Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

Chapter 100: Admiral Tiance was shocked, this is impossible!

"You...you..."

Chai Shao's eyes widened.

Looking at those pairs of unwavering and hostile eyes, he couldn't understand why they regarded his own army as the enemy when they were obviously the common people of the Tang Dynasty.

Obviously, he and his army just...wanted to protect them.

Thinking about it carefully, when they learned that the Tang army was coming, the people of Youzhou fled in all directions, as if the Tang army was not protecting their soldiers, but trying to kill them.

Why!Why is there no trust at all!

He just wants to protect them, just wants to protect!
Why don't they believe it and still defend that treason!

Chai Shao couldn't understand it more and more.

Could it be that he was brainwashed?

Can….
If children can understand brainwashing, some adults can also understand it, but among these hundreds of people are all groups, and Yang Tianfeng took many people away before.

This is not pure brainwashing.

Absolutely... There is definitely something in the Yan Kingdom that even the Tang Dynasty cannot give them! !

"Captain."

At this time, several knight guards looked at him, seemingly asking for his opinion.

Chai Shao looked at those pairs of extremely determined eyes and sighed.

Once upon a time, he and his Knight Riders were their patron saints, but now... it seems... they have become their enemies...
Waving his hand weakly, Chai Shao told the knights not to capture Yang Tianfeng. Then he thought for a moment and asked, "Why? Why do you want to protect him? Why do you want to go to that mysterious country even if you risk death!"

He doesn’t understand, he doesn’t understand! !

Now, in his eyes, there is a desire to know the truth.

The voice fell.

Silent for a long time.

Finally, a woman stood up from the team protecting Yang Tianfeng.

"I... Governor Chai, I don't want to die, I don't want to die... So, I... I want to go to Yan Country."

She was full of guilt.

She knew that Governor Chai cared about them and was one of the patron saints of Youzhou.

He worked so hard to protect Youzhou and them, but she was thinking of leaving, how could she not feel guilty?
only….
After all, she couldn't live in this land...
Then, the second person stood up.

He was a rare man in the team, and he was in his prime.

His face was scarlet, as if he had been crying recently.

At this moment, he was carrying a "thing" wrapped in a large white cloth on his back.

"Captain Chai, when I... was in Daicheng County, I... I killed my wife."

As he spoke, he unloaded the large package from behind, and inside was a corpse, a woman's corpse.

His eyes were soft, and then he said with regret on his face: "I am a citizen of Daicheng County, and I am a well-known loser on the streets. My neighbors often make fun of me for not having the guts. It is my wife who always supports me and takes care of me."

"When Brother Yang came to the county to take people away a few times ago, my wife shouted that she and I should leave, but I didn't listen. I didn't want to leave far away, so I stayed."

"I was still thinking that the imperial court would save us, would save us... I kept numbing myself like this. Later, my wife died of starvation there, in Daicheng County where she had lived since she was a child!"

"And I didn't feel hungry when she starved to death! I was surprised how she could starve to death. After some searching, I found out that the family had run out of food a long time ago. She was the one who ate up the remaining food bit by bit. Give me something to eat, she has been hungry for a long time! Just like this... she is starving to death..."

When he said this, his voice became excited and he burst into tears: "I...I am a waste! I have always been. I never admitted it before. I think I am a great hero, and my wife also believes in me, but I am not!" I killed her, I’m a waste, I’m a waste!!”

"If I had listened to her advice and gone to Yan Kingdom when Brother Yang came here a few times before, maybe she wouldn't have starved to death. It's my fault! Everything is my fault!"

"I...I don't want to make the mistake again. She looked at me so tenderly before she died, and her last words were for me to live together for her sake. I...I don't want to live up to her expectations anymore. I have let her down so much." Too much, too much…”

"I really don't want to let her down anymore, so I want to take her to Yan Country with me, no matter how hard and tired I am, I will go."

The man roared feebly, angry at his own incompetence and unwilling to accept this world full of pain.

But when he saw his wife, his face was full of tenderness.

In the past, he always treated his wife badly, and she always treated him with tenderness. Now he has realized that he wants to take her with him, even if it is her body, he is taking her with him.

