Half a month has passed since the Battle of Broken Leaves, and the messenger who reported to Chang'an has already set off, in the past half a month, Li Qingan has been busy arranging various trivial affairs of Broken Leaves, he is ready to return to Chang'an at the beginning of next year to report on his work, he has recommended Duan Xiushi to the imperial court as the governor of Broken Leaf Prefecture, and many things at present he has handed over to Duan Xiushi to deal with.

On the morning of this day, Li Qing'an came to the prisoner of war camp, the prisoner of war camp is located in the city of General Pei Luo east of Broken Leaves, a total of 5,000 prisoners of war are held, most of them are Shiguo soldiers, there are also hundreds of big cannibals, the prisoner of war camp is very strict, a huge fence surrounds them, surrounded by Tang army sentries, there are no weapons in the camp, these prisoners of war Li Qing'an has ordered someone to explain to them clearly, and they will be released after serving two years of hard labor in Broken Leaves.

Breakfast had been eaten, the camp was very quiet, it was sunny today, the prisoners of war were lazily lying around their tents basking in the sun, and food and women were always the topics of conversation.

Li Qing'an walked through several tents surrounded by a group of guards, the prisoners of war were so frightened that they stood up one after another, Li Qing'an glanced at them, all of them were very strong, they were good laborers for mining, as early as when he was in the fort, he knew that there was a Dunduo silver mine in the south of Broken Leaves, rich in silver, and accompanied by a large amount of copper and gold, these five thousand prisoners of war to dig two years of mines, enough to bring him great wealth.

At this time, Bai Xiaojie, the head of the prisoner of war camp, hurriedly ran over and saluted Li Qing'an: "My subordinates see the envoy!" ”

"General Bai, starting tomorrow, these prisoners of war will be escorted to the Dundo Silver Mine one after another, and General Lifei will carry them out, and you must fully cooperate."

"Obedience!"

Li Qingan nodded, "Okay, I'll take a look at the wounded soldiers of the prisoners of war." ”

"Envoy, please come with your humble position."

Bai Xiaojie led Li Qing'an to a reading camp fence in the northeast corner of the prisoner of war camp, which is the place where the wounded prisoners of war are treated, consisting of thirty large tents, this battle, the prisoners of war seriously wounded were sent to the field hospital of the Tang Army, and the prisoner of war camp only left the lightly wounded, despite this, there were still as many as 1,000 people who were slightly wounded, which was also a headache for Li Qing'an, and these wounded soldiers had to be cured as soon as possible and sent to the mine to dig silver.

He approached a big tent, a tent curtain, a strong smell of wine rushed to the face, there were nearly 40 wounded in the big tent, basically all of them were injured arms and legs, there were several Tang soldiers guarding, and there were two female Tang Army guards taking care of them, female guards taking care of the wounded prisoners of war is a more difficult thing to do, mainly for fear of being disturbed by the surname, but the Tang Army has formulated strict regulations, those who dare to disturb the female guards will be executed, and so far five prisoners of war have been beheaded for Shi salty pig hands.

In fact, the prisoners of war are also human beings, and most of them were ordinary people, they knew that the female guards were saving their lives, and most of them had a sense of gratitude, so the female guards were normal in the prisoner of war camps, and no one was violated.

Li Qingan walked into the big tent and saw Shi Sanniang, the lady of Lifei Yuanli, who was the captain of the female guard battalion, and came to inspect the situation of the female guards.

At this moment, Shi Sanniang is teaching two female guards to tie bandages, the bandages are Gaochang white cloth, which was requisitioned by Li Qing's security department as medical supplies, and there is also a medical treasure requisitioned from Gaochang, that is, distilled liquor, from the early years of the Tang Dynasty, distilled liquor appeared in the Gaochang area, this distillation technology or invented by the locals, perhaps it was Hu Shang from the Arab region, it can no longer be verified, but the degree of this distilled liquor is very high, enough to be used as a substitute for alcohol for disinfection, this Broken Leaf Battle is the first time to use, the effect is very good, Saved the lives of countless soldiers.

Shi Sanniang's movements were very skillful, she untied the cloth belt from the prisoner's leg and wrapped it lightly for him, but used less than half of the cloth belt.

"You two have seen it, the cloth belt should be clever, it doesn't have to be so much, wrap people like silkworm cocoons, and the strength is not too big, just like this, it's not light or heavy, the cloth belt is only wrapped in two layers, which is also convenient for the wound to breathe."

