With the complete surrender of Xue Yantuo's headquarters, the Tang side breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Chengqian took Liu Kui and Wei Chigong back to the tent under the snow nest, and Xu Jingzong came out with a few scribes, respectfully saluted Li Chengqian, and then said loudly: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, and captured Xue Yantuo Khan Yinan in one fell swoop." ”

Li Chengqian said with a reserved smile on his face: "This general used his life to defeat Xue Yantuo and capture Yi Nan, that is, Master Xu has been marching all the way these days, and the credit for assisting the Lone King is not small. ”

Xu Jingzong's face was overjoyed when he heard this, but he said modestly: "It's all a matter within the minister's responsibility, how dare you serve His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

While Li Chengqian stepped onto the main seat, he waved his hand at everyone and said: "The merit is naturally there, but I have to return to Chang'an City to discuss the merit and reward, and now I still want to think about how to deal with Xue Yantuo's prisoners of war." ”

Xu Jingzong hesitated when he heard this, with Li Chengqian's murderous nature, he would inevitably kill many people this time, and send the rest to Jiannan to work as coolies.

But now that the ice and snow can't be sent away for a while and the food is wasted, what will Li Chengqian do, thinking about it makes people's hearts chill, and he really doesn't want to be written as a person who supports Li Chengqian's killing and surrender by later generations.

Seeing that he hesitated, Li Chengqian ignored him, and said directly to Liu Kui: "Go and pass on the order of King Gu, all the prisoners will be supervised by Li Simo, General Su and General Qiu and Wang Fangyi will sort out Xue Yantuo's camp tent, and Cheng Wuting and Qi Bi He Li will lead the army to garrison the mountain and protect King Gu."

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As Li Chengqian's orders were passed down, all the generals acted according to the orders, and only Qi Bi He Li went up the mountain to ask for a meeting with Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian glanced at Wei Chigong and asked lightly: "Duke Eguo, the Qibi clan has an enmity with Xue Yantuo, General Qibi doesn't want to kill all the captives of Xue Yantuo, right?"

Wei Chigong knew in his heart that Li Chengqian did not let Qi He Li interfere with the prisoners, that is, he knew what Qi He Li would do.

was a little unhappy with Li Chengqian's temptation, so he said expressionlessly: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Qi Bi He Li will only kill people who have enmity with his clan and leave those who are useful to him." ”

Li Chengqian confirmed his guess and did not bother with Wei Chigong, and directly announced that he would enter the account.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" He Li was very respectful, and he did not have the arrogance of the hero who had just won.

Li Chengqian stretched out his hands to help him, and said with a smile on his face: "General Qibi has worked hard, hurry up!" ”

He Li straightened his waist and said excitedly: "This great victory is due to the wisdom of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the ministers are just following the order, and they dare not call it hard." ”

Li Chengqian shook his head with a smile and said: "The general charged into battle and made great achievements, and the lonely king wrote it down in his heart, and when he returned to Chang'an, he was naturally indispensable to become an official." ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie." He Li bowed again.

Li Chengqian didn't wait for him to speak and said directly: "Today's big victory, King Gu should personally set up a banquet for the generals to celebrate their achievements, but King Gu thought about a few days of marching and fighting hard, the soldiers were already very tired, and after a few days the soldiers repaired, King Gu naturally did not skimp on good wine and meat, and rewarded the generals and me with tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty soldiers."

Today, the general will go down the mountain to guard the camp and take care of the wounded soldiers! ”

"Ugh!" He Li looked at Li Chengqian in amazement, with an embarrassed look on his face, as if he ran to the mountain to beg Li Chengqian for wine.

His face was scared, his mind was racing, he stood still and said slowly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister thinks that the Turkic Li Simo is a capricious person, he was at odds with Xue Yantuo before, and it is inevitable that Xue Yantuo's captives will be handed over to the Turkic care, so why don't you order the ministers to supervise with him?"

Li Chengqian's face sank when he heard this, and his two eyes stared at Qi Qi He Li, as if he wanted to see something from his face.

Seeing this, Qi Bi He Li stood there calmly, as if he was really selfless.

After a while, Li Chengqian didn't seem to see anything, and said lightly: "General Qibi is bothered, King Gu has already ordered Wang Qun to detain Xue Yantuo's upper echelons alone. ”

"Oh!" He Li was a little disappointed when he heard this.

He wants to contact the Xue Yantuo people to kill people and take revenge, mainly because he wants to save some people who have old abilities with the Qibi clan for his use.

These people are naturally the upper echelons of Xue Yantuo, and when He Li heard this, he naturally understood that Li Chengqian had already taken precautions against this, and since these people had already fallen into the hands of Wang Qun, he didn't have to think about it.

Qi Bi He Li didn't get the result he wanted, so he had to go down the mountain, and he couldn't help but think that the Tang Dynasty had such a crown prince, which was definitely not a good thing for the grassland.

Early the next morning, at the top of the mountain.

After Li Chengqian got up, he felt that the air in the tent was not circulating, so he wrapped himself in a fox fur and walked out of the tent to breathe on the top of the mountain.

The heavy snowfall that had been falling for a few days finally stopped last night after yesterday's full swing, but there was still no sun in the sky, so Li Chengqian could not see the beautiful scenery wrapped in red, but could only see that the sky and the earth were white.

The dirt mountain where Li Chengqian is located is actually a hill, and it is very convenient to go down the mountain by sled, but it is very difficult to climb up the mountain step by step through the heavy snow.

Li Chengqian lived on it to prevent Xue Yantuo from attacking him, but Su Dingfang's impact made Xue Yantuo never hit the bottom of the mountain.

