The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 166 Liu Tai’s calm response

"Wang Jun's troops arrived so quickly!" Liu Tai couldn't help but comment after looking at the battle report he received.

Chu Hui was not too polite. He picked up the battle report on the table and looked at it. He said solemnly:
“Although Hejian County and Zhangwu County were originally used as a buffer between us and Wang Jun.

But in the face of Wang Jun's military front, he was not able to withstand it for even a month. It was indeed beyond our expectations. It was so overwhelming! "

"General, is there any news about Zhao An?" Zhou Ping looked at the battle report with a somewhat worried look on his face.

"He knows his position. It is not his strength to defend the city. Hiding among the people, using the centripetal force of the people brought by the equal land system and the government army system, and dealing with Wang Jun's army in the rear, is his advantage!"

Liu Tai said calmly, "The report he gave me now was sent to a place called Changguo. Where is it?"

"General, this place is located in a small city below Zhangwu Huanghua, with a population of less than [-] households!" At this time, Zhang Song came out and saluted Liu Tai.

Liu Tai nodded when he heard this and said, "Look, I'm afraid we can't figure out where Zhao An is now.

Then what do we have to worry about that Wang Jun will know where Zhao An is, so we can just let him make trouble behind the enemy's rear! "

Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, and Liu Mingren wanted to say something when they heard Liu Tai's words, but in the end they chose to shut up.

To be honest, Zhao An's way of leading troops into battle is not a normal army leading method at all.

Normally speaking, after being released, this kind of army completely loses contact with the main army. No matter how you think about it, it is a wasted loss.

But the reality is that Zhao An's special method of leading troops can always work wonders in strategic city defense wars.

This can be regarded as a real general who is outside, and military orders are not accepted, because now Zhao An simply cannot accept Liu Tai's military orders.

Under such circumstances, what kind of combat effectiveness this army can exert depends entirely on Zhao An himself.

Normally, there would be no generals leading troops like this in this world, nor would there be a monarch who allowed them to lead troops like this.

Because such a general who has given up his troops may take these soldiers to seek refuge with other warlords!

But Liu Tai allowed it and gave Zhao An enough trust to let Zhao An do whatever he wanted.

The reasons for this are diverse.

The first is that although the county government was abandoned in the tactics, it focused on the local countryside.

The aristocratic families and wealthy families in the countryside were cleaned up by Liu Tai, and the local people were allocated fields through the government soldiers.

As long as there are government soldiers in the countryside, the countryside will become a stronghold that Zhao An can trust, and the local people can be mobilized.

As long as Zhao An's troops can contact these Xiaoguo or villages, then for Liu Tai, this troops will not be lost.

Secondly, Liu Tai ordered Zhao An's troops to disperse their operations, at least to the garrison, and to deploy at least one military historian.

In addition to the normal military history responsibility of disseminating the "Book of Han", military history needs to do two most important things.

One is to write a daily army diary, and the other is to record important events in the army.

After every war, these two important pieces of information should be used as important evidence for the captain's actions.

Without these two things, even if you have achieved meritorious service, even if the meritorious service is confirmed, there will still be a discount.

In addition to these, each soldier is the best among the soldiers. They have land, wives, faith, and future in Qingzhou. Even if the commander of the army wants to take the soldiers to whomever they want to join, these soldiers will not Will agree.

It's like why in the game, players can change homes when they want to make a decision, directly abandoning their not-so-rich initial land and choosing a city with development potential for redevelopment. But in reality, this is completely impossible.

The simple truth is that your soldiers are people, not data.

So they have their own emotions and interpersonal relationships. When they find that your actions cannot maintain their little family, even if they won't fight you, they will always run away.

There is no need to involve your entire family just because of your wise decision.

At least Zhang Fei lost Xuzhou. Even if Liu Bei, a big Han succubus leader, could not maintain the army without his family members, he could only escape with his three brothers.

As for Guan Yu, who lost his Jiangling family, he could only end up losing Maicheng.

Now, Liu Tai also takes advantage of this relationship to follow every soldier of Zhao An, no matter where their original base is, but when they become soldiers, their base only exists in Qingzhou under Liu Tai's administrative operation !

