Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1611: The White-Tasseled General, Guo Ziyi!

Chapter 1611: The White-Tasseled General, Guo Ziyi!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

"What? Ishbara Khagan is withdrawing his soldiers?"

Deep within the Imperial Palace, First Prince Li Ying was dumbfounded by the news from the steppe and could barely speak for quite some time. Ishbara Khagan's letter had stirred up a tempest in the court and had left Li Ying greatly vexed. With the dissolution of the prefectural armies, the Great Tang did not have the strength of the past. A sudden border conflict with the Western Turks at this time would have unpredictable consequences.

As the regent, the First Prince did not wish for such a mishap, but now, this border incident had vanished without a trace, the crisis dispelled. All levels of the Great Tang could breathe a sigh of relief.

But for some reason, upon receiving the news, the First Prince felt only immense discomfort and bitterness rather than joy.

"Damn it! Wang Chong, Wang Chong! It's Wang Chong again!"

The First Prince gnashed his teeth in anger. It would have been one thing if this brat had adapted to the circumstances, but he insisted on supporting Li Heng. The stronger and more outstanding he was, the less the First Prince was able to tolerate him.

"Your Highness, there's a letter from the western border signed by more than one hundred soldiers of all ranks requesting for Your Highness to heavily reward the King of Foreign Lands. This is the twenty-seventh such petition!" an elderly voice rang out, and Eunuch Yin used a withered hand to lightly place the letter in front of the First Prince.

By now, the border incident and Wang Chong's short letter that had made Ishbara Khagan retreat had triggered immense shock and clamor from all the generals of the Great Tang. In the militarist-Confucian conflict, the militarists had been in a complete rout, with even Wang Chong's post as Advisor-in-Waiting having been removed.

The military had immediately seized this rare opportunity.

The Imperial Court was now the domain of the First Prince and the Co

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