The two generals briefly learned about the scale of the captives. Of course, what shocked them the most was not the capture of these people, but the fact that Li Xiang had once defeated a royal cavalry.
"The two generals don't believe it?"
Looking at the expressions on their faces, Li Xiang knew that they didn't believe it.
"It's not that we don't believe it. The Tuyuhun Royal Court Iron Cavalry is world-famous, not only on their grasslands, but also in our Tang Dynasty. We have fought against them before, and we have almost never won. Do you have any evidence?"
Cheng Yaojin spoke quickly. General Qin Qiong was still thinking about how to say this so as not to hurt Li Xiang's self-esteem, but Cheng Yaojin had already said it.
"Aside from cutting off my ear, I didn't take anything else! Didn't you say that military merits can be assessed based on the ears?"
Li Xiang felt bad now. He had clearly annihilated an elite among elite troops, but unfortunately he had no proof. He simply threw those people on the grassland. Shouldn't this be counted as an achievement for him now?
"this……"
The two generals didn't know what to say. It was obviously a good thing, but if you don't have any evidence, we can't count you in. After all, these people are the most elite of Tuyuhun, and you can't convince them just by talking, even if you are the eldest grandson of the emperor. The army believes in evidence.
"Your Highness, we may have evidence. After the battle that day, many of our soldiers thought the swords in their hands looked good, so some took a lot of them. Your men looked down on his swords, but many of my men have them. I'll go get them."
Liu Guihu suddenly thought of something. After the fight that day, he searched the people's bodies and found that the other items were ordinary and might not be able to prove that they were the Royal Court's Iron Cavalry, but the weapons could certainly prove it. It was said that there were unique symbols on them.
"Go get it."
General Qin Qiong was also excited. This was Tuyuhun's most elite army. Even if they only wiped out two thousand-man divisions, it would be a first in the entire history of the Tang Dynasty. If there were negotiations, we could throw these things out and see what Prime Minister Midu would say. Didn't he brag every day that Tuyuhun was invincible? Are they still invincible now?
"You say your men are too ignorant of life. Everything the Royal Court Iron Cavalry uses is good. Why don't you take these things back?"
Cheng Chumo said gloomily that if their army had encountered this, they would probably have been wiped out. But then again, if his people had encountered this, it would have been a fierce battle. Whether they could come back alive is one thing, let alone bring back all the other people's weapons.
While several people were talking, Liu Guihu came over from behind pulling a four-wheeled carriage. The carriage was full of things confiscated that day. Many of the things had the seal of the Tuyuhun royal court, which was enough to prove that those people were the most elite of Tuyuhun.
"General, please look here. These are the weapons of those men. This is part of their armor. We've taken them all back. Although we didn't get everyone's, there are over two hundred swords here. This should prove we weren't lying."
Liu Guihu said nervously that the credit was not too much or too little to Li Xiang, after all, Li Xiang was the eldest grandson of the emperor, and after returning to the capital, he would be rewarded according to his merits, and it would be acceptable whether he had this credit or not.
But it was different for the people under them. Some of them had reached the age to retire. After this achievement, many of them could stay in the army. It could be said that it could decide their fate. So when they were collecting things just now, no matter whether they were valuable or not, as long as they took it from these people that day, almost all of it was handed over.
"Yes, these are the weapons they used. Legend has it that the Tuyuhun Khan spent a fortune to recruit a group of blacksmiths from all over the place to forge a batch of weapons for his Royal Court Iron Cavalry. I didn't expect that they would be defeated by you. The Tuyuhun people regard the Royal Court Iron Cavalry as their idols, and today we wiped out two thousand-man teams. Let's see how they can brag in the future."
General Qin Qiong said with emotion that to be honest, even if he personally led the team to meet these people, he probably would not be able to win so easily, and his men might also be in a tough battle. He immediately asked about Li Xiang's situation at that time.
Li Xiang could only attribute the success to the night, the fact that we had a good ambush, and the brothers' risking their lives, which allowed us to finally capture these people. As for things like the chain crossbow, Li Xiang had no intention of disclosing it for the time being.
As they talked, they came to talk about the Grand Princess of Tuyuhun. Unexpectedly, even the Grand Princess of Tuyuhun was captured. The two old generals were even happier. We had already grasped the initiative, and now we have captured so many important people, and also defeated the Ronggong tribe. Tuyuhun didn't know how to cry now!
"This isn't a good place to talk. Let's hold a banquet tonight to welcome Li Xiang and his soldiers."
General Qin Qiong was extremely happy. In the past month or so, Prime Minister Midu led tens of thousands of troops to launch a powerful attack on various cities in Yanbian. Our losses were also very heavy. However, with Li Xiang's great victory, we still withstood their pressure and caused them even greater damage. In the next period of time, I believe that the royal court of Tuyuhun should make a correct decision.
The people of the entire Liangzhou City were also very happy. Although they were a border town of the Tang Dynasty, they had never seen such a great victory. Just looking at the captives outside the city, they had never seen anything like it in their lives. Many people ran outside the city to take a look. There were tens of thousands of captives, which they had never even dared to think about before. It was heard that the eldest princess of Tuyuhun was also captured. This was an unprecedented achievement!
General Qin Qiong also ordered the news to be sent to the capital at an urgent speed of 600 miles. It was time to make the people in the capital happy. They would not say that we spent nearly 2 million strings of cash in a month and achieved nothing. Now they can see clearly that our coming here was a waste of money. How to explain these tens of thousands of prisoners?
