The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 170 Respective Preparations

Liu Tai was stationed in a remote place in the East China Sea and rested for a day. After all, the soldiers needed a little rest to get back to their feet on the ground.

At the same time, Liu Tai also sent soldiers to explore surrounding counties and counties to determine his next march route.

This time, he had already taken a detour behind Gou Xi, which in itself was his biggest advantage.

The initiative in the war is completely in your own hands, and the next step is to attack Gou Xi from the rear!

At this time, Gou Xi was somewhat complacent, because he easily captured Langya County without even a single blow.

This is partly because for Liu Tai, Langya County is more of a buffer zone between himself and Gou Xi, and there are not many soldiers stationed there.

At the same time, most of the aristocratic families in Langya County fled to Sima Rui's command, and the people of Langya County were moved to Qingzhou and Taishan counties by Liu Tai. It can be said that in this place, only the value of the land is left. .

Of course, Langya County is not a bad area. If it is properly cultivated, it is not without development potential.

But the problem is that this area borders the East China Sea, and there is almost no natural defense between them.

Under such circumstances, Liu Tai felt that instead of investing a large number of soldiers and resources here, he might as well relocate the local people and let them build Qingzhou and Taishan County, which would bring him more benefits.

After all, these are troubled times. Under the concept of troubled times, the first question is whether you can defend it and whether you will be destroyed by hostile forces. Then you decide whether to invest corresponding resources in developing this area.

The northern part of Shandong Province that Liu Tai chose has the Shandong hills as a barrier, so at least the enemies in the south don't have to worry too much.

Although Taishan County is outside the barrier cast by the hills of Shandong, it is more or less his original foothold. There are enough people and the local hills of Taishan. As long as Liu Tai wants to defend, he can still more or less do it. Defensively.

But if you think you are great and take the initiative to expand outside, then you will be stretched thin now if you are attacked from the north and the south.

But now, this is it. Gou Xi, do you believe it or not? With only [-] soldiers, are we sure we can take Taishan County? !
At this moment, Gou Xi led the army to Xintai City and confronted Yu Yao and other generals.

Gou Xi and Shao Xu rode horses to Xintai County and observed this county. Of course, it was a small county, but in order to guard against Gou Xi, Xintai County was expanded and could accommodate more than [-] people. The soldiers have been fighting in this county for more than a year, because there is a quite large material reserve room under this county.

This was not temporarily excavated, but when we occupied Taishan County separately, we had to deal with Gou Xi in the north and Zhou Fu in the south. As a result, Zhou Fu himself was ordered to explode by Sima Yue, so the supporting facilities in this city were not used at all. .

However, the space for expansion has finally been lost. In addition, Taishan County has been relatively stable in recent years, and I am somewhat wary of Gou Xi. Under such circumstances, Xintai's resources The reserves are quite abundant.

After Yu Yao arrived, he found that at least the armor needed by the soldiers might be a little lacking, but there was no shortage of weapons and arrows.

Gou Xi looked at the soldiers under Xintai City, each one patrolling energetically, but couldn't help but frown:

"Liu Tai doesn't understand current affairs. Faced with Wang Jun leading the army south, is he even reluctant to give me a piece of Taishan County?"

Although Xintai, the county town, is not very tall in Gou Xi's opinion, it still has a moat and soldiers stationed there.

Moreover, even if these soldiers were patrolling in winter, they did not complain. Instead, they completed their tasks conscientiously. This made Gou Xi understand that no matter how disciplined the opponent was, at least the opponent's soldiers were very disciplined. Quality.

Facing such a county, Gou Xi didn't say that he couldn't defeat it. After all, if his soldiers attacked at all costs, they could defeat it. However, after defeating him, he would first have a mortal enemy with Liu Tai, and more importantly, The soldiers in his hand have just been defeated. Now he has to continue to accumulate strength, and every bit of strength is very precious.

Under such circumstances, if you can use military suppression or deception, in short, let Liu Tai understand the critical situation and cede Taishan County to yourself, so that your soldiers can avoid losses as much as possible. right way.

