The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 298 Forced Crossing of the Yellow River

As the smoke gradually rose, both Wang Sang and Zhou Ping led their armies to cross the Yellow River.

Li Ju and Wang Sang exchanged business, and knowing the combat effectiveness of Liu Taishui's army on the Yellow River during the flood season, he established a defense system twenty miles away from the Yellow River early. Under layers of obstruction, Wang Sang's progress was not smooth.

And Zhou Ping came from Liyang to cross the Yellow River. Zu Yue was also a sensible person. He knew that it was almost unrealistic for him to defeat his opponent in a field battle with the superiority of horses by letting the northern army cross the Yellow River. Liu Tai was even afraid that he would not like this kind of field battle against him. Consumption.

Because my large ranch has been successfully built, the number of horses slaughtered every year continues to rise.

Of the three major horse farms in China, the Jin court didn't have any. Well... not really. If the Jin court was willing, it could still raise Yunnan horses.

And because Zu Yue knew his own shortcomings, he wanted to attack Zhou Ping while he was crossing the river.

But in the end, Zhou Ping commanded Su Jun to cooperate with him. First, Su Jun's powerful crossbows on the ship were used to cleanse the ground, and some wooden defense facilities were directly defeated. Then, Sun Wei of the fortress camp led the soldiers to charge with large shields, and even more The Changshui archers led by Liu Yin shot covering arrows unceremoniously.

Because the fortress camp is covered in scale armor, wearing a steel helmet on its head, and even a mask on its face, the rain of arrows fired by its own side cannot cause any damage at all.

But although the soldiers under Zu Yue's command also wore leather armor, they were not so armed to the teeth.

Faced with this kind of covering arrow attack that ignored his own soldiers, he could resist it for a while at first, but as the number of times increased, his subordinates were directly shot into hedgehogs, just like Wuming who assassinated Emperor Qin.

It can be said that as soon as the two sides started fighting, the war was directly killed.

Zu Yue could only lead his defeated army back to Chenliu, relying on Chen Liu's solid city walls for defense. Zu Yue's face was ugly, and he looked at Zhou Ping leading the army to set up camp. Even though he was eager to make a sneak attack, he was quickly given up. .

Because if he were to be the general in charge of the army, Zuyue thought that he could just let the soldiers sleep in fish scale armor. If they encountered a night attack, they could just put on their helmets and let the archers shoot carpet-style inside the camp. , then unless he kills Zhou Ping in one go, he and his army will definitely never come back.

At this moment, Zu Yue was thinking about how to deal with the fish scale armor and the arrow rain washing tactics, but after thinking about it over and over, he felt that the best way was to put on the fish scale armor for his entire army and fight the opponent head on.

But as soon as Zu Yue had such an idea, he killed it very decisively. Just kidding, everything else is easy to say, but where does the iron come from?

And this is not just one general or two generals putting on armor, but all the soldiers who go to the battlefield put on armor.

Otherwise, as long as someone becomes a weak point, the opponent's dense rain of arrows will probably cover it.

"We can only use the city to garrison first, and we have to wait until reinforcements arrive." Zu Yue couldn't help but sigh,

"My soldiers are mainly refugees from the north. They are already elite if they can wear leather armor. It is indeed difficult to deal with this combination of armored soldiers and archers.

If the Han army is defeated this time, no matter what, we must find a way to put on leather armor for the soldiers first! "

As for the fish scale armor, save it, Zu Yue doesn't even dare to think about it.

In many things, the gap between the two sides can only be realized after a real confrontation.

Liu Tai killed Shi Le and captured Liu Yao, allowing Liu Tai's own reputation to overshadow Zhou Ping, who had always been the actual commander on the battlefield.

Moreover, because Liu Tai fought one battle at a time, Zu Yue had no useful information at all.

For example, when he heard that Liu Tai's army had many armored soldiers, Zu Ti naturally took it for granted that they were leather armors. Unexpectedly, except for the cavalry, almost all of them were in scale armors.

Scale armor~ Zu Yue looked at his Beifu refugee style, then looked at the handsome silver figure opposite, and the beauty of strength displayed by the large amount of steel, Zu Yue couldn't think of a way to resist.

Even the Beifu army that Zu Ti gave him was not dressed so well.

When Liu Tai heard the reputation of the Beifu Army trained by Zu Ti, he knew that this army was elite.

Because this is an elite team that even guys like Liu Tai who are relatively vague about the Northern and Southern Dynasties have heard of.

