Chapter 1 Traversing into a prisoner
The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast. The wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep.
If there were no Turkic people around him, Li Mu would be very happy to see such a magnificent view. But now, he is a prisoner, so he has no such leisure and pleasure.
At the beginning of the year, Li Jing, the chief marching officer of the Dingxiang Road of the Tang Dynasty, led a large army to attack Eyangling from Mayi and attacked Dingxiang City at night. Jie Li Khan fled wildly and was not stationed near Tieshan two months ago. Seeing that the Tang army was as powerful as the bamboo, the Turkic Jie Li Khan had no choice but to send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to surrender. Tang Emperor Li Shimin accepted his surrender and sent an envoy, Minister of Rites Tang Jian and others to visit and appease him. Jie Li Khan was worried that the Tang envoys were not accustomed to the Turkic food, so he chose several people as cooks in the captive camp, and Li Mu was one of them.
Why is Li Mu here? This is a long story.
When Li Jing led a large army to enter Eyangling from Mayi, he recruited township soldiers to transport grain and grass for the army, and the silver and money were accumulated every day. In order to make money, Li Mu signed up with several fellow villagers. The Tang army attacked Dingxiang City, and he and other township soldiers escorted the grain and grass convoy to follow the rear of the army. Unexpectedly, Dingxiang City was soon captured by the Tang army. The Turks fled in a hurry. The grain and grass convoy they escorted happened to hit a team of Turkic cavalry who were panicking. So they were robbed by the Turkic cavalry together with these grain and grass. This team of Turkic cavalry has been taking them for several months, and finally found Tieshan to meet with Jie Li Khan. Many people couldn't stand it. Li Mu was so lucky that he barely survived. These news were all the messages that Li Mu got from the mind of the previous Li Mu after traveling through time.
Today is the 18th day of his journey to the Tang Dynasty. Twenty days ago, the original Li Mu unfortunately got infected with the cold. The Turks would not care about the life and death of a Tang army prisoner. Seeing that he was sick and afraid of infecting others, they threw him to the river and waited for death. 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 was not that he had thought of running away directly, but the vast sky was vast and he did not recognize the way, because he was afraid that he would be eaten by wild wolves before he could run away. The desire to survive forced him to return to the Turkic camp.
At this time, the Tang envoy came to visit, and the Turkic guards who were responsible for managing the prisoners asked who could cook. In order not to be driven away, Li Mu volunteered, so he became a chef 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 and the memories left by Li Mu, he judged that it should be the "War of Yinshan", that is, the War to Destroy the Eastern Turks. As a major event in the foreign war in the early Tang Dynasty, he gave this question in the history paper of the college entrance examination.
The incident should be like this. After the Wei River Alliance, Li Shimin wanted to take revenge at all times. Finally, three years later, he waited for the opportunity. Blizzards fell from the sky and countless animal husbandry were frozen to death. In the Turkic civil strife, Xue Yantuo called himself Khan. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, Li Shimin would naturally not let go of such a good opportunity. He immediately sent six armies to attack the Turkic. Li Jing and Li Ji led all the troops. Li Jing entered Eyangling and captured Dingxiang City. Li Ji sent troops to Yunzhong and won a great victory in Baidao. Jie Li Khan submitted a letter to surrender, and then Li Shimin sent Tang Jian and others to appease Li Jing's army. The plot later should be that Li Jing did not accept surrender. He took advantage of the Turkic people's vigilance to entertain the Tang envoy and sent troops directly. The Turkic defeated. Jie Li Khan escaped alone on a thousand-mile horse. Later, he was caught and surrendered. He worked as an official in the Tang Dynasty for several years and died of worries and anger.
It was because Li Mu knew this history that he was so comfortable to cook here and waited for Li Jing's army to rescue him. But he had been waiting for eighteen days, and he couldn't wait on the left and right. Could it be that the history textbook was wrong and the college entrance examination questions were wrong? Li Mu made up his mind and waited for another two days, and if Li Jing's troops were not yet, he would find a way to escape.
