The King of Chu had his own plans. Many cities and towns needed to be built to prevent them from being captured by the Three Jins.

The Chu people's city building technology still had a certain gap with the Central Plains. The Chu people's rebuilding became stronger and they had to wait until Wu Qi became the ruling of Chu and re-in charge of the construction.

The King of Chu heard about the techniques of Mozhe's carpenters, stonemasons, and city building. Now he has seen it with his own eyes. While he was amazed, he also ignited a lot of hope.

This time, Shangqiu was besieged not to destroy the Song Dynasty, but to make the Song people surrender, so as to serve as a buffer between Chu and the Three Jins, control the internal affairs of the Song State, and support agents.

If Song Dynasty was destroyed and established a county, it would be collectively opposed by the Song Dynasty nobles, and it would also lead to unprecedented unity of the Three Jins, thus sending troops together.

Although there were conflicts between Zhao and Wei, Weis was not dead and he was still sure about the general strategic direction. The Three Jins could not tolerate the Chu people destroying Song.

Although Han and Zheng had a grudge, even if the Zheng people are now close to Chu, once the Song Dynasty is destroyed, the Zheng people will put aside their conflicts with South Korea and fight against the Chu army together.

Taking advantage of the contradictions within the nobles of the principality and the nobles to allow the pro-Chu faction to gain the upper hand. This is the best choice and it is also the confidence of the King of Chu.

In his opinion, once the Song people surrendered, they could use the manpower and food of the Song State to strengthen the defense lines of Yuguan and Daliang.

The State of Song can sway left and right, but swaying left and right means being close to Chu. Because of Fangcheng and Luguan, the Three Jins could not attack, while the State of Song was the bridgehead for the Chu people to counterattack from the Jianghuai River to the north.

At that time, 40,000 Song people might have to be driven to help build, but a part of it could be reduced to benefit the world and in the name of the people, the Mohist asked the Mohist to help preside over the reinforcement of Yuguan and Daliang.

If such masonry and stone technology is adopted, it is possible that the northern defense line will last longer, and the Three Jins may not be able to easily break the city.

He learned from the scouts about some of the situations in the city, and knew that Mo's guarding the city was not a false reputation, but could only siege the city and wait for the internal conflicts in the Song State to erupt.

Shangqiu is Shangqiu, Song is Song, Song is Song, and Song is Song, and nobles are nobles. If you can distinguish this, it will be easy to straighten out the dangers of Song at this time.

A few days later, the witch from Chu, a male figure, with a tall bird feather crown, sacrificed the seven Western gods on the rebuilt tower, and used some magical means to greatly boost the morale of the Chu army.

A siege is not a siege.

The biggest problems faced by the besieged city are firewood, grain, camping, drinking water and other problems.

Not everyone has tents. Only the nobles and scholars have their own tents, and the rest of the sects are stationed in place.

The word "官" originated from the army. It uses ten people as a group, sits around a bonfire, sleeps and rests at night, and is not allowed to walk around at will.

At this time, there were no iron pots, and there were no large marching pots. The soldiers cooked with their own small clay pots, and the food was also very rough.

Within thirty miles, there were originally some grain fields, and the remaining firewood and grass mountain were burned clean when the walls were cleared.

If soldiers do not have bonfires at night, it will be difficult to maintain morale and may easily cause some accidents. Therefore, the Chu army needs a large amount of firewood every day.

These firewood must be transported from thirty miles away, and some troops must be divided into groups to guard the wheat fields that are about to mature, and some troops must be prepared to transport food and grass in the future...

In fact, there were not many troops that could actually fight in the field, and their combat effectiveness was not strong. Most of them were feudal volunteer farming soldiers who followed the army.

But at this time, it is impossible to fight on night or rainy days. The army is easily lost and can only use small groups of troops to raid, which will not cause large-scale harm.

Even someone screaming in the night in the military camp may trigger a series of subsequent reactions, causing everyone to flee.

The vassals had no tents, only a bonfire in groups of ten people.

The King of Chu had his own big tent, and the generals also had their own small tents. The feudal system was serious, so the management of the army would be extremely chaotic.

The King of Chu's tent was in the pile of brick and stone camp left by Mozhe. Next to it was a wooden building that could pass commands after using sacrifices to observe the distance and check the movements of the camp.

These brick and stone camps are designed in a very exquisite way. They seem to have been carefully calculated. Camping inside can shoot arrows outwards on several star-shaped corners to support each other.

It is not qualified to be a fortress, but it is perfect as a temporary camp.

All the generals, Sima, Zuo Yin and other nobles were listed in the tent, and the bonfire was thick outside, and the people who were accompanying him were shrinking wine with buds.

When Qi Huan was dominating in the past, he joined forces with the princes to attack Chu State because of this cheap thatch.

The State of Qi, which once dominated the world, has declined a little, and has even formed an alliance with Chu because of the rise of the Three Jins and Yue.

Even though the Jin State, which ended the rebellion between the Six Lords, still dominated the world with three points. The Chu State had a vast territory, but because of its great power, it could not be matched.

Most of the people in the tent were nobles.

The nobles basically held two opinions on besieging Shangqiu.

The young people in the new world think this is an opportunity to make achievements, and they hope to be able to siege rather than siege the city.

Some old ministers in the era of the kings were very secretive about siege of the city. When they were young, they saw more than 30 years of debate between Modi and Gongshu Ban.

