Xu weakly, who finally understood the meaning of the letter, sneered.

"When the giant says this, we understand. Otherwise, it's a bit nervous. ”

"After all, you all know that we are in Sishang, and we do not recognize the legal principle that the whole world is not the king's land. When you come here to sign a contract with the nobles, you have to recognize the legal principle that the whole world is not the king's land. It's a bit of a bother. ”

The rest of the people also breathed a sigh of relief, although Xu Qiao's tone was relaxed, but everyone understood that this was a serious moral and legal issue.

It is a major premise to use any available means to win the interests of the people.

does not violate the bottom line of Mohist morality, which is also a major premise.

When there are two major premises, and there is a contradiction, it is really difficult to deal with many things without a clear instruction.

When the time comes, I will fight hard here, and after I finish fighting, I will go back and be criticized again, saying that it is too compromised, and I actually admit the patriarchal division and feudal system of the whole world, so I can only recognize it.

Since Shi wrote a letter to them to endorse and give guidance, everyone suddenly felt much more relaxed.

The person who presided over the meeting finally said: "Do it boldly and boldly, and you will be fine with whatever you do." Since the giant said so, it proves that the giant will find a way to end it, and even if we turn the world upside down, we will not worry about our lives. Although our generation is not afraid of death for the benefit of the world, we are not afraid of death, but we can't take the initiative to die when we have nothing to do. ”

…………

Shangqiu, the six fingers who are about to go to Taoyi are giving a suitable resignation, and there are some words to ask the six fingers a few words before leaving.

Simple meals, very casual sitting, and both of them drank a little wine.

"This time, we will cross the Jishui to attack Chengyang and Xiaqiu, and the changes of the defense of the country will follow. Just remember a sentence, tell Gou Bian, remind Gou Bian, if the Wei people retreat to Weiguo, then it is equivalent to Weiguo participating in this war. ”

"In addition, this time I want to play out the feeling of the goshawk catching the chicks, and I want to deter Wei Han. It's been years since I've fought the Wei people, so I have to scare them. ”

Six Fingers smiled and said, "Don't worry, I understand what you mean." ”

"Chengyang is next to Taoqiu, close to our rear, and like us fighting Dangshan, it can be regarded as fighting on the inner line. Logistics, Supplies, Personnel...... That's all sufficient. ”

Shi nodded and said, "That's what it means." Playing into Yang, we can quickly organize an elite force of about 50,000. ”

"However, if we attack Anyi and Luoyang, with our current military strength, maybe logistics and other problems can only support us 30,000 or even less, and gunpowder or anything will be reluctant to use it."

"Therefore, we must use this advantage of fighting on the inside line to let Wei see our strength...... Although you and I both know that we can now fight such an offensive within three hundred miles, the Wei people don't know. Their understanding of warfare is still stuck in the era when peasants and soldiers were conscripted and individuals could fight with 30 catties of grain. ”

"When they see our offensive in Chengyang, they will think that we will have such ability to fight Anyi, Luoyang and even Xihe, but this is not the case."

"Again, use more gunpowder and less human life. The artillery first followed the situation of continuous heavy bombardment for three days, which made Wei people's hearts palpitate. ”

Six Fingers nodded again, and after glancing at Shi, he couldn't help but ask: "Giant, fighting Chengyang, apart from deterring Wei Han and signaling us to send troops in order to fulfill the duty of non-attack, does it have any other meaning?" ”

"After the fight...... Is it to withdraw troops? ”

Shi chuckled, stared at the six fingers a few times, and asked, "Do you still think that you want to fight a few big battles in the Central Plains to weaken Wei Han's power first?" ”

From the original strategic concept of giving up the Song State to lure the enemy deep in the event of a full-scale war and flattening the battle line, Shi felt that the six fingers wanted to fight a few big battles in the Central Plains.

Strategically, the six fingers recognize the general strategy of first south and then north, but he always feels that Wei Han is a threat, so in order to be less pressured by the enemy when interfering in Chu in the future, it is better to fight a few battles with Wei Han in advance to weaken Wei Han's strength.

Six Fingers was silent for a moment, not denying it.

