Fighting a war is a matter of labor and money, and the longer the war, the more serious the consumption. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info So for war, the emperor and the ministers, as well as the common people, have the same position, and no one wants to fight. The generals are just the opposite, the more troubled the times, the happier the generals. When there is a war, it seems that they have to be important.

But this battle is also different. Is it best to win battles? In fact, it should be ranked second, and the third is defeated, and the general has the same position as everyone else. Excluding that kind of ill-intentioned prediction, no one likes to lose the battle.

So, what kind of war did the generals like the most? Protracted. What's so good? Once the fight starts, there must be winners and losers. There is no guarantee that they will always win. It's better to fight for a long time, and everyone is exhausted.

There are many benefits to this, first of all, there is no need to worry about defeating the battle. Second, the longer they take, the more they show that they matter. In the end, in this war, there is always an opportunity to fill their own pockets, fight a protracted war, and the rear is seriously damaged, but some bad generals can take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

Of course, you can't overturn a boatload of people with a rod, not all generals think so, especially in peaceful and prosperous times, if you want to go on like this, beware of being impeached by the imperial history and the official, you will be replaced, and then what awaits you is imprisonment.

However, in many cases, it is not a good choice to attack in a hurry, and it is right to fight for a long time. Like Ge Shuhan back then, guarding Tongguan and continuing to consume it was the best choice, but he was forced to fight, and once he was defeated, Datang was almost about to change the dynasty.

And how to judge, when to fight, when to defend? There are so-called generals, and military orders are not subject to them. As for when to march and when to defend, the practice of all dynasties was to send a prison army and a eunuch to supervise the army. However, the drawbacks are well known. There are few things that can be accomplished, and there are many failures.

Li Chen knew this, and he didn't have any eunuchs to send. Now there are still some eunuchs in the palace, but they are all idle, and Li Chen will not expand. Although not all eunuchs are bad, they are not humane enough.

Li Chen's practice was to set up a staff department to improve the role of staff officers in the Tang army. Advise the generals with staff officers and replace the overseers of the army. At the war discussion meeting, all opinions will be written into a written report, and the final reward for meritorious deeds or punishment will be discussed.

However, there was a major premise of this meeting, in order to avoid multiple orders, no matter how they were discussed, in the end it was up to the commander-in-chief to decide, and the commander-in-chief decided, and the whole army had to carry it out. No matter how much you object, you have to do it. Otherwise, where is the majesty of the commander-in-chief?

Shi Xiong is very in favor of Li Chende's approach, although this puts a lot of pressure on the commander, but being a commander should have some determination and courage. Now that the eunuchs are exempted from supervising the army, the staff officers and pre-war discussions are strengthened, so that the armies can better understand the intentions of the main generals and brainstorm ideas.

In the meeting, many generals were in charge, and it cannot be said that they mentally hoped to fight as long as possible. Shou is also a good method, but Shixiong has Shixiong to consider.

Not to mention the emperor's expectations, he said that if this battle is fought for too long, the soldiers will be very annoyed. If it is delayed for the past year, there may be a military mutiny. It's not impossible, although the weather is good, it's not cold yet, and there is no shortage of supplies, but this battle has been fought for almost half a year, and if it drags on for too long, the soldiers will be tired of fighting.

This is also Li Chen's best to avoid the shortcomings of the new army. Why not recruit those who have families and careers as soldiers? It's easy to get homesick. He would rather recruit some young people who don't have a family. The four seas are home, and they are more able to endure battles. In the future, they may be sent to a foreign land for a long time.

Of course, this may be a bit biased. It's not that the Tang Dynasty didn't have a long-term dispatch to the frontier to serve diligently, and people also had families and dependents, but Li Chen still had some thoughts, that is, assimilation. Send some soldiers to stay on the frontier for a long time, and finally in the local area, marry wives and have children, and spread out.

In his vision, there are several benefits. First of all, they started a family in the local area, and since they were sending soldiers to garrison them, or the frontier, it meant that the local area needed to be defended. In this way, they started a family in the local area, and he could give them the land and immediately become a militiaman. When necessary, it can help defense, reduce the burden of defense, and increase the ability to defend.

Second, stabilize the situation on the ground. On the bright side, the number of pro-Tang people has increased, and it will be more stable here in the future. In the dark mind, women were taken away by the Tang people, and indigenous men would not be able to marry wives. It is equivalent to reducing the indigenous population in disguise and increasing the number of Han Chinese.

It's hard to declare this thought, but it's good to have a reason on the surface, so to speak. In the future, for the sake of the obvious reasons, it is enough to continue to do so.

