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Chapter 108: War Exhaustion (1)

Given this strategic judgment, Xiong Sui hoped to make a regional defense treaty, rather than an alliance with Wei and Han.

It is difficult to form an alliance between Wei, Han and Chu, and the hatred is strong, and once an alliance is formed, it is easy to fall into a war that Chu does not want to participate in.

The conflict between Wei and Qin surrounds the Xihe River, and this knot cannot be untied.

Qin and Chu have always been in marriage and have always had close relationships. Chu needs Qin as an ally in the face of the Three Jins.

If Wei and Chu form an alliance, once Wei and Qin start war, Chu State will support Wei State according to the alliance, which is not in line with the interests of Chu State.

On the contrary, if it was just an anti-Morde defense alliance in the Yangxia area of ​​Daliang, if Wei and Qin went to war, Chu State could not participate, because the war took place in the Xihe River instead of the Central Plains, so there was no need to fulfill its obligations, so that friendly relations with Qin State continued to maintain.

Furthermore, as an unstable factor in the Wei State, if the Mo family went north, Qin and Wei started war, and Wei Mo started war, Chu State could continue to maintain neutrality and watch the fun so that the fisherman could benefit.

What the Mohist envoy sent was only a strategy outline. There were many specific things that the King of Chu could not accept, but it could still be negotiated based on some acceptable ones.

At this point, the Mo family envoy stayed in Chen and continued to negotiate with the King of Chu.

Good news or news showing the sincerity of the Mohist school continues to come. In addition to leaving a small part of the Si Shang Yishi in the Song Dynasty, he began to retreat; Si Shang has issued a suggestion to cancel the mobilization, and although it has not been officially implemented, people's hearts have already moved.

All of this relieved the tense nerves of the King of Chu and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

On this day, the King of Chu was about to continue to invite talks with the Mo family envoy, but the servants came over with panic and brought news that shocked the King of Chu.

"The king, Wei Han swore a swearing to join Zheng, seized the Si family who went to the alliance, and announced the three crimes of Zheng State."

"One, two on Si."

"Secondly, the Zheng people killed their father for three generations, and Tian Jia killed him, and they would help Tian Zhuan to punish him."

"Third, the hatred of Zheng and Han, and the hatred of Han Hou said that the hatred of killing his father could be revenged for nine generations."

"The Koreans sent 50,000 troops to Yangcheng, and the Weis sent 50,000 troops to Zhongyang, and the east and west attacked, and Xinzheng was already surrounded."

"The Grand Sima was furious in the alliance. Wei Xianggong Shuzhuo was named as allowing him to jointly defend the Mo family, and said that he would never fight against Chu in the Central Plains. He also said that the Mo family was a great enemy in the Central Plains, and that he could not fight with the clam and the fisherman would benefit."

Xiong Sui was furious and slapped the table and cursed: "Wei Ji is shameless, Han You is unrighteous! He didn't know how to do this!"

He angrily took the message sent from the front, and after scanning it briefly, he probably understood.

A few days ago, the Mohist country had sent people to Zheng State and said with great fanfare that it would ensure the independence of Zheng State, but it also denounced Zheng State's laws for being too strict and the people could not benefit. Therefore, if Zheng State wanted to obtain the Mohist country's independence, it had to carry out a series of political reforms, which made the negotiations anxious.

Although anxious, the Mo family had already shown a regression, and it was very likely that they would sign a non-attack alliance soon. Once this alliance was signed, if Zheng State was attacked by Wei and Han, it would send troops.

Moreover, the Mo family had been in Zheng State before, transporting weapons and repairing the city walls, which had already made Wei Han feel frightened and uneasy.

But Xiong suspected that Wei Han's attack on Zheng was not because of the sudden incident, but because he had made plans. Otherwise, how could he have gathered so many troops so quickly and made all preparations?

I am afraid that the talks with Chu State were fake, but it is true that the Mo family took advantage of the tense opportunity of joining Song and Chu State to capture Zheng State.

Moreover, this time the King of Chu visited Chen, which made all the surrounding vassals come to pay their respects. The northern border of Chu was in a situation where troops could not be sent for the time being.

Han and Zheng are very close to each other. If you march quickly, you can reach the capital of Zheng in three or five days.

Once the capital is destroyed, it will be too late for Chu to interfere again.

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Twenty years ago, it belonged to Zheng State and now it belonged to the city of Suzao City, which belonged to Wei State.

Wei Xianggong Shuzhuo, who had endured the anger and accused by the Grand Sima of Chu, was having a banquet with a group of Wei ministers with a smile.

"I remember that when the Luyang doctor wanted to attack Zheng, the Luyang doctor said that the Zheng people were guilty, so he attacked the heavens. Mo Di said that this was like a person's son was unworthy. You rushed in and beat the son, saying that I beat your father for you, because you were unworthy and your father would definitely hit you."

Speaking of this, the Wei people present laughed. Twenty years ago, the Mohist school adhered to the idea of ​​establishing new international law and that big powers would not interfere in small internal affairs.

However, twenty years later, the Mohist family has become an organization that will not interfere in internal affairs if they are poor; if they are prosperous, they will punish unjustly and benefit the world.

Gongshuzhuo is not called Duke of Luyang, but is called Duke of Luyang, which is also a kind of political correctness.

Since the Chu State was known as the barbarian, it has been engaged in the Western Zhou Dynasty, using counties as states and kings as dukes. Wei attacked them only as marquis, while Luyang was a duke. This was considered an usurpation among the Xia people in the Central Plains, so Gongshuzhu called him the Luyang Doctor.

Now the Wei army has crossed the border town of Zheng and arrived directly at Zhengdu. Zheng is too small and has no strategic depth.

In Gongshuzhu's opinion, Wei Han has not been fully prepared yet.

