warring states careerist

Chapter 958
However, Shi Shi's approach, in the eyes of the princes and ministers who had already decided on the strategy of encircling Shangqiu and saving Linzi, found a feeling called "seriousness and inner weakness" from it.

After the plan is made, they urgently need something like a "miracle" or "deduction" to prove that their choice is not wrong.

So Tian Ju and others took a newspaper published half a month ago, pointed to the article on it titled "Imperfect as a Gold Soup", and said happily after reading it: "This must be a bluff. The main force of the Mohists attacked Yingyi, If you intend to attack east and south, Sishang will be empty."

"Our army enters the Song Dynasty at this time, and Sishang must not be able to defend, so we can only withdraw the army."

"Otherwise, even though Linzi was broken, but Sishang was captured, the Mo family's enemy is not just Qi."

"This battle, the coalition forces will win."

When he said this, the rest of the people also showed a state of mind called confidence.

After all, Sishang Volunteer has a reputation of being invincible for 30 years, and he still feels a little guilty against other countries in the field.

It has been 20 years since the countries of the Sishang Song Dynasty have entered a single soldier. What is needed at this time is a little confidence or a sign.

In their view, the main force of the Mohist siege is indeed powerful, but it also has great disadvantages, such as a slower marching speed, and the need to wait for copper cannons or catapults.

Recalling it, since the battle more than ten years ago, it seems that the Mo family would not be able to attack the city without the bronze cannon.

So now the army is still some distance away from Laiwu, and Linzi has also begun to recruit nearby farmers and soldiers to defend. As long as there is a rumor that the princes will join forces to attack Song, the Mo family can be forced to return.

Tian Ju has his own opinion on whether the Mohists captured Linzi.

He believes that the reason why the Mohists attacked Jiaodong first and then Linzi was for the autumn grain of Jiaodong.

The army has not moved, and the food and grass go first. The more professional the army is, the more logistics it needs.

The Mohists used the Yangtze River as a supply line to attack Chu, but even then they mostly consisted of infantry and very few cavalry.

As for attacking Linzi, especially from Laiwu and Jiaodong, the best supply method for the Mohists is to recruit food, grass and manpower from Jiaodong.

The south of Laiwu is mountainous, blocked by Yimeng Mountain, and it is difficult for the Mohists to transport grain and grass.

And if Jiaodong is captured, the manpower and material resources of Jiaodong can be used as the logistics for besieging Linzi, and the grain can also be transported to the sea along the Weishui River and transported to the vicinity of Linzi via seamounts.

The coast at this time was different from that of later generations. The scope of the Yellow River's impact and siltation was not very large. In fact, Linzi was not far from the sea at all, and there was Zishui that went directly to the Bohai Sea.

Once the Mohists occupy Jiaodong, the capital of Qi will be under great threat in the future. This is also one of the reasons why Tian Ju firmly opposes making peace with the Mohists and cutting off Wei to make up for Qi.

Invading the Song Dynasty and forcing the Mohist army to retreat is the only way to break the situation.

This is different from the "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao" of later generations.

Surrounding Wei and saving Zhao is Qi as a third party encircling Wei and saving Zhao. Sun Bin's purpose is to annihilate Wei's field troops as a third party, thereby weakening Wei.

At this time, it was Qi who surrounded Song and rescued Linzi. Its purpose was not to fight against the Mohist field army to destroy the Mohist field army, because Qi was not a third party, and they really had no confidence in defeating the Mohist field army.

The purpose is different, and the focus is also different: Qi encircles Wei to save Zhao, whether Handan is relieved is a secondary consideration, and taking the opportunity to weaken Wei and defeat Wei's field army is the main purpose; The secondary purpose is not counted. The main purpose is to force the Mohists to come back to solve the predicament in Linzi. The secondary purpose is to pull South Korea into the water so that South Korea can focus on the eastern front instead of the western front.

Therefore, after the four countries of Qi, Han, Wei, and Wei had discussed it, the princes immediately issued a declaration, claiming that a total of 30 coalition troops were recruited to attack the Song Dynasty, and clearly told the Mohists that they wanted to attack the Song Dynasty to save Linzi, so that the Mohists would be allowed to attack the Song Dynasty earlier. retreat.

The news was not blocked and concealed at all, and the main force to save Linzi was not the third country, but Qi itself.

The news spread to the Sishang Army, who was near Beigumi, looked at the information, looked at the number of troops "30" and remained silent for a long time.

For outside offensive operations, the advance plan was interrupted, and it was impossible to gather an army of "30" in a short period of time.

Let alone a short period of time, it is a question of whether or not 15 field mobile troops can be assembled for the princes to prepare for three years.

Qi Han wanted to attack the Song Dynasty to force the "main force" of the Mohist family to come back for help. The idea was good, but if the strength was insufficient, in Shi's view, this would be death.

Although he was wary of the princes attacking Sishang recklessly, he was quite surprised that the princes really did so.

It is not a question of whether it can be captured, but that the princes have to adjust their strategies, prepare food and grass in a short period of time, and send troops at most [-] in a hurry, and they have to be distributed on an extremely long front and march from several directions.

There must be a strategy for defense, there must be defense in the rear, there must be flank support, and there must be division of troops.

If you send troops to attack without sufficient preparation, you will be easily surrounded and wiped out.

His original intention was to delay time, but he didn't want the princes to come and die directly. He never thought that the princes gave him such a big gift.

