Chapter 593 Beizhou Junzhuang

Chapter 593 Beizhou Junzhuang

Li Tai always felt that he didn't know Yang Zhong very well. They had known each other for quite some time, but they didn't have much contact.

Moreover, because Yang Zhong himself was a serious and calm person, he rarely showed his emotions on his face and was relatively cold in social situations. Even to his former master Dugu Xin, he rarely expressed any enthusiasm. There was even less friendship between him and Li Tai.

But despite this, Li Tai had an inexplicable trust in Yang Zhong. This was certainly partly due to Dugu Xin, but also due to his experience when he first cooperated with Yang Zhong.

At that time, the Shuofang Hu and Lishi Hu invaded in large numbers. Li Mu, the governor of Dongxia Prefecture at the time, was trapped in Guangwu City. Li Tai rushed to Dongxia Prefecture to help Li Mu out of the predicament and then planned to annihilate the invading Hu bandits. At that time, he wrote a letter to Yang Zhong in Xi'an Prefecture, and then Yang Zhong rushed thousands of miles and arrived at the Shuofang battlefield at the fastest speed.

In that cooperation, Yang Zhong's quick and timely appearance, coupled with his excellent command ability in the face of battle, impressed Li Tai. So although there was no emotional interaction or interest match between him and Yang Zhong, Li Tai felt that Yang Zhong was a trustworthy person.

Of course, this so-called trustworthiness was based on mutual benefit. Yang Zhong had his own set of judgments and standards for people and things. Although the cooperation was very pleasant, he was not keen on interacting with Li Tai outside of official business.

For example, in recent years, Dugu Xin sent a lot of his Longyou personnel to northern Shaanxi. When passing through Xi'an Prefecture, Yang Zhong just borrowed the road and did not get involved in it. There was no deep interest entanglement.

Of course, this is only what Li Tai knows. As for how he interacted with Dugu Xin, Li Tai was not clear. Although a son-in-law is half a son, even if he is a biological son, there is no reason to let Dugu Xin go home to retire and completely hand over personnel.

In short, Yang Zhong is a very principled person who is difficult to be moved by pure interests or emotions. There is no need to say much about his personal ability. Yang Zhong has an unkind side in dealing with people. He rarely gets carried away, but he is also righteous.

This character, which is very different from the usual temperament of the garrison troops, was also well inherited by his son Yang Jian, but Yang Jian went a step further on the basis of his father's calmness and seemed a little cold.

When Yang Zhong heard Li Tai's intention, his face suddenly changed slightly, and then he said: "Does the Lord of Henei know that the Lord of Xihe has such a great plan?"

This time he asked the question no longer to look down on Li Tai, but to determine how much energy Li Tai could mobilize and confirm whether this was their camp mission.

Li Tai shook his head after hearing this: "This matter is my own plan. If it can be implemented, it will naturally be a great plan. If it cannot be implemented, it will be just a young man's wild talk. Henei Gong has been in Longyou for a long time, and he is not familiar with the latest situation between Jianghan. It is just a nuisance to ask for advice rashly. Let's make a plan for personnel first, and then it will not be too late." Yang Zhong frowned again after hearing this, and asked again after a while: "Xihe Gong is not the first one to plot against Handong. How can you be sure that it can be accomplished? And we have to divide troops to recover Guanzhong. Although Liang State is in civil strife, its border areas have not been submissive. Liang State's righteousness is not enough to win over. How can Xihe Gong be confident that he can gather people's favor?" Li Tai's brows relaxed when he heard this, knowing that Yang Zhong was still moved, otherwise he would not ask such a fundamental question. After all, as a military commander, the battlefield is the stage where he can fully display his strengths and be obsessed with his dreams. As a result, he is now placed in a remote place for many years. No matter how calm and self-restrained he is, he must be lonely and unbearable.

Since he is seeking cooperation, Li Tai must of course show a sincere attitude. Just now he said that he had not yet informed his father-in-law Dugu Xin of his plan, which meant that both parties had an open discussion on the matter, and he would not use Dugu Xin to force Yang Zhong to agree.

So he carefully described the current chaos in Nanliang and the disputes between the various prefectures in Jingyong, including the various personnel preparations he had made in the early stage, and even considered the possible reactions and responses from the Eastern Wei.

Yang Zhong also listened to this very seriously. Even though he himself did not show his emotions, after listening to Li Tai talking about the various arrangements made in Jing Town, he could not help but ask in surprise: "I remember that Xihe Gong has only been in the town for more than a year, and he has already done so many things?"

"Since we are planning a big plan, we must be open and honest. If Yang Kaifu doubts that what I said is false, he can enter the country to investigate carefully, but if he finds it false, he can abandon me at any time!" After hearing this, Li Tai said that the various preparations he made in Jingzhou were more than what he told Yang Zhong, and some of them did not need to be told to Yang Zhong.

After hearing this, Yang Zhong waved his hand and sighed, "Since Xihe Gong can say it, I believe it without a doubt. I just feel it after hearing it. People like Xihe Gong are so diligent in their work, which can be regarded as not wasting their time. Compared with this, others can't help but sigh that they have wasted their time!" Li Tai couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. It was the first time he heard Yang Zhong speak his mind so frankly, which showed that he had been neglected for a long time and was lonely. Since the two sides had hit each other, the next step was natural. After being a little reserved and making sure that Li Tai was not blindly crazy on a whim, Yang Zhong also began to actively express his own views.

