warring states careerist

Chapter 788 The Siege of Dangshan City ([-])

The emperor's father Yueling hoped that the envoys of various countries could see the tragic scenes of emphasizing righteousness and despising life through this counterattack.

However, in the eyes of the princes' envoys, this was a stupid counterattack.

More than 300 soldiers who went out to harass the city were killed by a volley, more than 20 people were captured, and the rest fled back to the city regardless.

For this act, many observers summed it up with a sentence from Zuo Zhuan.

The envoy of Chu State witnessed this scene, and sighed for a long time: "The trapped beast is still fighting, what's the situation with humans? Dangshan has nothing to do, and he refuses to let go. This is the only defeat."

Glancing at the few captured scholars in the city, it was inevitable that some rabbits and foxes sighed sadly. The Chu people's envoy thought to himself, if one day the enemy invaded the capital of Chu without reinforcements outside and the trenches approached windingly, I'm afraid that he would suffer the same. Fight to the death for loyalty and the monarch.

However, after thinking about it, this kind of desperate struggle is meaningless.

He thought, what Mozi said back then, what is a loyal minister?A person who does what the king says is not a loyal minister, but rather a shadow.

A true loyal minister should not be moved by his loyalty when he is helpless, and die without hesitation in order to seek inner comfort.

A truly loyal minister should put forward good enough opinions on governing the country, politics, army and taxes, so that the country will be prosperous and the people will be healthy, so that the enemy country has no chance to attack the capital, instead of choosing to have nothing to do but die at the last moment.

Looking at the captives approaching from afar, the Chu envoy shook his head, sighed, and asked Sishang's accompanying staff officer beside him, "What are these people going to do? When you were fighting against the Qi people, the Marquis of Qi and their The family redeemed those noble captives with horses, gold and copper, but it is different here."

"The Song people must divide the land and property of these rebellious nobles this time. I'm afraid no one can ask for ransom? In the past, when Hua Yuan was captured, Duke Song ransom with four hundred horses. Now Duke Song reprimands How could these people be willing to spend money to redeem them for rebellion?"

The young accompanying staff officer said with a smile: "We will convince and educate them with the truth that is in line with the will of heaven. Of course, their previous crimes must not go unpunished. Maybe they will be sent to the South China Sea to build a paradise?"

"Last year in the South China Sea, an island was discovered in the south of Cangwu. It is wild and infinite. It seems that people who have committed such serious crimes will be sent there for exile?"

"Or it's called the Land of Migration in Nanfu."

Cangwu is already very far away, and it is even more difficult in Cangwu. The envoys of the Chu people could imagine the desolation of that island. They said they were going to build a paradise, but in fact they were exiled. The southern border is even more wild.

The envoy of the Chu people felt sad and sighed: "In the past, Guan Zhong committed the crime of shooting Qi Huan. Qi Huan forgives his crime because of his virtuousness and makes him a prime minister. This is the right way to seek talents."

"There are many sages, each of whom is the master. Maybe we should consider their talents and appoint them."

In his heart, he always felt that scholars were superior to ordinary people, and they should be scarce talents. As long as they were to be an official, they should at least have a half-job.

However, the young staff officer on Sishang was puzzled and said: "But what can they do? The so-called gentleman despises all kinds of work in agriculture and farming; if it is fighting, it is supposed to be their profession, but if the war is like this, if someone in Sishang is like this They must be arrested and inspected by the inspection department...then, where are their talents?"

The envoy from Chu was silent, and his way of thinking had not yet changed. Although he actually supported some morals of the Mohists, the education he received was not the same as that of Sishang, so it was difficult to understand the changes of the times. The pyramid collapsed and reorganized vigorously.

Si has its own set of things, so there is no need for some so-called talents, especially those who can be counted as talents who know a few words in the past, and throw away the driving and archery that they are proud of but useless on Si. There is really no skill that can be called virtuous.

The Chu envoy thought for a while and asked, "May I go and see those captives?"

The staff officer said that he could not make the decision, so he asked him to wait a moment and ask for instructions.

In the command post, after listening to the request, Liuzhi asked the people around him: "Those prisoners should be stubborn, so they probably can't say anything good?"

The Mohist representative of the Legion smiled and said: "Let him say it. It's not their turn to sum up these bad words. We have heard a lot."

"There is no need to lead people to refute. Whether countries send troops can not be resolved with a few words."

"In this world, there is no such prince as Song Xianggong. The rest are people who talk about money. How can they use their own state to be buried for the world's system?"

"If he wants to go, then go."

Liuzhi also had no objection, and said, "Since the counterattack in the city failed, we should order and take strict precautions. Tonight is the most important night, and it is also the night where we may be the most lax. Tomorrow, the trenches can be widened, the artillery deployment is completed, and Dangshan will be in a few days." It can be broken."

"Whether the city is broken or not is the key. As for the words of these people, it is useless, and it will only increase laughter."

He clenched his fists and said with a smile: "If you can use your fists to solve things, you have to use your mouth. It's just because you can't beat them. Let him go."

The order was passed down, and the ministries outside the city continued to prepare, and four additional grenadier companies that had first boarded the camp went to the front line in case of a surprise counterattack tonight.

Accompanied by several Mohists, the Chu envoy went to see the captured scholars.

But seeing them staring angrily, they still looked firm under the muzzles and daggers of a group of soldiers, extremely arrogant, really heroic.

