The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 78 Respective plan

The tentative war between the two sides came to an end, and Gou Xi began to prepare siege weapons. However, because the surrounding trees were cut down in large numbers, it would take some time to make siege weapons, so he divided his troops and asked Xu Gong to harass Liu Tai's other military camp.

Gou Xi just wanted to see what Liu Tai would decide. If Liu Tai chose to rescue, he wouldn't even need siege weapons. He could just surround the area and call for reinforcements, which would kill Liu Tai.

But if Liu Tai chooses to wait and see, then he will really knock down the camp, and then let Xu Gong's army attack Fenggao directly, completely ending Liu Tai's rule.

Even if Liu Tai drives the aristocratic family represented by Xu Gong out of Taishan County, this does not mean that everyone Xu Gong knew will die.

As long as Xu Gong comes back, he will be able to rally followers again, especially those who are willing to be Xu Gong's slaves. It is impossible for all such people to die.

Sometimes things are like this. When there is no signboard or leader, you will feel that it is a mess. But when a leader appears, it is like finding a rope buckle, and the mess can be easily undone.

Xu Gong, who was driven away by Liu Tai, is such a character, which is why Gou Xi chose to let him lead the army alone.

Gou Xi knew that if he wanted to sort out Taishan County as quickly as possible, what he needed was a benchmark figure like Xu Gong.

Gou Xi naturally asked Liu Tai a multiple-choice question. It was Liu Tai's choice to save him or not.

"General, let me go to support Zhou Ping!" Ge Xin couldn't help but plead to Liu Tai.

Ge Xin still cared a lot about Zhou Ping. After all, in the battle with Gou Chun, if Zhou Ping had not arrived in time, even if he survived, not many of the five hundred brothers who followed him would have survived.

"I asked Zhou Ping to divide his troops. In addition to avoiding the enemy's detour, I also wanted Zhou Ping to be a bait!" Liu Tai calmly said to Ge Xin, "Zhou Ping also knows this, so it is not so easy to capture it!"

"General..." Ge Xin couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard Liu Tai's words, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"The one who really rescued Zhou Ping was not us, but Tian Zhen. When he decided to rescue Zhou Ping, it was the time for us to take the initiative to attack the opponent's camp!" Liu Tai said calmly.

"Are we attacking the opponent's camp? Aren't we defending the city?!" Ge Xin was confused after hearing this.

"What kind of city are you waiting for to die?" Liu Tai glanced at Ge Xin and said,
"The whole plan starts with Zhou Ping going to Li Yingzhai, which in itself is a bait, a bait that gives the other party a chance to attack us for reinforcements.

At the same time, Zhao An detoured to the rear and ran out of food. He thought there would be results in the next few days. As long as food was lost once, Gou Xi would definitely send soldiers to protect the food.

Then the other side sent more soldiers to attack Zhou Ping's camp, and sent more soldiers to surround the points to reinforce and ambush us.

Then the opponent's troops will naturally be further divided. By then, I bet there won't be many soldiers in his military camp!
This is our chance for a decisive battle. "

"I have a question. Tian Zhen is in contact with us behind us, but Zhao Anke went around the mountain road to cut off Gou Xi's food. We can't contact him at all now!" Xi Zhubo said, "What about General? Do you think Captain Zhao An can succeed in intercepting grain?"

"He only brought naan bread for eight days. If he couldn't rob Gou Xi's food once, he would be dead!"

Liu Tai said frankly, "But as long as he successfully robs once, the food he robbed will definitely be enough for him to eat for a month.

So a week later, I agreed that he successfully looted the food! "

Hearing Liu Tai's words, Xi Zhubo was a little stunned. Could he still be so messy?Aren't you afraid that they will all run away?

If they replaced an army that relied entirely on gold, silver or food, they would not implement this almost fatal plan at all, or they would decisively go to Gou Xi's army to surrender. This is only logical.

However, his army prioritizes ideological education and cultivating willpower. Liu Tai cannot guarantee whether they will go to Gou Xi to surrender if they are hungry.

But Liu Tai can guarantee that at least before the naan is finished, they are absolutely willing to plunder Gou Xi's food.

This is how you lead your own troops, improving the quality of your soldiers and allowing them to perform tasks that the army of this era will not perform.

Moreover, this area is full of large and small mountain roads and hills. This place is really difficult for people who are not familiar with these mountain roads.

But people who are familiar with this mountain forest can lead the way and find out which roads are big and wide and suitable for delivering food, so they can be sure.

