Talking too much about the country and the society, and talking too much about being loyal and brave as the king, it doesn't make much sense at this time.

Only interests, only interests can make these nobles fight to the death.

As for the ending, the strategist in the car had already prepared his sword for self-destruction, and he had expected it.

But his ending, the ending of the Linzi Army, is not the ending of his protagonist Ziwu, only to hold on, forcing the main force of the Mo family to return to the division immediately after breaking through Pingyang, Gongziwu has the possibility of skipping Yishui and returning to Linzi for a coup.

The generals were speechless for a long time, and finally took the promise and dispersed.

When the crowd left, the strategists in the car wiped their sweat and asked the people around them: "Is it possible that Yingyi will not be captured?" ”

He had never watched the battle in person, but he had heard of the cruelty of the siege, but he still had a glimmer of hope.

If he can capture Yingyi, it will not only pave a better road for Gongziwu, but also make Gongziwu more likely to succeed.

However, the people around him were silent and shook their heads and said, "There is no possibility of attacking." Such a fortress, coupled with the Mo family's art of defending the city...... There is no other way to break through than a year's siege and deprivation of food. ”

"Because...... We don't know where to attack. ”

So he didn't know where to attack, so that the strategist was stunned, and the man who spoke said: "For example, if you attack the city gate, it is difficult to approach without breaking the fortress." ”

"Then attacking the fortress first, the number of soldiers in a brigade is already the limit, and tens of thousands of people can only wait in the rear, unable to receive support. This is like adding oil to the lamp, the Mo family is like a candle wick, the fire really cannot be extinguished, but the oil is gradually consumed. ”

"If the siege corner...... It is also difficult to unfold, and the walls of Yingyi are not prominent, but they are indeed recessed by the rowing walls on both sides, and once they get close, they are killed on three sides. ”

"If the ants can't be attached, it's useless to rush the car, and if you dig into the crypt, you can't do it. The Mo family knows the method of preparing the cave, and also knows that digging the crypt can only dig 300 steps at most, and if it is far away, it is difficult to breathe, and the ventilation is not smooth, so it will definitely suffocate to death. Within 300 steps, there are deep ditches for irrigation, which cannot be dug. ”

"Night Raid...... It's even more useless. ”

"There are so many siege techniques, how can it be attacked?"

The strategist pondered for a moment, and then said on a whim: "Our army also has gunpowder. In the past, the king of Yue was in Sishang, and the method of breaking the city was transmitted to the world in the newspaper, and said that this is the victory of heaven and reason, and the victory of geometry in the heavenly will, can't we use their methods to capture the cities they defended? ”

"The Mo family said that their city defense skills are also in line with the will of heaven, and they also say that their siege skills are also in line with the will of heaven and cannot be attacked, which is like someone holding a spear and saying that it is indestructible, and taking a shield and saying that it is not sharp and can be broken, the two are contradictory, and there is always a falsehood."

"Isn't there anyone in the army who has studied the Mohist siege technique? Like Shengqiu, who uses the techniques of the Mo family and does not use the righteousness of the Mo family, are there no people in the camp? ”

He was worried that he would not be able to make progress in Yingyi, and if the main force of the Mo family did not return to Yingyi after breaking through Pingyang and ran directly to Dongmu, then the big thing would be over.

After asking, the man thought for a moment and said: "There is really a warlock in the army, this person has studied the Mojia for a long time, and now he is in the army for a position of law calculation, maybe you can ask him?" ”

Warlock and magic are both official positions in the army, but in addition to the official position, there are also some people who are proficient in sacrifices, mathematics and other knowledge, and the position of law calculation is probably similar to the position of logistics adjutant.

If it comes to military politics, such a warlock method should not be discussed indiscriminately, but now that there is a disease and a doctor, it has reached this point, and the various rules and regulations of those nobles are really difficult to solve, so they have to think of such a person to give advice.

So he sent them and told Naphrec to come and put him in the tent of the army.

