Chapter 1091: Violence and Corruption

"The Qiang thieves are so arrogant!"

Hearing Li Tai's words, Duan Shao, Xue Guyan and other Northern Qi generals on the other side of the valley glared and scolded.

However, Qi Lord Gao Yang did not show too much anger on his face, but just frowned slightly, and stopped arguing on this topic. His eyes shifted from Li Tai to the people behind him, especially when he saw Yuan Jing'an who was behind Li Tai, his eyes suddenly condensed, and then he raised his hand and pointed at Yuan Jing'an and said: "Are you my old minister Yuan Jing'an? You have been west for several years, and now you are regarded as a confidant by the Li family."

Yuan Jing'an was captured in Jiuqu City, Yiyang when Tang Gong cooperated with Zhongwaifu to march east in the first year of Tianbao. He was also an old minister of Northern Qi. When he heard Gao Yang say this, his expression was inevitably a little embarrassed. He first looked at Tang Gong, and saw Tang Gong nodded slightly, and then he bowed slightly to Gao Yang, but did not answer.

Gao Yang laughed again, pointing at Li Tai and saying, "Do you know what kind of reward I told the soldiers when my army came south? Anyone who can kill the bandit leader will be granted the title of King of Longxi and the Governor of Bingzhou. Come here, I will give it to you!"

At this point, without waiting for Li Tai to respond, Gao Yang looked at Yuan Jing'an and others and said, "If you come here with this achievement, you will also be rewarded!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the guards on the river mouth all changed slightly. They were selected by Duke Tang to escort them to meet the Lord of Qi, so their loyalty was beyond doubt. Including Yuan Jing'an, who was once a minister of Qi, his family was also sent to Western Wei when the East and West swore an oath at Luoshui.

However, the reward offered by the Lord of Qi was so tempting that even if they would not betray Duke Tang, they would doubt whether others could resist the temptation. Therefore, they all moved closer to Duke Tang and looked at their companions with caution. The scene seemed a little subtle.

Li Tai was also happy when he heard that Gao Yang had offered him such a reward. He was briefly crowned king in Western Wei before, but not now. He did not expect to be able to exchange for another throne in Northern Qi. It can be seen that powerful people do not have to complain about the environment. They are their own biggest capital.

It's just that the East and the West have their own national conditions. The value of the title of king in Northern Qi is really not high, especially in the middle and late Northern Qi, when anyone can be crowned king, and this title is becoming more and more rampant and cheap.

As for the subtle atmosphere among his subordinates, he did not take it to heart. Instead, he turned to Gao Yang and laughed: "Li's life and death, honor and disgrace, do not need to be arranged by the Lord of Qi. On the contrary, the Lord of Qi needs to be careful. If there is no such formation, the Jinyang warriors may not obey your orphan and widow!

Hou Jing's story happened overnight, and the nest was overturned and changed hands in an instant! It is still a luxury for a son to inherit his father's business. I am afraid that Li will need to avenge you for destroying your family and seizing your business! What the superior likes, the subordinates must follow it. The Lord of Qi likes to commit crimes, and the subordinates will be greedy and chaotic..."

"Shut up!"

"How outrageous!"

"Nonsense!"

"The thief Qiang deserves death..."

Before Li Tai finished speaking, the Northern Qi generals who followed him to the south of the river mouth could not help but shout and scold, trying to stop him from continuing to say this heart-breaking words.

When it comes to bewitching and inciting, Li Tai is a professional. He relies on this skill to open up the situation and achieve success in many things. If Gao Yang's previous offer of a huge reward to sow discord was a thunderclap, then Li Tai's words were no different from a violent storm.

After all, verbal attacks must follow rules. Even if the words are extremely slanderous, false insults are not as lethal as directly exposing someone's shortcomings.

Although Gao Yang's life is not in danger yet, there is no guarantee that someone has imagined how everyone should continue to live if the emperor really cancels his account. Once some ideas are born, the next is a series of imaginations based on their own cognitive logic. Some couples can turn against each other because of the uneven distribution of lottery jackpots, not to mention the monarch and his ministers who are already full of thorns!

Li Tai's behavior of scolding and exposing others' shortcomings is really a bit unrefined, so the Northern Qi soldiers were also greatly angered. In addition to shouting loudly to drown out Li Tai's voice, some people reacted more violently and rushed into the river on horseback, wanting to wade through the water and tear this broken mouth apart!

Zhang Shi Nu and others were shocked to see that Tang Gong's words seemed to have stirred up a hornet's nest and caused the Qi people to react so violently. They hurriedly wanted to surround Tang Gong and withdraw to their own formation, and called for soldiers to come to their aid.

