First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 143 Grain and Information

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Running between the camp outside the city and Duke Yan's mansion every day is really time-consuming. There is an exclusive residence belonging to Gao Chong in the camp of the right leader's mansion. According to him, there is no need to run both ends.

Hearing these words, Gao Junya nodded, "I was just about to tell you that the king of Tang has issued an order, and the imperial edict has been issued. You need to put on a show, so you don't have to go back to your residence."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xue glared at Gao Junya, and hurriedly said: "It's cold in the first month of the lunar year, if you don't come back to live, Chong'er, you must put on a few more layers of quilt at night, so you don't catch cold."

Gululu Gao Chong drank a bowl of noodle soup and rushed to respond, but his mother's concern was always caught off guard, only to see Mrs. Xue turned around and ordered: "Chong'er likes to eat steamed cakes at home, Ah Xiongyi will eat later." Take a basket and remember to send it to the kitchen to warm up before eating."

Gao Chong was stunned, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Niang, there is no need, there are plenty of food in the camp, I can't be hungry."

Gao Junya's face also turned serious, "You are making nonsense, and you are not required to eat and live with the soldiers, so there is no reason to bring your own food."

Xue Shi's mouth narrowed, and he stopped talking, so Gao Chong could only say, "I'll be back in a few days, don't worry, A Niang."

After finishing eating, Gao Chong was about to go out, but Gao Junya summoned him to the study.

"Do you know where the biggest difficulty of this Eastern Expedition is?" Gao Junya also knew that the time was running short, so she didn't make a fool of herself, and said straightforwardly.

"Intelligence", Gao Chong said bluntly, "Nowadays, our news about Kanto only comes from the scouts in Hongnong County, which is far from enough. Many things need to be deployed after leaving the customs, which is extremely passive."

Regarding this point, I discussed it with Li Shimin, Changsun Fangdu and others in the camp of Youling Army Mansion yesterday.

Now that the army has not yet left Tongguan, it is useless to do more marching deployments, because it is isolated in the middle of the pass, the battle situation of Wang Shichong, Li Mi and others in the Kwantung, and even some garrison conditions of the Sui Army in the Central Plains, only rely on the troops sent by Hongnong County. Scouts, this is far from enough for large armies to fight.

This is the disadvantage of Li Yuan's partiality to the Guanzhong, which has already appeared. In this era of fast horse delivery, the Guanzhong is blocked. Fortunately, there is Hongnong County outside the Guanzhong. This is why Li Shimin is eager to establish an intelligence organization.

Hearing Gao Chong's words, Gao Junya nodded slightly, "This is one of them. After leaving the customs, we need to send more scouts to pay close attention to the movements of the Sui army in the Central Plains. Now that all the elite Sui troops in the world are gathered in the Central Plains, we can't help but be careless."

Gao Chong responded seriously, and then asked curiously: "Then what is the second?"

"The second is my purpose to explore Bashu," Gao Junya said lightly.

Gao Chong was startled, but quickly realized, "Food and grass?"

Gao Junya sighed slightly, "Since the seventh year of Daye, most of the young and strong in Guanzhong have died in battle in Liaodong, and some have entered Xiaoguo and stayed in Jiangdu, resulting in the decline of the population in Guanzhong and the waste of land. When the king of Tang entered the pass, although he tried his best to avoid destroying Autumn harvest, but the harvest in Guanzhong this year is still extremely poor, and we may not be able to sustain it with only the grain and grass in Guanzhong.”

Hearing this, Gao Chong calmed down and was not surprised. He could only sigh: "The world is in chaos. There is nothing we can do. Then the only way to support war is to fight."

Gao Junya frowned upon hearing this, "Tell me."

"It's nothing more than raising food on the spot," Gao Chong said bluntly, "every time a county or city is captured, all the government treasuries and warehouses will be taken to replenish military funds. The most direct and feasible way is to win the battle and take all the enemy's resources for your own use, there is no other way."

Seeing that Gao Chong had considered everything comprehensively, Gao Junya also nodded in satisfaction, "You don't need to burden too much, Tang Wang and the eldest son will definitely do their best to protect the military supplies."

Hearing this, Gao Chong deeply agreed, and couldn't help feeling very emotional.

It is not without reason that the Tang Dynasty was invincible and finally defeated Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and other heroes to dominate the world, except for the right time (opportunity to fight against the Sui Dynasty), favorable location (victory in Guanzhong), and harmony (heart of the people, the army, and the family) , leaders are also extremely important.

Together in the war, both Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng have gone to great lengths to protect the military.

If Gao Chong remembers correctly, when Li Shimin attacked Liu Wuzhou on the original trajectory, in the decisive battle of Baibi, Li Yuan went to Yongfeng warehouse to supervise the grain as the emperor.

The emperor Li Yuan personally went to Beijing to supervise the grain, while the crown prince Li Jiancheng was in charge of the capital and supervised the country, and the Qin king Li Shimin fought bloody battles on the front line. How could such a combination be invincible.

"Aye, if you go to Bashu, you must be careful. I heard that the ogre Zhu Can is plundering in the south of the mountain, and his subordinates are also vicious and violent. I hope to pay attention to it."Gao Chong thought about it for a while. On the original track of the Tang Dynasty's strategic plan for Bashu, it seemed that he encountered such resistance as Zhu Can.

Zhu Can was originally an official in a small county. He was a deserter when he accompanied the army to conquer Goguryeo. He fled to the border area of ​​Bashu, Jingchu and gathered a crowd to rebel. It is obvious that wherever you go, there is no human habitation.

Gao Junya did not refute when she heard the words, but nodded slightly, "Zhu Can is a thief who relies on his own strength, and his troops are also rebellious. Although the individual soldiers are strong, they have no military discipline at all. If you use a little strategy, you will be defeated." ".

Gao Chong also agreed very much. Zhu Can said that he was a prince and he was flattering him, but in fact he was a bandit who robbed houses.

Princes like Dou Jiande and Xiao Mian all managed their places with ulterior motives, and dispatched officials to govern counties and counties. Thousands of years later, local people still offer sacrifices to King Xia and King Liang.

But Zhu Can's gang is purely to satisfy their own selfish desires, looting everywhere, killing people and setting fires, not operating territory, having no foundation at all, and no military discipline at all.

Their tribes are all focused on robbing money and beauties. Perhaps individual soldiers are indeed strong, but fighting does not depend on individual bravery.

If Zhu Can asked his subordinates to form an army formation, it would be a mess. To put it bluntly, bandits are completely different from the army.

"Go", Gao Junya waved his hand and said, "Remember, war is not controlled by personal courage, if you can control it, use your brain more."

Gao Chong grinned, "Don't worry, Aye, I know that fighting and killing is too low-level. Only when I plan a strategy and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away can I show my skills."

Gao Junya's face darkened, "Go away."

Gao Chong patted his butt, turned around and left, walked to the door, suddenly turned around and bowed deeply, "Aye take care".

He knew that usually at this time, his father was already on duty at the prime minister's mansion, but today his father stayed away from the house for a long time, and deliberately waited for him in the dining room, just for this earnest instruction.

Gao Junya nodded silently.

After Gao Chong left, Gao Junya spread out the pen and paper, and picked up a pen to write a pair.

"Ah Fu, it's so good to frame it and hang it in the study." He called the butler Gao Fu, and Gao Junya instructed.

Gao Fu responded, and unfolded the pair to have a look.

"Fame is only obtained from horses, and only then is a hero and a husband."

(End of this chapter)