In the wilderness, a group of Tang soldiers who were weather-beaten but still had high morale stood there.
They looked at the most powerful person in charge of the Tang Dynasty standing in front of them. The current Majesty of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, kept talking to them, waving the weapons in his hands with high morale.
"Your Majesty will last for ten thousand years, and the Tang Dynasty will last for ten thousand years."
When Li Shimin saw such a scene, he cupped his fists and bowed to many Tang soldiers. The scene was instantly in an uproar.
All the soldiers of the Tang Army, regardless of whether they were wearing armor or how they were dressed, were extremely moved and knelt down in front of Li Shimin willingly.
These soldiers did not care about the environment under their feet, whether it was wind, snow or rocks, they just knelt down without any scruples.
Li Chengqian, who was behind Li Shimin, couldn't help but be a little shocked. The reason why the Tang army was galloping freely was because there were so many soldiers who fought hard regardless of life and death to safeguard the glory of the Tang Dynasty. It was also because they made any Xiaoxiao dare to take advantage of the Tang Dynasty. Pay a heavy price.
Li Shimin looked at many Tang army soldiers saluting him and shouted again, "Stand up, you are the heroes of our Tang Dynasty. You should not suffer such injuries and illnesses in this wind and snow."
Now I am here to issue an order. Your mission has been completed. Set up camp here and wait until next spring and the flowers bloom before setting off back to Chang'an.
I will never forget your achievements. In order to let the Tang Dynasty remember your achievements, I came from Chang'an City and came to you. "
As Li Shimin finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the prince behind him, Li Chengqian, stepped forward in place of the eunuch serving Li Shimin, unfolded a bright yellow scroll, and spoke of the emperor's edict from heaven.
Since Chai Shao, Zhang Gongjin, Xu Yunyan and others, everyone has been rewarded. Ordinary soldiers are often awarded the rank of officer. After being awarded the officer, corresponding grain and grass materials are distributed, and cart after cart of gold and silver is given. After opening the box directly before pulling it to the school grounds, Li Shimin was very happy looking at the gold and silver.
Li Shimin is now generous with rewards for the huge wealth gained from selling colored glaze.
For the two teams of Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin with a size of nearly 50,000 people, this small amount of money did not consume much of the national treasury. This shows that the Tang treasury is now at its richest.
As Li Chengqian's decree came down, they were overjoyed with the collective glory. Immediately afterwards, another eunuch received the second decree, which was a reward for some special soldiers who had outstanding meritorious service.
Some were directly awarded actual official positions, from leading soldiers to being captains, some even became brigade commanders or school lieutenants, and some school lieutenants were promoted to generals with miscellaneous titles.
However, after these dispensable titles are awarded, the main event comes. The rewards for the generals in this battle are all promotions.
The highest reward in this battle was given to the Duke of Wei, Li Jing. Li Jing was granted an additional 5,000 households, while the other Dukes, Generals, Princes and Generals were granted several hundred or even a thousand households.
Li Jing, a member of this family, was originally the actual Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, and now his fiefdom has skyrocketed. Although Li Jing is not here, everyone is still cheering here, applauding their majesty Sheng Ming for being here.
"Your Majesty, ten thousand years!"
"Ten thousand years of the Tang Dynasty!"
After the decree of the reward was read out, the reward for the first victory came next. Xu Yunyan actually left himself behind when Li Chengqian read out the reward for the generals just now, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
What's going on here, you've crossed yourself?
But just as Xu Yunyan was thinking here, he heard Li Chengqian come up with a new decree.
"General Yunhui, Marquis of Yun County, Li Ying. Take the order!"
have to!
Is this for yourself, and specifically for yourself as an imperial edict? Is this to take yourself further?
With Xu Yunyan thinking like this, he immediately knelt down in front of Li Chengqian and Li Shimin.
"The last general Li Ying took over the order."
When Xu Yunyan said this, Li Chengqian looked at him and started reading, "By destiny, the emperor decreed..."
Marquis of Yun County Li Ying, General Yun Hui..."
After waiting for a series of achievements to break Tuli, Su Dingfang captured Tuli in one battle. Su Dingfang took over his position as General Yunhui and was still the commander in front of the palace. Xu Yunyan did not expect that after his imperial edict was revealed, something went wrong. After digressing, he quickly talked about his achievements.
Defeat Dingxiang, pacify Jieli, break Yinshan and fight with Jieli. They killed 16 Turkic warriors and captured one assault warrior alive. They were rated as the first meritorious service, surpassing the general Li Jing.
This moment made Xu Yunyan tremble here.
Did he accidentally create a miracle?
Just when Xu Yunyan was lamenting that the miracle he had accidentally created was a bit too magnificent, Li Chengqian's decree finally reached the stage of how he should reward him.
In the end, because of his great contribution, he directly became the champion general of the third rank from General Yunhui of the third rank.
This time, he was finally on the same level as the 16-guard generals. However, when Xu Yunyan first heard about the champion general, he had a bad idea in his mind.
The championship originated from the champion of Huo Qubing in the Han Dynasty. Don't accidentally give yourself a champion!
Maybe Xu Yunyan's crow's mouth opened up again. When Xu Yunyan was muttering here that he didn't want to be a champion, Xu Yunyan, a third-level champion general, should be granted the title of Duke. What Xu Yunyan didn't expect was that Li Chengqian After talking about naming him the champion general, he started talking directly there,
"A thousand households in the city will be granted food, and a champion will be granted the title of Marquis."
