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"Okay, the matter of Jinyiwei will be discussed here for the time being. What I'm going to say next is a matter of urgency! Yu Ming's eyes glanced at the generals present and said, "Silla and Ji are at war. However, due to the large loss of strength in the previous war, Ji was obviously defeated by Silla and retreated. In desperation, King Ji sent Pak Yong-jeong, who had dealt with us before, as an envoy and asked us to send troops to defeat Silla and save them. I wonder what everyone thinks about this? ”

"Humph! Jiren is really thick-skinned, he helped the Koreans to beat us at the beginning, and now he has the face to ask us for help? I think it's okay to ignore them! Cheng Yanjin snorted coldly and said with a disdainful expression.

"General Cheng, at this time and that time, if we stand by and watch, in case Jizhen is destroyed. Then Silla was the only one on the Korean Peninsula, and there was no country that could restrain them. Du Ruhui shook his head and said: "Moreover, behind Silla is the sea, and if they want to expand again, they can only use troops to Liaodong in the north." Then we will inevitably be at war! ”

When Cheng Yanjin heard this, he was a little unconvinced: "So what? Are we still afraid that he will not succeed? Now we have as many as 100,000 troops, and it seems that Silla does not even have 100,000 troops. If he dares to attack us, we will destroy him! ”

Cheng Yanjin's words were immediately agreed by Luo Shixin, Guo Yi and others. Only Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong did not express their position, and they kept their heads buried in thought, as if this discussion had nothing to do with them.

Hu Sizheng said coldly at this time: "General Cheng, you think simply. Silla will never attack us when we are defending him with all our might. Hu believes that even if Silla really destroys Ji, he will always stand still, just develop his own forces, and wait until our army enters the Central Plains due to the chaos in the world, or when the troops are transferred north due to the Turkic invasion, then send troops to stab us in the back, so how to deal with it? ”

His words immediately made all the generals think deeply, and Cheng Yanjin was even more speechless for a while, and after a while, he said: "Since this is the case, then we will agree to Ji's request and send troops to help them attack Silla!" ”

"Send troops to attack Silla? This is easier said than done! When Wei Zheng heard this, he immediately poured bitter water and said: "You are not in charge, and you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive." Now our army relies on the tens of thousands of stone of grain captured before, so that it can barely support the harvest until next autumn. If we really send troops to attack Silla, I am afraid that there will not be enough food to eat. ”

"Yes! Not only is there a shortage of food, but whether the newly recruited soldiers can handle regular warfare is also a big problem! Let's take the selection of the vanguard under my command, for example. After a few months of training, there shouldn't be much of a problem for them to defend the city. But if I want to participate in siege battles and field battles with the regular army, I don't know the bottom of my heart! Wei Chi Jingde finally spoke. He was previously stationed in Pyongyang, and he commanded an all-recruit selection army, and he knew the situation of his recruits best.

After Qin Qiong heard this, he also nodded and echoed: "What General Wei Chi said is exactly what I want to say. Although my Modao Battalion has expanded to 5,000 people. But their quality naturally can't be compared with the two thousand elites who went through the Battle of Five Dragons. Therefore, the overall strength of the Modao Battalion did not rise much...... Whether they can defeat Silla's cavalry in a head-to-head confrontation, I am not absolutely sure. ”

"General Qin, General Wei Chi, don't forget: even if the newly recruited Minfu army is useless, we still have 200,000 rescued prisoners of the original Sui army!" After hearing this, Guo Yi was unconvinced: "These Sui troops only ran a few thousand people, and those who stayed were veterans who had experienced a lot of battles. Although their constitution is weaker because they were slaves and tortured. But I think that after more than a month of recuperation, even if they don't fully recover, at least there will be a lot of people who will be able to fight. Now is the time to use the army, they can't eat us all the time, and use ours without paying a price. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they secretly thought that this was still a good way.

Du Ruhui even screamed when he took the case: "Yes! How did I forget about these people? I went to see them the other day, asked some of the officers, and learned that half of the soldiers were almost recovered. Some people still want to go home after the beginning of spring. Now it's time for them to go into battle! ”

Everyone argued for a while, and then they all looked at Wooming, whether to send troops to Silla, and he had to make up his mind.

Yu Ming touched his chin, secretly thinking that the pros and cons of sending troops and not sending troops are obvious: if you don't send troops, you can survive steadily after the autumn harvest, and then the recruits are almost trained, and if you send troops to Silla again, you will definitely win. It's just that it's not clear what changes will happen in the Central Plains at that time.

Maybe because of Yang Guang's suspicion of Yuming, it is difficult to say that he has been forced to rebel. In that case, he had to face a possible attack by the Sui army, beware of the plots of Silla, and even the north had to guard against the Turks to take advantage of the fire. It can be said that several parties are fighting at the same time, and the odds of victory are small.

If troops are dispatched, they will face the problem of insufficient available troops and a shortage of grain and grass. Now Liaodong nominally has more than 100,000 troops, but half of the 200,000 captives cannot be put into battle, and it is difficult to say whether those who can be put into battle will listen to his orders.

Although 100,000 recruits have experienced a war and have grown a lot compared to before, they still can't compare with other veterans who have been in the war for a long time. They are competent in defending cities, but they are not necessarily competent in field battles and sieges. Silla was not a weak country with 80,000 tried and tested elite divisions that had survived decades of wars in Hoje and Goryeo. Even if the Liaodong camp sends troops, it may not be a sure victory.

