The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 39 Wang Zhang’s clever plan

Liu Tai added, "By the way, it's best to be literate."

"You really know how to make requests!" Wang Zhang couldn't help but said after hearing Liu Tai's words, "I'll help you look for someone, and I'll report to your place in a few days."

"Hehe!" Liu Tai couldn't help but smile when he heard Wang Zhang's words.

"But..." Wang Zhang said to Liu Tai, "We must pay close attention to the army. Hurry up and train the soldiers!"

"Huh?!" Liu Tai couldn't help being stunned when he heard this and said, "It's almost winter, do we still have to go on an expedition?"

"For the Xiongnu, autumn and winter are the time to go to war!" Wang Zhang said quietly.

Liu Tai couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he heard this. He had to admit that although the Southern Xiongnu had lived in China for many years, they had already adopted some farming habits. It could be said that they had been Chineseized quite well.

But after all, they are still Xiongnu, not Han people, and many of the habits belonging to the Xiongnu have been retained.

Compared with the normal thinking of Han people, after the Battle of Changping, Liu Cong did not take advantage of the situation to capture Luoyang, so he would naturally choose to return to his base area to develop for a few years, wait until he has accumulated enough savings, and wait until the other party does something wrong, then Engage with the opponent.

However, although Liu Cong and Liu Yuan were almost completely Chinese, they still somewhat inherited the habits of the Huns when using troops.

So in autumn and winter, even if the Han people in the country wanted to rest, the Xiongnu tribe began to agitate and wanted to increase the conquest of Luoyang.

For Liu Cong, who wanted revenge, this incident was like a pillow to sleep on.

"Do many people in the court support the winter southern expedition?" Liu Tai couldn't help but frown and asked.

"A lot!" Wang Zhang nodded, "especially the powerful generals Liu Yao, Liu Jing, and Hu Yanyi all support it."

"They are..." Liu Tai felt a little unfamiliar when he heard these names.

"Clan relatives, old generals, relatives, and even the prince himself are all promoting this expedition."

Wang Zhang couldn't help but said with a bit of regret, "So we may not be able to avoid it!"

"I didn't see them during the Battle of Changping. After the Battle of Changping, the offensive and defensive strategies changed, but they jumped out one by one... Haha!" Liu Tai couldn't help laughing a few times, then looked at Wang Zhang and said, "What's your uncle's attitude?"

"It's none of our business for now. Let's first see who is the commander-in-chief of this expedition." Wang Zhang said, "The other thing is to prepare food. If there is a fight, we will not be able to escape even if we want to!"

"Why don't we cross the Taihang Mountains, use Yecheng as our base, and attack from all directions? It's at least much better than fighting against Luoyang!"

Liu Tai said, "If we continue to fight to the death, it will make less and less sense for us to capture Yecheng!"

"I'm afraid it won't work for now!" Wang Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard Liu Tai's words, but he still shook his head.

"Why?!" Liu Tai was slightly stunned.

"Because Uncle You is now the number one Han general in the Huns and Han Kingdoms. Your Majesty will use him, but you will not entrust the entire army to him!"

Wang Zhang paused slightly when he said this and said, "However, it is a good thing to mention this matter first. Although it won't work once or twice, but if you mention it more times, you will still have a chance!"

Liu Tai understood Wang Zhang's words to some extent. Liu Yuan knew Wang Mi's ability, and Liu Yuan was willing to believe Wang Mi.

Just like this, Liu Yuan doesn't want to release Wang Mi completely independently, because Liu Yuan is also afraid that Wang Mi will not be able to lose his tail!

After all, although Liu Yuan now holds the banner of being a big Han, he is still a Huns. How to use a small number of Huns to control a large number of Han people, Liu Yuan has no experience, or in the current Chinese history, he has no experience!

Liu Yuan's first step of raising the "Han" sign was already very good. It was this step that attracted Han people and Han people like Wang Mi who were excluded by the Jin court to join him. However, this was only to attract Han people. That’s all.

The real problem is that in order for the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom to truly become a great Han Dynasty, they still need to find a system to gather the rights of the Han people so that the Han people can be used by themselves willingly.

Let a small number of Huns rule a large number of Han people, but there is nothing to learn from in current history. Liu Yuan needs to think about everything himself.

And this requires time and trial and error, so Liu Yuan can only control Wang Mi first instead of letting Wang Mi out at will.

If Wang Mi is allowed to be independent and everyone joins Wang Mi wherever he goes, how can he control it?

To be honest, almost no one thinks of this now. Even Liu Yuan only vaguely instinctively felt that letting Wang Mi out like this was definitely not a good thing, not that Liu Yuan really thought everything through.

But if the Western Jin Dynasty falls and the situation becomes clear, and Liu Yuan has not yet thought of a system that can effectively control the Han people, then a large number of Han people will probably defect to Wang Mi's command, and then Wang Mi will be unable to control himself.

