

At that moment, when the Mo family had just arrived in Poyi, the king of Chu could escape, but the price of escape was too high at that time.

Except for the battle of Wu and Yue to destroy the country, there has been no war of destroying the country among the great lords for a long time. The inherent thinking of the Spring and Autumn Period makes it difficult for them to imagine the original historical war where Le Yi broke Qi and Yu's two cities for several months. It is even more difficult to imagine a large-scale war such as Qin's destruction of Yanying.

At that time, although the slogans of the Mohists were shouting loudly, the kings and ministers of Chu estimated that the Mohism would at most win a big victory, force Chu to reform, or lose their minds and want to destroy the huge Chu.

Back then, the king of Chu was worried about his future monarchy, the nobles were worried about his fiefdom, and the monarchs and ministers were worried that the Mohist family would occupy Jianghan within a few years and then make another one.

So at that time, if the king of Chu wanted to fight, at least stick to Hubei and Zhu, use Dabie and Xiaobie as cities, use the Yangtze River as a pond, and build defenses in a narrow space. It can always delay for a while.

Never thought that the Mo family's ambition is so great, not only to defeat the King of Chu, but also to completely deny the King of Chu the chance to regroup.

The sleepy boat master originally thought it was because the Mohists thought that crossing the river along the sandbar in the south of the Yangtze River could bypass the Chu army's boat masters, but they didn't want to care about the Chu army's camp in the north of the river at all. They only cared about Chu's boat masters. Lose the last connecting force of Chu State that can take advantage of Jianghan's terrain to resist steadily.

After the boat master was trapped, the Mohists showed their fangs: We were not in Bashui before, not because we were afraid of your camp and defense, but because we were afraid of you running away.Now that you have no chance to run away, naturally we can cross Bashui to find a chance to wipe you out.

Zhu City is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south and Dabie in the north.In the land of the south of the Yangtze River, there is only one Daye and one Echeng at this time, and further south is still a barren land, with the barbarians in Dongting.

If the city of Zhu was stolen, the Chu army would be trapped in this narrow place, and the logistics would be cut off. Even if they were trapped, the Mo family could trap them to death.

The Mohist is good at attacking the city. This is the impression left on the princes in the past 30 years, because those who are good at defending the city must be good at attacking the city. Gongshuban’s attack methods were restrained by Mozi one by one. If you want to attack the city with all your heart, who can defend it?

After the death of Mo Zi, the power of Mohism and the power of interpretation of Feigong were in the appropriate hands, and the princes realized this point: in fact, only their former righteousness of Feigong was what restricted the Mohist siege.

Can Zhu City be defended?

After the defeat of Sishang of Yue State, Chu State put all its energy on the northern Central Plains. After being beaten by Sanjin, Chen Caizhi changed and had to continue to strengthen the defense of the Central Plains. After that, Song Zhengzhi All these changes have made it impossible for Chu to put a lot of financial and material resources in the direction of the Jianghuai River.

In the battle of Dangshan, everyone in the world knew that the defense system of Dangshan might block the Mohists. At least Dangshan had supported it for many days, and it was because Dangshan was too close to the core area of ​​Sishang that the Mohists were able to concentrate the entire force of Sishang. It was captured by a catty of gunpowder.In other words, if the capital builds a defense like Chengdang Mountain, as long as it is too far away from Sishang, it can last for at least three to five months.

But when it was actually built, the countries realized that that kind of city is not so easy to build.

Stone materials, earthwork, bronze cannons, professional scholars who are proficient in nine numbers and geometry, a large amount of labor, and huge expenditures.This is a heavy burden for the military system that integrates farmers and soldiers.

Public grievances arose, and when the famine came, they had to save up money to buy firearms, cotton cloth and military equipment. There were many rumors that Zhou Tianzi melted the Jiuding to make money. The King of Chu wished that his ancestors really took back the Jiuding.

Zhu City does not have such qualifications to build that kind of defense system now, and there is always a priority in everything. Even the capital city of Chu State can only properly build the inner city because the city is too large.

With the Mohist's ability to defeat Shen Gong's division within an hour, this monster who has ruled the world for more than 30 years told Xiong Liangfu who was busy with the coup before and had no real contact with the Mohist, that Zhucheng might not be able to defend it. .

Zuo Sima's words expressed the aspirations of some people who are loyal to the king, but it also made some nobles with fiefdoms in Jianghan angry and opposed.

The fief has its own ancestors, this is the second.

The important thing is that the nobles without fiefs will gradually become marginalized in Chu State, at least the family cannot continue.

So far, there has only been one real outsider who has served as Ling Yin of the State of Chu, so what will be the end result?Where is his family now?As for the big clans that really have fiefdoms, which one is not the evergreen vine of Chu State's political situation?
If a country like Wu State invades, sooner or later the country can be restored.However, if the Mo family captured Jianghan and governed according to the policies of Sishang, even if they regained the fief in the future, they would have to slaughter at least one-fifth of the people in the fief to maintain their rule.

Many people don't want to leave, don't want to retreat, and feel that they should think of a way.

