Chapter 193 The Prince's Analysis

"Your Highness's analysis is very reasonable, but these are all your Highness's personal speculations and cannot prove that this is not Bazhuo's conspiracy."

"For the sake of safety, I think it is best to defend the city. It is not advisable to be radical and reckless." Shishisili said.

He, Shishisili, has dealt with Xueyantuo for so many years and knows what level the opponent is.

Who else here can know better than him, Shishisili.

The prince grew up in the deep palace, so it is understandable that he does not know Xueyantuo, and there is nothing wrong with talking about it.

It is impossible for them to believe what the prince said, how could he understand things on the battlefield.

"Okay! I am a little tired! Now that the enemy has withdrawn, we don't have to stay here all the time, let's go back to the Governor's Mansion!" Li Chengqian said.

He knew that these veterans would not believe him, but it didn't matter, because he had already ordered Xue Wanche to set up an ambush on the retreating route of the Xueyantuo army.

By then, they would be able to severely damage the Bazhuo army. Xue Wanche was one of the famous generals of the time mentioned by Li Er himself.

Li Chengqian was naturally relieved to let him ambush the retreating Bazhuo army. Now he just had to wait for Xue Wanche's victory report.

Seeing that Li Chengqian did not make a fuss about this matter, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly escorted Li Chengqian back to the Governor's Mansion.

They were afraid that Li Chengqian would do something else, so for safety reasons!

Even Shi Shisi personally joined the guard team to escort the prince back to the Governor's Mansion to rest.

Now, in addition to defending Wantong City, they also persuaded the prince to return to Chang'an, which was the emperor's intention.

As for taking the opportunity to go out of the city to attack Bazhuo, they could only defend before further instructions from the emperor.

After all, they didn't know what the court's attitude towards Xueyantuo was.

If the court intended to attack the Xueyantuo Khanate, they would naturally not miss the good opportunity to make achievements. If

the court only wanted to warn Xueyantuo, they would naturally not bother to attack Xueyantuo.

Therefore, whether to attack Xueyantuo or not depends on the intention of the higher-ups.

These are not what they should consider as ministers. As ministers, they should share the emperor's worries.

For example, persuading the prince to return to Beijing! This is their top priority now.

Li Chengqian pretended not to hear the advice of this group of guys and stayed in Wantong City, Xiazhou.

As soon as he returned to the Governor's Mansion, Li Chengqian drove Shishi Sili out to avoid being disturbed by the noise of these people.

Not long after he drove Shishi Sili and others away, someone came to report.

"Your Highness! General Xue Wanche sent someone to deliver a victory report!"

"Oh!" Li Chengqian was overjoyed!

"Hurry up and bring it here, I want to see it!"

Li Chengqian thought to himself: This Xue Wanche is worthy of being a famous general praised by even Li Er. It has only been a short time, and the victory report has been sent back so quickly!

The person who came hurriedly handed Xue Wanche's victory report to Li Chengqian.

Wang Quan stepped forward to take it and turned around to hand it to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian hurriedly opened it and quickly read the victory report sent by Xue Wanche.

"Your Highness! What did Xue Wanche say?" Wang Fangyi asked.

"Yes! Your Highness! Was the ambush on Bazhuo successful?" Cheng Wuting asked.

"This ambush on Bazhuo was unusually successful! We almost killed Bazhuo. If it weren't for Bazhuo's own soldiers who desperately protected him and evacuated, he would have been a cold corpse now." Li Chengqian said.

Wang Fangyi and the others were overjoyed to hear this! They didn't expect Xue Wanche to be so powerful. With only a few thousand cavalrymen, he could raid Bazhuo's army and win.

You have to know that it was tens of thousands of troops. Even if Xue Wanche killed tens of thousands of pigs, it wouldn't be so fast.

"General Xue is really amazing! If it were me, I might not be as amazing as General Xue." Wang Fangyi said.

Cheng Wuting felt the same way. He felt that if it were him, he might not be able to do what Xue Wanche did.

"It seems that the end of Xueyantuo is coming. Bazhuo is so unpopular. Now is a good time to destroy Xueyantuo." Li Chengqian said.

"Why do you say that, Your Highness?" Cheng Wuting asked in confusion.

Although Bazhuo suffered a loss in this trip south, Xueyantuo is still strong. Together with the troops of various tribes in Mobei, there must be more than 300,000 troops.

This is a force that cannot be underestimated. It is not easy for the Tang Dynasty to destroy Xueyantuo.

What's more, the emperor is now on a long expedition to Goguryeo. The Tang Dynasty has the strength to destroy Xueyantuo. Who dares to act rashly when the emperor is not around?

"This time when Xue Wanche attacked Bazhuo, it was all Bazhuo's own soldiers who fought desperately. The soldiers of other tribes not only did not rescue Bazhuo, but also watched from the sidelines."

"If Bazhuo had not lost the support of the people, how could they allow Xue Wanche to attack Bazhuo and pretend not to see it!" Li Chengqian said.

The two of them suddenly realized!

Even so, they did not think

that Xueyantuo could be destroyed now. Whether Xueyantuo could be destroyed or not still depended on the intention of the higher-ups.

Even if the prince had the idea of ​​destroying Xueyantuo, it might not be useful. After all, the prince was only the prince, not the emperor.

Such a big thing as destroying the enemy country still depended on the emperor's intention, and it was not something that a prince could decide.

"Your Highness! Although Xueyantuo is a hidden danger to the border of our Tang Dynasty, we may not be able to destroy them alone."

"Although your majesty has ordered the Tang soldiers to defend the Great Wall area, they will not send troops to Mobei without your majesty's order."

"How can we destroy Xueyantuo with our own strength?" Wang Fangyi said.

Although he was eager to fight the enemy and make achievements, the prince could not fight against Xueyantuo with his current strength, let alone destroy them!

"You don't have to worry about this. Bazhuo has lost the support

of the people. The tribes in the northern desert will definitely belong to the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the Uighurs have long wanted to replace them." "It's just that in recent years, the court's attitude towards Xueyantuo has been mostly appeasing, which makes the Uighurs dare not have other thoughts."

"Now, the Tang Dynasty wants to attack Xueyantuo, and the Uighurs will definitely be the first to respond. The tribes will definitely not be soft-hearted towards Bazhuo."

"This time Bazhuo will definitely die! Xueyantuo will definitely die!" Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian was not worried at all about this. In order to counter the growth of Xueyantuo, the Tang Dynasty not only sent Li Simo back to Mobei to win over the Turks ,

but also secretly supported the Uighurs and other tribes, making these tribes stronger and controlling Xueyantuo.

These barbarians naturally saw it and remembered it in their hearts. Although they were very resentful in their hearts, they still pretended to know nothing on the surface.

"Your Highness! Although Bazhuo is unpopular, we don't know what the court's attitude towards Xueyantuo is. If we go there rashly, it might not be appropriate." Cheng Wuting said.

Xueyantuo is not the key. The key is the intention of the court and the emperor. If there is no intention to eliminate Xueyantuo, but to continue the policy of appeasement.

Even if they wanted to send troops to attack Xueyantuo again, it would be impossible.