Datang first village

What shade, then color, no one is listening to these things at all.

The cabinet master clearly wanted something, but in fact he was setting a battle line to attack Goguryeo. You must know that the main force of Goguryeo's army and its population are mostly on the peninsula. After crossing the Yalu River, there will not be much actual population.

Another place with a large population is Beisha City.

The combat goal of the cabinet master is very clear. To wipe out the loose territories in the north of Goguryeo and take Beisha City is equivalent to breaking a leg of Goguryeo.If this battle achieves the strategic goal, Goguryeo will be wiped out by one-third.

"There is another place. The master of the cabinet has mentioned several times that it will be a strategic location of Datang in the future. At the mouth of the Datong River east, a military port is needed. The Datong River is a very good river. Steam warships with less than [-] materials You can freely go in and out of it, Beisha city builds a military port, Datong Jiangdong mouth builds a military port again, the north and south of Goguryeo are blocked, and there are my Datang warships in the sea, so they can't help themselves, there is nothing left to do!"

"His Royal Highness Qin Wang, what if Goguryeo asks to surrender?" Wang Jishan asked.

From the perspective of the Ministry of Rites, if Xiaobang asked to surrender, he could no longer fight, and Datang had no reason to go on an expedition to Goguryeo.

"They won't have a chance to ask for surrender. They can ask for surrender. All the Koguryo royal family will be sent to Chang'an, all the nobles will be moved to the Central Plains, and all Goguryeo troops will be disarmed. All the officials in the state capital must be my Tang household registration " Li Yuanxing smiled strangely: "But they have to have a chance to surrender!"

"What tactics does Goro have?" Li Er asked.

Li Yuanxing pulled down the curtain of Li Er's study room, and used a small projector to release a map of Datang.

"Brother Yao!" Hearing Li Yuanxing calling himself, Li Jing got up and left his seat and walked towards Li Yuanxing.Li Yuanxing then said: "Under the command of Brother Yao, I would like to ask you. After the victory, how many troops will Brother Yao need to resist Goguryeo's counterattack, and how many troops will be needed to completely control Beisha City?"

Li Jing, who was walking towards Li Yuanxing, stopped, turned around and went back, and then saluted Li Er: "My lord, I am incompetent. I will not be able to answer this question for two days."

"Can you give me an approximate figure?" Li Yuanxing asked Li Jing, can you stop being so rigid.

Li Jing shook his head vigorously: "I probably can't figure it out."

"Then change the question, how many soldiers do you want? Going out tomorrow?" Li Yuanxing insisted on asking Li Jing to name a number.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were also helping Li Yuanxing with the conversation. They could not wait for Li Jing to come up with a plan two days later, and then came over to discuss again.

Li Jing asked for the paper, lowered his head and drew for a full quarter of an hour, and then slowly said: "It must be 30. This is just a soldier."

"Okay, this king will give you 30 soldiers, 30 auxiliary soldiers, and 20 servants, is that enough?"

"You don't need servants. There are quite a lot of people in Goguryeo. Those who surrender are civilians, and those who don't surrender are slaves. There are enough servants." Li Jing is a very strict person, especially when it comes to fighting.

Li Yuanxing asked again: "How much food and grass does Brother Yao need, every month!"

Li Jing shook his head: "The quantity is huge, and it really needs to be carefully calculated to maintain it there for a year. It can't just be enough for the sergeant to eat, and naturally he must eat something good."

Li Yuanxing asked Cui Junsu again: "Cui Shangshu, how much food and grass do you think you need?"

"The staple food is about the same, 100 dan a day. The soldiers are all strong and strong men. A meal of a catty of rice is not too much, and they are even barely full. I am the victor in the Tang Dynasty. If our soldiers are still not full, eat If it’s not good, people in the world will laugh at it, but fortunately, Datang has had a good harvest for two consecutive years, with a monthly harvest of [-] million dan.”

After Cui Junsu finished speaking, he whispered a few words to the people around him, and everyone present thought that what Cui Junsu said was correct.

At least 100 million dan of military rations per month, and this is just the staple food.Meat and the like can only be solved locally.

Li Yuanxing asked again: "What does Cui Shangshu say about transporting the 100 million dan of military rations?"

Cui Junsu immediately reacted: "I understand. Your Highness has not been in a hurry to start a war. Instead, he is vigorously promoting agriculture in Hebei and Hebei, just to make the distance for transporting grain closer. But now we have to fight. Then , Chang’an, Luoyang, and Hangzhou adjust grain, and the staple food alone consumes 13 guan every month. Just eating and drinking for these soldiers, not counting rewards, is almost 20 guan.”

20 guan, one year ago, it was guaranteed that everyone present would have a sad face.

But not now, it can only be said to be a mere 20 guan, which is nothing to worry about.

Fang Xuanling also said at this time: "But only 20 guan, it is not enough for the Liaodong War!"

A year later, Liaodong's income will be a hundredfold.

"Well, all the soldiers in the first battle of Goguryeo were equipped with snow salt!"

Hearing Li Yuanxing talk about snow salt, no one took it seriously, only Li Yuanxing was joking.What's more, even if it is really served with snow salt, it's not a big deal.

