The newly appointed Tubo king Songzan Haiqing executed the old king Songzan Gampo because of his authority. The new Tubo kingdom was also a puppet regime supported by the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing that everything was handled, Li Ke began to prepare for returning to the court.

When he returned to Chang'an, he still had many problems to deal with. The first was to ask for credit for the soldiers and control the Northwest in his trusted hands according to his previous ideas. The second was how to reduce his credit from the credit book so as not to be suspicious of Li Shimin.

These two problems are more difficult than the other. It is not difficult to keep Su Dingfang and other confidant generals in the northwest. What is difficult is how much power they are given. This is a very sensitive issue. If it is not handled properly, it will give others a substantial population and will arouse Li Shimin's suspicion. As for reducing his contributions, it will be even more difficult. It will destroy Tuyuhun, conquered Tubo, and occupied four-fifths of Tubo's land. The territory of the Tang Dynasty has expanded a lot. What a great contribution. Even if I want to reduce it, the people of the Tang Dynasty see it and the soldiers in the army see it. Can the court not reward itself?

But how should such a great contribution be sealed?

If you seal the high, you don’t want it, so as not to be too cold at the height. If you seal the low, you will have opinions from the people and the soldiers in the army.

Therefore, even if we win the battle and destroy the ambitious Tubo, there is only a new Tubo kingdom that survives. Li Ke still frowned and his heart is full of trouble.

"Your Highness, when will you go back to Chang'an?"

Chen Qi came to ask Li Ke for instructions.

He and Xue Rengui, Pei Xingjian, Zheyu, Hou Hu, and Li Xianzhong were the only confidant generals of the Northern King's Mansion who could follow Li Ke back to Chang'an. The other generals had to be stationed in the northwest. They could only leave when the court had a specific reward and determined their official positions.

This is also what Li Ke meant. He didn't want Li Shimin to see with his own eyes that all the rewarded generals were his confidant generals, and he didn't want to summon all the confidant generals to Chang'an to show his power and prestige in the army.

"Let's go back to the court tomorrow!"

Li Ke said lightly, "Tonight, you will go and say a few words to everyone!"

"No" Chen Qi received the order and left.

Very Li Ke looked at Chen Qi's back and was stunned. Chen Qi and others were all generals who had followed him for a long time. For his goals and ideals, they had given their youth. They were no longer young now, but they still had no family, so they should solve this problem for them.

When Li Ke thought of this problem, he began to miss his family in Chang'an City.

The next day, the army began to return to the court.

Li Ke left Su Dingfang with 20,000 heavy cavalry camps and 30,000 black cavalry troops, as well as Yuwen Guo's 10,000 Youzhou Iron Cavalry and Tuyan's 20,000 Tuyuhun Jing Cavalry, a total of 60,000 troops, and the other armies were brought back by themselves.

Li Ke personally led his own 10,000 Wolf Cavalry Camp and 20,000 Ghost Face Cavalry, and the remaining guards left Lushe City.

On the day Li Ke left, the outside of Lusie City was filled with people, all of whom were the generals of the army who came to see him off and the ministers of the Tubo royal court headed by Tubo King Songzan Haiqing.

Because there were many people seeing off, Li Ke did not talk to everyone one by one, but just said a few words to Su Dingfang, meaning that he would let go and after solving the new Tubo problem, he would look at the countries in the Western Regions. Sooner or later, the countries in the Western Regions would become lines on the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ke has always been the city of Luoshe, Cheng Mingzhen has also led his Yangzhou army to leave Luoshe, and Sun Erlang has also led Mo Daobing back to Liangzhou City to standby.

The army returned to the court, indicating that the three-year war between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun and Tubo had ended.

The people of Chang'an City were naturally happy and gathered outside the morning city or on the Zhuque Street to welcome the triumphant warriors.

The Tang Dynasty was originally a martial country. With many great victory of the Turks, it had greatly expanded the belief that the Tang people would win. Now it had great victory against the two powerful nomadic peoples of Tuyuhun, Tubo, and the Tang people naturally had to celebrate and put themselves in the position of the upper country of the Celestial Empire.

