Li Tai stayed at the manor that night. As he slept hazily the next day, the roar of drums and horns suddenly sounded in his ears.
At first, he only thought that he was dreaming about the moment when he was defeated and fled westward at Mang Mountain, but he soon realized that something was wrong. The sound of drums and horns did not sound like a dream.
He opened his eyes suddenly, and the sound of trumpets in his ears became more and more real. Before his thoughts could be clear, his body had already moved. He jumped up from the bed, grabbed the robe on the hanger, put it on his body, and picked it up.
He grabbed his saber and rushed towards the door.
"Alang, is there a thief coming to disturb you?"
A somewhat hasty warning sounded outside the door, and Li Yantou, who had followed Li Tai here yesterday, also rushed out of the side room and stood in front of the door with a knife to warn.
At this time, the sky was still gray and the sun had not yet risen. The master and the servant stood with swords in hand, listening carefully to the sound waves. Human voices could be heard amidst the sound of drums and horns.
"Go to Grandmaster Heba's residence first to report the matter!"
Li Tai had no time to think about it, so he waved to Li Yan and went straight to He Basheng's bedroom.
When the two of them were walking halfway, they suddenly heard someone shouting from under the wall: "Shiwu was practicing in the morning. It's not a thief. Are you disturbing Mr. Lang?"
Li Tai pressed the knife with one hand and looked intently. He saw standing under the wall Zhu Meng, one of the newlyweds who had just married last night. Only then did he realize that he was too sensitive and had misunderstood.
"It doesn't bother me at all. My master and servants also have the habit of dancing to the sound of chickens and practicing."
He stood still awkwardly, embarrassed to admit that he was startled in his sleep. He turned around and gave Li Yan a look before answering.
"Morning exercise is a good habit! After a good night's sleep, you will feel relaxed and relaxed. If you work hard on your muscles and bones, you will be strong and energetic all day long!"
Zhu Meng strode up, dressed in a smart outfit, with a short stick on his waist and a long stick in his hand. His expression did not have the joy of a happy spring night, but a look of dissatisfaction: "A few thieves are greedy for me."
As the leader of the team, I was not allowed to participate in the morning training and drove me back in a noisy manner. It was boring to go home, so why don't you, the best man, sharpen your muscles?"
Li Tai was just about to get out of his shock, and he became happy after hearing this: "The grand master gave an order last night, and Pao Ze's expulsion was also affectionate. Zhu Meng'er is so happy at the wedding, can he bear to leave his bride alone in the curtain?"
"How can I just sit around and earn a living if I marry a wife and start a family? Being entangled with a woman all the time will only hurt my strength. When I join the army in the future, the thieves will not show mercy to me because of this woman."
Zhu Meng lowered his waist and braced himself on the horse, waving his staff with both hands and playing haha.
When Li Tai heard this truth, he couldn't help but look at this strong man who was not addicted to women. He turned around and said to Li Yantou: "This is the way a real man speaks. If you get a wife next year, you should also restrain yourself by this!"
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"It's not like I don't have such knowledge. As long as Alang matches me and marries me, it will be reflected!"
Li Yantou was a little dissatisfied when he heard this and grinned.
When he saw Zhu Meng waving his long staff, he also lifted up the corner of his robe that was missing from his hip and jumped out of the corridor: "I will play catch with the strong man!"
When Zhu Meng saw this, he also smiled slightly, put aside his long stick, and took out a short stick to use as a knife. When he saw Li Yan raised his head to bless him, he yelled and ducked towards him.
Li Yan's head and arms were strong. When he saw this, he swung the back of his sword horizontally to block. After two collisions, Zhu Meng clenched the tiger's mouth which was numb from the shock. His eyes lit up and he praised: "What a handsome arm, I want it."
Seriously, you have to be careful!"
"come!"
Li Yan raised his eyebrows, showing the aura of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He was not timid and weak because of the experienced soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles, and he swung his sword forward to intercept.