In addition to the soldiers thinking about returning home after a long battle, Shi Xiong also said that there is a lot of pressure on the rear to transport supplies. Quick. This is very heartfelt, Shi Xiong said it with a clear conscience. He said that the imperial court couldn't afford it, but he knew that Datang was quite stable now, in fact, it didn't have such a big financial burden, and if it was really better to fight for a long time, Li Chen couldn't afford it.

He also said that the people along the road were complaining and under heavy pressure, so it was even more worrying to end the war as soon as possible. Along the way, the people and merchants may say, "Let's fight, let's fight, let's fight, and make the war a little more violent."

That is, Li Chen fights, and these people will think like this. Otherwise, as in tradition, the people would rather not fight. Why is Li Chen's war different? Because Li Chen was exempted from forced labor.

No matter which dynasty fought a war, it was almost impossible to escape the conscription of the people to serve and transport grain and grass. It is often a great burden on the local population. Don't talk about the Sui Dynasty, even the Tang Dynasty is the same. Taizong's expedition to Goryeo, and Gaozong's re-expedition, both caused a great burden to the people of Qi and Lu. The local assassins and the ministers of the DPRK and the central government kept writing books, saying that the people were very dissatisfied and hoped to stop the war as soon as possible.

By the way, the Tang Dynasty implemented rent adjustment, with basic service for 20 days, more than 35 days exempt, and more than 50 days, full exemption from rent adjustment. So what if you exceed it? Basically, the pressure of transporting grain and grass in this war was borne by a certain place. Seriously speaking, it is very unfair, and it is no wonder that the people do not want to beat the cane. Although the land of Qi and Lu is rich, it has always been a great burden, and they have to bear the burden of attacking the north and serving them.

This time is no exception, although the Grand Canal can lead to the north, but there will be a transit, not a direct flight. The Grand Canal will first go to Luoyang, and then branch out from Luoyang to the northeast and west. A large section in the middle, just no.

This canal is also troublesome, you have no way without water, although the capacity is very economical, very convenient, but limited to water, just can't help. In the middle section, it depends on the movement of people. Otherwise, there will be a big turnover. Relying on manpower to make up for the middle part has two advantages, first, Chang'an also needs the Grand Canal to replenish it.

The canal is certainly provincial, but its capacity is also limited. If you transfer directly in this way, you can reduce the burden on this section of the Grand Canal. To Chang'an, you have to Chang'an, and to the north of Youzhou. Therefore, even if the Grand Canal is passable, it still needs to be supplemented by manpower.

Moreover, although Li Chen opened sea transportation, it alleviated the transportation difficulties. However, shipping requires manpower for loading and unloading, and for transportation to the canal, it also requires manpower. Historically, these have been drudgeries. No matter how many people are willing, if there is a rent adjustment, it will be exceeded, let alone now. Why, then, are the people willing to fight? Merchants, in particular, also want to fight as long as possible.

Because, Li Chen did not levy conscription, and it was abolished long ago. Switching to the employment system, the people have money to get. These people came of their own free will. Although Li Chen didn't have any food, the front-line transportation was tight enough, and he still had to pay for food?

Li Chen sent money, and the court sent it directly, so it saved trouble. Although I don't care about food, I have 40 wen a day, and this income, if I do it for a year, it is not a problem to feed and drink for a family of four. So, many people flocked to it.

The government is not in arrears, and the daily payment makes many people want to do it for a lifetime. Although the income is probably only the minimum standard wage of Datang, it is guaranteed by drought and flood. You still have to worry about natural disasters in farming, this kind of work, as long as the government is not in arrears, it is a stable job.

The people have income, which also stimulates the business boom along the way. Local shops provided cheap food, and merchants from afar spontaneously brought in large quantities of food. In addition to these, because many workers are single, they are hired and get paid, so it is inevitable that there will be some other expenses. You don't have to support your family to be strong, and there are quite a few.

Because of this, the people and merchants are eager to fight this battle for a longer time. You can earn a little more. If Yang Guang had known, he would probably have thought that if he had fought Goryeo back then, and the people were so enthusiastic, he probably wouldn't have lost the country and would be like a dead dog.

In short, Shi Xiong's words are very heartfelt, and the people actually want to continue fighting. However, these generals don't know, they just look at it according to traditional habits, and they haven't thought about it, in fact, under Li Chen's rule, everything has become different.

