Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1025: Toasting, not eating, drinking and punishing

When Siye left Dafeichuan, there were snowflakes in the sky.

Going back all the way north, after the [-]-mile valley road, I arrived at the Qinghai Lake, but here it is already a cool autumn with yellow grass and blue sky.Leaving the oppressive plateau for the first time, it was like the exhilaration of having two bags of sand tied to your legs and armor on your back during training before, and then running all morning with the weight, and then suddenly unloading it.

Near Qinghai Lake, every twenty or thirty miles along the way, there will be beacon piers, military stations, and post stations.

When the soldiers of the Qin army in the Dunbao military station saw Siye and the others coming back, they all ran to cheer and sang loudly that the general returned to Siye.

It's just that Siye didn't have much joy.

Along the way, he also had a better understanding of the current situation. He knew that the emperor had a sudden stroke some time ago and almost woke up, and that the Qin army had paid a huge price to rescue him and win the war.

There are new inscriptions everywhere along the way, many of which are the cemeteries of soldiers of the Qin Army who died in battle and were unable to transport them back to the Central Plains and were buried directly on the spot.

There are even many civilian husbands buried here. Many civilian husbands have heavy transportation tasks and are not prepared for the plateau. They died of freezing, starvation or disease when they encountered wind and snow, plateau weather.

Fucheng City, the former royal city of Tuyuhun, has been renamed Weiding City at this time, and it is the capital city of Qinghai Road, and it is also the county seat of Xihai County.

Murong Shun is a little embarrassed now, although he is on the winning side, and now he has safely returned from Dafeichuan, and brought back his 3 soldiers and horses, but he found that Fucheng City has completely changed. look.

During the six months he was away, one hundred thousand Qin troops were stationed in Fucheng City, and hundreds of thousands of civilian husbands came and went. Now this place has changed a lot.

Not to mention that the city is bigger, the Qin army directly added an outer city outside the original old city, and the original city became the inner city, and the inner city walls were reinforced and raised, and the outer city walls were repaired. There is a circle of moats, not to mention the city has six gates, and there are urns outside the six gates.

The original Fucheng City, which was renamed Weiding City, is now a brand new and strong fortress. Near Weiding City, several fortresses have also been built to guard it.

The imperial court even dispatched a navy to deploy directly in Qinghai Lake, build boats and warships for them, and patrol around Qinghai Lake.

"Your Majesty has ordered me to lead the army to farm here, and more immigrants from the Central Plains will be transferred later." Feng Xiaoci welcomed his successor, Qin Qiong, and the others into the inner city.

The news of the withdrawal of the Tubo troops had already reached Chang'an, and it was delivered in a few days at high speed. The imperial court did not intend to continue to pursue it. To be more precise, they did not have the ability to go deep into the plateau to fight against Tubo.

Except for the two armies that fought for gold in the north, and cooperated with Tie Le and other troops to continue to conquer the Western Turks, all other soldiers and horses are now withdrawing in succession, and the county soldiers and civilian husbands are also returning to their hometowns one after another.

The autumn wind is cool, and the troops are withdrawn at this time, and they can rush home to harvest the autumn harvest.

"This time we mobilized more than 20 Sanya troops, more than 100 soldiers from various counties, more than [-] township warriors, and recruited more than [-] million civilian husbands. The scale is unprecedentedly large, and the cost is extremely huge. Now the entire Guanlong River Even the Central Plains, it’s all gone.”

Feng Xiaoci told Luo Siye that although Tubo had escaped, the imperial court was temporarily unable to use troops against Tubo.I wanted to fight, but I really couldn't. This time it cost too much, and my vitality was too damaged.

Not to mention anything else, 10,000+ horses died alone, and a large number of soldiers' mounts, pack mules, and poor horses were killed and injured, which already hurt the Qin army.

However, this war lasted more than half a year. The Qin army dispatched more than 40 troops. More than [-] people died in battle or frozen to death.

And the county soldiers and militiamen and civilian husbands were also killed and injured, exceeding [-] people.

"To be honest, we have never fought such a battle. We used the power of the whole country, but we didn't take advantage of it at all. This is a loss-making battle."

Si Ye couldn't help but sighed and nodded, "Yes, it's too bad. It's my fault. I failed to follow His Majesty's strategy. When the court was not prepared, I fought this battle beyond expectation."

Feng Xiaoci comforted him, "You can't say that, if you don't call, they will still call."

"But if we fight defensively, we won't suffer such a big loss, and we won't lose such a big loss."

This is true. If it is a defensive battle, it is impossible for him to take advantage of the Turks or Tubo, but Feng Xiaoci still said, "But this time we also kept Tuyuhun and hit Tubo and Tubo. The arrogance of the Western Turks, at least after this battle, they will not dare to provoke me Daqin again."

Leaving the mainland, leaving the city, and going to fight in ghost places thousands of miles away like Tuyuhun and the Western Regions, this is indeed unprecedented for the Qin army, and it is also a completely different new situation.

"Your Majesty has an edict ordering all the armies, except those left behind, to disband on the spot and return to the local military mansion, the soldiers return to the mansion, the generals return to the court, and the people return home."

Siye then took out his soldier talisman letter, "Finally he brought all the brothers back, otherwise this letter would be embarrassing."

"Go to Chang'an, His Majesty is waiting for you and wants to celebrate your achievements."

"Where's Murong Shun?" Siye asked.

Feng Xiaoci smiled, "Murong Ke and King Tianzhu were defeated and killed, and Tuyuhun's army was also defeated, only Murong Anyuan ran away. Now Tuyuhun doesn't need Murong Shun anymore."

The emperor has issued an edict to summon Murong Shun to Chang'an to meet the emperor.

This actually means to arrange an idle position for him in Chang'an. From now on, he will stay in Chang'an as a guest minister of the emperor and will not return. Tuyuhun will also be completely set up as the four counties of Qinghai Province.

In the future, Daqin will build more cities in Qinghai, build post roads, garrison government soldiers, set up pastures, open farmland, and immigrate to the border.

This should be a barely achievable gain after Daqin's debilitating action this time.

"Will Murong Shun accept it?"

"If you don't accept it, I'll kill you." Feng Xiaoci sneered. At the moment, none of the chief envoys of Qinghai Province have arrived. He, the commander of the Left Commander, is temporarily the prefect of Xihai County. He is the highest official of Qinghai Province. There are soldiers in the army, and killing Murong Shun is like killing a chicken.

"If he refuses to eat a toast and insists on a fine wine, then no one can blame him."

Siye thought for a while, Murong Shun had not been easy in the past few months, especially when he defended Dafei Ridge, he put in a lot of effort.Immediately said, "Let me talk to him, I believe he will listen to my suggestion and is willing to go back to Chang'an with me."

"That's the best way. If he doesn't know a person, the king just hand him over to me to deal with. You don't need to dirty your hands."

(End of this chapter)