Chapter 183: Victory in the First Battle
You don't have the foresight to do this. Don't you know that the prince is here to train the troops?
You dare to ask for a pardon? I think you are an old man who wants to hang himself.
Liu Lan glared at the blind guard fiercely.
The guard was glared at by Liu Lan, and realized his mistake, and lowered his head hurriedly.
"Then, since we have the responsibility to defend the city and resist the enemy, it is inconvenient to leave the city, who should go out of the city to support An Guogong and others?" At this time, someone raised a question.
Liu Lan was overjoyed after hearing this, and was very satisfied with the person who spoke up, right! This is what you should say.
I must promote this person in the future.
Liu Lan turned around and saluted Li Chengqian, saying, "I am short of manpower in Xiazhou, and I am afraid that I cannot go out of the city to support the Duke of Anguo and his men."
"Your Highness! I have an unwelcome request, but I don't know if I should say it or not."
"Mr. Liu, just say it!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.
This Liu Lan is really sensible. She has already understood what I mean before I said anything. What a good person!
What a pity! How could you rebel? It would be better
if you didn't rebel. "I would like to ask the generals around you to take the trouble to lead the troops out of the city to support the Duke of Anguo and his men. What do you think?" Liu Lan asked in a fake way. Liu
Lan knew in her heart that Li Chengqian would definitely agree to it and then assign a general from the East Palace to take action.
"Since it is not convenient for you and the others, I, as the crown prince, will naturally do my best. I will grant your request." Li Chengqian said.
"Your Highness is of high character! We admire you!" Liu Lan bowed to Li Chengqian.
"That's enough! No need to be polite!" Li Chengqian held Liu Lan's hand and turned to the military officers of the Eastern Palace and said, "Qiu Shenji, this time you will lead 3,000 soldiers out of the city to support Anguogong Shishisili and Zuoxiaowei Zhonglangjiang Tian Renhui."
"I obey your command!" Qiu Shenji walked out from the military officers of the Eastern Palace, clasped his fists and saluted, then turned and went down the city wall and assembled the 3,000 soldiers.
The city gate was slowly opened, and Qiu Shenji led 3,000 soldiers out of the open city gate and headed towards the direction of the smoke.
In his heart, he prayed that the war would not end so quickly, so that he could show his skills on the battlefield, otherwise it would be a wasted trip.
Looking at Qiu Shenji going away, Li Chengqian retracted his gaze from afar, turned around and said.
"There's nothing to see here, let's go back and wait for news!"
"Yes!" Everyone took the order and returned to the Governor's Mansion with the prince. At
the same time, scouts were sent to report the battle situation in front to the Governor's Mansion at all times. Let the prince know the specific information as soon as possible.
Everyone waited in the Governor's Mansion, and soon there was news from the front line.
"Report~"
A fast horse stopped at the gate of the Governor's Mansion. Before the horse stopped, the person on the horse had already jumped off the horse and ran into the Governor's Mansion, shouting.
Li Chengqian appeared calm and relaxed on the surface, but in his heart he was anxiously waiting like everyone else, but he was the crown prince and had to behave himself so as not to affect his image as the crown prince.
The messenger quickly appeared in front of Li Chengqian, knelt on one knee and said, "Your Highness! Our army won the first battle!" "
Duke Anguo Shishisili and General Tian Renhui of the Left Guard worked together to kill more than 10,000 enemy soldiers and captured thousands of enemy soldiers. The Xueyantuo vanguard general Yoshino Yasushi was killed by General Qiu Shenji."
"No one from the Xueyantuo vanguard army escaped this time."
"Good!" Li Chengqian was overjoyed!
This time, in the battle with Xueyantuo, he successfully won the first blood. Although it was not done by him, the prince, personally, it was also a victory for the Tang Dynasty.
As a prince, he was naturally happy, not to mention that the enemy general was killed by his military generals in the Eastern Palace, which made him even more happy.
"Where are the Duke of Anguo and General Tian now?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Your Highness! The Duke of Anguo and his men are leading the captives to Wantong City. The Duke of Anguo specifically ordered me to go into the city first to report the victory to Your Highness." The messenger said.
"Since the Duke of Anguo and his men have now returned victoriously, please follow me to greet the Duke of Anguo and his men, okay!" Li Chengqian stood up and said.
"It should be so!" Liu Lan was the first to express her opinion.
"We are willing to follow His Highness to welcome the Duke of Anguo and his men." The others followed suit.
As for the people in the Eastern Palace, they naturally followed Li Chengqian's lead.
Everyone followed the Crown Prince Li Chengqian to the gate of Wantong City and waited. Shishisili, Tian Renhui, and Qiu Shenji rode up.
The army was like a long winding dragon, following behind the three of them, with a large number of prisoners in the middle, most of whom were injured.
When Shishisili and the other two arrived at the gate, they immediately dismounted and saluted to Li Chengqian, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness!"
The team behind the three stopped.
Li Chengqian glanced at the long winding army, then turned his gaze back to the three people in front of him and said, "Duke Anguo and General Tian, you have worked hard! I will definitely report to my father for your achievements!" "
Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhishisili and Tian Renhui thanked him. Zhishisili pointed at Qiu Shenji and said, "Thanks to this young general, we were able to kill the enemy general Yoshino Yasushi and end the battle so smoothly."
"Therefore, the first credit should go to this young general. Please reward him, Your Highness."
With the death of the main general, the Xueyantuo soldiers no longer had the heart to fight, and the rest had to lay down their weapons and surrender.
"Shenji, you have made the first contribution this time. I will definitely reward you and report your achievements to His Majesty!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness!" Qiu Shenji was overjoyed! He hurried forward to pay his respects.
"Okay! This is not the place to talk, let's go back to the Governor's Mansion to discuss in detail." Li Chengqian said.
"Your Highness, please!" Shishisili bowed and let Li Chengqian go first, and they followed behind.
Li Chengqian turned and got on the carriage. The military officers of the Eastern Palace guarded the carriage on both sides. Liu Lan, Shishisili and others followed behind and returned to the Governor's Mansion.
As for this large army and the captured Xueyantuo soldiers, someone would make arrangements for them.
Back at the Governor's Mansion, Liu Lan respectfully invited Li Chengqian to sit in the main seat that belonged to him, and Liu Lan and the others sat on the left and right.
"Duke Anguo, I wonder what the casualties were on our army this time?" After everyone was seated, Li Chengqian asked Zhi Shisili about the casualties.
"Your Highness! There are more than 10,000 Turkic soldiers under my command, more than 1,000 of whom died in battle, more than 3,000 of whom were injured, more than 2,000 of whom were seriously injured, and hundreds of whom were slightly injured." Shishishili said
. "Your Highness! There are more than 8,000 Tang soldiers under my command, hundreds of whom died in battle, less than 1,000 of whom were injured, and hundreds of whom were seriously or slightly injured." After Shishishili finished speaking, Tian Renhui stood up and reported a set of data.
From the data they reported, this battle was fierce, and the Turkic army suffered the most casualties in this battle.
The Tang army did not suffer much loss, which was entirely because the Tang army's equipment was much stronger than that of the Turkic army, and it relied on formations to fight against the enemy.