E Jun, who had been silent all this time, said sadly at this time: "If you want to retreat, you should retreat when the Mohists entered Poyi that day. At that time, if you don't retreat, you have to fight, but in the end you really want to fight and then you have to retreat. And Yi, how can it be done?"

"If you want to retreat, you can retreat on the same day, and you can gather troops. Now the battle is not fought, and the retreat is not retreated, which will delay the opportunity of the war..."

Zuo Sima said coldly: "This statement is wrong. If we didn't retreat in the past, it was because we still had the strength to fight, so we might not be defeated. If we retreated at that time, we would lose a lot under the balance. If we retreat today, we can still survive Stay with the family for the future."

"Now the Mohists' elites are tens of miles away, and there has been no news of the siege of Sishang. There are even rumors that the Mohists have sent soldiers from the South China Sea to attack Linwu Jiuyi and go down the Xiangshui River."

"The army capable of fighting today is only [-] to [-]. I thought it would be victorious in a field battle. But let me ask you, Duke Shen is also a man who knows how to fight. If you fight in battle, which one of you can defeat Duke Shen's soldiers within an hour? "

"Seven years ago, the Mohists only sent cavalry to assist in the battle in Yinyang. No one knew what their infantry were like. If they hadn't fought for seven years, no one knew. Some people said that if they didn't fight for a long time, their soldiers would collapse. Now it seems that this statement is unacceptable. Believe me. Not only did I not decline, but I became more courageous.”

Mr. Xucheng got up and wanted to refute Zuo Sima's words. The king of Chu said: "There is no need to argue about this matter, and we should retreat quickly. The death of Duke Shen will make the army fearful, and it may be difficult to stick to it. If you don't retreat, you may suffer great disaster."

The King of Chu thought to himself, at least I am not like my ancestors during the Wu-Chu War. When the Wu people attacked me, I ran away.

Seeing that the people of Chu had made up their mind to go, all the princes were silent at this time.

After all, if you want to retreat, someone will always need to cut off the back, and if you refute aloud at this time, it must be the one who ends up.

Either guarding the city of Zhu, or taking the initiative to intercept the main force of the Mohist school, no matter what, this is a road to death.Now there are copper cannons and muskets, and if you are not careful, you may be beaten to death. Besides, being arrested by the Mohists is not treating them with courtesy. It is said that they will be tried by pariahs, which is a great humiliation.

That being the case, naturally no one is willing to stand out and be the one who will be the one who will end the heir.

The King of Chu didn't mention this matter at this time, but said: "If you want to retreat, you need to burn the warships. Burn all the warships and don't leave them to the Mo family."

"The food in the camp must also be burned. All the sailors and oarsmen in the boat building should go ashore and retreat."

The king of Chu was still sober. Compared with the three armies on land, the strength of the Mohists' boat divisions was still weak. If these warships fell into the hands of the Mohists again, Chu would basically have no hope of restoring the country.

This retreat does not mean retreating a few cities.

Instead, it is necessary to retreat from Zhucheng to Suiguo, then retreat from Suiguo to Yanying, and then continue to retreat from Yanying to Wancheng in order to gain a foothold.

Otherwise, you will always be under the pursuit of the Mohist family, and if you take a step slower, you may be intercepted, and then you will be finished.

To the northeast of Suiguo is Tongbai Mountain, where there is no artillery, so in the end, we can only run in the direction of Xiangyang, and flee north from nowhere.

After passing Yanying, it is not the south. The people there are not good at riding boats, so they should take away the soldiers of the boat master as much as possible.

Not everyone can fight on a ship, let alone be a rower. All buildings and sailboats can be built, but rowers and sailors are not so easy to train.

If there is no navy, even if the world changes in the future, it will be difficult to attack Jianghan.

Things have come to this point, I am afraid that is the only way.I retreated from Zhucheng, Suiguo, and Yanying; I sent people to inform the nobles along the way that those who were willing to follow the king and those whose families were able to flee, fled north from all directions.

In history, when Yan State destroyed Qi, Tian Dan was also a member of the army of fugitive nobles.The reason for his fame is because of his foresight: when everyone was fleeing, he tied an iron hoop to the axle. When fleeing, the roads were bad and the axles of many people were broken due to long-term running. But it didn't break.

It was because of this that he became famous, and it was a good story for a while, and then he was elected as the defender and finally succeeded in counterattacking.

Naturally there is no such story at this time, but the king of Chu still understands in his heart who is his basic board, and if there are not a large number of nobles, scholars, and families in Jianghan who fled together, he will lack people to fight back in the future, and he will also lack to run to Those who can gain a foothold after the north.

He is not good at fighting, and he has not given him the opportunity to show his level of governance, but he still has a family background in coup d'etat and infighting.

These aristocrats who fled together and had no fief in the north will be the key for him to gain a firm foothold in the north and wrestle with the northern aristocrats. At that time, all the people will work together, because after the escape, there is nothing but blood Yes, he had to cooperate with him to seize food and power from the northern noble families.

(End of this chapter)