warring states careerist

Chapter 960
Owner farmers, merchants, industrialists, workshop owners, peasants or peasants in villages under the complete control of the Mohists all support the war in their hearts, and this has a sufficient mass base.

As long as private ownership still exists, no party or school of thought can represent the interests of everyone. The Mohists know this very well, so they are sitting right.

The gap between the countryside and the city is getting bigger and bigger, so that the Mohists can sit in it and maintain the rule of the system.

If the hired workers in the city revolt, they can be suppressed by the most conservative yeoman soldiers.

On the other hand, the peasant uprising could not beat the artillery and muskets that appeared in the development of urban industry and commerce.

Now the conflict has not yet reached such an acute level, and there are even more disgusting nobles, making Sishang and even the Song Dynasty a scene of concerted efforts in general.

This is the source of confidence for the top Mohists to fight a war of annihilation in Song Dynasty. Although there are many conflicts of this kind and that in Sishang, if it is better than bad, the princes are much worse than Sishang.

Based on this mass base, more than [-] passionate and impassioned people were quickly recruited in the eastern part of the Song Dynasty, and together with some Sishang field troops, a new army with weak combat effectiveness was formed.

In September, the four countries of Qi, Wei, Han, and Wei have reached an agreement and officially announced the dispatch of troops.

At the same time, the Mo family also staged a scene on Sishang that "the Mo family failed to attack the city for the first time".

The Propaganda Department used an extremely rare tone in the newspaper to perfectly express what it means to be "serious and relentless".

On the one hand, he warned Han and Wei countries not to try to hinder the great cause of benefiting the world. On the other hand, he also got rid of the propaganda that the Mohists still have the ability to conquer cities even if the main force is absent, and threatened Han Wei not to act rashly.

In order to match these words, this newly formed legion took the initiative to march into Yongqiu after the Qi Han Alliance announced its dispatch of troops, as if to prove that the legion whose main force is not on Sishang can still be invincible, and it seems to be true Prepare to capture Yongqiu and march into Daliang.

Nearly [-] deliberately cobbled together troops pre-empted the attack, and began to besiege Yongqiu while the coalition forces of the princes were still gathering.

Yongqiu is very important in the geopolitical situation of disputes among the countries. It is close to Daliang in the north and Shangqiu in the south.

The city wall here is very thick, and it originally existed as a border fortress city.

There are not many troops temporarily stationed in the city, and there are three thousand regular standing troops.

Although the newly formed legion is pieced together, it exists as a second-line garrison at most.

However, there are not many standing troops in Yongqiu, and most of these people have service experience.Even though Duke Song abdicated soon and this new legion was established in accordance with the new conscription law, the soldiers in Yongqiu City did not dare to come out to fight in the field.

The equipment of this new regiment is relatively poor, including the brigades that are the backbone, and they are all equipped with the second-line troops in Sishang.

Standard cold and hot mixed preparation, half arquebus and half spear, four small cannons for each brigade.

Most of Sishang's elite troops use flint guns. Even though they have stepped up their military expansion and preparations for war in recent years, it is not possible to have one of them.

Under the new army expansion and mobilization, the new army is still a mixture of hot and cold weapons, without simple bayonets and flints, and has to rely on spearmen as shields to cover musketeers.

Compared with Sishang, these configurations are very shabby, but compared to the main army of the princes, the configuration is almost the same or even stronger.

Among the vassals, Chu and Qi are both schools of the Qi-Yue War in the past, with musketeers replacing bowmen as the main output, and spearmen as cover.

Han and Wei are heavy phalanx schools, heavy infantry phalanxes in leather armor, surrounded by heavy musketeers, relying on the slow advance of the phalanx to break through.

Qin is unique, replacing Qin crossbows with heavy flint guns that cannot be inserted into short spears, and is used to form a denser projection fire formation than matchlock guns. The number of musketeers is more than that of spearmen, and the formation is also longer. Thinner, in order to take advantage of the heavy flint gun that replaced the Qin crossbow.

Yan State is still using the rural shooting system to recruit archers, while Zhao State is mainly based on light cavalry, supplemented by heavy infantry from the same origin of the Three Jin Dynasties.

