Chapter 449 Before Victory, First Consideration
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As soon as the Lantern Festival passed, the weather gradually warmed up, and the flower bones on the peach blossom branches quietly appeared overnight, the trees sprouted, the grass was green, and there was a thriving scene everywhere...... Maybe it's because spring has arrived, the hearts of the people in the Beijing division are also a little restless, and the vendetta in the rivers and lakes after the Lantern Festival has not yet been detected, and the officials and officials of the Criminal Department and Jingzhao Mansion are always running around the streets, and they will come to a big search and arrest at every turn, stirring up the ground of the Beijing Division, this is not the end, I don't know when, the news of the army's upcoming expedition has quietly spread, and when the rear is restless, this news is really appalling, and the whole Beijing division is talking non-stop, not only the courtiers, It is that once the people on the street get together, they are discussing this upcoming war.
Others don't discuss it, Li Daozong never pays attention to it, he himself never participates in such discussions, the reason, to put it bluntly, it's very simple to go out this time Li Daozong is one of the important generals under the old man, he has already obtained the secret order, and he will lead the vanguard to set off when he is preparing for the auspicious day, what should be known has long been known, how can he still discuss something with others, but the matter is not absolute, and the discussion of others Li Daozong can be ignored, but the prince Li Zhen said that he wants to discuss things with himself, Li Daozong can't ignore it, no, early in the morning he received the news from the other end of the East Palace, Li Daozong hurriedly dealt with the urgent official business of the Ministry of Rites, and then took a carriage to the East Palace, just arrived at the Yongchun gate of the East Palace, and saw Wang Binghe, the eunuch in charge of the East Palace, who was already looking forward to it outside the palace gate.
Li Shangshu, you are here, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been waiting in the study for a long time, saying that as long as you come, you don't need to communicate, you can go directly to the Xiande Hall to talk in detail, Li Shangshu, please inside. As soon as he saw Li Daozong get out of the carriage, Wang Binghe ran forward and greeted him very politely.
Li Daozong knew that Wang Binghe in front of him was one of Li Zhen's henchmen, and the authority in his hands was not small, so he didn't dare to make a show, so he politely replied with a salute and said with a smile: Oh, I have been waiting for Gonggong Lao for a long time, and this official will go now.
Wang Binghe is not a person who talks too much, as soon as he saw that Li Daozong agreed, he didn't delay any longer, smiled and let the side, made a gesture of please, let Li Daozong enter the palace gate, and walked to the outside of the study of the Xiande Hall with a heart, only then did he smile apologetically at Li Daozong, and walked into the study with the door hidden, and saw Li Zhen squatting in front of a large sand table in the corner of the study, thinking deeply, and hurriedly whispered: Your Highness, Li Shangshu has arrived outside the study, look
Oh? Let him in. Li Zhen commanded without raising his head.
Be. When Wang Binghe saw Li Zhen say this, although he felt that this move seemed to be neglecting Li Daozong, he didn't dare to give advice, so he had to respond respectfully, quit the room, and asked Li Daozong to enter the room by himself without mentioning it.
Weichen see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Li Daozong strode into the study, and when he saw Li Zhen still buried his head in the sand table, he was stunned for a moment, but he soon woke up and saluted respectfully.
Oh, it's Uncle Seventeen, it's just in time, the palace is deducing the sand table, Uncle Seventeen and let's take a closer look. Li Zhen raised her head from the sand table, raised her hand with a smile, and motioned for Li Daozong to come forward.
This is Li Daozong's long-term battle formation, and he has not deduced the sand table on weekdays, but when he saw the terrain of the sand table in front of him, he was very familiar, and he was immediately stunned.
Uncle Seventeen is smart, this sand table is the topography of Liaodong and Goguryeo, hehe, it's a pity that the time is tight, this sand table is just a rough one, that is, it will be able to be used, so Uncle Seventeen smiled. Li Zhen was also refreshed, and recognized it directly.
