The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 182 Zao Song’s response

When Shi Le heard Diao Ying's words, he felt a little helpless. Didn't he want to bury Liu Tai directly?

But the problem is that Liu Tai's personal force is too strong.

If there is no way to kill Liu Tai on the battlefield, then Liu Tai can completely abandon Jizhou and retreat directly to Qingzhou.

When the time comes, what can I do to resist Wang Jun's military might?

Again, Liu Tai is a stickler for rules. This is Liu Tai's advantage and disadvantage.

Such an enemy, as long as he is a minister of the Han Dynasty and a chess piece to check and balance Liu Tai, Liu Tai will not easily attack him unless Liu Tai rebels.

Because Liu Tai cares about his own reputation and Wang Mi's reputation.

Zhang Bin then said to Shi Le, "General, now that Liu Tai and Wang Jun are in a stalemate, Liu Kun's strength has been greatly damaged. It's time for us to capture the two counties of Zhongshan and Changshan, and hold all the west of Jizhou in our hands to prepare for the next step." Got it!"

"If we take action now, wouldn't we offend Wang Jun?" Shi Le couldn't help but hesitate.

And Zhang Bin said, "What do you think of Liu Qingzhou's ability to lead troops!?"

"There are probably very few people in this world who have the same military strength to check and balance him!" Shi Le couldn't help but sigh.

If Liu Tai was a waste, there would be no quarrel between Diao Ying and Zhang Bin:
"That's why we have to take action at this time and capture Changshan and Zhongshan counties in one go.

On the one hand, he expressed his attitude, and on the other hand, even though Wang Jun was angry, he only wanted Gao Yang to act as a buffer between the two parties.

Then Wang Jun will never recruit soldiers to compete with us. "

"Can Wang Junnas bear this breath?!" After hearing this, Shi Le couldn't help but wonder.

"I don't know if he can tolerate such thoughts, but since the general believes in Liu Qingzhou's military capabilities, he can be sure that Liu Qingzhou will not let Wang Jun retreat so easily!" Zhang Bin said calmly,
"At the same time, we also need to occupy the forward position. As soon as Wang Jun's army is defeated, we can directly attack Youzhou or seize Bingzhou!"

When Shi Le heard Zhang Bin's words, he worried and said, "Meng Sun has concluded that Wang Jun will be defeated. Have you considered that Wang Jun will be better than Liu Tai? When the time comes, Liu Tai will retreat to Qingzhou and stick to it, but we are afraid of suffering a big loss!"

When Zhang Bin heard Shi Le's words, he smiled calmly and said, "It doesn't matter whether Bin trusts his own judgment or not, but it depends on whether the governor thinks Liu Tai or Wang Jun is better!"

When Shi Le heard Zhang Bin's words, he couldn't help but sigh, "Yes! Although Wang Jun has many soldiers and generals, I don't know why I always think Liu Tai will be the final winner. Maybe Diao Ying's judgment is not wrong, and we should team up with Wang Jun to defeat Liu Tai Yes!"

Shi Le sighed, but when he actually carried out the order, he still ordered his soldiers to send troops to occupy Changshan County and Zhongshan County.

But Liu Kun and Wang Jun completely turned against each other for these two counties, and the two sides accumulated countless blood feuds.

But now, taking advantage of the confrontation between Wang Mi and Liu Tai, Shi Le won the two counties not only without a bloody blow, but at least it was easy.

At the same time, Wang Jun and Liu Tai are still continuing their extremely fierce scouting battle.

The number of scouts between the two sides is constantly being reduced, but in order to ensure the vision and safety of their own areas, they need to continue to send scouts.

But when this kind of bloody fighting in the face of death accumulated to an order of magnitude, Zaosong suddenly found that fewer and fewer scouts under his command were willing to leave the camp. Even if the price of the nameplate was getting higher and higher, no scouts were willing to leave the camp despite the heavy rewards. .

Zaosong suddenly came to his senses and began to count the losses of the scouts. Before he knew it, more than 3000 soldiers' lives had been lost in the scout battle without knowing it.

Of course, only more than 1000 of them actually died on the battlefield, and more than half of the remaining people came back alive, but the vast majority were seriously injured and died in the wounded barracks.

Since ancient times, casualties have been calculated together. Anyway, whether you can survive after entering the wounded barracks is purely a matter of fate.

So Zao Song didn't feel anything. What really made Zao Song feel strange was that most of the rangers who came out of the wounded camp began to become negative.

