The first seven days of the first day are approaching in a flash, and at this time, the armies in the Weibei Plain have already gathered here, and the barracks and school fields have been completed.

At this time, the so-called armies in the Weibei Plain were mainly the men and horses brought by Li Tai from Shannan Province, as well as the prisoners of war who were collected and scattered and exchanged from the Northern Qi.

After Li Tai received a letter from Liang Rui asking for help, he ordered Gao Le to go to Heluo with 5,000 men and horses as the vanguard, and Li Li led 5,000 elite soldiers into Wuguan, while he led 20,000 horses to Heluo as well.

The first round of mobilization was 30,000 troops, and when Li Tai's army entered the Heluo area, he learned that the army of the foreign government abandoned Jiuqu City and fled westward, because he was worried that the situation would collapse further and ordered He Ruodun to lead another 10,000 horses to gather in the city to standby.

Although these 10,000 horses did not enter the battle in the end, when Li Tai learned that the situation in Guanzhong had collapsed, he asked Li Qianzhi to contact and negotiate with the Northern Qi Dynasty, and on the other hand, he ordered He Ruodun to lead these 10,000 men and horses to Wuguan.

Later, after the peace talks with the Northern Qi were completed, Li Tai also entered Tongguan smoothly, and once again ordered Shannan Daoxingtai to prepare personnel and materials for him to control the situation after entering Guanzhong. Therefore, Shannan Province then transported personnel and materials from several areas in Chubei and Hanzhong to Guanzhong, and then there were 10,000 troops entering Guanzhong.

So far, the number of Shannan Province people who have entered Guanzhong has reached 50,000, but more than 20,000 of these 50,000 horses are still Guanzhong soldiers who were detained by Li Tai in Shannan Province after the Battle of Jiangling that year.

After the end of the Battle of Gangneung, although the Chinese and foreign governments pursued it several times, there were many delays here in Shannan Province, and until the time when Yuwentai raised his troops to the east, there were still more than 30,000 Guanzhong soldiers who participated in the Battle of Gangneung stranded in Shannan.

Facts have proved that Li Tai's decision is also relatively correct, if these more than 30,000 soldiers also return to Guanzhong, they will inevitably have to experience this defeat and civil strife.

The Chinese and foreign governments invested more than 100,000 troops in this eastward expedition, but when the troops retreated to Tongguan, only more than 20,000 men and horses remained. If the situation does not turn around at this point, then it can also be said that most of the achievements in the construction of the government and military system carried out in the ninth year of the Great Unification have been destroyed, and the situation faced by the Kansai Tyrant is even more dangerous than the Battle of Bishan in the ninth year of the Great Unification.

Therefore, when Yuwen Hu's mother asked Li Tai for a lenient sentence, Li Tai would be indifferent, because Yuwen Hu, as the executor of Yuwen Tai's will and the final decision-maker of the army at that time, made the decision to evacuate Jiuqu City at that time It was really an unforgivable crime.

Due to Li Tai's timely entry and successful reversal of the situation, many prisoners of war were exchanged back in the subsequent negotiations with the Northern Qi, and more than 50,000 Chinese and foreign soldiers were rescued by him alone, which greatly reduced the direct casualties caused by this war.

If you don't take into account the rout in the first half and the chaos in Guanzhong, this campaign can also be called a victory. The direct casualties of the Northern Qi were much higher than those of the Western Wei, especially the loss of Hu Lujin, a noble veteran of the Jin Yang Dynasty, and some other important generals.

And some family hostages who have been stranded in Kanto since the split between the East and the West have also been able to come to Kansai to reunite with their families, in addition to the families of those town soldiers, including many relatives of the Li clan in Longxi.

In addition to some people and horses who stayed on the borders of Tongguan and western Henan, there were still 100,000 people and horses who participated in the Weibei parade this time. After a period of recuperation and reorganization, the soldiers of the Chinese and foreign governments who had experienced the death and capture of the army also recovered some of their morale and regained an atmosphere of strength and strength.

When the ministers of Chang'an arrived in Weibei from the emperor and Tang Gongyi, they couldn't help but feel refreshed when they saw the majestic scene of flags and strong people on the school field.

All kinds of personnel turmoil and power changes before made them worried, and all kinds of bad speculations surged in their hearts, and they only felt that the Eastern Crusade had such a big twist and turn, and the best result would be a great loss of vitality.

As for all kinds of remarks promoting great victories, they are just public opinion exaggerations made by Tang Gong in order to enter the ruling dynasty, everyone knows their own hearts, but they just know what to say and what not to say, and they have a tacit understanding.

However, when the 100,000-strong army was neatly placed in front of them, the somewhat pessimistic and sophisticated thoughts of these ministers finally changed. It turned out that the rumors were all true, Tang Gong really turned the tide in Heluo, turned defeat into victory, and played normally as always

Abuse the Northern Qi army!

Compared with those who still have to go through some changes in their minds and thoughts, the soldiers of the Weibei Plain, especially those Chinese and foreign people who were rescued back to Guanzhong by Li Tai, are much more enthusiastic and sincere.

