On the banks of the Sishui River, Huling.

This first city captured by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty after the rise of the army a hundred and fifty years later belonged to the Song State nominally, but except in name, it was actually controlled by the Mohist school inside and outside.

In a military tent outside the city, a huge map was placed on the table, and young people coming and going kept conveying the news or drawing a mark on the map.

Just paced beside the map.

A huge, irregular parallelogram was drawn on the map with red pigment.

The four points of this irregular parallelogram are Chengyang, Pingyin, Wucheng and Peiyi.

The length of each edge is roughly equal.

On the table, there are copper compass, rulers and various tools, and some lead people representing soldiers are placed in various positions.

On the map, it may be just a few taels of heavy lead blocks, but in reality it is tens of thousands of living lives, the most difficult to bear.

Several senior officers and deputy commanders of the same level were also waiting anxiously. Now the army gathered between Huling and Teng. The elite First Division pretended to go to the direction of Wucheng, but in fact it was quietly approaching Sishui, where Xiliu Shui Army responded. Once the order was issued, they could understand that they would go north along Sishui.

But now, the army has not moved and is still waiting for some exact news.

Shi looked very calm, without any anxious expression, at least it looked so.

But when the curtain of the tent was lifted and a young messenger walked in with the news, he looked calm and eager to turn around, and actually touched the corner of the table, causing the oil candles on the table to shed tears.

The messenger didn't know the big military strategy, but just conveyed the news that he had come here from afar.

"The army in the direction of Linzi of Qi had passed through Sishui on the 21st, passing by thirty miles from Qufu, and continued to go south."

Twenty-one, two days ago, this was already an extremely fast information transmission speed.

A young staff officer at the table pushed the lead soldier representing the Linzi Army of Qi State forward and placed it on the map thirty miles away from Qufu.

I let out a breath of calmness and laughed unconsciously.

"Okay! OK!"

After saying a few words, the commander of the military commander did not know why, so he signed for it and retreated outside.

Shi picked up a bamboo pole and lit the lead mold of Qi army near Qufu and said, "Qi State has left us the opportunity. Although Qi State is very cautious this time and is moving forward in unison to attract us to divide the troops, I am afraid that they have miscalculated our marching speed."

The senior officers surrounded by him had long noticed the irregular parallelogram on the map and roughly understood the meaning of the right one.

Qi's strategy is absolutely nothing wrong.

Under the logistical pressure, Chengyang can threaten Pei County, while Wucheng is the support point for the strategy of Feiguo.

The two points were chosen at all.

Pingyin is right next to Mount Tai, separated by Mount Tai. Qi paid the logistics north of Mount Tai to the doctor Pingyin, and the south of Mount Tai to the Linzi Legion.

With the advance of one hand, if the Linzi Army can reach Wucheng and the Qi army led by Duke Pingyin can meet with the Wei and Han alliance forces, then the strategic situation of Qi will be completed.

At that time, whether it is Wucheng or Peixian, the Mo family must give up one.

Moreover, the Mohist past performance was quite similar to "Duke Xiang of Song". He had the opportunity to annihilate and repel Liang's father in the territory of Lu, but he gave up because of his "benevolence and righteousness".

In this way, the Mo family would not go back on their word, nor would they choose to fight the Qi, Wei and Han coalition forces on the land of the Lu Kingdom such as Kangfu, who was not occupied by Qi, because of the victory of the most aid battle that year.

In this way, the coalition forces in Chengyang could directly threaten the foundation of the Mohist family on Sishui, Peiyi, along the country of Lu.

It seems that Qi State does not want to fight the Mo family in a decisive battle, but just hopes to interfere in the affairs of Fei State and find opportunities to seek hegemony in Si Shang.

However, the Mo family's plan from the beginning was to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime civil strife in the Three Jin Dynasties, the dispute between Wei and Chu broke out again, and the Qin State was about to change, and to destroy Qi State in one fell swoop, making Qi State unable to covet Si Shang and Donghai within 20 years.

The Mo family members were not Duke Xiang of Song, but they just felt that the reinforcements of Liang's father's servant could not cause Qi to be damaged.

The army has been in a state of assembly these days. The vendors around were told that they could not get close, which was ready to go.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is not available, and now it is time to applaud, which means the east wind has arrived.

Shi continued to point out to the Qi Linzi Legion near Qufu and said, "Now the Qi Linzi Legion is near Qufu. Now we are moving our troops north. The news will be as fast as three days when it reaches the Qi people."

"In three days, we followed Sishui, Heshui and the support of the people nearby, which was enough to cross Taoqiu and make a threat to Chengyang."

"At that time, at the current marching speed of the Linzi Legion of Qi State, it will be about seven or eight days away from Wucheng. No matter how the Qi people decide, the Linzi Legion will fall into our trap."

"If they continue to go to Wucheng and feel that our army is in Chengyang, that's best."

