The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 201 Liu Kun takes action again

Just after Liu Cong made up his mind to reward Liu Tai, Liu Cong called his internal historian and sent a letter to Liu Yao, who was in the process of attacking Chang'an.

He didn't say anything, he just wrote plainly that Liu Tai had defeated Dan Wang Jun, and he decided to reward Liu Tai as the chief military officer in charge of Qingyou's military.

Liu Cong understood very well that it is better to provoke generals than to invite generals, and if it was just Liu Tai and Shi Le, the actual relationship between the two parties would be very dangerous, and they would unknowingly fall into competition, which would completely intensify the conflict.

But if there are three parties, it will keep the whole in relative balance.

And Liu Yao is the third card that Liu Cong likes to balance the relationship between Shi Le and Liu Tai. Even if Liu Yao suffers a defeat, Liu Yao is not so conspicuous compared to Shi Le and Liu Tai.

But in the Three Kingdoms era of Wei, Shu and Wu, the Jiangdong rats of Wu were not looked down upon by everyone, but they still had their value.

So it doesn't matter if Liu Yao is almost there, he is a pure general of the Huns clan, why don't he train him!

Sure enough, when Liu Yao read the news sent by Liu Cong, his fighting spirit surged in his heart, and he successively conquered the surrounding cities of Chang'an.

Liu Yao made up his mind and allocated [-] elite cavalry to Zhao Ran, hoping that Zhao Ran would capture Chang'an City. However, Zhao Ran's entry into the outer city of Chang'an at night went smoothly, and even forced Emperor Min of Jin to rush to Sheyan Tower.

However, it was a pity that Qu Yun led his troops to attack Liu Yao's army, and defeated Liu Yao in a row. In addition, Suo Juxiu led his troops to repel Zhao Ran, and both sides were defeated.

Liu Yao saw that the army had lost its vigor, so he ordered Jin to withdraw his troops and return to Pingyang. Liu Yao knew that he would not be able to capture Chang'an for the time being.

Because of this, at this moment Liu Yao saw that he could not defeat Chang'an even though he had fought so hard.

Why did Liu Tai defeat Wang Jun to death in one battle and capture the entire territory of Youzhou? Could it be that Wang Jun was really that simple?
But when he thought about the Xianbei cavalry in the north, Liu Yao couldn't help but shudder. Even if he took charge of the army again, he really didn't want to see the nightmare-like Xianbei cavalry.

Of course, the news that Wang Jun was defeated by Liu Tai not only spread among the Huns and Han Kingdom, but even Director Wang and Sima Rui also heard the news that Liu Tai defeated Wang Jun. However, this news was not very comforting.

"Wang Pengzu was arrogant all his life, but he was defeated by the young tiger! I, the Jin court, lost another helping hand in the north!"

Director Wang looked at the news coming from the north, his words full of helplessness and sighs.

"Father Zhong, don't be sad. Now that the Jin Dynasty is in decline, we need to cheer up even more. Moreover, Liu Sikong is still in charge of the overall situation in the north. As long as we reorganize our troops, we hope that there will be a time for the Northern Expedition!" Sima Rui looked at Director Wang. He spoke in a comforting manner.

When Director Wang heard Sima Rui's words, he looked at Sima Rui with more respect and said,

"Nowadays, the loyal people in the north are dying day by day, and we are in the south of the Yangtze River, with no aspirations for the Northern Expedition. Watching the old generals of the Jin Dynasty sacrifice one by one, I can't help but feel a bit sad in my heart.

Now that Qingzhou Liu Tai has become so powerful, it will be difficult to deal with him again in the future! "

"How can you blame Father Zhong for this?" Sima Rui said with an excited expression.

"If it weren't for the fact that the Yixing Zhou family had the intention of treason and involved our army, preventing us from going north to help, how could we have allowed Liu Tai to defeat Gou Xi first and then kill Wang Jun!"

"Yixing Zhou Xie is really a person who has harmed the country!" Director Wang and Sima Rui looked at each other in a tacit understanding, trying to put away the blame for not supporting Wang Jun first.

To be honest, they did not expect that the war between Wang Jun and Liu Tai would last so fast.

After all, although Liu Tai was always victorious, Wang Jun himself was considered a man of military knowledge. Based on normal experience, especially with reference to the Battle of Guandu, Liu Tai and Wang Jun could probably fight for at least four years.

And in history, if Yuan Shao hadn't died, he would have come back a few years later and fought Cao Cao for another [-] rounds.

After such a long time, I and others have definitely established a foothold in Jiangdong.

But no one expected that whenever Liu Tai sent troops, he would fight so cleanly every time.

After he got the news, Liu Tai captured Youzhou in the blink of an eye. The intelligence he received in the early stage was clearly superior to Wang Jun!

