Daqian deposed the crown prince, and the emperor begged him to stop rebelling

Chapter 77: The Merit of Strategic Planning
"General, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict has arrived!"

Fang Sheng walked up to Li Si and spoke to him respectfully.

Hearing his words, although Li Si's expression was happy, there was a hint of barely perceptible anger in his eyes.

The status of the little eunuch who conveyed the imperial edict naturally represented the royal family's attitude towards him.

Huangmen Xiaoti Ajiu was just a eunuch of a very low status, who stood under Huangmen waiting for the emperor to summon him.

Although the third prince had decided to reward him for his strategic planning, he attributed all the credit for the defeat of the barbarians to him and was preparing to appoint him as the commander of Tiangu Pass.

but……

Li Tai actually asked a eunuch to convey his imperial decree.

This shows that he was simply expressing his dissatisfaction with his uncle through his identity as a eunuch delivering imperial decrees.

In other words, the third prince knew exactly what happened outside Tiangu Pass!

Because of this, although he knew what the imperial edict conveyed by the eunuch would say, Li Si still couldn't help feeling a little angry.

Fang Sheng raised his head and glanced at Li Si quietly, then said in a deep voice:
"General, the Third Prince sent a eunuch to deliver his orders, perhaps to spur us on!"

"But he has approved your contribution to the overall planning and promoted you to the commander of Tiangu Pass. This is a real benefit!"

After hearing his words, the anger in Li Si's eyes gradually subsided, and he turned around and brought Fang Sheng to the hall of the general's mansion.

A thin eunuch was standing there waiting for them.

After Li Si set up the incense table and knelt on the ground, the eunuch unfolded the imperial edict and read aloud:

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Li Si, the commander of the Death Row Camp at Tiangu Pass, is a master strategist with extraordinary wisdom. He led a unit of the Death Row Camp to attack the barbarian camp at night, drove the barbarian king Wugutu deep into the desert, killed thousands of barbarian soldiers in battle, and lifted the siege of Tiangu Pass!"

"The border of Daqian is now safe and secure, and the people are saved from suffering! Your contribution is outstanding, how can we not reward you!"

"I have decided to promote Li Si to the position of General of Tiangu Pass, and to command all the troops of the Death Row Camp and Tiger and Leopard Cavalry of Tiangu Pass..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

After Li Si knelt down to receive the order, he winked at Fang Sheng next to him.

Fang Sheng immediately understood and took out a few silver ingots from his pocket and handed them to the eunuch.

The eunuch took the silver, but couldn't help feeling a little angry.

This silver is only a hundred taels!

I traveled thousands of miles from the capital to Tiangu Pass to convey the emperor's order to help General Li get promoted, and you only give me a hundred taels of silver?

As expected, all of you, the Third Prince's lineage, are arrogant and domineering, but very stingy to your own people, and you seem to look down on a little eunuch like me!
Although he was angry in his heart, the eunuch did not dare to show any expression on his face.

After all, General Li Si is the uncle of the third prince and the younger brother of the current queen.

After calmly putting the silver in his arms, the eunuch said calmly:

"The general has made great contributions, and His Royal Highness the Prince is aware of it. However..."

He glanced around and lowered his voice:

"Your Highness is more concerned about that person's safety."

Li Si smiled calmly:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness. The criminal soldier who now has less than ten people around him will be dead if he reaches Mobei!"

"Even if he returns by chance, I will never let him enter Tiangu Pass. He can only die outside the pass!"

The eunuch nodded:
"That's good, I can go back and report now!"

Fang Sheng quickly said:
"Father-in-law, you have been traveling all the way, please have a meal here!"

The eunuch shook his head and said indifferently:

"Forget about the meal. We are still waiting to report back to the emperor!"

After saying that, he just turned away.

Li Si only gave the eunuch 100 taels of silver, which made him very unhappy, but he left without even eating. Fang Sheng looked at his back and couldn't help sighing.

The general was unhappy because the prince had only ordered a eunuch to deliver the order, so he was only willing to give him 100 taels of silver, but this made the eunuch who delivered the order also unhappy.

This doesn’t seem good!

Li Si smiled coldly and nonchalantly:
"He's just a eunuch, why bother with him?"

Li Si knew very well in his heart that the Third Prince also couldn't leave him at this moment.

At this time, he had become the commander-in-chief of Tiangu Pass, in charge of the Death Row Camp and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and had become a force that could not be underestimated in the hands of the Third Prince.

In the future, if the third prince wants to ascend the throne, he will definitely need my support!

Therefore, there is no need to care about the eunuch’s emotions!
The most important thing now is to completely control Tiangu Pass!
"Immediately pass the order down. At noon today, I will march up to the Tiangu Pass and order all the generals of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Death Row Camp to be present and obey my orders!"

After saying that, he turned to look at Fang Sheng with a hint of a smile on his face:
"General Fang, you have followed me for such a long time. The position of the chief of the death row camp should naturally belong to you!"

Fang Sheng was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately fell to the ground:
"Thank you for the promotion, General!"

……

In the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry camp, the old general with gray hair but still very strong spirit, sat quietly in the pavilion, looking in the direction outside Tiangu Pass.

At this time, Xie Lang, a captain of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry wearing black armor, walked in quickly:
"General!"

"The capital has issued an imperial decree, which recognizes Li Si's achievements in planning and appoints him as the commander of Tiangu Pass, in charge of all the troops of the Death Row Camp and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!"

The old general's expression did not change at all after hearing this, as if he had already expected this to happen.

The barbarians were defeated and retreated, and Li Si had no contribution at all!
But he was appointed as the commander of Tiangu Pass!

Xie Lang and his men attacked all night long, suffering dozens of casualties, but they were not able to make any contribution as mentioned in the imperial edict!
And there was not a single word about the deposed Crown Prince!
The chaos in the court is evident from this!
The old general smiled faintly and turned to look at Xie Lang:

"Don't worry about the gains and losses of one day or one night."

Xie Lang bowed his head and clasped his fists, his face still cold and calm:
"I won't take it to heart. As long as I can keep the people of Daqian safe and the borders stable, I will be satisfied."

"What's more, the real hero behind the retreat of the barbarians this time is actually..."

Before he could finish, the old general suddenly waved his hand:

"We all know who deserves the credit, but there's no need to say these words!"

Xie Lang nodded.

After a moment of silence, he said:

"Li Si ordered all the generals of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Death Row Camp to go to the main camp to obey orders. General..."

The old general shook his head.

It was now obvious that Li Si and the Third Prince wanted to completely control the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

But he seemed powerless to stop it.

I don't want to stop it!
After all, Daqian belongs to his Li family.

No matter whether the person sitting on the dragon throne is the emperor or the third prince Li Tai,

Or the deposed prince,

For the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, it was just a change of target of loyalty.

Thinking of this, he looked towards the distant sky with a somewhat lonely expression.

The sky is high and the clouds are light. A hawk is soaring alone in the blue sky, but it doesn't make a sound.

"I'm old and sick, so there's no need for me to go!"

(End of this chapter)