The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 333 Zhao Guo’s Resolution

Liu Tai attaches great importance to the logistics of his soldiers. He knows that logistics is the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, so he does his best to maintain good logistics.

At this moment, as the resources transported by Chu Hui to Yecheng arrived successfully, Liu Tai's army was officially launched at this time.

As Liu Tai said, Liu Ming led Li Juhuan to declare war with 30,000 soldiers, and appointed Wen Qiao as the leader, Pei Xian as the staff officer, and Li Jin as the military historian to conquer Chang'an.

Among them, Wen Qiao can really serve as a reference for Liu Ming, while Pei Xian is responsible for appeasing the aristocratic families in Hedong County. He does not ask them to make any contribution, but at least he should not add any obstacles to his army when conquering Luoyang.

When I heard Li Jin's name, I heard it was Li Jing, so I looked at him a few more times and did a little research on his information.

We know that he was indeed born in the Li family of Zhaojun, but at this time, the Li family of Zhaojun was just a small powerful man, and he was not at all the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

But even so, Liu Tai still chose to make him one of the few military historians who could independently lead military history. His status was second only to Xi Jianjun, who managed them, and Xun Chuo, who recorded Liu Tai's words and deeds.

Basically, this army has the most sufficient supplies. It is armed from head to toe to the teeth. The food constantly transported to Hedong County is enough for them to celebrate the New Year in Hedong.

However, both Liu Ming and Wen Qiao knew very well that although their troops were stationed in Hedong, due to the wrong time, at least it had not snowed yet and the river banks were not frozen, so they could only wait for the snow in Hedong County.

At the same time, in order to prevent the whereabouts of the army from being leaked, after arriving in Hedong County, the entire Hedong County was placed under military control.

Although the people were not allowed to come and go freely, which caused some dissatisfaction among the people, Liu Tai quickly arranged some simple military enterprises in the local area, such as dry food production, arrow assembly, and coal reprocessing.

All in all, it is to provide some policy support to the local people, let them have work, and at the same time reduce the logistical pressure on their own army, so as to ensure the stability of their army in Hedong County as much as possible and further accumulate strength.

For the vast majority of people, winter means staying in their rooms and trying their best to survive the winter.

Now that the imperial court is stationed here, they immediately brought salt stamps that can be exchanged for salt as long as you are willing to work hard. Even if you want industrial products, you can exchange them for industrial products.

Giving the local people some jobs they could do even in winter naturally made them more cooperative with the imperial military control in Hedong.

Compared with Liu Ming who led his army to station in Hedong County, Liu Tai marched into Tongguan much more calmly.

After all, Zhao State had almost all its treasures in Tongguan, so Liu Tai's army had just arrived in Hongnong County, and Tongguan had already detected Liu Tai's arrival, and immediately reported to Chang'an behind.

"Report! The Han army is divided into two groups, one is stationed in Hedong and the other is stationed in Hongnong. It is said that an army of 200,000 is coming to Zhao!"

At this time, the soldiers reported as much as possible what they knew.

To be honest, it is natural that Liu Tai's information would be known to Zhao Guoren so quickly.

After all, the Han Dynasty is strong and Zhao Guo is weak. When Zhao Guo cannot take the initiative to attack, it would be strange for Zhao Guo not to find out about Liu Tai but to close the door and wait for death. Therefore, Liu Tai just made a move and immediately let Zhao Guo Zhao Guoren felt vigilant.

At this time, Yang Xianrong couldn't help but look pale. The news of Liu Tai's invasion suddenly drained her strength.

Because she knew very well that the sharp sword that had been hanging above her head had completely fallen at this moment.

Because of the existence of this sword, I was able to successfully survive the crisis moments when I first came to the throne. But now that this sharp blade fell, I was the only one who couldn't dodge and could only accept my fate.

I have always listened to politics behind the curtain, but now I really heard that Liu Tai was coming, and my sitting body became a little softer.

Zhu Ji stood up decisively and said: "I, Zhao Youxiong, am guarding the pass with one hundred thousand elite soldiers. Even though Liu Tai is good at fighting, he can't easily attack Tongguan. Please don't worry, the queen and the prince. Liu Tai can't enter the pass now." !”

"Exactly!" Pu Tai stood up and expressed his position: "Even if we enter the pass, our Huns army may not be afraid of Liu Tai!"

Yang Xianrong couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm down.

No matter what, the ministers under his command still support him to continue the fight, which is actually very important.

