Northern Dynasties

Chapter 43
Li Tai stayed in the manor that night, and fell asleep the next day, when the sound of drums and horns suddenly sounded in his ears.

At first he only thought that he was dreaming about returning to Mang Mountain and fleeing west after being defeated, but he soon realized that something was wrong, the sound of drums and horns was not like a dream.

He opened his eyes suddenly, and the sound of drumming and horns in his ears became more and more real. Before his thoughts were clear enough, his body had already moved a step ahead. He jumped up from the bed, grabbed the clothes on the hanger and draped them over his body, and took advantage of the situation. He took out his saber and rushed straight to the door.

"Alang, could it be that there are thieves coming to disturb you?"

There was a hasty warning sound outside the door, and Li Yantou, who had followed Li Tai here yesterday, also rushed out from the side room and stood in front of the door with a knife to warn.

At this time, the sky was still gray and the sun had not yet risen. The two masters and servants stood with their knives in their hands, their ears pricked up to discern the sound waves.

"Go to Grand Master He Ba's residence and call the police!"

Li Tai didn't have time to think, he waved to Li Yantou and went straight to He Basheng's bedroom.

When the two walked halfway, they suddenly heard someone shouting from under the wall: "Scholar Wu is practicing in the morning, it is not disturbing by thieves, is it disturbing the gentleman?"

Li Tai pressed the knife with one hand, looked intently, and saw that standing under the wall was Zhu Meng, one of the newlyweds who saluted last night, a strong man, and then realized that he was too sensitive and misunderstood.

"It doesn't bother me at all. My master and servant also have the habit of dancing and practicing when they hear the chicken."

He stood still in embarrassment, embarrassed to admit the fact that he was startled in sleep, turned his head and gave Li Yan a look, and then replied.

"Morning exercise is a good habit! After a good night's sleep, you will feel lazy and relaxed, and after working out your muscles and bones, you will feel strong and energetic all day long!"

That Zhu Meng strode up, dressed in a strong suit, with a short stick pinned to his waist, and a long stick in his hand, but his expression did not have the refreshing feeling of a happy spring night, but an expression of displeasure: "A few thieves are greedy for me!" The leader of the team, I was not allowed to participate in the morning exercise, and I was chased back. Going home is also boring, how about the best man to hone his muscles and bones!"

Li Tai was shocked at this moment, and he also became happy when he heard this: "The grand master made an order last night, and the expulsion from Robe Ze is also affectionate. Zhu Meng'er is happily married, and he has the heart to leave his bride alone in the curtain?"

"If you marry a wife and start a family, can you just sit around and eat? Constantly lingering with women will only hurt my strength. When I enter the battle in the future, the thieves will not show mercy to me because of this woman."

Zhu Meng lowered his waist and steadied his horse gait, swung his stick with both hands and started to play.

Hearing the truth, Li Tai couldn't help but admire this strong man who is not obsessed with women, and turned to Li Yantou and said: "This is the words of a real man, if you marry a wife in the coming year, you must use this to restrain yourself! "

"It's not that I don't have such knowledge, as long as Alang marry me a wife, it will be reflected!"

Li Yantou was a bit dissatisfied when he heard this, and grinned.

Seeing Zhu Meng's long staff waving up, he also lifted up the corner of his hip-short robe and jumped out of the corridor: "I'll have a fight with the strong man!"

Seeing this, Zhu Meng also smiled slightly, put aside his long staff, and drew out his short staff as a knife. When he saw Li Yan raised his head for blessing, he shouted and rushed forward.

Li Yantou has a strong arm, and when he saw this, he swung the back of his knife horizontally to block, and when he hit it twice, Zhu Meng squeezed his tiger's mouth that was a little numb from the shock, his eyes lit up, and he praised in his mouth: "What a handsome arm, I want it!" Seriously, you have to be careful!"

"come!"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, he had the aura of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, not because of the experience of many battles, the old soldier was timid and weak, and he swung his knife to stop him.

