Chapter 443 Military Generals
The Governor's Mansion of the Rear Army is located in a military city in the north of Huazhou City. The distance is not too far and can be reached by a quick horse in more than a quarter of an hour.
It was now noon, and the front gate of Bingcheng was quite lively. In addition to the Jiasu guards stationed on guard, there were also many people coming and going. Most of these people are family members of soldiers, and they live in the military city on weekdays.
The Northern Wei Dynasty implemented a policy of separation of soldiers and civilians. The citizens living in the city were soldiers and their families, including today's government soldiers.
The military city is the main place for their daily life. When they need to gather for training and specific combat tasks, they will gather in the military camp outside the city and rush to the battlefield, while in peacetime they live in the city.
As for their families, they engage in farming and animal husbandry to maintain their daily livelihood, but they do not need to bear the rent and labor burdens of ordinary landowners. The main way to obtain family wealth is through the rewards and trophies obtained by soldiers in battle.
Because the military city itself was not heavily guarded, the arrival of Li Tai and his party did not attract much attention. Only when they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city saw that they were wearing bright clothes, angry horses, and conspicuous swords and sticks, so they stopped them for questioning. origin.
As early as when he was in Tai Fuzhong, Li Tai had received his military talisman, official seal and other tokens, so he went forward with an entourage to show them.
However, since most of the military governor's offices were newly established, the internal personnel operations still need to be adjusted. The soldier commander guarding the city gate was not sure about the authenticity of Li Tai's talisman, but he was not sure when he heard his official title. If he dared to neglect, he hurriedly apologized and went to the city in person to ask for instructions.
Li Tai originally wanted to show off his power and prestige, but he was actually blocked outside the gate of the military city and was not allowed to enter. This was really something he didn't expect.
However, he didn't bother to argue with the city guards. After all, they were fulfilling their duties. What really made him unhappy were the officials under the Grand Governor here. Didn't they know that the new officials had taken office?
Even if the military affairs in the mansion are busy and they don't have time to come to the city gate in person to wait for the welcome, they must at least explain it to the city guards and let them pay attention to the relevant personnel!
Li Tai was still cursing in his heart. There was a rush of horse hoofbeats in the city gate. Without turning around, dozens of knights quickly arrived at the city gate. Immediately, they got off their horses and walked out of the city quickly. When they saw them, they were still riding on their horses. Li Taishi, who was standing at the side of the city gate, hurried forward and clasped their fists and said respectfully: "I don't know that the Governor is coming. I am so low-ranking that I am far away to greet you. Please forgive me for the Governor!"
Li Tai lowered his eyes and found that the leader was also a familiar man. He was a burly middle-aged general in his early forties named Hou Zhi. Li Tai and Hou Zhi had never worked together before, but when Dugu Xin went to Liangzhou last year, Hou Zhi also went with the army. Now he is serving in the Bafu Central Army. It seems that he has just taken office not long ago.
He then turned over and dismounted, walked to Hou Zhi and said with a smile: "General He Tun, we meet again. We met in a hurry on the mountain, and now we meet here again. How are you doing?"
Hou Zhi was given the surname Hetun because of his previous contribution to the conquest of Liangzhou. After hearing what Li Tai said, he quickly bowed and said: "The former followed Gongxi of Hanoi to conquer the bandits. It was a pity that he could not work with the governor. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I’m really glad!”
As he spoke, he turned his body slightly to one side and introduced the people behind him to Li Tai. The first person, who was in his thirties and had a handsome appearance, was the current Chief of the Governor's Office of the Rear Army, named Lu Teng.
This Lu Teng was not a Han from the Lu family in Wu County, but was from the Buliugu family of a Xianbei nobleman, that is, the family of Luo Chao and his daughter-in-law Lu Lingxuan. However, judging from the appearance alone, Lu Teng could not tell that he was too arrogant, and his behavior was no different from that of the Han people.
When Lu Teng came forward to introduce himself, Li Tai realized that he had joined the Western Wei camp during the Battle of Mangshan in the same year as himself. The difference is that Li Tai followed Gao Zhongmi and surrendered on his own initiative, while Lu Teng was a defender of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who was captured because of the city's destruction and was forced to surrender.
Hearing that Lu Teng had such a background, Li Tai also felt a little fond of him. After all, he was considered a different kind of person of the same age. Moreover, Lu Teng was captured and entered the customs in the ninth year of Datong, and now he has become an important member of the Bafu Central Army. Although he is not as good as himself, a bastard who has no martial ethics, he is still extremely outstanding.
Except for these two people, most of the others who came out were general staff in the mansion, obviously not all the staff of the Governor's Mansion. However, there were too many people in front of the city gate, and Li Tai couldn't make many inquiries, so the group entered the city first.
