The third is more sent, please subscribe "Your Highness, the best defense is actually offense.
There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves.
Our border with the Turks was too long, especially after we lost Hetao, Shuofang, Daibei, and Liaoxi, and our defensive situation was even worse. ” Li Chao believes that light defense cannot be prevented.
"Your Highness, let's strike first" Li Shimin was stunned, and his right hand suddenly ripped off a beard, which was very painful.
"I remember that you have never liked to take risks, especially with soldiers, you are more steady, we have a bit of a family background now, you should know better than me, the defense is still stretched, how can you still have the ability to take the initiative" sighed, Li Shimin leaned back, leaning back on the back of the chair a little weakly.
"Your Highness, there are many ways to defend, and there is a kind of defense called strategic defense, which is active defense.
I don't think it's enough for us to just defend passively now, and we have to buy time for the current situation, otherwise in half a year, the Turkic 200,000 iron cavalry will go south, what will we do?"
"It's never a good idea to take a risk and attack."
Li Shimin was not moved by Li Chao's words, he was still very cautious.
He is now in control of the entire Tang Dynasty, and he can't afford to lose.
Once you lose, you will definitely have external worries and internal troubles.
Li Chao admires Li Shimin's attitude, as the saying goes, when you become an old man and hold the country, when you become an emperor, you must not have the mentality of taking risks and taking chances.
"Your Highness, I have listened carefully to what I have said, we are going to attack, but not to attack the Turks.
We don't have the strength to fight them yet, but we can't honestly wait for the Turks to move south.
We have to take advantage of this time difference, take advantage of this half a year's time, and take Lingwu and Shuo Fang, if possible, it would be better to take Hetao as well. ” He walked over to the side screen, which had a map on it.
"Your Highness, you see, Liang Shidu, a traitor, has always occupied the Shuofang area, and even captured Yanzhou, Yanzhou and other places, especially after he captured Lingzhou, he posed the greatest threat to Chang'an.
To the south of Yanzhou, Shuofang, we also have the four states of Qing, Sui, Dun and Fang to guard the Beijing Division, and this area is also mountainous and dangerous. ” "But you look at Lingwu's side, as long as you break through Xiao Pass, then you can drive all the way to Beijing along the smooth avenue of the Jing River Valley, and the Turkic Xiao Pass is difficult for the Turkic cavalry to defend at all.
Jingxi is a flat and open plain, the most suitable for the Turkic cavalry to fight, we have no danger to defend, in the end we can only let them go to Chang'an City for a decisive battle.
If this is the case, regardless of whether Chang'an is defended or not, even if it is defended, the Guanzhong Plain, at least Jingxi, will be almost over. ” Li Shimin stared at the map, "You mean we will fight Liang Shidu first" "That's right, at least we have to recapture Lingzhou, so that Xiao Guan will not be so thin.
Without Lingwu, the Turks would be hundreds of miles away from Guanzhong.
Your Highness, distance is actually the strongest defense.
Even if it is a Turkic cavalry, a road of 1,500 miles, it is a long, long distance. ” "Take Lingwu, and our defense will be able to push another eight hundred miles from Xiao Pass."
The distance of 800 miles, even if it is a cavalry, will take several days.
A few days can sometimes be crucial for a campaign.
For Chang'an, if there are a few more days of early warning, or even an extra 800-mile defense line, then Datang will have a lot more time to gather government troops and mobilize troops and horses for defense.
It turned out that the distance of 700 miles was too close.
The Turkic iron horseman, the fast horse can reach Chang'an from Xiaoguan in three days.
For three days, the reaction was not reflected.
Attacking Liangshidu and capturing Lingwu was not to fight the Turks, but to defend against the Turks.
Let Chang'an have more early warning and reaction time, and also let the capital have one more defense line.
At the very least, it can be a buffer.
"Liang recklessly recognizes the Turks as his father, and his strength is not weak."
Li Shimin also has other concerns.
Now the Turks are still only moving, if they immediately go to beat Liang Shidu, the Turkic dog, what if the Turks have an excuse to tear up the peace agreement and attack south "Your Highness, the safety of Datang is not obtained by begging, this security has to be won by ourselves.
If Lingwu and Shuofang are not recaptured for one day, Guanzhong will not be safe for one day.
If Daibei and Liaoxi do not take it back for a day, then Hedong and Hebei will also be restless.
We can't be passive all the time, we have to be proactive.
Regardless of whether we fight Liang Shidu or not, it is very likely that the Turks will attack after the autumn. ” "Are we going to sit here and wait until after autumn, hoping that the Turks won't come, or will we take advantage of the time we still have to seize Lingwu first and add a defense for us?"
Li Shimin was moved.
It would be naïve to bet that the Turks would love peace, abide by the agreement, and not attack.
"What do you think is the chance that we will need to capture Lingwu, how many troops and horses will be used, and how long will it take to defeat it?"
"Your Highness, I can't tell you exactly this, and I can't guarantee it.
But I think that as long as we make up our minds, we can gather 350,000 soldiers within a month and go to war.
