The Chu people's siege of Shangqiu this time was never just a problem between the Chu and Song people, but a major event involving the situation in the world after the three families were divided.

Can the Chu people go north to the Three Jin Alliance? To whom did the weak states of Zheng, Wei, and Song submit? Will the Qin people be able to take advantage of the opportunity of the Chu people to go north to fight for hegemony to recapture the West River and open the way to the Central Plains?

It is not only about those countries that are anthropomorphic, but also about the interests of many people in countries who are not as one.

The Wei State alone involves the dreams and interests of many people around this matter.

Seventy-year-old Wei Si, the dying old Li Kui, Wu Qi who bears the name of a villain, Wei Zhen, the heir who is in his prime, Wei Chengzi, the younger brother of Wei Si, who is considered by the ministers to be worthy of the fief of Zhongshan State, the first line of the Gong family that is gradually becoming stronger, the scholar who is the root of the strength of the Wei State, and the middle-aged man who has the possibility of ascending the throne after the older generation has died......

All these people are staring at Shangqiu, staring at the introduction of this new round of Jinchu hegemony that seems to be destined to make waves.

It is true that it is the Mo who is good at guarding Shangqiu, but almost everyone in the world regards this siege as the beginning of a new Jin and Chu hegemony.

How many times the Jin and Chu struggles for hegemony revolved around the Song State.

The battle of Chengpu, because the Chu people attacked the Song and Jin people saved the Song; The next two military meetings were also outside Shangqiu City.

The Chu people besieged Shangqiu, and everyone in the world felt familiar, which seemed to be a landmark event in the Jin and Chu hegemony.

Almost everyone in the world felt that if they wanted to win this siege, they could only rely on the Wei people to send troops.

A former ink writer like Lian Shengqiu also thinks so.

So most people in the world who are concerned with this matter think like this.

In this world, it seems that it is still a continuation of the Jin and Chu hegemony.

However, after all, there are people who don't think that way, and more than one person.

In Shangqiu City, people who didn't think that way from the beginning gathered.

They didn't care about the siege of the Chu people, and in their opinion, this level of siege was not enough for them to be helpless.

Since the Chu people decided to attack the city a few days ago, they have been fighting repeatedly for several days, and it is not until today that there is finally the possibility of a real siege.

But this way of besieging the city, for Mozi, who defends the city, doesn't have to pay attention to it at all.

As for how to crack this tactic, Mozi once taught it systematically after drinking with the birds on the top of Mount Tai. In later generations, there were also disciples who summarized the article "Preparing for the Moth Fu", focusing on the siege method of defense.

Mozi understood that the Chu people could not deploy all the troops when they attacked the city, and the elite troops that could really be deployed only needed four thousand men and women plus those strange machines to defend.

However, some people in the city did not think so, and the army of the Chu people seemed to be large, which was an opportunity to take advantage of.

Those who believed that this siege would not become the first page of the new round of Jin and Chu hegemony were clear from the beginning that the purpose of these ink artists was never to defend Shangqiu, but to benefit the world by defending Shangqiu.

Now, Mozi gathered these people at night, and he had to make final preparations.

Suitable people lined up left and right, and Mozi said directly: "Within a few days at most, it will be our opportunity." The Chu people must be tired from attacking the city, and we make the Chu people not know the truth or falsehood, from the perspective of timing, we will have the opportunity to force the king of Chu to make a bloody alliance in one fell swoop. ”

Mozi looked at Shi again and smiled, "Shi has also prepared the rest of the details." Now you can see the raging flames near the camp of the king of Chu at the head of the city, just like people looking for the North Star. ”

"Those gunpowder weapons have not been used yet, and the Chu people must be alarmed."

"And Shi also took advantage of the opportunity of the last night attack to roughly judge the reaction time of the Chu people and judge the fit between the various camps."

"This matter is based on the formation of three hundred ink people and the righteous masters of Jiapei County, I think I am very sure."

"It's just that our Mo scholar guards Shangqiu for the benefit of the world, but why did the righteous master of Pei County come? They weren't inkers, so what did we tell them in the first place? ”

When these words were asked, he was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that Mozi was making the final mobilization within the Mozi, and explaining the final truth for this matter, otherwise there was no need to mention the Peixian Yishi.

Because these righteous teachers of Pei County have no feelings for Song Gong, and they are not even obliged to defend Song Gong from Peidi.

Even if they obey the leadership of the Mo, the truth is not like this, they have no obligation to benefit the world and die, because they are not Mo.

From the very beginning, in Peidi's propaganda, Peixian Yishi knew one thing: to exchange his military obligations and blood for the recognition of Peixian's real new policy, in exchange for Peixian's tax reform and political reform.

They didn't know what they were going to do in exchange for something so valuable, or they didn't know that the blood they had died on the walls wasn't enough to get everything they wanted.

But these ink people present knew and knew the Mo family's initial strategy of defending the city: not relying on the Wei people, but relying on the way of attacking through the formation to force the Chu king to form an alliance and retreat, to rely on the ink people themselves to save Shangqiu, so as to move the world, so as to intimidate those warlike kings!

And only in this way, maybe when the meritorious deeds are rewarded, those Peixian volunteers can exchange their blood and military obligations for what Peixian really wants.

It's just an exchange.

