warring states careerist

Chapter 783 Dangshan Siege Battle ([-])

The envoys of Wei and Han could understand the sarcasm in the words, but they couldn't refute it.

If it was a field battle, Wei and Han would not have the confidence to defeat Sishang under the condition of equal strength.

In the past few years, Sishang has worked hard to develop armaments. The original flower team composed of spearmen and musketeers has now become a pure team of pure musketeers.

The appearance of the short sword on the musket unifies the original spearman and musketeer, and the appearance of flint and leaf spring makes Sishang's army formation more compact. Although it has not been tested in actual combat, Sishang has always been Publish a book about this advantage.

Although the countries do not believe in Sishang's will of heaven and refuse to admit that the Sishang Mohists really have mastered the will of heaven, their bodies are still very honest.

Judging from the effects of the military system and political reforms triggered by Sishang in these years, many things in Sishang are worth learning and are correct.

Even the most elite Wei military pawns in the Wei state have just completed the mix of matchlock guns and spears. Ueno battles are invincible with the strength of a single country.

If not, it would not have to be an alliance of all countries to send troops to interfere with Song, nor would it take so long to prepare and react.

However, being ridiculed by an envoy who was once an enemy country and may be an ally in the future, the envoys from Wei Han's side could not accept it with a nod.

The envoy of the State of Wei sneered and said: "I have always heard that the new army of the Chu people relied on the strength of the Mohists to organize and train; there are many Mohists in Chu State, and there are also many people who are close to Mohist. Listening to your words, I know that you are the leader of the King of Chu. If you don't know, you may think that you are the one who declares righteousness in Sishang, but you are here to grow the prestige of Sishang."

"You have to be cautious, I'm afraid you've already been inked and you don't know it. You have a tendency to be inked."

The envoy of the State of Chu snorted and said: "If three people walk together, they must have my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. Although there are many incomprehensions in Sishang's righteousness, it is not without reason .”

"Animals also sleep and mate. Isn't it possible for humans to sleep and have sex? In Sishang's principles, it is good to honor the virtuous and benefit the people. It's just that Sishang is wrong in how to realize this. "

"If you talk about seeking truth from facts, then there is a tendency to become black. I hope that the nobles in the world will all have a tendency to become black, so as to save the world from suffering."

The envoy of the State of Wei sneered: "The theory of honoring the worthy and equal makes the world chaotic, but you are praising Mohism's theory of making the world chaotic, but you don't know that the people of Chu have forgotten their dignity and are ready to be equal?"

The envoy of the State of Chu said solemnly: "What I believe in is that everyone is equal under one person. The king's words are the law, and the government orders are unified. No one dares to touch the king's position. Under the king, everyone depends on their talents. Dazhi."

"The mistake made by the Mohists was to make all the people in the world equal. If so, the king can be king, the ministers can be king, and even traffickers and pawns can be king. Wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

The envoy of the State of Wei also sneered and said, "He is also filial and fraternal, but there is no one who is fond of rebellion. What is the relationship between filial piety and rebellion?"

"It stems from the difference between superiority and inferiority, not only the difference between monarchs and ministers, but also the difference between high officials and high officials, between high officials and scholars, and between scholars and ordinary people."

"In this way, we can know the difference between superiority and inferiority from birth, so that we can have no different intentions."

"Everyone is equal under one person. Isn't this a dream? How can everyone be equal under one person? If all under one person can be equal, how can people who grow up in such an environment respect the king?"

"I think Chu State has gone astray. There will be great disasters in the future."

The envoy of Chu State laughed and said: "As you said, the government of Wei State must be on the right track. However, since the death of Marquis Wen and the death of Li Kui, Wei State's style of admiring the virtuous has been replaced by the difference between superiority and inferiority. As you said, it should be strong. It is."

"However, what I saw was that the state of Wei abandoned Zhongshan in the north; I can't make Zhao Chen, but I don't know whether Wei State has gone astray or Chu State has gone astray?"

"Since the reform of the law, my king has taken Dongting Cangwu in the south and Beiping Chencai Rebellion. He has tens of thousands of troops and keeps away from the front. If this is going astray, it is ridiculous. Is it possible that it is just like Wei Guo? way?"

After the envoy of Chu State finished speaking, he said with a smile: "Yes, the righteousness of a gentleman is not judged by victory or defeat, but by virtue. The Wei State has an orderly hierarchy. Although it is beaten everywhere, it is the way of a gentleman. , open up everywhere, but it is the path of a villain.”

"But Wei people please continue to be gentlemen."

It is said that beating people does not slap people in the face. These few words of the young envoy of Chu State really exposed the scars that Wei State has been reluctant to mention. It is ridiculous to insult Wei Jian's policy every sentence.

The envoy of Wei's face turned red, he held the sword hanging from his waist, and shouted: "If you humiliate my lord, I will not die today!"

The envoy of Chu State was not to be outdone, so he had to put the sword right.

The feud between Jin and Chu has lasted for more than a hundred years, and it is common for them to draw their swords frequently during conversations.

At the time of the military meeting, in order to win a peace treaty that is beneficial to Chu, the representative of Chu State entered the meeting place wearing leather armor and hiding a dagger in his waist. good talk.

The dispute started again today, and the contradiction between the two parties is deep. If it weren't for the appearance of the Mo family in the Central Plains to disrupt the situation, it would be impossible for the two sides to stand together.

Although they have the same enemy, how can the conflict and hatred between them be resolved in a short time?

