"What will you do?"

Listening to the familiar words of the Emperor Taishang, Guo Rong always had a sense of familiarity about Yuan Fang What do you think, although he knew that Li Yu was most likely cultivating and exercising himself, but ......

Looking at the Emperor Li Xu, who was like an old father, full of expectation, Guo Rong was finally defeated.

"If Your Majesty lets the minister decide, the minister first needs to know what His Majesty wants to achieve."

Ask the target first, and then choose the strategy, Guo Rong's thinking made Li Yu very satisfied, but what Li Yu said after opening his mouth was completely beyond Guo Rong's expectations.

Li Yu first asked a question that at first glance had nothing to do with the purpose.

"Guo Rong, do you know how long it has been since we left Chang'an?"

"It's been almost ten months, Your Majesty."

"Yes, it's been ten months, time flies quickly, you know, a lot can happen in ten months, and a lot of things can be verified in ten months."

Guo Rong: ......

"Champa rice has been discovered!"

Guo Rong: !

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"The people sent to Annam by the imperial court found the Champa rice you mentioned, and brought back the seeds of Champa rice, and after bringing the seeds back, they directly tried planting them in Jiangnan Province, Lingnan Province, Jiannan Province, Henan Province, Shannan Province, Huainan Province, Qianzhong Province and other places!"

"The results of the trial planting: the yield of this Champong rice is indeed higher than that of the rice yield of Jiangnan Province, and it is drought tolerant, fine-grained, suitable for the field of high Yang, and the ability to resist disasters is also stronger, and more importantly, the maturity cycle is shorter than the original rice of my Datang, in Jiangnan Province, Jiannan Road, Huainan Road, and Qianzhong Road, Champa rice and late rice are combined to become double cropping rice, and in Lingnan Province, it can even be really three crops a year!"

"According to the investigation and speculation of the Ministry of Households, Sinong Temple, Education Supervisor, and Technical Supervisor, if it is implemented on a large scale, Jiangnan Province, Lingnan Province, Jiannan Province, and Huainan Province, the increased grain output can increase the grain output of my Datang by at least sixty percent! Sixty percent, do you know what that means? ”

According to the data of the Ministry of Households, last year, Datang had ten provinces, more than 300 prefectures (prefectures), more than 1,500 counties, a total of 9.6 million households, and 53 million people......

"Moreover, the old farmers who have just been recruited by the technical supervisor and the education supervisor who are proficient in agriculture have played a huge role in the trial planting, and without them, it would never have been possible to produce results so quickly with the waste of the household department and the Sinong Temple. This alone has made the government and the opposition have no complaints about the two new supervision departments of the technical supervision and the education supervision. ”

"According to those old farmers, sixty percent is just a conservative estimate, after all, this is only the first year, if you have one or two years of farming experience, it is not impossible to double!"

Hearing Li Chen, whose face was pale, say these things in an excited tone, Guo Rong was shocked, both shocked by the estimated output and shocked by the super high efficiency of the court!

However, for Guo Rong, the bigger surprise is yet to come.

"Of course, there were not only people from the imperial court who were sent to Annam, but also nobles, feudal towns, and wealthy families in Shandong, and they brought back not only Champa rice, but also a large number of coral, glass, spices, gold, ivory, jade, ......."

"Compared with other places, there has been no quarrel with the world, looking down on the southern barbarian land of Annam, Lingnan, Jiangnan and other places of observation, defense, and jiedu envoys rarely began to expand the army, and there is a great opportunity to get the moon near the water, open the road from Annam, and move southward."

"The people sent to Dongying by the wealthy families in Shandong have also returned, those envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty are indeed hiding clumsiness, you are right, the people of Dongying like to call the silver mine 'Jinshan', and the silver output of Dongying's existing 'Jinshan' has exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty."

"Now Shandong giants for Dongying, for the ocean enthusiasm has been extremely high, in the absence of suitable ocean-going vessels, Shandong's giants have begun to rely on geographical advantages, in order to explore a safe route to Dongying, Shandong giants have begun to Dongying pathfinders have begun to Dongying!"