"Gongzi Wu" still had a rash and couldn't see the wind, so the strategists around him waited for him and asked, "I heard that you practice the art of the Mo family more on weekdays?" ”

Na Fasuan nodded and said: "Exactly, regardless of the righteousness of the Mo family, its nine calculations are outstanding." I studied a lot. ”

The strategist asked again: "Many years ago, the art of breaking the city in the first battle of the water was the victory of reason and heavenly will as mentioned in the Mojia Daily, can you study it?" ”

Fa Suan nodded again and said, "Quite insightful." ”

The advisor asked, "Can the city of Yingyi be broken?" ”

Fa Shu stood up and bowed, and said for a long time: "It can be broken, and it can't be broken." ”

As soon as he heard this, the strategist was not angry but rejoiced, which was better than those nonsense, and at least there was a possibility of breaking the city.

The advisor asked, "What is breakable?" What does it mean to be unbreakable? ”

Fa arithmetic said: "I heard that Mo Zhai stopped Chu from attacking the Song Dynasty, and fought against the public loss squad belt for the wall, and won the battle today, I please follow Mo Zhai's law." Childe knew it at a glance. ”

He bowed in the direction where "Gongzi Wu" was, but there was no excitement that could be reused in the future, as if he was just fulfilling a procedure.

The strategist was a little surprised, thinking that this person must have great talent and the style of a hermit, and he was even happier in his heart. Otherwise, a small military law calculation can enter the eyes of Gongzi Wu, and he must jump up excitedly.

In a short time, the belt was the wall, the earthwork was the city, and all kinds of utensils were laid out as military formations.

Nafa first "won the city" about four or five hundred steps outside the city to place the position of the Qi army, and said: "Please look at it. ”

"When Teng and Wucheng fought, they broke the city in a few days, thinking it was a miracle. He passed on such an untold secret as the Mo family's city-breaking technique to the world, just to prove the importance of the so-called heavenly will and reason, which I admire. ”

"I've read that article no less than 30 times, and I've done it at home 100 times, and I've learned a little. Today, I don't talk about the year, only about winning the city, if it is suitable to attack the city, it is still the means of the year, how it should be. ”

His fingers drew a ditch on the sand table three hundred paces away from Yingyi, and said, "If you use the siege technique of the right year, you must first dig a trench." Build earthen ramparts near the ditches and place artillery to suppress the arrows in the city. ”

"The artillery in the army may suppress the artillery of Yingyi?"

The strategists shook their heads one after another, where would they use the artillery in the army, on the first day of the battle, they wanted to use it to directly blast open the city wall, but they were counterattacked by the artillery at the head of the Mo family, and they were scattered, and now they can still make up seven or eight guns, and where can they suppress the artillery of the Mo family at the head of the city?

One said: "Isn't it possible to attack the city without artillery?" There had been no cannon for hundreds of years before, and there was no city as stable as Mount Tai and unshakable. ”

Nafa sneered and said, "Twenty years ago, how can the city be compared to Yingyi? If there is no artillery, it is not impossible to attack, and look at the next step. ”

His finger drew a trench diagonally in the direction of Yingyi in the middle of the inverted trench: "Let those who are good at digging in the army dig such a trench diagonally close to Yingyi, I don't know how many days it can be completed?" The width should be two feet, and the length should be four hundred steps......"

Although the strategist next to him had never studied geometry, he also instinctively felt that the straight line between the two points was the shortest, and if he dug a trench of two zhang and four hundred steps long, it would take a long time, and it seemed that he would have to dig at least six or seven roads to get close to Yingyi, so he couldn't help but ask: "Then why don't you dig directly to the city?" ”

Fa Xuan sneered, and replied like an idiot: "Dig straight, the Mo family's artillery will be smashed directly into the trench, and how many will die." I have asked before, and you also know that our army has few artillery, so how can you still ask such a question? Only with such twists and turns can we avoid shelling from the city. ”

After drawing seven or eight twists and turns with his fingers on the sand table, he finally approached the city wall about a hundred paces and asked, "How long does it take to dig so long?" ”

The strategist roughly counted and said, "Four or five days? ”

