The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 241 The army sets off
After hearing Liu Tai's words, Wen Qiao couldn't help but said to Liu Tai: "General, are you planning to take the initiative?"

"Well!" Liu Tai looked at the map and said, "According to their marching speed, they have now entered Ji County.

Their mentality should be relatively relaxed before entering Wei County, but after entering Wei County, I believe they will definitely become vigilant.

Therefore, a decisive battle with them before they step into Weijun's territory should be our best chance. "

"It's probably more than a hundred miles from Yecheng to Jijun. If you want to implement this plan, you can only use cavalry!" Wen Qiao heard Liu Tai's words and said,

"Our cavalry's heavy cavalry camp, garrison cavalry camp, and over cavalry camp, plus the headquarters cavalry of other generals, will add up to about [-] to [-] to [-]. Is that enough?"

Hearing this, Liu Xia, Ge Xin, Wei Xiong and others couldn't help but puff up their chests, almost hoping that Liu Tai would name them!

"In this expedition, we need to be able to join the battle after running thousands of miles. The heavy cavalry battalion has enough explosive power, but not enough endurance. When we reach the destination, we are afraid that the horses will die of exhaustion first!" Liu Tai shook his head.

When Liu Xia heard this, his expression dimmed.
Because what Liu Tai said is right, if the heavy cavalry unit can travel long distances, then other units cannot survive. Even if people can withstand it with willpower, horses cannot withstand it!

"And if I withdraw with the main force of the army, I will need the heavy cavalry battalion to stay to guard Shi Le's army. No matter what tricks Shi Le uses, as long as the heavy cavalry battalion is there, Shi Le's efforts will be in vain." Liu Tai said,

"And the presence of the heavy cavalry battalion can bring the greatest psychological pressure to Shile's army!"

Liu Xia nodded fiercely when he heard Liu Tai's words. It's not like he didn't play his role in this battle!

"The other is Yueqi! Although it is suitable for raids, I prefer to keep Yueqi and enter when Liu Yao's army is defeated. Let Yueqi directly be responsible for chasing Liu Yao. Wherever Liu Yao goes, then pursue him wherever he goes. .

In the last battle, we captured Shi Le without even taking a breath, leaving us to besiege Yecheng and not be able to capture it for a long time.

Now we can't make the same mistake again. We need to conserve our energy when riding and attack when needed.

Even taking a step back, if our attack is unsuccessful, Yue Qi will be able to provide a helping hand to some extent! "

Liu Tai said, "So Yueqi is not suitable to join the battle!"

"Then this matter has nothing to do with me!" Ge Xin heard Liu Tai's words and said excitedly at this time.

"But if General Ge's cavalry camp charges into the battle, it will only have five or six thousand soldiers. This is really too risky. I don't approve of this plan!" Wen Qiao decisively objected.

For Wen Qiao, there are only 6000 or 30 men to attack the opponent's [-]-strong army. Even Liu Tai does not approve of Liu Tai's tactics. The risk is too great!
Liu Tai shook his head and said, "So in addition to the Tunqi camp and the Yueqi camp, we also need at least [-] soldiers. Counting the [-] soldiers directly under my command, we also need to select [-] soldiers to follow me in the crusade. But this time , they can only eat dry food, wear armor, and march eighty miles (forty kilometers) a day, but there are soldiers willing to take orders!"

Liu Tai said, looking at Wang Sang.

Zhou Ping pursed his lips, but in the end he chose to give up. He knew very well that his army was modeled after the Three Rivers and Five Schools. The Tunqi Battalion and the Yueqi Battalion could still carry out this plan, but the other three battalions could not. Difficult.

Especially the fortress camp. Not only did the soldiers of this battalion wear fish scale armor, but most of them also had large iron shields in their hands. It was surprising that they could run past them.

Wang Sang stood up at this time and said, "Please, Your Majesty, give the remaining quota to our department. Our department will select suitable soldiers before tomorrow. However, we can only travel eighty miles a day. The soldiers under your command will definitely be able to do it!"

Liu Tai nodded when he heard Wang Sang's words. To be honest, he just wanted Wang Sang to participate.

Zhou Ping led his men to defeat Shi Le, not to mention making a lot of money, but the merits are here.

However, Wang Sang arrived late. Rather than besieging him here, he might as well let his soldiers fight against Liu Yao and earn merit.

