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Chapter 260 The Loyal Person (1)

Ximen Bao suddenly woke up, listening to the words of no respect for Mr. Zhao but just as a tool, murmured: "You claim to be respectful to the Emperor of Heaven, ghosts and gods, but you lack the slightest sense of awe. You actually have no respect for the nobles and princes in your heart. How can you respect the heavens?"

The messenger laughed and said, "The people are the Lord of God. The people hope that the Emperor of Heaven loves the people, so the Emperor of Heaven loves the people. It is not because the Emperor of Heaven loves the people, so it is right to love the people. They all love the people, and their meanings are different."

"The oath says that the heaven will follow what the people want. All things and even people are born, and the people will benefit, that is the wish of the Emperor, ghosts and gods of the Heavenly Emperor, so we respect the Emperor, ghosts and gods of the Heavenly Emperor, so we want to benefit the world. Shu Diao, Yi Ya obeys Qi Huan in every way, that is not respect; Bi Gan advises King Zhou, this is respect."

"As for the noble princes... If you study more, you will naturally know about the incident of Prince Lu's rebellion in Bai Gongsheng in the past. Later generations have all claimed to be kind. Zi Mo Zi said that Prince Lu was not kind. The real benevolence should take this opportunity to ascend the throne of King Chu, quell the rebellion, and appease the people of Chu. Because of the esteemed and inferiority of 'ritual', it would rather commit suicide than be usurp the people. What kind of benevolence is this?"

"So we are not supporting Gongzizhang, but supporting a person who may make the people of Zhao live a better life as the king. The two evils are the least. Gongzizhang is slightly better than Gongzizhao, so we support Gongzizhang. If Gongzizhang dies, there will be many descendants of the Zhao family. Gongzizhao has the name of killing the king and colluding with the Wei clan. Isn't anyone standing up and willing to avenge the king?"

Ximen Bao was silent for a long time and finally understood that Wei State's strategy had made a big mistake.

From the outbreak of the Qi-Mo War to the Battle of Nanji River, Wu Qicheng Chongquan and then to the Qin reform and civil strife approaching, although the situation in Wei State was ugly, in the eyes of Wei Ji, Gong Shuzhuo, Ximen Bao and others, there was not a glimmer of hope.

They knew Wu Qi's ability, and because of Xihe's hatred, the threat from Qin State would be in the near future.

If Zhao poses any threat to Wei, it will be attacked from all sides. Therefore, it is impossible to stop when the war begins. Stopping means that Wei and Zhao have completely broken up and an alliance is impossible. Once Wei is attacked, Zhao will not only not help, but may also have to stab it in the back.

Since this is the case, it is better to open up the situation on the North Line first.

Gao Liu sent troops to the army. As part of the entire battle situation, Ximen Bao knew about Wei Ji and Gong Shuzhuo's strategy. He used the west of Zhang River as the preset battlefield, took the logistical advantage close to the essence of the east of the Wei Kingdom, relied on besieging Zhao Capital Zhongmu, lured Gao Liu's reinforcements to cross the river to fight the decisive battle. He used the Xihe martial soldiers to defeat the field forces that Gongzi Zhang could use in one fell swoop, thus completely reversing the political situation of Zhao State and supporting Gongzi Dynasty so that Wei and Zhao will continue to be intimate.

The strategy is not wrong. If the decisive battle is done, the success rate is also very high. But... As the Mo family envoy said, Zhao is not a place that the Mo family must save, and Gongzi Zhang is not a person that the Mo family must rely on. If the Mo family is unwilling to fight, they can not fight. They can slowly find other agents in Zhao.

At that time, it will be just a drag. Gao Liu is in the northern border. Can Wei State afford to drag? If Wei State does not send troops, can the young master attack the small amount of troops be defeated by Gao Liu?

The Mo family dragged it casually, even if Gao Liu was gone, did Si Shang lose any loss?

How did Wei State drag? After three or five years, it dragged the Chu army to retake Daliang, and Wu Qi and the Qin soldiers crossed the Luoshui River, and the Mo family sang and advanced rapidly from Chengyang to Hedong?

