Chapter 176 Where is Li Shimin's confidence?

"This ...... I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right? Li Shiji naturally didn't feel that this battle was separated from Chen Ying, and he was not sure to win.

On the contrary, even if there was no Chen Ying, or even the more than 30,000 elite soldiers of the Anxi Army, he Li Shiji was still confident that he would pinch Goguryeo to the ground.

When Li Shiji became the protector of Anton, he did not use troops on a large scale like Chen Ying, defeating the Western Turks, Ping Gaochang, destroying Qiuci, and annexing Tibet. It's not because Li Shiji can't fight, but because he has too many scruples.

The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked. This is a question that every general has to think about carefully. Keeping Goguryeo and not fighting, it is not because of insufficient strength, nor because Goguryeo soldiers are strong and strong, and their combat effectiveness is strong.

The most important purpose was because Yi Seji needed Goguryeo to maintain the existence of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.

Now Chen Ying has withdrawn from the Eastern Crusade War, which makes Li Shiji have a sense of crisis.

Chen Ying is also a human spirit, and from Li Shiji's frowning, he can see his worries.

Chen Ying explained with a smile: "General Li, you must have heard of it, now that the imperial court is reforming, the military department will be abolished!" ”

Of course, Li Shiji heard the wind. Datang abolished the Ministry of War and established five new ministries: the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of the Army. Among them, the Ministry of National Defense has the Military Affairs Department, the Pawn Division, the Foreign Affairs Department and the Military Justice Department. The military department is divided into the Department of Military Participation, the Department of Equipment, the Department of Baggage, and the Department of Education.

Chen Ying looked at Li Shiji and said solemnly: "The Ministry of National Defense, I recommend General Li Jing and Li as the secretary, and the military department, I recommend you to be the secretary of the military department!" ”

The military department is almost equal to the functions of the former military department. The Ministry of National Defense has only divided some of the functions of the Ministry of War.

When Li Shiji heard this, he set off a storm in his heart. On the surface, he pretended to be quiet, but said humbly: "General Chen, how can you be virtuous in the world!" ”

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Conquer Goguryeo and bring the entire Korean Peninsula into the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, my opinion is that the Andong Protectorate can follow the example of the Anxi Protectorate and set up four towns based on the four counties of the Han Dynasty. ”

Li Shiji nodded and said, "General Chen, but for the current war, the last general has a different opinion!" ”

"Oh!" Chen Ying smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

"Since ancient times, attacking the city has been the bottom, and now we have to come to this point, although it is not the original intention, but there is nothing to be done. Siege battles can be fought on strength! Li Shiji looked at Chen Ying and said: "The director of the general is planning and making decisions, and he is coercive for thousands of miles, but these cannot be given up because of the increase in the strength of our army." ”

Chen Ying smiled: "Do you suggest that you still use Qi?" ”

Li Shiji said: "The soldiers are treacherous. Qi is complementing each other, which is the right way. But the complete use of strange soldiers is a move that brings disaster to the country and the people! ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "I know what you mean." ”

Li Shiji has a clear understanding of his future career, and it is the highest pursuit of courtiers in this era. General Andong, I am afraid that it is Li Shiji's last battle as a leading general, he naturally does not want to take a trick, but hopes that he can fight a frontal war that will go down in history, so as to fight a battle and break the last breath in the hearts of Goguryeo.

In fact, this coincides with Chen Ying's strategy of encircling and sending reinforcements.

Encircling the point to send reinforcements, just to occupy the victory in the early stage, can bleed the Goguryeo people. Once Goguryeo found that it was impossible to break through the Tang army's encirclement of Pyongyang City, just like when Yang Guang was besieged at Yanmen Pass, even if Yang Guang repeatedly issued the edict of King Qin, the general of the unified army would not commit suicide like a moth throwing fire.

Chen Ying looked at Li Shiji and said: "I won't interfere with your command, just do it if you want, but I have one request, the soldiers are all raised by their fathers and mothers, and if they can die as little as possible, they will die as little as possible!" ”

On the ninth day of the first month of the seventh year of Kaiyuan, Chen Ying led his guards from Pyongyang to Chang'an.

At the same time, Andong General Lee Se-ji also fired the first shot at the offensive and defensive battle of Pyongyang.

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Cheng was taken by Chen Ying onto a five-tooth warship, which was Chen Ying's private ship and did not belong to the Tang military. It is a 30,000-stone-class giant ship named after the Princess.

After Cheng stepped aboard the Princess, he was unfettered and could move freely on the Princess.

I don't know if I don't see it, but at a glance, Cheng Chuhei was taken aback by this princess.

The Princess is very large, and the five decks are equipped with a total of 72 rail-type eight-bull crossbows and 24 ballistas, forming a network of fire from near and far.