Of course, after sending troops, if you can win, the benefits are also great. You can definitely eliminate your worries. And if Silla is really defeated, with the current situation, Woomyung will definitely not allow Silla to exist in his rear as a country, and he will definitely destroy it.

"Where? To stay or not to stay? Wooming quickly recalled the history of his previous life, when Tang Gaozong destroyed Goryeo and Ji, leaving Silla alone, but Silla later attacked its former ally, the Tang Dynasty, not only annexing the territory of Yuanji, but also invading Liaodong many times. And because the Tang Dynasty was fighting against Tibet at that time, in order to avoid fighting on two fronts, it had to swallow its anger and acquiesce in the expansion of Silla. If you don't die, you're sure that the future will be the result.

Thinking of this, Yuming had already made up his mind to send troops. And it doesn't leave a hidden danger for yourself and future generations. We want to destroy both countries on the Korean Peninsula.

As for the method, he raised his eyebrows, and soon smiled, and said to everyone: "Since sooner or later we will have a war with Silla, why wait until other enemies appear? In that case, we will take care of one or the other, while Your Majesty does not yet know what is happening in Liaodong, and the Turks are also consolidating the internal distribution of power. We seize this opportunity and destroy Silla in one fell swoop! Eliminate the hidden dangers behind it forever! ”

As soon as he said this, Hu Sizheng couldn't help but ask, "Does the marshal want to stay and immortalize?" ”

"Master Hu, Ji Ke is looking for us for help, can't we destroy them too?" Guo Yi couldn't help but get up and asked.

"We have not formally formed an alliance with them, and we have never promised not to attack them. If we leave Ji alone and destroy Silla instead, can you guarantee that Ji will not attack us? Won't it be a big problem for us? Hu Sizheng asked rhetorically at this time.

Guo Yi was speechless for a while, he made a helpless gesture, and then sat down.

Yu Ming glanced at Hu Sizheng, and felt that he was still the former military advisor of Yang Xuangan, and his ideas were the most suitable for him.

And at this moment, Hu Sizheng was also looking at him, and after the two looked at each other, Hu Sizheng smiled slightly and said, "Presumably the marshal has also thought of a way to fight against Silla and Ji this time, right?" ”

Yu Ming nodded, and then said lightly: "Otherwise, we will all write our own methods in our hands, and show them to everyone together, and see if we want to go together!" ”

Hu Sizheng smiled and said, "Okay! ”

Immediately, the two of them picked up the brush and wrote on the palm of their hand.

After a few moments, the two of them raised their hands together and showed the words written on their palms to the crowd.

"What the marshal and Hu Junshi wrote is really exactly the same!" Everyone was surprised.

And both of them also read each other's handwriting clearly, which is an idiom called "false way to destroy the enemy".

This allusion refers to the early Spring and Autumn Period, when the Jin Dynasty offered public reserves to expand the army and expand the territory. In order to seize the important land of Cuihan, he decided to go south to attack Yu (the national capital Shangyang, now the border of Shaanxi County, Henan), but Yu (now Pinglubei, Shanxi) was close to the northern border of Yu, which was the only way for the Jin to attack Yu.

Jin Xiangong was afraid that the two countries would unite to resist the Jin, so he used the strategy of the doctor Xun Xi to break through, first borrowing the way from Yu to attack, and then waiting for the opportunity to destroy Yu. In the nineteenth year of King Hui of Zhou (658 B.C.), Duke Xian of Jin sent Xun Xi to bring valuable gifts such as beauties and horses to Duke Yu, asking for an excuse to attack Yu. Duke Yu was greedy for profit, and was confused by Xun Xi's rhetoric, so he did not listen to the minister's dissuasion, not only agreed to borrow the way, but also volunteered to be the vanguard of the attack.

In the summer of that year, the Jin and Yu coalition forces captured Xiayang, an important town of the state of Yu (now Pinglu, Shanxi), and the Jin controlled the main road between Yu and Yu. In the twenty-second year, Jin repeated the plan to borrow from Yu. Gong Zhiqi used the principle of "auxiliary cars depend on each other, lips and teeth are cold", explaining that Yu and Yu are geographically connected, the interests are at stake, and Yu will die, and Yu Gong must not agree to borrow the road. But Yu Gong believes that Jin and Yu are the same sect and will not deceive each other, and refuse to listen to persuasion. On October 17, the Jin army besieged Shangyang, the capital of Qiu. At the beginning of December, the city was destroyed and destroyed. Later, the class teacher temporarily lived in the country of Yu to recuperate. The Jin army took advantage of Yu's unpreparedness and launched a surprise attack, capturing Duke Yu and destroying his country.

Historically, the false path has also been often imitated by some people, and has become a common strategy in the process of combining the strong and the weak, and swallowing the small. For example, in 963 AD, Zhao Kuangyin of the Northern Song Dynasty "faked Jinghu", attacked and occupied Jinghu and Hu, and destroyed the separatist forces in Nanping and Wuping, which is a significant example.

And Yu Ming and Hu Sizheng planned to use this method, after destroying Silla, they would destroy Ji by the way back to their division.

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