The sky is clear and the fields are vast. The grass is blown by the wind and cattle and sheep can be seen low.
If there were no Turks around him, Li Mu would be very happy to see such a magnificent scenery. But now, he is a prisoner, and he can't have such leisurely feelings.
At the beginning of the year, Li Jing, the general manager of the march of Dingxiang Road in the Tang Dynasty, led his army from Mayi to Wuyang Ridge and attacked Dingxiang City at night. Jieli Khancang fled wildly, and it was not until two months ago that he stationed himself near Tieshan. Seeing
The Tang army was so powerful that the Turkic Jieli Khan had no choice but to send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to beg for surrender. Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty accepted his surrender and sent envoys such as Tang Jian, the Minister of Rites, and others to return the visit to appease him. Jieli Khan was worried about the Tang Dynasty.
Unaccustomed to Turkic food, he chose a few people in the prisoner camp to be cooks, and Li Mu was one of them.
Why is Li Mu here? This is a long story.
When Li Jing led the army from Mayi to Wuyang Ridge, he recruited local brave men to transport grain and grass for the army, and the money was paid daily. In order to make money, Li Mu signed up with several fellow villagers. When the Tang army attacked Dingxiang City, he and others
Together with Xiang Yong, they escorted the grain and fodder convoy and followed the army. Unexpectedly, Dingxiang City was quickly captured by the Tang army.
The food and grass were robbed by the Turkic cavalry. The Turkic cavalry led them around for several months, and finally found Tieshan and joined Jieli Khan. Many people could not bear it and died. Li Mu was lucky.
, barely survived. These messages were all obtained from the mind of the previous Li Mu after Li Mu traveled through time.
Today is the eighteenth day since he traveled to the Tang Dynasty. Twenty days ago, the original Li Mu was unfortunately infected with the cold. The Turks would not care about the life and death of a Tang army prisoner. If he saw him sick, they would be afraid of infecting other people.
, and threw him to the river to die. The original Li Mu died, and Li Mu took over his body. After Li Mu woke up, he returned to the Turkic camp from the river. It’s not that he didn’t think about running away directly, but the sky was vast and wild.
, he didn't know the way, he was afraid that he would be eaten by wild wolves before he could get far, so his desire for survival forced him to return to the Turkic camp.
Just at this time, the Tang envoy came to visit, and the Turkic guard in charge of the prisoners asked who could cook. In order not to be driven away, Li Mu volunteered, so he became a cook in the Turkic camp.
As a time traveler, Li Mu knew some of the history of the Tang Dynasty. Through the information collected in the past few days, plus the memories left by the original Li Mu, he judged that this should be the time of the 'Battle of Yinshan', that is, the Tang Dynasty
The War to Destroy the Eastern Turks. As a major event in the foreign war in the early Tang Dynasty, he asked this question in the history paper of the college entrance examination.
What happened should be like this. After the Weishui Alliance, Li Shimin wanted revenge all the time. Finally, three years later, he got the chance. A blizzard fell and countless livestock froze to death. There was civil strife in the Turks, and Xue Yantuo called himself Khan.
Natural disasters combined with man-made disasters created such a good opportunity that Li Shimin would not miss it. He immediately sent six armies to attack the Turks. Li Jing and Li Ji each led an army of troops. Li Jing stationed in Wuyang Ridge and attacked Dingxiang City. Li Ji sent troops to Yunzhong.
, Yu Baidao won a great victory. Jieli Khan petitioned to surrender, and then Li Shimin sent Tang Jian and others to appease him, and ordered Li Jing's army to surrender. The following plot should be that Li Jing did not accept the surrender, and took advantage of the Turks to entertain the Tang envoy and lowered his guard.
At that time, they directly sent out troops, and the Turks were defeated. Jieli Khan escaped alone on a thousand-mile horse. He was later captured, surrendered, served as an official in the Tang Dynasty for several years, and died of sorrow and anger.
It is because Li Mu knows this period of history that he cooks here with peace of mind and waits for Li Jing's army to come to rescue. But he has been waiting for eighteen days, and he can't wait for him, and he can't come for him. Is it because of the history textbook?
