warring states careerist

Chapter 932 Conjecture

The Grand Sima of the Chu State knew the Mohist school's propaganda and governance capabilities, so he gave a period of three years for the restoration of the country.

He believed that if the state of Chu could not be restored within three years, it would be impossible for the state of Chu to be restored.

And if the state of Chu cannot be restored, and the Mohists occupy Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou, within a few years, the princes will be powerless to resist and can only obediently wait to die.

Thinking of this, and then thinking of the news from the Mohist attack on Chu this time, those policies towards the nobles made the Grand Sima of the Chu State even more sure that the Mohist's thinking was true.

Shiqin's army attacked quickly, and regarded the painstakingly built Yangxia fortress area as nothing. If the soldiers really came to Xianghe and wiped out the nobles of the Chu state, they would not have to restore the country.

Even the nobles are gone, how can we restore the country?How can it form an effective rule over Chu State?Then the Mohists' ruling in Chu State will be much more stable.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's the right thing to do, and there is no way out. This is an act of sacrificing sacrifices and exterminating heirs!"

He was planning to retreat, but the direction of retreat was not determined, and he didn't know what the Mo family wanted to do.

If you judge according to your current thinking, then it is best not to think about joining forces to support Yangxia, Xu, and Yinyang, but to run as fast as you can, just give up the land of Chen Cai, and flee to Fangcheng and Luyang , Strengthen the troops there, continue to cry and beg Wei and Han to send troops, so as to stick to South Korea and send troops.

The purpose of the Great Sima of Chu's garrison in Chen Zhinan's dormitory was to prevent the Mohists from completely occupying Yuzhou in Chu State.

This is not because he intentionally harbors the illusion that Song State will continue to be neutral, but that he can only have illusions about Song State's neutrality.

If the Song State is not neutral, then the Chen-Cai area will not be able to defend at all.

Only assuming the neutrality of the Song State, the Mohists insisted on their morality of non-aggression and punishment of injustice, and could not send troops from the Song State, so they could only send out Shouchun and Xiacai along the Huai River.

Then as long as there is a force in the dormitory, it can defend for a period of time, and buy time for the lords to recover from the panic, so as to elect a new king of Chu and reach an agreement.

After the Duke of Song announced his renunciation of power, in fact, the Grand Sima of the Chu State had another choice. He returned to the north to Zhaoling, connected with Chen Cai, and relied on the defense of the Yangxia area to resist steadily.

Now that the defense of the Yangxia area is vulnerable, and worried that the Mohist will cut off their retreat, they made a decision and immediately retreated to Fangcheng.

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East of Yangxia.

The suitable soldiers are attacking the third of the four forts. The two fortresses are very easy to attack. Under the superiority of artillery and troops, the fortress of Chu State has not exerted its due effect.

But this time he has quietly divided his forces.

The scouts went out everywhere, on the one hand to monitor the movement in the north, on the other hand, they quickly bypassed Chendi and approached the [-] soldiers in the hands of the great Sima of Chu.

For this siege, a large number of civilian husbands from the Song State were recruited to serve, and while transporting supplies and logistics, they also deceived him in terms of numbers by mobilizing troops secretly for the siege.

He gathered [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] combat engineers. A day ago, he went around to the south of Yangxia, where he stood still.

All the artillery remained in the original siege force. Except for the small field artillery that each division must be attacked, they did not carry a large-caliber heavy copper cannon that would slow down the marching speed.

Once the army of Grand Sima of Chu State left the bedroom and began to retreat, the [-] elites would take advantage of their speed and carry rations to insert between Chen and Zhaoling to surprise the [-] troops of Grand Sima of Chu State.

Once it is wiped out, go straight to Xianghe Pass, and sneak attack to seize the pass before the Chu people have time to react.

Because now the lords on the front line of Fangcheng in Chu State must be organizing the defense of Liuzhi, that is, the defense in the direction of Wancheng.

The border gates of Chu State are all guarded against the north, not the Nanyang area, so the princes of Chu State can only seize the time to rebuild defenses and recruit troops.

Moreover, he estimated that the surprise attack on the army of Da Sima of Chu State would not require too many troops at all, [-] cavalry plus [-] infantry would be enough, or even [-] elite cavalry would be enough to complete it.

While attacking Da Sima of the Chu State, if the scouts reported that there was a chance, he would not hesitate to let [-] infantry plus combat engineers directly attack Xianghe.

Xianghe is only a hundred miles away from Wancheng. Once he succeeds, he can make peace with Liuzhi.

