What color, and then color, no one listens to these things at all.

In order to ask for something, he was actually setting a war line to attack Goguryeo, knowing that the main force of Goguryeo's army and the population were mostly on the peninsula, and there would not be much actual population after crossing the Yalu River.

Another place with a large population is the city of Beisha.

The combat goal of the cabinet master is very clear, sweeping away the loose territory in the north of Goguryeo and taking Beisha City is equivalent to breaking a leg of Goguryeo. If the strategic goal of this battle was achieved, Goguryeo would be wiped out by a third.

"There is another place, which the cabinet master has mentioned several times that it will be a strategic place for Datang. Datong Jiangdong estuary, need a military port, Datong River is a very haode river, 2,000 steam warships can freely enter and exit it, Beisha City to build a military port, Datong Jiangdong mouth to build a military port, Goguryeo north and south will be blocked, there are my Tang warships in the sea, they can't help themselves, there is nothing to follow! ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, what if Goguryeo asks to surrender?" Wang Jishan asked.

In the eyes of the Ministry of Rites, if the small state surrenders, it cannot fight again, and the Tang Dynasty has no reason to go on an expedition to Goguryeo.

"They won't have a chance to surrender, and if they do, they can surrender. All the Goguryeo royal families were sent to Chang'an, all the nobles moved to the Central Plains, all the armies of Goguryeo were dismissed, and all the officials and chiefs of the state capitals must be registered in the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuanxing smiled weirdly: "But they have to have a chance to surrender!" ”

"What tactics does Gorou have?" Li Er asked.

Li Yuanxing pulled down the curtain of Li Er's study and used a small projector to release a map of Datang.

"Senior Brother Yao!" I heard Li Yuanxing shouting to himself. Li Jing got up and left his seat and walked towards Li Yuanxing. Only then did Li Yuanxing say: "Under the command of Senior Brother Yao, this king may ask." After the victory, how many troops did Brother Yakushi need to resist Goguryeo's counterattack, and how many troops did he need to fully control Beisha City? ”

Li Jingzhanzhu, who was walking towards Li Yuanxing, turned around and went back, and then bowed to Li Er: "Holy Lord, the minister is incompetent." It was two days before he could answer this question. ”

"Can you give me an approximate number?" Li Yuanxing said in his heart, Li Jing, can you not be so rigid.

Li Jing shook his head vigorously: "Probably not." ”

"To put it another way, how many soldiers do you want? Tomorrow? Li Yuanxing insisted on asking Li Jing to say a number.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling were also on the side to help Li Yuanxing speak, and they couldn't wait for Li Jing to come up with a plan in less than two days, and then come over to discuss it again.

Li Jing asked for paper. I drew for a quarter of an hour with my head down. Only then did he say slowly: "It must be 300,000." And that's just the soldiers. ”

"Well, this king will give you 300,000 soldiers, 300,000 auxiliaries, and 200,000 servants. Is it enough! ”

"You don't need to do with it. There are quite a lot of Goguryeo people. Those who surrender are civilians, and those who do not surrender are slaves. There are enough servants and handymen. "Li Jing is a very strict person, especially when it comes to fighting.

Li Yuanxing asked again: "How much grain and grass does Senior Brother Yao need?" Every month! ”

Li Jing shook his head: "The amount is huge, and it really needs to be carefully calculated to maintain it there for a year, and it can't just be that the sergeant is barely fed, so naturally he also has to eat some haode." ”

Li Yuanxing asked Cui Junsu again: "Cui Shangshu, how much grain and grass do you think you need?" ”

"The staple food is about the same, 20,000 quintals a day. The soldiers are all sturdy men, and a pound of rice is not much for a meal, and they are even barely full. My Datang is the victorious side, if our sergeant still can't eat enough, if he can't eat haode, it will make the world laugh, but fortunately, Datang has a bumper harvest for two consecutive years, one million quintals a month. ”

After Cui Junsu finished speaking, he whispered a few words to a few people next to him, and everyone present thought that what Cui Junsu said was not wrong.

At least a million quintals of military rations per month, and that's just the staple food. Meat and the like can only be solved locally.

Li Yuanxing asked again: "What did Cui Shangshu say about transporting this million loads of military rations?" ”

Cui Junsu immediately reacted: "I understand, His Highness has not been in a hurry to start a war, but is vigorously promoting agriculture in Hedong and Hebei, just to make the distance of grain transportation closer." But now they have to fight, then, Chang'an, Luoyang, and Hangzhou transfer grain, which consumes 130,000 guan every month just for the staple food, and just these sergeants eat and drink, not counting the reward, it is almost 200,000 guan. ”

200,000 guan, put a year ago to ensure that everyone present will have a sad face.

But not now, I can only say that it is only 200,000 yuan, and this little money and food is not a problem.

Fang Xuanling also said at this time: "But only 200,000 yuan, for the Liaodong War, it is not enough!" ”

A year later, Liaodong's income can be 100 times greater.

"Nacheng, all the sergeants of the First Battle of Goguryeo are equipped with snow salt!"

Listening to Li Yuanxing talk about snow salt, no one took it seriously, just thought that Li Yuanxing was joking. What's more, even if it is really paired with snow salt, it is not a big deal.

