Along the Shahe River, which is not far from Shangqiu, tens of thousands of Chu troops are camping along the river.

The Chu people's "boat masters" and craftsmen accompanying the army were preparing boats along the river, assuming pontoon bridges, to cross the sand and water.

After passing the sand water, you can go directly to Shangqiu, and the Song people did not have the strength to line up along the Shahe River, so they did not have the opportunity to repeat the suggestion of "half crossing and attacking it" in the Xianggong era.

The Song people had completely abandoned the idea of a field battle with the Chu army, and both military strength and courage had dissipated.

"Zuo Biography" once recorded that the son of Qin "enjoyed the Marquis of Jin, built a boat in the river, gave up the car for ten miles, and was from Yong and Jiang." Return the remuneration money, and finally do eight antis", at this time, it is assumed that things like pontoon bridges are already proficient for the army.

Although the number of Chu troops is large, there are obvious traces of the feudal era.

The private soldiers of each feudal monarch, the county soldiers of each county, the royal division of the king of Chu, and the three armies of the left, center and right...... When there is no war, camping can be quite clear, but once the war starts, these armies that have been cobbled together under the feudal system can only be commanded in the way of the left, center, and right armies.

On the ambitious King of Chu and the chariot, looking at the waves and sand, looking at the craftsmen who were busy preparing the pontoon bridge, he couldn't help but recite: "Build a boat as a beam, and don't show its light." ”

He asked the right Yin on the side: "When King Wen welcomes his relatives, he can build a boat as a beam." I read the Mo's article that day, saying that when King Wu was defeating the Emperor of the Dynasty, it coincided with a heavy rain, could it be that King Wu also had a boat master back then? ”

Since the last time he sent an envoy to Chu, the king of Chu has read a lot of articles by ink scholars, especially some explanations about ancient things.

In addition to the new valley and new technologies that care about the Mo, the King of Chu knows the close relationship between the Moji and the Song State, and this time he goes north to fight for hegemony, and the Moji is an unavoidable knot.

After the Chu envoy came back, he once said that the ink man immediately erected a wall to separate the Wei and Chu envoys, and the king of Chu has always been fascinated by the craftsman skills of the ink people.

Relying on the public loss class to improve the warship, the boat division of the Chu State has been invincible in the world.

The northerners took the car and the southerners took the boat, thinking that the craftsman could let the boat of the Chu people defeat the Yue Kingdom, and the king of Chu wanted to see with his own eyes whether the equipment of the ink man defending the city was really as unparalleled in the world as rumored.

Right Yin Zhaozhiai knew that when the King of Chu talked about the boat master, he remembered the public loss class that had passed away for a long time, and said: "I have also read the article of the ink man, and the Taigong Wang's formation along the river and how to rebel are written as if I saw them with my own eyes. Reading carefully, it seems that you can see the events of that year, which shows that the ink artist is also familiar with the battle formation. ”

"They are familiar with the battle formation, but they are unwilling to fight me in a decisive battle at Shahe, and it is obvious that the Song people are timid. There should be no battle in Shahe, and there should be no war under Shangqiu City. ”

"It's just...... If you want to capture Shangqiu, Shangqiu is already a big city, and there are ink people, I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult to capture it in a hurry. ”

King Chu nodded, rubbing something in his hand, thoughtfully.

Zhao Zhiai took a look and found that the king of Chu was holding a handful of ears of wheat that were still green.

At this time, it was March and April, and there were only wheat seedlings like leeks at this time, but the method of the ink master to stay in wheat had already spread to the banks of the Shahe River, and I saw a large wheat field when I passed by just now.

The Chu army did not experience battles along the way, there were no big cities of the Song Kingdom along the way, and the few remaining cities were closed and did not dare to fight.

The Chu army also did not attack the city.

One is that the siege will cause casualties, and the other is that the siege is meaningless.

Under the feudal system, there were nobles in each city, and after the capture was still the local nobles, it was impossible to touch the interests of the local nobles unless the country was destroyed.

If it really touched the interests of the nobles and established a county, then it would force the nobles of the Song State to unite as one, which was an unacceptable situation for the king of Chu.

