Li Tai stayed at the manor overnight, and slept hazy the next day, when the roar of drums suddenly sounded in his ears.

At first, he only thought that he was dreaming of returning to the moment when he was defeated and fled west, but he soon realized that the situation was not right, and the sound of the drum horn was really not like a dream.

He opened his eyes sharply, the sound of drums and horns in his ears became more and more real, and before his thoughts could be clear, his body had already moved, he jumped up from the bed, grabbed the robe from the hanger and draped it over his body, and picked up his saber and rushed straight to the door.

"Ah Lang, isn't there a thief coming to disturb you?"

A slightly 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 give a warning.

At this time, the sky was still gray and the sun had not yet risen, and the master and servant stood with swords, pricked up their ears to distinguish the sounds, and the roar of human voices could be heard in the sound of drums and horns.

"Let's go to the residence of Master Heba to warn first!"

Li Tai didn't have time to think carefully, waved to Li Yantou, and walked straight to the direction of He Batsheng's bedroom.

When the two of them were halfway through, they suddenly heard someone shouting under the wall: "Shi Wu practiced in the morning, not a thief, did it disturb Lang Jun?" ”

Li Tai pressed the knife in one hand and looked fixedly, and saw that it was Zhu Meng, a strong man who saluted and became one of the newcomers who saluted last night, standing under the wall, and then realized that he was too sensitive and misunderstood.

"It didn't bother me, my master and servant also have the habit of smelling chickens and dancing and practicing."

He stood up a little embarrassed, embarrassed to admit the fact that he was in a daze, turned around and gave Li Yan a look, and then replied.

"Morning exercise is a good habit! After a full night's sleep, my spirit is lazy and loose, my muscles and bones are tired, and I am strong and strong all day! ”

Na Zhu strode up, dressed in a strong suit, with a short stick pinned to his waist, holding a long staff, but his expression did not have the pleasure of a happy spring night, but a look of indignation: "A few thieves are greedy for the position of the head of my team, and they don't allow me to participate in the morning exercise, and drive me back." It's also boring to go home, so it's better to hone your muscles and bones! ”

Li Tai was shocked at this moment, and he was also happy after hearing this: "The Taishi has an order last night, and the expulsion of the robe is also affectionate, Zhu Meng'er is happy to get married, and he can't bear to abandon the bride alone?" ”

"Can you sit and eat when you marry a woman and start a family? Lingering with women only hurts my strength. When I enter the battle in the future, the thief will not show mercy to me because of this woman. ”

Zhu Meng sank his waist and fixed his horse's steps, waving his staff with both hands.

When Li Tai heard this big truth, he couldn't help but be impressed by this strong man who was not obsessed with women, and turned back to Li Yantou and said: "This is the real man's words, if you marry a wife in the coming year, you must also restrain yourself with this!" ”

"It's not that I don't have such knowledge, as long as Ah Lang matches me to marry a wife, I can reflect it!"

Li Yantou was a little unconvinced when he heard this, and said with a grin.

When he saw Zhu Meng's long staff waving, he also picked up the corner of his robe and jumped out of the corridor: "I'll catch and practice with a strong man!" ”

Seeing this, Zhu Meng also smiled slightly, put aside the long staff, pulled out the short stick as a knife, and when he saw Li Yantou pull up the blessing, he shouted and pounced.

Li Yan's head and arm strength are strong, and when he sees this, he swings the back of the knife horizontally to block, and the two collide, Zhu Meng grabbed the tiger's mouth that was a little numb by the shock, his eyes lit up, and he praised in his mouth: "What a handsome arm, I'm going to be serious, you have to be careful!" ”

"Come on!"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, and he had a bit of the momentum of a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and he was not timid and weak because of his old man's experience in a hundred battles, and swung his knife into the front to intercept it.

Zhu Meng frowned and looked carefully, the short stick in his hand met the back of the knife, but he no longer collided with force, but turned his wrist obliquely, and pressed down diagonally along the knife momentum of Li Yan's head.

Li Yan's head snorted in pain, and the knife collapsed, but he gritted his teeth and crashed into Zhu Meng. Seeing this, Zhu Meng directly abandoned the short stick, supported Li Yan's ribs with both hands, and swept backwards by hitting the momentum.

"The most taboo in the formation is to die, your rush seems to be brave, but in fact, it is an overkill, harmful formation. You need to use glue to enter the formation, glue is inseparable from the left and right, your arm strength is strong, and the left and right sides should be prevented from becoming an iron door, and you need to work both sides.

The lord often said that it will be the courage of the soldiers, the soldiers will be the commanders of the force, and the soldiers will have the strategy of the soldiers, and the soldiers will have the methods to make the force. Twist light and heavy, the power of ten jun can kill the enemy, there is no way, the power of a thousand jun is just in vain! ”

Zhu Meng looked at Li Yantou and said with half appreciation and half regret.

Li Yan was defeated in the first face, and his mood was also very depressed and ashamed, and when he heard Zhu Meng's words, he looked thoughtful, and only sighed after a while: "I also know a little bit about the method of fighting, and it is really rare to have an opponent as skillful as a strong man." I don't know how to use this glue strength, can the strong man say it more carefully? ”

"It's complicated to say, but it's still up to practice to make perfect. Your wrist is fine, right? I'm going to teach you a few sword positions in battle. In the direction of the formation, the force is different, in the front you need to be flexible, in the center is brave and strong, and in the back of the town you need to be strong......"

Zhu Meng has a good habit of being a teacher, and he does not hide his battle formation skills, so he pulls Li Yan's head and explains.

