The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 350: Change of Flag in the Northwest
Liu Tai is currently reviewing documents related to the development of Zhengguo Canal, such as sending agricultural students to provide guidance, officially renting cattle for plowing, etc.

According to Liu Tai's careful estimation, in about two years, all the land in Zheng Baiqu should be reclaimed, and by then he would be able to produce enough food and grass to conquer Shu.

In contrast, the road from Chang'an to Luoyang, even the most common official road, took about three years to build.

After all, road construction is relatively the most troublesome. For example, Cao Yi built roads in the Central Plains, but he is still stuck in Yanzhou and has not returned to Liu Tai!

This is the troublesome part of road construction. This is because Liu Tai didn't go to Chidao. Once he gets to Chidao, the road construction will be even slower.

Liu Tai also hoped that in the future, he would first ride on a horse-drawn carriage and ride on the road, and then in ten or twenty years, the original version of the steam engine would be released, and then the steam engine would be used to replace the horses.

Compared with Liu Tai's calmness, Chu Hui couldn't help but said to Liu Tai: "Isn't the king worried about the battle in Chencang?"

"Zhou Ping's military tactics are quite upright." Liu Tai thought for a while and made his own comments.

"Yes?!" Chu Hui was thoughtful after hearing Liu Tai's comments about Zhou Ping.

Liu Tai said to Chu Hui: "To put it simply, Zhou Ping is someone who will arrange his escape even if he loses!
With me in Chang'an, Zhou Ping should have no pressure. If he performs normally, Cheng Han can't beat Chen Cang. "

"Your Majesty has great confidence in General Zhou. I wonder when General Zhou's good news will be delivered!" Chu Hui said.

"It should be soon!" Liu Tai thought for a while and said,
"Because he is very good at using troops, he is the kind of person who can make full use of whatever troops are given to him.

Therefore, he should test Cheng Han at the beginning. If Cheng Han is difficult to deal with, he will stick to Chencang and fight the war into a protracted war.

If he judged that Cheng Han's troops were weak, he would advance forward and find a way to defeat Cheng Han head-on.

It's easy to say that Cheng Han can hold out until both sides pay gold to withdraw their troops, but I'm afraid Cheng Han won't be able to hold on, and the Yueqi battalion will be dedicated to dealing with the defeated troops by then! "

Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words, but he didn't know how to complain.

To be honest, Chu Hui has never seen someone like Liu Tai who would spare part of his troops and use them exclusively for the final harvest. Like Shi Le who was hunted down by the Yueqi battalion and lost all his grassroots strength. Liu Yaoshan fled in the Yueqi camp. Under the pursuit of the battalion, they were still desperate.

All of them are that as long as they are defeated by Liu Tai head-on, they will basically have no chance of making a comeback.

Chu Hui's confusion was, for Liu Tai, an instinct to fight.

At least in Liu Tai's impression, a war to wipe out the living forces has always been repeatedly emphasized in junior high school history classes.

Especially in high school, the three major battles to annihilate Baldy's effective forces are a must-take exam.

Therefore, in Liu Tai's view, you are a fool if you beat your opponent head-on and then let your opponent run away again and again.

If you want to defeat your opponent, you must have an army of grass-cutting elites dedicated to chasing and defeating others.

Thinking about who his opponent was, Liu Yao was able to run away in various defeats, and Shi Le even suffered defeats and became the commander of a large army.

If it were a fantasy version, Shi Le would probably become the best successor to the Luan Gu Emperor, and he would definitely become an emperor without defeat.

Faced with such an enemy, can you rest assured if you don't set up a cavalry battalion to hunt them down and kill them and their effective forces? !
Of course, the Killing Yueqi battalion has also grown, and they are now particularly useful for killing stragglers.

While Liu Tai and Chu Hui were chatting calmly, a guard soon came over to report:
"Good news, great victory. General Zhou wiped out one hundred thousand enemy troops. The enemy chiefs Yang Nandi and Li Xiang were given the heads. Thirteen thousand were captured and eight thousand were killed. The rest fled into Chencang Road. There were even many people fighting for it. When on the road, fall into the valley!”

Liu Tai smiled slightly after receiving this report, handed the letter to Chu Hui and said, "It seems that it went more smoothly than we expected!"

"Your Majesty!" Chu Hui also nodded. After this war, Cheng Han could only be beaten passively!
Liu Tai thought of this and said to the guard: "Go and summon Zhang Jun."

Soon Zhang Jun was summoned by Liu Tai. After seeing Liu Tai, he originally wanted to salute, but Liu Tai waved his hand and said, "Please take a look at this battle report first!"

The chamberlain sent this battle report to Zhang Jun. After Zhang Jun saw the contents of the battle report, his face showed horror.

Because he knew it was good news, but he didn't expect it to be such good news.

He knew very well that Cheng Han's national strength was not strong, and the loss of these 30,000 strong men would definitely devastate Cheng Han's strength.

In particular, Li Xiang, a famous general of the Cheng Han Dynasty, died in this battle. I am afraid that after this battle, for at least ten years, the Cheng Han Dynasty will not have the courage to attack the north again, and will just choose to defend Shu.

