Chapter 203
: The Formation Is Fearing False Disturbance
Chapter 203
When the king of Chu and the warrior Che Guang arrived, Mo Zhe led the team and retreated, but the Chu camp was still in chaos.
Those Song scholars who rushed into the Chu camp had superb personal means, and the Chu people were chaotic, so they had no way to resist. In addition, the nobles who camped here were captured, without command, and the chaos was extremely chaotic.
Quite a few people were motivated to kill, and they cut off the ears of the people who were killed, and prepared to return them as rewards.
Some people may think that it is best to put these ears on a string, and after returning home, throw them in front of those Mohist to make them ashamed of their lack of courage.
It's just that once the elites of the Chu people arrive, those fighting individuals can't stop them, and those dreams will dissipate.
What the king of Chu brought was his valet, the most elite Che Guangzhi, as well as the private soldiers of the nobles of Chu, who were also the elite.
Neither side can fight with chariots, but they are equally proficient in foot combat. They are both military nobles. At least they must be able to fight without chariots.
The Chu people were numerous and organized, so those Song people could only flee after a while.
Some were captured, some were shot, and some fled outside without knowing what was going on.
The king of Chu personally drew his bow and shot one person. The servants around him cheered and surrounded many fleeing people in the center by means of hunting, and only gave the king a chance.
Hunting is a kind of military activity. When people are in a panic, they are no better than wild animals.
Most of the Song people who were fighting independently in twos and threes were surrounded in the center, and the king of Chu led his men to capture them.
After most of those Song people were arrested and a few fled to the wild, the king of Chu sent people to gather up the defeated soldiers and stabilize the morale of the army.
Then order the battalions to be on alert at any time, and prepare chariots at dawn, in case the Song people make an appointment to fight tomorrow.
Early the next morning, the sky just dawned, and the Chu people who had been nervous all night finally calmed down.
In the attack last night, the people of Chu did not suffer too much loss. There were not many dead, and most of them fled.
It seemed chaotic, but after the military camp was settled early in the morning, those people all returned. After all, they still had to eat.
Counting the losses, only Ziyu, the son of the clan, was captured, as well as Ziyu's Che You and Yu Shou, and a dozen other soldiers.
The Chu people also captured more than 30 Song people, shot and killed seven or eight people, and many people fled and are still being searched.
Regardless of their status, they are not counted as apprentices. The losses of the Chu people are comparable to those of the Song people.
It's just because the Chu people are the attacking side and the Song people are the defending side, so the Chu people are suitable after all.
Early in the morning, it was rumored that the King of Chu personally shot and killed two people last night and captured one person.
Chu Sima bowed and said: "If the king hadn't personally led Che Guang to fight back last night, I'm afraid that the place where Ziyu the right wing is is would have collapsed. Fortunately, the king made a clear decision, otherwise morale would have plummeted."
Now that the sky is bright, the battalions responded well last night. Except for the place that was attacked by night, there was no loss or chaos in the rest of the place. In addition, many Song people were captured, and the morale was greatly improved.
In addition, the Song people did not intend to go out of the city for a decisive battle when they got up in the morning. The Chu nobles all bowed to the judgment of the Chu king last night and celebrated repeatedly.
The king of Chu was also very happy. Last night, he made an accurate judgment and captured another person alive. Everyone in the Chu army camp knew about it, and the soldiers worked harder.
He said: "I knew last night that Mo Zhe must just want to take advantage of the chaos. If I didn't lead people to fight back last night, then the city would come here again and again. How can the soldiers sleep peacefully?"
"Now that I have checked clearly, the people I sent last night were all members of the Duke of Song. Presumably, how can ordinary disciples do such a thing as a night raid well?"
Those captured soldiers had already reported their names and received due treatment in accordance with the war rules at that time.
Zuo Yin said: "Now that Ziyu is captured, it happens to be exchanged with these captured Song people."
But the King of Chu said: "There is no rush. No matter if it is Song people or Mohists, they will not abuse Ziyu. As for these scholars, they cannot be sent back. Let's talk about it after the city is broken."
"Although there are warriors in the Song Dynasty, there are not many people who can launch night raids. Inquiry yesterday shows that these people are all superior soldiers in martial arts, and they are extraordinary people. If they are sent back, I'm afraid there will be another attack on the camp."