With her here, that's home.

The man cried tenderly on his wife's body. Even though the lady smelled like a corpse, he still treated her like a living person.

Chai Shao looked at him, at the woman who came out first, and then at the hundreds of people. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but nothing came out. He became silent...taciturn...
Then, another person walked out.

It was an old man, crying and looking at Chai Shao.

"Captain Chai, please let Yang go. We...we just want to live, and he can take us alive."

Chai Shao's eyes were moist: "Old man, but he... is taking you to the enemy's country. It's a trap."

The old man walked up to Chai Shao with difficulty, and despite his age, he actually knelt down towards Chai Shao.

Chai Shao was horrified and stepped forward to help the old man up, but the old man always insisted on kneeling down and said in a choked voice: "Captain Chai, can we not know whether Mr. Yang is a bad person?"

"I am in Daicheng County. My children all joined the army in Youzhou. They all died in the war with the Turks and I became alone. However, the court did not treat me badly and gave me a lot of pensions."

"Over the years, I have spent a lot, but I still have a little money. However, after the locust plague this time, the food in Daicheng County was too expensive. I bought and ate it, but it was not enough. I ate for more than ten days and I didn't have enough money. My house is gone, my food is gone, I have nothing left.”

"Can we not know whether Yan Guo and Yang Xiaozi are bad people? Please, please, let him go, let us go, and let us leave."

The old man choked and wanted to kneel down.

Chai Shao kept blocking.

But if he could stop the old man, how could the hundreds of people behind him stop him?
There were hundreds of people behind that.

"Boom..."

The first one knelt down.

Then, the second, the third, the 1st...
Almost at the same time, everyone knelt down towards Chai Shao without any hesitation.

They are all using their meager abilities to work hard to let Yang Tianfeng go.

Hundreds of people knelt.

This scene was so shocking that Chai Shao really didn't care about the old man. Looking at the hundreds of people in front of him, he felt unbelievable.

The Cavalry Guards behind them were also horrified. Even the well-trained horses under them seemed to be shocked and kept crowing at this moment.

Then, hundreds of people spoke one after another.

"Captain Chai, my family..."

"Captain Chai..."

"Captain Chai..."

"......."

They spoke in all directions and all spoke to Chai Shao.

That was their patron saint, and they wanted to do everything they could to make Chai Shao understand them.

Understand their unique and simple philosophy.

They….just want to live….
Chai Shao was also listening hard, trying not to miss anyone's words.

He also wanted to know what kind of grievances the people under his protection had.

After half an hour.

In the end, Chai Shao chose to let Yang Tianfeng go and let Yang Tianfeng continue to take these hundreds of people to the Yan Kingdom, and... Chai Shao also sent dozens of knights to escort them to the Yan Kingdom.

"Guo Chao, do you think I did something wrong?"

Chai Shao looked at the backs of the leaving people, his voice full of confusion.

Guo Chao was his deputy general.

At this moment, Guo Chao looked at the group of people, sighed, and said helplessly: "In terms of justice, you, Commander-in-Chief, are terribly wrong. This move is tantamount to siding with the enemy."

"But...perceptually speaking, you did the right thing. They...just want to live."

His voice was full of emotion.

Chai Shao sighed: "I wonder if Yan State can give them this safety."

Speaking of this, Chai Shao couldn't help but think of the blueprint Cheng Yaojin had drawn for him.

Yanguo.…

That mysterious country is full of infinite vitality and vitality.

Even the status of men and women, which is recognized by the world, dares to openly challenge.

It is a very bold country, and it is also a country full of hopes and dreams.

"Guo Chao, what do you think... our current children in Youzhou, what do they want to be?"

Subconsciously, Chai Shao couldn't help but ask this question.

Lieutenant General Guo Chao was astonished: "Grand Governor, why do you ask this?"

Chai Shao laughed helplessly and said: "Two years ago, if I asked our children in Youzhou, they would firmly tell me that they wanted to become a general like me, serve the Tang Dynasty, and kill all the Turks. "

"But now, I just looked at these kids, and they...are they really still willing to be me?"

