Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 587 The Best Age
At the same time that Li Qinzai led his army into Tuyuhun again, Chang'an City galloped out on a fast horse.

Tubo invaded Tuyuhun, and Nuohebo Khan and his wife fled to Ganzhou in Datang. The Emperor of Datang, at the request of Nuohebo Khan, enlisted the king's teacher to fight against injustice.

Before Su Dingfang's army arrived in Liangzhou, the fast horses sent by Chang'an City had already issued the call to action.

Bringing enough dry food and drinking water, Li Qinzai led his troops to leave the governor's mansion, and more than [-] soldiers and horses walked towards the city gate.

Although the two-day rest could not eliminate the exhaustion of the soldiers, everyone's morale was high.

A few days ago, Li Qinzai led his troops to switch to guerrilla warfare in the territory of Tuyuhun. The tactics of avoiding the strong and attacking the weak let everyone take advantage of it. It can be said that they basically fought with the wind.

Li Qinzai achieved his goal of containing the enemy, and the soldiers got a lot of spoils. Li Qinzai had already promised that he would not take any spoils captured after the war, and all the spoils would belong to the soldiers.

Such an incentive method, coupled with the fact that Li Qinzai is really good at leading troops, is stern and reveals a little human touch, he eats and lives with the soldiers, talks and laughs, never puts on the airs of rich and powerful, and quickly wins the favor of the soldiers. If you agree, morale will naturally rise.

He led his troops to the gate of the city. Li Qinzai was about to leave the city, but saw that the gate of the city was a bit congested today.

Numerous people carried their burdens, led the old wives and children, and walked towards the gate of the city. The crowd was too crowded, which caused the gate of the city to be congested.

Li Qinzai did not compete with the people, and ordered the soldiers to dismount and stand by, letting the people pass first.

Seeing the crowd being blocked at the gate of the city and slowly walking out, Liu Ahsi asked curiously, "Is today a holiday? Or is there any major event outside the city? Why are there so many people leaving the city?"

Li Qinzai was riding on the horse, quietly looking at the luggage of the people, and sighed: "They seem to be fleeing with their families..."

Liu Ahsi was startled: "This place is in the Tang Dynasty, where did the military disaster come from?"

Li Qinzai shook his head: "Shanzhou is a hundred and ten miles away from the border of Tuyuhun. Now that the Tang Dynasty has turned against Tubo, can you guarantee that Tubo will not attack Shanzhou?"

Liu Ahsi sneered, from his birth to now, Datang has always been used to the prestige, since Zhenguan destroyed the Turks in the fourth year, it is almost unheard of that anyone dared to take the initiative to attack the city of Datang.

Liu Asi was stunned for a moment, and said: "This...don't be so anxious, isn't there us? Wu Shaolang and our Paoze fought to the death, isn't it just to keep the people in one side safe, and we haven't died yet... ..."

"Under wars and wars, the people are unable to protect themselves. You can't blame them for avoiding disasters and avoiding disasters. If you and I are unarmed ordinary people, under such circumstances, do you have the guts not to run away?"

As he was talking, he suddenly heard the cry of a child not far away.

Li Qinzai looked up and saw a six or seven-year-old boy in ragged clothes standing helplessly in the chaotic crowd, wiping his tears while looking around in panic.

The crowd was surging, knocking the child staggering from time to time, and the child had to step back, but his expression became more and more desperate, and his crying became more and more heart-piercing.

Li Qinzai got off his horse in a hurry, walked up to the child, and didn't think he was dirty, picked him up, raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, subconsciously touched his bosom, but found nothing, so he turned his head and looked at Liu A Four.

"Get something to eat."

Liu Ah Si took out a piece of jerky the size of a palm from his arms, and Li Qinzai stuffed it into the child's hand. The child's crying stopped, and he looked at Li Qinzai timidly while holding the jerky.

Li Qinzai smiled and said, "Did you get lost with your family?"

The child nodded, his little mouth narrowed and he wanted to cry again: "Father and mother...are gone."

Li Qinzai said with a smile: "Don't cry, let's wait, your parents must be looking for you anxiously."

The child nodded and took a bite of the jerky while crying.

Li Qinzai touched his head and sighed.

Qiao'er was about the same age as him, if he hadn't been found at the beginning, life might not be much better than this child's.

The young, the young, the young, and the young, who become fathers, can't help feeling sorry for other people's children, especially in today's war-torn environment, a child who is lost with his loved ones is even more distressing .

Although the child is a bit dirty, but the upbringing seems to be good. Seeing that Li Qinzai has an extraordinary bearing, he said cautiously: "This nobleman, parents and everyone are busy leaving the city. Is there some bad guy here?"

