Northern Dynasties

Chapter 413
On the north bank of Jinshui, after such a big commotion last night, the prisoners of war in Mangshan quickly collected a batch of ordnance in Jinyang South City, and then returned to the previous camp to settle down.

This alone is far more disciplined than those prisoners and robbers who are still wandering around and taking advantage of the fire.With the disbandment of the powerful tribes and their support, the south of the city is already full of street fighting, and it is already very difficult for those people to get out.

"Does Li Boshan still recognize me? Is it surprising that he can still gather in the world?"

Just when Li Tai led his troops here, Gao Le strode forward with several soldiers, pointing at him from a distance and laughing loudly.

Looking at this burly and strong man, Li Tai was a little strange at first, and after thinking for a while in his mind, he was pleasantly surprised: "Gao Liangbi, you are not dead yet?"

This is naturally not cursing the other party, Li Tai was indeed very surprised.This strong man named Gao Le is a relative of Gao Zhongmi's family. He used to follow Gao Ao Cao in the army, and also went to Qinghe Township to visit their home with Gao Zhongmi. He asked for advice on lance techniques.

The old friend is naturally very kind when meeting, Li Tai got off his horse and went to Gao Le. He was only a half-sized boy when we got along with him in memory, but now he is no less tall than this strong man, but he is not as round and burly.

Gao Le saw that the image in Li Taihe's memory had also changed a lot. He had grown from a country boy who was full of longing for the army to a brave general who led his troops to attack the enemy's capital.

"Boshan, you follow Uncle to the west. Although it is a catastrophe, it is also a great opportunity. Seeing that you are in the opening of the mansion, commanding a powerful army, and no one can defeat Jinyang, it can be seen that Uncle's old intentions are not invincible. If you make a mistake, you are far better than the old people of the Eastern Dynasty! On the other hand, I was arrested in the territory and spent several years in a slave camp, alas..."

Listening to Gao Le's emotion, it seems that he attributed his current position and strength to Gao Zhongmi's Xitou, and Li Tai didn't explain too much.His existence itself is contrary to common sense. No one would have imagined that a teenage boy could make such great progress with his own efforts in just a few years in a foreign country.

"Liang Bi doesn't need to be humble. If you and the masses hadn't acted in righteousness to respond, our troops might still be trapped in Jinyang Palace right now."

He first laughed and praised Gao Le, and then looked at the commanders of the Mangshan prisoners of war. Through their introductions, he knew that they were also the generals of the Western Wei army in the past.

Everyone was a little surprised when they saw Li Tai's image. They just felt that it did not match the image they had imagined. Leaving aside his appearance, the key was that he was too young, maybe not even 20 years old.If they hadn't met here in the hinterland of the enemy's country, and had seen the chaos in Jinyang City, they might have subconsciously thought that the founder of the mansion must be lucky.

Gao Le saw Li Tai's decent speech and calm posture, talking to the soldiers one by one to comfort and encourage him, and he couldn't help feeling loudly in his heart. After only three days away from the Taoist priest, he really had to look at him with admiration. Li Tai's growth has far surpassed him. old acquaintance.

He cleared up his lost mood, and when he turned his eyes, he found the big and eye-catching horse lance hanging on the side of Li Tai's saddle. He couldn't help but strode forward to observe carefully and raised his hand to rub it. Fa asked: "This horse, this..."

"It is indeed an old artifact of Situ Gao. I was appreciated by Yuwen Daxingtai and gave me this ancient artifact of Situ, encouraging me to continue to make meritorious deeds."

Li Tai walked over again and said with a smile, raised his hand to grab the horse lance, and said to Gao Le, an old friend who was also a teacher and friend, not without showing off: "This time when we entered the country to attack thieves, the Eastern Army who died at the front of the lance There are more than a hundred soldiers!"

Hearing this, Gao Le couldn't believe it. He rubbed his hands and laughed, "Situ's old lance is already heavy, and it is difficult for ordinary people to hold on for a long time. Boshan, your old skills are indeed impressive, but you don't know what's going on now. Why don't you win the lance? Fan?"

"Lord Lang is tired from fighting for a long time. Since the general needs skills, it is better for the last general to do it for him."

Zhang Shinu didn't know how the old relationship between the lord and this man was, but he was displeased with his tone, which seemed to be a bit of a school test, and when he stepped forward, he spoke, and at the same time several other generals also took a step forward.

Of course, Gao Le had no other intentions, but subconsciously said that he was emotional when he saw his uncle's old things. He was not used to the change of Li Tai's identity, so he was a little embarrassed to see his subordinates misunderstand that he was provocative.

Li Tai stopped everyone with his eyes, then turned to Gao Le and said with a smile: "I also often miss brother Liangbi in the village teaching me martial arts in the old days, and now we meet again after a long absence, it's a show."

While speaking, he led his staff to bring a war horse and handed Gao Le a horse lance. The two sides got on their horses, and the people around them also spontaneously cleared a field, and then they rode their horses and rushed towards each other.

Seizing the lance is divided into single seizing and double seizing, and the form is just as the name suggests. The two are now playing a double seizing game. They must not only prevent their own lance from being held by the opponent, but also strive to capture the opponent's lance. There are extremely high requirements for lance skills and arm strength.

The two confronted and tried several times, and finally they held each other's lance. After a few exercises, not only their veins were exposed due to their strength, but even the war horse under their crotches neighed softly due to the force.

The spectators around were still applauding and applauding. Seeing the stalemate, they all held their breath. Seeing the two horses trembling slightly arched, one can see the great effort under this calm appearance. , I'm afraid it can penetrate several layers of armor.