However, Li Tai waved his hand to indicate that they did not need to panic. It was not that he was not afraid of death, but that he was outside the range of the crossbows. In addition, there was a river surface of more than ten feet between them. These Qi soldiers were just making a gesture and could not directly hurt him. The purpose of this conversation in front of the formation was to show momentum. He was a bit bad-mouthed and irritated the other party, but turned around and ran away. After all, his momentum was still a bit inferior.

So instead of leaving, he grabbed his own bow, held the empty string and pulled it towards the opposite side. His attitude was so arrogant. At this moment, not to mention other Qi soldiers, even Duan Shao, who was always steady and was guarding the emperor's horse, was so angry when he saw this scene that he wanted to go in and fight.

After hearing Li Tai's words, Qi King Gao Yang was naturally very angry, but in addition to the emotional anger, he couldn't help but think about some thoughts.

At this time, the shouts and scolds of the soldiers around him sounded a bit noisy to him, and he frowned and looked gloomy. Normally, when his emotions accumulated to this point, he couldn't help but burst out, but when he looked at Li Tai opposite, it was as if a ball of ice water was poured down from his head, suppressing the surging anger in his heart.

He stretched out his hand to grasp a long horse lance, and then raised it high above his head. Seeing this, the Qi army soldiers around him shut their mouths and stopped talking. Then Gao Yang turned his spear slightly and pointed it at Li Tai on the other side of the river mouth, shouting: "The Qiang thief's tongue is as sharp as a knife. But my Qi army has strong armor and swords, so there is no need to rely on this trick! The thief is so brave that he dares to line up at the river mouth for a decisive battle tomorrow?"

After hearing this, Li Tai sneered and said, "The Qi lord's words are really ridiculous. My army broke through the gate and entered the country for more than a thousand miles. It is not just because of Cifeng! Hebei has been in righteousness for a long time. Now my army has arrived and is defending justice. It is not just at the river mouth today, but also in Jinyang yesterday and Yecheng tomorrow. Why fear a battle!"

After saying this, Li Tai raised his hand to greet Gao Yang on the opposite side, and then reined in his horse and turned back to the rear plateau where his own army was.

At this time, some Qi soldiers had already swam halfway across the Tongdi River. Some even tried to stand on horseback in the shallow part of the river and shoot at the opposite side. When they saw Li Boshan and his party riding away directly, they were dumbfounded and stood in the river for a while, not knowing whether to continue swimming forward or return.

At this time, Gao Yang's expression was also changing. Naturally, he was too lazy to pay attention to the soldiers in the river who were in a dilemma. He looked at Li Tai who was getting farther and farther away, his eyes became deeper and deeper, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Duan Shao, who was standing beside the attendant, saw the emperor's thoughtful expression and thought to himself that he was in trouble. If he knew that Li Boshan was so disgraceful and openly fabricated right and wrong to shake people's hearts, he should have stopped the emperor from coming to the front of the battle to see him in the camp before!

"Your Majesty, the Qiang bandits are treacherous and cunning, and what they say is all false and slanderous. There is no need to be disturbed by this..."

He observed the changes in the emperor's expression and said in a deep voice.

"How can I not understand this truth? The Qiang bandits are my old enemies, so naturally they will not offer any good advice. Do you think I will be influenced by this?"

After hearing this, Gao Yang shook his head and said with a smile, and then his face suddenly sank, and his tone became full of danger: "When I planned the revolution, not all the people in the country followed my plan. Even my relatives and heroes had different opinions. What about now? I will capture this guy alive in the battle tomorrow, and I will personally ask who in my country is the corrupt and chaotic person!"

Duan Shao just breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the first half of this sentence, and after hearing the second half, he couldn't help but droop his eyelids and sighed in his heart. This mouth is about to bring up old accounts, or he is too much to listen to it. He shouldn't come to listen to Li Boshan's nonsense!

Gao Yang no longer paid attention to Duan Shao. After he withdrew his sight from the other side of the river mouth, he began to look around the terrain of the area south of the river mouth. Holding a whip in hand, he personally commanded the construction of the camp line nearby to launch a full-scale battle with the Western Wei army in the future.

Although he could not see any changes in his mood on the surface, Li Boshan's words just now were not just for the sake of hearing. Every word seemed to turn into an invisible knife, provoking his nerves and piercing his heart, making him feel complicated and anxious to make a strong turn of the war between the two sides!

Not to mention Gao Yang who personally arranged the battle line and was eager to fight, Li Tai, after provoking the opponent, temporarily left the soldiers in the north of the river mouth, and rode back to the camp, summoning the generals above the rank of cavalry in the army to gather in the big tent to discuss and explain the battle with the Qi army in the future.