The Han army commander also understood the meaning of the Wei army commander.

In this situation, the gap that was blasted with cannons after taking a few days was an embarrassing existence.

If you don't attack from here, choose another place. Either you have to climb the city wall ten meters high directly against the ant to attack the city and quickly occupy the high point of the city wall; or you have to spend time using artillery to open the gap elsewhere.

The loss of the Ant Attack to siege the city is too great, especially when there are firearms and gunpowder thunder on the side of the city guarding the city.

Spend time to use cannons to open the gap. With the organizational ability shown by the Mohist family in the city before this, the gap may have just opened and a new urban defense will be built inside.

So it is meaningless to find another place to attack, and you can only rely on this gap to open up the situation.

However, relying on the gap to open up the situation is exactly what the Mohists in the city hoped.

According to previous experience, the Wei and Han Allied Forces used gaps to break the surface directly to break the city; the Mohist school used this psychology to open the net and wait in the predicted possible gaps.

There is now a twenty-foot gap. If there is no defense behind it, the twenty-foot gap is enough and can be solved by rushing in with elite troops.

If there is defense behind, the gap must be expanded, the city walls that still stand on both sides must be demolished, and the ground at the gap must be leveled to make room for the artillery of the Wei and Han Allied Forces.

How to clear the gap and expand the gap?

You have to rely on people to move forward.

However, the Mo family built a new urban defense behind and connected the city walls that had not yet collapsed on both sides into a system. To expand the gap from the gap, they would face the defense of Zheng soldiers on the city wall, and the losses would be great.

The old city defense system is a line. If a point of the line is broken, then this line will have no meaning.

The new city defense system is a surface, one surface after another, and when attacking one point, it will be counterattacked from three sides; if you capture a little, you cannot directly break the defense.

If the gap is not expanded, the gap twenty feet wide will hit the new city defense organized by the Mohist family, which is tantamount to sending it out. The number of people sent at one time is too small, and even if they are all elites, they cannot escape the fate of collapse.

As the capital of the country of Qiancheng, Xinzheng's defense was quite strong when there were no artillery.

In history, Han Dynasty destroyed Zheng, and took advantage of the opportunity of Wei and Chu's war and alliance to launch a sneak attack. Moreover, the city was scattered and there was no resistance at all.

Later, when South Korea moved its capital, when Qin destroyed Han, South Korea had already declined at that time, and Xinzheng City was not defeated, but South Korea chose to fight in the field of Wushui and was defeated by Qin's field, and chose to surrender in the city.

For example, when Qin destroyed Wei, the battle of Daliang City was not used to break through normal siege, but to lead the Yellow River water to irrigate the city.

This time, Wei and Han's confidence in dividing Zheng State was due to Zheng State's unwillingness to resist, and there were many people who wanted to surrender, as well as the righteousness of revenge, and the bronze cannons could blow up the old rammed earth wall.

I didn’t think that there were problems with several advantages, which made it unrealistic to break the city in a short period of time.

Now the situation is clear, the external city wall has become an extremely disgusting existence for the Wei and Han coalition forces.

For the defenders, the collapse of the outer city wall does not affect the new city defense system inside: no artillery and gunpowder is used, and it is difficult to capture the ten-meter-high city wall. If Wei Han has few artillery, there are not many engineers, and it is impossible to break the city quickly. Civilians can organize construction in the city.

What's even more hateful is that in this way, the advantage of artillery in siege will no longer exist.

Unless the gap is expanded, it cannot be countered with the new city defense inside.

To expand the gap, artillery is useless: now it is not to blow out the gap, but to clean up the gap, sort out the passages and deploy the positions where artillery and soldiers gather.

Wars are not enough to rush up in chaos, but you need to have enough space to launch the offensive troops, deploy formations, and take care of the left wing.

The chief general of the Korean army said: "In this way, the copper cannon cannons can only continue to bombard the city walls on both sides of the gap, and then use infantry to occupy the gap and clear the passage."

"It's just... 150 steps, the Zhengren's bronze cannon is bombarding the gap, and the soldiers are afraid they will find it difficult to rest."

"If you don't attack from the gap, it will take time. I'm afraid that the Zheng people will build a whole new line of defense inside."

The chief general of the Wei army said: "The attack can be captured. The Zheng people have no intention of fighting, and there are insufficient soldiers. Even if the Mo family guarded Shangqiu, they had gone out of the city to counterattack the five-step alliance that had only signed by the King of Chu. After that battle cry, we will naturally be careful about the counterattack in the city, and we will win for a long time with 100,000 to 30,000."

