Chapter 202: Phoenix Pattern Jade Pendant

Half a month has passed since the Battle of Saiye, and the envoy who reported the message to Chang'an had already set off. For the past half month, Li Qing'an has been busy arranging various trivial matters of Saiye. He is preparing to return to Chang'an to report his duties at the beginning of next year. He has recommended Duan Xiushi to the court as the governor of Saiye Prefecture. He has left many of the things currently to Duan Xiushi to deal with.

On the morning of that day, Li Qing'an came to the prisoner of war camp. The prisoner of war camp was located in General Peiluo City east of Saiye. A total of 5,000 prisoners of war were imprisoned, most of which were soldiers of the Shi Kingdom and hundreds of cannibals. The prisoner of war camp was disciplined very strictly. The huge fence surrounded them, and they were covered with Tang army posts. There were no weapons in the camp. These prisoners of war Li Qing'an had already ordered people to explain it clearly to them and would be released after Saiye worked for two years.

The breakfast has been eaten, and the prisoners of war camp is very quiet. Today, the sun is shining. The prisoners of war are lazily lying beside the tent basking in the sun. Food and women are always the topics they talk about.

Li Qing'an walked past several camps surrounded by a group of personal guards. The prisoners of war were so scared that they stood up. Li Qing'an glanced at them. They all looked very strong and were a good laborer for mining. As early as when he was in the fort, he knew that there was a Dunduo silver mine in the south of the Shattered Leaf, rich in silver and accompanied by a large amount of copper and gold. These five thousand prisoners of war had been digging for two years, which was enough to bring him huge wealth.

At this time, Bai Xiaojie, the chief manager of the prisoner-of-war camp, hurried over and saluted Li Qing'an and said, "Sir, please see the envoy!"

"General Bai, from tomorrow, these prisoners of war will be escorted to the Dunduo Silver Mine one after another, and will be carried out by General Lifei. You must cooperate with all your strength."

"As for the order!"

Li Qing'an nodded, "Okay, let me see the situation of the wounded soldiers of the prisoners of war."

"Please follow me."

Bai Xiaojie led Li Qing'an to an independent camp in the northeast corner of the prisoner-of-war camp. This is the place for the wounded prisoners of war. It consists of thirty large tents. In this battle, all the seriously injured prisoners were sent to the Tang army's field hospital, and only the slightly injured were left in the prisoner-of-war camp. Despite this, there were still thousands of minor injured people, which was also a headache for Li Qing'an. These wounded soldiers had to be cured earlier and sent to the mine to dig silver.

He approached a large tent, picked up the curtain, and a strong smell of alcohol came towards him. There were nearly forty wounded people in the tent, basically all of whom were injured, their arms and legs were broken. Several Tang soldiers were guarding them, and two other female Tang soldiers were taking care of them. It was a difficult task for female guards to take care of the wounded soldiers of prisoners of war, mainly for fear of sexual harassment. However, the Tang army formulated strict regulations that if anyone dared to harass the female guards, they would be executed. So far, five prisoners of war have been beheaded for being stingy.

In fact, the prisoners of war are also humans, and most of them were ordinary people. They knew that the female guards were saving their lives, and most of them were grateful, so the female guards were normal in the prisoner of war camp and no one was harmed.

Li Qing'an walked into the tent and saw Shi Sanniang, the wife of Li Fei Yuanli, at a glance. She was the captain of the female guards and came to inspect the situation of the female guards.

At this moment, Shi Sanniang was teaching two female guards to tie bandages. The bandage was a white bundle of Gaochang cloth. It was recruited by Li Qing's Ministry of Security as a medical product. Another medical treasure was used from Gaochang, which was distilled liquor. Since the early Tang Dynasty, distilled liquor appeared in Gaochang. This distillation technology may have been invented by locals. Perhaps it was reported by Hu merchants from the Arab region and it could no longer be verified. However, the degree of this distilled liquor is very high, enough to be a substitute for alcohol for disinfection. This Leaf Battle was the first time to use it, and the effect was very good and saved the lives of countless soldiers.

Shi Sanniang was very skillful in her movements. She untied the cloth belt from the prisoner's legs and gently wrapped it around him, but used less than half of the cloth belt.

"You two saw it. It is not necessary to wrap the cloth belt so many times. It wraps people like a cocoon, and it doesn't have to be too powerful. Just like this, it's just right, it's not light or heavy. The cloth belt is only wrapped in two layers, which also makes it easier for the wound to breathe."

Shi Sanniang felt something. When she turned around, she saw Li Qing'an coming. She quickly stood up and bowed to the man, "See the envoy!"

