The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 113 Chaotic Jizhou

After Su Jun brought capital into the group, he had mature shipwrights, reserves of wood and complete channels, which greatly accelerated Liu Tai's plan to attack Youzhou by sea.

Not to mention the boatmen, when they saw the various novel technologies proposed by Liu Tai, they were extremely crazy. They immediately devoted themselves to technological improvements and wanted to put various technologies into practice.

While Su Jun was busy with the ship, Tian Tian was also busy with the training of naval personnel, the rearrangement of flags, and the simulation and preparation of the surprise attack on Youzhou.

Needless to say, after seeing the significant increase in the number of shipwrights, Tian Zhen immediately wrote a letter to Liu Tai, indicating that supporting shipyards would be built in various coastal counties in Qingzhou.

After all, the location of the fleet in Jiaozhou Bay is relatively hidden, but the same sneak attack would require a large circle around the entire Shandong Peninsula.

No one can guarantee whether there will be an accident during this process. If an accident occurs, at least there will be a dock to dock for repairs and supplies.

The most important thing is that after replenishing in this way, the attack distance can be reduced as much as possible. In the event of war, it will be good if the ship can carry food for one more day.

Liu Tai felt thoughtful when he heard this, and knew in his heart what kind of treasure house the sea was.

But now it is impossible for the people to develop the sea.

To put it simply, not to mention offshore fishing, even offshore fishing is a job that requires considerable organizational skills.

Anyone who can lead the people to successfully return from fishing in the ocean is definitely making a mistake by allowing their leader to serve as a captain in his own army.

"Fishing is indeed a direction worthy of development, but not now. At least you have to wait until your own boats are decommissioned, and then find a way to sell them to the people. Only in this way can they be encouraged to fish deeper in the sea.

Now we can simply follow Tian Zhen's plan, prepare shipyards in each county, and first accumulate the trust of local fishermen. "

To be honest, Liu Tai really wants to push people to think about the ocean and fish.

This is not because of the fishing itself, but as the activity of offshore fishing proceeds, a series of financial instruments naturally have objects to use.

Otherwise, now that I think about it, I will just decisively borrow national debt from the people to realize the use of financial tools when I go to war.

In contrast, if the local people really develop offshore fishing, then they can further mobilize the funds in the hands of the people through insurance.

For Liu Tai, it doesn't matter how much money you make, what's important is that the money needs to flow.

The faster the turnover speed, the more active the economy of the entire society, and the greater the scope for using financial power.

On the contrary, if the overall economic turnover rate becomes slower, Liu Tai will have to take it easy.

This shows that the confidence of the entire society is somewhat insufficient. If one makes too big a move, he may end up doing a split and end up in trouble.

Regarding the development of fishery resources in the Bohai Sea, Liu Tai took out a piece of white paper and wrote a few words on it, and then sealed it.

In any case, the document file for this matter has been created, which means that this matter has been halfway done.

Comparing this matter, Liu Tai looked towards the north unconsciously, wondering what was going on with Wang Sang and others' planned march, whether Nanpi City had been taken, and what kind of response Wang Jun had. .

In fact, Jizhou was in chaos at this time, and the time goes back to when Li Gu and Wang Sang broke up.

At this time, Li Gu defected to Liu Kun and dedicated Yecheng to Liu Kun. Liu Cong sent Liu Kun to defend.

To be honest, on Shi Le's way north, he passed through strong walls and clear fields. Even if he wanted to plunder Shi Le, he would not have a chance to plunder him.

Originally, Shi Le's armies were going to the point of cannibalizing each other, but the problem was that Xiang Bing looked down on Shi Le and went out of the city to cross the river to fight at the slightest provocation.

Then falling into Zhang Bin's plan, Shi Le was besieged by three groups and defeated, completing his mission of delivering food to Shi Le.

This suddenly revived Shile's army, which was supposed to be defeated, and then Shile's army marched straight into Yecheng.

At this time, Linshen, Mou Mu and others under Liu Yan surrendered to Shile with tens of thousands of troops.

Liu Kun, who had finally grown up in this way, was inexplicably taken away from the city of Ye that Li Gu dedicated to him.

It can also be seen that Liu Kun really cannot control his subordinates. The only people who can be used are either his tribesmen or people who are deeply affected by his charm.

But when the distance between his subordinates is too far and the charm cannot affect him, it can only be said that the passion has subsided, and calmness and reason have regained the high ground of wisdom.

Then he felt that Liu Kun was unreliable, so he chose to hang out with Shi Le.

And when Shi Le was discussing with everyone to capture the Sanbingtai in Yecheng and use it as a stronghold.

