After the Pei County volunteers finished their team, Shi also began to mobilize the representatives of the people.

Everything that needs to be said has been said, but all that remains is bargaining.

These people are willing to defend the city in exchange for their own benefits, but the price must be made clear.

They respect the Mo, but they respect their own lives even more, and they don't want to defend the city to the point where they can eat it.

The people present stared at Shi with burning eyes, and since Shi had opened their hearts to fight for their own interests, they would no longer twist and pinch when it came to bargaining.

After reading the conditions that the people were concerned about, everyone was quite satisfied, but they had to ask: "Shi, what your Mo family said is very good, but how far does the city have to go?" ”

"There is not much food in the city, we believe in your ability to defend the city, and the Chu people also believe in it, if the Chu people retreat from the siege, what should we do?"

"Even if you don't starve to death and delay farming, what will you eat next year?"

This is what everyone is most concerned about, and he said: "Don't worry about this matter, the Jin people will definitely send troops." ”

Someone asked: "The Jin people sent troops, and the time is unknown." If the Jin people can't send troops immediately, then we may have starved to death before the Jin people send their troops. ”

Some things have become known to everyone in the city, and it is no secret for a long time.

There were only two or three months of grain in the city, which was difficult to support for a long time, and the Chu people learned from the situation of King Zhuang besieging the city back then, not only cutting wheat, but also preparing to let the nearby Song people help them plant.

In addition, the conscripted peasants were farmers themselves, and they could also farm nearby, so it was not impossible to create a long-term siege posture.

Shi stretched out two fingers and said, "You have all heard that the food in the city can last for two or three months. The Mo family promised to limit it to three months, if the siege could not be lifted in three months, or the Jin people had not sent troops by then......"

He suddenly said a word and swore to the Heavenly Alliance: "At that time, my Mo family will give up defending the city for the sake of the people of Shangqiu!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone no longer doubted, and said loudly: "In this case, then we are willing to defend the city!" As for who is the king, it doesn't matter, whoever agrees to our terms, we will proclaim whoever is the king! Whether it's Zitian, or Uncle Cen Xi! ”

Seeing that everyone had agreed, Shi nodded at the ink man behind him, and began to distribute the spear weapons to let these people participate in the coup.

Peixian Yishi took the small drum as the rhythm, walked in the front, and advanced along the road in the direction of the palace.

The people who defended the city later formed a rough queue according to their respective ranks, and followed behind the Peixian Yishi in a loose manner.

The arms of the inkman are all marked with special identification marks, as if they were guarding the city at night.

They did not nominally participate in the coup d'état, but acted as mediators between the three parties to the coup, but in reality they were behind the coup d'état.

The monarch and the emperor of Sicheng, the uncle Cen Xi and the Liuqing, the righteous teacher of Peixian and the people of Shangqiu, these three conveniences are the pattern in the city at this time.

The monarch naturally had conflicts with Emperor Sicheng, but at this time they were standing together.

The volunteers of Pei County and the people of Shangqiu seem to be just organizing spontaneously, but in fact, there are ink people behind the scenes, there are craftsmen's associations, and some other grassroots organizations.

There are also many contradictions between Uncle Cen Xi and Liuqing, but they must stand together for the time being.

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Outside the city, the king of Chu also noticed the changes in the city.

From the watchtower, you can see that there is a disturbance in the city, and you can also notice that the defenders on the city walls have decreased a lot.

The king of Chu should not be deceitful, I have not heard that the defending side also deliberately withdrew the soldiers and let the besieging side hurry up the siege.

Zuo Yin Jin said: "Your Majesty, it seems that there is chaos in the Xiao Wall in Shangqiu City, so it seems that if we attack for a while, we can wait until the city forms an alliance with us?" ”

Right Yin also persuaded: "Left Yin's words are reasonable." In the past few days of siege, the soldiers have suffered many setbacks and are quite resentful. If the siege continues, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be uncertain and the soldiers will be tired. Once the Jin people attack, I am afraid that they will not be able to win. ”

These Chu nobles all knew that the purpose of the siege in the past few days was only to attract the attention of the defenders of the city, so as to create conditions for a coup d'état in the city.

It's just that the ink man's skill of defending the city is indeed outstanding.

It seems that there has been no machinery similar to the crossbow car of the transfer machine tool in the past few days, but Shangqiu City is still immovable.

Every time they attacked within a hundred feet, the Chu nobles felt as if they could break the city with a little more effort, but the last hundred feet were extremely difficult to cross, and the siege of the city was frustrated for several days in a row.

And even if all kinds of means are used, the ink warriors defending the city are still endless.

Those lime, boiling oil, dung and the like left a huge shadow on the besieging soldiers, and once they found that the city began to be thrown, it was impossible to attack, so they could only scatter and retreat.

As soon as they retreated, they burst out the wings of the elite who were really besieging the city.

The first is that the feather arrows at the head of the city are shot from both sides, and the second is that the ink people often organize warriors to attack from within the small gate dog cave to counterattack the flanks of the Chu people's siege elites.

In the past few days, the morale of the Chu people is not high, and those rumors that are strictly forbidden to mention are spreading everywhere. The nobles did not care about the death of the apprentices, but they were concerned that the apprentices were seduced by the proclamations of incitement and hatred.

The king of Chu also understood the real purpose of this expedition to the north.

After forming an alliance with the Song people, he used the manpower and force of the Song State to go north to the Yuguan Daliang to strengthen the defenses there, so as to stabilize the support points and salients of the Chu State in the Central Plains.