Therefore, the final decision is still to be fought and resolved quickly. Next, Shi Xiong pointed to a few ferries and assigned how each army crossed the river, it was really convenient to have a sand table, and everyone knew it at a glance. Know where you are, who is behind you, and who is left and right.

Many people are wondering if they want to imitate it in the future and make a sand table, but this thing seems simple, but how to actually make it? It's just that the paper is colored and the inside is filled with sand. This kind of stuff is easy to do.

It is said that people have used sand tables in China for a long time, and the earliest can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. The famous saying of the horse leather shroud, the Fubo general Ma Yuan.

At that time, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was in a crusade against Longxi, and the generals had differences about the local dangerous terrain, and some people thought that the terrain was too dangerous and it was not easy to crusade. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty asked Ma Yuan for his opinion, and Ma Yuan gathered rice for the valley to explain the situation in Longxi. Firm Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and be determined to fight.

To make this sand table, you have a lot of knowledge. The level of scouts must be very high, otherwise you will only make the kind of ancient maps that are very pictographic. The great thing is to give you a general direction, mark the mountains and rivers, and it is not clear how wide the rivers are, how high the mountains are, and how the mountains are.

To make such a sand table, for the distance of the road, the width of the river must be extremely clear, basically there must be a good level of measurement, so what can these military towns do? Li Chen has long relied on the progress of surveying technology, and has made an appointment to use troops to obtain a few feudal towns in the future, and to do a good job of surveying, so as to have such an accurate sand table model. If these feudal towns want to imitate, they should just think about it.

Now that the order of the attack has been assigned, and the direction of the attack, the first question arises, who will go first? The first crossing of the river is very important, and the reason for hitting it halfway is probably that Song Xianggong doesn't understand. If you cross the river first, you will definitely be hit hard.

So go over together? Sacrifice one of them, play the flag and his team cross the river safely? Who wants to be so great. They are willing, and the soldiers under their command probably won't either. That is, to cross the river together, depending on the luck? That also has to be divided into places, close to Youzhou, and the place where the Saiwai coalition army is located, I am afraid that it will be the first to be attacked, and no one wants to go there.

'Let me lead the army and cross the river first.' Li Hu stood up and asked, "Shi Shuai, please let me cross the right army first." Xiaohu jumped out and asked for his life, and Gao Biao was not left behind. In the end, it was decided that they would both cross together. The problem is solved, and everyone is happy. Just the person watching shook his head.

Young people, still young and vigorous, a few self-confident old generals, sneered in their hearts, Shence Army, what is the result of the actual battle, it is still unknown, are you in such a hurry to jump out and send it to death?

There is a sneer, and more people are thinking about whether to slow down and cross the river. After all, if the Shence army collapses and robs the army across the river, I am afraid that it will not come back. There will also be heavy losses if withdrawn. After all, everyone has to rush to cross the bridge, people crowd people, people push people, even if there is no engagement, there will be countless people who will trample to death and drown.

The same military discussion took place in Youzhou City. Zhou Pan also invited a military discussion, and he had to recruit a leader of the foreign alliance to discuss how to fight this battle.

He didn't have the power to say anything. These alien coalition forces are not what he found. And Ma Yuanwu, who was found, has been killed. The dead are very. However, death is death, he just feels very troublesome, and he has no intention of avenging him.

'His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know if the Bohai Kingdom can support some more grain and grass, now the allied forces of all ethnic groups are relying on my Youzhou for supply, and there are few poor people in Youzhou, so I really can't afford it. Zhou Pan said with a smile to a young man with a pair of thick broom eyebrows, like his father.

He is Da Ming Jun, the son of Da Qian Huang, killed by the assassins of the former Wang Bei Da Tang Dynasty, and passed the throne to Da Qian Huang before he died, and he became the crown prince.

Da Qian Huang raised troops for revenge, and the alliance of all ethnic groups swore an oath with three major hatreds, he was the supervisor of the Bohai State, and the commander was a veteran of the Bohai State, but it was not important, everything in the army, he had the final say.

'Oh, if these people are all under the orders of my Bohai Kingdom, it is indispensable to provide some food and herbs. But what... Da Mingjun sneered, "In my opinion, it's better to launch an attack as soon as possible." ’

Attack, Zhou Pan smiled bitterly, how to fight. I was arguing about this just now. Khitan and Bohai, no one obeys anyone. Everyone wants to fight for this leadership in order to get the most benefits, but no one can compete with anyone. So there's no commander at all.

Crossing the river has the greatest loss, and no one wants to be this bird, there is no commander, no one obeys anyone, how to designate the ghost of the inverted frieze. Things just froze... (To be continued.) )