The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 163 Gao Zhan’s Operation

Gao Zhan thought in pieces, but now that Zhao An issued the order to integrate the army, the entire army began to assemble at an incredible speed, and the required logistics supplies were delivered to Zhao An overnight.

Gao Zhan looked at the assembly speed of the entire army and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. What made him feel most incredible was probably the incredible assembly speed of Liu Tai's army!
How could an army assemble so quickly?
From Liu Tai issuing orders to Zhao An, to Zhao An gathering all the soldiers, and then setting off immediately.

Normally, it would take at least a week to gather the personnel and materials.

But now, it only takes one day, from notifying the people everywhere to gathering, to the arrival of the materials at the camp, and even the armor and arrows are all delivered overnight, and even the donkeys specially used for transportation are allocated to Zhao An's army.

These donkeys are only used within Liu Tai's sphere of influence. If they arrive in Youzhou, these donkeys will have to be sent back to Nanpi City.

There is no way, Liu Tai's livestock strength is relatively weak after all, and it is impossible for these donkeys to go out with the army.

Gao Zhan was also aware of Liu Tai's lack of horses, but what Liu Tai lacked was a horse farm that could raise war horses. If there were some livestock with a production nature, Liu Tai would still encourage local production.

Donkeys and cows are the two most common livestock. In addition, Liu Tai also raised a large number of dogs, mainly for pulling sleds after snowfall in winter.

Whether these are useful or not, Gao Zhan doesn't know. After all, Gao Zhan is more of a military advisor. He can observe the production, or it's because Zhao An's army is special. But in terms of the real effect, Gao Zhan doesn't know. clear.

However, watching Liu Tai dispatch thousands of donkeys to Zhao An's troops as vehicles on the march, Gao Zhan understood very well that compared with the approximately 7 soldiers Liu Tai maintained, Qingzhou The strength below the iceberg is even more terrifying.

Gao Zhan did not dare to think any more, and decisively followed Zhao An and marched north early the next morning.

With the donkey as a cargo carrier, the overall operational efficiency of the army also increased the marching speed a lot.

As Zhao An's troops set off, Liu Tai didn't have much rest after all, and immediately approached Su Jun.

At this time, Su Jun was training the engineering troops that Liu Tai had just formed. Their main task was to dismantle the siege weapons into parts, and then reassemble them. Then they entered the actual firing stage, training and returning to use. .

See when these siege weapons can no longer hold up, and then adjust those that can be adjusted and reinforce those that cannot.

At least you need to carry more corresponding accessories when taking a boat, so that when the time comes to attack a city, it will be easier to repair.

"How is the training of this siege team?" Liu Tai looked at Su Jun and asked.

"It's very good. This year, it is mainly to simulate the use of these siege weapons. If problems are found, they will be solved by Jie Fei. If they cannot be solved, comprehensive reinforcement will be carried out.

Of course, the most important thing is that these soldiers have gradually become accustomed to loading and unloading siege weapons! "

At this moment, Su Jun looked at the soldiers who were working hard to assemble various siege weapons, and couldn't help showing a bit of pride on his face.

To be honest, when Liu Tai first handed over this army to Su Jun, Su Jun was more or less at a loss.

But Su Jun himself comes from a shipping family, so compared to other generals, Su Jun is no stranger to carrying this relatively special unit.

However, after carrying it for a period of time, Su Jun discovered that this type of soldier was somewhat different from other types of soldiers.

What they need more is to arrive on the battlefield and complete the equipment assembly as soon as possible. If they can complete the equipment assembly, then the engineering soldiers can exert a strong combat effectiveness, but if they cannot complete the equipment assembly, then they are almost useless.

For this kind of soldiers, Liu Tai made a suggestion to break down the process of loading and unloading equipment in detail according to the assembly line.

Let these soldiers clearly know what they should do first and what to do next, and teach these soldiers step by step as if they were fools, so that practice makes these soldiers perfect and they can quickly complete the assembly.

Su Jun gave it a try and felt that this method was really good. It originally took at least an hour to build a Thunderbolt car, but now it only takes about a quarter of an hour for any engineering team to master the Thunderbolt vehicle. pieced together.

This efficiency, at least in Su Jun's opinion, would be unbelievable if he hadn't trained it himself.

But no matter what, with such a mechanical team to attack the city, Su Jun was even more confident in attacking Youzhou.