As for Zhao An, he is still fighting in Bingzhou. After conquering Bingzhou, he still needs to conquer the Taihang Mountains.

One step is slow, each step is slow. If he can't catch up, he won't have this chance. Even Liu Tai can't do anything, otherwise Zhao An can join in.

But that's what war is like. If the opportunity is there but you're not around, there's really nothing you can do.

Of course, even if this is the case, considering Zhao An's achievements in capturing Jinyang and even capturing the Taihang Mountains, it is no problem to be granted a title of marquis. It is better than a certain lost general who has the ability and opportunity, but for some reason, he just can't seize it. Chance.

This time, Zhou Ping was allowed to defeat Shi Le once, and if Wang Sang was allowed to defeat Liu Yao once more, it would be regarded as sharing the battle achievements to a certain extent.

And Zhou Ping also understood this truth. He couldn't let himself get all the merits, just like he couldn't take advantage of all the good deeds. So at this moment, Zhou Ping naturally had no intention of competing.

After the meeting, everyone made up their minds and immediately went to various ministries to convey orders.

Liu Tai asked the Huotou Army to prepare dry food for the soldiers preparing for the expedition, which included sun-dried fried tea, fried noodles ground into powder, and dried meat.

If they were in the camp, relying on the amazing carrying capacity brought by water transportation, the soldiers could basically still eat hot food.

But if you perform tasks that require running, you need to use these to configure the corresponding rations.

The latter two are relatively common in Liu Tai's army, but because eating too much will cause the lips to split and the soldiers will get angry, the army originally brought a pack of pine needles, soaked them in hot water and drank them.

However, the tea grown in the mountains south of Linzi was gradually harvested over the past few years, and tea began to be added to military supplies.

To be honest, good things in any era are basically developed in military camps first.

There is no way, the military is almost the embodiment of the productivity level of the entire organization.

The strength of an organization can basically be seen by looking at their armed personnel.

Liu Tai personally watched the Huotou Army in the rear arranging logistics for the army. Liu Tai knew very well that his army was guided by nationalism, had a military system to ensure the logistics of the soldiers, and had military law to deter their illegal behavior. But at the same time, he Promoting humanistic care and uniting the soldiers as much as possible changed the bad habit of beating and scolding by superiors and subordinates.

This makes his army very outstanding both in terms of organizational strength and its own quality.

A journey of eighty miles a day may sound excessive, but Liu Tai believed that his soldiers could do it.

Even if Sun Tzu said, if you are fighting for a profit at a hundred miles, you will capture three generals. The strong one will go first, and the tired one will be behind. The method will be eleven; if you are fighting for a profit at fifty miles, you will defeat the general, and the method will be half; If you fight for profit, two-thirds will come.If any general does not want to become a mediocre general, he must find a way to break out of Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Among them, those who did an outstanding job became the 72 generals. As for those who could change Sun Tzu's art of war, they could even become the Four Sages or the Ten Philosophers.

Liu Tai knew very well that what Sun Tzu said was not wrong, or for any general, Sun Tzu's art of war is like a righteous way of thinking. When you want to pass on something in the art of war, you have to go back. The Art of War.

But the problem is that Liu Tai also knows what the upper limit of his army is.

They can carry almost 20 kilograms of items on their backs and march fifty to sixty kilometers a day, becoming the pinnacle of light infantry.

Although the nationalism he proposed may not be as advanced as future revolutionary ideas, in this era where there is no military thought, the ideological blessing it brings is groundbreaking in itself.

Not to mention that he did not treat his soldiers badly in terms of food, and after raising them for three or four years, their physical fitness was definitely the best among all the soldiers.

At least running and lying down to die, I dare not say that it will not happen, but it is definitely very rare.

Liu Tai believes that things like things that get lost while running will never happen.

Because if they run away and die, they will still be counted as martyrs. Their fields can be passed down to their children, and their children can also get the best education for common people in this era.

But if the military historians cannot find your body and cannot find any trace of you during the roll call, they will treat you as deserters.

Under Liu Tai's military system, the military is almost the only way to rise in this society from top to bottom. Don't say that your family and children will be humiliated from now on, and even your children will not be able to join the military to gain status in the future. This is not good for anyone. For ordinary people, it is an unbearable burden.

Because they are willing to endure hardships and fight hard, but their offspring are often their biggest weakness.

