Yang Zhong, Li Tai always feels that he doesn't know much about each other, and he has known each other for a long time, but he doesn't have much actual contact.

And because Yang Zhong himself has a more rigorous and quiet personality, he rarely shows his emotions on his face, and he is relatively cold socially, even if he rarely expresses any enthusiasm for his late master Dugu Xin, there is even less friendship with Li Tai.

But despite this, Li Tai has an inexplicable trust in Yang Zhong. This is of course partly the reason for Dugu Xin, but also because of his experience when he first cooperated with Yang Zhong.

At that time, Shuofang Hu united from Shihu to enter the Kou, Li Mu, who was the assassin of Dongxia Prefecture at that time, was trapped in Guangwu City, Li Tai rushed to help Dongxia Prefecture to help Li Mu relieve the difficulty, and then planned to gather and annihilate into the Kou thief Hu, at that time sent a letter to Yang Zhong in Xi'an Prefecture, and then Yang Zhong rushed thousands of miles and arrived at the Shuofang battlefield with the fastest speed.

In that cooperation, Yang Zhong's quick and timely appearance, coupled with his excellent command ability when facing the battle, impressed Li Tai. So although there is no emotional interaction and interest match with Yang Zhong, Li Tai feels that Yang Zhong is a trustworthy person.

Of course, this so-called trustworthiness is based on mutual benefit, and Yang Zhong has his own set of standards for judging people and things. Although the cooperation was very pleasant, he was not keen on interacting with Li Tai outside of business.

For example, in recent years, Dugu Xin has sent a lot of his Longyou personnel to northern Shaanxi, and when he passed through Xi'an Prefecture, Yang Zhong only borrowed the road, and did not get involved in too deep entanglements of interests.

Of course, this is only known to Li Tai himself, as for how he interacts with Dugu Xin, then Li Tai is not clear. Although it is said that a son-in-law is half a son, even if it is a son, there is no reason to let Duguxin go home to support the elderly and completely hand over the personnel now.

In short, Yang Zhong is a person with strong principles and it is difficult to impress him with pure interests or feelings. There is no need to say much about personal ability, Yang Zhong has an unkind side in the world, and it is rare for him to be hot-blooded, but he is not unreasonable.

This kind of character, which is very different from the temperament of the usual town soldiers, is also well inherited to his son Yang Jian, but Yang Jian has gone one step further on the basis of his father's calm and self-control, and he seems a little cold.

When Yang Zhong heard Li Tai's intentions, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he said again: "Xihe Gong has such a grand plan, does Hanoi know it?" ”

He no longer looked down on Li Tai this time, but wanted to determine how much character energy Li Tai could mobilize, and confirm whether this was considered a mission for their faction.

Li Tai shook his head after hearing this: "At the moment, this matter is my own plan, if it is implemented, it will naturally be a big plan, if it can't be done, it will be a young man's words." The Duke of Hanoi has been in Longyou for a long time, and he is also unfamiliar with the latest situation between Jiang and Han, and rashly asking for advice is just a nuisance. After the personnel are decided first, it is not too late. ”

When Yang Zhong heard this, he frowned again, and only after a while did he ask again: "Plotting against Handong, Xihe Gong is not the first case, how can it be determined that it can be done?" Moreover, it is necessary to divide the troops and plan to return to the customs. Although the Liang State is in civil strife, the border parties have not been convinced, and the righteousness of the Liang State is still insufficient, how can Xihe Gong be confident that he can gather favors? ”

When Li Tai heard this, his brows furrowed, knowing that Yang Zhong was still moved, otherwise he would not ask such a fundamental question.

In the final analysis, as a military general, the battlefield is the stage where he can give full play to his strengths and be haunted by his dreams, but now he has been placed in a remote place for many years, no matter how calm and self-reliant he is, he must be lonely in his heart.

