The First Volume of Iron Blood and Western Xiyu Chapter 25: Promoted to School Lieutenant

  "How dare you, Tang people! Come forth and announce your name, otherwise you will be killed as a nameless rebel!"

  Ge Sangsu wore a suit of shining armor, with a curved sword at his waist and a strong bow and arrow on his back. He held an iron club as thick as his arm in his hand and rode a fine horse, galloping swiftly to confront Li Changguo and Li Siye, shouting loudly like thunder, causing the ground to tremble.

  He was originally having fun when he received a report from his close guard that the Tang army had arrived, but he didn't believe it at all. It wasn't until the Tang army's war drums sounded that he couldn't help but believe.

  Ge Sangsu was originally relying on the fortifications of Lianyunbao to withstand the Tang army, and he was busy preparing for a big battle. However, what he didn't expect was that in his eyes, the impregnable Lianyunbao was not worth mentioning to Li Changguo, who quickly climbed up onto the city wall with Li Siye.

  He couldn't help but feel a surge of evil intentions, determined to make an example of Li Changguo and Li Sigu to intimidate the Tang army.

  This idea is not an illusion, but has a solid backing. Gesang Soinon was originally a famous warrior of Tubo, with high martial arts skills, and ordinary people were no match for him.

  "How about you?"

  Li Changguo's eyes were quite unique, and he had already judged that although his martial arts skills were extraordinary, extremely powerful, they were not a match for his own, and couldn't help but feel a little amused, this was also too arrogant.

  "How blind!"

  Li Siye waved the strange knife in his hand and sneered. He also saw that Gesang Suo was not yet qualified to be his enemy.

  "I'm going to open the city gate!"

  Li Changguo jumped down from the city wall, his long spear dancing in his hand, like a swimming dragon, with momentum like thunder, killing Tibetan soldiers dead and wounded, rushing towards the city gate.

  Although Li Changguo and Li Siye had already climbed up to the city gate, the Tang army was sure to win, however, opening the city gate and letting the Tang army enter the city was the top priority.

  "Brother! Your kindness, big brother has taken note of it!"

  Tears of gratitude welled up in Li Siye's eyes as he looked at Li Changguo.

  He understood Li Changguo's meaning, which was to let Gesang Suoji give it to him, this was a great achievement, and he couldn't help but feel grateful.

  Li Changguo highly appreciates Li Siye, and the two have a deep friendship, although they are not brothers but like brothers. Li Siye is invincible in bravery, and now he is still demoted to the position of school lieutenant because his military achievements are not enough. If he captures or kills Gesang Suo alive, he should be able to promote to general.

  Getting rid of Gesang Suo was a great achievement, and everyone's heart was hot, Li Changguo was no exception.

  He had carefully calculated that he would lead the army to explore the road, take the lead in crossing the Teleman River, and add up to the first time he climbed to the top of the city. These merits added up, and it was enough to be promoted to school lieutenant. Even if he killed Gesang Suo, he wouldn't be promoted to general, still a school lieutenant, so it's better to help Li Siye.

  "Hmm!"

  Gao Xianzhi and Bian Lingcheng stared at each other in shock, finding it hard to believe.

  "This Li Changguo, has feelings and righteousness, doesn't fight for credit! Good! Good! Good!"

  Gao Xianzhi was full of praise, with a look of admiration on his face, and he didn't know how many good words he had said in one breath.

  This is his heartfelt praise, absolutely not hypocritical.

  "The Great Tang Dynasty valued military achievements, and the rewards for them were extremely generous. Whoever had the opportunity to achieve merit, all soldiers would flock to it like a crowd, but there was never anyone like Li Changguo who made military achievements his own!"

  Bian Lingcheng's loud quacking was extremely piercing to the ear, yet it contained joy and admiration.

  The Tang Dynasty attached great importance to military achievements and rewarded them heavily, which was an important reason why the Tang Dynasty could destroy dozens of countries. Whoever had the opportunity to make a meritorious deed would not miss it. If it were someone else, in this situation now, they would definitely compete with Li Siye for merit.

  No one expected that Li Changguo would not fight for merit, but instead rushed to the city gate. Gao Xianzhi and Bian Lingcheng's understanding of Li Changguo deepened another layer, and they sincerely admired him from the bottom of their hearts.

  "He's also got a good sense of propriety!" Gao Xianzhi lavished praise on him.

  "Yes!" Bian Lingcheng nodded heavily and said: "At present, the two of them should split up to handle things separately. One goes to receive Gelsanuoze, and the other opens the city gate to welcome the army into the city. This is the best way to deal with it."

