Li Shimin is a very powerful emperor, and powerful emperors are very confident, but self-confidence and defenselessness are never the same thing.

Qin Hao's performance was also eye-catching before, but at least he didn't hold military power, and now, Li Shimin has realized that the young man in front of him has his own general momentum in just over three years.

However, almost all the power in Qin Hao's hands is not restricted by the imperial court.

It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin has the idea of injecting capital into the Qinggang Water Master, although he knows that even if he doesn't pay a penny, as long as he opens a policy opening for Qin Hao, Qin Hao can take advantage of the situation to turn the hole into a big hole, and do it without spending a penny from the court.

But that's not good, Li Shimin has his own calculations in his heart, although the Qinggang Sailor Division was formed by him, it must not always be in his hands, and now he is in a hurry to fight Goguryeo, so he drove the ducks to the shelves, and he will definitely have to hand over this piece to others in the future, his positioning of Qin Hao, that is not allowed to touch the army for the rest of his life.

He naturally doesn't need to guard against anyone, he has this self-confidence, but Qin Hao's age is destined to be in the next generation at his peak, Li Chengqian is kind to him, and he should be able to cooperate with the monarch and the minister.

But Li Chengqian is about the same age as him, no one can say which of the two will die first in the future, if a character like Qin Hao becomes a veteran of the Three Dynasties, then... It's kind of scary.

Qin Hao has always understood these truths, youth is his capital, but it is not his biggest trouble, few people can resist the temptation of the yellow robe.

In fact, he really doesn't know how to fight, he doesn't want to fight, he doesn't want to fight, he is essentially a soft-hearted person, he has been tossing and turning in nightmares for the past two days, always dreaming that countless souls who died in the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong asked him why he wanted to harm them.

In feudal society, there is no distinction between soldiers and civilians in war, and Qin Hao used all that kind of desperate strategy, and sometimes the huge pressure was enough to make him collapse.

After Li Shimin revealed this meaning, Qin Hao immediately realized that this was an opportunity to get off the donkey.

"Back to the saint, the minister thinks that a general may not be able to do it, the Qinggang sailor needs at least two generals, one is responsible for daily drills, and the other is responsible for managing the daily accounts of the Qinggang sailor, and now the most important sources of income for the Qinggang sailor are mainly spices, silk, silver mines, porcelain, treasures of the Western Regions, Persian carpets, etc., but all this is inseparable from the trade exchanges with Hu Shang, the minister has thought about it, these things can be arranged through Chang'an."

"The minister thinks that the Ministry of Household should establish a trade department to arrange and manage the bulk trade of Hu merchants in a unified manner, so that the Qingbang sailor can manage it, and the two generals on weekdays one is in charge of the military, and the other is in charge of the economy and life, and the Qinggang sailor will be able to become the invincible sword of my Datang!"

Li Shimin was very pleased, which proved that Qin Hao had no attachment to military power, and he was really a smart person.

Of course, Li Shimin also asked Qin Hao's opinion, and Qin Hao was very cautious and did not give any advice, just hoping that after the new general came, Pei Xingjian could still be reused, and Li Shimin agreed.

Xu is Li Shimin also felt guilty and promised Qin Hao that when this battle was over, he would crown him as the Duke of the Kingdom, which may be one of the youngest Duke of the past dynasties.

Qin Hao was naturally overjoyed about this, he was not the material at all, and he relied on Pei Xingjian to fight, which was as good as a national prince.

That night, Li Shimin and the others set up camp on the edge of the Yalu River, and Qin Hao was fortunate to accompany Li Shimin to ride a horse and ride lightly to observe the defense line of Changbai Mountain.

Accompanying all the bigwigs such as Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Biting Jin, being able to follow behind at such a time is also a supreme glory in itself, which can be regarded as a political signal, which makes the soldiers of the three armed forces envious.

The moon and stars are scarce, and the construction works on Changbai Mountain can be seen at a glance.

"It's a male pass, and you have to fill it with your life."

Everyone behind him did not speak, thanks to Qin Hao's blessing, the arrow towers built on the mountain are not very special, but this kind of terrain cannot be taken at all if each arrow tower is not filled with dozens or hundreds of lives.

As a general, the most annoying thing is this kind of pure terrain, and even to some extent, this broken place is more difficult to fight than their Tongguan in the Tang Dynasty, because no matter how elite the troops are, they are no different from recruits in the rain of arrows before attacking the mountain.

Cheng Yanjin asked, "Can't you get around?" ”

Qin Hao said, "I have already sent people to investigate before, there is no big road to detour, if we take a small road, we have to go around for more than a month, and supply is a big problem, there are not many places in the remaining land of Goguryeo that can be used as a port to stop ships." ”

Li Shimin also frowned, he was confident that he would win this battle, but he didn't know how many loyal souls of the Tang Dynasty would be buried here.

Qin Hao said: "Can you let the local Han army be responsible for climbing the mountain?" Datang can issue policies, such as military merit knighthood, such as the families of the combatants can go to the concession to serve Datang, and so on. ”

"You can give it a try, but you don't have to report too much hope, this kind of nine-death thing, those newly surrendered soldiers can't be of much use."

Qin Hao nodded and said: "Then we can only wait for General Niu, as far as I know, Goguryeo's troops have long been stretched, and there are so many soldiers and horses along the Changbai Mountain, if you want to come to the Han River, the generation should be empty." ”

Li Shimin shook his head, although Niu Jinda was there, he was still quite anxious.

Seeing that it is already winter, Liaodong is terrifying to break the enemy's cold, although Datang now has cotton clothes, but it will take time to popularize, and now this price is more expensive than mink, so it is naturally impossible to equip it on ordinary soldiers.

Once there is a heavy snowfall, everything is unknowable.

Originally, Li Shimin did not conquer the Yalu River in history, not because he lacked troops and insufficient combat power, but because it was cold in winter, and his supplies could not keep up.

Now that there is Qin Hao, the soldiers are full of fighting spirit, and there is no problem with the supply, it seems that even spring sowing is not so important, but the problem of cold is still the biggest problem that Datang will face in the next few months.

As long as Goguryeo can hold on for three months, when it reaches the ninth cold winter, the Tang army can be frozen to death by freezing.

The same is true of Niu Jindana, whose troops behind enemy lines are all dependent on Silla and battlefield raids, and they only need to wait until the Han River freezes and they will become meat on Goguryeo felt boards.

Li Shimin finally gritted his teeth and said, "Let the Goguryeo Han army be the vanguard and rush first, and then the Khitans will be the main attack, and tell them that when the Changbai Mountain is defeated, the area around the Hunjiang River will be handed over to them except Pyongyang, and I will not rob it." ”

Qin Hao was shocked: "Holy Lord, the area around the Hunjiang River is where my Tang Andong Protectorate is located in the future, and the robbery of Hu Qi is not measured, so it will be angry and resentful!" Besides, if they are really looted, what will I use to build the capital protection mansion of the Tang Dynasty? Holy Lord, think twice! ”