Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 492 War Conference
"Make a full set of acting, use real grain, all real grain purchased from Goguryeo!"

Li Tai looked at the two of them, and quickly understood what these two guys wanted to do. They just wanted to set up a battlefield that was selected by the Datang Navy at the right time and place, and it would be best for Goguryeo to fire the first shot, and the Datang Navy would take advantage of the opportunity to wipe out other side.

Then at that time, the face and the face will be all there, and there is no need to even find an excuse to declare war on Goguryeo.

And will Goguryeo be tricked?Will!

Because no matter how weak Goguryeo was, she would never put her life in Datang's hands.

If this batch of food is taken away by Datang, then Goguryeo will not say that it wants to fight a protracted war with Datang, and it will be good if there is no civil strife among them.

It can be said that when Goguryeo is short of food, the overall rhythm of Goguryeo will inevitably fall into the control of Datang.

"Don't waste the food on the front line like this!" Li Shiji raised his eyelids, twitched slightly, and said with a little distress:
"There is a saying in the art of war that a wise general will feed on the enemy. If you eat the enemy for one minute, you will be worth twenty minutes; if you eat a stone on a stalk, you will be worth twenty stones."

After all, Li Shiji was a slightly old-fashioned general, and he was not interested in Li Tai's direct use of real food to set traps.

At least in Li Shiji's view, such a waste of food on the battlefield will sooner or later be punished by God.

"The normal situation is indeed as Li Shangshu said, but since we want to lure the other side to strike first, then this is not a military issue, but a political issue.

And if the navy of Goguryeo can be completely wiped out, then for Datang, there is nothing more worthwhile than this! "

Li Tai looked at Li Shiji and assured him, "Goguryeo doesn't have a navy, so I will definitely not cut off the army's food.

But if there is a navy in Goguryeo, then our Tang army's grain road will inevitably be threatened! "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shiji didn't say anything more forcefully. After all, he still believed in King Wei's logistics.

When Li Tai said this, he paused, but continued to say in a deep voice,

"As long as the Goguryeo navy can be eliminated and the sea roads can be guaranteed, then I will have no problems in terms of logistics.

I need to make a trip to Yuhang, then walk along the canal from south to north, and try to reach Youzhou before May.

With such a big problem on the Weishui River, the problem on the Grand Canal is likely to be even bigger.

These problems need to be resolved before the real war begins, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the real defeat of Goguryeo in the future! "

Li Shimin looked at Li Tai's decision at the moment, but he understood Li Tai's thoughts and did not object.

The reason is very simple. The reason for getting rid of those moths on the canal at this time is because these moths didn't appreciate the opportunity Li Tai gave, and Li Tai can handle them smoothly.

But when all of them participated in the battle to defeat Goguryeo, even if they were only transporting food behind, they were meritorious. The treatment of meritorious officials and officials who could only be regarded as hard-working officials was naturally different, and more consideration was needed when dealing with them. .

"Is there any other request?" Li Shimin couldn't help asking when he heard Li Tai's words.

"The road from Chang'an to Luoyang is coming to an end, and it will be completed in April. After they are finished, I hope that Aye can let Wang Zhenru take the corvee and go directly north to Youzhou. Youzhou's logistics system needs them to operate the most efficiently. !" Li Tai said solemnly to Li Shimin.

"Don't you need to let these people rest?!" Li Shimin couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard Li Tai's words.

After all, normally speaking, although these corvees are paid for their work, Li Tai has made them work since last year.

Some people even stay to work during the National People's Congress and Lantern Festival. Even if they are iron men, they are almost the same, and they have to rest after all.

"These Wang Zhenru will arrange it!" Li Tai replied calmly, "For these corvees, those who are useless will rest. I'm afraid they are very excited to participate in this war against Goguryeo."

Li Tai knew very well that as long as they don't disturb them to go home on New Year's Eve, as long as they work overtime and pay enough overtime, they can't wait to work for a while, as if there is no high or low level of work in this world, only the salary is different.

If factory employees can work for eight hours, have five social insurances and one housing fund and earn more than [-] yuan, and restore the level of one person working to support the whole family, who is not rushing to become a worker!
Li Tai thought about this for a while, and then said, "However, when the war is over, I hope that Aye will present pennants to those who have performed well among them as encouragement. As for the encouragement of money, I will give it enough!"