"Can today's ships attack along the coastline?" Liu Tai looked at Su Jun and asked.

"The sea trial has been completed very well!" Su Jun replied,
"However, in order to prevent our ships from being detected by Wang Jun, we sent more ships pretending to be fishing boats along the river bank to explore the waterways and rocks on the shore, and try our best to ensure the safety of the waterways when we wanted to go to Youzhou to attack, and ensure that Hit right!"

When Liu Tai heard this, he nodded and said: "In addition to the river going north, we should also explore the river going south!"

"Our goal has changed?!" Su Jun couldn't help but feel a little confused when he heard this.

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "That's not true, because Wang Jun might join forces with Nanfang Gou Xi to attack us.

If we need to get rid of the opponent quickly, we need to attack the opponent from unexpected places. "

"What about Youzhou?" Su Jun was a little confused when he heard Liu Tai's words.

“It is impossible to completely block the news, but we can consciously convey some news.

For example, we use light boats and sterns to transport soldiers. Even if they are prepared, they will not be able to build large-scale ships today.

This is our strength.

Moreover, it is not easy to accurately convey the news from the north to the south, or even to clearly explain the situation on the battlefield! "

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "And they must know that the river banks freeze in winter and it is impossible for us to land smoothly!"

"What do you mean, general?" Su Jun's expression changed when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"I mean, let's see if those specially trained dog sleds can operate on frozen ice!"

Liu Tai smiled and said, "There is ice, snow and frost in the Bohai Bay, so it is difficult for ships to move forward.

But don’t forget that although the frozen seawater hinders our ships, it may not hinder our army.

If the dog sleds really managed to move forward, it would be the end of them.

And what is the most important thing for you to do this winter? You should know it! "

"In the end, we will train the dog sledding project well and confirm that the ice in the Bohai Bay will allow the dog sled to pass smoothly!" Su Jun heard Liu Tai's words and said to Liu Tai with confidence.

As long as the frozen river no longer hinders the advancement of his army, the seemingly safe place will actually become a fatal trap.

When Liu Tai saw that Su Jun had already reacted, he didn't talk much and asked Su Jun to make new preparations.

Liu Tai understood that if something like Su Jun's direct attack from the sea happened once and the news spread, normal people would be somewhat defensive.

For those who make a sneak attack, it will be much more difficult to carry out a sneak attack once the opponent is prepared.

It's just that Liu Tai doesn't care. He can't make a sneak attack in terms of space, so he can make a sneak attack from the perspective of time.Even if the sneak attack turns into a strong attack, Liu Tai doesn't care very much.

After all, he will attract all of Wang Jun's main army by then, and Zhao An will support Su Jun and Tian Tian behind enemy lines.

At that time, Su Jun understood that under this series of linkages, they thought they were the winners and losers.

In fact, they are only responsible for transporting engineering weapons!

The following days were relatively stable, but if it was in Qingzhou, people would obviously find that the traffic of donkey carts in Qingzhou became much more frequent.

The pace of life in Qingzhou counties began to improve under Liu Tai's conscious adjustment.

Although Liu Tai believed that even if Zhao An led his troops to burn the autumn grain, logically speaking, Wang Jun would have to endure it for a year and wait until the grain was fully prepared before raising troops to attack. No matter what, he would not directly raise troops in anger. Fight directly with yourself.

But the problem is, if this world is reasonable, I am afraid that the Sima family will not be the emperor.

Therefore, Liu Taizhen could not guarantee whether Wang Jun would be angry and raise an army, but he had better make the preparations he should do to be on guard at all times.

For Liu Tai, as long as Zhao An's troops successfully burn the food and successfully delay it for a year so that he can be more prepared, or Wang Jun is angry and raises troops, he will need to face the danger of food shortage. No matter which of the two, Liu Tai Tai didn't mind.

Therefore, whether Liu Tai's plan can go smoothly this time, the most important thing is to see the results of Zhao An's troops.

In fact, Youzhou was naturally on guard against Liu Tai, and the technology of beacon towers was also available.

According to normal battle logic, if Liu Tai attacks, he will definitely capture the cities that occupy the key points of the water flow because he is in a plain area.

Because after these places are removed, the food can be transported directly by water flow, saving time and effort.