Zhang Bin stood up decisively and said that playing the three-ice platform at this time would only make Liu Yan desperate, and it would be difficult to win it for a while. At this time, he should clear out the unprepared Wang Pengzu and Liu Yueshi, capture Xiangcheng and Handan, and use Zhao Guo He started his business and established the country.

Shi Le decisively followed Zhang Bin's plan, successfully gained his own foundation, and began to establish a foothold in the north.

As for why Liu Kun didn't support Liu Yan at this time, it was because part of Liu Kun's main force was fighting Wang Jun to compete for Youzhou.

It's just that Wang Jun's command is really full of fierce generals, especially with the help of the Xianbei cavalry, so Liu Kun can't spare any time to take care of Shi Le.

At the same time, in Liu Kun's view, Shi Le was a force that could be won over by the Huns and Han.

Adhering to the integrity of a gentleman, he took the initiative to return Shi Le's mother and nephew Shi Hu to Shi Le, hoping that Shi Le would surrender.

In Shi Le's opinion, what was the state of Jin Ting, and now he actually wanted to surrender to Jin Ting himself? This was no joke!

So he decisively ate the candy coating, but threw the shell back to Liu Kun, showing that he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

It can be said that small Jizhou has a whole four forces packed into it, which is enough to see the current chaos in Jizhou.

At this time, Wang Sang faced such a chaotic situation when he led his army into Jizhou. Wang Sang did not dare to make the decision without authorization. According to Liu Tai's original plan, he captured Pingyuan County, Bohai County and Leling County. I don’t dare to expand anymore.

Although there was a vague tendency to take Qinghe County, Wang Sang chose to endure it and began to build a defense based on the three counties in his hands.

"Liu Tai reacted quickly. After capturing Qingzhou, he immediately sent his soldiers northward and captured three counties in Jizhou!"

Shi Le looked at Wang Sang's battle report and couldn't help but sigh,
"If You Hou doesn't say it, those who get the land will prosper, and those who lose the land will perish. Obviously Liu Tai also understands this.

Before he had completely settled the Qingzhou matter, he reached out to Jizhou first.

This new Duke of Donglai is even more greedy than the original Wang Mi! "

"Please uncle, take me as your general. I'll go meet General Huben, who has been praised by my uncle for a while!" Shi Hu stepped out and cupped his fists. "Haha, if you are ambitious, my uncle hopes that one day you will personally bring Liu Tai's head to me!" Shi Le said to Shi Hu.

Shi Hu showed a ferocious smile and returned to his queue.

To be honest, Shi Le was quite pleased with Shi Hu. Thinking about it, he had Wang Mi's status and Wang Mi's nephew. The most important thing was that Wang Mi's head was cut off by himself. Looking at it Shi Hu felt uncomfortable.

Moreover, Shi Hu, like Liu Tai, both seemed to be born strong generals. Compared to Liu Tai, who was somewhat kind to the common people, Shi Hu was much more decisive in carrying out his tasks.

I am originally from the Jie tribe, so where did I get so many hypocritical benevolence and righteousness from the Han tribe? In the final analysis, I was more influenced by the Xiongnu, and I was very particular about only being strong.

In this way, Shi Le was quite satisfied to see that Shi Hu had inherited the wild nature of the Jie clan.

At this time, Shi Le let everyone speak freely and discuss what should be done next. After all, the current situation in Jizhou is too complicated. There are many forces crisscrossing Jizhou, but Shi Le is getting more and more confused looking at the current situation.

Liu Kun wanted to win over him, but the problem was that he didn't even like Sima Rui, so why would he still seek refuge with Liu Kun? Isn't this a disease?

Wang Jun can be said to be the most powerful person in the entire north now, not to mention how many people all rushed to Youzhou during such a long period of turmoil after Liu Yuan raised his troops.

Now that he has occupied a territory, Shi Le has vaguely felt that the leek-like population that he looked down on when he was a general seems to be quite important.

Now that he has occupied Xiangguo, with only a few people in Handan, it is difficult to support his own army.

As for Liu Tai's troops on the other side, to a certain extent, Shi Le was more afraid of Liu Tai than Wang Jun.

Now that Liu Tai is by his side, he has a guilty conscience and is really afraid that Liu Tai will attack him regardless.

Therefore, Shi Le couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache. This situation was so chaotic!

And the generals under his command all said that public opinion was reasonable, and mother-in-law said mother-in-law was right, which made Shi Le undecided for a moment.

"Youhou, what do you think our next step should be?!" Shi Le couldn't help but look at Zhang Bin.

No matter how you put it, Shi Le has now formed a path dependence on Zhang Bin, so let's listen to what Zhang Bin has to say first.

