Hou Junji did not learn and did not know how to do it in his early years, and claimed to be brave and martial, and later entered the palace of the Qin Dynasty, so that Li Shimin, who was good at knowing people, showed his uniqueness, treated him differently, and became a figure with the same status as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji, and specially introduced him to Li Jing, so that Li Jing taught him military law and strategy. Hou Junji received special treatment under Li Shimin, and he also developed an arrogant temperament, that is, Fang Du and the two were not in his eyes.

This time Datang was in crisis, and Hou Junji immediately realized that this was his opportunity.

The Tang Dynasty was still martial, and there were countless brave and warlike generals, but the number of famous generals who could turn the tide as the boss in this crisis and won the hearts of the people was also limited: Li Jing was the first person who deservedly beyond, followed by Luo Shixin and Li Shiji.

This Li Shiji guards the northern frontier and subdues the grassland, and he can't act rashly, he can be skimmed off. Among the remaining three places, Luo Shixin must be in charge of the road to Goguryeo, there is no doubt about this.

Goguryeo is not strong in terms of strength, but they can repeatedly defeat the Central Plains if they are not strong, in the final analysis, because their terrain is steep, the climate and environment are harsh, and almost all the cities are built on the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In this expedition, the enemy was faced by two roads, and Goguryeo was the most difficult, and Luo Shixin was the only one among the people who had personally visited Goguryeo and made Goguryeo retreat calmly in a storm. He has an innate advantage over others, and he can't run this way.

Hou Junji can clearly judge this, after all, the slightest detail of the march and battle will become the key to turning things around, especially in front of commanders like Li Jing, Luo Shixin, and Li Shiji. Luo Shixin had an innate advantage in Goguryeo. There is no possibility of going to Tuyuhun.

The next key lies in Li Jing, in today's Li Tang can suppress Luo Shixin, Li Jing is the only one who can suppress Luo Shixin, Li Jing is the secretary of the military department of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is military merits or prestige, this Li Tang will be the first. If he goes to Goguryeo, he must be the commander. Similarly, going to Tuyuhun is also average. Hou Junji's reminder yesterday was to drive Li Jing to Goguryeo. If this Li Jing goes to Goguryeo, he will be the commander of the Tuyuhun army.

For a long time, Hou Junji felt that he lacked the opportunity to express himself, and if he could lead the army to fight this time, he would definitely play a majestic role. Let the world know that the Tang Dynasty not only has Li Jing, Luo Shixin, Li Shiji and his Hou Junji, but also that he Hou Junji is better at fighting than Luo Shixin and Li Shiji.

However, it backfired, Li Jing was arranged on the road of Tuyuhun, and he was also appointed as Li Jing's deputy to assist him in the battle. I was depressed and speechless.

Li Shimin, who was on the dragon chair, noticed Hou Junji's expression, shook his head and sighed secretly: Hou Junji's ability, he has long been aware that his military level is not inferior to Luo Shixin and Li Shiji, and in many places it is even better. However, there are huge hidden dangers in the character, too extreme and too proud. takes utilitarianism too seriously, and has the talent to take charge of itself, but does not have the strength to take charge of itself. It is not as serious and calm as Li Shiji. It is not as good as Luo Shixin who is good at employing people, and he has won the hearts of the military.

When Luo Shixin was unconscious, Li Shimin had no one to compare, and felt that Hou Junji, as his own person, had a promising future, not only could he expand his territory, but also entrusted Gu Gu to assist the next generation without accidents in his age. However, the unexpected rise of Rothson. makes Li Shimin have a sharp contrast, Hou Junji, who is now his own person, is not as good as Luo Shixin, who is the same as his own person, in many places......

He hesitated to appoint him this time: Tuyuhun and Goguryeo. Goguryeo was even more difficult. handed over Tuyuhun to Hou Jun Jida, and arranged for Li Jing and Luo Shixin to conquer Goguryeo. With Li Jing's resourcefulness, Luo Shixin's wisdom and bravery. It will definitely do more with less. But Hou Junji's personality made him very uneasy, this conquest is related to the country, especially the current crisis, and there can be no error. Just because you're capable doesn't mean you're invincible. There are countless examples of fiascos in history due to personality reasons, even if they are famous generals who can fight well. It was also because of this that he hesitated, and it was not until Li Jing's feelings were the same as those of him that he decided.

Now seeing Hou Junji's annoyed look, he sighed secretly and felt that such an appointment was indeed reasonable, Tuyuhun had Li Jing in charge of important affairs, because there was no major problem. Although Luo Shixin's task there is heavy, he has both wisdom and courage and Changbai Mountain reinforcements available, and the odds of victory are still very great, even if he can't win a big victory for a while, he will not let Goguryeo defeat him.

Luo Shixin was not surprised to see that Li Shimin appointed him as the chief of the march of Liaodong Province to be responsible for the military affairs of Goguryeo, and now only Li Jing could suppress him in the Tang Dynasty. Unless Li Shimin personally drove the expedition or arranged Li Jing as the head coach, the position of the head coach would definitely be him.

In the current crisis, it is impossible for Li Shimin to cause an incident and take charge of the expedition in person. Li Jing is the coach, Luo Shixin will not have much resistance, as his enlightenment teacher, he is still extremely convinced of Li Jing's ability. As for the others, Roshishin did not believe that anyone could be above him.

