The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 69 "Sunflower Art of War"

While Liu Tai was trying his best to increase the combat effectiveness of his army, Xu Miao and Gaoliang, who were stationed in Xinfeng, spent a few days of comfortable life in Xinfeng and then began to work hard and harass Langya County.

To be honest, the combat effectiveness of the two troops is only average, at least they have not fought much in frontal battles.

But after all, the two of them followed Wang Mi during the Xiangyang uprising. They even raised an army. It can be seen how effective they are in dealing with the bottom class by running away if they can't beat them and fighting if they can. skilled.

After all, he has been a moth thief all his life, and what he is best at is harassing attacks.

However, as they fought, they discovered that the army of Langya Kingdom was not that powerful, and they seemed to be able to dominate Langya Kingdom.

Of course, there are historical reasons for this, because Yiguan's plan to cross to the south had been arranged before Wang Kuang sent troops to fight the Han-Jin Changping Battle.

However, the executor of this policy was not Wang Kuang, but his cousin Wang Dao, and Langya King Sima Rui, under Wang Dao's persuasion, had already gone to Jianye with his main force in Langya Kingdom.

At this moment, all the elite talents from various aristocratic families in Langya country, as well as the material wealth that originally belonged to Langya country, have been transferred in a planned way.

Therefore, at this time, Langya Kingdom was only an empty shell. Therefore, after Xu Mao and Gaoliang tried several times, they found that Langya Kingdom was somewhat wanton and unruly, and even had a vague tendency to threaten Donghai Kingdom at this moment.

Of course, because of the riots they caused, Donghai felt like it was facing a formidable enemy and decisively sent letters of distress to surrounding states and counties.

For example, Zhou Fu from Shouchun and Gou Xi from Qingzhou were all the people who sought help from the East China Sea Kingdom. As for Sima Yue, the original owner of the East China Sea Kingdom, the East China Sea Kingdom even sent Sima Yue a request for help at a speed of [-] miles. letter.

It's just that this letter was still delivered when it was sent, but soon Wang Ru and others rebelled in Niyang and then captured Rangcheng, which invisibly cut off Sima Yue's communication channels with the East. This made the letter It’s not easy to give it away.

More importantly, their uprising invisibly completed part of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom's plan against the Western Jin Dynasty.

It just happened that at this time, Liu Yuan went through a series of arrangements and was on his deathbed, but he still had breath left. This made it inconvenient for the Xiongnu Han Kingdom to conduct conquest. For a time, there was no conflict between the Xiongnu Han Kingdom and the Western Jin Dynasty. There's something eerily calm about it.

In this calmness, Gou Xi did not understand Sima Yue who was far away in Luoyang:
"Luoyang is so good. Even Sima Yue is a little happy and forgets about Shu. Doesn't he care about his own land being disturbed?"

Gou Xi was pacing back and forth. It must be said that after Liu Tai came to Taishan County, he sent people to attack Langya Kingdom and harass Donghai Kingdom. He even sent a letter asking for help from Donghai Kingdom.

But Gou Xi didn't understand why Sima Yue didn't send him a letter or decree.

After all, no matter how much Gou Xi planned, he could not have planned that Wang Ru would suddenly rebel at this time, causing the Sima family's usual communication methods to become unusable.

Of course, what is even more fatal is that supplies from Jiangzuo area and Yanzhou Qingzhou cannot be sent to Luoyang.

Of course, with a little adjustment, you can still cope with it, but the problem is that time waits for no one here in Taishan!
Gou Xi knew how to fight. Even with the letter from Donghai Kingdom asking for help, it was justifiable for him to send troops to conquer Mount Tai and Liu Tai.

But Gou Xi hopes that Sima Yue can make political promises instead of working in vain!
"Brother? Are we going to attack?" Gou Chun looked at Gou Xi walking back and forth and asked with a little doubt.

To be honest, Gou Chun had never seen Gou Xi so hesitant on the march. If he wanted to fight, he would fight. If he didn't, it would be fine. There was nothing to hesitate about.

After all, under his brother's military front, who can match his majesty.

"Sima Yue didn't even send a letter to someone when his fiefdom was attacked?!" Gou Xi couldn't help but said,

"Without his order, although it was official business for us to send troops to rescue Donghai Kingdom, we would have given him a huge advantage!"

Gou Chun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said to Gou Xi, "Brother is worried about this.

It seems that something happened again in Luoyang, or the hypocrites came to besiege Luoyang again, which caused the communication to be interrupted and the message could not be sent.