"If they realize there is danger, turn back immediately..."

He clicked the map and said, "Tag the location where Qi army may arrive in four days."

The young staff officer immediately took out a ruler and compass, planned it carefully, selected a position, and moved the lead soldier over.

He pointed to the position of the lead mold of Qi army at this time and said, "Four days later, the people of Qi received the news that we sent troops to Chengyang. Even if they retreated, how long will it take to arrive at Liang's father?"

Several people said: "Retreat is not a rush. With the current speed of Qi people, it will take as fast as fifteen days to reach Liang's father."

Shi smiled and pointed to the east of Qi's military model and said, "If you take the east side and retreat, there will be Yimeng Mountain. The mountains are high and the water is fast, there are flocks of beasts, and there are few cities. Tens of thousands of troops cannot walk through Yimeng Mountain. Even if they go, Jianling and Juyang Gongzaoye can threaten them and make them defeat without fighting."

"However, it is basically impossible to go to Yimeng Mountain and return to Linzi, so there is no need to consider it."

Although Yimeng Mountain is not a famous mountain or river, it was once a natural border between Qi and Yue, where the Great Wall was built. However, there were few roads in the mountainous areas and cities were scarce. Tens of thousands of people walked on Yimeng Mountain and retreated back to Linzi. I was afraid that there would be fewer ordinary people when I returned to Linzi as I walked.

I was not afraid that the Linzi Legion was as strong as iron and was determined to enter Wucheng. Instead, I was worried that the Linzi Legion would retreat, so I was waiting for this opportunity.

Too early, after receiving the news that the Mo family sent troops to Chengyang, Linzi Legion could choose to retreat and join forces with Pingyin Legion, at most abandoning the army to protect the commander and throwing away the 20,000 reinforcements from Liang's father.

It was too late, and Doctor Pingyin might have completed a meeting with the Wei and Han coalition forces, resulting in Chengyang becoming a tough battle. Although this was the plan I considered before, since I changed my strategy and prepared to annihilate the Qipingyin Legion in the field, the grasp of this time must be extremely accurate.

Only by considering the road conditions, weather, supply along the way, the speed of the marching between the enemy and us, can the best time be determined.

Shi pointed the bamboo pole at Pingyin, Chengyang, and Onozawa again. The young staff officer immediately marked the possible location of Dr. Pingyin in four days.

Shi pointed there and said, "In the worst case, Doctor Pingyin turned around and ran away and fled back to Pingyin. When the Linzi Army meets, we will still have about ten days to break through Pingyin and wipe out Doctor Pingyin."

"If it goes well, we can fight and annihilate the Jishui River Basin. In that case, we will have more time left."

"If the Pingyin Legion is annihilated in the Jishui River, Pingyin will be an empty city that can be broken in one day. We can even repair it for three or five days before we fight the repelled Linzi Legion."

"Of course, if the Linzi Legion is determined to enter Wucheng, regardless of the possibility of the rear road being cut off, it would be even better. Once the flat Yin is broken, there is no danger to defend in Linzi, and the whole horse is flat. If we are willing, we can see what the city Yan Ying said back then looked like."

Shi's confident words attracted everyone's laughter. Half of the people present were from nobles and had been to Linzi before; half were natives from Si Shang, and there was basically no chance to go out to see them. If the Mo family might not have survived on the nobles' fiefdoms, they would never have had the opportunity to take charge of thousands of people.

Pingyin was the last important city before Linzi, Qi State, and it was also the support point for the Great Wall of Qi State. When the Three Jins attacked Qi and attacked Pingyin, the Duke of Qi wanted to surrender.

Outside Pingyin, there was no big city along the Ji River that could be defended firmly. This was already clear about the Mozhe and scouts all over Qi State.

In the worst case, the Mo family will still have ten days to attack the city when the police turn into the city like the wind, and they will not catch up with it and retreat back to Pingyin. The Mo family knows the city defense of Pingyin City well. The staff members have already formulated seven or eight routes to attack the city, plus the engineers and artillery equipped, and there are also some Mo people in the city, which can also be used as internal agents when necessary.

From Pingyin to Liang's father, that is, from the distance from Fengtai, Beijing City to Tongzhou in later generations, Liang's father was cut off. If the Linzi army wanted to retreat to Linzi, they could only go to Tailai Mountains, which was even more of a death sentence.

At that time, the initiative to fight or not is in the hands of the Mohist school.

You can leave without fighting. If you fight, Qi will inevitably take the initiative to attack in order to retreat.

Shi pointed the bamboo pole to Chengyang and said, "From the news from the scouts and detailed works, there are 10,000 Wei troops and 10,000 Han troops in Chengyang. They are not good at fighting troops and no martial soldiers. When we are looking for opportunities in Jishui, we only need a suspicious army, so they dare not come out."
Chapter completed!