Seeing Li Zigu's figure gradually fading away, the boy couldn't help but take a step and chased after him. The reading domain name is to read the book, please remember the domain name of this site! But every time he took a step, the distance between him and the other party was wider, and he couldn't catch up with Li Zigu's steps at all.
"Third Brother!" As the boy shouted loudly, Li Zigu finally disappeared into the misty flowing clouds.
The boy suddenly became shocked, and felt a darkness sweeping towards him. He looked up at the painted sky above his head. The boy shook his head helplessly, and it turned out that all this was just a dream!
A Tian is illusory, her mother is illusory, and the third brother is also illusory. I suddenly thought of them at the same time, afraid that it was really because of cowardice in my heart? What are you cowardly? What are you afraid of facing? In the dream, the third brother is afraid that he has already made it clear. Even if he doesn’t admit it, even if he deliberately avoids it, he cannot change the fact that has happened!
Why do we fall? Because we have to learn to stand up! If we are unable to recover after falling, and we don’t even have the courage to try to stand up, then we are truly a coward!
The crux of Li Kuo's heart was solved, and his mood suddenly became clear, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Brother Kuoer, Brother Kuoer, why are you here alone?" Not far away, Zhang Yanji was coming with a few personal soldiers, and he looked very anxious.
"When you came out of Mingyue Pavilion, you didn't say anything to everyone. We looked through Julan City but couldn't find you. Now, you sat alone outside the military camp and started to admire the moon, which made everyone feel heartbroken!"
Although Zhang Yanji was Li Kuo's most confident confidant, his qualifications in the Anxi Army were not enough to allow him to enter the second floor of Mingyue Pavilion. After accompanying Li Kuo to the banquet, he stayed in the hall on the first floor with Zhou Wuzui and other generals of the Tongwu Camp. Therefore, after Li Kuo came out of the side door, they did not realize what was going on. It was not until they had enough wine and meals that they realized that Li Kuo was not in Mingyue Pavilion, and then they recruited all the soldiers and found them all over the city.
When Li Kuo heard this, he was extremely ashamed. He did not expect that he would alarm the entire Tianwei Army because of his impulse. At that time, he was really blinded by anger, and now he thought about it.
"I'm not good this time, and I'm too shallow in some things." Li Kuo shook his head and said, "How is Gao Shuai there? Are you still angry with me?" Although he was very disappointed with Gao Xianzhi, the young man couldn't help but worry about him. After he left like this, Li Huaizhong would definitely not give up. Gao Shuai is such a person who wants to save face. How can he come to Taiwan?
Alas, I just blame myself for being angry for a moment!
"Are you still worried about him?" Zhang Yanji sneered softly when he heard this, raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you really think we are so important in his eyes. After you left, they would have a cup of tea with the Lord of the Kulan Kingdom, and they would have been all night long, without any influence at all. You still care about him, I think you'd better care about yourself."
What Zhang Yanji couldn't stand the most is Li Kuo's temperament. If he said it nicely, it was called being kind to others. If he didn't say it nicely, it was the kindness of a woman. He treated others sincerely, did others appreciate it?
For him, Gao Xianzhi is really not a thing. If they hadn't been rushing over from the Thousand-mile Sailye City without fear of life and death, would Gao Xianzhi safely enter Julan City? With the more than 2,000 defeated soldiers in his hands, he wanted the old fox, Li Huaizhong, the king of Julan, to let go and dream!
Brother Kuoer saved his life and saved thousands of brothers' lives, but not only did he not be grateful, he also looked arrogant and arrogant. So what if he was the Great Protector of Anxi? If Brother Kuoer had not arrived in time, he would have become a dead bone now.
Li Kuo waved his hand helplessly: "Forget it, Gao Shuai probably has been suppressed for too long, just venting. Let's not be too concerned."
Zhang Yanji was unyielding: "Why can he vent his vent without discrimination? We have kindness to him, and he should repay his kindness. But even the child of Huangkou understands the truth. As the guardian of Anxi, don't he understand? Brother Kuoer, ask me to tell me that we will take the brothers back to Anxi directly and let him go to Julan City and the ghost of Li Huaizhong in Julan City. We are out of sight and not upset!"
He had long known that Gao Xianzhi had quarreled with Brother Kuoer because of Li Huaizhong's beautiful woman. What was wrong with Brother Kuoer doing? Now that everyone has lost the battle, his morale is low. Not only did he not gather in time, he reorganized the defeated soldiers and instead became addicted to alcohol and sex. The big cannibal had long been eyeing the four towns of Anxi and could lead the iron cavalry to fight at any time. At that time, how would everyone rely on to resist the big cannibals? Did they rely on those beautiful oracles wearing plain veils?
