The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 80 The impeccable Gou Xi

Liu Tai built an organized army in this era, and especially tried his best to ensure the welfare and equipment of the soldiers, but he never really fought against the elites considered by this era.

Basically, Liu Tai's army is just killing chickens and attacking weaklings, so Liu Tai never really estimates the combat effectiveness of his troops.

Because in Liu Tai's view, what he seeks is the best, and the army he cultivates through this method is only about one-tenth or two-tenths of the standard of the benchmark army.

Because of this, Liu Tai didn't know what kind of monster he had cultivated.

Zhou Ping didn't know that his troops were so strong. Even though the equipment of both sides was almost the same, he faced at least twice as many enemies as himself. The difference in resilience between the two sides in a head-on fight, and with the bloody battle between the two armies, the victory gradually began to emerge. burden.

Because the soldiers under Shao Xu's command were condensed with military discipline and military law, and the person they were afraid of was not Shao Xu, but Gou Xi.

Therefore, when the situation was in a stalemate, especially when Zhou Ping's army pushed back, the will of Shao Xu's soldiers was severely shaken at this moment.

They haven't collapsed yet, that's because the first person to escape hasn't appeared yet!

The soldiers and soldiers under Zhou Ping were constantly armed by Liu Tai with nationalism.

At least in this era, what they read is the "Book of Han", what they seek is Han Dynasty, and it belongs to people with faith.

They felt honored to be Han people, and they were willing to die for the revival of the Han Dynasty.

This is the most essential gap between the two sides.

With this kind of gap, if Shao Xu was ambushing him and firing thousands of arrows, he would not be able to fully appreciate the effect of this kind of willpower.

But when the soldiers of both sides fought on the battlefield, watching their comrades and opponents fall into a pool of blood amidst the flash of swords and swords, discipline could only maintain their actions, but faith guided their will.

Therefore, as Zhou Ping's soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought, when the first deserter appeared in Shao Xu's army, Shao Xu knew that he was defeated. He was defeated and had nothing to say. The opponent actually defeated him with a smaller number than himself. He defeated his own army head-on!
To be honest, even Zhou Ping found this scene a bit unbelievable.

Because Zhou Ping also wanted to kill the opponent's soldiers as much as possible in this bloody battle and repulse the opponent's charge, he sent his soldiers to find Liu Tai and let Liu Tai attack.

But now, the soldiers under his command were killing the other party in fear, killing him so much that even Shao Xu fled, and killing Liu Tai as if the plan he had made in the first place had become a joke.

Because even if the number of the troops under his command is smaller than that of the opponent, in other aspects, they are all stronger than the opponent's army!

Sometimes, it is difficult for people to realize their true strength, but this time Shao Xu fought head-on with Zhou Ping's soldiers, which directly allowed Zhou Ping to tear away this layer of knowledge and vision. His army is stronger than the opponent, with the blood of the battlefield. Proven powerful.

So Zhou Ping didn't care about anything and directly ordered his soldiers to pursue him!

At this moment, Shao Xu watched Zhou Ping chase him out, and he felt even more hateful. When Xu Gong retreated just now, you didn't chase him. Now that I have retreated and you are chasing him so aggressively, you are not cooperating with Xu Gong.

So Shao Xu was worried and fled directly towards Xu Gong with his defeated troops.

Xu Gong was also on the side holding down the formation, but he did not expect that Zhou Ping's army not only defeated Shao Xu's elite troops, but also continued to pursue them. In just a dazed moment, Shao Xu had already rushed over with his defeated troops. !

"Why are you rushing towards me? Damn it, please change the direction!"

Xu Gong looked at the fierce looks of Zhou Ping's army and had no intention of letting his soldiers rush forward to fight them.

Because his own army was even less capable than Shao Xu's army, he had long been afraid of being killed in the battle with Zhou Ping's men, and now he felt a little weak when he saw Zhou Ping's army.

If he let his army go up, he would die faster, so Xu Gong decisively turned in Gou Xi's direction without saying a word!

Run away, run away!

Shao Xu and Xu Gong ran in the direction of Gou Xi's camp in tacit agreement, because the only one who could save them at this time was Gou Xi.

It's just that they really don't understand. Although their army is much larger than Zhou Ping's army, how come they are the ones who are fleeing while they are killing! ?

Zhou Ping was in a frenzy at first and chased him out, but now he saw that the two armies surrounding him had all fled. This made Zhou Ping a little confused, because this was a major conflict with Liu Tai's plan.