Wrong? Something went wrong in the college entrance examination question? Li Mu made up his mind to wait for two more days. If Li Jing's troops didn't arrive, he would find a way to escape.
Li Mu is confident about escaping. As a time traveler, it is natural to have some golden fingers, and Li Mu has such one.
This cheat may be related to the fact that he was a game designer before time travel. He participated in the design of an online game set in the Tang Dynasty. He was responsible for designing the deputy job synthesis system in the game. For example, if someone’s deputy job is
Forging, if you want to make a simple sword, how many iron blocks, how much charcoal, and how much stamina are needed, and then a simple synthesis, and the simple sword is forged. He is responsible for the data balance in this aspect. Before the time travel, because the game was in a hurry to be tested, he continued
After working overtime for a week, he unfortunately died suddenly. Perhaps he wanted to complete this system until the end in his previous life, and his obsession was too deep. After time traveling, he also brought this deputy system with him.
Li Mu did not delve into how this system came here, because the matter of time travel itself cannot be explained.
At present, this system cannot be used because Li Mu has no resources, and most importantly, no money. This is also what Li Mu regrets most at the moment. In order to recover the game currency, he set up the synthesis of all deputy positions with money and skill levels.
The higher it is, the more money he will spend. He is now penniless and can't even open the system, so he has shot himself in the foot.
A clever woman can't make a meal without rice, and an empty system is of no use. In the game, you can shoot sheep in the Novice Village to get copper coins. Although there are sheep in the Turkic Camp, you obviously can't get copper coins. However, there are many ways to get money.
, the Turks are rich, and so are the Tang envoys. If Li Jing’s army doesn’t come in two days, Li Mu will take a desperate risk and steal!
After stealing the money and activating the system, if you think about it slowly, you will always have a chance to escape. Now, you'd better chop the minced meat and make a pie for Tang Envoy.
Li Mu raised both swords at the same time and was chopping meat stuffing vigorously when he suddenly heard the Turkic guard calling him. The Turks and the Tang Dynasty have been at war for years, and there are not a few people on the border who can speak each other's language, but their accents are a bit strange.
"The Tang envoy said that the food you cooked is good, so he asked you to come over and give him a reward!"
"Ah?" Li Mu put down the scimitar in his hand, wiped his hands, and said, "Here you go!"
"Wait a minute!" The Turkic man suddenly grabbed Li Mu and whispered: "You crawled back from the river, but I took the risk to take you in. You have been rewarded this time, do you know what to do?"
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Of course I know, no matter how much it is, it's all yours."
Only then did the Turks let him go with satisfaction. Li Mu followed the messenger to the door of the tooth tent. The messenger went in and called out to Li Mu. There were no Turks in the tent, only an old man wearing purple official uniform.
The messenger brought Li Mu, and the old man took out a piece of silver and handed it to him. Li Mu's eyes widened when he saw it. If he had this piece of silver, his system would definitely be activated.
The messenger received the reward and left happily. The old man observed Li Mu's expression and saw greed in his eyes. He stroked his beard and felt more confident about today's events.
"Are you from Tang Dynasty?"
Li Mu had already guessed that the old man was Tang Jian, but he couldn't show it. Seeing Tang Jian asking, he hurriedly saluted and said, "I would like to inform you, noble man, that I am from Mayi County in the Tang Dynasty. General Li Jing recruited villagers when he attacked Dingxiang City.
He was brave enough to transport grain and grass, so he signed up in order to earn some money. Unexpectedly, Xiangcheng was defeated and the Turks fled in disorder. The grain and grass convoy encountered a group of Turkic cavalry and was captured. They traveled for several months to get here."
"I see." Tang Jian looked Li Mu up and down and asked, "Who else is in the family?"
Li Mu knew that Tang Jian was testing and did not dare to tell nonsense. He recalled the memories in his mind and answered honestly: "Only my mother. My father died in the battle when I was young. I was captured for many days and I miss my mother very much."
It’s not good, I don’t know what’s going on now.” After saying that, Li Mu knelt down on the ground and said: “I know that your honor is the envoy of the Tang Dynasty. Please be sure to take this villain with you when you leave. This great kindness will never be forgotten.