Because it is to attack Song Dynasty to save Linzi, it must be fast, because this fake "army" of the Mohists will come to Laiwu in a short time.

Once Laiwu was captured, if the princes still only sent troops verbally, Linzi would also be defeated.

With such a short period of time, it is estimated that the preparations of all countries must be insufficient.

After receiving the news that day, Xingye returned to Peifeng, studied with the military committee, and finally made up his mind to fight a war of annihilation in Song Dynasty and completely defeat the field mobile forces of the princes.

There are not many marching routes that the princes can choose, and the means of coping with it has been prepared by the staff as early as the coup of Song Dynasty and the division of Zheng between Wei and Han.

If the allied forces of the princes are dispatched, Xu must be attacked first.

Xuchang is like a sharp knife stuck in the heart of South Korea, which can directly threaten the hinterland of South Korea.

Moreover, if the princes attack the Song Dynasty, Xuchang will easily be cut off from the logistics if he does not attack first.

Once Xuchang is captured, the princes should send troops to defend the direction of Yinyang, and then go east from Xuchang to attack Yangxia.

Only by capturing Yangxia can the passage between Chenyi and Shangqiu be blocked.

South Korea's Yongqiu and Yangxia are almost on the same meridian line, which is an extremely positive north-south orientation. Only when Yangxia is captured can the door to Shangqiu be opened.

Now is not the era when farmers and soldiers from all over the world marched for several months with food for decisive battles decades ago, and the logistical pressure of all countries is much greater than before.

It can't be said that tens of thousands of farmers and soldiers wearing leather armor and carrying spears piled up under the city of Shangqiu and pretended to attack the city, that would really be a joke.

Therefore, Yangxia could not be conquered, and the plan of attacking Song Dynasty by various countries to save Qi was directly aborted.

However, Yangxia is not easy to attack, and Shi's goal is not to really capture Linzi, Shi was even a little worried that the army of princes would not be able to attack Yangxia and then retreated, so he missed such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to wipe out the opponent's vital force.

Everyone at the meeting had similar opinions to Shi, and they all said: "Always predict the enemy. If the enemy doesn't care about the logistics and gathers all the troops together, it doesn't matter whether Yangxia is captured or not, and rushes to Shangqiu in one go. ...that would be easy."

"But I'm afraid they have brains, but no strength."

"Don't talk about Yang Xia, but Xu. If we really want to defend, I'm afraid they won't be able to attack in half a year. We will be embarrassed by then... Should we attack Linzi or not?"

From the beginning to the end, the Mo family was full of confidence in the offensive and defensive momentum in Sishang and Eastern Henan.

From the very beginning, they were worried about problems with Liuzhi on the western front, not because they were afraid that Liuzhi would not win, but because they were worried that they would retreat to Xiangfan, and the personnel in Nanyang would not be able to use them for themselves.

From the perspective of the senior Mohists, it was a joke for the princes to attack Sishang. The Mohists could not gather enough troops and logistics to attack the Mohist from outside, but the Mohists were really not afraid of fighting inside.

Not to mention Sishang, which has been in business for 30 years and has truly managed to effectively govern every village and has a complete grassroots organization, even Songdi is a place that can be completely controlled.

When the army of princes came to attack, their guns were not as good as their own, their guns were not as good as their own, and their hearts were even worse. The Mohist group never thought of the possibility of failure. They even suspected that a standard angular fort with [-] princes would have to attack for a year. No one has really attacked the fortified city under the Mohist's new city defense system, not once. They have no idea how powerful the Mohist's defense system is now.

Now everyone is really afraid that the front will be too strong, so that the allied forces of the princes will not be able to attack even Xu and dare not continue to attack, so it will be difficult.

Shi said: "In fact, the princes still have confidence. They thought we really wanted to attack Linzi, so the main force was outside. In the early stage, we will definitely attack very fiercely."

"It's a good thing to attack fiercely and have confidence. I'm also really afraid that in Xudi we will fight too hard and wear away their confidence. They will be so scared that they can only shrink back and act like a tortoise. It will be troublesome. "

The confidence of the allied forces of the princes to attack the Song Dynasty stemmed from their belief that the main force of the Mohists was in the east and were preparing to attack Linzi.

Whether it is to force the Mo family to return to aid, or to win the field battle, at least they must capture Xudi to be eligible to continue thinking about it.

If Xu didn't attack, the confidence of the princes would be gone immediately.

It doesn't matter if it's gone, the original idea was to attack Jiaodong and force Linzi to buy time and disrupt the deployment of the princes.

If the allied forces of the princes retreat, time can indeed be bought, but if you think about it, the chances of the princes taking the initiative to attack the inner line of the Mohist family will be less.

If you can win one day earlier, you can win one day sooner. After all, the righteousness of the Mohists is to benefit the world. It is best to let the people suffer less from the suffering of a day of war.

After discussing for a while, everyone said, "Since the princes have released the news, they will launch an attack soon. Even if they pretend to attack us and force us to retreat, there must be some results. It may be useless to rely on words alone. "

"The garrison in Xudi is ready to retreat. Once the princes' army attacks, they will immediately retreat to the front line of Zhaoling and deploy defenses in Yinshui."

"No matter what, if the princes, especially South Korea, do not capture Xu, they will never dare to continue to march. Yangxia is in our hands, and they dare not move Shangqiu. I think if you want to make the princes fall into our trap, you must use It's an 'empty city plan'."

(End of this chapter)