Although he has been idle in Beizhou for many years, his talents have not been wasted. In his early years, he lived in Nanliang for several years. When he was under the command of He Basheng, he followed Dugu Xin to capture the lower garrison of Nanliang. At that time, he already wanted to conquer Handong, so he was quite familiar with the geographical situation of Handong. I am familiar with it, and the opinions put forward are not just rhetorical remarks. They are all meaningful and add a lot of details to Li Tai's Handong strategy.

As for Hanzhong, since Yang Zhong himself was not familiar with it, he didn't say much.

But in fact, Li Tai's penetration into Hanzhong was deeper than that of Han Dong, who could only linger outside. The reason why he did not directly advise Yu Wentai on the strategy of Hanzhong before was because, firstly, too many targets would easily distract the center, and secondly, he was originally I don’t plan to put Hanzhong on the agenda so early.

After all, if troops were sent for formal military conquest, then Hanzhong would be part of the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty, and many things would not be as convenient as before.

However, Yu Wentai, a stinky black otter, has no mercy at all and actually sent Zhao Gui to Jingzhou to find out his details. In order to have a greater say, Li Tai could only temporarily make a big plan, increase the stakes, and include Hanzhong. It is one of the objectives of this military operation.

The reason why he roped in Yang Zhong, in addition to Yang Zhong's own experience and ability, was also because they were both closely related to Dugu Xin.

Now that Duguxin has ascended to the throne of Zhuguo, he has at least nominally gained the status of rivaling Yuwentai. Now that Duguxin and his family have made such a grand battle plan, if Yuwentai vetoes it, it will be a bit of a factional struggle. The taste is gone.

Although the military and political power in the country now dominates the government, it does not mean that others are completely powerless.

What's more, the attitude of Prince Yuan Qin to rebel against his father-in-law is becoming more and more obvious. When the time comes to go beyond the Bafu and give Li Tai an order, no matter whether this matter succeeds or not, it will be a huge blow to the authority of the Bafu, and the consequences will be worse than Wang Sizheng's. The situation of sending troops without authorization was much more serious. It was a direct personnel split at the root.

Of course, Li Tai didn't just want to go against the government. He didn't contact his father-in-law but discussed it directly with Yang Zhong, just to leave room for this matter.

It's just that no matter how it is reconciled, this matter itself is a bit of a coercion of Yuwentai, which may make Yuwentai feel unhappy, probably more serious than the time when Li Tai became Duguxin's son-in-law.

But Li Tai's fundamental purpose is to build a career, not to be a domineering jester who makes Yu Wentai happy. If there is a conflict in career planning, of course it will be at my pace. As long as it is good for our Guanlong overall market, if you are unhappy, just put up with it. I can't just retreat if you don't like it. I won't be able to break through this rut ​​for the rest of my life.

With this level of violation, it can only be said that from now on, Li Tai is no longer a minion at the mercy of the Taiwan government, and they should switch the way they get along with each other. If Yu Wentai becomes furious because of this, then his dominance will basically come to an end.

After staying up all night with Yang Zhong to plan the matter, Li Tai did not stay here for long. He took a short nap in the morning, and after lunch, he led his subordinates and hurried back to Luochuan to wait for the arrival.

This time, there was finally no more trouble. By the beginning of May, Prince Yuan Qin and a group of civil and military officials accompanying Daxingtai Yijia on the tour marched north and arrived in Luochuan.

As Li Tai said, thanks to his proper arrangements along the way, everyone on this tour felt quite comfortable. After settling in Luochuan Fangcheng for a short rest, the prince proposed to visit the nearby Shifo Temple. The reputation of this famous temple in Beizhou has already spread to Chang'an, and it won the first place in the Buddhist statue tour last year, so it is also very popular among the people in Beijing.

So a large number of people followed the prince to the Shifo Temple to have a look. Since the audience of this temple is the relatively vulgar Jihu people, it is ineffective to teach them the principles of Buddhism, so they focus on visual study. , the grand temple architecture, exquisite Buddha statues and Sutra paintings scattered throughout the temple are all fascinating and surprising.

As the organizer of the temple, Li Tai was now arranged to follow the prince and Da Xingtai and explain the origin story of the temple.

The prince himself is a Buddhist and is very interested in this temple, which has a style that is different from other famous temples in Guanzhong. When he heard the practical significance of the Jihu tribe being included in the Jihu tribe, he couldn't help but be even more surprised and simply pulled him up. Li Tai's arm asked him carefully, and his words and demeanor were full of appreciation and praise for Li Tai.

This was not the first time that Li Tai had been favored by the prince. Although the prince was angry every time he refused, he couldn't help but his momentum became stronger and stronger. He seemed to be the most underachiever in the country. To the prince, he was simply a winner. A little fairy who can't reach but tickle people's hearts.

