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Chapter 966 Comparison

In the Qi army camp under Daicheng, the red flag of Qi country is flying.

After the Tian family replaced Qi, in order to find the legal rationale for replacing Qi, Tian carried forward the theory of reincarnation of the five virtues.

As the saying goes, when an emperor is about to prosper, the sky will first see the prosperity of the people.At the time of the Yellow Emperor, the heavens first saw big gnats and big mole.Huang Di said: Rustic style wins!The rustic spirit prevails, so its color is still yellow, and its work is earthy.At the time of Yu, Heaven saw that the grass and trees would not be killed in autumn and winter.Yu said: Wood Qi prevails!The wood energy is strong, so its color is still green, and its work is wood.At the time of Tang, Heaven saw that the golden blade was born in water.Tang said, Jin Qi wins!The energy of gold prevails, so its color is still white, and its affairs are gold.At the time of King Wen, the sky saw the fire first, and the red bird titled the alchemy book was collected in Zhoushe.King Wen said, "Fire wins!"Fire Qi prevails, so its color is still red, and its actions are fire.Those who replace fire must replace water.

At this time, the emperor of Zhou was still alive, and the wrestling between the countries had not yet been completed. Therefore, except for the Mohists who were qualified to disregard the old rules and use water virtue, the princes did not publicly declare that they were water virtue at this time.

However, the Mohists themselves don’t believe in this stuff, so the world is still dominated by the color derived from fire virtue. The main color of the Mohism is black not because of the Wude Water Fire Extinguishing Week, but because the Mohist’s ink and black dye are used in civilian clothing. reason.

Tian's own legal theory is that he believes that his fire virtue is the main one, and Jinde is the second. Therefore, according to this deduction, the color of the Tian clan should be purple.

The theory is like this, but the reality needs to be supported by materials. Qi has no money to make all the soldiers wear purple clothes.

At this time, it was extremely difficult to refine purple fuel. In the past, Qi Huan liked purple, and if he was good at the top, he would follow suit at the bottom. As a result, the nobles in Linzi city all wore purple.

But purple is too expensive, and it is too wasteful to refine it, and the extravagance is really unbearable, so Guan Zhong came up with an idea.

Ask Qi Huan to say to the left and right: "I really hate the smell of purple."

So there are those who are dressed in purple on the left and right, and the public will say: "Stop it! I hate purple and stink."

Around that time, the purple dye in Qi was also made from rotten conch, and it did have a urine smell. It may also be that the purple dye has a special smell due to the extraction technology of comfrey.

But the general idea is that some nobles wore purple clothes and approached Duke Huan of Qi, and Duke Huan of Qi said you stay away from me, I hate the strange smell of purple, so the number of nobles wearing purple became less and less.

But now Tian Shi wants to use the five virtues to explain his rationality after he replaces Qi, so he has to use purple again, because purple is the color of the fire master Jinsuke.

However, for the feudal doctrine of the five virtues, the theory has to yield to reality.

The state of Qi is so poor that it is impossible to equip every soldier with a set of noble purple clothes. If they can match, the whole world will be unified by the state of Qi.

So the warlocks came up with a clever idea, and came up with a theory that purple is the color of Tian's family, but the essence of Tian's Daiqi is that the descendants of the Yellow Emperor continued the reincarnation of the Battle of Banquan. Tian replaced the great virtue of the Jiang family, a descendant of Emperor Yan, so the state of Qi should rely on Tude.

The virtue of earth is still yellow, and yellow is too expensive, and the emperor of Zhou is still alive, so it should be supplemented with fire virtue.

Of course, the main reason is that madder dyes are cheaper than the expensive gardenia yellow and purple, so the Qi State adopted the earth red dyes of madder as the main dye, and the earth red fire and earth virtues.

This is to look for an arrow first and then find the target. The theory of the five virtues has to bow to reality. If you don’t bow your head, the Qi State will have to produce tens of thousands of sets of noble purple clothes for military uniforms. Not to mention all military expenses, even the military uniform dyeing costs To force Qi Hou to hang himself.

At that time, there were many people who ridiculed Tian Qi's deeds in some big cities. "Smelly purple" has the same meaning as sour grapes; language.

The place where the earth-red flag fluttered was the camp where Qi State besieged Daicheng, and five thousand soldiers set up three camps.

They didn't attack, because the previous attacks had suffered great losses, and it was obviously difficult to capture with only these 5000 people, so they just dug the earth and built earth barriers for surveillance, not even a siege.

This place is not far from the important logistical supply line of the coalition forces, so it has to be monitored, and it cannot be defeated in a short period of time, so this method can only be used.

The Qi army in the camp has been tossed so much by the defenders in the city these days, there will always be sneak attacks and counterattacks at night, and there will be the sound of artillery or explosions at night, making it difficult to sleep peacefully in the camp.

I tried digging tunnels before, but the defenders of the city were the Mohists who were the best at digging pits and had specialized books like "Preparing Caves". Half of the tunnels were dug and blocked by people, and then they blew burning sulfur into them with leather sticks, and they died. The elite soldiers inside were horrible.

The morale of the besieged city was high, but that of the besieger was low.

