The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 24 A Tentative Confrontation
Under the command of Wu Ming, the infantry under his command began to push the trench bridges forward, building trench bridges under the city step by step.

The trench bridge is mainly used to deal with ground traps such as horse traps and trenches, so as to ensure that soldiers can quickly enter and exit on it and will not be fooled by insidious tricks such as horse traps on the ground.

Behind the trench bridge were the rather crude Lu Gong's chariots, and the charging chariots covered by Lu Gong's chariots were pushed forward by the infantry.

Due to time constraints, Wu Ming did not have many siege equipment in his hands, but they could already pose a considerable degree of danger to Xuushi County.

Xuanshi County is just a small county town. There is a low wall almost four meters high, which is the most effective defense for this county town.

At this moment, facing the various siege equipment that Wu Ming pulled out, even Liu Tai had a headache. The only preparation he could do was to prepare a lot of kerosene, stones and arrows, but when it came to fighting, these materials were consumed quickly. Astonishingly.

Especially for materials such as kerosene, basically as long as these engineering equipment are close to the city wall, Liu Tai will decisively order people to pour kerosene on them, then ignite the flames, and burn these siege weapons as quickly as possible.

Wu Ming used various siege equipment as a cover and organized archers to throw arrows at the top of the city. It was not important whether they hit or not, but what was most important was making the defenders feel uncomfortable.

Secondly, as Lu Gong's chariot was continuously pushed by the infantry, and even stuck to the low wall, he saw piles of soldiers coming out of Lu Gong's chariot, as if they wanted to take down the city wall in one go.

And under the city gate that is the most neglected, at this moment, the city rushing cars are hitting the city gate one after another, trying to knock open the city gate of Xuancheng County. It can be said that Wu Ming launched an all-round attack on the entire county. , not giving anyone a chance to breathe.

"Wang Rujing, organize the manpower to block the city gate for me. If the enemy forces break through the city gate and come in, the whole county will not survive!" Liu Tai said simply as he looked at Wang Rujing.

When Wang Rujing heard Liu Tai's words, he nodded and said, "Sima, I understand how to deal with it!"

After Wang Rujing finished speaking, he immediately went to organize the strong men to go under the city wall to resist the attack of the charging car.

Because there was a city gate to rely on, the young men organized by Wang Rujing only had to use their bodies to block the gate as much as possible.

"Tell the soldiers, if the enemy troops come forward, kill one for me, and kill two for me!" Liu Tai said to the captains under his direct command at this moment.

"Senior soldiers from every camp should go to the front line. They will record your merits, your heroic deeds, and your names!"

Your legend will continue to be passed down in their writings from today on. "

Liu Tai looked at the warrior in front of him and said, "At this moment, I have only one thing to encourage you. We, the strong men, are no match for Wuhu!"

"We and other strong men are no match for Wuhu!" Several of Liu Tai's soldiers replied in unison.

Hearing that Liu Tai sent those scholars who taught "Han Shu" to the front line, it was not difficult for those scholars to accept.

Although the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties has begun, it is the top level of the children of aristocratic families, especially the direct descendants of the aristocratic families, who are qualified to enjoy the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

However, most of Liu Tai's scholars are from side branches, and the only way for them to climb up is through military merit.

In addition, Liu Tai said when he arranged for them that they would record the soldiers' achievements on the battlefield, so they would definitely appear on the front line of the battlefield.

Liu Tai stood on the top of the city with his own flag standing there for everyone to see the flag flying.

The chaos was flying in the air, and fire oil was flying. With the help of the opponent's siege weapons, Lu Gong's chariot still approached the city.

These soldiers who got off Lu Gong's car did not have complete armor. After all, Liu Kun didn't have much money!

But when they rushed down, they saw city defense soldiers in full armor.

These soldiers formed teams according to usual drills. Some held shields, some used guns, and some used batons.

The soldiers reacted instinctively and attacked the enemy troops who had finally climbed onto the city wall in a steady stream.

To be honest, as the first warriors under Wu Ming's command, they are not weak, but no matter how weak they are, they are still flesh and blood. The only weapons that can withstand Liu Tai's command are armor, not their willpower.

Their armor coverage is not high, which means that even if they are not afraid of death, it cannot change their weak defense.

Even if they rush forward desperately trying to exchange one for another, the shield soldiers holding shields are basically veterans, so they have no chance!
New recruits may not dare to intercept the opponent's attack for fear of death, but veterans understand that only by stopping the opponent and cooperating with their teammates' attacks can they survive.

