Inside and outside the Liaoxi city wall, there was a mess.
The walls of the city were piled with corpses of slain barbarians, and the bottom of the bare moat was a dazzling black-brown color.
Ladders and fragments of broken cars were piled up in random piles, and blood-stained armor was scattered everywhere.
After a month of fierce fighting, the barbarian offensive finally stopped, and Liaoxi Mansion ushered in a few days of rest.
In the city gate building, Su Lu stood up from his knees and asked Ye Qingmei at the door.
"Why, the barbarians didn't come today?"
Ye Qingmei held the long sword in her arms, looking at the Qin army practicing their spear formation on the city wall, and spoke without looking back.
"They didn't come. The barbarians must have been afraid and didn't dare to come."
Su Lu stood up, walked out of the city gate building, and called out to Ma Ping, who was training in the distance.
"Have the scouts been sent out? Are there still no reports on the barbarians' movements?"
Ma Ping was confused when he heard this: "This, this, I can't interfere, can I, Your Majesty?"
"Useless things"
Su Lu scolded him and left the city gate building.
"Now I am using his soldiers from the Qin Army to gain your experience in commanding the army. If you don't use such a good opportunity, your brain is made of tofu brain."
Ma Ping's face turned red and he was secretly depressed. I had failed to live up to the prince's expectations of me.
Lu Zhan trotted up from the city and reported: "Your Majesty, the scouts have come to report that the barbarian army has retreated. One of them retreated to Sanshan Pass, and the other two were stationed at Tushanzi and Longya Mountain twenty miles away.
The movement is unknown.”
Su Lu nodded: "If we continue to investigate, we must find out the movements of the barbarians. Fighting in the plains is not what our army is good at. We cannot fight the barbarians on the plains unless it is absolutely necessary."
Lu Zhan turned around and left.
Su Lu put his hands on the battlements, looked at everything under the city, and gave instructions.
"Give me the order to collect the remains of the dead soldiers and bury them. As for these barbarians, bury them underground to make fertilizer."
Several messengers took the order.
Zhao Shuo led several generals up from the city wall and reported to Su Lu.
"Your Majesty, the barbarians have retreated, and the two barbarian camps in Tushanzi and Langyashan have also withdrawn. They all retreated to Sanshanguan. Our battle in western Liaoning has been won."
Zhao Shuo looked at Su Lu, tears flashing in his eyes. Originally, he had thought of dying with Liaoxi, but he didn't expect that under the command of the prince, he actually repelled the barbarians.
"Your Majesty leads the troops like a god and is worthy of his reputation as a victor."
Zhao Shuo said seriously.
Xiang Chong also said: "Fighting under the command of the prince, I realized that the barbarians can be so weak."
Tian Heng touched his butt: "Your Majesty, you are really good at commanding the army. Can you kick my butt less in the future?"
Several generals also praised Su Lu.
Su Lu glanced at a few people and asked, "Where's Li Lu? It's been a while since Li Shuai was buried. Why, he, Li Lu, will have to wait for Ding You for another three years."
Zhao Shuo's face was a bit ugly: "Although it's not the case, it's almost the same. The old lady of the Li family put it on the list for His Majesty, saying that there were too many sons of the Li family who were loyal to the country. She begged Your Majesty to spare Li Lu's life and not let him go to the list again.
battlefield."
"Your Majesty agreed."
Xiang Chong also sighed and said: "I have tried to persuade Brother Li Lu, but the current head of the Li family is an old lady, which is really ridiculous."
Su Lu waved his hand: "The war in western Liaoning is over. Let's write it down on the official record. I would like to thank you all. I would like to thank you for the soldiers who survived. Please give me rewards. Please give me compensation for the soldiers who died. Thank you very much."
Zhao Shuo looked happy: "Your Majesty, how much does this weigh?"
"Just write twice the merit upwards."
Su Luhun said nonchalantly, facing the barbarians and winning a battle, shouldn't it be right for Emperor Qin to shed some blood?
