After seven consecutive days of rapid march, Li Kuo had already squeezed the mounts under the crotch of Shule's army to the extreme.
But in this unfavorable situation, the soldiers of Shule still maintained high fighting spirit.
Now it seems that the decision to order everyone to gather the horse without a boss is very correct. If it weren't for one person and two riders, it would be impossible for everyone to rush to attack for a long distance without leaving a brother without leaving a brother; if it weren't for one person and two riders, it would be impossible for everyone to travel more than 500 miles in just seven days to reach Yiwu!
The Kingsoft Uighurs were sent by Geshuhan to intercept everyone! When Li Kuo told his inference to the generals of Shule's army, everyone who suddenly realized it took a breath. When Zhang Ziqian said to him at Yumen Pass, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Li Kuo did not report it to the soldiers. But everyone could find out one or two of them from the general's nervous expression.
By linking this matter with Zhang Ziqian's words, it is not difficult for Li Kuo to come to a conclusion. Geshuhan first sent a secret letter to Zhang Ziqian, hoping to cut off his head without bloodshed, but he did not expect that Zhang Ziqian would be willing to pass the test with his old friend. In anger, Geshuhan planned to wipe out the Shule army head-on. Of course, as the governor of Hexi, it was obviously inappropriate for him to do this. So he planned to use the Jinshan Uighurs to cause Shule army to be doomed.
As for the price he negotiated with the Uighurs, Li Kuo was unknown. However, one thing is certain, as long as he was still stranded on the ground controlled by the Hexi Army, he might be retaliated by Geshuhan again.
Now that things have come to this point, if he is allowed to arrive in Anxi safely and tell the truth, even though there is no evidence, Ge Shuhan will inevitably be criticized by the court officials. Moreover, there must be a big man behind him, so he naturally does not want this situation to happen.
This big man, Li Kuo is naturally clear! He is easy-going and friendly to him on the surface, but he smiles and wants to kill himself at all times.
Therefore, he had to get rid of Geshuhan's pursuit as fast as possible. Fortunately, the Shule army was full of cavalry, and one man and two cavalry. He ran wildly day and night, so he could naturally get away with Geshuhan's pursuit!
When he came to Yiwu, he was considered to be in the territory of the Anxi Protectorate. Su Wen Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan were not in the way. Even for personal grudges, Gao Xianzhi would not have caused his Shule army to suffer any grievances. As for the grudges between these big figures, it is not something that the girl needs to consider.
Yiwu City is located on the easternmost side of the Anxi Protectorate, and has not been used for a long time. The guards in the city suddenly saw thousands of cavalry coming from the east, thinking that they were the Geluo people who came to fight the autumn wind, so they quickly bent their bows and strings and aimed closely at the distance. As long as the guards gave the order, no matter how the other party begged, they could instantly shoot the group of ignorant barbarians into sieves. It was not until the sharp-eyed guards who had identified the bright red Tang characters from the rolling yellow dust that the guards of the city put down the bow and arrow in their hands in disappointment.
After a long time of trouble, it turned out to be my own! But this group of people was full of dust. No matter how you look at it, it looked like the Geluo Lu bandit who fought against Qiufeng. If it was really an army that came from Xijing, it would be a flag covering the sky and its majesty?
After Li Kuo handed over the office documents of the Ministry of War to the Yiwu City garrison for inspection, the garrison master was convinced that General Li did not lie. However, this incident completely changed the "glorious image" of Shangguan in the Beijing garrison master. From then on, if there was another ignorant bastard who was ignorant and arrogantly told him that his seventh uncle was the gatekeeper in Chang'an, he would definitely bring out the haggard image of General Li who was storm that day and blushed with shame.
But this is a later story, so I won't say it for now.
I don’t know if it was because I had been gnawing sand in the Gobi Desert for several days, but when everyone saw the not-so-magnificent Yiwu City, they sighed repeatedly. Some weak-hearted brothers actually cried and knelt down in front of the Yiwu City gate, calling Li Kuo laughed and cried.
Fortunately, this situation continued not long ago. After Yiwu garrison opened the city gate and welcomed everyone into the city, these exhausted Shule soldiers rushed towards the city gate like evil wolf seeing a lamb. If Li Kuo and the generals had not clearly stated the discipline, Shule's military discipline would have been "defeated" by them.
Of course, at this moment, Li Kuo would not cause trouble for his brothers on these issues. After nearly two months of hard work on the journey, including him, all the soldiers of Shule Army wanted to do now is to go to the city to take a hot bath and get rid of the fatigue!
Yiwu City is not big, but it is better than regularity. I wonder if the soldiers here miss the capital Chang'an, but the layout and structure of Yiwu City are very similar to Chang'an. However, Yiwu City only has 36 yards, and the scale is much smaller than that of Chang'an.
But everyone would not compare these details. How could they not be excited to see the shadow of their hometown in Anxi thousands of miles away? If it weren't for the military discipline, they would have wished they would have made an appointment to go shopping in the city now and make good compensation for themselves!
Of course, everything has to be done according to the rules.
More than 2,000 brothers were placed in the military camp in Nancheng by Yiwu garrison. This military camp has not been occupied for a long time, so it has accumulated a lot of dust. But the soldiers of the Shule Army are not easy to care about these things. After all, they have just spent nearly a month in the Gobi Desert. In their eyes, this military camp is even cleaner than the Huaqing Palace where His Majesty the Emperor rests in summer!
