It has to be said that in this direct collision, both Gou Xi and Liu Tai have a deeper understanding of their opponents.
For Gou Xi, his original idea of building enough siege weapons and then forcibly pushing back Laiwu City completely disappeared after he actually led his troops to fight with Liu Tai's army.
At this moment, Shao Xu and Xu Gong did not dare to hide anything, so they immediately reported their experiences to Gou Xi.
After hearing the words between Shao Xu and Xu Gong, Gou Xi had a clearer understanding of Liu Tai's soldiers.
The personal battle with Liu Tai allowed Gou Xi to feel that Liu Tai's battlefield command ability was not very good.
But Liu Tai's soldiers are indeed very brave, which means that although Liu Tai is not good at commanding, his ability in training troops is better than his own!
Yes, compared to other generals, Gou Xi's military management ability is mainly in running the army. Training troops according to laws is somewhat incompatible in a world dominated by aristocratic families, but the soldiers trained in this way are as good as arms to Gou Xi.
Use your fingers.
What's more important is that Gou Xi was only capable of running an army and could not reach the level of commander of a large army.
However, the experience of the Eight Kings Rebellion has honed Gou Xi's skills in all aspects, especially the courage brought by his victorious battles, which allows his soldiers to display 100% of their abilities.
Because he can be considered a commander who started out as a soldier, the soldiers he trained can be regarded as the elite of this era if they are used by others.
After all, the army was in turmoil only after more than two levels of soldiers were killed. This is not an elite!
This was the result of Shao Xu's leadership of the soldiers. If Gou Xi personally led it, the lifeline that would collapse the army would definitely be further reduced.
Apart from anything else, these soldiers have followed Gou Xi all the way to win. As long as they have not lost, it is not impossible that even half of the soldiers who died in the battle may still have soldiers who are willing to fight.
Of course, if Gou Xi loses and his golden body is broken, then with Gou Xi's way of commanding the army through strict military discipline, if he wants to recruit and train such an army, he will be feared and worshiped, but he will also be determined.
It is difficult to build a victorious army.
To put it simply, Gou Xi’s way of leading troops cannot be said to be bad. At least the combination of his own command ability and the way he leads troops is really very strong.
Even if Liu Tai knew the true strength of his Tiger Army, with the same number of soldiers, if he wanted to defeat Gou Xi head-on, he would only be able to defeat Gou Xi with a number of four or six. Liu Tai would have four and Gou Xi would have six, because Gou Xi had the experience to defeat him.
His battlefield command ability is stronger than that of Liu Tai.
However, Liu Tai was able to charge the entire army in a desperate situation, and Gou Xi was easily counterattacked due to lack of preparation.
But Liu Tai's way of uniting the army is based on thoughts and beliefs. Even if he is defeated, as long as the belief in his heart remains, and those soldiers are recruited back and reorganized a little, as long as the equipment is still there, they can regain their eighth or ninth level strength in the blink of an eye.
But as long as Gou Xi loses once, I'm afraid no one will support him like Sima Yue did, allowing him to build an army that fully matches his own needs.
At this moment, Gou Xi couldn't help but frown as he listened to the problems Wei Xu and Xu Gong encountered in attacking Zhou Ping's military camp.
Gou Xi judged that Liu Tai was a trained general like herself, and saw with her own eyes the abilities of Liu Tai's soldiers. Although she repelled the opponent, she lost close to 500 soldiers this time. He is stationed in the camp, and Liu Tai takes the initiative to attack!
This made Gou Xi decisively give up her original tactics and start thinking about the next step.
And Gou Xi is very jealous of Liu Tai, isn’t Liu Tai jealous!
Although the execution of his plan was a little chaotic due to Zhou Ping's reverse reasoning, in terms of the situation, it was at least better than what he originally planned.
But under such circumstances, he was unable to break through the military camp guarded by Gou Xi. This showed his shortcomings in frontal siege ability, and most importantly, it also showed that Gou Xi really lived up to his reputation.
Especially his ability to command and dispatch on the frontal battlefield, Liu Tai had to admit that if he had the commanding ability of Gou Xi, he might be able to capture this military camp.
But if you don’t have it, you don’t have it. The shortcoming of not being good at siege will eventually be exposed. If you want to overcome it, you need to summarize a set of siege tactics of your own.