From the very beginning, the purpose has not been changed, and from the very beginning, the high-level leaders of the Moshi have set a plan to win Peixian as a nominal vassal state.

However, the conversation between Shi and Mozi about ghosts and gods above the city more than a month ago made this question more realistic.

Even if the righteous master of Pei County achieves his goal, even if the Song Gong swears to recognize the autonomy of Pei County, what does it rely on to restrain the continuation of this oath?

Shi has talked more than once about the alliance between the past and the present within the Mo people, and more than once said that the reason why the two military meetings succeeded was not because of that alliance, but because the Jin and Chu countries could not fight, and because the nobles in the two countries were busy fighting among themselves.

The Mo family still values ghosts and gods, and still longs for the real existence of ghosts and gods, so that people can have gods and restrain their personal behavior and morality.

However, after the reorganization of the Mohists a few years ago and the use of systems and cumbersome rules to try another kind of constraint, the views on the word constraint within the Mohists have gradually tilted in the direction of what is appropriate.

This is a long process, and it is also a process of continuous penetration and in-depth revision of the original ideas of the Mohists, which has been applicable for several years.

It is also because Mozi's own attitude towards ghosts and gods only hopes to restrain everyone, which has accumulated to this day.

After Mozi asked Pei County's question, he calmly asked, "Even if this thing is done, how can we achieve restraint?" How to make Song Gong, Si Cheng, and Liuqing admit and not regret it? ”

"Shi has an opinion, the matter has come to this, today I will listen to what Shi said."

This is not only a military issue of defending the city, but he has a say in this kind of matter, and he finally found an opportunity to tell the whole story of his plan.

Obtaining the status of Pei County's autonomy is the tone set from the beginning, and there is no need to say more.

And taking advantage of the contradictions between the nobles and using the balance of power to ensure that this achievement is not reversed and accepted is the issue to be discussed today.

Is it by the restraint of the ghosts and gods after the oath?

Or is it constrained by the balance of power in the midst of contradictions?

That's all there is to say.

Within the Mozi, many people do not believe in ghosts and gods, otherwise they would not have asked where the blessings of Mozi and ghosts and gods went after Mozi fell ill - sir, you are the most enlightened and god-worshipping, you have not been blessed, can we still believe it?

Within the Moshi, many people were original aristocrats, and they were tired and disgusted by the corrupt life and shameless morality of the aristocracy; Many people were originally just farmers and laborers, and they had a natural resentment and distrust of the aristocracy; Many of them were originally market rangers or assassins, and had no respect for the aristocracy......

In this case, the appropriate statement was quickly agreed by everyone.

After all, the general direction has not changed, and it seems that what has changed is only the "small things" of how to restrain after the general direction is achieved.

It's just that they don't know that for this seemingly unintentional "little thing" and this seemingly temporary "little thing", they began to bury a nursery rhyme three years ago to stir up conflicts.

Because Shi was not a temporary idea at all, but knew about the siege of Shangqiu early, and he had been preparing for this major event in the early years of the Warring States period from the beginning.

There's so much involved, and there's so much that no one knows about it except for Shi.

This incident triggered the murder of the king of Chu by a coup d'état, triggered a civil war over the inheritance of Chu, triggered a large number of Chu nobles to die in battle, triggered the strong rise of the Wei people, triggered the rupture of Wei and Zhao, triggered the relocation of the capital of the Wei people, triggered the change of the Chu people, and finally led to the tragedy of the total destruction of the Mo people in Yangcheng......

This is never a matter between Song and Chu, but a major event related to the future trend of the whole world, so we have to be cautious and prepare in advance.

There are some things that can't be said at this time, but what can be said at this time is enough to shock the ink people present.

After Mozi waited for Shi to finish saying all this, he said: "Now the situation in the city, you and I are clear. The six Qings in the city competed with Sicheng, the Song Duke succeeded to the throne, and Sicheng had an enmity with the Chu people and an alliance with the Sanjin...... All of this, we have to think about it. ”

"If there is really an unexpected situation, then if it is going to come out after all, it is better for us to bring them out, so that we can stay active."

At this point, Mozi no longer metaphorized, and directly said all the plans for the past few days.

Those meat eaters in the city could not know that Mozi only needed a very slight means to deal with the siege of the Chu people, and the siege of the Chu people looked a little fierce, coupled with the strange night bonfire and the defender who killed himself a month ago, all made Mozi feel that something was going to happen in the city.

Since something may happen, then lead the snake out of the hole and seize the initiative.

When the Chu people attacked the city, they mobilized a large number of forces to concentrate on the city wall, and made a full garrison otherwise they could not resist the posture of the Chu people, so that the city was relaxed, and those who were ready to move had a seemingly excellent opportunity.

If they move, they can mobilize people at any time to intervene in their internal fighting, and become a force in the city that can decide the victory or defeat of both sides, so as to balance the forces between the nobles, the king, the six kings, and the city, and the oath that is different from the ghost and god supervision to maintain the promise that the ink seeker wants.

The reason why he dared to do this was that Mozi had enough confidence: it didn't take so many people to defend the city, so he could defend the city while participating in the struggle in the city, and also ensure that the city wall was not lost!

Without this self-confidence, without this strength, it would not be possible to make such a decision.