Chapter 340: Datang's Strategy
"Xu Da, how is the reform of the new army?"
Li Jing looked at Xu Da in front of him and said with a smile.
"Sage, everything is according to your orders, train the new army, but there are still some Si Ling, Si Wu Cheng, and Dao Lang in the army!"
When Li Jing asked, Xu Da hurriedly replied that the army's training was progressing smoothly, but there was a lack of some officials in guiding ideological work.
Without these officials, Li Jing's set of ideas and concepts would not have been able to be well transmitted to the whole army, and the whole army still maintained the idea that whoever eats food and wears clothes will die for whomever they want.
After hearing this, Li Jing fell into deep thought, it seems that it is necessary to open a military academy as soon as possible and train talents such as political commissars and instructors!
The central idea of the military academy is to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism!
As an ancient emperor, Li Jing would not be stupid enough to promote any kind of democracy, equality and other remarks.
First, it is not in line with this era, and second, even if Li Jing has this idea, it is useless to rely on his strength alone, and he can't make any waves at all!
Instead of fighting against everything when you are full, it is better to adapt to the situation and do what a feudal emperor should do!
What is the biggest goal of a feudal dynasty and an emperor of the world?
In addition to the peace of the world, that is, I hope that my dynasty can be passed on forever.
"You don't have to worry about this, I will implement it as soon as possible, open an academy to cultivate talents, and send fresh blood to the army!"
Li Jing nodded and said, the military academy should not only train political commissars and instructors, but also train excellent generals.
Among the first batch of cadets, young people such as Wang Haibin and Li Guangbi must enter military academies for further study if they want to become generals in the army.
"How many people are there in the new army today?"
Li Jing asked.
"There are 150,000 sergeants in the army, and there are 50,000 troops each in Lishan and Lantian!"
Xu Da reported the number of new troops, in addition to the troops stationed in the three northeastern provinces, there were 100,000 people who remained in Yongzhou.
Some of these recruits were drawn from the Twelve Guards, and some were newly recruited.
Veterans mixed with recruits, after drills, are already ready to fight, just wait to pull out and fight.
"As the saying goes, raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while! The new army, which has been training for so long, is also time to pull it out and practice and test the results!"
Li Jing turned to look at the map, put his hands behind his back, and said in a long and heavy voice.
In the end, he still plans to attack Tianzhu, as long as he wins Tianzhu, he will be able to provide more grain and grass for Datang, and Datang's population will also grow.
The most important point is that if you take Tianzhu, you will be able to look at Tibet, although Tibet is getting weaker and weaker, but it is difficult to guarantee that Tubo will not resurge.
After Xu Da heard this, he was a little surprised!
What does the saint mean by this, and if he attacks somewhere?
But I haven't heard the news about the border emergency and foreign invasion recently?
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has never been a situation in which it has taken the initiative to send troops to other small countries without any reason.
Who the hell is it?
offended the saint, and the saint would rather resist the pressure of public opinion in the world and send troops?
In Xu Da's view, as the Tang Dynasty of the Celestial Empire, he would not bully the weak for no reason, which is not in line with the character of the state of etiquette.
"I am willing to serve the saints at any time!"
Xu Da hurriedly said, no matter what the reason, of course the sage must obey it.
"Why don't you just take this place to train your troops? What do you think? ”
Li Jing stretched out his hand and pointed to a small piece of the map, using this as a goal for the new army to go out and take the land.
At the same time of training, this land can also be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the most important point is that this place is rich in jadeite.
It just so happens that there is a lack of some jadeite jewelry in the palace, and after taking it here, there will be a steady stream of jadeite roughs, which can also be used as gambling stones.
Sell it to those family gate valves at a high price, let them bet on whether there is jadeite in the rough stone, what variety, as for whether it can return to the capital, it depends on everyone's luck!
Xu Da took a few steps forward, and when he got closer, he could see clearly the small piece of Myanmar on the map.
"This position, well, not bad, if I can take here, my Datang will be able to look at Tianzhu!"
After Xu Da saw it, he nodded, if he took this place, he would be able to look at Tianzhu, and if he took Tianzhu, he would be able to completely surround Tubo.
As long as all the ways out of the dead Tibet are blocked, and the Tibet is completely destroyed, it will not be a matter of time!
"Then you will lead the new army and send troops here immediately!"
Li Jing turned to look at Xu Dadao.
Pull the new army out to fight a battle, train the combat effectiveness of the army, and open up new territories for Datang.
"But, saint, if our army wants to take this place, it needs to pass through two places before it can attack this place smoothly."
"One is Nanzhao, the other is Zhenla, our army borrows these two countries, once they cut off the back road of our army, our army will become a rootless duckweed, and there is only a dead end waiting for us!"
Xu Da pointed to the edict, Zhenla, the two countries, the target of this time is to border these two small countries, not to the Tang Dynasty.
If these two small countries cooperate well, they can use the excuse to directly attack the territory of Myanmar.
If these two small countries disobey the yang and the yin, and wait for the new army of the Tang Dynasty to enter Burma, they will immediately cut off the retreat of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, and the new army can only fight alone.
If there is no food and grass supply, the morale will definitely be low, how can you win the other party?
"You don't have to worry about this, my new army in Datang is equipped with new weapons, and there is no need for logistics to deal with a small country!"
"Even if Zhenla or Nanzhao cut off your back route, it doesn't matter, as long as you can conquer Burma before the food you brought is eaten!"
"Are you still afraid that there will be no food and grass to replenish after taking Burma? Even if what you said really happens, the armies of Annan Mansion and Zhennan Mansion can easily destroy Zhenla!"
"You just have to lead the army to the battle, logistics matters, you don't have to worry, Zhenla or Nanzhao dare to do this, then take the opportunity to destroy them and incorporate their territory into the territory of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Jing said with a smile, the strength of Zhenla Country dares to go against the Tang Dynasty, there is only one way to die!
He suffered from sending troops for no reasonable reason and destroyed Zhenla, if Zhenla did something to cut off the grain of the Tang army, it would be self-defeating.
"Sage, for what reason do we send troops?"
Xu Da asked, without a suitable reason, a lofty excuse, the officers and men in the army will feel that they belong to the unrighteous army, and the conquest is not a righteous thing!
Therefore, there must be a just reason for sending troops this time.
"If you don't obey the courtesies here, you despise my Tang Tianwei, and I will fight against the soldiers!"
Li Jing immediately gave a reasonable reason, that is, the Burmese State was disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty and did not follow the courtesy of the vassals, as the emperor of the suzerain, it was reasonable to send troops to fight against the vassals!
Some people died, but not completely......