If Liu Tai had captured Liu Yao and took advantage of the situation to attack the original Zhao, then under the turmoil of the Zhao, whether it was the Xiongnu nobles who had harmed their foundation, or the Han aristocratic family that was overwhelmed by the wind, they might have sacrificed their sheep. Sent to Liu Tai's bed.

But several years have passed since this incident. Both these Han aristocratic families and the Xiongnu nobles have gradually come out of Liu Yao's capture. The entire Zhao Dynasty has built a new empire with Yang Xianrong's efforts. political balance.

For example, Pu Tai represents the Xiongnu, and You Ziyuan represents the Han people. Each has mastered the rights of military history to form a political balance.

Especially under the external pressure of Liu Tai, these two were able to be used by the court through the mediation of Yang Xianrong.

More importantly, the national policy implemented by Liu Tai was to convert the Hu into Han. If the Huns were defeated by Liu Tai in the future, it would be unrealistic to appease the Huns like the Jin court of Cao Wei did and let the Huns move to places with pasture for grazing. .

Because there are only two possibilities for foreigners here in Liu Tai, either to do corvee work, learn Chinese, practice Chinese characters, and then become Han, or to do corvée work all the way to death.

For the Xiongnu nobles, most of them mastered Chinese, and it was not difficult to become Han Chinese.

But the problem is that all the slaves under him who cannot speak Chinese have been reformed by Liu Taila, so how can I be a Hun noble? How can I be called the King of the Huns when I am alone?

People like Liu Yuan and Liu Cong were particularly generous in rewarding titles, especially kings, and they threw them away casually, because they retained the Xiongnu character from the bottom up and despised the importance of status brought by kings.

Therefore, the Xiongnu nobles knew that if they were defeated by Liu Tai, the entire Xiongnu clan would be lost to history.

Because Liu Taizhen is deconstructing the entire Xiongnu system, completely dismembering the Xiongnu, and then assimilating and absorbing it.

As for the Han family, they really want to join Liu Tai. They only have one request, that is, Liu Tai should not be so harsh on him.

I don't want to accept the Qianda tax, nor do I want to accept the corvee tax, nor do I want my family's background to be clearly understood by the court. This is really too insecure.

However, it is not true to say that these aristocratic families are staunch anti-Han elements, because they prefer to use Tongguan to resist Liu Tai's advance to protect themselves and their family's privileges, so they also oppose Liu Tai. But the difference between the two groups of people is that once these Han families see Liu Tai breaking through Tongguan and fighting all the way to Luoyang City, they will try to persuade Yang Xianrong to surrender.

Even if Liu Tai's policy is difficult to accept, compared with the risks after the city is breached, it is not that difficult to accept.

They will soon return to what a noble family should be.

In contrast, those Huns nobles really had the courage to continue fighting, or the courage to choose to escape, because they knew that they had to fight for the Huns!

At least now, when Yang Xianrong saw that the city was full of warriors, his uneasiness was somewhat relieved.

"Lieutenant You, now that Liu Tai is coming with a large army, how should our army respond?" Yang Xianrong said.

The wanderer went out to the queue and said to Sheep Xianrong, "Now the weather has entered late autumn, and there will be winter snow soon. In recent years, the winter has been extremely cold. The Han army came to attack at an unlucky time. We, the Zhao Dynasty, have Xiongguan and Tongguan, and there are dangerous turbulences." The Yellow River and the Han army have no geographical advantage. Now that we are united and united, we are both harmonious and harmonious. Even if Liu Tai knows his soldiers and is good at planning, he may not be unable to fight with him!"

When everyone heard what You Ziyuan said, they immediately felt that what You Ziyuan said made sense.

Although Liu Tai is very strong, he has the right time, place and people. Even if he cannot defeat Liu Tai, as long as he defends Tongguan, he will win.

As long as he defends Tongguan, he won't talk about counterattack in the future. At least he will rely on Tongguan to become a landlord behind closed doors. This is definitely a mistake. Under such circumstances, everyone looked at You Ziyuan with a little more appreciation.

Of course, You Ziyuan said this, but he knew very well that his words were only for people who were not familiar with military matters. When he really waited for the war, they had no effect at all.

You Ziyuan knew very well that since Liu Tai chose to fight in winter, there was a reason to fight in winter.

As the number one general of this era, although he has not been called out, he is actually recognized by everyone. If Liu Tai’s operations are not understood by himself, then the only possibility is that he is good at it, not that Liu Tai’s operations are good. question.

