Xiuying Uekawa quieted down and collapsed on the stool, exhausted. Shangchuan Wen beckoned him to sit over, as if he wanted to say something to him.
"On the city wall, the crossbowmen are divided into three rows, and only the first row shoots. After the first row finished shooting, the third row walked forward to replace the first row. At this time, the crossbows were loaded again. After loading, they would wait for the first row to finish shooting before charging forward to replace the first row.”Shangchuan Wen said," Our soldiers can't stand on the city wall at all.”
Uekawa Xiuying knew that this thing could shoot through leather armor made of poor material. If the soldiers of Shangchuan were to charge at the crossbows, fear would crush them after the first row of soldiers fell.
"Then, what does father plan to do?" Xiuying leaned over with a focused expression.
"We want the civilians of Shangchuan to participate in this war. War is an extension of politics. We represent the interests of the commoners, so the commoners have to pay the price for this war. If the plan goes well, we can have tens of thousands of armed civilians. This way, things will be easier.”
" What?" Uekawa Xiuying was very surprised." Even if we win this kind of 'civilian war,' we will only lose 800 of our own." We samurai hide behind the people to mobilize them to fight. I can't do that!”
"Shangchuan City is very big. Jingdou has 180,000 people, and we have nearly 100,000.”Shangchuan Wen's expression became even more serious." It's impossible for the 5,000 government troops to completely occupy this city. With our current military strength, it's impossible for us to completely control this city. Therefore, as long as the people respond to our call, we will have an absolute advantage.”
"But, aren't we warriors supposed to protect the people?”Uekawa Xiuying couldn't believe it.
"Xiuying, there's no justice in politics. We can't just do what we think is just.”Shangchuan Wen said calmly," When we have the same interests as the people of Shangchuan, in order to obtain the final victory, the people have to pay the necessary price. I have already said it just now. Now, they needed someone to remind them what they should do. After all, you know that if the war fails, everything will be over.”
The next morning, Shangchuan Wen gathered a large number of civilians in the military camp. Uegawa gave a speech to mobilize all the peasants. His speech directly attacked the contradiction between the peasant warrior class and the aristocratic class, and severely criticized the corruption of the aristocrats and their disregard for the hard work of the peasants.
"Who created Shangchuan City? It was the vast number of working people! Who was it that protected our Shangchuan City? It's us warriors! The nobles enslaved the warriors to oppress the commoners. We were originally a family, so how could they sow discord between us! They suck our blood and eat our flesh. How can we let them do whatever they want!”
Uegawa's blood was boiling as he spoke. The civilians who were originally worried about the war had now turned into flames of anger.
"We used our hands and sweat to grow a year's worth of crops, and they rudely took away our harvest. We starve in the winter while their meat and wine stinks; We work to survive, and they shamelessly take away the fruits of our labor! We must all unite and break through this cage that restrains us! We must unite to defeat all this injustice. We must strike while the iron is hot to succeed!”
Shangchuan Xiuying was stunned. He had never worshipped his father so much in his life. His words and his resolute actions during his speech made it seem as if a god more sacred than Amaterasu had descended.
"Those lackeys of the nobles have occupied our city walls and invaded our city! They want to take everything from us, and we want to be the masters of this place! We are united as one, and all the lackeys of the nobles are paper tigers! Who is the master of Shangchuan? Who created the prosperity of Shangchuan? Everything belongs to us laborers, how can we tolerate parasites! As long as we are united, the enemy's blood will stain the city walls red!”
Uekawa's speech was a full 20 minutes, but Uekawa only noticed three of them. However, these three segments made his fighting spirit soar, as if he was the master of the world.
The civilians were in tears as they picked up their weapons and joined the battle. Youyou had miscalculated a few things. Shangchuan City didn't care about those 1,000 sets of equipment at all. Shangchuan City had been planning for the rebellion for a long time, so it had ample military supplies. You Youzi had also miscalculated. Shangchuan Wen often taught the people of Shangchuan to fight for their rights. Now, with a heartfelt speech, 30,000 troops appeared out of thin air.
After the speech, Shangchuan Xiuying excitedly went to her father."Father, if we really establish a government that represents the fundamental interests of the majority of the people, won't it be reasonable for us to overthrow the current government?”
" Humph!" Uegawa snorted." These words are used by me to mobilize the people's will to resist. If you're also moved by these words, you should reflect on your own naivety."”
" What's wrong?" Xiuying was a little surprised." What's wrong with what Father said?"”
Uekawa approached his son and whispered,""Even if a political faction formed such a government, representing the fundamental interests of the vast number of people, and then it smoothly ruled the entire country. Then do you think that after the people elected it, or after it used the people, how could the people control or supervise it?”
" We can choose a representative from the civilians to form an organization," said Uekawa Xiuying." We can supervise the government on behalf of the civilians.”
