warring states careerist

Chapter 931 Conjecture

After the violent explosion, this young officer of the Chu State who was inspired to serve the king was killed on the spot, or was shaken to death.

A few people who were a little further away from him were completely unconscious by the shock. They stood there in a daze, and would lose their balance if they moved a little.

This kind of explosives used in mines is very ineffective in field battles, and has almost no use for them, but it is the best choice for siege.

Whether it is the miners and engineers of the Mohist school who are best at digging holes to bury explosives, or the trebuchets used for fighting on the edge of the inner line, the effect is excellent.

Dozens of trebuchets threw about a dozen groups, and after a pause, the remaining Chu army wisely followed Sishang's rules and raised the white flag.

After one person occupied the fort without injury, two companies of people were left to garrison, and the rest went straight to the next one.

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sleeping city.

The Grand Sima of the State of Chu had known the news that Duke Song had abdicated after offering sacrifices to the Sanglin Society not long ago, and he also knew the various remarks in the Mohist newspapers after King Chu was captured.

The news that Shi led the army to leave Yang Xia in person did not shock him too much.

The fort near Yangxia can delay the attack of the Mo family, and he still has enough time to prepare.

He understood the meaning of his being here, not for offense, but for threat.

The 20 soldiers in my own hands can't reconcile the Xuan army's field battle at all, because if the 30 is the standard of the army, Sishang can pull out [-] or even [-] troops, which is meaningless at all.

Among the [-] soldiers who were killed, [-] were just fief peasants and soldiers temporarily recruited with spears and spears.

The reason why the soldiers left the sleeping city was that he still had illusions about the neutrality of the Song Dynasty.

To the north of Sleeping City is Chen, to the east is Fulisai controlled by the Mohists, and to the southeast are Xiacai and Shouchun.

Stationing an army here can threaten the Jianghuai region of the Mohists under the premise that the Song Dynasty is neutral, so that the Mohists must station some troops here so that the logistics line will not be cut off.

However, after the news that Duke Song had abdicated and was ready to lead troops out of Yangxia, the sleeping city where he lived was extremely dangerous.

After the Battle of Zhucheng, Liuzhi sent two or three divisions to attack Shenxi, and took down the empty Xinyang generation after beheading Duke Shen.

If Yangxia is captured again, then the troops of Chu State Da Sima can only choose to retreat, because if they don't retreat, they will be surrounded.

And there is only one route to retreat, retreat to the northeast to Chendi, support Yangxia and wait for reinforcements, or retreat from Chendi to Xudi, relying on Wei and Han, and gather the soldiers of the lord to defend.

Fortunately, he is very confident in Yang Xia's defense, and there should be enough time to retreat.

However, just when he was about to carefully plan the retreat route, a soldier ran in with a panicked face and said, "Baizhi is suitable for besieging the fortress. If you attack it, no one will be injured!"

Grand Sima of Chu State only felt his head buzzing, and it took him a long time to calm down and ask, "This...how is this possible? It was the last time Six Fingers attacked Dangshan, and it lasted for several days..."

The fort near Yangxia has learned the lessons of the siege of Dangshan, and many improvements have been made. He simply does not believe that anyone can take it without getting hurt.

Even though over the years, with the support of the people and technological progress, the Mohists have achieved the reputation of being good at attacking and defending the city, and having similar field force, but after all, those reputations are still within the acceptable range .

The fortress near Yangxia was attacked without harming the next person. This made the Grand Sima of Chu State feel hopeless. The gap is so big, so why fight?Then why fight?

After calming down and asking about the specific situation, the generals and counselors around him all said, "It's better to retreat quickly!"

Da Sima said: "It is necessary to retreat, but what exactly does Kai Zhishi want to do?"

He wanted to figure out or guess the appropriate purpose.

A counselor said: "Yangxia is connected to Daliang in the north, Chendi in the south, and Xu and Lushan in the west. Kai Zhishi came here in a menacing manner. Could it be that he wants to capture Xudi and cut us off?"

These words immediately aroused the vigilance of Grand Sima of Chu State.

If this is really the purpose, then it is terrible.

Xu Zeng belonged to Zheng, where Mohist activities were rampant. Once Xu was captured, the Mohist could attack Ye and Lushan through Xu.

In this way, the remaining power of the monarch of Chu State was completely surrounded.

To the west of Nanyang, there is the Mohist army stationed in Chu, and to the east is the Mohist base camp. In fact, the lords of Chu have only one way to the north and rely on Wei and Han.

The reason why these lords are still insisting is because they know very well that if they give up their fiefs and retreat to Wei and Han, then they will have nothing.

The king of Chu is gone, as long as the country is restored, another one can be established in the future; if the king insists, Chu will exist, and the princes will send troops, and the state of Chu will be restored.

The lords of the Chu State still have a certain amount of strength, as long as they last until the princes send troops.

But if Shi's goal is really to go straight to Xu after capturing Yangxia, and cut off the way for the prince of Chu to escape north, then all these plans are meaningless.

When will the princes send troops?So far no results.

Yangxia is a hundred and thirty miles away from Xudi, with the marching speed of the Mohists, they can reach Xudi within five days at most after capturing Yangxia.

Originally thought that after the Fengchi meeting, Yangxia and other places spent a lot of manpower and material resources to stop the Mohists from advancing westward to the Central Plains. Who would have thought that those fortresses that aroused civil uprisings and uprisings were captured without even a single attack? up.

