Do you know that the distance between Shule Town and Baghdad is shorter than that between Shule Town and Chang'an?

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"Come on, keep up!"

"Go away quickly, don't let the cannibal catch up!"

"The man, Dahan, had too many cars and horses, and was scattered and disorderly, blocking the road!"

"Soldiers, follow someone to escape from Bahan!"

Hearing the last shout, a soldier in the yellow-clothed army with chaotic formations raised his head and looked at the person who was shouting. The man was tall and dressed in good armor. At this time, his face could not be seen when he turned his back to the soldier.

He saw the general holding a stick in his hand. After shouting, he rushed forward without waiting for the other soldiers to respond, and waved the stick and hit the man Pahan who was blocking the road. Seeing that the general was so hard, and everyone wanted to escape, the other soldiers immediately stepped forward to help, and finally dispersed the man Pahan and set off a path.

A man with blood but gorgeous armor must have been the first to ride over; the general who had just hit the man Khan and struck the road led the soldiers to follow closely behind. Seeing this, the soldier hurriedly lowered his head and followed everyone eastward.

I don’t know how far this group of down-and-out soldiers ran, but the sky gradually became dark. The commander general looked back at the light of the sun that was about to disappear. He probably didn’t see anyone catching up. He discussed with several other generals and ordered: “Order the soldiers to camp.”

"Yes." The generals agreed and shouted that the soldiers of their troops would set up camps.

"Hmph, there are only these few people left, and I am still in the same position?" Someone muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Stop talking, you didn't see that Dadu, General Li and others were all depressed. If they heard it, you would be nice to see it." The people beside him hurriedly whispered.

"Hmph! After such a defeat, will they still dare to deal with the soldiers?" The man complained and said stubbornly, but his voice was much smaller. If his previous words were heard by the generals, although they dare not treat the soldiers now, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not have any attacks after returning to the military town. It is better not to ask for trouble.

Everyone worked hard for a while and set up the camp before it was completely dark. The generals sent people to pick wild vegetables, cook some wild animals and stew soup with the dry food they carried with them. Of course, the soldiers were not satisfied with such a simple meal, but everyone knew what was going on now, so no one complained. They used all kinds of bowls to serve the soup, and found a place to sit or squat to start eating.

But there was a man who couldn't eat soup and dry food at all, squatting on the ground in a daze, muttering to himself: "This is a dream, this is not true, this is a dream, not true..."

Although he has been in this world for a day and a night, Sun Lin still cannot accept the fact that he has traveled through time. Of course, this is very normal. No one who has never experienced war since childhood suddenly came to the battlefield. Looking at the splashing blood, broken limbs and corpses on the ground, it is impossible to accept it immediately. If you don’t go crazy, you are already a person with very good mental quality.

"Sanlang, why don't you eat?" Suddenly, a sentence came to his ear. He quickly turned his head and saw a strong man in his forties sitting beside him. After saying this, he raised his bowl and drank a big sip of soup.

"I can't eat it." Sun Lin said casually.

"This is normal," said the strong man while eating: "You have fought a war for the first time. It was such a fierce battle. We lost. It was very normal that we couldn't accept it for a while. I was so too. After the war, I was so hungry that I couldn't eat. But after the war, I gradually got used to it. You probably have to stay in Anxi for a long time and will get used to it."

"Thank you for your comfort." Sun Lin still did not accept the fact that he had traveled through time and said casually.

"Consolation? What is the meaning of this word?" said the strong man: "Is it the same as comfort? I haven't returned to my hometown for more than 20 years and have new words in my speech?"

After saying this, he didn't hear a response, and looked at Sun Lin again. Seeing that he was still squatting in his eyes, he muttered in his mouth. Seeing this, the strong man frowned, and after drinking the soup and eating dry food, he reached out to grab Sun Lin's shoulder. Before Sun Lin could react, his shoulders had been grabbed by him, and his upper body was twisted, facing the strong man's very serious face.

"Liu Qi!" he said in a deep voice: "No matter what you think in your heart, you must eat the food now. Even if you force it, you must stuff it into your stomach!" As he said, he snatched dry food and bowls from Sun Lin, poured soup into his throat without any hesitation, choking him so hard that he coughed, and then tore the dry food into his mouth.