After all, Xu Gong plus Shao Xu had more than 8000 soldiers under their command, while Zhou Ping only had [-] soldiers under his command.

Liu Tai's initial plan was that it would be great if Zhou Ping could hold the barracks, and he didn't have too many extravagant hopes at all.

But Liu Tai did not expect that Xu Gong and Shao Xu were divided into two groups. Because Xu Gong was a tribe, the impact on Zhou Ping's military camp was almost minimal. On the contrary, his soldiers were killed and they did not dare to fight anymore.

Although Shao Xu's soldiers are elite, their eliteness also depends on their opponents.

His own morale was severely shaken and even collapsed after 1000 people were killed in the battle. However, Zhou Ping's soldiers directly killed 500 people in this battle, and the entire army was still able to operate like an arm and a finger, and the morale of the soldiers was not low.

How can Shao Xu fight? After all, he only has 4000 people, not 8000!
But now, none of Liu Tai's plans were made by Zhou Ping's army to defeat Shao Xu and Xu Gong's armies, so Zhou Ping was a little confused at this moment.

He was confused that Gou Xi was boasting so powerfully, but his army didn't seem to be very strong. With 2000 men, he could kill at least 8000 of his opponents. So if General Liu wanted to kill Gou Xi's remaining people, it should be the same. It can be done easily!
So when Zhou Ping thought of this, he suddenly had a clever idea and immediately asked his soldiers to send cavalry to Laiwu City to report the matter to Liu Tai.

As for myself, what are you waiting for? Keep chasing!
The cavalryman who delivered the message naturally rushed to Laiwu City at a speed of eight hundred miles. He almost fell to the ground when he dismounted.

Liu Tai knew this cavalryman and was a close confidant of Zhou Ping. He said, "Zhou Xiaoer, how is the situation at Zhou Ping's place?"

"Big, great victory!" Zhou Xiaoer took a breath and said, "Zhou Lieutenant killed the Jin army with two thousand against eight thousand, so the Jin army fled, so Captain Zhou ordered me to come over and report the news, and asked the general for advice on the upcoming war. Make a decision quickly!”

"Two thousand versus eight thousand were chopped head-on..." Liu Tai was a little unbelievable when he heard this battle comparison.

But Liu Tai soon realized that now was not the time to care so much.

Since the situation suddenly became so favorable to him, the most important thing for him was to directly attack Gou Xi's main camp and defeat him.

"Liu Ming, you stay and garrison Laiwu. Ge Xin, you come with me to conquer Gou Xi!" Liu Tai said decisively.

Both Liu Ming and Ge Xin responded immediately to Liu Tai's order.At the same time, Liu Tai specially arranged for the [-] soldiers in the city to be dispatched at any time after he made a decision. At this moment, with an order, the entire army set off completely. Liu Tai did not hesitate and headed directly in the direction of Gou Xi's camp. go.

Gou Xi put all his thoughts on building engineering equipment in the military camp. After all, using normal logic, Gou Xi never thought that Shao Xu and Xu Gong would be defeated when they attacked Zhou Ping's military camp, and they did so from the front. was defeated.

But Gou Xi was strict in running the army, and the sentry he arranged quickly came over to report to Gou Xi that a broken army was approaching!

"The defeated army? Where did the defeated army come from here?" Gou Xi couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Naturally, he would not think that this was the defeat of Shao Xu and Xu Gong. He simply relied on his military intuition and felt that there would be no military power that he did not know about here.

However, out of instinct, Gou Xi immediately ordered the gates of the camp to be closed and prepared for defense, and the entire army began to be on alert.

Just after Gou Xi made all preparations, Shao Xu and Xu Gong appeared in the military camp with unkempt appearance. At this time, Shao Xu loudly said, "I am Shao Xu, Shao Sizu, please open the door quickly and let us in." ah!"

"Sizu!" Gou Xi looked at the scene in front of her with a bit of surprise on her face, "You lost, what happened?!"

"Provincial Governor, please allow us to enter the military camp and report in detail!" Shao Xu said quickly at this time.

At this moment, there was a killing cry from behind Shao Xu, and Shao Xu said quickly, "General, please let us in!"

"Go around the military camp, go from the back, reorganize and then come in!" Gou Xi calmed down immediately. As a general, he knew very well that he must not let this group of frightened guys enter his camp at this time.

When Shao Xu heard this order, he naturally responded instinctively, but Xu Kun said, "The general asked me to wait in and take shelter!"

"Fire the arrow!" Gou Xi didn't have any nonsense with Xu Gong, and directly ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows. A shower of arrows rained down, but Xu Gong didn't dare to say any more nonsense, and immediately went around the camp, After arriving at the camp, we organized the army!

