The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 20 The Guardian of the Western Jin Dynasty
To be honest, Liu Tai didn't know how Wang Zhang would deal with Wang Cui.

However, Liu Tai understood that it was impossible for him to persuade Wang Cui to surrender. Only Wang Zhang or even Wang Mi, who had been in Luoyang, could persuade Wang Cui.

However, the original Wang Cui was a member of the legendary "24 Friends of the Golden Valley" and was not in the same circle as Wang Mi, who liked the knight-errant.

To be honest, Liu Tai couldn't guarantee that Wang Mi could persuade Wang Cui. He couldn't control the final outcome anyway.

At this moment, Liu Tai took advantage of the situation and made a request to Wang Zhang, hoping to get him some scholars who had studied "Han Shu".

Wang Zhang did not refuse Liu Tai's request and readily agreed.

Compared with Liu Tai's ability to hand over control of Yecheng so smoothly, the most important thing is that Liu Tai himself was ready to let the soldiers train in Yecheng, which saved him a lot of trouble. It not only satisfied Liu Tai's requirements, It can also avoid extraneous branches.

It must be mentioned that compared with finding people who understand "Han Shu" in Zuoguocheng, it is much easier to find talents in this field in Yecheng, which is almost considered an elite city in the north.

For example, if you want to find someone in Zuoguocheng, you basically have to look for someone over 40 years old, but here in Yecheng, you can't find someone who can recite "Han Shu" at the age of 20.

It can only be said that some resources will be extremely difficult to obtain if you are not at a certain level, but for those who have reached a certain level and understand the rules of this level, it is just a matter of words.

Liu Tai was very satisfied when Wang Zhang agreed, and completed the handover of defense with Wang Zhang. You Qi reluctantly handed over the leather armor to Wang Zhang, and was pulled over by Wang Zhang to greet Wang Mi.

In the final analysis, Wang Zhang only came here to serve as an outpost. Although he had the power to make decisions, he was ultimately serving Wang Mi.

Since Wang Mi has come, Wang Zhang, Li Gu, and Liu Tai will naturally come out to greet Wang Mi.

After the gathering, everyone held a banquet, eating meat and drinking wine, and felt very happy for a while.

However, after Wang Mi and Wang Zhang met, Wang Mi naturally knew Liu Tai's thoughts through Wang Zhang.

One night passed, and Wang Mi immediately convened a military meeting the next day. After all, seizing Yecheng, establishing a bridgehead east of the Taihang Mountains, and then attacking the North China Plain was the initial strategy, but no one expected that Yecheng would be captured so easily.

So what should be done next naturally requires a certain degree of discussion.

At this moment, Wang Mi looked at Shi Le, Cao Yi, and even Tian Zhen and others arriving, and said:

"This time Liu Tai did a great job in capturing Ye City with 500 men and captured Ye City for our army. It can be said that he has made outstanding achievements.

Therefore, he temporarily took a leave of absence and became a commander of another department. He commanded two thousand troops and recruited and reorganized them on the spot in Yecheng.When I report to Your Majesty to confirm your merits, I will remove this false word.

I hope you will take this as an encouragement, make meritorious deeds, and help me as a great man! "

When everyone heard Wang Mi's words, they looked at Liu Tai with more or less envy.

After all, they all know that Liu Tai will definitely be rewarded for his great achievements this time, but they are still somewhat envious of being able to become a commander of two thousand troops. After all, Liu Tai is too young now.

Of course, because they are all brothers from Qingzhou, everyone knows everything about him. Except for Liu Ling, the monster with natural supernatural power, no one has been beaten by Liu Tai.

Therefore, although Liu Tai felt young and became a Sima of another department after his meritorious service, he was not unconvinced.

After all, if anyone is not convinced, they can naturally eat Liu Tai's fist.

As for Shi Le, to be honest, he saw that no one around him objected, so naturally he did not dare to say anything, but doubts and curiosity in his heart were inevitable.

"Thank you, General! Tai Dingran will be ready to serve the great man!" Liu Tai said without hesitation.

When Wang Mi heard Liu Tai's words, he nodded with a smile on his face and said to Liu Tai:

"You will train troops and horses in Yecheng next. If you encounter any obstacles next, you may need your help!"

"No!" Liu Tai responded immediately after hearing Wang Mi's words.

Wang Mi looked around at everyone and continued, "We have successfully obtained Yecheng, and I have written a report to your Majesty.

Now that Yecheng has been taken, what do you think of our army's next offensive direction? You can speak freely, speak freely! "

Cao Yi came out decisively and said, "We have captured Yecheng, and our journey to the east is unobstructed. Naturally, we must cross Yangping, fight Qinghe, and then fight all the way back to Qingzhou!"

