However, in the eyes of the princes and ministers who had already set the strategy of encircling Shangqiu and saving Linzi, they found a feeling called "lust and guilt".

Once the plan was set, they desperately needed something like a "miracle" or "deduction" to justify their choice.

So Tian Ju and the others took a newspaper that was published half a month ago, pointed to the article called "Solid as Gold" on it, and said with great joy after reading it: "This must be a bluff." The main force of the Mo family attacked Yingyi, intending to attack the east and south together, and Sishang was bound to be empty. ”

"Our army entered the Song Dynasty at this time, and Sishang must not be able to defend itself, so it can only withdraw the army."

"Otherwise, although Linzi is broken, but Sishang is taken away, the enemy of the Mo family is not only one Qi country."

"In this battle, the coalition forces will win."

As soon as he said this, the rest of the people also had a hint of faith in their hearts.

After all, Sishang Yishi has a name on his head that has been invincible for 30 years, and he is still a little weak in the field against various countries.

The countries of the Song Dynasty have not entered a single soldier for twenty years, and all that is needed at this time is a little faith or an omen.

In their opinion, the main force of the Mo family to attack the city is indeed powerful, but it also has great shortcomings, such as a slightly slower marching speed, and the need to wait for copper cannons or stone throwers.

recalled that since the battle more than ten years ago, the Mo family seemed to have left the bronze cannon and would not have attacked the city.

So now that the army is still some distance away from Laiwu, Linzi has also begun to recruit nearby peasant soldiers to defend, as long as the rumor is released that the princes will cooperate to attack the Song Dynasty, they can force the Mo family to return to help.

As for whether the Mo family captured Linzi, Tian Ju had his own opinion.

He believes that the reason why the Mo family attacked Jiaodong first and then Linzi was for the autumn grain of Jiaodong.

The army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the more professional the army, the greater and more logistics required.

The Mo family attacked Chu with the Yangtze River as a supply line, and even then they were mostly foot soldiers, and the number of cavalry was very small.

And attacking Linzi, especially from the direction of Laiwu and Jiaodong, the best way for the Mo family to supply is to requisition the grain and grass manpower in Jiaodong.

The south of Laiwu is mountainous, and the Yimeng Mountain is blocked, and it is difficult for the Mo family to transport grain and grass.

If Jiaodong is captured, it can not only use the manpower and material resources of Jiaodong as the logistics for the siege of Linzi, but also transport grain to the sea along Weishui and transport it to the vicinity of Linzi through the sea seamount.

At this time, the coastal area was different from later generations, the scope of the impact and siltation of the Yellow River was not very large, in fact, Linzi was not far from the sea at all, and there was also Zishui directly leading to the Bohai Sea.

Once the Mo family occupies Jiaodong, the capital of Qi will be greatly threatened in the future, which is also one of the reasons why Tian Ju resolutely opposes making peace with the Mo family and cutting Wei to make up for it.

And attacking the Song Dynasty to force the Mo family army to retreat is the only way to break the situation.

This is different from the later generations of "encircling Wei to save Zhao".

The purpose of encircling Wei to save Zhao was to encircle Wei and save Zhao as a third party, and Sun Bin's purpose was to annihilate Wei's field troops as a third party, thereby weakening Wei.

At this time, it was Qi who surrounded the Song Dynasty and saved Linzi, and its purpose was not to annihilate the Mo family's field army with the Mo family, because Qi was not a third party, and it really had little confidence to break the Mo family's field army.

The purpose is different, and the focus is different: Qi encircled Wei to save Zhao, whether Handan was relieved or not was a secondary consideration, and taking the opportunity to weaken Wei and defeat Wei's field army was the main purpose; Qi attacked the Song Dynasty to save Linzi, whether it could annihilate the field army on Sishang was not even a secondary purpose, forcing the Mo family to return to help solve the Linzi predicament was the main purpose, and pulling South Korea into the water to let South Korea's energy focus on the eastern front instead of the western front was the secondary purpose.

Therefore, after the four kingdoms of Qi, Han, Wei, and Wei discussed it, the princes immediately issued a declaration, claiming that a total of 300,000 allied troops would be recruited to attack the Song Dynasty, and clearly told the Mo family that they were going to attack the Song Dynasty to save Linzi, so as to let the Mo family withdraw as soon as possible.

The news was not blocked and concealed at all, and the main force to save Linzi was not a third country, but Qi itself.

When the news reached the Sishang army, Shi Zheng was near Beigu, looking at this information, Shi looked at the number of troops "No. 300,000" and was silent for a long time.

Offensive operations on the outside front, plans were interrupted in advance, and it was impossible to gather an army of "300,000" in a short period of time.

Not to mention a short period of time, even if the princes are given three years to prepare, it is a question whether the field mobile forces can make up 150,000.

Qi Han wanted to attack the Song Dynasty to force the "main force" of the Mo family to come back to help, the idea was good, but if the strength was insufficient, in Shi's opinion, this was sending him to death.

Although he was wary of the princes attacking Sishang recklessly, he was still quite surprised that the princes really did this.

It is not a question of whether it can be captured, but that in a short period of time, the princes have to adjust their strategies, prepare grain and grass, etc., and hastily send troops at most 100,000, and they have to be distributed on an extremely long front and march from several directions.

There must be those who defend strategically, those who defend the rear, those who support the flanks, and those who divide and divide the troops.

If you send troops to attack if you are not well prepared, you can easily be surrounded and annihilated.

His original intention was to delay time, but he didn't want the princes to come directly to die, who would have thought that the princes would give him such a big gift.

