Northern Dynasties

Today's Hanbei camp is filled with joyful atmosphere. In order to celebrate the smooth progress of the battle, General Li Dadu rewarded the army. The soldiers of the battalion each had extra meals, and the brave fighters were rewarded. Give.

Li Tai didn't make a fuss about his family's private affairs, but arranged a banquet in the big tent to clean up the dust for his father who had just returned and entertain the Xiangyang envoy who came here to see him off.

All the generals at the banquet naturally knew such good news, and they were all very curious about who brought up such an outstanding son of Li Dadu, so they toasted each other during the banquet, and the burning eyes made Li Xiao feel a little terrified.

Leaving aside the discomfort caused by the crowd's over-enthusiasm, Li Xiao also noticed their respect and obedience to his son from the bottom of their hearts.Seeing that his son has such a high prestige in the eyes of his subordinates, Li Xiao also feels deeply and honored.

When he saw his son's response to the crowd's compliments decently and with ease, Li Xiao felt even more emotional, proud but also secretly regretful.

His son is already thriving, which naturally makes him feel very relieved.But because the change was too great, it also made him feel strange.Because of the war, the father and son were separated for several years. It is naturally gratifying to be able to reunite now, but he missed the process of his son's growth and change.

Although Li Xiao was born in the Li family in Longxi, he was not familiar with the social occasions in the official circle. The year when he first became a monk coincided with the Heyin Change, and he was lucky enough to escape the disaster.If he hadn't been coerced by Gao Zhongmi, a bad friend, he might still be living in seclusion in Qinghe Township.

Now that he is reunited with his relatives after a farewell, Li Xiao hopes to sit down and have a deep talk with his son, and say goodbye to each other.But when he saw the people in the tent crowded around him attentively, his own son was also in high spirits, he didn't want to spoil the interest of the people, so he sat in the banquet and sipped slowly.

A banquet went on until late at night, although Li Xiao didn't pretend to be booze, but unconsciously became drunk.

When Li Tai saw that Aye couldn't sit still in the banquet, he raised his hand to stop the banquet, the crowd dispersed, and he himself helped his drunk father to go to another tent to rest.

At the previous banquet, he could see that his father couldn't blend in, and he frequently expressed his intention to talk to him, but Li Tai vaguely understood it and didn't give a positive response.

After all, he is not the real Li Tai, and it is inevitable that he will feel a little guilty when facing his father's scrutiny. Although he can cover up the past with confidence in his acting skills, after all, father and son have been separated for several years, and he is in the period of adolescence that changes the most, so he will always be a little alienated.

But using acting skills to express his true feelings to people, he is inevitably a little bit guilty, and subconsciously avoids face-to-face contact.Perhaps it will take some time before the relationship between father and son becomes intimate and comfortable.

After entering the other tent, Li Xiao tried to shake his head trying to wake himself up, but he still muttered and complained: "Why are you greedy and drunk again! There are still many things to say to my son... Apan, Apan, you Wait for a while, you will wake up soon, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that it will be a dream again when you wake up tomorrow!"

Hearing this, Li Tai's heart was sour, and he patted the back of his father's hand to comfort him: "Aye, don't worry, this is not a dream. I will stay here and stay here, and I won't go anywhere."

While speaking, he ordered his soldiers to prepare buttermilk tea and bring it here, while he sat sideways by the couch, watching over his father who tossed and turned and refused to fall asleep.

"Ah, Apan, are you still there? After hearing the news about you, Aye was very upset. He liked my son to be strong and self-reliant, better than his father and grandfather, but he was afraid of meeting you... You are ashamed to see my son, If I hadn’t mistakenly made friends and caused disasters, my son wouldn’t have to endure a lot of suffering. Although, although my son has overcome all difficulties and bravely strived for the top, thinking, thinking of the hardships my son has suffered, really hurts my heart!”

Drunk people are already very emotional, and Li Xiao felt guilty for his son, so he couldn't help but confide it after the reunion, and he said full of self-blame: "In just a few years, Ah Pan has grown stronger. Standing in Kansai, your talents and talents are a hundred times better than yours!
I am annoyed and hateful that you were born in this family. You are so timid and unbearable. Because of the disaster in Heyin, you dare not go to the world bravely.If your father has the courage to forge ahead, even if you rely on your family resources to make progress for my son, you don’t need to live in Kansai, and you can still be greater than Kanto!There is a young Lin in the household, and it is dangerous to be mistaken by the mediocre father..."

Hearing his father's self-reproach, Li Tai couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

He's doing well in Kansai, but that doesn't mean he can do it in Kanto.Jinyang nobles and Hebei tyrants have basically divided up the military resources of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Even if he is lucky enough to be appreciated by the brothers of the Gao family, it is amazing to get a status like Yang Min. Without enough armed forces in his hands, he is afraid of It is inevitable that the eyes will be beaten out.

Guys like Duan Shao and Hu Luguang are not big-hearted good men and women. As the backbone of the second generation of Jinyang nobles, whoever wants to reach into their field to redistribute rights and interests will instantly become a food protector. Little wolf dog, there is no scum left after biting people.

