The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 92 Stable confidence

Gou Chun led the remaining defeated generals to Gou Xi's camp in panic.

Gou Xi looked at Gou Chun appearing in such a mess in front of her, his face so ugly that he seemed to be bleeding.

If this wasn't his biological brother, I really wanted to kill him.

The first thing Gou Xi did was arrange for his confidants to control the soldiers brought over by Gou Chun, and then asked Gou Xi, "What's going on?"

"There were too many beggars coming from the north. I didn't notice, and Linzi City was taken away!" Gou Chun said here, with tears in his eyes, and said hoarsely, "Brother, I lost Linzi City, I'm sorry. You, please kill me!"

"Get out!" Gou Xi kicked Gou Chun hard and said, "Now is the time to talk about this!

Now we have to solve the problem first. Originally I was still hesitant about how to defeat Liu Tai, but now it’s time to make up my mind! "

When Gou Chun heard Gou Xi's words, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what, it would be great if Gou Xi had a solution to the problem.

After all, Gou Xi has always been Optimus Prime in her heart, and now he is even more towering.

"You came back in such a mess. You can't hide it even if you want. I can only take risks!" Gou Xi said in a deep voice:

"I will order a retreat next. If Liu Tai dares to catch up, then everyone will fight Liu Tai in a decisive battle.

We can survive after defeating Liu Tai and taking away his food. If Liu Tai doesn't catch up, then we'll just take back Linzi! "

"Soldiers, can you calm down!?" Gou Chun couldn't help but worry.

"This depends on the prestige I have accumulated from strictly running the army. As long as there is no shortage of food, the soldiers will not have any problems!"

Gou Xi couldn't help but take a deep breath and looked in the direction of Liu Tai unconsciously.
"Is this the change you've been waiting for, or is it an accident from God's help?!"

Gou Xi doesn't know and doesn't want to know. The only thing he knows is that he has all the chips at this moment!
To be honest, Gou Xi wanted Taishan County, which Liu Tai'an had managed steadily for a year, more than Linzi City, which he had squeezed dry.

Gou Xi knew that it would not be easy for him to survive even if he recaptured Linzi City, but by capturing Taishan County, he not only had abundant food, but also had a superior geographical location.

At that time, I will have the confidence to continue to go south to seek refuge with Sima Rui, or to continue to wait and see the situation in the Central Plains.

Therefore, Gou Xi hoped that Liu Tai would be attracted by her and send troops, so there was no cover for the withdrawal of troops at all.

Just like this, the news of Gou Xi's evacuation reached Liu Tai immediately.

Because the terrain of the entire Linzi is almost flat, even if there is a so-called ambush, there will be no situation where the military formation cannot be deployed due to the terrain, so it is impossible to exert its own strength.

Even if you are ambushed, you will only lose the upper hand, but if you are strong enough, you can definitely survive.

Therefore, almost everyone expressed their intention to pursue them.

Liu Tai glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Zhou Ping and said, "You are responsible for commanding the army!"

Zhou Ping heard Liu Tai's words and said with some disbelief, "Leave it to me?"

Liu Tai looked at Zhou Ping and said seriously: "In terms of battlefield command, your command ability is the best among all, so I feel most at ease leaving the army to you."

"What about you, General?!" Zhou Ping said with a bit of solemnity after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai said: "As a banner banner, of course I will be with you.

But my independent formation of personal guards will make their own decisions to go into war when appropriate.

In addition, the cavalry is left to Zhao An. You can find the opportunity to cut into Gou Xi's army from the flank! "

"Yes!" Zhao An answered decisively after hearing Liu Tai's order.

"General, why don't I follow you?" Ge Xin couldn't help but said after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"You are a pioneer!" Liu Tai looked at Ge Xin and said seriously,

"Regardless of whether Gou Xi retreated because of something really happening at the rear, Gou Xi will definitely have arranged means on the way back.

The armor should be thicker for me, but don't die! "

"Hey, general, please let me go. I just took in my third concubine, and I'm not willing to die!" Ge Xin replied.

Liu Tai raised his eyebrows but didn't say much. He never cared about their private lives.

After all, all I want is for their behavior to be slightly closer to that of the People's Liberation Army, to arm them with nationalist ideas, to persuade them with military law and discipline, and of course to encourage a tolerant atmosphere in the military to care for the team.

