298、Pre-war Preparations (I)

In the past few days, Jingwen has gone back to see the Snow Shame Army from time to time, and the main time is spent at home. And Jingwen is very relieved that the Snow Shame Army, because the various systems of the Snow Shame Army have been established, and there are three divisions of the Military Affairs Department, the General Affairs Department, and the Service Office to assist in management, and these three departments are all core institutions. Except for those involving finance and personnel appointments, everything else is left to them to handle. And Jingwen also "invented" a method called the committee, so that Feng Yong of the Military Affairs Department, Liu Renliang of the General Affairs Department, and Ma Zhou of the Service Office decided together. If there is a problem, it can be decided by a vote of three people. If there is a big problem and you dare not decide on your own, then let Jingwen decide. As for Jingwen, if something is found to be bad, it will be vetoed by one vote. However, Jingwen still believes in these three guys, because two of these three guys are future prime ministers, so what can't Jingwen believe? And this also makes Jingwen very idle.

"Jingwen Festival envoy, the emperor asked you to go to the palace." A eunuch said.

Jingwen came to the palace and found that there were still a lot of people here. Here are actually several prime ministers in the imperial court, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng, and even Wang Qi and Xiao Yu, who are not familiar with Jingwen, are here. Even, there are a lot of military attaches here, and the generals of the imperial court, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and the like are all here. Jingwen couldn't help muttering, what is this for? Looking at this posture, all the elites of the entire Datang are concentrated here, if there is a bomb at this time, one bomb is enough to make all the elites of Datang die, and then Datang will die. Oh, of course, there can be no bombs in this era, because the gunpowder is in Jingwen's hands, so this kind of thing will not happen.

"The emperor has arrived!" The eunuch said.

"The ministers have seen the emperor!" Everyone saluted together.

"Decree, no idle person, etc., shall come near the Temple of Manna if anyone trespasses. First warning. If you still don't listen, rectify the Fa on the spot. Also, without a summons, no one can go out without permission, and no one from outside can come in casually. If anyone dares to spy, they will be killed. Li Shimin said.

When Jingwen heard the news, he immediately became nervous, what is this for? Coming here for a secret meeting, is something going on? It's only been the Chinese New Year, less than a month. Why is something big going to happen?

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's just the New Year, and according to common sense, it should still be within the holidays. However, the reason why I was in such a hurry to invite everyone here was to be able to surprise them. And ladies and gentlemen, everyone must record this meeting in their minds now, and don't say it casually. Moreover, you are all the elite of the imperial court, and you hold a lot of power. I believe that you can keep it a secret. However, since I am here, I still have to reiterate that if anyone is not tight-mouthed. If you miss a big thing, then don't blame me for being ruthless. Li Shimin said.

Everyone pricked up their ears, obviously knowing the severity of this matter. And at this time, everyone sat down one after another. Then wait for the emperor's explanation.

"Li Chunfeng, come out!" Li Shimin said.

At this time, a young man of about twenty-five or sixteen years old came out. He bowed to the ministers. And Jingwen saw this young man named Li Chunfang, and immediately recognized him as the young man who was eating vegetarian food with Yuan Tiangang every day at that time, and he called Yuan Tiangang Uncle Shi. Now that he has actually come here, I don't know why the emperor asked him to make the beginning.

"Li Chunfeng is now working in the Taishi Bureau, and he has a deep knowledge of astronomy and geography. A few months ago, I asked him to analyze Turkic astronomy, and he came up with a result. Now, I'm going to let him tell you about the results. Li Shimin said.

And Li Chunfeng was not stage frightened, and said directly to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, I was ordered to study the weather of the Turkic generation. And after all kinds of analyses, as well as historical comparisons, I came to a conclusion. That is, next winter, there will be a huge snowstorm in the Turkic region. And this snow disaster can be said to be unprecedented, and it can make the Turks suffer for a long time. And whether this snow disaster is a good thing or a bad thing for us depends on the arrangement of the emperor and the adults. ”

Everyone was a little surprised to hear that the Turkic snow disaster was about to break out. And some people don't believe that this snow disaster will not come, obviously not believing that it can be predicted for so long. And even Jingwen couldn't help but be a little surprised, this Li Chunfeng could actually predict so accurately? If Jingwen did not have historical materials as a reference, then I am afraid that in the winter of the third year of Zhenguan, the Turks suffered a heavy snowstorm and froze countless cattle and sheep to death. This snow disaster also allowed the Tang Dynasty to take the opportunity to attack and destroy the Turks. Although this is only east. Turkic, as well as the Western Turkic Cunzài. The Eastern Turks are the Turks who often plunder the Central Plains, and the Western Turks can no longer threaten the Tang Dynasty.

And Jingwen also had some speculations about this meeting, that is, this meeting was mostly to use troops against the Turks. Once the Turks are affected, they will no longer be able to survive the disaster in peace, and they will probably have to go south to plunder. This Turkic is not a catastrophe for one tribe, but for the entire Turkic population, so they cannot refrain from aggression. Originally, when they were not affected by the disaster, they were worried that there were rebellious Xue Yantuo people behind them, so they did not dare to start a war with the Tang Dynasty. But now the pressure of natural disasters far exceeds the pressure of two-front warfare, so the Turks will inevitably take the risk of starting a war with the Tang Dynasty and plundering the Tang Dynasty. This is all the result of the pressure of survival, and it can no longer be measured by politics.

And the history of the Tang Dynasty also took this opportunity to take advantage of his illness to kill him, and when the Turks had not yet begun to invade the south, they went through the northern expedition. This time, they wiped out the Turks and left northern China without border troubles for decades. This is also one of the reasons why Datang was able to develop steadily and then become a prosperous era.

And this time, I am afraid that we will have to prepare for the formulation of a battle plan and prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Turks. There are many aspects of ancient warfare, especially this kind of national warfare, that require mobilization. The mobilization ability of ancient times is a pit compared to later generations. If you want to prepare for a national war, you will probably not be able to organize it without a year or two of mobilization preparations. Therefore, since the preparation for the Northern Expedition to the Turks, I am afraid that it is necessary to mobilize more than a year in advance. And this meeting, for the most part, was also used as a preparation for war mobilization. (To be continued......)