So in the face of this pre-death counterattack by a soldier who had taken the lead, the shield soldier directly hit me with his shield. No matter what tricks you have, just take my shield hit.

Then the recruits holding spears behind them followed up with various spears and barreled them at the opponent, guaranteed to stab him to death!

At first, Liu Tai could see that the soldiers who had just joined the army were not very accustomed to it, but as they stabbed more with spears, the fear in their hearts was naturally eliminated.

Even the leader of Xi, Bo, every time a pioneer warrior was killed by the team, he would shout out the number of warriors killed.

"one two three"……

This sound of numbers not only inspired the soldiers in front of them, but also intimidated those who had just climbed up first.

Although they personally felt that their comrades fell one by one, turning into numbers that the other party kept reporting.

They looked around in fear. It was clear that they and others had climbed onto the city wall, but the defenders became more and more courageous as they fought.

At this moment, they felt that they were no longer attacking hunters, but prey caught in a trap. They were so alone.

At this moment, even Wu Ming discovered that although his siege weapons had sent his soldiers to the top of the city, the soldiers simply could not take down the city wall in one go.

Obviously, there is an elite force in this county, an army that can compete with him head-on.

At this time, scouts came over to report that puppet Han troops began to appear in the south.

Wen Qiao heard the scout's information and looked at the Lu Gong cars being burned down by Liu Tai's troops. He understood that it was probably impossible to take all the Shangdang's land at once, so he said:

"The general broke through Huguan and captured Shangdang, which has made the Xiongnu hypocrites lose all their courage. For Liu Bingzhou's plan, I would like to ask the general to calm down and wait until the future to defeat the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty!"

When Wu Ming heard Wen Qiao's words, he couldn't help but hold the reins, nodded and said, "I'll let him go!"

Soon Wu Ming called Jin to withdraw his troops and ended this wave of attacks.

"Meng Dong, lead the doctors to rescue the wounded immediately. Seriously injured people will be given priority, and those with minor injuries will be stabilized and rescued later!"

Liu Tai watched Wu Ming evacuate and immediately called Meng Dong from the Ninth Battalion to come over for medical treatment.

When Meng Dong led the nine battalions up the city wall, everyone had several bamboo tubes hanging in their hands.They sent the bamboo tubes to the people who were fighting on the front line of the battlefield as soon as possible, so that they could replenish water as soon as they relaxed. This was Liu Tai's request. The bamboo tubes were filled with salt water added with salt.

And these soldiers were not polite. They took the bamboo tube and drank it. Of course, some of them vomited and needed to rinse their mouths with salt water.

After the war ended, Meng Dong's Ninth Battalion immediately became busy. They classified the patients first, and treated the seriously injured immediately. Those with minor injuries were told how to save themselves, so as to avoid casualties caused by wound infection as much as possible.

At this time, Wang Rujing came into play again.

To be more precise, it was because the family finally produced Wang Shuhe. Although he was only about the level of a grandmaster in history, he was still several years behind the likes of Hua Tuo, the number one surgeon, and Zhang Zhongjing, the medical sage. A level that can only be achieved by changing jobs, but he can still be regarded as a famous doctor of the generation.

Therefore, the Wang family has no special ability, but if it comes to getting some medical craftsmen, they can easily make up a dozen.

In particular, Uncle Wang also compiled the "Pulse Sutra", which made people from the Wang family shameless to speak if they couldn't take the pulse.

In the final analysis, Wuhuanhua and Yiguan have not yet crossed south, although the upper class atmosphere of the gentry has been messed up by the Sima family.

But for many local gentry, aristocratic families have their own way of living, and the rich and powerful have their own ways of living.

Although powerful people are very attractive, many thousand-year-old families still play their own games and ignore the powerful people's struggle for power and profit.

Especially the technical families represented by Zhang Tianshi, at least when they can protect themselves, most of them work hard to carry forward the career of their ancestors.

The Wang family of the Hyun family started with Wang Shuhe, so naturally they couldn't lose Wang Shuhe's medical skills.

"Are there so many doctors in the Wang family?" Liu Tai couldn't help but sigh when he saw that as soon as Wang Rujing waved, more than a dozen doctors came out to treat him.

After all, it is really not an ordinary difficulty to give birth to a qualified doctor, especially Chinese medicine!
"In the Wang family, even if a dog stays in their house for three years, it will at least be able to sense the pulse!" Meng Dong said enviously.