In this early dynasty, Luo Shixin directly found Li Shimin.

Li Shimin didn't have the leisure to invite Luo Shixin to the garden now, prepared wine and food to eat and chat, and directly met Luo Shixin in the Liangyi Palace.

"The chief manager has a heavy responsibility, why don't you go and prepare for the war?" Li Shimin looked up with a smile and said, but the pen in his hand was not put down, obviously this war is coming, and many things need to be dealt with by him, the emperor.

"I thought about it all night yesterday, and I've thought about it almost. Coming to His Majesty was a little request for this military expedition to Goguryeo. "Luo Shixin never takes the matter of conquest as a child's play, and attaches great importance to the life of every soldier. This is also the reason why Luo Shixin has won the hearts of the soldiers. As the commander of the three armies, he could have saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers with a little preparation. At this point, Luo Shixin is by no means troublesome, let alone careless, and takes it lightly.

All night yesterday, Luo Shixin studied the battle of Li Shimin's attack on Goguryeo in his mind.

Needless to say, Li Shimin's level of use of troops led four of the six major battles that determined the Tang Dynasty's domination of the world, including the Battle of the Tiger Prison with a classic battle of 3,000 and 100,000, capturing the two major princes and kings of the Central Plains and Hebei in one fell swoop. When he personally conquered Goguryeo, he commanded many elite soldiers and generals under his command to march step by step, and also achieved brilliant results, and captured Gaimu and Beisha in the first battle, and then captured Liaodong that Yang Guang had been unable to capture for a long time, and then broke 150,000 Goguryeo soldiers stationed in Huashan, and finally under the city of Anshi, he was stubbornly blocked by the lord of Anshi, and he could not overcome it for a long time.

In this Eastern Expedition, the Tang Army dispatched 100,000 soldiers and horses, 60,000 foot cavalry, and 40,000 naval troops to attack Xuansu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Momi, Liaodong, Baiyan, Beisha, Maigu, Yinshan, Houhuang and other ten cities, and moved 70,000 people from Liao, Gai, and Yan prefectures into Shanhaiguan. A total of 40,000 enemies were annihilated, two generals were surrendered, 3,500 generals and officials and chieftains, and 100,000 soldiers. and 50,000 cattle and horses, as well as a large amount of grain. The Tang army itself lost more than 2,000 people, but the war horses lost seven or eight out of ten because they couldn't stand the bitter cold climate.

Faced with the harsh environment, Li Shimin ordered the withdrawal of troops. For any dynasty, this kind of victory is enough to write about the victory, but in Li Shimin's view, not destroying Goguryeo is his defeat, and this battle is also recorded as a failure.

In view of this experience, Luo Shixin pondered for a while, thought about it all night, and had certain equipment to deal with the harsh climate of Goguryeo.

"This is something that I spent all night sorting out, and I hope Your Majesty can be satisfied!" Luo Shixin took out a handwritten letter from his sleeve.

Li Shimin asked the chamberlain to go down to the hall to fetch it, took it and opened it to take a look, and laughed: "Your writing is still so ugly!" He complained and looked at it carefully, only to see the first one, and couldn't help but say: "This reduces the number of cavalry?" Right? ”

Now there is no shortage of horses in Datang, a Zhang Wansui raised the horse politics of Datang, and after Datang pacified the grassland, every year the grassland people paid tribute to cattle, sheep and horses. Today's Datang has raised nearly 300,000 war horses in many horse farms in Gansu, Xiazhou, and Hetao, compared with more than 700,000 horses at its peak, although it is far inferior, but it is enough for Datang's military expenses.

When the war came, Luo Shixin did not ask for money, food, or horses, but to reduce the number of his own military horses, which surprised Li Shimin. You must know that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is powerful in the world, no less than the cavalry on the grassland.

Luo Shixin said: "Goguryeo is bitterly cold, and they are not like the steppe tribes, they do not have decent defenses. On the contrary, they absorbed the characteristics of the cities of the Central Plains, improved them according to their own topographical characteristics, and built them on the mountain. Nine out of ten Goguryeo cities are surrounded by mountain hazards, and war horses are of little use. It's enough to fight Goguryeo war horses, you don't need too much. Too much will create pressure on logistics and bring unnecessary consumption to Datang! As for not having a river meander horse in the back, as long as the Northland dwarf pony is also because the river meandering horse is strong and fast, but it is not cold and hungry, and it cannot stand the fierce military action in the harsh environment. On the contrary, the Northland horses were accustomed to the harsh environment in the windy, frosty, snowy and rainy steppes, and were able to withstand the environment of Goguryeo. ”

Li Shimin took a deep look at Luo Shixin, continued to read it, and read it three times seriously: the request of more than 1,000 words is not a sky-high asking price, not a difficult way to force him, but a possible need for something that is crucial to attack Goguryeo within the scope of the support of the Tang Dynasty.

With a long breath, Li Shimin said movingly. "It's my Li Tang's luck to have a courtier like you. All requests are met...... I am waiting in Chang'an for the news of the triumphant return of the Grand Governor! ”

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ps: Recently, I carefully checked the information, and the previous chapter said that Luo Shixin Lingshui 6 soldiers and horses attacked Goguryeo, and now the value of 120,000 is a bit much, changed to 100,000

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