The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 326 Targeting Zhao State

The next time was relatively smooth.

Because Liu Tai had just fought against the Central Plains last year, he only gave 10,000 soldiers to attack Luoyang for Li Ju to try.

Seriously speaking, I still need to rest and recuperate this year, but after winning the Central Plains, after the autumn harvest, I will be more comfortable marching into Chang'an.

The Jin court has not yet calmed down. Of course, even if it has calmed down, because of the loss of the refugee group that advocated the Northern Expedition, even if the Jin court wanted the Northern Expedition, it would only be a provocation at most.

If you want a large-scale Northern Expedition, the Jiangnan family is notorious for muddling through. They will definitely not be willing to pay for this money and food, unless a very powerful person integrates the Jiangnan family and asks them to pay for it. Whether it is Wang Dun or the newly appointed Sima Shao, they will do it. Less than that.

Compared with the Jin court, the Zhao Dynasty, which had just formed an alliance with them, had internal problems as time passed, resulting in a situation where the queen supervised the country and waited for the prince to grow up.

But external problems have always been there, at least now in the Zhao Kingdom, even though Yang Xianrong continued to send people to appease them, and You Ziyuan showed his demeanor as a famous general, and quickly pacified some of the Qiang people.

The situation was at least maintained under the policy of carrots and sticks, but the domestic princes such as Chen Anyang, Duryodhana and others who had certain autonomy rights felt that they could also sit in the land of Longyou when they saw Yang Xianrong, an orphan and a widower. Looking down at the world and ready to move.

However, because he was afraid of You Ziyuan, he did not act rashly.

To be honest, they really don't understand why the wanderers, who are full of ambitions, don't rebel directly, occupying the Zhao Kingdom and becoming king and hegemony without losing one of the princes.

But the problem is that some people in this world just want to keep climbing up, while others just want to be loyal.

Everyone has their own pursuits, not to mention that You Ziyuan was from a noble family and knew that he would have no way out if he became a prince. But if he was a loyal minister, Liu Tai would still be able to accept his surrender if he defeated him.

Therefore, You Ziyuan abides by his duty and honestly serves as Zhao's number one thug.

If I really defeat Liu Tai with the help of Longyou's terrain in the future, I will definitely be famous all over the world and be as dazzling as Zhou Yu.

If he is defeated by Liu Tai, then he should surrender when the time comes. Anyway, Da Zhao originally belonged to the Huns and Han Kingdom, and surrendering to him can be regarded as abandoning the dark side and surrendering to the light. Even so, You Ziyuan hopes to be as prepared as possible.

So You Ziyuan also carefully wrote a memorial about the information exposed by Liu Tai's army and gave it to Yang Xianrong, and said:

"Queen Qi, if we want to defend the King of Han's army head-on, our army needs sophisticated weapons, sufficient morale, and most importantly, at least five thousand armors, and at least fish scale armor!"

"Five thousand fish scale armors?!" Zhu Ji, who was on the side, couldn't help but said solemnly when he heard this, "Do you need so many armors?"

The wanderer faced Zhu Ji from afar and said seriously: "Reporting to Duke Zhu, although I don't know how Liu Tai, the king of Han, did it, but since Liu Tai defeated the two kings in the northern battle, Liu Tai has two magic weapons in his hands.

One is the invincible armored cavalry across the plains. Both men and horses are armored, and cannot be stopped by ordinary weapons.

Liu Tai used this armored horse to break through rocks and destroy Gou Xi, establishing his power that was almost unbeatable in plain field battles.

Secondly, Liu Tai's army is entirely covered in fish scale armor, which makes Liu Tai's army extremely resilient.

Not to mention that the soldiers under my command can't even do the leather armor of the entire army, let alone the fish scale armor. To break through the fish scale armor with the weapons in our hands, we need to carry out targeted development.

And before targeted weapons are developed, we must have an army that can handle them head-on. "

"With only a fish scale army of 5,000 people, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand the attack of Liu Tai's army in a field battle."

Zhu Ji heard what You Ziyuan said and thought deeply, "We'd better not go out of the city to fight. We should rely on Tongguan to compete with it."

"We are relying on Tongguan to fight with them, so we must have an elite armored force. If they encounter it in the wild, our army has no possibility of victory. After all, our army cannot imitate Liu Tai and build armored horses. .

And if our army does not have enough fish-scale armor soldiers, then as long as Liu Tai's army ascends to Tongguan, the advantages of their fish-scale armor will be brought into play, and our army's morale will inevitably be robbed! "

You Ziyuan explained to Zhu Ji, "So there must be at least 5,000 fish-scale soldiers stationed at Tongguan in order to play the role of Tongguan."

