1158 The vast desert, recalling the past
On the vast prairie, a pack horse pulled the flatbed cart and walked around. Li Siyuan was holding it on it. His body was wrapped in a blanket and his head was cushioned with an animal leather jacket. He curled up in a ball, looking very weak.
After running around for days, the terrified wife, children and family members were finally able to breathe and rest on the spot to rectify. Li Siyuan woke up slowly and looked at the surrounding environment, but felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity...
Because Li Siyuan felt that he should have lived here for a while more than 40 years ago.
However, Li Siyuan lived a nomadic life of living through water and grass, and had no place to live. Li Siyuan didn't know where he was his hometown...or in other words, the place he had passed by in the desert could be said to be his hometown. For Li Siyuan, the surrounding scenery was the environment he had been in since he could remember, and there was a kind of slight intimacy, which made him feel extremely moved and even more sad.
After walking around the world, I went around and went around, but I didn't expect that when it was coming, I could be considered a return to my hometown... Li Siyuan sighed in his heart, and his thoughts suddenly returned to decades ago, recalling the years when he was still outside the Great Wall and wandering with the tribe...
Although Li Siyuan claimed to be the emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, he respected his great-grandfather, great-grandparents, and parents as emperors, but in fact his parents died early... Li Siyuan was just a Luotuo people among the Shatuo small tribe outside the West. At that time, he was taciturn and low-key and restrained, but he worked hard every day for his livelihood, and his temperament was more tenacious than Shatuoerlang, who was similar to that of the age.
However, Li Siyuan, who was thirteen years old at that time, was thinking about whether the livestock he had raised would be bitten to death by wild wolves, whether he could kill some prey in recent days, encounter black disasters, whether he could freeze to death, starve to death, and even in order to compete for areas with abundant water and grass, will he fight with other nomadic tribes again... and many other issues related to livelihood, and all the major events in the world have nothing to do with him.
Although I have heard from someone in the tribe that in the south, a large anti-army leader named Huang Chao turned to various places, and even entered Chang'an, the capital of the Tang people, and wanted to establish a new empire... But these things were still too far away for Li Siyuan at that time.
After all, the tribe where Li Siyuan was located was limited in size. Even if the Tang court was in a turbulent situation, the Central Plains dynasty seemed to change. But after all, the lean camels were bigger than horses, and the vassal corpses guarding the northern border were not easily provoked... So Li Siyuan continued to manage his past nomadic livelihoods as his tribe, until the large tribe of the Zhu Xie clan among the Shatuo people, heard that he had accepted the title of the Tang court, but then went out to the frontier to find the tribe where he lived.
Li Siyuan knew that the leader of Zhu Xie's army was named Zhu Xie Chixin. He was once appointed as the governor of Yinshan by the Tang court and was named Li Guochang. He commanded the troops of the three tribes of Shatuo. He also served as the commander of the northern border of Yunzhong to the south as a commander, defense envoy, governor, etc. However, because of his unreliable merit, he had a very unhappy relationship with the Tang court. He was attacked by several troops of Zhaoyi Army, Lu Long Army, and Tuyuhun Governor, and had to go into exile and escape outside the border.
However, within a year, Zhu Xie Chixin left the territory of the Yinshan Tatars and made a comeback. He recruited the Shatu people from various tribes outside the border and took the banner of supporting the Tang Dynasty... At that time, Li Siyuan did not feel that he would have a turning point in his life. After all, a half-year-old man with a low status in a tribe and a thirteen-year-old, Shatu tribes were summoned by Zhu Xie Chixin to jointly plan a major plan. What does it have to do with him?
However, Li Siyuan still remembers that day, he had a dispute with the young and strong in the tribe because of the yellow sheep he had hunted. He fought with the crowd and was still holding a fierce and aggressive spirit. After all, it was not easy to survive on the grassland, fight with the sky, the earth, and other tribes... and even fight with the people in the tribe to fight with them. Li Siyuan knew that his parents died early, so he had to be cruel and acted more tough... Otherwise, if others thought he was weak and could be bullied, he would probably not be destined to raise his head in the future.