"Under the joint investigation of Guan Longxun and the Shi clan, the Great Qin, the Great Food, the Green Sect, the Anglo-Saxons, the Vikings, and the Kunlun Nu who drank blood from Ru Mao have basically been confirmed."

"Now the attention of the remaining high-ranking officials of Guan Longxun, Jiangmen, and Chang'an has been attracted from Guanzhong to Hexi, to the vast continent you call the Eurasian continent."

"After the beginning of spring, as if the caravan you sent, more than one team has gone to Hexi under the banner of a caravan, if it was placed in the past, the Tubo people would probably have a full meal, but now, the Tubo people on the verge of civil strife do not have the courage at all, I even regret it now, I have too much to clean up the nobles at the beginning!"

“……”

"As for the so-called Americas and Australia, although there is no trace of it, but now, no one will question the authenticity of your map, and everyone believes that it is only a matter of time before you cross the East China Sea and cross the ocean, and discover the Americas and Australia you are talking about."

"In fact, not only the imperial court is studying sea ships, but also the three towns of Hebei are studying, and the wealthy families in Shandong have also begun to contact several coastal observers in Huainan, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Lingnan to jointly study ......ships that can withstand wind and waves and sail long distances."

"In order to help them achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible, I have asked the Son of Heaven to decree that those who are the first to discover the Americas and Australia will be crowned kings, and they will be replaced by hereditary succession!"

Hearing this, Guo Rong was stunned, the emperor is really ......

"Also, the proposal you made before the expedition from Chang'an has now been unanimously approved by the government and the opposition, and Wei Guanzhi has moved from Jingzhao Yin to the Ministry of Shangshu and awarded the same Zhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi."

"But there is one point, whether it is the establishment of education, the development of technology, the development of shipping, we need a relatively stable environment, and now the whole Datang needs to maintain stability!"

"I never thought that Datang would be able to recover and develop so quickly in my hands, and I believe that with the background of Datang and the current state of Datang, if it only takes three to five years to recuperate, it will definitely be invincible in the world again."

"Therefore, it is naturally good if you can level the grassland in one fell swoop, and if you can't, it is acceptable to guarantee that the Mobei grassland will not be chaotic within three to five years! This is a change that has not been seen in a thousand years, do you understand? ”

Not to mention that Li Yu didn't expect it, even Guo Rong didn't expect that his proposal would bring such a big change in just ten months.

However, Li Yu's words have made it very clear, Li Tang's court is actually racing against all forces, as long as the environment is stable, the court can develop the strong potential of the Tang Dynasty into a powerful strength, and suppress all the ill-intentioned schemes, so ......

The task had been handed over to him, and staring at a map of the Tang Dynasty, Uighurs, and Tubo that he didn't know when he was placed in front of him, Guo Rong fell into deep thought.

And Li Yu just looked at Guo Rong quietly, the two of them almost didn't move, and it wasn't until nearly half an hour later that Guo Rong was awakened by a burst of sound.

Raising his head, Guo Rong was shocked to find that Zhang Jiaxuan, who was not in the room, appeared in the room, and at this moment, Zhang Daoye was giving Li Yu an injection.

I don't know if it's because of the needle, or because I rested for a while, Li Yu's face was a little ruddy.

Seeing Guo Rong recovering from his thoughts, Li Yu didn't make much movement.

"Ouch, thought about it? Let's talk about it, Bai Juyi has been to the Surrendered City in the past two days, and Jiaxuan is here! ”

"It's Your Majesty, I think that the eldest princess and Zheyun Valley will let go of Aidenli Dalu and Yaogro Dali Pei Pot, I'm afraid it's not just because the forbidden army cavalry is tired, but there are other hidden dangers!"

"Oh, go on, no need to stop!"

"Before the decisive battle began, the ancient tribe of Baye suddenly joined the camp of the eldest princess, which played a huge role in the victory of the battle, otherwise with only five thousand forbidden troops and ten thousand soldiers and horses in the tooth tent, the two sides would not be proportional at all, and it would be wishful thinking to lure the enemy into formation."