Hearing this, Yang Xianrong couldn't help but frown. She was in power and knew very well that she wanted to make five thousand fish scale armor. With her craftsmanship, she definitely couldn't make it easily in a year or two. .

What's more important is that this requires additional corvee work for the people and mining of iron ore, and there is no telling how much iron is consumed in the process of making fish scale armor.

You Ziyuan continued, "In addition to this, we also need to think about any weapons that can target the fish scale warriors.

Otherwise, it would be okay if our army has not yet come into close combat with Liu Tai's army. However, the longer it takes to engage in close combat, our army will inevitably be unable to hold on at first.

Because the other side has been victorious all the way and now has stronger will and experience than our army. "

You Ziyuan knew very well that the armored soldiers he thought of only solved the problem of the army not being directly defeated when the war was going on.

But as time goes by and the stalemate lasts for a long time, the first to be defeated must be our own army.

The reason is very simple, that is, regardless of the willpower and organization of his own army, he even has a natural fear of Liu Tai's army.

Under such circumstances, as long as the two sides remain in a stalemate, their own army will inevitably lose in the end.

At most, his own army can occupy the advantage of defending the city to compete with Liu Tai, but if he wants to defeat Liu Tai, to be honest, You Ziyuan really wants to do so, but if he wants to do it, he needs to be well prepared.

"What do you think, general?" After hearing what You Ziyuan said, Zhu Ji said sternly to You Ziyuan.

"If you want to deal with Liu Tai's army, it will be difficult to use weapons such as spears, so you need to use heavy weapons.

Only in this way can the benefits brought by the opponent's fish scale armor be offset to the greatest extent, and the fight can be even more advantageous! "

You Ziyuan was facing Zhu Ji and talking about his thoughts.

"Heavy weapons are another huge expense!" Zhu Ji couldn't help but look sad.

To be honest, the weapons Zhu Ji most hoped for for You Ziyuan were to give the soldiers a spear head and the soldiers would sharpen the shafts themselves, or to give them some arrows and let the soldiers make the arrows themselves.

This kind of fish-scale armor and heavy weapons, not to mention, at least in terms of resources, is really a huge burden for a stopper.

But there is no way, with the threat of Liu Tai, unless he surrenders directly, he must do these things no matter how difficult it is. For the officials of Da Zhao, because the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty were divided into three parts, Da Zhao could be regarded as inheriting the original power of the Xiongnu, and its strength was actually not bad.

Even inside, there was actually a Xiongnu faction represented by Pu Tai and Hu Yan, but they were suppressed because Yang Xianrong and You Ziyuan teamed up.

If the Han forces do not want to surrender because they do not want to lose the power in their hands, even the smallest rights are their own rights.

The Xiongnu forces inquired about Liu Tai's policy of converting barbarians into Han people, and some Xiongnu people were quite resistant.

After all, the backbone of the Xiongnu was not broken by the Han people, but the Xiongnu had stood up again.

Now that he has stood up, he thinks that if he gives up his glory and becomes a dog to the Han people, he will still raise Liu Tai as a dog. This makes the arrogant Huns as a whole quite difficult to accept.

As for Liu Tai's policy, it was not like giving the Xiongnu a chance to be a dog, but rather wanting to completely eliminate the southern Xiongnu.

Therefore, as long as the Huns have some national mentality, they want to rise and fight.

After all, in the history books recorded by the Han people, the Xiongnu at the time were somewhat powerful beings that the Han people were afraid of!

"We will not use Tongguan as a breakthrough point!" Liu Tai did not know that Zhao Guo had complicated thoughts about him at this time. At this time, Liu Tai was discussing with Zhou Ping an attack against Zhao Guo.

"Don't use Tongguan!?" Zhou Ping looked at the map and couldn't help but frowned, "If so, the king wants to use Hedong as a breakthrough to attack Longyou!"

"Well!" Liu Tai nodded, pointed at the map and said, "If what I expected is correct, Tongguan, as the only place to curb our advance, must have deployed heavy troops.

Then if we attack Zhao State from Tongguan, we have to admit that we will have to pay a huge price.

Therefore, I went to Tongguan to attract the enemy's attention by piling up mountains of soil. Then I needed to send out a surprise force to cross the Yellow River directly from Hedong, and lead the army to directly attack Luoyang from the north, in order to recreate the original situation. The Jin Dynasty destroyed Shu Han. "

After hearing Liu Tai's words, Zhou Ping was eager to give it a try and said, "Then the king will let me be a special soldier!"