Li Mu is confident about escaping. As a time traveler, he naturally has to have some golden fingers, and Li Mu has this one on him.
This golden finger may be related to his time travel as a game designer. He was involved in designing an online game, and the background was set in the Tang Dynasty. He was responsible for designing the deputy synthesis system in the game. For example, if someone's deputy is forging, if you want to make a Park knife, how many iron pieces, charcoal, and physical strength value are needed, and then a little synthesis is done, the Park knife is forged, and he is responsible for the balance of data in this regard. Before the time travel, because the game is in a hurry to test, he worked overtime for a week and unfortunately died suddenly. Perhaps it was because he wanted to complete this system until the end of his previous life, and he was too obsessed with it. After crossing over, the deputy sergeant system was also brought by him.
Li Mu did not go into delving into how this system followed, because the time travel itself could not be explained.
At present, this system cannot be used because Li Mu has no resources, and the most important thing is that he has no money. This is also what Li Mu regrets most. In order to recycle game currency, he has to use money when setting up all deputy synthesis. The higher the skill level, the more money he uses. He is now penniless and cannot even turn on the system, which can be considered as shooting himself in the foot.
A clever woman can't cook without rice, and having a system is useless. In the game, you can fight sheep in the novice village to explode copper coins. Although there are sheep in the Turkic camp, it is obvious that you can't burst out copper coins. However, it is not impossible to make money. The Turkic people have money, and the Tang envoys have money. If Li Jing's army does not come in two days, Li Mu will take the risk and go stealing!
I stole the money, started the system, and then I thought about slowly trying to escape. Now, I should chop the meat filling up and make a pie for Tang Zhi.
Li Mu raised his swords at the same time, chopping the meat fillings so hard that he suddenly heard the Turkic guards calling him. The Turkic and the Tang Dynasty had been fighting for years, and there were many people who could speak to each other on the border, but their accent was just a bit strange.
"Tang Envoy said that the dishes you cook are good, and asked you to come over and give me a reward!"
"Ah?" Li Mu put down the scimitar in his hand, wiped his hands, and said, "Come now!"
"Wait a minute!" The Turkic people suddenly grabbed Li Mu and whispered: "You climbed back from the river, but I took the risk to take you in. I have received the reward this time, do you know how to do it?"
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Of course I know that no matter how many it is, it is all yours."
The Turks then let him go with satisfaction. Li Mu followed Chuan to the door of the tent. Chuanmen reported to Li Mu and signaled to enter. There were no Turks in the tent, only an old man wearing purple official uniform. Seeing Chuanmen brought Li Mu, the old man took out a piece of silver and handed it to him. Li Mu's eyes were straight. If there was this piece of silver, his system would definitely be activated.
The man was told to receive the reward and left happily. The old man observed Li Mu's expression and saw that there was greed in his eyes, he stroked his beard and became more confident about what happened today.
"Is it a Tangren?"
Li Mu had already guessed that the old man was Tang Jian, but he could not show it. When Tang Jian asked, he hurriedly said, "Report to the noble man, I am from Mayi County, Datang. When General Li Jing attacked Dingxiang City, he recruited a village warrior to transport food and grass. The villain signed up to make some money. He did not expect that Dingxiang City broke through the Turkic people and fled. The food and grass convoy encountered a team of Turkic cavalry and was captured and came here for several months."
"So that's it." Tang Jian looked up and down at Li Mu, and asked again: "Who else is there in the family?"
Li Mu knew that Tang Jian was tempting and did not dare to talk nonsense. He recalled the memories left in his mind and replied honestly: "Only my mother, my father died in battle when I was young. He was captured for many days and was very worried. My mother was in poor health and didn't know what was going on now." After that, Li Mu knelt on the ground and said: "I know that the noble man is the envoy of Tang. When I ask the noble man to leave, he must bring a villain with me. The great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten. The villain is not worth cherishing his death, but my mother is still there and there is no villain, who will take care of him!"
