The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 353 Tao Kan VS Wang Sang
Sima Shao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after winning the bet against Tao Kan, and began to further promote Tao Kan, punish the Langya Wang family, and begin to take over the fruits of the war after victory.

To be honest, Sima Shao had tears in his eyes at this moment. Is this victory? !

After all, it has been really difficult for the Jin court since Yi Guan traveled south. This victory really boosted Sima Shao's morale.

After this war, apart from Tao Kan, Sima Shao completely took control of the real power.

After careful consideration, Sima Shao appointed Tao Kan to be the military governor of Jing, Xiang, Yong, and Liang states, the general of Zhengxi, the governor of Jingzhou, the governor of Changsha, and other positions and titles, and replaced Wang Dun with Tao Kan to station on the front line in Jingzhou.

Because Jingzhou was originally captured by Tao Kan, Tao Kan had a certain foundation in the area.

Coupled with Tao Kan's cleaning like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, local wealthy families expressed their welcome to Tao Kan's arrival.

And Sima Shao also knew very well that the important area of ​​Jingzhou really needed a famous general like Tao Kan to guard it in order to deter the eager Wang Sang. No one else would be as stable as Tao Kan.

At the same time, by throwing Tao Kan away, he can organize the court more conveniently.

After all, the disciples and former officials of the Wang family in Langya were all over the court, so Director Wang decisively rebelled and cut off from Wang Dun directly.

If you want to solve these things, you will need time, but the opponent in Chang'an will not give you this time!

But no matter how much evil Sima has done, he, as his descendant, can only bear it with gritted teeth!
And I have to say that there was nothing wrong with Sima Shao's decision to appoint Tao Kan to garrison Jingzhou.

After all, Wang Sang, who was stationed in Yuzhou, heard about Wang Dun's rebellion and Sima Shao put down the rebellion. Although Tao Kan's soldiers killed Wang Dun all the way, which was really amazing, Wang Sang did not have any fear and personally led the army to try to attack. Especially to capture Nanyang!
Although Tao Kan arrived later, he led his headquarters to fight Wang Dun in Nanyang, and then asked his soldiers to pretend to be reinforcements, follow the grain trucks out every day, and then disguise themselves as elites to enter the camp.

Wang Sang fought against Tao Kan several times but failed to take advantage. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, he did not continue to consume Tao Kan and chose to retreat.

At this time, Tao Kan decisively launched a surprise attack, and the troops under his command continued to impact like waves.

However, Wang Sang's troops are veterans after all. Although they were caught off guard by Tao Kan, the army's resilience was quite strong. They were not directly smashed by Tao Kan's troops. Instead, they fought back on the spot!
When Tao Kan saw that there was no advantage to be taken, he decisively chose to retreat without much entanglement.

It can be said that Wang Sang and Tao Kan only fought once. Tao Kan did it with ease. Not only did he save the Nanyang Basin, but he also gave Wang Sang a small bite. He showed no fear of ordinary Jin court generals when facing Liu Tai's army.

On the contrary, when the soldiers under Tao Kan saw that the Han army was not as strong as they imagined, they naturally felt a little more confident.

I firmly believe that under the leadership of Tao Kan, even the Han army can have a chance.

Only Tao Kan's expression was somewhat solemn, and the deputy general Mao Bao said, "We have already won a great victory, why should the prince frown!"

"Although Wang Sang retreated in this battle, it was just that Wang Sang saw that there was a big chaos in the Jin court before we could do it, so he took advantage of the situation to support Deng Yue, Zhou Fu and other rebel family members and retreated. Our army did not take much advantage!" Tao Kan said,

"On the other hand, Wang Sang's army did not panic even though it encountered a surprise attack. It was able to maintain its military formation despite being continuously attacked by our army.

Regardless of equipment, organization, will, or even personal qualities, they are all excellent candidates for our elite soldiers.

But such a soldier is just an ordinary soldier in the Han army. Isn't this worth worrying about? "

Compared with various strategies, Tao Kan was also a general who was good at training troops. Because of this, Tao Kan understood the terror of Wang Sang's army.

Comparing the so-called physical fitness, military formation, and equipment, Tao Kan admitted that the other party was excellent, but Tao Kan's own soldiers did not see any difference.

But what Tao Kan didn't understand was why the soldiers in Yanhan's army were so strong-willed.

It's not that one person has the will to bite back even if it means death, but that everyone has such willpower.

"Clean up the battlefield. If there are any soldiers alive, try to capture them and send them to me. I will personally interrogate them!" Tao Kan said.

