Chapter 69: The Art of War

When Liu Tai was trying his best to increase the combat effectiveness of his army, Xu Miao and Gao Liang, who were stationed in Xinfeng, lived a comfortable life in Xinfeng for a few days, and then began to work and harass Langya County.

To be honest, the combat effectiveness of the two troops is average, at least they have not fought much in frontal wars.

But in the end, the two followed Wang Mi when he was in the Xiangyang Uprising, and even they even raised the army, so you can see how skillful they are at the bottom of the ground and run away if they can't beat it, and fight if they can beat it.

After all, being a moth thief all the way over, what he is best at is harassing attacks.

It's just that they are fighting but they find that it seems that the army of Langya Country is not very strong, and they seem to be able to run through Langya Country.

Of course, there are also historical reasons, because the plan to cross to the south in Yiguan had been arranged before Wang Kuang sent troops to fight the Battle of Changping in the Han and Jin Dynasties.

It's just that the executor of this policy is not Wang Kuang, but his cousin Wang Dao, and Sima Rui, the king of Langya, has already taken his main force in Langya to Jianye under the persuasion of Wang Dao.

At this moment, the elite talents of various families in Langya, and the material wealth that originally belonged to Langya have all been transferred in a planned way.

So at this time, there was only an empty shell left in Langya Kingdom, so after Xu Maung and Sorghum tried a few times, they had a bit of wanton flavor in Langya Kingdom, and even had a vague momentum of coercing the East China Sea Country at this moment.

Of course, because of the riots they caused, the East China Sea was like a great enemy, and they decisively launched a distress letter to the surrounding states and counties.

For example, Zhou Fu of Shouchun and Gou Xi of Qingzhou are all the targets of the East China Sea Kingdom, and as for Sima Yue, the original owner of the East China Sea Kingdom, the East China Sea Kingdom even sent Sima Yue a letter asking for help at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

It's just that this letter can still be sent when it is sent over, but soon Wang Ru and others rebelled in Nieyang, and then captured the city, which invisibly cut off the channel between Sima Yue and the East, which made it difficult to send the letter.

More importantly, their uprising virtually completed part of the Xiongnu Han State's plan against the Western Jin Dynasty.

It's just that at this time, Liu Yuan has gone through a series of arrangements and has reached the point of dying, but in the end there is still a breath of air, which makes it inconvenient for the Xiongnu Han State to carry out the conquest, and for a while there is a bit of weird calm between the Xiongnu Han State and the Western Jin Dynasty.

In this calm, Gou Xi didn't understand Sima Yue who was far away in Luoyang:

"Luoyang is so good, even Sima Yue is a little happy, don't you care about the nuisance of your fiefdom!"

Gou Xi paced back and forth, and I have to say that after Liu Tai came to Taishan County, he sent people to crisscross Langya Country and harass Donghai Kingdom, and even sent him a letter of request for help.

But Gou Xi didn't understand why Sima Yue didn't send him letters and wills.

After all, no matter how much Gou Xi planned, he couldn't plan that Wang Ru at this time suddenly reversed, resulting in the fact that Sima's usual means of communication could not be used.

Of course, what is even more deadly is that the supplies from Jiangzuo and Yanzhou and Qingzhou cannot be sent to Luoyang.

Of course, with a little adjustment, you can still cope with it, but the problem is that time doesn't wait for anyone here in Taishan!

Gou Xi is a soldier who knows the army, although he has a letter of help from the East China Sea Kingdom, even if he sends troops to recruit Taishan Liu Tai, it is also justified.

But Gou Xi prefers that Sima Yue can make political promises, rather than doing day jobs himself!

"Brother? Are we going to strike! Gou Chun looked at Gou Xi walking back and forth, and couldn't help but ask with a little doubt.

To be honest, Gou Chun has never seen Gou Xi so hesitant on the march, if he wants to fight, he will fight, even if he doesn't fight, what is there to hesitate.

After all, under his brother's soldiers, who can match his brother's majesty.

"This Sima Yue didn't even send a letter to a certain person when his fiefdom was attacked?!" Gou Xi couldn't help but say,

"If it weren't for his order, although it would be a business for us to send troops to rescue the East China Sea, it would have taken a big advantage for him!"

Gou Chun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said to Gou Xi, "Brother was worried about this matter.

I think there was another change in Luoyang, or the puppet Han came to besiege Luoyang again, which caused the communication to be interrupted and the will could not be sent.

In this case, no matter how patient my brother is, I believe that this will will be sent after all! ”

"No!" When Gou Xi heard Gou Chun's words, he shook his head and said, "I really want to raise Kou to be self-respecting, and I want to slap Sima Yue in the face, but I don't want to raise a tiger to make trouble, and I can't joke with the people in the world."