Li Tai, who was standing on the side, was also interested in his heart, and came up and asked with a smile: "Isn't this right?" Shouldn't the opponent be fierce and bold and charge into battle to boost morale? ”

"People who don't often go into battle often have this misunderstanding, saying that the brave will win when they clash in two battles. Whether this is true or not, it still depends on the opponent. If the opposite side is only weak and scattered, he will be the current warrior and lead the formation. But if the power is equal, the sharp will be broken. This requires the sergeant to be the eye and find its omission, the sergeant to be the knife and crack its skin, and the sergeant to hammer and break its muscles and bones......"

Zhu Meng spoke very carefully, and Li Tai listened very carefully.

Although he has the martial arts and memories left over from his predecessor, his predecessor is just a young man with a good martial arts spirit, and he doesn't have much real experience in battle formations. The first time he went into battle was to follow Yu Jin's army to attack several powerful dock walls in the Heluo area, and when he really fought with the elite soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he was injured and rescued, and he was occupied by himself who crossed over.

War is one of the most intense human behaviors, and once a war is fought, it is not only a matter of victory or defeat, but also of life and death, and naturally there is no room for the slightest sloppiness.

Although Zhu Meng is not a long-established general, he has followed He Batsheng to the north and south for many years, and the actual combat experience he has accumulated is also very rich. Even if it is just picking out some key explanations, it is enough to make Li Tai's master and servant listen to it fascinated.

Unconsciously, the sun had risen high, and the soldiers who were practicing at the bottom of the slope also returned one after another, seeing the three people gathered together, and some people joined the discussion one after another. Talking about some of the extreme battle formations they experienced, Li Tai was thrilled and full of interest when he heard it, and kept in mind some key points of victory and defeat.

He Batsheng had a hangover last night, and when he woke up, it was not too early, and when he walked out of the bedroom, he saw Li Tai mingling with his own troops, standing under the porch and watching for a while, looking thoughtful.

After a while, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "These veterans are skilled in fighting, but they don't have to listen too seriously. For the generals, the cultivation of the mind can be controlled, first learn not to be timid, and then cautious, as for the method, it still needs to be honed in the matter, and practice makes perfect. ”

When everyone heard He Batsheng's speech, they turned around and came forward to salute. He Batsheng waved his hand and withdrew from the crowd and beckoned Li Tai to dine.

Li Tai remembered the abnormality of seeing He Batsheng at the banquet last night, and seeing that he was just frowning today, he couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, is there something wrong with his body?" ”

"The old illness of the year is not in the way."

After hearing this, He Basheng sighed: "In the early years, he was in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was plagued by dampness and cold, and his evil spirit was stubborn, and he was paralyzed with pain in his hands and feet even if he didn't notice it. It's not fatal, but it's torturous......"

"Is it a stubborn athlete's foot?"

When Li Tai heard this, he put down his chopsticks and asked with concern.

The beriberi he mentioned was not a disease such as athlete's foot in later generations, but a disease that had a high incidence in the Jiangnan area since the Wei and Jin dynasties, especially after Yongjia Nandu.

"Yes, evil spirits disturb people, even more so than swords. In his early years, he was so painful that he didn't even dare to walk on the ground. In the past few years, he has improved, but recently he has had seizures. ”

He Batsheng said helplessly, pointing to the feet below the knees.

When Li Tai heard this, his expression also became a little serious.

Beriberi in the Middle Ages was not associated with fungal infections or vitamin deficiencies, but was a comprehensive neuroinflammation that was a type of qi disease.

Wind disease and qi disease were relatively high-incidence diseases in the Middle Ages, and the most famous was the inheritance of the Li Tang family.

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan died of a stroke, Tang Taizong also suffered from qi diseases for many years, and Empress Changsun also died of qi diseases. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi not to mention, high blood pressure for many years so that Wu Zetian was in power. Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was also confined to Shannan all the year round and contracted a very serious beriberi.

Zhang Wenzhong, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty who treated Gaozong Li for wind disease, said that there are 120 kinds of wind and 80 kinds of qi.

Beriberi in the Middle Ages, if you want to make an analogy, is probably toxic neuritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout and similar complex inflammations.

It is really fatal because it often requires long-term medication, and beriberi attacks the heart is death caused by congestive heart failure caused by acute toxic kidney failure and rheumatism.

Li Tai knew that He Batsheng would die soon, but he only thought that it was caused by the bad news of his sons' deaths, but he didn't expect that He Batsheng had a chronic illness. It seems that the real cause of Ho Batsheng's death should be the double blow of great emotional grief and the outbreak of chronic illness.

"Since you have this chronic illness, my uncle especially needs to avoid eating wine and meat and other angry things!"

After guessing these inside information, Li Tai couldn't help but worry about He Batsheng, got up and walked into the front to walk the mutton on He Batsheng's food table, and said with a serious face.

He Batsheng couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw this, and only after a moment did he sigh again: "If you are more than half a hundred years old, you will not be called an untimely death, compared with the old people, I am already a stealing year." Even if there is a time to urge, I only wait safely, the kid takes my mouth, it's too arrogant! ”

"My uncle and I are not related to each other, but I am fortunate to have the shelter to live in this country. Even if my uncle complains that I am greedy for favor and pampered, then I am happy to be a villain who harms others and enriches myself, and I hope to listen to the teachings often. ”

Li Tai took the mutton back to his own table and ate it, then looked at He Batsheng and said, "Besides, although my uncle has traveled a long way, he may not taste more delicious food in the world than me." Isn't it a pity that he has been in the WTO for a long time, but his mouth is shallow? Uncle regretted this desire, and I will come to serve delicious food one after another, so that my uncle's mouth will be fresh. ”