0473 Tearful farewell
Now that the order has been issued, it is urgent for the army to set out. However, it always takes a certain amount of time for people to gather and pack up, and Li Tai doesn't need to turn around and leave after receiving the order, and he doesn't even have time to say goodbye to his family.
After determining the expedition and the personnel left behind, Li Tai handed over the whole task to his subordinates, and he took a little time to return to his home in the city and say a short goodbye to his wife.
was a newlywed Yan'er, but her husband quickly devoted himself to official business, leaving early and returning late every day, and now he has to lead the troops to go on the expedition, and the time he really spent together has not increased much compared to before marriage, and Miao Yin naturally has some sadness in her heart.
But when facing her husband, she restrained this melancholy, and just forced a smile on her face: "If it weren't for the husband and the king, how could the concubine live in peace and enjoy wealth for a long time?" The husband doesn't need to worry about family affairs, the concubine has no worries about food and clothing, and even if she is a little bored, she can return to Ning for recreation. However, the husband is outside, he must take care of his body, report to his father when he is about it, and worry about it for a long time......"
As she spoke, she took out a bunch of plain silk light yarn from her arms, held it in front of her forehead with both hands, looked solemn, and recited words in her mouth, and only after a while did she wrap this silk yarn carefully with brocade cloth, and cherished it in Li Tai's hands, and said: "This Buddha yarn is a concubine chanting sutras in the hall to pray for the blessing of the Buddha's grace and favor, husband, please put it away properly, don't be contaminated, if there is anything in the battle array, just a small wound, wrap and treat with this Buddha yarn, it can relieve the carbuncle poison......"
Looking at this little lady's serious and dignified face, Li Tai was moved in his heart and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and he felt more and more the misfortune of people in troubled times.
Some people see the magnificence of princes and generals and Jin Ge iron horses, but how many joys and sorrows are there in it?
In the turbulent times of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties for more than 300 years, how many women were like their own mothers, full of anxiety, sadness and good hope, and sent their husbands, fathers, brothers or sons to the battlefield, but how many expectations could be fulfilled and their relatives could return safely?
While putting away the gauze close to his body, he secretly decided in his heart that when he returned from the end of this battle, he would definitely have to add a few biology lessons to this little lady, where would the Buddha blessing come from to cure wound infection!
The little lady didn't know that her husband was complaining that she was an uneducated little turtle, and she still regretted herself: "This Buddha yarn should be recited for an hour every day, and the Buddha power is the most sufficient for forty-nine days." But in the first few days of the wedding, I only remembered to play, and it was less than 49 days since I remembered to do it again. The husband and the general will be the first, and avoid the enemy's loss in battle. From now on, I will work hard to save a lot of Buddha yarn full of wish for my husband, and my husband will be able to ......."
No matter how full this wish is, I don't dare to face the enemy's advance!
Li Tai hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt the little lady's chatter, and didn't want her to stay at home to do these useless work, so he said: "The power of gods and Buddhas is ethereal, and manpower is the real expectation." Although the lady has plenty of food and clothing, not everyone is like this.
Although my wife and I can't take care of the poor people in Kansai, I am the only soldier under my command, and they work tirelessly to fight with me, if my parents, wife and children are still hungry and cold in the country, it is my unrighteous ......."
"Don't worry, husband, after you set out on the expedition, I will definitely visit those subordinates frequently, and there will be no clothes for clothes and no food for food! I must make my husband the most benevolent lord in the whole Kansai and the whole world! ”
When the little lady heard that there was still a task assigned to her, she nodded again and again, clutching her pink fist and reassuring.
"It's still necessary to do what you can, no matter how much or less there is wrong, and moderation can be cherished."
Li Tai smiled again and said, he naturally didn't want his own lady to learn from other noble ladies because she was idle and worried about the safety of her relatives.
After gossiping a few words with the lady, he saw that it was not early, so he put away the reluctance in his heart, smiled and waved goodbye to the lady, and then went out and got on the horse and galloped away.
Miaoyin sent the husband out of the door with a smile, and waited until the husband's figure disappeared into the corner of the street, with a somewhat stiff and dry smile still on his face, until the maid whispered a reminder before entering, and then couldn't help but burst into tears, covering his face and returning home.
The departure of the army usually requires a swearing-in ceremony, but Li Tai's subordinates, as the vanguard, did not have the opportunity to do so, and they needed to go east to Tongguan to inspect and open the front road to ensure that the Chinese army in the back road was unimpeded.
On this expedition, the 3,000 pioneers were all dispatched by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the rear army, with 1,000 light horsemen and 2,000 foot soldiers.
But this is the standard of the expedition personnel given by the military order of the overlord, and it does not include all the horses and horses of Li Tai's subordinates, especially the private troops under his command, he can bring as many as he wants, which the overlord has no restrictions, but the overlord is only responsible for the armament and supply of the three thousand foot cavalry.