Because it was to attack the Song Dynasty to save Linzi, it had to be fast, because it wouldn't take long for the fake "army" of the Mo family to come to Laiwu.

Once Laiwu was captured, the princes only sent troops verbally, and Linzi was also breached.

In such a short period of time, it is appropriate to assume that the preparation of all countries will not be sufficient.

After receiving the news that day, he returned to PlaNet Fung in the Starry Night, studied it with the members of the Military Council, and finally made up his mind to fight a war of annihilation in the Song Dynasty and completely defeat the field mobile forces of the princes.

There are not many routes that the princes can choose to march on, and the means of dealing with it are that the General Staff Department has made many plans as early as the coup d'état of the Song State and the division of Wei and Han into Zheng.

If the princes' alliance is dispatched, it must be promised first.

Xuchang is like a sharp knife, stuck in the heart of South Korea, and can directly threaten the hinterland of South Korea.

Moreover, if the princes attack the Song Dynasty, if Xuchang does not capture it first, it is easy to be cut off from logistics.

Once Xuchang is captured, the princes should send troops to defend the direction of Yinyang, and then from Xuchang to the east, attack Yangxia.

Only by capturing Yangxia can the passage between Chenyi and Shangqiu be blocked.

Yongqiu and Yangxia in South Korea are almost on the same meridian, which is an extremely positive north-south position, and only by capturing Yangxia can it be regarded as opening the door to Shangqiu.

This is not the time of a few decades ago, when peasants and soldiers from various countries marched for months with food for a decisive battle, and the logistical pressure on all countries was much greater than before.

It can't be said that tens of thousands of peasant soldiers wearing leather armor and carrying spears are piled up under Shangqiu City to attack the city, it will really become a joke.

Therefore, Yangxia could not be attacked, and the attack on the Song Dynasty by various countries saved the direct miscarriage with the plan to save Qi.

However, Yangxia is not difficult to attack, and the purpose is not to really capture Linzi, and Shi is even a little worried that the princes' army will not be able to attack Yangxia and then retreat, so it will miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to annihilate the opponent's living force.

The views of the congregation were similar, saying, "Always be anticipating the enemy and be lenient." If the enemy didn't care about the logistics at all, he concentrated all his forces together, and regardless of whether he captured Yangxia or not, he rushed directly to Shangqiu...... That's easy. ”

"But I'm afraid they have brains, but they don't have the strength."

"Don't talk about Yangxia, it's Xu, if we really want to defend it, I'm afraid they won't be able to attack it in half a year. We'll be embarrassed by then...... Is it to attack Linzi or not? ”

From beginning to end, the Mo family was full of confidence in the offensive and defensive momentum in the direction of Sishang and eastern Henan.

From the very beginning, they were worried that there would be a problem on the side of the six fingers on the western front, not that they were afraid that the six fingers would not win, but that they were worried that if there was really a situation of retreating to Xiangfan, then the personnel in the Nanyang area would not be able to use it for themselves.

In the eyes of the high-level Mo family, it was a joke for the princes to attack Si, and the Mo family could not muster enough troops and logistics to attack the Mo family on the outside line to defeat one enemy and three, but the Mo family was really not afraid in the case of fighting on the inner line.

Not to mention Sishang, which has been in business for 30 years and has truly achieved effective rule in every village and complete grassroots organization, is also a place that can be completely controlled by Song Di.

The army of the princes came to attack, the guns were not as good as themselves, the guns were not as good as themselves, and the people's hearts were even worse than themselves, the Mo family could not think of the possibility of defeat at all, and even once suspected that a standard garrison of three thousand princes in the corner fort would have to attack for a year, because so far the princes have not really attacked the strong city under the Mo family's new city defense system, not once, they don't know how powerful the Mo family, who has always fought in the field these years, is now defending the city.

Now everyone is really afraid that the front is too powerful, so that the princes' alliance army can't even attack Xu and doesn't dare to continue the attack, so it's not easy to do.

Shi Dao: "Actually, the princes still have confidence. They thought we were really going to attack Linzi, so the main force was outside. In the early stage, it will definitely attack fiercely. ”

"It's good to be fierce and confident. I'm really afraid that we will be too strong in Xu Di, and they will lose all their confidence, so they can only shrink back and be a turtle and hold on, which will be troublesome. ”

The confidence of the princes' coalition army to dare to attack the Song Dynasty stemmed from their belief that the main force of the Mo family was in the east and was preparing to attack Linzi.

Whether it is to force the Mo family to return to help, or to win the battle with the heart, at least you have to capture Xu Di to be qualified to continue to think.

If Xu didn't take it, I am afraid that this confidence of the princes will be lost suddenly.

It doesn't matter if it's gone, the original idea was to attack Jiaodong and force Linzi to buy time and disrupt the deployment of the princes.

If the princes' alliance retreats, time can indeed be gained, but if you think about it, there will be fewer opportunities for the princes to take the initiative to attack the Mo family's inner line.

If you can win one day earlier, you will win one day earlier, and in the end, the righteousness of the Mo family is to benefit the world, and it is best to let the people suffer less for a day of war.

After everyone discussed for a while, Shi said: "Since the princes have released the news, they will soon launch an attack." Even if it is pretending to attack us and force us to retreat, there must be some results, and it is useless to rely on our mouths. ”

"The garrison of Xu Di is ready to retreat, and once the army of the princes comes, immediately retreat to the front line of Zhaoling and deploy defenses in Yinshui."

"No matter what, the princes, especially Korea, will never dare to continue to march if they don't capture Xu. Yangxia is in our hands, and they don't dare to touch Shangqiu. I think that if we want to get the princes into our trap, we will have to use an 'empty city strategy'. ”

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