warring states careerist

Chapter 940 Reorganization
"In Nanyang and Jianghan, we must win the hearts of the people."

"But the same is to win the hearts and minds of the people, but the means are different."

"In the land of Jianghan, on the one hand, we distribute the land, and on the other hand, we rely on our accumulated wealth to invest, using cattle, horses, iron utensils and salt, etc., so that the people can really feel the benefits. With a huge number of Mohists, which are far better than the aristocratic class of Chu State, Strengthen the base."

"In Nanyang, the transportation is not easy, and the craftsmen of the iron smelting workshop in Wancheng have moved south. There is no waterway, which makes it difficult to invest."

"However, Nanyang has two advantages. One is that there are so many kings, and there are many lands for the kings. Active land reform, the people will love us; the second is that in some cities, we have a great influence, which is also our advantage. .”

"In my opinion, in the short term, Jianghan and Nanyang will implement two policies. Nanyang should levy as little tax as possible, so that the people can really feel the benefits brought about by the reform; Jianghan, if we invest a lot, then the rewards we get should also be More, the unity of rights and obligations, Jiang Han can guarantee tax revenue while conscription, the people's hearts are still on us."

After talking about the different treatment of the two regions, Shi said, "So this is still a matter of strategic planning."

"If we want to keep the enemy out, then Wancheng needs to build city defenses, Danyang needs to be built, Luyang needs to be built, and Fangcheng needs to be built... Only in this way can it be possible to defend Nanyang under the coalition forces of Qin, Han, and Wei. .”

"This requires the collection of a large amount of food, labor, and labor. How much benefit can the people feel after the reform?"

"Besides, we have invested heavily in the Jianghan area. Ironware, cotton cloth, salt and seed cadres have been prepared ten years in advance. Even if the people there need to serve, they are still better than before."

"If we want to win the hearts of the people in Nanyang, then it is impossible to build fortresses and city defenses on a large scale. This is a mutual paradox. Therefore, from a strategic point of view, we must understand that retreating to Xiangfan is the bottom line, and Nanyang becomes an internal battlefield. optimal."

"What is the internal battlefield? That is, the hearts of the people are with me, food supplies can be purchased and raised locally, and enough people can be mobilized to help carry weapons and food when needed."

"As for Jianghan, it is the rear, not the inner battlefield. It is the rear area that we must defend. What is needed there is to continuously send food, people's strength, and soldiers to the front line. This is different from Nanyang's future positioning."

"You have to remember that the people are not stupid, who treats them well and who treats them badly, they are not fools, it's not that they can't tell the difference."

Xu Ruo, who was below, thought to himself, Juzi's words were not too clear and straightforward after all, some things were too realistic and too cruel.

If Nanyang is used as a battlefield in the future, or if the Mohists retreat and are occupied by Qin, Han, and Wei, in order to fight, they must recruit people and food locally.

It seems that after the reform, abandoning Nanyang and letting Nanyang have low taxes and low labor is to support the enemy army. After all, "Because of the enemy's food, one hour of eating the enemy will be my twenty minutes." If there is more food in the hands of the people, the enemy will get more supplies. Also many.

But by doing so, Wei Hanqin will completely lose the support of the people in Nanyang, and it will be easier for the Mohists to work in the rear, and their future advances will be more welcomed by the people.

This is like encouraging Qin, Wei and Han to plunder the people, and then the Mo family will fight back in the future and be the one who upholds justice.

Of course, Qin, Wei and Han could not plunder the people, and they could also learn from the policies of the Mohists, but that was obviously unrealistic and impossible. Qin, Wei and Han would regard Nanyang as the enemy's territory.

The war will not last long. Nanyang is a place where there is no danger to defend. A decisive battle will reverse the offense and defense. After the people have suffered twice and suffered twice, their support for the Mohists will be even higher than now.

Unlike Jianghan who invested a lot of material, manpower and financial resources, Nanyang now invests too little, relying more on the promotion of the world and the strength of the distribution of land.

Anyway, I have to give up, so it's better to show a lot of goodwill, and make a comparison for the future Qin, Wei and Han attacks.

As long as the people's will is what they want, it will be much easier to intersperse, riot, uprising, seize the city, and burn food in the future.And as long as the offensive and defensive trends change, once Nanyang is recaptured, the people will join the army enthusiastically and know why they are fighting.

There are quite a few people who think the same as Xu Ruo. Those who can sit here and participate in the meeting have all climbed up from the bottom step by step, unlike those nobles who were born with golden keys in their mouths.

Sishang can recruit 30 soldiers, and the people are enthusiastic because Sishang has been in business for [-] years.

When Mozi discussed the population in the past, he said that the reason why the population cannot increase is that the people of the feudal lords have to serve as soldiers and farmers, and the distance between husband and wife is too small; Have such a lustful mind.Therefore, if it is not for festival use, put it into public production before festival burial, and the population can double in 20 years.

Sishang has been in business for 30 years. Not only has the local population doubled, but people who have fled from all over the country are rushing away.

Coupled with the addition of new crops, the popularization of simple medical methods, the spontaneous migration of the population brought about by the development of industry and commerce, and the forced migration of a large number of "long-term workers" who plundered, the population has more than doubled.

In addition, the several battles were all quick battles, and they were basically counted as internal battles, and they were not hit by war.

