The most arrogant in history

Chapter 355: Death is the only way.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I am also learning, so let's just say we are learning from each other."

After entering Ma Botao's camp, Ma Botao shouted to the soldiers: "The King of Hanzhong has arrived, everyone line up to welcome him!"

The soldiers gathered immediately and shouted in unison.

Ye Kun clasped his fists towards the four directions, first praising everyone for their achievements in this battle, and then talked about the situation:

"Brothers, Xiahou Chang has raised an army of 100,000 from Xiangyang and is attacking the three counties of Shangyong, intending to break into Hanzhong. Are you afraid?"

"We are not afraid!" the soldiers shouted with their chests puffed out.

"Very good!" Ye Kun took a few steps forward and said:

"We must not lose the three counties of Shangyong, because we have nowhere to retreat. Behind us are our gray-haired parents, our defenseless wives and children, and the elders and fellow villagers who gave birth to me and raised me!

If we take a step back, our parents, wives, sisters, and children will be slaughtered, humiliated, and trampled into meat paste by the enemy's horses!

I, Ye Kun, swear an oath with blood. I swear to kill the traitors and help the world. Even if thousands of arrows pierce my heart, I will never retreat! "

The soldiers were inspired, their blood boiling, and they raised their swords and guns, shouting in unison: "We swear to kill the traitors and never retreat!"

When the shouting subsided, Ye Kun said:

"Our army has won a great victory in the southeast, defeating the four-party coalition forces, beheading more than 70,000 enemies, capturing more than 100,000 enemy troops, and occupying Jiangxia and Changsha.

I brought thousands of cannons, thousands of muskets, and two thousand chariot crossbows from Chengdu. Brothers, rest assured, our army will win this battle!"

The soldiers shouted again: "We must win, we must win, we must win!"

In fact, the results of the Southeast Victory were not so exaggerated.

Ye Kun didn't bring that many guns and cannons.

But in order to boost morale, Ye Kun made some fabrications.

Ma Botao's army originally had 300 artillery pieces and 400 rifles.

This time, Ye Kun brought 600 artillery pieces, 600 rifles, plus thunder bombs, grenades, and incendiary bombs, so his firepower was quite powerful.

Of course, these things cannot determine the outcome of a war.

But it can cause huge casualties to the enemy and create fear in the enemy!

After studying the battle deployment, news came from the Chencang Jieting line that Xiahou Chang personally led an army of 200,000 from Guanzhong westward to Wuzhangyuan and Qiancheng, with a huge military might!

The armies of Sang Buzhi, Zhao Biao and Wang Dagui, stationed on the Chencang front, felt great pressure.

After reading the military intelligence report, Ye Kun also felt that something was not good.

This treacherous Xiahou Chang, who stationed a large number of troops in the northwest, still wanted to retake the two states of Yong and Liang.

The army of Zhao Biao and Wang Da Kui, together with the reinforcements, only had 50,000 men. It was very dangerous for them to face the 200,000-man army led by Xiahou Chang himself.

At this time, Ye Kun was no longer able to send troops for support.

There are 50,000 troops here, 50,000 troops in Chencang, Huangfu Lin and Yan Liuhai command 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and He Zhongshu leads another 30,000 troops to fight against Tianxian Chanyu.

There are still 100,000 soldiers left, but they are scattered around Yizhou and the four counties in Hexi, and it is too late to mobilize them!

Zhuge Feng suggested: "My lord, the defense line of Chencang is extremely strong and can hold off Xiahou Chang for at least a month. If we step up our attack, recapture Phoenix Mountain, and march straight to Xiangyang, we can allow Xiahou Chang to return to rescue, and the pressure on Chencang will be reduced."

"Xiangyang is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It won't be taken in a short time."

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "The current situation is clear. Xiahou Chang's main force is still in the northwest. Once I defeat the Xiangyang army, I will immediately lead my troops to support Chencang."

Zhuge Feng nodded in agreement.

