Chapter 397: The prince holds military power
The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and some people beat the broken drums, which is the current Goguryeo.
Including the envoys of Goguryeo, among these people, a total of more than a dozen people betrayed Goguryeo, saying that they could cooperate with Datang, no matter what Datang wanted to know, they could say it, and including some border secrets, these people could also provide it.
"God help me Datang God bless me Datang, I didn't expect Goguryeo to have today, when I led the troops to attack them, what did that Gaiyuan Suwen say? said that I don't want to think about it in my life, I should really let him watch it now. ”
On the Jinluan Hall of the Imperial Palace, Li Shimin saw the record sent by the Imperial City Division, not to mention how happy he was in his heart, Goguryeo seemed to be a piece of his heart, and he began to attack Goguryeo a few years ago, but in addition to the momentum at the beginning, it became more and more difficult later, especially after they arrived in Goguryeo, they actually suffered heavy losses, and they were not even as good as the exploits of Emperor Yang of Sui back then.
Li Shimin has always regarded himself as the first emperor of the ages, how can he endure such a thing? So after every defeat, Li Shimin was ready to do his best to raise the whole country's troops, and then immediately attack Goguryeo, but he didn't know that doing so would bring great harm to the whole country.
Now one of Li Xiang's methods is to make Goguryeo chaotic like this, the most important thing is that we haven't made much effort, except for the cavalry on the border and the spies under the eldest grandson Wuji, we have not increased investment in other aspects, but the effect achieved is huge, in addition to their mutual attacks within the court, including the border defenders, they have not received money for half a year.
Everyone knows how much combat strength such an army has, and everyone knows that if you don't give me enough food, why should I give you my life? Tie your head to the waistband of your trousers, just so that the whole family can have enough to eat, and now you haven't seen a copper for months, do you expect us people to pay for you?
On a piece of the transaction just now, Zhang Qixiong said very clearly, the border soldiers and civilians are already very tired, in addition to the local food has not been planted, the border guards have not paid money for several months, all because the court is corrupt and incompetent, and all the money is used for internal fighting, resulting in the border guards have no way to support their families, and now is the time when morale is the lowest, if the Tang army rushes over at this time, then the border guards will not resist at all.
"Your Majesty, is this matter carefully investigated, Zhang Qixiong, a micro-minister, has observed, it seems that it is not so easy to cooperate with us, will there be fraud in this?"
Tang Jian, the head of the household, had some concerns.
According to his idea, Zhang Qixiong was elected by the lord of Goryeo after all, how could he defect on the spot? What's more, this guy still has a family in Goryeo, if the news of his rebellion comes back, I'm afraid the whole family will be beheaded.
What Lord Hubutang said also made sense, everyone invariably looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, your people are doing wind and rain in Goguryeo, if they didn't work so hard, how could Goguryeo be like this?
"Auxiliary, you say..."
Not to mention, after such persuasion by Lord Tang of the household department, Li Shimin was also a little worried, and hurriedly asked the eldest grandson Wuji.
Although the eldest grandson Wuji is now in Li Xiang's camp, the eldest grandson Wuji is still the minister of the humerus of the imperial court, especially now that this matter is now, the eldest grandson Wuji must have a result, and the border guards are the only way for us to attack.
"Back to the emperor's words, what Zhang Qixiong said is basically true, although some places are exaggerated, but the Goguryeo border guards are indeed demoralized, this can be asked about our country's border guards, last month they carried out a total of forty-two assaults, at the beginning there were people to intercept them, and then these people directly closed the door, our people can drive straight into the border area, and even can reach five hundred miles inside Goguryeo."
When the words of the eldest grandson Wuji came out, the people present were a little surprised, in their opinion, it was okay to just cross the border, but if it was to go deep into the border, then I really don't know what this army has become rotten.
Although all signs indicated that now was a good time to attack Goguryeo, Li Shimin's heart was still a little worried, after all, he was also shocked when he returned from the failure in this place.
What's more, the current Goguryeo is not a small country, many people think that Goguryeo is a small country, but in fact, the current Goguryeo stretches for thousands of miles, from the Liaodong region of our country to the Han River valley of the Silla Peninsula, it is basically their land, and it should be the most prosperous period.
The generals are all gearing up to hope that the emperor can give an order soon, and we will immediately go east to Goguryeo, but the civil officials can see that the emperor should be waiting for His Royal Highness Taisun.
Everyone can see through it at this time, since His Royal Highness Taisun became an adult, almost everything has to wait for His Royal Highness Taisun, and the emperor is becoming less and less confident at the beginning, the emperor can decide such a thing himself, but if His Royal Highness Taisun does not nod, the emperor's heart may be bottomless.
Of course, this is also a normal thing, in the last two foreign wars, His Royal Highness Taisun can be said to have played a decisive role, including this war against Goguryeo, His Royal Highness Taisun has always participated, if there were no few losses of His Royal Highness Taisun, can Goguryeo decay so quickly?
"Ke'er, I asked you to train the forbidden army in the capital, has it improved recently?"
As soon as Li Shimin's words changed, he immediately turned to Li Ke, the king of Wu.
"Back to my father's words, I am restoring my combat effectiveness in an orderly manner."
Hearing the answer of Li Ke, the king of Wu, the eyes of the people in the court flashed, the forbidden army of the capital has never been handed over to others, and this time it was suddenly handed over to the king of Wu, who has the blood of the previous dynasty, and the capital is becoming more and more energetic.
Li Xiang once managed the Zuo Shenwu Army, but it was just a name, when Li Xiang went to Tubo, this right was successfully recovered, what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd? Do you have to let your children and grandchildren fight each other? Can't you twist into a rope and work together for Datang?
A few ministers opened their mouths, and finally thought that many people would die in the matter of Lichu, so it was better to shut up!