It is no exaggeration to say that ten of the sea ships of Fusang Datang may not be able to overturn such a warship.

Cheng Zhihe's mood was quite heavy, and it was time for night.

The Princess has sailed out into the sea.

As the lights turned on, Cheng Zhisi was notified that Chen Ying was going to invite Cheng Zhihei to dinner in the upper cabin.

Cheng Chusi came to the cabin, only to see three plates of vegetables and two fruits on the table, which made Cheng Chusi even more strange, now is the first month, it is the time when vegetables are extinct.

Cheng Zhihei is a bit like Cheng Zhijie's temperament, and if he comes, he will be safe. Fate was no longer in his own hands, and he tried to enjoy it.

Although Cheng is also a carnivore, he likes mutton and beef, but the vegetables are more refreshing now.

Chen Ying seemed to ask intentionally or unintentionally, "Is your father still in good health?" ”

"Okay, you can eat a liter of rice and a few catties of meat in one meal!" Cheng Chusi blinked his eyes and said, "Uncle Chen, don't waste your time, they have already crossed the overpass, and you can't catch up." Originally, there were no horses in the Fusang Continent, but along the way, we successively transported back five or six thousand horses to the Fusang Continent, and there were no castrated horses. ”

Chen Ying didn't answer this question, but smiled and said: "With General Ben here, Erlang can't win, and I won't allow him to win!" ”

"Uncle Chen, what you say ......!"

Cheng Chuji smiled awkwardly and said: "Fighting is not based on numbers, of course, compared to the number of people, the people of Fusang Datang are not less than the people of Datang at all......"

"If it is not of my race, its heart will be different!" Chen Ying pointed in the direction of the Fusang Continent and said, "Are they willing to die for Erlang?" ”

Cheng said: "Maybe in Uncle Shi's opinion, they are just a group of savages, but this does not prevent them from becoming useful people!" ”

Li Shimin's method can actually be said to be simple and crude.

He regarded the myths and legends of the Yin Fubu people as the history of the Fusang Continent, and concocted all kinds of evidence to prove that they were all more than a thousand years ago, in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, because the Shang State was destroyed by the Zhou State, they did not want to become the slaves of the Zhou State, so they fled from the distant Central Plains to the Fusang Continent.

They share the same bloodline as the Tang people and share a common ancestor.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Shimin is now the person with the greatest force in the Fusang Continent.

When the concept of nation and state had not yet been formed in the Fusang Continent, these people from all parts of the Fusang Tang Dynasty naturally became Tang people.

Just like in the steppe, when the Huns were strong, all the tribes called themselves the Huns. When the Xiongnu were weak and the Xianbei people rose, the entire grassland became the Xianbei people. And after the Xianbei people were weak, the Rouran people were strong and became the Rouran people again. Then, such changes will go through countless years, from the Turks to the Khitan, from the Khitan to the Jurchens, and then to the Mongols.

Things are chosen by nature, and the strong are respected.

At this time, the Fusang Continent responded to Li Shimin's call, and they fought everywhere under the banner of the Feathered Serpent God to crusade against the unsubordinate.

Looking at the glint of excitement in Cheng Zhihe's eyes, for a moment, Chen Ying began to wonder.

Where does his confidence come from?

Of course, Chen Ying also knows. Cheng Chuhei's self-confidence depends on Li Shimin, the key is where does Li Shimin's self-confidence come from?

Even if Li Shimin passes through the Bering Strait and can come to Datang along the flyover during the winter ice period, the key is that the distance between the two is too far.

Logistical replenishment is a very difficult problem.

In order to attack the Western Regions, Chen Ying led 30,000 troops, followed by more than 70,000 people, responsible for transporting grain and grass, if you add the large and small caravans behind, this number will exceed 100,000 horses.

However, the distance of Chen Ying's expedition was only more than 2,500 kilometers. It was only less than one-tenth of Li Shimin's expedition.

Could it be that Li Shimin has other ways to solve the problem of transportation baggage?

Although Chen Ying did not know much about the American continent, he also knew that the American continent did not have a canal that could be connected, and there was no way to use water transportation, and there was no way to pass through the distant Tang Dynasty on the west coast of the American continent.

However, the confidence and excitement in Cheng's eyes are not fake.

Chen Ying can see that Cheng Chuhei is not lying, words can deceive people, but the eyes are the window of people's hearts, and they will definitely not deceive people. If it was Cheng Zhijie, Chen Ying would have doubted that after all, the old goblin was a well-known cunning in history.

But Cheng is just a young man. 、

For a while, Chen Ying's shadow seemed to appear in front of him, and Li Shimin said firmly to Chen Ying: "I, Li Shimin, will come back!" ”

Chen Ying fell into endless thought.

Where is Li Shimin's confidence?

Why can he counterattack Datang?

What kind of anti-heaven methods does he have?

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