In all their scouting missions, they rarely recorded any encounters with the enemy. When they came back, they reported that everything was normal. However, as a member of the army, they clearly felt that their army's grasp of the surrounding situation had become blurred!
"The scouts below are acting inconsistently? Is it just a few here and there, or is it an overall problem?"

At this time, Zao Song couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and immediately called many old scouts over.

These scouts did not expect that a high official like Zao Song would summon them, so they came over tremblingly.

Zaosong looked at these scouts and said with a smile, "You are all old men in our army. There are some things I don't understand. I wonder if you can help me clear up my confusion?"

"Please join the army and make it clear that we will definitely tell you everything you know, and we will tell you everything!" Everyone expressed their stance one after another.

Zaosong said with a serious face: "I received news that you are connected with the army of the Puppet Han. Some of you want to find out the reality of our army, and then use the opportunity of becoming a scout to go on patrol and hand over the information to the Puppet Han. It is really cheating!"

Hearing this, the scouts present were shocked. Although they were cheating and cheating, they even deliberately avoided Liu Tai's scouts when they went on patrol. They just wanted to survive. They really didn't do anything. I thought about taking refuge!

Everyone immediately shouted that they were wronged. Those voices really made those who saw it sad and those who heard it shed tears!

Zaosong casually pointed at a scout and said, "You said you didn't have anything in common with the puppet Han, so why have you never encountered the puppet army again in more than a month since you returned to camp after being injured?

But other scout teams often encounter them. Could it be that the hypocritical scouts just avoided you?
Do you want to tell me the truth behind this? ! "

Zhang Ping was also among these scouts. Hearing Zao Song's words, he was also anxious and thinking in his heart, he told the truth!

"Zao joined the army. We have worked hard for Wang Shuai for several years. Now Liu Tai's army scouts are extremely fierce. He struggled once in the wounded barracks, and his heart unconsciously became more fearless.

So when I saw traces of the Han army, I avoided it early, but there was definitely no Tong Han! "Someone soon said honestly.

"You ran away in front of the battle. What's the use of keeping you?! Kill!" Zao Song said without raising his eyelids.

In an instant, several spears were stabbed directly into the scout's chest, and the scout fell down in an instant.

Seeing the murder, the scouts at the scene couldn't help but tremble. Zhang Ping couldn't help thinking that he and Wang Ti were from the same hometown. With this friendship from the same hometown, I believe Zaosong would not embarrass him too much.

Suddenly a scout jumped out from beside Zhang Ping and said:
"I am Wang Wei, the younger brother of the Protector-General Wang Ti, who is from the Shi clan. I will never know anything about the Han Dynasty. If you want to join the army, you must trust me!"

"Kill!" Zao Song said cleanly, "If you don't tell me this name, I won't doubt you!"

At this time, in Zhang Ping's surprised eyes, the soldier was directly stabbed by several spears. He was indeed dead!
Zao Song looked at these trembling scouts with cold eyes, as cold as poisonous snakes.

Zhang Ping felt that if he was hit, he would use a trick, and his fists could not help but clenched.Zao Song didn't talk nonsense. He stretched out his hand and pointed to Zhang Ping's... left side and said, "You tell me the reason!"

However, he saw that the man lowered his head first and kicked up the sand suddenly. There was a blur of smoke and dust around him. The man rushed towards Zaosong without hesitation, shouting in his mouth, "Thief, I will fight with you..." "

"Boohoo!" A loudspeaker sounded, but the scout's body shook, and then he lay down.

There were several arrows stuck in his heart, and blood flowed all over the ground. At this moment, he could no longer die.

Zaosong expressionlessly began to reload the repeating crossbow in his hand, and said slowly:
"Ma Deheng during the Cao Wei Dynasty once modified Zhuge Liannu. Not many have been passed down. Now I happen to have one in my hands. Of course you can continue to give it a try!"

After hearing Zaosong's words, the scouts present were immediately downcast and had no idea how to answer next.

But Zao Song cast his eyes on Zhang Ping and said, "It's your turn, tell me!"

Zhang Ping felt cold sweat break out in his heart when he heard him being called. He gritted his teeth and took a step forward, then immediately knelt in front of Zao Song and said,

"If you want to live a young life, please join the army and show you a clear path." After saying this, he kowtowed to Zaosong!
Seeing this scene, Zaosong knew that he had established his authority enough. If he continued to force himself, he would force these guys to oppose him.

Zao Song, who accepted it as soon as he could, said, "Get up, each of you, bring me the head of the other side's scout. Doesn't this mean that you are not colluding with the other side? It's such a simple thing, why make it so complicated!"