"Okay!" Li Shimin couldn't help showing a bit of curiosity when he heard Li Tai's words, but he agreed.

Li Shimin was more or less curious about the corvees under Li Tai, because Li Shimin also wanted to see how Li Tai dispatched these corvees.

Since ancient times, it has been said that there are about 60 to 4 leaders, but in reality there may only be [-] to [-], and [-] to [-] of them are corvees and logistics, and there may be only [-] to [-] people who actually participated in direct combat!

Therefore, Li Tai was responsible for the logistics, and these people must be assigned to Li Tai.

If the Grand Canal is the lifeline of the Northern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty, then each mouth is the skeleton, as for the 20 corvee, it is the real flesh and blood!

However, Li Shimin thought of it and added, "You are the transfer envoy, and Cui Renshi is the deputy, and you are fully responsible for the money and food needed for the Northern Expedition to Liaodong. If there is a problem, you are the only one to ask."

"Qingque understands!" "I obey the order!" At this time, Li Tai and Cui Renshi replied quickly.

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, but Liu Jie came out and said solemnly:
"I understand that the sage's heart to defeat Goguryeo is persevering, and it also shows that the king of Wei has a far-reaching plan for Goguryeo, but the crown prince has not given specific punishments. If you don't know the punishment, I don't approve of the northern expedition to Goguryeo. Otherwise, the mountains are high and the road is far away. !"

Li Shimin's expression couldn't help changing when he heard Liu Ji's words. He really didn't expect that Liu Ji would jump out and talk about this question.

Looking around, I saw that the people around me were all watching, as if they didn't hear it anyway.

But everyone did not come out to stop them, but they also expressed their attitudes. This matter must be resolved before the crusade against Goguryeo.

Li Chengqian's affairs have been treated coldly by Li Shimin. Li Shimin just wanted to wait for the caravans from the Silk Road to come back to see what the situation on the Silk Road is, and then arrange how many troops for Li Chengqian to go into exile.

After all, Li Shimin really hoped that Li Chengqian could do something outside, instead of sending Li Chengqian to die.

Under such circumstances, Li Shimin just delayed Li Chengqian's matter, and did not take the initiative to solve it.

But now Liu Ji proposed that you, the sage, went to crusade against Goguryeo, and the king of Wei went to do logistics for you. What if some people with dissatisfaction support the prince again.

At this time, Liu Ji couldn't help looking at Fang Xuanling. It's nothing. When Li Shimin went to crusade against Liaodong, he would definitely hand over all the rear to Fang Xuanling. Just in case.

"The matter of Chengqian has to be resolved!" Li Shimin took a deep breath when he heard this, and looked at Li Taidao,

"Wait until your caravan comes back to handle it. They have already arrived in Qinzhou and are going down the Wei River, and they will arrive soon!"

Li Tai was silent when he heard Li Shimin's words, it seemed that he would have to wait a while before setting off.

"That's how we can make a big publicity about it!" Fang Xuanling added at this moment,
"In this way, Goguryeo will think that our Tang Dynasty will put the center in the Western Regions instead of plotting against Goguryeo.

The shorter the time for Goguryeo, the more Goguryeo will be desperate for this bait for Goguryeo! "

When Li Shimin heard Fang Xuanling's words, he pondered for a while and said, "Yiqing's play!"

To be honest, with the end of the discussion on government affairs and logistics issues, it will soon be time to enter the crusade against candidates.

There is no need to discuss the matter of sailing all the way. Li Jing had already made arrangements at the beginning. Li Jing's son Li Dejian, the general of the building, would be the commander in chief, and Su Lie would be the deputy general.

First of all, they need to complete the task of ambushing the Goguryeo navy, and when they are done, they can become an independent army and rush directly to the royal city of Goguryeo, which is their strategic task.

What everyone is really arguing about is another road. To be honest, everyone really wants to push Li Shiji up, but in the end it is Li Shimin who has done his part to become the ultimate commander of this road.

In a way, there is no way around this.

The most direct reason was the impact of Hou Junji's rebellion. To be honest, Li Jing was too old and seriously ill. Li Shimin was too embarrassed to ask Li Jing to do this job.

And Li Shiji has just been promoted, and his merits are only those of a man who has been stationed in the frontier for more than ten years.

