Chapter 397: Politics and Action (10)
Restricted by vision, cronies are not able to look at the world, so it is naturally difficult to understand what Wu Qi said, "The rise of the infantry, the dawn of the cavalry, the end of the chariots, and the grave of the nobles".
However, the gap between him and Wu Qi, who went to Zuoqiu Ming's personal disciple to learn history, was too big, and he couldn't even look at Sishang Huaibei and asked: "In the words of the public, the righteous teacher is certainly good at fighting. But there are still thousands of miles of land, more than 80 cities, and a population of one million. In the past, Gou Jian used his 20-year life to gather a salary and taste courage and revenge his husband's bad revenge, when there were only 3,000 soldiers. Now that the land is vast, the righteous teacher is only three or five cities, is it really the change of attack and defense? β
Wu Qi said: "If you are not in harmony with the country, you can't go out into the army; If you are not in harmony with the army, you cannot go into battle; If you are not in harmony, you cannot enter the war; If there is no peace, there can be no victory. Zhu Gou, the king of Yue, killed his father and ascended to the throne, how could the Yue Kingdom be peaceful? If the country is not in harmony, you can't send out the army, so how can you fight? β
"Moreover, if you have 80 cities in the country and a million people, you can fight in a battle with a lot of water, and the Junzi army will be completely destroyed, how dare the Yue people fight with 50,000 troops again? Isn't it self-defeating to mention a 100,000-strong army and wander in Si controlled by the Mo family who built a large fortress? β
"If it is not a hundred thousand people, the Yue people dare not fight with the Mo family. Mention 100,000 people, but the food is not enough and they can't attack, so they can only defend. The crowd of 100,000 people can't gather all day, the righteous teacher is as fast as the wind, and the city is broken quickly, and the 30,000 people who go out to fight against the Yue people dare not fight, and the 100,000 people can't be recruited for half a year, and they have to harvest the crops during the period...... Isn't the Mo family going where they want to attack, where they want to go? β
When Wu Qi said this, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "I just don't know what will happen to the Mo family after this battle?" They said that they would destroy the army in the world and practice the benevolence and righteousness of the Mo family......"
"There are five kinds of soldiers: one is to fight for fame, the second is to fight for profit, the third is to accumulate evil, the fourth is to fight for civil strife, and the fifth is to starve. The Mo family raised troops in the name of benefiting the world, not fighting for fame and fortune, no evil and civil strife, and no famine...... Unprecedented, impossible to judge. β
When the cronie heard this, he said: "Mo Zhai sent an envoy to see the Marquis of Wei this time, didn't he want to borrow the mouth of the Marquis of Wei to ask the Son of Heaven to be the marquis?" β
Wu Qi was stunned, and immediately laughed: "It's impossible." Does the Mo family really care about the Son of Heaven? I don't care, and I don't care, but I am self-administrative, why ask for the name of the prince? β
"You, you underestimate the heroes of the world. The Mo family seeks immortality and will not care about the name of the prince Wandai. Because in their morality, the prince's division of the nobles and the princes is itself going to decay and perish, how can they ask to make themselves something they think is going to perish? β
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Weidu.
The old Weiss was discussing politics with his ministers, and the prince was silent, seemingly in a bad mood.
The envoy group of the Mo family arrived the day before yesterday, accompanied by the news that the Mo family Yishi had captured the king of Yue, which immediately caused the shock of the ministers of the Wei state.
When Weiss heard the news, he first educated the prince with this, and the prince thought that Weis's attitude towards the Mo family was a little too soft.
The son is proud, which Weiss is pleased with, but the tolerance and overall thinking outside of this pride are worse than his own after all.
Borrowing the battle of Lushui, Wei Si asked, if after the first battle of Niu Yi, Xingshi asked the Song Dynasty, and now the confrontation in Daliang may be a Chu division similar to the total annihilation of the Yue Division, what should it be?
The prince couldn't hit it right, so he had to say that he was wrong, bow down and listen, and slowly retreat.
