It was finally time to return, but the road back to Beijing was more difficult than imagined.
As compensation, the Tuyuhun Khanate temporarily mobilized a group of 1,000 prairie sheep to accompany the team to Chang'an City.
A group of prominent figures in the Tang Dynasty became herders when they left the grassland.
In the early morning of the next day, a group of people looked at the vast field of sheep, feeling a little confused and helpless.
Sheep were only part of the compensation, as well as several carts of animal skins and bone products from the grassland.
Only these live sheep are very troublesome.
Because the Tuyuhun Khanate really couldn't produce anything decent.
Yesterday, in front of Fu Yun, Bai Song showed off his dignity and showed no mercy at all. He would pay compensation as necessary.
But after actually seeing the compensation, I felt a little regretful.
Who among a group of soldiers would care about this?
Not to mention having to cross a small desert halfway.
Finally, a few grassland herdsmen were mixed into the team, and they walked through the desert and returned to the front line.
The troops in the barracks were still waiting for the general to return. When they saw the general returning safely, the troops began to regroup and return to the court.
Many sheep died while crossing the desert.
His death was regarded as a reward for the 20,000 defenders who stayed on the front line.
Bai Song's reputation in the army has indeed improved significantly. In this battle, Bai Song can be regarded as the most dazzling person. No matter who is the first Turkic warrior, he has sent food and grass, or he has gone deep into the enemy's country to rescue him. A great general is something worthy of praise.
More importantly, the Bai Song Dynasty also brought the amazing Shenwu Cannon.
Shrouded in the fog of the Battle of Chengdu, the secret of God's Punishment is finally revealed.
One hundred thousand troops saw with their own eyes the power of the Shenwu cannon.
Because the emergence of the Shenwu Cannon directly had the final say, this war that had lasted for at least three months was demerited in just one month.
Moreover, the reputation of the Shenwu Cannon will spread to further places to intimidate the countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty.
In addition, the potatoes cultivated and planted by the sergeants in Lukou Mountain became the seeds sown by the Tang Dynasty forces in the border grasslands. In the future, they will become an outpost connecting the Tang Dynasty to the Tuyuhun Khanate and become a hub of economic and trade between the two countries. hub.
A year later, Lukou Mountain would be renamed Lushan City. In order to commemorate what the Bai Song Dynasty had done here, some fanatical grassland people even built statues for the Han Turkic patriarch and had them worshiped.
Of course, these are all things for later, and Bai Song never knew about them.
If he knew about it, Bai Song would definitely tear down the statue and beat those who worshiped him severely.
He doesn't need to be admired, that would make him look like he died early.
On the way back from the grassland, follow the last group of troops evacuating the grassland.
Every night, Bai Song could always hear women crying.
Bai Song thought he was hearing hallucinations because he had this feeling since he came out of the Tuyuhun Khanate.
If you don't listen carefully, you really won't pay much attention.
After several days, Bai Song finally couldn't bear it any longer. He knocked on the wheel of the black bamboo carriage and asked inside, "Is someone crying?"
Mo Zhu's injury has not healed and he has been recuperating, and he has not followed Bai Song through the desert.
Mo Zhu was sleeping deeply now, making no sound.
With Mo Zhu is the maid Lan Ting who also stayed in the military camp waiting for Bai Song.
Lan Ting was just an ordinary little maid, her perception was not as good as Bai Song's. She listened carefully and shook her head to express that she had not heard anything.
On the other hand, Liu'er, who was on the other side of the carriage, rode forward a few steps faster to make himself appear in Bai Song's field of vision, and then said softly: "Over there..."
Liu'er raised his hand and pointed to another carriage behind the team.
There were very few carriages in the army, and two carriages were separated by forty or fifty meters.
If the sound came from a carriage behind, no wonder it would be unpredictable.
In the carriage behind is...
Bai Song thought for a while, and then realized that the two princesses brought from the Tuyuhun Khanate were brought into the capital as hostages with the army.
The cries of the two Turkic princesses are easy to understand.
King Fu Yun said that he was sent to the capital for marriage, but in fact he was still a hostage, and a hostage that was not favored.
Sent to Chang'an, maybe the emperor felt that the two women were not worthy enough, and it would not be an exaggeration to kill them in a rage.
Even if they really accept the conditions of changing from prince to princess, the future life of these two princesses will definitely be very bad.
The princess of the lower country was sent to the Tang Dynasty for marriage. This status was not worthy of being a princess. The best result would be to give it to a certain prince.
It is said that the two princesses combined are not as old as Bai Song. The eldest is fourteen and the youngest is only ten years old. They are regarded as political victims without knowing anything.
No matter who it is, from the perspective of the two of them, can they not cry?
Bai Song had never even seen what the two princesses looked like.
Bai Song felt that these two women had nothing to do with him. No matter how pitiful they were, he could only accept their fate.
Everything is arranged by God. Although Bai Song has a kind heart, this kindness cannot be used on the two princesses.
Bai Song always remembered that they were his enemies, and being kind to them was disrespectful to his dead brothers.
Bai Song looked at the carriage from a distance and could only shake his head helplessly.
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In addition to the two princesses, there was also a woman in the car.
Badu sympathizes with the experiences of the two princesses.
There is no other reason, because she was also a Turkic princess and a princess of the Aji tribe.
Having once been a prisoner of the Tang Army, she knew what it felt like to be frightened and hopeless for the future.
And these two little princesses seem to be in a more difficult situation than they were back then.
They are younger and have to be sent to farther places.
When Baduo was captured, he could still hope for rescue from his tribe, but these two little princesses had no hope.
Although they were born in the grasslands, they were too young and far less strong than Batu.
Watching the two little princesses crying together, Baduo felt mixed emotions.
Along the way, Badu ignored Bai Song and stayed with the two little princesses from beginning to end.
Try to explain and comfort as much as possible, hoping to make the two little princesses feel better.
"Can we see my sister again when we get to Chang'an City?"
"Yes, I can certainly do it!" Baduo said seriously, holding the little hands of the two girls.
"But I heard that a princess who becomes a Han Chinese can no longer be seen in public."
"It doesn't matter, sister will find you."
"But I heard that the princes of the Han people are all old men... I don't like old men..."
"I...I don't like it either..."
Bai Song expressed his judgment and felt that the two little girls had the greatest possibility of becoming princesses.
Badu had already conveyed this message earlier.
The two princesses had also read about the Tang Dynasty in the grassland, and knew that the people who could be crowned princes were all old men in their seventies or eighties, older than their father.
How is this reassuring?
As they talked, the two girls cried again.
Seeing the tears of the two girls, Baduo's heart was broken. She made up her mind and gritted her teeth and said: "Stop crying, my sister will make the decision for you, and I will definitely find a good home for you!"