Whether an army can store its own food is a very important opportunity.

The puppet Han went on an expedition and had limited food in his hands, but if they were allowed to harvest a crop of grain in Taishan, it would be difficult for them to solve it! ”

When Gou Xi said this, he took a deep breath and said,

"Even if Sima Yue took advantage, after all, I can't miss the national affairs because of my selfish desires.

You go to gather troops and horses, prepare armor, and by June at the latest, you will be the vanguard to defeat Liu Tai and wipe out the thieves! ”

"Yes!" Gou Chun heard Gou Xi's order, but immediately answered.

"Wait, you spread my exploits in recent years to the surrounding states and counties!" Gou Xi said to Gou Chun.

"Brother, this is?" Gou Chun heard Gou Xi's words, but he was a little puzzled.

And Gou Xi said, "Liu Tai is just a milk doll, and the pseudo-Han is incompetent, so he makes the vertical son famous."

How can he know my merits, understand my might, and only before such a battle, can he put pressure on Liu Tai.

If he is uncertain and hears my name, he will be shocked, and there will be flaws in the battle, so it will be easier for me to destroy it! ”

"Got it!" Gou Chun heard Gou Xi's words and replied with great interest.

In the end, Gou Xi decided to kill Liu Tai before Liu Tai really sat down in Taishan County, but Sima Yue didn't build this stage himself, so he had to build this stage by himself.

Gou Xi asked Gou Chun to spread his reputation, not only to cause psychological pressure on Liu Tai's army, but also to let the people in the surrounding counties know his reputation.

For a famous general like Gou Xi, it is natural to see that after the Battle of Changping in the Han and Jin Dynasties, the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms have become a climate.

Even Liu Cong besieged Luoyang, Liu Tai Shile crisscrossed Jizhou, and now Liu Tai has killed all the way to Taishan County.

These all show that the Xiongnu Han State is not weak, and the Western Jin Dynasty needs to integrate the strength of the entire country in order to hold the Xiongnu Han State down.

But the problem is that Sima Yue gained control of the center, and instead of appointing his own virtuous ability to fight for the country, he exiled himself to Qingzhou, a place where birds don't.

The more Gou Xi thought about it, the more angry he became, Sima Yue and Pan Tao's disciples were really mistaken about the country!

Therefore, although Gou Xi did not have the intention of completely breaking with Sima Yue in his heart, he more or less had the idea of standing on his own.

But the problem is that Gou Xi was killed from the bottom of the poor family, almost no family connections, if you want to set up your own mountain, you can't entertain yourself, enclose yourself and sprout, this needs to be echoed by the people around you!

All Gou Xi can think of is to show his martial arts and bring enough security to the surrounding counties.

After all, playing with the conspiracy and trickery of fighting for power and profit, Gou Xi can't compare to the guys from the family, even if he thinks he is the strongest commander of the Jin court, but Pan Tao said that his good Yanzhou assassin history is gone, and he was exiled to Qingzhou assassin history.

Therefore, Gou Xi needs a stage to make the surrounding counties confirm that only they can protect them, and they can only surrender to themselves.

Of course, this is only Gou Xi's vague idea, and it has not really been transformed into his own strategic purpose.

But the rift between him and Sima Yue made Gou Xi find that it was too unreliable to pin his future on Sima Yue.

It was also Sima Yue's suppression and snubbing of Gou Xi, and even kicked Gou Xi, who had the greatest contribution to the Eight Kings Rebellion, out of the team of sharing the cake when sharing the cake, so that Gou Xi inevitably began to grow ambition as Pan Tao said.

Because Gou Xi is not from a family, neither his vision nor his own pattern can compare to his own military leadership.

At the same time, because of his own character, there are no strategists to plan for him, which makes Gou Xi have a tendency to become a warlord, of course, if he is given an emperor, maybe Dong Zhuohua will be.

Therefore, Gou Xi's plan for himself is to build a stage for himself and show his martial arts to maintain the stability of the surroundings.

And Liu Tai is unfortunate that he is the target chosen by Gou Xi, a stepping stone that is strong enough and strong enough to deter the surrounding counties.

At least in Gou Xi's planning, as long as Liu Tai is cut by himself, then even if he can't make the history of Yanzhou, he will not have any problems being the king of Qingzhou in the future.

So soon, under Gou Chun's arrangement, Gou Xi's former exploits began to spread to the surrounding cities, and the invincible character began to be established.

Liu Tai's jurisdiction in Taishan County is naturally the first to bear the brunt, and for the local people, Gou Xi is still very deterrent!