In other words, if Li Tai had the ability to mobilize 100,000 troops to fight in the east in Kansai, the overlord would not prohibit it. But if he really has such a big mobilization power, then he will be a ghost in the east and directly compete with the boss Yuwentai.
Li Tai neither planned to operate in Henan for a long time, nor did he want to fully expose his potential to the current of time, and he was only responsible for the forward operation, so he only gathered 5,000 men and horses, in addition to the 3,000 cavalry of the military government, and selected 2,000 elite cavalry under his command.
As for the accompanying personnel, they are the deputy general Tian Hong, the governor Shi Linghu Yanbao, the military Sima Li Quji, and the protégé generals Liang Shiyan, He Ruodun, Gao Le, etc., compared with the last attack on Jinyang, the personnel is still simpler.
After all, he is only a forward general this time rather than a main general, if he commands too many generals, it will be a bit noisy, so he leads a small number of elites to go out, and the rest either stay in the countryside to continue to recuperate, or go to northern Shaanxi to operate and develop.
When the men and horses gathered, Li Tai resigned to the Taiwan government and the Chinese military government, and then led the more than 5,000 people and horses under his command to leave the camp and set off, running all the way to the south, marching more than 30 miles on the first day, and staying at the camp on the east bank of Luoshui in the northeast of Shayuan.
Early the next morning, the army continued to march southeast, crossing the Weishui River and entering the territory of Huayin. There is an official warehouse arsenal in the Huayin Realm, where the army replenishes ordnance supplies and receives rations such as chariots, horses, and soldiers.
Recently, due to the changes in Henan, the overlord has frequently requisitioned and transferred the entire Guanxi, and Huashan County is responsible for the allocation of various materials for the army in the entire Weinan region, so the entire Huayin area is dozens of miles away from the company camp, and there are troops who have entered here to receive supplies, including Chinese soldiers and horses who have returned to the Bafu from other places, as well as the armed forces of the counties and townships in Zhuzhou.
Although the army here is numerous and chaotic, the arrival of the entire 5,000 men and horses under Li Tai's department is also proud of the existence of the whole field. Most of the Kansai Township regiments are mainly foot soldiers, even if they are the elite of the Chinese army in the Bafu, the ratio of infantry and cavalry is three to one or even four to one.
Li Tai is a pioneer, and the ratio of foot and cavalry rationed by the overlord is only two to one. But he couldn't stand his wealth, and he added a full two thousand elite cavalry, and the proportion of cavalry in the army far exceeded that of foot soldiers, so it didn't seem to be easy to bully.
Therefore, when his men and horses crossed the river to the south, the surrounding people, whether they knew or did not know each other, all cast awe-inspiring glances, and spontaneously gave way to the road, so that their troops could enter the camp on the slope unimpeded.
Zhao Su, the Taishou of Huashan County, had already stood in front of the camp gate and waited, and when he saw Li Tai riding his horse, he strode to meet him: "The humble post has been waiting for the Xihe Gong here for a long time, and the personnel and materials of the Xihe Gong Department have already been properly distributed, and they can be paid immediately." ”
Zhao Su is still Li Tai's subordinate in the Taiwan Mansion, Li Tai saw that there were so many people gathered here, and thought that he would waste a lot of time to handle things, but he didn't expect Zhao Su to help him do it first, so he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "There is Lao Zhao Fujun, it is inconvenient to have a banquet in Ronglie, and he will be drunk with the Fujun in the future." ”
The two exchanged pleasantries here, and suddenly a county official hurriedly came and whispered to Zhao Su, Zhao Su's expression suddenly changed after listening, looked at Li Tai and stopped, and after a while, he apologized and left.
When Li Tai saw this, he motioned for Li Qujian to follow and take a look, Zhao Su not only helped his subordinates but also helped a lot, if he encountered any difficulties and it was convenient for him, he might as well help.
Li Qujian did not return until half an hour after leaving, and even reported to Li Tai a thing that made people laugh and cry: some state soldiers were dissatisfied with the amount of materials allocated by Huashan County, and even robbed an official warehouse by force, and confronted the county soldiers who rushed to hear the news.
After hearing this, Li Tai couldn't help but secretly sigh, our Kansai Erlang is so unruly and lawless. The reason why his subordinates were able to maintain strict military discipline was also because he did everything possible to collect money and ensure that the military was not expensive.
Now that the state soldiers who caused the rebellion have been arrested, Li Tai no longer asks how Zhao Su will deal with it, anyway, it has nothing to do with him.
But just as he had eaten dinner and was about to rest in the tent, another guard came to report that someone outside the camp had knocked on the camp to ask for an audience.