Chapter 106 Taishi is about to come

Chapter 106 Taishi is about to come

The neat and loud roar shook the whole world.

The momentum of a mere thousand people soared into the sky.

"Okay, okay! Feng'er, you have trained a good soldier!"

Liu Bei was extremely surprised. Doesn't Old Liu know what the quality of the Danyang soldiers is?

He himself took over 4,000 people last year and trained and reorganized them. The biggest problem of the Danyang soldiers was military discipline, which was lax and lax and harassed civilians.

I spent a lot of effort and used various means to improve military discipline and eliminate the Danyang soldiers within a few months.

But now, the thousand people in front of Liu Feng can really be regarded as completely transformed, but in terms of strict military discipline, they are not inferior to the Northern Army he had seen in Luoyang.

A mere local county soldier actually has the military discipline of the Northern Army, which is a bit scary.

The Northern Army is a professional army, with high salaries and extremely generous benefits.

I don’t know how my son did it.

"You fought bloody battles to protect your hometown in Xuzhou. I am very pleased and happy for you!"

Liu Bei quickly came to his senses and said a few official words. After speaking, the topic changed and he went straight to the topic: "Pass on my order, Xu Shengying is brave and good at fighting, and he is an elite soldier in Xuzhou. Today, I will give you meat and wine, and you will have it."
< br>"Thank you Fang Bo for the reward!"

Liu Feng's troops cheered for victory and thanked Liu Bei for the reward.

Alcohol is prohibited in the army, and meat is rarely eaten. Today there is not only wine and meat, but also rewards, so naturally everyone is happy.

But even with such joy and excitement, the team was still in no disorder. The soldiers stood in place. Although they seemed to be whispering to each other, there were no people running around. It can be regarded as a first-class military discipline.

Liu Bei was even more delighted and asked Xu Sheng to lead the troops back to the camp to rest. At the same time, he asked his personal guards to take over the captives of the Taishan Army. Finally, he sent a special person to transport wine and meat to reward Liu Feng's troops.

Liu Bei took Liu Feng back to the city to celebrate.

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Huang County, Donglai County, Qingzhou, in Taishi Ci's Mansion.

Tai Shi Cizheng was chatting with the Zhou Jiao sent by Liu Bei to conquer him.

In The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Taishi Ci's family was poor, orphaned and widowed, but in fact Taishi's family was not a poor family in the local area, but an out-and-out powerful family with large tracts of land and industry.

Tai Shici himself was both civil and military, seven feet seven inches tall, with a beautiful beard, ape-like arms and good shooting, and a true marksman.

At the same time, he is also good at riding horses, capable of raids, riding and shooting, has strategies, reads classics, and once served as the governor of this county. He is an authentic hero in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

How could a poor family raise such a person?

Since he defeated Guan Hai with Liu Bei's army and relieved Kong Rong's siege, Taishi Ci felt that he had repaid his kindness, but he could not see Kong Rong reuse him, so he could only return home with regret.

Taishici saved Beihai because he valued love and justice and wanted to repay Kong Rong for his kindness in caring for his mother. But on the other hand, from Taishi Ci's actions after entering Beihai, we can also see that he wanted to show his talents in front of Kong Rong and get him to be reused.

It’s not surprising that Taishi Ci thought too much. After he returned from Liaodong, his mother told him that Kong Rong, the prime minister of Beihai, heard about his name and respected his behavior. He was very surprised, so she sent people to ask Taishi Ci several times. mother's situation, and also gave gifts as a tribute.

This has to make Tai Shici have wild imaginations. Since Kong Rong showed such courtesy that he was more polite than him, wouldn't he be able to stand out if he could show his talents?

Therefore, after entering Duchang, Taishi Ci asked Kong Rong to give him thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was willing to lead them to defeat the enemy.

The result was naturally that Taishi Ci was greatly disappointed. Kong Rong did not listen to his words and declined his invitation politely.

Later, he broke out to ask for help and brought Liu Bei. Kong Rong was relieved, so he paid more attention to Taishi Ci and even praised him: "You are really my young friend."

But The result?

No more.

Of course, what Taishi Ci wanted was not just such a compliment, but an opportunity.

But Kong Rong refused to give it, and Liu Bei who wanted to give it was not qualified.

So Tai Shici said goodbye to the regretful Kong Rong and the greedy Liu Bei, and returned to Donglai.

After returning home, Tai Shici told his mother what had happened. His mother was extremely disappointed, but she could only say politely: "I'm very glad that you were able to repay Kong Beihai!"

After this incident, Taishi Ci felt even more desperate.