Tian Zhen, the leader of the beggar army that he conquered at the beginning, faked his own death to hide it from everyone in the world. As a result, he trained the navy for three years, and then took a detour and made a surprise attack, directly occupying Youzhou City at an incredible speed.

Then he decisively fought with Wang Jun, making Wang Jun feel that he had a chance to win, but he used a cavalry in full armor to directly pierce through the general who was obviously the best in using cavalry in the world.

Moreover, it was a frontal defeat, which directly caused Wang Jun to die in the rebel army. He lost his life, city, army, and ambition. In just one battle, the morale of the entire Jin army in the north suddenly disappeared.

Facing Liu Tai's soldiers, there were only two ways left, either kneeling and surrendering, or standing and surrendering.

There is no way, Director Wang also knows what kind of thing the Sima family is in the eyes of the world's famous families. When faced with the choice of whether to be filial to the family or to be loyal to the Sima family, as long as normal people respect the national motto, "Fu Wei Sheng Dynasty has Filial piety governs the world."

At this moment, a waiter came over quickly. When he saw Director Wang and Sima Rui, he knelt down quickly, lowered his head and handed over a report, and said, "General Liu Kun of Bingzhou sent an envoy to report!"

Hearing this, Director Wang's expression couldn't help but change. Immediately, a servant came over, took the report, and handed it to Director Wang first.

After Director Wang read it, he handed the report to Sima Rui.

Sima Rui's face froze slightly, but then he took the report from Director Wang with a smile and his expression became serious.

"General Liu is planning to attack Pingyang next year. I hope we can support him in order to reclaim the old capital!"

Sima Rui's expression changed slightly, but he said, "Father Zhong, what do you think of this matter?"

"General Liu did this in a righteous manner, but now that Jiangnan is uneasy, we cannot easily raise troops."

Director Wang said with a bit of regret, "However, if we miss this opportunity, I am afraid that I will let down General Liu's painstaking efforts.

Zu Ti, the governor of Yuzhou, had great vision and astute tactics. When Gou Xi was defeated, it was he who fought against Liu Tai of Qingzhou.

Now that he is in Yuzhou, he can send troops to Luoyang to restore his old capital! "

"In that case, I will write a book to Zu Ti and ask him to respond to Liu Kun and raise an army!" Sima Rui said.

Of course, neither Sima Rui nor Director Wang believed that Liu Kun and Zu Ti could achieve any results by joining forces this time.

After all, others don't know the strength of these two people, don't Sima Rui and Director Wang know?

Liu Kun had just been massacred by Liu Yao's troops. If not for Wang Jun's defeat, some of his men fled to Liu Kun.

Now Liu Kun is strictly a Jin court general who is only protected by the Tuoba clan. It would be good if Liu Kun can handle the internal relations well.As for Zu Ti, although I don’t know why he only had 3000 people when he raised his army, he turned around and had 2 people after attacking Taishan County. He even used this as a basis to forcefully enter Yuzhou and integrate it. Now Yuzhou is probably in a mess.

After all, it would be so troublesome for me and others to calm down Jiangnan while sitting in Jiangnan, let alone the two of them.

I just hope that the two of them work hard, even if they don't play any role, at least they can buy enough time for themselves to rectify Jiangnan!

Only in this way will we not live up to the results created by the two people's hard work!
Liu Kun felt a little sad in his heart in the north, but said: "I wonder if King Langya has received the handwritten letter to send troops together next year!"

"What if King Langya doesn't cooperate with our army!" Qi Hong looked at Liu Kun and said with a little worry.

"Then our army will attack Pingyang!" Liu Kun said seriously,

"This can give King Langya time to control the civil strife. Whether King Langya sends troops or not, he will eventually send troops to Pingyang!"

"Why should the general be so persistent?" Qi Hong couldn't help but sigh after hearing Liu Kun's words.

“Because in today’s world, the land of Pingyang is the real key.

Among the three great generals of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties, Liu Yao was close but mediocre, Shi Lehu was violent but violent, and Liu Tai was strong but alone.

As long as something happens in Pingyang and Liu Cong is killed, the Xiongnu puppets will inevitably fall into pieces. Only in this way can we, the Jin Dynasty, have hope! "

When Liu Kun said this, he saluted Qi Hong and said,
"Kun's talent and virtue are shallow. Seeing that the general is powerful, he hopes to give it a try. I hope that our great Jin Dynasty can survive in death."

"Liu Cong is a fake emperor of the Han Dynasty. He thinks he is a rich man, so why is he on the battlefield? The general should not have too high expectations!" Qi Hong said helplessly after hearing Liu Kun's words.

"Liu Cong is not the direct target of our army. The direct target of our army is the Huns soldiers under Liu Cong's command!"

Liu Kun said to Qi Hong, "On the battlefield, don't look at Liu Cong's Xiongnu and Han Dynasty's prosperity, but the southern Xiongnu people are smaller than our Jin people. If a small clan tries to control a large country, it will be in danger.

