Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

"Last year when I was touring Longshan to the West, many of the counties and counties along the way were busy and crowded, and the food for the people and horses was often insufficient, and the people who accompanied the driver were inevitably hungry and thirsty. This year, Boshan is well-arranged, which makes people feel at ease. It would have been more convenient than last year. When we go on tour, the people don’t have to suffer this much!”

Li Mu led his troops north along the Luoshui River and saw that Li Tai had arranged personnel and materials along the way. Therefore, after meeting outside Luochuan City, he was full of praise for Li Tai.

Li Tai didn't smile much after hearing the compliment. He just stared at Li Mu and said solemnly: "These polite words go without saying. Mr. Wu An should have something else to report to me, right?"

After hearing this, Li Mu first avoided Li Tai's eyes with a guilty conscience, and then turned back and said with a dry smile: "My Lord told me before leaving that the matter must not be hidden from Boshan, so after we met here, he told me the truth." Report. It’s always difficult to talk about things here. Can you go into the city and elaborate?”

After hearing this, Li Tai's expression softened a little, and the commander got his mount, got on his horse, and returned to the city with Li Mu.

"The Lord has determined the tour period. He will arrive here in mid-May. After a short pause, he will go straight to Xiazhou, pass through Suizhou, Dongxiazhou, etc. and return south along the river. He will be able to return to Huazhou in July at the latest. "

Although Li Mu no longer works with Li Tai, he still pays a lot of attention to him. He naturally knows what he cares about. After entering the city and sitting down, he briefly informed him of the patrol route and time.

When Li Tai heard this, he raised his eyebrows. When Daxingtai retained him last year, he said that he would just go on a patrol, but it turns out that half a year has passed! Hou Jing in the south had already captured Jiankang City in March, but he still stayed in Guanzhong and could not go back. You can imagine his anxiety.

Li Mu also knew how Li Tai was feeling by looking at his expression, but his next sentence added fuel to the fire: "Before I left, my Majesty ordered Duke Nanyang to lead 10,000 people from Manan to leave Wuguan and send aid to Ying via Mianbei. Sichuan……"

"What!"

After Li Tai heard this, he was shocked and angry, and he couldn't help but start shooting.

He naturally knew what was going on with Zhao Gui's rescue of Yingchuan, but he thought that now that he had already established a stable foothold in Jingzhou and had put forward a plan to conquer Handong, even if Yuwentai hesitated for a moment, he probably wouldn't Let's send Zhao Guinan there again. Regardless of whether Yingchuan can be saved or not, the key point is not to let this old boy ruin his various personnel arrangements in Mianbei!

In the end, I didn't expect that Yuwentai still persisted in his stubbornness. He deliberately sent himself to the north and still sent Zhao Guinan. Fortunately, he had planned to expand Yuwentai's courtyard before, but he didn't expect that this smelly black otter sent him. People raid his lair!

"Boshan, please be patient and please listen to me finish explaining the reason?"

Seeing Li Tai's reaction so fiercely, Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. He stood up and raised his hand to push him back to the table, and then said: "Don't worry, Nanyang Gong is just passing through Jingzhou, and he will not lead the way." Taking charge of Jingzhou's military affairs, all the military and political affairs you have arranged before will not be affected."

Li Tai just snorted coldly when he heard this, but then he thought about why Yu Wentai still insisted on sending Zhao Guinan.

"My lord knows that you must be unhappy with this appointment. After all, before this, all the affairs in the southeast were entrusted to you, but now you are sent to Duke Nanyang. It seems that you don't trust your ability. But now it's just you and my close friend who talk privately. If Boshan you We are still in Jingzhou, will you save Yingchuan from the crisis or not?"

Hearing the question raised by Li Mu, Li Tai frowned again. Of course he had considered this matter and had already made a decision, that is, to focus on his own rhythm and act according to his ability.

However, Li Mu's next words still showed that his thinking was a bit simple: "In fact, since Yingchuan was trapped last year, there has been a lot of suggestions from various parties in western Henan and Hedong. I hope you, Boshan, can lead the army to rescue Yingchuan. You are the national leader. He is an up-and-coming young man who has made outstanding achievements since the war with the Eastern bandits, and is highly regarded by people from all walks of life in Guandong. There will be more and more such suggestions in the years to come, and some even say that Boshan will not come out and Yingchuan will not be saved..."

Hearing this, Li Tai couldn't help but secretly take a breath. He didn't expect that people who have too high expectations can have such trouble. No matter how conceited he was, he didn't think he could save Yingchuan from danger when it was besieged by the Eastern Wei army.

"My lord just withheld these requests, and whispered to our close associates that Boshan, you are talented enough to pioneer, and it would be a pity if you used it to fix loopholes for others. You returned to the country years ago to give advice. The Lord is more aware of the strategy of Han Dong. I am afraid that you will be obsessed with all kinds of favors and troubles, so I keep you here. I also hope that the military and material resources accumulated in Jingzhou can be used in the most appropriate place. "

When Li Mu said this, he looked at Li Tai with envy and sighed: "My Lord is really considerate of you, Boshan, and doesn't want you to be criticized by others."

After hearing this, Li Tai felt warm in his heart, but even if he felt something was wrong, Li Xianqing, you bastard, you are cooperating with me, the Black Otter PUA!

Although Yu Wentai's arrangement did allow Li Tai to avoid certain human troubles, it was obviously not to maintain his image in the eyes of people in Hedong and Western Henan, but to worry that he would underestimate the enemy and rashly interfere in the battle of Yingchuan.