In this case, as long as brother waits patiently, I believe that this will will eventually be sent! "

"No!" Gou Xi heard Gou Chun's words, but shook her head and said, "I do want to raise a bandit to respect himself, and I even want to slap Sima Yue in the face, but I don't want to raise a tiger to cause trouble, and I can't make fun of the people in the world.

Whether an army can store its own food is a very important opportunity.

After all, the hypocrites are working hard on the expedition and have limited food in their hands. But if they are allowed to harvest a crop of food in Mount Tai, it will be difficult for people to solve it! "

When Gou Xi said this, he took a deep breath and said,
"Although I let Sima Yue take advantage, after all, I can't let my selfish desires interfere with national affairs.

You go and order all the troops and horses, and prepare the armor. By June at the latest, you will be the vanguard to attack Liu Tai and put an end to the bandits! "

"Yes!" Gou Chun heard Gou Xi's order and immediately responded.

"Wait a minute, please spread my military exploits in recent years to the surrounding prefectures and counties!" Gou Xi said to Gou Chun.

"Brother, what is this?" Gou Chun was a little confused when he heard Gou Xi's words.

Gou Xi said, "Liu Tai is just a baby, a hypocrite and incompetent, which is why Zhuzi became famous.

How could he know my achievements and my power, and put pressure on Liu Tai before fighting like this?

If his mind is unstable, he will be frightened when he hears my name, and there will be more flaws in the battle, so I can destroy him more easily! "

"Understood!" Gou Chun replied enthusiastically after hearing Gou Xi's words.

Gou Xi finally decided to kill Liu Tai before Liu Tai truly took control of Taishan County. But if Sima Yue didn't set the stage himself, then he would have to set the stage himself.

Gou Xi asked Gou Chun to spread his reputation, not only to put psychological pressure on Liu Tai's army, but also to let people in surrounding counties know his reputation.

For a famous general like Gou Xi, it is natural to see that after the Han-Jin Changping Battle, the Xiongnu-Han Kingdom has become a climate.

Even Liu Cong besieged Luoyang, Liu Taishi Le was in control of Jizhou, and now Liu Tai has fought all the way to Taishan County.

All these show that the Xiongnu Han Kingdom is not weak, and the Western Jin Dynasty needs to integrate the power of the entire country to hold the Xiongnu Han Kingdom down.

But the problem is that Sima Yue gained control of the center and did not use a talented person like himself to fight for the country. Instead, he exiled himself to Qingzhou, a place where no one can shit. If he was the governor of Yanzhou, how could Liu Tai kill him? To Taishan County.

The more Gou Xi thought about it, the angrier he became. Sima Yue and Pan Tao's followers were really harming the country!

Therefore, although Gou Xi has not yet completely broken up with Sima Yue, he more or less has the idea of ​​​​standing on his own.

But the problem is that Gou Xi came from the bottom of a poor family and has almost no family connections. If you want to build your own mountain, you can't just entertain yourself and enclose the territory for yourself. This requires the support of the people around you!

All Gou Xi could think of was to show off his martial prowess and bring a sense of security to the surrounding counties.After all, when it comes to intrigues and intrigues for power and profit, Gou Xi can't compare to guys from aristocratic families. Even though he thinks he is the strongest commander of the Jin Dynasty, Pan Tao said that he was exiled to Qingzhou because he was no longer the governor of Yanzhou. Governor.

Therefore, Gou Xi needed a stage to let the surrounding counties confirm that only he could protect them, and they could only surrender to him.

Of course, this is just Gou Xi's vague idea, and it has not really been transformed into his own strategic purpose.

But the rift with Sima Yue made Gou Xi realize that it was too unreliable to place her future on Sima Yue.

It was also Sima Yue's suppression and neglect of Gou Xi, and even kicked Gou Xi, who had made the greatest contribution to the Eight Kings Rebellion, out of the cake sharing team when sharing the cake, which made Gou Xi inevitably become what Pan Tao said. , ambition began to grow.

Because Gou Xi was not from a noble family, neither his vision nor his own structure could match his own ability to lead troops.

At the same time, because of his own personality, he has no advisers to advise him, which makes Gou Xi have the tendency to become a warlord. Of course, if he is given an emperor, he might become Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Gou Xi's plan for himself was to build a stage for himself to show off his martial arts in order to maintain stability around him.

Unfortunately for Liu Tai, he was Gou Xi's chosen target, a stepping stone strong enough to intimidate surrounding counties.

At least in Gou Xi's plan, as long as Liu Tai is killed by him, then even if he can't become the governor of Yanzhou, he will have no problem becoming the king of Qingzhou in the future.

So soon, under Gou Chun's arrangement, Gou Xi's past achievements began to spread to surrounding cities, and an invincible character began to be established.

