Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 456 Battle Situation
If something comes to mind on the spur of the moment, if you can get a surprise, it is an accident. If not, it can be regarded as finding something for my brother-in-law to do. After packing some food such as cold milk skin and taking it home for my younger brothers and sisters to eat, Sun Xiangfu Then he entered his study again.

It takes a lot of brains to compile the textbook, and he has to dig out all the things he has almost forgotten. Moreover, for a high-achieving student, if you keep him spinning around some basic knowledge, he will feel very boring, so the overall progress is not fast.

"Captain, Mr. Wang Xu invites you to the banquet tomorrow."

Taking advantage of the time when he was serving tea to Sun Xiangfu, Zhang Ke handed over a post from Wang Xu, put it on the desk and said.

"What's the matter with this guy?"

"I don't know, how about I summarize the information collected by the intelligence team and send it to you?"

In order to ensure the stability of the base camp, Shanyang and Dingxiang, the intelligence team has a special group of people responsible for monitoring the basic situation of the major families. In the past year, they have collected a lot of information. Let's take a look. , but can have a more specific understanding of the situation of Shanyang and Dingxiang, so Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Well, let's do it! I only look at the Wang family, and you can choose the others yourself. Only report to me if there are important aspects.”

After Zhang Ke received the order, he went down to work. After Sun Xiangfu took a sip of tea, he habitually leaned his head on the back of the chair, wanting someone to press his head to relax, but found that this was not the mansion in Chang'an. Yu Xiu'er, Hongmei, and Chuntao were not by his side at all.

Depressed and sat up straight, he realized that there were still some official documents piled up on the desk that had not been dealt with.

"He came from Shangqi City?"

Sun Xiangfu unwrapped one of the big envelopes unexpectedly and began to read it. He didn't even need to look at the date. He also knew that this letter was probably sent more than half a month ago, and the news inside was a little behind.

In his letter, Zhang Chengxing reported the progress of the construction of Shangqi City. Those aristocratic families are now building this city as their own home, and they are very attentive.

There is also a new situation, that is, the Fanyang Lu family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Longxi Li family, the Boling Cui family and the Xingyang Zheng family are more willing to operate alone, and they strongly demand to expand Shangqi. The scale of the city's construction divides it into five large areas, each of which is responsible for the construction of a large area. As a result, the future size of the city will be more than double that of Shanyang. Moreover, the city's surrounding hundred miles will be covered by five Needless to say, these five counties correspond to the fields of five families, and the power holders are also these five families.

These things are actually within Sun Xiangfu's expectations. The trust between the five surnames and seven families has dropped a big step. It is inevitable that they are clearly divided. The reason why they replaced the land and went to Shangqi City is because Compared with the agricultural development in the pass, they are more optimistic about the commercial development of the Western Regions.

Sun Xiangfu will not interfere too much with these foreign businesses. Anyway, the better they do, the better they will benefit will be the people of Datang who provide them with goods.

What the imperial court has to do, apart from collecting their taxes, is to ensure safety. The second half of Zhang Chengxing's official documents are almost all about military affairs. He received a letter from Tang Jian requesting support and ordered Xi Jun to buy the leader Five thousand riders, together with Cheng Yaojin stationed in Tingzhou, participated in the disputes of the Western Turks.

At present, there is no detailed battle report, but Zhang Chengxing has intermittently recruited several small and medium-sized tribes who have defected from Western Turks.

Thinking about it, Tang Jian is already operating the Western Turkic affairs according to the steps agreed in Chang'an City. Once there is success, Cheng Yaojin's army will be able to take advantage of the trend to incorporate Kucha, Khotan, Gaochang and other countries, The army's garrison was advanced to Suiye City, opening the entire passage of Datang to the west and to the Middle East.

Using swords and soldiers is not a trivial matter, and it can be regarded as a major unsafe factor in the Northland. Later, Sun Xiangfu has to report to Li Shimin. It is not so easy to eat. All the troops of Datang over there add up to more than 3 people.

Not long after, Zhang Ke came in with a stack of information materials, most of which were news about the Wang family in the past year. After Sun Xiangfu read it roughly, he had some understanding of the next move of the Wang family.

"Send someone to inform Wang Xu, and I will go to the banquet on time tomorrow."

"promise."

After Zhang Ke retreated, a smile appeared on the corner of Sun Xiangfu's mouth.

The Wang family became more and more greedy, but this was what Sun Xiangfu liked to see. If the five surnames and seven families did not fight, how could the court benefit from it!You can't let the Wang family only earn money and not spend it in the Northland. If it goes on like this, it will be harmful to economic development.

In the early morning of the next day, Sun Xiangfu went to the barracks to report the situation in the west to Li Shimin, which surprised Li Shimin, because Cheng Yaojin's army had already entered the territory of Western Turks, and his messenger must have been two or three times closer. Zhang Chengxing, who was thousands of miles away, was slower.

"Does Zhengming think that Tang Jian and Zhijie have a high chance of winning?"

"At least seventy percent."

"Why?"

"Because Khotan, Qiuci, Gaochang and other small countries bordering our Great Tang all have a heart of submission. Tang Gong should find a way to persuade them to send troops to help. At that time, Lu Gong will have no more troops than Yi. One of Vippala and Moheduo is a small number, and Tai'an City supported the past [-] Anbei Army, and Shangqi City supported the past [-] Anbei Army. It shouldn't be difficult."

