If you think about it from this perspective, the importance of this victory is self-evident.
Of course, some people would definitely not think from this perspective, but as the emperor of the empire, Xia Junao has many ways to unify thoughts. After all, there is a famous saying in the Daliang Empire: The body is the carrier of thoughts. We cannot change thoughts, but we can change your body...
Lin Hai, who was still outside Mengyang City trying to lure the Cambodian army out of the city, received an imperial edict. Although he was immune to all kinds of news, the content of the imperial edict still surprised Lin Hai.
First of all, the imperial center believed that the former Qitian Village was not an ordinary bandit group, but an armed force supported by the Chen Dynasty and Cambodia. Therefore, Lin Hai's act of defeating the bandits and regaining Xiangyun could be regarded as a military victory over the two countries, and also recovered territory for the empire.
Secondly, Lin Hai was enfeoffed as the Earl of Qinghe and granted Qinghe County as his fief. The Qinghe Army, as the Earl of Qinghe's private army, was separated from the Ministry of War.
Again, Lu You was promoted directly from a militia leader without rank to the rank of Imperial Lieutenant General for his great achievement of killing the enemy chief, and was responsible for the border defense between Xiangyun and Cambodia. Cheng Guorong and others were given the position of Qianhu official, stationed in Xiangyun, and obeyed the orders of the soon-to-be-appointed Xiangyun prefect.
As for Wang Liang, he was also promoted to lieutenant general. Together with Xiao Cheng, who had just been promoted to lieutenant general for his meritorious service, they became the two lieutenant generals of the imperial army stationed in Xichuan and accepted the command of the Xichuan prefect.
Of course, in order to better balance the empire's military power in Xichuan, His Majesty the Emperor directly asked the two to exchange defense zones, allowing Xiao Cheng to be stationed in Qiongdu, while Wang Liang's station became Jinguan City.
Honestly, mobilizing the defense zone to guard against Qinghe should be effective, and Wang Liang's distance from Qinghe will also help the Empire strengthen its control over him. There's only one flaw here: if both of them listen to Lin Hai, it would be better not to mobilize...
As for the position of Xiangyun prefect that everyone is most concerned about, it is held by Bai Ang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, who is a staunch advocate of war, has been clamoring to send troops to attack Cambodia, and believes that he is the most loyal minister of the empire. Lord Bai has already left the capital and will arrive in Xiangyun soon.
The imperial edict concluded with encouragement and praise for Lin Hai, essentially stating that the emperor highly regarded him and hoped he would continue his efforts and achieve greater merit for the empire. He stated that as long as Lin Hai worked hard, he would be rewarded with both territory and a title. Lin Hai's deeds would also be widely publicized throughout the empire to inspire the military.
Lin Hai was overwhelmed with emotions after reading the imperial edict.
It must be said that as an emperor, Xia Junao was doing his utmost to maintain the dignity of a powerful empire. To be fair, he gave out all the rewards that were due, and with the added bonus of "gold" and "silver" that Lin Hai hadn't anticipated, it's hard to say the emperor was stingy. Even with the divisive and sabotaging tactics, these were merely normal political tactics, not specifically aimed at Lin Hai.
This made Lin Hai a little embarrassed. After all, judging from the outbreak of the war, Lin Hai had long believed that the core of the empire, from the emperor to the senior executives, had fallen into an abnormal mental state. But now it seems that at least in handling government affairs, the core is still rational.
"Although the emperor also intended to use us as an example, no matter what, our goal has been achieved. We can clearly see that most of Xichuan and the entire Xiangyun are under our control. This also means that we are now bordering Cambodia."
In the camp outside Mengyang City, Lin Hai said to everyone, "Now there is only one question. We need to find a way to get the Khmer King to personally answer whether the attack and massacre on Qinghe County was carried out by his people."
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