Zhu Meng frowned and looked carefully, the short stick in his hand went up to the back of the saber, but no longer hit it hard, but turned his wrist and wiped it obliquely, pressing down obliquely along Li Yan's head saber, and when he saw Li Yan's head turned around With great strength, the short stick attached to the back of the knife trembled sharply, and hit Li Yan's head and wrist precisely.

Li Yan groaned from the pain in his head, and the saber slumped, but he gritted his teeth and slammed into Zhu Meng.Seeing this, Zhu Meng directly discarded the short stick, supported Li Yan's head and ribs with both hands, and swept away backwards with the force of the collision. The back of Li Yan's head.

"Using force in the formation is the worst way to avoid death. Your charge looks brave, but it is actually a pawn, which is harmful to the formation. You need to use glue to enter the formation. The glue connects the left and right, and is inseparable. Your arms are strong, and you should be able to defend yourself from the left to the right. For the iron gate, it is more important to focus on the two sides than to work straight.

The lord often said that generals have the courage of soldiers, and soldiers are the commander of strength. Generals use military strategies, and soldiers have methods of using strength.Twisting is light and transporting heavy is heavy, and the strength of ten kilograms can kill the enemy. There is no way, and the strength of ten thousand kilograms is just a waste! "

Zhu Meng looked at Li Yan's head, half admiring and half regretting.

Li Yan was defeated in the first face-to-face meeting, and he was also depressed and ashamed. Hearing Zhu Meng's words, he looked thoughtful, and sighed after a while: "I also understand a little bit about fighting methods. It is rare for a strong man to use as much skill as a strong man. I don't know how to use this force, can the strong man be more careful?"

"It's complicated, but practice makes perfect. Is your wrist okay? Let me teach you a few sword positions in the formation. The force is different regardless of the position in the formation. You need to be flexible with your hands and eyes in the front, and you need to be flexible in the middle." Brave and resolute, after the town, you must have a long vigor..."

Zhu Meng has the habit of being a good teacher, and he doesn't hide his own battle skills, so he took Li Yan's head to explain.

Li Tai, who was standing on the side, was also very interested, and he came up to him and asked with a smile, "Isn't this right? Shouldn't it be the opponent's boldness, charging into the battle to boost morale?"

"People who don't often go into battle often have such misunderstandings. They only say that two battles, the brave will win. Whether it is right or wrong, it depends on the opponent. If the opponent is weak, and they will be gone at once, it is natural. The warriors stand at the front and drive the formation. But if the forces are equal, the sharpness will surely break. This requires the former to be the eyes to find the omissions, the sergeant to be the knife to crack the skin, and the rearer to be the hammer to break the tendons and bones..."

Zhu Meng spoke very carefully, and Li Tai listened very carefully.

Although he has the martial arts and memories left over from his predecessor, his predecessor was just a young man who was good at martial arts and fighting, and he didn't have much real battle experience.The first battle was to follow Yu Jin's army to attack several powerful dock walls in the Heluo area. When he really fought against the elite soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he was injured and rescued, and his body was taken by himself who traveled through.

War is the most intense kind of human behavior. Once a battle is fought, the winner is divided, and life and death are divided. Naturally, there is no room for sloppyness.

Although Zhu Meng is not a well-known general, he has followed He Basheng from north to south for many years, and has accumulated a lot of actual combat experience.Even just picking out some key explanations is enough to make Li Tai's master and servant listen mesmerized.

Unknowingly, the sun had already risen, and the pawns who were practicing down the slope also returned one after another. Seeing the three people gathered together, some people joined in the discussion one after another.Talking about some extreme battles they each experienced, Li Tai was thrilled and interested, and kept some key points of victory and defeat in his mind.

He Basheng was hungover last night, and it was not early when he woke up. When he walked out of the bedroom, he saw Li Tai mingling with his subordinates, standing on the sidelines for a while, with a thoughtful expression.