Fa Xuan shook his head and said: "The Mo family is the best at attacking and defending cities, how can they not know to take advantage of the night to fight back and bury?" Close to each other, within these 200 steps under the Mo artillery, can only be engaged in the trench, with the Mo family to prepare the city gate of the short combat method, four or five days? I think it would be nice to be able to dig it up in at least ten days. If there is a cannon, it will be much faster, but without cannons, it will not be able to suppress the city, so it will be much slower. ”

"That's why I said, it can be broken or it can't be broken. The Mojia army is close to Pingyang, and with the appropriate siege techniques and sufficient artillery, Pingyang City will be broken in ten days. And on the 10th, we were just a hundred steps closer to the city wall, and it was still early to break the city, and the Mo army returned, and our army would be defeated, so the victory could be broken and unbreakable. ”

The counsellor was silent for a while, and then asked, "What if you go on and say that you have dug a hundred paces below the city?" ”

Fa Shuan's finger still followed the zigzag he had drawn: "Along such a tortuous trench, our army can advance along the trench without being injured by the artillery at the head of the city." However, the excavation of this trench also requires means, and the closer you get to the city wall, the deeper it becomes. ”

The reasoning of the law, this law calculation did not bother to talk about it, and the strategist did not ask, the law calculation pointed to the trench more than 100 steps away from the city wall and said: "In this place, build an earthen fortress, if there is a copper cannon, you can deploy it here to suppress the head of the city." Once suppressed, the infantry continued to dig, so that the trench dug a gap that could be attacked, a hundred steps to attack, the artillery suppressed, and then reliable forward, full force onslaught, or the city could be broken. ”

The strategist smiled bitterly and said, "You also know that our army has few artillery. ”

Fa Shu said: "If there are fewer cannons, then you can't impact." It will take longer to find another way. ”

The strategist was puzzled, and Fa Xuan asked rhetorically: "Dig the exit here, our army has no artillery, and the Mo family's artillery bombards the gap, who can rush out?" After rushing out, it will inevitably be scattered and unable to form a formation, so what's the use? ”

"Therefore, since there is no artillery, we can't dig the gap like this, but retreat and continue to dig many trenches that are level with the first one, and many people will die in the trenches to prevent the Mo family from counterattacking and filling it."

After a diagonal trench in front, he drew seven or eight more lines and said, "So many, it may be guaranteed that the Mo family's counterattack has enough soldiers to resist." This will take at least three more days. ”

The strategists looked at it and seemed to understand that digging a few more parallel routes would allow the soldiers to approach the trenches directly under the city, otherwise they would need to be supported from three hundred paces away.

Fa Suan didn't explain much, but said: "Before counting, half a month has passed, but I'm afraid that not only Pingyang City is broken, but the Mo family's army may have returned to break through our army's camp, so I say it's useless." ”

"Even if it's half a month, it can continue...... We also held the trench, so we continued to dig forward, and came close to within a hundred paces, and sent elite archers to throw and suppress the head of the city, and the soldiers to climb by surprise, so that there was no damage in front, only the last eighty paces or so, and the casualties were small, but they could not be broken through in a day or two. ”

"The soldiers went forward, and then sent people to continue digging forward, and the soldiers hiding in the trenches continued to attack the city wall, and did not hesitate to kill and wound 10,000, or break the city. But even if the city is broken, it will be at least twenty days later. That's why I say, "A city can be broken or it cannot be broken." ”

When the strategist heard this, he couldn't help but be furious: "There is such a good plan, why not say it earlier?" Gongzi Wu is the most joyful, will your son not listen to your words? If you had said it earlier......"

Nafa snorted and said, "What's the use of saying it earlier? Winning Yi City is ahead, there is a way to break the city, but the army of the Mo family Yishi can't break it, so even if Yingyi City has a way to break it, there is no time to break it. The number of wins and losses is not under the victory, but at the time of the cut. At the moment of Fafei, our army has been defeated, what is the use of me? If the temple has been defeated, there will be miracle thaumaturgy, how can it be reversed? ”

"I have the skill to break the city, but I don't have the power to break the city, Gongzi forgives the sins."

After saying three bows, he reflexively left the camp, leaving behind a group of stunned and bewildered strategists.