Li Tai originally thought that after organizing the military supplies and sending them to Weizhou, he could safely stay behind and rest for a period of time. However, when he learned that Gao Bin was rushing back to Fucheng, he knew that things were happening again.
"Hanoi Gongzhu Shi temporarily handed over the state affairs to his subordinates, and immediately left for Weizhou with his humble post."
Sure enough, Gao Bin's first words when he saw Li Tai after returning to Fucheng explained his intention.
The simpler the words, the bigger the matter. Seeing Gao Bin's serious expression, Li Tai was surprised and couldn't help but ask: "Is it so urgent?"
He could roughly guess why Dugu Xin wanted to meet him. It was simply that his move to introduce Li Xian to Qinzhou destroyed the order that Dugu Xin had previously arranged and maintained to a certain extent.
Originally, he planned to wait until the Battle of Liangzhou was over before explaining it to Dugu Xin in detail, but Dugu Xin still paid more attention to this matter than he imagined, which shows that he was deeply afraid of Li Xian.
"very urgent!"
Gao Bin nodded after hearing this, and then sighed suddenly and said: "Although Duke Hanoi lives in Weizhou and takes charge of military affairs, he is also very concerned about Chang Shi's words and deeds within the territory of the state, and he is very pleased with it."
Yes. But regarding the matter of granting the title of Duke, Chang Shi may not have known the situation well enough, and his plan went beyond the old standards of Hanoi Duke..."
When Li Tai heard this, he didn't say anything more, so he nodded and said: "Then please wait a moment, Sima, and let me arrange the personnel for Liu Zhi."
He did not shy away from high-ranking guests, and summoned all the assistants from the mansion in the hall to arrange everything in an orderly manner.
Gao Bin couldn't help but be surprised when he saw these assistants respectfully accepting Li Tai's orders. He didn't expect that Li Tai had already established considerable prestige in the mansion in such a short time since he entered the state.
After the most cumbersome and important logistical problem was solved, other state affairs were not too important. With Huangfu Mu taking the lead, and without Li Tai messing around, it would not be difficult for the state affairs to run normally.
Then Li Tai took his troops and headed west along the Wei River under the guidance of Gao Bin. The further west he went, the more military atmosphere he saw on the road, and there were still many powerful and powerful troops in the countryside.
Assemble to Weizhou.
On the way, Gao Bin also told Li Tai about the origins and secret contacts between Li Xian and Qinzhou. Indeed, there were many details that Li Tai had not learned about.
From a military geographical point of view, Longyouzhi and Yuanzhou actually belong to the same front, and they are both designed to defend against the offensive launched by Rouran or other foreign forces from the northwest to Guanzhong.
However, in the power structure within the Western Wei regime, the existence of Yuanzhou also restricted Longyou to a certain extent, and there was no lack of hostile origins and atmosphere between them.
This kind of atmosphere was not deliberately created by Yu Wentai. It can be traced back to the period of He Batayue and Hou Mo Chen Yue or even earlier. At that time, He Bayue led the troops in Yuanzhou, and Hou Mo Chen Yue was the governor of Qinzhou. Although the two
People died one after another, which did not form a long-term confrontation, but it can also be seen that there is enough to form a confrontation between the two places.
Although the two places are now under the rule of the Western Wei Dynasty, their respective situations are different.
Yuanzhou is naturally Yuwentai's loyal confidant, and the Li Xian brothers, Cai You and other Yuanzhou powerful men are also loyal to Daxingtai.
But the situation in Qinzhou is a bit complicated. Although Hou Mo and Chen Yue have not been stationed in Qinzhou for a long time, and have not yet formed a rule and influence that has taken root in this town, it also laid the foundation for Qinzhou's hometown sentiment to fail to attach to Yu Wentai and others in the first place.
Wuchuan's powerful tone.
In the early years of the Tong Dynasty, Qinzhou governor Wan Qipu and his son collectively defected in this area, which dealt a heavy blow to the Western Wei regime, which was already struggling to survive. Although Nianxian, who left the town after that, was a Wuchuan elder, his position was actually more
Being close to the royal family of the Western Wei Dynasty, Emperor Yuan Baoju even once appointed his son as the governor of Qinzhou.
When Duguxin left Qinzhou, the situation improved somewhat, but it was limited. It was different from the fact that Bafu subordinates had to obey Yu Wentai's words, stay loyal, and wander between the imperial court and Bafu.
For example, Yang Kuan, who served as the governor of Hezhou, his own position should be biased towards the imperial court, but he also had close contacts with Duguxin. It can be seen that these Longyou Fang Mu also had a mentality of wanting to have both sides.
Under such circumstances, the check and balance effect produced by Yuanzhou against Longyou is extremely important to Bafu. This is equivalent to adding a safety bar to the situation, allowing Yuwentai to deal with Duguxin more calmly.
When the Longyoufang herdsmen use it and defend it, they won't be left without any means of checks and balances.
This is indeed the case. Li Xian carried out this intention of Daxingtai very thoroughly. According to Gao Bin's account, Li Xian has been using his strong rural capital to penetrate into Longyou, trying to strengthen his power here.
Influence.
For example, the close interaction with the people of the Li clan in Longxi, this township, is one of Li Xian's attempts. Especially when Dugu Xin left the town due to business and returned to the country, Li Xian and other Yuanzhou personnel's attempts to infiltrate here increased sharply.
.
