The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 30 The procrastinating Jin army

As Wang Mi's army was digging outside Changzi City, Pang Chun and others were naturally aware of it.

But their attention was not on the ditch being dug, but on the place not far from the eldest son's city, but not expected to be able to be shot by bows and crossbows. It was piled up bit by bit into a small mound.

At first, the people in Changzi City didn't notice anything, but as time went by, the pile of dirt got higher and higher, especially when it was close to the height of Changzi City itself, the people in Changzi City inevitably panicked. .

After all, it is impossible to continue to fill in the height of the city wall of Changzi City, but the slope formed by the mountain of soil seems to be like endless soil, growing every day at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Compared with the direct attack by Wang Mi's army, the mental pressure caused by watching the slope getting higher and higher made them feel extremely desperate.

Because when the height of the slope exceeds the height of the county seat, it will form a condescending pressure on the opponent, which is quite disadvantageous for the defending side!
Under such circumstances, the city immediately divided into two groups. One group continued to defend firmly. After all, even if the slope was built higher than itself, it was not farther away than itself. When the opponent entered the attack of the archers, Let’s talk about range.

The other faction, represented by Wu Ming, said:

"What are you thinking! When the opponent's mountain is built within the range of the archers, will other people's archers shoot from above, or will your own archers shoot others? Don't you have a point in your mind!
Now, while the opponent is still piling up a mountain of dirt, they can directly attack the opponent and break their courage to see if they dare to continue using this tactic. "

To be honest, even Wu Ming found himself powerless in the face of the tactic of piling up mountains of soil.

Because these soils are not like siege weapons, you can burn them clean by setting fire to them.

Therefore, even if the opponent is blocked again and again, the accumulated soil is here. Unless you send troops to station, there is no way to prevent the opponent from advancing the strategy of piling up mountains of soil.

But if soldiers are stationed on this mound of dirt, Wang Mi is afraid that he will not get what he wants. After all, if he can turn this mound of dirt into a meat grinder, it is better than throwing the lives of the soldiers on the city wall.

Therefore, the only way is that you are stronger than the opponent. But if the problem is like this, then it is not that you defend the city and others attack, but that you attack and others defend the city. It can only be said that the army defending the city is faced with the tactic of piling up mountains of earth. That's quite unsolvable.

No matter what, at Wu Ming's insistence, Pang Chun chose to attack.

There was no way, even if it was strategically impossible to completely destroy this mound, we couldn't wait to die in the city.

Maybe Wu Ming is so powerful that he can reverse the strategy with tactics and directly kill Wang Mi's army so that they don't dare to come out!

But it is a pity that Wang Mi's military use is not so sophisticated. However, when the only way to stop you is to fight out of the city, Wang Mi can very efficiently use the advantages of his own army to carry out escape operations. Waiting for the blow of labor.

The soldiers in Changzi City charged and killed several times, but failed to achieve effective results.

And a certain unscrupulous guy named Liu took the initiative to follow Wang Mi's suggestion. A few days after each battle, the soil produced by the excavation work should be transported to the area behind us instead of continuing to pile up into a hill.

We want them to feel that their efforts, their struggles, and their consciousness are all useful.

But if they don't come out, they quickly transport the soil to the slope and speed up the construction of the slope, in order to continue to lure them to take the initiative to attack.

When Wang Mi heard Liu Tai's words, he patted Liu Tai's shoulder hard and said, "You're such a bad boy!"

"Yeah!" Liu Tai couldn't help but smile shyly when he heard this. He couldn't say thank you for his uncle's compliment, it was such a villain's comment.

And through this method, the soldiers in Changzi City were indeed lured out to fight.

But when the opponent failed several times and even lost many soldiers, the Lying Ping faction inside the city completely gained the upper hand.

Even though Wu Ming argued many times that if he continued to stay in Changzi City, he would be waiting to die, but the Lieping faction firmly believed that at least the battlefield would be Changzi City instead of sending our soldiers out to die.

After all, with so many defense facilities in the eldest son city, one year of preparation cannot be in vain.

After Pang Chun saw Wu Ming fail several times, he also decisively sided with the Lying Ping faction, which made Wu Ming feel somewhat determined to kill the enemy but unable to save his life.

Because he knew very well that if he continued to go out to fight, at least there would be corresponding room for strategy.

Otherwise, when the mountain of earth is pushed within the opponent's shooting range, how can anyone still stand on the city wall!
There is no room for anyone to stand on the city wall. How can you use the city wall to block it and give way? !
But many people don't have such a long-term vision, especially when a guy proposed to temporarily demolish the house and build a roof to block arrows, Wu Ming was completely desperate.

