"In Nanyang and Jianghan, we must win the hearts of the people."

"But the same way to win the hearts of the people is different."

"The land of Jianghan, on the one hand, distributes land, and on the other hand, relying on the wealth we have accumulated to invest, using cattle, horses, ironware, salt, etc., to allow the people to truly feel the benefits. With a huge number of Mohists, which are far better than the aristocratic class of the Chu State, enriching the grassroots."

"It is difficult to transport in Nanyang, and most of the craftsmen in the iron smelting workshops in Wancheng moved south. There is no waterway connection, which makes it difficult to invest."

"But Nanyang has two advantages. One is that there are many monarchs and many lands for monarchs. Active land reform will make the people look at us; the other is that in some cities, we have a great influence, which is also our advantage."

"I think that in the short term, Jianghan and Nanyang should implement two policies. Nanyang should collect as little taxes as possible so that the people can truly feel the benefits brought by the change; Jianghan, if we invest a lot, we should get more rewards. As for the unity of rights and obligations, Jianghan can conscription and ensure tax revenue while ensuring people's hearts."

After talking about the differences between the two regions, he said: "So this is still a problem of strategic planning."

"If we want to defend the enemy from the outside, then Wancheng needs to repair the city defense, Danyang needs to repair, Luyang needs to repair, Fangcheng needs to repair... Only in this way can we defend Nanyang under the coalition forces of Qin, Han and Wei."

"This requires collecting a large amount of food, the people and labor service, how many benefits can the people feel after the change?"

"Besides, we have invested a lot in the Jianghan area. The iron and cotton cloth salt seed cadres and other cadres have prepared for ten years in advance. Even if the people there need to serve, they are still better than before."

"Since we must win the hearts of Nanyang, it is impossible to build fortresses and city defenses on a large scale. This is a paradox. Therefore, from a strategic perspective, we must understand that retreating to Xiangfan is the bottom line, and Nanyang is the best place to become the inside battlefield."

"What is an inside battlefield? That is, people are willing to pay attention to me. Food supplies can be purchased and raised on the spot. When needed, enough people can be mobilized to help transport weapons, food and grass."

"And Jianghan is the rear, not the inside battlefield, but the large rear we must defend. What we need there is to send food, people's strength, and soldiers to the front line continuously, which is different from Nanyang's future positioning."

"You must remember that the people are not stupid. Whoever treats them is not good to them is not good to them. They are not fools, and they are not unmistakable."

Xu Ruo, who was below, thought to himself that the Giant Zi's words were not too transparent and straightforward after all, and some things were too realistic and too cruel.

If Nanyang is used as a battlefield in the future, or if the Mo family retreats and is occupied by Qin, Han and Wei, in order to conquer war, they will have to conquer the local people and collect food.

It seems that after the change, the abandonment of Nanyang and the low taxes and low service in Nanyang is to support the enemy. After all, "because of food to the enemy, one bench of food should be my twenty benches." If the people have more food, the enemy will also get more supplies.

But in doing so, Wei, Han and Qin would completely lose the hearts of the people in Nanyang, and it would be easier for the Mohist family to carry out their work in the rear, and they would be more welcomed by the people in the future.

This is like encouraging Qin, Wei and Han to rob the people, and then the Mo family will fight back in the future and be the one who upholds justice.

Of course, Qin, Wei and Han could not rob the people, or learn the Mohist policies, but that was obviously unrealistic and impossible. Qin, Wei and Han would regard Nanyang as the territory of the enemy.

The war will not last too long. Nanyang is a place without any danger. A decisive battle will reverse offense and defense. After the people suffered two hardships and suffered two crimes, their support for the Mohist school will be higher than they are now.

Unlike Jianghan who invested a lot of material, manpower and financial resources, Nanyang now invested too little, and it relied more on propaganda that benefited the world and real benefits of dividing the land.

Anyway, we have to give up, so it would be better to show our kindness in large quantities and compare the future attacks of Qin, Wei and Han.

As long as the people's will, it will be much easier to intersperse, riots, uprisings, seize cities, and burn grain in the future. And as long as the offensive and defensive momentum changes, once Nanyang is taken back, the people will join the army with a pot of food and a cup of rice, knowing why they fight.

There are many people with similar ideas to Xu Ruo. Those who can sit here and participate in the meeting are all climbing up step by step from the bottom, which is different from those nobles who were born with golden keys.

Si Shang can recruit 100,000 troops, and the people are enthusiastic, because Si Shang has been in business for thirty years.

When Mozi discussed the population in the past, he said that the reason why the population could not increase was that the princes had to join the army and the farmers, and the couple had to live in more and less separation. Secondly, the tax was too heavy, and it was difficult to have such lustful thoughts. Therefore, if you do not attack the rituals and use them before the rituals and bury them in public, the population could double in twenty years.

Si Shang has been in business for 30 years. Not only does the local population double, but people who fled from all over the country are rushing away. The most important thing is that those who fled in the past are all strong, and it is difficult to escape if they are not strong.

Coupled with the popularization of new crops and simple medical methods, the spontaneous population migration brought about by the development of industry and commerce, and the forced migration of "long-term workers" by a large number of plunders, the population has increased by more than several times.

In addition, the few battles were all quick battles, and they were basically considered inside battles and did not suffer from war.

After the three-year service rule continued, the farmers were under pressure without annexation of the land. Now the right track has been formed. Once the group of children who grew up this year were recruited, they will be a large number of soldiers.