But after Liu Tai carefully studied the composition of the Beifu Army, he was no longer afraid of the Beifu Army.

Because this army was formed by people who had fled from the north. Under Zu Ti's creation, they had the strongest will to fight and the fighting methods that were most suitable for them.

But their biggest flaw is in their equipment, unless the aristocratic family completes the merger with the Northland refugees.

Otherwise, they would have no chance of wearing scale armor, and not even many of them would wear leather armor.

Therefore, Liu Tai asked Zhou Ping to deal with Zu Yue. The soldiers of Beifu were not bad in fighting will, and the fighting strength and will of the Qingzhou Five Schools created by Zhou Ping were not bad either.

With the advantage of equipment, Zuyue would definitely lose, but his chances of winning were indeed very slim.

After all, the best way to fight against an opponent with high willpower is to use the resource pile.

Don't forget that the rabbit won the Korean War in the end, but from then on the fear of insufficient firepower was engraved in the rabbit's genes.

This shows that Yingjiang's tactics are effective, but Yingjiang encountered the strongest army in the history of Rabbit.

Therefore, Liu Tai used this method to deal with Zu Yue. The top priority was to supply arrows from Changshui Camp. Even if a hundred arrows piled up and killed a Beifu soldier, Liu Tai didn't feel it was a loss anyway.

Just when Zu Yue was wondering how he should deal with Zhou Ping next, a messenger came over and said:

"General Qi, General Huanxuan came to report that Liu Tai personally led the army out of Taishan County. Jibei County, Dongping County, Lu State, Rencheng State and other places around Taishan County came to see the wind. General Huanxuan hopes that you can Send troops to support!”

"Go back and tell him that reinforcements will be sent soon. Ask him to defend Gaoping County before the reinforcements arrive. If he can defeat Liu Tai, he will make an immortal contribution!" Zu Yue was decisive. He said to the messenger.

The messenger was stunned when he heard this, but he did not dare to hesitate and went to Gaoping County to report the news.

To be honest, it was only before Zhou Ping encircled them that they could calmly send envoys out of the city.

But as Zhou Ping gradually deployed his defenses, it would become increasingly difficult for him to exchange scouts with Huan Xuan like this time.

"Shameless, so shameless! Zu Yue, please see if you speak human language!"

Huan Xuan couldn't help but feel anxious after hearing the report from the messenger and Zu Yue's reply.

Others don't know, but you don't know how much you weigh. If you can resist Liu Tai, you don't need to ask for reinforcements.

"General Qi, I see that the Han army has sent soldiers to land in Chenliu County. I'm afraid it won't be easy to communicate with them in the future!" The messenger finally told what he saw and heard, making Huan Xuan frown. brow.

"It seems that we really need to deal with Liu Tai on our own!" Huan Xuan couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling desperate about the situation.

Fan Ya, his subordinate, said, "General, I saw Liu Tai leading an expedition with troops and horses, and we took advantage of his unsteady footing to surprise him and kill him with his might!"

"Liu Tai has been on the battlefield for a long time and is better at surprise attacks. There is no way he would give us such an opportunity!" Huan Xuan shook his head and said,

"We rely on defense facilities to hold on to the city. Now is not the time to show bravery." To be honest, if it were anyone else, Huan Xuan would definitely give it a try.

But facing Liu Tai, Huan Xuan really didn't have the courage.

Because for someone who has never lost in this world, no matter how overestimating the opponent, it is never too much.

Liu Tai led his army to establish a camp in a place with a wide view and close to a water source.

Although along the way, several surrounding counties and counties almost surrendered, especially the local aristocratic families, who chose to surrender rather than resist. This made Liu Tai very satisfied. After all, even he did not want to fight every city.

However, although these aristocratic families surrendered, they also surrendered unconditionally. Liu Tai allowed them to keep their land and slaves and recognized their land ownership, but they also had to accept the "Thousand Field Tax" and "Corvee Tax" to pay taxes, and Provide part of the food and fodder for the army's expedition.

To be honest, these aristocratic families were very dissatisfied with the conditions given by Liu Tai, but as the closest counties to Taishan County, they could see the changes in Taishan County with their own eyes.

In particular, Yang Man of the Taiyang clan regarded them as a key target of lobbying, so he allowed them to send their family members to study in the north. Even Liu Tai nodded to this.

But no matter what, the scholars they sent out traveled to Hebei and immediately came back to report that although the aristocratic families in the Liu Tai area complained openly, in fact their system was It's getting bigger.

