Chapter 222 The Mao family avoids war and seeks defeat
Liu Yu was choked and speechless for a moment. In fact, this question had been in his mind for a long time. But when Liu Muzhi said it to his face today, he was speechless. He frowned.
Said: "Then they work as handymen in the army and can't even plead for mercy. Why?"
When he said this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "By the way, today Maoqiu's chief follower Feng Qian also mentioned this, asking him to plead with his father and uncle and ask them to help, but Maoqiu was very angry.
He told him to shut up. He said he had no shame in going back to Mao’s family, and if he couldn’t make a great contribution, he would have no choice but to go to a remote place incognito incognito!”
Liu Muzhi laughed: "Jinnu, Jinu, you are still too straight-forward to hear the hidden meaning of his words. In fact, these words are just words. The most important thing is that Xuan Shuai listens.
Come on, if he doesn't let the Mao brothers compete after hearing this, it will be like Xuan Shuai has made the Mao family the queen."
Liu Yu's eyes lit up: "Yes, that's really the truth. The Mao family is the founding general of the country and has been loyal for generations. This time it was just a temporary conspiracy by the enemy that led to the failure. Why should the nephew be punished like this?
Woolen cloth?"
Liu Muzhi sighed: "Do you really believe that a veteran like Mao Anzhi can't even cope with this kind of surprise attack by the Qin army, and that the whole army will collapse without even the strength to fight? Besides, such a collapse, but
No one died, most of them ran back and can be taken back into custody. General Tian Luo can also calmly pack up his troops and retreat to San'a. What will happen if we really lose miserably?"
Liu Yu took a breath of air: "You mean, General Mao was defeated on purpose this time?"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "These things are also some of the clues I discovered after I recently went to the Chinese Army and participated in the processing of many documents. The previous military operations of the Jin Dynasty, whether it was the Northern Expedition or the campaign in Jing, Hunan and Huaihe,
The containment of our own people has overcome the pressure of foreign enemies. Now the two vassal towns of Jing and Yang are not subordinate to each other. Last time we made suggestions during the military meeting, asking Marshal Xuan to abandon Huaibei and lead the enemy troops to Huainan to eliminate them. I think
, if even we can think of a way, Xuan Shuai and the others should have considered it long ago."
Liu Yu understood a little bit: "So General Mao faked defeat? Did he lure the enemy into Huainan? But he is not from the Xie family, and his troops are not from the Beifu Army. What good can such a disastrous defeat do to him?"
Liu Muzhi sighed: "There is something you may not know. General Mao's 40,000 guards and horses were originally going to be transferred to the battlefield in Jingzhou. Xiangyang was besieged, and Huan Chong had an army of 100,000, but they were not
Dare to rescue, but instead asked for help from the imperial court, asking Mao Anzhi's guards to be transferred to rescue. I only saw these reports recently. If it weren't for Peng Chao, it would be difficult for him to raid Huaibei, I'm afraid General Mao would have to lead his army to Xiangyang
Already."
Liu Yu nodded: "I heard that the Mao family always formed its army in the Jingxiang area. At that time, the powerful minister Yu Yi, who was the governor of Jingzhou before Huan Wen, wanted to expedition to the north. He appointed Mao Bao as the general and garrisoned in Nanyang.
He was preparing to invade the Central Plains, but Shi Zhao sent five generals, including Ran Min, to besiege him with an army of more than 100,000. Mao Bao could not support him and was defeated and died. From then on, the children of the Mao family left Jingzhou and were transferred to the central government to serve as guards."
Liu Muzhi said seriously: "Yes, Jingzhou, to the north is the Nanyang Basin, and to the north is Luoyang, which is the center of the Hu people's country in the north, so the army of the Beibei here is also the strongest, even with Mao Bao's good fighting skills
, they were all defeated and died. This time Fu Jian took Murong Chui as his general and attacked Xiangyang with an army of 200,000 men. He captured the outer city in one day, but he could not defeat the inner city in several months. It was really insurmountable.
Or do you want to use this as bait to eat the reinforcements and take advantage of the situation to take Jingzhou? Jinu, what do you think?"
Liu Yu sighed: "Although General Zhu Xu, the defender of Xiangyang, is a famous general, he has less than 10,000 troops. Once the outer city is destroyed, there will be no food and grass inside, and no reinforcements outside. If the Qin army really attacks without fear of casualties, it will last for three days."
Don’t go there. In this case, Qin wants to besiege the city and send reinforcements, so it’s no wonder that Huan Chong doesn’t dare to rescue him.”
Having said this, Liu Yu nodded: "So Mao Anzhi would rather rescue Huaibei than go to Jingzhou, just to preserve his strength. If he can really repel Peng Chao, he will definitely be transferred to the Jingzhou front line.
So he pretended to be defeated. Anyway, there were Beifu soldiers behind him, so the partial division of the Qin army would not really be able to drink from the Yangtze River."
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "You finally figured it out. Of course, this fraud must be done with tricks. The Huan family is not at ease here, so they asked Huan Xuan to come over in the name of inspection and labor, just to
Supervise the situation here. After Mao Anzhi's false defeat, his troops collapsed, but he was mostly taken in by Marshal Xuan. This greatly increased the strength of the Beifu soldiers. I think this is what happened between him, Marshal Xuan, and even Xie
The agreement reached privately by the father-in-law will not ruin the state affairs, and it will avoid the errand of going to Jingzhou to die. After all, against Murong Chui, who is known as the invincible in the world, it is not easy to cheat defeat just because you want."
Liu Yu shook his head, with a look of disdain flashing across his face: "But I still can't accept this approach. Soldiers should be fearless. How can they pretend to be defeated just because the enemy is too strong? Without such bloody integrity, they are still called soldiers.
? I would rather die standing than live sitting down!"
Liu Muzhi sighed: "General Mao Bao died standing there. What was the result? The result was that the military power in his hands was gone. It took many years for my nephew to slowly climb back up as a junior officer. Jingzhou, which he used to guard, also
It has become the territory of the Huan family. To be an ordinary soldier or a small officer, you need to be brave, passionate, and cut all the way through. But as a general, you have to think about retreating and thinking about ways to protect yourself. I can only say that from the perspective of
It’s different from the location.”
Liu Yu nodded: "Maybe what you said makes sense, but the Mao family did this in order to give an explanation to the court and the Huan family, so they could only make their nephews serve as servants in the army as punishment, which is considered an explanation.
But once there is an opportunity, we will still let them join the combat force and make contributions."
Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "Isn't this obvious? Marshal Xuan must have reached an agreement long before he let General Mao fake defeat. The subsequent counterattack, and even the decisive battle against Qin, will definitely give the Mao family enough
Whether they can seize the opportunity or not depends on their ability. When the time comes, they will definitely fight hard, and I believe they will fight well."
"Jinnu, you have done the Mao family a big favor this time. The Mao family brothers will be grateful to you in the future. If the Mao family can make a contribution in this battle, they will definitely become one of the guards in the future. This will be your life-long friend and support.
Power, that’s what I just said, so take advantage of it.”