Until now, Yi Nan didn't know that Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, was on this inconspicuous dirt mountain.

Since yesterday's capture of the Yinan Xue Yantuo Khan's tent and the annihilation of the entire army, there is no force within a radius of thousands of miles that can threaten Li Chengqian's safety.

Li Chengqian naturally wanted to go down the mountain and change to a larger camp tent for the New Year.

Li Chengqian stood on the top of the mountain and looked around, it had been snowing since he came up, and he hadn't seen the surrounding scenery clearly, and he was going down the mountain today, and with his legs and feet, he might never go up here again to see the snow scene in his life, so he planned to take a good look.

Li Chengqian was looking at the snow scene in the distance, and Liu Kui behind him reported: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Wang Fangyi and Wang Qun ask to see him." ”

Li Chengqian turned around and saw Wang Fangyi and Wang Qun standing in the distance, spitting white gas in their mouths, looking at him.

Li Chengqian beckoned to them and signaled to come over.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The two saluted Li Chengqian at the same time.

Li Chengqian smiled and stretched out his hands to help him and said, "No courtesy!" ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" The two straightened up, waiting for Li Chengqian to ask.

Li Chengqian first looked at Wang Fangyi and said, "How is the preparation of the camp below?"

Wang Fangyi said with a straight face when he heard this: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the camp has been cleaned up, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can move in at any time." ”

Li Chengqian nodded, looked at Wang Qun again, and said, "How many Xue Yantuo prisoners were captured yesterday?"

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has received a total of 346 Xue Yantuo's various heads here, 34,000 people on Li Simo's side, and 12,000 people are injured." This figure was about the same as Li Chengqian's estimate, otherwise they would not have dared to ambush Li Simo's nearly 30,000 Turkic soldiers.

"Wang Qun, you have to pay attention to whether there are any important people in Xue Yantuo who have slipped through the net, and tell Li Simo that if Xue Yantuo's high-level officials hide in the ordinary captives and provoke the captives to suddenly attack, the Turkic Department may suffer great losses." Li Chengqian commanded lightly.

"Obey the order!" Wang Qun hurriedly responded.

In fact, this kind of thing rarely happened in ancient times, because the top of a tribe basically looked down on the soldiers (slaves) at the bottom, so there were few high-level people who hid shamelessly at the bottom.

Moreover, their food and clothing are completely different, even if there are high-level people who hide shamelessly in Puyong's captives, it is easy to tell the difference.

But the more this is the case, the more Wang Qun admires Li Chengqian, after all, this is something that no one else expected.

"Fang Yi, how many cattle and sheep are there in Xue Yantuo's camp?" Cattle and sheep are the grain and grass for the grassland people when they march and fight, and they can't be careless.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Xue Yantuo came out this time mainly to ask the Tang Dynasty to marry the princess, so in addition to bringing their own food, they also brought a lot of dowry gifts......"

Li Chengqian listened impatiently, waved his hand and interrupted him: "You just say how much there is in total, how long is enough for us to eat?"

Li Chengqian deliberately cultivated his ability to lead troops into battle, and he was ordered to manage the fine grass and military quarters along the way.

Wang Fangyi's face turned red when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "There are tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, nearly 10,000 camels, and there are only 5,000 war horses.

If we use a sleigh to transport food, it will only take ten days to send food back and forth from Lingzhou, so there is no need to worry about military rations. ”

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes when he heard this, and the crown prince went on the expedition, and he was not surrounded, how could he run out of food?

"What about Li Simo and those captives?" Li Chengqian's direct question was to the point.

Wang Fangyi thought for a moment when he heard this: "Li Simo's place can supply his own military rations, and Xue Yantuo can also last for more than ten days with dry food when they escape." ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he thought about his calculations, a cold wind blew, and he was not paying attention to the fox fur being lifted halfway, and Li Chengqian was blown by the cold wind and shivered all over his body, and hurriedly tugged the fox fur.

Several people around him were taken aback when they saw it, Liu Kui hurriedly stepped forward and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's windy outside, let's go back to the tent!" ”

Wang Fangyi and Wang Qun both nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes!" ”

Li Chengqian glanced at everyone and knew that there were many people talking in the tent, and even if everyone came out, they could eavesdrop outside the tent. So he shook his head and said, "No need to make a fuss, just say it here." ”

Then look at Wang Fangyi and Wang Qun and say directly: "The lonely king doesn't go around the bend with you." ”

Wang Fangyi and Wang Qun perked up when they heard this, knowing that Li Chengqian had important things to order.

Li Chengqian looked at Wang Qun and said, "You go and tell Li Simo, let him search all the dry food on Xue Yantuo's captive, and clearly tell others that if you don't eat for a few days, you won't have the strength to make trouble." ”

Li Chengqian saw Wang Qun nodding and continued: "Then pass on the order of King Gu, the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion has sent the patriarch surnamed Zhaowu Jiu, and ordered them not to send military rations to the Turks, and they will send all the military rations that should be sent to the Lingzhou Governor." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Wang Fangyi and said: "Find a place to raise Xue Yantuo's cattle, sheep and horses nearby, and tell Li Simo that our military rations are not much, and the captives may not be able to eat for a few days." ”

Wang Fangyi sank when he heard this, and Li Chengqian wanted to force Li Simo to kill the prisoner for a long time.

Thinking of the lives of tens of thousands of captives, coupled with the fact that Datang had never done anything to kill and surrender, he hesitated in his heart: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to capture tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo?"

Li Chengqian glanced at him and said directly: "Do as King Gu said!" ”

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