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Sanniang, Lao Li thought you were back to Beiting, and you were proud there!"

"Hmph! Let's see how I deal with him when I go back."

Li Qing'an was very happy and quickly laughed in a low voice: "I strongly agree with you when you deal with him, but don't say I said it."

Shi Sanniang smiled, "Why did the envoy come to the prisoner-of-war camp?"

Li Qing'an smiled and nodded to the two female guards who bowed, and said, "I'll come and see when they will recover. I won't work all day and just consume my food."

"Eunuch, it will take at least one month for them to recover. If they don't cure their injuries, they will work. It is easy to leave sequelae. I won't let them go out."

The prisoner of war wrapped in the wound next to him was from Shi Guo and could speak a few Chinese words. After understanding Shi Sanniang's words, he couldn't help but feel moved. He hurriedly thanked, "Thank you, aunt."

"You guy!"

Shi Sanniang smiled bitterly, pointed at him and said to Li Qing'an: "This guy is a drunkard. In order to trick Shaojiu, he deliberately made his wounds pimple. Then, while the guards were not paying attention, he drank the disinfected Shaojiu in one gulp."

When Li Qingan saw that he had a big red wine lees and a big nose, he said in Turkic words: "Take up your injury early, go to the mine to work, and perform well, I will reward soju."

"Is there really a drink?" Another wounded soldier asked stammeringly.

"Of course there is, but not here. Only when you go to the mine to work. The more you work, the more wine you drink." Li Qing'an smiled and wanted these prisoners of war to become lively immediately and immediately get up and mine for him.

Several drunken prisoners of war couldn't help but cheer in a low voice. At this time, a soldier ran into the tent and reported loudly: "Report to the envoy, King Ningyuan and Princess Heyi have arrived at Shuye. General Duan asks the envoy to go back immediately."

Li Qingan glanced at the tent again, "I'll go back now."

Ningyuan Kingdom is the country of Bakhanna. In this Battle of Saiye, Ningyuan Kingdom Army cooperated with the Tang army to occupy Ashibulai City and cut off the retreat of the Dashi Army. Although it did not play a great role in the war, it played a crucial role in ensuring the long-term return of Saiye City to the Tang Dynasty. Ningyuan Kingdom formed the first barrier for Saiye City.

Before the King of Ningyuan came, the eldest prince's Wumo had already arrived in Sailye ten days ago and saved more than 100 soldiers and large amounts of military supplies captured from the Tang army.

Today, King Ningyuan and the princess arrived mainly to discuss the future joint fight against the Great Food Army. King Ningyuan was called Liebo.

Axilandagan, in his early forties, has a medium figure, a wide nose and a very bold appearance. He was named General of the King of Fenghua King of Li Longji. At this moment, he was waiting for Li Qing'an in Yingbin Post in Shuye City. The one who came with him was Princess Heyi, the daughter of the Tang Dynasty's royal family.

Princess Heyi was named Li Suyun. In the third year of Tianbao, she married Ningyuan Kingdom. She was the fourth daughter of Li Shi, the county magistrate of Yangcheng County, Henan Province. She belonged to a commoner in the royal family. She was chosen by the court to marry far away from Lingxi. Although she had lived in Ningyuan Kingdom for five years, Li Suyun still maintained the elegant and luxurious makeup of the Tang princess. She was covered with powder on her face, had high combs on her hair, red cloaks on her shoulders, and a wide long skirt to drag the ground. When the news of the Tang army conquering the Shattered Leaf came to the capital of Ningyuan Kingdom, she was so excited that she could not sleep all night, which meant that she was closer to the Tang mother country.

"Princess, when you meet the governor later, you will ask about the matter of Shiguo. Do you remember?"

Asilandagan was explaining something to the princess. Li Suyun nodded. At this time, a sound of footsteps came from outside, and someone shouted: "Beiting Jiedushi, Li Jun is here!"

Ashilandagan hurriedly met the princess, and saw a young Tang army general strode in. They had long heard that the Beiting Jiedushi was very young. When they saw him today, it was true.

Ashilandagan took the lead and bowed to the ceremony with a smile: "Little Wang Ashilandagan, see General Li."

Although the kings of the Lingxi countries were all noble in their identities, their identity as the king of a country was nothing in front of the Beiting of the Tang Dynasty or the Jiedushi of Anxi.

It was also the first time that Li Qing'an saw Ashilandagan. Seeing that this man looked rough and looked a bit like Li Fei Yuanli, he couldn't help but feel a little fond of it, and then smiled and replied: "This battle of Broken Leaf is thanks to Your Highness the King."

