The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 76 Gou Xi Arrives
Liu Tai followed military history to complete ideological unification and emphasized the importance of preferential treatment of prisoners.

On the second day, the medical camp began to treat the injured soldiers of Gou Chun on a large scale.

At the same time, Military History also began to do ideological work on the soldiers in various camps.

After all, no matter how many ideas Liu Tai has, if he ultimately wants to accomplish something, he still has to implement it at the grassroots level.

In order for the soldiers at the grassroots level to easily accept that they will still fight with them and then treat the prisoners well, there must be a lofty ideal that becomes their spiritual core and allows them to suppress their disgust for these prisoners.

If they cannot understand this logic, they cannot restrain themselves from the bottom of their hearts, or even accept the policy of treating prisoners well.

No matter how much Liu Tai emphasizes this matter, even if they don't dare not to implement it, aren't they still going to violate it in both positive and negative ways?

Liu Tai knew very well that his rights came from the support of his soldiers, not from his identity as Liu Tai.

Naturally, he can unscrupulously command these soldiers with his own orders, but what he wants to do is not to become a warlord, but to hope to cultivate a new class that can compete with the power of the family, not just a simple tool.

Therefore, I need to let my soldiers think for themselves and be willing to fight for the beautiful future drawn by Liu Tai.

During this process, many of my decisions will break the original thinking patterns of the soldiers. Some will be beneficial to them, and some will be difficult for them to accept, but there is no way. If I want to cultivate such a class, these will inevitably happen.

In the final analysis, what he needs is not a group of puppets, but elites who can truly fight against the aristocratic family.

If it had been a war, Liu Tai wouldn't have worried, because the military class was killing all the way, which would be the most devastating environment for the family.

But as long as the society stabilizes, the aristocratic family will inevitably fight back, and as long as the noblest ideals in the hearts of the soldiers remain alive, they may suffer a lot in the process, but with ideas and programs, the aristocratic family will not be so easy to backlash.

The seeds of the future are buried in the past. If you are not here, you will consciously cultivate the thinking ability of your soldiers.

Even if he really conquers the world, the last person he has to face is the family that can resurrect his corpse at any time.

Liu Tai pressed his head, but he didn't think too much about this.

Because at this time, Liu Tai's attention was on another thing, Gou Chun!
Liu Tai came to the cell, opened the door of the cell, and glanced at the table in front of Gou Chun. The food and wine on it were basically eaten, and Gou Chun looked calm, as if he was ready to die at any time.

"You are Liu Tai!" Gou Chun looked at Liu Tai and was a little surprised by Liu Tai's age, but said calmly, "Is there still wine?"

"Of course it's enough!" Liu Tai said to the jailer, "From now on, except for leaving this cell, General Gou will arrange everything else he wants. Why don't you hurry up and get some drinks!"

"Happy!" Gou Chun heard Liu Tai's words and said, "Yesterday, when I saw the delicious food, I thought the general was going to give me a sacrificial flag to boost my morale. Now it seems that this meal is not a meal for my head!"

When Liu Tai heard Gou Chun's words, he said: "This is a good idea, but I really haven't thought about it.

I respect the general, but only because the soldiers under his command are refined and brave, and the general himself is brave enough to fight without retreating.

Such soldiers and generals are heroes of the world, how can they be killed so easily. "

"My brother is coming soon?" After listening to Liu Tai's flattery, Gou Chun reacted and asked.

"Come soon!" Liu Tai also understood that Gou Chun knew that the reason for treating him well was not at all the reason he just said in his mouth.

It's because Gou Xi is coming soon, and that's why she treats him kindly, which also leaves a way out for the future!
"My brother is very strict in running the army and is selfless. It is impossible for you to exchange my life for my brother's retreat. Even when Laiwu is defeated, if you want my life to exchange for your life, my brother will not exchange it. !" Gou Chun shook his head.

"General, you are so humble!" Liu Tai smiled calmly when he heard Gou Chun's words, and then said slowly,
"Your brother has no children, so how can he really not care about his biological brother.

Moreover, General Gou, you have underestimated me, and even more so, your brother.

Although we generals do everything we can, we also know that we have heavy responsibilities and will not change our ways easily just because of one person.

