The Yu family's wedding has been raucous in the city for many days before it is over. As the best man invited by Yu Jin personally, Li Tai, in addition to welcoming the bride, also has other things to do to welcome and send off. When the wedding is over , he was also very tired.
However, all this hard work was not without reward. After the wedding, Yu Jin specially prepared a thank-you gift for Li Tai. It was not mundane things like gold and silver, but two pairs of fine armors, the quality of which was far higher than The Mingguang armors given by Daxingtai at the beginning of the year are even better, not inferior to the armors worn by Iron Man Cai You.
Li Tai was extremely satisfied with this gift. His men became increasingly powerful, but their true combat effectiveness had yet to be tested. The most basic point was that the ordnance and armament were far from reaching the mainstream level of today's official and military private music.
The armed force rations of the men and horses directly under his headquarters were acceptable, but the armor coverage of the rural regiments and powerful private soldiers recruited from the various defense cities was worrying, and there was almost no standard standard.
It is necessary to arm nearly 10,000 troops according to the standards of the current mainstream elite. Not to mention Li Tai, who has a relatively shallow foundation, all the Beizhen military leaders and Guanlong powerful men are currently unable to do it. It is destined to be a difficult task with a long way to go.
But even if the level of armament is not reached, the army always needs to be built and wars have to be fought. It is true that good equipment can be powerful and powerful, but if the equipment is not good, there are ways to make do with it.
In the cold weapon age of the Middle Ages, the level of morale was a key element of the army's combat effectiveness. In addition to daily drills, military discipline and maintenance of supplies, the motivation of morale from the super powerful performance of a few individuals on the battlefield cannot be ignored. Sometimes it can even directly affect or even determine the outcome of victory or defeat.
Throughout the ages, personal heroism has been prevalent in the military. This trend was especially prevalent during the troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Leaders of their respective regimes, such as Gao Huan and Yu Wentai, often had to take direct action on the front lines to command operations. As a result, they left behind all kinds of dangerous deeds, so that later generations of onlookers would sweat for them. No. They do not care about their lives, but do so out of practical considerations and needs.
The two pieces of fine armor presented by Yu Jin are naturally not enough to arm thousands of troops, but they can be relied upon to form one or two special operations teams to attack the enemy on the battlefield and obtain more tactical options.
But while he was happy, Li Tai felt a little unhappy. Yu Wentai had given these important military weapons to each other privately. Yu Wentai had really made these generals so arrogant. As he is now an emerging military leader with nearly 10,000 troops, he would never do it. Give someone such a valuable gift.
However, this really makes no sense. Regardless of whether he is too stingy or not, when this group of people set up an army to start a business, his body had not yet come to the world. Although he was lucky enough to rise up for a while, but in all aspects Their accumulation is far inferior to that of this group of veteran military leaders.
It is precisely because of this that when he went to help the Yu family to welcome the bride, he had some disagreements with Hou Mo and Chen Chong. Although he was very tough when talking to Dugu Xin, he still felt a little stressed inside.
So after finishing the matters related to the Yu family's wedding, Li Tai immediately sent people to Beizhou to ask in detail how the Diaoyin Liu family had offended Hou Mo and Chen Chong, so that after several years, Hou Mo and Chen Chong still committed suicide. If you keep thinking about it, trouble will find you here.
Whether it was for the sake of the giant goods worth 500,000 pieces of silk, or the overall consideration of running Northern Shaanxi on his own, no matter whether Hou Mo and Chen Chong made any subsequent substantive actions, Li Tai did not intend to give in to him, obediently to help him get rid of Diaoyin Liu.
But at least he must understand what kind of thunder he has endured. By the way, let me tell the Liu family that I did not just take money and do nothing. I helped you block such a catastrophe that could lead to the death of your family.
Your money is also very good value for money, even if you add more money later, it will not be excessive.
Situational disputes are both pressure and motivation. If it weren't for Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the complicated forces in Guanzhong might not have gathered around Yuwentai Ba Mansion so obediently.
In the same way, precisely because of the threat of Hou Mo and Chen Chong, Li Tai was able to take advantage of the situation and completely pull Diaoyin Liu, a powerful figure in the Hu tribe, onto his chariot.
As for Yu Chigang's jealousy towards Li Tai during the wedding crash, Li Tai simply didn't bother to think deeply about this middle-aged boy's feud.
If it were in the post-Yuwentai era, or when the Dragon-Slaying Team had successfully taken over, Li Tai would have paid more attention to this and avoided a direct conflict with the backbone members of the Dragon-Slaying Team.
But now that Yuchigang is just a little bored and discordant, Li Tai doesn't need to take it to heart at all. Regardless of his position or troops, Yuchigang is far inferior to him and cannot form direct competition or threat.
Of course, even if he wanted to fight back and punish the other party, he couldn't do it. After all, Yu Chigang was also a second-generation disciple whom Yu Wentai focused on training. In the end, everyone had to look at this dispute.