After all, Gou Xi also knows that although Taishan County is now on the edge of Liu Tai's power, it was the place where Liu Tai started. Gou Xi believes that Taishan County has definitely been developed quite well by Liu Tai. If he can swallow it in one go , then he can successfully become a real prince all the way, even if he uses Taishan County as a springboard to swallow the entire Yanzhou, it is not possible.

After all, Gou Xi is a man who knows how to fight. He doesn't know what Yu Yao is. But when he looks at these soldiers, Gou Xi understands that as long as Yu Yao has a normal level, he can only focus on defending the city. They all had a headache because they could only rely on head-on strength to defeat the other party.

"General, should we attack the city?" Shao Xu looked at the defense of Xintai County and asked Gou Xi.

Gou Xi looked at Xintai, but couldn't find anything too weak to guide you, but she said to Shao Xu:

"Let's prepare for the early siege first. All kinds of siege facilities should be set up as much as possible. If we can lure out the enemy troops outside as much as possible, otherwise, we will just save our strength and slowly waste it with him. Go down!"

When Gou Xi said this, he added: "We are not in a hurry. Liu Tai should be anxious now. If he wants to defend everywhere, then he is afraid that he will not be able to defend any place. When Wang Jun gives him If the pressure increases, Liu Tai will figure it out!"

"It's an order!" Shao Xujin said what Chu Hui said, but he nodded in reply and immediately went over to build siege weapons.

To be honest, Shao Xu still felt a little embarrassed about attacking Liu Tai.

After all, although he was captured by Liu Tai, Liu Tai only treated him normally and did not humiliate himself.

As for being asked to work, I was naturally a little bit dissatisfied at first, but seeing that my immediate boss Gou Xi was still there, and all the captured generals were running away, naturally there was no resentment in my heart. .

Not to mention that Liu Tai chose to let himself go. To a certain extent, this was considered a favor for not killing him.

To be honest, if Liu Tai's identity were changed to Liu Kun, all the generals under Gou Xi's command would be crying and shouting to submit.

However, who made Liu Tai's identity so embarrassing, made many Jin court warriors somewhat vaguely resistant to Liu Tai.

After all, Shao Xu was from Jin, and Liu Tai looked at him as a hawk and dog belonging to the Huns, which was somewhat disgusting.And this identity determines that a large number of warriors who have risen from the bottom have some inner resistance to Liu Tai.

In any country and in any history, the elite class is often the weakest. For example, among the aristocratic families of this era, some people choose to move south in good clothes, but a large part of them choose to join the new clansmen as a whole in order to ensure their own interests in the local area.

On the contrary, Shao Xu, who was more or less a warrior from a humble family who followed Gou Xi all the way, had integrity and was very resistant to the invaders.

Of course, this has been true throughout history, with the elite possessing the richest resources of the entire country.

But their knees are weak. Seeing that the situation is about to collapse, most of them choose to kneel down first to ensure their wealth.

This may be why most of the foreign races that can rule China are foreign races with a small number of ethnic groups.

For example, Mongolia, the Qing Dynasty, and even the Jin Dynasty during the Northern Song Dynasty were the same. The size of their own nation was too small.

The numbers of these ethnic minorities are nothing compared to the Han elite. Especially after the war, the population decreased and productivity increased, making the Han elite feel that even if they changed their masters, there would be no other impact.

In their view, the Han elite's surrender to the rulers of ethnic minorities is just a loss of face in this era, but when they get the pen, it will be recorded in the history books that a good bird has chosen its tree to roost.

He can still maintain his status and wealth. As for moral integrity, it is not as important as the continuation of the entire family.

After all, as long as these ethnic minorities want to govern China, they still need to rely on the Han elite to rule.

There is no way, grassroots management is in the hands of the Han elite. Although the minority rulers have a distinguished status, they are not producers of materials. The real material producers and production relations are still controlled by the Han people, so the minority rulers have lost the power of the first generation. After being brave, they will soon be swallowed up by Chinese civilization.

In contrast, the elite class kneel down quickly enough, so they do not feel the pain of cutting their skin, or they feel the pain of cutting their skin, so they kneel faster.

