Tens of thousands of Chu troops were camping along the river, not far from Shangqiu.

The "boat army" of the Chu people and the craftsmen who followed the army were preparing boats along the river, posing as floating bridges to cross the sand and water.

After passing the sand and water, you can go directly to Shangqiu. The Song people did not have the power to line up along the Shahe River, so they did not have the opportunity to make another suggestion of "hitting it halfway through" in the Xianggong era.

The Song people had completely given up the idea of ​​fighting against the Chu army, and both military strength and courage had dissipated.

"Zuo Zhuan" once recorded that the Qin Houzi "enjoyed the Marquis of Jin, built boats in the river, and left cars ten miles away, from Yong and Jiang. He returned to receive reward coins, and the end was eight rebellions." At this time, things like suppose that the floating bridge were already skilled in the army.

Although the Chu army was large in number, it obviously had traces of the feudal era.

The private soldiers of each vassal, the county soldiers of each county, the king's king's army, the left, center and right armies... When the camp was not fought, it was still clear that once these troops were pieced together under the feudal system, if you wanted to command, you could only fight in the joint combat in the way of the left, center and right armies.

The ambitious King of Chu and the chariots looked at the turbulent sand and water, and the craftsmen who were busy preparing the floating bridge, couldn't help but recite: "Build a boat as a beam, and it won't show its light."

He asked You Yin beside him and said, "When King Wen welcomes the bride, he can build a boat for a beam. The article by the man who read the Mo that day said that when King Wu defeated King Zhou, it happened to be a heavy rain. Could it be that King Wu also had a boat master at that time?"

Since the last time the Chu envoy was sent, the King of Chu has read many articles by Mozhe, especially some explanations about ancient events.

In addition to caring about the new valleys and new technologies of the Mozhe, the King of Chu knew the close relationship between the Mozhe and the Song State. This time he went north to compete for hegemony, the Mozhe was an unavoidable knot.

After the Chu envoy returned, he once said that Mozhe immediately set up a wall to separate the envoys of Wei and Chu. He was fascinated by Mozhe's craftsmanship and skills. After hearing the Chu envoy's words, he couldn't help but feel leisurely and was sad that Gongshu clan and Mozi fought a ritual that day.

Relying on the Gongshu team to improve the warships, the Chu State's boat troops were no longer invincible.

The northerners took a car, while the southerners took a boat. Thinking that the craftsmen could make the Chu people's boats defeat Yue, the King of Chu hoped to see with his own eyes whether the equipment that Mozhe guarded the city was really as unparalleled as rumored.

When the Right Yin Zhaozhi'e knew that the King of Chu talked about Zhou Shi, he remembered the dead Gongshu squad, and said, "I have read the articles of Mozhe. Taigong Wang lined up along the river and wrote them as if he had seen it with his own eyes. After reading it carefully, he seemed to be able to see what happened back then, which shows that Mozhe is also familiar with the battle formation."

"They are familiar with the battle formation and are unwilling to fight me in Shahe. Obviously, the Song people are already timid. If they don't fight in Shahe, there should be no war under Shangqiu City."

"It's just... I want to capture Shangqiu. Shangqiu is already a big city and there are Mos, so it's very difficult to capture it in a hurry."

The King of Chu nodded, rubbing something in his hand, thinking about something.

Zhao Zhi'ai looked closely and found that the King of Chu was holding a handful of green wheat ears in his hand.

It was March and April. At that time, there were only wheat seedlings like leeks at this time, but the method of staying wheat in Mozhe had already been passed along the Shahe River. I saw a large wheat field when I passed by.

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

"Besides, I can't surround myself for a long time. What will happen if the Three Jins come to help?"

The King of Chu nodded, felt the unfulfilled wheat grains on his fingers, gently scattered them aside, and said silently: "In my opinion, those who guard Shangqiu are Mo, and those who break Shangqiu are Mo."

Zhao Zhiai was puzzled, and the King of Chu pointed to the wheat fields in the distance and said, "You only see these wheat fields that can make the Song State's military rations abundant, but you don't want to collect the military rations that cannot be collected into the city. How could it be from the Song State?"

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

"However, the Mozhe spread the method of Sumai. There are not many places here, but I heard that there are many places outside Shangqiu City. 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 is why the king chose to go on the battlefield in February and arrive in Shangqiu in April?"

King Chu helped the sword and said with a smile: "That's true. For spies, the wheat has not yet been harvested in early April, but the wheat grains have been formed. Outside Shangqiu City, the influence of the ink people is huge and there are many wheat fields."

"Although Mo people know the battle formation, they can restore the formation of Taigong Wang Linhe, and they are not as kind as the gentleman of Duke Xiang of Song, but they did not have the decisive battle in Linhe. Obviously, even Mo people think that it is invincible to me."

"Since you cannot win, you will retreat to Shangqiu and you will not fight to the decisive battle outside the city."

"Mo has the skills to defend the city. I know it, and I know Mo Di's skills. But if I surround him and don't attack, what can Mo Di do?"

"In May, the wheat is ripe, so the soldiers will be asked to cut wheat and feed on wheat. Besides, the Mo people have not yet had mills and other things, which can make the army prosperous and besiege the city for a year. Even if the Mo people want to defend, the people in the city don't want to defend..."

"If Shangqiu cannot be conquered, it is not defeated. As long as the Song Gong Dynasty hired and sent Shangqiu farmers to build Yuguan and Daliang with our city, this matter will be done."

The King of Chu and the killer weapon of civil strife of the Song nobles, but he was also considering it.

The wheat is not yet fully ripe in April, so harvesting is impossible.

At this time, the people of Song siege could only rely on the grain storage last year to live.

The news brought by the spy was that Sumai was planted on a large scale since last year, so last year it was mainly single-season crops, and the harvest was not much.

Planting started last winter and this year it was just enough to harvest, so as long as you arrive in Shangqiu in early April, you can borrow wheat outside Shangqiu City as military rations, which can last for at least one year.

It is not only necessary to let the civil servants of Chen, Yangxia and other counties work hard, but also to ensure the cultivation of the Chu people, and to force Shangqiu to surrender as soon as possible.

He had been urging him before, and he opposed the opposition, and completed the dispatch of troops as soon as possible, and even sold a large part of his interests to win the support of the nobles. The King of Chu was to force Mr. Song to sign the alliance under the city as soon as possible.

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

Zheng State, which had previously been stolen with South Korea, would definitely take the opportunity to attack South Korea as long as the Chu people could guarantee the military deterrence in Yuguan and Daliang.

The Chu people went out of Funiu Mountain from Luguan, Luyang, Fangcheng and other directions to make a threat to Yiluo. Under the pressure from Zheng and Luyang directions, South Korea could only protect themselves and could not send troops to rescue Song.

The state of Zhao and Song were too far away, so they were worried about Wei. They could not do anything to get millet from fire. They went to rescue Song with Wei and helped Wei become the hegemon...

The Qin people were extremely upset about the loss of Xihe and took this opportunity to send troops to Xihe to restrain Wu Qi's military soldiers.

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

Zhao Zhiai thought about the words of King Chu, "Those who guard Shangqiu are also Mo", and the more he thought about it, the more he became impressed. He thought that it was not until this time that he understood why he had to send troops in such a hurry.
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