Seeing Ma Laoliu's surprised look, Xiao Han could only smile bitterly in his heart.
Just before yesterday, his thoughts were the same as Ma Laoliu's, putting safety first in everything, and ensuring safety even if it took a little more time.
After all, this is half a million shi of food, not half a million shi of sand! Absolutely nothing can go wrong!
But as the old saying goes, plans can never keep up with changes!
No one expected that an urgent letter from Chang'an this morning would shatter Xiao Han's entire plan.
This urgent letter was flown from Chang'an to Yangzhou using the latest training kite, and then transported from Yangzhou to Xiao Han's hands by an 800-mile horse.
In this letter, there are many words written in densely packed small characters, but in the end, it can be summed up to only one thing: Jieli Khan of the Western Turks took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Tuli Khan who returned to the Tang Dynasty and led an army suddenly before the beginning of spring. Remote attack! Tuli Khan was caught off guard and was immediately defeated. He led his remaining troops to flee westward!
Looking at the familiar handwriting in the letter, Xiao Han felt dizzy in his mind at that time!
He was not a top student in his previous life, and could no longer remember what role Tuli Khan played in this war that could determine the fate of the Tang Dynasty.
I don’t even remember whether such an incident happened this year in the original time and space!
In Xiao Han's limited junior high school history knowledge, he only remembered that this year was the year when the military god Li Jing raided the Turkic king's tent thousands of miles away on the grassland. Jieli was so shocked that he ran away, but was finally captured and sent to Chang'an to become Li Shimin's servant. mascot.
Perhaps, history is also like a flattering villain, it always praises the winners and belittles the losers!
In the limited space, the description of Jie Li is always inseparable from the words greed, timidity and cowardice!
Affected by these words, Xiao Han always regarded Jie Li as a fool.
Even if he has a vicious reputation, even if his name in the border area is enough to make children stop crying, even if he led an army to the Weishui River only two years ago!
However, his handsome appearance was always equated with a pig in Xiao Han's heart.
At most, it’s a wild boar with tusks!
And, this past winter, the wild boar also managed to solidify his stupidity.
On the grassland, Jieli was attacked by his younger brother Tuli Khan and attacked by the Western Turks.
On the border, he was attacked by the Tuyuhun and bullied by the Uighurs. Even the weak Gaochang happily joined in and snatched their tribe's horses and sheep and ran away!
Everything that happened in the winter, from the perspective of outsiders, can almost be concluded: the originally extremely powerful **, under the leadership of this pig, has reached the edge of destruction! With just a slight push, this once glorious nation will become a pile of garbage in the old paper pile.
But now, he is just such a pig! But he fought the best battle at the best time!
Not only did it destroy in one fell swoop the power that Datang had worked so hard to cultivate over the past few years!
It also made those Uighurs and Tuyuhun people who were secretly instigated by the Tang Dynasty put away their little thoughts in an instant and squatted in the corner to re-evaluate the strength of the former grassland overlord.
"I should rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible! As soon as possible!"
In that letter, Li Shimin only told what happened and did not ask him to do anything. However, Xiao Han still saw Li Shimin's anxiety and uneasiness from between the lines!
It was this anxiety that made him understand that at this time, he could no longer wander outside and had to rush back to Chang'an!
Because only there can we be prepared to deal with everything, and everything here refers not only to the Turks Tuyuhun and the others, but also to the inside of the imperial court!
The fists in his sleeves were clenched little by little, until his nails were about to pierce into the flesh, Xiao Han slowly let go of his hands, turned around and looked at Ma Laoliu, and said with a complicated expression: "Maybe it's too late now, then we will set off tomorrow. ,Ok!"
"This... OK!"
Ma Laoliu never thought of agreeing to this matter, but after seeing Xiao Han's eyes, his heart trembled for some reason, and then he nodded mysteriously.
"Okay!" Upon seeing this, Xiao Han didn't wait for him to regret it. He laughed directly, patted his shoulder and said: "Okay, then I will treat you as if you have issued this military order! After this matter is completed, I will I promise that I will reward you heavily!"
"Huh? I'm not..."
Ma Laoliu, who didn't react until then, opened his mouth and was so annoyed that he wanted to jump up and slap himself!
He really couldn't understand: What was wrong with his mind just now? Can you agree to such a fatal thing?
From Huzhou to Chang'an, the whole journey is nearly four thousand miles! If something went wrong in the middle, could his life be saved?
"Huh? It's nothing!"
Seeing Ma Laoliu hesitating, Xiao Han's face darkened, and his patting on the shoulder became noticeably heavier.
This move that Xiao Han once hated the most, now he doesn't feel unfamiliar at all when he does it by himself.
"I...I think this matter can still be discussed!" Ma Laoliu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and replied cautiously.
Xiao Han's eyes narrowed, and the expression on his face became more gloomy. Even his words seemed to have a biting chill: "Do you know the consequences of going back on a military order?"
"I don't know." Ma Laoliu shook his head subconsciously and replied.
"Then I'll tell you!" Xiao Han glanced at him and then at Xiaodong.
Xiaodong saw Xiao Han's eyes and immediately understood. He took a step forward, stood still and said: "According to military law, those who fail to complete the military order will be hanged! Those who go back on the military order and delay it will be beheaded!"
"Ah???" Ma Laoliu almost fainted on the spot when he heard the words "hanging" and "cutting"!
I said I won't sign, but you insist on asking me to sign!
Okay, just sign it, but what kind of military order is this? It's almost like a reminder, right?
And it’s the kind of reminder that you will die if you take it, and if you don’t take it, you will definitely die now!
"This is a rule in the military, but considering that you are not a member of the military..."
Just when Ma Laoliu was sweating like rain, about to collapse, and even thinking about jumping into the river to escape, it was Xiao Han's words that saved his life.
"Remembering that you are not a member of the army, I will behead you instead of hanging. At least you will be considered a whole corpse!"
"Hou Yeren...is really not a human being!"
After hearing the beginning, Ma Laoliu still burst into tears, feeling that there is no better person than Xiao Han in the world.
But after hearing what happened, Ma Laoliu became a deflated balloon on the spot! I almost didn't curse out loud!
"If I really have to die, I will choose to behead my head! If not for anything else, just because I don't have to accept your fake mercy like a cat crying like a mouse!"
(Chapter 1314, a very auspicious number...)
