The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 232 Total War
Liu Ming lit the red wolf smoke with the torch in his hand. In the rising flames, Liu Ming believed that Shi Le would surely come to an end.

Because Shi Le didn't know how long he had been preparing for this war.

How could Shi Le's sudden idea be inferior to his own painstaking forbearance and preparation.

In Shi Le's view, this was just Liu Ming's cry for help, but to Ming, this was a signal that Liu Tai was going to close the network!

Liu Tai, who was docked on the ship in the port, finally saw Liu Ming sending out the smoke signal. He instinctively clenched his fists, and then said to Zhou Ping next to him, "Light the smoke, prepare the soldiers, and get ready to go!"

"Follow the order!" Zhou Ping responded decisively, and Ge Xin went to light the beacon in person.

As the beacon was lit, beacons one after another began to appear in the field of vision, and began to spread continuously to the north, Qinghe County, Bohai County, Hejian County, Fanyang County...

Almost every distance along the way, a beacon fire will appear floating into the sky.

From the south of Jizhou to the north of Jizhou, it runs through the entire Jizhou, allowing everyone to see clearly.

Wang Sang, who was stationed in Nanpi, was already ready to go. As a relative of the Wang family, although he admired Liu Tai, he couldn't help but think about what the Wang family would have achieved if Shi Le hadn't killed Wang Mi.

After all, Liu Tai had watched him grow up, and he knew that Liu Tai was strong, but even so, he would occasionally have some rebellious thoughts. As long as Wang Mi didn't die, he would definitely be Wang Mi's base.

As for now, because of Wang Wei's relationship, I can be considered Liu Tai's natal family and the core force of Liu Tai's power.

But the question is, as the basic base of a force and the core members of a force, are the two statuses the same? !

Therefore, Wang Sang hated Shi Le very much, because Shi Le killed Wang Mi and almost pushed the Donglai Wang family from a possible imperial family to a first-class family. But the Donglai Wang family was originally a first-class family!

Therefore, when he saw the beacon signal, Wang Sang summoned his generals, with Zhang Song as the military advisor, Gaoliang and Xu Miao as the deputy generals, and planned to pass through Anping, Julu, and Handan, and head straight to Yecheng, which was also where they and Liu Tai The point where the targets converge.

As the beacon fire reached further north, Zhao An also summoned his staff officers Gao Zhan and Liu Qun, Youzhou governor Cao Yi, education envoy Lu Chen, and his lieutenants Ji Dan, Li Nong, Ma Yan and other lieutenants to discuss the march to Bingzhou.

Yes, when Liu Tai was planning Shi Le, he knew that after Shi Le killed Liu Kun, he could use the Taihang Mountains to form a barrier and have sufficient strategic depth.

But the problem is that Liu Tai either doesn't fight, but if he wants to fight, he has to fight the whole battle in one fight.

Therefore, Shi Le's retreat must be cut off. This is the responsibility of Zhao An's army to directly bypass the grassland and capture Bingzhou.

Among them, Liu Qun was used to lead the way, and the prestige of his father Liu Kun was needed to appease the local people and aristocratic families.

Among Zhao An's three lieutenants, Li Nong was trained by himself, Jidan was a representative of a surrendered family in Youzhou, and Ma Yan was actually a refugee group active in Dai County.

When the Tuoba clan was in civil strife, Ma Yan gathered a group of troops to protect himself, and then waited for Zhao An to come to Zhao'an.

Later, when Zhao An pacified the Tuoba clan who was in civil strife, he easily subdued them.

The Tuoba clan who was entrenched in Dai County was naturally quite powerful when Tuoba Yilu was alive and could even protect Liu Kun.

But with the death of Tuoba Yilu, Tuoba Sixth Cultivator and Tuoba Pugen competed. They both died in the struggle. In order to maintain the stable development of Daijun, Zhao An was forced to send troops to pacify the Tuoba tribe.

The women were given to the soldiers to take good care of, and the men were given to Lu Chen for good education. Liu Tai also wanted to renew the contract with the Tuoba tribe and jointly develop Daijun, but the problem was that the Tuoba tribe was divided and destroyed, and he could not find a way to fulfill the contract. People!

"The war in the south has been ignited, but we also need to organize our troops and set off to merge with the state!" Zhao An said.

"General, please don't worry about food. The King of Qi left me here just to maintain the food needed for the expedition!" Cao Ni said to Zhao An, "The King of Qi dug out this entire canal in preparation for this battle. Transport and reserve food!”

Zhao An nodded. It was only after he became the Protector of Youzhou that he discovered that he had accumulated a lot of grain from the constant shipping trade every year.