This kind of army with mixed hot and cold weapons, which is considered as a second-rate army in Sishang, can still be regarded as a strong army if it is placed in the princes' place under the perfect conscription and training and retired military system.

However, the "strong army" of 3 people is still mainly based on exercises. It is necessary for the princes to believe that Sishang is empty and the main force has not yet returned, so as to induce the princes' coalition forces to advance rashly.

Attacking Yongqiu created an impression of being harsh and indifferent, so this battle is bound to fail.

After the new army, which was supposed to be transferred back to the vicinity of Pengcheng to continue training, surrounded Yongqiu, they adopted the old third method of the Mohist siege.

Zigzag parallel tactics, artillery cover suppression, engineers digging pits to bury explosives.

The siege of the city before was invincible.

But under the city of Yongqiu, there was a problem. For the first time, the Mohist artillery was suppressed by the vassal states.

In the past, whether it was attacking Dangshan or Linqiu Chengyang, the tactics of the Mohists were simple and crude, but the three were indispensable.

In the battle of Dangshan in the past, Pengcheng mobilized almost all the artillery that Pengcheng could muster; in the battle of Chengyang Lanqiu, Liu Zhi commanded the most luxurious artillery unit at that time.

The parallel tactics of zigzag trenches are very effective, but this effectiveness is based on the superiority of artillery. Although a single zigzag trench can also fight, the loss will be huge.

Originally, the purpose of this legion was not to capture Yongqiu, so the general carried out an unprofessional siege battle with the aim of reducing the number of deaths as much as possible.

Surrounding Yongqiu, both sides dug pits, counterattacked, counterattacked, counter-digged pits, burned sulfur to fume tunnels, night raids, counter night raids...

Just pretending to besiege for twelve days, when it seemed that Yongqiu was really going to be captured if the fight continued, the coalition forces of the princes finally assembled in Daliang.

The general who was in charge of pretending to attack the city breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly chose to withdraw his troops on the grounds that the troops stationed under the fortified city might be in danger.

After the news reached the camp in the northwest of Daliang City, the feudal lords rejoiced, and the emperor hosted a banquet. For a while, it seemed as if they had won an unbelievable victory.

Zhou Tianzi did not get usury loans, so he used force to forcibly collect the taxation tax, Qiujia tax and special business tax. In addition, the princes needed the emperor, so it was considered a coup. Zhou Tianzi finally mobilized a team of 4000 people The army of the princes became the spiritual idol of the coalition forces of the princes.

At this time, Ji Xi was very clear about what she was, and she was so poor that she couldn't afford usury to recruit soldiers. Naturally, she would not make a big show of Zhou Tianzi's profile, but tried to "harmonize the monarch and his ministers" as much as possible.

The feudal lords finally still have to carry the statue of Emperor Zhou, so it is not good to insult them today and disdain them tomorrow, and each of them also pretends to be a virtuous and loyal minister on the face.

The reason for setting up a banquet to celebrate the battle of Yongqiu is simple.

This is the first time in 30 years that the Mohist siege failed to capture the city. Although the city was in danger at the end, a large army arrived and the Mohist retreated.

Just like this, it is enough to hold a banquet to celebrate.

While drinking and drinking, Han Chen's vassal Duan and his attendants held a few iron balls and presented them to the emperor.

The Son of Heaven was ignorant. Seeing these iron balls, he wondered, "What are these?"

Han Hou hurriedly said: "This copper cannon is also an iron bullet."

Zhou Tianzi snorted, but murmured in his heart.

I thought to myself that when you were going to separate your families in the three Jin Dynasties, you had to bring three kinds of Jiahe from Sishang to present, and you knew some rules back then.

Now what do you mean by giving me a few iron balls?
Seeing that the Son of Heaven was silent, Han Hou hurriedly laughed and said, "These iron balls were dug out from the soil on the city wall of Yongqiu. The largest iron ball weighs only five catties, and the number is very small. This is a good omen. "

Ji Xi laughed and said, "Qing is also good at divination and calculation?"

Han Hou was contemptuous in his heart, but his face became more respectful, and he replied: "The Mo family is the best at using cannons to attack the city."

