The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 296 These two guys are so nice.

Following Liu Tai's order, the entire Han Dynasty with Yecheng as the core began to operate in full swing.

For example, although Wang Sang of Ji County still opened up communication with Xingyang, Wang Sang began to purchase a large amount of grain from Xingyang. The reason was that there was not enough grain for the construction of the Grand Canal, and he hoped to deal with the emergency before the autumn grain came. .

Another example is that Zhou Ping began to collect and build tools for crossing the river at dawn. Although the Yellow River waterway was controlled by Liu Tai at the moment, the other party also arranged sentries along the Yellow River. If there were sufficient preparations, the landing would be easier.

As for Liu Tai himself, he recruited Xi to join the army, and the entire military history system under his command held a conference.

That’s right, a meeting!

Although Liu Tai hates communication, when it comes time to communicate, Liu Tai finds that meetings are the fastest way to complete communication and unify his thoughts and wills.

A war was needed, and Liu Tai needed to let his soldiers know why they were fighting, not just because he could win, nor because of the military merit system created by Chu Hui.

It's not that Liu Tai is being hypocritical, but that Liu Tai's troop leadership system dictates that his soldiers must understand the meaning of their battles.

Only when they know the significance of their battles will they be able to unleash a power that far exceeds that of ordinary soldiers, allowing some of Liu Tai's outrageous plans to have more fault tolerance.

They are completely different from those peasant soldiers who do not study at all and are ignorant. Not everyone under Liu Tai's command is literate, but at least they all understand history. It will get higher and higher.

So if you don’t give them an answer, they will just have random thoughts!

Liu Tai wants them to have a strong internal driving force, instead of killing purely for the sake of killing, and rely on system rewards to maintain their combat effectiveness, because this will make people tired.

There are almost no people in this world who kill purely for the sake of killing. Even if there are such people, they cannot form an organizational system, and as long as they cannot form an organizational system, no matter how strong the body is, it will be fragile.

It's like even if Liu Tai has natural supernatural power, if Liu Tai is not the commander of an army, he can kill ten people or fight a hundred people, but he can't kill a thousand people anyway. What Liu Tai needs now is to unify the will of his soldiers.

"Have the new military merit titles been issued? Have the soldiers seen it?" Liu Tai looked at the crowd and said.

"We will tell the soldiers about the new reward word for word. When the soldiers arrive on the battlefield, they will march forward bravely!" The brave military historian opened his mouth and shouted to Liu Tai.

When Liu Tai heard this, he smiled calmly and nodded, "Very good! Everyone, the military merit system is only to provide protection to the soldiers, so that the soldiers can exchange their blood and vitality for their merits. "

"Your Majesty!" The military historians below heard Liu Tai's words, but they couldn't help but feel warm in their hearts.

Liu Tai stretched out his hand and clenched his fist, letting everyone's eyes focus on him, and then said, "At this moment, I need to ask you a question, and it is likely to be a question that the soldiers will ask you in the future, why are we fighting! "

Liu Tai looked at these military histories and continued: "The Hu people have enmity with us, and we fight to kill Hu; the Jin court is cruel and corrupt, and its officials are corrupt, and we fight for justice; we cultivate the fields to protect our families, and we fight to protect them; The world is divided and all heroes have risen together, we fight for the unification of the Han Dynasty..."

Hearing Liu Tai's words, the eyes of the military historians were full of passion, because they read history and understood the mighty glory of the Han Dynasty very well, and they also understood the Han Dynasty's pursuit of the unification of the world.

Liu Tai continued, "We were born in troubled times, experienced ups and downs, and most long for peace in the world, so we end wars with war, and end wars with violence. We fight for peace in the world, and for our descendants.

If we do not unify the world and quell the war, the war will inevitably continue, and your descendants will have to bear the suffering you have suffered over the years.

Therefore, our generation must fight for the peace of the world in the future! "

Liu Tai took a deep breath, looked at everyone and continued, "If the soldiers feel doubts about fighting for themselves.

Then open them up bit by bit, either to protect the homeland, to achieve future achievements, or to unify the nation, and more importantly, to end the war with war.