Along the way, a lot of winter wheat has been planted on the land outside the city, and Zhao Zhiai wondered when the king actually picked an ear of wheat.

Chu people like to eat rice, but it is not that they do not eat wheat, originally wheat is a cheap food, used as feed or military food, and the army needs a lot of food to go out.

The king of Chu rubbed the ears of wheat for a while, looked at a field in the distance that could be called a wheat wave, and said with emotion: "It is said that the ink is virtuous, and the envoy is even more appreciative after he goes." When I saw it today, it was true. How could the widow have ever thought that just after the spring season, the wheat would be ripe? ”

"If the Song people use this method, the grain will be doubled, and the Song land will be a place to compete with the Three Jin Dynasty. Song, Wei, and Zheng are all anointed soils. After several years of spreading, the people of these three countries will surely be rich. ”

"The three Jin have it, and there is no shortage of military rations; And so it is with me. ”

"It's a pity that the ink only benefits the world, but it doesn't come out. I fought an unjust war, and fortunately, the Sanjin also fought an unrighteous war. ”

Speaking of this, the King of Chu laughed and said, "This is just right. If a state that does not practice an unjust war, how can it threaten Chu? Those who can compete with Chu for hegemony will fight an unjust war. Song and Zheng Erguo, Mo is only afraid that they will have to go back and forth in a few decades! I'm going to see how long they can hold out. ”

The king of Chu had just ascended the throne at this time, and his ambitions were at their peak, but he didn't know that a coup d'état was brewing in the country, and he wanted to make a career far beyond that of King Zhuang.

King Zhuang besieged the Song Dynasty back then, but he didn't capture it after all, and this time he knew that he couldn't capture it, but he would never sign an alliance again.

Zhao Zhiai looked at the ears of wheat that the king of Chu kept rubbing, and said: "Your Majesty, the ink man is good at guarding the city, and in the past Yingnei fought with the public to lose the class, so the old minister still has memories. ”

"Thirty-seven years have passed, and Mozi's skill in defending the city has only become more and more proficient, and his mechanical ingenuity is unmatched. There are many old times between the disciples of the public and the ink practitioners, and I have heard that many people come to help the ink practitioners to 'benefit the world'. ”

The King of Chu was very interested in the Mo Scholar this year, and heard a lot of stories about the Mo Scholar, so he smiled and said: "Even if the public defeat class is still there, he will not participate in this unjust battle." ”

"Didn't the public lose class say that Mozi gave him righteousness, and he vowed not to attack the Song Dynasty again. Mozi said that he wanted to send the public losing class to the whole world, that is, to let the public losing class never fight an unrighteous war again. ”

"Among the disciples of the public loss class, aren't there still those who help build the boat beams? Fortunately, the public loss class has passed away, otherwise how could this boat beam be built so quickly? ”

Zhao Zhiai smiled bitterly: "Although the ink master says that the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, but the disciple of the public loss class is afraid that he may not be able to learn from the public loss class." Mozi is good at guarding, and the public loss class can't deal with it, how can these remaining disciples who don't go to 'benefit the world' break the defense of Shangqiu? ”

"This siege, I am only afraid that the ink breaker will hold on, and now the generals, who dares to say that the Shangqiu can be defended by the ink breaker?"

"And the ink man also practices the method of staying in wheat, and Shangqiu will store a lot of grain. Although I, Chu, have restored the momentum of the king of Zhuang, but the city has been besieged for a long time, and I am afraid that there will be a food shortage in Chen, Jiao, Yangxia and other counties next year. ”

"Besides, if the three Jin come to help, what will they do?"

The king of Chu nodded, felt the wheat grains that were not yet full and ripe with his fingertips, gently sprinkled them aside, and said in silence: "In my opinion, those who guard Shangqiu are ink, and those who break Shangqiu are also ink. ”

Zhao Zhiai was puzzled, and the king of Chu pointed to the wheat fields in the distance and said: "You only see that these wheat fields can make the Song State have enough military food, but you don't want to collect the military food that cannot enter the city, how can it be from the Song State?" ”

"If there is no ink to spread this method of staying wheat, at this time, the army can only rely on the people to transport grain and grass from Chen, Yangxia and other places, and it is indeed difficult to support it for a long time."