Sun Lin, who had not yet come back to his senses, subconsciously resisted, but the strong man was extremely strong, and Sun Lin couldn't break free. He forced the water and dry food into it, which made him cough even more violently. However, he swallowed the dry food.

"That's right! You must not skip eating. You have to walk all day tomorrow. You have nothing to eat in the early morning. You will have to starve your stomach before noon!" said the strong man with a smile.

I don’t know if it was because of a few pieces of dry food that relieved hypoglycemia, or because of the strong man’s words, or other reasons, Sun Lin felt much clearer, and the fact that he had been unacceptable just now suddenly became acceptable.

As early as when he just retreated from the battlefield, he prayed to God, the King of Hell, the Grand Lord of the Supreme Lord, the Buddha of Tathagata, the Lord, the Great God of Shiva and other gods that he could think of, and asked the gods and Buddhas of the heaven to return to their previous lives and to that peaceful and comfortable era; but for granted, no god or Buddha responded to his prayers, and a few hours passed, and he was still here.

"Since the reality can't be changed, I can only try to accept it." Sun Lin whispered to himself.

"What are you talking about?" The strong man asked again when he heard him talking but didn't hear it clearly.

"Uncle," Sun Lin, oh no, should be called Liu Qi, and said, "Uncle, I'm still a little confused now and I can't remember many things clearly. For example, you, uncle, I'm just confused. I think my family seems to be an old acquaintance with you, but I can't remember anything else."

When he first heard him calling him "uncle", the strong man looked a little bad, but after hearing what he said, his expression eased. The strong man didn't suspect that he was there and smiled, "Are you scared? You can't remember the past. Well, I'll talk to you."

"You always remember who your surname is, right?" said the strong man.

"Remember, my name is Liu Ya." Liu Ya said. If this uncle hadn't said this name just now, he wouldn't have known the current name of 'his own'.

"Just remember your name. Then you still remember that your hometown is Hongnong, Guozhou." The strong man continued without waiting for his answer this time: "Let me talk about myself first. My name is Zhang Hu. I am forty years old and two years younger than your father. I grew up together with your father Liu Run. I have a very good relationship. I recruited troops and came to Anxi Protectorate twenty-two years ago."

"But two years later, your father was injured and lame and returned home with one leg. I don't know whether it should be a blessing or a misfortune. I have never been injured much. Even if I was injured, I was still a minor injury, so I stayed here. At the age of 28, I was unable to go back, so I simply robbed my current wife when I was in the Shi Kingdom, settled my family in Yuluzhou, and gave birth to a few children. You have seen this time before the expedition. If you forget what you look like and can't recognize me, you'll see you again after you go back."

"Your father is called Liu Runkai," said Zhang Hu, who talked about Liu Qi's father, and he talked a lot about Liu Qi's father Liu Runkai when he was young, and then he talked about Liu Qi. "You are your father's third son, nineteen years old this year. Last year, the imperial court summoned troops from the Central Plains to fill the vacancy of the Anxi Protectorate. According to the rule of the three-Ding draw, you were drawn from your hometown. It was also good luck. I arranged you to be the military commander of Luzhou, where I was on duty, and I could take care of you."

He talked about what happened this year and finally said: "Then, the Gaoda Dugu ordered the soldiers and the soldiers of the city from several places, and asked Ningyuan Kingdom and Gelu to send troops to assist in the battle to attack the Shi Kingdom. However, he did not expect that the Shi Kingdom was not only prepared to resist resolutely, but also colluded with the Great Cannibal. The Great Cannibal soldiers were also very powerful in fighting. We fought for several days but failed to capture the city of Talas."

"I don't know what happened later. It seemed that the cannibals had reinforcements again, and it seemed that the Geluo people had rebelled or fled. Anyway, they were defeated in a confused manner. The army fled and fled all the way here."

Speaking of this, Zhang Hu's voice became low. Not counting the recruited soldiers of the French country, this time the Anxi army dispatched 30,000 troops to attack Talas, but only a few thousand people were left, and many people he was familiar with died outside Talas. When Zhang Hu thought of this, he was very sad.

