Northern Dynasties

The issuance of a conscript order by the Taitai Mansion in May immediately changed the atmosphere in the entire Guanzhong.

Governments around the world are busy raising supplies to cooperate with the order, and people from all walks of life are also in a hurry and start to gather together.Although the common people were not involved in the conscription order, they were still in panic. All kinds of speculation and rumors were raging in the wild, which made the whole Guanzhong permeated with a tense atmosphere of turmoil.

But no matter what the folk atmosphere is, the recruitment of people and horses and various preparations for the parade are proceeding in an orderly manner.As time entered the midsummer of June, people from all over Guanzhong gathered in Xianyang one after another.

In late June, a mighty team of tens of thousands of horses traveled eastward along the Weishui River.Such a huge team of people and horses is really rare. Wherever they go, there are many villagers watching from afar, while bandits and beasts retreat one after another.

This is Li Tai and his party who entered Guanzhong from Longyou. The soldiers from Longyou led by Li Tai alone fought against Liangzhou and entered the court to receive rewards. More than 5000 households formed such a huge team.

If only Li Tai and his entourage enter the pass, with one person riding on two horses, fast horses and whips, and sufficient supplies, they can reach Chang'an in a few days.But because there were thousands of private households traveling together, the speed was dragged very slowly. After walking all the way for more than half a month, they still haven't left Qizhou.

Fortunately, the support team arranged by the Taiwan government has arrived, and the group stayed in Qizhou for a short period of two days before the delivery of these immigrants was completed.

Li Tai couldn't help but feel relieved, he really didn't want to travel with these Liangzhou immigrants anymore, not because he saw these people as a burden, but because in the ancient background, this kind of large-scale migration of living people was simply a purgatory on earth In general scenes, what you see every day is a picture of life and death, full of negative energy.

Although Li Tai didn't call him kind, but he saw too many scenes like this every day, and he felt very sad.Because of the lack of administrative capacity of the Western Wei regime, in order to weaken the potential threats in the local area, they forcibly expelled the people to migrate long distances with their families and their families.

Since he has no ability to stop this kind of thing, he can only clean up his mood and keep out of sight. After handing over these people to the officials in charge of resettling them, he led his troops and continued without stopping for a moment. Go in the direction of Chang'an.

In Xianyang, located in a piece of plateau between Jingwei and Wei, a large-scale camp area has been delineated, and more than half of the camps have already gathered people and horses.

With such a large-scale camp planning, it is inevitable that there will be differences in location. Whether it is shaded and ventilated, or completely unobstructed, close to a water source for coolness, or directly exposed to the scorching sun on the top of the plateau, although it has nothing to do with life or death, it is It greatly affects the living experience of the soldiers.

In particular, this year's reading is a full season ahead, and the weather is unbearably hot. If the location of the camp is not good, it will be miserable.

As people from all walks of life continue to gather here, some camps with better locations have attracted the attention and competition of people from all walks of life.Usually, those with low status should avoid those with high status, while those with equal status will compete in various military skills to determine their affiliation.

However, in this year's parade, the ethos of seniority ranking is not very strong, and trying to suppress people with power and position often does not work well.

One is naturally because of the hot weather, people's hearts will inevitably become more irritable, and they will be less in awe.The second is because of an exemplary figure, Li Boshan, who defeated Zhao Gui in the Baishui Grand Parade last year, not only gained a great reputation, but also won the great favor of Daxingtai, and even won the favor of Hanoi Gongduguxin. The woman in the household Xu Zhi.

Although more than half a year has passed since the incident, the masses still talk about it with great interest.The power of role models is infinite, so this year these generals more or less smelled of gunpowder, especially some young generals staring just to find some old people to vent their anger.

The grand parade has not yet officially started, and it has become a common practice among the soldiers here to hold several competitions of various sizes every day, which can be described as very lively.As for the camps that are the main bargaining chips for fighting, except for some important areas that have been divided by the Taiwan government in advance, other camps with better positions have already changed a few resident.

On the west bank of the Jingshui River, there is a sloping valley that is several miles long and covers an area of ​​more than ten hectares. The vegetation on both sides of the valley is dense, and it casts a large area of ​​cool shade in the flat slope valley. The spring stream runs through the valley, and the east side is constantly blown in by the wet and cool river wind.

But such a place with an excellent location and environment, enough to accommodate thousands of people to stay and rest, has not yet been occupied.Even if the nearby fortress with a slightly inferior environment and more cramped environment has changed owners several times, this area is still only marked by simple fences and earth ditches, and no horses are stationed in it.

"The camp here is so comfortable and livable, why is there no one here?"

Such a strange situation is naturally curious, and it is inevitable that newcomers who have arrived here can't find a place to stay, so they can't help but come up with the idea of ​​this place.

Some camp soldiers who arrived earlier replied: "I heard that it is the camp marked out by Yuan Dazai, the king of Guangling."