All in all, you are my will. I cannot enlighten every soldier, but I hope you can enlighten every soldier on the battlefield who is confused by the war, so that they can clearly understand the meaning of war and their significance! "

"I will obey your order!" Listening to Liu Tai's words, the military historians also simply replied to Liu Tai.

Liu Tai looked at these guys and couldn't help but sigh. Compared with a certain painter, his instigation ability was really different.

After that person finished speaking, the people below wanted to get their hearts out, but after he finished speaking, he could barely pass on the spirit of the meeting.

To be honest, Liu Tai hoped that these military histories could explain clearly why the soldiers fought, and then make the soldiers under his command feel that their death was worthwhile.

Because people educated in Chinese culture never care much about their own lives, they just care about whether their own death is worth it.

If it is worth it, everyone will fight for it even if you die. If it is not worth it, even if you have a job with a middle-income level, everyone will despise it.

Therefore, Liu Tai must hold this meeting before the war.

Because after he destroyed Shi Le and captured Liu Yao, he became the ruler of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, the Hu-Han contradiction that originally existed in the Huns and Han Kingdoms is no longer the main contradiction, but has gradually retreated to a secondary contradiction. Now the main contradiction has gradually turned into a contradiction between division and unity.

But this kind of contradiction can be understood by educated military historians. After all, they have studied history for such a long time, how could they not understand the importance of unification.

But for the people at the bottom, they don't understand. Even the vast majority of the soldiers joined for a meal or for military fields. They don't understand the importance of unity.

Moreover, these soldiers didn't think about anything. They just killed the confused and heartless ones along the way. But if these soldiers expressed doubts, Liu Tai hoped that military history could explain them. He started the war for the sake of war. Don't fall on your own head.

Liu Tai took a deep breath. Soon after the meeting ended, these military historians walked out of the conference room more or less confused. It was obvious that after attending this meeting, the military historians felt enthusiastic. Some also feel tired.

However, it doesn't matter whether you are tired or not, just remember to take the information back with you so that the soldiers will have answers when they ask questions later.

With the end of this meeting, when these military histories returned to their respective military systems, Yecheng's military began to make arrangements.

For example, Zhang Song went to Wang Sang, Yang Yu went to Zhou Ping, Liu Tai took Xi Jian with him, and Yang Man, Wen Qiao, Xun Chuo and others also led their armies but were preparing to set off for Taishan County. At the same time, Babaili accelerated and began to get the decision into Zhao An's hands as quickly as possible.

After Zhao An saw the letter, his face couldn't help but change. Gao Zhan looked at Zhao An next to him. He couldn't help but be confused and said,

"What's wrong? Your face doesn't look very good!"

"Wang Dun rebelled. Your Majesty asked me to lead the army south to Linzi and prepare for the southern expedition!" Zhao An said with a somewhat solemn expression.

"Go and inform Liu Changshi and Prefect Lu first." Gao Zhan came to his senses and said decisively to Zhao An,

"Although our military orders prohibit it, it is very simple to switch to war, but dried meat is very important to our plan. Let's take as much as we can this time!"

Neither Gao Zhan nor Zhao An complained about anything at this time.

Because they knew very well that Liu Tai did not postpone everything until autumn as planned. This was because this opportunity was so good.

The chaos in the upper echelons of the Jin court caused by Wang Dun's rebellion could comprehensively affect the lower echelons of the Jin court. This immediately caused Yanzhou, Sizhou and Yuzhou, which he originally thought would be very difficult to deal with, to directly cut off contact with the central government. .

Regardless of whether Wang Dun succeeds or fails, even if there is a winner between Wang Dun and Sima Rui, it is not easy for them to easily complete the integration of forces.

Not to mention, even if he went to support, would Wang Dun himself dare to come out to support? Aren't you afraid that if you walk with your front heel, your back heel will be stabbed in the back?

And Sima Rui has learned from Wang Dun's mistakes. Even if Sima Rui completes the counter-insurgency, can he safely hand over all the military power to one person and trust the other person wholeheartedly?