Champion?
The generals at the scene were astonished.
But Xu Yunyan shivered instantly.
"The Champion, I have really become the Champion. I feel a little uncomfortable. What's wrong?"
Although he is a marquis like Xu Yunyan's Yunxian Marquis, this champion marquis says that even some princes themselves do not need to be familiar with them.
Thinking of how majestic the original champion Hou Huo Qubing was, shooting the general of the army was like killing a chicken, some princes had to tremble and salute when they saw the champion.
Although this is a marquis, it represents the supreme glory of a military commander.
"I seemed to have reached my peak by accident."
However, although Xu Yunyan knew this, he felt a little uncomfortable.
The champion lord is good, and the champion general is also good, but neither the champion lord nor the champion general seem to live long.
However, no one paid attention to Xu Yunyan's expression. Instead, they were talking about it, most of them envious.
But not long after the imperial edict was completed, Xu Yunyan looked at Li Chengqian doubtfully, should I get up?
After Li Chengqian finished speaking this sentence, he spoke in an ups and downs here. Li Ying could understand the individual words, but when they were put together, he was a little crazy, and he didn't quite understand the meaning.
After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Li Shimin said something.
"The champion general, Champion Hou, established the Anbei Protectorate in the North, appointed the chief household officer of the Anbei Protectorate, formed the Anbei Army, and ordered ten thousand people!"
My dear, what does this mean?
Xu Yunyan stared blankly here, and Li Shimin looked at him there: "This is the first time we have set up the Anbei Protectorate. The personnel will be assigned to you according to the configuration of the prince's guard. But you really need to choose the soldiers yourself. Recruited. But I don’t have any spare manpower to give you.”
Li Shimin's words caused an uproar on the scene again.
Li Shimin ignored the other generals. After saying this, Xu Yunyan was a little speechless.
Anbei Protectorate? What is this? But is it appropriate for you to ask me to set up a protective palace on this grassland? I have done so many things on the grassland, how can you let me be the guardian with peace of mind? What's more, please choose a place for me in Anbei Protector's Mansion. I can't just find a corner on this grassland every day and put up a sign saying Anbei Protector's Mansion, right?
Perhaps as if he knew what Xu Yunyan was complaining about here, Li Shimin, a man like an emperor, looked at him and said here.
"Let's use Yinshan Mountain as the headquarters of Anbei Capital City."
In a word, Xu Yunyan tilted his head and looked at Li Shimin.
Are you kidding me? Yinshan is the holy land of the Turks! It is equivalent to the Langjuxu Mountain where Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu and sealed the wolfjuxu mountain.
If I really set up the Anbei Protectorate here, I may not be targeted by the Turks.
Xu Yunyan complained here, but the emperor's order was difficult. Since Li Shimin had promulgated the idea, he had to follow it here. What's more, Li Shimin also gave himself the number of 10,000 soldiers to recruit. It shouldn't be dangerous to transfer his old soldiers to serve as a framework and recruit more people, right?
Just after Xu Yunyan deserted here again, several guards came forward and handed Xu Yunyan a small plate covered with yellow silk.
Xu Yunyan was still here in a daze, while these clans looked at each other and passed the plates forward again, but Xu Yunyan still didn't react.
"Champion Hou?"
The eunuch was helpless at the scene. He asked softly, but it was still useless. He had no choice but to knock the small box in front of him against Xu Yunyan.
At this moment, Xu Yunyan reacted immediately and looked at him doubtfully, while these people hurriedly stuffed the small box into Xu Yunyan's arms and returned it.
Only then did Xu Yunyan seem to react: "General, I would like to thank you for your kindness. Long live my emperor!"
After Xu Yunyan once again sang praises to Li Shimin, the farce was finally over, and Xu Yunyan took office as the Protector of the Anbei Protectorate. He was a serious and powerful general.
Li Shimin finished these polite remarks and waved his hand to arrange, "Except for the necessary guards, all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty should go to rest. There can be no more unnecessary sacrifices."
After doing all this, he waved to the two generals standing beside him, Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin, as well as the new Protector of the Protectorate, Xu Yunyan.
"You guys follow me here."
After Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin happily followed Li Shimin into the temporary surrender of the Chinese army, Xu Yunyan also followed in cautiously.
As soon as he came in, Li Shimin said here, "We will judge Jie Li in this battle. I will return to Chang'an with Jie Li later. You can have a good New Year here. This will prevent you from going back to celebrate the New Year. In my heart I feel a bit sorry."
As soon as Li Shimin said this, Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin turned to look at Xu Yunyan.
"Your Majesty, it was our Anbei Protectorate's idea. He told us not to go back. This soldier was sympathized with, but who sympathized with us?"
The two generals looked at Xu Yunyan here with a strange look. Xu Yunyan was so embarrassed.
"What do you say about this and that? It's all because of the soldiers who fought so hard for us that we can have this situation. We can't let these soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices, right?"
Xu Yunyan was talking arrogantly here, while Li Shimin looked at them: "Okay, okay, you two generals will return to Beijing with me later. This military camp will be temporarily handed over to the Anbei Commander-in-Chief here. Wait until next spring, I will I hope your Anbei Army is almost formed, you go north and they go south."
Xu Yunyan ignored Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin's ridicule and assured Li Shimin.
"I will obey His Majesty's will."