The best time should actually be that Wei, Chu and Han signed the Central Plains joint defense treaty before sending troops to attack Zheng.

However, this time the Mohist family wanted to ensure the independence of Zheng State and had begun contact and negotiations with Zheng State. The second batch of materials and some aid had passed through Lu State and entered Zheng State, which made it impossible for Wei and Han to wait any longer.

The State of Zheng did not officially enter the non-aggression alliance in one day, so the Mo family could only send troops in the name of killing unrighteous.

In other words, the Mohist family could not borrow the road to the Song Dynasty.

Because if Zheng State joined the non-aggressive alliance, Zheng State was invaded, and Song State and Si Shang, who were both in the non-aggressive alliance, had voluntarily sent troops, so the Mo family could directly attack the most fragile Central Plains waistline of Wei State with the help of Song State's land and logistics.

Because Zheng had not yet joined the non-aggressive alliance, Zheng was invaded. Song had no reason to punish the unrighteous state, and the Mo family could only send troops on the grounds of punishing the unrighteous state.

In this way, the scale of troops sent cannot be too large.

Before this, Gongshuzhu had sent a message to ask the Marquis of Wei to send someone to Si Shang to tell him that the attack on Zheng had nothing to do with Wei, and hoped that the Mo family would not enter the territory of Wei casually.

He ordered some of the Wei army to be appointed as the general of the Wei State, Gou Bian, and stationed on the border.

Gou Bian is quite talented. Confucius' grandson Si once recommended this person to Marquis of Wei, saying that this person is worth five hundred chariots. Marquis of Wei said that I know the talent of Gou Bian, but when he was a local minor official, he had embezzled two eggs, so I can't use such a person. Later, Zisi convinced Marquis of Wei with the principle of "taking advantage of his strengths and abandoning his weaknesses", and Gou Bian thought that he was the general of Wei... As for whether it was against Confucian morality to emphasize talent but not morality, it was another question.

In addition, the Mo family envoy also came to participate in the alliance not long ago. Although no one invited him, he still reiterated his remarks with the King of Chu after he arrived.

Therefore, Gongshuzhu made up his mind to take advantage of the fact that the Mo family was still talking to Zheng State and that the Zheng State had not yet formally signed a contract to join the non-aggressive alliance. The Mo family widely advocated that non-aggressive peace and non-aggressive alliances were opportunities for defensive alliances, and invaded Zheng State under conditions that were not sufficient preparations.

Since the Mohist family could not leave Song and Wei, if they wanted to interfere with Zheng, they had no choice but to send troops from the Huai River and bypass Chu and Shenxi Chen and Cai.

Not to mention whether the State of Chu can agree to an armed army with propaganda capabilities to march in the State of Chu, even if it is allowed, such a marching route will take at least three or two months.

Moreover, the long journey is destined to prevent the Mohist family from sending troops on a large scale. If it is too young, it is equivalent to delivering vegetables, so the possibility of sending troops on Si is extremely small.

The Mohist school practiced the world by virtue of integrity and morality. Even if some theories are not accepted by scholars, integrity is another matter.

Gongshu Zhuo was sure that the Mo family would not have said before that the non-attack alliance was a defensive alliance, so he used the country's Song Dynasty to attack Wei State.

What we need to consider now is the attitude of Chu, but the attitude of Chu determines when the capital of Zheng will fall.

If it can be resolved within ten days, there will be almost no possibility of Chu sending troops.

As long as the capital of Zheng State does not last for three to five months, it will create a situation like the Battle of Shangqiu when King Zhuang attacked the Song Dynasty. By the time Chu State reacted, it was already a waste of time.

So far, the attacks between Wei and Han countries have been quite smooth.

The soldiers of Zheng State were generally tired of war and were about to collapse at one touch.

Moreover, many of the leading parties in Zheng State were also on the side of Wei State.

When Siziyang was in power, the other six clans of the seven Muslims killed Siziyang, and Zheng State split. Soon after, Siziyang's remnants counterattacked Xinzheng, executed Zheng Jun, and established Xinjun, and then purged the nobles who murdered Siziyang back then.

A large number of nobles fled to the State of Wei, so when the State of Wei occupied some cities of Zheng by seeking justice for Siziyang, the local doctors opened the city gate and welcomed it warmly.

This time, a large number of Seven Muslims will also enter Zheng State together, under the banner of avenging Mr. Zhuo and revenge for the tribesmen who died in the coup that year. In addition, the Seven Muslims have not been cleaned up all of them back then, which has basically not encountered any resistance before Wei Han invaded Xinzheng.

Zheng State developed too early, and was richer than other countries in the Central Plains and more sound civil laws, so Zheng State was generally tired of war and anti-war.

When the Chu prince settled the incident, Zheng and Chu fought. The Zheng people were so tired of fighting that they scattered before they even contacted each other, and they would rather be captured than fight.

Wei and Han did not use the banner of building a "kingdom paradise", but the people of Zheng were really tired and didn't want to fight anymore.

So what if you win? What is the difference between giving taxes to those with surname Ji and those with surname Han? What is the difference between changing one's own lord and one's own lord from those with surname Ji to those with surname Wei?

For the blood feud of the Zheng Han Gong clan, the Zheng people have been fighting for fifty years. The Zheng people don’t want to fight anymore, they just want to be a citizen of Wei and Han.

At least, there is no such conquest, and there are much less taxes and military service paid.

The princes have a country, the officials have a family, and the common people are not qualified to have a family at this moment, and they are not qualified to have a country. They really don’t understand what they want to defend.

Is there any difference between the Zheng people and the Wei people? In the eyes of the Zheng people, I am afraid that there is no difference. Except for the dialect of Zheng, which is more vernacular, there seems to be no difference.
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