"Yes!" Tao Kan's son Tao Zhan came out to face Tao Kan and replied.

Soon, a soldier with a broken hand was pressed over by the soldiers below. However, the soldier held his head high and faced Tao Kan without the same fear as a big-headed soldier would when he saw an enemy general.

Tao Kan looked at the soldier in front of him. Mao Bao behind him gave the soldier a kick and said, "Kneel down!"

The soldier couldn't help but lean forward and kneel, but he stood up again and said, "Kill if you want, stop talking nonsense!"

Tao Kan looked at the soldiers and said: "You are just a soldier in the puppet Han army. Even if you surrender, no one will know, so why bother to be a hero and lose your life in vain!"

"Hypocrite?" When the soldier said this, he couldn't help but sneered and said in a high-pitched voice,
"Now the Three Rebellions of the Yan-Han Dynasty are the general trend of the world. You, the Jin Dynasty, only govern the world with filial piety, which is why there was the chaos of the Eight Kings first, and then the chaos of the foreign tribes.

If His Majesty had not been born in response to the prophecy of the golden sword and saved the people in the north from fire and water, we would have become slaves of a foreign race and subjugated our country, and we would not be able to control our own life or death.

If we talk about the pseudo-dynasty, it was the Sima clan who swore at Luohe that it was like farting, who established the pseudo-dynasty and made China suffer this disaster! "

The soldier faced Tao Kan without any fear, and even though he was talking eloquently, he showed no fear at all.

Tao Kan knew that the matter involved the Sima family, and he really couldn't argue with it. At least until now, although there were indeed faint emperors in the Han Dynasty, foreigners had never attacked Luoyang. At least the crime of the Jin court was true. Can't argue with that.

"Have you read a book? In the Han army, you are only a soldier who fights in front of the battle line. You are not allowed to be employed by the Han army.

If you surrender to the Jin court, even if your body is damaged, you can at least become a minor official and spend the rest of your life safely! Tao Kan said.

"Haha, if I had not joined the Han army and become a soldier of the Han Dynasty, how could I have been lucky enough to live in a peaceful land, be taught military history, and understand the truth?

Every soldier in our army of the Han Dynasty is a good man who can read and write. I am just one of them.
We are fighting to regain the Han Dynasty and let the Han Dynasty stand erect on the land of the Central Plains again.

Because only when the great Han stands in the world again will he not be bullied by the aliens and become the two-legged sheep or the slaves of the aliens! "

The soldiers showed no fear when facing Tao Kan, and now they were even more magnanimous when facing Tao Kan. When Tao Kan heard what the soldiers said, he fell silent again. To be honest, when the Jin court moved south, they completely abandoned the northern land. Although the family survived, it was obvious that the people in the north no longer recognized the Jin court.

"You are stubborn. Even if you die today, no one will remember you!" Tao Kan couldn't help but sigh.

"My man is dead. Naturally, heaven and earth will understand my thoughts. Military history records my sacrifice. What should I fear?" said the soldier.

To be honest, the soldiers knew very well that if they sacrificed themselves, their wives and children would be well taken care of by the Han Dynasty. But if they surrendered to the Jin court, not to mention their reputation, at least they would be able to The heirloom land will be reclaimed, and your children will live in shame from now on.

Tao Kan waved his hand, and someone came over and killed the soldier.

"Father..." Tao Zhan looked at Tao Kan who seemed very tired and wanted to comfort him but didn't know how.

And Tao Kan said, "I have always known that Han soldiers are elite and brave, and they fight bravely without risking their lives.

Now it seems that Liu Tai taught him knowledge, granted him land, and established his ambitions, so this army can be so brave.

Originally, I had always thought that I was not too far behind Liu Tai, but now after listening to this soldier’s words, I realized that I was nothing compared to Liu Tai, but a firefly compared to a bright moon.

Especially the art of military training. Since ancient times, tempering one's body can lead to warriors, and adhering to military discipline can lead to a strong army. However, I have never thought that there is someone who aspires to cultivate an army. He can sweep across the north and be invincible. It is really a matter of course! "

"Since my father knows the essence of the opponent's military training and the other party can train it, why can't we train it too!?" Tao Zhan couldn't help but say.

Tao Kan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Tao Zhan's words.

As the top general of this era, Tao Kan knew very well that even if he knew the military art of training his will, he would not be able to learn it.

There is no way. In this era, training one's ambition is either to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, or to protect one's family and country. Of course, as a Han nationality, if you train your troops according to the "Book of Han" and teach them the concept of surrounding the Han nation and let them fight, it is also possible.

