warring states careerist

Chapter 972
Thirty miles northeast of Shangqiu City, inside the main camp of the Mohists, there were bonfires to resist the night cold in late autumn.

It's just like usual, I'm reading a book at this time every day.

It's not that he likes reading very much, but because of his identity.

As a revisionist who modified Mozi's theory to such an extent, this kind of people have a common characteristic, that is, their understanding of the original classics is more thorough than the person who wrote the classics.

Only in this way can one be able to find chapters and excerpt sentences, take meaning out of context, and revise and condense one's own system and theory from a few words.

It has only been more than [-] years since Mozi passed away. If Mozi came back to life at this time, looking at this whole set of completely changed Mohist theories, he would definitely cry out: I am not a Mohist.

However, Mozi has passed away, and the dead cannot be resurrected, so wearing Mozi's corpse, he did what he wanted to do.

The bright whale oil lamp was flickering, at this moment Shi Shi was reading a letter and deliberating about replying.

The letter was sent by Suo Lucan from Pengcheng. This hero who once traveled thousands of miles to the west can't resist the invasion of the years, and his body is failing day by day.

The thinking in front of the Tower of Babel many years ago has finally converged into a question today.

Solu said in the letter that life and death are fate, and he felt that his life was not long, but he was sad because he couldn't see the world return to unity, and he couldn't go through fire and water again for the great benefit of the world.

Before he died, Solu asked, if the rights of nobility cannot be hereditary, why can people's wealth be hereditary?What is the difference between hereditary wealth and hereditary power when land, workshop utensils, raw materials, and hired labor can all be purchased with money?
At the end of the letter, Solucan asked, what is the origin of the inequality between the tens of millions of people in the world?

When land, utensils, raw materials, and hired labor can all be purchased with money, did the power of the princes and nobles lose to money or to heaven and justice?

This letter is a private letter, and Sulucan also said that this letter will not be made public.

He also knows that Shizai is busy preparing for the final decisive battle, but he knows that his life is not long, and he doesn't know if he can see Shizai come back victorious, so he hopes to ask this question in his personal capacity, not as the head of Xiang Xu's liberal arts department. question.

I picked up the pen for a long time, not knowing what to write.

After a long time, the secretary walked into the tent and said softly, "Young man, regular meeting."

Those two simple words seemed to have saved Shi's life, and Shi felt that he had a formal and convincing reason, so he sealed the envelope from Solucan and left his tent.

In a big tent made of wool felt, half of the Mo family's senior officials and officers above the rank of the main division gathered, and they waved away Suo Lucan's doubts in their minds, and walked into the big tent with a smile on their faces.

A colonel and staff officer gave a general overview of the current situation. Now the Mohist main force has 1000 forwards and is approaching Ningling. Xia's [-] Han troops met.

On the map, a huge pocket has basically been formed. When the coalition forces of the princes have reached this point, it basically depends on whether the suspicious army near Yangxia and Zhecheng can block the Han army in the direction of Yangxia.

This time, the Mohists concentrated almost all of their wealth and mobilized almost all veterans and sergeant-level retired officers who had retired within five years, just to complete their merits in one battle.

The four main infantry divisions are all elites equipped with flint guns, and a matchlock division with mixed hot and cold weapons, mainly retired veterans, is recruited and reorganized to make up for the resistance of the main infantry division that is inserted into Cheng Kuang .

The main direction is [-] cavalry, including an elite heavy cavalry division of martial arts knights and a light cavalry division.Plus two brigades of combat engineers, one brigade of infantry knights who rode on horseback and dismounted to fight on foot, and six companies of grenadiers who first boarded the battalion.

A total of more than 120 copper cannons with iron bullets were assembled, not including the four small cannons assigned to each brigade.

Such a luxurious lineup is the wealth accumulated by the Mo family for 30 years. Although the army stationed in Chu is also elite, it is difficult to deploy so many bronze cannons and cavalry for outside operations.

The importance of this battle no longer needs to be talked about in the military account. Everyone present understands that once they win, the northern princes will no longer be able to stop the expansion of the Mohists.

Looking at the latest map of the situation between us and the enemy, the colonel staff officer pointed to the direction between Ningling and Shangqiu: "The Qi people have left about 6000 people here to block our forward advance."

"As for us, between Yangxia and Zhecheng, there are nearly 6000 people, blocking the Han army going northward in the direction of Yangxia to make peace."

"The scouts report, between Ningling and Shangqiu, the battle will start early tomorrow morning. Looking at the weather, tomorrow will be sunny, with a bright moon and few stars, which is suitable for field battles."

"The right wing in the direction of Cheng Kuang is also advancing here. According to the enemy's marching speed and retreat direction, if nothing happens, we can catch up with the final decisive battle."

After explaining the general situation, someone said: "Now I'm a little worried. Is it possible that the enemy's march southward is also a kind of deception?"