Yesterday, the envoy group of the Mo family arrived, and Weiss held a banquet to entertain him, which also gave the Mo family enough face and gave up part of the weekly gifts.
The Mo family is not happy, and Weiss did not play bells and drums in the arrangement of the banquet, which alone is an unprecedented treatment, and it is a serious violation of Zhou etiquette.
The envoy of the Mo family is no longer a bird this time, and his level is relatively low, but Wei Si still met him in person, and set up a banquet to listen to the advice of the envoy of the Mo family with his ministers.
Since it is a suggestion, it is natural to be famous, and the name must be in line with the morality of the Mohists, which is nothing more than a non-offensive and a love for the world, which does not need to be argued, because there is no point in arguing.
Weiss and the ministers were concerned about what the Mo family was going to do next after the first battle of the water. After all, Yue has always been a hardcore ally of the Three Jin Dynasty, with two common enemies, Qi and Chu, and the relationship has always been harmonious.
At yesterday's banquet, the Mo family put forward an invitation to the alliance, and at the same time gave various proposals for the alliance.
Weiss had to admit that the general trend of the Mo family was in the background, and he couldn't find any reason not to accept these conditions at this time.
In the past three years, South Korea has made a choice, saw the weakness of the Chu State, took advantage of the civil strife of the Zheng State, and found its own position.
The Korean side sent people to negotiate with Weis, hoping that Wei and Korea would join forces to divide part of Zheng's land. Korea would send troops to fight against Chu with Wei and enter the prince's reign, while the eastern and western parts of Zheng would be under Wei's borders and the western part would be allowed to be occupied by Korea.
After this matter was discussed, Wei's primary strategy was to defeat Chu, so he was powerless to interfere in Sishang's affairs at this time.
Yue Guo is an ally of Wei State, and Wei Si also knows that this time Yue State is defeated, and it is impossible for Qi State not to pick peaches.
However, Wei was unable to fight on two fronts, and it was impossible to interfere with Qi's counterattack against Yue.
However, there is still a Zhao State in the Three Jin Dynasty, let them work together to fight the Chu State, and the Zhao State must have all kinds of shirks, because it is tantamount to using the blood of the Zhao State to fatten the power of the Wei State.
But if they are allowed to fight Qi State, Zhao State will definitely be happy, but Wei Si used a lot of strength to drive Zhao State out of this sphere of influence, if the Three Jin Dynasty interfere with Qi State, then the biggest benefit must be Zhao State, because Zhao State contributed the most, and it must be the most when dividing the cake.
The Mo family chose a good time, and the Wei and Han coalition forces had already decided to attack Daliang City next year, and there could be no more surprises in this case.
In the battle of Lushui, the Mo family's power was greater, and it also showed the strength enough to break the wrist, at this time, to provoke the Mo family and accuse the Mo family of causing trouble in the world, the happiest laughing must be the Chu State.
And the Mo family gave a good suggestion: the Three Kingdoms family intervened in Jianyang and Juling, giving certain benefits to the Qi State, but not damaging the foundation of the Yue State.
If necessary, if there was a coup d'Γ©tat within the Yue Kingdom, the Mo family could provide loans and weapons to help Yue Wang Phong reinstate the throne, as long as Yue Wang Phong could comply with some conditions that would "benefit the world" and kill the army.
Wei didn't need to do anything, he only needed to go to the alliance and support the opinions of the Mo family, and he could get two benefits.
The ally Yue State is still there, and he can continue to threaten Qi and Chu to prevent Qi from expanding his power to the Surabaya Valley, and at the same time let the Tian family lead the Wei State to a favor, after all, Jianyang and Juling were ceded by the Marquis of Qi, but at this time, it is considered that the Tian family wants to come back.
The second advantage is that it can prevent Zhao from interfering with Qi and prevent Zhao from extending its tentacles to the east. Wei Han could prepare for a battle against Chu with all his might.
