"Do you really want the title of King of Qin?" After a while, Li Shimin asked doubtfully.
He was puzzled by the fact that his son scorned the position of prince and had no feelings for the throne. He only cared about the title of King Qin.
Li Ke raised his head and smiled expectantly: "I just like the title of King Qin. It just so happens that the fiefdom of my son is the Eighteen Prefectures of Longyou. Isn't that the land of Qin?"
"The title of King Qin coincides with the fiefdom of my son."
Li Yuan looked aside for a long time and said impatiently: "Isn't it just the title of King Qin?"
"Shimin, you have been thinking about it for a long time and can't make a decision. My great grandson likes it, so just give it to him. It's not like he can't be the King of Qin."
Li Ke smiled and said: "Yes, yes, give it to me. I will conquer the Western Region for you."
"Bring all the beauties from the Western Regions to my father to fill his harem..."
Li Shimin glared at Li Ke angrily. Actually, he was quite happy in his heart. The beauties from the Western Regions and the exotic scenery were really different from the women from the Central Plains.
At this moment, Wang De rushed in regardless of being slapped, knelt on the ground with a thump, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, General Qin Qiong came from the Western Region to hurry up eight hundred miles away."
"The soldier who sent the letter said that General Qin encountered 3,000 heavy cavalry at the border of Khotan. Our side suffered 15,000 casualties and was almost wiped out. General Qin was seriously injured and was chased and killed by hundreds of masters from the Western Regions on the way back..."
Li Ke's heart thumped, how could this happen?
In the Khotan Kingdom in the Western Region, where did they get the heavy cavalry, and there were three thousand heavy cavalry?
"Where is the messenger? Where is..."
Wang De swallowed his saliva and whispered: "After I got off the horse, after saying this, I was exhausted to death!"
Li Ke's eyes were red, damn!
Khotan, you are looking for death!
With trembling hands, Li Shimin took the blood-stained 800-mile express bamboo tube. After opening it, he quickly browsed through it. After reading it, his face became more and more ugly.
"Father..."
"Shimin, what's going on?" Li Yuan also asked anxiously.
Li Shimin had a dark face. This is the most tragic news this year. I don’t know whether my beloved general Qin Qiong is alive or dead. There are fifteen thousand elites. I don’t know whether he is alive or dead!
"See for yourself!"
"Wang De returns to the palace!"
"I, I want to attack Khotan and destroy Khotan!"
Li Ke took the eight hundred miles and read it quickly. The letter was written by Qin Qiong himself, but the handwriting was crooked. It seemed to be a suicide note written when he was seriously injured.
"Your Majesty, I have betrayed your Majesty's great trust. I deserve to die for my crime. I personally killed more than 10,000 sons of the Tang Dynasty..."
"Since November, Gaochang, Qiemo, and other Qiang people have repeatedly attacked our tribe. I led more than 20,000 Tang soldiers to annihilate them in the valley outside Jingjue City at the end of November, annihilating more than 5,000 people. Capture more than 20 thieves chiefs Shanerbu and Duolun."
"At the same time, many groups of cavalry from the Jingjue Kingdom launched another attack on our troops. I led Tang Erlang to win consecutive battles. I also received a secret report from His Highness the King of Shu. In winter, the logistics could not keep up, so I postponed the attack on the opponent."
"At the beginning of December, according to the news from the scouts who returned from inquiring, there were thousands of cavalry wandering around our troops and wanted to attack our troops. After thinking over and over again, I ordered a retreat and waited for the logistics and supplies to catch up before fighting."
"That night, a businessman risked his life and came to our army's station and brought bad news. Our army's logistics supplies had been robbed. I thought it was bandits and immediately sent people to investigate. As a result, the logistics supplies were missing. And Fei seems to have evaporated from the world.”
"For three days in a row, our troops did not receive supplies. I sent scouts again to inquire about logistics supplies. As a result, I did not see a single grain of food for 500 miles."
"But my tribe only had half a month's rations. When the tribes in the Western Regions fled, they killed all their cattle and sheep and implemented a clearing of the country, leaving no rations for our tribe."
"So, I am ready to fight to the death, because as long as I kill the enemies wandering around, I can get food rations."
"On December 10, I successfully defeated a tribe of more than 3,000 people and obtained a large amount of cattle, sheep and food. However, when cleaning the battlefield, I was attacked by 5,000 cavalry, which caused heavy losses to our troops."
"Our troops penetrated the opponent, severely damaged the attacker, and chased for thirty miles, but they were ambushed by a mysterious force. The opponent had five thousand light cavalry and three thousand heavy cavalry..."
"It was too late to retreat, so we had to charge... After the first battle, I realized that something was wrong. The opponent not only had heavy cavalry, but also had experts in light cavalry."
"Masters of Buddhism..."
"I was entangled by a Buddhist master. I had no power to fight back, so I was severely wounded. The soldiers blocked the enemy's attack with their lives. I was rescued from the battlefield by my generals when I was in a coma. When I woke up, there were only three thousand people. The rest of the soldiers followed..."
"I am dead, I have buried 20,000 elites of the Tang Dynasty..."
Then Li Ke quickly picked up another one. This battle report was written by Qin Qiong's deputy general: "After we were ambushed, General Qin was seriously injured. I took over the command order and continued to charge and kill all the opponent's light cavalry. There are hundreds of heavily armored cavalry and the opponent has many masters. Our troops are no match and can only be forced to retreat..."
"The opponent's heavy armor is not fast, and only hundreds of light cavalry masters are chasing our troops. For the safety of the general, I am willing to lead more than a thousand people to buy time for the general and all injured comrades to escape."
"Your Majesty, in this battle, there is not a single coward in our Tang Dynasty. They are all heroes. They are all the best soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. We have no regrets in dying on a foreign battlefield in this life." ŴŴŴ.BIQUGE.biz
"Long live the Tang Dynasty, long live our emperor!"
"On this day next year, I will definitely be able to see the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty marching across this land. This will be the land of the Tang Dynasty."
"Please tell His Majesty the King of Shu that we did not embarrass him. We did it. We buried loyal bones everywhere in the mountains, so there is no need to return them wrapped in horse leather."
Li Ke squeezed the letter in his hand tightly and slowly closed his eyes. His mind was full of the scene of soldiers charging to kill. One after another, they fell down, and one after another rushed forward.
When he opened his eyes, they were already wet.
"Uncle Qin, you officers and men, your heroic souls are immortal."
"This king will avenge this for you."
Li Yuan also read the two eight-hundred-mile urgent letters and felt very uncomfortable.
"Boy, what are you going to do?"
Li Ke raised his head, looked at Li Yuan, and said coldly: "Kill... blood debt must be paid with blood!"
"Aweng, let's enter the palace too!"
"Let's go!"
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