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Chapter 70 The old man is all ears

(Finally one month has ended. The update of ten thousand words per day makes Tang Yuan extremely tired. He has to go out for a trip next month and prepare for the professional title exam. He can never hold on anymore! Starting tomorrow, he can only guarantee that two chapters will be updated every day, with more than 6,000 words, and will be updated from time to time. I hope the book friends will continue to support it!)

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Although I felt resentful, I didn’t dare to show it at all! It was a fact that I brought a bunch of leaves, soil, and stones into it and dirty Li Ji’s study. Let the old guy slap it with one slap! Next time I meet this old guy, just be sure to keep your energy on your shoulders and be careful!

"Dude British, the thing that a kid thought of by chance, I'm going to be ugly in front of you today. I hope you don't make jokes or blame me!" I can only keep the complaints in my heart, and behave in a humble manner and laugh with me. Is it easy for me? Chen Yi muttered in his heart! But he knew that Li Ji would definitely make him move, and he was interested in the scale and sand table. If this veteran is interested, it means that these things will not be far away from being used in the army.

Although the scale and sand table of the map are not new things, people at that time did not adopt them, that is a new thing. It is a good thing to use new things to bring some improvement to the Tang army. Chen Yi hopes that his offering of treasures can improve the combat power of the Tang army. Of course, this is just the first step. He will have more technologies and suggestions in the future!

Li Ji looked at Chen Yi in a daze for a while, and his eyes were filled with admiration, and then patted Chen Yi on the shoulder, "Good boy, he is not simple in his mind. He has never been to the battlefield. He knows what can be used in the army and can consider problems from the perspective of the chief general. It is not simple! Okay, I remember what you mentioned today. I will ask the relevant personnel to ask you for details. Today, you will feel wronged. With the simple map provided by me, I will tell you the situation in Liaodong and the discussion of the upcoming Goryeo war!"

"Okay! The British Duke asked this, and the boy didn't dare to refuse. Then let's show off another ugly thing in front of the British Duke and the two Li Xiaolangjun!" Chen Yi naturally agreed.

Chen Yi's hands were covered with mud and sand. Li Jingyou ran out diligently and brought water to himself to wash Chen Yi's hands. Chen Yi immediately felt good about Li Ji, a sensible and considerate grandson, who immediately had a good impression of him.

"Duke of England, now the Yingzhou area is under the control of our Tang army, Yingzhou is far away. Even under the control of the Goryeo people, there is Liaoshui and muddy land in the east. The army wants to attack from the Liaodong direction. The difficulty is the most important, and it is the least easy to achieve quick results!" Chen Yi was not polite, and directly expressed some of the views he had recently thought of, "So the boy felt that the force should be increased to attack from the waterway and Xiongjin directions, and the two men should advance at the fastest speed they could achieve, which caught the Goryeo people off guard. The head and tail could not be taken care of each other!"

Haven’t Gai Mou, Xuantu, Liaodong, Bai Yan all been captured by our Tang army? Li Shimin occupied these cities as existing when he was in the personal expedition, but why did he give up and let the Goryeo people occupy it again? Chen Yi was very confused about this situation. He gave up these cities that he had once captured and launched a war against Goryeo next time, and he had to fight hard again. He was really idle!

Li Ji did not bother with the matter, his eyes moved on the map with Chen Yi's gesture. Seeing this, Chen Yi had to continue to tell, "Duke of England, if I remember well, when General Su, Duke of Xingguo, led his army to destroy Baekje, the 130,000 troops were all advanced by sea. From this point of view, I can see the great combat power of my Tang Dynasty naval army! Therefore, the boy thinks that this battle should also focus on the navy and catch the Korean people off guard!"

This is the case in historical records. In the fifth year of Xianqing, Su Dingfang, who was the general of the Left Wu Guard, led an army of 130,000 from Chengshan, Shandong to cross the sea, across the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, landed at the Jinjiangkou of Baekje Xiongjin River, which was later in Korea, and captured the capital of Baekje Siqian in more than ten days. The famous Baijiang Village Battle took place in this battle, but in the eyes of the generals of the Tang Dynasty, the asymmetric battle with the Japanese was too easy to win, and there was no special book. It was mentioned in history books in a brief manner in just a few dozen words!

From the description of this war, Chen Yi could see that the combat power of the Tang Dynasty's navy is not very strong now. All 130,000 people and horse equipment were traveling from sea to land on Xiongjin River. Even if he traveled through the later generations he lived in before, the PLA Navy would transport 130,000 people and equipment to South Korea. It was not so easy and difficult to land on any coast of South Korea. Now, during the Tang Dynasty, it was very surprising and a bit unimaginable to transport 130,000 people and equipment only by relying on the masts of wooden ships.

However, Chen Yi knew about the situation of this battle when he read history books in later generations. Whether the real situation would be like this? He did not know whether historians exaggerate it, but he knew that the most famous general in the Tang Dynasty, who is currently the most famous warrior in the Tang Dynasty, must have fully understood the situation of that battle. He wanted to verify it, and by the way, he used this matter to show that he should focus on sea attacks.

Seeing Chen Yi mentioning this battle, Li Jie showed an unnatural expression on his face, but he immediately disappeared, correcting it with a serious expression, "It's not 130,000, but 150,000 troops! At that time, Su Gong Dingfang led 150,000 troops to Baekje from sea and land, easily captured Xiongjinjiang, and occupied Siqian City within ten days. The glory of this battle surprised everyone! Su Gong Dingfang successively pacified the Western Turks and the Pamirs, and all captured their masters alive. Looking at our Tang Dynasty, there are only ones with such brilliant achievements!"