Finally, with a muffled growl, Gao Le's shoulders and arms trembled, and the horse in his hand had been snatched away by Li Tai, and then he gasped loudly as if he was exhausted, was helped off the horse, looked at Li Tai with a wry smile and said: "Having been raised in a slave camp for several years, the skills are no longer what they used to be. Boshan, you are laughing at me."

Li Tai could feel that Gao Le gave up voluntarily because he was exhausted at the last moment, but when he heard the applause from the surrounding crowd and the reverence in the eyes of the Mangshan prisoners of war looking at him, he didn't break it, just walked up Come forward and say to Gao Le Zhengse: "The old prison has been broken, this time, brothers and I will return to Kansai, and we will have a vast world to build meritorious deeds!"

After meeting each other and having a preliminary understanding, the next step is to discuss what to do.

For Li Tai, at this point in the matter, the harassment against the enemy's rear has already been overfulfilled. It is best to evacuate as soon as possible, so that the personnel gains obtained before can be settled.

These Mangshan prisoners of war also hope to return to Kansai as soon as possible. They have been tortured here for a long time, and they don't want to stay any longer.

Now that the two sides have reached such a consensus, even though there still seem to be some opportunities and benefits that can be grasped and squeezed out in the chaotic Jinyang City, they don't want to continue, after all, the risk is too high.Rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention that the Bafu of the Eastern Wei Dynasty was never a rabbit.

But if you retreat, you will face some problems.First of all, these Mangshan prisoners of war hoped that Li Tai could bring their robed companions who were left in Jinci Temple, they really couldn't bear to abandon these old, weak, sick and disabled here to die.

These desperation old town soldiers have a very deep friendship with each other. Luo Chao, who had previously detoured from the west mountain to the south, also planned to persuade these old and sick soldiers from the Jinci Temple to persuade these camp slaves to revolt.Although the effect of this strategy was obscured by the existence of Gao Le, the friendship between these veterans is not fake.

After pondering for a while, Li Tai nodded and agreed. First of all, the rioting of these prisoners of war really helped him a lot. Secondly, if these prisoners of war in Mangshan were rescued back to Chang'an, it would be both fame and fortune for him, especially in the government. The prestige of the middle and lower ranks of the soldiers may even surpass that of breaking the Jinyang Palace, not to mention that these old soldiers themselves are a valuable resource.

Rescuing all these prisoners of war is of course a joy for all, but if so, it will definitely affect the choice of retreat route.

It is relatively safe now to bypass Jinyang City and follow Li Tailai Road back to Lishi area.This area has been fortified and cleared by Jinyang's left-behinds. Now Jinyang's city defenses are in chaos and they can't retreat, and the defenders of Beishan Great Wall are controlled by Li Yunxin's department, so there is no danger of chasing troops to intercept them in the short term.

But this road is winding and long, and many of the old and weak among the prisoners of war in Mangshan can't even act on their own, which will definitely slow down the journey greatly, and the longer they stay on the way, the more dangerous they will be. bigger.

If he returned by detouring the northern border, Li Tai was worried that not only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled would die on the way because they couldn't bear the hardship of the journey, and other troops might be greatly affected.

If you go back via the southern route, you don't need to turn around on the route. Go south along the Fenshui River to Fenzhou, and go west through Huangzhuling to reach Lishi.

But there are two problems with this road. The first is that it is unknown whether the Jihu troops led by Han Guo have conquered a series of defenses such as Liubi City.

No one can come up with any effective strategies for all kinds of difficulties, and Li Tai, the master, still needs to make a decision in the future.After weighing things up, Li Tai decided to move to Jinci Temple for a short rest, and sent scouts to the south to investigate.

Before leaving, Li Tai asked Luo Chao, a great hero, if he needed to take his family out of Jinyang City. The cities of Jinyang are still in chaos, so there is still an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After Luo Chao heard the words, he shook his head directly and said: "The heart of returning to righteousness is like an arrow off the string. I am not the only one who has a wife and children in the world? How can I make the masses suffer because of this!"

Hearing that this guy is so enlightened, Li Tai can only admire him, and hope that Tai Ji Lu will not give up your career development because of this.To be abandoned by her husband in other places may be a disaster, but here it can only be said that the door to a new world has been opened, with endless possibilities in the future.

The scouts dispatched soon discovered Guizuo. Along the coast of Fenshui, they found many teams of villagers traveling northward along the river. He had no choice but to flee in the direction of Jinyang.

After hearing the news, Li Tai was overjoyed. Li Shihu entered Kou Fenzhou earlier than his troops arrived in Jinyang, and Fenzhou's geographical location is closer to the front line of Yubi. Gao Huan must have already Knowing the news that Fenzhou was invaded by Jihu, but there was still no effective assistance, and the villagers of Fenzhou were allowed to flee.

It can be seen that in Gao Huan's mind, the Yubi battle is the most important thing at the moment, and such trivial matters as Jihu and bandits are not worth distracting to deal with.

Therefore, the road to the south should be considered safe at the moment. Even if Gao Huan got the news of the Jinyang riots, he might not be able to make the decision to give up the attack on Yubi City for a while and return the army to help. If this time difference can be grasped well, then the return of the south route will have a much higher chance of success than the detour of the north route.

With this realization, Li Tai immediately stopped hesitating and ordered his troops to set off immediately. Hundreds of ranger scouts were in front, followed by his own troops, and the prisoners of war in Mangshan were at the end of the team, with a group of more than [-] people. Go southward along the Fenshui River.

(End of this chapter)