Regarding Cao Yi's words, to be honest, for a group of Qingzhou people who were beaten all the way from Qingxu to Xuchang, and then from Xuchang to Luoyang. Luoyang was beaten across the Yellow River and now occupied Yecheng, this idea was almost instinctive.

"That's inappropriate!" Shi Le immediately stood up and objected.

Because Shi Le didn't have any Qingzhou plot. On the contrary, for Shi Le, Liu Tai's capture of Yecheng proved that Wang Mi had a lot of talents. If he continued to let Wang Mi lead him, he would not get much credit at all.

So either he had to work alone, or he had to be in an environment he was familiar with. This made Shi Le say:

"Qingxu is too far away, and it is easy for an army to penetrate deeply alone. We should go north to capture Handan Changshan and other places to solidify the foundation of the Han Dynasty."

"Actually, I want to go south to Hulao Pass and touch Luoyang again to take revenge!" Wang Sang said.

For the next strategic direction, to be honest, everyone started to argue.

Because everyone knows that if they follow the strategy they have proposed, they will not know what will happen to the country, but at least they will have more opportunities to make contributions.

Wang Mi calmly watched the discussion, and when Shi Le refused to retreat, he understood that Shi Le really wanted to go north.

As for the people on my side, although they put forward their opinions one by one, most of them were heading south or east, with no direction at all.

So as the argument became more and more intense, Wang Mi frowned slightly and saw that Liu Tai didn't interrupt at all, so he said to Liu Tai:
"Tai'er, it was you who captured Yecheng, why don't you come out and say something?"

Everyone's eyes followed Wang Mi's words and naturally fell on Liu Tai.

"There's no target... Why don't you hit them all and see!" Liu Tai looked at Wang Mi and yawned.

"That's ridiculous!" Li Gu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard Liu Tai's words, and couldn't help but said, "You need to be careful when using troops, there is no way of looking at them!"

"But our strategy only ends when we attack Yecheng. Then we can either wait until His Majesty's order comes, or we can attack everywhere and attack wherever there is an advantage. Isn't it strange?" Liu Tai took it for granted! road.

To be honest, in Liu Tai's opinion, you have occupied Yecheng and the army has arrived, so do you need to think about the next step?
Of course, it will bloom on all sides, and a front will fight directly from the banks of the Yellow River to the edge of the Great Wall, so that the entire North China will fall into chaos.If you lose, you will have to go back to the Taihang Mountains. If you win, basically the whole north will change.

Of course, because Wang Jun, Gou Xi, and Bei Gongchun are actually quite difficult to deal with. When they were at their peak, it felt like they were playing for fun when they beat anyone. They were really strong.

But put them together and look at them from the perspective of the commander of a large army. In fact, no one of them despises the other, and they are all trying to catch up with each other. If this is the case, then just fight such a large-scale war.

Anyway, the entire Jizhou was turned into a mess. The one who suffered the loss was definitely not the rebellious Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, but the one who suffered even more was definitely the Sima clan who was now in charge of China.

After all, do you think everyone is called Huangfu Song? The Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down from south to north within one year.

When Wang Mi heard Liu Tai's words, he glared at Liu Tai fiercely. Liu Tai raised his brows, but shut up.

Wang Mi's eyes fell on Shi Le, and he understood that Shi Le and the Jie tribe he led wanted to go out independently, and at least the achievements they made belonged to themselves.

So Wang Mi finally knocked on the table and decided, "My army will not be stationed in Yecheng for the time being, but you can lead your headquarters to fight in the north, south, and east to test the strength of the Jin army. After all, the Jin army is We haven't fought with us yet, so we don't know the strength of the Jin army, and it's hard to set a target."

"I'll obey!" After everyone heard Wang Mi's words, they immediately agreed.

Liu Tai couldn't help but frown when he heard Wang Mi's words, but he didn't mean to care.

Because Liu Tai didn't expect that Wang Mi would actually accept his joke.

It's not that the tactics are bad, the main reason is that Wang Mi is not the kind of capable person who can carry out strategic command on a large scale. If he implements this tactic, he will be disrupting the war with the Jin court.

Obviously, the upper echelons of the entire army are now in strategic confusion. They have no clear idea of ​​what to fight next, whether they should fight, and why.

I just instinctively felt that I had captured Yecheng, and if I didn’t fight around, it would have been in vain!

This is more or less related to the current composition of Wang Mi and the Jie tribe's army.

One is a foreign mercenary army, and the other is a peasant uprising army. For them, it is a normal rhythm for bandits to fight like combs. Of course, it is the Han army now, so it is also a normal operation for soldiers to fight like combs.

