Silla's intention to advance north and west frequently came from the governors of Seoul and Xiongjin, and Li Yu had to order the grain to be transported to Pyongyang and Seoul in preparation for the autumn season, and ordered the garrisons in Andong to enter a state of combat readiness, and the Wufeng, Qiling, Liangyi, and Second Holy Army and the Eighth Army of Xinliao began to assemble and stand by. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A new round of war with Silla could break out at any time, and Li Yu summoned the military generals of Wenchen to discuss the countermeasures in the event of a war in the Andong area.

Since most of the Xiongjin Prefecture was occupied by Silla, and the Tang army was also cut into two relatively independent enclaves in the north and south, the defenders were only more than 20,000, while Silla had an army of 50,000 and could be reinforced at any time.

In contrast, the Andong Protectorate is short of troops and beyond the reach of the whip. Once the war broke out, Andong's tens of thousands of defenders would be transferred to the southern front to face Silla's 100,000 troops, and it would be impossible to draw troops and horses to reinforce the Kumjin Prefecture.

What's even worse is that the general Hei Tooth Changzhi, whom Liu Renyuan relied on, was transferred to Pyongyang by Li Yu, so that Xiongjin had no general, and Liu Renyuan repeatedly sent documents requesting him to increase troops to make up for the further weakening of Xiongjin's military strength due to the lack of a general.

Li Yu was in a dilemma for a while, and he couldn't watch Liu Renyuan being driven into the sea by Silla, but he really didn't have any extra troops in his hands to give reinforcements, so he had to look at the civil and military generals of the Metropolitan Protectorate who were surrounding the sand table and asked for advice.

"Your Highness, forget about reinforcing Xiongjin, although our Anton literally has more than 120,000 troops, more than half of the soldiers and horses are just united soldiers formed last year. Most of them are still composed of farmers who have never been in battle, and it is okay to garrison the place, so it would be good to really pull into the battlefield without adding to the chaos. Li Yesi shook his head and said clearly.

Chen Xuan also agreed, picked up the whip and pointed to the sand table and said: "I want not to let Silla occupy the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, unless our army first gathers superior forces to break through the three fortified cities of Qiju, Bukhansan, and ** in the north of Silla, and then go down to Tangcheng and Snake Mountain, and open up the road with the northern area of Xiongjin, which is undoubtedly more reasonable than directly reinforcing from the sea and causing a lonely army." ”

"I'm afraid General Chen's strategy is inappropriate." Xue Ne pointed to the east of the Imjin River, "The castles of Chimu, Sangyang, and Cheorwon in Silla here are all fortified cities that Silla has spent great efforts to build in the past two years, and half of its 100,000 border troops in the north are stationed here. In order to open up a connection with the northern area of Kumatsu, our army went to attack the castles along the northwest coast of Silla. Then Silla can also concentrate superior forces to cross the Imjin River to break through the city of Ayujin, and then go down the river into the lower reaches of the Hansan River, which can directly cut off the retreat of our army. At the same time, the Silla army heading south could also flank our army from the north and south together with the defenders in the area of Namhansan Mountain and Guwon Fortress in the middle and upper reaches of the Hansan River. ”

"This ......" Chen Xuan was dumbfounded for a while, and after Xue Ne came out on the sand table, he realized how stupid his march route was.

General Qilin Wei Yin persuaded Chengzhi: "In my opinion, Your Highness, we still don't care whether the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion can withstand Silla's attack for the time being, and just focus on the war in the north. ”

Li Yu did not give a reply to the generals' suggestions, and his eyes swept around on the sand table to think of strategies.

Xue Jun shook his head with a bitter expression: "The court has a lot of criticism for His Royal Highness, and it doesn't matter whether the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion lives or dies, it is attacked and destroyed by Silla, and it may cause the court to attack His Highness." Everyone knows that the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, from the governor to the soldiers, is not appointed by His Royal Highness, which means that it is not with us. If we watch Liu Renyuan fall, it will be tantamount to giving the truth to those who are dissatisfied with His Highness in the court, saying that His Highness will not save him, and he will be suspected of eliminating dissidents. ”

After listening to Xue Jun's words, the generals were also embarrassed, they couldn't rush the ducks to the shelves, and send a bunch of united soldiers who had never fought to their deaths, right?

At present, the role of the unity troops is to assemble and stay in the local garrison after the local guards and troops go out to fight, and a small number of well-trained unity soldiers follow the army to go on the expedition, but they are mainly engaged in logistics and transportation.

Because the black tooth Changzhi is Li Yu, who was recently transferred from Xiongjin to Pyongyang, he is not familiar with the relationship with the military generals who were born in the Yanwang Mansion. Therefore, during this military meeting, he stood behind a group of civil and military generals and was silent, but his eyes were staring at the sand table with bright eyes, thinking about his combat strategy.

Li Yu looked at the sand table and thought about the suggestions of the generals, thinking about the overall situation, it is true that he should not support the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, but the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion will be defeated, and the imperial court will also hold him accountable.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yu thought of a compromise solution, "Xiongjin still needs reinforcements, and as for the reinforced army, there is no need to transfer troops and horses on land, so the East China Sea Fleet trained in Duli Town will go to give reinforcements at sea." In this way, even if Liu Ren is willing to defeat Xiongjin, the court can be said to be in the past. ”

The ministers in the palace, look at me, I look at you, and pinch your nose and admit the idea that His Highness came up with that is not a swish, after all, there is no other alternative.

"The Yellow Sea Fleet on the southern coast of Silla intensified its plundering and destruction of the southeastern area of Silla, and tried to absorb a number of elite Silla soldiers in the area without being able to support the other two battlefields." Li Yu knocked on the sand table and said in a deep voice.

"Next, let's discuss where we should break through the northern defense line built by Silla after the outbreak of war."

"Judging from the generals, it is easier for our army to break through the defense line set up by Silla on the south bank of the Hansan River, and it is also convenient for grain and grass to be supplied."

"There is a Silla naval division on the south bank of the Hansan estuary, and there is a confluence of the Imjin River dozens of miles upstream of the estuary, which is convenient for the reinforcements of the garrisons of various cities in Silla, which is inappropriate."

When one of the generals proposed the route of the march, the other would point out the shortcomings, so that the discussion was in a state of controversy, and Li Yu was depressed to see the black-toothed Changzhi standing behind everyone, and there was a trace of disdain on the generals' proposals that was not easy for others to detect.

Li Yu smiled and asked, "I don't know what General Blacktooth's good plan is?" ”

The generals were surprised, since entering the hall to discuss, this is the first time that His Royal Highness has named and made suggestions, and they all followed Li Yu's gaze to look at a strong man with dark skin and a height of more than seven feet behind everyone.

Gao Chongli asked Xue Jun beside him, "Brother Xue, who is this person?" ”

Xue Jun replied in a low voice: "This person's name is Hei Tooth Changzhi, the general of Baekje, who was originally a general under Liu Renyuan, the governor of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, who made many military exploits when he fought against Silla and entered Kouxiongjin, and became an official to the left leading army general and the Sima of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion. His Highness transferred him to Pyongyang a month ago. ”

"It turned out to be a general of Baekje, and it wasn't very good, looking at his proud appearance, His Highness also specially asked him?" Gao Chongli said disdainfully.

Xue Jun, who knew the resume of Hei Ya Chang, could only smile, thinking that Gao Chongli was really difficult to change in nature, unlike his brother's modest and cautious character, he was arrogant, and he always thought that he was awesome and looked down on others without seeing the other party's experience with his own eyes, and as a result, he offended many short-tempered generals in the army.