Chapter Seventy-Eight: Their Plans
The tentative war between the two sides came to an end, and Gou Xi began to prepare siege weapons, but because a large number of surrounding trees had been cut down, it took some time to make siege weapons, so he divided his troops and asked Xu Gong to harass Liu Tai's other military camp.
Gou Xi just wants to see how Liu Tai will choose, if Liu Tai chooses to rescue, then he doesn't even need siege weapons, and directly encircling the point to send reinforcements is to kill Liu Tai.
But if Liu Tai chooses to wait and see, then he will really knock down the camp, and then let Xu Gong's army directly kill Fenggao and completely end Liu Tai's rule.
Even if Liu Tai drove the family represented by Xu Niche out of Taishan County, this would not kill all the people Xu Niche knew.
As long as Xu Gong kills again, it can re-call followers, especially those who are willing to be slaves to Xu Gong, this kind of person can't all die.
Sometimes when you don't have a signboard or leader, you will feel like a mess, but when a leader does appear, it is as if you have found a rope buckle, and you can easily untie the mess.
And Xu Niao, who was driven away by Liu Tai, is such a character, which is why Gou Xi chose to let him lead the army alone.
Gou Xi understands that he wants to sort out Taishan County as quickly as possible, and what he needs is a benchmark figure like Xu Gong.
Gou Xi naturally came up with a multiple-choice question for Liu Tai, whether to save or not to save, it was Liu Tai's choice.
"General, let me go and support Zhou Ping!" Ge Xin couldn't help but plead with Liu Tai.
Ge Xin still cares a lot about Zhou Ping, after all, if it weren't for Zhou Ping's timely battle, even if he survived, few of the five hundred brothers who followed him would survive.
"I asked Zhou Ping to divide his troops, in addition to avoiding the other party's detour, I originally meant to let Zhou Ping be a bait!" Liu Tai calmly said to Ge Xin, "Zhou Ping also knows this, so it's not so easy to be captured there!" ”
"General......" Ge Xin couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard Liu Tai's words, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"It was not us who really rescued Zhou Ping, but Tian Yu, and the time when he decided to rescue Zhou Ping was the time when we took the initiative to attack the other party's camp!" Liu Tai said calmly.
"We attack the opposing camp? Aren't we defending the city?! Hearing this, Ge Xin was confused.
"What kind of city has been guarding the city, this is called waiting for death!" Liu Tai glanced at Ge Xin but said,
"The whole plan started with Zhou Ping going to set up a camp, which in itself was a bait, a bait to give the other party a chance to fight us.
At the same time, Zhao An detoured to the rear to run out of food, thinking that there would be results in the next few days, as long as there was a loss of grain and grass, Gou Xi would inevitably send soldiers to guard the grain.
Then the other side sent more soldiers to attack the Zhouping camp, and then sent soldiers to encircle the point to ambush us.
Then the opponent's forces will naturally be further apportioned, and at that time, I will bet that there are not many soldiers in his barracks!
That's our chance to fight. ”
"I have a problem, Tian Yu is in contact with us behind us, but Zhao Anke went around the mountain road to cut off Gou Xi's food, and we can't contact him at all now!" Master Xi Bo opened his mouth and said, "How can the general judge that Captain Zhao An can successfully intercept the grain?" ”
"He only brought naan for eight days, and if he couldn't loot Gou Xi's grain once, then he would be dead!"
Liu Tai said frankly, "But as long as he succeeds in looting once, the food he looted is definitely enough for him to eat for a month."
So a week later, I acquiesced in the grain he had successfully plundered! ”
Hearing Liu Tai's words, Xi Zhubo was a little dumbfounded, could he still be so messy? You're not afraid they'll all run away?
If they had changed to an army that was completely dependent on gold, silver or food, they would not have carried out this almost mortal plan at all, or they would have decided to go to Gou Xi's army to surrender, which would be logical.
But his army prioritizes ideological education and cultivates willpower, and Liu Tai does not dare to guarantee whether they will go to Gou Xi to surrender when they are hungry.
But Liu Tai can guarantee that at least until the naan is finished, they are absolutely willing to plunder Gou Xi's grain.
This is the way to lead the troops themselves, to improve the quality of the non-commissioned soldiers, so that they can perform tasks that the army will not perform in this era.
Moreover, this area is full of large and small mountain roads and hills, and this place is really difficult for people who are not familiar with this mountain road.
But those who are familiar with this mountain forest lead the way, and if they want to touch those roads that are large and wide enough to deliver food, they can always be sure.
At the same time, such mountainous and forested areas are more suitable for guerrilla warfare, so that the mobility of small groups can be brought into full play.
