The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 124 Zhao An’s Troops

Following Liu Tai's order, the civil servants included Chu Hui, Zhang Song, and Cao Yi, and the generals included Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, Zhao An, Su Jun, and Yu Yao.

At this moment, Tian Tian was still hiding in Jiaozhou Bay to train his navy. Yang Man went to win over the Yanzhou nobles on behalf of Liu Tai. Liu Xia stood at the door like a door god, not letting others get close. As for Xi Jian, he was responsible for keeping the minutes of the meeting with his head down.

"No, is Wang Jun crazy?" Zhang Song was full of incomprehension about the situation in front of him.
"Wang Jun and Liu Kun fought for Jizhou. Even though Liu Kun was defeated, he collected the autumn grain and had enough food. But didn't he need to let the soldiers rest before he directly led the army to attack us?"

Several people present were full of incomprehension towards Zhang Song's words.

Although Liu Tai occupied the three counties of Jizhou and made defensive preparations, he did not expect to directly fight Wang Jun so soon.

To be more precise, Tian Tian's naval army has not yet been developed, and he has no means of victory.

What is more important now is to occupy territory and increase one's overall war potential.

Just like this, Liu Tai's target was actually Jibei, Dongping, Lu State and other places adjacent to Taishan County.

First, Liu Tai had a good reputation for taking the initiative to open up prescriptions for treating plague, and then Taiyangshi Yangman was the leader. Liu Tai wanted to take advantage of the trend to win these counties. It was not a problem at all. After taking Yanzhou and other places, he wanted to take further steps. Infiltrating the Central Plains is even easier.

From Wang Jun's point of view, Shi Le just captured Xiang State this year, and it may not even be time to replant the crops. He doesn't even know if there will be anything to eat next year.

Wang Jun just finished dealing with Liu Kun this year. No matter what happens, he must cultivate himself well. Aren't the soldiers tired of fighting?
Therefore, in Liu Tai's opinion, this year should be the time when his Qingzhou can develop greatly.

By next year or even the year after that, after Tian Tian has trained the navy, it will not be Wang Jun looking for Liu Tai, but Liu Tai looking for Wang Jun.

However, Wang Jun hardly allowed his soldiers any rest, and directly led the army south without hesitation.

This puts Liu Tai on the spot, and his original plan will inevitably be interrupted.

Although Liu Tai never believed that the plan he made could be successfully implemented without any disturbance, the current situation still made Liu Tai depressed.

"No matter what, Wang Jun is already here." Liu Tai glanced at Chu Hui and said,

"Mouyuan, you are familiar with the situation on the front line, so it is up to you to introduce our current situation to everyone!"

"No!" Chu Hui nodded after hearing Liu Tai's words, "According to the report from General Wang on the front line, Qi Hong led 20 Youzhou infantry and cavalry south this time, claiming [-].

Among them, there are two elites that need to be careful, one is Qi Hong's headquarters, named Red Blood, and the other is the Xianbei cavalry. The Huns soldiers are so arrogant, but they were defeated in a battle against the Xianbei soldiers borrowed by Liu Kun.

As for the rest of the soldiers, they are also veterans who have fought with Wang Jun for many years. Wang Jun's attack this time should not be underestimated!

However, the defense of Nanpi City was arranged by General Wang Sang, and I personally made adjustments to ensure that there are no woods within at least twenty miles.

According to the general's instructions, in some places that are particularly suitable for galloping horses, the people were mobilized to dig and trap horse holes to provide simple cover.

Now the river is frozen, allowing them to cross the river, but the setting snow in winter also provides the best cover for the horse trap we dug. "

The restricted horse hole is not something too advanced, it is just digging a hole about the size of a bowl but about the length of an arm.

If you step on it during normal walking, it's easy to say, but if the horse's leg gets stuck when it's running, then the leg will be broken at least.

Liu Tai used this kind of thing as a mine, digging some in places that were more suitable for horses to gallop.

We don't expect the opponent to reduce their numbers, but just hope that the opponent's morale will be low.

After all, horses, no matter how common they are in the north, are more expensive than people!

Not to mention training a cavalry, both in terms of time and cost, is much higher than the cost of falling into a horse hole.

Therefore, when Chu Hui went to the north, Liu Tai asked Chu Hui to encourage the people to dig Ma Cave.

Of course, the entire excavated map fell into Chu Hui's hands, otherwise it would be a joke if his cavalry didn't know whether it was safe or unsafe under their feet.