Shi Dao: "In this battle of Chengyang, it is inevitable to retreat. Now the situation is very complicated, the dispute between Zhuxia does not mean that we fight with Wei Han, others just watch the excitement. This time, we used Zheng Guo to cause the contradictions between Wei, Han and Chu to intensify, provided that we deliberately took the initiative to tie our hands with a neutral country that was 'non-offensive', creating a false impression. ”

"The attitudes of Chu, Zhao, and Qin, we must think about it clearly. It's complicated, you go back and think about it. ”

Shi casually took out a few peanuts from the plate, put them on the table and said, "Once the matter of Zheng Guo is over, in the eyes of the vassal states, we can only go in three directions in the next step. ”

"North, South, West."

"The Western Front faced the Central Plains, and the Chu State gave up the Song State, which means that the Chu State knew that his national strength was not enough to compete for hegemony in the Central Plains now, and he was on the defensive and chose to shrink. Wei Chuhan is to the west of us, and it is very likely that he will reach a consensus of interests. Don't look at them to fight for Zheng Guo today, once we are too strong, they will be able to unite again immediately. ”

Shi took another chopstick, swung it to the north side, and placed two peanuts on the north side of the chopsticks.

Pointing to the chopsticks, he said, "This is Jishui." ”

He pointed to the peanuts on the north side of the chopsticks and said, "This is Chengyang and Liqiu." ”

"Now, if we quickly capture Chengyang and Xiaqiu, and make a move not to withdraw our troops for the time being, who will be happy? Who is worried? ”

Six Fingers felt that this question was too simple, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was still very simple, so he said: "It is Chu and Yue who are happy." It was Wei, Han, and Qi who were worried. ”

Shi nodded and smiled: "So, in fact, according to our general strategy, Zheng Guo's affairs are over, who should be worried?" Who should breathe a sigh of relief? ”

The big strategy he said was naturally to defend the north and attack the south, copying Sun Wuzi's strategy of scheming directly into Jianghan.

Six Fingers said: "That's the other way around." ”

Shi smiled: "So, we have to deceive the world." Wei Hanqi, who was cheating, was worried, and Chu Yue was temporarily relieved. In this way, Chengyang must fight. ”

"Once Chengyang Liqiu is captured, what will the Chu State think? I will feel that in the future, we will develop northward and connect with the Yellow River, so as to connect us with the territory of Gaoliuyun through the Zhongshan Kingdom. ”

"But ......"

Shi Youyou placed a few more peanuts around the peanut rice that symbolized Chengyang Liqiu, surrounded it, and said: "However, once we express our intention to go north, Chengyang Liqiu is a battleground that Wei cannot give up, and it will also be a prominent place for us. ”

"Occupy Chengyang Liqiu, the east can connect to the southwest of Qilu, the north can directly access the Yellow River, and the west can attack and defend the east of the Wei River, a plain, no danger to defend. The Wei State must be nervous, and at this time, they will try their best to return to Chengyang Liqiu. ”

Shi pointed to the chopsticks symbolizing Jishui and said: "The Wei people want to return to Chengyang Liqiu, reach an alliance with Qi, and spend great energy, manpower, and financial resources on building a defense line along Jishui." ”

"Whether it's building the Great Wall or building a fortress, they definitely don't want us to occupy this prominent place that can threaten their heart and divide Qi Wei."

"If we don't show the intention of going north, then this land is not too important to the Wei state; If we want to show our intention to go north, we must first take this land; If we take this land, then this land is extremely important to the Wei State, and then we can use this land to negotiate many conditions with the Wei State. ”

The south is the north of Surabaya and Taoqiu controlled by the Mohists, and the north is the great plain that can be defended all the way to the Yellow River.

When Chengyang and other places were "non-offensive" in Sishang, they were prominent places for Wei to advance eastward into Qi; Once the Mo family got rid of the shackles of non-offensive, it would be a weakness for the Wei state, making the cavalry, infantry phalanx, and artillery superiority of Sishang infinitely magnify the weakness on the plain.

Again, the same as the Song Kingdom. If the Mo family goes west, then the Song State is a place where the Mo family must not give up; If the Mo family wants to go north, then Chengyang is an excellent battle assembly place; But if the Mo family wants to go south, then Song and Chengyang are both weaknesses and weaknesses in the division of troops.

