Northern Dynasties

Chapter 474
Now that the conquest order of the Overlord's Mansion has been issued, there is no time to delay the departure of the army.However, it always takes a certain amount of time for people to gather and organize their luggage. Li Tai doesn't need to turn around after taking orders, and he doesn't even have time to say goodbye to his family.

After confirming the departure and staying personnel, Li Tai handed over the packing matters to his subordinates, and he took some time to return to his home in the city and bid farewell to his wife briefly.

Originally a newlywed, but her husband quickly joined the official business, leaving early and returning late every day, and now he has to lead the army to go to war. As a result, the real time spent together has not increased much compared to before marriage. Naturally, Miaoyin felt a little sad in her heart.

But when she faced her husband, she restrained her full of melancholy, and just forced a smile on her face, "If it wasn't for my husband's hard work in the master, how could a concubine live in the household and enjoy wealth for a long time? My husband doesn't need to worry about family affairs. My concubine has no worries about food and clothing, and even if she is bored, she can return to Ning for entertainment. On the other hand, my husband is away in the army, so he must take care of himself, report to the emperor when things happen, and worry about them if things go wrong..."

While speaking, she took out another bouquet of plain silk gauze from her bosom, held it in front of her forehead with both hands, with a solemn expression and muttered words in her mouth, and then carefully wrapped the silk gauze with brocade cloth again after a while, cherishing it In Li Tai's hands, he said solemnly: "This Buddha gauze is the blessing of the Buddha's power that I pray for the Buddha's grace and care when I chant scriptures in the hall. Please put it away properly, husband, and don't get it contaminated with dirt. If there is anything in the battle , It’s just a small wound, wrapping it with this Buddhist gauze can heal the poison of convulsions and carbuncles..."

Seeing the serious and dignified look on this little lady's face, Li Tai couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, more and more feeling the misfortune of people in troubled times.

Some people see the magnificence of princes, generals, gold and iron horses, but how many joys and sorrows are accompanied by it?
During the more than 300 years of chaos in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, how many women sent their husbands, fathers, brothers, or sons to the battlefield, full of worry, sadness, and hope, just like their own wives, but how many expectations can be fulfilled and their loved ones can be safe? return?
While putting away the gauze close to his body, he secretly decided in his heart that after returning from this battle, he must give this little lady a few biology lessons, and the blessing of Buddha power from anywhere can cure wound infection!

The little lady didn't know that her husband was complaining that she was an uneducated little turtle, but she still regretted: "This Buddhist gauze should be recited for an hour every day, and the Buddha's power will be the best if it is recited for 49 days. But newly married In those few days, I only remembered playing, but when I think about it, it has been less than 49 days. Fulang, let’s make do with it first, and avoid the enemy’s arrows. From now on, I will work hard to save Fulang A lot of Buddhist yarns full of vows, Fulang can..."

No matter how full this wish is, I dare not advance against the enemy's sharp arrows!
Li Tai quickly raised his hand to interrupt the little lady's chatter, and didn't want her to stay at home to do these useless efforts, so he said again: "The power of gods and Buddhas is elusive, and manpower is the real hope. Although the lady has enough food and clothing, she may not This is true of everyone.

As far as the poor people in Kansai, although my wife and I can't take care of them, but all the soldiers under my command have worked tirelessly and fought bloody battles with me. If my parents, wives and children are still suffering from hunger and cold in the country, then it is my general righteous……"

"Don't worry, Fulang. After you set off on the expedition, I will visit those subordinates and their families frequently. They will have no clothes to give, and no food to feed them! I will definitely make my husband the most benevolent lord in Kansai and the world!"

When the little lady heard that there was still a task assigned to her, Dang Lian nodded repeatedly and promised with her fists clenched.

"You still have to do what you can. No matter how much or how little, there is something wrong. Moderation is precious."

Li Tai smiled again and said, he naturally doesn't want his wife to follow the example of other noble ladies who donate money and worship Buddha just because she has nothing to do and cares about the safety of her relatives. Relief to the poor among those subordinates.

Gossiping with the lady again, seeing that it was getting late, he put away the reluctance in his heart, smiled and waved his hand to say goodbye to the lady, then went out and got on the horse, and hurried away.

Miaoyin sent Fulang out with a forced smile, and waited until Fulang's figure disappeared at the corner of the street, with a somewhat stiff and dry smile on his face, until the maidservant reminded her in a low voice, she couldn't help but shed tears, He covered his face and retreated home.

An swearing-in ceremony is usually required for a large army to go out, but Li Tai's troops, as the vanguard, did not have the opportunity for this meeting. They need to go east to Tongguan to inspect and open up the front road first, so as to ensure the unimpeded passage of the Chinese army in the back road.

In this expedition, 3000 vanguard troops were dispatched by the governor's office of the rear army, with [-] light cavalry and [-] infantry.