Guo Chao's tone paused.

He couldn't help but picture the scene just now. Although those children still respected Chai Shao, they were all hostile to Chai Shao.

Although there are only a few dozen children, the scale can be scaled up to the entire Youzhou and can be used as a reference.

"Grand Governor, I...I don't know what to say."

Guo Chao sighed.

Chai Shao laughed at himself: "In the past, in this land under my protection, Youzhou, the children here all had dreams."

"But since the Youzhou Incident, the Weishui Incident, and the locusts this time, our children in Youzhou have lost their dreams. It was us who killed them..."

"We...when did we kill their dreams?"

Chai Shao held his head, his face full of pain.

Guo Chao looked at him and wanted to comfort him, but didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only sigh and pat Chai Shao on the shoulder.

half an hour.

Chai Shao finally recovered from the pain. He took a deep breath and said, "Guo Chao, please take people back."

His voice was full of determination at this moment, as if he had made some kind of important decision.

Guo Chao was stunned: "Grand Governor, you... where are you going?"

Chai Shao thought for a while and said, "I want to see if Yan Country, the city of hope, is really as beautiful as General Cheng said."

"I also want to see, with my own eyes, whether the place where I, the people of Youzhou, have to leave their hometowns to go, is really... worth the trouble of traveling all the way!"

talking room.

The Yanyun City in his memory seemed to appear in front of Chai Shao's eyes. Outside Yanyun City, many people from Youzhou were standing there, smiling at him.

Chai Shao stretched out his hands, his eyes soft, as if he wanted to touch those people's faces.

Feel them, whether they are full of warmth, warmer than in Youzhou.

"Grand Governor, you can't! It's too dangerous!"

"Battle of the Forgotten River Canyon, you are our general. Many Yan Kingdom soldiers have seen you, and they may not recognize you. Once recognized, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"This is too dangerous!!"

Guo Chao stopped him.

Chai Shao made his decision and said, "Guo Chao, I've made up my mind!"

"You should go back. Immediately after you return, write a letter and send it back to the court. Ask your majesty the dog officials in Daicheng County and several other counties how to deal with it. He also tells you some specific things about Yan State and the whereabouts of the people of Youzhou. , tell His Majesty!"

Among the people's cries just now, Chai Shao heard the people's accusations against the dog officer, so he was more angry than anyone else about this matter.

but!
There are aristocratic families behind those high-ranking officials, so it cannot be dealt with in a short while, so let His Majesty and others make the decision.

"Grand Governor, please don't..."

Guo Chao hasn't finished speaking yet.

Chai Shao was already there and rode out...
Go away!

………………………….
Chai Shao galloped all the way, but not long after, he saw Guo Chao and several knights following him.

"Guo Chao, do you still want to persuade me?"

Chai Shao stopped his horse.

"Grand Governor, that's not the case."

Guo Chao rushed in front of him and laughed: "How can a journey by one person be fun with many people coming?"

"We are here to be with you, and when it comes to Yan Guo, you can only see it from one perspective, but with a few more of us, there are several more perspectives."

"Don't worry, I've already asked the returning Cavalry Guard to do the things you asked me to do."

Chai Shao was slightly shocked when he heard this.If we go to Yan Country, we don't know whether it is dangerous or not, and our lives are not guaranteed yet.

It is tantamount to going deep into the enemy camp.

However...
Even so, Guo Chao and the others still want to follow...
Chai Shao's eyes were soft and he smiled angrily: "Aren't you afraid of death?"

Several Cavalry Guards looked at him with smiles: "It is our honor to die for the Governor."

Guo Chaoze spread his hands and said, "There is no other way. I have to protect you, the Governor. After all, I promised Your Majesty that I will take good care of you."

While talking and laughing, a few people made life and death a simple matter.

Chai Shao laughed loudly: "Hahaha, okay! Then let's go together!"

"I, Chai Shao, thank you for going with me for my childish actions!!"

Say it and ride out.

Guo Chao and others followed closely behind.

Their goal is that city full of dreams...
…………………….
Another ten days passed.

Yang Tianfeng led the hundreds of people along the way.