"What about the local people?" Liu Tai couldn't help but ask after hearing Chu Hui's words.

"We have already spread the word to the local people that Wang Jun's army is arrogant and barbaric and has massacred countless villages.

If you see Wang Jun's army coming in the future, you will hide in the county town if you have the opportunity. If you are in your own village, you must stick to the village. "

Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai and said, "Now the villages in the north have no walls to guard them, and they were destroyed by the attack of the beggar army.

Nowadays, almost every family has someone in the army, and they will not compromise easily with Wang Jun's army.

Of course, even if we compromise, it won’t be difficult for us to get it back in the future! "

Although Chu Hui did not understand that Liu Tai valued the people so much when setting up defenses, Chu Hui still did not think that each of these villages would play any role in the final battle.

After all, after the final showdown, the people will turn to the rulers very obediently.

In the eyes of the aristocratic family, the common people at the bottom are just cattle and sheep. How can the cattle and sheep care who the shepherd dog is!

"Zhao An, after you arrive at the front line, your main responsibility will be to communicate with each village. Using the common people as your eyes and ears, you will be responsible for blocking Qi Hong's scouts, small groups of troops, and even logistical support.

Your purpose is to make Qi Hong's troops blind and deaf, unable to even borrow a little bit of the power of the local people! "

Liu Tai looked at Zhao An and said, "Do you understand this way of fighting?"

"Just like what you said, my lord, our troops gather like a ball of fire and disperse like stars. We can penetrate deeply into the people and mobilize them to attack the enemy!" Zhao An said with a smile when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"Is it really feasible to let the troops go like this?" Zhang Song couldn't help but be filled with surprise when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"Zhang Zhubo, our army is different from other armies. We even need to help the people regularly like the soldiers. This is to allow us to better integrate into the people!" Zhao An is full of confidence in Zhang Song. Man said.

"Yes!" Liu Tai nodded and said to Zhang Song: "Head-on confrontation on the battlefield is very important, but behind each combat soldier is a sufficient number of auxiliary soldiers as support.

As for the vast majority of the auxiliary soldiers, in addition to corvee service, most of them were forced to recruit local people.

Zhao An's war department pays attention to walking and riding, gathering and dispersing as one, and dispersing the people who can mobilize the frontline positions, so that they can provide us with information and carry out targeted attacks on the opponent.

Gathering means that during the real decisive battle, the regiment that was originally broken into pieces can be reunited to attack the opponent's weak links.

There will definitely be various problems in the whole process, but the main idea is that this strange force uses local people to harass the opponent's overall logistics work, and by adding up a small amount, it forces the opponent to show flaws. "

Because Zhao An led the troops relatively kindly, the commanders and military historians under him were relatively independent.If Zhao An is allowed to take command by himself, Zhao An's quick response to me would be almost all the command.

However, it is relatively more convenient to use Zhao An to delegate command and let his entire army fight behind enemy lines to harass the opponent.

However, this model has two very big problems. One is that the quality of the soldiers is relatively high. You cannot spread out and end up becoming bandits.

Liu Tai attached great importance to military discipline and even let his soldiers have the common idea of ​​​​revolting against the Jin and restoring the Han Dynasty. However, he could not guarantee that after the soldiers in each village were released, their thinking would directly decline and they would not be able to return. coming.

Therefore, each village is assigned at least two military historians. One is to record the combat diary of scattered days, and the other is to enable them to continuously inculcate the thoughts of the soldiers under their command, so that they are always alert to their position and mission.

At this point, Zhao An's troops are what Liu Tai feels most at ease with.

If even they can't do it, then the other troops don't have to think about fighting behind enemy lines.

Compared with ideological problems, another problem is how to keep in touch with each team after they are dispersed.

Now the only way Liu Tai can think of is to give them the few horses he has, so that they can strengthen their relationship through horses.

As for the others, Zhao An needs to overcome them one by one in practice. Liu Tai has nothing to do anyway.

However, the battle in this era is not sword versus artillery. Both sides are at the same technological level.

Liu Tai regarded the people as a force that could be won over, so he asked Zhao An to win over the people and develop base areas behind enemy lines.

The other party treats the people as consumables and plunders the local people like crazy, just as a resource bank, so sooner or later they will gain the upper hand.