Li Kuo and his confidants moved into the Yiwu Governor's Palace at the utmost request.
Coincidentally, this Yiwu Governor was also named Li, with the single name An. Li Shouge seemed to always want to prove his noble family, so he said that he was the eighth-generation grandson of Emperor Gaozu's emperor in the reign of Emperor Huai'an. After sighing and feeling, he burst into tears. There were many vassal kings who were granted the title of Empress Wu in the early Tang Dynasty. Although some of them were killed during the Martial Empress, most of them were descendants of Emperor Gaozong. A royal family like King Huai'an would not be able to guard against the assassination of Empress Wu.
If what Ang Lee said is true, after careful calculation, it is not impossible for him to be the descendant of King Huai'an. But it would be a bit irrelevant to say that he is the eighth-generation grandson of King Huai'an. After all, King Huai'an is highly valued by Emperor Gaozu and has a lot of rewards. Even if he is the monarch of one dynasty, the King Huai'an is a founding prince, and no matter how badly he is, he would not force his descendants to leave Anxi to seek fame, right? (Note 1)
Although he knew it in his heart, Li Kuo did not point it out, and happily accompanied Li Shoubei to sigh at the impermanence of the world.
"You don't believe me!" Ang Lee was obviously quite angry, and his eyes were about to burst out with anger.
"well!"
After a long time, Ang Lee shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Ten years ago, my grandfather was framed by a traitor and died of worries and anger. His hereditary title was deprived of his family and his family property was all included in the treasury. Although due to the hard mediation of his old friends, the family members in the mansion were not implicated, we had nothing."
After a slight pause, Ang Lee continued, "We brothers and mother went to Anxi to join our uncle who was the commander of the marching army, but who expected that the blessings would never happen." Speaking of this, Ang Lee's eyes were red, and he forced himself to squeeze back his tears, and continued, "We are people who are guilty and cannot walk on the official road. In the countryside, we had been half begging and half-considering for ten months. Just when we were about to enter Anxi, we met more than a hundred people riding the Geluo in a small valley. The group of Geluo people were inhumane, not only robbing the goods but also killing people..."
"My mother tried her best to protect our brothers, but unfortunately she was hit by them. Sometimes when I dream, I can still see the blood on her face...
Those Geluo people snatched the package from their mother's still warm body and then turned the horizontal knife towards us. My younger brother leaned against me tightly, shaking all over..."
No wonder he hated Geluo people so much! Li Kuo sighed in his heart and his brows frowned slightly.
Although the young man knew that nothing happened to Ang Lee at that time and he sat here safely, he couldn't help but ask anxiously: "What about later?"
"Later, a general passed by the valley. He was wearing plainclothes and led a team of soldiers to ride a horse." When he said this, warmth flowed out from Li An's eyes. "The general Li Yan scolded the group of Geluo people and led his personal soldiers to fight with them."
After a moment of pause, Ang Lee continued: "The general was extremely brave. Under his leadership, his personal soldiers quickly wiped out the group of Geluo. He walked to me, picked up my brother and I, and asked me if I would like to do things for him."
"Then you naturally agreed to him?"
Nodded gently, Ang Lee continued, "In my eyes, he is like a god. What reason do I have to refuse him? From then on, my brother and I became his adopted sons and were trained strictly throughout the day. In my impression, he rarely laughed and always had a stern face. My brother and I lived in a spacious room in the Governor's Mansion, with no worries about food and clothing, but we were not happy."
Looking at Chun Yang outside the window, An An couldn't help but smile: "Time just passed, until four years later, the general found me."
Relying on the soft couch, Ang Lee sighed: "You must want to know what he said. In fact, my thoughts were the same as you. But I didn't understand why he chose to find me on that day."
Ang Lee's eyes were so deep at this time, as deep as a deep spring.
"He found me and said he wanted me to kill someone." Ang Lee's mouth looked like a sneer, as if he was mocking himself at that time.
"That was my first time killing someone, and it felt a bit complicated. I was afraid, so I was naturally afraid. I was puzzled, and I didn't understand why he had to die. I asked the general." Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at the young man, Ang Lee said loudly: "Guess what he said? He said I was a soldier, and there was no reason for a soldier to kill someone. That year, I was only seventeen years old..."
Note 1: Li Shentong, whose name is Shou and whose courtesy name is Shentong, was a member of the Tang Dynasty. Li Hu was the grandson of Li Hu, and his companion to Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan. After Li Yuan rebelled, he raised troops with Liu Chongli and others to respond, claiming to be the chief marching officer of Guanzhong Dao. Emperor Gaozu appointed him as the Guanglu official. After conquering Chang'an, he was appointed as Zong Zhengqing and was named King of Huai'an, which shows how Li Yuan valued him.
ps: Li Shentong is a general who I think is more derogatory among the power of Li Tang. He said that he did not beat Liu Heita, but did not Li Shimin adopt a conservative approach... This made me very angry, so he made him show his face. I was thinking, when Chi Tang was finished, the preferences of the book fans in the next book should be to write about the end of the Sui Dynasty or the pure fiction. If he wrote about the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shentong would probably be a very important character. Shamelessly escaped and coded...