In the past, Li Chengqian was not a reckless person, but in the Tang Dynasty's ten-year career as a prince, he had a earth-shaking change.

After all, there is an emperor Lao Tzu as a backer, it is difficult for people to keep a low profile all the time, and the kind of invisible and intangible self-expansion has subtly changed him and made his behavior very different.

In fact, not only in modern times, but also in ancient times, it was a society that fought for fathers, if you have a good background, your starting point will be high, and if your background is not good, your starting point will naturally be low.

It is also a mine, and the children of civilians can only dig some quietly, for fear of being discovered, while Li Chengqian mobilized nearly 20,000 troops to directly seal the mine, and came to a 'I opened this mountain, I planted this tree', I have to say, this is because he has a good father.

"Have you ever thought that leaving all your soldiers out like this for a long time will make them homesick? And can you be sure that there really are so many good things in Liaodong? After listening to Li Chengqian's remarks, the old man relaxed a little and began to discuss with him the feasibility of the plan.

The 100,000 Liaodong Army, excluding the battle losses, still has about 80,000 people in Goguryeo, and is confronting Silla and Baekje under the Goguryeo imperial city of 'Chang'an'.

Goguryeo now has almost no land left except for the imperial city, and as long as the Liaodong army expels all Silla and Baekje, Goguryeo will surely become history.

With such a powerful combat force, only 100,000 people can fight under the Goguryeo Imperial City, if Li Chengqian really wants to transfer them back to Chang'an, Li Er still doesn't know what to do.

So when Li Chengqian said that he wanted to put the Liaodong Legion and the Western Regions Legion outside, the old man couldn't help but secretly breathe a long sigh of relief, and the tone of the conversation was also softened.

"Father, it is absolutely true that there are a lot of resources in Liaodong and the Western Regions, there are minerals such as Weishui (oil), carboniferous, iron, and copper in Liaodong, and the land is fertile, if there is a large amount of manpower to develop, the output of its various resources is not much worse than that of Jiangnan."

"There is also a large amount of water in the Western Regions, as well as a large number of jade mines. Moreover, this thing can be burned, and it can come in handy if it is mined and processed a little, whether it is for civilian or military use. ”

"As for the problem of homesickness of the soldiers, this son doesn't know how to solve it, if it really doesn't work, let's rotate, and let hundreds of people go back to their hometowns to visit relatives every month, so that the soldiers can be more responsible, after all, we have to give priority to selecting some good performers to go back."

In front of the old man, Li Chengqian couldn't say all his thoughts, he had just been beaten once, he was afraid that which sentence would be wrong, and once again arouse the anger of the old man.

The poor prince of the Tang Dynasty didn't know that Comrade Lao Li had actually exhausted his physical strength, and although he still wanted to continue beating him, he was no longer able to do it.

After a moment of contemplation, Comrade Lao Li nodded slowly: "The method of letting the soldiers go back to their hometowns to visit relatives is good, but it is not a long-term solution. ”

This was somewhat unexpected by Li Chengqian, who did not expect that his soldier's plan to visit relatives would be approved by the old man, and it sounded like he had the intention of transferring the Liaodong Army back to Chang'an.

This is not easy, originally in his impression, the old man should not be willing to let a legion like the Liaodong Army withdraw to Chang'an, after all, the combat power is too strong, and it is not controlled by the old man, which is a great threat to Lao Li.

"The fist that is withdrawn is the most powerful, and an army with strong combat effectiveness only needs to appear at the critical time and place, otherwise it will only affect the morale of the soldiers. Moreover, you must popularize the method of training your troops, and the 16 guards and local government troops must be trained according to your model of six rates. ”

Li Er talked for a long time, and finally got to the crux of the matter - a strong army!

On the positive side, a country cannot have only one high-end combat force, and a strong military strength lies in the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the whole army, which cannot be represented by one person or one army.

Another point is that the combat effectiveness of the whole army has been improved, so the threat of the Liaodong Army to the old man will naturally be smaller, and it will not kill two birds with one stone if it can increase the combat strength of the whole army and reduce the threat.

It's just that Li Chengqian didn't agree with the old man's point of view, and after hesitating for a moment, he spread his hands and said: "Father, the combat effectiveness of the Sixteen Guards is not weak, and what is missing now is not the training of the soldiers, but the equipment, we don't have so much equipment to arm them." ”

"This time the Liaodong Army used a large number of newly developed equipment in the battle in Goguryeo, such as Zhenguan cannons, portable bed crossbows, repeating bed crossbows, four-legged nails, gliders, etc., it is the rational use of these equipment that has greatly increased the combat strength of the Liaodong Army, otherwise there will be no difference from the Sixteen Guards with conventional tactics."

Thinking that in the last battle, Li Daozong commanded the Liaodong Army to fight hard with Goguryeo, Li Chengqian felt a little pain in his liver, the bullshit Iron Army was fought, and the battle loss was nearly 20,000 people, isn't this particularly sick?

Obviously you have good equipment, but don't you use it for Mao? I have to take human lives to fill it!

How much does a piece of equipment cost? How much is a human life?

Okay, even if Datang's life is not valuable, doesn't it take time? How much time does it take for a fighter to develop? Even if you are born to go to war, normal training is always needed.

Liuyu has been training for many years, and Li Chengqian doesn't know how much money he has invested in what every soldier eats, drinks, and wears.

In the end, because of Li Daozong's old words, it was suddenly reduced by one-fifth, isn't this nonsense? If it weren't for the continuous strengthening of the ideological education of those soldiers, it is estimated that there would have been a rupture.

Li Chengqian, who was complaining, took the opportunity to chat with the old man to vent his bitterness: "Father, in the past, our equipment was poor, and we relied on the lives of soldiers to fill the war, but now it is different, now we have good equipment, and there are constantly better equipment that will be developed, and we have no need to exchange human lives for victory!" ”

"That being said, what you said is still too absolute, it is true that the war depends on equipment, but if you want to win the war, it is still people in the end, and the soldiers do not have the determination to dare to fight, even if the equipment is good, it is just to deliver food to the enemy."

Later generations evaluated Lao Li as an outstanding politician and military strategist......

Although he did not have those experiences of later generations, he still pointed out the loopholes in Li Chengqian's words, fighting a war depends on weapons, and winning a war depends on people, which is a summary of Li Er's experience as a general who has been rolling on the battlefield for more than ten years!

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