Li Su stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the endless sea in front of him, and his heart added a bit of pride, behind him, there were thousands of slave fishing boats, and nearly 100,000 people in Dengzhou who made a living from catching slaves and trading slaves were almost all in this fleet. The reason why there is such a grand occasion is not because of how great Li Su's appeal is, but because there is a huge delicious cake waiting for them to divide and taste on the Liaodong battlefield ahead.

As soon as the battle of Goguryeo began, Li Su wrote to Li Shimin, suggesting that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty be issued passes to allow them to buy prisoners of war on the battlefield. Second, after the prisoners of war are captured, not only do they have to spend people to take care of them, but they also have to consume extremely precious military rations, and when the number of people is more than Chapter 71 to promote alcohol, there may also be turmoil, based on the above two considerations, let the merchants participate in the war, not only can provide some goods for the army, but most importantly, the prisoners of war can be sold at any time, and there is no need to worry about the prisoners of war.

As soon as Li Su's suggestion arrived in Chang'an, it not only attracted countless criticisms, but also attracted the support of countless people. The opponents mainly believe that the war is related to the rise and fall of the country, and it must not be a child's play, and letting a group of businessmen also participate in the war will not only be unseemly, but may also leak military secrets, so they are resolutely opposed, and these people are mainly Kong Yingda's orthodox Confucian scholars.

However, there are more people who support it, and led by Li Xiaogong, Cheng Yanjin and other nobles who were born as military generals, they stubbornly grasp the two advantages proposed by Li Su, and as war experts, they infinitely magnify the two advantages. At the same time, relying on the strength of the crowd, Kong Yingda and these Confucian students were dumbfounded. Finally, after several days of discussion, Li Shimin finally agreed to Li Su's suggestion and allowed it to be tried in Dengzhou first, and if it was feasible, a law would be formed in the future.

As soon as the news reached Dengzhou, the slave catchers and slave traders in the entire Dengzhou City were boiling. Now the slave catcher team in Dengzhou has undergone a major change, except for the local slave catcher team like the tiger shark, most of the other slave catchers are foreign slave catchers. These are all sent by the major families in Chang'an City, and it is precisely because of these people that Cheng Yanjin's emerging nobles will work so hard to cheer for Li Su.

"Your Highness. With so many merchants coming to Liaodong, if something happens, I'm afraid it will cause the people in the court to besiege you! Unlike Li Su's complacent, Lu Qing, who was standing behind Li Su, was worried. Since they are the slave hunting team of the palace, they naturally have to participate in this operation, after all, to feed such a large fleet, the daily cost is not a small amount, and the housekeeper of Xijun naturally wants to make full use of them.

"Hehe, Lu Qing, you don't have to worry about this. This is not something I am doing myself, you look at the slave hunting boats behind me, most of them represent the interests of various aristocratic families in Chang'an, and at the same time, the generals in the war are either from those aristocratic families. Either they are inextricably linked with them, and with them here, even if something happens, they will be suppressed by others, and they will never be transmitted to Chang'an. Li Su smiled very proudly, for the means of using interests to bind people to himself. He's getting more and more proficient.

Lu Qing was originally a wise general, but because he didn't understand the situation in Chang'an, he was a little worried, and now when he heard Li Su's explanation, he immediately understood the situation of this matter, just like Li Su said, this matter is related to the interests of the nobles of various families in Chang'an, plus there are people inside and outside the battlefield to help, even if there is an accident, there will naturally be someone to help cover up the past, and they don't have to worry about it at all.

The speed of Li Su's fleet was not fast, and since they arrived at Duli Town, the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, there had been a stop for the slave-hunting fleet, because these fleets had found a suitable source of prisoners of war in the local area, and were bargaining with the Tang troops stationed there.

In this way, until five days later, Li Su and their fleet have almost dispersed most of them, and then Li Su landed from Jian'an City, and then arrived at the city of Anshi by land, although the weather is still very cold, but the Tang army scattered last winter is slowly gathering under the city of Anshi, among which Li Ji and Niu Jinda are the two marching chiefs are here, they are naturally very happy when they see Li Su.

Needless to say, Li Ji has always had a good relationship with Li Jingye, and I don't know how many times I have been to his house, plus Li Ji has always been a shapeless, and Li Ji has always regarded him as a junior, so this meeting is naturally very cordial.

