The quality of the soldiers in the areas controlled by the peasants is very good, their combat effectiveness is very strong, and they are full of spirit, and they are much stronger in spirit than the soldiers who work as agricultural laborers in some places in Zhisi.

This is admitted, and there are mainly three types of best soldiers in Sishang today.

Some of them are soldiers from Sishang Village, some are public miners from public mines and other places, and some are small producers and small handicraftsmen in the city who are not yet squeezed by the workshop handicraft industry.

In the beginning, the Song State was actually an economic colony in Sishang, a place that provided cheap raw materials and a large amount of labor for Sishang, so it acquiesced in the land annexation of the Song State close to Sishang.

There was no problem for the colonies to provide raw materials and food, but the soldiers were much worse.

In areas controlled by the peasants, last year's conscription provided the size of nearly 8,000 men, organized into a division.

Ordnance and armament are taxed as a whole, and the rear support is solved by the collective labor system of the peasant villages, and most of them believe in the morality of the peasants, so their combat effectiveness is very strong.

Now that conscription continues, one more division of second-line garrisons can be pulled.

In addition, once the war starts, the position of the farmer will definitely bear the brunt, so the farmer wants to negotiate the conditions with the Mo family.

Kyushu is so big, and the farmers want more people to live up to their morality.

This point has been discussed within the Mo family before it came, and the Mo family's self-suffering and extreme recognition of some of the morality of the farmer, so they are emotionally supportive of the farmer.

Shi did not directly say the decision made by the Mojia Central Committee, but first asked Xu Xingdao: "Where are you going to develop?" ”

Xu Xing also had plans here, so he said: "I want to go to Yan and Jizi North Korea." ”

Shi nodded, and then asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Xing sighed and said, "As you said, in the end, the land was annexed and the wealth increased, all because of private ownership. However, it is precisely those small farmers and small producers who are the most supportive of private ownership. When the time comes, they will be the easiest to be annexed. ”

"They're supporting a path that makes them destitute, but they like it."

"In the countries of the Central Plains, since the initial tax per mu, private ownership has entered the hearts of the people, and it is extremely difficult for us to publicize or develop."

"In the past, my father and Shizi argued about the Promised Land, and there was another disagreement between agriculture and ink. It is the Mohists who believe that land is privately owned, then annexed, and then small farmers become hired laborers and hired farmers, and then they can go to the eve of the change of the next happy land. ”

My father believed that under the feudal system, there was already a basis for collective labor, so why couldn't we directly bypass the process of private ownership, merger, bankruptcy, and public ownership? Why not just skip through the process of suffering in one step? ”

Fit face was expressionless, neither for nor against these words.

Xu Xing was silent for a moment and said: "In the Central Plains countries, private ownership of land has become a general trend. And Yan and Jizi Korea, since King Wu fell, there has not been much change, divided into feudal system, public land labor, few private land. ”

"So, we thought, it might be easier there."

"Moreover, the land there is often a patch, thousands of miles of fertile soil, all plains, which is more suitable for collective work to cultivate more land, and also suitable for raising horses and cattle. On the other hand, the land of the South China Sea is barren and small, so it is not suitable for the way of working to share the joys and sorrows and share the benefits equally. ”

Hearing this, Shi laughed and said, "The hero sees the same thing. The results of our discussions were similar. ”

Although the two sides have quite different opinions, the peasant family has been led crooked by the Mohists in the way of analyzing the problem.

Indeed, Liaodong and other places where Yan and Jizi Korea are located still retain strong remnants of the old system.

This old system is even older than the old system that the Central Plains wants to overthrow and change, and it can be called a living fossil of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Clans, village communities, sub-feudals, public fields, and native fields, which have undergone gradual changes for more than 100 years in the Central Plains, are still the mainstream there.

It was also not suitable for the development of large-scale industry and commerce for the time being, and the doctrine of the peasant family was applicable there: there was a lot of land and a lot of plains; The weather is cold, and you can only plant one season, and there is more leisure time for farming; The rugged agricultural methods of Sishang are more suitable for the vast and sparsely populated land; Large tracts of uncultivated land can only be easily reclaimed if they are collectively reclaimed......