"Oh!"

On this day, another person fell down on the road.

This is not a rare thing. In the past ten days, people have died of hunger and collapsed every day, and some elderly people have died because they could not bear the northern climate.

On the way to Yan Country, this is a road full of blood.

"what happened?"

Someone fell down, and Yang Tianfeng at the front quickly led people over.

soon.

Yang Tianfeng saw a little girl nestling in the arms of his grandfather.

"Grandpa, I want to go home."

The little girl's bony little hands were full of weakness, but she still tried hard to hold on to the old man's sleeve.

The old man's eyes were moist: "Nizi, I'm not home yet."

"But I'm so sleepy. I think I saw grandma."

grandmother….
The old man was shocked. His wife had died a long time ago...
It is said that the dead can only be seen when a person is about to die.

When he thought of this, the old man burst into tears.

"Nizi, I can't sleep, I can't sleep! I'm not home yet."

The old man kept pushing.

But the little girl's eyes were still closing slowly.

The people around him saw this scene with wet eyes.

Such a young child, he has not seen the world well, but...
To be abandoned by the world….
“Who has extra food!!”

Yang Tianfeng shouted to the surroundings.

Everyone around shook their heads.

Yang Tianfeng kept touching himself, but he couldn't find anything. He gave all his food to people who were about to starve to death, and he didn't eat for nearly two days.

"Damn it! We're almost there. We're almost at the place where those Yan Kingdom soldiers are meeting us. My child, you can't shut up!"

Yang Tianfeng came to the little girl with blood-red eyes and yelled angrily, but the little girl still looked like that, motionless, like a sleeping beauty.

The old man beside her had already burst into tears.

Yang Tianfeng gritted his teeth, looked at the old man, and said loudly: "Old man! Let the child eat this!"

He stretched out his arm.

Eyes firm.

"She can still live, and I also want to let her see the future of this world!!"

In the end, under everyone's shocked and disbelieving eyes, Yang Tianfeng offered his tenderness.

In the past three days, it took one day longer than the expected two days to arrive at the place where Yanguo soldiers were stationed. This was mainly because a sandstorm suddenly came, and Yang Tianfeng had to take a basin to hide.

And just this extra day caused many people to collapse from hunger, but no one died from it.

Finally, they saw the Yan Kingdom soldiers.

This is a small town on the border of Yan Kingdom.

"Huh? They are the people of Youzhou, hurry! Go and bring food. You guys, come with me to pick them up!"

Several self-defense soldiers quickly divided their work.

They have dealt with these Youzhou people several times, so they have experience.

And precisely because it is the current national policy of the Yan Kingdom to help the people of Youzhou join the Yan Kingdom, the towns of the Yan Kingdom that are closer to the Tang Dynasty are arranged to have many self-defense soldiers and a lot of food.

So with the support of the Self-Defense Army soldiers, these people from Youzhou finally had the most hearty meal they had in the past few days, or dozens of days, or perhaps their lives.

Many people burst into tears while eating.

Along the way, too many people fell before our eyes.

Those people died on the way to warmth, and they made it.

This journey has not been easy...
They cried with joy.

And in the afternoon of that day, soldiers of the Self-Defense Army used carriages to escort these hundreds of Youzhou people to Yanyun City, the capital of the Yan Kingdom and the only important city in the Yan Kingdom at the moment!
Hundreds of Youzhou people went there with uneasiness, and when they arrived at Yanyun City, they were all shocked by the city in front of them.

What a huge city it is.

Outside the city, there are many square-shaped houses standing in a row. The flow of people coming and going is full of joy and vitality, and there are also children riding a kind of two-wheeled car.

There are many unfamiliar things and many smiling faces.

The scenes they saw when they came to Yanyun City constantly refreshed their three views.

And this is just outside Yanyun City. These people can't imagine what kind of beautiful scenery there is inside.

"You guys, it's a good time. Our Majesty is coming back today and wants to say something in public. Maybe you can see him then."

A self-defense soldier smiled and spoke to the hundreds of people who had just arrived.

This can't help but make the people of Youzhou look forward to it.