Liu Tai was not sure whether Zhao An had the command talent in this area, but at least in the style that Zhao An had shown, he was neither a fierce general like Ge Xin who liked to charge into battle, nor an orthodox commander like Zhou Ping.
So he asked Zhao An to go to the battlefield behind enemy lines to try it and see if he could reduce the pressure on the front.
Of course, if Zhao An fails, for example, if he is wiped out directly because he gets lost, then Liu Tai has no choice.
After all, the battlefield needs people to sacrifice, and it can only be said that he assigned him the wrong task.
Master Xi Bo frowned at this time, and asked again, "If this is the case, what if Gou Xi personally leads the troops to ambush and does not go to save the military camp, but directly attacks Laiwu City!" ”
"Then it's up to the local county soldiers to top it, I think he doesn't have siege weapons in his hands, I hope he can't break through Laiwu!" Liu Tai sighed, "We have a limited number of soldiers, especially fewer than the other side, so we must make choices on the battlefield."
All I could do was create an opportunity to put all the chips up.
I'm not the kind of player who is born to lock in wins, I'm just a gambler who dares to push the chips up when there are five stacks to win! ”
Liu Ming and Ge Xin glanced at each other, and always felt that Liu Tai was too modest in a normal state, but when he really went to the battlefield, as long as he needed to, he was not at the forefront of the charge.
Not to mention, although Liu Tai said that there was only a five-layer victory rate in his mouth this time, in fact, in terms of operation, Liu Tai relied on inferior troops to create a momentary advantage in his own strength in the entire battle situation.
Because letting Tian Yu rescue Zhou Ping, with the help of the morale boost brought by the reinforcements, he can even ensure that the morale of Zhou Ping's camp is absolutely high at least when he and others attack, at least at that moment, the military strength ratio between Liu Tai and Gou Xi is no longer Gou Xier, Liu Taiyi, and may even become Liu Taier and Gou Xiyi.
Liu Ming and Ge Xin are both soldiers, and they are all the way from moth thieves to generals.
For them, they are not afraid that the plan made by Liu Tai is difficult, but they are afraid that Liu Tai does not have a plan in hand.
Since Liu Tai is waiting for the opportunity, it would be good for him and others to continue to recuperate, and then be ready to fight for their lives!
Liu Ming and Ge Xin retreated, and Liu Tai asked at Xi Zhubo at this time, "How is the prisoner probation in Qingzhou?" ”
"The way to empathize with these captives is indeed very useful!" Xi Zhubo said, "At the beginning, when I talked to these Qingzhou captives about the anti-Jin and Han Dynasty, none of these Qingzhou captives were willing to accept it, and some of them didn't even want to listen.
But after some soldiers personally told the tragic experience of being persecuted by those big families, the captives in Qingzhou were also willing to reveal their hearts. ”
"It's good to be willing to show your heart, you can tell them that we have a division of achievements here, the focus is to recruit those who don't have families, as for those who have families, we can appease them and let them know that after this war is over, we will keep Laiwu down, and we will let them go back to Qingzhou!" Liu Tai said slowly.
When Master Xi heard Liu Tai's words, he also nodded at Liu Tai, indicating that he knew.
And these captives in Qingzhou were still a little uneasy when they were captured at first.
But as the medical battalion represented by Meng Dong and Wang Rujing began to take the initiative to treat them, the most important thing was to give them medicinal herbs, which made these captives believe in Liu Tai's good intentions.
In addition, it is the meal they are eating, although they only eat two meals, which is naturally not as good as the regular army and county soldiers under Liu Tai, but this is two meals in the end.
To be honest, originally they didn't think they would survive, but now they believe that Liu Tai will not let themselves die, after all, the value of themselves and others may not be comparable to the value of these mouthfuls of food.
Then, there are military historians who continue to come to teach them to recast the glory of the Han Dynasty, and it is incumbent on my generation.
Although for the vast majority of the people, they really can't feel the glory of the Han Dynasty, but with these military histories and Liu Tai's army, they scolded the family and the landlords, and the captives in Qingzhou scolded quite spiritually.
Then, I put the welfare of Liu Tai's army on the table, what to eat three meals a day, what to prepare clothes for you, and what to be able to read and read history.
The most important thing is that there is still an atmosphere in which they do not directly beat and scold each other, but seriously educate each other, which is a bit stupid for many Qingzhou soldiers.
Many Qingzhou soldiers surrendered after hearing this condition, including several tun commanders.