Yu Wentai felt quite unhappy when he saw how the prince was wooing his confidants so openly under his nose. This depression lasted until Master Hongyi, the abbot of the temple, led the monks to greet him, and in accordance with Li Tai's instructions, he expressed his willingness to donate manpower and material resources to build a hall for Taifu Hong.

After hearing the monks' report, Yu Wentai was naturally very happy. Not only was it the practical benefit of the expansion of the Tai Mansion, but he was also deeply satisfied with the respectful attitude shown by these ascetics. Much appreciation.

On the other hand, the prince's interest suddenly dropped. He even didn't bother to watch the most famous Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall in the temple, and directly ordered the people to leave the temple and return to Fangcheng.

Li Tai couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene from the side. Even if these ascetics were not worthy of his pretentiousness, after all, there were Yu Wentai and the civil and military ministers who were accompanying them. It was somewhat unbearable to show their emotions so openly.

However, he is not the prince after all. I don’t know the details of the dilemma he feels and how to deal with it. Perhaps in the prince’s view, this moody temperament can enhance his sense of existence and voice.

After the group stayed in Luochuan for two days and fed the troops, they continued north to Tongwan City, Xiazhou, an important town in the Hetao.

In fact, the nearby Xihe County and Yanchi in Xi'an Prefecture and other places are also very promising due to the implementation of the Open China Law. However, internal affairs are not the focus of this tour. It is estimated that Yu Wentai is not willing to let the prince know more about the border states. Due to government affairs details, these locations have not been arranged.

Yu Wengui, the governor of Xiazhou, had already led the civil and military officials of nearby nearby counties and the powerful chiefs in the territory to wait at the border of the state. As the most important military town in the Hetao area, and when Daxingtai was in charge of the power in Guanzhong, he was personally stationed here. It is of great significance to revisit my hometown this time.

Flags were fluttering and formations stretched across the wilderness. The border towns soldiers and armed chieftains who came to greet them could barely see the border at a glance. The scene was extremely majestic. There are more than 50,000 men and horses guarding this place. It can be said that this is the most powerful military force since the founding of the Western Wei Dynasty. Even Yuwentai Old Town is far behind this time. After all, at that time, he was just a subordinate of He Batayue. General.

The people accompanying them couldn't help but feel excited and happy when they saw the mighty Tongwancheng army.

They still remember that in the early years of the Unification, there was almost no defense here. Whether it was the rebels from Longyou and Hexi or Gao Huan's troops from the Eastern Wei Dynasty, they could all move through this place unimpeded. Rouran would frequently follow this path and knock on the edges to cause nuisance. , making the people in the pass restless, fearing that the bandits would rush in and kill them in their sleep.

Now that Xiazhou's army is strong and well-equipped, the northern border of Guanzhong has finally been stabilized, and the people in Guanzhong can sleep peacefully.

Xiazhou's military armaments are so strong, of course, because Yu Wengui, who has been in charge here for many years, has been in charge. He is a powerful chieftain of Xiazhou and is widely supported by the masses. He has been in charge of the countryside for several years, which has led to a surge in Xiazhou's military strength.

But apart from that, there was another person who was indispensable, and that was naturally Li Tai, who proposed the opening of the Central Law to maintain the expenses of the border troops. Judging from the army in front of them, at least two-thirds of their supplies were supplied by a group of farming districts in northern Shaanxi, mainly Xihe County. It was precisely because of the close contact with each other that Yu Wengui's son Yu Wenshan followed Li Tai to serve in Jingzhou.

However, Yu Wentai is not willing to expose the secret of Xiazhou's military raising. Only by knowing everything but not knowing why and maintaining a certain degree of mystery can it have a strong deterrent effect. If everything is displayed too clearly and people can understand it at a glance, it will inevitably lead to a loss of awe.

Therefore, after inspecting Xiazhou's military, it was obvious that the accompanying people looked at Daxantai with even more awe.

Most of them only know that the Taiwan government has been continuously reorganizing the army and conducting military parades and training in recent years. It seems that they have worked hard. However, the previous battle in Heyang was still so thorough. Now, for Wang Si who is trapped in Yingchuan, The political affairs department even treated him coldly.

Just when I felt that the Tai government lacked confidence and Daxingtai could only manage affairs like this, I discovered that Daxingtai had quietly raised such a large-scale elite army in Xiazhou, and I was in awe. He also admired it, but said that he was short-sighted and could not see the depth of Daxingtai.

Therefore, Yu Wentai did not deliberately mention the inside story of opening up China to raise the army, but only praised Yu Wengui, the person directly responsible. As for Li Tai, he could only continue to be a hero behind the scenes.

Li Tai didn't care much about this. He was originally worried that Xihe County would be completely exposed to Shiliu's eyes. Some shortcomings might be exposed under the public's attention, or he might be jealous and criticized. Now it is directly and deliberately blurred, which is exactly what he wants. Compared with some false glory, it is undoubtedly the real benefits that are more touching.

What's more, he has no time to care about such trivial matters at the moment. He is planning to wait until the patrol team arrives at his territory in Suizhou to launch his Hanshui strategy and have a showdown with Yuwentai. By then, Yuwentai will have to consider it even if he doesn't want to agree. .