At least in his opinion, besides giving others a piece of fire to burn, what other meaning does this kind of thing have?

But as Wu Ming failed to open up the situation through several external attacks, naturally no one listened to his words.

Just when Wu Ming was thinking about leading the cavalry and leaving first, there was a loud bang outside the city, and they saw Danshui being pulled into the ditch. The ditch surrounded him, and the eldest son was completely surrounded.

At this time, they suddenly understood where the other party's endless mud came from.

The so-called mountains of dirt were just a by-product of besieging them, but so many people in the city just didn't see through it.

So naturally there is nothing to struggle with, just lie down.

Either Liu Kun's army came to save him, or Jin Ting's army came to save him, otherwise he would still want to rush into the Danshui and break through the opponent's siege.

Liu Tai looked at the Danshui in front of him. The river surrounded his eldest son, and he couldn't help but marvel at the power of nature.

Liu Tai said to Jie Fei beside him, "Can you create some mechanisms that can guide the flow of water from low to high, or find a way to increase the impact of the water?"

"Reporting to Sima, my flying ability is limited. I'm afraid it will take a lot of research to find a corresponding method!"

Jie Fei said this, thought for a while and said, "However, when it comes to water control, the Wang family of Jimo, the Sang family of Luoyang, and the Li family of Shu are the most famous. If we can have the support of these families, we should be able to quickly solve the problem you mentioned. thing."

"Are these families?" Liu Tai nodded, thinking about searching for the affiliated families of these families.

This is because the main lineage has to study various mainstream scriptures. If you learn these scriptures well, you will be qualified to be criticized by aristocratic families. If you have not learned these well, you will not be qualified to touch the standards of the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System". Not to mention official positions.

But the honor passed down by one’s own family cannot be thrown away, so one has to become an official, and one must inherit the inheritance of one’s ancestors.Gradually, it was divided into direct lineage to learn and inherit various political resources, while collateral lineage or non-lineage eldest son learned the ancestral skills of the family.

Liu Tai raised his head to look at his eldest son, but had no intention of continuing to look at him.

After all, he had been presiding over the excavation for so long, and no one in the eldest son city thought of his tactics, or even thought of escaping before the trench was completed, so they might not be able to escape now.

Next, just build a beacon tower by the river and arrange the soldiers on duty!

Liu Tai was more curious about the other side, that is, the outcome of the battle between Liu Cong and Shi Mi.

After Liu Cong received the information from Liu Kun's army, he didn't stop for a moment. He immediately took the cavalry in the legion and set off quickly, heading directly towards Liu Kun's army at a lightning speed.

The guards Huang Su and Han Shu sent by Liu Kun were not prepared at all at the beginning. Liu Cong actually ignored the besieged Shangdang and rushed towards them with his cavalry.

There was no strategy, only strength. Liu Cong made his first attack and killed Han Shu directly in Xijian.

Huang Su was quite capable, gathering the defeated troops as much as possible and escaping while fighting, but Shi Le was obedient in the face of a strong enemy, but as long as you were weak, Shi Le's army became particularly brutal, chasing him all the way to Fengtian, killing It’s Huang Su.

It can be said that the plan to encircle the point and mobilize reinforcements was completed very smoothly. Originally, Liu Cong planned to use these heads to cast the Jingguan and ask the generals in Huguan to surrender. However, only then did Liu Cong hear that the reinforcements sent by the Jin court were crossing the border. Crossed the Yellow River!
"Are they crazy!? After procrastinating for so long, I have defeated Liu Kun's reinforcements, why are they still here?!"

Liu Cong didn't understand what Jin Ting wanted to do, but Jin Ting's [-] troops were not fake!
In fact, Liu Kun contacted the Jin court early and asked Sima Yue to send troops to attack from both sides as soon as Shangdang was besieged, so that the Jin court could complete control of the Taihang Mountains.

But the problem is that Sima Yue, who is obsessed with internal strife, sees Sima Rui developing steadily in Soochow, while he is faltering in the Jin court. Watching Sima Rui develop steadily is even more uncomfortable than covering the sky with one hand.

He decisively dispatched Sima Rui's right-hand man, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Huainan who had stabilized Huainan, and asked him to serve as the rescue coach. He traveled from Huainan to Luoyang and waited for a month for him to rescue Shangdang.

The military must serve politics, and for Liu Kun, opening up the Taihang Mountains is the top priority.