But none of this works in the country of Jin Ting. First of all, Jin Ting's founding of the country was incorrect, and cholera has plagued China for so long.

Sima himself can only govern the world through filial piety, and he still expects the loyalty of the big soldiers. Isn't this a bit too much?

The best way is to take out Chinese history books and let the soldiers accept the etiquette of loyalty and filial piety to gather new ideas.

But this is impossible for the soldiers of the Jin court. There is no way. Since the destruction of Qin, the entire history of China is the history of the Han Dynasty. When Cao Wei asked Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to abdicate, the Jin court destroyed Shu and Wu. After reunification, the aliens invaded the Central Plains just a short time later, and people surnamed Liu were needed to clean up the country.

If the soldiers under his command are asked to exercise their ambitions according to this method at this time, I am afraid that as I read, these guys should be from Jin, but they have a red big man branded on their chests.

Therefore, this is unsolvable for the Jin court.

Looking at Liu Tai, to be honest, Tao Kan now fully understands why Liu Tai is the number one general today.

Liu Tai's military training methods are spread out so openly for everyone in the world to copy. But the problem is that if you don't understand people, you may not even be able to defeat Liu Tai's men, but if you understand people, you can't even copy them. Can't copy!
Tao Kan looked back and thought about it now, but he could vaguely feel that Shi Le should have understood, so he created the Jie clan and reused the Buddhist clan just to shape the will of his own army.

Liu Yao should also understand. He changed Han to Zhao and held high the Xiongnu flag because he wanted to fight against the Han army concept proposed by Liu Tai.

Even Zu Ti must have vaguely felt it at the beginning, so he chose to shout for the Northern Expedition to cross the river, in order to inspire the refugee army to return home.

Yu Gou Xi was afraid that he just wanted to die.

It can be said that they each used their own methods to solve the problem, but when this method fell on Tao Kan, Tao Kan knew that he could not solve it.

Because to put it bluntly, even Zu Ti can be regarded as a prince to some extent, but he is not!
He is from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, and all he wants is for his Tao family to be passed down smoothly.

So if he doesn't even have so-called ambitions, how can he cultivate such ambitions in his subordinates?

The only one who can give the soldiers aspiration is the Sima family. Tao Kan sighed even more when he thought of this.

Because sometimes you know the crux of the problem, but you really can't solve it. Even if he has the talent of the seventy-two generals, Tao Kan is powerless in the face of this kind of problem that can only be solved by becoming a monarch.

"Is this the number one famous general today!" Tao Kan looked solemn, understanding that this was still Wang Sang, and he had only fought against Liu Tai's shadow once at most.

If it were really an elite group led by Liu Tai himself, Tao Kan didn't dare to think about how strong it would be.

How terrifying those soldiers who were instilled and cultivated by Liu Tai's will and were even willing to die for him were on the battlefield!
At this moment, Tao Kan felt Liu Tai's huge palm coming towards him. This is the strength of the number one general in this era!
Of course, although Tao Kan had a glimpse of Liu Tai's strength, Tao Kan was not afraid. On the contrary, he was vaguely excited to tear apart the night and challenge Liu Tai.

After all, for military strategists, as long as there is no fight, there is always a chance of victory. Although Liu Tai is strong, he may not have no chance of defeating Liu Tai!

It was as if Tao Kan vaguely recognized Liu Tai's strength and Wang Sang, who chose to retreat, suffered a little loss himself.

After all, in Wang Sang's view, if he took advantage of the civil strife in the Jin court, then it would not be too much for Nanyang County to push the front to Jingzhou!
But it didn't even last more than three months from Wang Dun's uprising to its failure. When he received the news to occupy Nanyang County, Tao Kan had already led his elite troops to rush in front of him. What could Wang Sang do? In terms of battlefield command, he really couldn't defeat him. Tao Kan can’t talk!
Relying on the fighting of his own soldiers, he was not defeated by Tao Kan in the end, and escorted Deng Yue and Zhou Fu's family members back. He had tried his best.
"What a close call. Should I consider retiring?"

At this moment, Wang Sang felt a little lingering fear in his heart, but Wang Sang just thought about it and threw it away.

Wang Sang knew very well that even if he wanted to retire, he would have to wait until Prince Liu An came of age.

After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had told his relatives that the military representative had better live until the prince succeeds to the throne, otherwise the prince might be gone!

As for now, Wang Sang hurriedly sent Deng Yue, Zhou Fu and their families to Chang'an.

After all, the two of them are familiar with the situation of the Jin court, and they will definitely be needed to lead the way in the future expedition against the Jin court.

(End of this chapter)