  Pausing for a moment, Lian Cheng began to count on his fingers: "Brave and fierce, with both courage and strategy, decisive and calm, with exceptional bravery and vision, recognizing the bigger picture, not fighting for credit, with emotions and righteousness... This person's value is so great that I can't even finish counting in one breath!"

  Li Changguo did not know that Gao Xianzhi and Bian Lingcheng's good impression of him had increased greatly, praising him to no end. Instead, he carried his long spear and rushed straight to the city gate. With his bravery, the Tibetan soldiers could not withstand him, and without much effort, he killed his way to the city gate, scattering the Tibetan soldiers and opening the city gate.

  "Long live the Great Tang!"

  As soon as the city gate opened, the Tang army, which had been waiting at the city gate, poured into the city like a tide, bursting out with a shocking battle cry, and Jiuxiao trembled!

  At the same time, Li Xiye had already captured Gesang Soinor. The whole process was calm and everything went as expected. Li Xiye only used one knife to scare Gesang Soinor out of his wits.

  Li Siye stepped forward with his sword, but Chong Gesangsu said: "You are not worthy of being my opponent! You can't even withstand one blow!"

  Gesang Soin was a famous warrior of Tibet, he did not believe this and sneered: "You arrogant Tang people, you don't know the bravery of the great Tibetan warriors! Today, I will let you see what it means to be brave!"

  He had barely finished speaking when Li Siye raised his halberd and struck him down with a vicious blow.

  The stranger's sword emitted a dazzling cold light, and although it was only one sword, it seemed like thousands or tens of thousands of swords were hacking at Gesang Suo. The sword had not yet arrived, but the murderous aura preceded it, making people's hearts tremble with fear. Gesang Suo was greatly shocked and hurriedly used the iron rod in his hand to intercept.

  "Bang!"

  The knives clashed, exploding with a shocking impact, like thunder crashing down!

  Kesang So felt a sudden lightness in his hand, the iron rod breaking into two pieces, and the stranger's knife hurtling towards his face with a gust of wind. As he stared at the knife rushing towards him, Kesang So felt a chill run down his spine, thinking to himself that it was all over. He opened his mouth to shout but was too shocked to make a sound.

  However, what he didn't expect was that the knife did not come down, but instead rested on his nose, and the chill from the blade made him feel like he had fallen into a vast expanse of ice, his whole body chilled to the bone!

  "You should be grateful, I sheathed my sword just in time!"

  Li Siye coldly sized up Gesang Suo.

  "Pffft!"

  A faint rustling sound came from Gesang Suo's crotch, he was so scared that his shit and urine flowed together, his face turned pale, like being buried in the soil, without a single drop of blood.

  Lianyun Fortress fell to the Tang army in this way, and the whole process took less than half a time.

  "Met the Deputy Governor!"

  "Have seen the inspector!"

  Li Changguo, Li Sigu, and Duan Xiushi welcomed Gao Xianzhi and Bian Liancheng at the city gate.

  "Haha!"

  Gao Xianzhi did not wave his hand to let Li Changguo and the others off as he had done before, but instead stared at Li Changguo with wide eyes, sizing him up carefully, as if he didn't recognize Li Changguo and was seeing him for the first time.

  "General, you say we should promote Li Changguo to Colonel here, is that possible?" Gao Xianzhi's words were unexpected.

  Li Changguo has made great contributions, and his promotion to school lieutenant is a certainty. There's no need to rush it at the city gate; he should enter the city first and take stock before anything else. But instead, they want to promote Li Changguo as soon as possible at the city gate, which would be too sudden for people to accept.

  But what an immense honor!

  Only heroes like Li Changguo are worthy of such glory!

  "Exactly what I meant!"

  He nodded his head heavily in agreement, and with a sense of insufficiency, he lightly clapped his hands together, producing a crisp "pa pa" sound.

  "Li Changguo obeys orders!" Having obtained Bian Lingcheng's sincere promise, Gao Xianzhi decided to take action.

  "Please show your token of authority!" Li Changguo stepped forward.

  "I, Gao Xianzhi, Vice Military Governor of Anxi, concurrently serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Deputy Commander of the Four Garrisons, hereby appoint Li Changguo as a Gallant Cavalry Officer!"

  Gao Xianzhi's voice was very high and sharp, almost piercing to the ear.

  The two characters "Xiao Yong" were tailor-made for Li Changguo, and everyone nodded heavily in agreement with this title.

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