Regardless of the people in Chang'an City, even Emperor Taizong in the palace, could not help but feel moved, and left the city to welcome the triumphant army at Zhuque Gate.

Because of the dream of every emperor who expanded the territory, Emperor Taizong, as the emperor who immediately conquered the world, was naturally very enthusiastic about military conquests, but it was difficult to do it personally due to the national treasury and the lives of the people. Now Li Ke has defeated Tuyuhun and Tubo, destroyed these two countries, eliminated the hidden dangers in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, and added a lot of territory to the Tang Dynasty. As the emperor, how could Li Shimin be unhappy?

Instead of letting the army enter Chang'an City, the Black Flag Camp and the Ghost Face Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry Camp were stationed outside the city, leading only two thousand Eagle Guards by their side, and the rest were elite troops of the guards.

As the army was walking on the Zhuque Street, the people of the Tang Dynasty cheered and shouted loudly about the slogan of Long Live the Tang Dynasty and the King of Northern Qiansui, which scared Li Ke so much that he almost fell off the horse.

Long live the Tang Dynasty, but the Northern King cannot be shouted randomly. The people shouted the Northern King Qiansui, which shows that they have a high prestige. This is not a good thing for Li Ke, but will cause a lot of trouble and suspicion.

However, this was the recognition of the people, and Li Ke had no choice but to force his face to smile and quickly crossed Zhuque Street and came to Zhuque Gate.

When Li Ke, Li Xianzhong, Chen Qi and other military generals led the army to the Zhuque Gate, the scene in front of the gate was even more huge than the scene they saw when they passed by Zhuque Street.

Officials above the seventh rank in Chang'an, Tang Dynasty were all present, and they appeared in front of Li Ke and the army under the leadership of Li Shimin.

"Sons, please see the father!"

Li Ke hurriedly jumped off his horse and politely said to Li Shimin.

"I will meet the emperor at the end!"

The generals behind him also saluted Li Shimin.

"No need to be polite to everyone!"

Li Shimin smiled faintly and said, "I personally came forward to help Li Ke. Li Ke did not dare to accept Li Shimin's gift, so he quickly stood up and steadily supported Li Shimin."

Li Shimin understood Li Ke’s thoughts, but just smiled faintly and let Li Ke support him.

"The army was triumphant, and the soldiers brought glory to the Tang Dynasty, exalted the power of the Tang Dynasty, and shocked the small countries in the Western Regions. I am very happy, I am very grateful to you!"

Li Shimin said sincerely, "I want to drink with the soldiers when I drink wine!"

After Li Shimin finished speaking loudly, he saw Wang De leading some wine.

Li Shimin picked up a glass, and Wang De handed the remaining wine to Li Ke and the generals. Li Ke and the generals brought the wine glasses one by one, waiting for Li Shimin's lecture.

"The first glass of wine is toasted to the dead soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin said in a tragic tone.

"Be respectful to the dead soldiers of Datang!"

Li Ke and the generals shouted.

Li Shimin drank it all in one sip, and Li Ke and the generals followed him to drink it all in one sip.

"The second cup of wine toast you who have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin shouted loudly.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Ke and the generals shouted, Li Shimin can say this, but they dare not be entrusted.

Li Shimin drank it all in one sip, and Li Ke and the generals followed him to drink it all in one sip.

"The third cup of wine toast the people of the Tang Dynasty. With your support, the Tang Dynasty can achieve such a record today!"

Li Shimin said loudly.

Li Shimin's words reminded Li Ke of his famous saying: The king's boat is the water of the people, and the water can carry the boat and cover it.

Li Ke couldn't help but sigh that Li Shimin's great mind and courage were definitely not comparable to ordinary emperors, otherwise how could he say such words?

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Ke and the generals shouted.

Li Shimin drank it all in one sip, and Li Ke and the generals followed him to drink it all in one sip.
Chapter completed!