"Although it is victorious, it is precisely the command of victory, whether it is the eldest princess or Zhiyun Valley, they can't believe that the ancient department of Baye is still possible, and it is still possible for the two sides to hold together in adversity, and it is difficult to say after a complete victory."

"If the two of them are alive, the two sides will be in balance, if the two die in the chaos, who dares to guarantee that Bayegu has no ambition, after all, the alternation of kings on the grassland is so bloody and cruel."

"If Bayegu launches a surprise attack, the consequences will be unimaginable, plus there is a Qibi who has not appeared since he left, you must know that Qibi is also a large tribe with more than 10,000 troops."

"Of course, all of this is still an appearance, the real reason is that the eldest princess and Zheyun Valley have insufficient strength, not only is it not enough to control the grassland, but it is not even the relative strength to completely suppress the two allies!"

"Makes sense, and then what?"

"However, in Chen's opinion, the eldest princess and Zheyun Gu are a little worried, Baye Gu will suddenly fall out of the nest, and the minister thinks that most of it is Liu Runlong who gave them enough hints through some way, so Baye Gu doesn't have to care."

"On the contrary, the minister thinks that the Qibi Department is very likely to have bad intentions, but in this situation where the overall situation has been decided, as long as the eldest princess is safe, without the participation of Baye Gu, just one Qibi will not be able to set off the storm!"

"It's a pity that when we divided our troops from Huai'anbao, we didn't know the situation in the grassland and Fengzhou, so naturally we couldn't formulate a detailed strategy, and the eldest princess and Zheyun Gu couldn't make a judgment, and it was helpless to miss the opportunity to eliminate Aiden Li Dalu and Yao Ge Luo Dali Pei Pot."

"The soldiers and horses for the expedition have been preparing for half a month, and the preparations are basically ready, is it too late to send troops now? If it's too late to send troops, how about sending your judgment to the Uighurs now and informing the Yan Kingdom? ”

"It's already late August, and from September, the temperature in Mobei will begin to drop significantly, once it snows, with the eldest princess's existing troops and equipment, there is nothing that can be done!"

"As for sending troops, it is more than three thousand miles to reach the tooth tent set up by the eldest princess from here, although the scouts have already set off, even if they are single-handedly at the highest speed, it will take more than two months to reach the tooth tent, and it is estimated that it will be November by then."

"September...... November ......, that is to say, even if everything goes well with the troops now, when you meet with Yan Kingdom and Zheyun Valley, Mobei will already be frozen and snowy......"

Thinking about the heavy snow when he attacked Yunzhou at the beginning of the year, and the amazing non-combat attrition in the heavy snow, Li Yu shivered, and it was only Shandong, not Mobei, and shook his head unconsciously.

"In that kind of weather, it is really not suitable for combat ......, according to what you said, there are now five thousand elite guards of the Tang Dynasty, and the protection of the tooth tent and Baye Gu, which is enough to ensure the stability of the current situation, plus the weather, so do you want to postpone the dispatch time?"

"No!" Guo Rong's categorical response. "Not only can't it be postponed, on the contrary, the minister thinks that troops should be sent as soon as possible!"

"I don't understand, you can talk about it!"

"Your Majesty, the minister has long considered sending troops in winter, and in the minister's opinion, winter is the most suitable place for our army to play!"

"Choosing to attack the elite instead of the whole army was dispatched, and this part of the factors was also taken into account, and Liu Yuxi had already considered the factor of keeping out the cold when he was preparing, but I don't know how Liu Yuxi was prepared, even if the number is not enough, how much is used, and it must be attacked as soon as possible!"

Guo Rong's performance made Li Yu extremely surprised, and even Zhang Jiaxuan couldn't help but look at Guo Rong a few more times.

"What? Could it be that you have any other ideas? ”

"Your Majesty, originally the minister didn't have any ideas, preparing warm clothes was just a regular preparation to deal with the cold weather in the desert arctic, but after understanding His Majesty's purpose to ensure the stability of the Tang Dynasty, the minister already had an idea."