"I didn't expect you to be a filial son, okay, okay, okay!" Tang Jian said three times in a row, stood up and helped Li Mu up, and said, "I just wanted to see who the person who cooked for me these days, but I didn't expect to meet a filial son, and I felt very comforted. You guessed that I was Tang Envoy. What's your name?"
"Little Man Li Mu."
"Li Mu... Well, I've recorded it." As he said, Tang Jian looked around, suddenly lowered his voice and said to Li Mu quickly: "I respect you as a filial son, and I want to help you. But at the moment, I can't help you. Jie Li is a treacherous person. I have been in the Turkic camp for half a month and urged him to surrender several times, but Jie Li talks around him and says nothing about the serious matters. I observe his actions, worried that surrender is fake, and the delaying strategy is real. The fighter is fleeting and cannot be delayed. We are already under Jie Li's surveillance and cannot be transmitted to the outside world. Today I bribe the guard to summon you to see if you are a usable person. Since you are a filial son, you should have no problem with your character. I want to entrust a big deal, but I don't know what you mean?"
"A big deal?" Li Mu felt aroused in his heart and asked, "I wonder what the noble man is entrusting him with?"
"I have a letter, I want you to bring it to General Li Jing."
Li Mu said: "The Turkic camp is very cautious. How can a villain escape? If the matter is exposed, how can he be destined? Noble man, this is a life-and-death act!"
Tang Jian said seriously: "I know this matter will be dead for a lifetime, but I will not hide it from it. What I said in my letter is to tell Li Jing to quickly raise an army to attack. If Li Jing comes to attack, I will lose my life. But in the face of family and country justice, what is the point of personal life and death? I will explain your situation in the letter. As long as you can deliver the letter, you will not treat you unfairly."
Seeing that Li Mu was still hesitating, Tang Jian said again: "Li Mu, this trip is a life-threatening life, and the risk is extremely high. But if you don't go, can you survive in this Turkic camp? Even if you can live, who will take care of your mother? A real man is born in the world and acts as a big thing. I won't force you to think deeply."
Li Mu gritted his teeth and said, "I can do things, but there are two things. The noble man needs to respond to me first!"
Tang Jian was overjoyed and said, "Tell me quickly, everything I can do is up to you!"
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I don't know the way, nor do I know where General Li Jing set up camp, I need a map."
Tang Jian immediately said: "I can draw the map for you! What else can I say at once!"
"I still need money!" Seeing that Tang Jian's expression was strange, Li Mu hurriedly explained: "Don't misunderstand that villains love money, but their lives are not guaranteed. What's the use of money? The nobleman just called me and said there was a reward, so the Turkic people who guarded me used this to threaten it. I think since the Turkic people love money, why not bribe them? If they can create an opportunity to let the villain escape, it is worth spending some money."
Tang Jian nodded, took off a purse from his waist, put it in Li Mu's hand, and said, "Even if you use it, if you can do it, you will definitely get a hundred times the reward!"
Li Mu weighed the weight and should have more than ten taels of silver. It was definitely more than enough to use the money to bribe the captive Turkic man. He immediately put it in and said, "I'll ask the noble man to write a letter."
Tang Jian immediately took out the paper and pen. Li Mu reached out to stop him and said, "To avoid implicating the noble person, please write a letter on the villain's robe. If the matter is defeated, the Turks should not notice it." As he said that, Li Mu untied his robe, turned it over and put it on the table.
Tang Jian showed admiration and said, "It's a true righteous man." He quickly wrote down the letters in Li Mu's robe. After writing, he drew a road map and secret cover. Li Mu put on his clothes and bowed again, saying, "If I don't go back here, the noble man will have a day to return to Tang, please take care of my mother."
"Don't worry, your mother, I will raise you!"
Li Mu made a complete trick and helped the original Li Mu solve the problem of supporting the elderly. Now that he has obtained the money, he has made up his mind to turn on the system first and find a way to escape. As for the delivery of the letter, he will give it away. If he doesn’t go well, he will be sorry. Survival is important!
Chapter completed!