Liu Tai could even imagine that one day when Wang Mi passed by a certain bridge, he would take the initiative to put a yellow robe on Wang Mi, and then said in a very doggy way:

"Uncle, it's cold, please don't freeze."

Wang Zhang seemed to have thought of something when he said this, and said, "Speaking of Shi Le's plan to visit you in a few days, I originally wanted to refuse, but now it seems that a certain degree of friendship with him is necessary."

"Shi Le, visit me? Why did he visit me?" Liu Tai was confused when he heard Wang Zhang's words.

"According to him, he wants to learn how to run an army from you." Wang Zhang thought for a moment and said, "When the time comes, you can take him around your camp and think about it, he won't be able to see anything. How about running an army?" Just look at it and you’ll understand!”

"Huh?" When Liu Tai heard this, he didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "When he comes, I will just receive him."

Liu Tai didn't think much about it, but he had to admire Shi Le.

During the Battle of Changping, Shi Le still competed with Wang Mi for credit and won the position of vanguard. However, when the war ended, Shi Le actually took the initiative and came over in the hope of hooking up with him through the line between Shi Le and Wang Zhang.

Obviously Shi Le has not been idle these days. At least the little conflict with Wang Mi has been smoothed out by his flexible and flexible wrist.

"This guy is not an ordinary person!" Liu Tai was thoughtful, but he didn't pay much attention.

Anyway, I followed the Han route and treated all the Hu people equally, without being too disgusted or too disgusted.

It would be better if the Hu people were willing to learn Chinese culture, and then I could take advantage of the situation and see if I could help Chineseize their nation.

After Liu Tai asked Wang Zhang for someone, he quickly chose to leave. Wang Zhang did not stay at his home for too long. After sorting out his thoughts for a while, he came to Wang Mi's mansion.

At this time, a scribe sitting opposite Wang Mi was playing chess with Wang Mi.

"I've met my brother, Zhang Changshi!" Wang Zhang saluted to the two of them.

"Oh, Zhong Yu, you came just in time. Let's join forces to kill Zhang Changshi's arrogance!" Wang Mi said with a smile.Wang Zhang was slightly stunned and said, "Okay, then Zhang Changshi, don't blame me!"

Zhang Song didn't say much, he just made a gesture of invitation.

Soon, with the two men joining forces, Changshi Zhang Song surrendered and bid farewell to Wang Mi in a very knowing manner.

Wang Mi watched Zhang Song leave and then said slowly, "Why did you come to see me today?"

Wang Zhang helped Wang Mi collect the chess pieces and said, "Today, Tai'er came to ask me to lend a few people to help him expand his army."

"Yeah!" Wang Mi couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. He admired Liu Tai's attitude of actively coming to ask for people when he expanded the army. After all, in this chaotic world, only his own family could be trusted.

"We talked about how Shi Le gave you money and wanted to talk to him about running the army, so I thought that we could support Shi Le to a certain extent and provide advice, so that you, brother, can get out of trouble and return to Qingxu!"

"Oh?!" After hearing this, Wang Mi suddenly became interested and said, "Please tell me in detail."

"Shi Le is familiar with Jizhou, so we recommended him to operate in Jizhou. As long as Shi Le can survive, even if he can only contain Wang Jun, we can make a suggestion to go to Qingxu to open up a new battlefield. Then the person in charge will be my brother. .”

Wang Zhang said to Wang Mi seriously at this moment.

"Very good!" Wang Mi thought for a moment and then said, "But what if Shi Le is not strong enough and is destroyed by Youzhou Wang Jun?"

"That would be even better!" Wang Zhang heard this and said, "If Shile is defeated, we can take advantage of the situation and propose to sit in Yecheng to reorganize the army. This is better than continuing to stay here in Pingyang, surrounded by us. Make people comfortable who you can’t afford to offend.”

"Well..." Wang Mi thought for a moment and nodded, "You can indeed give it a try."

Seeing that Wang Mi agreed, Wang Zhang was also proud that he had thought of this plan.

After thinking about it, there seems to be no loopholes in this plan, especially at this time, if the Xiongnu faction is not inciting to send troops, then the people of my own faction are also inciting to send troops.

It's just that they are inciting to send troops to Luoyang, while they themselves are inciting to send troops to Jizhou.

To be honest, Shi Le could not have participated in this kind of thing originally, because Shi Le was from the Jie tribe, and Shi Le's highest achievement was the highest achievement of the Jie tribe. Shi Le was not considered a powerful figure in the officialdom of the entire Xiongnu and Han Kingdom.

He can only be regarded as a thug, and he is not the most outstanding thug!
But just as this was the case, when the Han faction led by Wang Mi called for troops to leave Jizhou, Liu Yuan instinctively became vigilant. Naturally, he would not choose Wang Mi as the commander-in-chief, so he chose the second best choice of Shi Le.