"The first point, the soldiers and horses led by the minister not only have to send troops, but also have to make a big show, in fact, in a big sense, it is to support Princess Yixuan, let them know that the princess's maiden family is not easy to mess with, once it threatens the survival of the eldest princess, Datang will send a large army even in the midst of a violent storm."

"Since we want to ensure the stability of Datang, it is obviously not enough to rely on defense alone, and the original idea of using the three surrendered cities in the east, middle, and west as the basic components of the Anbei Protectorate is too small."

"The minister considered whether it was possible to build a road composed of Fengsui and Wubao between Fengzhou and Mobei to connect Fengzhou and Mobei, and the eldest princess's tooth tent was the basis, and Fengzhou was used as a base for backup and supply......"

"The third point, in the case that it is impossible to invest a lot of manpower and material resources for a long time, we must let the alien races on the grassland continue to fight, for example, the best choice for attacking Yao Geluo is neither us nor the eldest princess, but the Qibi Department who has never participated in the war and has no voice now."

"Will the Covenant be so honest?"

"It doesn't matter whether the contract is honest or not, the important thing is that the contract is our real core goal, if the contract must be acquainted, it will be honest and obedient to attack, if not, the minister thinks we can kill them, anyway, under the heavy snow, the contract must not run, and there is just the best target on the route of the march!"

"Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys!"

"No, Your Majesty, it's not to make an example of chickens and monkeys, if you have to say it, the minister thinks it's a knife to kill people, and after killing them, we can also form a new ...... of the Qibi Division"

As Guo Rong explained his thoughts from beginning to end, it brought Li Yu a lot of surprise, and it was obvious that Guo Rong had just persuaded Guo Rong, Guo Rong listened to it, not only listened to it, but also used it immediately.

"Yes, there is progress! Beat the drums and gather the generals, since you are sure that you are going to attack, you must arrange it properly, I have mobilized some other soldiers and horses, I need to let you choose, and I also want to know how the preparations are and when to go. ”

Hearing the sound of drums, in the large camp outside the city of Fengzhou, the officers above the rank of military generals began to quickly concentrate on the festival hall that originally belonged to Ren Dijian.

Although it is only a large battalion, there are really a lot of soldiers and horses concentrated in the large battalion.

In the original plan, Guo Rong planned to use the Changying Army as the skeleton from the four armies of the forbidden army, and draw a battalion of soldiers from each of the other three forbidden armies, plus auxiliary soldiers, to form a northern expeditionary army of about 20,000 people.

However, after Guo Rong left, in line with the principle of better actual combat results, in addition to Guo Rong's preparation plan, Li Yu ordered the Shuofang army, which had been prepared for the accident, as well as some of the elite soldiers and horses of the Zhenwu army, to also gather.

Famous generals came out one after another, and the highly meritorious Shuofang Army was the most loyal border army after the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

The Zhenwu Army is the closest to the big camp, and looking at the current trend, it is very likely that the soldiers and horses merged with the original Tiande Army and the Fengshou Defense Envoy can also be regarded as a pro-imperial border army.

Li Yu mobilized these more loyal elites, and carried out the first round of reorganization with the help of the forbidden army according to the establishment of the new army, even if Guo Rong did not choose it in the end, let these soldiers and horses who are destined to participate in the military reform feel the atmosphere in advance and understand it.

After the sound of the three drums, all the generals of the Fourth Army of the Forbidden Army, the Pinglu Army, the Tiande Army, the Zhenwu Army, the Shuofang Army and other soldiers and horses, a total of dozens of military academies have gathered in the festival hall that originally belonged to Ye Rendijian.

Although Li Rong had already explained the situation to himself before, Guo Rong was still a little confused when he accompanied Li Yu to slowly enter the festival hall and a whole room of officers.

With the arrival of Li Chen and Guo Rong, under the auspices of Luo Chinese, the military academies of each army began to report on the preparations for the ten days during Guo Rong's departure.

"The six battalions of the Changying Army, the four battalions of engineers, and the first battalion of cavalry have been prepared!"

"Two battalions of the Tiance Army ,......"