If the Yue State does not fall, there will always be a threat to the rear of the Qi State, and the Wei State will not dare to use all its strength against the Wei State. The Yue State does not fall, and the east of the Chu State is still facing a threat. And the rise of the Mo family in the Surabaya Valley, and the Wei State cannot get involved for the time being, so there is no need to provoke the Mo family.
The only thing that is damaged, that is, the Yue Kingdom needs to give up the hegemony of Sishang, but there is no point in not giving up, the Mo family can still win if they want to fight.
The Mo family is talking about the alliance between small countries and non-attack, but in fact, Wei Si knows very well that when the time comes, those princes will be just puppets, and the Mo family will be the uncrowned monarch of Sishang.
He was also wary of the speed of the Mo family's expansion, but he didn't want to be the "martyr" of the world's nobles and Shiqing, and the result of trying his best to extinguish the Mo family was to be divided by Zhao, Han, Chu, Qi, and Qin.
At the banquet, Weiss also asked the Mojia envoy about the tone and bottom line of this meeting.
The envoy of the Mo family said that the battle of the Mo family was a last resort, and the Yue Wang Peng was belligerent and attacked first, and the Mo family was only defensive. And after the fight, I couldn't bear to start a war with Qi Yue, so I ......
After listening to the Mo family talk about a bunch of reasons for "benefiting the world" and not attacking, he finally came to the final bottom line.
The Yue country is bounded by Shushui, and Shushui is governed by the Ximo family, and the fifteen small countries are not attacking the alliance, and they will not attack or take it.
The Yue Kingdom returned the cities of Jianyang and Juling, and released the captured Qi slaves.
If there is a coup d'Γ©tat within the Yue Kingdom, and the Yue Wang Phong accepts the conditions of various countries in order to "benefit the world" and "kill the soldiers and be benevolent", then the Mo family is willing to provide a loan to release all the Yue captives, and the Yue Wang Phong can use this loan to buy the Mo family's food and some weapons, and the Mo family gives logistical support, and the countries exert pressure to force the coup usurper to abdicate and restore the Yue king. This loan was guaranteed by the creditworthiness of the monarchs of Wei and Han, and was repaid by the Mohists' own treaties.
Jianyang, Juling south of a hundred miles, Shushui west to the east of Lu to the important town of Qiyang, still under the jurisdiction of the Yue State.
The Mohists will ensure that the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu, and Yue will not attack. If the Qi State attacks Yue, the Mo family will help Yue defend and counterattack from the direction of Jianyang and Juling. If the Yue State attacks Lu, the Mo family will help the Lu State defend Qiyang, and at the same time will help the Lu State build Qiyang. If the Yue Kingdom attacks Qi, the Mo family will threaten the Langya of the Yue Kingdom, and at the same time send troops from Pengcheng and Pi to cut off the ditch. If Qi attacks Lu, the Mo family is willing to work with the Three Jin Dynasty to aid Lu to control Qi.
All these conditions, to Weiss's ears, can actually be summed up as a benefit and a deterrent.
The advantage for Wei is that there is a basically intact Yue State, and anyway, the rule of the Yue State in Si is unpopular, which is equivalent to nothing. If the foundation of the Yue Kingdom is not messy, it will be able to lock the expansion direction of the Qi State from the south, and with the-stirring stick of the Mo family, the Qi State will have no possibility of developing southward.
The deterrence of the Wei State is nothing more than ...... Let Wei give up the idea of uniting the Yue State to attack the Mo family, if he dares to fight, the Mo family will immediately ally with Qi Chu, attack the Yue State Langya first, cut off the ditch, and break the alliance. Breaking the ditch is equivalent to dividing up the Yue country with the Chu State and the Qi State. Attacking Langya means that the Yue Kingdom is under the threat of the Mo family, and will never dare to come forward for such a thing as conspiring with Sishang, let alone join forces with the Wei State Alliance...... Before the Wei army arrived, perhaps the Mo family broke through Langya first.
As for the harm, Weiss has not yet found out.