If even people like Kong Rong, who verbally valued him so much, wouldn't give him a chance, would he still have a chance to succeed?

In this way, Taishi Ci stayed at home for more than a year. Hearing that Liu Yao had established a foothold in Jiangdong and was fighting Yuan Shu, he felt hope in his heart and wanted to try Liu Yao's place.

Just when he wanted to wait for the spring to bloom and the road to be easier to travel, before he set off, someone came to the family to conquer the land.

Tai Shi Ci and his mother Jiao were surprised and happy, thinking that Kong Rong had finally enlightened.

After some conversation, it was discovered that it was not Kong Rong who came to conquer Taishi Ci, but Liu Bei, a small warlord who had been moved in as a reinforcement by Taishi Ci more than a year ago.

At first, Taishi Ci felt unhappy, secretly happy and aggrieved.

I am not angry. Do I only deserve to be valued by such a small warlord?

Although Liu Bei is the Prime Minister of Pingyuan and is the governor of the county with two thousand shi, he has no territory after all. Even Pingyuan County was occupied by Yuan Tan. He can only rely on Gongsun Zan to support him, and he is homeless. , where is the real prime minister of the country, who can be compared with the princes thousands of miles away?

I am secretly happy that there are people who can see the kindness of me, Taishi, but such people can only live in exile, but how come Kong Rong is as blind as not recognizing heroes?

The final grievance was naturally because Liu Bei had no more territory.

It is impossible for Taishi Ci to be tempted by Liu Bei like this. Although he felt a little guilty for Liu Bei's sincerity, Taishi Ci still wanted to go to Liu Yao to try it first. Anyway, Liu Yao also had two counties in Yangzhou. Territory.

What I didn’t expect was that the envoy actually claimed to be the envoy from Xuzhou. Liu Bei had taken over as the pastor of Xuzhou and was in charge of major affairs in the five counties of Xuzhou. He wanted to conquer Taishi Ci with the courtesy of doing so.

This shocked Taishi Ci and Taishi Jiao.

Especially Taishi Ci, who had contact with Liu Bei himself at that time.

In just one year, Liu Xuande, who is sincere and kind to others, has become the shepherd of a state?

Taishi Ci's mother, Mrs. Jiao, was even more surprised, and she was still complaining about her son. Why did he know Zhou Mu but didn't know how to take the initiative?

When Zhou Jiao general Liu Bei led troops to aid Xu, he was later retained by the former envoy Tao Gong and stationed in Xiaopei. Finally, before Tao Gong died of illness, he took over Xuzhou and described in detail the reasons why.

At this time, Taishi Ci and his mother understood the causes and consequences of this conquest.

Taishici couldn't help but admire in his heart. When he saw Liu Xuande in the past, he felt that he had arms above his knees and thick earlobes. He was a blessed person.

I just didn’t expect that the other party’s blessing would be so great. A Zhou Mu fell from the sky and hit Liu Xuande on the head.

Thinking of this, Taishi Ci couldn't help but become tempted.

He and Liu Bei were old acquaintances. They had known each other in the past, and Liu Bei had the idea of ​​recruiting him, but he didn't want to.

Now that the other party has just taken office as the governor of the state, he has so solemnly sent envoys to conquer the country. Whether it is sincerity or knowledge, it can be regarded as a unique one.

Taishici couldn't help but want to look up to the sky and scream.

Kong Beihai pretended to be a famous person in the world, but he was not as discerning as Liu Xuande!

Unexpectedly, Zhou Jiao then took out Kong Rong's recommendation letter. The letter praised Liu Xuande for his thirst for talents and his ability to know people well and make good use of them. He suggested that Taishi Ci might consider it and go to Xuzhou to have a look.

Zhou Jiao said mysteriously: "Uncle Fang was afraid that it would be difficult to recruit Ziyi, so he wrote a special letter asking Kong Beihai to help recommend him. This shows how important Ziyi is in Uncle Fang's heart."

Tai Shici was very moved and believed in it.

But he didn't know that if Liu Feng hadn't reminded him, Liu Bei would have forgotten him.

On that day, the Taishi family held a banquet in honor of the envoys.

In the evening, Taishi Ci discussed with his mother.

Taishi Jiao urged Taishi Ci to accept the conquest. Not only should he accept it, but he should also make a big fanfare and recruit Jianyong, a young man from the countryside, to go to Xuzhou with him to serve Liu Bei.

Although Tai Shici was very moved by Liu Bei's courtesy, he was still a little shaken. After all, Liu Yao was also a Yangzhou pastoralist and a fellow villager.