Because when Yecheng was captured, it was Wang Mi and Shi Le who were the commanders. Since Wang Mi was not chosen as the commander, Shi Le was naturally chosen.

Liu Yuan originally thought that Wang Mi would object, so that he could further intervene if there was a conflict between the two factions.

But unexpectedly, Wang Mi not only did not resist, but also went along with the situation and expressed his support for Shi Le to open a second battlefield in Jizhou.

Shi Le still couldn't see the situation clearly at this time, but the commander of the second battlefield just hit him on the head.

Naturally, Shi Le would not refuse. If he missed such an opportunity, he would be punished by God.

Therefore, Shi Le did not give anyone a chance to go back on his word. He immediately thanked His Majesty for his grace and settled the matter first.

Although Liu Yuan didn't know what Wang Mi was planning, it was already a done deal at this time, so he didn't say anything more.

At least it was enough that Wang Mi, whom he had been staring at closely, was under his nose.

After Wang Mi did the favor, he didn't say anything more. He just acted like a wooden figure in the court and watched coldly as the court continued to debate whether it was necessary to continue to conquer Luoyang and who was the most suitable person to conquer Luoyang this time. .

Liu Tai naturally didn't know much about this, but his recruitment of new recruits was going quite smoothly, and Wang Zhang also sent him the grassroots talents he wanted.

To be honest, Liu Tai hoped that these people would be arrogant and domineering.

But the reality is that ever since the Wang family took refuge with Liu Tai's father, Liu Bogen, those who had aristocratic family traditions or were arrogant and domineering would not have survived the siege of Luoyang last year.

In the Jin court's repeated sieges, these people who could not recognize the reality were the fastest to die.

The remaining people, among Wang Mi, Wang Zhang or Wang Sang's personal guards, know Liu Tai's identity to some extent, and they know more about the friendship between Liu Tai and Wang Mi. More importantly, these people have seen Liu Tai with their own eyes. Tai’s achievements in the past two years.

So naturally he would not have any dissatisfaction. When he came in front of Liu Tai, his posture was quite low, not domineering at all!
Such an obedient guy, and Liu Tai was not a demon, so naturally he would not kill them for no reason.

After all, there must be a reason for killing, so in order to appoint or remove them as camp commanders or military commanders, they began to train new soldiers with them.

Liu Tai didn't care if they were spies arranged by Wang Mi or Wang Zhang here. After all, he took the "Book of Han" as his program and admired the Han as his main idea. When it comes to the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, it was full of political correctness. How could he still be afraid of Wang Mi? Wariness with Wang Zhang.

Before Liu Tai planned to close the military camp and conduct assault training for the soldiers to ensure that they master the survival skills on the battlefield in the shortest possible time, Shi Le's invitation arrived, along with a thousand gold coins!

"I have received General Shi Le's sincerity. Please, please quickly, please come in!"

On the day of the appointment, Shi Le rode a horse and came with a few followers. Liu Tai greeted him very warmly, with a smile on his face that showed what it meant to feel at home.

Make money, it's not shabby!
"This, this, this..." Shi Le looked at Liu Tai's attentive attitude. For some reason, he seemed to see a shadow of himself in Liu Tai when he often gave people money. He always felt that Liu Tai's appearance was similar to his own. What I thought was completely different.

But Liu Tai grabbed Shi Le enthusiastically and said, "The general is a hero of the Jie tribe. I heard Uncle Wang say that you want to exchange the art of war with me. Being able to communicate with the general is Tai's wish, so why should you give such a heavy gift!" "

Listening to Liu Tai's words, Shi Le also knew in his heart that if he hadn't given the gold, Liu Tai wouldn't be so enthusiastic.

But even so, Shi Le was still a little surprised. Although he heard that Liu Tai was very rich, so he sent it directly to Liu Tai's heart, but looking at Liu Tai's current appearance, Liu Tai was too enthusiastic.

I seem to still like Liu Tai's cold and heroic general appearance on the battlefield!
"General Liu is so polite. It's worth more than a thousand dollars to be able to meet the general and listen to the general's military management skills.

This time I was ordered by General Wang Mi to recommend marching to Jizhou. I hope to learn a few things from the general so that I can repay the general's kindness! "

Shi Le said to Liu Tai half-truthfully.

"Easy to say, easy to say..." When Liu Tai heard this, he smiled and said, "It happened to be a training for new recruits. General Shi Le was watching with me. If there was anything he didn't understand, Tai would definitely answer it one by one and explain everything he knew. I guarantee that General Shile will be satisfied!”

　It was released on July [-]st. I thought it would be August [-]st. Holy shit, Chapter [-] was released on the shelves. I was so caught off guard.

　　My habit of adding more tickets is very simple. At the end of each month, I will notify you of the specific number of monthly tickets to change.

　　This time it was suddenly released, so I won’t talk nonsense anymore. I will add an additional chapter ([-] words) to the [-]-month ticket, and I will try my best to pay it off next month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)