There was a reason why Su Dingfang killed so many people. He had less than four thousand men under his command, but in the battle last night, more than four hundred of them could never stand up again, and more than two hundred were injured.
Su Dingfang was educated by Li Xiang and also wanted to pursue zero casualties, but zero casualties is impossible to achieve, so we should reduce our casualties to the lowest level. Now it is just a small Gaochang Royal City, and we have more than 600 people who have lost their combat effectiveness. How can this be possible?
So Su Dingfang wanted the remaining people to be obedient. How could he make these people obedient? He had to scare them. When the people in the entire Gaochang Royal City saw these heads, they would know what to choose. If you don’t know how to choose, this scene can serve as a reminder for you.
Wadahan saw that his words were useless. He was also a smart man and of course knew what to choose. He could only appease the ministers one by one and let these people start working as soon as possible after returning. If there was any resistance, it would probably not be you who would do this job tomorrow.
In addition, two edicts were issued, one to General Moren on the eastern border and the other to General Kote on the western border.
The imperial edicts given to the two were similar, both asking them to cooperate with the Tang army. Now that the king of Gaochang is dead, the heir to the throne is Wadahan, and he is ready to follow the Tang to the end.
Seeing this guy's cooperation, Su Dingfang didn't waste time with him here. After arranging thirty guards for him, Su Dingfang went to settle his soldiers. Wadahan didn't need to deal with anything about Gaochang now, because Su Dingfang had sent people to help him. All you have to do is enjoy yourself in the palace of Gaochang. All the treasures and beauties left by your brother belong to you.
Of course, Wadahan is not a fool. He dare not take these things for himself. Although Su Dingfang said it very nicely that everything here will be yours in the future, he has to do what he should do.
The Tang army probably didn't want beauties or anything like that, but all the gold, silver, and treasures in the palace had to be packed up and sent to General Su Dingfang's military camp.
How could General Su accept it? Of course, he had to send it back to Wadhan. The two sides exchanged money several times, and finally these things were put into Su Dingfang's account. We have to do what we should do. Although it is a little troublesome, we can't reveal our greed.
After an inventory, all the savings of Gaochang Kingdom over the years belonged to Su Dingfang, with a total amount of nearly 9 million strings of cash. A portion of it could not be valued at present and was planned to be transported back to Chang'an City before being processed.
There was a big hole before. We have been sending troops here for such a long time, but none of the conditions have been met. The only condition we have achieved is that Gaochang Kingdom is our vassal state, but they still do not put in any effort.
Many people in the country who opposed Li Xiang also raised objections. They all wanted to withdraw from here. Now these people's mouths have been shut. If you still want to say something, then look at these gold and silver treasures. In addition to the military expenses of the court, we also made a lot of money and occupied Gaochang in real time.
Although General Moren on the eastern border was surprised, this guy surrendered to the Tang Dynasty together with Wadahan, so he naturally had no other thoughts.
In the imperial edict, Wadahan praised General Molun a lot, but he was reluctant to write the last item because he wanted to confer the title of King of Zhendong on General Molun.
No emperor is willing to crown a person of the opposite sex as king. If he does, it will mean instability in the future. Although General Moren has a good relationship with Wadahan and the two have formed an alliance early on, he is willing to give other official positions and titles, but he is unwilling to give this person the title of king.
But this was something Su Dingfang wanted to add, and the local people also told General Molen that if you follow the Tang Dynasty, then having a king of the opposite sex would be no problem. At that time, General Molen thought he was being fooled, but now that the imperial edict came down, General Molen could only be moved to tears, and then kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of Chang'an.
Of course, he knew how impossible it was to crown a person of the opposite sex as king in Gaochang. At least, it had never happened in the past one hundred years. Now he was the King of Zhendong in Gaochang. In fact, in his heart, this title had nothing to do with Wadahan. He knew his childhood friend very well and he was not that generous at all. The reason for this imperial edict was purely because of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Xiang had to balance policies wherever he went. He couldn't let one person hold power. If he did, how could he not become great in the future? So Li Xiang planned to appoint three kings in Gaochang. One of them was naturally Wadahan, the King of Gaochang.
The other one is General Moren’s King Zhendong. This guy controls the traffic in the Hexi Corridor, which is also crucial.
As for the other candidate, he has not been decided yet. We will see who performs better in the future and then he can be the King of Xiping of Gaochang.
The three kings are all very important, and it can be said that Gaochang is divided into three parts. Of course, the highest-ranking one is Wadahan, but all three of them have the right to submit memorials to Chang'an at the same time. In the eyes of the powerful in Chang'an City, the three are actually equal.
Of course, Wadahan wanted to stop such power sharing, but under the threat of the Tang army, this guy had no choice but to surrender. From then on, he took good care of his own piece of land. As for the other two princes, they were not under his jurisdiction.
Seeing that the people of the Tang Dynasty gave away two princes so easily, some old forces in Gaochang were unwilling to do so. This might break the balance of power in Gaochang, but these people did not dare to openly confront the Tang Dynasty, so they also split into two factions.
A group of people secretly wanted to fight against the Tang Dynasty, hoping to restore Gaochang's former glory.
Another group of people openly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. They also wanted to gain some power from the Tang Dynasty, and then let the people of the Tang Dynasty give them promotions. As for the puppet emperor Wadahan, they also realized that he was of no use at all. Now the whole country has been divided into three parts. Do you, the king, still have so much power?