As for the food that the people eat, most of them are sea fish caught from the Bohai Sea.

The fishing industry, which had not developed much in recent years, has gradually begun to develop.

For coastal cities, it can be clearly felt that the number of fresh seafood in Chidao is gradually increasing, and the time to eat salted fish is gradually shortening.

Precisely because part of the food was replaced by fisheries, other grains were saved little by little.

Zhao An nodded and immediately recruited soldiers, starting from Daijun and going straight to Bingzhou.

It can be said that these endless beacons are Liu Tai's notification to his subordinates to start taking full action.

If you think that what you are fighting for is just one county, and you want to fight, then start a full-scale war.

Among them, Zhao An's army consisted of 5000 people, Wang Sang's army had 2 people, and Liu Tai himself had 5 people, with Tian Xun's navy to cooperate.

Most of the soldiers and generals under Liu Tai's command were activated in this battle. Some soldiers were not moved, but in the hands of Yu Yao and Bian Hu, [-] soldiers were stationed in Taishan County to avoid Gou Xi's recurrence. Or maybe Zu Ti attacks.

If he really loses, Liu Tai will be able to make a comeback even if he loses his vitality by relying on the army system for ten years.

But the problem is that Liu Tai has been recuperating for three years for this battle. Regardless of horses or weapons, almost all of his soldiers are armed to the teeth. If they are all defeated, Liu Tai feels that he should wipe his neck and don't embarrass himself!

At this time, Shi Le also felt something was wrong, because along with this beacon fire, what Shi Le saw was the rising smoke of the beacon fire in the distance.

The wolf smoke was rich and red, as if endless fire clouds were rising from the sky.

To be honest, Shi Le didn't know what the rising smoke meant.

But Shi Le was certain that Liu Tai might have been preparing to deal with him for a long time, but he had been waiting for him to do it.

Shi Le calmed down a little. In any case, Liu Tai gave himself a whole month this time.

This allowed Shi Le to recruit all the troops and horses, including 12 cavalry and [-] infantry. Most of them were veterans who had accompanied him all the way through the war. It could be said that there were really [-] elite soldiers, so Shi Le was full of confidence at this moment.

As for the soldiers in Liu Tai's hands, Shi Le could naturally detect them as long as he was willing to listen.Youzhou, Nanpi, Taishan County, these places all need soldiers to be stationed. It doesn’t matter how fast they are dispatched, but there must be traces.

Therefore, Shi Le can be sure that even if Liu Tai ambushes him, he will only have about 6 or [-] soldiers. Even if there is a gap, the gap will not be too big.

With twice as many troops to deal with Liu Tai, Shi Le felt that even if he couldn't defeat Liu Tai, it would still be enough to ensure his own safety.

The first step he needed to take now was to capture Qinghe County. Regardless of the smoke ignited by Liu Tai, Shi Le could confirm through the inspections of his scouts that there was no trace of Liu Tai's army within at least ten miles.

This time should be enough for me to seize Qinghe County with absolute advantage, with even the city gates opened and all four gates controlled!

However, Shi Le's pupils couldn't help but shrink at this moment, because he saw his soldiers retreating!
Kong Dolphin and Zhi Qu followed Shi Le's orders and entered Qinghe County. They saw that Kong Chang's entire defense line was in danger, and some people had even begun to flee.

This scene made it difficult for the two of them to believe it, because the city gates had been taken down by themselves, and now they only had to defeat the enemy in front of them. Even if the opponent didn't have the courage to be taken away, there was absolutely no way he could still be so brave!
But when Kong Chang saw the reinforcements arriving, his eyes lit up and he said:

"You have been surrounded. Now you can avoid death by being captured! If you persist in your stubbornness, you will only be buried with Liu Tai!"

Liu Tai's soldiers heard this, but it was not affected at all. They didn't even slow down the speed of wielding the Mo Dao in their hands.

Because they are not fighting just for Liu Tai!
Liu Ming said loudly: "We, the soldiers, are fighting for the revival of the Han Dynasty, and fighting to defend the Han Dynasty. The fierce warriors can stop five with one!"

Hearing Liu Ming's cry, the military historians around him shouted loudly as they continued to follow the training: "The brave warriors, use one to block five!"

Screaming in unison to unify the beliefs of the soldiers and strengthen their will.

Liu Tai's long-term efforts to educate, eliminate illiteracy, and teach the history of the Han Dynasty to his soldiers paid off at this moment.

This made Liu Tai unable to stand down when Liu Yao wanted to change the name of the country and the unification of the country. He could only jump out to defend the unification of the country and the Han Dynasty, otherwise his basic base would completely collapse.

