On the north bank of the Jiujiang River, the Mojia camp.

Most of the officers who have been famous and legendary in the army over the years have gathered here, which can be described as a gathering of proud soldiers and fierce generals.

But the coach can still hold on, because whether it is the commander and deputy marshal or the representative of the legion, they are basically the characters who have basically played the whole field from the battle of Sishang and Moyue to the present.

The first battle against Chu was the most important step in the Mo family's thirty-year strategy, and in order to suppress the scene, there were even three alternate Wu Shen and several members of the military committee.

The autumn rain had stopped, and the command post was hung with some of the most accurate maps in the world at this time.

In the deserted Dabie Mountains, the Mohists once sent people seven in and seven out, drawing maps, finding roads, looking for valley water sources, and determining hydrology.

Not to mention the art of latitude and longitude and some maps of the cities that were determined by triangulation.

Although before the battle, the enemy should be expected to be lenient, but now everyone has found that the enemy is a little too wide.

The reason why the army has not moved now is to wait for the autumn rainy season to pass, and the other is to gather troops.

This time it was necessary to make a long-term plan, so the front siege and the village, the back team followed the land reform, and left part of the troops to suppress the nobles and search for the nobles.

In addition, Sishang has just finished the autumn harvest, and the real full-scale mobilization has just begun, so there is no impatience here.

I thought that after capturing Shouchun Xia Cai, the Chu nobles would immediately unite and fight back at any cost, but they didn't want to do it for more than a month, and there was not even a little news, and everyone realized that after living in Sishang for a long time, they had forgotten what the nobles outside looked like and how fragile their rule was.

Now from Jiujiang to Hubei, the cavalry and scouts of the Mo family control the battlefield, and the situation of the defenders in Hubei is clearly known.

However, the Mo family was not in a hurry, because they did not want the king of Chu to flee to the Nanyang area and join forces with Wei Hanqi and others to oppose Moxi.

Even if you escape, it's only a little troublesome, but after all, you still want to get the best result.

At the internal meeting, the members of the military council reiterated the strategy for this time.

It is to wait for the end of the autumn harvest and the gradual stabilization of the rear occupation area, gather troops, and prepare for a big battle.

During this period, if the king of Chu chose to build a fortress to defend the city of Yi to fight a decisive battle, then he sent elite forces and combat sappers to cross Tongbai Mountain, Dabie Mountain, and directly penetrate Suiguo and Yanying.

The six fingers, who were already candidates for enlightenment, pointed to Yan Ying's position on the map and said: "If we attract the main force of the Chu people to Hubei, and we use the elite first division and two elite combat engineer brigades to attack Yan Ying, and take Yan Ying with the cooperation of the local uprising, then in fact, the Chu army will be divided into three parts. ”

"The main force of the king of Chu; Nanyang Fangcheng Legion; Chen Cai Xu Xiang Legion. ”

"Needless to say, the main force of the King of Chu."

"If we don't capture Yanying Xiangyang, then the Chu army in Nanyang Fangcheng can either go south or support Chen Cai Xu Xiang, and the king of Chu can also choose to retreat after the defeat and defend it with Hanshui as the boundary."

"But if it is captured, then Nanyang Fangcheng and other places will be feudal, and after losing the center of Chu, they will inevitably have to protect themselves. Then they can only choose to garrison troops in Nanyang to prevent Yan Ying from heading north, and they will not be able to support the Chu army in Chen Cai, Xu Xiang and other places. ”

"The Chu army in Chen Cai, Xu Xiang and other places, if there is no support from them, in fact, they can only defend, and the giants still have elite cavalry and artillery in their hands, and they dare not easily launch an attack so as not to be eaten by the giants."

"In this way, the Chu people must ask Wei Hanqi to send troops in order to possibly pose a threat to us."

"But Wei Hanqi's army will definitely not go deep alone, and it will take a lot of time to wait for the end of their alliance negotiations, which is extremely beneficial to us."

Another candidate added: "It is not difficult for us to capture Yan Ying. Although Yanying is a big city, we are here to go straight to Jianghan, and its sailors must be urgently transferred to Hubei. This is one of them. ”

"Second, Xu Miao and the others still have a unit in Yunmeng, although the number is not large, but they are extremely familiar with the local area. Once the interior is empty, this army can do some big things and cooperate with us to capture Suiguo and Tangyi. ”

"Third, the Nanzheng Army will also go down the river at the appointed time and cooperate with us."

"Therefore, it is feasible to use the elite first division and two combat engineer brigades to cross Dabie and Tongbai along the small road and go straight to Tang and Yan, and it is extremely beneficial to the battle of exterminating Chu."

"Occupying Yan Ying will make Nan Zheng and us together. The garrison in Yanying can take advantage of the opportunity of the empty army within the Chu army to gather in Hubei, attack and harass and occupy the rear, and force the Chu army to collapse without a fight; It can also make the feudal monarchs in the Nanyang area of Chu State dare not move lightly. ”

Six fingers and said: "The way of the soldier is exactly the same." If the sneak attack on Yan Ying is strange, we are right. Since it is positive, it is necessary to advance steadily and steadily, advance along the way, deploy camps, and consolidate logistics. ”

"If the plan fails, we will attack; If the plan is successful, we will take the defense as the attack, and drag it until the Chu people collapse without a fight. ”

"Destroying Chu is only the first step, and the rest is to clear the remnants of the enemy and manage the city. Don't be impatient. There is a lot of time left for us, and the time given to us by Juzi is one year, that is, until June next year, we must capture and stabilize Jianghan. We don't need to worry about the affairs of Sishang, and we don't need to be distracted. ”

"The only thing is that before June next year, if something really happens, we must be able to make it possible to make the government decree smooth from Jixian Pass to Yanying to Linwu Jiuzhi, and there is no rebel army of Chu nobles."