The most important thing is that every time I visit these aristocratic families, their collection of books somehow accumulates all over the room.

This is because Liu Tai found ways to reduce the cost of paper and pen and ink. Especially after the cost of paper came down, woodblock printing naturally became popular very quickly.

As an aristocratic family, although they also pursue wealth, in fact, it is better to pursue inheritance than wealth.

It was under such circumstances that those who either occupied a large number of fields or organized their own servants to take over the work of the court, and then went to work on projects, or build ports, etc.

Therefore, although their proportion in the entire society is decreasing, their wealth is increasing.

And after they have wealth, they buy books, especially those related to examinations, and they need to buy a lot of books to study.

Liu Tai likes to test history books and collects all the history books as much as possible. Liu Tai likes to test mathematics, so he goes to do mathematics. Liu Tai wants to build wonders, so they work hard to study engineering.

Because of this, when these Henan aristocratic families went to the Hebei aristocratic families, they saw abundant wealth, a large number of books, and a prosperous overall development.

So although they didn't understand why Liu Tai restricted them so much, the Northland nobles could still continue to grow.

But at least they saw an example and knew that after surrendering to Liu Tai, these restrictions would not lead to the demise of their family.

Therefore, after Liu Tai's southern expedition, with Yangman as a guarantee, these aristocratic families chose to surrender.

As for the "Qianda Tax" and "Corvee Tax", since Liu Tai's bottom line will not retreat, then the only way is to let their bottom line retreat a little.

The aristocratic family can cooperate with the barbarians. Now that Liu Tai has returned holding high the banner of the Han Dynasty, there is no reason not to surrender.

"Who is this Huan Xuan?" Liu Tai couldn't help but ask.

Bian Hu came out quickly. As a general stationed on the front line, he knew his opponent best.

At this moment, he said, "He was born in Zhi County of Qiao State, and was sent to join the army by Wang Han. He has always followed Zu Ti to fight.

After Zu Ti's death, he tacitly cooperated with his ancestors, restrained the soldiers, and appeased the people. He was considered an extraordinary general! "

"Oh, he is such a talented person." Liu Tai nodded thoughtfully, turned to Zhao An and said,

"After you enter Zhi County of Qiao State, send all his clan members here to see if you can persuade them to surrender!"

"Yes!" Zhao An responded immediately after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"How are you preparing the food? Do you have enough dried meat, dried fish, and fried noodles with tea?" Liu Tai asked Zhao An.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely cause earth-shaking in Yuzhou!" Zhao An said confidently to Liu Tai.

"Yeah!" Liu Tai nodded and said, "After you arrive in Yuzhou and you are not familiar with the place, don't treat yourself as a regular army, but treat yourself as our original peasant uprising army. It's still the same old way of attacking the local tyrants and dividing them. Fields, establish a zone of influence!”

"Huh?!" Zhao An was a little stunned when he heard Liu Tai's words, and couldn't help but worry, "If this is the case, then the aristocratic families in Yuzhou may not be of use to us!"

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "Most of the aristocratic families are filial but not loyal to the country. To us, what is the meaning of such a family.

The Han people are our real supporters. If you want to take root in Yuzhou, the only people you can really rely on are the people! "

"I will teach you!" Zhao An replied decisively to Liu Tai.

"Let's go. When you gain a foothold and cut off the connection between Yuzhou, Sizhou and Yanzhou, we will start a full-scale attack on the city!" Liu Tai said to Zhao An.

Zhao An saluted Liu Tai, and then dispatched his headquarters to go directly to Yuzhou!

Liu Tai raised his head and looked at the city in front of him. It must be said that the defense system of this city was quite complete.

In other words, because of Zu Ti, the defense systems of the counties in Yanzhou are very complete.

As long as the generals choose not to surrender these cities, it will not be easy for him to take them down.

After all, the flesh-and-blood mill of city defense is something that famous generals can only rely on technology and human lives to accumulate.

Even if he is as strong as Bai Qi, facing Lian Po's stubbornness, he can only rely on the country's size to consume a little bit.

Liu Tai also understood this very well, so Liu Tai chose to let Zhao An deal with Yuzhou, which was unprepared, to take the lead.

However, because of the Wangdun Rebellion, Liu Tai judged that all the troops in Yuzhou might have been dispatched to put down the rebellion.

Originally it was just a plan to strike first, but now it can be fully implemented.

"Langya Wangs, you are really my best teammates!" Liu Tai couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

(End of this chapter)