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words and continued to ask, "If we can take down the Western Turks, Zheng Ming thinks, how can we rule them?"

"We can first follow the example of Anbei Daduhufu, set up Anxi Duhufu, and gradually build up the state and county system, and then cancel the Duhufu."

"So, do you think that the Anbei Grand Protector's Mansion will also be revoked?"

"Exactly, the territory under the jurisdiction of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate is too broad. Now, with Xue Yantuo in Mobei, perhaps a unified management is needed to keep it suppressed. If the land of Mobei is under the rule, there will be no existence." If necessary, at that time, His Majesty only needs to set up a capital guard over there, and manage Mobei alone."

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction. With the expansion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty to the west, north, and east, the Anbei Dadu Protectorate actually belongs to a central area. It is obvious that a single minister holds power in the central area. Inappropriate, Sun Xiangfu has self-knowledge, but it saves Li Shimin a lot of trouble.

"This is the latest battle report from Goguryeo, you should take a look first!"

The matter of the Western Turks is thousands of miles away, and it can only be decided by a few ministers there. It is good to explain the situation to the central government afterwards. Gai Suwen's attack became crazy.

As the previous ministers expected, Silla, Baekje, Wa, and the northern coastal tribes of Goguryeo were all invited by Yuan Gaisuwen to form an alliance. The number of alliance troops exceeded 80. In the new city, there are more than 20 soldiers and horses deployed on the front line of Beisha City.

In other words, this time, Yuan Gai Suwen united a total of one million troops to fight against Datang. At the beginning of June, 80 allied troops launched a siege to the Gaode Army near Pyongyang from all directions. Originally, Zhang Gongjin's organization , and the support of Datang's food and equipment, Gao De's army had stabilized its position, but suddenly faced with an enemy force ten times its size, the defense line collapsed immediately.

Zhang Gongjin resolutely chose to break out and evacuate to the sea, but it was hard to say how many people would be able to stand out from the 80 army in the end.

"Millions of troops, it seems that this battle is more difficult than expected!"

Once there is a gap of several times in the number of troops, it will form a crushing force in terms of strength. This is why Zhang Gongjin was able to hold his ground in the face of an attack of more than 20 Goguryeo troops, but was instantly defeated when facing an army of 80. The reason is that the 80 army can be divided into multiple lines of attack, and each route has troops equivalent to the strength of one's own army. Zhang Gongjin has less than 10 horses, and if one point is divided, it is easy to be defeated one by one. Beatings, consumption, no matter how you fight, you will lose.

"The army of one million is Goguryeo's advantage and their disadvantage. Although our army is only more than [-], we have sufficient food and continuous supplies. On the other hand, due to internal wars in Goguryeo, from last year to this year, they have no troops nationwide. Cultivate well, even if they had some food reserves earlier, if they persist for a long time, it will inevitably fail. I only hope that Gongjin can escape safely. After that, the food consumption of the Goguryeo army intensified, and it was the moment of their defeat."

Li Shimin is a strategist. Even in the face of millions of enemy troops, he has strong confidence. After he finished speaking, Li Jing added, "We can see this, and Yuan Gai Su Wen must also see it." To this point, so now he must want to take advantage of the advantage of having a large number of people to quickly resolve the battle. In the direction of Laizhou, our navy is much stronger than Goguryeo. It is useless for them to fight. The front line of Liaodong will definitely be their main direction of attack. The Central Route Army has nearly [-] troops with new equipment, and there should be no problem in dealing with the attack of the Koguryo coalition forces.

The upper army is equipped with all cavalry. I'm afraid it will not be easy to fight a defensive battle. We are not in Neng Shanyang. We should set off quickly to support the upper army. We are few in number but well equipped. As long as we occupy the main offensive in their defensive town With the advantage, there is no need to worry that they will counterattack in separate lines and regain lost ground. As long as they last until the cold winter, the big victory that His Majesty said can be expected. "

It is now late June, and when the army arrived in Kaiyuan, it was already mid-July. In the Northeast, it began to snow in the middle and late October of the Gregorian calendar. That is to say, the Tang army only needs to hold on for the first two months. , the following battles will be easy to fight, because the Goguryeo army does not have the high-end cold-proof equipment like Tang Jun's quilted leather jackets, nor does Tang Jun have sufficient refined grains, meat and various canned foods as supplies. His strength will definitely be greatly reduced, maybe he will take the initiative to retreat.

The point is, even if they retreat, there will be food shortages, because they will only eat less and less food, and Tang Jun will not let them grow food in the fields at the beginning of next spring.

During this period, wars were fought for the economy and logistical supplies. There is no doubt that Sun Xiangfu spent so much effort to improve Datang's economic strength in order to let Datang face this kind of situation. When there is a problem, you can take the initiative. If Wang Hao hadn't pushed the Goguryeo war prematurely, just wait two or three years, and Datang's economic strength will rise to a higher level. When Goguryeo faces Datang, there will be basically nothing Chance to fight back.

Because, at that time, even if they wanted to organize an alliance army to fight against Datang, it was impossible. Datang could use economic means to let a small country like Silla and Baekje stay in its own territory and wait for it. Tang Jun came to compile.

(End of this chapter)