The most important thing is that Liu Tai has won every battle along the way. Regardless of how many coincidences there are in the process, as long as Liu Tai is not completely defeated once, Zhao An and his soldiers will firmly believe that Liu Tai is invincible.

This kind of belief is actually the most precious, enough to give Liu Tai an unparalleled centripetal force towards Zhao An's troops.

Of course, Liu Tai definitely didn't think about so many and comprehensive things. Liu Tai copied many things according to historical operations, but when these layers of policies were combined, they achieved such an effect.

It also makes Zhao An's army look extremely special. It seems to be an army in Liu Tai's system, but in fact it is basically engaged in guerrilla warfare and harassment behind enemy lines with Liu Tai's deliberate connivance.

"General, when will we support Nanpi City?" Zhou Ping looked at Liu Tai and asked again.

Now that Zhao An already has the news, Zhou Ping doesn't care.

After all, with Zhao An's cooperation, Zhou Ping gradually understood Zhao An's usage.

That is to attract the attention of the opponent's army from the front. Zhao An either lets the soldiers disperse and disturbs the opponent's food route, or gathers the army to attack the opponent's key points.

All in all, as long as you attract more enemies frontally, you will have more room to create opportunities for Zhao An, and when Zhao An creates enough movement in the rear, you can feed back the frontal battlefield.

After all, the connection between Zhao An's battlefield behind enemy lines and Nanpi City is not completely severed, but the roads that originally needed to be connected by highways have turned into narrow paths between villages and winding mountain roads between hills. .

In this battlefield that Zhao An has already figured out a long time ago, Zhao An has the help of local people. It is easy to send the news, but it is definitely possible, not to mention that Zhao An's soldiers are the best among Liu Tai's army. Able to run.

Liu Tai looked at Zhou Ping and looked a little impatient, waved his hand and said:
"Don't worry, we have been operating in Nanpi City for a long time, and although the weather is cold now, the river has not frozen after all. Nanpi City still has a moat at this time, which can be said to be in the right place at the right time. Wang Sang is a veteran member, not only It is said that it can withstand Wang Jun's military attack, but Wang Jun will not attack Nanpi City in a short time.

According to our original plan, we just have to go step by step. I have first sent sorghum to garrison the plains to prevent Shi Le from leading Qingqi across Qinghe County to attack the plains, and then asked Xu Miao to lead the army to garrison Leling to prepare for Wang Jun's possible division of troops.

Even if Wang Sang is unable to withstand Wang Jun's military front, he can still lead his army to respond so that Jizhou's defense line can have a second line of defense available! "

Hearing Liu Tai's words, everyone couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, when Zhao An was asked to burn Wang Jun's army rations, Liu Tai was already prepared for Wang Jun's anger and raising troops.

Jizhou's defense line was not said to be impregnable at the moment, but Wang Jun wanted to complete the breakthrough in a short time, so he underestimated Liu Tai's preparation.

At least under Liu Tai's plan, he now has all the advantages, and even the time of the decisive battle is under Liu Tai's control. The winter of the Little Ice Age was not easy to bear.

Liu Tai said at this moment, "Let's just deal with it as usual. Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, and Liu Xia, the four of you, go ahead and reorganize your troops and prepare for departure.

Yu Yao and Bian Hu go to Taishan County together to do a good job in the defense of Taishan County.

Regardless of whether someone in Yanzhou will take advantage of the situation to attack, or Gou Xi wants to send troops northward, Taishan County is the place they must pass through. "

"Yes!" When Yu Yao heard this, he quickly saluted Liu Tai. As for Bian Hu, he was not qualified to participate in this meeting. He could follow Yu Yao as his deputy because Bian Hu was recommended by Yang Man.

Therefore, Liu Tai believed that Bian Hu was somewhat familiar with the situation in Taishan County, so he gave Yu Yao the position of deputy general.

"General, do you think there are still variables in Yanzhou and Gou Xi?" Chu Hui couldn't help but ask.

"Wang Jun has a decisive battle with us. The winner will naturally not be determined in a short time. If the news spreads to the south, there will be people in the Western Jin Dynasty who want to expedition to the north, and they will naturally be ready to take action!" Liu Tai said,

"Whether they really want to destroy me or want to become a prince, they will definitely take action.

This is also the reason why I chose the strategy of going north first and then south. The situation in the south is too complicated, and all of them are enemies but not friends.