The emperor of the Yan Kingdom, who created all of this, what kind of person is he...?

As soon as they arrived at the gate of Yanyun City, many men came running towards it.

Those men were among the first few batches, or the first dozen batches, to arrive. They wrote letters asking their family members who were still in Youzhou to come over. At this time, their family members had arrived, and they were here to pick them up.

"Madam, haha, you are here..."

"Yuyu, dad is here..."

"It's coming, it's finally coming..."

"......."

There are many people who are caught up in the beauty of family reunions. Of course, many more people are alone, or bring their families with them, and there is no such picture.

However, they are no longer as frightened towards this Yan Kingdom as they were before.

This city is indeed as Yang Tianfeng and those others said, it is a city of hope and a city that can accommodate them.

And in this happy gathering, and the beautiful moment of the rest of the life after the disaster.

But there was one person who fell down with satisfaction on his face when he saw the city in front of him.

"Finally, I've sent you all here..."

His voice was full of weakness.

This is Yang Tianfeng.

A doctor from Yanguo treated him, but he already expressed that there was nothing he could do.

In just a few days, he lost twenty pounds.

Already, there is no way to save the day...
"Tianfeng!"

"Brother Yang! You can't die, you saved me!"

"Yang Tianfeng!"

"......."

People from Youzhou gathered around one by one.

Yang Tianfeng tried his best to open his tired eyes and look at them, and also tried his best to smile: "You... kneeled down for me that day. I, Yang Tianfeng, didn't... didn't let you down, right?"

At this moment, it was so difficult for him to even speak.

"No, no, no..."

"......."

One by one, the people of Youzhou spoke.

They were not disappointed. Yang Tianfeng worked hard for their lives, and they were not disappointed when they arrived in this land.

"That, that's good..."

"From now on, it's up to you, and also to Youzhou..."

"I, I tried my best..."

After Yang Tianfeng said these words, it was as if all his strength had been removed, and his eyes slowly closed.

He lost too much meat and fell to the ground.

Yang Tianfeng, Yang Tianfeng….
He was obviously one of the first people to find this land, but he never enjoyed the beauty of this land for a day...
When I arrive, I just drop people off, and then I go back and bring people over after a short rest, and it goes over and over again...
He has never even entered Yanyun City.

Yang Tianfeng, in his life...
Perhaps he was guilty and a traitor to the Tang Dynasty, but to the people who were rescued by him, he was a hero, and they would remember him as a great hero for the rest of their lives.

I don't know how long has passed.

Faintly, Yang Tianfeng could still hear some shouts and cries, but he could no longer hear clearly.

Come back to God again.

It was a vast white world, and he was in mid-air.

"Ok?"

Yang Tianfeng was surprised.

looked down.

This was discovered.

There was a group of people lifting him up. There were so many people that you couldn't even tell how many there were.

Some people are full of colors, such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and other colors, while some people have no color at all, just simple black and white photos.

Those without color are the dead, and those with color are those who are still alive.

They are all people saved by Yang Tianfeng.

Ten people, hundreds, thousands of people….
At this moment, they are obviously separated from each other by yin and yang, but they are united in one thing.

Lift Yang Tianfeng high and lead to the highest heaven.

those people….
Their eyes were hot and grateful, and they lifted him up, lifted him up, and kept lifting him up...
He deserves a better place to live, and they will work hard and try their best to take him to that better place.

………………………….
Chang'an City.

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin has been crazy busy recently, related to pork, Cheng Yaojin's return, and many other construction matters.

And today, something important happened.

That means Cheng Yaojin is about to arrive in Chang'an City!

Li Shimin wanted Cheng Yaojin to come back more than anyone else. He wanted to know more than anyone else what was going on in the Yan Kingdom.

And no one in the Tang Dynasty knew this better than Cheng Yaojin.

So how could he not be excited when Cheng Yaojin came back?
however.

Before Cheng Yaojin came back, Li Shimin was about to go out for a meal, but he got a letter from Youzhou.

When he opened it and looked at it, his eyes widened in an instant.

"What! This... this is impossible!!"

"How could this happen? How could this happen!!!"

His eyes widened in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)