When Li Daozong heard this, he gasped this time Li Shimin's personal expedition is to fight for breath, to prove that he is still honest and not old, who does not know this kind of mind Manchu Dynasty civil and military who does not know, which one does not know, since no one dares to advise Li Shimin on the matter of strategy and tactics, even Li Daozong is the same, at this time seeing Li Zhen put on a posture, as if to discuss the military strategy of this battle, how can Li Daozong not be surprised, without him, if this matter spreads, not only will he Li Daozong eat and hang, but Li Zhen himself is only afraid and not pleased, and has the heart to retreat, But everyone is here, I'm afraid it's difficult to leave at this time, this situation really makes Li Daozong very depressed, and in desperation, he has to shake his head with a wry smile and say: Weichen is going to be pitted by His Royal Highness.
Li Daozong's scruples Li Zhen didn't know, if there was a way, Li Zhen didn't want to do this, at this time, listening to Li Daozong's complaints, Li Zhen could only smile and say: Seventeen uncles, don't worry, this palace will not embarrass you. While talking, he moved a brocade pier with his own hands, waved his hand with a smile and said: Uncle Seventeen, please sit down, I have heard for a long time that Uncle Seventeen is a master of the battle array, and the palace is just free today, so I will ask Uncle Seventeen to deduce a game, hehe, this palace will choose Goguryeo, how about Uncle Seventeen attack?
How is it? What else? Li Daozong felt a lot of grievances in his heart when he stepped on the thief ship, but he was helpless to take Li Zhen, so he could only stretch out his hand and take a small flag handed over by Li Zhen, shook his head with a wry smile and said: Your Highness, this is to make a fool of Weichen, or not, it is better for Weichen to be respectful and obey his fate.
Li Daozong is also a rare military talent, at the age of seventeen has been in the army for a while, although he is always in the Ministry of Rites such a civilian position, but every time he is in a foreign war he is always one of the cadres, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has experienced a hundred battles, although he is reluctant to come to such a sand table deduction, but once he began to arrange the troops, the bitterness on Li Daozong's face disappeared instantly, replaced by the murderous Li Zhen is known as the rising star in the Tang Army, famous all over the world, faintly the military god, Those older generation generals who are also good at military skills are not very comfortable in their hearts, and Li Daozong is no exception, but because Li Zhen is now His Royal Highness the Prince, how dare the generals say that Li Zhen is not, this time he can live a few tricks with Li Zhen seriously, excluding the factors on Li Shimin's side, in fact, Li Daozong is also yearning for it, this beginning to kill the generals, he is proud and ruthless, attacking tough battles, ambush battles, encirclement points to send reinforcements, halfway robbery, sneak attacks in the dark, etc., which kind of ruthlessness will be on which, this battle will be fought, immediately killed Li Zhen miserably, and fled in defeat all the way.
Kill, kill again, attack the city, pull out the cottage, Li Daozong, who has been advancing all the way, is very proud, and he can't help but wonder whether Li Zhen's prestige over the years is blown out, or whether he always picks up soft persimmons to pinch and pinch out, but Li Daozong is proud, but he did not get carried away because of this, although he attacked and killed all the way, he did not rush forward, relying on the strong combat effectiveness of the Tang Army to steadily advance and advance again, and he had crossed the Liaoshui in less than five months, and then connected to the six cities, completely sweeping the entire Liaodong, He immediately stopped and rested for a few days, and at the end of May, he forcibly crossed the Yalu River and began to march towards the belly of Goguryeo, and the trouble of this march immediately came out Li Zhen reversed the previous retreat and conservatism, and divided the heavy troops to guard the key passes, every city must be defended, and every defense must be fought to the death, and all kinds of defense tactics were staged one after another, so that Li Daozong had to pay a considerable price for every city, and every time he crossed a pass, he had to fight to the death, and this fight would go down, and in a blink of an eye, the time had dragged on until October, but the war still did not make much progress, let alone fight to PyongyangWhat is even more troublesome is that with the lengthening of the battle line and Li Zhen constantly sending small units to scratch the troops to attack Li Daozong's grain route, the military food that was originally thought to be in supply soon appeared a huge gap, seeing that winter is coming, Li Daozong is unable to attack anymore, however, when he was about to retreat, he suddenly found that Li Zhen had sent a fleet carrying most of the elite soldiers to take the sea route to copy Li Daozong's back road, completely cut off Li Daozong's grain route, and burned the ferries and ferries prepared by the Tang army on the Yalu River, and the matter has come to this. Li Daozong had no other way out than to raise his hand and surrender.