After the rule of three years of service has been continued, the pressure on the farmers is not great if the land is not merged. Now it is on the right track. Once the children who grew up this year are recruited, they will become a large number of soldiers.

However, Jianghan and Nanyang are different. This requires a process. It will take at least half a year for Jianghan to increase investment, and it may take longer for Nanyang.

If Jianghan needs to undertake logistics, the Jianghan area can only recruit [-] wild soldiers at most within half a year.

Nanyang area can recruit about [-] soldiers, which is much smaller than Sishang. It seems that Nanyang and Jianghan recruit soldiers are similar, but in fact Jianghan area also has to undertake logistical military service, which is different.

But once the Mo family is given two to three years, the number of conscripts in Jianghan and Nanyang will increase several times, so in fact, the time is still on the Moh family's side. Even if Nanyang is temporarily abandoned, as long as Jianghan and Huaixi are in hand, the soldiers of the Mo family will Quantity and productivity can be greatly improved, which is beyond the reach of princes.

After everyone has unified their opinions, in addition to the urgent grassroots construction and effective governance, this time it is also necessary to redefine the army.

The army stationed in Chu was reorganized. The main army was headed by Liuzhi, with [-] infantry, [-] cavalry and a large number of artillery. It was stationed in Wancheng and was mainly responsible for the defense of Nanyang.

This is a temporary number, and newly recruited troops will go to Xiangfan for training, including Jianghan soldiers and Nanyang soldiers.

Once the war starts, the task of Six Fingers is to find an opportunity to annihilate the Qin Jun or Wei Han army who are marching separately. If there is a chance, it is best to switch from defense to offense. If not, then retreat to Xiangfan.

The main force of the navy and some of the surrendered Chu boat divisions were organized together, moved to the Han River, and trained in the Han River Basin as the backbone of the Xiangfan defense.

The Nanzheng Army has [-] infantry and artillery, and [-] cavalry, which are mainly responsible for defending the possible attack of the Qin army from Nanzheng.

Two brigades were deployed in the direction of the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges in Baguo. Xu Ruo was transferred there to monitor the direction of Baguo and Gaocai.

North of Shenxi and north of Tongbai Mountain, [-] Si Shangjun and [-] newly recruited Shenxi soldiers were stationed to cover the right wing of Xiangfan.

In the direction of Luyang, Fangcheng, etc., it is enough to station a small number of soldiers to maintain the rule, and no longer build large-scale city defenses, but only strengthen the defense in the direction of Danyang.

The strength of the army is still a bit stretched for the time being. Once Wei, Han and Qin join forces to go south, Six Fingers may face about twice as many enemy troops. Can they take advantage of Nanyang's inside advantage to annihilate a part of the enemy before the enemy meets and turn defense into offense? The top priority in the direction of the western front.

This time, the plan to lure South Korea to send troops has been shattered, so we cannot hope that our opponents will make mistakes, and we should not have illusions of peace.

Fortunately, regime building and conscription work have already begun. Except for the early conscription in Edi in order to build Jianghan's industrial and commercial rear, the conscription work in the Jianghan area has just begun.

The composition of the garrison in Chu is complex. There are local soldiers from the South China Sea region, some soldiers from Xu Ruo when Yunmeng was separatist as Jiang Pirates, and a group of Nanzheng soldiers. The main force is still Sishang soldiers.

Six Fingers must integrate the legions as soon as possible, and the Jianghan and Nanyang regions must also expand their armies and prepare for war as soon as possible.
Everyone also knows that the victory or defeat of the World War in the future depends on the construction of political power outside the battlefield. Only by stabilizing the situation in Jianghan, Huaixi, and Yuzhou as soon as possible can we support a short but inevitably cruel war.

Weapons and ammunition are continuously transported along the Yangtze River and the newly opened Chencai Fangcheng traffic line. Turn things around.

At the end of the meeting, Shi repeatedly emphasized that although the Mohists are famous for defending and attacking the city, defending the city cannot change the situation, and they still have to rely on field battles to win.

The meaning of defending the city is only to block the enemy, so that the enemy's plan to advance together will be shattered, thereby creating an opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

The defense of Xiangfan is just the worst plan. It would be best if we can fight in the field in Nanyang, and the whole army should strive for such a situation as much as possible.

It is the Eastern Front rather than the Western Front that determines the situation of the world. Once the allied forces of the princes are assembled, as long as the Western Front can last until the Eastern Front wins, then the situation of the world can be said to be under control.

If the allied forces of the princes do not move for a long time, even for one year, two years, or even three or five years, then these problems will no longer exist. Three years later, the establishment of the Jianghan regime is completed, and the princes will have no way to hinder the world anyway. Normalized.

The current situation is so paradoxical.

Everyone knows that time is beneficial to the Mo family.

A state of Chu would have been able to force all the countries in the Central Plains to respect their kings and fight against barbarians, and the strength of the Mohists in Chu, which was fully inherited, would only increase. The reason why the Three Jins beat Chu violently before was because of the early reform of the Three Jins, but now when it comes to radical reforms, who It is also inferior to the Mohists.

But it is useless to know that if the princes do not discuss and cooperate with each other in advance, they may be defeated by the Mohist one by one, and the alliance of princes will naturally disintegrate after breaking a prince, which makes the princes have to delay time to prepare for the joint dispatch of troops to cooperate with each other.

But by doing so, it gave the Mo family the time they needed most.

(End of this chapter)