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This cavalryman was correct He also had once doubted, had once found the task unbearable And unlike the cavalrymen behind him, he was not only a proper soldier, but a coular army

‘A pure soldier’ was his view of his place in society

But it took only a few moments for Li Siye’s eyes to clear up

"In the past, I would definitely have been thinking the sa as the rest of you&8221;

Li Siye’s voice was clear and bright, his first words i the notice of his otten e are? Soldiers! No matter who you were before, the moment you came to this place, entered this battlefield, you became soldiers, pure soldiers You represent others, not yourselves You represent the Great Tang!

"Letfor a soldier? Is it glory?&8221;

The soldiers raised their heads and looked in a daze at Li Siye

The lory! Was this not the case?

"Milord, did you misspeak?&8221; another cavalry Chong’sand the words he had once said to his very seriously and had even jeered a little at Wang Chong

But Li Siye no longer had these kinds of thoughts now

"All of you are wrong Theorders and loyalty to the Great Tang When each one of you steps onto the battlefield, your individual wishes, your honors and disgraces, are no longer ie to preserve your honor and die gloriously on the battlefield, whatwould there be in that? But if the territory of the Great Tang is occupied by foreign kingdorace In contrast, what does it matter what you feel?&8221;

Li Siye harshly spoke, his deafening voice stupefying all of them

None of them had expected that the one who should have found this task the most unbearable would say these words Yet none of thelorious death on the battlefield but the as still lost, what did the greatest gloryand Mengshe Zhao, these foreign kingdo’s territory!

In an instant, all of them fell silent

"Once soldiers enter the battlefield, they should no longer have individual reputation, individual wills, individual gains and losses… All of these concepts should cease to exist Our objective has never been to bring glory to any individual, but to defend the Great Tang, defend the eht about what sort of sight would greet you if the southwest really was lost and Mengshe Zhao and Ü-Tsang really did occupy this land?

"How do you think they will treat the people of the Great Tang’s southwest? Will they act with a light hand and elory of their soldiers? Let me tell you, if we don’t win this e’ll see in the southill look exactly like this place, or rew louder and louder, more and an to raise their heads in shock

None of theitated, but none of theht!

If this ere lost, the southould becoshe Zhao Whether it was to establish their power or intimidate the people of the southwest into servitude, the Tibetans and Mengshe Zhao would definitely engage in awar and stalemate with the Annan Protectorate are, which they would vent on the common people of the southwest All of the could not retreat

A cavalryman shamefully said, "Milord, we…&8221; Before he could continue, the sound of galloping hooves broke in A scout, waving histo their location

"Milord! The Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple’s people have coed, everyone beco nervous Even the horses beneath the

All of them turned to Li Siye

"Hmph, they caid

In order to deal with the Great Tang, Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huicang had e had built up over the last thirty years, e its lands

The plateau was only home to some nomads and scattered tribal warriors, ere co Li Siye and his Wootz Steel cavalry In all the time that had passed, Li Siye’s forces had not encountered any significant resistance

But Li Siye’s forces had reat of a ruckus on the Tibetan Plateau This was no battlefield, but an unprecedented calamity, one that would deal a terrible blow to the entire Ü-Tsang Eue were so severe that even the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple, several thousand li aas alare number of experts to hunt Li Siye down

Not even Li Siye dared to engage these experts of the Great Snow Mountain in a direct confrontation Thus, he had long ago dispatched eagles to keep watch in the sky and scouts to keep watch in all directions

On this flat plateau, even the experts of the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple had nowhere to hide Li Siye would often spot them when they were still many li away

"Move out!&8221;

Li Siye patted his saddle and immediately led his soldiers away

"It’s about ti, Li Siye opened up a silk bag that Wang Chong had given him before he left