Therefore, it is better to only retain the nail in Taishan County, and then rely on the Shandong hills to withstand the southern attack with a small number of soldiers.

But if we greedily invade the south, while diluting our military strength, we will be attacked from multiple sides.

So it doesn’t matter if you ask me whether there are any variables in Yanzhou and Gou Xi. Even if there are any variables, we can still hold on! "

Everyone heard Liu Tai's words and nodded in approval. No matter what, because Liu Tai did not expand too much to the south, he was able to use the hilly terrain in southern Qingzhou to effectively defend against the enemies in the south.

To be honest, Taishan County is in a relatively dangerous position, but with Yu Yao and Bian Hu sending troops to support, and Liu Tai's popular support in Taishan County, to be honest, even if Gou Xi wanted to take Taishan County, he would never not easy.

Again, as long as the soldiers inside are united and the people are united, no matter how powerful the famous general is, if he wants to win such a city, he will still have to put his life into it.

This is also the reason why Liu Tai sent Yu Yao there in the first place.

Because there are no generals in Taishan County, Yu Yao, a general who was promoted from Taishan County, went to Taishan County to defend, so he could do the best possible defense work.

When Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's calm arrangements, he also sighed at Liu Tai's calmness. Even so, Chu Hui said:
"How about the general leading the army to contain Wang Jun head-on, and then sending out surprise troops to kill him, ending the war before winter comes?

After all, when the moat water freezes, Wang Jun's cavalry will be completely released! "

Liu Tai could naturally tell that Chu Hui was talking about the moat water, but what he really meant was whether he should let the navy and himself attack Wang Jun from both sides before the river froze to complete the original plan.

When Liu Tai heard Chu Hui's words, he shook his head and said: "Wang Jun is leading an army of 20 people at this moment, with high morale and vigor. If he carries out his original plan at this time, it will force Wang Jun to fight to the death.

I feel that now we need Nanpi City, which has been continuously reinforced over the past few years, and the increasingly cold wind and snow in winter, to sharpen the spirit of Wang Jun's army.

This strategy was formulated to end the war, not to inspire the other side to give it a go! "

Chu Hui nodded after hearing Liu Tai's words, but didn't say anything more.

Liu Tai turned his head, looked at the generals and said, "Everyone, now that our Qingzhou is in danger, I ask you to work together to deal with this crisis. You have also asked your soldiers to go to the munitions office to collect supplies and prepare for departure. Jizhou’s preparations!”

"We obey the order!" "Accept the order!" "Work together to defeat Wang Jun!"... Everyone answered Liu Tai's words with different words.

Seeing that Liu Tai was so stable, everyone went to collect supplies with peace of mind and geared up to prepare for the war.

When everyone left one after another, Chu Hui stayed.

"What, Mouyuan, don't you have a job?" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui looking at him and said with a smile.

"Everyone was here just now, so I can't ask. Now you and I are the only ones left here. General, please tell me what are you waiting for?" Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai and couldn't help but express doubts in his heart.

"Huh?" When Liu Tai heard Chu Hui's words, he couldn't help but said with some doubts, "Did you see it?"

Chu Hui couldn't help but said: "A general moves like wind and thunder, and the most important way to use troops is to be swift.

Wang Jun's sharpness could convince others, but he followed the general all the way and knew best how the general was good at military situations!

Even if Wang Jun were to fight a trapped beast, the general would probably choose king versus king, soldier versus soldier and defeat him head-on, instead of fearing any spirit! "

"It sounds like I'm a reckless person!" Liu Tai complained, but still said to Chu Hui,
"You are right, I am indeed waiting to see what kind of decision Gou Xi makes!
At the same time, if Gou Xi really turns to Wang Jun's side, our fleet will just use Gou Xi as a preview to test its offshore navigation capabilities! "

"The north and the south are thousands of miles apart, how long will it take to wait!" Chu Hao couldn't help but chuckle,

"We took the initiative to spread the news in Taishan County and Langya County. Just look at Gou Xi's reaction!"

"You mean, we are going to create some rumors in these two places?" Liu Tai couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Chu Hui's words.

Chu Hui said seriously: "Where did the rumors come from? I am an upright man, so of course what I said is the truth!"

(End of this chapter)