But for Sima Yue, he wanted to dominate the Jin court, and the entire Sima family could not have a brighter son than himself, not even Sima Rui, who supported him in the beginning.

After all, you have been my little brother for so long, why don’t you still want to be the big brother?

Therefore, although Sima Yue asked Wang Kuang to go to the rescue, the support he could provide was barely adequate. By the time the army and weapons were ready to cross the Yellow River, Liu Cong had already dealt with Liu Kun's reinforcements and could free up his hands to deal with the other side. .

When Wang Kuang chose to cross the Yellow River decisively, General Shi Rongpi and General Cao Chao advised Wang Kuang:

"Although our army has tens of thousands, it is just a lone army. It is too dangerous to continue to march. Now that it is blocked by the Yellow River, it is time to make a plan."

Wang Kuang knew about Liu Kun's suggestions and plans for Sima Yue. In fact, Sima Yue insisted on suppressing Sima Rui politically to drag him to lead his troops north, which already made Wang Kuang furious.

Not to mention, Wang Kuang himself is a very strategic person. He was the first to propose to Sima Rui the plan to cross south in clothes, and he implemented it, which shows his strategic ability.

Therefore, after Wang Kuang learned about Liu Kun's strategic plan to open up the Taihang Mountains, he knew that this was the last chance to contain the Huns and Han.

Because the Xiongnu and Han were not afraid of wearing shoes when they were barefoot, if they continued to send troops to cause chaos, the court would probably collapse.

For people like Wang Kuanglai who have excellent strategic vision, they naturally know that their aristocratic families rely on the court and rules to survive forever. Without the protection of rules, no matter how strong the aristocratic family is, can it be stronger than the sword in Qiu Ba's hand? !
In any world, the elite class hates chaos and the breaking of its own rules. However, some elites turn a blind eye to this scene and choose to pretend to be ostriches.

And some elites can see this scene and find ways to stop it. Even if they press the gourd and lift the gourd, they must delay their rule as much as possible.

So at this moment Wang Kuang said angrily, "Rescuing the Shangdang is a military order. Do you want to disobey the military order?"

At this time, the authority of the Jin court had not completely declined. Facing the pressure from the rule level and Wang Kuang of the Langya Wang family, Shi Rong really did not have the courage to fight against it, so he could only shut up and retreat.

I just couldn't help but sigh to Cao Chao, "Liu Cong on the opposite side is very good at using troops. He attacked Luoyang several times and posed a great threat to the court, but Wang Kuang doesn't understand the situation. We are afraid of death!"

After hearing this, Cao Chao calmly replied, "It's just death, we can't let foreigners ride on our head!"

Therefore, although the Jin army went deep alone, it had no intention of retreating.

Liu Cong rearranged Wang Mi, who had completed the task, and Shi Le, who was satisfied, to have a meeting together.

Occasionally, Liu Cong also glanced at Liu Tai, who was standing behind Wang Mi as a guard. In any case, the plan of diverting the elixir water and locking the eldest son made Liu Cong a lot easier when arranging the tactical layout.

If Liu Tai were not a subordinate of Wang Mi, a semi-independent force, especially if he called his uncle and uncle affectionately, Liu Cong would also want to poach him, but for now, let's put this matter aside for now!

"The reinforcements sent by the Jin court dare to go deep into the Taihang Mountains alone. How can we not accept such a great gift!" Liu Cong couldn't help but say.

"Our army is willing to be driven by King Chu, and we will definitely capture this Jin army!" Wang Mi stood up decisively at this moment to express his stance.

"Ah haha!" Liu Cong burst into laughter and said, "General Shi Le's army suffered a lot of losses in the battle with Liu Kun and was in need of rest, so he exchanged tasks with General Wang's army. General Shi Le will guard the eldest son, while the rest of the army will follow. I destroyed this Jin army!"

When Shi Le heard Liu Cong's statement, he also came out and agreed to switch defenses with Wang Mi.

Because he also knew that he could not get all the merits on the battlefield. He followed Liu Cong to destroy Liu Kun's reinforcements and had already received the merits. Then Liu Cong chose to take Wang Mi to defeat this lone army and go deep. Jin army.

After doing this calculation, I don’t know if I have lost money!
Wang Mi looked excited. At least he had made a contribution, and he looked at Liu Cong with a much more pleasing look.

At this moment, Liu Tai didn't care about this. He was following Wang Mi anyway, and he would go wherever Wang Mi went.

Now Liu Tai's eyes fell on this simple map and saw two big characters marked on the map - Changping.

(End of this chapter)