Man Tanghong

Chapter 935 Li Shimin's Mandatory List
After talking to Li Shimin, Li Yuanji seriously read the strategy written by Li Shimin.

Li Shimin wrote a lot of strategies, and they are very complete, and they are divided into stages.

Li Shimin clearly stated on the paper, what needs to be done in the first stage, what needs to be done in the second stage, and what needs to be done in the third stage in order to achieve the goal of carrying the Turks, Western Turks, Tuyuhun, and Tubo to the west. .

Currently there are only three stages.

After the three stages, it will be the matter of the Western Expedition. At present, Li Shimin doesn't know everything in the west of the Western Regions, so he didn't write anything related to the West of the Western Regions.

"First of all, we have to defeat Turkic, Western Turkic, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Dahe clan, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Linyi, Mengshezhao?"

Li Yuanji asked in astonishment after reading the strategy for the first stage written by Li Shimin.

Isn't it too much to defeat?
According to his thinking, Datang only needs to defeat Turks, Western Turks, Tuyuhun, and Tubo, because these forces can help Datang conquer the West.

As for the remaining Dahe, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Linyi, and Mengshe edicts, all that is needed is a little planning.

Even if it is to defeat, there is no need to focus on it, just send a small group of soldiers and horses.

Like Yang Guang, and Li Shimin in history when they conquered Goguryeo, they mobilized troops to conquer these small forces, except for the waste of money and people, there was not much benefit.

After all, whether it is Goguryeo, Baekje, or Linyi, they are all small places, and there may not necessarily be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the whole country.

Datang mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to conquer them, purely using cannons to beat mosquitoes.

It is good that this cannon can play its due effect in killing mosquitoes, but if it does not have its due effect, the loss will be great.

It's like Yang Guang's conquest of Goguryeo. Could it be that Yang Guang's army can't beat Goguryeo?

no.

The cannon used by Yang Guang was really too big. When he didn't figure it out, and didn't let the soldiers adapt to the climate of Goguryeo, the whole army suppressed it.

This creates more obstacles.

First of all, the requirements for luggage are infinitely high, and the supply line is still too long.

Under such circumstances, it is easy to have problems with the luggage, and if there is a problem with the luggage, the morale of the army will easily fluctuate. Against the Goguryeo people, 10 people may not even be able to exert the strength of 3 or [-] people.

Secondly, the soldiers came from all corners of the country. Some people could adapt to the climate of Goguryeo, but some could not.

Once there is a problem of acclimatization to the soil and water, it will appear in pieces.

This will also make the morale of the army fluctuate, and it is even easy to cause panic among the soldiers.

Before starting to fight, I was already panicked, how can I fight, how can I say victory?
Therefore, sending a large army to conquer places like Goguryeo is purely for yourself.

Small and fine is the best way to attack these places.

In history, whether it is Li Shiji, Su Dingfang, or Liu Rengui, when conquering Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, the scale of troops they led was not large, but the effect achieved was stronger than that of Yang Guang and Li Shimin when they conquered Goguryeo. .

History has already pointed out the focus of the conquest of these places, why do you want to sacrifice the easy and seek the difficult?
"something wrong?"

Li Shimin asked sideways.

Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "Of course there is a problem. You asked me to focus on Turks, Western Turks, Tuyuhun, and Tubo. I have no problem with that, but you asked me to focus on Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Linyi." , Meng Shezhao, are you making a fuss out of a molehill?"

Li Shimin snorted and said, "Non-heavy troops are not enough to clear these places quickly!"

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Li Shimin and said: "In history, those who sent heavy troops to conquer these places seem to have ended badly."

In order to quell the rebellion in the southwest as soon as possible, Wang Mang dispatched an army of nearly 30 troops, and fought fiercely for more than ten years. Not only did he fail to please him, but he lost many elites in the southwest.

On the contrary, Liu Xiu sent Ma Yuan to lead a small number of soldiers and horses to conquer the southwest, and easily achieved the goal of regaining the southwest.

In the fourth year of Wude, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing helped Datang to regain the southwest, and they also achieved their goal with a small number of soldiers and motors.

If they sent out a large army at that time, it is estimated that many people would be buried in the southwest.

Not to mention the conquest of Goguryeo, the example of Yang Guang is enough to prove what will happen if a heavy army is sent to conquer Goguryeo.

Li Shimin frowned and said, "If we don't send heavy troops, it will take us a long time to conquer these places."

There is no way to sweep the acupoints with thunder, so it can only use time to grind.

This is inevitable.

After all, these places have been ruled by others for many years, and the people in these places already have the concept of a country. If the Tang Dynasty conquers these places, it is conquering other countries, and it is easy to cause resistance from the whole people.

In the case of not sending heavy troops, we can only use time to grind little by little.

"It's been a long time, we can grind slowly."

Li Yuanji said without hesitation.

Li Shimin frowned all of a sudden, and shouted in a low voice: "Then what are we going to go west with?"

Li Yuanji said: "I didn't say that we have to grind it ourselves. It's fine to leave it to other members of the clan, and it's fine to let those who can't go out with us to grind it.

