After a battle, only a few of the 24,000 Kucha troops managed to escape.
Almost all the rest became prisoners of the Tang Dynasty.
And Li Chengqian's words directly sentenced these prisoners to death.
The massacre lasted from the afternoon until late at night, and then all the soldiers were killed.
This brutal massacre blunted the swords in the hands of the soldiers responsible for the execution. It took three batches of soldiers to kill the prisoners.
The funny thing is that no one in the Qiuci army thought of resisting at that time, but just begged for mercy.
Of course, this is not because Li Chengqian was cruel.
Mainly, he keeps his promises.
Don't forget, Li Chengqian said when he came here, don't be unreasonable, just kill people.
If Li Chengqian did this, Feng Guangyao and Liu Qi would naturally not be polite.
From the day when Kucha decided to send troops to attack Gaochang and massacre the people of the Tang Dynasty, Kucha was destined to never have peace again.
As Feng Guangyao and Liu Qi led their troops through the Yanqi Kingdom and entered the territory of Qiuci, the entire Qiuci Kingdom was filled with smoke.
Destroyed villages and small cities can be seen everywhere.
Large quantities of gold and silver jewelry looted from Qiuci were sent back to Jiaohe City in carts. In just a few days, these gold and silver jewelry had piled up like mountains.
When the guys who stayed behind in Jiaohe City saw these things, they were a little dumbfounded.
When had they seen so much gold, silver and jewelry?
Even the entire treasury in Liangzhou is not that large, right?
After seeing this much gold and silver, many soldiers couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Grandma, why didn’t you go with them in the first place?
If they could follow Liu Qi and Feng Guangyao into Qiuci territory, wouldn't they be able to enjoy spicy food now?
After all, at the beginning of this battle, Li Chengqian wanted to stimulate the soldiers' desire to fight.
Therefore, an order was specially issued.
During this battle, every penny of gold and silver recovered will be recorded.
< br> After the gold and silver were transported to a safe area, three-thirds of them were handed over to the Liangzhou Army's internal treasury.
The other seven points will be handed over to the soldiers in full after the war.
If a soldier is killed in battle, the three points required to be handed over will not be deducted, but will be given intact to their families by someone sent by the government.
It can be said that if this war is over.
Almost every soldier of the Liangzhou Army will be extremely rich.
Li Chengqian's order has obviously achieved unprecedented results.
All the soldiers worked hard to plunder and harm Kucha.
According to Li Chengqian's words, this time he was either here to lead troops to fight, or he was here to lead the big guys as robbers.
And this obviously gave some people hope of causing trouble for Li Chengqian again.
After all, Li Chengqian received so many whips when he massacred hundreds of Shiwei people.
Now, he personally led his soldiers to become robbers. Shouldn't he be severely punished again?
However, this time Li Chengqian learned wisely.
Before he went on the expedition, he wrote a letter to Li Shimin.
It reads: "For many years, our land in the Central Plains has been bullied by foreigners, and Longyou Road has been invaded and plundered by foreigners one after another."
"If these people are not taught a lesson this time, they will definitely make the same mistakes again in the future."
"Therefore, I decided to personally lead the army into the Western Region and let the enemy pay with blood."
"Others don't want to be such sinners through the ages, but I am willing to do so. I am even more willing to use my reputation to exchange for a hundred years of peace in Longyou Road."
These words are majestic and full of sentiments about the family and the country, sacrificing the small family for everyone.
Li Shimin was also moved when he saw it.
At that moment, he said directly: "What's going on?"
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Only allow these barbarians from the Western Regions to plunder our Central Plains people, and not allow us to plunder them?"
Li Shimin sneered directly and said: "No one is allowed to mention this matter again, otherwise we will be punished for deceiving the emperor."
His words were equivalent to giving Li Chengqian a gold medal to avoid death.
He also said to Li Chengqian from the side: "Don't worry, your father will support you from behind." ??
This time, Li Chengqian completely let himself go.
He simply sent Cheng Huailiang back to Longyou Road and mobilized 10,000 Liangzhou troops and 5,000 troops to garrison Jiaohe City, with 5,000 troops to provide logistical escort for the army.
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March of the ninth year of Zhenguan.
This should have been a spring season.
But because of some people's thoughts, the entire northern part of Qiuci was in chaos.
Qiuci court.
King Bunaqiong of Qiuci was also furious and scolded all the ministers.
"Thirty thousand people, a full thirty thousand people."
"Even if there are 30,000 pigs, how many days will it take for them to catch them?"
"Besides, they only have a few thousand people, but they actually lost this battle?"
"They are all a bunch of useless trash and losers..."
He was also furious.
He really didn't expect that his troops would be so vulnerable.
Of course, until now, he didn't think there was anything scary about Datang.
I just felt that my own people were too vulnerable and were frightened by the enemy.
At this moment, he had completely forgotten.
Zhao Youlin personally wrote him a letter and told him back then.
The military strength of the Tang Dynasty cannot be underestimated, and with advanced firearms at hand, it cannot be defeated by more people.
Bu Naqiong raised his head and looked at Bonatou, his general who founded the country, and said: "Bonatou, my general, is it time for you to give me an explanation?"
< br> Argument?
Let me give you a rough explanation?
Bonatou also felt bitter at this moment.
It was you who miscalculated the situation and advocated attacking Jiaohe City to massacre the merchants of the Tang Dynasty.
And he, Bonatou, has always been a peacemaker.
But now, this guy started to ask about himself.
But now that someone has spoken, as a minister, he must speak.
"Report to the king."
"The current situation is really not optimistic."
"As far as we know, the Liangzhou Army is the infantry army of the Tang Dynasty."
"But this team is different from the ordinary Liangzhou Army. Most of them are cavalry."
"And this cavalry team is not only good at attacking cities, but it can still explode with amazing combat power even in places such as mountains and hills that are not suitable for cavalry combat."
"Some time ago, I also sent troops to encircle and suppress us, but they did not confront us head-on."
Bonatou looked up at Bunachon and said, "And our army has too few cavalry to pursue them."
After hearing these words, Bunaqiong's face became even more gloomy.
He said: "I don't want to hear about how powerful Datang is, I just want you to give me a solution to the current predicament..."
Seeing him press like this, Bonatou had no choice.
He sighed and bravely said: "If the king insists on asking, then I can only tell the truth."
"Your Majesty, our country is the party at fault in this matter."
"After the war started, the soldiers were very war-weary and no one wanted to fight."
"I believe that it is time to send envoys to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty while the hostility between the two countries is not yet deep."
Bonatou really doesn't want to fight this battle.
Others may not know how powerful Datang is, but he has seen it with his own eyes...