As for Niu Jinda, in addition to being happy, he is more grateful to Li Su, last time it was because of Li Su's reminder that he had the opportunity to defeat Tubo in one fell swoop and become one of the top generals of the Tang Dynasty, and this time it was because of Li Su's logistical support that the southern front battlefield led by him was extremely smooth, and it didn't take much effort at all to meet Li Ji, which can be said to be extremely easy. And after the war in Goguryeo, he will definitely go to a higher level with this battle to destroy Goguryeo, and it is estimated that among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, except for a few people such as Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, he will be counted as Niu Jinda.

Although Li Su's arrival made the two chief managers very happy, everything in the army was simple, and naturally there would not be a big banquet like in Chang'an City, the two just let the chef in the army clean up a simple meal, and then accompanied Li Su to sit down.

"Liulang, there is no better than Chang'an in the army, you are a mouthful, but you are going to be wronged!" Li Ji patted Li Su on the shoulder and asked him to sit down, and said with a laugh. The food in Li Su's mansion is unparalleled, and at the same time, his mouth is also very mouthful, and there are few delicacies that make him open his mouth to praise.

"Hehe, uncle is polite, although the younger generation is a mouthful, but he is also time-sharing, knowing the hardships on the battlefield, he has long been ready to endure hardships." Li Su said with a smile, for Li Ji, he didn't dare to trust him, since Li Xiaogong withdrew from the army, and Li Jing was not in charge of the real power in the army, the only person who could take the lead in the entire Tang Dynasty was the white-bearded old man in front of him, and Niu Jinda next to him also understood everything in the army now. is all in charge of Li Jizai, and he took the initiative to be his deputy, after all, there can't be two commanders in the army, so naturally the capable one must live there.

"Brother Mao Gong, since His Royal Highness can lead the defenders of Dengzhou and break the tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops that crossed the sea, he is naturally also a person who knows the soldiers. I definitely don't care about this, it's just that there is no alcohol in the army, but it doesn't make people happy! Niu Jinda also said with a smile. But when it came to the last sentence, I was gluttonous, and I didn't smell alcohol for months. Let him, an old drunkard, really feel like a year.

"Uncle Niu is too polite, what else do you call me, Your Highness? Just like Uncle Li, you call me Liulang, as for the wine, hehe! Two uncles wait! Li Su said with a mysterious smile, stood up and walked out of the big tent, and went to his tent next to him to take two pots of alcohol brought from Dengzhou, which he distilled and purified on the basis of the original Five Kings Drunk, although I don't know if it has reached the range of medical alcohol. But it's better than the original.

However, when Li Ji saw the wine jar in Li Su's hand, his face sank, he governed the army very strictly, and he was naturally responsible for the military order to ban alcohol in the army. But now Li Su dares to openly disobey the military order, bring the wine into the army, and dare to take it out in front of him, this is simply a lack of military discipline, although Li Su is the prince, but he will never escape the sanctions of military law.

Li Su looked at Li Ji's face. Naturally, he knew what he was thinking, and hurriedly explained: "Uncle Li, don't get me wrong, although this thing is also wine, its main function is not to drink, but to save lives. ”

"Nonsense, wine is wine, what else can you save except for misdeeds?" Li Ji thought that Li Su was quibbling, and his face became worse, although Niu Jinda wanted to intercede for Li Su, but in his heart, he also felt that Li Su had gone too far.

"Don't be angry, two uncles, listen to the little nephew's explanation first......"

Li Su said, first talked about the concept of disinfection, and then talked about the importance of medical alcohol for disinfection, and finally concluded: "The two uncles have been in the army for many years, and they must know that the people who died on the battlefield only accounted for a small part of the death toll in a war, and most of them died because of uncontrollable injuries, especially the symptoms caused by wound inflammation, but with alcohol it is different, although the symptoms of wound inflammation cannot be completely avoided, but the possibility of inflammation can be reduced to a very low level. Add to that a process for treating wounds, and I believe many unnecessary casualties can be avoided. ”

After listening to Li Su's explanation, Li Ji and Niu Jinda looked at each other, if others said to them that they could heal their injuries with wine, it would definitely make them scold a dog, but Li Su was different, everyone knew that His Royal Highness the King of Qi was extremely intelligent, and he could often make some unexpected moves, and he was proved right afterwards.