Zhao Zhi'ai was puzzled and said: "The Modi guarded the city, why did there seem to be no Modi in yesterday's night attack? I heard that Modi has hundreds of disciples, all of whom are young people who will never die..."
The King of Chu said: "There are many things to guard the city. You have heard that the Mohists have many rules and the city is unstable. If there are many rules, you need to use more people to suppress them. I am afraid that those Mohists will not be able to escape, otherwise if you use Mo Di's The three hundred disciples all went out to attack the city, and if we lose the victory, how will Shangqiu defend the city? In my opinion, Mo Zhe will not go out of the city."
Zhao Zhi'ai seemed to want to say something, the king of Chu said: "Worriless! Those who went out of the city to attack at night last night can drive to attack, and the defenders of the city even sent them to fight. It can be seen that the Mohists have given up field battles and can only wait for three days. Jin comes to help, and watch us fight the three Jins in order to form an alliance of soldiers."
The King of Chu's judgment was not unreasonable. The effect of going out of the city to attack the battle can only be to make the Chu people panic and affect the Chu people's harvesting of wheat.
The captured Song people also said the same. After all, they didn't know the Mo's plan, but before going out of the city to harass, Shi told these people that the purpose was to harass the Chu people to harvest wheat.
According to the king of Chu, since Mo Zhe wanted to harass Chu people and delay the number of Chu people harvesting wheat, it was obvious that Mo Zhe was just going to stick to the end.
It has to be said that this is a good way, but the king of Chu felt that it was a pity that he was defeated by his own courage.
He thought, if he hadn't judged correctly last night, I'm afraid Mo Zhe's goal would have been achieved.
Although this kind of night attack can't kill many people, it can keep the camp on guard every night, and more people need to be mobilized to prevent such a situation from happening again.
If this happens a few more times, the morale of the army will collapse.
The more he thought about it, the more complacent he became, and he got a lot of news in the city from the captives, and he was even more convinced that Mo Zhe was really planning to defend Shangqiu to the death.
But he didn't expect that not only did he fail to achieve his goal last night, but it also gave him a chance to make his name and win the hearts of the soldiers, and he was secretly proud.
Seeing the king of Chu smiling, Sima Chu also said: "It seems that the Mohists are only good at defending the city, but not good at fighting in the field. The results of the battle last night were not great."
The King of Chu shook his head and said: "That's not the case. You didn't hear about those captured people? The Mohist asked not to rush and kill them without authorization after leaving the city. If these people really abide by the rules, how can they be captured?"
"Mo Di has the talent of a general, but he is useless as a man of command, so what can he do? The hundreds of disciples under him dare not move lightly. I expected that they would have already left by the time they arrived.”
The rest of the aristocrats and close officials agreed one after another, and the King of Chu said, "In this way, it is just in time to coordinate with the affairs in the city."
"Before the arrival of Jin reinforcements, the only ones who can be worried are those disciples of Mo Di. And it happened that Dayin and others in the city wanted to make trouble, so they just took advantage of last night to get things done."
When he talked about the plan, everyone praised it.
Since the only thing to worry about before the reinforcements from Jin arrived were the hundreds of Mohists, then the camp should be moved forward, and they should act as if they were ready to attack the city at any time, instead of besieging the city completely.
Only in this way, the Mohists at the head of the city will be nervous, and they will not dare to easily gather out of the city to attack at night, lest the night attack fail and the Chu people attack the city.
Similarly, Dayin and the others in the city also needed the Chu people to make a siege gesture, or launch a real ant-attached siege, in order to have a chance to do what the secret merchants did that day and break the city.
Finally, you can bluff and panic the city, but you can quietly send more soldiers to harvest the wheat.
In the battle last night, the king of Chu thought that the city must think that he would be on guard, so he withdrew his soldiers to strengthen the defense, but he wanted to do the opposite.
Make the appearance of attacking the city, so that the Mohists are ready to defend at any time, but in fact they are grabbing winter wheat as army rations.
Even if it is not prepared to rely solely on besieging the city to force surrender, more food is necessary.
If you want to break the city, you can only wait until Dayin and others in the city burn the food and launch a coup, but then there will be not enough food in the city.
If you can prepare enough food, once the city is broken, you can buy the hearts of the people of Song Dynasty, and you can show your benevolence and righteousness, so as to make friends with Mohists.
Furthermore, whether the soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty arrive in the future or not, whether the soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty force the Song people to build Yuguan City, they need to prepare food and grass in advance.
