"There are demagogic and ill-intentioned guys everywhere, but I can't do it casually on my shoulders, this is not an ordinary grievance, fortunately you are here, I am relieved when you come, I took you 25,000 people north to Liaodong, and left 5,000 soldiers and horses in Cangzhou and Jingzhou, enough to hold on until you lead the army to ......,"

"Another thing I need to remind you is that I once asked Li Shidao to borrow a warship to prepare for a direct landing from Baekje, but Li Shidao refused because of the lack of warships."

After reading Li Yu's letter for the first time, Guo Rong was confused, and after thinking about it for a while, Guo Rong squinted his eyes and quietly looked at the vast mountains and rivers east of Tongguan.

Li Yu is brave and good at raiding, but it does not mean that Li Yu is a reckless man, let alone that Li Yu is an idiot who has no overall vision.

On the contrary, Li Yu is bold and careful, and Li Yu's strategic vision is very good, his judgment of the battle situation, and his ability to grasp the opportunities on the battlefield are very amazing, but he can be said to be a natural general.

What kind of style he is Guo Rong knows very well, he is stable and stable, he is taking the road of battle formation, and he is able to guess how he will go with Li Yu's understanding of himself and his judgment of the situation.

In other words, before Li Yu estimated what he would do, Li Yu had already predicted his own prediction in advance and gave him advice on entering the army.

Regarding Liaodong, when Li Yu was teaching Guo Rong, he carefully analyzed the entire process of Emperor Li Er's personal conquest of Goguryeo.

Guo Rong even remembered that he jokingly said that it was under the command of Emperor Li Er, the land sheep attack, the water attack, the most successful amphibious landing operation in the Tang Dynasty.

Guo Rong subconsciously substituted the current scene into the deduction at that time.

At that time, when the two-day review was deduced, Guo Rong traveled from Hebei by land, passed through Liaoxi, and arrived in Liaodong, with the purpose of focusing everyone's attention on the battlefield by land.

And Li Yu led the elite, took the waterway, attacked from behind, and drew salary from the bottom of the kettle.

In fact, when Guo Rong formulated his strategy, he largely referred to the deduction of the past.

Guo Rong's original intention was to take the Changying Army and Zuo Wuwei as the core, and the Xuanwu, Zhaoyi, Yiwu and other armies as subordinates, starting from Cangzhou, Bianzhou, Zhengzhou, and Huazhou all the way to Beiping.

As a reserve, Li Yu is not only prepared for possible accidents, but also ready to raid at any time to complete the general scalpel-style beheading operation in Yunzhou.

Li Chen's request to himself is to clear Shandong and leave no hidden dangers, and this is the safest and most able tactic to meet Li Chen's requirements.

Of course, from the perspective of winning as soon as possible, Li Yu's judgment was not wrong, he was right, Li Yu was surprising, and besides, entering from behind with a gun was Li Yu's specialty and hobby.

In fact, Guo Rong felt that as long as it was from behind, as long as there was enough water and supplies, no matter who the opponent was, there was actually no difference between feudal towns, rebels, rebels, and alien races in Li Yu's eyes.

And......

And halfway through, Guo Rong suddenly came back to his senses, he seemed to think badly, Li Shidao didn't lend a boat to Li Yu, and Li Rong said that this time he was not on a waterway but a dry road!

Take the dry road!

Or take the dry road from the front!

Li Yu, this dog, has changed his taste!

Taking the initiative to treat himself as a regular soldier is not in line with Li Yu's habits and style of using soldiers!

In disbelief, Guo Rong held up Li Rong's letter again, read it carefully, and then a sentence that Guo Rong had ignored before came into Guo Rong's eyes.

"Logically speaking, this reason is tenable, and the ships belonging to the navigation supervisor are indeed not at his disposal, but I always feel a little abnormal, but today's Jiaodong is no longer the Pinglu of the past...... in fact, I still think that if I have the opportunity, I can come once......"

After reading these sentences over and over again, combined with Li Yu's unusual behavior, a complete chain of inferences began to appear in Guo Rong's mind.

Li Yu was the nail he first placed in Hebei, and it was also the firewall for the Hebei feudal town.

Li Yu knew that he would mobilize the Tang Dynasty's troops in Henan Province and Hebei Province, so he directly chose the tactics of flat pushing.

Li Yu knew that he was in his plan, and if the war did not go well, he would be an important surprise soldier.

Li Yu knew that his actions would affect his strategy and layout.

In this case, Li Yu still chose to send troops in advance before his arrival.

Guo Rong remembered one of the thirty-six plans known to women and children in later generations, the enemy was clear, the friend was undecided, and he led his friends to kill the enemy, and did not contribute himself......

Kill with a knife!

That's right, it's to kill people with a knife,

It's just that unlike other people's borrowing knives to kill people, Li Yu regarded himself as a knife when he judged the situation and direction of Liaodong inaccurately!

Of course, the greater benefit is to attract someone's attention instead of yourself, and at the same time to test yourself instead of yourself......