Without the help of water conservancy to avoid transporting people on the road from chewing horses, the cost of marching would be too high.

But this time, Zhao An's troops directly attacked a village in Fanyang County first, and directly took control of the granary and wanted to summon the people here to distribute the grain.

Because Zhao An wanted to set an example, the troops had not been separated yet.

But Gao Zhan decisively interrupted Zhao An's decision and said:

"General, the general asked us to destroy this food quickly. If the food is distributed so slowly, when will it be done?

Do you think the general will let us burn the food directly?

I saw that the supplies the general prepared for us contained a lot of fire starters! "

If Liu Tai knew about Gao Zhan's ideas, he would probably recruit him as a consultant to enrich his own staff group.

But facing Gao Zhan's thoughts, Zhao An shook his head and said, "The Duke is so bright and upright in his actions. How could he do such a thing of cutting off the people's food rations? If it is really necessary, why let us do it?" Such a thing!"

Gao Zhan expressed doubts about Zhao An's words, but now that he was working under Zhao An, he would not contradict his boss.

Gao Zhan immediately used his ingenuity and said, "It's better not to let our people do it, not to mention that these local people may not believe it, and it is not easy to complete the distribution in a short time. It is better to change the approach and hand it over to The local aristocratic family!"

"Aristocratic families, are they willing to cooperate with us?!" Zhao An couldn't help but express doubts when he heard this.

"Whether you want to cooperate with us or not depends on your interests. After all, there is no vengeance between us and the local aristocratic families!"

Gao Zhan said confidently, "Send someone to find the local aristocratic family to discuss, they will be willing to use it for us!

However, we can first send people to publicize that local aristocratic families will distribute food to the people for the winter, so that the people can come and collect it! "

Zhao An was skeptical when he heard Gao Zhan's words, but in the end he did what Gao Zhan said.

But the local aristocratic family was also a little baffled as to why they suddenly had to distribute food to the people for the winter! ?

But no matter what, seeing Zhao An coming with strength, they decisively sent people over to find out the news.

At least no matter what, the information Zhao An revealed was that he was willing to communicate with him, and that was enough.

At this moment, Gao Zhan looked at the representatives of these aristocratic families and was the first to say: "It's great, all the famous people from this small county are here.

I am Gao Canjun. We are in a hurry. To make a long story short, we will burn the food here before we leave. The flames will touch the local account books along the way.

What you need is to distribute winter food to the local people in the name of our army.

How about it?Is there a problem? "

When these local family representatives heard these words, they were all a little stunned, but suddenly their eyes widened.

Everyone showed their kindness with enlightened expressions, and some even said, "General, can we carry some food?"

Gao Zhan smiled calmly and said, "We don't care how much you can move, but if you give these transported grains to Wang Junjun to use as military rations in the future, as long as we find out, your whole family will make military rations, don't be blamed. Us!

There is nothing we can do. The general's order is to burn all food and grass. I believe you don't want us to be embarrassed! "

"I understand, I understand!" The representatives nodded one after another, rubbing their hands together like flies, "General, we must handle it properly?"

"We will only stay here for one day, and we will leave tomorrow!" Gao Zhan said thoughtfully,

"I hope your speed will not be too slow, otherwise we will also be very troubled!"

"Please rest assured, Gao Canjun, we will definitely handle this matter!" These people from aristocratic families patted their chests and said!
Soon after the discussions between these aristocratic families and Gao Zhan were completed, they immediately went home happily. This might be once in a lifetime. The whole family stayed up all night tonight and didn't have to sleep!

At this time, Zhao An still looked at Gao Zhan with some confusion and said, "Is this it? Why?"

"Because they are from an aristocratic family!" Gao Zhanlue said somewhat matter-of-factly,
“In such troubled times, how can the family’s accounts at the grassroots level be clean?

Now that there is a reasonable excuse to smooth out all the accounts and throw the blame on us, how can these powerful families refuse?

As long as we show kindness to them, they are willing to fall in love with us!
As for distributing food to the people, they are definitely more familiar with doing this than we are, but this time they want profit, we just want fame! "

"What if they embezzled these and didn't provide food to the people!" Zhao An said with some worry.

"Believe me, I think this is what our general wants to see the most!" Gao Zhan couldn't help but sigh and looked at his hands. It was all thanks to this troubled world that his hands turned black.

(End of this chapter)