After all, when Hou Jing came to visit, the Tai government had just decided to deal with it casually, but because he killed Heyang City in one go, Yu Wentai was given a direct injection of chicken blood on his head, and then he was severely punished. .

This year's situation is particularly different. If Li Taizhen cannot restrain himself and leads Jingzhou troops to rush to Henan, even if he successfully relieves Wang Sizheng, it will not alleviate the dilemma that the Henan area and Guanzhong cannot be connected together, and he will inevitably have to fight another Mangshan battle. battle.

But Li Tai already had a strategy for Handong before, and the Hou Jing rebellion in the south intensified as expected. Of course, Yu Wentai would not allow his strength to go astray again.

As for Wang Sizheng, he had to save him. After all, everyone saw that Wang Sizheng was still an important official in the Western Wei Dynasty and a great contributor to the imperial court's expansion of territory. The people he sent were not high enough to show that they valued Wang Sizheng. But the other generals also wanted to be shameless, and whoever was sent there might directly go up and do it, so let's just let Zhao Gui waste it.

Zhao Guinan probably went there for another reason, that is, Yu Wentai wanted to see if everything Li Tai reported was true.

Although Zhao Gui is no longer very enterprising, his attitude is absolutely upright and his loyalty to Daxingtai cannot be overstated. When it comes to such an important development plan and manpower dispatch, Yu Wentai certainly can't just listen to Li Tai's words. He must confirm that the conditions in Han Dong are indeed mature before he will agree to the plan.

Putting aside Heyang, a place that haunted him and couldn't stop, when faced with other opportunities, Yu Wentai was like an experienced hunter, patient and cautious, and ruthless and decisive. All in all, there is something wrong with this guy just like Gao Huan!

After understanding the cause and effect, Li Tai's mood was no longer as shocking as when he first heard the news, but he was still a little unhappy and felt controlled by others.

Although this is indeed the case, due to his limited strength in the past, any personnel plans he had would not conflict with the interests of the Bafu. But now as his personnel are getting stronger, Yuwentai's Bafu seems to be almost unable to accommodate him.

Li Tai has his own plan and rhythm for doing things. Even if he took some overly radical actions before, it would have little impact on the general trend of the world. But now, if he has any personnel ideas, it will have a slight impact on the whole body. If he is restricted too much, If there are too many, it will naturally be uncomfortable to do things.

So even though he no longer showed any dissatisfaction on the surface, he was thinking about taking more initiative in his heart. He couldn't directly stop the entire plan just because Zhao Gui responded that he was bragging.

So while there was still some time before Xingjia arrived, he left Luochuan privately and went straight to Yangzhong Town in Xi'an Prefecture.

Yang Zhong was also surprised when he saw Li Tai's arrival. After welcoming Li Tai into the state capital, he asked: "Previously, Duke Xihe sent someone to send a message to the state to wait for the Daxing carriage to enter. Now he comes here in person. Could it be that something happened?" ?”

"There is no change in the patrol, but I have another matter to report to Yang Kai's house."

After Li Tai sat down, he didn't say much nonsense and directly explained his purpose: "This place is salty, bitter and salty. It is not a place where I have lived for a long time. I have moved to various places, but Yang Kaifu is still trapped here. Now I want to invite you to work together in Mianbei , I don’t know what Yang Kai’s intention is?”

After Yang Zhong heard this, even though he usually showed no expression of joy or anger, his face could not help but change slightly at this moment, and then he asked: "Excuse me, Mr. Xihe, is this Daxingtai, or Minister Hanoi conveys his wishes?”

Li Tai felt unhappy after hearing this, "Yang Yan, do you look down on me?" Don’t I deserve to recruit you?

Although he was full of slander in his heart, he still said in a deep voice: "This is just my private intention. I have neither reported it to Daxingtai nor informed the Lord of Hanoi."

After Yang Zhong heard this, he lowered his head and fell silent. After a while, he looked at Li Tai and said, "Xihe Gong is brave and vigorous in his work, and his family is full of talent. What grand plan does he need to use lay talent?"

"Nan Liang has undergone a sudden change and Guo Zuo is uneasy. I want to take advantage of this chaos to capture Hanzhong and conquer Handong. The strategy has been decided. I only need brave men to work with. Yang Kaifu is my first choice. If we are willing to work together, I don't have to do it anymore. Visit others.”

Historically, it was Yang Zhong who went south, captured Liu Zhongli who was released by Hou Jing in Jiankang, and successfully opened up the land of Handong. However, with Li Tai's current management, Yang Zhong did not need to take action again.

However, Yuwentai's method of sending Zhao Guinan to peek into the reality also made Li Tai wary. In order to avoid hindering his plan and to gain a greater say, he simply set a bigger goal, not only planning for Handong, but also for Hanzhong. The land is also planned to be harvested.

If he could conquer the Han River Basin in one fell swoop, then Li Tai would be an absolute frontier minister and truly be able to command the respect of the Taiwan government. Moreover, Hanzhong is still the southern barrier of Guanzhong. When Boshan roars, Guanzhong will tremble!

But if you want to ensure that the two wars are carried out at the same time and both are successful, then Li Tai must choose an ally. There is no doubt that Yang Zhong, a hero who conquered Handong in history and an old subordinate of his father-in-law, is of course the best choice.