And...I never said I wanted to imprison the general for the rest of his life! "

"You want to let me go?!" Gou Chun was very surprised when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"Although I have not faced General Gou Xi directly, I believe that he must be proud of his ability to fight all the way from a humble family to his current position as one of the pillars of the Jin Dynasty.

So if you want to negotiate with him in the future, only you are the most suitable messenger! Liu Tai said calmly,

“So, I would like to treat Mr. Gou Chun to a good meal and drink, and you can make any requests you have.

I can even return your soldiers to you in the future and let you go back to Gou Xi with you! "

"Really?" Gou Chun felt a little unbelievable when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"It depends on whether your brother is worthy of his name. If he is killed by me, then all these promises will be gone!"

Liu Tai looked at Gou Chunzhen and said, "To be honest, I really don't want to use your trump card.

But there is no way, who asked me to face Gou Xi? It’s not a bad thing to be more prepared! "

"Do you think I will go to your brother to intercede for you when the time comes?!" Gou Chun said after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai spread his hands and said, "We will tell you what happened then. At least I know that before General Gou Xi realizes that he cannot capture Laiwu in a short period of time, even if I want to show sincerity, he may not accept it!"

When Gou Chun heard this, he nodded in approval and said, "At least what you said, General Liu, is not wrong!"

Liu Tai looked calm, but said to Gou Chun, "Then please take a good rest, General Gou, and Tai won't disturb you!"

Gou Chun watched the door of the cell close, and for a moment, the depression in his heart at being captured by Liu Tai was somewhat relieved.

In any case, he doesn't have to worry about his head being chopped off for the time being, and if Liu Tai is willing to keep his promise, it will depend on the battlefield situation. If his brother wins, it is not impossible to spare Liu Tai's life.

Liu Tai left the dungeon and looked at the sun still hitting the ground. His expression became much calmer and he couldn't help but murmured,
"The communication channel with Gou Xi has been established, so the next step is to let go and fight with Gou Xi!"

In the next few days, Liu Tai continued to arrange and mobilize manpower to reinforce the small town of Laiwu, and established two camps behind the small town.They were handed over to Tian Zhen and Zhou Ping respectively to station themselves inside with their two thousand troops.

One was to prevent Gou Xi from splitting his troops and taking a detour. He would have no time to stop him, so he would let them go directly to Fenggao's headquarters.

Secondly, it is to avoid holding all the troops in one's hands and besieging the isolated city. Now Liu Tai's army and Zhou Ping's army are at odds with each other, and Tian Tian's army has become reinforcements to support either side at any time. This is a common operation in military wars. Way.

Of course, just as Liu Tai was making every effort to make arrangements to defend Taishan County, Gou Xi also arrived with his army.

Shao Xu, as the vanguard, quickly sent the gathered soldiers in front of Gou Xi and said:

"Prince Gou, General Gou heard that General Gou was besieged in Gushan, and chased him day and night. Although he was harassed on the way, he was a step too late. He only gathered some of our remaining soldiers and failed to save General Gou Chun!"

Gou Xi took a sharp breath, but suppressed her anger, and said in a deep voice, "I understand. All the soldiers who escaped will be organized into the death camp in accordance with military regulations. They will charge to death three times to atone for their sins. This will be implemented immediately!"

"No!" Shao Xu heard Gou Xi's words and carried out the order without hesitation.

"Brother, brother is my sixth son, my sixth son!" Someone among these broken soldiers suddenly shouted, "I don't want to go to the death camp!"

When Shao Xu heard this, he saw someone shouting loudly at Gou Xi among the defeated troops.

Shao Xu didn't expect that there were actually Gou Xi's acquaintances here. If so, you would have told me what you were doing hiding in there.

But after thinking about it, Shao Xu also understood that this man was too hesitant to appear in front of Gou Xi, but when he heard that the final punishment was to go to the death camp and take three risks, he felt that he would not survive. He mustered up the courage to shout out.

Gou Xi's expression changed when she saw him, and she said, "It is indeed you, Liuzi!"

"Brother, brother, save me!" When the soldier named Liuzi saw Gou Xi recognizing him, he couldn't help showing joy on his face.

He glanced proudly at the deserters around him, as if to say, did you see it? I have a backstage.

