"Kuan'er, is Liaodong really that good?"

Li Shimin ignored the verbal war between Li Kuan and Changsun Wuji and others, and directly asked the question he was most concerned about.

The conquest of Goguryeo was not his whim today.

From the beginning of the destruction of the Eastern Turks, he had this idea.

Before, this idea was more because he wanted to prove that the Tang Dynasty under his leadership was a more powerful country than the Sui Dynasty, and he was a greater emperor than Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

However, he also knew that he had learned the lessons of the Sui Dynasty and did not dare to start the war easily, so he endured it for so many years.

Now listening to Li Kuan's words, not only is it not a matter of working the people and hurting money, but it can make money, and it can make Datang have a prosperous Liaodong Road, and the meaning is completely different.

"Your Majesty, as long as Liaodong is built well, Datang will have a huge granary; Maybe more than ten years later, the grain output in Liaodong alone will be able to meet the ration needs of the entire Datang. The stability and prosperity of Liaodong will indirectly make Hebei Province and Hedong Province more stable and prosperous, and then strengthen the Tang Dynasty's control over the northern grasslands and make unexpected contributions to the stability of the frontier. ”

Although Li Kuan's words have no basis, Li Shimin can still understand them.

Today's northern Hebei Province can be described as a people's livelihood adjustment, and there is no way to compare with Guanzhong.

The reason is that it is the frontier of the Tang Dynasty.

In all dynasties, there is no dynasty whose frontier is very prosperous.

However, once the vast Liaodong becomes a province of the Tang Dynasty, then the northern part of Hebei Province, with Youzhou as the center, will become more stable.

Considering that the imperial court is now promoting cotton cultivation near Shuozhou, there will inevitably be a huge improvement in the control of the grassland by the Tang Dynasty at that time.

However, if the development of Liaodong Province can really solve the grain problem, then further expanding cotton planting will become a matter that no longer needs to be worried.

You must know that in order to prevent cotton from occupying fertile land, the imperial court only allowed cotton to be planted in the northern part of Hedong Province.

In the future, the entire Hadong Province and Hebei Province can be used to grow cotton as long as the climate and environment are suitable.

It just so happens that the output of these cotton can be provided to the people of Liaodong Province to solve their cold protection problems.

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't wait to go on the expedition tomorrow!

"Your Majesty, these are just speculations of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and it is too risky to make a rash decision for the sake of these illusory speculations."

The eldest grandson Wuji had already seen that Li Shimin was completely moved, but he still wanted to make a final effort.

"Wuji, is it an ethereal speculation, you can follow me on a trip to Liaodong to know! Xuan Ling, you stay in Chang'an City and assist the crown prince. Mao Gong, I appointed you as the chief of the march of Liaodong Road, and transferred 10,000 elites from the left and right military guards to set off first;

Jinda, you take the students of the military academy to Youzhou immediately, recruit 3,000 soldiers, and form an academy army led by the cadets of the military academy, so that everyone can see your learning results; This time, I appointed you as the chief of the Pyongyang Provincial March, leading 10,000 soldiers from Dengzhou, Jizhou and other prefectures, as well as the soldiers of the Municipal Naval Division and the Dengzhou Naval Division, to begin attacking Goguryeo after a month......"

Li Shimin's courage was still very unusual, and he soon decided to adopt Li Kuan's opinion, quickly send troops, advance by land and water, take Goguryeo by surprise, and then completely bring Liaodong under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

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Li Shimin wants to drive the expedition in person!

This news cannot be hidden!

It was only a day or two before the people of Chang'an City knew the news.

Although everyone imagines that the Tang Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, with the three defeats of the Sui Dynasty in front, there are still many people who are full of worries about this expedition.

In particular, some well-informed people knew that the number of soldiers on the expedition this time was less than 100,000, and their confidence in victory immediately dropped by several percent.

"Although the country is strong, the belligerent will perish! That Li Kuan, so instigating His Majesty's royal expedition, he should be killed! ”

In the Guozi Prison, Kong Yingda couldn't help but scold after understanding the situation of this expedition to Goguryeo.

"Your Majesty is indeed a bit of a big deal this time. Only bring such a few soldiers and horses to Liaodong, although it will not be defeated by Goguryeo, but the cities of Goguryeo are built by mountains and rivers, and have withstood the test of the Sui Dynasty's army, how can it be so easy to take? At that time, as long as people come to a strong wall and clear the wilderness, my Datang will fall into a dilemma. ”

Sima Caizhang is obviously the same as Kong Yingda, and he is not very optimistic about this war.

As for the kind of blueprint that Li Kuan described, he didn't believe it anymore.

"Your Majesty just wants to defeat Goguryeo too much, but you can't do it quickly."

There are only two people in the room, Kong Yingda and Sima Caizhang, so they don't have so much scruples about talking to each other.

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"Lord Wang, the ironmaking workshop has urgently adjusted its production arrangements, and a batch of strong crossbows and arrows will be produced in the next month, which will definitely meet the needs of the army."

Wang Fugui had a rare serious face, standing in front of Li Kuan and reporting the production arrangements of several workshops.

Under normal circumstances, only the workshops under the general prison are allowed to produce crossbow arrows, but Li Kuan, now as the chief of the Pyongyang Provincial March, casually mentioned to Li Shimin that the workshops under the Chu Wangfu were allowed to switch to the production of military supplies as needed.

Even in order to produce crossbow arrows as quickly as possible, Li Kuan extravagantly let the workshop produce all-steel crossbow arrows.

As a result, although production costs have soared, production efficiency has also skyrocketed.

With the proposed underwater press, batches of crossbow arrows were quickly produced.

On this expedition, Li Kuan was ready to rely entirely on the superiority of equipment to let the Goguryeo army see what asymmetric warfare was.

"Let the general prepare more fire oil bombs on the side of the prisoner, and when the time comes, the guards of the city want to stay in it as turtles, and this king will roast them!"

The Intelligence Investigation Bureau of the Chu Prince's Mansion has been active in Goguryeo for almost ten years, and Li Kuan's understanding of Goguryeo is much deeper than that of ordinary people.

For this expedition, he didn't have much worry at all.

Victory is inevitable, it is nothing more than to see how big the victory is.

In history, although Li Shimin's first expedition was considered a victory, he did not completely take Goguryeo, and returned to the dynasty after the arrival of winter.

This time, the strength of the naval division of the Tang Dynasty is completely different, and there is Li Kuan to command the attack of the waterway, and Yuan Gai Suwen is estimated to be busy stabilizing the domestic forces, and he is about to start being beaten.