Since he is seeking cooperation, Li Tai must of course also show a sincere attitude. Just now he said that he had not yet informed his father-in-law of his plan, Dugu Xin, which was to show that the two sides would talk openly and honestly about this matter, and he would not use Dugu Xin to force Yang Zhong to agree.

So he carefully recounted the current chaos in Southern Liang and the entanglement between the Jingyong Prefectures, including the various personnel preparations he had made in the early stage, and even took into account the reactions and responses that might appear on the Eastern Wei side.

Yang Zhong also listened to this quite seriously, Rao is himself was moody, and after listening to Li Tai talk about the various arrangements made in Jing Town, he couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "I remember that Xihe Gong has only been in the town for more than a year, and he has already done so many things?" ”

"Since you have a big plan, you must always be open and honest. If Yang Kaifu doubts that what he said is false, he can enter the country for a deep visit and careful investigation, but if he feels that it is false, he can abandon me at any time! ”

After Li Tai heard this, he said that he had made more preparations in Jingzhou than he had told Yang Zhong, and there was no need to tell Yang Zhong.

When Yang Zhong heard this, he waved his hand and sighed: "Since Xihe Gong can say it, I believe it, but I just feel it." For example, Xihe Gong is so diligent in his work, so he can be regarded as not wasting his time, and the rest of the others will inevitably sigh to themselves compared to this! ”

Li Tai couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, it was the first time he heard Yang Zhong express his heart so bluntly and frankly, it can be seen that he has indeed been left out for a long time and is lonely.

Since each other's dry firewood has collided with the flames, it is natural that the next step is logical. After Yang Zhong was a little reserved and made sure that Li Tai was not a blind rampant trick on a whim, he also began to actively express his opinions.

Although his people have been idle in Beizhou for many years, his talent has not been wasted. He lived in Nanliang for several years in his early years, and when he was under the command of He Basheng, he chased Duguxin to capture Nanliang Xiashu, and at that time he already wanted to map Handong, so he was quite familiar with the geographical situation of Handong, and the opinions put forward were not exaggerated and vague words, all of which had something to say, and made a great detail supplement to Li Tai's Handong strategy.

As for Hanzhong, since Yang Zhong himself was not familiar with it, he didn't say much.

But in fact, Li Tai's infiltration of Hanzhong is deeper than that of Handong, which can only wander outside the door, and the reason why he didn't directly attack Hanzhong to Yuwentai before was that there were too many targets and it was easy to disperse the center, and second, he didn't plan to put Hanzhong on the agenda so early.

After all, if troops were sent to carry out a formal military conquest, then Hanzhong would be part of the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty, and many things would not be as convenient as before.

However, Yuwentai, the stinky black otter, has no measurement at all, and actually sent Zhao Gui to Jingzhou to check his details, in order to grasp the greater right to speak, Li Tai can only temporarily make big plans, increase the bargaining chips, and list Hanzhong as one of the targets of this military operation.

The reason why he pulled Yang Zhong was not only because of Yang Zhong's own resume and talent, but also because they both had a close relationship with Duguxin.

Now that Dugu Xin has entered the Zhu Kingdom, at least nominally he has gained the status of fighting against Yuwentai, and now the people of Dugu Xin's family have made such a grand battle plan, if Yuwentai vetoes it, it will be a bit of a factional struggle.

Although the military and political power in the country are now dominant, it does not mean that other people have no energy.

What's more, now that the attitude of the crown prince Yuanqin and his father-in-law is becoming more and more obvious, and at that time, he will cross the overlord to give Li Tai an order, so whether this matter is successful or not, it will be a great blow to the authority of the hegemon, and the consequences will be much more serious than the time when Wang Sizheng sent troops without authorization, and it is a personnel split directly from the root.

Of course, Li Tai didn't want to go against the Bafu on this point, he didn't contact his father-in-law but directly discussed with Yang Zhong, just to leave a room for this matter.