"What this king wants to say is that it is not difficult to fight Goguryeo. The difficulty lies in the defense, and the difficulty lies in the logistical guarantee. This is only food, as well as armaments, supplies, etc., which are huge. Goguryeo is also used for passing by sea. Gaochang, the whole country Use people to carry horses. This king wants to build the railway to Gaochang, but many places on the road are inaccessible, and the rails are made of fine steel. It is very troublesome to be stolen and repaired. Therefore, how Datang guarantees logistics is the most important thing. The focus of future battles!"

clap clap clap!

Li Er clapped his hands: "Wu Lang is really brilliant."

"Datang established two departments of transportation and railways. Whoever cares about it will take care of it, but the straight road must be repaired, and the railway must also be repaired. I don't care how to protect the railway. Tianying Pavilion is full of elites. The king is losing his hair recently, Princess Ying said. This is because the king is using his brain too much, so he needs to rest."

Pull, really can pull.

Except for Li Er, everyone present was Li Yuanxing who was twice his age.

It is said that you, Li Yuanxing, use your brain too much and lose your hair, which is recognized by all the ministers.But trying to win sympathy is definitely a dream.

However, Li Yuanxing doesn't want to take care of the two ministries of transportation and railways, and Tianying Pavilion will never say that they don't care. These are definitely the two most important ministries of the Tang Dynasty in the next ten years, and it is very likely that they will be able to compete with the six major ministries in the future. Equality, the Ministry of Commerce is now almost equal to the Sixth Ministry.

Sometimes, the balance of power is also very important.

"Finally, I will give Brother Huang another artifact. Let Brother Huang feel at ease in Chang'an City when the war begins." Li Yuanxing walked to the door of the study, arranged a few words and then returned to the house: "Brother Huang, this thing cannot be moved into the house. Datang It can be made, but it's too big, and my brother just made one for himself in the heaven!"

A carriage entered the inner courtyard of the palace.It stopped outside the door of Li Er's study.

A few sergeants wearing leather jackets and bearing lightning symbols quickly set up long poles, quickly set up a five-foot-high shelf, and then put a fine steel long stick on top.

The carriage has been opened, brackets have been set up around it, and someone is responsible for connecting the wires.

Two young eunuchs aged fourteen or fifteen sat in front of the carriage and put a helmet on their heads.

Li Er looked carefully. First, he put two bowls connected with copper wires on his ears, and then put on a cloth hat. Next, there was a layer of iron frame combined. There was a cotton-like fabric in the iron frame. The outermost layer is leather, and then the bamboo shell is worn again.Two guards with knives stood on both sides.

Several other people were assembling the machine, and soon a red bright spot appeared on the machine on the carriage.

"This is the bright spot. The younger brother invested a lot of money. The gold wire is used, and the glass on the outside is about the size of a finger. It costs about two pennies. It's really expensive. Not to mention the big one at the back, which is packed inside. It's silver plates, several catties of silver." Li Yuanxing muttered.

Made of gold and silver!

Li Er looked more, this thing seems to use a lot of fine steel, and there is also red copper.

"Your Highness, you are ready." The captain came over to salute.

Li Yuanxing said to Li Er: "Brother Huang, just say a few words and let them spread it to Yaozhou."

"Yaozhou?" Li Er asked suspiciously.

Li Yuanxing nodded with a smile: "Say whatever you want, and then send someone to fly to Yaozhou to see if the younger brother has lied."

Li Er looked at Li Yuanxing and smiled, and ordered: "Come here, blindfold Wulang. Bring a pen and paper."

Li Yuanxing laughed, asked Li Jing to help him wrap his eyes with a black cloth, and then went into the study by himself, conscious that he was not lying.Li Er quickly wrote a few words outside the door, and then handed it to the team leader who led the team.

The team leader handed those few words to a clerk next to him, and the clerk quickly turned the words into a four-digit code.Then handed the code to the two little eunuchs.

One of the little eunuchs pressed the sending button and pressed it quickly.

Everyone fell silent, watching the little eunuch's movements and listening to the beeps, whether long or short.If you listen carefully, there are two sounds: beep and beep, but the rhythm is completely different.

Soon, the little eunuch finished sending.

After a while, the machine seemed to be beeping again.

Another little eunuch quickly wrote a code that was also a group of four numbers on the paper. After it was written, the sergeant took it away and handed it to the clerk. When there are a few groups that cannot be written, I immediately take out a small book from my body, and write the words after checking.

Li Er looked at the words on the paper and was stunned.

Because he sent the code to ask what is the main meal and what is the side dish in the Jinggong blacksmith workshop in Yaozhou City today.The above answer actually wrote down the names of six dishes, and the staple food is flatbread.

"Goro!" Li Er shouted.

Li Yuanxing got the blindfold and came out: "Brother Huang, don't you want to send someone to investigate?"

"I don't want to check anymore, I believe this thing can really be done. I just want to ask you, how far can this method be spread?"

"The craftsmen in Yaozhou are not refined enough, only [-] miles. Of course, this is calculated, and the actual number may be more or less. Besides these people, the two eunuchs are trained to send and receive For people, four numbers represent a Chinese character, and a sentence can be formed after listening to it."

Li Yuanxing handed over the password book that Li Yuanxing wanted to come to Li Er. (To be continued.)