Li Qinzai said with a smile: "There are bad guys, but they may not come. I just help everyone beat the bad guys, and they won't dare to come."

"We have never offended the bad guys, why did the bad guys come to harm us?"

"So they are 'bad people', and there is no reason for a person to be bad."

The child nodded: "They are indeed too bad, the nobleman must beat them away!"

Li Qinzai laughed loudly: "Okay, I will definitely beat them away so that they will not dare to harm others..."

The child smiled happily, with tears still hanging on his face, but when he thought about being separated from his parents, tears immediately filled his eyes, and he was about to cry again.

Li Qinzai had no choice but to try his best to comfort him, showing the way he used to coax Qiao'er. After coaxing him for a long time, the child laughed again.

At this time, there was an anxious cry from a distance, accompanied by the heart-piercing cry of the woman.

When the child heard it, he shouted excitedly: "Father, mother, I am here!"

A middle-aged couple in tattered clothes came following the sound. They couldn't help crying with joy when they saw the child, and stretched out their hands to take the child from Li Qinzai's arms.

Without further ado, the middle-aged man beat the child hard on the buttocks a few times, and said angrily, "Tell you to run around! Tell you to run around! Don't die."

The child didn't cry after being beaten, and the joy of reuniting with his parents offset the pain, and instead he laughed.

Seeing the reunion of the family of three, Li Qinzai also heaved a sigh of relief.

He couldn't bear to destroy such a rare and warm scene in troubled times.

It took a long time for the middle-aged man to see Li Qinzai standing beside him with a smile on his face. Seeing that Li Qinzai was wearing armor and a helmet, his complexion was fair and handsome. He was obviously a powerful figure in the army.

Li Qinzai helped him up, and said, "You don't need to be too polite, it's just a matter of raising your hands. Are you... leaving the city to escape?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "I heard that the Tubo army is not far from the border of the Tang Dynasty, and Shanzhou is only a hundred miles away from the border. We and the people are afraid of a military disaster. If we don't escape, we may not be able to protect our family well."

Li Qinzai understood and said: "Go east as far as possible, Lanzhou, or Yuanzhou farther away, it is safer than here, but you will suffer on the way, poor child..."

The middle-aged man did not have the downcast and negative state of fleeing, but smiled instead: "It's not pitiful, let him learn about military disasters and natural disasters as a child, and accumulate more experience. If he grows up and encounters such chaos again in the future, he will know what to do." Self-preservation."

Li Qinzai glanced at the child, and the child looked at the adults talking with ignorant eyes, his innocence made people feel sad.

Human beings at this time are actually the same as animals in the jungle. Adults take their children and teach them how to hunt, avoid danger, and how to protect themselves. They grow up and multiply generation after generation in a troubled environment.

Such a day is something that children born in a peaceful environment will never be able to empathize with in their entire lives.

"I assure you, this is the last time you escape from disaster in this life. The king of the Tang Dynasty is coming, and the chaos in the northwest will be settled. When our territory extends thousands of miles west, Shanzhou City will no longer be a border city, and there will be no more invincible bandits to harass from now on. , at least you and the child should not see each other in this life." Li Qinzai said looking into the eyes of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man said happily: "That's good. The Tang Dynasty is strong, and our people are confident enough. That's right, we should deal with those Tubo thieves like we beat the Turks back then. It's best to wipe out Tubo too. There is no need for neighboring countries around Tang!"

Li Qinzai also smiled: "That's right, we worked hard to destroy all the neighboring countries. The Tang Dynasty will be completely safe without the neighboring countries."

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, and said, "Is Master Wang really coming soon?"

"It's coming soon, there are only about ten days left."

The middle-aged man stomped his feet and said, "I'm not leaving! Master Wang is here, what's the difficulty in escaping, there's not enough money, and how much food our family was wasting on the way, and people in other places are not used to life, so I'm not leaving!"

The woman next to her obviously regarded her husband as her god. Seeing that her husband said he couldn't leave, she didn't dare to persuade her, and silently gathered her luggage.

Li Qinzai opened his mouth, trying to persuade him to leave temporarily, because he was not sure whether Lu Dongzan would suddenly decide to attack Datang's city.

However, seeing the man's resolute expression, Li Qinzai sighed.

Well, just like what fans in previous lives used to say, I will protect your smiles.

The middle-aged man not only did not leave by himself, but also urged many people to stay with him. Under the encouragement of the man, many people actually turned around and returned to the city.

Li Qinzai was inexplicably moved.

The hearts of the people in this era are really simple, and the people's trust in the Tang army is also immeasurable.

This era is a bit messy and poor, but it is the best era.

(End of this chapter)