"I'll give you a mission. Find a way to dig some people from the Wang family into the Nine Camps!" Liu Tai patted Meng Dong and said:

"Even if we can't find doctors, it's no problem to find some apprentices. After all, we mainly treat trauma!"

"Let me give it a try..." Meng Dong couldn't help but respond after hearing Liu Tai's words. Then Meng Dong suddenly came back to his senses and said,
"Why don't you ask Wang Rujing? I think it would be better if he comes forward than me!"

"I'm just a Sima. It's good if the Wang family is willing to let Wang family apprentices enter the Ninth Camp. How can I let the entire Wang family bet on me?

You can dig as many as you want. At most, this is just the personal intention of the Wang family's apprentice, and it does not count as a sign of joining the Wang family! "

Liu Tai waved his hand, explained to Meng Dong, pointed to the sky and said, "As for the aristocratic family, the only one who can make them bow their heads is..."

Meng Dong looked at Liu Tai suspiciously. He always felt that Liu Tai had a maturity that was different from his age, especially as Liu Tai entered a period of rapid growth this year, which was unreasonable, from about thirteen to fifteen years old. But the height grows very quickly.

This makes Liu Tai's height and Liu Tai's age quite deceptive.

Meng Dong stretched out his hand and said to Liu Tai, "Give me money!"

"Money? You need to talk more about your ideals and the future with them, and let them understand how meaningful and promising it is to follow us to revive the Han Dynasty! Talking about money all the time with a family, how vulgar it is!" Liu Taiyizheng Ciyan said.

Well, although Liu Tai doesn’t really want to admit it, as a matter of fact, he has no money!

"Report to Sima, the Jin army has retreated, should we pursue it?" At this time, Zhao An ran over to report.

"All withdrawn?" Liu Tai couldn't help but wonder.

"Well, everyone has withdrawn, and they don't even have the intention to clean up the camp!" Zhao An said.

"Then let's stop pursuing them!" Liu Tai shook his head and said, "If they dare to retreat under our noses, they must have left a trap waiting for us. We can just keep this place in Huncheng County safe!"

"In addition, Chu Jijiu, please help me write a letter to my uncle, saying that we managed to secure Xuancheng County and suffered great losses in manpower and supplies. Ask him to send someone to send some supplies quickly. If If I delay any longer, I will starve to death!" Liu Tai said.

"Do you need to report to Liu Yuanhai?" Chu Hui couldn't help but ask after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "I listen to my uncle, but I'd better check his opinion first."

Liu Tai knew very well that if he hugged Liu Yuanhai's thigh at this time, he could get something from Liu Yuan's mouth.

But the problem is that he plans to take over the political power of the Han generals represented by Wang Mi in the future, so his political stance naturally cannot tolerate any flaws.

Playing both sides can indeed quickly obtain resources, but it also inevitably requires taking corresponding political risks.

At his age, even if he has made great achievements, no one may be willing to give him a corresponding status. Instead, he will be called a white-eyed wolf.

People do have to be smart and know how to use different means when doing things, but if you are too smart when you are a person, you will only be smart but be mistaken for cleverness.

No one can disguise themselves perfectly forever. On the contrary, you should stand firm on your position. Even if you are annoying at first, you will not be jealous, because your attitude is clearly shown from the beginning, and no one will misunderstand your position.

At the same time, the network of relationships he has built up under Wang Mi is enough for him to be taken care of at the age of 20.

As for whether he will break with Wang Mi in the future, it depends on whether Wang Mi will choose the Huns or the Han.

Liu Tai knew that he would be Wang Mi's subordinate for a long time, and he could only be Wang Mi's subordinate.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need for him to have any contact with Liu Yuan. Of course, even if he has any contact with Wang Mi, considering that he is so young, Wang Mi will not say anything and just treat him as ignorant.

But the cracks in any relationship start from these little things. One small thing is not important, but one little thing after another accumulates, so who knows when it will break out!

Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai and sighed silently in his heart. He always felt that Liu Tai was good in everything, but he was too young and still an uncle.

Seeing Liu Tai's decision, Chu Hui didn't say anything more, but took the order to write a letter to Wang Mi.

And Zhao An continued, "Sima, in addition, Lu Yi, the general under the command of the King of Chu, led [-] infantrymen and was less than [-] miles away from Xuanshi County. He sent a special envoy to visit!"

"Oh? Please!" Liu Tai was also delighted when he heard this. No matter how you put it, reinforcements have arrived.

(End of this chapter)