Chapter 266: Life and Death of the Profit-Seeking Country

"Your Majesty, in order to prevent the Turks from breaking up and then recuperating for a few years, will paralyze the enemy and make him let his guard down, so as to seize the opportunity to destroy them in one fell swoop. Another reason why I did this www.biquge.info was because of the huge cost of logistics. As I said before, the Turks defeated them and they could flee, and then migrate to the farther north or west, so if I want to further destroy their living forces, do we want to continue to pursue them deeply, it must be needed, otherwise we don't need to recuperate for a few years, maybe we will retreat, and those Turks who have fled will gather together again and return to their original territory. ”

Wu Yuanqing gestured for a moment and continued: "And once we want to pursue deeply, especially deep into Mobei, then the huge logistics support is the problem, the north is bitterly cold, first of all, warm clothes need to consume a lot of treasury, and then countless grain and grass consumption." You participated in the whole process of delivering grain this time, and you should know that grain and grass do not mean that we pulled thousands of carts from Chang'an, but that these thousands of carts were all for the army. Among these thousands of cars, the loss on the road alone is great, and seven or eight out of ten people will be removed along the way, and the most left for the army is a few hundred cars. ”

Cheng Chumo nodded with deep feelings, he had never thought about these before, he used to think that protecting the grain transport team was a matter of letting him do overkill, and when he really transported the grain, he knew that protecting the grain transport team was not only about protecting its safety, but also about protecting the grain transport team to be unimpeded, unhindered, and quickly delivered to the destination.

Because the speed of the grain transportation team is not only related to whether the army can be replenished in time, but also related to whether it can reduce the loss on the road, and if you can arrive one day earlier, you can reduce the loss of one day. And this is the most important meaning of his escort of grain and grass.

At this point, Wu Yuanqing hadn't finished speaking, and seeing that Cheng Chumo understood, he continued to say: "The loss on this road is increasing with the lengthening of the battle line and the increase in the distance we transport. When we really went deep into Mobei, when we pulled a thousand carts of grain and grass and delivered them to the army, there were only a hundred carts left, or even only a few dozen carts. Moreover, in order to ensure that the 100,000 army fights outside the Mobei Sai, the Guannai needs millions of logistics personnel to run around for years and months, and the longer the battle line is stretched, the longer the war lasts, and this kind of consumption is enough to deplete the national reserves, and this kind of logistics support is enough to drag down the economy of our Datang. And at that time, it will inevitably cause a commotion in the world, or even chaos. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Yuanqing gave an example: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to the desert and drove the Huns to Mobei and further north, but it was a battle of the country, although the war was won, but the national strength of the Han Dynasty was almost exhausted. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to issue an edict when he climbed Mount Tai, saying: "Since I ascended the throne, I have acted rebelliously, making the world sad and unrepentant." From now on, those who harm the people and waste the world will stop it! to admit your mistakes. This is the background of the birth of the first guilty edict in history. ”

"You know so much," Cheng Chu said silently.

How out of place this sycophant is, you can see it from the roll of Wu Yuanqing's eyes.

"I told you so much just to tell you that the opportunity for Datang to attack the Turks this time was not easy to come by, and His Majesty will definitely not allow it to end here, but he also does not want this war to be a protracted war, so Datang can't afford to consume it. At this time, the Turks pretended to surrender and plotted to make a comeback, so His Majesty sent Tang Jian to the Turks to show how much he attached importance to the Turks' proposals, so as to paralyze the Turks, let Jieli relax their vigilance, and let them stay in one place to discuss surrender and annexation with Tang Jian. This will create an opportunity for our army, an opportunity to wipe out the Turks in one fell swoop. Wu Yuanqing concluded.

"Awesome, Your Majesty is Your Majesty, you think so much and so far" Cheng Chumo arched his hand in the direction of Chang'an, expressing his admiration and admiration for His Majesty the Emperor thousands of miles away.

Then he looked at Wu Yuanqing with the same admiration: "You are also very powerful, Your Majesty just sent Tang Jian to soothe Jieli, you can think of so many things from it, and analyze it so thoroughly, you are worthy of being a smart person in the Tang Dynasty." By the way, I think you should quickly send someone to report what you thought of to the chief manager, so as not to delay the warplane. ”

"You can pull it down, you are stupid and think that others are as stupid as you. I also need to tell the chief manager that I think the chief manager thinks more thoroughly than anyone else, so maybe he will convene people to make a battle plan now. Wu Yuanqing said angrily.

Wu Yuanqing is right, at this time, in the Baidao, the camp of the Tang Army, Li Jing was discussing with his own handsome tent and the deputy chief Wei Chi Gong, Zhang Gongjin, and Li Ji, the general manager of the East Road Army.

Li Jing briefly said his opinion on the emperor's order, and then looked at Li Ji.

Li Ji groaned and said: "Although Jieli was defeated and there are still many people and horses, if you walk through the desert and get the protection of the nine surnamed Tiele, the road is far away and dangerous, it will be difficult to catch up with them. Now that His Majesty has sent Tang Jian there, the Turks will definitely relax their vigilance, and we will attack later, so that we will be able to fight down, and even pacify the thieves without a fight. ”

"Mao Gong, what you said is Han Xin's strategy to destroy Tian Heng," Li Jing smiled and grabbed Li Ji's hand and said.

"Senior Brother Yao, don't make fun of the little brother, I don't believe you didn't think of this, you just said it through my mouth" Li Jing shook his head and laughed.

"Hey, I said how old are you two and you two are still touting each other like this, do you want to be embarrassed" Wei Chigong on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and scolded the two of them with disdain.

"Jingde, you.." Li Jing and Li Ji, two people who are also known as the gods of the Tang Dynasty, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Zhang Gongjin, another deputy director, spoke, but he did not agree but objected: "Marshal, Tang Jian and the others are still in the Turkic camp, and we will definitely put them in danger if we send troops like this, I'm afraid there is something wrong."

Li Jing laughed: "As long as you can exterminate the Turks in one fell swoop, you can pay any price, even if you let Ben Shuai die, you are willing, I think Tang Jian will make such a decision in the position of Ben Shuai." So Gongjin doesn't need to think about them. ”

Li Ji and Wei Chigong nodded expressionlessly, and Zhang Gongjin opened his mouth and didn't say anything more.

So, Tang Jian was abandoned.