Just as the Mohists did not guard Shangqiu for the purpose of defending Shangqiu, the Chu people did not attack Shangqiu for the purpose of defeating Shangqiu. Both sides had their own far-reaching purposes.
The King of Chu knew that if it was approaching, those Mohists would shout again from the top of the city.
This shout made the King of Chu helpless, because those Mohists who shouted didn't use Song dialect or refined accent at all, but only used local dialects that the disciples could understand.
The king of Chu also knew that the nobles in Shangqiu City were unwilling to listen to the truth of the Mohist, but the Mohist did not speak Song dialect or elegant accent, and the nobles in the city could pretend not to know it.
Some truths are too bewitching, so he has no choice but to choose some weird methods.
So the order was sent down to transport wood from a distance, pretending to be a siege tool.
He also asked the battalions to prepare bows and crossbows, moved the general's base forward, and beat drums during the day to cover up the sound of the city.
At the same time, they secretly mobilized soldiers to cut the wheat, only to let the remaining people bluff and make the city think that they were preparing to attack the city.
Once the time permits, they will prepare for a siege. They know that the attack will be impossible, but it will cause a real chaos in the city. Only in this way can Shangqiu City be taken as soon as possible.
…………
In the city, just as Gong Zaoye said, he led the people from the Xuanyi Department to publicize what happened last night, only saying that they captured the Chu Rengong clan, and used it to turn last night's "failure" into a "victory" Let the people in the city listen.
In order to appease the accident last night, to keep the city free from complaints, and to make the people in the city obey Mo Zhe's orders more, Mo Zhai also met Song Gong in person and asked Song Gong to personally reward those who went out to fight in the city last night.
In addition, Song Gong needs to come forward and make it clear that those who were trapped in the Chu camp last night really did not obey the order, and those who obeyed the order not only came back alive, but also captured the captives and received rewards and so on.
Song Gong had no choice but to feel a little emotional in his heart. The people who went out to fight in the city last night...most of them were his direct subordinates, and his power had weakened a little.
Song Gong thought, fortunately, the Mohists are still there, and they can always protect them comprehensively.But he doesn't know, I'm afraid Mo Zhe's mind may not be so pure and kind...
(End of this chapter)
When the king of Chu and the warrior Che Guang arrived, Mo Zhe led the team and retreated, but the Chu camp was still in chaos.
Those Song scholars who rushed into the Chu camp had superb personal means, and the Chu people were chaotic, so they had no way to resist. In addition, the nobles who camped here were captured, without command, and the chaos was extremely chaotic.
Quite a few people were motivated to kill, and they cut off the ears of the people who were killed, and prepared to return them as rewards.
Some people may think that it is best to put these ears on a string, and after returning home, throw them in front of those Mohist to make them ashamed of their lack of courage.
It's just that once the elites of the Chu people arrive, those fighting individuals can't stop them, and those dreams will dissipate.
What the king of Chu brought was his valet, the most elite Che Guangzhi, as well as the private soldiers of the nobles of Chu, who were also the elite.
Neither side can fight with chariots, but they are equally proficient in foot combat. They are both military nobles. At least they must be able to fight without chariots.
The Chu people were numerous and organized, so those Song people could only flee after a while.
Some were captured, some were shot, and some fled outside without knowing what was going on.
The king of Chu personally drew his bow and shot one person. The servants around him cheered and surrounded many fleeing people in the center by means of hunting, and only gave the king a chance.
Hunting is a kind of military activity. When people are in a panic, they are no better than wild animals.
Most of the Song people who were fighting independently in twos and threes were surrounded in the center, and the king of Chu led his men to capture them.
After most of those Song people were arrested and a few fled to the wild, the king of Chu sent people to gather up the defeated soldiers and stabilize the morale of the army.
Then order the battalions to be on alert at any time, and prepare chariots at dawn, in case the Song people make an appointment to fight tomorrow.
Early the next morning, the sky just dawned, and the Chu people who had been nervous all night finally calmed down.
In the attack last night, the people of Chu did not suffer too much loss. There were not many dead, and most of them fled.
It seemed chaotic, but after the military camp was settled early in the morning, those people all returned. After all, they still had to eat.
Counting the losses, only Ziyu, the son of the clan, was captured, as well as Ziyu's Che You and Yu Shou, and a dozen other soldiers.