For the people at the bottom, they have no choice at all in the troubled times. What they see is that the aliens have come to their land to do evil, killing and killing. Even if they want to be slaves, they cannot be slaves. How big is this? Hatred.

This often creates a simple national concept in the hearts of the people at the bottom, and breeds national integrity.

If some of them can fully unleash their talents and successfully climb to the top, then they will naturally become the core of the resistance against the aliens. For example, the beggar soldiers and civilian commanders in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, these people often became the main force in the resistance against the aliens. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei was born as a tenant farmer, and in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo was born as a bandit. These are all corresponding examples.

Speaking of which, I won’t mention the War of Resistance. In fact, there were many elites who chose to fight the War in that era. In some cases, it was because the Japanese invaders were too large.

Elites with a little knowledge will find that even if you defect to Japan, you can only become a slave, rather than being able to continue to maintain the dignity of your own elite.

The Japanese invaders' own bestial behavior also proves that no matter what your status is, if you seek refuge there, you will eventually be devoured bit by bit.

After the interests of the traitors were completely squeezed out, the Japanese invaders themselves could directly set up the administrative system and bypass the so-called elite class. This made it impossible for them and the Japanese invaders to form a certain kind of alliance like the ancient ethnic minorities who invaded China. mutual benefit.

So whoever wants to overturn Wang's case and say that he and Chiang had two paths to maintain China will only make people laugh.

And this is also the greatness of the great man. He saw through this at a glance and directly proposed the establishment of an anti-Japanese united front.

According to history, the so-called elite class should have cooperated with the invaders and become the leaders of the invasion of Chinese civilization.

But the great man clearly saw that when facing the Japanese invaders, the landlords and capitalists of his own race were unable to win over the Japanese invaders, but he could win over the united class. This is how powerful it is!
Therefore, Liu Tai's subordinates, who followed Liu Tai all the way to the uprising, naturally did not have so many ideas. Liu Tai had won so many victories, and they had long been accustomed to regard Liu Tai as a god. As long as Liu Tai did not suffer a major defeat, then Liu Tai would Tai's orders are carried out unconditionally.

As for the Aristocratic Family, they feel that Liu Tai is the Xiang Yu of this era. He is unstoppable in his rampage. However, because he does not pay attention to the Aristocratic Family, he can only be regarded as a potential stock. He even regards Liu Tai as a springboard. But now he looks around. , I haven't seen any famous master who can blow up Liu Tai, so I will continue to mess around for now.

Of course, those Liu Tai's subordinates who took Liu Tai's land and formed interests tied to Liu Tai's government soldiers will naturally be calculated separately.

In any case, although Liu Yuan founded the Xiongnu-Han Kingdom and even destroyed the Jin court, it was still very difficult for the vast majority of Jin people in the world to accept the Xiongnu-Han Kingdom.

As for Liu Tai, a traitor from the Huns and Han Dynasty, it is even harder to accept.

After all, the most difficult thing in the world is identity. You can deceive others, but you cannot deceive yourself!
Gou Xi was leading the army to make adequate preparations at this moment, but he raised his head and looked at Xintai, then raised his head and looked in the direction of Linzi.

To be honest, Gou Xi shouldn't fight against Liu Tai. After all, she was really unsure about facing Liu Tai!

Gou Xi prepared siege weapons against the city of Xintai in the camp every day, while stalling for time to wait for Liu Tai to give a thorough reply.

At this time, Yu Yao, who was in Xintai, was also pumped up to 12 points.

After all, Yu Yao's positioning of himself is very clear. He is just an ordinary general.

On the opposite side, Gou Xi, a famous general who has been famous for many years, is somewhat afraid in his heart.

Even if it had been those years before Gou Xi's golden body was broken, he would have slaughtered a general like himself who didn't even have a name and didn't even need to blink.

The only good thing is that Taishan County is the city where I was born, and my family has inherited the Jin family. Taishan County is a fairly well-established family, and it is somewhat popular. While defending the city, I swallowed my saliva. I kept cheering in my heart, "Yu Yao, you can do it!"

(End of this chapter)