"The captain is back, the captain is back!" The Tang soldiers patrolling in front of Luchai shouted loudly when they saw Li Kuo galloping over in the breeze.
Even the young man himself didn't know that after his deeds were exaggerated and exaggerated, word spread among the Longyou Army. Whether they were veterans who had been in the army for more than ten years or new recruits who had just joined the army, they all respected him.
Heroic deeds are praised by everyone.
Whether it was the battle of the Long Castle with the Mo Dao Formation, the Fire Horse Formation that defeated the Tibetan army with both cleverness and bravery, or the magical act of pretending to be a Tibetan cavalry in the west bank of Qinghai and plotting to seize Fuqi City, the young man has become the god of war in everyone's heart.
Li Kuo didn't bother to think about the thoughts of these soldiers. He just jumped off his horse and walked toward the camp with square steps.
The garrison soldiers came forward and took Qingfeng to the temporary stable for night food. These soldiers who had never been on the battlefield looked at Li Kuo with envy and admiration in their eyes.
Who said that famous generals must come from aristocratic families, and who said that young people cannot be crowned marquises and prime ministers?
Didn’t Captain Li make extraordinary contributions to the Tang Dynasty at the age of seventeen with a three-foot green sword?
When people live in this world, they find their way to the right path by themselves!
The dental tent where Gao Xiuyan was located was located in the middle of Pingyuan. Li Kuo, led by a soldier, arrived in front of the tent smoothly. He gently lifted the curtain made of white curtains, and the young man strode in.
An oil lamp was burning in the tent, and the marching commander Gao Xiuyanzheng and his third brother Li Zigu were discussing something. The general present also had two of his confidants.
Gao Xiuyan heard the noise and turned around. When he saw Li Kuo stepping into the dental tent, he waved his hand and said, "Captain Li, come here and talk."
Li Kuo was quite serious when he heard what he said. He was slightly startled, cupped his hands, and walked to Gao Xiuyan's side.
"Captain Li, I heard that you issued a strict order to surrender troops without mercy and to kill without mercy?" Gao Xiuyan's forehead had a trace of black line, and his voice was filled with obvious dissatisfaction.
Li Kuo's heart sank, what was supposed to come had come. But he had just wiped out the Tibetan army, and someone reported the situation to Gao Xiuyan. Could it be that he had placed an informant around him?
With such thoughts in mind, the young man did not dare to show any slight towards Gao Xiuyan.
"Reporting to Commander-in-Chief, these barbarians have killed so many of our fellow villagers and they deserve to be killed!"
"Nonsense!" Gao Xiuyan was so angry that his beard trembled, and he pointed at Li Kuo's nose and said: "What do you want me to say to you? As the captain of the first battalion of the Tang Dynasty, do you not even know the military regulations? The Tang Dynasty does not kill surrendered generals.
Defeat, how can I explain to the court how reckless you are?"
Seeing his bad attitude, Li Kuo's anger suddenly surged in his heart.
"Didn't Marshal Gao tell me not to let a barbarian go? These Tibetans all have legs. If one and a half of them get away in the chaos, I wonder if Marshal Gao won't take them?"
Gao Xiuyan laughed angrily and said: "Okay, okay, I can't control you when your wings are hard, right? Don't you even know how to tie the hands and feet of prisoners? You have five thousand fine cavalry in your hands, and you can kill just a few hundred prisoners of war."
Sneaked away from under your nose?"
"I only know that the dead will never escape. I only know that I did not let a Tibetan barbarian go to Jiuqu City to report the news!"
The young man also had a stubborn temper and replied head on.
Li Zigu saw that the anger between the two was getting bigger and bigger, and he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Commander Gao, I have no choice but to see Qilang. With so many men under his command, it is inevitable that some will not obey the rules. The Tubo barbarians are violent by nature, and they kill
It’s good to have them alone, otherwise leaving them behind will be a disaster.”
However, Gao Xiuyan did not listen to the advice at all. He waved his hand and said, "Zi Gu, please don't intercede on his behalf, otherwise I will punish you first for abusing public life for private purposes. He is a dignified captain of a battalion and cannot even restrain his subordinates."
No, I don’t think I need to be a captain anymore!”
Seeing Gao Xiuyan's displeasure, the young man straightened his chest and said: "Everyone should do what they do, and it is my order. Why should I pass it on to the soldiers? I only know that there is no room for hesitation or sympathy on the battlefield!"
Gao Xiuyan reprimanded: "They have surrendered, and they are naturally prisoners of our Tang army. What right do you have to kill them? Who gave you the courage? If the matter spreads, where will our reputation as a country of benevolence and righteousness in the Tang Dynasty be put?"
Where can I place the name of His Majesty the Khan?"
Li Kuo shook his head and said angrily: "Just because they robbed and slaughtered tens of thousands of my people in Longyou, just because they slaughtered countless brave soldiers of our Tang Dynasty. The blood stains on the pagoda made the commander-in-chief forget about the hatred of the country and the family."
Yet?"
"Presumptuous!" Gao Xiuyan had already raised his hand, thought for a moment, and finally put it down impatiently. There was no need for him to leave an excuse for outsiders at this juncture. He had many opportunities to deal with this young man who didn't know how to deal with the world.
Gao Xiuyan glanced at Li Zigu and snorted softly.
"I won't argue with you on this issue. Even if you want to execute them, you have to get the approval of Marshal Geshu, His Majesty. You are acting beyond your authority. No matter how reasonable it is, you can't make sense."
Li Kuo was filled with disappointment. He shook his head and said, "Does Marshal Gao think that everything in this world must be measured by reason and law? Does Marshal Gao think that he can become a Buddha immediately by putting down the butcher's knife? If so, then the Tubo people will kill me no matter what.
How many people in the Tang Dynasty could be forgiven as long as they put down their machetes? I only know that the tips of their swords are stained with the blood of the Tang people. I only know that killing people must pay for their lives, and blood debt must be paid with blood. I am avenging my fellow villagers, wrong
Where? People are doing it, God is watching, don’t you feel guilty, Gao Shuai?"
After saying that, the young man walked away, leaving Gao Xiuyan standing there blankly.
Li Kuo was extremely disappointed. Is this the Tang Dynasty that he was once proud of? Is this the Tang army general that he admired so much? When he was a child, he often heard his third brother say that the Tang Dynasty was a man of benevolence and righteousness who was admired by all nations.
So this is how this admiration comes? How many innocent souls of Paoze are buried under this admiration?
Once upon a time, I was proud to be a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, and I was proud to be a general of the Tang army. But why can people kick the most precious emotions in the world out of their hearts and kick them hard once they sit in a high position?
Why was he still dissatisfied after stepping on it and wanted to crush it again?
Those so-called good names for benevolence and righteousness, and the title of Tian Khan are actually more precious than the ten thousand miles of territory of the Tang Dynasty? Are the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty in the thirteen states of Longyou so humble in the eyes of these powerful officials, not as good as earthworms?
Looking eastward at Guanshan Mountain, tears and bullets rain down, and the strong man laments the difficulty of traveling on the road.
Who am I, a man of the Tang Dynasty, braving flying sand and rolling stones, fighting the enemy on the front lines to fight for the world? Whose hands will my homeland of, a son of China, endure the severe pain, and fight against the Hulu guards at the border fortress?
A person who loves and desires is like a torch bearer.
The young man smiled bitterly in his heart.
It turned out that the great rivers and mountains formed by thousands of dead bones in Longyou were not as good as the barbarian Hulu's "Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty"!