At the same time, such mountainous and forested areas are more suitable for fighting guerrilla warfare, so that the mobility of small groups can be fully utilized.

Liu Tai was not sure whether Zhao An had the commanding ability in this area, but at least with the style Zhao An showed, he was neither a fierce general like Ge Xin who liked to charge into battle, nor a general like Zhou Ping who was open and close. orthodox command.

So Zhao An was asked to try the battlefield behind enemy lines to see if he could reduce the pressure on the front.

Of course, if Zhao An fails, for example because he gets lost and his entire army is wiped out, then there is nothing Liu Tai can do.

After all, people need to make sacrifices on the battlefield. I can only say that I assigned him the wrong task.

Xi Zhubo frowned at this time and asked again, "If this is the case, what if Gou Xiruo personally leads the troops to ambush, instead of saving the military camp, but directly attacks Laiwu City!"

"Then we have to rely on the local county soldiers to help. I guess he doesn't have siege weapons. I hope he can't attack Laiwu!" Liu Tai sighed, "We have limited soldiers, especially fewer than the opponent, so There are bound to be choices on the battlefield.

All I can do is create an opportunity to put all my chips on the table.

I am not the kind of famous player who is born to win, I am just a gambler who dares to put up his chips when there is a possibility of winning on five levels! "

Liu Ming and Ge Xin looked at each other. They always felt that Liu Tai was too humble in his normal state, but when he was really on the battlefield, he would always be at the forefront whenever necessary.

Not to mention, although Liu Tai said this time that he only had a five-level winning rate, in actual operation, Liu Tai relied on inferior troops to create a momentary advantage in his own strength in the entire battle.

Because letting Tian Zhen rescue Zhou Ping, with the help of the morale boost brought by the reinforcements, it can even ensure that the morale of Zhou Ping's camp is absolutely high when he and others attack. At least at that moment, the military strength of Liu Tai and Gou Xi is no longer comparable. It's Gou Xier and Liu Taiyi, and it may even become Liu Taier and Gou Xiyi.

Liu Ming and Ge Xin were both soldiers. They were killers who had made their way from moth thieves to generals.

For them, they were not afraid of the plan Liu Tai made, but what they were afraid of was that Liu Tai didn't have a plan.

Since Liu Tai is waiting for the opportunity, he and others should continue to recharge their batteries and be ready to fight for their lives when the time comes!

Liu Ming and Ge Xin retreated, and Liu Tai asked Xi Zhubo at this time: "How are the prisoners in Qingzhou treated?" "The method of empathizing with these prisoners is indeed useful!" Xi Zhubo said. , "When I first told these Qingzhou prisoners about countering Jin and restoring Han Dynasty, no one among these Qingzhou prisoners was willing to accept it, and some of them were not even willing to listen.

But after some soldiers personally told the painful experience of being persecuted by those wealthy families, the Qingzhou prisoners were also willing to reveal their feelings. "

"It's good if you are willing to speak your mind. You can tell them that our war effort here is divided into fields. The focus is to recruit those who have no families. As for those who have families, we can comfort them and let them know that after this war is over, we will If Laiwu is guarded, we will let them go back to Qingzhou!" Liu Tai said slowly.

Xi Zhubo heard Liu Tai's words and nodded to Liu Tai, indicating that he understood.

And these Qingzhou prisoners were still a little uneasy when they were captured at first.

But as the medical camp represented by Meng Dong and Wang Rujing began to actively treat them, the most important thing was that they even gave them medicinal materials, which made these prisoners believe in Liu Tai's good intentions.

In addition, there is the food they eat. Although it is only two meals, which is naturally not as good as the regular army and county soldiers under Liu Tai's command, it is still two meals.

To be honest, they didn't think they would survive at first, but now they believe that Liu Tai will not let them die. After all, the value of themselves and others may not be comparable to the value of these few mouthfuls of rice.

Then, military historians came one after another to teach them how to rebuild the glory of the Han Dynasty. It is our duty to do so.

Although for the vast majority of the people, they really can't feel the glory of the Han Dynasty, but following these military historians and Liu Tai's army, they scolded the aristocratic families and landlords, and the prisoners in Qingzhou scolded them quite energetically.

Then, he laid out the benefits of Liu Tai's army, such as eating three meals a day, preparing clothes for you, and being able to study and read history.

The most important thing is the atmosphere in which they do not directly fight or scold each other, but educate each other seriously. For many soldiers in Qingzhou, it is a bit silly.

After hearing this condition, many Qingzhou soldiers surrendered decisively, including many village commanders.

The wars in this era were just for a meal. Although the Huns and Han Kingdoms were fighting fiercely with the Jin court, in fact, the main contradictions in this era were the conflicts between the lower class people and the aristocratic families, and the conflicts between the foreigners and the Han people. Or a secondary contradiction.

The time between the Yongjia Rebellion and Yi Guan's southern migration can be said to have made the upper class families gradually realize that the main contradiction in society has become the contradiction between foreigners and Han people.

But for the people at the bottom, it is just a change of rulers above them, and they have not yet noticed the contradiction between the Han people and the aliens.

After all, the Yongjia Rebellion was preceded by the Eight Kings Rebellion. There is really not much difference between this period and the Eight Kings Rebellion.

Even because the Eight Kings Rebellion belongs to the Sima clan, they will become more ruthless when attacking their own people.

But the contradictions are constantly changing. After the Longjia Rebellion and Yi Guan's southern migration, the contradictions between the foreigners and the Han people continued to intensify, gradually turning from secondary contradictions into principal contradictions, until there was a real explosion in the Ran Min era!

Therefore, the current Qingzhou prisoners have no objection to who they work for.

For them, as long as they are in charge of food, it is not a war for whom to fight, not to mention that Liu Tai's army seems to be quite amiable.

So they really have no pressure to switch to Liu Tai's army, but if they vote without pressure, Liu Tai can't accept it without pressure!
In the final analysis, although Liu Tai held high nationalism and talked about the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, he still had to put things into practice.

For those who have concerns in Qingzhou, at least now Liu Tai really doesn't dare to use them.

But for those guys who had no worries in Qingzhou, Liu Tai dared to use them temporarily.

Of course, they all do some physical work no matter which side they are on, but those guys who have no worries will just let them get close to the city wall.

Of course, in Liu Tai's words, it's not that he doesn't believe you, but that he is not sure that he can defeat Gou Xi. If you fight with Gou Xi's other soldiers, you will really not be able to turn back. .

So just do some physical work in the city and help out. Even if you are defeated by Gou Xi in the future, just say it was me who drove him.

All in all, it is necessary to highlight yourself in an upright and upright manner, and let other things go first.

Anyway, according to Liu Tai's plan, if he still couldn't defeat Gou Xi in a decisive battle with Gou Xi, he would have no choice but to seek peace with Gou Xi on the condition of Gou Chun.

These soldiers who have accepted the idea of ​​reviving the Han Dynasty go back, which can be regarded as laying the groundwork for their next fight with Gou Xi. At that time, it would be good to even publicize a few more words about their policy of preferential treatment of prisoners.

War, it's not like it's over in one go. Anyway, Liu Tai never regarded himself as an undefeated general.

Even if you lose, as long as you don't lose all your money, you might be able to win it all back later!
Therefore, while Gou Xi divided his forces to attack and planned to wait until the siege weapons were built and then take the initiative to attack, Liu Tai also planned to find his best opportunity for a decisive battle and give it a go.

Time is fair for both parties, but it is more fair for those who are more prepared. For example, Gou Xi soon heard the news that the grain truck behind him had been robbed.

"The military rations have been robbed?" Gou Xi couldn't help but be stunned when she heard the news, and said in a deep voice, "Bring the map?!"

Soon Gou Xi looked at the location where the military supplies had been plundered on the map. Linzi and Taishan County were almost bordering each other, but there was a rugged mountain range between them, and the roads were crisscrossed. It would not be difficult to march in this area. As for, hiding thousands of people is as easy as spreading a handful of salt in a river.

But in the area where I transport food, it is impossible to take those inaccessible places. The roads are all official roads. No matter how you plan the roads, because of the continuous hills, there are only so many roads, and it is impossible to cover them up. !
"General, there is still enough food and grass in the army for more than half a month, enough to support the arrival of the next batch of food!" Shao Xu said.

"How can it be possible for us to transport food easily with this amazing army arranged by Liu Tai behind us!"

Gou Xi shook her head and said to Liu Hui, "Liu Hui, you select five thousand soldiers to be responsible for the task of transporting grain. If anything goes wrong again on the road, I will be your only one to ask questions!"

"I understand!" Liu Hui agreed.

"Liu Tai is a good opponent!" Gou Xi said, "If he can bypass us and get behind us, I think he had already dispatched this extraordinary force when we were dealing with Zihou."

"General, can we try to add more troops to Xu Gong to attack another camp and attract Liu Tai's army? Otherwise, if we really keep waiting here, are we a little too passive?" Shao Xu suggested. .

Gou Xi frowned, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

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