The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 352 Tao Kan becomes famous
Liu Tai'an was calmly waiting for the completion of several projects in his hands, waiting for the fatal blow to Shu.

Sima Shao learned from Li Xiong's envoy from the Cheng Han Dynasty that although Liu Tai had not attacked the Jin court after taking over the Central Plains in the past few years, he had successively recovered Luoyang Chang'an, destroyed Zhao State, surrendered Zhang Mao, and even repelled the Cheng Dynasty. Chinese.

Now they have actually obtained the land and power of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but now the Jin court can only live in the south of the Yangtze River where the Soochow rats were.

This feeling made Sima Shao helpless, but also had an unparalleled sense of crisis. As the only normal and resolute emperor in the entire Jin Dynasty, Sima Shao also began to think of a way.

In history, Sima Shao decisively recruited refugee commanders such as You Xijian, Zu Yue, and Su Jun as foreign aid.

Because this group of people's land was originally occupied by foreign tribes from the north, they wanted to fight back to the north most passionately, and since they did not want to rebel, they also needed the nominal recognition of the court, so Sima Shaoneng could easily draw this power into his own. use.

In fact, even when he was scared, it was very easy for Zhao Jiu to take advantage of Yue Fei, who was the representative of the northern refugees. This was the reason why.

Because these northern refugees want to go home and unite everyone as much as possible, they must be called upon and recognized by the court.

But when they trust the court too much, it's almost time for them to be sold.

To a certain extent, the refugee forces after the Southern Song Dynasty were not trusted by the court, and they were also affected by this history to some extent.

Because Liu Jinu, who was based on refugees, relied on the Beifu Army represented by the refugee commander to usurp the throne of the Jin court and establish the Liu Song Dynasty.

As for Da Ting, because they won the country unfairly, they will not study too much on how to unify the world.

But you must carefully study the various classics about usurping the throne in history, lest your position be usurped by others.

Therefore, Zhao Jiu decisively took history as a lesson. In the early stage, Yue Fei was needed to be able to fight, so he reused Yue Fei. However, Yue Fei was too good at fighting, so he could only let Yue Fei die. Otherwise, how could he let Yue Fei be the second Liu Jinnu, or Zhao Kuangyin!
The same goes for Xin Qiji. It is normal for him to be suppressed. After all, everyone in Zhao and Song Dynasties thought that he wanted to be second to Liu Jinnu.

But when Sima Shao wanted extra power, he discovered that a thug like the Refugee Shuai who was easy to use and deceive was gone!
There is no way, because Liu Tai's perspective on the problem is a little different from other people of this era.

Therefore, he conquered Zu Yue and Li Ju one after another, and then decisively attacked Gou Chun, directly killing the refugees in the Jin court who had the most willpower for the Northern Expedition, and then he could safely march westward.

Otherwise, from Liu Tai's perspective, it would actually be quite a headache if someone wanted to make the Northern Expedition appeared in the south during the westward march.

After all, the opponent may not be able to beat Wang Sang and Bian Hu arranged by him, but it looks disgusting!
After destroying the Refugee Army group, Jin Ting lost the guy who wanted the Northern Expedition the most. He didn't need to worry about which group would really appear in Jin Ting to support the Jin Ting's Northern Expedition. You see, wouldn't this put the Jin Ting between himself and the Jin Ting? We have had friendly cooperation for several years.

After all, among the remaining groups in the Jin Dynasty, the aristocratic families who traveled south occupy the center of the imperial court. Even if there are people who really want the Northern Expedition, there is no force that truly belongs to this group and wants the Northern Expedition, so it is meaningless.

Looking at the Jiangnan gentry and local tycoons, Liu Tai does not deny that there must be talents among them, but their tribal system determines that they do big things without sacrificing their own lives, and forget their loyalty when they see small profits. After all, they work for the public. Why do you need to do your own personal work!

Therefore, if you want to appoint them, they are not as easy to dispatch as the refugees. As long as they have a name in the court, the refugee army is basically willing to die.

Because the refugee army really wants to fight back to the north and return to their homeland.

But for the powerful men in Jiangnan, their home is local, and the soldiers under their command are also locals.

It would be difficult for them to have the same consciousness as the refugee army, or in other words, it would be impossible for a painting at the level of the refugee army to trap the powerful men in the south of the Yangtze River.

Only when tangible benefits are provided can the Jiangnan powerful men be willing to provide limited services to Sima Shao.

Therefore, Sima Shao chose Tao Kan for a long time, and finally chose Tao Kan as his support. He chose to appoint or remove him as the general of the southern expedition, to establish the three divisions of Yitong, and to supervise the military affairs of the three states of Jiaoyang and Guangdong.

The main purpose was to let him dispatch his soldiers to prepare for the annihilation of Wang Dun.

It can only be said that Sima Shao didn't know whether what he did was right or wrong.