For the upper class, a reason is needed to attack a certain place, but for the lower class soldiers, they attack a certain place just for property or women, and there is no need for any other reasons at all.

But Lin Lu and Yecheng were captured by Liu Tai, and they did not participate. Therefore, according to the rules, they could not move in these two places, so they naturally needed to find another target.

At this point, there is a big reason why the first thing Wang Zhang did when he came over was to make Liu Tai give up and continue the war.

Even if you can win the battle and take the lead, you can't block the brothers' financial path. If Liu Tai takes everything, what will the remaining brothers eat?

To a certain extent, Wang Mi Tongbing has a more or less modern underworld character. It emphasizes friendship rather than discipline, and respects morality rather than the world. Even in terms of strategy, it is like a street gang fight. , without a clear purpose.

But precisely because of Wang Mi's method, for those who just want to hang out instead of thinking about the world, following such a boss is not a disadvantage.

After everyone listened to the order, they excitedly led their own troops to attack the surrounding cities. Liu Tai could not stop such actions that harmed the surrounding cities anyway.

Of course, don't think that they are kind-hearted just because they are rebels. It is even because they are rebels who have nothing, so they want everything when they plunder. They are really like locusts.

As the army seemed to have seen through the plundering, the Chinese army under Wang Mi, in addition to his own headquarters, was also dispatched one after another.

It can be said that the entire area around Yecheng is extremely chaotic. On the contrary, because Yecheng was captured by Liu Tai, and now that Wang Mi is in charge, the security of Yecheng is actually a bit better.

This made the Yecheng clan and family aware of the disasters surrounding them, especially after seeing the scene of branches constantly coming to seek refuge, they couldn't help but feel that it was quite good to be captured by Liu Tai, at least their own lives were still there!

Of course, for the rebels under King Bi's command, they were like locusts crossing the border, but they were aimlessly causing trouble everywhere.

The discipline of Shi Le's Jie tribe troops is much better, and a very important reason is that Shi Le likes to understand what is going on.

Liu Yuan was a benevolent man. His favorite general Liu Jing defeated the Jin general Wang Kan in Yanjin and drowned more than 3 people in the Yellow River.

When Liu Yuan found out, he was furious and said: "How can Liu Jing have the face to see me! How can Heaven accept this kind of thing! What I want to destroy is just the Sima family. What's the crime for common people!" So he demoted Liu Jing's official position and from then on Liu Jing could not see anyone anymore.

And because Wang Mi is a good friend with Liu Yuan, he behaves somewhat unscrupulously.

But Shi Le does not have such conditions. For Shi Le, he must be careful every step he takes. Since his immediate boss values ​​benevolence and righteousness, he must also pay attention to benevolence and righteousness.

But when Shi Le found that his own interests could not be satisfied, Shi Le would not hesitate to make a cut.

No matter how you say it, even being a hypocrite has a meaning in this era.

Because Shi Le himself was good at fighting and had good military discipline at least for this era, he quickly captured Handan, Changshan and other places.

And because he felt that his power was too weak compared to Wang Mi, he began to consciously summon Han celebrities and called them the Gentleman Camp.

Of course, the current Junzi Camp is probably just an empty shell, but for Shi Le, he finally has a direction to catch up, and he has to be better than Wang Mi first!

It can be said that with the capture of Yecheng, the Xiongnu and Han army developed prosperously.

In fact, not only Yecheng, but also Liu Cong began to organize an offensive to intimidate Luoyang, which can be regarded as a success!

At this time, the Jin court was in chaos again within the Sima clan and had no time to pay attention to the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties.

Because King Sima Yue returned to Luoyang and continued the messy struggle for power in the Sima family. As for such a trivial matter as being taken away from Ye City, it really didn't bother them.

However, just when the situation in the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties was improving, Liu Kun, who was almost ignored by everyone, was appointed and dismissed by the Jin Dynasty as the governor of Bingzhou and Zhenwei General a year ago. General Liu Kun takes action!

At this moment, Liu Kun looked at the generals and elites he had accumulated over the past year, and saluted solemnly, saying: "This plan almost narrowly escaped death, but this is the only chance for Jin to contain the Xiongnu hypocrites.

I am here to respectfully drink some hot wine and wish you all a smooth trip! "

After everyone drank, the leader Wu Ming looked at Liu Kun and said, "Please rest assured Liu Bingzhou, we are willing to die to repay the kindness of the general for taking him in. If we win this battle, our name will be remembered in history. If we lose this battle, we will be remembered in history." Since my soul has returned to my hometown, I would also like to ask Liu Bingzhou to add more meals and wait for our triumphant return!"

As they spoke, 3000 people headed south under the leadership of Wu Ming.

(End of this chapter)