But at the same time, Liu Ming only had 5000 soldiers under his command, but he had no fear in facing opponents several times his own.

Because they enjoyed the benefits of the war due to the equalization of land and the military system, and they understood their lofty ideals of reviving the Han Dynasty through education, as well as Liu Ming's determination to fight to the death at this moment.

And most importantly, Liu Tai armed them to the teeth with a fish scale armor.

At this moment, when they faced Kong Chang, Kong Dou and Zhi Qu's army, they even more inspired the glory of one Han as five barbarians. They were Han warriors, how could they lose to mere barbarians!
As for Kong Chang, Kong Tu and Zhi Qu's army, although they are not new recruits on the battlefield, especially the headquarters of Kong Chang and others have many veterans of hundreds of battles, and they do not lack war experience and courage.

But facing Liu Ming's headquarters, who were not afraid of death at this moment, especially in this kind of frontal fight, their soldiers saw their weapons slashing on the scales of Liu Ming's soldiers. The opponent only lost his scales, but the ones in the opponent's hands Mo Dao slashed at his own leather armor. If he was strong enough to kill him with his armor, even if he didn't die, there would be a big wound.

Such an extremely significant gap in combat power not only made the lower-level soldiers tremble, but even Kong Dou and Zhi Qu couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Soldiers with such equipment also have a brave fighting style of exchanging lives for lives, making the army's lethality terrifyingly powerful!
When they came, they felt that Kong Chang was a pig in front of them. Even the city gate had been taken down. If they went in and slaughtered one party wantonly, what kind of opponent could they not take down!
But now, Kongtu and Zhiqu were full of doubts about how Kong Chang could sustain himself in the face of such a terrifying opponent.

The soldiers led by everyone are all the same, so why are the soldiers led by you so powerful?

Compared with the disbelief in Kongtu and Zhiqu's hearts, Kong Chang almost wanted to curse at this moment.

Everyone leads the same soldiers. As soldiers, they either wear fish scale armor or bright light armor. How about leading their own main force to the front line to block it?

The soldiers did not dare to fight to the death because their armor was not thick enough. As generals, you are still hiding in the back. Are you afraid that the already shaky defense line in front has not collapsed yet? ?
Kong Chang thought he had a savior, but these saviors actually came to the battlefield and did not last for even a quarter of an hour before some soldiers showed signs of fleeing.

Both Kong Du and Zhi Qu were a little too surprised by Liu Ming's elite troops, and they didn't even dare to come to the front line to contain the deserters, so instead, the defense line that Kong Chang was holding on to collapsed collapsed!

Because it’s not easy to learn well, but it’s easy to learn bad things.

Seeing the reinforcements around him coming in a hurry and then retreating in a panic, if the soldiers around Kong Chang still had the will to persevere, then it would be too high to think highly of these soldiers!

After all, what kept them fighting was not the belief that they were willing to die before it stopped, or the extremely stable interests. Not to mention that these soldiers were just trying to make ends meet.

Without the blessing of will, for most soldiers, facing an invincible enemy, running away is the most correct choice!
At this moment, Kong Chang looked ugly but also retreated towards the city gate under the protection of his personal guards.

However, many people were able to retreat, but many people fell directly into the crowd and were trampled to pieces.

Regarding this, Liu Ming looked calm and commanded his troops indifferently, pushing Shi Le's troops back step by step.

From Qinghe County, step by step towards the outside of Qinghe County!

Liu Ming knew Liu Tai's plan and was even more convinced that Liu Tai's support would arrive on time.

So Liu Ming commanded his soldiers to fight directly out of Qinghe County. He wanted to delay Shi Le here. Even if he killed all his soldiers, he still wanted to drag Shi Le in Qinghe County!
Shi Le watched Liu Ming directly kill three of his war corps and walk step by step from Qinghe County, his face couldn't help but feel a bit frosty.

Because Shi Le discovered that this was Liu Ming, Liu Tai's most trusted general and not Liu Tai himself, his plan was bound to fall short.

At the same time, Shi Le found that he could not retreat.

If he retreats, the morale of Liu Ming's army is strong at this moment, and he is afraid that Liu Ming will definitely chase him.

Even if the cavalry can escape, their elite infantry will probably be completely destroyed.

Therefore, he must deal with Liu Ming's elite, but how much time will it take to deal with this elite?

Shi Le didn't know, but what Shi Le knew was that if he didn't push Liu Ming to death, he would definitely die!

Liu Ming didn't say anything. He just pulled out the sharp sword in his hand and roared, "One against five of the fierce warriors!"

Come fight!

(End of this chapter)