Contrary to what Da Sima of the Chu State thought, Shi didn't mean to close the door and beat the dogs to catch all the kings of Chu State, because it is impossible to hinder the ruling of Chu with or without a king.

Different from the three years expected by the Grand Sima of the Chu State, in fact, the Jianghan area of ​​​​the Chu State can start conscription and stabilization within one year at most. The Mohists have accumulated iron seeds and cadres for the Jianghan area for a long time.

Once the land is divided, it is impossible to say that the state of Chu is the king, or that the king of Chu personally ran over and asked the people to hand over the land.

Moreover, he has no interest in the idea of ​​taking over the defense of Chu State conceived by Grand Sima of Chu State.

If, according to Da Sima of Chu's idea, from Danyang to Luyang to Xianghe, relying on the Great Wall of Chu to form an effective defense system, then I am afraid that an additional [-] troops will be needed to support Nanyang, and he will not be able to change it. so many.

Everywhere is doubled, and everywhere is few.

People save and land lose, but all people and land survive.

He still understands these two principles.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he had no intention of taking over Chu Great Wall.

This time, his purpose was not at all the lords of Chu, but to open up the line of communication with Nanyang and lure South Korea to send troops to protect itself without waiting for the princes to gather.

This is a matter of pinning hopes on South Korea’s own mistakes, that is to say, opening up the Nanyang communication line and leaving some cavalry for the Six Fingers is the primary purpose; It was a surprise.

If Nanyang is in trouble in the future, the solution is not to support Nanyang, but to attack Daliang from Shangqiu and threaten Wei Han's heart.

It is the most stupid choice to expect to support the [-] fresh troops of the Nanyang Chu Army Corps to completely take over the defense line of the Chu Great Wall.

Logistics supplies, terrain and people's hearts are not dominant. If there are [-] troops in Sishang, it is enough to capture Liang and threaten Wei and Han; but if it is placed in Nanyang, it will become a stupid defensive battle.

Once the girders are captured and South Korea is threatened, the crisis in Nanyang will be lifted. How can Han Wei sit back and watch his heart be attacked and send the army to help Chu restore the country?

Therefore, from the very beginning, the essence of the Mohist's Xiangyang two-point strategy is to replace defense with offense. As long as the Sishang is not lost, it is equivalent to a thorn inserted between Wei, Han, and Qi.

In order to achieve this goal, Gaoliu Yunzhong and Nanzheng can be abandoned, and even the iron smelting craftsmen in Wancheng have begun to migrate southward to Eyi.

Its purpose is to use Xiangyang as a meat grinder to lure Wei Hanqin into Xiangfan by virtue of the advantage of the navy after destroying the navy of Chu State.

Once they march into Xiangfan, the front line will be stretched, and if there is any movement on the eastern front, the coalition forces of the princes will collapse.

At that time, even if the Qin State can fight, it will not be able to support it alone.

The so-called nine fortresses in the world, in fact, for the Mohists at this time, the only thing that is useful is the Jingruan fortress group.

It was a large fortress group built by the state of Chu between the Dan River and the Han River, Ruan Zhe, Yuan Ye.

Because these fortresses are all round, after the pipa was introduced to the Central Plains in the Han Dynasty, the Han people gave the pipa the name "Ruan" because it looked very similar to the fortresses of Chu State.

This is a very important fortress area of ​​the Mohist Xiangyang defense line, because it is in the upper reaches of Xiangfan, choking the Han River and the Dan River, and Qin can only rely on the Dan River for logistics supplies.

If you want to fight Xiangfan, you must win Jingruan.

If you want to win Jingruan, you must have a navy.

And Qin's navy...

Therefore, in fact, it is completely different from what the great Sima of Chu State and his counselors thought.

The defense of the Chu land of the Mohists must rely on the Hanshui River and Tongbai Mountain, not on the Funiu Mountain and the Chu Fortress.

The Nanyang Basin itself is about to be abandoned.

The reason why the troops were sent out was not to close the door and fight dogs, but to threaten South Korea after capturing Xianghe, forcing South Korea to send troops under insufficient preparation.

If no troops are sent, then some cavalry will be reserved for Six Fingers, and some infantry will be swapped while the remaining troops are retreating.

The two divisions in Shenxi went north to Pingyu to strengthen the defenses of Pingyu and Chendi to cover the flanks for future decisive battles on the Eastern Front.

He has no interest in the lordship of the Chu State, or the lordship of the Chu State has not yet understood that Sishang is governed by the bureaucratic system rather than the blood nobles. Whether those lords exist or not are all caught has no effect.

(End of this chapter)