Liu Tai's jurisdiction in Taishan County is naturally the first to bear the brunt. To the local people, Gou Xi is still very intimidating!
"Why Gou Xi is powerful and invincible!" "Why Gou Xi is Han Bai!" "Why Gou Xi is coming to attack, everyone surrenders!"...

For a time, the entire Taishan County was somehow filled with these news.

After Chu Hui heard the news, he immediately went to Liu Tai and said, "General Qi, I'm afraid Gou Xi is going to send troops!"

"That's what I thought too!" Liu Tai nodded in agreement when he saw Chu Hui coming over to report this matter to him.

"The news about Gou Xi has appeared so intensively in such a short period of time. It would be strange to say that Gou Xi has no thoughts!"

"Then Hui will go down and seal the news first!" Chu Hui couldn't help but say when he heard that Liu Tai recognized his conclusion.

"There is no need for this." Liu Tai shook his head and said, "Rumors, the more they are blocked, the more they will affect us."

"General, don't despise rumors!" Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words and said sternly, "Rumors will stop only wise men, but the people are not wise men. If these rumors are allowed to spread wildly and even form public opinion, it will affect the army. !”

"Of course I know the lethality of rumors!" Liu Tai waved his hands calmly after hearing Chu Hui's words.

Compared with people in this era who only compile nursery rhymes and the like for rumors, Liu Tai, who has really come from the media era, understands how rumors can shake the foundation of an entire country.

Liu Tai thought of this, but said calmly: "Continue to let this rumor spread, but let's add some spice to it."

"Add ingredients?" Chu Hui was a little confused when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"Well, isn't Gou Xi already over 40 and still childless? They spread the news that Gou Xi is so strong because he has practiced the "Sunflower Art of War". As the saying goes, cut off the roots to remove the roots, understand the mind, keep the soul quiet, and use the fingers like an arm...

It is by practicing this art of war that Gou Xi can remain calm at all times, especially when dispatching the army, so that he can fight the battle that deserves to be won. "

Liu Tai arranged a new character for Gou Xi without any politeness, "Let others know that his strength comes at a price!"

"..." Chu Hui's mouth couldn't help but twitched, and he said, "Will anyone believe this!?"

Even in the 21st century, people believe in such an outrageous persona as "I am the First Emperor of Qin". "Sunflower Art of War" is nothing!
Liu Tai muttered in his heart, but still waved his hand to Chu Hui and said, "Let's try it first, what does it matter if we fail!"

Chu Hui listened to Liu Tai's words and quickly went down to arrange for them to be spread. When many things are spread, the listeners have no brains and the speakers have no brains, but the key points in the rumor information are often remembered by many people.

For example, Gou Xi is a eunuch...

At first, rumors that Gou Xi was still invincible continued to spread in Taishan County, but soon a passerby arranged by Chu Hui said,
"What's so great about leading an invincible army? It's all about my life. Although I'm not strong, I'm a real man!"

If others ask you how you know.

Others answered directly, "Gou Xi is so old and in such a high position, but he doesn't even have a son. Isn't this just like learning "Sunflower Art of War" and exchanging the happiness of the lower body for the strength of the second half of his life? This is not evidence, what is evidence? !”

So Chu Hui soon discovered that rumors were still spreading throughout Taishan County that Gou Xi was powerful, but these rumors were getting more and more outrageous.

In the beginning, it was only Gou Xi who practiced "Sunflower Art of War".

Later, it was even said that Gou Xi had an army of internal servants, and only men who had been castrated could enter.

In the end, even after Taishan County is captured, all the men will be captured and castrated to eradicate them.

Suddenly, the people of the entire Taishan County became angry with the same enemy.

So what if Gou Xi is invincible? Compared with Gou Xi's invincibility, his "Sunflower Art of War" is even more popular.

In order not to be castrated, the local people have become more determined to fight against it. After all, for the vast majority of men, most men will choose the latter between castration and death.

So even though Gou Xi's invincibility exists objectively, when it comes to the fundamental issues of men, the invincible Gou Xi doesn't seem so scary anymore.

On the contrary, the entire Taishan County has heard too many rumors and is more determined to die with them.

However, when Liu Tai was handling official duties these days, he noticed that Chu Hui was looking at him strangely.

Liu Tai said with a little doubt at this moment, "Mr. Chu, why are you looking at me like this?"

"I was just wondering what Gou Xi would do after hearing these rumors!" Chu Hui said seriously.

"Send troops! Send troops! I want to level Mount Tai and seize and castrate Liu Tai!" A middle-aged man roared in Qingzhou Mansion.

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(End of this chapter)