Especially for those who have become good family members and can have land for their children to inherit, they would rather die themselves than have their descendants be inferior to others and have to engage in despicable jobs due to their own reasons.

Therefore, it is inappropriate to use Sun Tzu's Art of War to control Liu Tai's army.

It was precisely beyond the framework of Sun Tzu's Art of War that it exceeded Liu Yao and others' expectations and gave Liu Tai the possibility of success.

Wang Sang brought Liu Tai's order to recruit 1 more people to follow him, and Wang Sang also honestly told his soldiers the standard of eighty miles a day.

Let them know that if they can't do this, even if they run to death, don't make a sound to me, otherwise I will hack them to death with a knife.

And there is a reason why Wang Sang did this.

Because the quality of Wang Sang's army is not bad to be honest. He has always been stationed on the front line. He has had battles with Wang Jun, Shile Kongchang and others. He has gradually accumulated skills through the medical battalion. Many veterans of many battles.

In terms of average quality, it should be regarded as the legion that has experienced the longest war in Liu Tai's army.

But the problem is that most of Wang Sang's troops are engaged in city defense battles or defensive counterattacks.

This means that long-distance attacks are not what Wang Sang's army is good at, so Wang Sang understands that in order to carry out this mission, he needs not only good combat experience, but also the awareness to keep running even if he dies!
All Liu Tai's armies have military history as long as they reach the garrison level, specializing in popularizing Han history, guiding the soldiers' national thoughts, and letting them know that they are fighting for the rise of the Han Dynasty.

In the process, one can also gain benefits, which makes one's personal future and the national mission become one. This impression is further strengthened under the system of the military system.

Even so, if the will acting on the body can make the soldiers reach eighty miles a day, Liu Tai believes that it can, but Wang Sang is not sure.

Therefore, let the soldiers come voluntarily. When the military order comes, don't regret the decision you made.

Of course, a single person is not qualified to make decisions. The decisions are made by the commander of the camp and the military commander who is the highest commanding unit.

In fact, the number of people who signed up far exceeded Wang Sang's expectation. In Wang Sang's view, this was really extremely difficult, but for his soldiers, Liu Tai gave him a direction to strive for and enough strength. Financial security.

Now there is a difficulty in front of him. Liu Tai needs them to keep up with him and then go together to destroy Liu Yao.

How could the soldiers not be willing to go?

Not to mention how much merit he can gain after killing Liu Yao, the most important thing is that Liu Tai himself is already the God of War to the soldiers.

After all, have you ever seen Liu Tai defeat Zhan in the past ten years?
Since he didn't, if he missed this opportunity, how could he obtain such a sure merit.

Not to mention, even if they die in battle, Liu Tai can guarantee the survival of their descendants. For the simple soldiers of this era, Liu Tai needs him now, and he can't wait to hand over his life, so he still What are you hesitating about?
Wang Sang looked at the enthusiasm of his soldiers and felt that these soldiers were obviously soldiers brought out by him!

Why, when they heard that Liu Tai was leading the team this time, they all became so fanatical that they even wanted to take their own lives.

Wang Sang originally thought that the volunteers who were willing to go this time might not be able to gather [-], and he would have to fill in more with his personal guards.

But in fact, almost all the troops chose to follow as soon as they received the notice. This gave Wang Sang the feeling of knowing his own army for the first time, and even the military system created by Liu Tai for the first time.

To Liu Tai, it's a complete joke to say that his great achievements overshadow his master's.

Wang Sang couldn't help but let go of his strange thoughts. After all, even if Wang Sang was a relative to a certain extent, he was not a real relative after all.

Compared to Zhao An and Zhou Ping, Wang Sang's relationship is the furthest away, but now seeing the enthusiasm of his soldiers for Liu Tai, Wang Sang understands very well that as long as he completes the tasks assigned by Liu Tai, don't think about anything else. Some don't.

As long as Liu Tai lives, no general who relies on Liu Tai's military system will be able to escape Liu Tai's grasp.

Thinking of this, Wang Sang couldn't help but feel a little relieved. He even recruited [-] troops at one time because they really couldn't run away.

Liu Tai didn't know how much Wang Sang's psychology had changed during this conscription.

However, on the second day, after the soldiers had finished their morning meal and received the prepared dry food and salt water prepared in bamboo tubes from the Huotou Army, they set off on the march under Liu Tai's order.

(End of this chapter)