Zhu Meng frowned and looked carefully, the short stick in his hand met the back of the swung sword, but he no longer used force to collide with it, but turned his wrist and wiped it diagonally, pressing down diagonally along the direction of Li Yan's head, and when he saw Li Yan's head twisted around, he looked at it carefully.
With such force, the short stick attached to the back of the knife trembled suddenly, and hit Li Yan's head and wrist accurately.
Li Yan's head groaned in pain, and his sword fell down, but he gritted his teeth and hit Zhu Meng. Seeing this, Zhu Meng abandoned the short stick, held Li Yan's head and ribs with both hands, and used the force to hit Zhu Meng.
He swept away, took advantage of his strong strength, and penetrated it from under his ribs. He picked up the short stick and turned around, pressing it against the back of Li Yan's head.
"The most important thing to avoid when using force is death. Your charge may look brave, but in fact it is overpowering and harmful to the formation. When entering the formation, you need to use glue strength to connect the left and right sides and make them inseparable. Your arms are strong, and your left and right body should be guarded against it.
For iron doors, pay attention to both sides and work in a straight direction.
The Lord often said that the general is the courage of the soldiers, and the soldiers are the commanders of the strength. The generals have tactics and strategies, and the soldiers have methods to use their strength. If the force is light and heavy, ten kilograms of force can kill the enemy, but there is no method, and a thousand kilograms of force is just in vain.
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Zhu Meng looked at Li Yan's head and said with half admiration and half regret.
Li Yan was defeated in the first encounter, and he felt very frustrated and ashamed. When he heard Zhu Meng's words, he looked thoughtful, and after a while he sighed: "I also know a little bit about fighting techniques.
It is rare for an opponent to use force as cleverly as the strong man. I don't know how to use this Jiao Jin. Can the strong man explain it more carefully?"
"It's complicated to say, but you still need to practice it with your hands. Your wrists are fine, right? Let me teach you several sword positions in the formation. The force will be different depending on the direction of entering the formation. In the front, you need to be flexible with your hands and eyes, and in the middle, you need to be flexible.
Be brave and strong, and your strength must be long after the battle..."
Zhu Meng had the habit of being a teacher. He was not secretive about his battle formation skills. He pulled Li Yan's head and started to explain.
Li Tai, who was standing aside, was also very interested. He came over and asked with a smile: "Isn't this right? Shouldn't it be that the opponent is brave and brave, charging into the battle to boost morale?"
"People who don't often fight in battles often have this misunderstanding. When two formations fight, the brave one will win. It's not right to say this. It still depends on the opponent. If the opponent is just weak and disperses as soon as they charge, it's natural.
The warriors are now leading the battle. But if the forces are equal, sharpness will lead to defeat. This requires the warriors in front to be eyes to find omissions, the warriors in front to be the knife to split their skin, and the warriors in the back to be hammers to break their muscles and bones..."
Zhu Meng spoke very carefully, and Li Tai listened very carefully.
Although he has martial arts skills and memories left over from his predecessor, he was just a young man who was good at martial arts and had little real battle experience. His first battle was when he followed Yu Jin's army to attack several powerful docks in the Heluo area.
Bi, was injured during a real battle with the elite soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and was rescued, and his body was taken over by himself who had traveled through time.
War is the most intense form of human behavior. Once a battle occurs, victory or defeat, as well as life and death, naturally cannot tolerate any carelessness.
Although Zhu Meng is not a long-established general, he has followed He Basheng around the north and south for many years, and has accumulated a lot of practical experience. Even if he just picks out some key points to explain, it is enough to make Li Tai's master and servant fascinated.
Unknowingly, the sun had risen high, and the soldiers who were practicing down the slope also returned one after another. Seeing the three people gathered together, people started to join the discussion. Li Tai talked about some extreme battle formations they had experienced.
It's thrilling and interesting, and you should keep in mind some key points that are crucial to victory or defeat.
He Busheng had a hangover last night and it was already late when he woke up. He walked out of the bedroom and saw Li Tai mingling with his troops. He stood on the porch and watched for a while, looking thoughtful.