"This situation can be said to be complicated or complex, with multiple forces criss-crossing each other, but it is simple if it is said to be simple. In the final analysis, it is just a duel between the Han Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty."

Zhang Bin pointed at the map and said, "General, who among the current forces is the strongest and who is the weakest!"

"If we say that the strongest is Wang Jun, if we say that we are the weakest, I'm afraid it's us!" Shi Le said,

"Liu Kun has Jinyang as his foundation, Liu Tai has Qingzhou as his support, and Wang Jun is in Youzhou, which is intimidating to everyone.

It means that we are the only ones who cannot retreat even half a point in Jizhou. If we retreat, we will have no place to stand at all. "

Zhang Bin said, "We are the weakest, so naturally we should join forces vertically and horizontally to attack the strongest. Don't you think Sun and Liu will join forces to fight against Cao Hu!"

"Join Liu Kun?" Shi Le was a little surprised when he heard Zhang Bin's words.

"Liu Kun cannot control the army. If we join forces with him, we will definitely be defeated by Wang Jun!" Zhang Bin couldn't help but shook his head.

"Join Liu Tai?! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Shi Le couldn't help but shake his head when he heard Zhang Bin's words.

Then Shi Le joked, "Don't You Hou know that Liu Tai is afraid that he misses my head!?"

"He wants to kill us, and him cooperating with us are two different things!" Zhang Bin said to Shi Le,
"Liu Tai sent soldiers to Jizhou when he first decided to attack Qingzhou, fearing that he would already have the intention of competing for the throne.

In this way, although the Lord and he have a grudge against killing his uncle, they may not have to be patient and join hands with us when facing Wang Jun. "

"How to try?" Shi Le asked curiously after hearing Zhang Bin's words.

"It depends on whether the lord wants to merge the state or plunder Youzhou?" Zhang Bin asked Shi Le.

"What about plundering Youzhou, what about merging the state?" Shi Le couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.

Zhang Bin said: "If you plunder Youzhou, please ask your Majesty to issue an order to make peace with Liu Tai, and request that you be granted the governorship of Bingzhou.

When Liu Tai fought with Wang Jun, he made a gesture of attacking Liu Kun, found the opportunity, and attacked Youzhou directly.

The plan to annex Bingzhou was just the opposite. He made a gesture of joining forces with Liu Tai to deal with Wang Jun, and then used the cavalry to surprise Jinyang and seize Liu Kun's foundation! "

Shi Le didn't ask Zhang Bin whether he could join forces with Wang Jun to kill Liu Tai first. After all, Liu Tai would have returned to Qingzhou, and he would have to fight against him in Jizhou.

"Take Bingzhou!" Shi Le took a deep breath and finally made a decision. However, Shi Le asked again, "Can I have both?"

Zhang Bin has also made it very clear that due to the geographical location and his own physical strength, he cannot seize Jizhou as his own territory. He can only rob Jizhou once, plundering wealth or population.

If it were Shi Le in the past, he would be more happy to be afraid of plundering Youzhou than taking Jinyang. But the problem is that now his mentality has changed from guerrillas to conquering the world, so the purpose of every time he sends troops has become the ultimate goal. If the possible occupation of land is just to plunder some wealth and population, then how can it compare with those competitors who aim to plunder land.

However, Shi Le is too poor now, so Shi Le said, I want them all!
"Yes!" Zhang Bin's mouth twitched when he heard Shi Le's decision, but he still said, "But if this is the case, the soldiers need to make more preparations, and this opportunity interval will be shorter. General, you need to fight it yourself. Give it a try.”

"Both of these are my innermost worries. Can I take advantage of these two tigers to fight and destroy them all?" Shi Le asked again.

"General, if there is no news about our attack on Jinyang, I'm afraid they won't take action!" Zhang Bin couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I'm afraid they might even get rid of us first!"

"What a pity!" When Shi Le heard this, he was really sorry!
Zhang Bin said, "Then go and ask the court to come forward and help us mediate with Liu Tai.

Not to mention that both parties join hands, but at least there must be a certain degree of communication to avoid conflicts between Liu Tai and us.

After Wang Sang led the army to capture the three counties of Jizhou, they began to strengthen the city wall defenses and did not dare to continue the attack.

It seemed that they only came to Jizhou to gain an upper hand, but did not have the confidence to fully fight Wang Jun.

In this case, we need to capture one of the two counties of Qinghe and Xinyang and hand it over to the court envoys who will mediate in the future for the purpose of communication between us and Liu Tai, so as to avoid direct conflict between us and Liu Tai.

But at the same time, they can also deal with Wang Jun together with the coordination of the court. "

"According to what Youhou said!" Shi Le announced his decision loudly.

(End of this chapter)