"Two battalions of the Yulin Army,......"

"The ,...... of two battalions of the Shenwei Army"

"Two battalions of soldiers of the Pinglu Army,......"

"Two battalions of soldiers and one battalion of cavalry"

"Three battalions of infantry soldiers and two battalions of cavalry ...... Shuofang Army"

"Three battalions of infantry soldiers and two battalions of cavalry of the Zhenwu Army......"

"Medical team, twenty medical teams......"

"Cooking class, fifty-two cooking classes......"

"The logistics department has prepared 302 carts, 380,000 pounds of polished rice, 160,000 catties of dried meat, 2,000 sets of spare armor, and chain mail...... 32,000 pieces of warm clothing, ...... hats"

As the logistics manager of the march, Guo Rong was very satisfied with the data that Liu Yuxi exposed, and the preparation of various materials was 20% more than Guo Rong's request for 20,000 people to go on the expedition.

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Guo Rong knew that he could collect so many things in a dozen days, to a large extent, I am afraid that Liu Yuxi directly copied the treasury of Ren Dijian, a dead ghost.

However, looking at the number of soldiers and horses in each army, Guo Rong scratched his head a little, according to Li Yu's thoughts, if it is possible, it is best to bring all of these people, after all, a sheep is to be released, and a group of sheep is also to be released, the problem is that if the whole is brought together, I am afraid that there will be thirty or forty thousand people......

Although it is an exaggeration, the temperature on the grassland will drop in September. Without adequate cold protection, it can become a nightmare for any army.

Originally, Guo Rong was ready to lead the four armies of the forbidden army in strict accordance with the original plan, but seeing the command of those cavalry and thinking about his purpose, Guo Rong finally adjusted his thinking.

Although the purpose is to support Princess Li Xuan, show the military and national prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and clean up the disobedient deeds by the way, if you really have the opportunity, you may not be able to try some other ideas.

For example, copy the old example of Li Jing leading 3,000 cavalry to raid Geely in the past!

Since there is this idea, then the more cavalry, the better!

The six combat battalions, four engineer battalions, and one cavalry battalion of the Changying Army, one combat battalion for each of the Tiance Army, the Yulin Army, and the Shenwei Army, and one cavalry battalion for each of the Tiande Army, the Zhenwu Army, and the Shuofang Army, plus the attached medical team, cooking squad, and scouts, a total of 18,000 troops will become the first batch of soldiers and horses to go to the battle.

The number of horses and other animals to be attached to them will exceed 20,000.

At the same time, Guo Rong asked Li Yu to send people to Chang'an, requesting that a large number of materials and equipment for keeping out the cold be quickly transported in the direction of Fengzhou.

As for the remaining soldiers and horses of each department, under the guidance of the remaining forbidden army, they will be trained in the queue and reorganized, as the second echelon going north, if the war expands, they will go north if they are supplemented by Chang'an.

After completing the mobilization of soldiers and horses for the expedition, and the other generals left, Guo Rong suddenly remembered the harvest this time.

"Your Majesty, before summoning the generals, the minister still has some gifts to give to Your Majesty this time!"

"Gifts?"

"Your Majesty, wait a minute!" After speaking, Guo Rong walked out of the room, and soon Han Xiang and Zhi Muyu carried a bag of things and slowly walked to the room where Li Yu and Guo Rong were.

Looking at the few black stones that Guo Rong took out of the bag and placed them in front of him, Li Yu was confused.

"Guo Rong, who are you?"

I saw Guo Rong pick up the first lump of coal and began to explain to Li Yu.

"Your Majesty, this thing is called charcoal in Chang'an, and it is called Jiaoshi in Fugu, which is essentially the same, but the minister prefers to call it coal, and this thing has a much better effect than firewood...... This is a briquette made by processing pulverized coal...... This is coke, which burns better than ordinary coal, and it is a smelting ......."

Guo Rong spoke very carefully, but Li Yu was still confused, these things ......

"Your Majesty, these are collected by the ministers from the distance of hundreds of miles from Fugu to Shengzhou, this is the hope of the future of Datang!"

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