Shi Sanniang felt something, and when she turned around, she saw Li Qing'an coming, and hurriedly stood up and saluted with her fists like a man, "See the envoy!" ”

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Sanniang, Lao Li thought you went back to Beiting, and you were proud there!" ”

"Humph! See how I clean him up when I go back. ”

Li Qingxin was happy, and hurriedly laughed in a low voice: "I strongly agree with you cleaning him up, but don't say that you said it." ”

Shi Sanniang pursed her lips and smiled, "Why did you come to the prisoner of war camp?" ”

Li Qingan smiled and nodded at the two female guards who saluted, and said, "I'll come over to see when they will recover, they don't work all day, and they consume my food." ”

"Envoy, it will take at least a month for them to recover, and if they don't heal their injuries, they will work, and it will be easy to leave sequelae, so I won't let them out."

The prisoner of war next to him who was wrapped in a wound was from Shiguo, who could speak a few words of Chinese, he understood Shi Sanniang's words, and couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and hurriedly thanked him in a low voice: "Thank you, auntie." ”

"You guy!"

Shi Sanniang smiled bitterly, pointed at him and said to Li Qing'an: "This guy is an alcoholic, in order to trick the soju to drink, he deliberately let his wound suppurate, and then took advantage of the guards' inattention, and drank the soju used for disinfection in one gulp." ”

Li Qing'an saw that he had a big nose with red lees, so he said in Turkic: "Heal your injuries early, go to work in the mines, and behave well, and I will reward soju." ”

"Is there really any alcohol to drink?" The other wounded soldier's eyes lit up and he stammered.

"Of course there is, but not here, only when you go to work in the mines, and the more you work, the more shochu you have." Li Qing'an smiled with bad intentions, and he hoped that these prisoners of war would immediately become vigorous and vigorous, and immediately get up to mine for him.

Several drunkard prisoners of war couldn't help but cheer quietly, and at this time, a soldier ran into the tent and reported loudly: "Report to the envoy, King Ningyuan and Princess Heyi have arrived at Broken Leaves, General Duan asks the envoy to go back immediately." ”

Li Qingan glanced at the tent again, "I'll go back." ”

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Ningyuan is also the country of Bahanna, in this battle of broken leaves, Ning Yuan [***] cooperated with the Tang army to occupy the city of Ashibulai, cutting off the retreat of the Great Food Army, although it did not play a very big role in the war, but it played a vital role in ensuring the long-term return of the broken leaf city to the Tang Dynasty, and Ning Yuanguo formed the first barrier of broken leaves.

Before King Ningyuan came, the eldest prince Yama had already come to Broken Leaves ten days ago, and he had relieved the Tang army of more than 100 Dashi soldiers captured in Ashibulai City and a large number of captured military supplies.

Today, the king and princess of Ningyuan arrived, mainly to discuss the matter of jointly fighting the Great Food Army in the future. Asirandagan, about forty years old, medium stature, lion nose and wide mouth, very bold appearance, was named the general of the Fenghua Wang Hussar by Li Longji, at this moment he was waiting for Li Qing'an at the welcome post in Broken Leaf City, and with him came the daughter of the Tang clan and Princess Yi.

Princess Heyi is called Li Suyun, Tianbao married Ning Yuanguo in three years, she is the fourth daughter of Li Ying, the county commander of Yangcheng County, Henan Province, belongs to the clan of the clan, was selected by the imperial court to marry Lingxi, although she has lived in Ningyuan for five years, but Li Suyun still maintains the graceful and luxurious makeup of the Tang princess, her face is coated with fat powder, her temples are combed high, her shoulders are draped in red veils, and she is wearing a wide and broad long skirt.

"Princess, when you see the Jiedu envoy later, you will propose the matter of the stone country, remember?"

Asiranda was explaining some things to the princess, Li Suyun nodded, and then there was a sound of footsteps outside, and someone shouted: "Beiting Jiedu envoy, Li envoy has arrived!" ”

Asilanda Gan hurriedly greeted the princess out, only to see a young Tang Army general striding in, they had long heard that the Beiting Jiedu envoy was very young, and when they saw it today, it was so.

Asiranda Gan took the first step, and bowed his hand with a smile: "Little King Assillandagan, see General Li." ”

Although the kings of the Lingxi countries are all noble, in front of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty Beiting or the Anxi Festival, their identity as the kings of a country is nothing.