It was appropriate to use several siege battles to force Wei Hanchu to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build fortresses, the Great Wall, and new cities, as well as to force Wei Qi to build a Jishui defense line.

The consumption of manpower and material resources is too great, which will drag the Wei state into the abyss, make the internal contradictions more intense, and also make the Wei state unable to reform to build more standing armies like the Xihe pawns, so that it is feasible to defend and not enough to attack.

As for the field forces of the Wei State, the Qin State helped the Mo family to clean up, and in order to judge appropriately, the age of Wu Qi and others and the age of Qin Jun must not be ignored, and before the death of Wu Qi Shengsui and other highly meritorious old ministers of this generation, the Qin State must recapture the West River, which is a political issue, and it is also the focus of thoroughly determining the rationality of the change and preventing the new monarch from becoming a minister.

Thinking about this, Six Fingers seemed to understand and asked, "Then what do we exchange Chengyang and Wei for that?" ”

Shi sighed and said: "Change the lives of the comrades who are active in Xinzheng." Change the lives of those Zheng people who actively participated in our actions after the fall of Zheng. ”

Six Fingers took a glass of wine and said, "That's worth it." I hope that the comrades of Xinzheng will use all their strength to toss and toss casually, and I will protect them on Chengyang's side. ”

Shi nodded and said, "That's why I said, you have to be ruthless and aggressive this time." It is necessary to force Gou to change back, not to allow the Wei people to withdraw to defend the country, to catch as many as they can, not to fight a rout, but to fight a war of annihilation. By the way, the city walls of Chengyang, Liqiu, and Leixia were all demolished. ”

Six Fingers frowned and said, "Will the Wei people be pressured by the Wei State and have to allow the Wei army to retreat to the Wei State?" ”

Shi pointed to the six fingers and said solemnly: "This is yours." ”

"In me?"

Six fingers were stunned, and Shi said: "That's right, it's you." The harder you fight, the faster you attack, and the more Wei feels that you are unstoppable, then Wei will take the initiative to tell Wei Guo to continue to be neutral and not allow Wei troops to cross the border. On the other hand, if you don't fight hard enough and don't shock enough, Wei will not follow the rules and let the Wei army retreat to Weiguo. ”

The six fingers suddenly smiled: "You beat hard, will Uncle Wei Zheng drag Wei Guo into the water and let you sing all the way to the Yellow River and divide the east of the Wei River into two?" No, on the contrary, they will shout the rules of 'non-offense, neutrality', and use the rules to force us not to enter the defense, and use the defense and neutrality as their strongest line of defense. ”

"On the other hand, you didn't fight hard enough, Wei Guo looked at it, hey, it's not that he can't fight, then drag Wei Guo down and fight you, what are you afraid of?"

"I remember, after defeating Chengyang Liqiu, I sent people to the border of Qi to cause friction, trying every means to do it, aggressively doing it, and it gave Qi Wei a feeling: You are full of energy and want to beat people, but you have rules to make shackles, waiting for others to help you untie the shackles......"

"Chengyang is an old city, and it doesn't need parallel trench tactics, just use artillery bombardment. The logistics are close, the transportation is easy, how many guns can be transported, how many guns can be transported, how much gunpowder can be used in a day, and Wei Qi, who wants to bombard, is desperate and does not dare to fight with us in the field for the time being. ”

"As for me, I'll cooperate with you in the south, talk intimately with the Chu people, and send some people to help the Chu State to knock Wei Han. You help me deceive the Chu people in the north, and we will go north in the future. ”

"I want Wei Hanqi to be honest for a few years and abide by our rules. If you fight hard, they will attach great importance to the rule of 'neutrality and non-attack', because if you want to use this to restrain your westward expansion, they will shout too much, and they themselves will be very disciplined - abide by the rules we have set. ”

"It was the three of them who tore up the old rules of Zhou Li first, and the first piece of soil of the new rules had to be filled by themselves. You start here, and you will end here. ”

"And I have to let the people of the world know that the people of the Mo family, and the people who follow our Mo family to benefit the world, are not so easy to kill. Even if our comrades stir up the emotions of the people of Xinzheng and want to hang all the nobles on the branches of trees, or even hang a few of them, they will have to send our people back to me safe and sound. What I exchanged for Chengyang was not only the life of my comrades, but also the courage of the people in the world. ”