As a new sect, Gong Jiyin Xian said: "The Mozhe burned the grain outside the city, filled the wells, and burned a lot of firewood."

"If our army besieged the city, we will divide our troops to transport grain and grass and firewood. Even if there are wheat fields thirty miles away, harvesting will require manpower."

"It's better to attack the city, otherwise once the troops of the Three Jins arrive, our army will be worried!"

Gong Xiuyin's words are not unreasonable, logistics issues are a big problem.

During the reign of King Zhuang, when the country was at its peak, the besiege of Song had almost made the Chu army do its best.

If you are angry today, but with May coming, it is easy to see a series of rainy days. When the bonfire cannot be born, the soldiers will inevitably resent and miss homesickness, and morale will fall, making it even more difficult to support it.

But Youyin retorted: "Mo Di came to defend the city, how to attack?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old ministers agreed. Gong Xiuyin smiled and said, "Why is Youyin timid? If you have ambition, even if Mo Di can defend the city, it may not be impossible to break it."

"Besides, I heard that when he fought with Gongshu, he had already told the art of defending the city one by one. In the past, there were also strong knowledgeable servants in the past who read and sorted them out later. What are you afraid of?"

This is the saying that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Gong Xiuyin is not young, but he has not really experienced the battle more than thirty years ago. Many of them are just heard of.

But those old ministers who had witnessed it with their own eyes understood that this was ridiculous.

You Yin didn't care about Gong Jiyin's timidity and asked back with a humming voice: "Is there any difference between knowing but not knowing?"

Gong Xiuyin said: "Doesn't you just surround me and not attack me? Wouldn't the Song people be ridiculed?"

You Yin laughed and said, "Damn it? How to laugh? When the Qi people attacked Lu, Mozi could also let the Qi people retreat. Is there any difference between the Qi people attacking Lu and my Chu and Song?"

"Besides, if you can't attack, the morale in the city is higher, and the Mozhe demonstrated the means of defending the city, which would be ridiculous!"

The two were arguing, and the new and old were fiercely fighting, and the final decision was still in the hands of the King of Chu.

As You Yin said, the terrifying thing about Mo Zhai's methods is... Even though he had already said how to deal with the Gongshu Clan more than 30 years ago, even though many of his disciples passed the city guarding technique to the outside world,... they still had no choice.

This way of knowing the other party is still helpless, which is terrible.

The news from the city before was that the Mozhe was in order, and the details almost covered the twelve siege techniques, including the long-term siege. The King of Chu knew that Shangqiu was not so easy to capture.

He was waiting for the riots of the nobles who were in contact with the Chu people, and waiting for disputes within the Song Dynasty.

The soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasties would not arrive so quickly. The King of Chu believed that he had enough time. Even if he transported food and grass to siege the city and exhausted the power of the neighboring counties, he had to complete the first major event since his ascension to the throne, so as to provide a foundation for future centralization.

After a long debate, the King of Chu finally said: "Mozhe guarded the city. If he said more than thirty years ago, I think I am still thirty years old and I am not good at attacking you."

"Just camp and beware of going out of the city to harass you, prepare more firewood and wait for the opportunity."

"If you attack the city, there will be many people, and your morale will fall. The city will not be able to go down. It will also make the Song people's army strong and you cannot attack!"

He actually agreed to the old ministers' statement that siege was not something that he had to consider, and he could only choose to siege the city.

More than 30 years ago, the deterrence caused by Mozi with his belt, wood chips, bamboo chips and verbal words was still there thirty years later, and it still made the people of Chu feel scared and dared not act rashly.

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In the city, Shi and Mo Zhai and others stood at the top of the city, looking at the bonfires everywhere outside the city, their eyebrows stretched out, and their faces were relaxed.

Shi smiled and said, "Mr.'s reputation as defending the city made the people of Chu dare not act rashly."

Mo Zhai pointed to the bonfire in the distance and smiled, "They dare not. The technique of siege is in my heart; who can match the ability to defend the city? If he attacks the city, he will only be afraid of losing his soldiers and losing his generals, and the soldiers will be frightened. It is better to siege and not attack."

"The important thing now is the food and grass in the city, so there must be no problem. If there is no food in the city, the Chu people besieged the city and starved to death in the city, then they can only follow the Chu people."

Speaking of this, Mo Zhai asked again: "In your opinion, if the Chu people only besieged the city, when will they come out to force the enemy into an alliance? Just tell me, let me tell me."

Thinking of the Anshi Rebellion in later generations, the battle to defend the city, which almost ate up all the people in the city, said: "Disciple believes that the emptiness and reality are exhausted, and the tired people of Chu will make Chu suspicious. It is best to strike again."

"Now the Chu people have just sieged the city, so we can send brave men to fall down the city wall and attack the Chu people at night."

"The Chu people must be on guard."

Before he finished speaking, Gong Zaoye, who was standing beside him, said, "Shi, your solution is not good. Since we want to take advantage of the Chu people's unpreparedness and force the Chu people to form an alliance at night, we must cultivate the Chu people's intention to despise the negligence in order to break it with one blow."

"As you said, send warriors out of the city to harass people first, and the Chu people will be on guard. Once the Chu people are on guard, how can we threaten the princes and princes of Chu to form an alliance while the Chu people are not prepared?"
Chapter completed!