In these days, the identity of the township party is a very important link, and it can even be ranked in the first position. Even if it starts at a low level, Taishi Ci relies on his talents and is not afraid of not being able to get ahead. But Taishi Ci's mother, Taishi Jiao, had a different view. Her words made Taishi Ci completely determined.

"Ziyi, can you guarantee that Liu Yangzhou will definitely use you? Kong Beihai also regards you as a friend."

Tai Shici suddenly realized that what his mother said was really good advice.

If you can't use him, what's the use of having more talents?

Just like Kong Rong, he was called my little friend, but he was not entrusted with important responsibilities, and he was not even able to get an official position.

This can be regarded as a lesson learned from the past.

If he rejected Liu Bei and went to Liu Yao, and encountered the same situation again, Taishi Ci would have no place to regret it.

So, Taishi Ci made a decision and planned to listen to his mother's words, open the Taishi family's granary, recruit young knights, and go to Tancheng to serve Liu Bei.

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After the big banquet, a small family banquet was held, and only Mi Zhu and Qian Zhao were invited.

Different from a big banquet, a family banquet is much more casual. There is no relationship between superior and subordinate, but only the friendship between relatives and friends.

Liu Bei first asked Liu Feng to tell him how he defeated the Taishan Army head-on and captured Chang Xi alive.

Although the silk book reporting the victory clearly described the story, Liu Bei still liked to hear Liu Feng tell it again.

Helping, Liu Feng could only explain it in detail again, which surprised Liu Bei, Qianzhao, Mi Zhu and others.

"How powerful is this spear formation?"

Liu Bei asked proactively, Xuzhou is a place of four battles, surrounded by enemies on three sides, except for some mountains in Langya in the north, everything else is Even though the river is flat, don't we have to rely on the Great Wall of human flesh of soldiers to resist the invading enemy?

If the power of the spear array is really so powerful, then Liu Bei will be tempted.

"Father, it is true, but there are also many disadvantages of the spear formation."

Liu Feng naturally could not cheat his father, and explained carefully: "First of all, the training of spearmen is the first, especially It's military discipline, because if one person is in chaos, the entire team will be in chaos, and if one team is in chaos, the entire row will be in chaos, and so on, the spear formation will collapse."

"The spear formation is very cumbersome and lacks flank and rear protection. They move slowly and turn sluggishly. They are afraid of cavalry harassment and flanking attacks, and they are also very afraid of long-range firepower. Especially now that the troops are poorly equipped and only have leather armor for protection. Once they encounter strong bows and heavy crossbows, the casualty rate will rise rapidly. It is also a big problem to persist until the enemy is engaged."

"There are three main reasons for achieving such a strong result this time. The first is that Chang Xi underestimated the enemy, did not know the spear phalanx, and rashly took the initiative to attack. Attacking our army's spear formation is tantamount to suicide. The second is that Changxi's Taishan Army does not have much long-range firepower, and only a hundred hunting bows pose no threat at all. The last point is that Changxi's army does not fight against the spear formation at all. With so much experience, they can only forcefully charge with blood and courage, and the casualties will remain high. Once the morale declines, it will easily form a chain reaction and lead to the collapse of the entire army."

Liu Feng concluded: "So the spear phalanx can only be a part of the army, but it cannot replace other arms. And if you want to exert the maximum power of the spear phalanx, you need the auxiliary cover of many other arms."
< br>"Besides, the current spear phalanx is only a prototype, not complete, and can even be described as dilapidated. The key to a complete victory is that the enemy is too weak."

This is not Liu Feng Nonsense, it is very time-consuming to train the heavy spear phalanx soldiers. It takes at least one or two years to start, and there is no way to directly train the phalanx as soon as they start.

These pikemen must first train the spear separately, training the strength of their hands and the technique of exerting force. To make the spear capable of piercing iron armor, at least leather armor will be considered qualified.

This level of difficulty cannot be achieved within a few months of practice. It tests strength and skills, but even if you achieve it, you have just passed the first level.

After that, they have to train their physical fitness so that wearing iron armor still does not affect the strength and accuracy of the spear thrust.

Finally, the formation began to run in, forming a heavy spear phalanx.

At the end of the Western classical military, the spear phalanx had actually been eliminated.

The entire military system entered the early feudal era, and heavy infantry, strong bows, crossbows and cavalry began to appear.

These have greatly restrained the performance of the spear phalanx, especially the rise of long-range firepower, which is a much greater threat to the phalanx than the cavalry.

There is a reason for the rise and fall of any weapons and tactics, and the lowest basis of this reason is the development of productivity.

In the feudal military era, the most important reason for the resurgence of the heavy spear phalanx was the emergence of the combination of nomadic light and heavy horse archers.