The Chu people also captured more than 30 Song people, shot and killed seven or eight people, and many people fled and are still being searched.
Regardless of their status, they are not counted as apprentices. The losses of the Chu people are comparable to those of the Song people.
It's just because the Chu people are the attacking side and the Song people are the defending side, so the Chu people are suitable after all.
Early in the morning, it was rumored that the King of Chu personally shot and killed two people last night and captured one person.
Chu Sima bowed and said: "If the king hadn't personally led Che Guang to fight back last night, I'm afraid that the place where Ziyu the right wing is is would have collapsed. Fortunately, the king made a clear decision, otherwise morale would have plummeted."
Now that the sky is bright, the battalions responded well last night. Except for the place that was attacked by night, there was no loss or chaos in the rest of the place. In addition, many Song people were captured, and the morale was greatly improved.
In addition, the Song people did not intend to go out of the city for a decisive battle when they got up in the morning. The Chu nobles all bowed to the judgment of the Chu king last night and celebrated repeatedly.
The king of Chu was also very happy. Last night, he made an accurate judgment and captured another person alive. Everyone in the Chu army camp knew about it, and the soldiers worked harder.
He said: "I knew last night that Mo Zhe must just want to take advantage of the chaos. If I didn't lead people to fight back last night, then the city would come here again and again. How can the soldiers sleep peacefully?"
"Now that I have checked clearly, the people I sent last night were all members of the Duke of Song. Presumably, how can ordinary disciples do such a thing as a night raid well?"
Those captured soldiers had already reported their names and received due treatment in accordance with the war rules at that time.
Zuo Yin said: "Now that Ziyu is captured, it happens to be exchanged with these captured Song people."
But the King of Chu said: "There is no rush. No matter if it is Song people or Mohists, they will not abuse Ziyu. As for these scholars, they cannot be sent back. Let's talk about it after the city is broken."
"Although there are warriors in the Song Dynasty, there are not many people who can launch night raids. Inquiry yesterday shows that these people are all superior soldiers in martial arts, and they are extraordinary people. If they are sent back, I'm afraid there will be another attack on the camp."
Zhao Zhi'ai was puzzled and said: "The Modi guarded the city, why did there seem to be no Modi in yesterday's night attack? I heard that Modi has hundreds of disciples, all of whom are young people who will never die..."
The King of Chu said: "There are many things to guard the city. You have heard that the Mohists have many rules and the city is unstable. If there are many rules, you need to use more people to suppress them. I am afraid that those Mohists will not be able to escape, otherwise if you use Mo Di's The three hundred disciples all went out to attack the city, and if we lose the victory, how will Shangqiu defend the city? In my opinion, Mo Zhe will not go out of the city."
Zhao Zhi'ai seemed to want to say something, the king of Chu said: "Worriless! Those who went out of the city to attack at night last night can drive to attack, and the defenders of the city even sent them to fight. It can be seen that the Mohists have given up field battles and can only wait for three days. Jin comes to help, and watch us fight the three Jins in order to form an alliance of soldiers."
The King of Chu's judgment was not unreasonable. The effect of going out of the city to attack the battle can only be to make the Chu people panic and affect the Chu people's harvesting of wheat.
The captured Song people also said the same. After all, they didn't know the Mo's plan, but before going out of the city to harass, Shi told these people that the purpose was to harass the Chu people to harvest wheat.
According to the king of Chu, since Mo Zhe wanted to harass Chu people and delay the number of Chu people harvesting wheat, it was obvious that Mo Zhe was just going to stick to the end.
It has to be said that this is a good way, but the king of Chu felt that it was a pity that he was defeated by his own courage.
He thought, if he hadn't judged correctly last night, I'm afraid Mo Zhe's goal would have been achieved.
Although this kind of night attack can't kill many people, it can keep the camp on guard every night, and more people need to be mobilized to prevent such a situation from happening again.
If this happens a few more times, the morale of the army will collapse.
The more he thought about it, the more complacent he became, and he got a lot of news in the city from the captives, and he was even more convinced that Mo Zhe was really planning to defend Shangqiu to the death.
But he didn't expect that not only did he fail to achieve his goal last night, but it also gave him a chance to make his name and win the hearts of the soldiers, and he was secretly proud.
Seeing the king of Chu smiling, Sima Chu also said: "It seems that the Mohists are only good at defending the city, but not good at fighting in the field. The results of the battle last night were not great."