After all, before the actual dispatch of troops, no one knows the reaction of many people and forces in Liaodong, Hebei and even the world, but it is difficult to say whether the final effect will be to lure the snake out of the hole or to startle the snake.

"Li Yu, Li Yu~"

After a long sigh, Guo Rong shook his head helplessly, Li Yu was afraid that he would not agree to such a risky move, and he would be a friend......

However, since Li Yu has already tested for himself and helped his family point out the surprises, Guo Rong will naturally not waste the efforts that Li Yu is doing with his life.

It's just that now, because of Li Yu's sudden situation, his strategy and tactics need to be fine-tuned, at least the defense of Cangzhou, Jingzhou, and Dezhou must be taken over as soon as possible.

Also, considering that the footbasin chicken appeared on the territory of the stick, the status of the naval battle will inevitably be greatly improved, and the Jiaodong side must also send people.

And also......

Battleship? Warship? Amphibious landing? Entering from behind?

Li Yu couldn't borrow a warship, so he chose a dry road, but if he could take the waterway, it would definitely be better and more moist by water, but at this time, Guo Rong once again noticed a detail that had been ignored before, and the reason why Li Shidao refused to lend a warship to Li Yu was the lack of enough warships.

Originally, Guo Rong didn't care too much about the reason Li Yu proposed, but now, Guo Rong suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Li Shidao's Jiaodong defense history includes Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou, Mizhou, in fact, that is, the Jiaodong Peninsula in later generations.

Although in later generations, the scale of shipbuilding in Jiaodong did not seem to be as good as that of Liaodong, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Lingnan, but before the Qin, Han, Song, and Tang dynasties, it was a real leader in the shipbuilding industry.

In the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty of the Jiaodong Peninsula had already opened up a route from Jiaodong to Liaodong, and the famous Tai Shici from the east once crossed the sea to Liaodong to avoid disaster.

After the Battle of Baijiangkou, most of the monks who were keen to spread the Tianzhu sect to the island country also traveled east from here to spread the teachings.

Of course, in their spare time, the monks may also experience the customs of the island country, to feel the wind of Osaka, the rain of Kyoto, and the eternal temperature of Tokyo.

It is precisely because of these conditions that Guo Rong suggested to Li Yu to set up a shipbuilding and experimental base for navigation supervision in Jiaodong.

In fact, at Guo Rong's suggestion, the shipbuilding base of Datang's newly established navigation supervisor was located in Mizhou, which was located within the jurisdiction of the Jiaodong Defense Mission, which was precisely the location of Qingdao Port and Jiaozhou Bay in the future.

Although the navigation supervision and shipbuilding base is independent and does not belong to the jurisdiction of Li Shidao, but after all, it is under the jurisdiction of the Jiaodong defense envoy.

Even if the Jiaodong defense envoy has not yet been set up, when Pinglu Town is still there, Pinglu Town has more than 1,000 materials under the command of Li Shidao, and there are no less than 50 large ships that can carry a scale of 100 people.

After Pinglu was dismembered, because of the cooperation of the two brothers Li Shigu and Li Shidao, in the consideration of buying horse bones, the Emperor Taishang gave the two brothers great preferential treatment.

Li Shigu entered Chang'an to pay homage to the prime minister, took charge of the military department, and was a very popular minister.

Although Li Shidao had no chance to inherit Pinglu, a Liaodong defense envoy who was in line with the imperial court's general policy could be regarded as compensation, and more importantly, Li Yu allowed Li Shidao to keep his original Pinglu army's fleet.

With the expansion policy that Datang has made public, the eyes of the entire Shandong are looking at the ocean, and what follows is the concentration of personnel and materials, and Li Shidao is also frantically expanding his fleet.

Coupled with the relevant information about the new type of sea vessels obtained by the Navigation Supervisor through various channels, it is said that the strength of the fleet under his command has been greatly improved by the defense of Jiaodong.

It is even rumored that Li Shidao has explored a safe route from Jiaodong to Dongying.

To be honest, Guo Rong doesn't care much about the route, but Guo Rong cares about Li Shidao's long-range delivery capability.

According to Guo Rong's understanding, there are more than 80 large ships staying in the port in Dengzhou and Laizhou alone, and in addition to some warships equipped with a large number of catapults and eight-bull crossbows, the actual number of large ships under Li Shidao's command is probably more than 100.

Based on the standard that each ship can carry 100 people, if Li Shidao is willing, with only more than 100 ships of various types under his command, he can achieve cross-sea delivery of more than 10,000 people at a time.

This ability is simply unprecedented in this era!

With such a strong fleet, Li Shidao's reason for rejecting Li Yu turned out to be that there were not enough ships, and what was even more surprising was that the people sent by Li Yu to borrow ships personally went to the ports of Jiaozhou and Laizhou to take a look.

It turned out that none of the large boats that were supposed to be full were there, and there were only two or three kittens of the scattered fishermen in the huge harbor.

Originally, Guo Rong didn't care about Li Yu's complaints, but at this moment, Guo Rong suddenly felt that something was wrong.

In addition, at the end of last year, the family went to Chang'an, and Li Shigu, who was in charge of the military department in the imperial court, died of illness, and Guo Rong's heart suddenly rose with a strong sense of unease.