After a while, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "These veterans are certainly skilled in fighting, but there is no need to listen too seriously. As a general, only by cultivating your mind can you control the crowd. You must first learn not to be timid, and then be cautious and brave.
As for the method, it still needs to be honed in practice, and practice makes perfect.”
When everyone heard He Basheng's speech, they all turned around and went in to greet him. He Basheng waved his hand to dismiss everyone and invited Li Tai to come in to eat.
Li Tai thought of the abnormality he saw at the banquet last night and saw that He Basheng was just sitting there with a frown on his face today, so he couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, is he sick?"
"The illness that has lasted for many years will not hinder me."
He Basheng sighed after hearing this: "In my early years, I traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. I suffered from dampness and cold, and the evil spirits were stubborn. Occasionally, I would suffer from pain and numbness in my hands and feet without noticing. Although it is not fatal, it is still torture..."
"Is it athlete's foot?"
Li Tai put down his chopsticks when he heard this and asked with concern.
The beriberi he mentioned was not the tinea pedis and other diseases of later generations, but a disease that has been highly prevalent in the Jiangnan area since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, especially after the southern crossing of Yongjia.
"Yes, evil spirits bother people, even more so with swords. In the early years, the pain was so severe that I didn't even dare to walk. It improved a few years after I returned, but it has relapsed recently."
He Basheng said helplessly, pointing to his feet below the knees.
When Li Tai heard this, his expression became a little serious.
Beriberi in medieval times had nothing to do with fungal infection or vitamin deficiency, but a comprehensive neuroinflammation, which is a type of Qi disease.
Wind disease and qi disease were relatively common diseases in the Middle Ages, and the most famous one was inherited from the Li Tang family.
Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, died of a stroke. Taizong of the Tang Dynasty also suffered from gas diseases for many years. Empress Changsun also died of gas diseases. Not to mention Li Zhi, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, suffered from high blood pressure for many years so that Wu Zetian came to rule the dynasty. Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xian also
Because he had been under house arrest in Shannan for many years, he contracted severe beriberi.
Zhang Wenzhong, a famous doctor who treated wind diseases for Emperor Gaozong Li in the Tang Dynasty, once said that there are 120 types of wind and 80 types of qi. When athlete’s foot, head, wind, and qi rise, it is often necessary to take medicine continuously.
Beriberi in medieval times, if we want to make an analogy, is probably toxic neuritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout and other similar comprehensive inflammations.
It's really fatal when it's serious, because it often requires long-term medication. When athlete's foot attacks the heart, acute toxic renal failure and congestive heart failure caused by rheumatism can lead to death.
Li Tai knew that He Basheng was going to die soon, but he only thought that it was caused by the news of his sons' deaths. He did not expect that He Basheng had a serious illness. It seems that the real cause of He Basheng's death was emotional.
A double whammy of great sadness and an outbreak of serious illness.
"Since I have this serious illness, my uncle especially needs to avoid eating alcohol, meat and other things that make people angry!"
After guessing the inside story, Li Tai couldn't help but worry about He Basheng. He stood up, went to the front and took away the mutton on He Basheng's food table, and gave a serious advice.
He Basheng couldn't help being speechless when he saw this, and after a while he sighed again: "You can't be called dead when you are over fifty years old. Compared with all my old friends, I have already grown up in a stolen time. Even if the time comes to urge me, I can only wait peacefully.
I am too arrogant to eat!"
"My uncle and I are neither relatives nor friends, and we are fortunate to be sheltered so that we can live in this hometown. Even if my uncle complains that I am greedy for this favor and am arrogant because of his favor, then I am still happy to be a villain who harms others and enriches myself. I hope I can always listen to my teachings."
Li Tai brought the mutton back to his dining table and began to eat. He looked at He Basheng and said, "Besides, although my uncle has traveled a long way, he may not have tasted more delicacies in the world than I have. I have only been in the world for a short time, but my taste is shallow. Is this true?"
Isn't it a pity? Uncle, let's cherish this desire. I will serve delicious food one after another later, so that uncle can taste it."