"If you only care about the country's life and death, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings?"
Tang Jian's deeds of death deeply touched Xiao Han's heart at this moment! It also made his tears unable to stop anymore, sliding down his cheeks.
The reason why the prosperous Tang Dynasty that he loved was so prosperous and glorious in Jiuzhou! It relies not only on its military strength and its people's strength, but also on the many people like Tang Jian behind it!
When faced with national justice, they can abandon high-ranking officials, wealth, and even their own lives, close relatives, and friends without hesitation!
If you want the country to be strong, even if you risk nine deaths, you are bound to do it!
"Hello!"
Seeing Xiao Han standing still for a long time, Liu Er, who was accompanying him, curled his lips and couldn't help but touch the idiot next to him with his arm.
"What are you doing?!" The stunned man who was touched inexplicably turned his head, glared at him fiercely, and shouted in a low voice.
Liu Erze pointed at Xiao Han mysteriously and whispered: "Hey, did you see that your Lord Marquis is crying..."
Hearing this, the idiot rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Go, go, my Marquis is really emotional, and he is reciting poems and composing poems there, you know nothing!"
"What? You said he was reciting poetry just now?" Liu Er was startled at first when he heard what the idiot said, and then his eyes immediately widened.
Drawing articles is one of his hobbies! But could the sentence he vaguely heard just now really be considered poetry?
"The dog bites fiercely, and the beggar hurriedly avoids it? Is this also called poetry? Then my sword is bright and cuts off both ends. Isn't it also a good poem?"
Liu Er rolled his eyes and muttered quietly, but unexpectedly, Xiaodong heard what he muttered, and almost made Xiaodong, who had read the book, pass away in anger.
"Come on! My Marquis thinks that it is the life and death of the country, so why should he avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings! This is the supreme principle! Your dog is so immoral that he bites beggars while smoking!"
Xiaodong gritted his teeth and glared at Liu Er!
He had just felt great reverence for this line of poetry by his Lord Marquis that could be included in the famous sayings of the ages!
In the blink of an eye, I heard an alternative explanation of a dog biting a beggar from this poor guy. How could this not make people angry?
"Ah? He's not a dog, he's a beggar! Let me just say, how could a man as talented as Xiao Hou write such a thing..."
Liu Er also knew at this time that he would be wrong, and his dark face suddenly turned red. After laughing twice, he asked carefully: "What is the truth behind what you just said about benefiting the country? Why can’t I understand this sentence?”
"Go back and ask your teacher!" Xiaodong glared at him and turned away angrily.
Liu Er scratched his head: "Well, I don't have a teacher, I only have a master."
"Then ask your master!"
"Ahem, that doesn't seem to work either! Not to mention that my master knows how to use a knife, and he doesn't know as many words as I do! Even if he knows, I can't ask him."
"Huh? Why?"
"Well, that's not why! I think you can't just wipe your neck and go find him down there for such a problem..."
"..." Looking at the extremely sincere Liu Er, Xiaodong was speechless for a while, really not knowing what to say.
Fortunately, at this time, Xiao Han in front of him had come to his senses.
And he seemed to have heard the conversation between himself and Liu Er just now, and his originally solemn and depressed expression softened a lot.
"Okay, it's getting late, let's go."
Tightening his collar, Xiao Han took a deep breath, and without waiting for Liu Er and Xiaodong to react, he quickly moved forward.
Just now, the words of these two people actually reminded him that people should always live in the present!
Since he can't stop it, he can't stop Tang Jian either! Then just try your best to make things develop in the direction you want!
The grassland in late winter is empty and lonely, and snowflakes will fall from the high sky from time to time, covering the road in white snow.
So even with Wang Cheng, who was familiar with the location of each tribe, leading the way, Xiao Han's journey north was still not smooth.
Fortunately, because of Xiong Kaishan's previous raids, at least with Shuofang City as the center and the surrounding three hundred miles of grassland, there is no longer a Turkic tribe to be seen.
As Xiao Han's goal for this trip, Xiangcheng! In fact, it is not too far from Shuofang. The straight-line distance on the map is only five or six hundred miles.
But between the two, deep in the grassland, there are several high mountains.
At the beginning, Xiao Han wanted to imitate Li Jing and cross the mountain directly, but as soon as this idea was proposed, he was completely refuted by a group of people.
Although those mountains are not steep, they are always sparsely populated! Not to mention the thick bushes and trees inside that make it difficult to walk, even a snow nest covered in white snow can kill someone!
If you step on the wrong foot while climbing a mountain, not to mention people, even horses can disappear in an instant! In this envoy, even some experienced hunters dare not go up the mountain easily!
Well, since we can't climb over the mountain, we can only take a detour, and this detour almost doubles the originally not too far distance!
Because they were afraid of any accidents during the extra journey, Xiao Han and his party basically spent the past few days on the road after deciding on the route.
But even so, they encountered several waves of Turks along the way.
Among those people were ordinary Turkic tribes living nearby.
There were also Turkic nobles who fled from Dingxiang City.
There were even some Turkic soldiers, but I don't know whether they were stragglers defeated by Li Jing or regular troops preparing to rush to King Qin.
At first, when Xiao Han and others encountered the Turks, they would immediately grab their weapons, tense up, and be ready to fight with them at any time.
But they soon discovered that although the Turks they encountered had been staring at them with hatred, no one had ever stepped forward to take action. In the end, almost all of them chose to leave silently.
Of course, this is not because they are afraid of Xiao Han!
Because Xiao Han didn’t take the blood-red Xiao flag with him before leaving! So those people didn't know at all that this strange team similar to envoys was the devil's army that made them talk about their perversion a while ago.
The reason why these people let Xiao Han and the others go forward now is just because of their king! The noble and brave Jieli Khan issued a decree a few days ago: They must live in peace with the Tang Dynasty, at least until the sheep are fat and the horses are strong in the coming year!
With the will of this supreme prairie king, even if they see their enemies strutting past on the road at this time, those Turks will grit their teeth and hold back!
After repeating this several times, Xiao Han finally relaxed temporarily after realizing this when he passed by a group of Turkic cavalry that far outnumbered them.
It looked like they didn't need to use the methods they had prepared before setting off. As long as they traveled quietly and didn't cause trouble, they would eventually meet up with Chai Shao and Li Jing.