As soon as Li Tai's car appeared in the field of vision, these soldiers raised their heads one after another, saluting to the flag of Tang Gong's car, hoping to be noticed by Tang Gong's sight. When the car drove to the front, there was no shortage of generals in front of the array and shouted loudly, "Tang Gong is mighty!"

There were also some camp guards who did not know about the change in the name of the court, so they beat their chests and shouted, "Die for the king!"

Such shouts came and went, and the soldiers all expressed their loyalty and enthusiasm to Tang Gong, and they could not be said to be indifferent to His Majesty the Emperor who was traveling with Tang Gong, and they were all a little blind.

Li Tai was still a little worried about the emperor's mood, but the emperor himself said with a smile: "I was worried about the turmoil of state affairs before, and I am afraid that people will not be at peace for a long time. Now I see that Tang Gong's reputation in the army is like the sky, and Tang Gong is worthy of being a giant in the country! I am also comforted by the people entrusted by the state affairs."

Regardless of whether the emperor's words were from the bottom of his heart or insincere, Li Tai listened to them more pleasantly. He has now achieved the position of a hegemonic minister, although the time is still a little short, but his mentality is gradually changing.

Take today's scene as an example, the soldiers expressed their loyalty to him in front of the emperor, which gave people a pleasure beyond ethics and morality, which he had never felt when he did Lu Shi before.

Putting aside this gimmick, in the face of the enthusiastic expressions of the soldiers, Li Tai also gave full feedback. Since all the armies have just experienced high-intensity battles, there is no acting battle arranged today, just an array review, and then rewarding the soldiers of the armies is the main event.

The current government military system still has a relatively strong private nature, and most of the government soldiers and sergeants are armed and powerful in the township regiment. Therefore, even if there are any reward activities, they often stop at the level of the governor, and as for how the governor will reward his battalionmen, the Chinese and foreign governments do not care. And since the government army was formed, the large-scale reward for the army is also very small.

However, most of the original units of these Chinese and foreign government sergeants who have been rescued by Li Tai have been scattered, including today's review, which is also the result of a rough reorganization, and the governor and his battalion soldiers are no longer the original match. This is also one of the reasons why there are no high-intensity combat drills, because standing is still like a thing, and it is estimated that it will disperse as soon as it moves.

Of course, Li Tai could not allow these soldiers to restore their original township and subordinate relations, and a new reorganization was inevitable, which happened to be combined with this reward.

Due to the completely different war experiences of the officers and soldiers of the Zhongshan South Province and the Chinese and foreign governments in this Eastern Crusade, if it were simply based on the military merit awards, it would easily cause a gap and antagonism, and there was no record of the Chinese and foreign government personnel at all.

Therefore, this time Li Tai did not directly announce the specific rewards, but gave all the soldiers who participated in the Eastern Crusade as honors. The Legion is not just an honorary title, as long as it obtains the status of a Legion, the status is higher than that of an ordinary battalion soldier, and it is qualified to report meritorious service.

This stipulation seems to be a bit redundant, and meritorious service must be rewarded, isn't this a common sense in governing the army?

It's really not, at least in the current Western Wei Dynasty, in the military system, ordinary battalion soldiers do not have the qualifications to independently calculate and describe their merits, they are absolutely attached to their respective generals, even if they have any merits, they must be recorded on the generals, and what they can get is only material rewards, but if there is no special opportunity for identity and status, they will only be a big soldier for a lifetime.

Even the distribution of material rewards was unfair, and after the battle of Gangneung in the old year, Li Tai rewarded the soldiers with the treasury of the Southern Liang, and then the rewards were directly sunk between the ranks. However, the rewards that ordinary campers can obtain are only the most basic rewards. On the other hand, those generals are full of money.

Hyoto Hill Eight is not only a contemptuous name that emphasizes literature over military force, but also the loss of social status brought about by the loss of economic status. The success of the promotion of the military leaders of Beizhen does not mean that the status of the entire town soldier group has been improved.

What's more, the current government military system is just an imitation of the town soldier and government household system

and replication, it has not yet formed its own unique operating core, and many subsequent institutional regulations are still to be created and implemented.

Historically, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong, changed the sergeants of the armies to attendants, and made the soldiers of the government become the guards of the Son of Heaven, which not only diluted the private attributes of the soldiers, but also raised the political status of the soldiers.

But Li Tai is not the emperor at the moment, even if he wants to achieve the same goal, it is impossible to learn from Emperor Wu of Zhou. Emperor Wu of Zhou is the emperor, so he changed the sergeant to the attendant, and you are all my attendants. Li Tai is a great hero of the town, so he changed the sergeant to a medalist, you are all my little brother!

When the sergeants of the various armies learned that they had received the new title of "Honored Soldier", they first whispered and whispered, and then the cheers gradually erupted among the ranks.

They didn't know much about the richer connotations of this title at the moment, but just because they could actually get an exclusive title like those Pillar States and Great Generals to recognize their merits and contributions, it was already a novelty and surprise to them.

However, Tang Gong has always been heroic, and there are still surprises waiting for them next.