It was like the kind of nostalgia dispute that Li Tai had experienced when he traveled to Long and passed through Lueyang. He originally guessed that those local tycoons might have the instruction and support from the Huazhou Bafu, but in fact the support came from
The Yuanzhou and Huazhou hegemons still lack the energy to make such detailed personnel arrangements for Longyou, and the confrontation with the east is the focus.
After listening to Gao Bin's explanation, Li Tai also realized that his judgment of the degree of resistance to Li Xian and other Yuanzhou people in his confidence in Dugu was still not accurate enough. No wonder he did not want to wait until the end of the war to call him forward.
to be held accountable.
Due to the urgency of Duguxin's summons, the group did not dare to stop on the way. They traveled day and night along the way and arrived at the Weizhou camp in less than two days. When they arrived, the Qinzhou people escorted by Li Xian
The baggage team composed of powerful tribes has just arrived here, but they have not met each other.
After Li Tai arrived here, he went straight to the Chinese army's tent. Li Tun, who went out to greet him, couldn't say anything. He just gave Li Tai a wish-for-blessing look. It can be seen that Duguxin must be in a bad mood at the moment and must be serious.
response.
Along the way, Li Tai also carefully sorted out the motivations and logic of his actions, and transformed them into a set of reasons that Duguxin should be able to understand and accept. He knew the rules in his heart, but he was not too worried.
But after seeing Li Tun's careful words, he secretly became more cautious.
Because of Li Tai's arrival, Dugu Xin had already dismissed his subordinates in the tent. When Li Tai came to visit, the father-in-law and his father-in-law looked at each other like this, making the situation a bit awkward.
Even though Dugu Xin still wanted to put on an amiable attitude, he was filled with mixed thoughts. After seeing Li Tai, he became angry again. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, Bo Shan is not rash.
But Li Xianhe always needs an explanation. I hope your answer can satisfy me, so that I don’t have to worry about seeing people through the wrong eyes."
Hearing that Dugu Xin could still control his emotions, Li Tai was secretly relieved at first, but he also heard that this matter was very serious in his heart, and even directly affected whether he would deny Li Tai in his heart.
It's no wonder that since the Six Towns Mutiny, Dugu Xin has been like a rootless duckweed, drifting north and south, even abandoning his parents, wife and children, and resolutely rushed to Kansai. Now he has finally managed to build a personnel foundation in Longyou. As a result,
However, they were wantonly sabotaged by Li Tai, a newly joined young boy. Fortunately, he still had a little trust in Li Tai, so he didn't draw a knife against him as soon as they met.
Li Tai did not immediately speak about his behavior at that time, but asked first: "Excuse me, father-in-law, what is the situation in Liangzhou and surrounding areas now? With the army entering to quell the rebellion, there should be a good chance of winning, right?"
After hearing this, Duguxin nodded, and patiently explained the recent situation: "No trace of the Tuyuhun thieves has been found in the Hezhou provinces, and there is no sign of an agreement between the two places to work together. The army can attack Liangzhou without any distractions.
After Shi Yonghe entered the country first, he was very effective in pacifying the powerful clans and wealthy families in the country. There were not many people who were willing to join the thieves. Now Yu Wenzhong and the rebels can only stay in the city, and it is difficult to rebel against the order. As long as the people from Guanzhong arrive, they can directly
Go to Liangzhou!"
Hearing that the current situation in Liangzhou had not been greatly affected by his messing around in the rear, Li Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then he clasped his fists at Dugu Xin and said with a smile: "Then I would like to congratulate my father-in-law in advance for this trip.
Success will surely be imminent, the time of triumph is not far away, you will show your authority in the border areas and shock your neighbors with your voice!"
After hearing this, Dugu Xin's expression softened slightly, and he smiled lightly but quickly restrained it. He frowned and said in a deep voice: "As for Li Xianhe's affairs, if you don't have a plan yourself, you will be blinded by ignorance.
I will never forgive him if he makes a decision that he feels regretful for!"
This is an attempt to use Li Tai's youth and ignorance as an excuse to completely deny the conspiracy between Li Tai and Li Xian, and to teach Li Xian a lesson.
No wonder Li Yuan wants to kill Dugu Xin with a knife in the future. In addition to official considerations, it may also be due to personal grudges. The relationship between Dugu Xin and their brothers is probably not very good. But later Yuwen Hu died in Dugu Xin
When Li Yuan and his son were killed later, how likely was it because of the mentality of killing the donkey and killing the rabbit?
Li Tai took a deep breath, put away these distracting thoughts in his heart, and then looked at Dugu Xin and said seriously: "Excuse me, my father-in-law, after the rebellion in Liangzhou is put down, can I no longer have any constraints, no need to avoid suspicion, respect the emperor from afar, and be authoritarian in Longzhou?"
right?"
When Dugu Xin heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he waved his hands in a hurry: "Don't talk nonsense, how can this be... This use of troops is to suppress the rebellion, and the rebels have not been eliminated, how dare you think of such a loss of self-righteousness! Like this
You are not allowed to say anything about it, no matter whether you are in front or behind! I can tolerate your frivolity in private conversations at the moment, but the public outside will not."
"I know the stakes of this matter very well. Except for my co-father's private words, I will not talk about it in front of others."
After hearing the words, Li Tai spoke quickly, but then lowered his tone and said: "The words came from me, so I can be tolerant and admonish you. But if you say something else and report it to the Taifu, how can my father-in-law clean himself up?"