Tang Dynasty: After dominating Rome, I counterattacked Chang'an

Chapter 89: Am I such a despicable person worthy of your protection?
"It seems that I haven't helped him much in my life. Instead, I let him suffer this disaster with an incompetent father like me."

"After all, I am Li Jiancheng. I feel sorry for him and my children."

That day, Li Jiancheng murmured, feeling extremely lonely.

Xue Wanche saw it but didn't say much.

In fact, he wanted to say,
Your Highness, you have done very well.

But unfortunately, the enemy is too strong.

After all, your enemy is that General Tiance…
He didn't say that.

Because he knew that Li Jiancheng that day just needed a listener, not an adviser.

Xue Wanche left.

That day, he fled to the East Palace.

on the way.

He saw Li Chengdao being protected by Pei Xingjian and others. The child did not die in the disaster!
He knew that he could fulfill the promise he made to His Highness.

later.

All the way to run away.

Xue Wanche followed Li Chengdao without any regrets, because it was the arrangement of His Highness, whom he had followed all his life, to protect Li Chengdao.

Finally, one day on the run.

Li Chengdao found him.

"Sir, it's my father who asked you to protect me?"

That day, Li Chengdao asked the question he had always wanted to ask.

Xue Wanche did not answer.

Sometimes, silent silence is the answer.

Li Chengdao knew from Xue Wanche's expression that this was indeed the arrangement of his father Li Jiancheng.

"Does he... regret it? He regrets not listening to me and taking the initiative."

Li Chengdao smiled bitterly.

Xue Wanche sighed: "His Highness didn't say that when I saw him for the last time, he didn't miss the King of Qin, nor did he have time to regret the King of Qin. His heart was just on you and the other young masters, so he asked me to protect you and you as well."

"But my ability is limited, and I couldn't protect the other young masters."

"You are the only one left in His Highness's bloodline. I promised His Highness that I would protect you for him. This is what His Highness told me that day."

Li Chengdao sighed: "So that's how it is."

Xue Wanche remembered Li Chengdao on that day very clearly.

He looked up at the sky with his eyes unfocused.

Then his eyes were filled with a look called "hatred".

"I will take revenge on the King of Qin!"

Li Chengdao's words and tone were so firm.

But at that time he didn't think the child could do it. After all, they were still being hunted, and it was unclear whether they could escape, not to mention future revenge.

And the King of Qin was so powerful.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had many resources and even had the help of Li Yuan, lost to the King of Qin, not to mention Li Chengdao who had already lost everything.

He didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just the angry words of a child who had lost his family.

But later, this child...created a miracle.

An incomparable miracle.

Counting the experiences of the past ten years, from the defeated East Palace to one of the seven guardians of the empire, from an army of less than a thousand people to an army of one million today, Xue Wanche still feels like a dream.

“This journey is indeed long and full of dreams.”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you can't imagine it, right? Your child's body actually contains such powerful energy that it can rival the national strength of the Tang Dynasty in just ten years."

Xue Wanche smiled at the shadow that had followed him all his life, and then sighed: "But I'm afraid I won't be able to see the future."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath, his eyes full of solemnity.

In an instant,
Everything in front of him disappeared, and only Yuchi Jingde and several thousand heavy cavalrymen in black armor appeared, with many Tang Dynasty soldiers approaching behind them.

Xue Wanche knew that this was a desperate situation, and he turned around to look at his soldiers. There were still thousands of them alive. When these soldiers saw Xue Wanche turning around, they all looked at him with burning eyes.

"You, have suffered with me."

Xue Wanche sighed: "It's not just on the battlefield, it's also like this in Dayan."

"They said that I, Xue Wanche, used all my tricks and did not spare even the civilians of the enemy country. I am not worthy of being a gentleman, nor a general of Da Yan. They look down on me, and even you, who joined the Tianji Camp, have suffered this humiliation."

"With your abilities, you won't achieve much less in other camps than in Tianji Camp. In fact, you will receive more respect in other camps. You have suffered... Following me, you have really suffered."

In the situation of life and death, Xue Wanche was full of regret.

Just as a soldier was about to answer, many arrows were shot at him.

"General, be careful!"

The soldier from the Tianji Camp who was closest to Xue Wanche stood in front of him and took the arrow for him.

An arrow pierced his belly.

This may not be a serious injury, but on the battlefield at this moment, to say that it is a serious injury is a light injury and it is almost a declaration of death.

The soldier had no strength left and was about to fall to the ground, but Xue Wanche was quick to catch him.

He held the soldier in his arms.

Visible to the naked eye.

The soldier looked at him with burning eyes but said nothing, because he was constantly vomiting blood and could not speak.

He just looked at Xue Wanche with burning eyes, and kept looking at him.

It was as if he had told Xue Wanche everything he wanted to say through his eyes.

Xue Wanche saw it, his eyes flickering.

"Is a despicable person like me worthy of your protection..."

Xue Wanche murmured and sighed.

He knew that he had committed many sins in his life. He had attacked civilians, poisoned the river, thrown corpses into the enemy camp, and so on. He had done all the shameful things that no one could do.

In the end, he also fell due to the enemy's shameful behavior.

The enemy poisoned the river and cut off their drinking water.

This scene seemed familiar, except that he had used it on other enemy troops before.

Now that it has come to affect him, Xue Wanche just thinks it is retribution.

If he went to the underworld after death, Xue Wanche believed that he would be imprisoned in the lowest eighteen levels of hell.

He knew he was sinful, he always knew it.

I always knew that I might die miserably.

He also accepted the result.

but….
Is there anyone who is willing to sacrifice his life to protect someone who even he despises?

Xue Wanche was somewhat moved at this moment.

The soldier was in his arms, and his originally burning eyes gradually turned cold. It was the vitality that was fading away bit by bit until it was completely gone.

Xue Wanche placed it on the ground and looked back at the soldiers of Tianji Camp again.

this moment,
He saw the fearless and passionate eyes of his soldiers.

Looking at them, scenes of my past interactions with them emerged in my mind.

"General, winning is the only way to win. Don't worry about what the people of Dayan say. They know nothing about war."

"That's right! A bunch of people are standing on the high ground and talking about you at will. Why don't they come to the battlefield?"

"Humph! We are only protecting them. Even though our methods are despicable, we are still protecting them. We are fighting for them, but they are framing you like this. You are such an ugly person, you are not worthy of being a citizen of Da Yan!"

(End of this chapter)