It's just that no matter how much you go back to the circle, this matter itself is a bit of a coercion of Yuwentai, which may make Yuwentai unhappy, and it is estimated that it is even more serious than the time when Li Tai was Duguxin's son-in-law.

But Li Tai's fundamental purpose is still to engage in a career, not to be a tyrant who makes Yuwen Tai cool with peace of mind. There is a conflict in career planning, of course, at my pace, as long as it is beneficial to our Guanlong entire market, you can endure it if you are unhappy. I can't go back if you're unhappy, I can't break through this trap for the rest of my life.

With this level of offense, it can only be said that from now on, Li Tai is no longer a little minion at the mercy of the Taiwan government, and it is time to switch ways of getting along with each other. If Yuwentai is furious because of this, then basically the hegemony will come to an end.

After settling this matter with Yang Zhong who had been sleepless all night, Li Tai did not stay here for a long time, made up for a short nap in the morning, and after lunch, he led his subordinates to hurriedly return to Luochuan to wait for the driver.

At the beginning of May, the crown prince Yuanqin and a group of civil and military officials who accompanied the tour all the way north and arrived at Luochuan.

As Li Tai said, thanks to his proper arrangements along the way, everyone on this tour was quite comfortable. After settling in Luochuan Fangcheng for a short rest, the prince proposed to go to the Shifo Temple near the left to enjoy it. The reputation of this famous temple in Beizhou has already spread to Chang'an, and it won the first place in last year's Buddha statue tour, so it is also quite sought after by the current people in Beijing.

So a group of people and the vast entourage of the prince went to the Buddha Temple to have a look, because the audience faced by this temple is a relatively vulgar crowd, and what Buddhist doctrine to tell them has no effect, so they focus on visual efforts, the grand temple building, the exquisite Buddha statue and the scriptures all over the temple are all fascinating, very surprised.

Li Tai, as the organizer of this temple, was also arranged to follow the prince and Daxingtai behind him to explain the origin story of the temple.

The prince himself is a Buddhist, and he is very interested in this temple with a different style from the famous temples in Guanzhong, and when he heard the practical significance of the restraint and entrapment of the Ji Hu tribes, he couldn't help but be even more surprised, so he simply took Li Tai's arm and asked him carefully, and his words and demeanor were full of appreciation and praise for Li Tai.

It is not the first time that Li Tai has been courteously attracted by the prince, although the prince is indignant every time he refuses, but he can't stand his momentum getting stronger and stronger, as if he has become the first person in the country to enter the country, for the prince is simply a little goblin who can't get it but scratches people's hearts.

Yu Wentai saw that the prince had a lot of explicit wooing of his henchmen under his nose, and he was also quite unhappy. This depression lasted until Master Hongyi, the presiding officer of the temple, led the monks to meet him, and according to Li Tai's instructions, he expressed his willingness to donate manpower and material resources to build a mansion for Taifu Hong.

Yu Wentai was very happy after hearing the monks' remarks, not only because of the practical benefits of the expansion of the Taiwan government, but also because of the deferential attitude shown by these shamen, which made him feel deeply satisfied, and he had a lot of praise for Master Hongyi and others.

On the other hand, the prince's interest plummeted, and even the most famous temple of the Ten Thousand Buddhas in the temple was too lazy to watch, and directly ordered the crowd to leave the temple and return to Fangcheng.

Li Tai couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene on the side, even if these sand gates were not worthy of his little pretentiousness, but after all, there were still fellow Yu Wentai and the civil and military ministers, and their emotions were as revealing as they were, and they were somewhat lacking in generosity.

However, he is not the prince after all, and he does not know the details of the predicament he feels and the coping plan, perhaps in the prince's opinion, with this moody temperament, he can enhance his sense of existence and discourse.

After staying in Luochuan for two days and feeding the people and horses, the group continued to the north and went to Tongwancheng, Xiazhou, an important town in the Hetao.