It can be said that whether Wang Dun's rebellion itself was successful or failed, this directly left the states and counties that did not participate in this war alone. They needed to use their own power to resist Liu Tai and the entire Hebei Province. attack.

As such, this plan was very hasty, but both Zhao An and Gao Zhan knew very well that there was nothing wrong with Liu Tai's decision, because he would have carried it out even if he had been replaced, because this opportunity was so good. .

Soon, both Liu Han and Lu Chen also knew the news, and came to see Zhao An with serious expressions.

Zhao An clasped his hands and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for this year's dried meat, so I need to take a boat to Linzi first!"

When Liu Han heard Zhao An's words, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "It's impossible to prepare dried meat for the general normally. Now we have to use extraordinary means! General, can you leave five more people?" Days of time.”

"Huh?!" Zhao An was a little stunned when he heard Liu Han's words. He didn't expect that there was still hope for help?

"The general was extremely domineering and forcibly robbed 20,000 sheep from the large ranch, causing the sheep output of Youzhou's ranch to drop by more than half!" Liu Han said decisively to Zhao An.

"Huh?!" Zhao An heard Liu Han's words and looked at Liu Han in disbelief.

I'm not, I don't, do you know what you are talking about!

At this time, Lu Chen said, "I can also prove that General Zhao did this. Not only did he rob the sheep in Youzhou Ranch, but he also snatched a large amount of coal from the coal wire to smoke the mutton and make it into strips! "

Liu Han said, “The kind of thoroughly compacted dried meat takes a year to make, so it won’t be available this year anyway.

But if you just want to preserve the food for a longer period of time, then just bring smoked meat.

After this kind of meat is smoked and grilled, it is not easy to spoil in a short period of time. This is the technology provided by Prefect Lu! "

“Smoking technology has been recorded as early as in the Huangdi Neijing, but it was mostly used for medicinal purposes.

One of the important reasons is that if you use wood for smoking, it will consume too much wood.

But it's different with coal. The burning smoke of this thing can provide a stable source of fire, so even food can be smoked! "Lu Chen said,

"This kind of smoked food doesn't last as long as the dried meat that is pressed into slices. However, it can be guaranteed that it will not be damaged for at least half a year. I believe that these meat strips will definitely be enough to supply the general's needs.

Just by doing this, the already improving animal husbandry industry in the north will be severely damaged, so the general needs to be careful! "

"What should I do?!" Zhao An said happily after hearing Liu Han's words, "Now all the sheep in the ranch have been recruited!"

When Liu Han heard what Zhao An said, he decisively took out a forced conquest order and handed it to Zhao An, saying, "Please use the seal and pen, general, so that I can have an explanation to the king!"

Zhao An was not polite and directly signed and stamped his general seal, which made Liu Han sigh in relief.

I have to say that since I came here to cultivate the large pasture, I have naturally started a small stove for myself occasionally.

I have an all-ox or all-lamb feast almost once a week to boost morale, and I end up eating too much without realizing it.

Although it would be easy to settle the matter with one's own status after losing one or two cattle and sheep, but now this guy is here to settle the score. Who will dare to say that he is using power for personal gain in the future? It is clear that he is selfless.

With the generous share that I have now, I can at least have enough for myself to feast on all the cattle and sheep and all the sheep.

As for Lu Chen, he also breathed a sigh of relief, as he could use Zhao An to settle part of the accounts.

Of course, it is not that Lu Chen is corrupt, but because as coal mines are used more and more, coal mines are needed everywhere. Even if he wants to change it, it is not so easy to change it. Naturally, he needs to ask his grandfather. Sue grandma to appease buyers one by one.

Now that Zhao An's incident has come out, don't ask, just ask that the coal was taken away by Zhao An to be smoked, so let me wait in line one by one!

All in all, Zhao An became more and more pleased with Liu Han and Lu Chen.

Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, he actually prepared a backup plan. As for the sheep and coal that were damaged in the process, are these things a problem for me? Do you really think that the four generals who are close to me and Liu Tai will take it? Did you come out to brag? ?

Zhao An couldn't help but sigh, these two guys are such good people, no wonder they were favored by the king to become high-ranking officials in Youzhou.

(End of this chapter)