paranoianovel Chapter 2144 Post-War Matters
Chapter 2144 Post-War Matters
The book continues from the previous chapter.
After wiping out the largest rebel group at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Li Shen began to clean up the battlefield and count the casualties.
Li Shen was overjoyed when he learned that no one was killed in the battle.
With the assistance of hot weapons and solid armor, he finally had an ace in his hand. If anyone wanted to harm him again in the future,
I also have the ability to fight back.
“Your Majesty, we rescued more than a thousand people this time, but some were injured because of the first round of grenades.
Fortunately, it was not serious. They were also confined in a large pit and avoided most of the grenades. "
When Xue Rengui heard Li Shen asking about the rescued people, Xue Rengui saluted and replied.
“More than a thousand people?” Li Shen was ecstatic after hearing this. “Hahahaha, that’s great. With these thousand people, the image of my Ji Palace can offset the influence brought by Wang Wencheng.”
Li Shen came this time to rescue the hostages and restore the image of Ji Wang Mansion.
As for suppressing the rebels, Li Shen thought it would be better to leave it to the local army. His father wanted him to conquer the people of the northwest.
But Li Shen was a stubborn person. He set a goal for himself to stay in Anxi and make Anxi stable during his tenure.
The team transporting food and fodder was prevented from being harassed by the rebels, and some rebels were eliminated by the way to restore their own image, that's all.
Now that the goal has been achieved, nothing else has anything to do with him.
"Rengui, tell me about our battle results and make me happy." Li Shen looked pleased and drank the wine in one gulp.
“Your Highness, the results of the battle are being counted, but we captured a lot of rebels this time, and most of them were injured by grenades.
There were quite a lot of gold, silver and jewelry seized, some of which were treasures from the Western Regions, and the other part were valuable items such as porcelain and silk from our Tang Dynasty.
I did not ask anyone to count the exact amount, after all, they do not know the value, and I am afraid of damaging the treasures."
Xue Rengui reported one by one, saying that these rough people only knew about money and the Tang Dynasty's porcelain, silk, cloth, etc.
As for those treasures, they had never seen them before, and perhaps one of them was priceless. They were all rough people, and if they damaged them, King Ji would cry for seven days.
As expected, Li Shen's eyes lit up when he heard about the rare treasure.
"It seems that this group of rebels have robbed and killed many passing merchants. They are really heartless. Fortunately, I have eliminated this harm to the people today. I have already reported to their spirits in heaven.
I will keep these things for you. If the family of a merchant comes to claim them someday, I will return them to their family."
Li Shen's face showed anger, and then it turned into a look of blaming others.
"Your Highness Prince Ji is kind and righteous, and he is dedicated to the people of the world. I admire you very much. I thank Your Highness Prince Ji on behalf of the innocent souls who died at the hands of the rebels."
Xue Rengui's face was full of admiration. He bowed deeply to Li Shen with a very sincere tone.
I just secretly said in my heart, "How shameless."
Even the rebels themselves can’t remember how many merchants they killed to rob so much wealth. Who knows who these people’s families are?
When Li Shen heard Xue Rengui's compliment, he immediately waved his hands with a look of shame on his face:
"Alas, Rengui, please don't say that. This is what I should do. It's a pity that I am still too late.
So many people died in a foreign land and became the dead souls here.
Give orders to screen out the innocent people using the same method as last time, and the rest...
Let's pay tribute to the dead souls, and hope that their spirits in heaven can rest in peace and build a Jingguan!"
When Li Shen finished speaking, his tone became cold, and then he was suddenly stunned. When did he become so cold-blooded? He actually decided the life and death of thousands of people with just one sentence.
This is unlike my character. I am a good person, number one on the list of the top ten good people in the Tang Dynasty and one of the top ten outstanding young people.
Xue Rengui took the order and went to carry it out. Li Shen said to the stone behind him:
"Go and fetch me the string of lightning-struck wood."
Afterwards, Li Shen chanted the mantra of lightning-struck wood and sang the Great Compassion Mantra, but during this time, screams continued to be heard from the camp.
Li Shen knew that Xue Rengui was carrying out his orders to kill the captives. He couldn't help but sigh:
"Alas~~~~ Wuliang Tianzun, don't blame me, you have committed many evil deeds and killed too many people, I can only save you, color is emptiness, emptiness is color.
You know too much.”
Li Shen turned his bracelet and muttered something. He had no other choice. In fact, the best outcome was to take these prisoners back.
And report to the court that the living have made greater contributions than the dead.
It’s a pity that they saw his grenade. Even if the other party surrendered, Li Shen could not let them stay.
Although many of the escaped rebels knew about grenades, they were fleeing to Tiele rather than the Tang Dynasty, and it is most difficult to guard against thieves within the family.
Li Shen tried his best to stabilize his Dao heart and not let himself be corrupted by killing. He was pure and flawless.
When Xue Rengui came back from completing the task assigned by Li Shen, he saw that their prince was performing a ritual.
There were three piles of gold bars on the table in front, as if they were offering something.
Prince Ji was holding Buddhist beads in his hand, looking at the three piles of gold bars with a pious look on his face, muttering something.
"Your Highness, the matter has been completed." Xue Rengui came closer and reported.
Li Shen retracted his gaze, nodded gently to Xue Rengui and said in a deep voice:
"Well, the team is tired. Let them cook and then build the Jingguan after dinner."
"Yes, Your Majesty, would you like to meet those common people?"
Xue Rengui asked after receiving the order.
"It's gone. We'll talk about it after we get back to the tribe and prepare some food for them. Now that this matter is settled, we should go back."
Let them have a good rest, so they don’t get too tired to walk on the way back.”
Li Shen shook his head. He needed to adjust his mood.
"Yes, I will arrange it right away. But Your Majesty, what about the supplies here? Do we need to send someone back to notify Governor Qu to come to meet us?"
Xue Rengui thought about this problem. There were a lot of things this time. There were thousands of sets of weapons and soft armor alone.
What's more, there are so many treasures.
"Don't they have carriages? We can use captured war horses to pull them."
"Your Highness, many of the carriages were burned, and the remaining ones are not enough to transport the treasures. We also need a lot of food, weapons and soft armor."
Xue Rengui hurried to explain when he heard this.
"If that's too much trouble, then send someone to inform them quickly and ask Qu Zhiping to send a carriage to pick them up."
Li Shen frowned, feeling that it was a bit too troublesome. According to his suggestion, just take the treasure with you.
Other things like food and weapons are not valuable at all, but they are very useful to Qu Zhiping and his men.
Xue Rengui immediately bowed and accepted the order:
"Yes, I will send someone back to deliver the letter right away."
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