The essence of the Mohist school is Si Shang. To take action against Si Shang, you need to consider the attitudes of Qi, Chu, Han and Song.

Ximen Bao kept silent. He knew that the Mohist debate was hard to beat, and he also knew that the Mohist was actually negotiating, and a major skill in negotiation was to talk from the other party's perspective everywhere.

The reason why the Mohist school talked was because the Mohist school still hoped that Prince Zhang would take office and achieve peace.

The reason why the Mo family was confident was that at most, they gave up the interests of two parts and completely pulled the Wei State into a tenth abyss.

After a long quiet time, Ximen Bao sighed and said, "You must obey the order of the king. Even if it is beneficial to Wei, the order of the king and the prince cannot be violated. Isn't the same with the Mo family? Can the generals of the Mo family violate the orders of the giant? Don't the Mo family talk about loyalty? Since you are loyal, why should you make things difficult for a loyal minister?"

The messenger rolled his eyes and said, "I am still loyal to King Zhou when I come here. King Wu took it and killed him. Is that King Wu wants to make the people in the world unfaithful?"

Ximen Bao was unwilling to continue to debate with the Mohist people. The two sides had a completely different meaning. If the chickens and ducks talked, how could there be a normal debate? A two sides who even have different definitions of black and white have no meaning to argue.

After pondering for a long time, Ximen Bao said, "In this way, please let me repay you."

The messenger nodded and shook his head and said, "It's OK to repay you, but the time can't be given too much. It's up to fifteen days."

"On the fifteenth day, the Wei army west of the Zhang River can rush to reconcile with you. When our army is passive, you can also be considered delaying time."

"Besides, I heard that when I was about to be outside, the king would not accept the order. If it is beneficial to the country, it would do it, and if it is not conducive to it, it would stop it. If there is no reply within more than ten days, or if our scouts find that the Wei people west of the Zhang River move, our army will definitely attack it."

"There are still tens of thousands of peasant soldiers in Handan City, fighting in field battles, attacking from front to back, and I don't need to say what the outcome is."

Ximen Bao said angrily: "Fifteenth day! How can I go to Anyi and return on the fifteenth day? Isn't it a serious crime to withdraw my troops without the order of the emperor?"

The messenger smiled and said, "Su Wen, before Hou Wen died..."

Ximen Bao angrily scolded: "Mr. Wen died! The princes died and died!"

The envoy smiled and changed his words: "Honghonghong... Before Wenhou passed away, he entrusted the state affairs to Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang, North Gate, Wu Qi and the lord. Now Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang, North Gate, all passed away. Wu Qi fled to Qin, but you are still here."

"Disobeying the king's order, he left an elite army for the Wei Kingdom, so that Ye can guard the prosperous place. Even if you are guilty, you will accept it?"

"Who made...you are a loyal minister?"

The messenger bowed and then resigned.

Ximen Bao did not try to keep him. After the envoy went out, someone brought a horse. The captain Mi quietly looked at the envoy's face, but he didn't know what the outcome of this negotiation was.

He really doesn't like to talk about this.

Now Ximen Bao's military strength is not enough to attack the two forces of Handan City and Gaoliu Army. Military achievements mean promotion and glory, and also an extraordinary life.

Although the illegitimate captain Mi had the intention of benefiting the world, he would inevitably think: If he made some more contributions, he could go back to the Si Shang Military Academy and study again, and he could become a school official, and he could be a deputy brigade commander...

Now the peasants and soldiers in Yedi under the city of Handan are the best chance to make meritorious achievements. They really don’t want to negotiate in their hearts and thought to themselves: “There are too many unjust battles in Wei State, so why not take this opportunity to beat them hard so as not to have trouble in the future.”

I immediately looked at the faces of the Wei people's soldiers and the armor and weapons on their bodies, thinking that it was just like this. I had long heard that the Wushang was extremely powerful, but these people were not Wushang.