"Where! Where! I'm just doing my best, the general has won the award."

When Ah Silandagan was young, he also lived in Chang'an for nearly ten years. He could speak fluent Chinese. In addition to his wife being a princess in the Tang Dynasty, except for her appearance, the rest of her etiquette and conversation and various human feelings are no different from those in the Tang Dynasty and Han people.

Li Qing'an saw the princess standing at the door at first sight, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Since Li Qing'an, see Your Highness the Princess."

Li Suyun smiled slightly and said, "General Li made great contributions to the country and spread my Tang army to the Western Regions. Although this princess is far away in Ningyuan, she is deeply proud of you."

"I thank Princess for the praise!"

The three of them sat down in the guest hall. The personal soldiers served fragrant tea. Li Qingan then asked the princess with a smile: "I wonder if Your Highness Princess has always been good in Ningyuan Country?"

Although Li Suyun was the daughter of the royal family before she got married, her father was just a county magistrate because of her remote blood relationship. She was actually just a jass of a small family. At the age of sixteen, she took on the heavy responsibility of the Tang Dynasty and the relatives of Bian Rong with her weak body. She stayed away from her hometown parents and married a Hu person of the same age as her father as her side room. Her sadness and helplessness could only be buried deep in her heart. She never dared to reveal to anyone that Li Qing'an asked about her situation in the words of her hometown. Li Suyun's nose was sore and her eyes were a little red.

Ashelandagan saw it next to him, he coughed heavily and said with a smile: "General Li, the princess is noble and honorable in my country, and I treat her with the courtesy of the Celestial Empire.

Li Qing'an sighed in his heart. Although the Tang Dynasty's marriage with princesses was a kind of favor to Bian Rong, these princesses often only marry in the side rooms, sweeping away the dignity of the Celestial Empire. Seeing the sadness in the princess' eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart.

At this time, Ashilandagan said again: "General Li, although the Great Food was defeated this time, I dare to assert that once the domestic war sank, they will definitely make a comeback. I wonder what General Li plans for Saiye's long-term security?"

When Asilandagan asked the core question, Li Qing'an nodded and smiled: "I also went to Persian Dashi when I was young. I knew that Dashi was also a powerful empire no less than the Tang Dynasty. It must not be regarded as a partial country Human. It cannot be solved by a battle against such an empire to expand eastward. It will take decades or even generations. The Lingxi region does not belong to the core interests of the Tang Dynasty. It is far from the Central Plains. The Tang Dynasty cannot devote all the efforts of the whole country to fight the Dashi eastward expansion. It can only rely on the few tens of thousands of troops from Anxi and Beiting. Therefore, if you want to fight Dashi, you can only use the strategy of joining the alliance and connecting the power of the countries in Lingxi to deal with Dashi together."

Asilandagan was overjoyed. He did not expect that Li Qingan could see so thoroughly. He was completely different from the previous Tang army generals. The former Anxi Jiedushi, whether Gai Jiayun or Fu Meng Lingcha, regarded Dashi as a border barbarian Hu country, and was dismissive, or ignored the fall of the countries in Lingxi and defended the Pamirs.

He was very energetic and hurriedly said, "Can General Li know the truth about Zhaowu countries now?"

"I know that their name is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they have been controlled by Dashi. This time, the Shi Kingdom assisted the Dashi. The Shi Kingdom in the east is still like this, and there is no need to mention the Kang Kingdom and other countries in the west."

Ashirandagan sighed, "General said it is right. The Shi Kingdom is not only a puppet of the big food, but they are also ambitious about Saiye. The general may not know that the Shi Kingdom is actually a dual king system, one is the king and the other is the deputy king. The king Teller is the master of the big food and has the power of the military and national power. The deputy king Yi Na is the friend of the Tang Dynasty and has a good relationship with Bahanna. Unfortunately, he has no power to step down. If General Li wants to implement the strategy of the company, he must first wipe out the big food forces in Zhaowu countries."

In fact, this is the real intention of Ashilandagan to find Li Qing'an this time. Ningyuan Kingdom and Shiguo have had the ambition to annex Ningyuan Kingdom. This time they took the opportunity to take back Ashi but didn't come to the city. How could Shiguo give up? Ashilandagan wanted to use the power of the Tang army to overthrow King Zheng of Shiguo in one fell swoop. Ningyuan Kingdom made profits from it, and in turn, they ate northern towns such as Talas of Shiguo.