Zaosong is not afraid of betrayal by these guys, because their families are in Youzhou. If they escape, their families will inevitably be implicated, and a certain degree of high-pressure environment is enough to solve the situation at hand.

Even if it can't cure the root cause, it can definitely be an indicator. Sometimes, treating the symptoms is enough, and the root cause is naturally another plan!

Sure enough, after hearing Zaosong's words, these scouts breathed a sigh of relief and began to work one after another.

Zao Song didn't delay for a moment, and immediately started to look for Wang Jun, and said, "Please also ask the general to send manpower to build sentries at some important checkpoints and highlands, and send soldiers to station in these places!"

"Is it necessary?" Wang Jun couldn't help but wonder after hearing Zao Song's words, "Isn't it usually enough to send scouts to investigate?"

After hearing Wang Jun's words, Zao Song naturally knew that he could not tell the truth, otherwise it would reveal that he was very incompetent in mastering the information. Zao Song quickly said:
“Now that winter is coming and the weather is freezing, even if people can bear it, horses may not be able to bear it either.

Therefore, instead of sending soldiers to investigate, it is better to build temporary houses at several key locations to protect the soldiers from wind and rain.

Moreover, after the battle with Liu Tai for more than a month, the registered casualties of the scouts have exceeded 3000.

If we continue to suffer casualties, I'm afraid it will shake the morale of the soldiers! "

"So many?!" Wang Jun was surprised when he heard this.

He finally understood why Zao Song came over to propose building a sentry post.

After all, although the sentry is rigid and not as flexible as the dispatched scout, it does have some advantages in vision and defensive facilities. As long as the smoke is added, it can become a beacon and have an early warning effect.

Wang Jun thought about it, then nodded and said, "According to what you said, we will build full-scale sentry posts around here!"

"Follow the order!" Zaosong couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how he said it, this matter was over.

At this moment, a general came to the door soon. After the announcement, Li Yun and Bo Sheng came in and knelt down in front of Wang Jun.

Wang Jun and Zaosong were stunned for a moment. Although they felt something in their hearts, Wang Jun still couldn't help asking at this time,

"Why are you two here? Weren't you asked to garrison Changshan and Shanzhong counties?!"

Li Yun said with a mournful face, "Shi Le Na Jie Nu sneak attacked our counties. We always thought he was an ally of our army, but he was taken advantage of by Shi Le villain. Now he came to the capital to receive punishment.

I also ask the Governor to be magnanimous and allow me and the two of them to lead the troops to avenge their shame! "

As he said that, he immediately made a posture of prostrating himself to the ground.

When Bo Sheng heard Li Yun's words, he didn't hesitate at all and imitated his elder brother's gesture.

When Wang Jun heard what these two people said, he couldn't help but be furious, but he was about to get angry. Zao Song stood in front of Wang Jun and said decisively, "These two people abandoned the city and the land. Their crime should be punished. They should be beheaded in public." , punish the three tribes as a warning, so that other soldiers can defend their territory and dare to fight!"

Hearing Zao Song's words, the two people couldn't help but glare at Zao Song. If they weren't afraid that Wang Jun would be angry, they might have cursed him.

Wang Jun looked at Zao Song and said, "This is too much for a good son-in-law. How can I, Wang Jun, chill the hearts of loyal soldiers?"

After all, they can't be entirely blamed for Shi Le Na Jie Nu's surprise attack. Why don't we just remember this first and let them continue to garrison Gaoyang and make meritorious deeds! "

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your kindness!" the two of them said.

When Wang Jun heard this, he waved his hand and said, "You go to Gaoyang Country, I don't want to hear any more bad news!"

"You have the order! We will definitely die and never let Shi Le take advantage of us again!" Li Yun said seriously.

Wang Jun nodded and gave some soldiers to the two of them to guard Gaoyang.

Wang Jun couldn't help but glance at Zao Song and said, "Why did you add insult to injury today and end up killing both of them?"

"To my father-in-law, Li Yun worked for Sima Yue in Luoyang and somehow got a pair of jade horses. I liked them very much.

I've hinted it to him many times overtly and covertly, but yet I didn't send it to him. Isn't this shameless? "Zao Song said.

Wang Jun couldn't help but said: "You, a man, don't stare at this petty profit all day long.

These two people are capable of killing people in and out of Luoyang, so don't get angry with them.

If you really like the jade horse in their hands, I will make the decision one day to get the thing from their hands! "

Zao Song couldn't help but salute respectfully. He raised his head and his eyes were filled with tears, and said, "It's been a long time since I heard my father-in-law's teachings. Song feels happy, so happy!"

(End of this chapter)