Of course, how to make up for the lessons in the future is a matter for the future. Now I am afraid that I and Gou Xi will be in a situation where whoever takes the initiative to attack will suffer.
Originally, both sides were unclear about the combat power of both sides, and both felt that they had an advantage on the offensive end. But now, after several rounds of fighting, it would be strange if the two sides still do not know the status of each other.
Both sides are rational people, and both sides have considerable military attainments.
Don't look at Liu Tai who keeps saying that he is just lucky and that he is the one among the best. It is just that as a modern man, he does not believe that he actually has military talents. When a fight really breaks out, how can Liu Tai fall behind? Therefore, both sides know that the best way to deal with the other party at this time is to defend rather than attack.
But in this case, time and food will become the judges of both sides. Until one of the two sides retreats due to lack of food, then there will be another confrontation between the two sides.
Of course, because Zhao An, who Liu Tai sent behind Gou Xi in advance, will become an important bargaining chip in this confrontation, that is whether Gou Xi can deal with Zhao An, and whether Zhao An can continue to harass Gou Xi.
Both Gou Xi and Liu Tai know this very well. Sometimes there is not much conspiracy in military competitions. They are all about using one's own greatest advantages to attack the opponent's weakest weaknesses in one plot after another. p>
This was originally a script written by both warring parties, but at this moment God himself changed the script!
Just when Liu Tai was inspecting the city as usual, a large yellow cloud came flying from the north.
Wherever it passed, the originally lush vegetation was eaten away almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.
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And they gnaw crazily on all food visible to the naked eye almost without stopping.
"Locusts... locusts?!" Liu Tai couldn't help feeling his hands and feet were cold when he saw this scene.
Some soldiers even dropped their spears, knelt on the ground and begged, "Please forgive me, Grandpa Chongchu, please forgive me, please forgive me..."
Liu Tai didn't know that it was at this time in history that giant locusts in the six states of You, Bing, Si, Ji, Qin, and Yong were eating grass and trees, and all the hair of cattle and horses was gone.
A locust plague that affected the entire north broke out this year, and its impact was even more unexpected.
Taishan County and Qingzhou are both considered remote areas south of Jizhou, so a small part of these locusts eat up Jizhou and then move south, affecting the area bordering Jizhou and Sizhou.
Therefore, both Liu Tai's Taishan County and Gou Xi's Qingzhou were affected by this locust plague.
Liu Tai looked at these locusts, but knew that he could not continue fighting. If he did not solve the locust plague, even if he defeated Gou Xi, the entire Taishan County would be eaten clean by these locusts during this period.
"Xi Zhubo, you go back to see Mr. Chu first and ask him to organize the people to fight the locusts!" Liu Tai said to Xi Zhubo.
"I understand!" This was the first thing Xi Zhubo heard Liu Tai ask for, but he quickly saluted.
Liu Tai also knew that once the locusts form a large scale, the effect of fighting against locusts will be very limited.
But no matter how limited it is, I can't let locusts eat the food I have worked so hard to grow.
The outbreak of the locust plague was something Liu Tai had never expected, so at this time Liu Tai came to Gou Chun, who had always been eating and drinking, and constantly taking care of him. Moreover, he had not been seen for a while, and it seemed that he was still mellow.
Less.
"General Liu finally took the time to see me?!" Gou Chun put down a chicken leg and sighed,
"If I hadn't been taken care of by good wine and good food every day, I would have thought General Liu had forgotten me!"
"The general is joking. If it weren't for the pressure from General Gou, I would also like to have a drink with the general!" Liu Tai said.
"Say it, but the city is about to be destroyed, and you need me to be my brother's lobbyist.
If you choose to surrender, then I am willing to be the lobbyist for the sake of the entertainment these days!"
Gou Chun said to Liu Tai sincerely,
"However, if you want to threaten my brother with my life, my brother is so arrogant that he is afraid to shoot me to death with a bow and then fight to the death with General Liu!"
This month, Gou Chun has no freedom and no contact with military affairs, but Liu Tai will basically meet all other requirements as long as they are put forward.
After getting along for a while, Gou Chun also realized that Liu Tai would not execute him, so he was a prisoner, and he was quite calm at the moment.
"General, you are very courageous!" Liu Tai smiled and said, "However, after all, I did not go to ask him to take me in, but to cease the war. The ceasefire will last until next year. I think your brother may need this step more than me.