At this time, Gou Xi was also prepared. After all, he needed to know what kind of changes had occurred that caused Shao Xu to lose so miserably.

Although Xu Gong himself never took it seriously, Shao Xu was still somewhat capable.

Zhou Ping chased all the way to the camp not far away. He saw that the camp was closed and guarded, and there was no impact at all due to the defeat. Naturally, with his ability, he did not have the ability to continue chasing. .

But he informed Liu Tai after all, so Zhou Ping ordered the troops to begin to retreat slowly. Not to mention, even picking up those stragglers was considered a meritorious service!

However, Liu Tai did not let Zhou Ping wait any longer. About half an hour later, Liu Tai appeared on the horizon with his army.

"You have done a good job. You are the first to contribute to this battle. Please take your troops to rest first and leave this to me!" Liu Tai said.

Zhou Ping did not refute. When he saw Liu Tai coming over, he breathed a big sigh of relief. He felt that his skin that was still tight suddenly became sore and soft at this time. He asked the soldiers to start resting and add some water along the way. .

Liu Tai looked at Gou Xi's military camp in front of him, and without any hesitation, he immediately asked the soldiers to start fighting.

If the camp can be breached this time, then the battle will be certain, but if it cannot be breached, then the confrontation between himself and Gou Xi may be delayed.

Liu Tai directly asked the archers to light rockets and shoot at the wooden camp.

Because most of the camps are made of wood, although they won't catch fire immediately after being ignited, they are still a threat.

The most important thing is the tent behind the wooden wall. If these things are set on fire, they cannot be extinguished at once.

But under the rocket, there were nearly two thousand soldiers, holding large shields and swords, heading towards the military stronghold.

Some of them held barbed ladders or ropes in their hands.

The ladder is to be placed on the wooden wall and climbed directly in. As for the purpose of the hook lock, it is to hook on some key nodes of the wooden wall and directly use the power of everyone to tear these nodes off!

Liu Tai decided to attack here after getting the news, so he could only carry such crude siege equipment.

And Gou Xi also knew the power of Liu Tai's army. At this moment, he was quite experienced in commanding. Wherever manpower was needed, he would dispatch his sergeants. Wherever Liu Tai's army was strong, he immediately ordered the archers in the military camp to concentrate. blow.

To be honest, compared with Liu Tai's rough command, he only used encouragement to the soldiers, but when it came to actually attacking the camp, Liu Tai's attack was completely unsystematic, and there was no fixed attack point at all.

He just adds troops wherever he sees an opportunity, acting like a pure beginner on the battlefield.

There is no way, Liu Tai is really not very skilled in siege warfare, and he really has no experience in this area.

Most of Liu Tai's sieges used surprise or surprise attacks, and Liu Tai also avoided such siege wars.

But Liu Tai did not expect that his performance in the frontal siege was so poor. Even if there was only a wooden military camp fortress, he could not find a breakthrough even if he commanded his soldiers to attack.

Liu Tai understood that although he thought he had overestimated Gou Xi as much as possible, he actually underestimated him!
Compared with Liu Tai, Gou Xi's command at this time was smooth and smooth. He issued orders one after another and passed instructions one after another. Under Gou Xi's will, the whole army was fully operational. It can be said that the soldiers under his command were his body's extend.

If Liu Tai wants to attack the stronghold where such an army is stationed head-on, it is absolutely impossible, at least with the siege weapons in his hands.

Therefore, after losing about [-] soldiers, Liu Tai decisively ordered the gold to be withdrawn.

Liu Tai can accept his failure. If he can't break the opponent's camp, he can't break the opponent's camp.

But if it continues to be consumed, it will be too disrespectful to regard the soldiers under his command as human beings.

"Gou Xi, I'll keep your head for today until I come back to pick it up next time!" Liu Tai began to say something about getting ready to leave.

"Haha, next time I don't know who is going to take whose head!" Gou Xi was not afraid when facing Liu Tai!
Liu Tai didn't say much. He just ordered Ge Xin to take charge of the rear. He cleaned up the corpses of the soldiers on the battlefield and retreated. This was regarded as the first frontal war between the two sides, and it came to an imperfect end. .

Gou Xi saw Liu Tai retreating but did not dare to pursue him. Through Liu Tai's siege just now, he could see the elite of Liu Tai's army, so he immediately called Xu Gong and Shao Xu over and said, "Now tell me, what happened!?"

(End of this chapter)