The faces of all the generals were full of joy. What was the reason for fighting the war? It was not to get promoted and make a fortune. With such a considerate and considerate prince, it was no wonder that life was bad.
Chang'an, the capital of Qin, the imperial palace.
The news that the barbarians broke through Sanshan Pass and arrived at Liaoxi Mansion caused turmoil in the palace for several days.
Reports on the battle in western Liaoning were sent to the palace day by day, and the Black Flag Army sent to western Liaoning to inquire about the news came one after another, as if they were on a rolling basis.
When we first received the news that the barbarians were held back in the first battle in western Liaoning, the entire imperial capital was in a state of excitement.
Those were barbarians, cannibal barbarians. The barbarians who destroyed most of the city in the western border were finally stopped.
Inside and outside the palace, there were excited discussions everywhere.
"With Li Chengfeng here, not to mention the barbarians, even if Tang and Chu come together, our Qin Dynasty will not be afraid."
"If your Majesty had trusted the Li family as soon as possible, how could the barbarians have become so rampant? It's all because of the gang of traitors in the court who deceived your Majesty and harmed the country."
"With Commander Li here, why fear the barbarians?"
Praise for Li Chengfeng was everywhere, and even in the court, some courtiers began to write a memorial, requesting that Li Chengfeng be given the title of Prince and retire with the country.
A few days later, news came that Li Chengfeng had died in battle on the city wall, and the entire imperial capital fell silent.
The Optimistic Jade Pillar in the western border has fallen. What will happen to the barbarians? Who will stop them? If the barbarians break through Liaoxi, will they advance into Guanzhong and directly aim at Chang'an?
For a time, people in the imperial capital changed their minds, and many families moved eastward.
A few days later, Cao Bao brought back the news that Prince Anguo had resisted the enemy in Liaoxi Mansion.
Although everyone doesn't know who this Prince Anguo is, it would be good if he could stop the barbarians.
However, the court was full of doubts about this, and calls for Emperor Qin to move the capital continued one after another.
Emperor Qin threw three sets of top-quality blue and white porcelain from the official kilns in succession to stop the commotion among the courtiers and suppress those who wanted to cause trouble.
"Western Liaoning is undefeated. Since Prince Anguo has blocked the barbarians, we should move the capital quickly and not let the prince's hard work be in vain."
"For the prince's hard work, we have to leave."
The imperial court was full of calls to move the capital.
After Cao Bao came back, he brought news about Prince An Guo. After dozens of days of fierce fighting, the prince firmly blocked the barbarian army.
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Since then, the call to move the capital has disappeared. Likewise, there are various undercurrents surging underground in the imperial capital.
On this day, inside the palace, in the royal study.
Emperor Qin was reviewing the memorial. Suddenly, Emperor Qin threw the memorial out with an annoyed tone.
"You bastard, you only know that you need money and food, but you don't know that the money and food are already allocated to the Western Frontier."
Emperor Qin's face was very ugly, and he wrote another memorial to tactfully remind him to move the capital. These people are so useless that they have no ability at all.
Cao Bao picked up the folder, handed it to a young eunuch next to him, and told him to keep the file.
"Urgent report from Liaoxi Prefecture"
An imperial guard rushed in and reported loudly.
The next moment, two imperial guards entered the hall carrying a black flag soldier with a flag behind his back. The two stood still holding the black flag soldier.
The guard came forward and presented a military affairs brochure.
The held Black Flag Army shouted at the top of their lungs: "Your Majesty, a great victory in Liaoxi."
"Great victory in western Liaoning, the barbarians retreated!"
The barbarians retreat!
Emperor Qin suddenly stood up and looked at the Black Flag Army who was speaking, his face full of shock and disbelief.
The almost invincible barbarians were defeated?
At this moment, Emperor Qin remembered what Li Chengfeng said when he recommended Su Lu to him.
He is like a god in his military skills and has a talent from heaven. If there is anyone in the world who can defeat the barbarians, it is him.