Shao Xu, Xu Gong and others didn't have much idea about this, because Gou Xi's relatives could understand.

Gou Xi came to the man and said in a deep voice, "You don't have to go to the Dead Soldiers Camp..."

The commander tied up his own soldiers and fled, so he should be beheaded as usual. For the sake of brother, I will keep your whole body, drag it out, and hang you! "

"Brother, brother..." The man was dragged out by the soldiers and hanged decisively.

Gou Xi couldn't help but shed a few tears when she saw this scene. Shao Xu and Xu Gong were stunned by this scene. What kind of situation could they kill right now?
Shao Xu knew Gou Xi's character as a leader, but he didn't expect that even a member of his own family, Gou Xi, could be so harsh.

Xu Gong looked at Gou Xi as if he were looking at a monster. After all, from the perspective of a nobleman, it was important not to punish the doctor, but even more important was to hide from each other.

There is no reason to use your own relatives to testify against military law, not to mention that one of your younger brothers has just been captured by Liu Tai.

Finally, a younger brother managed to escape, and you actually killed him like that? !

When Gou Xi looked at the two people, she thought they were shocked to see her crying, but she explained:
"This man is the son of my aunt. My aunt treated me very kindly. I am even more sad to lose my beloved brother. Alas!"

When Gou Xi said this, he sighed again: "The person who killed him was the governor of Qingzhou, and the person who cried for his brother was General Gou, the one who cried for his brother!"

(Historically, it happened when Gou Xi was the governor of Yanzhou. This story has been modified by me.)
"General, please express your condolences!" Xu Gong looked at the atmosphere and didn't know what to say, so he could only say it dryly.

"Liu Hui, show his body to the whole army, tell him the cause of death, and then bury him alive!" Gou Xi couldn't help but say.

"I obey!" Liu Hui, the manager, heard Gou Xi's words and responded.

It has to be said that as the general's cousin was killed by Gou Xi in accordance with military discipline, not to mention the deserters who were punished to the death camp without any complaints, even the soldiers under Gou Xi's command looked solemn. .

To be honest, all the soldiers felt that staying in Gou Xi's military camp was quite depressing, but Gou Xi could win the battle. For any soldier, a general who can win a battle is naturally the best general, not to mention that this general treats everyone equally.

Therefore, the impact of striker Gou Chun's failure was quickly suppressed with this incident.

Gou Xi also brought his main force and approached Laiwu City step by step, announcing the arrival of his great devil!
Similarly, Zhao An immediately delivered the news of Gou Xi's arrival to Liu Tai.

To be honest, Zhao An originally wanted to stop him a little bit, but the village chiefs around Zhao An held down Zhao An who was about to die one by one. One of the village chiefs jumped out and said,

"General Liu asked us to cut off the food supply of Gou Xi's army, instead of fighting at the front gate of Gou Xi's army! General, we must complete General Liu's mission first!"

Zhao An calmed down after hearing this and said, "Keep on detouring, keep on detouring, why are the mountains here connected to the mountains, when will the end begin!"

"Please rest assured, captain, you can enter Linzi via a small road after passing a few hills. We villagers living here are familiar with this road!" A village chief under Zhao An assured Zhao An,

"This road may not be possible for the army to transport supplies, but I brought enough rations and climbed the hills in a few days. It is not difficult to reach Changguo!"

"If Gou Xi succeeds in cutting off grain, you will be the first to do so!" Zhao An said to the village chief.

Almost when Zhao An made up his mind, Liu Tai also saw Gou Xi's army on the city wall of Laiwu.

Based on the size of the army, Liu Tai roughly estimated that there were less than 3 people. However, this group of people was fully armored and well-armed. Especially the indescribable sense of unity when they acted gave him a sense of unity. Unspeakably depressing.

Facing the Jin court's troops all the time, Liu Tai felt more or less indescribably superior in his heart.

But when he faced this army, Liu Tai was rarely shocked by the opponent. The opponent really became a whole!
Liu Tai took a deep breath and said to Liu Ming, "Liu Ming, the positions built outside the city will be left to you to garrison first. If the situation becomes unstable, there is no need to report to me, just flee into the city!"

"Yes!" Liu Ming heard Liu Tai's words and responded.

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