After a while, he recovered. When he touched his left hand, he found that he seemed to have tears in his eyes. He felt that he was a little embarrassed. He hurriedly looked around and looked at a few people who saw it and wanted to say a few words to Liu Qi to save his face. But he saw that the expression on Liu Qi's face became unpredictable again.

Zhang Hu frowned and reached out to shake Liu Qi again. Liu Qi came to his senses and said with a forced smile: "I just heard Uncle Shi say this battle, and I remembered the person who died in the city again, so this expression is fine now."

"That's good. But you, for a few more battles in the future, you will understand." Zhang Huben wanted to say a few more words, but in the end he still didn't say it. Whether he could adapt to the battlefield was useless by listening to others' reasoning. He had to experience it himself. So he didn't say more, just take care of Liu Qi when he was fighting next time.

At this time, the soldiers had already finished their meal. Deputy Protector Gao Xianzhi, the highest commander of this battle, stood at a high place and comforted the soldiers. After he finished speaking, because it was getting late, everyone walked to the camp and went to bed.

Most of the soldiers fell asleep quickly. They fought for several days in a row and couldn't rest at night. Today they ran away desperately. When they were nervous, they were fine. When they relaxed, they felt tired and couldn't stop. Except for the close relatives who died in this battle, the others fell asleep on the bed.

However, there is one exception, that is Liu Qi. Although Liu Qi did not die in the battle, he lay straight on the bed but couldn't sleep. He just muttered to himself: "...it was Talas, and it was at this time..."

Although Liu Qi (or Sun Lin?) in his previous life was just a history lover, I have heard of this very famous battle in the Battle of Talas. "...I am here to the Tang Dynasty more than 1,200 years ago? Or the eve of the Tang Dynasty's decline from prosperity?" Liu Qi couldn't help but mutter to himself.

If he came to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, he certainly felt that it was a blessing in disgrace. Du Fu wrote in his later years, "Remembering the Past" and wrote: "Remembering the Past of Kaiyuan, the small town still has thousands of families. Rice and fat, millet white, and both public and private granaries were abundant. "The Kaiyuan period was the best era of the Tang Dynasty, and living in such an era was of course a great thing.

But now it is the tail of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He didn't know how many years had been in Kaiyuan and Tianbao, nor did he know when the Battle of Talas occurred. But he remembered that the Battle of Talas was shortly before the Anshi Rebellion. An Lushan rebelled a few years after this battle, and the land of the Central Plains was in ruins and casualties were in vain. Although the court finally quelled the rebels, the situation of separatist vassal states had already been established. Even if an emperor tried to cheer up, it failed to regain control of the Central Plains and declined from then on.

"So, the Anshi Rebellion will soon break out? What will happen to Anxi after the Anshi Rebellion breaks out? Was it occupied by the Tubo people, or by the Uighurs, or by other forces? At that time, what will the Tang army in Anxi end up? Will it be..." Liu Mei, who didn't know much about this history, became anxious about what situation he would fall into after the Anshi Rebellion broke out.

Liu Qi was thinking about it, and suddenly there was a snoring sound around him, and it was very loud. At this interruption, he became a little clear-headed and smiled self-deprecatingly. "I am still in the army now, and it seems that it is impossible to escape in a short period of time. Since I am in the army, I will probably have to fight, and I may die in any battle. Thinking about such a long time is just asking for trouble."

"The most important thing now is to find a way to leave the army, so as not to die in a battle one day; if you cannot avoid it, you must go to war, you must save your life and not lose it casually. As for the matters afterwards, no matter how you wait until you leave the army, it will be useless to think about it so much now."

"And I trance remember that the Anxi Protectorate lasted for a long time after the Anshi Rebellion. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, there was another Guiyi Army that controlled the northwest for several years. At that time, at most, he would go to Guiyi Army and take Zhang Hu with him. He treats me very well and needs to save me."

Thinking of this, Liu Qi felt a little more relaxed, and his sleepiness suddenly surged. He had never rested since he entered the update last night and had been very tired. Even though snoring sounds were heard around him, he fell asleep quickly and fell asleep.
Chapter completed!