mtl008 Chapter 129 Only save one person!
Chapter 129 Only save one person!
Chapter 129 Only save one person!
But without a sound, Li Hao had already mastered such a powerful force, which really shocked Li Jing!
Li Jing saw that most of the soldiers under his command were extremely weak due to lack of water and food.Li Jing knew that he had no choice but to take such a gamble.
Command your troops down the mountain.
On the way down the mountain, Li Jing was always on tenterhooks, worried that the other party would rush over.
Fortunately not.
Li Jing gradually felt relieved.
Gather the teams that were previously separated on the other halfway up the mountain.
But after the other teams slowly descended the mountain, Li Jing realized how bad the situation was.
After being besieged by the Turks, all the soldiers had no water or food, and the thin cotton coats on their bodies could not resist the invasion of the cold. Many people had already moved slowly, as if they were about to fall down.
If it weren't for the snow on the mountain that could be barely eaten, it is estimated that the [-] elite soldiers brought by Li Jing would have been wiped out!
With these [-] soldiers, even if they hadn't fought the Turkic soldiers, Li Jing didn't think he could bring them all back.
Li Jing felt very headache.
Just then, Cao Chun came over alone.
In order to avoid suspicion, Cao Chun came to talk to Li Jing by himself.
He wants to ensure that Li Hao's mission is completed and that Li Jing can return to Chang'an smoothly.
Cao Chun walked up to Li Jing and said:
"General Li Jing, do you need an escort? Ben will need to make sure you return to Chang'an safely."
Li Jing gave a wry smile, he could see that Cao Chun did not intend to do harm, Li Jing said:
"Thank you General for saving me from the siege. I will definitely thank Mr. Li Hao personally in the future."
"I don't need an escort, I can go back to Chang'an by myself."
With Li Jing's martial arts, it's really not a big deal to go back to Chang'an alone.
However, it would be too difficult to take away these [-] soldiers!
Seeing that Cao Chun wanted to go back, Li Jing had no choice but to speak suddenly:
"May I ask you, General, to do me a favor?"
Cao Chun turned around and asked:
"General Li, please speak."
Li Jing said:
"Your Excellency, can you lend us some food and clothing? We soldiers are so hungry that our chests stick to our backs. We can't even walk. We have frostbite on our bodies. If you don't help, most of my soldiers will die here! "
But Cao Chun shook his head and said:
"Sorry, General Li Jing, the order I was about to receive was only to ensure your safety."
"As for the others, that has nothing to do with this general, and this general has no obligation to rescue them!"
Li Jing sighed.
He knew that it would be difficult for the other party to agree to such a request.
After all, the two sides are not familiar with each other, and they only extended a helping hand because of Li Hao's order.
But Li Jing couldn't give up, and begged again:
"This general, I know Li Hao very well. When I return to Chang'an, I will return double the supplies I borrowed!"
Cao Chun still shook his head.
"Unless you can ask the lord to give orders, I can't be the lord."
"According to the lord's rules, we don't rescue outsiders easily, only our own people will get our rescue!"
"These officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have nothing to do with us. If we want to rescue them, only if they stay and become our people, then we will lend a helping hand!"
"It's not that I don't have any compassion, it's just that my lord stipulates this, and I have to implement it!"
Li Jing gritted his teeth.
He looked at his defeated army.
The soldiers were all weak, and each of them barely stood up with their own willpower. If it weren't for the belief of the soldiers to support them, ordinary people would have collapsed long ago.
With such physical strength, let alone walking back to Datang, I am afraid it would be very difficult to get out of this mountainous area.
Instead of letting my soldiers die halfway, it is better to give them a chance to survive.
Li Jing believed that his Datang army would not become someone else's just because others gave them some food.
This Tang army will definitely not submit to Li Hao's command.
At that time, the big deal is to double or even triple the compensation, and this Datang army can still come back.
After thinking about this, Li Jing nodded and said:
"All right!"
"Right now, I can only agree to your request."
"I will let the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty under my command join you, but I have something to say first, if they desperately want to return to the Tang Dynasty, then I can't control it."
Cao Chun smiled and said:
"General Li is really upright. You can rest assured that as long as you soldiers arrive in our territory, you won't be clamoring to go back."
"Since this is the case, I will be happy to help you with this favor. I will inform the lord of this matter, and the lord must support it."
After Cao Chun finished speaking, he rushed back to his camp and ordered his men to take out the rations they were carrying.
According to the worst plan, my 2 people brought enough food and grass for three days, but when they came up, they crushed the East Turkic army. Now it's only half a day, and there is still a lot of food and grass left.
Li Jing picked out those soldiers who were already difficult to act.
These soldiers themselves were weaker, injured because of the severe cold, and kept starving.
If they are forced to go back, these soldiers will surely die on the way.
But when Li Jing selected these old, weak and remnant soldiers.
These remnant soldiers were all saddened.
One by one said in a crying voice:
"General, are you really going to abandon us here?"
"We want to go back! We are not afraid of starvation, General, don't leave us!"
"General, even if I climb, I want to climb back to Datang!"
These Tang soldiers were extremely reluctant to give up on Li Jing.
Datang is their home!
Who wants to leave their hometown and live in a place they have never been to, and it is likely that they will never go back.
Li Jing also almost cried.
He knew that all of his soldiers were good.
No one is greedy for life and afraid of death.
But it was precisely because of this that Li Jing wanted to save the lives of these loyal people.
There are about 3 people in this selection.
Li Jing persuaded with tears in his eyes that these [-] remnants of the Tang Dynasty should stay and live with Cao Chun.
After persuasion for a long time, the [-] remnants of the Tang Dynasty finally accepted the reality helplessly.
Just looking in the direction of Datang, there is still deep nostalgia in his eyes.
Cao Chun brought the army rations here, so he naturally saw this scene.
But Cao Chun didn't show any embarrassment on his face.
It is true that these Datang soldiers have a high degree of loyalty to Datang.
Generally speaking, it is very difficult to recruit such captives.
It can even be said to be an impossible task.
But Cao Chun is very confident in the territory he has built.
With the technology left by the lord Li Hao, the prosperity of this territory is unheard of in the whole world.
Enough to make everyone willing to stay!
Of course, even so, these Turkic soldiers and Datang soldiers will inevitably have some nostalgia.
But it doesn't matter.
Very simple.
If Datang soldiers still have nostalgia, they must return to Datang.
Cao Chun also has a way to deal with it.
That would annex Datang.
What a person misses is only his homeland. As for who is the emperor, what is the dynasty, what is the name of the country, those are all irrelevant.
These Great Tang soldiers are not loyal to Great Tang, but to the piece of land called Great Tang!
As long as the Great Tang is annexed, these Great Tang soldiers will naturally become Cao Chun's subordinates.
(End of this chapter)