Wouldn't it be good to let those fledgling boys grind it? "

Datang has plenty of talents. As the ruler of Datang, there is absolutely no need to pay attention to these trivial matters in person.

There is absolutely no need for Datang to waste elite soldiers in these places.

Let the veterans shine and let the new players practice their skills, isn't it good?

In this way, the veterans don't have to worry about dying at home, and the new players don't have to worry about having no place to practice.

Li Shimin stared and said: "Are you going to use these places to train those new generals? I don't have so many people in Tang Dynasty for them to spoil!"

Li Yuanji said disapprovingly: "Whoever said that we want to spoil the people of our Tang Dynasty, we only need to win over those who are close to Datang among them, and it is enough to use their people to practice.

Among Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, Silla is the closest to us.

We can use Silla's soldiers and horses to help us conquer Goguryeo and Baekje.

Even if Silla's soldiers and horses are not the opponents of Goguryeo and Baekje, we can use this to weaken the strength of Goguryeo and Baekje.

It will be easier when we do it ourselves. "

Li Shimin snorted coldly: "Then what if the game crashes?"

Li Yuanji spread out his hands and said, "If you crash, you'll crash. Anyway, it's not one of us who died, so I won't feel bad."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "Then what if they attack Datang instead?"

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "Are we eating dry food? We can drive the Turks to go west, and we can also drive the Turks to go east."

Li Shimin was stunned, then hummed and said, "Run at both ends, are you busy enough?"

Li Yuanji said dumbfoundedly: "Isn't there still you and big brother? Even if we can't move, Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang, Chai Shao and others can always move, right?

Anytime, anywhere, they can lead a part of the elite soldiers and take the Turkic people to kill Goguryeo and Baekje instead of us. "

This is not counting Lee Do-ri and Yoo In-gu who have already been buried in Silla.

In history, Liu Rengui was able to play Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla when he was ordered in a crisis. Now he was placed in Silla early, and he knew everything on the peninsula in advance.

When he makes the shot, it will only be easier than in history.

Li Shimin stared and said: "Okay, even if what you said is feasible, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla don't need to be overwhelmed by troops, they can go slowly, but Mengshezhao and Linyi can't, they must take it as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin in confusion. Before Li Shimin could explain, he thought of the reason why Li Shimin insisted on winning Mengshezhao and Linyi. Then he quickly flipped through the strategy written by Li Shimin and confirmed that there was no After taking down the reason for Mengshe Zhao and Linyi, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Do you want to divide the army into three routes and enter the west from the Western Regions, Mengshe Zhao, and Linyi?"

Li Shimin snorted and nodded, "Although I don't know the western territory as well as you, I have also read various handed down books from the Han Dynasty.

One of them records the way the Han people entered the West.

In addition to entering the West from the Western Regions and spying on the Western world, the Han people also entered the West from the place where Meng Shezhao was located and spying on the Western world.

So to go to the West, the Western Regions is not the only way to go.

The road where Meng Shezhao is located also works.

In Linyi, merchants from the West often came by boat, and some of the tributes offered by Linyi were similar to those from the Western Regions.

So I guess Linyi can also lead to the west.

So we have to win Linyi and Mengshezhao, march in three ways, spy on the west from three places together, even if one side fails, the other two sides will gain something.

Nor will we fall short.

If we can find a shortcut, it will be easier for us to conquer the West. "

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Yuanji was shocked by Li Shimin's little thought.

Li Shimin is worthy of being Li Shimin, just relying on a trace of clues, he deduced that the road to the West is not only the Western Regions, and made certain arrangements.

If it were someone else, they would probably still stubbornly think that the Central Plains is nine out of ten of the world, and that everything outside the Central Plains is wild land.

Not to mention speculating on the reason for entering the West and making certain deployments.

"Then why didn't you write it in the strategy?"

Li Yuanji was shocked and couldn't help asking.

In Li Shimin's strategy, he did not mention the purpose of conquering Linyi and Mengshe Zhao at all, but only stated that Linyi and Mengshe Zhao must be conquered.

This is also the reason why he thinks that Li Shimin needs him to conquer a lot.

Li Shimin squinted and snorted: "The strategy I wrote is to tell you what you need to do, not why you should do it. If I write all these in and write them in detail, you think I will only give you this Is it a little?"

Li Yuanji suddenly said: "That's true..."

What Li Shimin wrote was brush characters, not pen characters. It seemed as thick as the paper of a book, and the things he could write were limited. It was impossible to reach tens of thousands of words like the books of later generations, or more.

Therefore, Li Shimin must write the action plan directly, instead of explaining and annotating it while writing the action plan.

Li Shimin wrote this not to save trouble, but to write things like this in this period.

It is all about brevity, and it is enough to write as clearly as possible what to do.

The rest is all up to personal understanding.

If you can't understand, you can call the person in question to ask carefully.

This is the process when the three provinces review memorials.

After the three prime ministers could not understand the memorial of a certain minister, they would directly call the person concerned to the three provinces for questioning.

If the person concerned is working outside, a letter will be sent to inquire.

(End of this chapter)