Li Qing'an also saw Asiran Dagan for the first time, he saw that this person had a rough appearance, and he looked a bit like Lifei Yuanli, so he couldn't help but have a good impression, so he smiled and saluted back: "This battle of broken leaves, thanks to His Royal Highness the King." ”

"Where! Where! I just did my best, and the general won the award. ”

Ashilandagan also went to Chang'an to live for nearly ten years when he was young, and he can speak fluent Chinese, plus his wife is a princess of the Tang Dynasty, so except for the appearance of the Hu people of the Western Regions, the rest of the etiquette and various human feelings are no different from the Han people of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Qing'an saw the princess standing at the door at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Minister Li Qing'an, see Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Li Suyun smiled slightly: "General Li has made meritorious contributions to the country and spread the prestige of my Tang Army to the Western Regions, although this princess is far away in Ningyuan, I am also very proud of you." ”

"Thank you, princess, for your compliment!"

The three of them sat down in the guest hall, and the soldiers served fragrant tea, and Li Qingan asked the princess with a smile: "I don't know if Her Royal Highness the princess has always been good in Ningyuan Kingdom?" ”

Although Li Suyun was the daughter of the clan before she got married, but because of her remote blood, her father was just a county order, she was actually just a small family jasper, only sixteen years old, she took on the heavy responsibility of the Tang Dynasty and her relatives Bian Rong with a weak body, far away from her parents in her homeland, married to a Hu person of the same age as her father, and her heart was sad and helpless to be buried deep in her heart, and she never dared to reveal it to anyone.

Next to him, Ashilanda Gan saw it in his eyes, he coughed heavily, and said with a smile: "General Li, the princess is honored and glorious in our country, and our country treats each other with the courtesy of the Heavenly Empire."

Li Qingxin sighed in peace, although the princess of the Tang Dynasty is a kind of favor to Bian Rong, but these princesses are often only in the side room, sweeping away the dignity of the Celestial Empire, he saw the sadness in the princess's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart.

At this time, Asiranda said again: "General Li, although this great food was defeated, I dare to assert that once the war in his country subsides, they will definitely make a comeback, I wonder what General Li's plans for the long-term security of Broken Leaf are?" ”

Asiranda Gan asked about the core issue, Li Qingan nodded, and said with a smile: "I also went to Persian Dashi when I was a teenager, and I know that Dashi is also a powerful empire no less than Datang, and it must not be regarded as a partial state and barbarian, dealing with the eastward expansion of such an empire is not a battle that can be solved, it will take decades or even generations, and the Lingxi region does not belong to the core interests of Datang, it is far away from the Central Plains, and it is impossible for Datang to pour the power of the country to resist the eastward expansion of Dashi, can only rely on the few tens of thousands of troops in Anxi and Beiting, so if you want to fight against the Great Eclipse, you can only use the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal to gather the strength of the countries in Lingxi to deal with the Great Eclipse together. ”

Asiranda was overjoyed, he didn't expect Li Qing'an to see it so thoroughly, completely different from the previous generals of the Tang Army, the previous envoys of Anxi Jiedu, whether it was Gai Jiayun or Fumeng Lingcha, all regarded Dashi as a border barbarian Hu country, disdainful of it, or ignored the fall of the Lingxi countries, and stubbornly defended the front line of the green mountains.

He was in high spirits, and hurriedly said, "Then General Li knows the truth about the Zhaowu Kingdoms now?" ”

"I know that they are subject to the Tang Dynasty in name, but in fact they have already been controlled by the Great Eclipse, and it can be seen from this Great Eclipse that the Shi Kingdom is helping the soldiers, the easternmost Shi State is still like this, and the more western Kang State and other countries are needless to say."

Asiranda sighed dryly, "The general is right, Shi Guo is not only a big food puppet, but they themselves are also ambitious for the broken leaves, the general may not know, Shi Guo is actually a double monarchy, a main king, a deputy king, the main king Teller is pro-big food, and holds the power of the military state, the deputy king Yi is pro-Tang, and he is friendly with Bahanna, but unfortunately the lower field has no power, if General Li wants to implement the strategy of even longitudinal, he must first sweep away the pro-big food forces in the Zhaowu countries." ”

In fact, this is the real intention of Asilandagan to find Li Qing'an this time, Ning Yuanguo and Shi Guo are at odds, Shi Guo has repeatedly annexed Ning Yuanguo's ambitions, this time they took the opportunity to take back Ashi Bulai City, how can Shi Guo be willing to give up, Asilan Dagan wants to use the power of the Tang Army to overthrow the king of Shi Guo in one fell swoop, and Ning Yuanguo will profit from it again, and in turn eat the northern towns such as Talas in Shi Country.