However, this is the standard of expedition personnel given by the military order of the Ba Mansion, and it does not include all the horses under Li Tai's troops, especially the private troops under his command. He can bring as many as he wants. What the government is responsible for is only the arming and supplies of the three thousand cavalry.

In other words, if Li Tai has the ability to mobilize an army of [-] in Kansai to go east to fight, the Overlord's Mansion will not prohibit it.But if he really had such great mobilization power, then he would have gone out of his way and directly competed with the boss Yu Wentai.

Li Tai neither intends to operate in Henan for a long time, nor does he want to fully expose his potential to Shiliu, and he is only in charge of forward operations, so he only gathered 5000 troops. Two thousand fine riders under his command.

As for the accompanying personnel, they were Lieutenant General Tian Hong, Governor Shi Linghu Yanbao, Army Sima Li Quji, and protégé generals Liang Shiyan, He Ruodun, Gao Le, etc. Compared with the last attack on Jinyang, the personnel were simpler.

After all, this time he is only a forward general and not the main general. If he leads too many generals, it will be a bit overwhelming, so he led a small part of the elite to go out, and the rest either stayed in the countryside to continue to recuperate, or went to northern Shaanxi to operate. develop.

After all the troops were gathered, Li Tai bid farewell to the Taiwan government and the Chinese military government. Immediately, he led the 5000 people under his command to leave the camp and headed south. On the first day, he marched more than 30 li. Stay in camp on the east bank of Luoshui River.

Early the next morning, the army continued to march southeast, crossed the Wei River and entered Huayin territory.There are official warehouses and arsenals in Huayin Realm, where the army replenishes its military supplies and receives rations such as chariots, horses and soldiers.

Due to the recent changes in Henan, the Ba Mansion has imposed frequency adjustments for the entire Kansai. Huashan County is responsible for allocating various supplies to the army in the entire Weinan area. Therefore, the entire Huayin area is tens of miles away. The army included both the Chinese army and horses who returned to the Bafu from other places, as well as the armed forces of the Zhuzhou, county and township regiments.

Although the army here is numerous and chaotic, the arrival of Li Tai's 5000 men and horses is also a presence that stands out from the audience.Most of the Guanxi Township regiment is dominated by infantry, even the elite of the Bafu Central Army, the ratio of infantry and cavalry is three to one or even four to one.

As Li Tai is the pioneer, the ratio of infantry and cavalry allocated by the Bafu is only two to one.But he couldn't stand his wealth, so he added a full two thousand fine cavalry. The cavalry in the army far exceeded the infantry, and it seemed that he was not easy to bully.

Therefore, when his men and horses came across the river, the surrounding people, whether they knew them or not, all cast awe-inspiring eyes, and spontaneously gave way to the road, so that his troops could enter the camp on the slope unimpeded.

Zhao Su, the prefect of Huashan County, was already waiting in front of the camp gate. When he saw Li Taice approaching on horseback, he strode up to meet him: "The humble official has been waiting here for a long time, and the people, horses, materials, and personnel of the Xihe Office have already been allocated properly, and they can be paid immediately. Give."

Zhao Su was still Li Tai's subordinate in the Taifu. Seeing so many people gathered here, Li Tai thought it would take a lot of time to handle the matter. Unexpectedly, Zhao Su had already done it for him first, so he nodded in satisfaction and said goodbye. He said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Zhao. It's inconvenient to have a banquet to thank you in the army. In the future, when you triumph, you will get drunk with the Mr. Zhao."

The two exchanged pleasantries here, suddenly a county official hurried over and whispered something to Zhao Su, Zhao Su's expression changed immediately after hearing this, he looked at Li Tai hesitantly, and apologized after a while Say goodbye and leave.

After Li Tai saw this, he signaled Li Quji to follow and have a look. Zhao Su was not only his subordinate, but also helped a lot. If he encountered any difficulties and it was convenient for him, he might as well help out.

Li Quji returned half an hour after he left, and immediately reported to Li Tai a dumbfounding thing: a state soldier was dissatisfied with the amount of supplies allocated by Huashan County, and even forcibly robbed an official warehouse, and came to Li Tai after hearing the news The county soldiers were at a stalemate, and Li Quji brought people forward to help them disarm and apprehend those state soldiers.

After hearing this, Li Tai couldn't help feeling deeply, our Guanxi Erlang is so rebellious and lawless.The reason why his troops are able to have strict military discipline is also because he has done everything possible to collect money and ensure that there is no shortage of military use.

Now that the state soldiers who caused the disturbance had been arrested, Li Tai no longer asked how Zhao Su would deal with it, since it had nothing to do with him anyway.

But just as he finished his dinner and was about to enter the tent to rest, another camp guard came to report that someone outside the camp had knocked on the camp to see him.

(End of this chapter)