"What this king wants to say is that it is not difficult to fight Goguryeo, it is difficult to defend, and it is difficult to support logistics. This is just food, but also ordnance, supplies, etc., in huge quantities. There is also a sea pass to fight Goguryeo, and Gaochang is all carried by people. This king wants to build the railway to Gaochang, but many places on this road are inaccessible, and the rails are stainless steel, and it is very troublesome to be stolen to repair them, so how to ensure logistics in Datang is the focus of the future war! ”

Bang Bang Bang!

Li Er clapped his hands: "Wulang is really clever." ”

"Datang established two ministries of transportation and railways. Whoever cares is in charge, but the straight road must be repaired, and the railway must also be repaired. How to protect the king of the railway, Tianying Pavilion is all elites, this king has been losing his hair recently, Princess Ying said that this is because this king has used his brain too much, so he needs to rest. ”

Pull, really pull.

Except for Li Er, all of them were Li Yuanxing, who was more than twice as old as Li Yuanxing.

said that you Li Yuanxing used his brain too much and lost his hair, which made the bitter ministers admit it. But trying to win sympathy is definitely a dream.

However, Li Yuanxing doesn't want to take care of the affairs of the two ministries of transportation and railways, and Tianyingge will definitely not say that they don't care, these are definitely the two most important ministries of Datang in the next ten years. And it is very likely that in the future it will be equal to the level of the six ministries, and the Ministry of Commerce is now almost equal to the six ministries.

Sometimes, the balance of power is also very important.

"Zuihou, give the imperial brother another artifact. When the war started, it also made the imperial brother feel at ease in Chang'an City. Li Yuanxing walked to the door of the study, arranged a few words and returned to the house: "Brother Huang, this thing can't be moved into the house." Datang can make it, but it's too big, and the younger brother only got one for himself in Heavenly Court! ”

A carriage entered the inner courtyard of the palace. It was parked outside the door of Li Er's study.

A few sergeants dressed in leather coats with lightning emblems quickly erected long poles and quickly propped up a five-foot high shelf. Then a long stainless steel bar is placed on top.

The carriage has been opened. Brackets were erected all around, and someone was in charge of wiring.

Two young eunuchs, who were fourteen or fifteen years old, sat in front of the carriage and put a helmet on their heads.

Li Er looked carefully, and first buckled two bowls connected with copper wires to his ears. Then put on a cloth hat. Next is a layer of iron frames that are combined. The iron frame is made of cotton-like fabric, the outermost layer is leather, and then the bamboo shell is worn again. Two sword-wielding guards stood on either side.

Several others are assembling machines. Soon there was a red bright spot on the machine in the carriage.

"This is this bright spot, and the younger brother has invested a lot of money. It is a gold wire and a glass encapsulated outside, which is a little bit the size of a finger, almost two dollars, which is really expensive. Not to mention the big one in the back, which is filled with silver plates, several catties of silver. Li Yuanxing muttered.

Made of gold and silver!

Li Er looked at it more, this thing seemed to use a lot of steel, and there was also red copper.

"Your Highness, you're ready." The squad leader came over and saluted.

Li Yuanxing said to Li Er: "Brother Huang, just say a few words and let them spread it to Yaozhou." ”

"Yaozhou?" Li Er asked suspiciously.

Li Yuanxing smiled and nodded: "Say whatever you want, and then send someone Pegasus to Yaozhou to see if the younger brother has told a lie." ”

Li Er looked at Li Yuanxing and smiled, and ordered: "Come on, blindfold Goro." Bring pen and paper. ”

Li Yuanxing smiled, asked Li Jing to help wrap his eyes with a black cloth, and then entered the study by himself, realizing that he was not cheating. Li Er quickly wrote a few words outside the door, and then handed them to the team leader.

The team leader handed those words to a scribe beside him, and the scribe quickly turned the sentence into a code of four numbers. Then the code was handed over to the two little eunuchs.

One of the little eunuchs pressed the button to send the telegram, pressing it quickly.

Everyone was silent, watching the movements of the little eunuch and listening to the drops, long or short. If you listen closely, there are two sounds, dripping and clicking, but the rhythm is completely different.

Soon, the little eunuch finished sending.

After a while, the machine seemed to be ringing again.

Another little eunuch quickly wrote the same code on the paper as a group of four numbers, and after it was written, a sergeant took it away and handed it to the scribe, who wrote down the corresponding words with the numbers on it, and when there were several groups that could not be written, he immediately took out a small book from his body, and wrote the words after inquiry.

Li Er looked at the words on the paper and was stunned.

Because he sent the code to ask, what is the main meal of the Seiko Blacksmith Workshop in Yaozhou City today, and what is the food pairing. The answer above actually wrote down the names of six dishes, and then the main dish was flatbread.

"Goro!" Li Er shouted.

Li Yuanxing got the blindfold and came out: "Brother Huang, don't you want to send someone to investigate?" ”

"Don't check it, Brother Wei believes that this thing can really be done. Just ask you, how far can this be done? ”

"The craftsmen in Yaozhou are not refined enough, only 1,100 miles. Of course, this is a calculation, and it may or may not be more. Speaking of these people, the two little eunuchs are the trained people who send and answer, and the four numbers represent a Chinese character, and after listening to it, you can form a sentence. ”

Li Yuanxing asked for the codebook and handed it to Li Er. (To be continued......)

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