The substantial increase in productivity has allowed the nomads to have more supplies, allowing them to use heavy cavalry and increase the intensity of their long-range firepower.

In this way, the Roman phalanx, which had dominated for hundreds of years, was directly eliminated, and farming countries such as Byzantium were forced to start developing the military line of heavily armed pike phalanx + strong bows and crossbows + heavy cavalry, allowing the pike phalanx to The formation once again entered the stage of history, and in turn defeated the nomads again.

This fully shows that the spear phalanx is not invincible, and its rise and fall are also wave-shaped.

But of course it's different now. Chang Xi's army couldn't find five sets of iron armor among the 2,000 people, and they couldn't even find one set of leather armor. Liu Feng's inferior version of the spearmen could naturally shine.

There are so many unique reasons in it, so Liu Feng is not afraid of others following suit. Those who follow the trend will only be beaten by him using newer technologies, and will lose even more miserably.

Among the three people here, Liu Bei has the most experience in combat. He quickly understood the weaknesses of the spear formation and devised several methods that could theoretically defeat the spear formation.

Inexperienced in recruiting, but very talented. Through Liu Feng's description, he came up with many ways to deal with the spear array.

But as long as you want to break the formation head-on, you will need heavy armored infantry and strong bows and crossbows without exception. Otherwise, you can only use the mobility of the cavalry to consume the exhausted opponents.

If you want to use Changxi's Taishan Army, which has a low leather armor rate and average training, to defeat the spear phalanx, you can only find ways to use terrain, sneak attacks and other tactics. The consequences of a frontal charge are already bloody.

Liu Bei and Qianzhao discussed in low voices, but Mi Zhu and Mi Zizhong sat there honestly, with no change in their expressions, sitting calmly as usual.

But Liu Feng still set his sights on Mi Zhu, because at the moment, only Mi Zhu had the power to continue to help him grow.

"Father, only Biejia has the ability to enhance the power of the spear array so that the spear array can exploit its strengths and avoid its weaknesses."

Liu Feng's words shocked the three people present again.

Mi Zhu couldn't help but sigh in her heart, does this young master Feng have any new ideas?

Could it be that we are short of money again?

Even as rich as Mi Zizhong, his teeth feel cold this time.

This is just a few million dollars given.

I heard that Cao Hong’s house was raided a few days ago and millions of dollars’ worth of property was found. Cao Bao and the others handed over half of it to the treasury and divided the rest among them, including the young master. One portion is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Is this gone?

I don’t see Liu Feng having any hobby of spending money.

Mi Zhu didn't know that Liu Feng had too many money-burning projects.

There are even a lot of projects that are afraid to start, for fear that the capital chain will be broken and the overall situation will be messed up. How can there be too much money?

Liu Feng is interested in talking to Mi Zhu here to pave the way for future cooperation.

Liu Feng's biggest cooperation with the Mi family is naturally the steel and military industry.

But the investment for this thing is too big, and there is no short-term return. Even in order to support Liu Bei's expansion, the long-term profit will not be too high, and it may even have to be taken on credit.

The most important thing is that the relationship between the two families is not yet in place. If the relationship is like a marriage in history, it can be started.

Mi Zhu calmed down and responded: "Whatever the master's orders are, my Mi family will naturally go all out."

"I don't dare to take it."

Liu Feng first boasted fiercely: "Biejia's loyalty to my father and his devoted efforts are obvious to all. I only have close admiration for Biejia. How dare I give orders?"

Liu Bei? The man beside him nodded with satisfaction and said in support: "Zizhong, what this son said is true from the bottom of his heart. Since entering Xuzhou, it has only been a few short months, but it has been a windy and frosty road. Without Zizhong's help, how could Bei have been able to sit still?" This position? "

Mi Zhu couldn't stand it anymore. The younger one said that's all. The older one also said the same. How could he still sit down and sit down?

Thereupon, Mi Zhu left the table and prostrated himself: "Why did your Majesty say this? After your Majesty came to Xuzhou, within a few months, the smoke returned from the white soil, and the thieves had already surrendered. This was all the work of the state herdsman, and Zhu An was able to steal it. Zhu is a stupid person, but he also knows how to be loyal and filial, and he is willing to do his best for you."

Qianzhao looked on and was inexplicably moved. No wonder my brother Liu has done such a big thing. , this hand pushing the heart to the heart is really superb, and it is much better than it was in Zhuozhou in the past.

Mi Zhu had already placed a heavy bet on Liu Bei, and now he was feeling pain and happiness as he watched Liu Bei's market price rise steadily, even if Liu Feng planned to harvest money from him again.

(End of this chapter)