It's just that after these guys became captains, they may not have found a good family girl to marry, but they were more active in taking concubines.

Especially after taking a rest in Taishan County this year, one or two of these guys took concubines.

For women in this era, when these few Qiuba expressed their desire to take concubines, in this precarious era, the vast majority of women were still happy.

After all, how hard it is to live by yourself, how nice it would be to find someone to rely on.So Liu Tai said no more.

Although Liu Tai didn't really want to admit it, the more he commanded on the battlefield, the more Liu Tai found that his command level was limited.

Liu Tai feels that he is talented as a warrior, but his talent is not enough.

I can understand the changes in the situation on the battlefield, and I have good sensitivity to the battlefield. I can even sometimes judge where the key points of the war are, but my battlefield command ability cannot keep up.

When commanding about ten thousand people, he could feel that his rhythm with his soldiers entering the battlefield was not smooth enough.

Looking at the battlefield, it's a bit like watching the densely packed soldiers and soldiers fighting against each other in a real-time game. I can only give rough commands. If I want more detailed operations, I will get stuck in a crowded position.

But when I command my personal guards, I feel like I am commanding my heroic unit. Even in a crowded environment, I know where I should be, where the enemy is weakest, and what my goal is. Chu.

Liu Tai had to admit that as the size of the army he commanded increased, he encountered a bottleneck.

It's just that the excellence of his soldiers conceals the fact that his command ability is limited, which makes his command ability fluctuate around [-] people.

Of course, Liu Tai realized that his commanding strength was limited, but the entire army trained by Liu Tai was the best overall quality warrior of this era.

Following Liu Tai's order, the army rushed out like tigers.

"So fast!" Gou Xi couldn't help but squint her eyes slightly, and couldn't help but feel frightened when she saw Liu Tai's army that had already caught up.

In Gou Xi's view, this plan was a gamble on his part, and it was his intention to target Liu Tai but not his intention, but he did not expect that Liu Tai's army would react so quickly. "As expected, Liu Taizhen is my biggest enemy!"

Gou Xi took a deep breath and asked Gou Chun and Shao Xu, "How is the morale of the soldiers?"

Gou Chun said, "The morale is quite stable. I think my brother is good at running the army and can compete with Liu Tai's army."

After Gou Xi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "That's good."

Shao Xu looked a little strange at this moment, but in the end he didn't say anything. After all, we had reached this situation.

After all, Liu Tai needs to be defeated as soon as possible. As for other things, it really doesn't matter.

In fact, the reason why the soldiers were relatively calm at this time was that the veterans in Gou Xi's army were conveying their valuable experiences to the new recruits.

The recruits asked: "Liu Tai's army looks very difficult to fight. My brother is indeed a battle-hardened man. He is not nervous at all!"

The veteran first looked around nervously, and then said to the new recruit:

"Don't tell others that it was me who said it. Take it easy after you go to the battlefield.

When fighting Liu Taishan's army, don't charge too hard or be too showy, just try your best to save yourself! "

"Aren't you afraid of the governor's military law and defeat?!" the recruit couldn't help but said after hearing the veteran's words.

"I was captured by Liu Taishan. I only had to do a little light work there and had two meals to eat every day. The food I ate was much better than what we eat now. If I wasn't afraid that Liu Taishan wouldn't believe it, I would have wanted it a long time ago. Take refuge!" said the veteran.

"Is Liu Taishan so kind to the prisoners?!" The recruit was a little unbelievable.

The veteran continued, "Do you know why the soldiers under Liu Taishan are so desperate?

They eat three meals a day, not only do they have women but also land, and even if their son Liu Taishan dies, he helps to raise him!
You know why the other side is so desperate when fighting, we are just fighting for a mouthful of food, why are we fighting for our lives!
So it’s okay to fight other people, but when we encounter Liu Taishan’s army, we can just mix and mingle. It doesn’t matter if we lose.

Moreover, Linzi was occupied and there was not enough food. If we were defeated by Liu Taishan's army, everything would be solved. "

"I see, thank you for your advice, brother!" After hearing Liu Tai's words, the recruits became more understanding.

Many recruits finally understood why when they attacked Liu Tai's military camp, the most recently recruited recruits were basically the first ones to rush forward.

On the contrary, the veterans are not saying that they will not rush, but they give people a sense of coping.