Cold sweat, full of cold sweat, Li Daozong looked at the sand table blankly, stunned and didn't understand how he fell into such a desperate situation, after a long silence, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: Your Highness, how did your landed elite come from? Wechen always couldn't figure it out.
Don't understand? Hey, that's it! Li Zhen smiled and pointed to a seaside forest road on the sand table: Seventeen uncles, although you attach importance to the back road, you have not sent heavy troops to ensure the safety of the grain road, if the palace mobilizes the army, it will definitely not be able to hide from the seventeenth uncle's sentinels, but he has done one thing, that is, to turn the elite into zero, and attack the seventeenth uncle's grain road in batches, whether it is successful or not, all the soldiers who participated in the war are not in the return army, but hide in the camp that has been preset in the dense forest here. 30,000 elites don't seem to be a difficult task.
Li Daozong thought about Li Zhen's words carefully, shook his head helplessly, and said: Your Highness is clever, and Weichen can't reach it.
Li Zhen was not excited by Li Daozong's praise, on the contrary, his face was gloomy, and he said slowly: Uncle Seventeen is too famous, well, this palace thinks that Gai Suwen has no such a trick as this palace, but it is really easy for my army to return in vain, but it is also very easy, just exchange space for time, and when my army crosses the Yalu River, I will immediately resist desperately, so that even if my Tang army is invincible in the world, it is difficult to have a chance of winning.
Of course, it is not that Li Daozong can't think of a tactic to break the enemy, but this strategy is set by Li Shimin himself, and others have no room for pecking.
Li Daozong's hardships Li Zhen knows in his heart, in fact, Li Zhen is also a little helpless about this Among the important generals who followed Li Shimin's personal expedition, although the relationship between Li Zhen and Li Ji and Su Dingfang is acceptable, it is far from being able to put his heart into his heart, and another general, Zhang Liang, is one of the leading figures in the Wei Dynasty, and Cheng Biting Jin, although he is a heavy general, but he is not known for his resourcefulness, who dares to use the strategy he proposed? As for Qin Huaiyu, Xue Rengui and others have begun to rise in the army, but after all, their qualifications are still shallow, and the battle strategies they put forward may not be able to get the attention of the heavy generals, and after all, in addition to catching Li Daozong, Li Zhen really doesn't know who to look for, at this time, seeing Li Daozong embarrassed, Li Zhen also hesitated slightly, however, in order for the Tang Dynasty to have a chance to win this battle, Li Zhen couldn't care so much, and pointed to the sand table and said: There are two strategies in this palace or a big victory, I don't know if Uncle Seventeen wants to hear it?
Li Daozong knew that Li Zhen called him to come in order to explain the two strategies, and at this time, seeing that Li Zhen had already opened his mouth, he knew that he couldn't hide, so he gritted his teeth and said: Please give orders from Your Highness, and Weichen will listen to him.