"Choose from the people?" Kamikawa smiled. Do you mean that everyone will vote and then count their votes? This seemed useful, but the army was still the government's. A democratic organization that came into being through election was no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot by using it to restrain a ferocious government. A regime could only stand firm by relying on the military. The military was the core of the government's power. Military power was firmly held in the hands of the government. It was impossible for it to fall into this democratic organization. Therefore, this supervision was only a weak gaze. The real master of this country was still the government, not the people. Besides, your so-called 'the people are the masters of the country' is just a beautiful saying. As long as the people were fed and clothed, they would always be a loose sand. If you want a group of scattered sand to be the master of the house, this is irresponsible towards politics. Therefore, political power must be in the hands of a few people. Only then can the scattered sand be restrained and do great things. Look at these civilians that I've mobilized. Without us, they're just meat in the wolf's mouth.”
" What's the difference?" Xiuying was not convinced." What's the difference between this and the aristocratic politics?" How good would it be to build a society where everyone was equal!”
Uegawa smiled awkwardly." Those lazy people can't be as fair as those hardworking people. Those stupid ones could never enjoy the same rights as the smart ones. Our society must eliminate the low-value and leave the high-value, not just us. The wolves in the mountains hunted deer, and the deer they caught were not physically strong. They were either too old, injured, or too young. It was the same for those wolves that starved to death. They were cruelly eliminated because of their weakness. Humans are the same. We must maintain this cruel competition in order for humans to continue to improve. I used the concept of the peasants and samurai to confuse them and mobilize them, but you dream of building an equal society on top of that. That's a little too much. Perhaps you want to express a society without privileges, which may be achievable, but this is not a goal that can be achieved in two or three generations.”
Shangchuan Xiuying did not understand what her father was saying.
Uegawa patted his shoulder and said," Master, you have a purpose for your words. Don't take it too seriously." These commoners were not stupid. They would probably only participate in one battle and surrender after a long time.”
It was also this morning that after Uekawa's speech, the sentries at the front line immediately copied down Uekawa's speech. Unfortunately, he only copied the second half of the speech and did not remember the first half.
But You Youzi already understood the seriousness of the matter. By starting a people's war, was he trying to create a proletarian people's revolution? Moreover, he actually called for everyone to unite against the government forces. This was clearly a life-and-death struggle.
However, this also meant that if they wanted to win this war, they had to massacre the city. You Youzi had once encountered such a situation when she participated in the civil war in Francia. When the patrol team arrived at a place, the old granny who set up a stall nearby would pull open the red cloth and put it in a conspicuous position. She would even shout for them to take a look. Then, a flag was erected in the distance, and the signal was sent out.
In the afternoon, the armed citizens formed a team to attack the city wall. These farmers were led by warriors and soldiers, but this time they found a weapon to resist the crossbow.
They formed a group of two and used the stacked wooden doors of the rice sieve basket and the broken wooden planks as cover. One person guarded the top and the other guarded the bottom. They changed positions after three to four minutes. The crossbows could shoot into the broken wooden planks, but they could not penetrate them. The people behind the wooden planks were well protected. They pushed forward little by little.
You Youzi's heart sank. Fortunately, she had been careful. If she had rashly used 4,000 men to attack the city and the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, even if they had taken down the city wall, they would have been helpless against this formation. However, she still had an army of nearly 5,000 soldiers in her hands. These soldiers were much stronger than ordinary farmers, so this was a head-on clash without any tricks.
All the soldiers gave up on firing their crossbows and rushed down the city wall. The civilians and soldiers in the city formed a huge army and attacked the city wall.
As the two armies fought, screams could be heard everywhere. Crossbows were absolutely not allowed to be used in such a close battle. At the same time, the Shangchuan Army desperately stuck to You Youzi's army, not giving them the chance to use their crossbows.
You Youzi was afraid that the situation would go out of her control, so she quickly gathered 40 warriors to form a special team. They rushed down and created a new front line to separate a small corner of the huge battlefield. You Youzi's soldiers swarmed forward and wiped out the people in this corner.
This batch of enemies was like a whole piece of tofu. It was impossible to eat them directly. However, the forty warriors were like sharp blades, cutting a small opening like cutting a piece of tofu. You Youzi's army gathered their superior forces in a certain area and ate that small piece of tofu.
You Youzi felt that with Shang Chuanwen's style, it was impossible for him to make his subordinates do such a meaningless death. He was shrewd, but what was his plan? But Tai Ye clapped his hands and cheered,"Lord You You Zi, it's useless for the enemy to charge at us."”
You Youzi instinctively sensed something strange. She felt that something was going to happen. All of Uegawa's soldiers and most of the young and strong civilians were here. What about the warriors? You Youzi estimated that Shangchuan Wen still had about fifty warriors.
Right at this moment, an unusually brave team dashed out of the city. You Youzi only noticed their presence when the team was about to reach the city wall. This was a team of pure warriors!
Youyou realized that she had made a big mistake. She had sent out all her warriors, leaving only Taiye and two guards with her. You Youzi quickly requested for a flag signal, asking the 40 warriors to withdraw. However, the 40 warriors were still cutting through the motley crew on the other side, and it would take some time to retreat.
However, all of this was within Shang Chuanwen's expectations. He had been waiting for this moment to come, and You Youzi had fallen for it.
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