But Zhang Jun, who had stayed with Liu Tai for a while, knew very well that if Cheng Han chose this way, he would just be waiting for death.

After all, Liu Tai did not attack Chenghan because Liu Tai was short of food, so he developed the Zhengguo Canal to increase food, built a road from Chang'an to Luoyang, and transported food from the Yellow River Basin to Luoyang.

Liu Tai is waiting for enough food before attacking Shu. If Shu becomes a coward, what are you waiting for? Are you waiting to die?
Liu Tai didn't know what Zhang Jun was thinking, but Liu Tai said to Zhang Jun:

"I want to appoint you as an angel and go to commend Zhou Ping. Of course, I will drop by Li Ju and go with him to see Zhang Mao.

I hope he will take care of himself, and you will inherit the position of governor of Liangzhou and change the banner!
How about it, are you interested in becoming the sixteen-year-old governor of Liangzhou? "

Zhang Jun couldn't help but breathe quickly when he heard Liu Tai's words, and said to Liu Tai, "I respect your Majesty's life!"

As he spoke, Liu Tai wrote several more edicts to Zhang Jun, one of which was a commendation for Zhou Ping, and strengthened his determination to make him responsible for destroying Cheng Han.

The share is given to Li Ju. If Zhang Mao surrenders, then you will be the governor of Liangzhou and be in charge of the military. If you don't surrender, then you will escort Zhang Jun away and return to Chang'an first.

Of course, the most important thing is the promise given to Zhang Mao. If Zhang Jun surrenders now, he can serve as the governor of Liangzhou until death. The Zhang family will become a wealthy family in Liangzhou in the next days.

To be honest, if Zhang Mao surrendered to Liu Tai at this time, it would be a bit like the surrender of the Qian family of Wu and Yue in the Northern Song Dynasty. He would receive the same courtesy. Even if Liu Tai wanted to adopt a surname of a hundred families in the future, Zhang would be ranked behind Liu.

Of course, this kind of thing requires timing. Like a certain island, if the rabbit returns before the reform and opening up, the leader will be treated as a high-ranking official in the future.

If Hong Kong returns after its return, it will be treated as a special zone with military power. If it returns before the old witch lands, it will also be treated as a special zone.

But now we are still obsessed with it. After the unification by force, it may still be under the name of Fujian.

Liu Tai knew very well that if he could win this war, he would not be able to cross the Qinling Mountains to conquer Shu due to food and grass problems.

Then give full play to the political impact this war should have and let Zhang Mao recognize the reality!

To be honest, Zhang Mao is still very concerned about this war.

Cheng Han took the initiative to attack Liu Tai, and Zhang Mao, who claimed to be a loyal minister of the Jin court, had more or less expectations for Cheng Han.

After all, Liu Tai obviously doubted himself and actually sent Li Ju to station at the street pavilion, pretending to take the initiative to attack at any time. However, Zhang Mao didn't want to attack Liu Tai. After all, even if he wanted to attack, he would have to wait until Cheng Han defeated the Han army.

Then I will raise my troops to attack Li Ju. After all, in Xiliang, it is normal for the king's flag to change on the city wall.

Although the Zhang family is quite an anomaly in Xiliang, even so, Zhang Mao is still a loyal minister of the Jin court. The proactive attack has been defeated. Liu Tai feels no pressure on himself.

As for his nephew, it was his eldest brother's fate. If his nephew died, at worst, his son would be adopted by his deceased eldest brother and pass on the incense.

However, because of the blockade by Li Ju's cavalry, Zhang Mao didn't know how this war would turn out.

But Zhang Mao knew very well that this war would definitely change the pattern of this area.

Just when Zhang Mao was extremely anxious, Li Ju led his army, and Zhang Jun, the Han envoy, also came!

"Public Court?! You're back!" Zhang Mao, who heard the news, looked at Zhang Jun's arrival in disbelief.

To be honest, Zhang Mao had never thought of using protons as envoys.

Zhang Jun listened to the words Zhang Mao had chosen for him when he left, and couldn't help but take a deep breath and said to Zhang Mao, "Uncle, I'm back!"

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back! Let me see, you have lost weight and darkened in these days!" Zhang Mao couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Majesty arranged for me to be in the Tiger Army and train day and night. It is normal to be darker and thinner!" Zhang Jun did not want to continue talking to Zhang Mao, but said to Zhang Mao seriously, "Uncle, Yan Han and Cheng Han’s decisive battle has already been decided!”

"What's the result?" Zhang Mao couldn't help but grabbed Zhang Jun's shoulders and asked after hearing Zhang Jun's words.

"Yang Duryodhana was cut into pieces with random knives. The body was so mutilated that it could only be identified by the clothes on his body.

The commander-in-chief of the Cheng Han Dynasty, Li Xiang, was defeated and committed suicide. The 30,000 soldiers of the Cheng Han Dynasty were either dead, captured, or fled. The whole army was completely destroyed.

