Even if the disciples of the public loss class knew the means of the Mo Scholar to defend the city, they could not crack it, and they could only watch the Chu people take their lives to fill it.

The things of the car are known to the disciples of the public loss class. The weapon of the fire is also known to the public losing class.

But knowing is no different, and there is no difference between not knowing the result.

The wooden barrels thrown from the inside of the city wall kept smashing near the moat, and a lot of liquid grease flowed from them, wetting the firewood piled up by the Chu people on the moat for the infantry to cross the river.

The cars in the city were still being thrown, and then a crackling sound could be heard.

Those who burn the fire are chiseled early with a wooden circumference of two feet and four minutes, and they are enmired in the charcoal fire, and they are cast by a car.

It is to hollow out the inside with a large log, fill it with some flammable materials and charcoal, use a saw to combine the cut wood, and then throw it out with a car to ignite the fire.

It is not impossible to fill the moat with earth, but it is definitely not as efficient as firewood, so most of the besieging side will use firewood to block the moat.

If the Chu people are willing to spend a few days and slowly fill the moat with the loss of the feather arrows in the city, it may bring the consequences of the soldiers not daring to move forward.

After the thrown fires hit the ground, the smouldering charcoal inside quickly ignited the nearby firewood, igniting a thick smoke and fire, and the firewood that had been piled up in front of the moat burned one after another.

Under the thick smoke, the Chu people who were carrying firewood fell into chaos, originally there was no grease in the fire, but after figuring out the method of squeezing the grease, Mozi used these methods.

These thick smoke and flames could not kill a few people, but they would greatly slow down the advance of the Chu people, seeing that it was already afternoon, the moat had not yet been filled, and those elite soldiers who were ready to go had no chance to get close to the city wall.

It seems to be a busy day, but in fact, it has basically no effect, and it is restrained everywhere in the city.

The king of Chu knew that he had not let the Mo Shi exert all his strength today, and the moat that was thousands of feet away had not been crossed, and it would start again tomorrow.

Knowing that the city was not doing its best, the king of Chu was also worried that the ink man would go out of the city to attack at night, or take advantage of the time to collect the troops to counterattack, obviously the sun was still very high, so the king of Chu could only order the siege to be suspended.

"Once you retreat at night, the city will take advantage of the chaos to fight back. Today, the moat cannot be crossed, but the earth mountain has been erected, and the earth mountain must be defended at night to prevent the ink from counterattacking and seizing the earth mountain at night. ”

"Early tomorrow morning, continue to fill in the ditch, and the ants will attack the city!"

The King of Chu's caution has his own considerations, at this time, it is actually about an hour before dark, but if it is really dark before the troops are collected, the King of Chu is sure that the ink people in the city will never let go of the opportunity to collect the troops in chaos.

The close attendants gave the order, the archers pressed the formation, and the chaotic apprentices began to retreat slowly, and prepared a large number of elite soldiers to guard against the counterattack in the city.

In the vicinity of Tushan, many armor soldiers were stationed to prevent night attacks.

In the city, the sound of the horn of the retreating Chu people reached the tower, Mozi observed for a long time, convinced that the Chu people were useless today, and said with a smile: "Today has delayed the time of the Chu people, and I have expected that they will not be able to attack the city today." Tomorrow they will choose the method of ant possession. ”

"The guest is fed and the ant is attached, the master is the first to know, the master is beneficial, and the guest is suitable. Tomorrow, Shangqiu is still worry-free. ”

Shi asked, "Sir, I have heard that you and the public loser class are arguing over the belt. The public loss class once built a ladder, although later because of your gift and no longer studied siege machinery, but the Chu people are still proficient in climbing and attacking after all. How many men do you think you'll need to defend against a possible ant-enchanted siege tomorrow? ”

Mozi pointed to the Chu people who were slowly retreating in the distance: "Look at the current Chu people, if you have a neat army, can you take the opportunity to defeat them?" ”

Seeing that although there were archers pressing the formation, the degree of chaos in the retreat was still very in line with the degree of organization at this time, and nodded: "Yes, it is the most chaotic when the troops are collected." If an army can still be neat when it is collected, it can be the strongest division in the world. ”

Mozi smiled and said, "You know the role of a neat team. I will defend the city, and I will naturally attack the city, and I have calculated the maximum number of people that can be dispatched to attack the city. As far as the current situation of the Chu people is concerned, it is useless to approach the city wall in a hurry. Can those vains take a city? ”

"Disperse the elite and lead the apprentices, will you be able to attack the city? No, the same force is different when you put it on an awl and you put it on a broad cloth. ”

"I still have machinery such as grinding cars that have not yet been used, even if your gunpowder is inconvenient to use tomorrow to keep the Chu people from beware, but the lime and hot oil you make are all methods that the Chu people have never tried. When the ants are attached to the siege of the city, there must be archers to press the formation, there are apprentices on the flanks to attract the feather arrows of the city head, and there are big shields to cover the elite, and the direction of the Chu people's siege can be seen at a glance. In fact, there were 4,000 men enough to garrison, and women could do the same things as throwing lime and hot oil under the city. ”

When Mozi said about 4,000 people, he aggravated his tone, and said with a smile: "Mr. wants to take advantage of the Chu people's ants to attack the city tomorrow and lure the snake out of the hole?" ”

Mozi laughed and said, "If there is a snake, it will come out tomorrow." If there is no snake, there is no chance to climb out in the future. ”

Shi nodded and said, "That disciple feels that he needs to give the snake more time." ”

Mozi nodded and said: "Don't worry, tomorrow the Chu people still can't get close to within a hundred feet, I say no, they can't." ”

Shi knew that Mozi still had a lot of ingenious machinery that had not been used, and he also knew some secret techniques for defending the city, but he was not a fowl after all, and he couldn't know everything, so he had great trust in Mozi's self-confidence.