If we move quickly, we may be able to take Lingwu before the Turks reinforce their dogs.
If we're lucky, we can even take it down. ” Lingwu is on the edge of the Yellow River, and Helan Mountain is in the northwest.
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If Lingwu can be taken, then Datang will be able to push the northwest frontier defense to the line of Helan Mountain, and use Helan Mountain and the Yellow River to build a new northwest defense line to protect Xiaoguan behind and make Chang'an in the Guanzhong Plain safer.
"Is 350,000 soldiers enough?"
"There are not many soldiers in Jingjing, we have to deal with Liang Shidu, the most important thing is to be unprepared and catch him off guard.
Preparations must not be made slowly, otherwise the Turks may hear the news and rush to reinforcements at any time.
It is best to divide 350,000 men and horses into two batches, gather about 20,000 men and horses in the shortest time, take the lead in the battle, and then continue to gather the second group of men and horses, without waiting for 50,000 men and horses to be assembled before starting. ” "20,000 horses, this is a bit risky," Li Shimin said.
Liang Shidu, as an anti-king at the end of the Sui Dynasty, can persist until now, and has been at ease in the northern part of Guanzhong, so he is also capable.
"With His Royal Highness's overall planning, with my Datang's countless elite soldiers, 20,000 people as the vanguard, and tens of thousands of reserves, if you only win one Lingwu, you have a great chance of winning, at least five chances of winning."
The odds of winning are fifty percent, which is already very high.
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and "hit" But after shouting this typing, he couldn't help frowning again.
"San Lang, the imperial court is short of money and food now" The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.
In the end, the war is still the money and food, no money and no food, even if the government soldiers can prepare their own dry food to fight, but the court should still have a lot of money and food.
"Everyone tightens their belts and grits their teeth, and they can always save some money."
Li Shimin was helpless, and he relied on the belt of his trousers to fight the war, how much money could be extorted.
"Your Highness, I have a plan, and I can immediately raise a large amount of money and food."
"You say" Li Shimin immediately came to his senses, and was spoken by Li Chao, and Li Shimin also felt that this battle had to be fought.
But to mobilize 50,000 troops to support a campaign, this money and food have to cost a lot.
Even if it is to support 20,000 people to fight, it is not a small expense.
"Last time, His Highness rewarded Yuanji's property to his ministers, and there were more than 1,000 hectares of land in various places alone.
This is more than 100,000 mu, although scattered all over the place, but if His Royal Highness sells these fields, even if he only sells two or three yuan per mu, he can immediately get two or three hundred thousand yuan, which is not a lot of money. ” Li Shimin said with some embarrassment, "Those lands have been given to you." ” "His Royal Highness rewarded the ministers that day with Yuanji's mansion and the slaves' property inside, but it does not include this more than 1,000 hectares of land.
No matter how bold the minister is, he will not dare to accept so many land rewards.
Now that the situation is tense, this is the fastest way to raise military spending.
I also ask Your Highness to take the situation as a priority and sell these fields. ” Li Shimin's heart was moved.
The imperial court has no money to fight now, but the war has to be fought again.
It is difficult to scrape together a large amount of money for a while, and Li Chao said that it is a good solution.
There is no shortage of buyers for this kind of land.
If these fields are sold now, and those rich people pay money or grain to buy them, the imperial court will be able to raise a batch of grain immediately.
"Your Highness, I have one more point to add, many of Yuanji's real estate in Guanzhong are very fertile and are high-quality land.
We will sell these lands, and there will definitely be many people who will be willing to buy them.
I think it is possible to organize an auction to sell these fields, stipulating that these fields can only be exchanged for grain, and that the people who auction these fields must not only use the grain to pay for the fields, but also have to personally transport the grain to Xiaoguan and receive the grain collection documents before they can return to Beijing to get the land deeds. ” "Haha, Wen Yuan, you can always come up with this kind of idea, so that the imperial court can also save manpower and consumption in transportation, good planning, clever."
Li Yuanji has tens of thousands of acres of good land in the Guanzhong Plain, all of which occupy water sources, are convenient for irrigation, and have fertile fields.
Even if an acre is sold for seven or eight times, or even a dozen times, it is estimated that some people are willing to buy it.
These people who can buy land generally have food in their hands.
Let them exchange grain for land, and then transport the grain to Xiaoguan, which greatly saved the expenses of the imperial court and also accelerated the transportation of grain and grass.
"Wen Yuan, what do you say Gu wants to reward you?"
"The minister just did his duty as a courtier, Your Highness, I am still the secretary of the military department of the imperial court."
"Haha, that's right, you are the secretary of my Tang Dynasty's military department, but I still want to reward you.
This time, I will break my promise and take back the thousand acres of land that I have given you.
Well, I'll reward you with 300 palace maids."
Li Chao was stunned.
I thought I had heard it wrong.
"Three Hundred Palace Maids" "You are too little, and there is nothing else to reward Lonely, so I will reward you with three hundred palace maids." t1706231537: