The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 79
To be honest, Gou Xi did not want to continue to add troops to Xu Gong, not only because Xu Gong did not belong to his direct lineage.

Therefore, continuing to add troops to Xu Gong is not conducive to using him as his subordinate.

The more important reason is that in Gou Xi's opinion, when dealing with a famous general like Liu Tai, one should not hope that Liu Tai will fall into his own plans and conspiracies.

Because if the plan is seen through, you may suffer backlash.

If you want to fight, just build and accumulate siege weapons honestly, and then directly defeat Laiwu County with an upright attitude.

After all, Liu Tai can run away, but his city cannot. Laiwu is Liu Tai's real Achilles heel.

"General!" Shao Xu saw Gou Xi still hesitating and said, "How about you let me lead the army to support?"

When Gou Xi heard Shao Xu's words, she originally wanted to refuse, but looking at Shao Xu's firm eyes, she felt that it didn't require much investment to give it a try, so she said, "Go over and say hello to Xu Gong. Just stay in the trenches, don't get involved in the war.

If someone in that camp goes to ask for help, let him go as much as possible, and then find a suitable terrain to encircle him for help, see if he can lure Liu Tai out, and then annihilate him in one fell swoop! "

Shao Xu naturally responded after hearing Gou Xi's words, and Gou Xi also intended to let Shao Xu's troops pass freely in front of Laiwu City and go directly to the target that should be rescued.

Gou Xi looked at Laiwu City with a bit of solemnity in her eyes, and thought in her heart, "I have already made a move, how will you respond!"

This matter was quickly reported to Liu Tai by Liu Ming. After all, in Liu Ming's view, Gou Xi's sending more troops to the direction of Zhou Ping's military camp was a conspiracy in itself.

Although Liu Tai planned it, I was still quite uneasy when I saw Gou Xi sending more troops to Zhou Ping's military camp!
Liu Tai said, "We just wait for Zhou Ping to ask for help. It is not me who should consider this issue, but Zhou Ping.

I have delegated the power to him, I have completed the strategic deployment, and Gou Xi has not exceeded the scope of my planning.

So when to launch the plan and when to send troops for rescue, these matters are left to Zhou Ping on the front line to decide.

He knows the situation better than me!
And if he really sends a messenger, then the other party will definitely let the messenger pass even if it is to encircle the point for reinforcements.

It will be time for us to counterattack, so the real time point for launching is not me, but Zhou Ping! "

Liu Tai never considered himself a famous general, so he was more inclined to decentralize command power in his command method. Instead of dictating all matters himself, he gave every captain who was sent out a clear explanation as much as possible. The strategies that need to be completed, and the risks that need to be completed, as long as the corresponding strategies can be completed, then they will never interfere with their tactical process.

The risk of food shortage was explained to Zhao An, and the importance of food shortage was also explained. At least for Zhao An, the most dangerous thing was the problem of food shortage before the first successful borrowing of food.

After all, they couldn't bring too much food with them if they wanted to cross the mountains, but as long as they could successfully run out of food, they would have a lot of room for maneuver with Gou Xi's army for at least the next month.

Similarly for Zhou Ping, Liu Tai also gave him the opportunity to launch a general attack.

Because Zhou Ping is on the front line and can clearly know the intensity of the opponent's attack, which is more accurate than his own prediction.

After all, Liu Tai is not the kind of general who can figure out people's hearts on the battlefield, and Liu Tai doesn't think he can be such a person.

Therefore, Liu Tai chose to trust his generals and soldiers more, firmly believing that they could complete even his outrageous tactics. This has been Liu Tai's path all along, to improve the level of his generals and soldiers as much as possible to make up for his own shortcomings.

He may not be the strongest commander of this era, but the soldiers under his command are definitely the best soldiers of this era.

So at this moment Gou Xi is trying to figure out what kind of decision Liu Tai will make, and then let Gou Xi slowly guess Liu Tai's decision.

Because Liu Tai has given Zhou Ping the right to make decisions, it doesn't matter what he thinks.

At this moment, Zhou Ping was also uneasy. When Liu Tai handed over the right to the final battle to himself, Zhou Ping felt that Liu Tai was crazy.

But Liu Tai's analysis of Zhou Ping's entire strategy made Zhou Ping clearly understand the significance of this matter, which was that this was Liu Tai's only opportunity to create a situation where Gou Xi was defeated locally.

Therefore, his task is to take the soldiers at hand to garrison the camp as much as possible. During the garrison process, he will try to reduce the effective strength of Gou Xi's army as much as possible. Then, when he is about to lose his support, he will send out cavalry to the front. Go to Liu Tai and Tian Qi behind him for help.

At that time, Liu Tai would not rescue him, but would directly fight Gou Xi, but Tian Jin would rescue himself to ensure that he could continue to persevere.

"So, the protagonist of this war is me!" Zhou Ping looked serious and was ready to meet the enemy.

He took good care of the soldiers, inspected the soldiers and armor in his hands, and counted the days to prepare for the coming enemy.

Soon, Xu Gong faced Shao Xu who led the army and knew that he could not delay any longer.

To be honest, Xu Gong more or less wanted to save the soldiers he had. After all, with the advent of troubled times, having soldiers in hand was the last word.

Gou Xi and Liu Tai were the main battlefield. Xu Gong felt that he could only contain this military camp. They were all in the business of princes, so why bother!
Under such circumstances, Xu Gong's fight against Zhou Ping was actually a sit-down battle with no intention of attacking at all!
But now that Shao Xu has come, Shao Xu politely said to Xu Gong: "With the order of Governor Gou, General Xu is asked to immediately lead his troops to attack the puppet Han camp.

It would be best to be able to capture the military camp. Even if this is not possible, please ask the general to force him out of the camp and ask for help from Laiwu City! "

"Of course it should be!" Xu Gong said, "It's just that the general is coming with his army. Do you want to attack the military camp with a certain person?"

When Shao Xu heard Xu Gong's words, he asked, "Is it possible that the generals are not enough and they still need support?"

"The most important thing in a war is to bully the minority with the more. How can there be enough reason!" Xu Gong said seriously.

"These words are indeed polite, but it's a pity that I have other plans, otherwise I would definitely help the general!" Shao Xu couldn't help but say.

"Ah ha ha ha!" When Xu Gong heard the rejection, he smiled without embarrassment and said, "What a pity!"

Shao Xu left soon, but Xu Gong looked sad when he saw Shao Xu leaving.

From Shao Xu's point of view, although he knew that he would definitely not be able to refuse the military order given to him by Gou Xi.

But now that Shao Xu has been sent to supervise his attack on Zhou Ping's military camp, he obviously has a strong intention to supervise, and he cannot tolerate this matter at all!

But Xu Gong didn't say much. After all, compared to the small town of Laiwu, at least this military camp is much easier to attack!
Therefore, Xu Gong did not hesitate, and immediately organized the offensive momentum and began to attack Zhou Ping's military camp.

But Xu Gong soon discovered that Zhou Ping's soldiers were better than Xu Gong had expected.Zhou Ping was originally the best battlefield commander in Liu Tai's army, and now he was responsible for the task of holding on to the military camp.

Therefore, how to reasonably arrange the physical strength of the soldiers, how to stimulate the morale of the soldiers, and how to make the soldiers fight for honor.

After the tasks were assigned one after another, Zhou Ping could clearly feel that compared to the other party's soldiers, his soldiers were completely superior in terms of physical strength, will, morale, and even organizational strength.

The soldiers under his command often resisted the opponent's charge for a while, and then collapsed after killing less than [-]% of the opponent's army.

In this situation, even if Zhou Ping followed Liu Tai in the north and south and killed so many enemies, he had never seen such a fragile army. Zhou Ping even thought that the opponent was luring him out of the city to fight. Such a shameless performance by the soldiers.

But Zhou Ping knew Liu Tai's overall strategy and knew that it was enough for him to just garrison this military camp, so he did not pursue him out.

Therefore, although there were gains, the gains were quite limited, even causing the grassroots soldiers to curse secretly.

But to be honest, why should the army under Xu Gong be compared with the army under Zhou Ping? Xu Gong was killed by Liu Tai and escaped to Gou Xi's army. Comparing soldiers like Xi who have been trained bit by bit with military discipline over time, there is still a huge difference.

At the same time, although Gou Xi had the idea of ​​​​separating one side in his heart, he was still loyal to the Jin court. He had some faith in the soldiers, but at most his faith was not strong. But coupled with Gou Xi's repeated victory in battles, Faith, that’s a lot of willpower.

But Xu Gong didn't have this idea. At most, his plan was to become a feudal lord with a separate regime.

The soldiers under his command are also regarded as more of a private tribe, and the troops are led in a private tribe. Looking at the performance of the Jiangdong Rats, you can see what it is like to lead such an army.

Even if there are [-] such soldiers, they are still there to improve their performance.

This made every attack by Xu Gong look extraordinary, but when he actually fought against Zhou Ping's men on the battlefield, he only lost a few comrades, and then Gou Xi's soldiers were completely defeated.

To be honest, at this moment, not only Zhou Ping felt that Xu Gong was acting, but even Shao Xukanze, who was waiting on the side, looked at Xu Gong with suspicion.

But what he had some doubts about was whether Xu Gong was playing himself!
After all, the backbone of Xu Gong's army is naturally the deserters who survived the battle with Liu Tai, and they are considered veterans.

But most of the soldiers under his command were recruited in Qingzhou, and most of the soldiers under his command were also Qingzhou soldiers.

Then the Qingzhou soldiers were led by Xu Gong for a period of time and became like this. Shao Xu was naturally a little unbelievable.

Xu Gong could naturally see the contempt in Shao Xu's eyes, but he had nowhere to express his anger.

At this moment, people under the eaves had to lower their heads and continued to Shao, "For the sake of being the subordinate of Governor Gou, please ask General Shao to help!"

Shao Xu hesitated a little when he heard this, but then he said, "It's me this time!"

Shao Xu also knew that Gou Xi's entire plan couldn't be stuck on the first step before it even started.

So this time Shao Xu directly pushed Xu Kun away and completed the plan himself, but Shao Xu also knew that if he did this, he would not have many manpower to ambush Liu Tai's army.

At that time, I am afraid that I will have to write a letter asking for help to General Gou Xi and ask him to send more people.

Thinking of this, Shao Xu commanded his army to attack Zhou Ping's military camp the next day, and the number of his soldiers reached six thousand.

Obviously, a lot of money was spent to successfully ambush Liu Tai this time.

Zhou Ping watched Shao Xu's soldiers coming step by step, and gave orders calmly as usual. The soldiers immediately took up their positions. There were longbowmen shooting arrows on the archery tower, and crossbowmen shooting in the middle, blocking the opponent's attack.

Under the command of Shao Xu, the soldiers in armor broke through the ravines and fences in front of the military camp regardless of their own safety, but they still had to face Zhou Ping's Tiger Army!
"The army of Tiger and Ben, one against five!" Zhou Ping shouted, and the soldiers under his command were even more energetic.

When this sentence fell on the ears of the soldiers, it actually turned into another meaning, that is, we and other tiger warriors had to kill five of them before we could recover our losses.

Especially those who died fighting for the revival of the Han Dynasty. Those who had children after their death would be taken care of by Liu Tai, so they could fight with peace of mind. Those who were alone could also be named in military history without fear of losing their incense.

Therefore, at this moment, Shao Xu let his soldiers storm into Zhou Ping's military camp, which did not make Zhou Ping's soldiers feel afraid. On the contrary, Zhou Ping's soldiers at this time inspired the consciousness to kill their opponents.

After Zhou Ping's repeated command, he became more aware of the mentality of his soldiers and decisively launched a counterattack at this moment.

Some tiger soldiers even murmured: "One, two, three..." every time they killed an enemy with the bright red sword in their hands.

These soldiers recited these numbers, and their purpose was to kill five of them, so that they would not tarnish the glory of the Tiger Army.

But in fact, neither Liu Tai nor Zhou Ping asked them to do this.

But the soldiers at the lowest level could feel Liu Tai's care for them and the glory of the road of resisting the Jin Dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty.

At least they think they are on the right path. For them, they really don't understand the truth, but their simple thinking is that they want to repay Liu Tai's kindness.

And the only way for them to repay their kindness is to meet the standards of the Tiger Army, and that is to use one to block five!

In every battle, you only need to kill five enemy soldiers before you die, otherwise you will dishonor the glory of the Tiger Army.

No one required them to do this, but with the slogan "Tiger's army, one against five" being sung day after day, these soldiers have taken this sentence as a matter of course.

And think about the treatment of other troops, think about the treatment of the Tiger and Ben Army. If you can't do this, don't you feel any guilt in your heart?

So Shao Xu, who rushed to Zhou Ping's camp, felt something was wrong. The puppet Han army on the opposite side was a little too brave. The basis for maintaining combat effectiveness of his own army was military discipline, but what about you guys, why are you so fanatical!

Shao Xu discovered that his side, which should have the numerical advantage, was being pushed back by the opponent at this moment.

The soldiers under his command are retreating! ?
"How is this possible? What kind of army is this!?" Shao Xu was filled with confusion.

　The next chapter will definitely be after one o'clock. No need to wait any longer. Let's read it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)