If the wandering militiamen were reused, then they wouldn't have to pay such a price at all, but now if they don't rely on Tao Kan, who can they rely on.

I can only hope that Tao Kan will not be as ambitious as Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, and his ancestors, otherwise I will be afraid of driving away wolves and devouring tigers!

After all, Tao Kan is a local wealthy family in Jiangnan, which makes it relatively more difficult to check and balance Tao Kan if he grows bigger.

Of course, in terms of military force, Sima Shao was ready for Tao Kan, and in terms of politics, Sima Shao began to make good friends with Director Wang, and tried his best to repair the relationship between his father who almost destroyed Director Wang's entire family.

The most important thing is to guide the political ideas between Director Wang and Wang Dun to collide, and to give Director Wang a hint that he is the emperor, you are the father-in-law, and you can fully realize your political ambitions.

But Wang Dun has become the emperor. Although you are a member of the Langya Wang family, you have no chance to display your talents like the prime minister today.

After all, in the final analysis, although you and Wang Dun control the court internally and externally, both of you are equal after all. You can even check and balance Wang Dun to some extent. But if Wang Dun becomes the emperor, the best treatment for you is to become the clan Zongzheng. !
Director Wang is a smart man, he can see more clearly than Sima Shao who he should choose.

Just like why Wu Zetian wanted to proclaim himself emperor in history.

Because she was originally Li Zhi's white glove when he was in poor health, but she really did the work of the emperor. In terms of position, she could even be regarded as the executive deputy emperor. Her status as the second emperor in the imperial court was probably only achieved by Zhu Biaoqian when he was the prince. To be comparable is to truly grasp the power.

But when Li Zhi died and his son Li Xian succeeded to the throne, Wu Zetian immediately changed from the executive deputy emperor to the empress dowager who even listened to politics behind the curtain was somewhat illegal in name.

The gap between the two is unbearable for any political creature.

It would be unrealistic to say that Wu Zetian was deliberately planning to become emperor, but if even Wu Zetian could not bear the emptiness and uneasiness after losing her power, perhaps this was the root cause of her determination to become emperor to solve the problem.

This is the case for Director Wang now. Compared with the price Wang Dun can give Director Wang, in fact, maintaining the current situation is what Director Wang is willing to see.

Under such a situation, Director Wang's top political coordination ability in this era can truly be brought into play.

This makes Director Wang want to do his best to maintain the current situation. Regarding Wang Dun's idea of ​​​​rebellion, he has absolutely drawn a clear line clearly.

However, this situation is what Director Wang wants to see, but not what Wang Dun wants to see.

After all, Director Wang wants to be a thousand-year-old family, and Director Wang wants to be able to sit on the throne of the Sima family. How can I, Wang Dun, not be able to sit on it!

It can only be said that because the Sima family's job of usurping the throne and seizing power was so rough, everyone's hearts subconsciously rose up. Even people like the Sima family can be emperors. No matter how bad their moral character is, they can't. It's better than the Sima family.

Therefore, when it comes to seizing the throne, no matter who they are, at least in terms of personal ethics, they feel that they must be enough!
However, sometimes the opportunity only comes once, and if you lose it, you may never have it again. After Sima Shao made corresponding arrangements, he began to use Director Wang to win over the Jiangdong nobles and powerful people to ensure that when Wang Dun rebelled, at least the northern nobles and Jiangnan powerful people would not support Wang Dun and would be in a situation where they were not helping each other.

Next, it’s time to wait for the opportunity.

Although Sima Shao has never learned the principle of path dependence, Sima Shao, as a rare wise king in the Jin Dynasty, still understands very well that if Wang Dun has taken everything he has now through rebellion, then Wang Dun will still rebel. !
In fact, Wang Dun thought so too. After all, when he first rebelled, he had countless problems, big and small, but he still succeeded in rebelling.

So in the second rebellion, when I was more experienced, more powerful, richer in resources, and more mature, how could I fail in the rebellion?
Therefore, Wang Dun naturally noticed Sima Shao's small actions.

However, during this period, Wang Dun fell ill and felt the loss of his rights. He directly appointed Wang Ying as General Wuwei as his deputy, and Wang Han as General Hussar and Kaifu Yitong Sansi. In order to mourn his sudden death. Be prepared accordingly.

When news of Wang Dun's illness came, Sima Shao made up his mind and first asked Ying Zhan for his opinion.

Ying Zhan is Sima Shao's true confidant and the last trump card in Sima Shao's hand.

After all, Sima Shao dared to appoint Tao Kan, and Ying Zhan was one of Sima Shao's checks and balances. At least when he defeated Du Tao, Ying Zhan had cooperated with Tao Kan.

Therefore, after Ying Zhan approved Sima Shao's action at this time, Sima Shao successively replaced Situ Wangdao as the governor. Zhuge Hui, Tao Kan and Ying Zhan were in important positions, and they were ready to fight Wang Dun.