Just after the Yu family's wedding, Yu Wenhu sent a message and invited Li Tai to his residence as a guest. He probably wanted to act as a peacemaker and mediate the conflicts between them.
But Li Tai refused because of his chores. It was not shameless, but he just felt it was unnecessary.
Whether it is in today's Yuwentai Bafu or Yuwenhu's own private social circle, Li Tai can find his place and handle the relationship and interaction with each other well. But if it is said that he can be happy and get along with everyone
, then there is no need.
The momentary silence and seemingly generous tolerance of rudeness may cause Yu Wenhu to have a habitual thinking, thinking that he can bridge the conflict with just a few words.
When Yuwenhu comes to power in the future, if Yuchigang and Yuchigang compete for power again, after all, Li Tai is not as close as his cousins, and he may be forced to give up some of the power and interests that should belong to him.
After all, in this hegemonic mansion of the Western Wei Dynasty, which was happy on the surface and surrounded by hills inside, Li Tai still tried to ensure a certain degree of independence for himself, rather than completely reducing himself to the independence of a certain person or a certain force.
Although he often talks and thinks, he rarely expresses his true thoughts. Putting aside all kinds of thoughts and operations to compete for power, he still has a sense of mission in his heart and hopes that he will come.
It can bring some different colors to this era.
To achieve this, power is indeed necessary, but if you blindly accommodate and go along with it for the sake of power, you will gradually lose your independence. Therefore, sometimes, collisions and disputes in this situation will conflict with others.
It is also a wake-up call.
After finishing this matter, Li Tai rested in the city for two days and then planned to return to Shangyuan Township to inspect the operating conditions of various industries in the township and formulate some production plans.
The current situation of confrontation between the East and the West will not change because of a marriage within the Bafu. This year's situation is also very serious, and the river defense arrangements are not much lighter than in previous years.
After the wedding, Yu Wentai went straight to the front line of river defense to personally supervise. Although it was still early autumn, the dispatch of men, horses and supplies in the Kansai states was already busy.
From the end of the 10th year to the beginning of the 11th year of the reign of Emperor Tatong, Gao Huan in the east has been busy wiping out the Jihu tribes in the Luliang Mountains. The military operations have been very effective, and the hostile forces around Jinyang Bafu have been wiped out. What follows?
Whether the offensive will continue this year is also a question that the people in Kansai are worried about.
Li Tai knew that next year Gao Huan would march south with his troops and march to Yubi for the last battle in his life, but he did not dare to say whether there were any other military trials before then.
Although he does not have to be on the front line of river defense, after all, he has been deeply involved in the current situation and needs to find opportunities in danger. Therefore, in addition to doing the current things well, he must also be prepared for the upcoming Battle of Yubi and the subsequent series of personnel changes.
Be prepared to take advantage of this popularity with a better attitude and seek benefits.
But when he was about to leave for his hometown, he received an invitation from Dugu Xin, so he prepared some gifts with his family and went to visit Dugu Xin's residence.
As a senior figure in Beizhen, and now a prince in charge of Longyou, Dugu Xin's popularity has always been extremely high, and it has not diminished due to other hot events in the city.
When Li Tai arrived, there was an endless stream of visitors in front of Duguxin's residence. In comparison, He Basheng's former residence, which was just a stone's throw away and whose door was ajar, looked even more deserted.
The one Li Tai had the deepest affection for in Kansai was He Basheng. Even though he had passed away, he still couldn't help but miss him when he passed by. He also prepared a gift for Lady Miaoyin, who was mourning in the house, and got off the horse.
In front of the door, the official sent the notice to the house, and then posted a message to Dugu Xin's house, waiting for an interview.
The gorgeous central hall of Dugu Xin's house was filled with guests, but it was not a noisy banquet party. The guests were all well-dressed. Dugu Xin was sitting at the host's table in formal attire, with a graceful and dignified posture. When he saw Li Taixing enter
, just raised his hand to signal him to sit in the empty seat in front of him, then turned his eyes back to the table in front of him, and read the reading in a straight and clear tone.
Sitting in front of Li Tai was a tall and powerful man with a body that was almost as good as his own. It was Yang Zhong, Taizu of the Sui Dynasty.
Although Yang Zhong is a brave general who can capture ferocious beasts with his hands, his manners are not rough and he can be called dignified. He is not wearing a military uniform but a Confucian robe. Although the robe is bulging with muscles, it is not
No violation.
He nodded slightly to Li Tai, and then continued to listen to Dugu Xin's recitation.
After Li Tai sat down, not many people at the table exchanged greetings. After listening for a while, he found that what Dugu Xin was reading was actually a chapter from the "Book of the Later Han". He couldn't help but wonder in his heart. Is it because Dugu Xin was having a special banquet today?
Give everyone a history lesson?
Seeing the guests in the hall silently listening to Dugu Xin's melodious reading, Li Tai felt as if he had returned to the Chinese language class of junior middle school in later generations, and his mood was quite strange. He had seen many town soldiers gathering to fight for wine and gamble, but this kind of gathering to explain the world.
The scene is so rare. This chapter has been completed!