I’ll just give it to him!”
"Huh?!" Gou Chun looked a little confused when he heard Liu Tai's words. What is the situation outside?
Gou Xi, who also saw the locusts raging, didn't look good.
As the governor of Qingzhou, he has certain governance capabilities, especially as he leads troops, so he naturally knows what impact such a locust plague will have.
But at this time, I have to continue to endure it with Liu Tai.
After all, relatively speaking, I still have to work hard on the expedition myself, and behind me, Zhao An is constantly harassing the grain road.
If there is another locust attack this year, Gou Xi would not dare to think about how to survive the crisis next year.
But now that she and Liu Tai have become a rivalry, she can't retreat easily because Gou Xi knows Liu Tai's abilities.
If you retreat at this time, if you are attacked, it is likely to cause a chain reaction, which is something Gou Xi absolutely does not want to see.
At this moment, Shao Xu entered the camp with a face full of surprise. After reporting the news, he said to Gou Xi, "Prince, look who is back!"
As he spoke, Gou Chun came to Gou Xi wearing a suit of armor, and a thousand words finally turned into one sentence, "Brother, I'm back!"
"Zi Hou? Just come back, just come back!" Gou Xi saw Gou Chun and excitedly stepped forward to grab Gou Chun and said,
"You fell into Liu Tai's hands, and I feel uneasy. Now that you have escaped successfully, it's great!"
"Brother, I didn't escape!" Gou Chun heard Gou Xi's words, shook his head and said, "It was Liu Tai who let me back, hoping that brother you could stop the war!"
"Are you going to go on a mission for Liu Tai?!" Gou Xi was suddenly alert at this moment and looked at Gou Chun in disbelief.
"Liu Tai has treated me kindly these days, but how could I abandon my brother and defect to him!" Gou Chun shook his head and said,
"It's just that Liu Tai treats me with courtesy, so I can't break my promise to him.
He also once said that if his brother wanted to make peace, he would ask him to go back to Laiwu to explain the matter clearly.
Not only was he willing to let someone go, but he was also willing to let go of the soldiers under my command.
Of course, if our army has Liu Tai’s soldiers, we will also use this opportunity to exchange them!"
"He actually asked you to make peace?!" Gou Xi was a little surprised when she heard Gou Chun's words.
Because no matter how you look at it, the evolution of the current situation is that he is becoming more and more dangerous, and Liu Tai is becoming more and more stable.
This had to make Gou Xi wonder whether Liu Tai was hiding some special trick against him.
After all, if the person opposite was Gou Xi, he would be thinking about how to destroy his opponent, but Liu Tai wanted to stop the war!
Of course, from Gou Xi's point of view as a general, this matter is not incomprehensible, that is, Liu Tai has no intention of fighting him to the death this time.
But as the war gradually evolved into a war of attrition, Liu Tai wanted to end this war of attrition and planned to wait until the strength of both sides had recovered before fighting again.
When Gou Xi thought of this, she understood that, at least for herself, the steps Liu Tai handed over were exactly what she needed.
"Everyone has seen that it's not that I can't beat Liu Tai, it's that Liu Tai is afraid of his power and even let his brother go. It's because he's afraid of himself!"
It is really important to maintain your undefeated golden body, at least until you want to defeat Liu Tai head-on.
Gou Xi knew that he needed the belief that his soldiers would win, which is why Gou Xi did not retreat here, but was somewhat unable to get off.
But it doesn't matter now. Liu Tai took the initiative to come over and ask for peace, so he can go back to Qingzhou to deal with various chores.
After all, whether it was the loss of soldiers or the disaster caused by the locust plague in Qingzhou, it was enough for Gou Xi to have a headache.
The most important thing is that now he has lost his troops and generals, and is unable to capture Laiwu for the time being, so he can only remain in a stalemate here.
Under such circumstances, Liu Tai took the initiative to return Gou Chun to cease the war and give himself face.
If I don't take this step and continue to fight, the one who suffers may not be Liu Tai who is guarding the Taishan Princess. I'm afraid I will suffer even more!
"Zihou!" Gou Xi looked at Gou Chun and said, "Send over the prisoners of Liu Tai's army that our army has accumulated over the past few days.
Tell Liu Tai that we will suspend the war until next year as he wishes, and then send him a message. If he is defeated by me in the future, I can let him go once!"