In addition, there are copper cannons in the city, so the location of the camp has been withdrawn again and again, and has been withdrawn two miles away. After digging the camp, they will set up here.

At this time, three miles away, a team of scouts was observing the Qi army's camp on the tree.

There is a flat river here, and the Qi army on the opposite side also spotted them, and sent some scouts to try to drive them away.

These days, the scouts of the Mo family were like flies that smelled rotten flesh. They often circled the camp, and the Qi army was also used to it. The Mo family had many scouts and reconnaissance cavalry.

The two sides have an incomparable understanding.

When the scouts of the Mo family approached, the Qi State sent cavalry to chase them away, but the Mo family scouts withdrew, and the Qi State cavalry did not pursue them.

Every day, four or five times a day.

But at this time, a scout officer of the Mo family on the tree didn't want to just withdraw. He didn't know the rules within three miles, so he couldn't think of obeying them.

Jumping down from the tree, there were a total of twelve people in their team, and only a dozen or so cavalrymen came out from the opposite side.

The officers leading the Mohist scouts here are standard well-to-do farmers. They are not the same as those who were the main force of the Mohist infantry before. Most of the cavalry and scouts are also from such backgrounds.

Scouts or Qingqi at his age have similar experiences.

The fathers shed blood when the Mohist family rose up in Sishang, and soon after they were born, they all had a surname, and then they went to the village or the school in the village to receive education step by step.

The family paid off the money for the cattle and ironware when they first started school, and the fathers' service period had also expired, so they were farming at home.

The family formed a cooperative with several families. On average, a family has more than [-] mu of land, and several of them raise a few horses. The horses cultivate faster, and they grow less rice here, so they use more heavy horse plows.

Their generation may have a well-established grassroots organization and education system since they were young. When they were twelve or thirteen years old, they were catching up with the vigorous tiger hunting movement. At that time, they had been exposed to muskets.

Knowing that the earth is round and taking it for granted instead of questioning it; believing that people should be equal also taking it for granted and not wanting to question it.

At the age of [-] or [-], those who have not been admitted to the rare middle school will be ready to serve in the military. During this period, training will be organized during the slack period, and the male hormones in the valley field in the village community will start to prompt these young hairy children to wrestle and fight bravely. , to win the hearts of girls.

Start serving at the age of seventeen or eighteen, or enter the cavalry or go to the infantry. If you do well, you can choose to defer your service and regard serving as a soldier as a profession, or be promoted to a grassroots officer.

The popularity of horse farming in Sishang and Huaibei made them experience horse riding at an early age. The vast land and sparsely populated land, coupled with the horse trade in Zhongshan and the north of Gaoliu, and the development of horse breed improvement in Sishang, made Huaibei Sishang, which can be said to be the most suitable place for raising horses north of the Yellow River, has a very large number of horses.

At this time, being a farmer was a profession that was envied by many hired workers in cities. The great development of industry and commerce and the development of the system of hired workers in workshops and handicrafts would inevitably be accompanied by the bankruptcy of a large number of small farmers.

It is nothing more than that Sishang let people from Song, Qi and other places go bankrupt and exile here in order to ensure that Sishang, the soldiers, did not go bankrupt. One of the reasons why China seems to be rich like a paradise is actually a variant of colonial expansion and economic plunder.

Now that there is enough plunder, and the accumulation of technology and capital has been completed, it is natural to make the world unified.

This new generation of young people who have enjoyed this kind of affluence and a life that is like paradise relative to other places will bleed for everything they have enjoyed.

Use blood to repay the debts they owe to the Song, Qi, Chu, Yue, Han and other lower classes for the economic colonial exploitation in the double exploitation of the nobles and the colonists under the concept of the world.

This is the experience of most Qingqi scouts who are around 20 years old today, and it is not much different, almost the same.

The father of the young officer who jumped down from the tree was a well-known hunting hero in the village. He had killed tigers and crocodiles, and his family had certificates and medals.

He became a cavalry soldier during his service, and soon became a professional soldier who served overage, and became a grassroots officer in the division's scout reconnaissance cavalry.

Now that the army is twenty miles away, they arrived early to scout the situation of the enemy.

Seeing that the Qi people on the opposite side sent cavalry to drive them away, the young officer said to his comrades: "Let's do it, I think the Qi army is very lax, after finishing them, how about rushing to the camp with me to grab a few flags?" I dare not say too much, I think a third-class merit is not a problem."

He found that Qi's camp was very lax. If the cavalry who wanted to drive them away were defeated, it would not be a problem to seize the flag after approaching.

Military merit is not only honor, but also economic benefits.Although land is not divided into military merits, it is divided into some public shares, which are related to subsidies after retirement.

Sishang's professional soldiers are built by benefiting the world's righteousness and real gold and silver, so as rich as Sishang, he can only support about [-] professional soldiers and professional grassroots officers, and it is impossible to support any more. rise.

These dozen or so scouts are young people, active in mind and full of enthusiasm. After hearing this and discussing it, they all think it is feasible.

So two people were selected by lottery to report the reconnaissance situation, and the rest quickly formed a commonly used squad formation, with six people attacking from the front, and the remaining four went around to the side.

(End of this chapter)