"What Gou Xi is powerful and invincible!" "What Gou Xi is Han Bai in the world!" "What Gou Xi is attacking, everyone will surrender!" ……

For a while, the entire Taishan County was somehow filled with these news.

After Chu Yi heard the news, he went to Liu Taidao as soon as possible, "General Qiyu, Gou Xi is afraid that he is going to send troops!" ”

"That's what I thought, too!" Liu Tai saw Chu Yi coming over to report this matter to him, and nodded approvingly,

"The news about Gou Xi has appeared so intensively in such a short period of time, it would be strange to say that Gou Xi has no thoughts!"

"Then I'll go down and block the news first!" Hearing Liu Tai approving his inference, Chu Yi couldn't help but say.

"It doesn't have to be that way." Liu Tai shook his head and said, "Rumors are such a thing, the more we block it, the more it will affect us." ”

"The general should not ignore rumors!" When Chu Yu heard Liu Tai's words, he said, "Rumors will stop at the wise, but the people are not wise, if this rumor is allowed to spread violently or even form public opinion, it will affect the army!" ”

"I naturally know the lethality of rumors!" When Liu Tai heard Chu Yu's words, he waved his hand calmly.

Compared with the people of this era, they only make up nursery rhymes or something about rumors, but Liu Tai, who really came from the media era, knows how rumors shake the foundation of the whole country.

Liu Tai thought of this, but said calmly: "Continue to let this rumor spread, but let's add some material to it." ”

"Feeding?" Chu Yi heard Liu Tai's words, but he was a little dazed.

"Well, Gou Xi is not in his forties and has no children, so it is spread that Gou Xi is so strong because he has practiced the "Sunflower Art of War", which is the so-called cutting the momentum to remove the root, the mind is accessible, and the soul is calm, like an arm......

Gou Xi is to practice this art of war, so that he can stay calm at all times, and even more so when dispatching troops, so as to fight the battle that should be won. ”

Liu Tai unceremoniously and casually arranged a new character for Gou Xi, "Let others know that his strength has a price!" ”

"......" Chu Yu's mouth twitched and said, "Will anyone believe this!?" ”

Even if I am Qin Shi Huang, an outrageous person, in the 21st century, some people believe that the "Art of War" is nothing!

Liu Tai muttered in his heart, but still waved his hand at Chu Yu and said, "Let's try first, what does it matter if you fail!" ”

Chu Yi listened to Liu Tai's words, and soon went down to arrange the spread, when many things are spread, the listener has no brain, and the speaker has no brain, but the key points in the rumor information are often remembered by many people.

For example, Gou Xi is a eunuch......

At first, the rumor that Gou Xi was still invincible continued to spread in Taishan County, but immediately a passer-by arranged by Chu Yi said,

"What's so great about leading soldiers to be strong and invincible, the root of life is changed, although Lao Tzu is not strong, but Lao Tzu is a real man!"

If someone asks how you know?

Others even replied directly, "Gou Xi is so old and has such a high position, but he doesn't even have a son, isn't this just learning the "Art of War", exchanging the happiness of the lower half of his body for the strength of the second half of his life, this is not evidence What is evidence!" ”

So Chu Yu soon found out that the entire Taishan County was still rumored to be powerful, but this was getting more and more outrageous.

At the beginning, he just practiced "Sunflower Art of War".

Later, it was even rumored that Gou Xi had an inner army under him, and only men could enter after castration.

In the end, even after the defeat of Taishan County, all the men will be arrested and castrated to eradicate them.

All of a sudden, the people of the entire Taishan County became angry.

Gou Xi is invincible, so what, compared to Gou Xi's strong and invincible, his "Sunflower Art of War" is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In order not to be castrated, the local people's will to fight against it is even stronger, after all, for the vast majority of men, castration and death, most of them will choose the latter.

So even if Gou Xi's strong invincibility exists objectively, when it comes to the fundamental problem of men, the strong and invincible Gou Xi doesn't seem to be so terrible.

On the contrary, the entire Taishan County has heard more rumors, and it is even more determined to die with it.

It's just that when Liu Tai was dealing with official business these days, he found that Chu Yu looked at him strangely.

Liu Tai said with a little doubt at the moment, "Mr. Chu, why do you look at me so much?" ”

"I'm just thinking about what will happen to Gou Xi after hearing these rumors!" Chu Yu said very seriously.

"Troops! Dispatch troops! I want to level Mount Tai and catch Liu Tai to castrate! Inside the Qingzhou Mansion, a middle-aged man was roaring.

If there is something today, I sent it early.

(End of chapter)