The reason is very simple, one is safety, if anything happens to Li Mu, then all the efforts made by Hangzhou Mansion now will come to naught.
But the generals obviously think differently, for them, the battlefield is the best place to make achievements.
In their eyes, Baekje is just a small country, and with Silla as a backup, even if Baekje is destroyed in one fell swoop, so if Li Mu goes north with him, one will enhance the morale of the army, and the other will also enable Li Mu to gain the merit of destroying the country.
This is very important for Li Mu, regardless of whether he will fight against the imperial court in the future.
There is truth to both schools.
In the end, it was still Li Muqiangang who was arbitrary.
The troops were divided into two routes, with Su Dingfang as the main general on the left and Li Shi as the auxiliary, leading a light cavalry battalion and three infantry battalions totaling 4,000 people to the north by land to Wendeng to the sea to contain Xiongjin.
On the right side, Xue Li was the main general, supplemented by Liu Renliang, who led two bow and crossbow battalions, three infantry battalions, and a heavy battalion with a total of 5,000 people, and went north by sea from Hangzhou Bay, and landed at the mouth of the Baijiang River to deter Sihyun, the capital of Baekje.
The supply of grain and grass was also divided into two routes: water and land, and a line was established in Wendeng and Yangzhou to hoard the grain and grass needed by the army.
At the same time, the meeting made arrangements for Hangzhou's military affairs in the next three years.
Under the condition of ensuring the smooth start of Yuhang ore mining and ironware workshops, the five families and the squires of each county were guided to set up various workshops in each county, and the technology was provided by the Governor's Office, and the family and the squires jointly funded and co-organized.
The idea of running schools in Mongolia, county, and prefecture must be firmly implemented.
Solidarity battalions were set up in each county, numbering about 300 people, and the state government provided swords, bows and crossbows to assist the county yamen in maintaining local order.
Wait a minute.
This is so that when Li Mu leaves Hangzhou, the state government needs to continue to run according to Li Mu's wishes without Li Mu.
Since then, Li Mu has returned most of the administrative power to Wei Zheng, and at the same time appointed Sun Fu to serve as the secretary of the Governor's Mansion to join the army.
Although the Governor's Mansion is still flying in the sky, no one dares to underestimate this position.
Sun Fu joined the army as a secretary of the Governor's Mansion, and then concurrently served as the governor of the governor's office.
In this way, it is equivalent to taking charge of the two treasury of the Governor's Mansion and the Hangzhou Mansion.
Li Mu was so appointed in order to concentrate financial power so that the Northern Expedition could be relieved of worries.
Sun Fu was then sent to Yangzhou to coordinate grain and grass matters.
After that, Li Mu left Su Dingfang, Li Shi, Xue Li, and Liu Renliang behind, and it was appropriate to teach them face-to-face.
"The Divine Guard hasn't been on the battlefield for a long time, and his hands are itchy," Li Muxiao asked.
The generals hey, hey, hey.
"Can you guess what I'm trying to say?"
Liu Ren tracked: "Naturally, I was encouraged to take the lead and kill the enemy bravely." ” Li Mu smiled and did not answer.
Su Dingfang said: "Going abroad to fight, the imperial court only ordered the Shenji Wei to go north, which is obviously a plot."
But fortunately, the Divine Guard is strong, and we are not afraid of war. ” Li Mu still smiled and didn't answer.
Li Shidao: "What General Su said is extremely true, in fact, you can guess what the imperial court thinks.
The god guard was divided into two, the right guard of the capital did not move, and let the left guard go north from Hangzhou, and the picture was clear at a glance.
It's just that he wants to take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the god guard. ” Li Mu nodded and said, "I'm very relieved that General Su and my eldest brother can think of this." ” "But this is also a good opportunity, and it doesn't hurt to let the Divine Guard go to the battlefield to experience.
An elite soldier who has never been on the battlefield is only an elite soldier who talks about it. ” Li Shi said: "Your Highness is reasonable. ” "Alright.
I'll tell you what I think. ” "This Northern Expedition, whether on the left or on the right, first occupied a county town along the river that was easy to defend and difficult to attack after landing in Baekje.
With the armament of the Divine Guard, plus carrying the Heavenly Thunder to help, this shouldn't be difficult."
Su Dingfang nodded and said: "It's not difficult, the Baekje army is still wearing leather armor now, not even leather armor, and the weapons they hold are not as good as the soldiers of our court, and the last general can even capture the county seat without blood." ” Li Mu nodded and said, "That's good."
However, I would like to say that after occupying the county seat, it was immediately fortified and then defended. ” Su Dingfang was puzzled and said: "Your Highness, what does this mean, shouldn't you take it by surprise and expand the results of the battle?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "I just said that our army went north to train troops, what are you doing to expand the results?"
Su Dingfang couldn't turn around for a while, and looked at Li Mu in a daze.
At this time, Li Shi said: "Let me guess His Highness's intentions." ” "Big brother, let's hear it."
"His Royal Highness means to defend the city and contain the Baekje army to attack Silla without surrendering, so that the imperial court's purpose of ordering the gods to go north to rescue will be achieved, and as long as the two armies occupy one city each, they will also have an explanation to the imperial court.
After this battle, Shenjiwei could return to Hangzhou almost without a single injury, and the credit would not be less at all.
Your Highness, did I guess right?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "The eldest brother is really smart, but it's only half right." ” Li Shi frowned slightly, and fell into thought.
Li Mu looked around and said, "The eldest brother guessed that it was a strategy to deal with the imperial court and Silla.
Indeed, as the eldest brother said, occupying the two cities and holding on to them was enough to give an account to the imperial court and Silla.
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But the part that didn't get it right is that we need to try to reduce resistance to the future reunification of the peninsula. ” Li Shi looked up sharply and said, "I guessed it." ” "Then tell me about it."
"The north and south roads are based on the city, besieged but not attacked, and Baekje does not dare to attack Silla with all his might, His Royal Highness wants to constantly induce Silla to launch a counterattack, so that the fish and mussels fight, the fisherman profits, and the Tang Dynasty is the fisherman."
Li Mu nodded and said, "This time it's not far off, but the eldest brother still has tactical thinking and lacks some strategic layout." ” "The eldest brother is right, the key point is to make profits, destroying Baekje is to fulfill Silla, not my race, its heart will be different, although Silla is now close to the Tang Dynasty, but there is no eternal enemy, naturally there will be no eternal friends."
"The easiest way to never suffer is to destroy the country.
The peninsula is now competing for hegemony between the three kingdoms, allowing them to attack each other non-stop until they are exhausted, and the Tang Dynasty can easily and easily obtain it. ” "What we're going to do is sit back and watch the fight, and every now and then turn the balance of power on their side.
Let them continue to fight and deepen their hatred for each other.
Therefore, although we are on the Northern Expedition in the name of rescuing Silla, what we really need to do is to balance the two sides, no, it should be the strength of the three sides. ” Li Shi asked, "However, the imperial court's previous material export to Silla, Silla's original relatively weak status quo has been reversed, and if our army occupies the two cities of Baekje, it will inevitably cause a rapid rout in Baekje."
Isn't this contrary to the original intention of His Highness":