.It is not a pity for a little person to die, but my mother is still at home. Without me, who will take care of me!"
"I didn't expect you to be a filial son, okay, okay, okay!" Tang Jian said hello three times in a row, stood up and helped Li Mu up, saying, "I just wanted to meet the person who has been cooking for us these past few days.
Hey, I didn’t expect to meet a filial son, and I feel very relieved. You guessed it right, I am the envoy of Tang Dynasty. What is your name?"
"The villain Li Mu."
"Li Mu...well, I've written it down." As he said that, Tang Jian glanced around, suddenly lowered his voice, and said quickly to Li Mu: "I respect you as a filial son, and I want to help you. But right now
, I wanted to help, but I couldn't. Jieli is a treacherous and cunning person. It has been half a month since we arrived at the Turkic camp, and we urged him to surrender several times, but Jieli was rambling and talking about him, but he just wouldn't talk.
It's business. I'm watching his actions, and I'm worried that the surrender is a lie and the delaying strategy is real. The opportunity to fight is fleeting and there is no time to delay. We are all under Jieli's surveillance and cannot send news to the outside world. Today I bribed the guard to summon you.
I came here just to see if you are a usable person. Since you are a filial son, there should be no problem with your conduct. I want to entrust you with a big task, what do you think?"
"A big thing?" Li Mu's heart was moved and he asked, "I wonder what your noble lord has entrusted me with?"
"I have a letter that I want you to take to General Li Jing."
Li Mu said: "The Turkic camp is heavily guarded. How can a villain escape? How can he survive if things are exposed? My dear, this is a narrow escape!"
Tang Jian said sternly: "I know that this matter will lead to death, and I will tell you the truth. What I said in the letter was to inform Li Jing to quickly raise troops to attack. If Li Jing comes to attack, I will lose my life. But in the face of the justice of the family and the country,
Personal life and death are of no consequence. I will explain your situation in the letter. As long as you can deliver the letter, I will not treat you badly."
Seeing that Li Mu was still hesitating, Tang Jian said again: "Li Mu, going here is a narrow escape and the risk is extremely high. But if you don't go, will you be able to survive in this Turkic camp? Even if you can survive, who will take care of your mother at home?"
When a man is born in this world, he should do great things. I won’t force you to do it, but I hope you will think deeply about it.”
Li Mu gritted his teeth and said: "I can do things, but there are two things you need to do first."
Tang Jian was overjoyed and said: "Say quickly, everything I can do is yours!"
Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the route or where General Li Jing is camping. I need a map."
Tang Jian immediately said: "I can draw the map for you! If there is anything else, I will tell you once!"
"I still need money!" Seeing Tang Jian's expression was different, Li Mu hurriedly explained: "Noble man, please don't misunderstand me. Although a villain loves money, his life is at risk, so what's the use of asking for money. Just now, the noble man called me and said
There was a reward, so the Turks who were guarding me threatened me with it. I thought since the Turks love money, why not bribe me? If I can create an opportunity for the villain to escape, it would be worth spending some money."
Tang Jian nodded, took off a purse from his waist, put it in Li Mu's hand, and said, "Take it and use it, if you can do this, you will be rewarded a hundredfold!"
Li Mu weighed the weight and found that it should be more than a dozen taels of silver. The money would be more than enough to bribe the Turkic man. He immediately put it away and said, "I would also like to ask you to write a letter."
Tang Jian immediately took out a pen and paper, but Li Mu reached out to stop him and said: "In order to avoid injuring the noble, please write the letter on the lining of the villain's robe. If you are defeated and die, the Turks will not notice.
"With that said, Li Mu untied his robe, turned it over and put it on the table.
Tang Jian showed admiration and said: "You are a true righteous man." He quickly wrote a letter on the lining of Li Mu's robe. After writing, he drew a route map and secret code. Li Mu put on his clothes, saluted again, and said
: "If I don't come back here, please take care of my mother when you return to Tang Dynasty."
"Don't worry, righteous man, I will support you as your mother!"
Li Mu did a complete trick and helped the original Li Mu solve the problem of supporting the elderly. Now that he has the money, he has made up his mind to activate the system first and find a way to escape. As for delivering the letter, he will just deliver it on the way.