Although the Six-fingered Black Man sent several mechanics and some city-defending equipment to Yan Dan for Yan Dan's sake, their style of defending the city was quite different from that of the Mo Man.
The Mo Xians helped defend the city, but they valued loyalty over life and death. They basically lived and died with the city.
Mechanics are different. Most of them are technical geeks. They don’t really care about loyalty or profit. Moreover, there is no loyalty between them and Yan State. So instead of saying that they are here to help defend the city, it is better to look for opportunities to come over and fight.
Debugging your own machinery and equipment.
They don't care whether the city can be defended or not.
Although the attitude was rude, because the skills were really superb, some of the Mohist's black technology creations did cause a certain degree of trouble to Zhao Jun.
However, in any case, these mechanics and equipment alone are not enough to change the outcome of a war.
Although it was a little slower than expected, Zhao Jun finally crossed the Yishui River and forced himself to attack Jicheng.
The King of Yan was so frightened that he was forced to sign a city alliance with Zhao, re-increasing troops on the front line, and promising to double the supply of food, grass and baggage.
In this surprise battle, although Prince Yan Dan, who shouldered the heavy responsibility of defense, failed, he was not completely defeated because Yan Chunjun, who was the leader of the peace faction, suffered a heavier blow. On the contrary, because the Yan Kingdom still had to
He continued to resist Qin, but King Yan became worried and became ill, so as the main war faction, he took over more power and resources.
But whether this is a good thing or not remains unclear.
If the coalition wins the final victory this time, then as the leader of the main war faction in the Yan Kingdom, Yan Dan may be able to force his father to abdicate and claim himself as king with a wave of his arms.
But if the alliance fails in the end, then King Yan only needs to push this most conspicuous and active son out to quell Qin's anger.
After all, he himself was ill at the time, and the decision was made by the prince without anyone knowing.
But these are all things for later.
In the past three months, there have been many disturbances on the Hezong frontline battlefield due to the Yan Kingdom incident.
On the northern front, Wang Jian's troops tried their best to test the enemy but failed. However, because his arrangements were cautious and thorough, even though they suffered a small loss, they did not give Lord Xinling a chance to expand his results.
As for the middle line, after receiving a message from Wang Jian and knowing that Lord Xinling had left, Meng Wu hesitated for a moment, but still chose to stay put and defend to the death. He had no intention of sending troops to take advantage of the opportunity, and his performance was extremely stable.
It seems that he has a very clear understanding of his own position and mission. He insists on stability along the way, holding back the main force of Han and Wei on the opposite side. Holding on is a great achievement, and there is no need for him to break the deadlock.
On the contrary, if he accidentally falls into a trap and loses control of the center line, that will be a real disaster.
His son Meng Tian asked for orders to bring a cavalry to explore, but Meng Wu refused.
Such excessive caution left Li Mu helpless.
His prestige in the allied forces of Han and Wei was not as good as that of Lord Xinling, so it was impossible to launch a forceful attack. Once he attacked, he had to gain something. Otherwise, the morale of the army would be doubtful, and he would be even more constrained in his actions in the future.
But even though Li Mu was a famous general, he had nothing to do when faced with an overly stable Meng Wu and a powerful pass that was rare in the world.
In addition to complaining in his heart that Meng Wu was really the reincarnation of a tortoise, he could only sigh at the empty city.
However, although this strategy of changing generals failed to achieve the expected benefits, it was able to hold back the Qin army steadily, preventing them from taking advantage of the chaos in Yan to cause any trouble on the front line.
In general, the strategic goals of the joint alliance can be considered to be achieved.
After all, their original purpose was to ensure that the Qin army would not take advantage of them when solving Yan's problems.
As for relying on sudden changes of generals to catch the opponent off guard, if it succeeds it is an unexpected surprise, but if it fails it is not a loss.
As the saying goes, seek the top and you will get the middle. It is nothing more than this.
On the contrary, Qin seemed to have cracked the opponent's plan, but in real terms, it was actually a missed opportunity that could have turned the tide of the war.
Now that the incident in the Yan Kingdom has subsided, the war situation has returned to the old outlook. It is still a seesaw state. Both sides are patient and looking forward to the next change.
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Jicheng.
Prince Yan Dan now holds great power. In addition to promoting officials who support him in the court, he also invests heavily in the Mohist family.
In name, it was to thank the Mohist family for its previous support, but in fact, it was to occupy a higher say in it.
The last time Mo Xia was unwilling to help, the reason was that the Yan State was unjust and unjust, and it seemed high-sounding. But in his opinion, the main reason was that he had not been able to recruit enough people.
He didn't want this to happen again, so he had to find a way to solve it.
In Yan Dan's view, righteousness can also be divided into small righteousness and great righteousness.
For the Mohists as a whole, the great righteousness may be more important. But for individuals, the small righteousness is the key.
For example, a scholar dies for his confidant. This is a typical perspective of Xiaoyi. Because a person has given him a favor, he can die for him.
As for whether this person has done other good or bad things, it doesn't matter.
But righteousness is different. Killing relatives for righteousness is the most extreme situation.
That is to say, no matter whether this person is good to me or not, as long as he violates justice, I will destroy him.
Yan Dan cannot guarantee that everything he does in the future will be in line with the righteousness in the hearts of Mohist disciples. No, it should be said that as a prince and the future king of the Yan Kingdom, he should not consider righteousness or unrighteousness at all in his future actions. Everyone
The focus is completely different!
Therefore, he set his sights on Xiaoyi.
As long as I treat you well, you must repay me. This is how a powerful man like him makes friends with people in the world.
He didn't do this before. Firstly, he didn't have enough power and money, and secondly, he didn't understand the Mohist family well enough.
But after this incident, he came to his senses.
Not only did he use money to show favor, he also began to actively select people with potential to join the Mohist family.
With his support behind them, these people will definitely develop much faster than others.
As their status gradually increases, Yan Dan's voice within the Mohist family will naturally increase accordingly.
Just like in the original timeline, in the future Mohist family, four out of the total seven leaders were recruited by Yan Dan. With such power, the Mohist family almost became his one-manner.
In this way, it was possible for the Mohist disciples to take the initiative to fight against Qin on the battlefield.
After all, as a school of thought, Mohism was supposed to have no national stance. However, it turned out to be against Qin everywhere, which is unreasonable no matter how you think about it.
And his first target was Lu Fang, who had shown outstanding skills in mechanism skills on the bank of Yishui this time.
As for why Master Tian Sheng himself was not selected, it is because the other party is already one of the leaders of the organization lineage, and what he can give is very limited. At most, he can only make friends, and it is almost impossible to win over him.
But Lu Fang is different.
He is currently just an ordinary disciple, and studying machine arts is quite expensive. In addition, since he has the reason of helping to defend the Yan Kingdom, it can be said that it is logical for Yan Dan to bribe him.
As for some Mohist disciples who showed insufficient talent, Yan Dan simply rewarded them without putting any big thought into them.
However, just when Yan Dan was about to visit Lu Fang in person, a servant came to deliver a message: