Li Yuan has been the emperor for nine years, which is as long as he has been the emperor, which looks quite embarrassing.

A generation of heroes, but in the end ended up with such a result, many times, I have to believe in the word fate.

In any case, with the death of Li Yuan and the burial of the Terracotta Warriors, the era belonging to Li Yuan has come to a complete end.

In this world, there is no longer Li Yuan, the emperor, and there is no longer the figure of the old man who lives in the palace late at night and meditates.

The imperial court has long resumed normal operation, and the three-day pause has only accumulated some of their workload, but fortunately, the time is not long, the impact is not great, and it can be solved in a few days of overtime.

The market is also gradually recovering, and the national funeral basically ended the restriction on the thirty-seventh day, but even if there is only the thirty-six day limit, the imperial court still caught some uneasy people and punished them according to the law, so the whole world seems to be peaceful.

However, it is true that the interior is too peaceful, but there are problems on the outside.

The root cause of the problem does not lie in people, but in the matter of national mourning.

Ancient system, during the national mourning, it is not appropriate to use troops.

Therefore, when the news of Li Yuan's death reached Jeju, Wang Xuance, who had just launched an attack on Goguryeo, was in trouble.

"At this time, the two armies have just clashed, and when the large army entered Baekje, the figure of Goguryeo appeared, if it were not for the strength of our army, fighting hard to fight a bloody road, the losses suffered by our army in that battle would be immeasurable......" Cheng Zhijie reported on the front line.

The root of the problem lies in the fact that the two sides have just been at war and the news of the national funeral has come. Or stop?

But no matter how you choose, it is not a very good decision for Wang Xuance, continuing to fight, although it is what he wants to see the most, and it can also minimize their losses, but this violates the principle of national mourning and violates the norms that should be observed as an official of the Tang Dynasty.

Don't fight? As soon as Goguryeo learned of the news of the national funeral, they would rush in a frenzy.

Although Baekje was pacified, it could not be called truly stable internally.

It has only been a year, and no ruler can do the same governance as the mainland in a year.

Jeju is isolated, plus the number of troops on the island is half of the population, and there are hundreds of thousands of Tang immigrants, even if they have the heart of a thief, they do not have the courage of the thief, let alone the strength of the riot.

But Baekje is different, there are not too many immigrants there, and Goguryeo secretly instigates it, so the situation in Baekje has not been too stable.

This question also gave Li Yuanji a headache.

The etiquette system cannot be fought, but the reality is that it cannot be stopped, and the only regret is that the timing of this war is not right.

"What happens if you stop?" Li Yuanji frowned and asked, he didn't want to destroy this etiquette, some things that should be kept, Li Yuanji still wanted to keep them.

But he will not let the soldiers sacrifice for no reason simply for the sake of etiquette.

"Judging from the current situation, if we stop, it may make Baekje unstable. Goguryeo has been operating there for too long, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as deep-rooted, and Baekje is full of Goguryeo people, both overt and covertly, one after another.

To deal with these people, it will not work to rely solely on reason and benevolence, and the only way to deal with them is to use absolute force to quickly destroy them, knock off their last spiritual support, and make them become a plate of scattered sand, lose their deterrence, lose their goals, and lose their motivation. Cheng Zhijie said.

Li Yuanji glanced at Cheng Zhijie slightly, and the frightened thing hurriedly shrank his neck and secretly said bad things.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuanji suddenly laughed in his heart.

Sure enough, this thing is not stupid at all, not stupid at all, but very smart.

In history, Cheng Zhijie only led the troops alone, and that time he made a mess of the whole war, proving that he was not suitable as a commander.

But now it seems that it was obviously deliberate, if he didn't have that ability, he would say such a thing now?

If he really didn't have that ability, would he live to the time of Wu Zetian? Become one of the few veterans who can start and finish well?

How can a person who should always be a fool when he should die and die once?

"Since you want to fight, then fight!" Li Yuanji smiled slightly and said directly.

The loss of the armistice is unacceptable to Datang, so why go to the armistice?

Because of the etiquette? The etiquette system is only for normal times, but now is not a normal time, according to the etiquette system, more soldiers will die, on the one hand, the etiquette system, on the other hand, the lives of the soldiers, how to choose? Don't think about it at all.

Etiquette is not the foundation that binds people, and etiquette can also be appropriately changed.

But changing the etiquette system is not enough with a word, otherwise, what is the effect of these etiquette systems?

Rites cannot be abolished, and what is abolished is not etiquette, but the emancipation of thought and human nature, just like in later generations.

Isn't the afterlife good? It's good, but it's not good either.

The good thing is that life is better and there is money, but the bad thing is that many etiquette systems have been abolished.

At first, I felt that it was troublesome and there was not enough time, so I simplified it, then simplified, then simplified, and then simplified, and in the end, it was gone.

When a society that has lost its etiquette emerges, is it just by virtue of the self-knowledge of human nature to control itself? Is this realistic?

When I go out to see an old lady, I don't dare to help me if I don't have a net worth of 10 million, and I'm embarrassed to hit someone if I'm not mentally ill, is this really good?

"Your military department prepares and formulates a detailed plan, and I will completely eliminate the country of Goguryeo within a year!" Li Yuanji continued.

You can't send troops for national mourning, it's not a problem, he can solve it.

However, the Goguryeo issue must be resolved as soon as possible.

It's better not to go to war, but once there is a war, there won't be so much time to fight a tug-of-war for them.

Otherwise, history will repeat itself.

"The plan has been in place for a long time, and it has been formulated according to the ideas put forward by His Majesty. Among them, the sea offensive is the mainstay, and a large number of troops advance from the south to the north through the line of Jeju and Baekje, while on the land side, the forces of about two armies are concentrated, mainly suppressed, and slowly advanced to attract Goguryeo's forces, disperse their deployment, and according to the actual situation, if necessary, a third battlefield can be opened along the coast to speed up the progress of the war.

For this reason, the Ministry of War has deduced no less than 100 times, and the probability of success of this plan is more than 90 percent. Cheng Zhijie said directly, this plan has been in place for a long time, and it was there when Wang Xuance attacked Jeju.

Moreover, Li Yuanji had already raised this point, so the Ministry of War did not dare to be careless, and when he was idle, he arranged for someone to formulate a plan, and even went to Jeju and Baekje to consult Wang Xuance's opinion.

"Nine out of nine?" Li Yuanji frowned, he didn't know where Cheng Zhijie's confidence came from?

But all battles in history have never said that there was such a high winning rate before the war, and the chessboard deduction does not represent the real existence, even if the deduction result is a must-win, there is still a probability of overturning.

In the case of war, the disparity in the strength of the enemy and ourselves is one thing, but in the final analysis, no matter what the strength of the two sides is, before the war, the odds of victory are actually five or five.

"If it was before, it would not have had such a high win rate, but now it is very different." Cheng Zhijie explained: "Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty made three expeditions to Goguryeo, but was defeated in the complex terrain of Goguryeo, defeated in the long-term attack, and defeated in the poor supply of grain and grass.

But now, these problems are not a problem at all in front of Datang.

First of all, the complex terrain has a greater impact on the ancient military system, and most of the rifles used by our army are now, and this alone can make up for these gaps.

Secondly, our army will attack from both sides, and it can even open up the third and fourth battlefields, so that the entire Goguryeo will fully bloom, how big is one Goguryeo? And how much energy does he have to worry about two, three, four battlefields at the same time?

Finally, the main direction of attack is the south, Jeju Island has stored a lot of grain in the past two years, and the sea is also constantly transporting grain and ordnance there, judging from the current storage situation, there is no problem in supporting the 200,000 army to fight for three years.

Moreover, Datang's maritime transportation capacity is constantly improving, every month, three transport ships are launched and delivered, and three transport ships can transport 5,000 stone of grain at a time, so there is no problem with the supply of our army.

Even if there is a problem on land, then retreat to the coast, and the supply can quickly catch up, and the real problem is on land, but there, we have only arranged for two corps to make a feint.

And this time, Wang Xuance also reported back the latest battle situation, and the Goguryeo army's fighting will is indeed not comparable to the Baekje army, and it may be a bit demeaning to describe it as a one-touch collapse.

However, in the actual battle, our army was completely able to crush them, and when the news came back, about 100 large and small battles were fought, and according to incomplete statistics, our army annihilated tens of thousands of enemy troops, while its own losses were only a few dozen.

In another way of thinking, even if we don't advance, just wait here for the Goguryeo people to come and attack, how long can they fight in such a casualty comparison?

The high-level can insist and resist, but what about the grassroots soldiers? How long can they hold out in such a situation of disparity between friend and foe? Once the psychological defense line begins to crumble, Goguryeo is not far from the end. ”

Li Yuanji understood the core of this plan, and then said: "Therefore, this plan is to constantly put pressure on the other party and make them collapse inside......