"Look at the angry words you said, there is no way to be a military general." Li Kuo knew that Zhang Yanji was just arguing for him, and he was not too harsh. Although he was also disappointed with Gao Shuai's behavior, no matter what, he would never be able to do the method of leading troops to Anxi early, as Zhang Yanji said.
If Gao Shuai's behavior has forced the Anxi army to the edge of the cliff, if he ignores the overall situation and leads troops to the east, he will completely squeeze the army off the cliff. No matter how Gao Xianzhi treats him, it is a matter between private people and must not affect the entire army because of personal emotions.
Why do we fall? Because we have to learn to stand up! He believes that as long as a while, Gao Shuai will be able to cheer up again. At that time, the Anxi Army will be united and at least ensure that the four towns will not lose!
"Now is the most difficult time for the Anxi Army. What we need to do is to eliminate the barriers and stand up again. If anyone thinks about rebelling in his nest at this time, he will be a sinner of the Anxi Army."
No matter what happened, the obsession in the boy's heart has never changed from beginning to end
It has been more than five days since Gao Xianzhi led the defeated troops to settle in Julan City, and the atmosphere in the city is as uneven as the weather in the river.
Gao Xianzhi closed the task of reorganizing the defeated soldiers to the confidant general Li Siye. However, Li Kuo, the governor of Shule, who had been in charge of handling the matter, was excluded from the circle. This made the confidants of the Tongwu Camp very dissatisfied. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that Gao Xianzhi was gradually alienating Li Kuo. This was understandable. After all, Li Kuo was not Gao Xianzhi's direct descendants and would not win his full trust. There is a limit to everything. The reorganization of the defeated army was initiated by Li Kuo. Now that he has to handle it halfway through Li Siye, how can people convince him?
It’s not that the generals of the Tongwu Camp value fame and fortune, but it’s just that Gao Xianzhi’s obvious difference is very disappointing. Of course, the protests of the Tongwu Camp generals did not have any effect, and everything was still based on the will of the Anxi Protector. As the protagonist of this incident, Li Kuo was quite calm. Anyway, the reorganization of the defeated soldiers will be carried out sooner or later. Since Gao Shuai chose another person, he could free up time to make more analysis of the battle situation and propose more response plans. Of course, whether these plans are final or not depends on Gao Xianzhi.
Over the past few days, scouts have come to report from time to time to talk about the movements of the great cannibals. Abu Muslims are military masters and will not fight unsure. In his opinion, although the Tang army in Anxi was defeated, they would not be able to recover. Therefore, the practice of rushing straight into the four towns is not advisable. Once the Tang people make up their minds to clear the country, the great cannibals may return without success. Moreover, it is almost winter. If the four towns cannot be captured before the first snow, the great cannibals will face the dilemma of hunger and cold. Long-distance raids have always tested the army's food and supplies, which is also something Abu Muslims need to worry about.
So he did not immediately send troops to pursue him, but mobilized all the coalition forces to advance to the four towns of Anxi in three groups. At the same time, he collected a generation of young and strong men under the age of fifty and over 16 in Hezhong to transport supplies and food. However, in this way, the speed of the cannibals' advancement inevitably slowed down, which gave Gao Xianzhi more time to deal with it.
Feeling the pressure, Gao Xianzhi naturally focused on the defense of the four towns of Anxi. On the one hand, he sent a messenger back to Anxi and told Kucha that Xu Huairen was immediately trained to prepare the civilians. On the other hand, he ordered Li Siye to absorb and reorganize all the Anxi defeated soldiers passing through the front line of Julan City. In the past few days, soldiers from the west came from the west and passed by Julan City. After some reorganization, he barely collected enough 5,000 people. Including the 5,000 Tianwei Jianer brought by Li Kuo, Gao Xianzhi could dispatch more than 1,000 troops.
However, such troops were obviously not enough to fight against the powerful Dashi Cavalry, and Gao Xianzhi urgently needed to expand his strength! All the civilians who could be recruited in the four towns of Anxi were recruited, and the rest were the elderly, weak and disabled who could not go to the battlefield. Therefore, Gao Xianzhi turned his attention to the front line of Julan City.
Julan City is located at the key point of the east-west transfer, and is a must-pass place for merchants to travel between east and west, and the country is extremely prosperous. The country alone has nearly 100,000 citizens, and more than 20,000 of them are of the right age. Even if they cannot be fully incorporated, as long as they can be taken half of them, it will be a great reinforcement for this riddled Anxi Army.
As for the loyalty of the newly recruited mercenaries, there is no need to worry too much. Unlike the Battle of Talas, the identities of both sides are now changing, and what the Anxi Army needs to do is just a relaxed task to defend the city. Without the risk of defeat and being captured and killed, who would refuse such a stable profit and profit-making transaction?
ps: The recruitment matter is indeed inevitable, but Gao Xianzhi seems to be a little too hasty.