"Of course, time is also tight."

"Although Juzi gives us a year, it is best for us to break the Chu army before November, and before the New Year next year, we can divide two to four divisions to the front line of Shouchun Lucheng."

The soldiers gathered here this time, not counting the school officials, the oldest is only twenty-five or sixteen, and they are all a group of people who have grown up after the establishment of the Sishang regime.

In other words, people under the age of twenty-five or sixteen have the experience of serving in the army, which is a universal obligation, and every family must have one person, unless they have mutilated fingers or are disabled, and even those who cannot use their ears will be assigned some border guard work such as lookouts.

This is not the same as the peasant and military system of other princes, once the war starts, Sishang can ensure a large number of soldiers at the expense of economic development, of course, this model cannot last.

Since childhood, he has been trained in the academy and learned to abide by discipline, and even if he farms after serving and retiring, as long as he is re-recruited with firearms as the main output weapon, he can train a group of soldiers who are at least worthy of World War I in three months.

As far as the military system of the Chu State is concerned, in addition to the new army after the reform of professional soldiers, the rest is still composed of low-level nobles, nobles and slaves as the elite, a small number of private soldiers as the core, and a large number of untrained conscripted peasant soldiers as the main body.

There are really not many soldiers in the Chu State who can fight, especially when the civil strife has just ended, and the internal integration has not yet been completed, and some new soldiers who cherish the old master and do not recognize the prince and Liangfu have a large number of soldiers.

Or like Wei, if we really want to fight now, Wei can indeed pull out an army of 100,000, but the combat effectiveness of this 100,000 army is worrying, and this 100,000 army can only exist for three or four months at most, and if there is more, Wei's economy and agriculture will completely collapse.

But the main force that can really fight in the field and march quickly, the Wei State is basically gone...... The Mo family and the Qin state tug-of-war bloodletting, and the Wei state now has only more than 10,000 elite field troops at most.

Therefore, the high-level Mo family gave these people a year to destroy Chu, and they were not worried about what would happen to Sishang.

The importance of the state of Chu to the Mohists is self-evident, and in addition to those that are well known, the Jianghan region is also the key to connecting the South China Sea and Hanzhong.

As long as the tactical concept of the surprise attack on Xiangyang is completed, all the forces of the Chu State will be divided into three pieces, and the several forces that were originally separated by the Mo family can be combined into one.

In terms of the South China Sea, you can go north to Wuling, and after capturing Linwu, go south along the Xiangjiang River system; In recent years, Nanzheng has also continued to conquer some small countries, and has been expanding along the Han River, Hanzhong is a good agricultural area, and you can also learn from the battle of Qin and Chu in later generations along the Han River.

In other words, once the main force on the Yangtze River can defeat the main force of the Chu army, then in fact, the Mojia forces in Jianghan and Xiaoxiang are enough to maintain stability and clear those small vassal states.

In other words, as long as the main force of the Chu army is defeated, the troops can be immediately divided to Huainan.

Although Dabie Mountain was used by the Mo family to divide the military power of the Chu State into three parts, it also hindered the connection of the Mo army, if the strategic deployment of the Jianghan Plain could be completed before November and the main force of the Chu army could be defeated, then a part of the troops could be divided back to Huainan to stabilize the Huaishui defense line.

Relying on the strength of the South China Sea and Hanzhong, as well as a large number of specially trained cadres who are fluent in the Chu language, it is enough to stabilize the situation in Hannan.

But the key is when to attack.

If it is early, it is possible for the king of Chu to run away, especially the news that Linwu has been captured will come soon, and the king of Chu is very likely to run to Xiangyang.

Once Xiangyang reaches Nanyang, it will be equivalent to integrating the divided forces of the Chu State together, with the command of the center and a certain amount of royal suppression, those nobles can still integrate a certain force, plus the strength of Wei Hanqi, and maybe even the Qin State will send troops in exchange for Shang Luodi, in that case, it will really be a long-term north-south confrontation, and it will take at least ten years to stabilize the situation.

If you can lure the king of Chu to decide to fight to the death, and then attack Xiangyang secretly, and join the forces of Xu Wan of Yunmeng, Qi Sui of Nanzheng and others, you can complete the division of Chu: the main force of the Chu king's division is completely annihilated in Jianghan, forcing the Nanyang feudal monarch not to dare to move lightly, Chen Cai Zhongyuan Chu army is lonely, and there is no center to do their own thing.

In this way, the Mohists could redeploy a part of their forces to defend the Huai River, thus threatening the flanks of the allied forces of various countries and consolidating the occupied areas.

The Jianghan Plain and the Jianghuai Plain, which connect the east and west of the Dabie Mountains, adopt a two-sided threat approach: the Xiangyang Code Huaisi attacks to help defend; The Huaisi code of Xiangyang attacked and defended each other, so as to obtain the most favorable situation of the Northern Expedition.