"Rokuro, can you be sure about this, this is not a joke?" Li Ji and Niu Jinda glanced at each other and asked together.

"Naturally, it can be determined that the last time Dengju City was attacked by the Goguryeo people, the soldiers who were injured afterwards were also bandaged with spirits and new treatment methods, and later statistics found that except for a few people whose wounds were inflamed, most of them healed normally, and the wine used at that time was still ordinary spirits, unlike the high-grade wine that has been processed now, of course, this is also related to the cold weather at that time, but the role of alcohol cannot be concealed."

Hearing Li Su's words, Li Ji and Niu Jinda finally believed Li Su's words, after all, there are so many soldiers in Dengzhou City, as long as they ask someone, they will know the truth of this matter, and Li Su will definitely not lie about this matter.

"Rokuro, how much of this medical wine did you bring this time?" Li Ji asked eagerly, this is not a trivial matter, every time there is a battle, there are thousands of wounded soldiers, and whether they are slightly injured or seriously injured, the most feared thing is inflammation, and if you are not careful, you can lose your life, he saw many good brothers die of wound inflammation back then.

"It's a pity that this is because it's too urgent, and Dengzhou doesn't produce wine in the first place, so I only bring some for my own use, but don't worry, I've sent someone to notify Chang'an City and ask them to urgently prepare a few boats of wine to ship, and now it is estimated that it is already on the way, and it will arrive in ten days at most." Li Su said helplessly, his emperor father is about to arrive, and as long as he comes, it is estimated that it will be a big battle, so that batch of wine may not be able to catch up with the battle of Anshi City.

"Hahaha~, it's not too late for more than ten days, we can just catch up with our plan!" Li Ji and Niu Jinda both stroked their palms and laughed, thinking that after the war, the soldiers could avoid the big trouble of wound inflammation, they were naturally relieved, and even their beards trembled with laughter.

"Uh~, isn't my father about to arrive, why postpone the siege until ten days later?" Li Su was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then asked with a puzzled expression.

"Hehe, Rokuro, when you went to Anshi City today, didn't you take a closer look, what is the difference between the other party's city walls?" Niu Jinda asked with a smile on his face.

After Niu Jinda reminded him, Li Su suddenly remembered that he received a war report in Dengzhou, saying that Anshi City had found a way to crack the gunpowder and break the city, as if it was with the help of cold weather, pouring water on the city wall, and as a result, the entire city wall was frozen, and when he came today, he glanced at Anshi City from a distance, and found that the city wall in the distance was crystal clear, presumably it was ice, but he didn't care about it at the time.

"Come to think of it, the other party's main general is an extremely difficult opponent, I have already made people measure, the thinnest ice on the city wall is several feet thick, and the thickness even reaches several zhang, it can be said that the other party has been pouring water on the city wall all winter, even if it is blown up with a blaster, it is definitely not easy to break." Li Ji also spoke at this time, but his tone of voice was very relaxed, as if he didn't care much about this problem.

"Oh, I understand, the two uncles are waiting for the spring to warm up, but with such a thick layer of ice, with the current weather, I'm afraid it won't have a big effect for more than ten days, right?" Li Su was still a little puzzled in the end, although it is February now, and the weather has begun to warm, for example, the sea ice in Liaodong Bay has almost melted, but most of the time on land is still below freezing, and the ice cannot melt at all.

"Rokuro, you have to remember that in order to be a general, you must not only be proficient in marching and arranging, but also be familiar with the geography and climate change on the battlefield." Li Ji replied with a smile, "You may not have noticed that the south wind has been blowing in the past few days, and according to the local Han people, as long as the south wind is together, the temperature in Liaodong will rise rapidly, and it is estimated that after ten days, even if the ice on the other party's city wall does not completely melt, it will definitely loosen." ”

When he said this, Li Ji suddenly smiled mysteriously, glanced at Niu Jinda, and the smile on his face turned into a gloomy color and said: "Moreover, I have not been idle these days, I have prepared a big gift for the other party, and as long as His Majesty gives an order, I can definitely destroy the other party's city!" (To be continued) RQ!!