As soon as he heard that Li Daozong had agreed, Li Zhen's heart was a little more relieved, he exhaled a long breath, and pointed to the sand table and said: Seventeen uncles, please see, after crossing the Liao River, most of the cities have been attacked and plundered by our army last year, the city is not strong and morale is low, it is very easy to go down, only two cities are difficult to attack, one is Anshi, the other is black bones, the two are one before and one behind, enough to plug the passage of our army's march, according to the palace, if there is no miracle plan, these two cities can be under the night, if the battle becomes a stalemate, although our army may not be defeated, but it is inevitable to return without success, and some of the two strategies are all around this, First, the army besieged Anshi, attacked it, and made the enemy reinforce it in a large way, and then Yin attacked the city of black bones with strong generals, if it can be taken, then Anshi will become a lonely city, it can be besieged but not attacked, and the troops will bypass Anshi, go to the black bones, then you can rush to Pyongyang, if the enemy has no strong generals to fight, then Pyongyang can go down overnight, Pyongyang will be lost, and Goguryeo will die! The key to this plan is the surprise attack on the Black Bone City, although there is merit, but it may not be able to be successful, if you grasp it, about thirty percent. Second, the army is still besieging Anshi, if it can't be pulled, you can divide the army to take the sea route, enter Silla, and start from Silla to attack Goguryeo Koya, the palace is expected to be the elite soldiers of Goguryeo are all on the front line, and the rear must be extremely empty, only to break through the line can sweep Pyongyang, this battle can be a big victory, this plan is grasped, when there are sixty percent!
The Tang army has used a large number of ships to carry out a landing war in Liaodong last year, and the same is true for this time, as far as warships are concerned, it is not a problem to raise ships loaded with tens of thousands of elite soldiers and baggage, this Li Daozong has a lot in his heart, and in the face of these two feasible strategies proposed by Li Zhen, his heart is already sudden, he stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his head, and said tentatively: Your Highness's two strategies are wonderful, and you should play Your Majesty in person.
Cut, if you can play Lao Tzu, you would have played it a long time ago, why bother the boss to invite you to talk such nonsense! Li Zhen didn't know that Li Daozong was deliberately pretending to be confused, and scolded angrily in his heart, but his face was still very flat, and he shrugged his shoulders and said: Uncle Seventeen, don't tell lies in front of real people, these two strategies are offered early, I am afraid it will be difficult to work, I hope that Uncle Seventeen can keep these two strategies in mind, and when the war in Ancheng is stalemate, Uncle Seventeen will personally mention it to see the effect, this palace please.
Maybe it was because he felt the strong worry about the country in Li Zhen's heart, or maybe he was squeezed into the corner by Li Zhen's words, Li Daozong's face changed a few times with a burst of red and white, and then he said with a wry smile: Your Highness, this is to set up a micro-minister on the stove, that's it, these two strategies are self-conceived, and a certain mention is enough, as for whether Your Majesty can accept it, it depends on the will of God.
Thank you Uncle Seventeen, but there is one, if it is close to October, the harsh winter is coming, don't fight again, you have to retreat, the little nephew thanked Uncle Seventeen again. As soon as Li Zhen heard that Li Daozong had agreed, her mood was suddenly relieved, and she bowed deeply to Li Daozong, and said very sincerely.
Why did His Highness say this, he came here to discuss the title of His Highness's concubines, and the rest of the things were unknown to the ministers. Li Daozong took a step sideways to show that he didn't dare to accept Li Zhen's gift, but he replied seriously.
Hehe, that's, that's, Uncle Seventeen is busy, this palace won't delay you much, everything is please. Li Zhen understood Li Daozong's confession, so he smiled and made a gesture of invitation.
Your Highness, you are busy, and Weichen will retire first. Li Daozong glanced at Li Zhen deeply, then bowed and bowed, strode out of the study, and returned to the Yamen Office of the Ministry of Rites without mentioning it.
Hey, Li Daozong has been gone for a long time, but Li Zhen has always looked at the door of the study in a daze, and his heart is full of loneliness, but Li Zhen has already done everything that can be done, and the rest can only be left to fate, so thinking about it, a feeling of powerlessness immediately came to his heart, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, shook his head with a wry smile, and walked to the door of the room, planning to go to the apse to find peace and happiness for the little princess, but just when he arrived at the door, he saw Wang Binghe cut in, and said carefully: Your Highness, Jingzhao Shaoyin Du Quanming asks to see, you see
Uh-huh, is it finally here? Interesting! Li Zhen knew Du Quanming's intention, and had been waiting for his arrival for a long time, at this time, when he heard Wang Binghe say that Du Quanming asked to see, Li Zhen laughed, waved his hand and said: Announce him here.
