Chapter 61: The Siege of Dangshan (6)
The sarcasm between the words, Wei Han's envoy understood it, but it was irrefutable.
If it was a field battle, Wei Han was not confident that he could defeat the Sishang side under the condition of equal forces.
In the past few years, Sishang has worked hard to develop armaments, and the original flower team of spearmen and musketeers has now become a pure team of pure musketeers.
The appearance of short swords on muskets has unified the original spearmen and musketeers, and the appearance of flint and leaf springs has made the military formation of Sishang closer.
Although the countries do not believe in the Tianzhi of Sishang, and refuse to admit that the Mojia of Sishang really has mastered the Tianzhi, the body is still very honest.
Judging from the effects of the military system and political reforms triggered by Sishang in recent years, many things in Sishang are worth learning and correct.
Even the most elite Wei warriors of the Wei State have only just completed the mixing of arquebuses and spears, and the weakness of this mixture is obvious, so when it comes to the confrontation under the same strength in the field, all countries actually default to the fact that the Sishang field is invincible by relying on the strength of one country.
Otherwise, it would not have been necessary for all countries to meet to be able to send troops to intervene in the Song State, and it would not have taken such a long time to prepare and react.
However, on this occasion, he was ridiculed by the envoys of the former enemy countries and possible allies in the future, but the envoys on Wei Han's side could not nod their heads and accept it.
The envoy of Wei sneered: "I have heard of the new army of the Chu people, and it is all trained by the power of the Mo people; There are many ink people in Chu State, and there are also many people who are pro-ink. Listen to your words, and know that you are the envoy of the king of Chu; I don't know, I thought you were a proclaimer in Si, but here you grew up in Si's majesty. ”
"You have to be careful, lest you have inked and do not know. You have a tendency to ink. ”
The envoy of Chu snorted and said: "If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher." Choose those who are good and follow them, and change those who are not good. Although there are many inconsistencies in the righteousness of Sishang, it is not completely unreasonable. ”
"If animals also sleep and mate, can't people sleep and copulate? In Sishang's truth, Shangxian and Limin, this is always good, but Sishang has not done the right thing in how to achieve this. ”
"If you talk about seeking truth from facts, it is a tendency to ink, and I hope that the nobles of the world have a tendency to ink, so as not to suffer in the world."
The envoy of Wei sneered: "Shang Xian's theory of equality has caused chaos in the world, but you are praising the Mo family's doctrine of making the world chaotic for reference, but I don't know if the Chu people have forgotten their dignity and humility and are ready to be equal?" ”
The envoy of Chu said: "What I believe in is that under one person, everyone is equal. The king's words are the law, the government decree is unified, no one dares to touch the throne, under the king, each with his talent, in the official position to be able to make money, then the world is governed. ”
"The mistake made by the Mohists is to make everyone in the world equal. If this is the case, the king can be the king, the minister can also be the king, and even the peddlers and pawns can be the king, isn't it a great chaos in the world? ”
The envoy of Wei also sneered: "He is also filial, and he is good at making trouble." What is the origin of the relationship between filial piety and rebellion? ”
"It comes from the difference between respect and inferiority, not only between monarchs and ministers, but also between kings and doctors, between doctors and scholars, and between scholars and ordinary people."
"In this way, we can know the difference between respect and inferiority from birth, and we can have no different hearts."
"Isn't it a dream that all men are equal under one person? How can all men be equal under one person? If all the princes and princes can be equal, how can people who grow up in such an environment respect the king? ”
"I think Chu Guocai is going astray. There will be great calamity in the future. ”
The envoy of Chu laughed and said, "As you said, the government of Wei must be on the right path. However, since the death of Wenhou and the death of Li Kui, the style of Shangxian in Wei has been replaced by the difference between respect and inferiority, as you said, it should be strong. ”
"However, what I see is that Wei abandoned Zhongshan in the north, Wu Qile sheep's talent or went away or hanged himself, and the court was full of nobles, the west could not attack Qin, the south could not take Chu, the east could not prevent ink, and the north could not make Zhao Chen, but I don't know whether it was Wei that went astray? Or did the state of Chu go astray? ”
"Since the change of the law, my king has taken the rebellion of Dongting Cangwu in the south and Chen Cai in Beiping, supported tens of thousands of troops, and avoided the edge, if this is misguided, it is ridiculous. Could it be like the Wei State and the right way? ”
After the envoy of Chu State finished speaking, he smiled and said: "That's right, the righteousness of a gentleman is not judged by victory or defeat, but by virtue and politics." The Wei State is respectful and orderly, although it is beaten everywhere, it is the way of a gentleman. Chu State Shangxian reformed and pioneered everywhere, but it was the path of villains. ”
"But please continue to be a gentleman."
It is said that beating people does not slap their faces, and these words of the young envoy of Chu really reveal the scars that Wei has been reluctant to mention, and it is really ridiculous to insult Wei Zheng's policy every word.
The envoy of Wei turned red, held the sword hanging from his waist, and shouted: "Insult my prince, don't die today!" ”
The envoy of Chu was not to be outdone, and he had to put the right sword when he drew his sword.
The enmity between Jin and Chu has been more than 100 years, and it is common to draw swords at every turn when talking.
In order to be able to win a peace treaty that was beneficial to Chu, the representative of Chu State wore leather armor and hid a dagger around his waist to enter the venue.
Today's dispute has broken out again, and the contradictions between the two sides are deep, if it weren't for the Mo family's appearance in the Central Plains to stir up trouble, it would be impossible for the two sides to stand together.