Our army does not seek victory, but only seeks to kill the enemy. For every Southern Huns missing, Liu Cong's control over the foreigners and Han people under his command will be reduced by one point, and the possibility of Shi Le and Liu Tai's counterattack will increase.

What we have to do is to completely expose the weaknesses of the Xiongnu hypocrites themselves.

If all the elite men under his command are exhausted, I just don’t believe that the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom can still gallop across China! "

When Liu Kun said this, he looked at Qi Hong with a bit of regret. There seemed to be some tears in his eyes, but Yingyingjian was still on the verge of crying. Chen Ken said,

"Kun does not want to deceive General Qi about this matter. The Red Blood Cavalry is brave and good at fighting. Kun allows General to have arbitrary power. If the war is irreversible, I ask the general to remain useful and kill a few more bastards for the world!"

"Why did General Liu say this? I'm just a bastard. It's only when I met the general today that I realized my righteousness.

At this time, the situation is surging. We can do without Hong, but we cannot do without generals! "When Qi Hong said this, he burst into tears first.

Liu Kun stepped forward to help Qi Hong up and said nothing more. He just came to invite Qi Hong to have a drink with him. He was very happy.

To be honest, Liu Kun never knew what maintaining internal stability meant.

Because over the years, as long as Liu Kun himself does not act stupidly and do ridiculous things, Liu Kun has never been internally unstable.

Especially after the Dugu Sheng incident taught Liu Kun a heavy lesson, Liu Kun also began to pay attention to his generals.

Liu Kun understood that in these troubled times, what he really wanted to pay attention to was no longer rituals, music, poems and books, but the generals.

But in order to let Liu Kun remember this thing, Liu Kun gave almost all the relatives he could give.

As for Qi Hong, to be honest, Qi Hong only took refuge here at the beginning. He planned to see if there was anyone else who could help him because he was not doing well here.

But for some reason, he couldn't take his eyes away when he saw Qi Hong. He took his hand and sat down to drink, and his legs immediately became rooted to the ground.

After listening to Liu Kun's heroic ambition to die for the Jin Dynasty, and his keen wisdom to see through the weaknesses of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty at a glance, Qi Hong felt a sense of admiration.

To be honest, Qi Hong's first pure birth was the realization that he wanted to serve others!
Compared to Liu Kun, who never knew what maintaining stability was and relied on his sincerity to infect his subordinates, Zu Ti had a different style.

With his outstanding vision, he not only earned a sum of supplies by attacking Liu Tai's Taishan County, but also easily trained an army of about 3 people.

Zu Ti did not seize Sizhou because he had recruited so many soldiers in Sizhou, but chose to let these Sizhou soldiers return. However, some of these soldiers chose to stay, some chose to return, and some took the initiative. Followed.

Under such circumstances, Zu Ti finally came to Yuzhou with [-] soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, it felt like a full-level boss entering the novice village. After the battle with Yu Yao, Zu Ti himself grew, and his soldiers also grew, with the implicit support of the Sizhou family behind him.

Therefore, Zu Ti's efforts to clean up the rebels and separatist regimes in Yuzhou were almost overwhelming, and Zu Ti himself showed extraordinary political qualities. He fought and pulled along the way, and quickly integrated the forces in Yuzhou.

Even so, Zu Ti did not have any arrogance. On the contrary, he saw the power of the people in the confrontation with Yu Yao, so Zu Ti took the initiative to integrate into the people as a member of a noble family.

Because of this, the military discipline under his command is strict and the soldiers are not allowed to infringe on the interests of the people.

He took the lead in living a simple life. In order to reduce the burden on the people, he personally persuaded the soldiers and civilians to plant mulberry trees. He also asked his children to participate in farming and cut firewood.

He is very good at "loving people and corporals" and will reward those who have made meritorious service to the soldiers and civilians of his unit, even if the credit is small.

Just like this, both the soldiers under his command and the common people supported Zu Ti, and the surrounding rebels even took the initiative to join him.

During this process, Zu Ti discovered that the northern soldiers and people were more enthusiastic about conquering the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty and conquering the Jin Dynasty's land, and they also had a stronger desire to return home.

So Zu Ti began to actively recruit and select northern refugees to form a new army, which Zu Ti temporarily named the Beifu Army.

To a certain extent, this allowed the Beifu Army, a special force that was bound to be born in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, to enter the stage of history ahead of schedule.

Neither Zu Ti nor Liu Kun had ever had a problem with maintaining stability, and they didn't understand why there were always rebellions in Jiangdong governed by Sima Rui and Wang Dao.

Because for the two of them, as long as they are still there, there is no need to focus on this. They only need to focus all their attention on how to defeat Liu Cong, the Xiongnu hypocrite!

(End of this chapter)