In this era, the war is just for a mouthful of food, don't look at the Xiongnu Han Kingdom and the Jin court are quite hot, but in fact, the main contradiction in this era is the contradiction between the lower class people and the family, and the contradiction between the alien race and the Han nationality is still a secondary contradiction.
The Yongjia Rebellion and the time of the Yiguan Nandu can be regarded as making the upper-class family gradually realize that the main contradiction in society has become the contradiction between the alien race and the Han nationality.
But for the people at the bottom, it's just that the rulers on their heads have changed, and they haven't noticed the contradictions between the Han and other races.
After all, the Yongjia Rebellion was preceded by the Eight Kings Rebellion, and there was really not much difference between the Eight Kings Rebellion during this time.
Even because the Rebellion of the Eight Kings is the Sima clan, it will become more ruthless when attacking his own people.
But the contradiction is constantly changing, from the Longjia Rebellion and the Yiguan South Crossing, the contradiction between the alien race and the Han nationality has been intensifying, and gradually from the secondary contradiction to the main contradiction, until the Ran Min era really came to a big outbreak!
Therefore, the current Qingzhou captives do not have any opinion on who they work for.
For them, as long as they take care of the food, who to fight is not a war, not to mention that Liu Tai's army also looks quite amiable.
So they really have no pressure to switch to Liu Tai's army, but if they vote without pressure, Liu Tai can't accept it without pressure!
In the final analysis, although Liu Tai exalted nationalism and talked about the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, he still had to do things on the ground.
For those who are concerned about Qingzhou, at least the current Liu Tai really doesn't dare to use them.
But those guys who didn't care about it in Qingzhou, Liu Tai dared to use them for the time being.
Of course, they do some manual work on either side, but those who don't care about it will let them get close to the walls.
Of course, in Liu Tai's words, it is naturally not that he doesn't believe in them, but that he is not sure that he will be able to defeat Gou Xi, and if you fight with Gou Xi's other soldiers, you will really not be able to turn back.
So do some physical work in the city and help, even if you are defeated by Gou Xi in the future, you just say that I drove it.
All in all, it is necessary to highlight yourself as a glorious and righteous person, and let go of other things first.
Anyway, in Liu Tai's plan, if he still can't defeat Gou Xi in the decisive battle with Gou Xi, then he can only choose to use Gou Chun as the condition and find Gou Xi to make peace.
These people have already accepted the return of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty's revival thinking, which can be regarded as laying the groundwork for their next fight with Gou Xi, and it will be good to publicize even a few more words of their preferential treatment of prisoners at that time.
War, it's not a stud that's over, anyway, Liu Tai has never regarded himself as an undefeated general.
Even if you lose, as long as you don't lose all your capital, you may be able to win it all back!
Therefore, in Gou Xi, he divided his troops to attack, and planned to wait until the siege weapons were built, and then took the initiative to attack a wave, Liu Tai also planned to find his best decisive time and give it a go.
Time is fair for both sides, but it's fairer for those who are more prepared, for example, Gou Xi soon heard the news that the grain cart behind him had been looted.
"Rations have been looted?" Gou Xi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the news, and said in a deep voice, "Take the map?!" ”
Soon Gou Xi looked at the location of the looted military rations on the map, Linzi and Taishan County can almost be regarded as bordering, but there is a rugged mountain between them, and the roads are criss-crossed, this area, if it is difficult to march, it is not enough, but if you want to hide a few thousand people, it is as easy as sprinkling salt in the river.
But in the area where you transport grain, it is impossible to go to those inaccessible places, and you can walk on the official roads, no matter how you plan the roads, because of the continuous hills, there are only a few roads, and it is impossible to cover them!
"General, the grain and grass in the army are still enough to eat for more than half a month, enough to support the arrival of the next batch of grain!" Shao Xu said.
"With this strange army arranged by Liu Tai behind us, how can we be able to transport grain easily!"
Gou Xi shook his head and said to Liu Hui, "Liu Hui, you select 5,000 soldiers to be responsible for the task of grain transportation. ”
"My subordinates understand!" Liu Hui agreed.
"Liu Tai is a good opponent!" Gou Xi opened his mouth and said, "If you can make a detour to the back of us, I think that when we dealt with Zihou at the beginning, we had already sent this strange army." ”
"General, can we try to increase the strength of Xu Gong to attack another camp and attract Liu Tai's army, otherwise we will really wait here all the time, isn't it a little too passive?" Shao Xu opened his mouth to suggest.
Gou Xi frowned, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while.
Fifty monthly passes are more than one chapter, and more than 380 monthly tickets will be counted according to eight chapters, and I owe eight chapters next month, and I will pay it off one after another.
(End of chapter)