Although the power in Kansai now belongs to the Overlord's Mansion, after all, the Wei family still has a righteous name. Guangling Wang Yuanxin, as an elder of the clan with a detached status in the clan, also makes people respect and dare not be slighted.Hearing that this place was actually a camp reserved by his people, even most people gave up the idea of ​​stealing it.

But some people are still not angry. Seeing that the environment here is excellent but it is left unused, they couldn't help but say angrily: "The King of Guangling doesn't control the military aircraft, even if he participates in the grand parade, he is just sitting on a high platform. Why bother to occupy the excellent camp?" !"

Hearing this kind of argument, the people around him feared that the world would not be chaotic and encouraged him to take possession, but that person didn't dare to offend easily, but said bitterly: "I dare not offend the majesty of the famous king, but I can't bear it." Sulking. Just wait for the soldiers to settle here, and we must make an appointment for a fight!"

Hearing this, the onlookers also applauded one after another, which shows that there are not a few people who hold similar thoughts.

After Li Tai and his party traveled lightly, they only took a little over a day to complete the rest of the journey, and rushed all the way to the parade site near Xianyang.

"Boshan, here, here! I have been waiting here for a long time!"

Beside the intersection ahead, Li Licheng stood on a high frame, with his palms resting on his brows, and looked towards the dusty road. When he saw Li Tai, who was at the forefront of the team, he immediately waved his hands enthusiastically. shouted.

After a few months of separation, they reunited, and Li Tai was also very happy, so he immediately rode his horse towards Li Licheng.

But Li Licheng didn't have time to reminisce with him, looking at the exceptionally handsome green horse under his crotch, he said, "Good horse, really good horse! Although I'm not good at archery, I can't hold back when I see this horse." I want to go for a ride!"

Hearing Li Licheng's praise, Li Tai felt even more proud. He turned around and pointed at the huge team behind him and said with a smile to Li Licheng, "It's rare that filial piety is not afraid of the scorching heat to come here to welcome me. You will be allowed to join the team later to choose some horses."

"This, this is all your troops?"

When Li Licheng saw the mighty cavalry team that could not be seen at a glance, his eyes widened in astonishment, and when he saw Li Tai smiling and nodding, he became very excited again, and immediately grabbed the horse's bridle with both hands and hung it in front of the horse's head. He sighed: "Boshan, did you bring all the army from Longyou back to Guanzhong? The Lord of Hanoi really favors you! My family has such a powerful man, and I am more afraid of anyone in the world..."

Seeing that this guy was a little carried away with joy, Li Tai quickly raised his hand to stop him from bragging, and led his staff to bring an idle horse, and then led Li Licheng to the team to salute Yang Kuan who was walking all the way.

After running from Longyou to this point, Yang Kuan was also a little tired, but he cheered up and responded. When he learned that Li Licheng had already served as the Sima of the Guangling Palace and the Young Minister of the Taifu at such a young age, he looked at Li Licheng again. He was very enthusiastic, and pointed to the two of them and sighed: "With such talented heirs, why worry about the family's long-term prosperity!"

The returned Longyou soldiers led by Li Tai will directly participate in the next grand parade, but Yang Kuan is going to return to Beijing to report on his duties. Li Tai saw that he was very interested in Li Licheng, so he asked Li Licheng to escort Yang Kuan back to Chang'an .

Li Licheng felt a little displeased, he still did not lose his youthful spirit, seeing that Li Tai was so strong and strong, he wanted to follow him to the parade venue to show off his prestige, but seeing Li Tai staring at him, he quickly agreed, leaving a few more The house slave led the way for Li Tai, and then accompanied Yang Kuan to the ferry to cross the river.

After Li Tai arrived at the Xianyang camp, he rode his horse forward and looked at the armored soldiers in the camp with great interest. He couldn't help feeling that the military construction of the Western Wei Dynasty had also made progress visible to the naked eye. What we see now The weather in the camp is completely different from what I saw when I participated in the parade for the first time in the ninth year of Datong.

Soon the group arrived at the camp that Li Licheng had reserved for them in advance. Li Tai wandered around the camp and was quite satisfied with Li Licheng's arrangement, so he ordered Buqu to get off his horse and set up a tent.

But when the subordinates were busy setting up the camp, a lot of onlookers gradually gathered outside the inclined valley.

Li Tai originally thought they were just curious about where such a large cavalry brigade came here, but he didn't care, but sat on the ground under the shade of a tree, introducing Guanzhong to Linghu Yanbao, who came to Guanzhong for the first time. Human customs.

After a while, more onlookers gathered outside the valley, and some people made strange and provocative calls into the valley.After Li Tai saw this, he suddenly felt upset. He was about to establish an image of authority in front of his subordinates, how could he allow these idle and boring bastards to tear down the stage and slap him in the face!