Be. Wang Binghe hurriedly answered, hurriedly retreated and went out, and went to the palace gate to Xuan Du Quanming to see him without mentioning it.
Weichen knocked on His Royal Highness the Prince. Du Quanming, who was pale in complexion, was still in high spirits as Yin Zhi, who had just acted in Jingzhao Mansion a few days ago, and when he saw Li Zhen sitting behind the desk, he rushed forward in a hurry, and actually knelt on the ground, bowed and worshipped, his vocal cords trembled, and his panic was revealed.
Heh, this kid really knows how to pretend to be garlic, interesting, and his acting skills are not bad. Li Zhen had already sent someone to investigate Du Quanming in detail in the past few days, and he knew that he was not a coward, so at this time, this kind of anxious look was pretended to be shown to Li Zhen, in order to ask Li Zhen to be kind enough to help him get out of trouble.
This favor must be helped, whether it is to bring Du Quanming himself or the entire Du family over, or to give the old man a reasonable explanation, Li Zhen will help Du Quanming to expose this matter in the past, but it's one thing to help, but how to help is another, the most taboo for the superior is to make his subordinates think that it is easy to get the help of the boss, if this is the case, the prestige of the superior is impossible to talk about, and besides, if things are done too smoothly, If you want your subordinates to remember the good of your boss, I'm afraid it's difficult, isn't it? So, although Du Quanming pretended to be pitiful, Li Zhen was unmoved, holding the book in his hand, looking at it without a glance, and said casually: How did Du Shaoyin have time to come to the palace? Well, if I'm not mistaken, the ten-day period will be tomorrow, right?
His Royal Highness is wise, it is indeed due tomorrow, but, hey, but now His Royal Highness the King of Wei suddenly fell ill, and now there is no one to preside over the overall situation, Weichen, Weichen is helpless, I implore His Highness to help Weichen ease his cheeks one or two, if he can be more than three days, Weichen can calmly deploy Du Quanming was originally pretending to be pitiful, but at this time, he saw Li Zhen who didn't care at all, but he didn't have to pretend anymore, and reported in fear.
Sick, ha, damn, the fourth guy actually played such a hand, this old slippery head! As soon as Li Zhen heard that Li Tai was pretending to be sick, she was amused, and she had no intention of listening to Du Quanming's nonsense, so she raised her hand, planned Du Quanming's chatter, and sneered: Tolerate for three days, hey, even if there is another ten days, can you solve this case, huh?
If he really could, it would be a strange thing, but at this moment, Du Quanming didn't dare to say that he couldn't, he had no choice but to kneel on the ground, kowtowing desperately, and his mouth was closed tightly, lest he accidentally leak his mouth and bring disaster to himself.
That's enough, just flat. Li Zhen quietly let Du Quanming knock his forehead to see blood, and then raised his hand and said: If it can be broken, one day is enough, if not, it will be in vain to drag it out for another ten years.
As soon as he heard that Li Zhen agreed to help, Du Quanming was overjoyed, but he didn't even bother to wipe the blood on his forehead, so he got up with a rolling belt, approached the front, and said respectfully: Your Highness, please command, Weichen must obey correctly.
Li Zhen smiled, and gave a low command in Du Quanming's ear, Du Quanming was first surprised, and then his eyebrows danced with excitement, and as soon as Li Zhen's voice fell, he hurriedly paid another big salute, and said loudly: Thank you for your advice, without further ado, Weichen will go back to arrange, and Weichen will retire.
Go for it. Li Zhen waved her hand lazily and said indispensably. Hearing Li Zhen's resignation, Du Quanming hurriedly lay down, kowtowed again, got up, hurriedly exited the study, and went back to the yamen to get busy.
Hey. As soon as Du Quanming left, Li Zhen smiled to herself, shook her head disapprerovingly, and strode out of the study, wandering towards the apse
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