However, the fight became more and more intense. Li Siyuan put several teenagers to the ground, beating them with bruised faces and bloody faces... Among them, they refused to admit defeat and were brave and fierce, even took out a knife for cutting their flesh with them and held the blade to the point of being unable to end. The forehead was also broken. Li Siyuan, who still had blood on his lips, was like a wounded beast. He glared back and forth, still refused to give in.
Suddenly, a cavalry in black clothes and black robe rushed over, dispersing the Shatuo boys and surrounding Li Siyuan in the middle. When Li Siyuan looked vigilantly, he instinctively noticed that the group of sharp cavalry gathered by Shatuo Zhuxie's troops had been killed for a long time, all of which were fierce and fierce elite armored cavalry, which was definitely not comparable to ordinary nomadic people...
The person in the lead, Li Siyuan, saw him riding a black-maned war horse with a shiny body. Although he vaguely saw his eyes chaotic and seemed blind, his other move looked down on him and still showed awesome power... The other party seemed to be only ten years older than him, but Li Siyuan could deeply feel the domineering aura of the man exuding a heroic dominance.
This is the scene when he first met his adopted father Li Keyong.
Li Siyuan also remembered that at that time, Li Ke looked over with great interest, and then asked loudly in Shatuo's words:
"I have been watching for a while. You kid are so old, and your archery skills are pretty good... I'm fighting with everyone alone, not only with a genitals, but also with good skills. What name do you call it?"
"My name is Miao Jilie..."
"Miao Jilie? Then do you know who I am?"
"You... are the nobles who visited our tribe, and should be the son of the leader Zhu Xie Chixin. I have also heard that all the Shatu tribes call you Feihuzi."
After a while, Li Keyong nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Flying Huzi, Sanlang, One-eyed Dragon, Li Ya'er... I have many titles, but now I'm gathering my Shatuo tribes and are about to enter Daibei. In the future, I will still call Li Keyong according to the name given to the Tang court... Boy, I think you are a talented person, and are you willing to serve in my account and go to the Central Plains to compete for a success?"
Li Siyuan was stunned when he heard this, then lowered his head and said hesitantly:
"I have a name but no surname, a low status, and I am only thirteen years old... How dare I ask for help from noble people?"
After hearing this, Li Keyong immediately laughed at the sky, and then he said passionately:
"What's wrong with the age of thirteen? When I was thirteen, I was already charging into battle and killing the enemy. I just wanted to convince Shatuo's warriors! Pang Xun, who helped the Tang court to fight against rebellion at the age of 15, was named Yunzhongya General in terms of his merits, and also made a name in the Central Plains!
What can you do if you are from a humble background? The boys I support include Lite prisoners, Uighur sheep slaves, and Han's military children... Of course, they will also cultivate my young man Shatuo! In the words of the Han people, this is called talent only. Regardless of origin, ethnicity, and as long as I am a person I see, they will give you a chance to gain a future!
We are Shatuo, who lives in the desert, is not a long-term solution after all... Instead of wasting time outside the border, we should also achieve great success in this world! Since we are a real man, we should stop being mother-in-law and mother again. I would rather follow me to the Central Plains and help me build a country. Just say something happy!”
Li Siyuan also remembered clearly that after listening to Li Keyong's bold words back then, he suddenly felt a surge of blood in his heart... Then he gritted his teeth and said decisively:
"Although I am young and shallow, I am appreciated by noble people. From now on, I am willing to provide advice!"
Li Keyong smiled loudly and then said:
"Don't call me a noble person again, this seems to be apart... Since you are willing to follow me to the Central Plains to gain a future, you should not only speak Chinese well in the future, but you say that you have a name but no surname, filial piety, trustworthiness, and inheritance... The sons promoted by me all changed their surnames as I gave them to Li according to the surname given to the Tang court, so it should be given a Chinese name for you... You no longer call them Miao Jilie, who have no surnames and roots. From now on, you should call them Li Siyuan..."
Chapter completed!