All these are advantages for the peasants, and as long as they can maintain this kind of heart for the benefit of the world, it is indeed very suitable for the peasant village community to carry out this kind of correction there.

As for the Central Plains, it is indeed more suitable for the Mohist doctrine of self-interest, that is, altruism, in order to quickly realize land annexation, and wait for the steam engine to drive the population from the village community to the city.

Or, in the future, a large number of landless people will be enriched into the frontiers, land granted, immigrants, and so on.

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At this time, he inspected the northwest of the Song Dynasty with great fanfare, and had cordial talks with the people of the peasant family, which had a different intention at the time when the princes met in Luoyi to the emperor of heaven.

He not only inspected the villages under the jurisdiction of the farmers, but also inspected several nearby towns.

At the same time, the field army of the Mo family in Sishang was also assembled in the Song Dynasty, and with the same fanfare as Shi, he was not prepared to hide anything.

Soon after, the elderly, weak, women and children of some villages and communities under the jurisdiction of the peasant family began to move eastward, while the young and strong people gathered to transport grain to Taoyi, Shangqiu and other places after harvesting the summer grain.

It seems that this is preparing for war in the Song Land.

Public opinion in Sishang also began to turn to the rhetoric of the battle of the world.

The art of war is cloudy, so the army is strategic, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is to attack the city. The method of siege is a last resort. Repair the turret, with equipment, three months and then completed; It's been three months. It will be overwhelming and the ants will possess it, kill one-third of the soldiers, and those who will not pull out the city will also be attacked by this disaster. Therefore, those who make good use of soldiers, the soldiers of the people instead of the war, the city of the people instead of the attack, the destruction of the country of the people instead of the long, will fight for the whole world, so the soldiers are not immediately profitable, and the method of attacking is also.

The Mo family's previous development in Sishang was either a plot or a diplomatic relationship, and unless it was a last resort, they would take advantage of the contradictions between the princes to attack the city.

For example, borrowing the contradiction between Jin and Chu, borrowing the contradiction between Wei and Zhao to attack Qi, borrowing the contradiction between Wei and Chu to break dreams, borrowing Zheng to take the Song and so on.

But this time, the posture made by the Mo family seems to be completely different from plotting and fighting, but preparing to attack troops and attack the city.

Sun Wuzi's assertion about "attacking the city under it" has become inapplicable to this era because of the emergence of some weapons and tactics, at least not on the side of the Mo family.

Because the Mo family is using gunpowder explosives to attack the rammed earth city defending the bronze sword, this is an asymmetrical war.

The transformation of "below" into "secondary" and the extremely difficult siege warfare into an extremely simple siege war led to a 30-year drastic change in tactics and military system throughout the world.

This time the princes gathered in Luoyi, it seems that the Mohist family "cut diplomatic relations" failed, but instead of relying on the contradictions of the princes, no longer using diplomatic means to solve many problems, but in Sishang to incite public opinion to have the intention of all-out war with the princes.

Many people shook their heads and thought that the Mo family was on the wrong path and a little arrogant.

But the upper echelons of the Mo family know that they have come to this point, and there is really no need to cut diplomatic relations, and there is no room for diplomatic breakthroughs.

It's obviously a matter of life and death.

This is not the original princes competing with each other, they can borrow strength from each other to contain each other.

Instead, the Mo family wants to force the princes and nobles under the princely system to death, which is already useless, so it is better to plan early.

The incident of going to the northwest of the Song Dynasty naturally triggered panic and response in various countries.

Although the princes were still arguing in Luoyi, all countries immediately responded to the fact that they should inspect the western border of the Song Dynasty with great fanfare and that the Sishang Field Army was assembled in the Song Land.

The elite of the Qi State gathered to the west of Linzi, nervously watching the movements in Sishang, and the scout horses that delivered the news dozens of times a day.

The 40,000-strong army went south, in Chengyang and other places in Liqiu, not far from the armies of Wei and Wei.

In Taoyi and other places, there are already Mo family scouts who have begun to enter Qi and Wei, and they have taken the initiative to attack to break the alliance by taking advantage of the princes' oath.