"It's just... Xinzheng's gains and losses are not whether you and I can conquer, but whether Qin, Chu and Si are interfering. You should not besieged for too long, otherwise it will be very unfavorable to Wei and Han."

"This matter needs to be rewarded quickly. It is difficult to break the city within half a month unless more artillery is transported."

This time, the division of Zheng State was a sneak attack, so it did not carry a large number of copper cannons. There were only some siege cannons used to blast the city walls. The problem of insufficient number is seriously exposed.

If you carry more artillery, you can open the gap within three days. Even if the Mohist people have the talent of being shocked by ghosts, they will not be able to build a new line of defense within three days.

On the other hand, this anxious sneak attack was also because of the contact between the Mohist and Zheng State that South Korea was very uneasy.

Once Zheng State and the Mo family cooperate, the Mo family will send those Mo Shou who are proficient in the geometry of nine numbers to build Xinzheng city defense according to the Si level. With South Korea's siege ability, they will be prepared to be besieged for more than half a year.

The problem is that the problem of Zheng State is not the problem of Han and Zheng State, but the problem of Wei, Han, Chu, and Qin, who is about to move behind Wei State, cannot choose the means of siege.

This sneak attack was exactly the case. If Wei and Han concentrated their national strength, it would be useless even if the Mo family came early, and Xinzheng would have been captured. However, they could not concentrate their national strength to prepare early, so they could only choose sneak attacks, which would cause problems if the siege did not develop according to the expected situation.

Before going to the war, Han Hou, Wei Hou, Han Xiang, and Gongshu Zuo were all full of confidence, believing that Xinzheng could be captured in at most half a month or at least one day.

All plans revolve around this premise, because this is the premise: if you make preparations for two or three months to conquer, you don’t have to think about sneak attacks and divide them up. You have to be prepared for a full-scale war. Two or three months will be enough for Chu State to complete the mobilization of Chen Cai’s army.

The Wei general's words were very clear. Now, it is not a problem to conquer Xinzheng in tactical ways. If you die more and spend more time, Xinzheng will definitely be able to conquer Xinzheng.

However, it has failed strategically and cannot be defeated in one go, so that Xinzheng can stick to it. Then we must prepare the Marquis of Wei and Han to conduct diplomatic mediation and deal with the questions of Chu.

Here we agreed to prevent the Mo. The Wei and Han army mobilized to tell the Chu people that it was to prepare to interfere with the Song State and let the Chu people relax their vigilance and deceive the Chu people to come to the alliance. As a result, halfway through the alliance, Wei and Han divided the Chu country's buffer state, Zheng State... If the Chu State was not angry, it would be a pity.

It would be better to learn from the Mohist school to interfere in the Song State and stabilize the situation quickly, but it would be a problem if the troops were stationed under the strong city and could not eat.

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When the news ahead was delivered to Gongshu Zhu, Gongshu was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.

After reflecting for a long time, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The Mo family's technique of defending the city is indeed unparalleled. Zheng, who cannot be defended, can even seek life in death."

His subordinate officials also learned the news and couldn't help but say: "The Chu people are already resentful and angry. The Chu Grand Marshal repeatedly talked about this... The King of Chu was in Chen again, only afraid that the Chu people would send troops to rescue Zheng."

Gongshu Zhuo said: "It will take some time to send troops. The Mo family and Zheng Shang have no more than an alliance to attack. It is still unknown whether to send troops or not. Even if they send troops, they cannot leave Song. I also sent someone to ask the Wei people to come forward and tell the Mo family that they should not borrow the way to Wei. Since the Mo family must uphold morality, the Mo family will be worry-free."

"It will take at least two months for the Chu State to send troops. Our army still has a strong army in Daliang. The Chu people rescued Zheng and were afraid that we would take the opportunity to seize Yu and cut off his retreat. We must make sufficient preparations."

"One month... only one month, within one month, it is necessary to break the city."

One month is the safe time recognized by Gongshuzhu. As long as Xinzheng can be resolved within one month, then you can continue to negotiate with Chu, and Chu can only admit this situation.

Gongshuzhuo just didn't expect that the Mo family seemed to have the ability to revive the dead. It was obvious that Xinzheng was no longer able to defend them, but they could find a way to defend them. Just like the classic city-defense battles when Mo Di was alive, the name of the Mo family defending the city was indeed well-known.

This also strengthened Gongshuzhu's determination not to interfere with the State of Song, and also more agreed with signing a regional defense treaty in the Central Plains with the State of Chu. It built a border city defense between Daliang, Yangxia, Lankao and Wei. It was completely different from the Great Wall defense line and was based on a new-style city defense fortress.

