After several disputes, the Mo family was extremely strict and did not move at all, and some principled issues directly showed an attitude that could not be compromised or negotiated.

How did Gongzizhang not know that he was drinking to quench his thirst? What can you do if you don't drink to quench your thirst?

In desperation, he knew that there would be no result in any further dispute, so he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

Zhao Hou personally read the Mohist Covenant and expressed his approval, and then the envoy followed the Mohist to Gaoliu and read out Zhao Hou's oath.

Most of the people around Takayanagi gathered together, and after hearing the oath, they shouted in unison, and then reorganized the army.

With 3,000 regular cavalry, 8,000 rangers and 9,000 foot soldiers, a total of 20,000 soldiers and a number of soldiers, they went south to defeat the rebels in Xiawu Mountain, turned into Zhongshan, passed through Zhongshan all the way to Juluze, and went straight to Handan along the Yellow River.

What the prisoner knew, that is, the things that he swore with the Democratic League, and he couldn't help laughing when he recalled it, was because the envoy of Gongzizhang had finished the oath and trumpeted the benevolence of Zhao Hou, but he didn't want the people of Gaoliu to listen at all, so that the envoy couldn't get off the stage, and it was the people of the Mo family who came forward to give the other party a little face.

The smile of memory has not yet receded, and it is time to set up camp, at this time the battle is mostly based on the brigade, and the task of the company commander is mainly reflected in the various things of the camp at night.

It's not far from Handan, so be careful.

As soon as the company was stationed, a herald asked him to let him go to a large camp, and the company he commanded was an infantry knight, which did not belong to the regular brigade establishment, and was generally used as a motorized infantry to cooperate with cavalry or cavalry artillery to attack the flanks in a decisive battle, so it was a different elite, and he worked in the border fort all the year round, and some things fell on his head.

After receiving the order, early the next morning, he led the company to escort several envoys of the Mo family to Handan first to negotiate with Ximen Leopard.

When he was about to arrive in Handan, Shu Prisoner Mi was actually a little excited in his heart, and Ximen Leopard was also the first person outside the Mo family that he was about to meet. After all, the story of Ximen Leopard's rule of Ye, after being changed by the Mo family, still read two lines of poetry in the story, which can be regarded as controlling water in Yedi, but it is famous in Sishang.

On the way, several Wei scouts followed, and the order of the captive was not to conflict with these scouts, and the two sides did not speak the same language: he knew the Si Shang dialect and the local dialect and some Hu dialects, while the Wei scouts spoke a thick Ye language.

Naturally, some of the escorted messengers were fluent in the local dialect and Yayin, and when the scouts approached, they explained something, and someone came to greet them in the afternoon.

The Wei army's camp was set up a few miles outside Handan City, and it could be seen that the news of the Gaoliu region had sent troops, and Ximen Leopard had already responded, but the troops were still stretched.

Crossing the camp gate, I saw a group of soldiers in leather armor standing in a group from a distance, thinking that this was the elite of the Yedi peasant soldiers.

Shu Prisoner Mi Xin said: "This is for us to see." It's about the same as when we greeted the envoy of Marquis Zhao in Gaoyanagi. ”

He quietly gave the order, and the cavalry, which had been four columns side by side, quickly changed from four columns to eight columns, and the conversion process was extremely smooth and smooth, and he did not make too many movements.

On the opposite side, the cold drums sounded, and the Wei people stopped drinking in unison, but most of these people who came were people who had killed in and out of the grassland several times, and they were afraid of this little movement in the camp, but they did not move and moved forward steadily.

Those war horses usually listen to the sound of explosions, and how can the explosion of gunpowder be comparable to manpower? The thundering war horses of the explosion were still not afraid, and let the Wei people shout, and the people and horses were one.

In the tent, Simon Leopard would not go out to greet him, but he did not sit upright, but quietly observed the movement outside.

"The soldiers of the Mo family are really elite."

Secretly praised a sentence, it is the insider's way of watching, the strength of the formation lies in the ability to command the soldiers, especially the peasant soldiers who are difficult to organize, and it is difficult for the peasants to do full-time training, the Xihe model has not been extended to the entire Wei State, and there are not many soldiers who can be assembled by Ximen Leopard to turn the array to this extent.

Looking at the cavalry, the horses were majestic, with stirrups hanging lightly, arquebuses hanging from their saddlebags, and iron swords hanging from their sides, and the knights wore leather armor and hats similar to those of a wuben, but they were different.

The soldiers are strong, and when they changed the formation just now, they really had a feeling like an arm.

