warring states careerist

Chapter 927 Strategic Conception
After the banquet, they signed a contract, which can be regarded as an explanation to the representatives of the people.

According to the morality of the Mohists, there is no obligation to treat the royal family kindly, and there is no ritual of three-ke extended sacrifice, so it is impossible to spend money to raise these wastes.

After all, the king of Chu surrendered in desperation, and he didn't take the initiative to follow the will of heaven as soon as the Sishang army arrived. The difference is self-evident.

This money is nothing more than emigration, but the emigration is for the nobles instead of the common people, and it is also for the increasing maritime trade so that some ports can stay for supplies in the future.

Early the next morning, Pengcheng held a high-level meeting.

"After this incident, there is no room for compromise with the princes and nobles of other countries. Deprivation of fiefdoms and feudal rights, and sending them overseas for further development is a sworn hatred for them."

"This battle must continue to be fought. We have already made the worst plan, and we have always considered the worst plan. It is expected that the enemy will be lenient. But now it seems that the situation is still very favorable Ours. Six Fingers handled Jianghan very well, a big victory."

Shi did not shy away from saying that doing this to the nobles was tantamount to denying himself the possibility of compromising with the nobles, and he did not deny that the future situation would be extremely cruel if he did so.

But the skin has been torn off, so there is no need to say so much.

"The Marquis of Qi sent someone to investigate our situation, but he told us one thing, that is, Qi State is still indecisive. Should we take the opportunity to divide the Wei State into watermelons? Or should we fight to the death with our Mohist family?"

"The way I see it, it doesn't make much sense."

Under his signal, the people from the staff came to the front and unfolded a geographical map of mountains and rivers, on which the mountains, rivers, and cities were roughly standardized. This is what the Mohist should have measured using the most primitive latitude and longitude methods and triangulation methods over the years. It is the most accurate map available at this time.

Shi and everyone said: "The staff department is to predict the enemy's width, so we will consider it according to the worst plan. Just to make the princes unite under the call of Zhou Tianzi, all of them are not self-serving and only benefiting others, and there is no intrigue at all. Completely focus on killing us to consider."

The people from the staff department explained the worst possibility in front of everyone.

According to the staff's prediction, it will take at least half a year for all countries to fight decisively.

The current situation is like this.

Jianghan has won, and the soldiers arrived in Nanyang, basically controlling the southern foot of Funiu Mountain.

In terms of the center line, the Mohists maintained the front line of the Huaihe River. After Liuzhi made peace with Nanzheng, Nanhai, Xu Ruo and others, they withdrew three divisions and captured Shen, Xi and other places, making the entire Huaihe defense line take shape.

Pointing to the cities on the map that are still under the control of the prince of Chu, the staff member said: "If it takes half a year for the princes to send troops, then in this half year, our top priority is to gather troops and fight another big battle. take..."

The cities marked on the map are all the cities of Chu State, which are some important cities north of the Huaihe River.

Including Sleeping, Juyang, Shangcai, Xianghe and many other cities, which is about the line from Fuyang to Zhumadian in later generations.

"Once these cities are captured, one can stabilize the defense of the Huai River, and the other can link the Huai River with Nanyang, bypassing the Dabie Mountains and Tongbai Mountains, and linking Nanyang."

"Three, once the coalition forces of the princes come to attack in the future, this will serve as the center line, which can not only provide support, but also threaten the flanks of the coalition forces of the princes."

"We need to capture Qi and Shangcai within three months, and meet with our army stationed in Chu at Xianghe Pass. In order to connect the east and west battlefields in an offensive before the allied forces of the princes send troops."

Everyone's eyes stopped for a while on a city named Xianghe in Chu State, and they all nodded.

If it is only for defense, the east and west lines are now connected as one. It can be said that the Qinling, Xiangfan, Tongbaishan, and Huaihe lines belong to the classic north-south confrontation and defense system.

This is a relatively conservative plan, but now it seems that we should be more proactive, that is, we must obtain the front line from Fuyang to Zhumadian, so that we can connect things into a system in terms of strategic offensive.

This battle must indeed be fought, and it must be fought as soon as possible, so that a battle situation can be formed where each other supports each other instead of fighting each other.

Xiangheyi is located at the key point of the Great Wall of Zhumadian in Chu State, and it is the key point of attacking from north to south.

Advancing can threaten the Fangcheng, Yexian and other important cities of the Chu State; retreating can prevent the coalition forces of the northern princes from directly crossing Funiu Mountain and reconciling with Nanyang.

It connects Nanyang in the west and Song Dynasty in the east.

In the worst case, Qin may attack Danyang from the direction of Shangyu in half a year.

The remaining Wei army cooperated with the Han army and Zhou Tianzi's army of the emperor, sent troops out of Luyang, and combined with the remaining forces of the local Chu state lord, captured Luyang Lushan, marched eastward to Fangcheng and Yecheng, and attacked Xianghe. Threatening Wancheng Nanyang from the side.

The Han army may also send an elite army to cross Funiu Mountain and head straight to Nanyang.

In terms of the center line, Han Jun, Zhao Jun, and Zheng Di's Chu State remnants were used to maintain the center line, forcing the Mohist's center line army to not rescue Nanyang, nor support Sishang.

Although the central line does not attack, it can stick to it and make threats. As long as it does not take the initiative to attack, the army on the central line of Mohist can only choose to confront and attack the city.

In Hetao, Gaoliu and other places in the north, the worst plan is that Zhao State will contact Yan State, Donghu, Linhu, Lou Fan and other barbarians and besiege on all sides, and Zhao State can draw out its troops to go south.The feudal lords can definitely do this kind of thing, leading soldiers from Yi and Di to attack the enemy is not a shameful thing for the feudal lords. There are not so many nobles who truly believe in the righteousness of Yi and Xia.