There is no way, a person's name is like a tree. Liu Tai has fought many tough battles since his debut. Even with his current attitude towards the family, if it weren't for the fact that no one could defeat Liu Tai, the family would be so sympathetic to Liu Tai. Is it the same as quail?

I'm afraid that the aristocratic family under Liu Tai's rule has already been looking for trouble one after another, not to mention rebellion, but at least it will disgust Liu Tai.

But now ask the aristocratic families under Liu Tai's command, does anyone dare to violate Liu Tai's orders?

As long as they dared to do it, Liu Tai would dare to do it. Gou Chun's tax department would only trouble the aristocratic families, but almost never trouble the common people, and it was because of Liu Tai's words.

The common people still have a lot of money, but if you take care of the aristocratic families, the proceeds from confiscating the houses are not enough for your expenses!

Therefore, when Liu Tai sent troops in late autumn, although You Ziyuan said that he seemed to have the upper hand, he did not dare to be careless. Instead, he said to Pu Tai, "Now the Han soldiers are divided into two groups. I will lead the imperial army. Go to Tongguan to resist Liu Tai, and also ask the general to lead his army to Pu Ban to prevent Liu Tai’s army from overpowering the Yellow River!"

"Of course I know this little thing!" After hearing You Ziyuan's words, Pu Tai replied in a deep voice, and then said to Yang Xianrong:

"Compared with this, I'm more worried. What if we use all our soldiers to stop Liu Tai? What if Chen An, Yang Wudi, Yao Yizhong and others cause trouble behind us!"

Yang Xianrong thought about it for a moment and realized that in order to deal with Liu Tai, he would naturally have to use all his elites.

Under such circumstances, if these guys cause trouble again behind their backs, Zhao Guo will have no chance to fight!

At this time, Zhu Ji came out and said, "Queen, don't worry. Since you took over as regent, these thieves and bandits have enjoyed all the kindness. Now is the time when their lips are dying and their teeth are cold. If they want to face Liu Tai's sharp edge, they can become Sun Quan's backstabbing allies." thing,"

At this time, Qiao Yu, the servant, stood up and said, "I am willing to serve as an envoy to appease the heroes of Longxi."

"Give Shizhong Qiao a holiday and full authority to appease Longxi!" Yang Xianrong couldn't help but said happily after hearing Qiao Yu's words.

No matter how you put it, Zhao Guo at this moment seems to be really united, at least on the surface.

No matter what their intentions are, at least now they are working hard to defeat Liu Tai, the big devil.

For Liu Tai, no matter what kind of plan Zhao Guo has, he has only one tactic, flat push!

Liu Tai's army was probably stationed in a village about twenty miles away from Tongguan. Liu Tai couldn't help but feel in his heart when he looked at the majestic pass of Tongguan and the surrounding defense facilities built based on this majestic pass. sigh.

In your mind, Zhao Guo, what the hell is he? There is already a grand pass like Tongguan, so why do we need to build defense facilities so densely?

And dealing with these dense defense facilities may not be as difficult as Tongguan.

But it was also very troublesome to deal with. At least for Liu Tai, it quite delayed his advance.

However, I am no longer the same person I was before, and Jie Fei's generals are naturally improving their siege weapons with each passing day.

Not to mention, how to integrate steel into siege weapons to increase the defensive power of siege weapons, but at the same time enable soldiers on the battlefield to push these siege weapons, is basically the top priority.

However, the final development direction is similar to a multi-functional infantry vehicle.

Basically, the base of the siege weapon is made of steel, and the power system is somewhat similar to a bicycle.

Small accessories such as gears and springs can be easily solved with the industrial system created by Liu Tai. If you have the direction to fly, you can even create a prototype.

However, because the power problem cannot be solved, the equipment basically requires a lot of manpower to use, and it is basically only used when attacking a city.

Now the main function of these siege weapons is to rush into various defense facilities and clear various defense facilities outside Tongguan through the coordination of infantry and vehicles.

These infantrymen were warriors selected by Liu Tai from the army. Their whole bodies were covered with iron armor weighing no less than a hundred kilograms of steel.

They quickly cleared the peripheral defense facilities in the most brutal, but also the most desperate way for these enemy forces.

Because when these Zhao troops took the spears in their hands and stabbed these armored soldiers with all their strength, there was a snap, and the spear heads on the spears shattered. The iron on the spear heads could not support this at all. Power feedback!

And Liu Tai's group of armored soldiers directly smashed them with shields as high as people, ensuring that the opponent would die.

Such scenes come and go, so how could it be impossible for these Zhao soldiers to feel despair.

(End of this chapter)