The Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo was a big topic, and from this topic, all kinds of major and secondary issues came up, ranging from the marching route and siege methods, to the small ones where one soldier ate, drank and Lazar, and the topics were endless. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Li Shimin's intention to the Eastern Crusade has not been seen in the official letter of the court, but the intention of the emperor's Eastern Crusade has been known to the world, this is a shameful war in the Central Plains, a vicious war, the Sui Dynasty's three Eastern Crusades have all returned, heavy casualties, the Tang Dynasty wants to take revenge, not only to prove the new dynasty's martial arts, but also to avenge the descendants of the soldiers who were killed and injured in the battle of the Sui Dynasty, the painful memory of the year is not far away, and it is only after a generation, there are still many wounded, sick and disabled Eastern Crusade soldiers alive, dragging the old and decrepit body, tells the story of what kind of tragedy and sorrow there were back then.

The memory of the three defeats is actually not far away, the eyes of the people of the world are still staring at Li Shimin, some hope that the army will rest forever, and some hope that the army will be exhausted and avenge the revenge of the year.

As his dominance became more and more consolidated, Li Shimin's desire to go east became stronger and stronger.

The stain of killing his brother and killing his brother, forcing his father to ascend the throne is still circulating in the world, and Li Shimin urgently needs a big victory to cover up his former disgrace.

In his lifetime, the Tang Dynasty soldiers were invincible, but there were only two major battles that really ranked in Li Shimin's heart, and even the battle that swept the grassland and destroyed Xue Yantuo was not enough to mention, which shows how much weight the Eastern Expedition Goguryeo occupied in the hearts of the court monarchs and ministers.

As soon as the topic was mentioned, everyone in the pavilion couldn't contain the momentum, and even Li Su was a little interested.

There was a stone table in the middle of the pavilion, Li Su ordered people to remove the teapot and snacks on the table, and then used stones to draw a rather simple map of Liaodong on the table, outlining the approximate location of the cities on the border between the two countries.

"The soldiers went out of Chang'an, Luoyang, all the way north, if the grain and grass can be supplied, and the climate is not bad, it will take about three months to get to the border ......" Xu Jingzong stared down at the map and said in a deep voice: "As for the season of the expedition...... I am afraid that it is difficult to estimate, this battle will be a vicious battle, and the casualties of the two armies cannot be estimated, but the time will inevitably drag on for a long time, and I am afraid that it will not be visible in one year or two years, and it is ......normal to do it in three or four years."

Before he finished speaking, he was cut off, but Xu Jingzong's implication was self-evident.

Xu Jingzong is not a good person, but at least he is also an old minister from the Qin Palace, he is said to be a literati, and he has also experienced the battlefield battle, and his own ability is not bad, his ability is not just to meet the horse, this analysis is also pertinent and objective.

The words were not said thoroughly, but everyone understood the meaning of the words, Li Yifu smiled and agreed with his face, and arched his hand towards Xu Jingzong, showing the mountains and flowing water, but Pei Xingjian, a straight boy on the side, was afraid that everyone would not understand, so he consciously made up Xu Jingzong's words.

"The vicious battle is not terrible, what I am afraid of is whether the national strength can support it, and Goguryeo's geographical advantages are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also the great enemy of my king's division, this victory and defeat is really hard to say......" Pei Xingjian stared at the map, not noticing the strange faces of Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu at all.

Li Su glanced at the two of them casually, and saw that the two quickly exchanged glances, and the two traitors probably reached a consensus at this moment, "This guy is too upright, let's not play with him in the future." "Uh-huh."

Li Su turned his head to look at Li Yifu, this guy is more oily, with a humble smile on his face, no matter who speaks, he looks like he is full of recognition, even if he doesn't say a word of his own opinion, just looking at the smile on his face will make people feel the refreshing feeling of being recognized from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that they have finally met the only bosom friend in the world, and they can't wait to burn yellow paper with him on the spot.

To be a man and an official to achieve such a realm, Li Yifu is really not simple.

Li Su refused to let him go, winked at him, and said with a smile: "I haven't heard of Young Eunuch Li's high-level arguments yet." ”

Li Yifu said with a smile: "All the princes are the pillars of the country, Li Mou is a shallow learner, how dare he get an axe in front of the princes, and say the shallow argument in his heart, in vain to provoke everyone's jokes, or don't offer ugliness, haha, don't offer ugliness." ”

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Brother Li is modest, the world knows that Brother Li is talented, last year, Brother Li's "Chenghua Zhen" was full of flowers and thought-provoking, even His Majesty couldn't help but praise it, today I have a small gathering, and there are no outsiders, why don't Brother Li speak freely?" ”

Li Su looked at Li Yifu with interest, his eyes full of anticipation.

From the time Xu Jingzong and the other three took the initiative to find him, Li Su basically didn't say much, and had been quietly listening and observing.

Listen more, watch more, see less*** This is an essential quality of a mature man. Li Yifu Pei Xingjian wants to be motivated and takes the initiative to make friends, of course Li Su has to quietly observe them to see if they are worth taking refuge in, otherwise why do you come here if you make a waste next to you? Do you make manure fields?