The land of Nanzheng must be guarded against the siege of Ba, Shu, and Qin, and Nanzheng must be defended.

On the other side of the Yue Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom is simply unable to go north to attack. Without a navy, even if they come across the river, once the supply and logistics are cut off, the current fighting power of the Yue Kingdom can be resisted by the local army, and the threat of the Yue Kingdom can be ignored. consider.

The eastern front should be the most critical. Qi State must send troops to the east, cooperate with the main forces of Han and Zhao, and march along the direction of Danshui and Suishui via the direction of Song State.

If the main force is not combined, the countries will not dare to move lightly; if they join forces, Qi will be ready for the Mohists to attack the hinterland again.

Calculated in this way, the military strength of each country is actually limited, and it is impossible to concentrate all of them together.

It's not just a logistical problem, but it's impossible for Qin to concentrate all its troops near Daliang; it's also impossible for Qi to concentrate its troops south of Luoyang through an expedition.

In this way, the strength of troops can be calculated.

There are [-] troops in the Nanzheng area. Due to the terrain and the fact that Bashu lags far behind the Central Plains, it cannot pose an effective threat.

The Qin army may march from the direction of Wudu, but because of the logistical factors, there will not be too many troops, and Nanzheng is enough to hold it.

In the direction of Danyang, the Qin army's field strength is at most [-].

If they attack after half a year, even if Six Fingers releases Nanzheng's army to Nanzheng, they still have at least [-] soldiers available for battle, including some of the South China Sea legions and some of the new Chu army.

If the enemy can be effectively mobilized, and while Danyang is firmly defending, it can eat up South Korea's troops bypassing Funiu Mountain, then there is no need to retreat to Xiangfan.

If the armies of Qi, Han, Zhou, and Wei advance together, without advancing aggressively or lagging behind, within a range of hundreds of miles, they will be able to act as if they have arms, and at worst retreat to Xiangfan, relying on the advantages of the navy and the continuous flow of new troops in the Jianghan area to resist. .

In terms of the center line, the Mo family only needs about [-] troops to contain Wei Hanchu's center line army as a support and threat.

On the eastern front, Qi State may concentrate [-] to [-] field troops in the direction of Daliang in the extreme situation where it can defend its homeland Linzi and defend the old rules even if the last Qi person dies.

In addition to the army of Han and Zhao, there are at most [-] to [-] troops. If these troops advance together, the Mo family can also mobilize [-] to [-] troops in Sishang for a decisive battle, including several divisions of the Song Dynasty.

At that time, by abandoning Shangqiu and retreating to defend, migrating people to strengthen the walls and clear the country, as long as you seize the opportunity to break one part, you can break it one by one.

Even in the most extreme situation for the final decisive battle, the Mohists are not afraid. After retreating to the front line of Peiyi, Pengcheng, they can defeat them by taking advantage of the local terrain advantages and the superiority of troops in internal operations.

And before that, once the Qi army is found to be moving westward, they can directly align and declare war, use cavalry and elite troops to quickly move to the Jishui area, and annihilate the main force of Qi before the Qi army meets Wei, Han, and Zhao armies.

Even if there is no such opportunity, the combat effectiveness of Sishang's full mobilization for a decisive battle is beyond the imagination of all the princes.One cannot imagine what one has not experienced.

The worst possibility is that Nanzheng is lost; Gaoliu Hetao and other northern border gates were slaughtered by Zhao Guo and Yan Guo in collusion with Donghulin Huloufan, and that's it.

It is nothing more than defending Xiangyang, Tongbai Mountain and Huaihe on the western front.

After talking about the worst possibility, he said conveniently: "That's why I said that the sending of envoys by Marquis Qi this time is actually meaningless."

"We have an absolute advantage on the eastern front. Qi Guo dare not attack Sishang alone, because he can only go in three directions."

"The line of Jucheng, Langya, and the East China Sea penetrated into our territory, and the lonely army went deep in order to seek death."

"Just like the changes in the Fei Kingdom in the past, entering Sishang via the Lu Kingdom is similar to the Eastern Front."

"And from the area around Yuncheng and Heze, after passing through the cities that we have operated for nearly 30 years, this... even if he has an army of [-], he is still struggling. With fortresses against fortresses, we have more guns, more people, more food, and more food. Stupid line."

"So Qi's ideas are meaningless to us, and we have already held high the banner of opposing the old system, so we should stop compromising, otherwise it will be difficult for the Propaganda Department to turn around, and the people will wonder what to do."

"If the princes unite in half a year, we will defend from the west and attack from the east. As long as we defeat the coalition of princes in the east, we will directly destroy Qi. Qi is our next plan."

There was a buzzing sound, and after discussing for a while, I felt that it was not difficult to realize this seemingly daring idea. It was hard to imagine destroying a large country before, but now it is completely different. Once the coalition forces of the Eastern Front princes are defeated, The Mohists are sure to break through the Qi State and drink the Yellow River in a short time.

In terms of internal affairs, the economies of Qi and Sishang are inseparable, the currency is almost unified, the market is almost unified, the mass base in the southwestern region of Qi is very good, the contradiction between the nobles of Qi and the landed farmers in the eastern and central regions is extremely great, and the contradiction is getting worse. A big place is easier for the Mohists to stabilize—without using the old aristocrats, there is no pressure in the land reform—the basic situation in Sishang is not the aristocrats of Qi State, and there is no obstacle at all to revolutionize other people's lives.

(End of this chapter)