Liu Tai looked at Zhou Ping, shook his head and said, "You are as capable as a regular soldier. Attacking cities and strongholds is your strong point. Especially when it comes to surprise attacks, decisiveness and bravery are the most important. You can wait for Zhao An first." , let’s see when he comes back.”

"Your Majesty, you are too partial!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but muttered after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"Even if it's not Zhao An, let Uncle Liu do it!" Liu Tai looked at Zhou Ping and said with a calm smile,

"In the final analysis, we just sent a cavalry force to strengthen Huanghe, but we didn't have any siege weapons.

If everyone in Chang'an does not surrender, it will be difficult to defend Chang'an. We have to wait for this army to cut off Tongguan's logistics and capture Tongguan from both sides. We will have to wait for the army to attack Chang'an! "

Hearing Liu Tai's words, Zhou Ping couldn't help but sigh. If it were Zhao An, he would still want to be thick-skinned and grab this position.

After all, it was really possible to capture Zhao in one battle, so I was a little cautious.

But if it were Liu Ming, it would be basically impossible for him.

After all, Liu Ming couldn't compare with him in terms of qualifications or level of trust with Liu Tai.

However, Zhou Ping also came to his senses and said to Liu Tai, "If our army does not prepare for Tongguan, how many soldiers will our army need to use to defeat Zhao this time?"

"At least 120,000!" Liu Tai said to Zhou Ping: "If there is no 100,000 troops to attract, I think the threat to Tongguan will be quite limited.

Moreover, we are really attacking Tongguan this time, so we also need to prepare a strategy of piling up mountains of soil.

Although this tactic is stupid, it is very stable. It is not easy to defend Tongguan. "

At this time, Tongguan was built by Cao Cao, and Tongguan was targeted at the rebellion in Guanxi. Therefore, when Tongguan was first built, it was aimed at the west, not the east. This resulted in the terrain of this pass being naturally low in the north and high in the south.

Secondly, this pass has actually been abandoned for a long time. After all, although the war between Shu and Cao Wei broke out in the entire Longyou area, it is undeniable that the Shu Han occupied the Cao Wei area.

Even the most threatening Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition did not touch Tongguan. When the world is unified in the future, the defensive effect brought by Tongguan will be even smaller, so it is very normal for Tongguan's armaments to be relaxed.

The Eight Kings Rebellion and the Yongjia Rebellion broke out immediately. Because the main center of the war was not Tongguan, no one wanted to repair it. It can only be said that as the war came, they usually mended and repaired it, and they did their best. .

Tongguan was really taken seriously until Liu Yao was captured by Liu Tai. In order to protect himself, Zhao State would send people to build Tongguan every year.

Even so, this incident only started in recent years. After all, the entire Zhao State thought that Liu Tai would attack with the trend and devour Zhao State in one breath. However, they did not expect that Liu Tai was steady and had no intention of attacking with the trend.

When Zhao Guo responded, Yang Xianrong and other ministers may have argued with Yang Xianrong on other matters, but they did not hesitate at all when it came to funding the construction of Tongguan.

Because they also know that Tongguan is the natural barrier they rely on. If even Tongguan can't resist Liu Tai's footsteps, do they still expect themselves to go out of the city to fight with Liu Tai in the wild?

And this means that although Tongguan was not built for the purpose of resisting the Kwantung Army at the beginning, now with the strong support of Zhao State, it can at least be regarded as a rare and powerful pass in the world.

However, perhaps because of the yellow sand that has been continuously deposited by the Yellow River for hundreds of years, a relatively empty battlefield appeared on the originally very narrow passage, which was relatively suitable for Liu Tai to deploy his troops.

Of course, if another two hundred years pass, Tongguan will basically no longer be used.

Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, Tongguan was abolished and a new Tongguan was built elsewhere.

But now for Liu Tai, he can use his military advantage here, and some equipment can be transported smoothly.

For Zhao Guo, although it gave Liu Tai a certain space to display, it was impossible for Liu Tai to arrange a long snake formation to bypass Tongguan. Therefore, this was a decisive battle location acceptable to both sides.

Just like this, Liu Tai was really preparing for a decisive battle to attract Zhao Jun's attention.

Only in this way can the enemy relax their vigilance in the Hedong area, and then let Liu Ming lead the headquarters to surprise Chang'an.

Every warrior relies on the right combination and the unexpected to win. It is always an old-fashioned but effective tactic!

(End of this chapter)