"Where they attack the city, they must first bombard it for several days. When the copper cannons in the city are destroyed, they will send diggers to dig like rats and gradually approach the city wall."

"In the old days when attacking Dangshan, the largest iron ball was [-] catties, and it rotted for miles with one cannon. It would kill you if you touch it. Even if a stone is used as a city, it can be smashed."

"Attack Yongqiu today with an army of [-], besieged for more than ten days, and the largest projectile is only five catties."

"It can be seen from this that the Mohist army is definitely not in Sishang. Kai Zhishi's attack on Laiwu to encircle Linzi this time must take away all his soldiers who are good at fighting."

"The reason why we attacked Yongqiu was just pretending to be brave. If we capture Yongqiu, it will be like what they said, Sishang can still fight against the emperor's army."

"Today's [-]-day siege will not go down, something that has never happened in [-] years, the soldiers on the side of the Mo family are all old and weak, and they are vulnerable to a single blow."

"It's an old minister who said that this is an auspicious omen. This time the Son of Heaven personally conquests, Shangqiu must conquer, isn't it in accordance with God's will, and it coincides with King Wu's intention to defeat Zhou?"

Shangqiu was originally the capital of Song State, and Song State was the descendant of Yin Shang. Song Gong said in the last sacrifice of Sanglin Society that Shang Tang defeated Xia because Xia Jie could not inherit Dayu's original intention of benefiting the world, so he violated God's will. And now the rise of the Mohist school is to inherit Dayu's behest...

This caused Zhou Tianzi to be very dissatisfied with Song Gong who had abdicated, because Song Gong's remarks clearly questioned Zhou Tianzi's legitimacy from within the system.

The Mohists do not worship the Yin and Shang surnames of the Sanglin Society, but worship the Dayu who controlled the water in Tushan.The Mohists value the will of God, ghosts and gods, but they also believe that the people are gods, and Mozi's theory of "love" and "respect" makes the Mohists start a new stove against the emperor.

Mozi’s evaluation of Dayu in the past was as follows: We respect and love Dayu not because he is Dayu, but because of what he did to dredge the world for the benefit of all people.So when we respect Dayu, we don't respect the body, but what he did.

This set of theories is a standard anti-ghosts and gods with the banner of ghosts and idols. According to Mozi, the emperor has no legal principles at all.The attitude of the Mohists towards Dayu is still the same, how about the Son of Heaven?You benefit the world and I respect you, not because you are the Son of Heaven School, but because you benefit the world; if one day you harm the world, it is only natural for me to oppose you.

Zhou Tianzi was dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do.

However, what Song Gong said in the Sanglin Society before his abdication was quite different.

Song Guo accepted the sacrifice of Yin and Shang, and Zhou took Yin as a merchant official. What Song Guo said in Sanglinshe was equivalent to declaring the legal principles of Mohism on another level of rules.

The theory of the Mohists is a new one. I say I am justified and I am justified. If Zhou Tianzi objects, he can only use the old rules to object, but the Mohists even object to the old rules, so the objection is meaningless, and finally falls into a moral dispute. On the other hand, it can't compete with the Mohists whose system has formed.

The words of Duke Song's abdication were based on the remarks under the old system rules, which gave the Mohists rationality in the name of the descendants of the previous emperor under the old rules.

Zhou Tianzi may not care about the new rules of the Mohist school, but he is extremely concerned about the remarks in support of the Mohist school under the old rules, which will directly threaten his remaining, the only valuable legal reason.

He doesn't know how to fight, and doesn't know the difference between a five-pound iron ball and an eighteen-pound iron ball; he doesn't know how to deploy troops, and doesn't know the difference between a striker, a flank, and a main defender.

But he knew these old rules very well. When Han Hou said that this was an auspicious omen and that King Wu wanted to defeat Zhou, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Your words are so true! Your words are so true! The Mohists have no righteousness and no virtue, If you conquer it, the Emperor of Heaven will protect you, and you will win this battle."

"As you said, there are only five catties of iron bullets on my body, and the main force is on the eastern front. Why not march into Shangqiu immediately?"

(End of this chapter)