In the early morning, Liu Ji came out of a cowhide tent, his naked upper body was blown by the wind, and he had small bumps all over his body, he stepped on the grass stained with dew, walked to the lake in a few big steps, picked up a handful of lake water, and poured it on his face, the kind of cold with a salty smell suddenly drove away the residual sleepiness.

The sun has not yet risen, the blue lake is like a huge and friendless jewel, inlaid in the turquoise earth, and the mountains in the distance are gray and cloudy, winding and undulating in the sky, which is the best gift from nature to mankind, full of the most primitive beauty.

Along the shores of the lake, there were large campsites, the bonfires that had not yet been completely extinguished, emitting light smoke, and the crowd of people who had been partying all night had gone to sleep, and those who remained outside were not only countless cattle, sheep and horses, but the heads of men with braids poked into wooden pillars.

The killing and blood ruined the beautiful scenery in front of him, but it did not affect his mood, only the bloody reality can make these barbarians clear that the Tang Dynasty does not need a population, only they need to prostrate under their feet obediently and ask for a charity.

After a brief freshening, he tied his hair back up, turned and walked towards the camp, for there were many slain corpses, and the smell was not good, and he passed through the tents, large and small, to the outskirts of the camp, and sure enough, a tall figure stood there like a stake.

"Kept watch all night? Go and rest. Liu Ji walked over and patted Chen Jin on the shoulder, who turned his head and grinned.

"It has been less than an hour since I took over the brethren's whistle."

"Is the pathfinder set off?"

"Let's go, the team led by Xiao Si himself, it's been more than half an hour now." Chen Jin hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth and asked, "Isn't this close to the capital of the Tubo people?" ”

"It's almost there, it's a day and a night."

"Then why aren't we ready yet?" Chen Jin glanced back at the camp behind him: "Although there are a lot of people here, there are also a lot of burdens, those women and children, when they see the battle, they will collapse, when the time comes, they will mess up their own positions, how can this battle be fought?" ”

"You're right, don't talk about women and children, it's those sturdy men, ten at a time, will you be afraid?" Liu Ji asked rhetorically.

Chen Jin pouted with some disdain: "Just them? ”

"A hundred?" Liu Ji didn't wait for him to answer, and continued again.

"A thousand, ten thousand? Can you still stop it? ”

Chen Jin argued unconvinced: "As long as you kill ten people, it will make a hundred people frightened, and if you kill a hundred people, those who come behind will not dare to come up again, what is the difference between thousands of people." ”

"This is the problem, if they unite and fight to the death, no matter how brave you and I are, in the end we will just die of exhaustion."

Liu Ji looked at the plateau in the distance, which was the direction of Luo Qi City.

"A small people in Shengdou, on weekdays, cultivating a small number of fields, wife and children, paying food for service, although the days are a little tight, but they can get by, I just hope that every day is like this, sunrise and sunset."

"But one day, when the Tibetan people came, their own team was either defeated or abandoned the city and fled, and they, ordinary people, were taken into slavery, separated from their flesh and blood, their families were destroyed, they were whipped and enslaved every day, and they had to have children for these enemies who killed their relatives, what is the meaning of living?"

"The Tang Dynasty is strong, and the Tubo people sent envoys to sue for peace, this alliance and that alliance, accompanied by princesses, craftsmen, books, crop seeds, iron tools, and taught them to plow and fertilize the fields hand in hand, so that after the harvest, they have more reserves, and they can rush down from the plateau regardless of the season and rob the Han people of everything."

"This is a group of livestock, their hearts will never be grateful, just like the snow wolves on the glacier, only when they kill them and destroy the race, there is no place to live, it is possible, and they will regret everything they have done before they die."

Liu Ji turned his head and pointed to his camp: "And what about them, they have no home, no country, they have left here, they don't know where they want to go, they know what is ahead, they can only follow us, because this is the only hope, maybe it is the motivation for them to live." ”

"There is no savior in this world, Datang is not, neither are you and me, let them follow, I just hope they can understand that everything they have lost must be taken back with their own hands, and those facts that have been insulted and hurt will one day be inflicted on the perpetrators, which is the greatest fairness in this world."

Chen Jin didn't seem to understand it, Liu Ji didn't plan to explain anything, some of the words were actually for himself, he wanted to remind himself at all times that the lakes and mountains were just phantoms, and killing and blood were the reality.

At noon the next day, a procession of cattle and sheep approached the city of Luoqi, and among these people, they were all dressed as mediocre slaves, led by a middle-aged man.

Such a team is not surprising in the city of Luo, because at this time, it is the time when the cattle and sheep are slaughtered, and the trading market under the city has long been crowded with similar crowds.

"Zagu, your leader didn't come."

The middle-aged man took off his fur hat and bent down on his horse: "Big leader, our leader will be a few days late, this year's harvest is good, and there are too many goods that need to be loaded." ”

"It's still the location of your pasture, don't worry about being threatened by the Tang people, like us, we haven't even been able to keep the livestock for seeding."

"Is it any wonder that so many people here have fled back?" The middle-aged man inquired quietly.

"But isn't it, the big people with heads and faces have all lived in the city, and our small tribes can only stay outside, so there is still a tent to shelter from the wind, if you want to enter the city, it is not so coincidental."

The middle-aged man pretended to be surprised: "What's the matter, these cattle and sheep are all to honor the nobles, and they won't even let the city in?" ”

"You don't know yet, I heard that the Tang people came from the other side of the mountain, and most of the defenders in the city were transferred, and now they are looking for people to join the army everywhere, and all the young men in my tribe have gone, if it weren't for the old age, I would have to pick up the knife and stand on the city wall."

"Thank you for the reminder, Honorable Chief, it looks like you can only wait here."

According to the information they got, after comparing and corroborating each other, Xiao Si had an approximate number in his heart, there were at least 10,000 defenders in the city, plus they forcibly recruited, how could there be as many as 20,000 or 30,000.

Although the number of people on his side is close to 100,000, when it comes to combat effectiveness, everyone knows that he is afraid that he is not the enemy's opponent.

"Sell these cattle and sheep, and send someone back to inform them." Xiao Si made a quick decision.

"What about us?" A middle-aged man named 'Zagu' in Tibet asked.

"Didn't they want people to defend the city, let's go to the army."