When Li Jie said this, he was still a little dissatisfied. As a disciple of the war god Li Jing, the relationship between him and Su Dingfang was not very good, which should be considered a reason for mutual jealousy! Li Jing's record was worshipped by all the generals, and Li Jie was also complacent about his achievements. However, compared with Su Dingfang, Li Jie's record was not very outstanding. Su Dingfang destroyed the Three Kingdoms and captured the Lord of the Three Kingdoms, which no one could catch up with. In the past few years, Su Dingfang achieved the same record against the Tubo people in Qinghai. With extremely disadvantaged troops, the Tubo people could not find the north. The most brilliant war occurred in the fourth year of Xianqing. Su Dingfang ambushed the Tubo people with more than 1,000 troops, and Tubo Daibendayanmbuzhi died in battle. His troops suffered heavy losses. The 80,000 people he led were defeated by Su Dingfang's 1,000 troops.

As Li Jing's disciple, Li Jie, who entered the sect halfway, was a little dissatisfied with Su Dingfang, the successor of Li Jing's robe and mantle, and was a little dissatisfied with Li Yifu and others. In addition, Su Dingfang was very close to Li Yifu and was marginalized after Li Yifu was in trouble! Although Li Jie had nothing to say for Su Dingfang, he heard Chen Yi say today, and he had the intention of appreciating Su Dingfang in his words. Li Jie felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it. But he still told the truth, and told most of Su Dingfang's achievements and praised him!

Li Jie's words suddenly made Chen Yi interested, and he said with a glimmer of eyes: "Duke of Britain. Actually, I think that if General Su commanded the navy to go to war in this battle, the chances of victory must be greater!"

This sentence made Li Ji stunned, and a sentence came out. "Su Dingfang led a large army to besiege Pyongyang, but he returned in vain!"

A few months ago, Su Dingfang, who was originally an Anji envoy in Qinghai, returned to Beijing to recuperate and recuperate. In two months, he would go back to Qinghai again. When he proposed to go to the election with the emperor and the queen, Li Ji did not expect Su Dingfang, but today Chen Yi mentioned this, but he had to consider it. Li Ji knew that if Chen Yi said it in front of Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian, who admired Chen Yi very much during this period, it would be impossible not to consider it!

Chen Yi could not have imagined that Li Ji would say this. Of course, he knew that at the beginning of the second year of Longshuo, Su Dingfang led his army to besiege Pyongyang, but the attack was not conquered. That was because of changes in friendly forces. In addition, due to heavy snow, this battle may be said to be the only battle that Su Dingfang did not win a complete victory, but it could not deny Su Dingfang's achievements. Just like in the 19th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin led his army to attack Goryeo, but did not achieve the expected results, and could not deny Li Shimin's military genius. You should know that although these wars did not achieve their strategic goals, their achievements were quite brilliant. It was just because they did not achieve their goals, which made them regret it!

Chen Yi seemed to understand something from Li Ji's words just now, and he felt a little nervous. In any dynasty, the water in the court is very deep. It is the most natural for those with high positions and powerful people to fight each other because of their interests. It is possible that there is any conflict between Li Ji and Su Dingfang. If this is true, it is not a good thing for him to praise Su Dingfang in front of Li Ji. He doesn't want to talk about General Su again, but he doesn't know how to stop talking about it all at once!

After thinking for a while, he said, "Duke of England, who to send to war is not something that a kid can discuss. The kid will not say this anymore. He just wants to express his personal opinion and think what should be done in the land of Goryeo!"

"Well, I listen carefully!" Li Ji was also a little ashamed. His prejudice against Su Dingfang was unconsciously revealed, and Chen Yi noticed it. This was a very disgraceful act. As the most respected official in the court, I hope that people can't feel this way!

Seeing that Li Ji was also "interested", Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately began to tell his thoughts!

"Duke of the British, the boy from Quan has been asked to attach it now. The boy thinks that he must make great use of this person. The boy must have some confidants in Pyongyang. His prestige is also high. If he attacks Pyongyang, he will be a pioneer, which will definitely damage the spirit of the Korean people, and even make many people turn against each other. Also, this will also damage the power of the boy from Quan and facilitate the court to control him!"

"Well, that's right!" Li Ji's eyes flashed and he looked at Chen Yi with some disbelief. He could not have imagined that this young man could think of this. Well, this boy's heart is a bit cruel. He knows the reason why the fisherman gains profit by fighting against snipes and clams. His mind is really extraordinary!

The topic changed, Chen Yi's inspiration reappeared, and he immediately started talking endlessly, and some of the sudden thoughts were also expressed. Li Ji couldn't help but be amazed when he heard it, and Li Jingye and Li Jingyou were stunned!

"Zi Ying, let's go and drink. Today I am happy. Let's have a good time. Let's drink and speak while drinking, and never get drunk!" As Chen Yi stopped talking, Li Ji took another vigorous shot, numbing the shoulder that Chen Yi had just recovered from consciousness.

Chen Yi's resentment rose again. Could it be that this old man was a little angry because he performed too eye-catching today, and he was not good to have other expressions. He deliberately used this to threaten him to vent his dissatisfaction? Fortunately, he was still strong and still a little bit short of it. He was not beaten by the old guy's "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms"?

Alas, I just reminded myself to be careful, why did I forget it in a blink of an eye?
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