And I just came back from Chencang and saw with my own eyes the battlefield cleaned by Yan Han! "Zhang Jun whispered.

"It's over..." Zhang Mao couldn't help but sigh when he heard Zhang Jun's words. He raised his head and looked at Zhang Jun and said, "You came here this time because Liu Tai asked you to come here!"

Zhang Jun had nothing to say, but took out the decree given by Liu Tai from his hand and said, "Uncle, you can read it for yourself!"

Zhang Mao heard Zhang Jun's words and opened Liu Tai's decree. It contained the conditions given by Liu Tai, and also asked him to give way to Zhang Jun's request. Even this decree was sent by Liu Tai personally to Zhang Jun.

Compared with the conditions of this decree, what Zhang Mao valued more was Liu Tai asking Zhang Jun to deliver the decree itself.

This incident made it clear to Zhang Mao that Liu Tai didn't care whether Zhang Mao continued to resist.

If it was Zhang Mao in the past, he thought that relying on Liangzhou, not to mention taking the initiative to attack Liu Tai, but at least working hard to defend, he should be able to withstand Liu Tai's attack.

But in Liu Tai's army, the little-known Zhou Ping killed the famous Cheng Han general Li Xiang, and told Zhang Mao with bloody facts how strong Liu Tai's troops were, and what would happen if he chose to resist. End!

Zhang Mao finished reading the decree, then looked at Zhang Jun and said:
"Gongting, you have been to Chang'an in person and met Liu Tai with your own eyes, but you told me what you saw and heard!"

"How is Liu Tai himself?!" Zhang Mao asked Zhang Jun seriously.

"Although your Majesty is not yet in his thirties, he is wise and decisive, has great momentum, is good at strategizing, and can win thousands of miles!" Zhang Jun said to Zhang Mao seriously at this moment.

Zhang Mao nodded when he heard Zhang Jun's words, "Where is your private life?"

"Your Majesty has an emperor, two concubines, three sons and four daughters. Among them, the Queen Wang has full control over the harem. The eldest son Liu An is five years old. He was established as the crown prince shortly after your Majesty ascended the throne." Zhang Jun replied to Zhang Mao,
"I think God is blessing the Liu family. No children born to your majesty, male or female, have died in infancy. So everyone believes that your majesty is God blessing the Liu family and wants to restore the country!"

"The harem is peaceful and the country is stable..." Zhang Mao listened to what Zhang Jun said and said to Zhang Jun, "How long do you think I can resist Liu Tai if I choose to resist?"

Zhang Jun thought for a while, but stretched out a finger.

"One year?!" Zhang Mao was thoughtful after hearing Zhang Jun's words.

"If we calculate the moment when the Han army attacks the city, the city we are currently in will not be able to last for a day!" Zhang Jun said to Zhang Mao seriously.

"Don't be ridiculous!" Zhang Mao couldn't help but said angrily when he heard Zhang Jun's words.

"Uncle, this matter is related to the survival of our Zhang family. Am I kidding?" Zhang Jun said,

"Not to mention that the Han Dynasty had countless soldiers. They were happy when they heard about the battle and constantly replenished the front line.
The soldiers of the Han army who actually conquered the battlefield were all wearing armor. There were really more than 100,000 soldiers wearing iron armor. Who could be so powerful since the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention, the Han army would disassemble the siege weapons into pieces and wait until they were assembled at the destination.

In other words, when the Han army arrived at their destination, they could immediately use their thunderbolt chariots to pelt stones the next day. Which of our cities in Liangzhou can withstand it?

Uncle, please wake up. The big man is not here to hit you, he just doesn’t want to hit you! "

Zhang Mao couldn't help but take a step back when he heard Zhang Jun's words. The strength of the Han army described by Zhang Jun was simply beyond imagination.

Zhang Jun continued, "After the Han army captured Chang'an, they chose to recuperate.

Because His Majesty's origins were in Qingzhou and Hebei, Chang'an did not have enough food for an attack.

Now, whether His Majesty is reclaiming the Zhengguo Canal or rebuilding the road from Chang'an to Luoyang, it is all for the smooth turnover of food.

When His Majesty feels that he has enough food reserves, he will either conquer Shu or Liangzhou!

Uncle, let’s face the reality. Now that no one in the world can shake the Han army in the field, the world will inevitably return to the Han army! "

"I... Got it!" Zhang Mao's expression suddenly turned pale after hearing Zhang Jun's words, and he said to Zhang Jun, "I will leave Liangzhou to you."

Two months after the Battle of Chencang, Zhang Mao passed the position of governor of Liangzhou to Zhang Jun on the grounds of illness.

Zhang Jun's first order after becoming the governor of Liangzhou was to change his banner and choose to return to the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Ju entered Liangzhou to take over the military affairs of Liangzhou. Liu Tai was grateful for Zhang Jun's meritorious service and gave him the title of Marquis Wuwei. He continued to serve as the governor of Liangzhou. Li Ju was appointed the governor of Liangzhou and was responsible for cleaning up the bandits in the counties of Liangzhou.

Northwest changes flag!

(End of this chapter)