Seeing that Li Qing'an did not answer, he hurriedly gave a wink at the princess. Li Suyun had no choice but to say, "General Li, Deputy King of Shi, had sent envoys to Chang'an for help many times, and was indeed loyal to the Tang Dynasty. I hope General Li can send troops to help Deputy King of Shi, restore the throne."

Li Qing'an pondered and said nothing. In fact, he had already understood the situation of Shi Kingdom from the information given to him by Li Huichun one after another. The Ningyuan King was actually confusing the concept. The King of Shi Kingdom and Ningyuan Kingdom were indeed evil. But if the King of Shi Kingdom must be close to Dashi and the Deputy King must be close to Tang, then it would be one-sided. In fact, before the Great Food expanded eastward, the King of Zheng and the Deputy King of Zheng were equally loyal to the Tang Dynasty and sent envoys to Chang'an to pay homage every year. However, after the Great Food expanded eastward, he took a fancy to the King of the King of the Shi Kingdom, supported it as a puppet, and abandoned the Deputy King. The Deputy King had no choice but to seek help from the Tang Dynasty. But if it turned upside down, the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the Tang Dynasty, the result was the same. The King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, kissing the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food is not the original intention of the kings in the river. They are all people at both ends of the head and rat. The key is their strength. If the Tang Dynasty's strength is stronger than the Great Food in the River, it is guaranteed that everyone will be close to the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food is far away.

How to solve the problem of Shi Kingdom, Li Qing'an has his own plan. It is definitely not as simple as suppressing the King of the King and supporting the Deputy King. The King of Shi Kingdom controls the army and is deeply loved by the people, but the Deputy King is debauchery and cruel, and the public is deeply resentful. If the problem is solved roughly, it will trigger the Shi domestic chaos. Of course, the Shi domestic chaos is a huge favorable news for Ningyuan Kingdom.

Thinking of this, he looked at Asilanda Gan vigilantly and smiled: "Although I am willing to help Ningyuan Kingdom, I must follow the will of the court to send troops to the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu. I will do this! At the beginning of next year, I will return to Chang'an to report my duties. At that time, I will ask the emperor for the orders of the army and send troops to the Shi Kingdom."

Li Qing'an defeated a Tai Chi pusher. In fact, the imperial court made him ambiguous in his decree. Attacking the Shi Kingdom could be barely considered in the Battle of Sailing Ye. After all, the Shi Kingdom army also participated in the battle in the Battle of Sailing Ye. If the court relaxed the standards, he would not have sent troops without authorization.

But Ah Silandagan didn't understand this. Seeing that Li Qing'an agreed, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you General Li!"

At this time, Li Suyun took out a brocade box and handed it to Li Qing'an and smiled: "This is my gift to General Li. I have a little bit of my heart and I will accept it with a smile."

"Haha! Thank you then."

Li Qingan hit a haha, took the brocade box and opened it, but was stunned for a moment.

In the brocade box, there was a full-moon-shaped jade pendant, which was as big as a pear, with a warm texture, and a green body without any flaws. It was the same as the dragon-patterned jade pendant he got from Li Yan last time.

Li Qingan slowly picked up the jade pendant and looked at the light. There was a phoenix pattern in the jade pendant. He was extremely surprised. The last time the jade pendant was a dragon-patterned jade pendant, but this jade pendant was a phoenix-patterned jade pendant. The two jade pendants were obviously a pair. What's going on?

When Li Suyun saw that Li Qingan seemed to know this jade pendant, she couldn't help but be surprised. She turned around and looked at her husband. Asilandagan hurriedly asked, "Gen. Li has seen this jade pendant?"

"No, I've seen another one similar to it."

Li Qingan asked with great interest: "I wonder where this jade pendant comes from?"

Asilandagan thought for a while and said, "This jade pendant has been obtained in more than 20 years. It seems to be one of a batch of treasures sold by a big cannibal to Ningyuan Kingdom. It has been kept in the national treasury. This time the princess chose the gift and happened to choose this one."

Li Qingan quickly bowed and smiled at the princess: "Thank you for your kindness!"

Seeing that the matter was almost over, Ashilandagan stood up and said goodbye. Li Qingan kept sending them out of the city, and then returned to the city. When he returned to the room, he immediately took out the dragon-patterned jade pendant, placed the two jade pendants side by side, and checked carefully.

In contrast, it is obvious that the phoenix-patterned jade pendant is slightly smaller, but it is obviously a pair. Under the light, the beautiful jade is transparent all over, and a dragon and a phoenix are lifelike.
Chapter completed!