Even the military judge can't find anything wrong with this kind of handling. Don't say whether it's slow or not, just say whether it's aggressive or not!

In this atmosphere, those soldiers who fought against Liu Tai's army for the first time felt more or less confident.

Knowing that Liu Tai is a relatively benevolent person, if he continues to surrender after losing, he might still have land and a woman!

An army that is not afraid of defeat will naturally have good morale.

This made Gou Xi's army very emotionally stable, so stable that Gou Xi himself doubted his ability to run the army.

"The food was burned. Such a big thing can't shake the mentality of the soldiers. Liu Tai deserves to be defeated!"
My ability to run an army is probably on par with famous generals in ancient times. Liu Taiqi can be my stepping stone to help the Jin court! "

Gou Xi was in a very happy mood at the moment. Seeing Ge Xin leading Liu Tai's vanguard in pursuit, she was already thinking about how to kill him!
However, this area is still too flat after all, and there is almost no possibility of an ambush.

Gou Xi chose the most head-on approach and asked the archers to shoot a wave of arrows at Ge Xin who was pursuing him, but it was only one wave.

"Kill me!" Gou Xi decisively let his Chinese army take the lead, while Xu Gong and Shao Xu were responsible for the two wings.

Even so, the number of Chinese troops was overwhelming compared to Ge Xin's vanguard.

Ge Xin had naturally been prepared for Gou Xi's ambush, and because of the terrain, the ambush was just a first move.

This made Ge Xin feel no fear, and the arrows hitting his armor did not cause any damage.

Not only him, almost all members of Liu Tai's army wore armor. Of course, they were mainly leather armors. Many of the armors were obtained by modifying the armors of General Gou Xi who fought against him last time.

Therefore, the lethality brought by this broken arrow shot is really not good!

However, Ge Xin did not dare to be careless. The first thing he did was to decisively give the command:
"Stand in the formation and wait for reinforcements. The general is behind us. When the general arrives, we will never give the other side a good harvest!"

As he spoke, the military formations accumulated through hard training began to come into play.

The soldiers found their positions in the blink of an eye.

The shield bearers were in front, the spearmen were second, and the spearmen were second. The archers had already begun to shoot arrows outside.

Gou Xi looked at the scene in front of her and was really furious. The circular formation was another round formation like a turtle shell!

Are there any forwards in the world who use a circle formation?Do you want to lose face?
Even if Linzi was not recaptured, there might not be much food available. Gou Xi would definitely turn around and go back to Linzi without hesitation.

Whoever wants to chew on this turtle shell should do it anyway, since I have no interest in it.

But the reality is that the two armies are already at war, and Gou Xi cannot retreat even if he wants to.

So Gou Xi began to command his army to attack Ge Xin's circular formation one after another like waves.

Wherever there was contact with Gou Xi's army, Ge Xin felt that Gou Xi's army was like a wave. It didn't seem strong, but in fact it was attacking continuously.

Ge Xin had no time to sigh in this situation, as his troops needed to constantly dispatch to fill positions.

But as long as there is the slightest gap, it will be accurately grasped by Gou Xi. A garrison team intersperses among the army, blocking the movement of Ge Xin's army. Then another army intersects in the gap between the movement of Ge Xin's army, continuing to block the movement of Ge Xin's army. Live the operation of the military formation.

As more and more troops got stuck, Ge Xin's outermost soldiers were directly cut off from Ge Xin's main military body, fell into Gou Xi's army, and were eaten up in the blink of an eye.

Gou Xi commanded it layer by layer like peeling an onion, dismembering Ge Xin's circular formation gracefully yet swiftly.

If it were another army, it would be transferred to the first level, and its morale would collapse!

This made Ge Xin regret using the circular formation. Would it be more advantageous to fight directly in the conical formation?

But Ge Xin still gritted his teeth. After all, support would come soon. Even if his command was far from Gou Xi's opponent, the circular formation could at least allow him to persist longer.

Just when Ge Xin's circular formation was crumbling, a deafening roar was heard on the battlefield:
"The army of tigers and benign warriors, one against five!"

With this shout, Liu Tai's main force finally arrived without any hesitation. Except for Zhao An's cavalry, the entire army pressed forward!
"Just in time!" Gou Xi couldn't help but said happily when she saw this scene.

(End of this chapter)