Although they have the same enemies, how can the contradictions and resentments between them be resolved for a while?
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight to the death, the people on the Mo family's side hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
When the news reached the command post, the senior cadres in the army laughed, they didn't care about the morality, right and wrong that the envoys of Wei and Chu talked about, they only cared about the contradictions between Wei and Chu.
A glimpse of the whole leopard, the question reflected by this incident is that in the face of the rise of Sishang, can countries really communicate with each other and give their backs to others with confidence?
Since the Qi-Mo War came to power as a giant, Si Shang has never been afraid of any single vassal state, if the countries do not interfere in one-on-one fighting, even if it is Wei, Si Shang is confident that the blood of Wei will be drained, so that Wei will break out in an inevitable revolution after defeat and heavy pressure.
What Sishang is worried about is only the alliance between the various princes, especially if the princes of Wei, Chu, Han, Qi and other princes join forces, Sishang is not ready for a full-scale war now, which will be quite unfavorable.
In the command post, the commander of the Pengcheng Army sighed: "We are so obsessed with the contradictions of the class that we think about the problem and think too much about the class. In fact, there are contradictions between the princes, and there is also resentment between the Chu and Wei people. ”
"Although we try our best to dispel it, we only talk about the people of the world and not the Chu people and the Wei people for the sake of love, but propaganda is one thing, and it is another thing when thinking about decision-making, and it should not be confused."
"Judging from today's events, even if Wei and Chu intervene in the Song Kingdom, they will inevitably have different intentions and hinder each other. Juzi's judgment is correct, as long as we quickly quell the rebellion of the Song Kingdom, then the possibility of joint intervention between the princes will be very small. ”
Six Fingers also said: "Let's talk about it...... Juzi said back then, if Wenhou is still here, Wu Qile, Yang Li, Kui, Duan Ganmu, Tianzi, Fang Ximen, Leopard, Beimen Ke and others are all there, and Wei is indeed a big trouble for me. ”
"It's a pity that after Zixia entered the West River, the Wei nobles studied more and became their own faction, and the contradictions between the talents among the nobles and the down-and-out scholars of the Wei State were inevitable. Either the low-level faction occupies the mainstream of the Wei State, or the aristocratic faction squeezes out those from the bottom. ”
"Now it looks like the winner is decided. There is no longer a threat to the Wei State, and the bones in the well are dry and crumbling sooner or later. ”
He thought for a moment, and then said, "Since the two sides almost fought, then we can take advantage of it." Didn't the Wei people say that the Chu people were too close to us? That can't let Wei people say it in vain, then it's really close. ”
"I suggest that the envoys of the countries be separated. Needless to say, the Qin people also let them get closer to us, and often make some gestures of intimate conversation with them, so that the envoys of Wei and Han can see it. ”
"Although it's just a small trick, the great and powerful people can see through it at a glance, but I don't think there are many great and powerful people in the world."
Everyone immediately understood the meaning of the six fingers, and they all smiled: "This is a good way." It's a pity that we stopped it a little earlier just now, so it would be nice if we let them fight. I think that the envoy of the Chu State is young and strong, and if the envoy of the Wei people is beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, there will be personal grudges in it, and after returning to the country, he will definitely oppose the Wei and Chu forces. ”
Since the proposal was unanimously adopted, the envoys of various countries were quickly separated, and the envoys of Chu were placed in a new location, closer to the command post.
And on the same day, the six fingers showed their faces obviously, talked cordially with the envoy of the Chu people, and let the envoy of the Chu people enter the command post together in front of the envoy of Wei and Han, and it took a long time to come out.
A discerning person can see at a glance that this is a crude means of sowing discord.
However, crude means are not necessarily ineffective, and such things can happen because they are not monolithic, and in this case, the more crude the means, the easier it is to be effective.
At this time, there was no such story in the world as "I thought that the messenger of the Father was the messenger of the king of the opposite item", but Six Fingers had heard from Shi that the name had been changed and the location was illusory, and he thought this story was very strange, and he wondered at that time why this obviously crude method would work?
Now that he is getting older, he has experienced the seemingly stable internal struggles in Sishang over the years, but in fact there are hidden mysteries, and he can see many things clearly.
Today's incident is just a temporary idea, using the topic to play, the means are crude, and there is no cover-up, but he feels that it may not be ineffective.
That night, the envoy of the Wei people took out a pen and paper and wrote as follows.
"Chu envoy insulted the king a lot, I want to kill him, but the ink man stops it. In an instant, he took Chu and put his hand into the military tent, and when he came out, Chu made his face happy. Eating at night, we are all evil, Chu makes a lot of wine and meat, and I can vaguely listen to the affairs of Yuguan Daliang. ”
What the Wei envoy wrote did not have half a lie, at least part of the truth.
But if you really have a thorough view of the situation in the world, the same thing may be written like this.
"Chu makes young and arrogant, and his words are insulting and the king's affairs, and the ink man takes advantage of this gap to be thick and thin to prevent Chu and Wei from joining forces."
But after all, he was just a second-in-command envoy, and he didn't need to have the general trend of the world in mind, so he took advantage of the anger of the afternoon to write down the "truth" and "facts".
The same thing, but different brushstrokes will have different interpretations.
This record, which will be handed over to Wei Hou, may not have an effect.
But in the future, if it really can't join forces, I'm afraid that some people will turn it over and think that it was just one person who led to the final result, which is a model story that the people like to hear and don't need to think too much about the contradictions.