The envoy of the Chu people praised secretly: "These are all true gentlemen. If they were 30 years ago, they would have been warriors, and they would be worthy of great responsibilities. Hey! Born at the wrong time."

While sighing in his heart, he suddenly heard one of the captives shouting: "Look at you wearing a high crown, isn't it an envoy of Chu?"

The emissary followed the prestige and saw a prisoner with disheveled hair, a lot of mud and footprints on the armor on his chest, blood on his face, but it didn't seem to be his own.

The Chu people replied: "Of course."

The prisoner said loudly: "The Mo family is unjust, tyrannical and harming the world. Song Zhiyin raised troops for righteousness, knowing that he would die, but still did not retreat. Song is a small country. Chu is a big country. A small country has courage, but a big country has no courage. Not funny?"

Under the sarcasm, the envoy of Chu State turned red and murmured, "Chu has no guts? If Chu is besieged, there will be no less than ten thousand people willing to go out of the city to fight back. It's just...the righteousness and injustice of this matter still need to be considered."

The captured man snorted coldly, and changed into an orthodox elegant voice so as not to be understood by the common people in Sishang. In the end, he is the great enemy of Chu, swallowing Song today, and attacking Chu tomorrow."

"Sishang is like fire, and Song land is like firewood. The firewood is like fire, and the fire is more powerful. Some people may say, this fire is not burning in my courtyard, and I will avoid it. After a few days, the neighbors are all on fire, and there is no one who wants to call for help. carry on."

The envoy of Chu State carefully glanced at the Mohist soldiers and accompanying people around him, but he didn't dare to answer. He knew that there were many people in the Mohist family from all over the world, and there were also many people from noble backgrounds, so he could understand. There are so many people in Yayin, these words are blatantly instigating Chu to send troops.

He was not afraid of himself, but he felt that the man in front of him was quite magnanimous and a gentleman, and he was afraid that if he continued to speak, he would offend the Mo family and be executed.

Looking sideways, an Mohist who was accompanying him was looking at him with a smile, apparently understood what he was saying.

The envoy of the Chu people hurriedly said to the Mozhe: "This loyal and brave man has the style of Boyi and Shuqi. He is righteous, fearless in the face of danger, and I am afraid that he still thinks that he sacrificed his life for righteousness. This is a hero. Everyone is the master, and there is no one." Sin, don't you hear about Qi Huan Guan Zhong's affairs in the past?"

The Mohist next to him said solemnly: "The Mohists are loyal to the God of Heaven, the people are the gods, and those who worship the gods must be the people in the world. All the people in the world are our masters."

"Since he said that everyone is the master, we are the people of the world, then he is standing on the other side of the people. Whoever harms the people and disobeys the people, why is he called a hero?"

"Zi Mozi said that in the past, a man with courage and strength in the Zhou Dynasty captured tigers and killed them with his fingers. He was called Elai. This man was loyal and loyal. Surrendered to death, if we talk about it, he is considered a hero?"

"If Elai is a hero, then what is it to execute Eilei's King Wu?"

The envoy from Chu couldn't speak, thinking that the Mohists were eloquent. Wouldn't it be self-defeating to say these things?

There is no need to pay attention to the battle outside, the outcome is already decided, unless reinforcements from various countries can fly in.

The envoys of the Chu people just came to see these scholars who knew failure and were not afraid of it, with a feeling of sorrow for the death of rabbits and foxes. This is an indescribable emotion.

Perhaps one day, Chu State will also become an enemy of the Mohists, and then I will have to make the same choice.

Send off these captured scholars today, who will come to send you off tomorrow when you are captured?
In their view, the imperial father's family is already a battle between trapped beasts, and everything is meaningless.

Given the advance speed of Sishang Rebels and the obvious means of siege, the time it takes for Dangshan City to break can be calculated.

Dangshan is the last chance for the nobles of the Song Dynasty. Even if all countries send troops, they must consider the situation of the world.

If the internal turmoil in the Song Dynasty continues, and the power of the nobles is still entrenched everywhere to cause chaos, then all countries can send troops.

If the enemy's country is in chaos, soldiers can go out.

However, Dangshan was breached so quickly, the Song Dynasty was reborn from the ashes, and the Mohists guaranteed independence. Entering the Song Dynasty at this time is really not good for all countries.

As a scholar faction of the centralized faction of King Chu, he knew the attitude of King Chu, and he didn't want to participate in the affairs of Song State, let alone the internal nobles and previous reforms because of this war.

But after thinking about the words of the captured man, it makes sense. The war between the Mo family and the princes will break out one day. No matter now, the power of Sishang will increase again when the Song Dynasty enters Mo, and the price to be paid in the future will be bigger.

But he couldn't control all of this. After thinking about it for a long time, he realized that whether to send troops would ultimately depend on the attitude of the King of Chu himself, and he was just an envoy.

The day Dangshan City was broken was the time when Song State was stable. I am afraid that it would be even more impossible for Chu State to send troops at that time.

Those who charged before, and those who are captured now, everything they did was meaningless, and it was inevitable to be desolate.

Sighing, he decided not to communicate with these people anymore. Before leaving, he seemed to suddenly think of something.

He took off his high crown, walked to the side of the captured scholar, brushed the man's hair, and gave his crown to the man to wear.

The captured man was smiling, very pleased and satisfied, and nodded his head slightly to express his gratitude.

(End of this chapter)