The west side of the Yuguan Beam is Zheng Guo, and the east side is Song Wei, as long as the Yuguan Beam is not lost, it is impossible for these three kingdoms to fully guide the Jin people.

If the Chu people want to go out of the Central Plains, they can only choose this direction. The battle for Huaisi was only to connect the Qi State to suppress the Yue State. In the direction of Yiluo, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also difficult to send troops north to counterattack.

The king of Chu knew very well in his heart that the ultimate enemy was the Three Jins, and the small Song State was just a gesture to declare hegemony.

Therefore, if the city can coup an alliance, the Chu army can rest and welcome the arrival of the Jin people.

In this way, the revenge of the battle of Huangchi Yongqiu twenty years ago can make the Jin people completely lose their buffer ground.

Qin and Qi now have a grudge against the Three Jins, if the Chu people can control the Central Plains, then the situation of the Three Jin Dynasty will become more and more ugly - Qi, Qin, and Chu will not be able to threaten the Zhao people, and the Zhao people will definitely take the opportunity to insert a sword in the Wei people, and the Three Jin without the Zhao Wei alliance will not be worry-free at all.

The words of Zuo Yin and Right Yin are all old words, and one less Chu person can add strength to the future decisive battle between Jin and Chu.

Postponing the siege is just besieging the city, and it can reduce the resentment of the Song people, so that the Song people will not resent the Chu people.

It's just that the king of Chu has his own ideas.

He looked at the important ministers and said, "Today we will not only attack the city, but also do our best!" Take advantage of the disaster of Shangqiu's Xiao Wall and do your best to take down Shangqiu! ”

"If there is chaos in the city, there will be few defenders at the head of the city, and the people will be afraid. Even if the ink man has the means to defend the city, how can he defend it if the city is in chaos? ”

"We captured Shangqiu and formed an alliance with Shangqiu Liuqing with us, where can it be the same?"

If the king of Chu wants to take Shangqiu with all his might, he can't help but get the support of the nobles, and without the full support of the nobles, he can't muster all the elite forces to attack.

The nobles were puzzled, and the king of Chu explained.

If you wait for the Song people to surrender and form an alliance, then the chaos in the city must have subsided.

Zitian will die, and the Sicheng Emperor and his family will also be wiped out, because at this time and in the stage of siege, they don't even have a chance to escape.

However, a new monarch and a Song nobleman who did not have Zitian, Sicheng Huang and other constraints, even if they were fully oriented to the Chu people, could not achieve long-term control.

The king of Chu needed to be the arbiter of Shangqiu City, retaining some opponents, so that the pro-Chu faction would allow the Chu garrison to interfere in the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty, and so on.

Moreover, only by breaking the city can the situation of the Song State be fully controlled...... This situation is not for the Song nobles to control, but for the Chu people to control.

Moreover, in this way, they can negotiate with the Mozhi in exchange for giving away a part of the benefits in exchange for the Moji to help them build the two cities of Daliang and Yuguan, improve the defense of the city in the northern prominent direction, and obtain better support points for the Jin and Chu hegemony.

The king of Chu had already formed an alliance with the Mo, and he had only three years left for him, during which he had to gain maximum prestige, power, and supremacy for the Chu people when the three-year period came.

The Song State was too big, and the Chu people couldn't eat it themselves, so it was impossible to follow Chen Cai's example and destroy the country and county, so they could only rely on the internal disputes of the Song people to gradually control the internal affairs of the Song people.

If an alliance is formed without breaking the city, it will be extremely difficult to control, not to mention, and it will be difficult to last.

Back then, because of the strength of Emperor Sicheng, the Duke of Song invited the King of Chu to come forward to set the palace, in fact, that time was the best opportunity for the Chu people to control the Song State.

However, Wei Si led the Three Jin Dynasty to defeat the Chu people, not to mention the defeat of the two battles, which also attracted the contempt of the Song people, and made the pro-Jin faction within the Song State stronger.

After he finished talking about the reason, he pointed to Shangqiu City and said: "Shangqiu City has so far, the number of broken cities is only a handful, if we can break through Shangqiu, then won't Zheng Renwei people be afraid?" ”

"Besides, there is still Shangqiu City guarded by Mo Zhai himself. If it weren't for the chaos in Shangqiu City, where would we have a chance? ”

"This time the Shangqiu is not only the Shangqiu, but also the Shangqiu that is defended by the Moji, and the world is shaken! Qin Qi must be willing to form an alliance! Wei Zheng will inevitably be hired! ”

The words of the king of Chu were justified by all the nobles.

Shangqiu as the world's male city at this time, the three-zhang high city wall has been repaired for hundreds of years, tall and strong, not to mention, almost every time Jin Chu fought for hegemony, Chu people have not broken Shangqiu.

The national capital of the Zheng people and the national capital of the Wei people are not as strong as Shangqiu. When it comes to defense, it can't be compared with Shangqiu, where those who have ink participate in the defense of the city.

When King Zhuang besieged the city, it had been proved that the transportation logistics of the Chu people could support such a long campaign as the siege of October.

If it can break through Shangqiu this time, and prove the siege ability of the Chu people, it can be regarded as a kind of declaration: even if the public defeat squad dies, even if he does not contribute to the unjust war after arguing with Mozi last time, the siege ability of the Chu people is still there, and it can even be said to be far better than back then!

At that time, which of those small countries will not be afraid? In addition to being hired by the court in Chu and being a vassal state where the Chu people and the Jin people compete for hegemony, how can there be any other choice?

Deterrence is also an important purpose of this siege of Shangqiu.