Jianghan and Nanyang are different, and this requires a process. It will take at least half a year for Jianghan to increase investment, and Nanyang may be even longer.

If Jianghan needs to undertake logistics, the Jianghan area will only be able to recruit up to 30,000 field soldiers within half a year.

The Nanyang area can recruit about 20,000 yuan, which is much smaller than that of Si Shang. It seems that the soldiers recruited by Nanyang and Jianghan are similar, but in fact, the Jianghan area also has to undertake military service with logistics and supplies, which is different.

However, once the Mo family is given two to three years, the number of conscriptions in Jianghan and Nanyang will increase by more than several times. So in fact, the time is still with the Mo family. Even if you give up Nanyang temporarily, as long as Jianghan and Huaixi are in hand, the number of troops and productivity of the Mo family can greatly improve, which is not comparable to that of the princes.

After everyone unifies their opinions, in addition to the urgent grassroots construction and effective rule, this time the army needs to be redistributed.

The army stationed in Chu was reorganized. The main legion was commanded by Liujie, with 45,000 infantrymen, 15,000 cavalry and a large number of artillery soldiers. They were stationed in Wancheng and were mainly responsible for the defense of Nanyang.

This is a temporary number, and newly recruited troops will go to Xiangfan for training, including the Jianghan army and the Nanyang army.

Once the war begins, the task of Liufing is to find an opportunity to annihilate the Qin Jun or Wei Han Army who marched separately. If you have the opportunity to turn defense into offense, if you cannot do it, then retreat to Xiangfan.

The main force of the navy was organized with a part of the surrendered Chu State Zhoushi, moved to the Han River and trained in the Han River Basin to serve as the pillar of Xiangfan's defensive war.

The Nanzheng Army's army was under its jurisdiction of 15,000 infantry and artillery, as well as 3,000 cavalry, which were mainly responsible for defending the possible attacks of the Qin army in the direction of the Nanzheng.

Two brigades were deployed in the direction of the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges of Ba State. Xu Lu was transferred there to monitor the direction of Ba State and Gao Cai, and the military and political forces were all in charge, focusing on defense and government construction.

To the north of Shenxi and to the north of Tongbai Mountain, 10,000 Si Shang troops and newly recruited 15,000 Shenxi troops were stationed to cover the right wing of Xiangfan.

In Luyang, Fangcheng and other directions, it is enough to station a small number of soldiers to maintain their rule. Large-scale city defense will no longer be built, but only strengthen the defense in the Danyang direction.

The troops are still a little stretched for the time being. Once Wei, Han and Qin work together to move south, the Liujie may face about twice the enemy. Whether the enemy will use Nanyang's inside advantage to annihilate one of them and turn defense into offense is the top priority in the Western Front.

This time, the plan to lure South Korea to send troops has been shattered, so we cannot hope that our opponents will make mistakes, nor do we have the fantasy of peace.

Fortunately, the construction of the regime and conscription work have begun. In addition to the early recruitment of the Hubei region in order to build the rear of the industry and commerce of Jianghan, the conscription work in the Jianghan area has just begun.

The composition of the army stationed in Chu was complex, including local soldiers from the South China Sea area, soldiers from Xu Ruo when he was divided into Yunmeng and a group of people from Nanzheng, and the main force was still the soldiers from Si Shang.

The six fingers should integrate the legion as soon as possible, and the Jianghan and Nanyang areas should also expand their troops and prepare for war as soon as possible.

Everyone also knew that in the future, the outcome of the battle in the world, in the construction of government power outside the battlefield, only by stabilizing the situation in Jianghan, Huaixi and Yuzhou as soon as possible can we support a short-term but inevitable cruel war.

Weapons and ammunition were continuously transported along the Yangtze River and the newly opened Chen Caifangcheng transportation line. This was not a problem. A large number of retired grassroots officers were also recruited to us, in order to train a group of Chu soldiers as soon as possible to reverse the situation.

At the end of the meeting, Shi repeatedly emphasized that although the Mohist school is famous for defending the city and siegeing the city, defending the city cannot change the situation and still rely on field battles to win.

The meaning of defending a city is to block the enemy and break the enemy's plan to advance together, thereby creating an opportunity to annihilate the enemy's troops.

The defense battle of Xiangfan is just the worst plan. If it is best to fight in the Nanyang field, the entire army should try its best to strive for such a situation.

What determines the situation in the world is the Eastern Front rather than the Western Front. Once the coalition of princes is assembled, as long as the Western Front can stand up to the Eastern Front to win, the situation in the world can be said to be in control.

If the coalition of princes has not moved for a long time, or even for a year, two years, or even three or five years, these problems will no longer exist. After three years, the construction of the Jianghan regime is completed, and the princes will no longer be able to hinder the return of the world.

The current situation is so paradoxical.

Everyone knows that time is beneficial to the Mohist school.

The Chu State could have forced the Central Plains to respect the king and expel the barbarians. The strength of the Mo family in Chu, which was fully inherited, only increased and did not decrease. The reason why the Three Jins beat Chu State before was because the Three Jins reformed early, but now no one can compare to the Mo family when it comes to radical reforms.

But it is useless to know. If the princes do not discuss in advance and cooperate with each other to send troops, they may be defeated by the Mo family one by one, and the defeat of a alliance of princes will naturally collapse, which in turn forces the princes to delay time to prepare for the joint dispatch of troops and cooperate with each other.
Chapter completed!