Seeing that Li Qing'an didn't answer, he hurriedly glanced at the princess, Li Suyun had no choice but to say: "General Li, the vice king of Shiguo has sent envoys to Chang'an for help many times, and he is indeed loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and I hope that General Li can send troops to help the vice king of Shiguo restore the throne." ”

Li Qing'an was silent, in fact, he had already understood the situation of Shiguo very thoroughly from the information that Li Huichun gave him one after another, this king of Ningyuan was actually confusing the concept, it is true that King Shiguo and Ning Yuanguo were evil, but if it was said that King Shiguo Zheng must be pro-Da Shi, and the vice king must be pro-Tang, it would be one-sided, in fact, before the eastward expansion of Da Shi, both the Zhengwang family and the vice Wang family were equally loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and sent envoys to Chang'an for Hajj every year, but after the eastward expansion of Dashi, he took a fancy to the powerful Zhengwang in Shi Guo and supported it as a puppet. And abandoned the vice king, the vice king had no choice but to turn to the Tang Dynasty for help, but if it was reversed and the big food supported the vice king, then the result would be the same, the vice prince was the prince of the big food, and the prince was the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, pro-Tang and pro-big food, this is not the original intention of the kings in the river, they are all people at both ends of the first rat, the key is the strength of the strength, if the strength of the Tang Dynasty is stronger than the big food in the river, to ensure that everyone is pro-Tang and ambitious.

How to solve the problem of Shiguo, Li Qing'an has his own plan, it is by no means as simple as suppressing the king and supporting the vice king, the king of Shiguo controls the army and wins the hearts of the people, while the vice king is cruel and cruel, and the people are very resentful, if the problem is solved roughly, it will cause civil strife in Shi, of course, the strife in Shi is a great good news for Ning Yuanguo.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Asiranda Gan vigilantly, and said with a smile: "Although I have the intention to help Ning Yuanguo, but sending troops to the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu must be at the behest of the imperial court, so be it!" At the beginning of next year, I will return to Chang'an to report on my work, and then I will ask the Holy Lord for an order and send troops to Shiguo. ”

Li Qing'an played a Tai Chi pusher, in fact, the imperial court gave him a very vague will, and the attack on Shi Guo can be barely counted in the Battle of Broken Leaves, after all, there are also Shi [***] teams participating in the Battle of Broken Leaves, if the imperial court relaxes the scale a little, he will not be considered to send troops without authorization.

Asilanda Gan didn't understand this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Li Qing'an agree, and said, "Thank you, General Li!" ”

At this time, Li Suyun took out a brocade box, handed it to Li Qingan and said with a smile: "This is a gift from my wife to General Li. ”

"Huh! Thank you very much. ”

Li Qingan snorted, took the brocade box and opened it, but he was stunned all of a sudden.

In the brocade box was a full moon-shaped jade pendant, the size of a pear, the texture was warm, the whole body was turquoise without a trace of flaws, and the dragon pattern jade pendant he got from Li Jue last time was the same.

Li Qing'an slowly picked up the jade pendant and looked at the light, the jade pendant was actually a phoenix pattern, he was surprised, the jade pendant last time was a dragon pattern jade pendant, and this jade pendant is a phoenix pattern jade pendant, these two jade pendants are obviously a pair, what is going on?

Li Suyun saw that Li Qing'an seemed to know this jade pendant, she couldn't help but be a little surprised, she looked back at her husband, and Asilanda Gan hurriedly asked, "General Li has seen this jade pendant?" ”

"No, I've seen another one like it."

Li Qing'an asked with great interest, "I don't know where this jade pendant comes from?" ”

Asiranda thought for a while and said: "This jade pendant has been obtained for more than twenty years, it seems that one of the treasures sold to Ning Yuanguo by a big cannibal has been kept in the treasury, and this time the princess chose a gift, and she just chose this one." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly smiled at the princess and said, "Thank you for the princess's kindness!" ”

Seeing that the matter was almost discussed, Asilanda got up and said goodbye, Li Qing'an kept sending them out of the city, and then returned to the city, he returned to the room, and immediately took out the dragon pattern jade pendant, put the two jade pendants side by side, and carefully examined them.

In contrast, it can be seen that the phoenix jade pendant is slightly smaller, but it is obviously a pair, under the light, the beautiful jade is translucent throughout, and a dragon and a phoenix are lifelike.

"How could this jade pendant be in Ning Yuanguo's treasure house?" Li Qingan fell into deep thought.

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(To be continued)