"If the enemy pretends to meet in Hongshui, and then retreats to Gucheng via Yangxia, and then retreats to Xu... in fact, taking advantage of Chengkuang's opportunity to gather our troops on the battlefield, the Han army of Yangxia and the Qi army of Shangqiu suddenly To the northwest, our army that broke through Chengkuang's direction and withdrew from Chengkuang's direction?"

This possibility is not impossible, Chengkuang is very close to Yongqiu, if the main force of the coalition forces retreats south is false, but gathers forces to break through the partial division in the direction of Chengkuang, and withdraw from Chengkuang to Yongqiu, then the situation will not be very good.

At that time, the Mohists will still hold the initiative of the strategic offensive, but at that time, the Qi and Han coalition forces will rely on Yongqiu to resist and gradually retreat.

Someone shook his head and said, "Our troops in Chengkuang's direction are not newcomers who have never fought. The infantry Chen Yu and the cavalry concubines are officers who have fought many battles. They will send scouts to see the battlefield." situation."

"If the Han army suddenly goes north to Chengkuang, it will not work sooner or later."

"Chengkuang is 140 miles away from Shangqiu, and a hundred miles away from Yangxia. If the allied forces of the princes want to retreat from Chengkuang, it is impossible to abandon Ningling."

"Now that our army has broken the siege of Daicheng, once we find that the enemy is retreating in the direction of Yongqiu, we can immediately go west."

"As long as our army in the direction of Chengkuang is not defeated within half a day, then we may surround the enemy army near Chengkuang. The enemy army dare not take this risk."

"If the allied forces of the princes did not rush forward at the beginning, but first captured Daicheng and then attacked Shangqiu, this danger would exist."

"But Qihou has to be in a hurry. If he is not in a hurry, Linzi will be in danger. So from the beginning when he chose to attack Sishang to force us to rescue him, he was doomed to rush in easily. Time is not on their side."

"As Juzi said, it seems that this is a decisive victory on the battlefield, but in fact the victory or defeat has already been decided by the cadres and teachers of our village. Our system determines that after we occupy Jianghan, Huaixi and Nanyang, we only need three or two More troops can be pulled out in a year, and the princes have to be impatient."

Shi Ze pointed to the direction of Ningling and Shangqiu and said, "Actually, the key to this problem lies in the Qi army's rearguard troops in the direction of Ningling."

"If they can delay for more than two days, then the princes can have many choices. But if they can't delay for too long, in fact, the princes did not withdraw on their own initiative, but were chased by us, then the situation is very different."

"Whether it is to retreat to Yongqiu, or choose Hongshui to go to Yangxia and retreat to Xu, as long as our forward quickly breaks through the obstruction of the Qi army in the direction of Ningling, then the initiative of the entire battle will always be in our hands."

When tens of thousands of troops move, they must have forward flanks.

The task of the forward troops of the Mohists is to open the passage, and once the main force of the enemy is found, they will stick close to it.

The Qi army left about 6000 people to stop it. No matter what retreat route the princes choose, it depends on how long these 6000 people can stop.

If it is delayed for a long time, the [-] forwards will not be able to quickly withdraw from the battle. At that time, even if it is discovered that the main force of the princes is to attack Kuang's partial division, the Mo family will not be able to deploy quickly.

After the discussion, Shi finally issued a death order to send the news to the forward army overnight.

In any case, before noon the day after tomorrow, defeat the blocking forces of the Qi army, and open the way for the main force at any cost.

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Twenty miles southeast of Ningling, there is an intersection of important roads that run through Ningling, Shangqiu, and Chuqiu.

There is a not-so-big village here, next to a small river.

The Qi army that had withdrawn from the vicinity of Ningling had been stationed here for half a day, and had dug simple fortifications.

About seven miles away from them is the forward of 1000 Mohists.

The soldiers all knew that there might be a battle tomorrow, but they didn't know the balance of forces between the enemy and us in this battle, nor did they know that the main force of the coalition forces was preparing to flee.

Qi's army does not have a grassroots organization, so it cannot convey the purpose and meaning of the battle to the lowest level.

Because the more soldiers know, the more they fear fighting, and they may choose to flee.

Only by keeping them in a state of not knowing anything and only knowing how to fight under the orders of the officers, can it be possible to complete this blocking task.

In several tents in the village, several middle-ranking military officers with Xuanyuan in their names were enjoying their dinner.

These tents were all bought from Sishang. The Mo family sold almost everything these years. As long as they had money, food, and copper, they could buy expired matchlock guns, felt tents, cotton linoleum, etc.

It's cold outside, but warmer inside the tent.

An officer is complaining.

"This year's harvest is considered to be over. Last year, the Mohists attacked Yue and Chu. Who would have thought that a war would start this year? I planted [-] mu of cotton, and now the Mohism may have transported it away."

A person next to him comforted: "Don't be so depressed, even if the Mohists don't send troops to Jiaodong, if there is a war, can these cotton still be sold at a normal price?"

"Unruly businessmen will definitely take the opportunity to lower prices. It is not a pity for these businessmen to die. It is not unreasonable for a businessman to be the cheapest job."

(End of this chapter)