These people already had grievances, and when someone said this, their minds suddenly became active.

If you go to Gaomi, there is nothing to reward.

These people are from low backgrounds, not nobles of pure blood, what can they get even if they snitch?

They had scruples about setting fire to the city, not to mention something too distant about the name behind them, and killing them.

Besides, the defeat of the Chu State is now decided, these people have listened to lectures, know the current situation in the world, and have also read many pamphlets secretly printed by the Mo family.

If the state of Chu is defeated, what can they gain by following the king of Chu?

Over the years in the army, he has fought countless battles, and if he escapes, everything must start anew. Although it is possible that the probability of fleeing and dying is smaller, once there is ambition in life, it is impossible to curb it.

If you do something big, failure is nothing more than death, and your family may also suffer disaster. The Mo family's army is about to enter Jianghan, and at that time, the behavior of these people must at least be a righteous act. After Nie Zheng was characterized as "righteous bravery" by the Mo family, his family was taken care of, and the Mo family lecture notes are also famous in the rivers and lakes.

The defeat of the Chu State has been decided, his family is in Jianghan, and the Chu State has no time to take care of it, even if he loses, it is nothing more than losing his life.

These people fought from Dongting to Cangwu, I don't know how many times they fought, it was because they survived in death that they made a big contribution, where would they care about life and death?

If it is successful, this is a great achievement, even if it is not in the army, at least it is such a merit, and when the Mo family occupies Jianghan, it will be very beneficial to himself.

After discussing it again, everyone thought about it and said, "Fame and wealth are sought in danger." Although we do not have the heart to benefit the world, we have the power to follow the general trend. Today's actions, work together, if there is a betrayal, even if it is a ghost, it will be scorched by the scorching sun of Dongjun. ”

After the oath, a few of these people were elected as leaders and plotted.

The new army of the king of Chu itself was deeply influenced by the doctrines of the Mo family, such as Shangxian and equality, which was the price paid by the king of Chu to seize the rebellion of Prince Dingding of Dongting Cangwuping.

This is a military merit system in a sense, which is not the same thing as the Sishang system, but it provides an upward space and channel for those whose bloodlines are not noble enough.

The coup d'état of Prince Yoshio relied on the great nobles and feudal lords, relying on the tradition of "the people can discuss the government but not succeed to the throne" since ancient times, and after the coup d'état, no other qualified successors stood up to oppose it.

Originally, the new army was a force that could be borrowed, and Prince Yoshio himself wanted to continue to reform and centralize power, thinking that he could play with the big nobles and feudal lords to use their power to ascend to the throne, and then find a way to weaken them.

If Xiong Liangfu is given a certain amount of time, he may not be able to make achievements.

However, as soon as he coup d'état, the Mo family immediately went on an expedition, so that his control of the new army could not reach his father's hand, but the war was imminent, and there was no time for a large-scale purge, at most only a part of the obvious Mo people or their sympathizers were eliminated, which was the bane.

Where there is an effect, there must be a cause.

The officers of the Forces nouvelles were in line that night, literate and aware of the general trend, and extremely pessimistic about the prospects.

The victory of the Mo family is almost inevitable in their eyes, and if they abandon Jiang Han, they will lose everything, their relatives and land will be in vain, and all their previous efforts will be nullified.

Moreover, the land policy of the Mohists did not conflict with their interests, and they relied on military merits to complete the most primitive accumulation, and they had cattle and horses in their hands and wealth under the military merit system.

The change of the king of Chu was essentially to support a new group of nouveau riche who were dependent on the royal power, and this group of nouveau riche could not threaten the royal power in the future.

After all, the low-ranking officers in the new army were from the common people, and the amount of land that the king of Chu could own was not much, and the new army must be near the capital, so it could not be sealed to the distant land.

Therefore, the nouveau riche in the new army had enough land and tax exemptions, but they did not use the fiefdom on the spot, but used the virtual lord of "a few stones", which was a means of change that the king of Chu could do under the progress of productive forces, and it was also an idea to prevent these new nobles from colluding with the old nobles.

If the Mohists captured the Jianghan Chu land, there would be no loss for the officers in these new armies, on the contrary, if the Mohists could allow complete private ownership and sale of land, in fact, they could quickly transform into large landowners.

Because their family is very small and they have invested a lot of land to manage the land, the Mo family's entry into Chu this time is the interests of those great feudal monarchs, doctors and the entire feudal system, which has little to do with them, but can be regarded as a continuation of the reform of the king of Chu.

Many people are quite dissatisfied with Xiong Liangfu's behavior of sending a favored minister, and this dissatisfaction is somewhat dramatic.

First, the royal power of the king of Chu is not sacred, and the sacredness of the king of Chu is difficult to guarantee under the unsuccessful centralization of power, and it is also a coup d'état of the aristocracy.

Second, the aristocratic blood system is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, although it has begun to be questioned in recent years, but questioning requires a process.

This led to a very strange mentality among the officers of the Forces nouvelles:

If this time it is the real nobles who are in command, because of the tradition of the previous bloodline system, they will accept it.