After a while, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "These veterans are naturally proficient in fighting skills, but there is no need to listen too seriously. As a general, one must cultivate one's mind to resist the crowd. First learn not to be timid, and then be cautious and brave. As for the method, it still needs to be honed in the process, practice makes perfect."

When everyone heard He Basheng's speech, they all turned around and entered to salute.He Basheng waved his hands away from the crowd, and greeted Li Tai to enter the hall for dinner.

Li Tai recalled seeing He Basheng's anomaly at the banquet last night, seeing that he was just sitting with frowning eyebrows today, so he couldn't help asking: "Uncle, is there something wrong?"

"Old illnesses over the years are not a problem."

He Basheng sighed after hearing the words: "In the early years, I was in the south of the Yangtze River. I suffered from damp and cold, and my evil spirit was stubborn. Occasionally, I didn't notice it and my hands and feet were numb. Although it didn't kill me, it was torture..."

"Could it be beriberi stubborn disease?"

Li Tai put down his chopsticks when he heard this, and asked with concern.

The beriberi he is talking about is not tinea pedis and other diseases of later generations, but a disease that has been highly prevalent in the Jiangnan area since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, especially after Yongjia's south crossing.

"Yeah, evil spirits disturb people, worse than swords. In the early years, the pain was so severe that I didn't even dare to walk on the ground. After returning home, it has improved a few years ago, but recently there have been occasional attacks."

He Basheng pointed helplessly at his feet below the knees and said.

Li Tai's expression became a little serious when he heard this.

Beriberi in medieval times has nothing to do with fungal infection or vitamin deficiency, but a comprehensive neuroinflammation, which is a kind of gas disease.

Wind disease and Qi disease were relatively common diseases in the Middle Ages, and the most famous ones were inherited from the Li Tang family.

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan died of a stroke, Tang Taizong also suffered from Qi disease for many years, and Empress Changsun also died of Qi disease.Not to mention Tang Gaozong and Li Zhi, who had suffered from high blood pressure for many years so that Wu Zetian was in power.Tang Zhongzong Li Xian also suffered from severe beriberi because he was imprisoned in Shannan all the year round.

Zhang Wenzhong, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty who treated wind diseases for Emperor Gaozong Lizhi, said that there are [-] kinds of wind and [-] kinds of qi.

Beriberi in the Middle Ages, if you want to make an analogy, is probably a similar comprehensive inflammation such as toxic neuritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout.

It is really fatal when it is serious, because it often requires long-term medication, and beriberi attacking the heart is death caused by acute toxic renal failure and congestive heart failure caused by rheumatism.

Li Tai knew that He Basheng's life was not long, but he only thought it was caused by the shocking news of his son's death, but he didn't expect that He Basheng had a serious illness in the first place.It seems that the real cause of He Basheng's death should be the double blow of great emotional grief and the outbreak of serious illness.

"Since he has this chronic illness, uncle must avoid eating alcohol, meat and other things that cause anger!"

After guessing the inside story, Li Tai couldn't help worrying about He Basheng, got up and went to the front and took the mutton on He Basheng's food table, and advised with a serious face.

He Basheng couldn't help being dumbfounded when he saw this, and he sighed again after a while: "It's not considered premature death when you're over half a hundred years old. Compared with other old people, I've already been stealing old age. Even if the weather comes to remind me, I can only wait quietly. I'm stuttering, I'm so arrogant!"

"My uncle and I are neither relatives nor relatives, and we are lucky to live in this town because of his protection. Even if my uncle complains that I am greedy for such favors and proud of being favored, then I will be happy to be a villain who harms others and enriches myself. I hope I can always listen to teachings."

Li Tai brought the mutton back to his food table and started to eat it. He looked at He Basheng and said, "Besides, uncle has a long journey, but he may not taste more delicacies in the world than I do. Once in the world, but the taste is superficial, isn't it true?" Isn't it a pity? Uncle, please cherish this desire, and I will come to serve delicious food one after another later, so that Uncle can remember it."

(End of this chapter)