At night, Ye Kun was still studying the situation and looking at the map.

Although he seemed calm on the surface, Ye Kun was worried in his heart.

Once the northwest is lost, he will be trapped in Yizhou again, and it will be extremely difficult to get out in the future.

"Brother, why don't you rest?"

Gongsun Erniang walked in with Ding Ding.

"I can't sleep, so I'm looking at the map." Ye Kun put down the magnifying glass and asked, "Why don't you sleep? Girls who stay up late will age quickly, which is not good for maintaining their beauty."

"Pfft, who's the girl?"

Gongsun Erniang blushed and asked, "Brother, are you worried about the situation?"

Ye Kun thought for a moment and smiled, "I am worried about the situation. I am also wondering why the princes of the world would unite to deal with us."

Ding Ding curled his lips and said, "What's there to think about? It's because we've become stronger and Xiahou Chang is afraid that we'll destroy him, so he took action in advance."

"No, it's not just because of this."

Ye Kun took out Xiahou Chang's battle manifesto and said:

"In his manifesto, Xiahou Chang accused me of turning the world upside down, disrupting social order, and advocating the heresy of Mohism. This is also one of the reasons. And the gentry and officials in the world also want to kill us for this reason."

Gongsun Erniang was puzzled: "Why do we encounter opposition when we promote Mohist doctrine?"

"Junior sister, you will understand if you think about it carefully."

Ye Kun smiled bitterly and said, "In Yizhou, we promote equality between men and women, equality between the noble and the humble, and love for all and non-aggression. This is extremely fatal to the landlords and gentry throughout the country. They cannot accept those poor peasants being on an equal footing with them. They cannot accept those poor people dividing up their property even more!"

The Mohist ideals and beliefs of "universal love and non-aggression" were too advanced.

Even in the future intelligent era, this kind of universal values, egalitarianism, and egalitarianism are far ahead of others. They can only be an ideal but cannot be truly realized.

In the intelligent age, the earth is still in constant chaos and the law of the jungle. How can we achieve universal love and non-aggression?

Gongsun Erniang thought for a moment and sighed:

"Maybe what Senior Brother said is right. This is also the reason why our Mohist School cannot grow stronger. Our founder, Mozi, and the several generations of masters who followed were all saints, but they did not achieve universal love and non-aggression..."

"Junior sister, we can't lose heart either."

Ye Kun in turn counseled the two junior sisters and said:

"The Mohists could not achieve universal love and non-aggression, but they could use legislation to constrain people's behavior and allow everyone to live in peace. This task was arduous. First of all, the world had to be unified.

We should not be too hasty now, and should not rush to vigorously promote Mohist thought. Instead, we should recruit hundreds of schools of thought to serve us. Once we have conquered the world, everything will be easy. "

The junior sister was impatient and wanted to force Ye Kun to immediately eliminate all the other schools of thought and only respect the Mohist school.

So Ye Kun took this opportunity to have a heart-to-heart talk with his junior sister, and let her understand that the Mohist doctrine of universal love and non-aggression is not so easy to achieve!

If it is about educating people's minds, then Confucianism, Taoism and Mohism all have some positive effects.

But governing a country still depends on laws!

As long as there are fair, specific and detailed laws and they are strictly enforced, society can be stabilized.

You don’t have to love everyone equally, but please refrain from aggression!

If you dare to attack others indiscriminately, bully the weak, and bully men and women, I will make you operate a sewing machine until it smokes!

Gongsun Erniang was also very smart and understood what Ye Kun said. She nodded and said:

"Got it, Senior Brother. I will no longer urge you to promote the Mohist school. Let's wait until we eliminate Xiahou Chang and conquer the Central Plains."

Ye Kun clasped his fists in thanks and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, Junior Sister. Since I am a great Mohist, I will definitely lead all Mohists in the world and work for the people of the world. As for whether we can achieve universal love and non-aggression, we don't need to think too much about it. We just need to do our best and devote ourselves to it until our death!"