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight to the death with swords, people from the Mo family rushed to stop it.

When the news reached the command post, the senior cadres in the army all laughed. They didn't care about the morality and right and wrong that the envoys of Wei and Chu talked about, they only cared about the conflict between Wei and Chu.

Seeing the whole leopard at a glance, the question reflected in this incident is, in the face of the rise of Sishang, can countries really communicate with each other and hand over their backs to others with confidence?
Ever since he came to power after the war between Qi and Mo, Sishang has never been afraid of any single vassal state. If countries do not interfere in a one-on-one fight, even if it is Wei State, Sishang is confident that Wei State will be defeated. The blood was drained, causing Wei to break out an inevitable revolution after failure and heavy pressure.

What Sishang is worried about is the alliance between the various princes, especially if the princes of Wei, Chu, Han, and Qi join forces, Sishang is not yet ready for a full-scale war, which will be quite disadvantageous.

In the command post, the head coach of the Pengcheng Legion sighed: "We are obsessed with the contradictions of class, so that we think too much about class. In fact, there are contradictions among the princes, and there are also resentments between the Chu people and the Wei people. "

"Although we try our best to dispel it, and only talk about the people of the world and not the people of Chu and Wei for the sake of universal love, but propaganda is one thing, and it is another thing to think about decision-making. They should not be confused."

"Based on today's events, even if the Wei and Chu troops intervene in the Song Dynasty, they will inevitably have different intentions and hinder each other. Juzi's judgment is correct. As long as we quickly put down the chaos in the Song Dynasty, the possibility of joint military intervention among the princes will increase. Insignificant."

Liuzhi also said: "Let's talk about this matter... The giant said back then that if Marquis Wen was still there, Wu Qi, Leyang, Li Kui, Duan Qianmu, Tianzifang, Ximen Baobeimen, and others would all be there, and Wei would indeed be there for me. It's a serious problem."

"It's a pity that after Zixia entered Xihe, the nobles of Wei studied more and formed their own faction. Conflicts between the talented people of the nobles and the down-and-out scholars of Wei state are inevitable. Either the bottom-level faction occupies the mainstream of Wei state, Or the faction of the aristocrats squeezed out those who were born at the bottom."

"Now it seems that the outcome has been decided. Wei Guo is no longer threatened, and the bones in the well will be crushed sooner or later."

He thought for a while, and then said: "Since the two sides are about to fight, then we can take advantage of it. Didn't the Wei people say that the Chu people are too close to us? Then we can't let the Wei people say it for nothing, then really get close .”

"I suggest separating the envoys from various countries. Needless to say, the people of Qin, the people of Chu, let them get closer to us, and often make some gestures of intimate conversation with them, so that the envoys of Wei and Han can see it."

"Although it's just a trick, a virtuous and capable person can see through it at a glance, but I don't think there are many virtuous and capable people in this world."

Everyone immediately understood what Liuzhi meant, and they all laughed and said, "That's a good idea. It's a pity that we stopped them earlier, and it would be great if we let them fight. I think the envoy of Chu State is young and strong, and when the time comes If the Wei envoy is beaten black and swollen, there is still a personal grievance in it, and after returning to the country, he will definitely oppose Wei and Chu's combined forces."

Now that the proposal was passed unanimously, the envoys of various countries were quickly separated, and the envoys of Chu State were placed in a new location, which was closer to the command post.

And on the same day, Liuzhi showed his face clearly, talked cordially with the envoys from Chu, and let the envoys from Chu enter the command post together in front of envoys from Wei and Han, and it took a long time before they came out.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is a crude way to sow discord.

But crude means may not be ineffective. Things like sowing dissension can happen because they are not monolithic. In this case, the cruder the means, the easier it is to work.

At that time, there was no such story as "I thought the messenger of Yafu was the messenger of the anti-Xiang King", but Liuzhi had heard the version from Shi Shi whose name was changed and the location was illusory. He thought this story was very strange. Wonder why this obviously crude trick works?

Now that he is getting older, after experiencing Sishang's seemingly stable internal struggles in the past few years, he can see many things clearly.

Today's incident was just a temporary idea, an excuse, crude means, and no cover-up, but he felt that it might not be effective.

It was night, and the Wei envoy took out a pen and paper and wrote as follows.

"The envoy of Chu insulted the king a lot. I wanted to kill him, but the Mohist stopped him. In an instant, he took the envoy of Chu into the army tent, and when he came out for a while, the envoy of Chu showed a happy face. Meals at night, we all hate, the envoy of Chu There is a lot of wine and meat, and you can vaguely hear the story of Yuguan Daliang."

What the envoy of the Wei people wrote was not half a lie, at least part of the truth.

But if you really have a thorough understanding of the situation in the world, maybe you should write the same thing like this.

"Chu envoys were young and arrogant, and their words were insulting to the king's affairs. The Mohists took advantage of this gap to favor Chu and thin Wei, in order to prevent the alliance between Chu and Wei."

But after all, he was just a second messenger, and he didn't need to worry about the general situation of the world, so he took advantage of the afternoon's resentment and anger to write down "truth" and "fact".

The same thing, but different strokes will have different interpretations.

This record, which will be handed over to Marquis Wei, may not be effective.

But if it is really impossible to join forces in the future, I am afraid that some people will find out this matter and think that only one person caused the final result. This is a model story that people like to hear and do not need to think too much about the contradictions.

(End of this chapter)