Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1255 The Two-Headed Snake

With some spare money in his hand, Luo Cheng couldn't resist spending it.

Jinghu water conservancy has to invest tens of millions every year, and Luo Cheng has not saved this money.But he didn't invest all the extra money right away. If he has money, he has to consider other things, such as whether the people have so much time, etc. Therefore, in the end, Luo Cheng did not change Jinghu's 30-year plan.

After discussing with the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, he decided to add 1000 million yuan to Su Dingfang's military expenditure on Xishan Road, send him an additional army, and send [-] new soldiers to Xishan to build castles, beacon piers, post stations, and patrols. ride.He also asked Su Dingfang to catch a few models and fight a few tough battles.

It is not required to fight a big battle, but it must be won, and don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a pool, but you can't lose money.The general idea is to carry out the autumn raids on those Qiang people who do not accept Wanghua. To put it bluntly, they are to rob.If you can grab it, grab it, if you can't grab it, don't force it.

The initiative is in the hands of Su Dingfang, just like the barbarians from all over the world invaded and harassed the border, they ran over to fight the autumn wind while you were not paying attention. In the past, the Central Plains was mainly defensive, building the Great Wall and stationing army forts.

Now Luo Cheng wants Su Dingfang to change his strategy, take the initiative to attack, and follow those people's example, this time it's their turn to attack.Qiang people, cattle and sheep, if you can grab it, grab it, and if you grab it, you will earn it.

Once the Qiang people dare to break away from their bunkers and strongholds to fight, it will be even better, look for opportunities, surround them, and annihilate them. Once their main force is wiped out, they can take advantage of the trend to pull out their bunkers and strongholds, and the pot will be over. .

Privy envoy Zhang Xutuo, deputy envoys Zhou Dewei and Song Laosheng looked at the emperor's plan and were a little worried, but Cheng Yaojin was more in favor.

"There are only those who can be thieves for a thousand days. How can there be those who can defend against thieves for a thousand days? On this border, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is remote and backward. It is better to defend than to attack. Didn't your majesty say that the best defense is to attack?" , let’s attack. If we don’t build the Great Wall, hundreds of thousands of soldiers will be the Great Wall of Qin!”

1000 million guan, this is a lot of money, it can repair many forts and add a lot of equipment.Old Cheng was a little envious. He earned all the money in Anxi, but now it was handed over to Su Dingfang to spend, and he could only watch from the back.

He took the initiative to ask and wanted to go to Xishan to guide.

"You can stay in Luoyang City honestly. You, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, have gone to Xishan. The soldiers and horses on the Xishan Road, do they listen to Su Dingfang or you? It's not suitable for you to come over suddenly." Luo Cheng rejected Cheng Yaojin's request very bluntly.

Su Dingfang's performance in Xishan is still remarkable. In the past, there were so few soldiers and horses and the conditions were so poor, which also opened up the situation. Now there is no reason to let Cheng Yaojin go to pick peaches.

"Give Su Dingfang 1000 million military expenses, and give him another 1000 troops. I think Xishan is enough. It depends on whether he can make more money for the court. There is still some money. I think it can be given to Xu Shiji of North Korea. He had been fighting with Baekje and Dongying for a while before, but he had limited troops, so he always followed the imperial court's order, focusing on defense and not attacking. I think now, Xu Shiji can also be given an additional [-] million military expenditures, and give He added [-] soldiers and horses, and added another army, and he will have the strength to fight back."

"If you want me to say, it's time to increase the number of troops in North Korea. Let the Baekje and Japanese jump up and down for so long, and I want to deal with them." Some people in the court wanted to propose an increase in North Korea, but the emperor kept pressing it. .

The situation in the northwest was not stable before, and the imperial court had no money to fight on all sides.

But now he has a windfall in his hands. Although the disaster relief has spent a lot, and this is a big project that has just started, Luo Cheng does not simply regard the use of troops as a matter of spending money. There is a precedent in Anxi. He believes that as long as the court increases The military strength of North Korea and Xishan increases military expenditure and invests more capital, so it is absolutely possible to earn more.

There is only one reason, the strength of the imperial court is far stronger than the opponents in the two places.

"The counterattack against Japan and Baekje can also follow the method against Xiqiang. Instead of directly destroying the country in a single battle like the one against Kucha, you can counterattack the entry first, sweep up and fight, earn back the capital first, and wait for the other party to fight back." Your strength is almost exhausted, and then we will fight a decisive battle and destroy the country."

Luo Cheng didn't think it was necessary to fight a big siege battle from the beginning. This kind of war sometimes revolves around a fortified city, and it may take months or even years to fight. It consumes too much and is not worthwhile.

If you want to fight, be more mobile and flexible, and focus on harassment and looting, which can also weaken the enemy's strength.If the enemy came to fight from the fortified city, then they could find an opportunity to surround and annihilate them, and then attack those big cities that are not guarded by large troops.

"The sage's way of using troops is really ingenious. He treats fighting like doing business, which is amazing."

Luo Cheng laughed and said, "Why fight if you don't make money? We are taking the initiative now, so this battle has to be fought to make money. We can't fight like Yang Guangzheng and Liao. They just want to look good and show off. In a few months, more than 100 million troops were dispatched at a time, and the battle had not yet been fought, and it was at the expense of grandma's family, which is not how it was fought."

Yang Guang's style of play requires too much investment in the early stage, and the capital chain is easily broken and easily collapsed. Moreover, even if he really wins, the investment and output of Yang Guang's style of play are not directly proportional.

Even if Luo Cheng added [-] troops to Xu Shiji, North Korea only had a total of [-] troops. This number of troops required much less logistics.

late autumn.

Andong Korea.

Xu Shiji received the imperial edict from Luoyang, and also saw the reinforcements from the Central Plains crossing the sea by boat.

The [-] soldiers and horses are all the elite of Nanya, and they will all be relocated to North Korea this time, and they will bring their families with them in the future to stay in Andong forever.

It was sent at will, as well as a long letter from the emperor.

In the letter, the emperor was much clearer than what was stated in the imperial decree. The emperor explained the reason for the increase in Anton's troops very bluntly, and even told Xu Sanji repeatedly that he must fight flexibly and make money.

"A Baekje young slave in Luoyang city is worth forty pennies!"

Luo Cheng reminded Xu Shiji, don't always think about destroying the people's country in one battle, and then fighting to capture the king of thieves. The demand for slaves remains high, and how many people in the Central Plains can be digested. After all, a large number of people have been granted land by the court and have become self-cultivating farmers, so there is no room for farming for the landlords.

In places with few fields, many people were moved to the frontier to grant land, which led to a severe shortage of landowners for the landlords, and a severe shortage of workers in the merchant workshops. Most of the Han people became self-employed farmers, and of course they could only buy slaves. Do something.

(End of this chapter)