Even Xinzheng, who is like a frightened bird, can encounter such troubles. Gongshu Zhuo can't imagine how tragic it would be to attack Peiyi Pengcheng and Heze, which has been built for more than ten years.

After thinking, there is actually a way to break the deadlock.

The soldiers from Xingyang area in South Korea can be mobilized to support it, the bronze cannons from the Hedong area can be concentrated and transported to Xinzheng City, and some Hedong soldiers can be recruited to quickly deal with Xinzheng with the momentum of tens of thousands of pounds of eggs.

If the troops are insufficient, you cannot choose to add fuel, but instead do your best. The longer you drag it, the more accidents will be.

After considering it, he quickly wrote a letter to the Marquis of Wei, and began to mobilize the power of Wei in the Central Plains in the name of prime minister and the power to be responsible for the negotiations of Chu and the division of Zheng this time.

It is necessary to support the Xinzheng battlefield and to deter Chu, which requires Chu to take longer to prepare: longer time to prepare means that the more time Wei will take Xinzheng, the less likely it will be for Chu to send troops.

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When the news of Wei Han sending troops to divide Zheng State reached the Mo family, he was still in Shangqiu, so he was not very surprised by this.

The situation in Zheng State was forced out by him. Without his interference, Zheng State could have survived for a while, and there would be no problem in four or five years.

It was he who took advantage of the situation of winning the Battle of Dangshan to oppress South Korea: Our Mo family is going to reach out to Zheng State. If you don’t fight, we will turn Zheng State into a city like Dangshan. If you can’t conquer it for a long time, how can Wei and Chu easily annex Zheng State? If you want to do it, hurry up, but it will be too late.

As expected, Si Shangyishi had already begun to withdraw troops from Song State in batches before, and it was obvious that he did not want to interfere with Zheng State at all.

Anyway, Zheng State is not a buffer state on Si Shang. The most anxious thing about Zheng State is Chu State, who is to take this opportunity to disperse the relationship between Wei and Chu, which gradually eased due to the rise of the Mo family and the choice of strategic contraction.

The reason for not sending troops has been found: it’s not that the Mo family does not want to uphold justice, but the non-attack alliance only fulfills the non-attack righteousness. Zheng State and the Mo family have not officially signed a non-attack alliance, so if the Mo family sends troops, it will be unrighteous to punish them.

To punish the unrighteous country, we cannot take the country that is not an alliance, so the Mo family is really powerless. The Song State cannot get through. If the Wei State goes north, Wei State is a small country and we also send people to ask the Mo family not to involve the war. If the Wei State goes south, it will not be too late. And even if the time is too late, then will the Mo family ask to pass through Chu State, and will it agree or not to station in Chu State?

Originally, he did not send troops to push the Mohist school, which had always been calling for morality, to the forefront, but Shi was prepared and pushed the public criticism to Wei, Han and Chu.

Will not send troops if you are suitable.

But pretend to want to send troops very much.

So he wanted to send people to Chu State to meet the King of Chu: Wei Han is an unrighteous king, attacking the small with big attacks. We want to attack Wei Han to demonstrate the righteousness of heaven. Since we want to attack Wei Han, the terms agreed to stop wars and non-attacks should be made by Chu State: As a non-attack neutral country, can the Mo family take advantage of the Mo family?

Without thinking, it is impossible for the Chu State to be killed and it is impossible for the Mo family to take advantage of the way in the neutral country. It will be extremely unfavorable to the Chu State in the future. The King of Chu still has this vision.

The Mohist family is not allowed to borrow from the Nei Kingdom. So can we borrow from the Chu State? Moreover, the war requires logistics, food and supplies. Can the Mohist family build camps in the Chu State?

Obviously, it is not possible.

At that time, everyone in the world will know three things.

1. Wei and Han were unrighteous and attacked Zheng State.

2. The Mo family wanted to rescue him. The Chu State was worried that the Mo family's influence in the Chu State increased and rejected the Mo family's conditions. In order to truly stop the war in the world, the Mo family had to abide by the rules set by themselves.

3. The Mohist family really wants to fulfill their moral integrity, but it is a humble gentleman. However, the gentleman is too restricted to being unable to send troops, which is not the crime of the Mohist family.

If the State of Chu is willing to fight, Shi will definitely support it. If you don’t have money, you can lend it to the King of Chu. If you don’t have weapons and food, you can lend it to the State of Chu. But it is impossible to ask the Mo family to send troops.

Anyway, Wei and Han divided the Zheng State, like a sharp knife directly inserted into the fragile place between the left and right wings of Chu State, Nanyang in the west and Chen Cai in the east. It was controlled by the upper reaches of the Ying River, a tributary of the Huai River. The Chu State would not be able to do without rushing.
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