The King of Chu shook his head and said: "That's not the case. You didn't hear about those captured people? The Mohist asked not to rush and kill them without authorization after leaving the city. If these people really abide by the rules, how can they be captured?"
"Mo Di has the talent of a general, but he is useless as a man of command, so what can he do? The hundreds of disciples under him dare not move lightly. I expected that they would have already left by the time they arrived.”
The rest of the aristocrats and close officials agreed one after another, and the King of Chu said, "In this way, it is just in time to coordinate with the affairs in the city."
"Before the arrival of Jin reinforcements, the only ones who can be worried are those disciples of Mo Di. And it happened that Dayin and others in the city wanted to make trouble, so they just took advantage of last night to get things done."
When he talked about the plan, everyone praised it.
Since the only thing to worry about before the reinforcements from Jin arrived were the hundreds of Mohists, then the camp should be moved forward, and they should act as if they were ready to attack the city at any time, instead of besieging the city completely.
Only in this way, the Mohists at the head of the city will be nervous, and they will not dare to easily gather out of the city to attack at night, lest the night attack fail and the Chu people attack the city.
Similarly, Dayin and the others in the city also needed the Chu people to make a siege gesture, or launch a real ant-attached siege, in order to have a chance to do what the secret merchants did that day and break the city.
Finally, you can bluff and panic the city, but you can quietly send more soldiers to harvest the wheat.
In the battle last night, the king of Chu thought that the city must think that he would be on guard, so he withdrew his soldiers to strengthen the defense, but he wanted to do the opposite.
Make the appearance of attacking the city, so that the Mohists are ready to defend at any time, but in fact they are grabbing winter wheat as army rations.
Even if it is not prepared to rely solely on besieging the city to force surrender, more food is necessary.
If you want to break the city, you can only wait until Dayin and others in the city burn the food and launch a coup, but then there will be not enough food in the city.
If you can prepare enough food, once the city is broken, you can buy the hearts of the people of Song Dynasty, and you can show your benevolence and righteousness, so as to make friends with Mohists.
Furthermore, whether the soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty arrive in the future or not, whether the soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty force the Song people to build Yuguan City, they need to prepare food and grass in advance.
Just as the Mohists did not guard Shangqiu for the purpose of defending Shangqiu, the Chu people did not attack Shangqiu for the purpose of defeating Shangqiu. Both sides had their own far-reaching purposes.
The King of Chu knew that if it was approaching, those Mohists would shout again from the top of the city.
This shout made the King of Chu helpless, because those Mohists who shouted didn't use Song dialect or refined accent at all, but only used local dialects that the disciples could understand.
The king of Chu also knew that the nobles in Shangqiu City were unwilling to listen to the truth of the Mohist, but the Mohist did not speak Song dialect or elegant accent, and the nobles in the city could pretend not to know it.
Some truths are too bewitching, so he has no choice but to choose some weird methods.
So the order was sent down to transport wood from a distance, pretending to be a siege tool.
He also asked the battalions to prepare bows and crossbows, moved the general's base forward, and beat drums during the day to cover up the sound of the city.
At the same time, they secretly mobilized soldiers to cut the wheat, only to let the remaining people bluff and make the city think that they were preparing to attack the city.
Once the time permits, they will prepare for a siege. They know that the attack will be impossible, but it will cause a real chaos in the city. Only in this way can Shangqiu City be taken as soon as possible.
…………
In the city, just as Gong Zaoye said, he led the people from the Xuanyi Department to publicize what happened last night, only saying that they captured the Chu Rengong clan, and used it to turn last night's "failure" into a "victory" Let the people in the city listen.
In order to appease the accident last night, to keep the city free from complaints, and to make the people in the city obey Mo Zhe's orders more, Mo Zhai also met Song Gong in person and asked Song Gong to personally reward those who went out to fight in the city last night.
In addition, Song Gong needs to come forward and make it clear that those who were trapped in the Chu camp last night really did not obey the order, and those who obeyed the order not only came back alive, but also captured the captives and received rewards and so on.
Song Gong had no choice but to feel a little emotional in his heart. The people who went out to fight in the city last night...most of them were his direct subordinates, and his power had weakened a little.
Song Gong thought, fortunately, the Mohists are still there, and they can always protect them comprehensively.But he doesn't know, I'm afraid Mo Zhe's mind may not be so pure and kind...
(End of this chapter)