A group of Wei generals beside him couldn't help but say: "The Mo family is good at fighting, and looking at its soldiers, it can't be compared with the soldiers who are not guarding the Xihe." In the first battle of Nanjishui, the entire army of Qi people was annihilated, so it seems that it is reasonable. ”

Another person sighed: "This is not the elite of Sishang, they are all Gaoliu border troops." ”

Because his son has always been influenced by the Mo family and the Mo family has also come to Yedi to observe water conservancy before, Ximen Leopard has had a lot of contact with the Mo family, and has also seen Hu Feizi and other figures.

He is also a descendant of the Xihe School, and he studied under Bu Zixia before he rebelled against Confucianism and returned to Mo, even in the Xihe School, he was considered a senior, and he had some contacts in the early years.

The world has a lot of words and does not deceive, Ximen Leopard is good at using criminal politics, and the people dare not bully, but he sees some of the methods of the Mo family more clearly than others.

He didn't know the methods that Wu Qi used in Xihe, but he understood that Wei couldn't afford to raise so many Xihe warriors.

Xihe's so-called "one person learns, and ten people are taught; Ten people have learned, and hundreds of people have been taught...... Ten thousand people have learned and taught the three armies" professional soldier training, how could he not know that this is the reason why the righteous teachers of the Mo family can be strong?

But Yedi is not as good as the West River, the West River was snatched from the hands of the Qin people, the nobles of the Qin State were swept away, and they could reward the soldiers in the way of "dividing the land and benefiting the fields", but how could he do it? In the Yin Shang era, Yedi was already a heavy town, and after a thousand years, the aristocracy was deeply entrenched, and where did he have the same conditions as Xihe?

The West River is so vast that it can only raise 50,000 full-time soldiers, how many soldiers can be raised in a mere area?

Wu Qi once said that 30,000 soldiers can break 100,000 peasant soldiers, and now although the number of troops sent by the Mo family is not much, it is difficult for Handan City to break through at all, and the troops are stationed under the fortified city, and he also has his own plans for the Mo family to send an envoy this time.

After sitting down, Ximen Leopard said: "Invite the envoy of the Zhao people to enter the account to talk." ”

The attendants beside him said in their hearts, they were obviously the envoys of the Mo family, but they didn't know what Ximen Leopard meant, that is, the Wei State had made peace with the Mo family on the matter of Qiu Chengyang, but the Mo family was violating the peace treaty.

After the envoy of the Mo family entered the account and saw the ceremony, Ximen Leopard took a look and found that it was a person who had been to Yedi before, and said coldly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, in the past, we watched the water conservancy of Yedi and talked very happily. I didn't want to see each other today, but I had my own troops. ”

The messenger was not to be outdone, and raised his head and said: "In the past, it was the righteousness of the world to govern Zhangshui and irrigate thousands of fields, and it was very happy to talk with each other. Seeing each other today, the king beats the drum for the unrighteous war, which is for the unrighteousness. Each of them is holding an army, not because I have changed, but because I have changed. ”

Wu Qi laughed and said, "You have your righteousness, and I have mine." There may be some reasoning between the two meanings, but there are also differences. Today we do not talk about righteousness, but only about things. What is the matter today? ”

The envoy said bluntly: "Please withdraw your troops and make ends the disaster for the benefit of the people." ”

"Now that tens of thousands of Gaoyanagi's soldiers are coming, Hu Feizi can't break it for a few months to defend Handan, and the troops are stationed under the fortified city, attacking inside and outside, which is not to be fought."

Ximen Leopard did not object to this, he couldn't beat Handan City at all, it was not that he couldn't use soldiers, but the new city defense system was not at all easy to capture with the military skills he mastered.

And it is obvious that the city of Handan is far from running out of oil and lamps, and he doesn't know that the Zhao people in Handan City are preparing to bargain with Gongzizhang, but there is also a detailed return to the situation in the city: its momentum is the same as the Jinyang of Xiangzi in the past.

But now that Wei Zhao is fighting like this, as soon as he retreats, he will move his whole body.

His withdrawal is not only a problem for his army, withdrawing the siege of Handan is equivalent to giving up the Wei army in Zhangshui, and the Gaoliu cavalry can cooperate with the Handan peasant soldiers, so that they can directly support Zhongmu and face the Xihe pawns who are besieging the city and cannot be captured.

But if you don't withdraw, you really can't beat it.

The siege was too long, and the morale of the army was weakened.

The autumn harvest is imminent, and the peasants and soldiers are homesick.