You must know that in China, filial piety has been a virtue that has been put in the first place since ancient times.

In the eyes of Chinese people, a filial person, no matter how bad it is, will have a limit.

And an unfilial person, no matter how outstanding his literary talent is, no matter how strong his ability is, he will get an evaluation that is not virtuous, which is embarrassing and useful.

Although there are people like "father and son filial piety", "brothers, friends and brothers" to "killing brothers and killing fathers", there are very few people in Lu Longjiedu.

Li Shigu and Li Shidao's father must have passed away a long time ago, but the fact that the eldest brother is like a father also exists, and Li Shigu is quite good to his younger brother, and Li Shidao is also obedient to his brother.

Therefore, as long as Li Shigu is alive, Li Shidao will not become a threat to the imperial court, which is why the Emperor Taishang chose to pacify rather than forcibly dismember Pinglu.

It's just that it is estimated that Li Yu himself didn't expect that Li Shigu would not live as long as he did......

When all of this is connected, Guo Rong feels that his head is big.

Li Shidao did not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and the warships and merchant ships were not advanced, but the scale of the fleet in his hands was too large.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, at this time the real financial and tax areas of the Tang Dynasty are still Jianghuai and Jiangnan, with the cultivation of Zhancheng rice, the economic status of the south has not been weakened, but has been enhanced.

Compared with Li Shidao, after Li Yu went north, the problem of the relative emptiness of the defensive forces of Cangzhou, Jingzhou, and Dezhou was not so urgent.

After all, if Li Shigu, who has a huge fleet in hand and has an unclear attitude, really has a problem, and leads the fleet to start a sabotage war of burning, killing and looting along the entire southeast coast, it will be a big trouble!

Originally, Guo Rong planned to further distribute troops after arriving in Luoyang, but Guo Rong couldn't feel at ease anyway with a time bomb hanging over his head.

Raising his head and looking at the time, just after noon, closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, Guo Rong looked at the two guards in front of him.

"Mu Yu!"

"In!"

"You immediately go to give the order, the army will rest in place for an hour near the left of Tongguan, bury the pot and cook!"

"Yes!"

"Don't worry, also, let Liu (Yuxi) Changshi draw materials, equipment, supplies, and ...... quantity from the whole army."

After a little thought, Guo Rong continued,

"The number is small, so Liu Changshi is based on the personnel of an infantry regiment, a cavalry regiment, and an independent cavalry battalion, and equips each person with two war horses, a pack horse, and six days of food and grass for the corresponding six days."

"In addition, during the rest and recuperation period of the whole army, all the officers above the battalion level of the Changying Army and Zuo Wuwei went to Tongguan for a meeting, remember to prepare the map."

"Alright, that's all, let's go!"

"Obey!"

After accepting the order, Zhi Muyu ran away in a hurry, while Guo Rong turned to Han Xiang in front of him and motioned for Han Xiang to follow him down the city.

"Han Xiang, you don't need to attend the meeting, but you have a more important task, and you will take someone to Bianzhou immediately!"

"Bianzhou?"

"To Bianzhou! Later, I will write a letter to explain the situation to Han Dashuai of the Xuanwu Army, and you will send the letter to Han Dashuai, asking Han Dashuai to immediately start the assembly and preparation of soldiers and horses, the number is not capped, the more the merrier, but at least not less than 30,000 people! ”

"After completing the preparation of at least 30,000 people, please ask Han Dashuai to march the Xuanwu Army that has completed the assembly to Huaixi, Jiaodong, and Weibo in three directions with great fanfare, so as to create a situation where the Xuanwu Army cooperates with the main force of our army to attack the city and pull out the village."

"Remember to remind Han Dashuai that the bigger the momentum, the better, it's really not okay to let the idle farmers hold the flag to fill the number, the key is to have a big momentum!"

As Guo Rong, Han Xiang, and Zhe Muyu walked down, except for the stubborn Tongguan defenders every few dozen steps, the city of Tongguan reappeared and became empty.

Soon, a melodious and rapid sound of the copper horn began to flutter on the head of the city of Tongguan, with this sound, was passing through Tongguan, the mile-long Eastern Expeditionary Counterinsurgency Army suddenly stopped in unison.

Because there is no planned break, at this moment, the busiest people become the cooking class, and one after another the big black iron pot is "winter!" Winter! Winter! It was still on the ground, and everyone was going about their business.

Fortunately, because it was not camped, the idle barracks began to dig smokeless stoves for the cooking class.

When the smokeless stoves were completed, the iron pots had been placed and pulled up, and then the fire was lit, and the shovels began to stir non-stop.

After writing the letter, Guo Rong, who watched Han Xiang leave, smelled the fragrance of braised pork, so he followed the fragrance and looked over.

As a result, I saw a cook with a shovel the size of a sapper shovel frantically stir-frying in the pot.

Looking at the braised pork that had gradually changed in color, Guo Rong had to sigh, the fried sugar color was really the last stubbornness and persistence of the cooking soldiers.