But this time it was actually the forbidden pet man of the king of Chu who led them, which was "noble and noble", but if you want military merit, you don't know if you have the ability, and then the royal power of the king of Chu is not sacred, and it can't do the king's order is the law, but it has attracted the disgust of the officers of the new army - if you want blood, everyone is the same, so why can you go up?

Under various factors, the tandem of these officers at night was extremely successful, and the mode of commanding troops in the old era also made this tandem almost unhindered.

That night, rumors spread throughout the chaotic city, and naturally, some of the inkers who mixed in with them began to fuel the flames.

It is said that the state of Chu will be defeated this time, and it will burn the city to buy time for the princes and nobles to escape.

It is said that the Mo family came to build a happy land, and the reason why they started a war with the Chu State was because the king had no way to react to the coup d'état.

After a few rumors, there was no quiet in the city at night.

Early the next morning, several officers went together to meet the new favorite of the king of Chu, who was in charge of guarding the city.

The new favorite of the king of Chu was worried all night last night, and he didn't know the situation in the city, and after the officers arrived, he asked what the situation was.

These officers secretly wore leather armor and entered with swords, and asked first: "Does the general know about the rumors in the city?" There are people who say that they are going to burn the city to scorched earth, but is there such a thing? ”

King Chu's new favorite did not answer.

The officer asked again: "General, if this is really the case, I am afraid that the Mo family will be disgusted, so that the unjust order will be punished." Setting fire to the city but not evacuating the people is a war crime, and the alliance of Heze is still there. ”

"If you really want to burn the city, why don't you immediately open the city gate and evacuate the people?"

King Chu's new favorite said: "The enemy army is not far away, and if you open the city gate and evacuate at this time, there will be chaos." Besides, people's hearts are fluctuating, how to defend the city? ”

"This is not the king's command. But those who are ministers should be worried about the king. The Mo army is unstoppable, and only by burning the city can it be hindered. Piling up firewood and grass is for loyalty; The burning of cities is for the sake of righteousness. ”

"The Mo family has invaded, the matter has come to this point, all Chu ministers should die and repay the king. The people did not want to die for their loyalty, so we helped them die. ”

"Thou shalt and other rich lands are given by the king. Eat the king's luck, share the worries for the king, and you will carry it out. ”

The officer asked, "Our wives and children, parents, can we order someone to escort the escape?" The king is running, we are stuck here, after the city is burned, the Mo family is besieging the city, how can we survive? ”

"The princes are gone, they are human beings, and our wives and children and parents are not human beings?"

These words suddenly made the new favorite of the king of Chu furious and said: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority, how can your wives and children and parents be compared with the king?" On the occasion of this national crisis, I don't think about sacrificing to repay the king, but seek profit first. Are you all inked? Villains seek profit, and the world is in chaos, just because of people like you. ”

"The big war is coming, disturb the hearts of our army, and we should be killed!"

He wanted to draw his sword, but the officer who didn't want to question first drew his short sword and shouted, "Report to the king? That's you princes and nobles, not ours! ”

"When Lao Tzu was fighting in Dongting Cangwu, you just relied on selling your buttocks to make a living, and when it came to martial arts, I would let you have one hand!"

The king of Chu was shocked and asked, "Are you trying to rebel?" ”

The leading officer laughed and said, "I have heard that those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will be punished. Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into three families, and the Son of Heaven recognized them; Tian replaced Jiang Qi, and the Son of Heaven was made a marquis; The coup d'état of the prince and the good husband is king, and you all approve of it. ”

"I think that in this world, it is clearly encouraging rebellion. It's the prince and the general, rather there is a kind? If the princes and nobles are against it, we can't do it? ”

After saying that, he stepped forward and stabbed a sword into the heart of King Chu's new favorite, and several officers next to him also immediately attacked, killing seven or eight guards in a row.

The rest of the tent obeyed, threw down their weapons, and the murderous officer shouted: "The princes and nobles are shameless and plotting a coup d'état, because of this calamity." When it happened, he did not care about our lives, and did not ask our wives and children, why did such a king let us give our lives to serve? ”

"The army of the Mo family is outside the city, the princes and nobles are panicked like lost dogs, and today they are righteous, one is the people of Chu; Second, wait for our own fame and life. ”

"Whoever wants to follow, take the city with me! Those who do not obey can be killed in order to help harm the world! ”

There are not many henchmen of the king of Chu in the city, and most of the people who maintain the city are new troops, and the ink is quite deep, as soon as this officer shouted, many people immediately showed their right arms, raised him as a general, and conspired with great things.

Then these people took control of the city gates, slaughtered any Chu people who were potential enemies, and cut off the heads of the nobles in the city and hung them in the city, sent people to the streets to calm the people, blocked the city gates, raised banners, and wrote the words "Righteous Warriors of Chu".

And he divided the grain and cotton cloth that had been hoarded in the city among the laborers of the city, and everyone was pleased.

The inkers in the army who hid in the city also immediately came forward to contact them, or they were instigated by the inkers who participated in it.

Once there was an organization, the situation in the city was quickly stabilized, the city defense was organized, and people were sent to contact the Mo army.