This city was also newly built, and the outer city wall was still intact, but the city seemed very messy. The space planning in the city was messy, and the buildings were scattered and scattered. There were also many temporary tents mixed in, and construction materials such as sand, earth, wood, and stone were piled up everywhere. Except for the two avenues which are still relatively intact, the ground is also full of potholes and unevenness.
Li Tai's face suddenly darkened when he saw this scene, and Hou Zhi and Lu Teng, who were following him, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when they saw his expression.
"The construction of this city was only started in the eleventh year of Datong. During this period, it was stagnant for a period of time due to lack of work and materials. At that time, the cities were overcrowded, and some of the soldiers had to be assigned here. Therefore, building houses, digging ditches for drainage, etc. were not built all at once. There are many disputes among the people in the city..."
In order to prevent Li Tai from misunderstanding that he, a long history man, had neglected his duty, Lu Teng quickly explained.
The Rear Army Governor's Mansion was originally expanded on the basis of the original Sixth Army. Before that, some soldiers had already settled in this city, occupying the high terrain in the city and the land close to the city gates and streets. Later generations did not like to live in low-lying and cramped places, which resulted in chaotic and difficult city management.
Li Tai didn't say much after hearing this. He hadn't even sorted out the basic personnel affairs of the Governor's Office, so naturally he wouldn't talk about specific military and political issues. Although he arrived not long ago, he already felt that the commander-in-chief of the rear army was probably in deeper water than the other Cao Cao in Taifu.
Although the construction in the city is in a mess, the capital city where the Governor's Mansion is located is still impressive. Nowadays, there is no rule against not building an official office when serving as an official. Officials also have certain requirements for the place where they work and live. Some second-generation officials and rich second-generation officials who are unwilling to endure hardship and have superb taste even advance their own funds to repair official offices.
The entire Governor's Mansion is no more than a reduced castle in size, occupying about a quarter of the city's space. When entering, there is a front hall and more than ten corridors and verandas on both sides, where guests are welcomed and general affairs are carried out. Proceed here.
The nave has a larger space. In addition to a magnificent straight hall, there is an arsenal on the left and a barracks on the right, which are connected to the stables and school grounds at the rear. This Metropolitan Governor's Mansion alone can accommodate thousands of people for this event.
After sitting down in the hall, Li Tai raised his hand and handed over the personnel list of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to Commander Shi Luteng, while casually asking: "Have the other serving governors gone to inspect the camp?"
Hearing this question, everyone in the hall looked embarrassed. After a moment of silence, Hou Zhi stood up and reported: "Zhongshan Gongyu Wenkaifu has also been newly awarded the post of Supervisor of the Chinese Army. Today at his residence, Invite the generals to a banquet..."
Li Tai was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He saw Yu Wenhu in Taifu this morning but didn't hear him mention this matter. However, Yu Wentai quickly promoted him to official rank, of course, in order to strengthen his family's influence and voice within the Bafu Central Army. Such an arrangement is as it should be.
"Then where does Duke Zhongshan work?"
He asked casually again, thinking that Yu Wenhu was obviously not up to the level of the Commander-in-Chief of the Four Sides. He was ashamed that his position was not as good as his own, so he simply didn't tell him.
But when the question was asked, there was silence in the back hall. Li Tai looked down again and saw that several people in the hall were avoiding his eyes intentionally or unintentionally. His heart moved, and he asked again: "Zhongshan Gong also wants to get involved in this mansion?"
Seeing a few people nodding silently, Li Tai sneered in his heart. Are you planning to give yourself eye drops?
He is already the Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army appointed by Ba Mansion. When Yu Wenhu enters the palace, he will naturally be subordinate to him. However, all the generals in the mansion now go to Yu Wenhu's palace to drink wedding wine but do not stay here to wait for him to enter the palace. , this clearly shows that you are not giving yourself face!
Although he was already very unhappy, he did not get angry immediately. He carefully looked through the personnel book first.
There are six other main generals under him in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, including the Governor of Fangcheng who serves as his deputy and four generals who each take charge of an army. The remaining one is the military judge. As for the other governors, Lower level.
Yu Wenhu will serve as the Commander-in-Chief of Fangcheng here, and the four military governors are Hou Zhi in front of him, and the four generals She Dichang, Liang Tai and Tian Hong. The military and legal governor is named Chi Li Fugui also has the identity of Yu Wenhu's brother-in-law.
Today, Hou Zhiliu is staying at the Governor's Mansion, while Tian Hong is working at the military camp outside Zhicheng. The remaining governor generals went to his brother-in-law's house for a drink with Chilie Fugui.
After Li Tai learned this, he stood up and walked directly outside the house. Upon seeing this, Hou Zhi and others hurriedly followed him, crossed their hands and asked for instructions: "Where will the Governor go?"
"Go to the military camp outside the city."
Li Tai replied casually, then got on his horse.