The transportation of grain, grass and ammunition is endless, which is like the princes' alliance is difficult to achieve, but the Mo family has added fuel to the fire and has to promote a result.

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At this time, at the seaport at the mouth of the Huai River, soldiers from two divisions were boarding the ship.

The strength of these two divisions has been here for a long time, and they have always preached to the outside world that they are preparing to defeat Vietnam in a war.

Moreover, it has been said in many propaganda that only a few divisions are needed to pacify the Yue Kingdom.

This propaganda is not only convinced by the military and people of Sishang, but also by the king of Yue and the northern princes.

Yue Guo did not dare to cross the Jiangbei Expedition, so he could only retreat in the land of Wu Yue and pin all his hopes on the northern princes, because Yue Guo understood how weak and helpless he was at this time, especially after the Zhou Shi was overthrown.

At this time, the Huai River did not flow into the Yangtze River, but had a separate estuary.

After the Yellow River seized the Huai River in later generations, this estuary gradually silted up, and from the Song Dynasty to later generations, it actually silted up the size of a county.

At this time, the mouth of the Huai River is Sishang, and it is perhaps the busiest port in the world.

Surabaya, Danshui, Suishui, connecting Surabaya, Jishui, and the Yellow River; Hangou connecting Huaishui, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River...... Ji, Huai, river, river four desecration is linked together at this time, Huai River is the most important shipping route in Si, after the rise of shipping here is quite prosperous.

Not far from Hangou, the troops of the two divisions have been stationed here for half a year, and they have been practicing boat riding for half a year, so as not to get used to bumps.

It seems that these two divisions are clearly going to land on Huiji and Wu from Yongdong, where the Mo family occupies the blockade and Gou Jian is preparing to exile Fucha in the past, and go straight to the core of the Yue Kingdom.

Yue was nervous, and naturally believed that the strength of these two divisions was for the purpose of attacking Yue, and the princes were also convinced.

However, in reality, it is not, it is just a ploy.

Originally, the strength of these two divisions was to prepare to attack Jimo and Gaomi by boat after a full-scale war with the princes, threatening Linzi.

However, not long ago, a decision was made at the internal meeting of the Mo family, to change the plan, from defensive counterattack to active attack, and take the lead in launching a war before the princes were ready, so as to catch the princes by surprise, so as to seize the initiative in the war.

On the one hand, there was a bumper harvest of summer grain this year, and on the other hand, the rule and stability and conscription work in Jianghan, Nanyang, and other places were much better than expected.

As a result, the high-level Mohists adjusted their strategies according to the situation.

Therefore, he went to the western part of the Song Land to inspect the village community of the farmer with great fanfare; Sishang should make a threatening posture in response to the field armies of the princes assembled near Shangqiu and Taoyi to align, Wei, and Wei.

The soldiers who had been trained for half a year at the mouth of the Huai River to guard against seasickness would board the ship and go to Jiaozhou Bay to land at the port that the Mojia had ceded in the Qi-Mo War, and take advantage of the opportunity of the westward transfer of the main force of the Qi field to use the sea to catch the Qi country by surprise.

At that time, it will join forces with the troops in Jucheng and other places on land to sneak attack Jimo and Gaomi.

Taking advantage of the harvest of summer grain and the unharvested season of autumn grain, he destroyed the rule of the Qi nobles in Jiaodong in one fell swoop, forced land reform by the most violent means, and encouraged the people to harvest the grain of the fiefdom nobles for their own use, and at the same time expropriated the summer grain.

Once Gaomi and Jimo were captured, and the rule of the Qi nobles in Jiaodong was destroyed, they marched west to Weishui and made a gesture threatening Linzi, forcing the Qi State to pull back the main force.

Once the main force of Qi was transferred, South Korea would not dare to send troops out of Nanyang, thereby relieving the pressure on the western front.

Once the main force of Qi gathers to the east and prepares to attack, it is ready to abandon Jiaodong and retreat.

With the troops of two divisions, the main force of Qi was mobilized to prevent the princes from advancing together, so as to gain more time, completely disrupt the possible deployment of the princes, and hold the initiative in their own hands.