Yangxia is also a big city, and the bigger the city, the easier it is to attack, because it is impossible to build an angular defense system like a city in the entire city. Besides, although the number of bronze cannons in Yangxia is relatively large, they can How can it compare to the Mo family?
The original purpose of the Central Plains Covenant was to hope that Yangxia and the four surrounding castles could hold back the main force of the Mohists for two to three months, buying time for Wei, Han, and Chu to jointly send troops.

But now it seems that the significance of building the Yangxia Fortress Group has not achieved the expected effect.

Another counselor said: "Yun, among the nine fortresses in the world, the most dangerous are none other than Dafen, Ming'e, Jingruan, Fangcheng, Confusion, Jingxing, Lingcha, Juzhu, and Juyong."

"The third of the nine fortresses is in Chu. However, the Mohists have already won the land of Dabie Tongbai and Shenxi. Minge has no meaning."

"Jing Ruan, the Mo family has already acquired Danyang, drinking the horse and Han water, and the land of Jing Ruan belongs to Mo."

"Only Fangcheng and Xianghe have not yet fallen into the hands of the Mohists."

"The six-finger army is exhausted from the expedition, and they have to guard against the soldiers of Qin and Han. The soldiers from Qin came out of Shangluo to guard against the Mohists. Even if they have the heart to occupy the land, they can force Liu Zhidong to take Fangcheng."

"Guanzhi is suitable for commanding the army, so don't you want to capture Fangcheng?"

When the counselor said this, Da Sima of the Chu State felt more and more reasonable.

The theory of the Nine Fortresses in the world has long existed, and three of the Nine Fortresses are in Chu State.

Now two of the three are taken by the Mohists, not because these fortresses are not strong enough, but how could Chu State think that the Mohists would advance along the Yangtze River to Eyi and enter Jianghan?

Now there is still the extremely strong fortress of Xiangheguan in Fangcheng, and this fortress is part of the Great Wall of Chu, precisely to prevent the princes of the Central Plains from entering the Nanyang area of ​​​​Chu.

Xianghe Fortress is built on the mountain, and there is a "Xia Road" connecting the rear, which is the earliest road construction in Chu State.

From Xianghe to Luguan, according to Funiu Mountain, the purpose of the existence of a series of fortresses in Chu State is indeed to defend the north but not the south.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Mo family to reconcile with the princes now, so the Mo family is likely to capture the Xianghe Fortress before the princes send troops.

Liuzhi's army stationed in Chu still needs to disperse some of them to stay behind, station in the Jianghan area, and organize the construction of Jingruan fortress to prevent Qin from sending troops from Shangluo.

After occupying Wancheng, all the lords of Chu State were already very nervous.There was again the front line of Chu against the Central Plains, and the power of the lords could still be defended, and Liuzhi was unable to completely wipe out the Chu army in the entire Fangcheng, Xianghe and even Luyang areas.

According to what the counselor said, it is really possible.

Capture Yangxia, march into Xu, capture Yinyang, pass through Yinyang, Zhaoling, and Xu, and attack Luyang, thus forming a north-south attack. At that time, the Jiexuan army in Nanyang will only need one elite soldier to attack from behind. Xianghe Fangcheng closed the door and beat dogs, trapping the princes of Chu State in the south of Wei and Han.

Moreover, in Chu Da Sima's view, Liuzhi is now at the end of its strength, and the army stationed in Chu has been unable to organize a large-scale attack after the Qin army sent troops to Shangluo, which caused a loophole in the defense of the Mohists against the northern princes.

Since ancient times, all countries have attacked Chu, except for the time when Wu State was in the past, they basically had to go through Fangcheng and Luyang. After all, the biggest enemy of Chu State was the San Jin, and the number of battles was also the most.

If the Great Wall defense line of Chu State and the Xianghe fortress area were not captured by the Mohists, the northern princes could send troops to Nanyang, thus forming a pincer attack situation with the Qin army.

In Nanyang Basin, Ma Pingchuan, although the Mohists are good at field battles, their strength is obviously insufficient, and it is far inferior to relying on the original defense line of the Great Wall of Chu State to resist.

If they can increase their troops by [-], attack Xianghefang City, and organize defenses there, the Mohists can save a lot of troops.

First of all, although Wancheng is located on a plain, the Mohists are good at defending the city.

Assuming that the Mohist defended the defense system from Xianghe to Luyang, and from Jingruan to Danyang, which are surrounded by mountains and rivers to guard against the coalition forces of the princes, then the coalition forces of the princes are essentially difficult to break through.

It is impossible for Qin to send troops to Yiluo to cooperate with Wei and Han. What if the Mo family attacked Lantian from Shangluo to threaten Qin's heart?
Wei Hanjun wanted to defeat the Mohists and help the Chu State restore Jianghan, but the only way to gather a large army was to go along the line from Luyang to Xianghe, and it was meaningless to go elsewhere.

After Wancheng was controlled by the Mohist family, with the ability of the Mohisthism to defend the city, Da Sima of the Chu State knew very well that the huge Wancheng was the place where the Mohist "helped" build iron smelting workshops in the Chu State, and the penetration there was quite deep. How could it be so easy to be counterattacked?

At that time, it will be difficult for the Qin army to break through Danyang, and Wei and Han will be sad for Luyang. Even if the Mohists cannot be defeated individually, it will be enough to drag the countries to retreat. At that time, there will be no hope for the restoration of the Chu State.

(End of this chapter)