Before he came, the Mo family preached that this was an unjust war, and the complaints in the army were far greater than before.

The Gaoliu army is a new force, and he doesn't know what the combat power is, but the matter of the Mo family's Nanjishui completely destroying the Qi Pingyin army in one battle can be compared.

The change of march of the cavalry of the guard just now into four columns and eight columns also shocked him greatly. He is different from those people in the grassland tribes, those people will appreciate it when they see superb equestrianism, but there are many warriors in the Central Plains army, and there are hundreds of people with exquisite personal skills, but the art of battle formation is a terrifying point in the eyes of the Central Plains generals.

Ximen Leopard was silent for a while, and asked rhetorically: "Even if I can't win, tens of thousands of Xihe warriors are in Danshui." ”

"The army of the Mo family has inherent the victory of water and water, but the military soldiers are also strong in Yin and Jin and Liang. The outcome is unknown. ”

The envoy smiled and said: "The two armies are facing each other, and the victory or defeat is unknown." Outside of the matchup, the winner has been decided. ”

"First, although Xihe is strong, but Wu Qi is trained by himself, he uses such an arm, although Uncle Acne is talented, he may not be able to catch up."

"Second, our army is coming to Handan, and if you camp your troops under the fortified city, this battle will be defeated."

"Third, the unjust war of the Wei people, the Zhao people are resentful, since the Jinyang incident, how can Wei Zhao ever see a soldier? The Marquis of Wei betrayed the alliance first, which is the public opinion of the world. The Wei people were unrighteous first, and the Zhao people were resentful, so the Yi was like the Jinyang of Xiangzi. My Mo family is good at guarding, choose a good guard to enter the city, the food is inexhaustible, and the city is not broken. ”

"In the past, Zhibo besieged Jinyang, and even died and the clan was wiped out. Isn't the situation in Wei State similar to that of Zhibo in the past? ”

"Wu Qi entered Qin, and the West River knew everything about it; The Chu people are newly victorious and want to restore Liang Yuguan. This is not a situation that can be left ununderstood. ”

"The field battle against the Xihe pawn, the outcome is unknown, but if you settle in Handan, go north to Zhongshan in the alliance and break the son's affection, what do you think are the odds of winning?"

Ximen Leopard was silent, he knew Gongzizhi's level, if this army broke the siege of Handan and united with the orchestra to attack Gongzizhi, it would be a victory.

The envoy asked again: "When Zhongshan is decided, what are the chances of winning the Gongzi Dynasty?" ”

Ximen Leopard was silent again, where are the rebels of the Gongzi Dynasty the opponent of this group of people?

The messenger finally said: "It is a great strategy to attack the enemy's place and force him to fight a decisive battle." Xihe is strong, and the Mo family has also heard of it. It is believed that in the battle with us in Handan, first consume our army, and then we can delay the time to let the Wei army and the military pawns in Zhangshui join forces, and our army will save Zhongmu, and the Wei people will wait for the decisive battle with ease and waiting, and defeat the last field mobile force that Gongzizhang can use with the strength of the warriors, and solve the Zhao state affairs in one fell swoop. ”

"Or many think, the elite of the Mo family are all in Sishang, and peace has been negotiated, and the Mo family believes that it is impossible to send troops on the southern front. The decisive battle on the northern front solved the last available army of Zhao Gongzizhang, and there was the inheritance of the Gongzi Dynasty, and then Zhao would be like Han to Wei, and the enemies on all sides of Wei were only Qin and Chu. ”

Simon Leopard was shocked, and the messenger snorted and laughed: "But...... Zhao Du Zhongmu, is it the Mo family's place to save? Gongzi Zhang lives in Zhongmu, and the city is besieged, he will save himself and defend the city resolutely. But Zhao is not a city that we must save, we can slowly clean up the power of the Gongzi Dynasty to the north, if the middle Mu is broken, the Gongzi Zhang is dead, and the descendants of the Zhao family can be more than the Hou, then it will be the enemy of Han Zheng, what slogan did Si Ziyang rely on to govern Zheng Guo? ”

"Besides, even if Gongzi Zhang wants to surrender, maybe there will be some unwilling Zhao people and righteous people who will assassinate him, and it is not known whether it is a broken jade rather than a complete tile."

"I am the messenger of the Mo family, not the messenger of Zhao Gongzizhang, the place of the Mo family will be saved, the south is in Peiyi Pengcheng, the north is in Gaoliu, but I am not in Zhongmu."

"The interests have been stated, whether to withdraw from the army or not, you will seek it yourself."