------------ Main text ------------ Chapter One: A Dream of Returning to the Tang Dynasty Chapter 1 Late at night, inside a dilapidated house without even a roof, an old man was carrying a pile of firewood, adding it to the fire in front of him. In the firelight, his face revealed
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In the desert, a soldier wearing Tang army armor is shouting in despair.
"Are there any survivors? Is anyone here...?" He was surrounded by a circle of camels. Inside sat a monk, silent, chanting sutras.
After shouting several times, no one responded, and the soldier could only squat on the ground in despair. When the caravan set out, it was escorted by hundreds of elite soldiers. But after a sandstorm, he was the only one left. If he couldn't deliver the caravan to the Eighteen Mile Post Station on time, he would be held accountable, facing either death or desertion. He didn't want to choose either path.
Looking back at the monks chanting sutras, I realized for the first time that these respected monks were utterly useless in a critical moment.
Just then, his eyes suddenly lit up; someone...
On a small sand dune not far away, a masked man in a long robe was walking unsteadily. After a few steps, he lost his footing and fell straight down the dune.
The soldier was overjoyed and immediately rushed forward. Unfortunately, the person wasn't his lost comrade; he seemed to be just a passerby. But the soldier couldn't care less. He was content with just one living person, not counting the monks behind him.
After drinking a few mouthfuls of water, the man regained consciousness. He seemed startled at first glance, but quickly returned to normal.
"Did you save me?" the other person asked in a hoarse voice.
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At Dama Camp, Lu Xuan and the old man were making tense preparations.
Each person gets two horses. One to carry the rider, and the other to carry water and provisions. All the dried meat from the kitchen should be cut into small pieces and taken along.
Lu Xuan and the old man worked overtime to dry all the mutton and baked over a hundred flatbreads. They didn't care about the taste, just that the meat was dry and wouldn't spoil easily. Each horse carried four sheepskin bags filled with cooled boiled water.
When everything was almost ready, Xiao Si ran in.
"Master, there's someone on the street soliciting knife-wielders and grooms. Mr. An is heading in that direction too."
Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan immediately spoke up.
"You two take the horses and supplies and wait for me at the east gate of the Great Horse Camp." After saying that, Lu Xuan picked up his horse-slaying saber and ran out.
Li, the Commandant of the City Massacre, is a nickname few people know. It's actually an ironic one. The person who received this nickname wasn't because he massacred a city, but because he didn't.
Li Xiaowei was a captain in the Tang army in his early years. Once, he was ordered to kill a group of captured Turkic women and children. He refused to carry it out because he believed that warriors should not kill indiscriminately.
During wartime, his disobedience to military orders undoubtedly enraged his superiors, who immediately sent men to execute him. He also believed that warriors should not be indiscriminately killed. Therefore, he led his troops in rebellion, eventually breaking out with a dozen or so personal guards and becoming swordsmen in the Da Ma Ying area.
Many years have passed, and Lieutenant Li still occasionally thinks back to what happened that day. He regrets it, perhaps regretting leading his brothers into a desperate situation, or perhaps regretting his own naiveté. In any case, he regrets it.
Over the years, most of the brothers who had rebelled with him had died. Disheartened, he disbanded his group and went into exile alone.
Life was aimless, and he felt that living had no meaning. Later, while wandering aimlessly in the desert, he encountered a sandstorm. He thought that fate was finally going to take his life. However, for some unknown reason, he didn't die and was rescued again.
After inquiring, Lieutenant Li learned that it was a caravan from the Tang Dynasty, and one that originally had over a hundred soldiers guarding it. This meant that there was probably something extraordinary in the caravan.
Lieutenant Li felt he understood Heaven's will. He had one last thing to do: escort the caravan back to Chang'an, and then turn himself in.
Since these are important goods, two people (monks don't count as people) definitely can't handle it. The caravan has a total of thirty-tw
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451