For his father's mentality, Li Tai can also have a little understanding.No matter who has such an outstanding son as himself, he will inevitably feel pressured, and it is also due to the fact that his family does not have the throne to inherit, otherwise his father will be like Li Longji, thinking every day how to give his prince thousands of dollars. cut.

Li Xiao tossed and tossed for a while before falling asleep soundly, and Li Tai stood up when he heard the even breathing, and tiptoed out of the tent.

He himself didn't know how to face his father, and it seemed that his father was also a little awkward when facing him.After several years of separation between father and son, he seems to have become the head of the young and strong army of the Kansai Overlord Mansion, while his father has achieved nothing and even been reduced to being used as a hostage bargaining chip. This is undoubtedly a bit useless.The better the son is, the more he can reflect his own incompetence. Obviously, it will take some time before he can accept this fact.

But in any case, the reunion of father and son is always a great event.Right now he is still in the enemy's territory, in order to prevent extreme joy from turning into sorrow, Li Tai went round the camp again to make sure there was nothing unusual before going back to his tent to rest.

Early the next morning, Li Tai went to visit his father after getting up, and Li Xiao also got up very early. When he saw his son, he looked a little shy. Time is hard to let go.

"There are still some things to finish in the war here. Most of the camps are inconvenient. I want to arrange other troops to escort Aye back to Rang City first. What do you think of Aye?"

When father and son had breakfast together, Li Tai took the opportunity to ask for instructions.

After Li Xiao heard the words, he said: "Your duty comes first, you don't have to count on me. Reunion after a long absence, the future is still long. Although your father is still old, you don't need to disturb the younger generation with everything. It's okay to go."

Hearing that the tone was a little bit stronger, Li Tai couldn't help being amused, of course he couldn't let Aye go by himself, it was hard to find someone, he couldn't come again, he still arranged for an escort.After all, the battle here has almost gone on, and they are about to withdraw in batches.

He first arranged for Li Quji and Gao Le to escort Li Xiao to the north of the camp, and then turned back to deal with the rest of the affairs.

The King of Yueyang, Xiao Xie, was also very winking, the personnel and goods sent along with his father were of high value, which was enough to show the importance he attached to their father and son, and Li Tai's previous expression was not in vain.

From Li Xiao's point of view, this was an important gift, but to a feudal official like Li Tai, it was just a small gesture of friendship, and he accepted it with a smile without any psychological barriers.As for who wants to impeach and report him based on this, it is well known that Li Dadu Dufan has never been known for his integrity.

If you get a gift from someone, of course you have to reciprocate it.Li Tai transferred the ransom money sent by Du Youan and Jingzhao Du, who had surrendered before, to Xiao Xie. As for Xiao Xie's killing or cutting, he naturally ignored it.

If it was before, Li Tai might still be worried that doing so might affect the image of Xiangyang's big clan on him, and he might not be willing to surrender easily when he becomes hostile in the future.But it turns out that this is really too much to worry about, and these powerful families in the Southern Dynasty are really addicted, and he has no time to accept those who surrendered.

But when sending Du Youan back, Li Tai attached another condition, that is, he hoped that Xiao Xie could send Liu Fanggui's family here.To exchange a member of Jingzhao Du's lineage for a family member of a rebel general, this deal is not a bad deal for Xiao Xie.

As for the nearly [-] soldiers and civilians in Fancheng, they were Li Tai's spoils of war in the first place, and he didn't plan to trade them, and planned to bring them all back to Jingzhou.This is also one of the reasons why he wants to return Liu Fanggui's family to appease them. If there is no command and restraint of the chief they are familiar with, most of these soldiers and civilians will have to flee on the way.

Although Xiao Xi still wanted to discuss further, even if he paid some price to keep some of the soldiers and civilians of Fancheng, after all, the population is very precious to any party.

But Li Tai didn't want to mention this issue at all, and Xiao Xi didn't dare to fight on it, fearing that his words and attitude would be too violent and offend Li Tai, and destroy the friendly atmosphere that the two sides had finally established.

I have to say that dealing with these people from the Southern Dynasties is really a very good experience.They are not stubborn and poor like those townspeople in the north. They will carefully care for each other's mood, maintain the atmosphere of dialogue, and try their best to meet the obviously excessive demands of the other party.

However, they were not willing to agree to all requests. Before withdrawing, Li Tai tentatively proposed to meet King Yueyang, talk to each other, and explore a larger scope of cooperation, but was rejected.

There was nothing he could do about it, he could only temporarily withdraw his troops and return to the town, and then send envoys to contact and continue to deepen their relationship.After all, regardless of the possible exchanges and cooperation between regions, this Yueyang King Xiao Xi still has a big expansion pack for the next version hanging on his body. If he can establish a good relationship in advance, he will not lose money.

But today the other party refused to come to see him, so he could only go back to Jingzhou to deal with internal problems.