Seeing Li Su's expectant eyes, Li Yifu coughed twice, his body unconsciously straightened, his expression was never more serious, he knew that his speech was very important, because this time was equivalent to the nature of the interview with the superior leader, he could determine the future in one word, and when it came to the leader's heart, he was looked down upon from then on, and the future was naturally not worried.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yifu said slowly: "Since Grandpa Li and the princes do not give up, Li Mou will say a few words cheekily, Li is a literati, has never had the experience of marching and arranging formations, and is not as good as the three civil and military all-rounders, and the method of arguing the battle array, I will not be ugly, and now Li Mou has inherited His Majesty's Long'en and served as the young superintendent of agriculture, since he is seeking the politics of agriculture, of course, he is concerned about the logistics supply of the army...... When I first took up the post of young superintendent of agriculture, I calculated an account, His Majesty has fought in the south and the north over the years, especially the elimination of Xue Yantuo three years ago, this battle took more than a year, and the final result is naturally the complete victory of the Tang Dynasty, and the thousands of miles in the north are included in my Tang territory, but counting the losses, it is really not optimistic......

Li Yifu sighed and said: "Not to mention the soldiers who fought in this battle, there are hundreds of thousands of civil servants in the conscription alone, and these hundreds of thousands of people are all temporarily transferred from Guanzhong and Hedong Zhudao in Hebei. The number of people is already scarce, and so many middle-aged men have been transferred, who will cultivate the fields of each family? can only rely on the mother-in-law and the milk baby who has not lost the milk hair, and then, this battle lasted more than a year, more than a year of time, the soldiers who fought the war, the people who were transferred, hundreds of thousands of mouths, people eat horses and chews, the grain and grass are all allocated by the national treasury, and the treasury is not in time, so the official warehouses of the state governments and the people's warehouses are transferred, in short, in the more than a year of the annihilation of Xue Yantuo, the entire Tang Dynasty, regardless of military and state affairs, the biggest principle is to ensure that the grain and grass in front are sufficient, this is in exchange for Xue Yantuo's destruction of the country......"

Li Su looked at him deeply, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

Of course, Li Yifu is an old and cunning guy, no matter what the occasion, he will never say anything too excessive, maybe until this moment, he knows that he has to come up with something dry, which forced him to say something heart-wrenching, which is really rare.

Li Yifu and Li Su glanced at each other, then showed a respectful smile, and then continued: "...... Counting the time, how long has it been since Xue Yantuo was extinguished? Three years! After three years, ordinary people may not be able to recover from their injuries, not to mention a huge country, after learning that His Majesty has the heart of the Eastern Crusade, Li has a lot of trouble, and privately invited the head of the household department Chu to a banquet, and poured him a few more glasses of wine, Director Chu told me that the grain and grass hoarding in the treasury is less than 10,000 stones, because when attacking Xue Yantuo, Shangshu Province used the government to borrow grain from private landlords and farmers in order to extract grain and grass from the whole country, there is not much grain and grass left in the treasury......"

“…… With less than 10,000 stone of grain and grass, how many soldiers are needed for the Eastern Crusade? According to the most conservative words, 100,000 soldiers are always needed, right? How long will this battle last? According to the most optimistic estimates, half a year will be needed, right? Not to mention the people who were dispatched to transport grain, only to say that these 100,000 soldiers fought for half a year, the war went smoothly, and the king and division advanced step by step, how much food was needed? You may not have calculated, Li is troublesome, and if you calculate it in your spare time, you need at least 90,000 stones! ”

With a wry smile on his face, Li Yifu sighed: "The inventory of 10,000 stones, the need for 90,000 stones, the gap in the middle, how huge the princess should be, if the logistics grain and grass are insufficient, where will the morale of the army come from?" Who can predict the outcome of this battle? ”

Li Su's face gradually became solemn, just now he had been discussing the matter of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo with a careful mind, but he didn't expect that after Li Yifu put out the real data, the situation would be so grim, even terrifying.

"Li Gong sees it lofty, admirable, I want to ask, before the army goes out, Shangshu Province and the Ministry of Households must estimate the allocation of grain and grass sufficiently, if it is insufficient, it will never be easy to move troops, don't Fang Xiang and Lord Changsun know these data?"

Li Yifu said with a wry smile: "The two ministers are both important ministers who seek the country, so they naturally know, their thoughts Li can roughly guess some, to put it bluntly, it is still the old way, when the grain and grass are not enough, continue to levy from the people, or borrow grain, or even use porcelain and silk and other goods to exchange for grain in the small barbarian countries in the south, etc., of course, these methods cannot be said to be no, but the methods that could be used when destroying Xue Yantuo at the beginning may not be able to be used in this Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo." ”

The other three people in the pavilion all turned their attention to Li Yifu.

"Why?"

Li Yifu sighed: "Because the vitality of the people has not recovered, when Xue Yantuo was first recruited, the government was able to levy or borrow grain from the people, which was prepared by the private landlords and farmers for many years, and the grain was all seconded by the government. Of course, it is far less than three years ago, Wang Shi's expedition to the east is an exciting thing, whether it is the powerful or the grass people, they must be happy when they hear it, because this is a shameful battle, but ...... The people's desire is right, the government borrows grain from the people but may not be able to borrow it, it's not that it doesn't support the government, but there is really no spare power, the government is in a hurry, but it will arouse public resentment, a good thing, and finally it all changed the taste, Li is really worried that this time the court and His Majesty will gain more than they lose......"

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ps: There is one more, and I will pay off the debt slowly in the next few days. . .