This chapter answers Qin Guli’s questions on countering earthen siege mounds, covering beacon signals, ration standards, scorched-earth rules, hostage systems, equipment management and five fatal flaws for city defense.
This military chapter lays out comprehensive siege regulations: strict discipline, collective accountability, beacon signals, material requisition, spy management, reward-punishment rules and full civilian mobilization to secure walled cities.
This chapter covers pre-siege rituals, five-element directional sacrifices and cloud divination. It also sets city defense rules, troop hierarchies, wartime resource management and morale-boosting night shouts to guard towns.
This chapter details defenses against suicidal ant-like swarming assaults. It covers pulley-hung shields, incendiary carts, wall stakes, boiling liquids, plus midnight ambushes and white-cloaked night troops to rout enemy waves.
This chapter records Mozi’s counsel to his devoted disciple Qin Guli on countering cloud ladders, detailing auxiliary walls, arrow slits, incendiary traps, ambushes and night psychological tactics to repel ladder assaults.