Above the Dakang court.
Because of what happened in Zhennanguan, His Majesty Chen Shubao, the emperor who presided over the court meeting, had a huge headache.
There are some who are the main site and some who are neutral, and some who remain neutral.
Looking at these people, everyone spoke clearly and logically. His Majesty, the Nine-Fifth Emperor, didn't know what to do for a moment.
However, after they discussed it for two days without coming up with a reason, a new battle report was sent.
Looking at the battle report sent urgently from Babaili, the leaders and leaders looked at the battle leaders with extremely arrogant expressions.
"Let's see, this is the consequence of starting a war. The eight hundred miles must have rushed to report the news of the barbarian invasion."
Those who were in charge of the battle were quite unhappy looking at the faces of these leaders.
"Even if they come for a large-scale invasion, we are confident that they will be completely eliminated."
"You are really powerful, how can I completely eliminate them?"
These leaders were quite unhappy to see the main battle, but before they could roar any further, the Emperor, who had rushed to read it with eight hundred miles in his hand, gave his approval.
"Okay! This thing is really great!"
His Majesty the Emperor was quite happy, which made everyone very curious. After Chen Shubao told everyone the information, everyone was shocked.
Can it still be like this?
real or fake?
But while they were discussing whether this matter was true or not, some people started to come forward.
"Your Majesty's actions are tantamount to an all-out war between Dakang and the barbarians. Are you ready for an all-out war with the barbarians?"
After a peacemaker asked this question, the warlord introduced another person.
"Your Majesty, now that we have taken the initiative, the barbarians will not want to attack us wantonly. As long as we keep the Zhennan Pass and the barbarian Zhenbei Pass mentioned in the letter, what do the barbarians have to fear?
Even if they come from the sea, our navy has built a lot of new ships, and this barbarian doesn't know how to fight on the water, which is tantamount to death. What does your majesty have to worry about? "
What both waves of people said made sense, and those who were neutral did raise the issue.
"Your Majesty, if we suddenly expand against the barbarians, will the west and north think that we are on the verge of a war? If we solve the hidden dangers on one side, we will be free to deal with other places. I'm afraid they will United.”
"Yeah?"
Chen Shubao was also a little worried at this moment. What this neutral official said was even more pertinent. There was such suspicion.
Just when Chen Shubao was struggling, someone started talking.
"How about we hide this matter and keep it secret. Only Your Majesty knows that there are no big hidden dangers in our southwest, so we can focus on dispatching more manpower to other places to resolve other disputes. Let the west and north not know, these things are very important to us. It’s what’s best for us.”
"This is a great kindness."
Chen Shubao finally decided to keep the matter secret. Since it was kept secret, there was no way to lavishly reward the meritorious soldiers. He could only hide it and go to war as officials said.
However, there were soldiers who died in battle, and Chen Shubao, who was known as a benevolent army, still gave them corresponding compensation. For the sake of Dakang, if there were casualties, he could not ignore their life or death.
But this suddenly chilled all the soldiers in the court, but was the border still far away?
Is this the only way?
We defeated the barbarians and took all the important towns in the southwest into our hands. Why is Your Majesty still so worried?
Although everyone was very puzzled, Pei Yuanqing did take the initiative to agree to their unauthorized sending of troops, which made everyone feel helpless.
Liang An said a little embarrassed.
"Brothers, this time it was my fault. I attacked without orders. I should bear all the blame alone. Why would I bother you?"
But before Liang An could step forward to explain the situation to the eunuch who delivered the order, he was pulled aside by Meng Guangyi, Li Chun and others.
"Brother Liang, you are a soft-spoken person. You have neither rewarded nor dealt with him. You have also retained other commanders for you. Please don't get involved in these things anymore. Since His Majesty has given them some compensation, let it be so. Their family has no worries."
"How could it be that good form has gone down the drain?"
Liang An is still a little confused. What are the officials in the court thinking? The Great Southwest Victory was a time to boost morale, but suddenly something happened to offset the merits and demerits, and the matter was kept hidden.
Liang An couldn't understand.
However, after the decree was read out, the eunuch did not leave immediately. As a benevolent king, Chen Shubao certainly could not give large-scale rewards openly, but secretly there were still many rewards. He called all the generals together, including Liang An. Chen Shubao's personal will was read out.
The purpose was to tell them the secret situation, and everyone suddenly realized it after hearing this.
It's not that Chen Shubao doesn't want to reward them, but that Dakang is not yet ready to completely crush the enemies in the west and north.
If this matter is publicized and colleagues in the west and north put pressure on Dakang, although the south will be safe, the lives of the west and north will be ruined.
However, meritorious soldiers will be rewarded, and Chen Shubao spent a lot of money from his imperial city.
As for the four brothers of the Liang family, all the four brothers of the Liang family were rewarded with titles, including Gui Yinan and the four Guiyi Barons. This was unexpected to them, and they expressed their sincere gratitude with tears in their eyes. Chen Shubao also seemed to have seen the situation at the scene, and even more generously agreed to them. You can choose a place to survive in Tiannan Road at will. As for if you don't want to live in Tiannan Road, you can go to other places.
What no one expected was that the four Liang brothers finally asked Liang An for his opinion. Quietly leading the troops northward away from the sad place of Tiannan Road, heading north, ready to throw their lives and blood for the sake of prosperity and fight the Khitan to the end.
Liang An, as the nominal hero this time, did not receive the heaviest reward. The heaviest reward was still in the hands of Pei Yuanqing, General Annan.
Liang An strangely did not obtain any official position, which surprised Liang An. Even Meng Guangyi, Li Chun, Pei Yuanqing, and Pei Yuanshao did not react.
What is your Majesty thinking?
Liang An is such a talented person, but he is not given any status reward? But he did give Li Chun and others a special decree.
They will expand their team of several hundred people after returning to Luoyang. As for the choice of general, Li Chun was the obvious choice, but Liang An was still required to be ready for orders at any time, which was a bit unclear.
It didn't say that this team obeyed Liang An, nor did it say that this team didn't obey Liang An, which is a bit curious.
And Meng Guangyi finally gave him the title of a school captain, which made Meng Guangyi jump for joy, but he was not among the forbidden army, but fell into the Yulin Army of His Majesty's personal guard.
This made Meng Guangyi feel quite unwilling, but he ordered Meng Guangyi and this team to return to Luoyang immediately. Liang An could not stay in Tiannan Road for a long time and returned with them.
Along with them, there are hundreds of barbarians who have transformed their clothes and turned into adults. They are the barbarians who are following the four brothers of the Liang family to choose a suitable place to live and reproduce in the north. people.
In this way, the team of thousands of people returned to the north in a mighty manner.
Just after the order was given to return to the north, Li Chun and his group of forbidden troops were extremely happy. They rushed out sixty miles in half a day on the first day.
But just as Li Chun was feeling proud, their traveling speed was definitely extraordinary. When another urgent march at night might reach 150 or 200 miles, a very serious problem was suddenly discovered.
Some small leaders of the Forbidden Army were beside Li Chun and asked Li Chun worriedly.
"General!"
General?
Yes, although Li Chun was not officially rewarded for his contribution in this battle, he was still promoted from the original sixth-grade captain by half, and became the fifth-grade Zhonglang general in the Forbidden Army, responsible for the expansion of the team. .
When everyone asked Li Chun, Li Chun looked at them curiously.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Seeing Li Chun still not realizing that he had made a mistake, these people said something cautiously.
"Mr. Liang and the team behind didn't catch up."