In fact, due to the implementation of the opening of the Chinese Law in Xihe County and Yanchi in Xi'an Prefecture, the development of internal affairs is also very promising, but internal affairs are not the focus of this tour, and it is estimated that Yuwentai is not willing to let the prince know more details about the government affairs of the border states, so these locations are not arranged.

Xiazhou Assassin Shi Yu Wengui has already led the civil and military officials of Zuo Jinzhou County and the Hao chieftains in the territory to wait at the state border, as the most important military town in the Hetao area, plus Daxingtai once personally sat in this side when he was in charge of Guanzhong, this revisit to the old place is of great significance.

The flags on the field are unfurled, the formation is extended, and the soldiers of the border towns and the armed forces of the chieftains who come to greet them can hardly see the border at a glance, and the picture can be described as majestic. More than 50,000 people and horses were stationed here, which can be said to be the most majestic moment of the military situation since the founding of the Western Wei Dynasty, even if the old town of Yuwentai was far less than that, after all, he was only a general under He Bayue at that time.

The entourage couldn't help but feel deeply excited and happy when they saw that the army of Tongwancheng was so majestic.

They still remember that in the early years of the Great Unification, they were almost defenseless, whether it was the rebels in the west of the Longyou River or the people and horses of Gaohuan in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, they could all go unhindered from this.

Now that the Xiazhou army is strong and well-armed, the northern border of Guanzhong can finally be stabilized, and the people in Guanzhong can rest easy.

Xiazhou's armament is so abundant, of course, because Yu Wengui, who is sitting here, has been governed for many years, and his people are originally Xiazhou's wealthy chieftains, who are mostly supported by the masses, and have been in the countryside for several years, which has caused a surge in Xiazhou's military strength.

But in addition, there is another person who has contributed a lot, and that is naturally Li Tai, who proposed to open the Chinese law to maintain border military expenditures. As far as the masses saw in front of them, at least two-thirds of the supplies were supplied by the Tuntian districts of northern Shaanxi, mainly in Xihe County. It is precisely because of their close connection with each other that Yu Wengui's son Yu Wenshan chased Li Tai to Jingzhou to work.

However, Yuwentai is reluctant to expose the secret of Xiazhou's army, and everything is known but does not know why, and maintaining a certain degree of mystery will have a strong deterrent effect. If everything is shown too clearly and can be seen at a glance, it is inevitable that there will be a loss of awe.

Therefore, after inspecting the military in Xiazhou, it can be clearly felt that the eyes of the entourage looking at Daxingtai are even more awe-inspiring.

Most of them only know that the Taiwan government has been constantly rectifying the army and conducting large-scale military parades and training in recent years, and it seems that they have worked hard, but as a result, the previous battle of Heyang was still so thorough, and now it is even more direct and cold to Wang Sizheng's troops who are trapped in Yingchuan.

Just when he felt that the Taiwan government lacked much confidence and that Daxingtai was only like this, he found that Daxingtai had quietly raised such a large-scale elite army in Xiazhou, and he was in awe and admiration in his heart, and he only said that he was short-sighted and difficult to get a glimpse of the deep city of Daxingtai.

Therefore, Yu Wentai did not deliberately mention the inside story of opening the Sino-French army, but only praised Yu Wengui, the direct person in charge, and Li Tai could only continue to be a behind-the-scenes hero.

Li Tai didn't care much about this, he was originally worried that Xihe County would be completely exposed in the eyes of the times, and some deficiencies might be exposed under the attention of the masses, or it would be criticized by jealousy. Now it is directly blurred in the past, which is exactly what he wants. Compared with some false glory, it is undoubtedly the real benefits that are more moving.

What's more, at the moment, he has no time to care about these little things, and he is thinking about waiting for the patrol team to arrive in Suizhou to his territory, then he will play his Hanshui strategy and have a showdown with Yuwentai, and Yuwentai will have to weigh it even if he doesn't want to agree.

(End of chapter)