I also thought of the incident when I was studying in the military academy before, when I read about the case of Wu Qi using martial knights to rush into the formation in the Battle of Daliang, and I couldn't help but think that I wonder how the martial knights of the Wei people's martial jungle were compared with Gao Liu's two regular impact cavalry brigades?

With all kinds of strange ideas, he left the Wei camp. On the way back, a soldier came to the side of the gang prisoner Mi and asked in a low voice: "Company Commander, do you think this battle can be fought?"

The prisoner Mi scratched her head and said, "How can I know? Listen to the above orders. If the order changes, we will break our legs. Who knows?"

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In the Wei camp, the generals and schools were also asking Ximen Bao whether to fight.

Whether to fight or not is the most important thing, but how to fight is not important.

The army in Ximen Bao's hands was just besieged. It was a dream to keep the siege of the city and fight against Gaoliu Legion on the same time, and the troops were obviously insufficient.

The group of people in the city don’t just know how to defend the city. The Mo family’s defense of the city is to go out of the city to fight to the decisive battle, while the defense below is to defend the city. If they really fight, they will really face the situation of attacking on both sides.

If you want to fight, you can move the camp and choose to retreat south near the city wall. However, this will certainly eliminate the dilemma of attacking on both sides, but it will also allow the Gaoliu Army and the peasants in Handan to join forces.

If you really want to fight, you can only choose to move the camp and defend yourself, and make your own bait, fishing for Handan and Gaoliu, the strongest field army, so that the Xihe martial soldiers can support it, but they will have to guard for at least ten days.

Ximen Bao thought to himself that after the battle of Nanji River, the Qi people collapsed after three days of defending, and the Qi army was no better than the troops in his hands: the Qi people did not complain so much at that time.

Even if the generals are not as good as the ones, even if the Gaoliu Army's artillery is less than the elite troops of Si Shang, they can't defend themselves by joining forces with Handan.

If you retreat, Wei's entire strategy against Zhao will be completed: if he retreats, the Wei army along the Zhang River will also have to retreat, otherwise it will be defeated; once there is retreat, Gongshuzhuo's Xihe soldiers will also run away, otherwise the flanks will be exposed, and the Xihe soldiers will not be fully released this time, without the rest of the cover, the winning rate will be low.

If the Mo family does not retreat, they will definitely lose thousands of people. They can buy time for Zhangshui and Gongshuzhu to join forces, but join forces is useless.

Zhongmu is still in a stalemate stage. He cannot conquer it in a short period of time, and the united troops cannot conquer it. At most, he can be wary of being defeated by the Mo family. However, if he wants to chase the Mo family and march in Zhao State, he is afraid that he will arouse collective opposition from Zhao State, and his logistics will not be able to keep up at all.

The key to this is the Mo family's attitude towards Zhongmu: it is not necessary to save it, so that the initiative is in the hands of the Mo family. If you want to fight, you will fight. If you don't want to fight, you will fight the rebels. If you don't want to fight, you will fight the rebels. If you don't help, you will bring Gao Liu back to prepare for defense. Even if Gongzi Zhang is dead, there will be a royal family in Jinyang. The Zhao State is really going to be in chaos. Who doesn't want to be called a marquis with the banner of killing rebellion?

Take a try and the prince and Gongsun become kings and marquis. This is too tempting.

Several generals and schoolmen in the tent also spoke, "I think we should withdraw. There are so many complaints in the army, and the autumn harvest is coming soon. If we don't return to the army, we will be hungry all over Ye next year, will the people's hearts be even more resentful?"

"Handan City cannot be brought down in one day. Hu Feizi obtained the legend of Mo Di. Qu General Zi was in Qi in the past and Hu Feizi led him into Mo. The five brave sayings made him not fight. The two of them joined forces and there was no conflict. Moreover, the internal system of the Mo family was very strict, even if Qu General was away for ten years, he could not ignore the order."

How could Ximen Bao know that these are the truth?

But where can I tell the depression in my heart?
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