Chapter 184 The Imperial Edict Arrives

"I heard from the scouts that this time, the Duke of Anguo wiped out all 30,000 Xueyantuo's vanguard troops? I wonder what the harvest was?" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

After talking about the casualties of our army, we naturally have to talk about what kind of spoils we got after the battle.

As for the issue of pensions for the wounded and dead soldiers, the Tang Dynasty had clear regulations on how the pensions for soldiers who died in battle should be distributed.

Li Chengqian didn't have to worry about this at all, nor did he have to worry that someone would dare to withhold the pensions of the martyrs.

"Your Highness! In this battle, the enemy fell into our trap and was killed by General Tian and I. The enemy general was beheaded by your Highness's subordinates."

Shishishili told Li Chengqian the whole process and how his men snatched the head from him.

Li Chengqian clearly heard a hint of dissatisfaction from Shishishili's tone.

After all, if he wanted to see him, he had to take down the first blood of the enemy general. Taking down the head of the enemy general was such an honor for a military general. In the future, when Shishishili talked about this battle with others, he would brag about it for half a year.

But at this moment, Cheng Yaojin showed up halfway and snatched away the first blood of the enemy general that belonged to Shishishili.

For Shishi Sili, this was a robbery of his personal glory.

If this got out, people would laugh at him! A powerful Turkic general not only failed to kill the enemy commander, but was also intercepted by a young boy.

It was good that Shishi Sili did not go berserk on the spot!

If it was Li Chengqian, if someone dared to snatch his spoils, the prince would have overturned the table and punished him directly, and there was no need to be polite to him.

If Qiu Shenji was not an official of the East Palace, Shishi Sili would have done it long ago because he was afraid that the prince would be embarrassed if he took action!

Li Chengqian said nothing, and motioned Shishi Sili to continue without looking away.

"Our army captured 9,000 enemy soldiers and 20,000 war horses..." Shishisili continued.

Apart from the good harvest of war horses, everything else was not worth mentioning. The equipment of the Tang Dynasty was much better than that of the Xueyantuo.

The prince looked down on Xueyantuo's weapons and armor.

The prince looked down on them, but Shishisili wanted them very much. These weapons and equipment from the enemy were a good resource for Shishisili and even the Turks.

With this batch of equipment, they would be able to arm more warriors.

Li Chengqian, Shishisili and others distributed the spoils. As the prince, Li Chengqian directly asked for 6,000 war horses, and they were the best horses.

Li Chengqian generously gave the rest of the spoils to Shishisili, Liu Lan and others to distribute.

As for the arrangement of the captives, this matter naturally fell on the head of Liu Lan, the governor of Xiazhou. After all, these captives were now detained in the prison of his governor's office. After

everyone agreed on the distribution plan, when they were preparing to discuss the next action plan, Li Er's edict was finally delivered to Xiazhou from Liaodong.

Shishisili took the sealed edict, hid in a corner, removed the wax seal on it, and poured out the edict inside.

This was an edict from Li Er to Shishisili alone. No one else could read it, not even the crown prince Li Chengqian. After reading it, he returned to everyone.

"What did your majesty say in the edict?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Your Majesty said that Xueyantuo has repeatedly provoked the prestige of our Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty has decided to send troops to destroy Xueyantuo. During this period, we must stop the attack of Xueyantuo's army."

"Everything will be done after Your Majesty returns from Liaodong, and then we will send troops to destroy Xueyantuo. Your Majesty has already issued an edict to let Jiangxia King Li Daozon and others lead troops and prepare. As soon as Your Majesty returns, they will launch a war to destroy Xueyantuo.

" Shishishili said. "Your Majesty, don't you have anything else to say besides these?" Li Chengqian said.

"I don't quite understand what Your Majesty means, but Your Majesty did say these in the edict." Shishishili said.

"Did Your Majesty not mention a single word of mine in the edict?" Li Chengqian said.

Just now, when he saw Shishisili talking about the contents of the imperial edict, his eyes flickered and he would glance at him from time to time. He

could more or less guess that the matter of destroying Xueyantuo mentioned in Li Er's edict was just a passing mention.

The most important thing was that he was worried about the safety of his son.

After all, Li Chengqian was born and raised in the deep palace, and he might not know much about the people outside.

Not to mention marching and fighting! This is enough to prove how dedicated Li Er was to taking care of his son.

Indeed, the most important thing in Li Er's edict to Shishisili was to take good care of the prince, and it would be best if he could invite the prince back to Chang'an.

In that way, Li Er could rest assured. After all, swords and knives have no eyes on the battlefield. If his prince was hurt, Li Er would be very sad.

Therefore, Li Er only gave Shishisili one order, that is to ensure that Xiazhou would not be captured by Xueyantuo, and to send the prince back to Chang'an safely.

Shishisili was racking his brains to think of a countermeasure, how to make the prince go back to Chang'an obediently.

"Your Highness! Your Highness was indeed mentioned in the imperial edict! His Majesty asked me to take good care of Your Highness, and His Majesty also said..." "

Okay! You don't need to say it. I understand what father means. You don't need to continue. Let's stop here today!" Before Shishisili finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Chengqian, who got up and left.

The military officers of the East Palace also stood up and left, and the whole hall was suddenly much emptier.

He was unwilling to go back empty-handed.

This time he came all the way from Chang'an to Xiazhou, not to travel, but to take advantage of the fact that the new Khan of Xueyantuo had just ascended the throne and his foundation was not stable, to completely eliminate the hidden danger of Xueyantuo in the north.

How could Li Chengqian get away with it before he had the chance to make achievements?

Therefore, he had to stay and participate in the war with Xueyantuo.

After the prince left, everyone looked at each other. They had planned to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate the victory in the first battle.

Who could have thought that the party would end in displeasure? It seemed that the celebration banquet could not be held, so Liu Lan and others had to get up and leave.

After returning to his residence, Li Chengqian directly summoned Wang Fangyi and others to discuss the issue of Xueyantuo.

Zhishi Sili was not the only one who received Li Er's edict. Jiangxia King Li Daozong, General of the Left Guard Ashina She'er, Governor of Shengzhou Song Junming, General of the Left Wuhou Xue Guwu and others also received the edict.

After receiving the imperial edict, they immediately took the fish tokens used to mobilize troops from the Ministry of War, each recruited troops and stationed in Shuozhou, Shengzhou and Lingzhou to jointly resist Bazhuo's army.

They formed a response between each other, and once Bazhuo attacked one side, the troops of the other few would immediately rush to support.

Shengzhou Governor Song Junming recruited troops from five states to Xiazhou, and stationed in Xiazhou on the pretext of assisting Zhishi Sili.

In fact, he was worried that Xiazhou's insufficient troops would endanger the safety of the prince.