Shi Dao: "That disciple understands what to do. ”

Mozi said: "What we have to do in the city is what we have to do." I will concentrate on defending the city to ensure that Shangqiu is not broken, and the rest will be left to you. ”

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In some mansions in the city, the nobles who were excited by the Chu people's siege of the city celebrated, and the opportunity they had been waiting for for had finally come.

They don't need the Chu people to break through Shangqiu, if the Chu people break through Shangqiu, they are puppets raised by the Chu people, and then many people in the city will be dissatisfied.

They need the Chu people to attack the city, otherwise the Mo people are well guarded, and they have no chance to make trouble in the city, let alone such a big thing as burning grain.

But to celebrate and celebrate, today's siege of the Chu people made them very dissatisfied, because everything in the city was as it was, there was no impact, and even many ink masters were still resting under the city, and the elites near the ink workshops had never been in the city.

When Da Yin was discussing with everyone, he saw that everyone was worried, so he asked: "Today, the Chu people are still a hundred feet away from the city wall, and they can't get forward. Won't the Chu people attack the city tomorrow? ”

"The sheep mound mountain has been completed, and tomorrow you only need to fill the moat, and you can get close to the city wall. There are tens of thousands of people in Chu, even if the ink master is exquisite, once the ants are attached to the siege city, how can they still be as light as today? ”

"Besides, if the Chu people attack urgently, the Sicheng Emperor clan will definitely be worried, and their dead soldiers will inevitably be sent to the city, this is the time for us to do it."

Uncle Cen said happily: "I'm just afraid that there will be chaos in the city and the Chu people will break the city." Although we have to borrow the power of the Chu people, we can't rely on the Chu people after all. The Chu people are greedy, and the matter of Chen Cai in the past must be guarded against. ”

He thinks more about it, and it is more in line with his vital interests. When the king of Chu concurrently served as the Duke of Chen and the Duke of Cai, the local nobles were still in use, but the real Marquis of Chen Cai could only flee to Qi.

He responded to the nursery rhyme that the brother and the brother said, of course he didn't want the king of Chu to be the Duke of Song concurrently, in that case, the rest of the nobles were okay, but he could only flee.

Da Yin Lingqi said with relief: "Don't worry, even if there are changes in the city, the ink master will still not leave the city wall." Zitian's order could not be given, and Mo Zhai would not abandon the city wall. When the time comes, Song Gong will be replaced, and Mo Zhai will not be able to keep it. ”

"Mo Zhai was hired by Song Gong, not Zitian. The art of the Mo people to defend the city is enough to support the retreat of the Chu people, as long as the food is enough, the Mo family can continue to defend it. ”

Uncle Cen Xi was relieved at this time, and said in his heart that if the Chu people broke the city, then they would sign an alliance with Zitian under the city, so why should I be necessary? It takes Zitian to hate Chu and not to make an alliance, but I am close to Chu and allied.

Since the last coup d'état with Emperor Sicheng, the nobles have been in fear and living in the shadow of Emperor Sicheng.

Especially twenty years ago, the Chu people sent troops to suppress the Sicheng Emperor at the request of the Song Duke, and after the Huangchi Yongqiu was defeated by the Three Jins, the Sicheng Huang family was faintly Qi with the Song Dynasty, and the two sides seemed to have a secret agreement, and they did not disturb each other.

Now that this opportunity is rare, where can I endure it any longer?

Everyone has the same interests, and they are surprisingly united, just to eradicate the Sicheng Emperor family in one fell swoop, as for whether there will be another Sicheng Emperor in the future, that is a matter for later.

Da Yin asked Yu Xiao Sikou: "What are the movements of the people in the city now?" ”

Xiao Sikou frowned and said: "I also secretly sent people to spread rumors in the city, saying that the Chu people will besiege the city for a year this time, because the Mo people's method of staying in the wheat allows the Chu people to get food according to the place, and also said that the Sanjin has just formed an alliance with Qi and cannot send troops...... However, the Mohist had a forbidden not to say during the siege that the enemy was strong and we were weak, so the dead man was found and had been put to death the other day. ”

The dead man adhered to the morality of being a dead soldier, and did not confess who was driving the rear, Xiao Si Kou said: "However, it has been rumored in the past few days that this time the Chu people besieged the city because Zitian was rude to Chu and inferior to Jin, which led to the Chu people sending troops, and the Mo people were either busy defending the city and had not yet been captured." ”

How did he know that it was the duty of the Xuanyi Department to grasp the trend of rumors in the city, and to investigate and grasp selectively, not because he was too busy defending the city to catch them, but just felt that there was no harm in spreading these rumors.

Dayon asked, "Do the people have any opinions?" ”

Xiao Si Kou said: "Naturally." Do not they resent the fact that many peasants have fields that cannot be cultivated? Originally, I resented the Chu people, but now that I said it, I naturally resented Song Gong for being rude to Chu, which led to this siege. ”