"However, the Moshi spread this method of staying in the wheat, and there are not many here, but I heard that it is all over the city of Shangqiu. Although the Song people have a lot of food, can't we just eat outside the city? ”

Zhao Zhiai suddenly realized, and couldn't help but praise: "That's why the king chose to go out in February and arrive in Shangqiu in April?" ”

King Chu Fujian smiled: "That's right. As for the spies, the wheat harvest had not yet been harvested in early April, but the wheat had already been harvested. Outside Shangqiu City, the influence of the ink is huge, and there are many wheat fields. ”

"Although the ink people know the battle array, they can restore the battle of the Taigong Wanghe in the past, and they do not have the benevolence of the Song Xianggong and the gentleman, but they did not have the decisive battle of the river, obviously the Song people and chariots fought in the field and even the ink people thought that they could not defeat me."

"If you can't win, you will retreat to Shangqiu, and you won't fight a decisive battle outside the city."

"The ink man has the skill to defend the city, I know it, and I also know Mo Zhai's ability. But if I besiege but not attack, what can the ink man do? ”

"When the wheat is ripe in May, let the soldiers cut the wheat and feed on it. Besides, the ink man doesn't have a mill and other things, which can make the army prosperous, and besiege the city for a year, even if the ink man wants to defend it, everyone in the city doesn't want to defend it......"

"If Shangqiu can't be attacked, it's not defeated. As long as the Song Dynasty hires and sends Shangqiu farmers to build Yuguan and Daliang with our city, this matter will be completed. ”

The king of Chu also has the killer weapon of the civil strife of the nobles of the Song State, not to mention it at this time, but it is also under consideration.

In April, the wheat is not yet fully ripe and harvesting is impossible.

At this time, the city was besieged, and the Song people could only rely on last year's grain stock to live.

The news brought by the spy is that the vicinity of Shangqiu has only been planted on a large scale since last year, so last year it was still a single-season crop, and the harvest was not very much.

It was planted last winter and harvested this year, so as long as you arrive in Shangqiu in early April, you can borrow wheat from outside Shangqiu as military rations, which can last for at least a year.

It can not only not make the people of Chen, Yangxia and other counties hard, but also ensure the cultivation of the Chu people, and force Shangqiu to surrender as soon as possible.

He had been urging before, overriding public opinion, completing the dispatch of troops as soon as possible, and even giving away a large part of his interests to win the support of the nobles, in order to force the Duke of Song to sign an alliance under the city as soon as possible.

The alliance under the city was signed, borrowing the military rations and people of the Song State, and immediately went north to build cities such as Yuguan and Daliang.

Zheng Guo, who has a blood feud with South Korea, has already said before, as long as the Chu people can ensure military deterrence in the direction of Yuguan and Daliang, the Zheng people will definitely take the opportunity to attack South Korea.

The Chu people then went out of Funiu Mountain from the directions of Luguan, Luyang, and Fangcheng to threaten Yiluo, and South Korea was forced by the pressure of Zheng and Luyang, so they could only protect themselves and could not send troops to save the Song.

The distance between Zhao and Song is too far, and they are also worried about Wei, so it is impossible to do something to take millet from the fire, go and work with Wei to rescue Song and help Wei become the overlord......

The Qin people were extremely concerned about the loss of the West River, and took this opportunity to send troops to the West River to contain Wu Qi's soldiers.

The nobles there in Zhongshan will definitely take the opportunity to rebel and restore the country, and the Wei people must be powerless.

Zhao Zhiai pondered the words of the King of Chu, "Those who guard Shangqiu are ink, and those who break Shangqiu are also ink", the more he thought about it, the more convinced he became, and said that it was only at this time that he understood why he had to send troops in such a hurry.

As soon as May arrives, outside Shangqiu City, there are military rations everywhere! This is equivalent to the fact that it was the ink man who helped the Chu army prepare enough grain and grass......