Needless to say, if you want the generals of the Tang Dynasty to take it orally, at least they must have a feat of destroying the country.

If you don't even have this merit, why should you overwhelm those arrogant soldiers!

So, Li Shimin looked at the two generals around him, they were too old and too young, and in the end he had to fight by himself!

Of course, everyone knows that Li Shiji is capable of commanding the army, but things in the army are not something that you can easily take over if you have the ability.

More often, it still depends on the backing, the background, and the meritorious deeds, at least not in the real crisis moment, when it is purely whoever has the ability, there is no way to avoid such things as mountain tops in the army.

However, since Li Shimin went on his own, Li Shimin began to recruit his former comrades-in-arms unceremoniously.

What Yuchi Jingde, Li Daozong, Qibi Heli... All the famous generals are counted!
It has to be said that Li Tai couldn't help feeling a bit extravagant when he heard Li Shimin's calculation of the names of the dishes he had in hand.

But it has to be admitted that only Li Shimin can display the true combat effectiveness of Datang, a war carriage.

In the past, a commander was sent to let him destroy the country, but the power he could actually exert might not even reach one-tenth of the Tang Dynasty.

But now Li Shimin personally led the Tang army to crusade, just this group of people left over from the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty to the present, can be said to be the essence of the entire China.

Looking back at Goguryeo, facing this group of incredibly strong people, they were able to survive in the original history. I have to say that Goguryeo is actually very powerful, but Li Tang lives next door. .

It can only be said that Goguryeo was born at an untimely time. If Zhao Song lived next door to him, at least it would be treated like a Liao country.

The days that followed were quite tight. First, Tian Changgeng returned from the Silk Road with his troops, and reported what he had seen and heard on the Silk Road, and sent Xuanzang back to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin naturally received him with a very high standard. Xuanzang.

Especially knowing that Xuanzang had written a book "Da Tang Western Regions", he received him even more warmly.

But the most important thing is to print a rubbing of this book and hand it over to Li Chengqian, and let Li Junxian bring his Xuanjia army to personally escort Li Chengqian to Sassan. There are also many soldiers accompanying the army. with officers.

Li Shimin knew very well that through Tian Changgeng's description of the relationship between Sassan and Arabia, he knew that entering this battlefield is really not just about gaining experience.

Tian Changgeng relied on the incredible armor on his body. If he was replaced by an army with an ordinary second talent, and casually participated in such a battlefield, he would be strangled directly.

Just like this, it is better to pull a miraculous army to support Li Chengqian, at least assist Li Chengqian to pull out an army with two talents, which is more or less capable of self-protection there.

Yes, don't look at where the war is like a meat grinder, and the second-talented army will die at every turn, but there is really a second-talented army. If you only want to protect yourself in the Sassanid area, you can still do it .

In particular, Li Chengqian can still rely on intentional or unintentional supplies from the Silk Road to some extent, and may not live worse than some local people.

It's just that at that time, the first thing Li Chengqian has to solve is the problem of the Western Turks. There is no other reason, that is, the Western Turks threaten the stability of the Silk Road, and the Silk Road is his lifeline for Li Chengqian. !

To be honest, at this time Li Chengqian still didn't know where the west of the Western Regions is now. I just hoped that he wouldn't cry when he got there. As his own younger brother, Li Tai said that he only gave him this one. A little bit of blessing!

Compared with Li Chengqian, Li Shimin's treatment of Li Tai is not bad. For example, this time, Tian Changgeng's troops were allowed to follow Li Tai instead of directly serving as Li Chengqian's guide. Of course, Li Shimin was also afraid that Li Chengqian would not be able to use Li Tai. The army under his command.

In addition, Li Tai now wants to clean up the moths on the Grand Canal. With an army in hand, Li Tai can deal with it more efficiently. After all, he is going to fight Goguryeo. Li Shimin really hopes that Li Tai can completely let go of his hands and feet. , rather than hoping to constrain Li Tai.

Therefore, Li Tai is very satisfied with Li Shimin's arrangement.

At this time, Tian Changgeng also said to Li Tai, "King Wei, I heard Master Xuanzang said that Tubo seems to have attacked the Jieri Dynasty to the south of them, and has already taken the initiative on the battlefield! "

"Oh?!" Li Tai was taken aback when he heard the news suddenly, and then he couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)