Liu Tai feels that the Chinese people are the people with the most spirit of resistance and struggle, and all they need is a spark that can ignite.

Zhao An's work is not very conspicuous at first, but they will eventually become a spark.

"Mr. Chu, you are responsible for raising grain and grass, Uncle Cao, you are responsible for the dispatch of materials, Yu Yao, you maintain the stability of Qingzhou, and Su Jun, you continue to build troops and horses. Everything is based on Mr. Chu's decision. The order for long-term planning is my order. !" Liu Tai said to everyone.

"Zhang Song, Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, you will go out with me, and when you have all the supplies, you will immediately lead an army of [-] to the north.

Let's go meet Qi Hong together and see what kind of number one general under Wang Jun is! "

At this moment, Liu Tai made a decisive decision.

After hearing Liu Tai's words, everyone present also saluted Liu Tai and responded.

Following Liu Tai's order, the entire Qingzhou was quickly mobilized.

However, before Liu Tai and Qi Hong fought, Qi Hong could not help but narrow his eyes when he looked at Nanpi City, who was facing him.

It has only been two months. In such a short period of time, the entire Nanpi City's defensive facilities have been improved a lot.

Not to mention, the small battlements that were originally just made of soil now look a bit like small city walls.

To be honest, Qi Hong felt that Wang Jun's decision to directly bring the army here without rest after beating Liu Kun was correct.

Otherwise, if he waits any longer, Qi Hong feels that the next time he sees Nanpi, it will be expanded into a complete fortress.

Just at this moment, facing Nanpi City in front of him, Qi Hong had a vague headache.

Crossing the river was smooth with the help of winter, but also because it was winter, logistics and transportation were not easy.

Moreover, I don’t know if all the trees around Nanpi City were used by the guards in Nanpi City to arm Nanpi City. Anyway, I didn’t see many trees at a glance.

For the siege party, there is no siege weapon without trees. After all, it is impossible to build many siege equipment from Youzhou City and then transport them all the way to Nanpi for fighting.

Therefore, the number of woods in a place determines the success of your attack on the city.

This is also the first time many cities attack very smoothly, but if they continue to attack, the cost of attacking will become higher and higher.

Of course, for Qi Hong, if he really fought a siege, his two most elite cavalry would not have a chance to show their strength.

After all, no matter who comes, it is impossible for the cavalry to attack the city!
Facing this city, we either rely on the engineering soldiers to build the engineering equipment a little bit, or rely on the soldiers to grind it a little bit. There is really no other way!

Therefore, when Qi Hong set up camp, he wanted to trick Wang Sang into coming out of the city and plundering his camp.

After all, compared to siege, fighting in the wild is too easy. With the Xianbei cavalry and his own soldiers, the Red Blood Cavalry, Qi Hong is not afraid of any opponent.

But the reality is that Wang Sang watched Qi Hong successfully set up camp, with no intention of attacking at all.

Qi Hong understood that the guard in front of him was not the kind of adventurous guy. On the contrary, he was somewhat cautious.

And such an opponent is definitely a nightmare for the attacking party. This shows that if you want to win this city, you must pay a bloody price.

While Qi Hong was preparing siege weapons, he asked the Xianbei cavalry to start plundering surrounding villages and towns.

This is a very normal thing. It's winter now, snowflakes are starting to drift in the sky, and there is no place to supply food in the wild.

If they all relied on the food supplies behind them, the pressure would be too great, so it was better to use Xianbei cavalry to plunder the local area.

After all, wisdom will feed the enemy.If you eat an enemy for one minute, you will be worth twenty to me; if you eat one stone of stalks, you will be worth twenty stone to me.

Under such circumstances, almost all the counties and villages around Nanpi were harassed by Xianbei cavalry.

Even if the surrounding villages have walls to support them, and the villagers try their best to resist, it is not easy to resist.

More villages were defeated by the charge of the Xianbei cavalry. They killed and looted. What they liked most was to do this kind of work that was rich in oil and water but the task was light. It was precisely because of this.

Half of the materials they looted will be handed over to Qi Hong, especially the food, which will be handed over to the seventh floor.

Under such circumstances, Qi Hong turned a blind eye to the evil deeds of the Xianbei cavalry.

After all, for Qi Hong, when he captured Nanpi City, he would massacre and loot the city, otherwise how could he let his soldiers vent their anger and resentment.

　The next update will be in a little while, so don’t wait any longer.

　　
　
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