This time in history, the refugee army was no longer used as the decisive winner, quickly ending Wang Dun's rebellion.

Therefore, the only power Sima Shao can rely on and the power he can control is the current power.

First of all, Sima Shao managed to win over Director Wang. Director Wang led the disciples of the Langya Wang family to mourn Wang Dun, making it look like Wang Dun had died of illness.

After all, when Director Wang, the leading figure of the Wang family in Langya, came forward, no one thought it was fake.

This greatly boosted the morale of Sima Shao's men, who all thought that they only needed to find bargains.

This is like the reason why everyone dared to attack Fourth Master Huang's fortress after his fourth master Huang's substitute died.

And Director Wang's face convinced everyone more than Fourth Master Huang's stand-in. After all, how could the Langya Wang family give up on Wang Dun? !

Regarding this, Wang Dun was naturally furious, but if he was really seriously ill, he really couldn't control the army.

So Wang Han was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and Qian Feng, Deng Yue and Zhou Fu led the troops to attack Jiankang and killed the traitorous officials Zhuge Hui and Tao Kan.

Then, it was time for Tao Kan's performance to let everyone know Tao Kan's military capabilities.

Wang Han marched along the waterway and led 50,000 soldiers to Jiangning and approached Jiankang.

Tao Kan personally led his soldiers as bait, pretended to be defeated, lured them to the Qinhuai River, and dispersed Wang Han's army.

The soldiers who had been ambushed in advance came out of the water in small boats and cut off the head and tail, cutting off Wang Han's army that had been broken into several sections.

Then Tao Kan decisively led the army to counterattack. Wang Han's army was defeated and general He Kang was beheaded.

Immediately afterwards, Tao Kan deliberately let Wang Han escape, and his army pursued him slowly. However, wherever he went, he informed the local people that Wang Dun was dead and Wang Han was defeated. If the chaos was not brought back to order now, how could he still do it? You can’t be buried with Wang Dun!
The local aristocratic family did not know the situation, but they still knew the news that Wang Dun was seriously ill, and Wang Han's defeat was also real.

So at this time, even if they didn't directly rebel, they still decisively solved Tao Kan's logistics problems. They even boldly sent young people and tribes from their own families to join Tao Kan's army to attack Wang Dun together. A little bit of qualifications.

Therefore, Tao Kan's initial soldiers were just elites trained by himself, and they only exceeded 10,000.

But when he led the army to chase Wang Han's army, there were more than 50,000 people before he knew it.

When Wang Dun heard the news, he fell ill and died immediately.

Wang Ying took over Wang Dun's remaining troops and chose not to announce the funeral secretly. However, how could such a thing be concealed when the army was approaching the city? Without Wang Dun to stabilize people's hearts, Wang Ying was directly defeated when facing Tao Kan.

But Tao Kan didn't rest at all, because Shen Chong, Qian Feng and others began to rebel against Wang Dun.

Tao Kan arranged for his own people to clean up the situation, and then he led his elite troops to withdraw and rush towards Shen Chong.

Shen Chong later led more than 10,000 troops. The original plan was to join Wang Han's army, but Tao Kan's advance was too fast.

After all, in Shen Chong's original opinion, Wang Ying had to defend the city against Tao Kan for several months. This would be enough time for him to attack Jiankang, but he never expected that he would announce a rebellion first and then follow Wang Ying behind. He was rebelled by Tao Kan.

Then Shen Chong naturally sat on the wax, and was still thinking about joining Wang Han's remnant army first.

But Tao Kan understood that at this time, he had to quickly destroy these rogue soldiers. Only by attacking quickly could he take advantage of his elite soldiers and generals.

Therefore, Shen Chong did not expect that Tao Kan would directly abandon plundering Wang Dun's lair and instead lead his troops to kill him.

After three battles and three defeats, Shen Chong, Qian Feng and Wang Hanquan were killed by Tao Kan. Deng Yue and Zhou Fu led the remaining troops to escape towards Wang Sang!

It can be said that Tao Kan just killed everyone from beginning to end. Wang Dun's seemingly over 100,000-strong army was so vulnerable to Tao Kan.

Not only did the soldiers under his command improve their morale, but the number of troops under his command was also increasing. Sima Shao and others were a little stunned when they saw Tao Kan's performance. They felt incredible. Is war so easy? !

Because of Tao Kan's decision-making, it was clear that if he made the wrong move every time, Tao Kan would be doomed and his entire army might even be annihilated.

But at this moment, Tao Kan finally won the battle. Looking back, every step was easy.

And this is the hard power of the seventy-two generals who entered the official history.

Of course, compared to the other seventy-two generals, Tao Kan was best at training troops, especially training his own private troops.

This made Tao Kan's elite men, although they were not very impressive at ordinary times, but when it came to fighting, they were the best in the entire Jin court.

(End of this chapter)