Chapter 176: Where is Li Shimin’s confidence?

"This... is probably inappropriate?" Li Shiji naturally felt that this battle was separated from Chen Ying, and he was not sure of winning.

On the contrary, even without Chen Ying or even the more than 30,000 elite soldiers of the Anxi Army, Li Shiji was still confident that he would kill Goguryeo to the ground.

Since Li Shiji became the Great Protector of Andong, he did not use large-scale troops like Chen Ying, defeat the Western Turks, pacify Gaochang, destroy Kucha, and annex the Tubo. It was not because Li Shiji could not fight, but because he had too many concerns.

The birds are gone, the good bows are hidden, the cunning rabbits die, and the lackeys are cooked. This is a question that every general has to carefully consider. Keeping Goguryeo and not fighting is not because of lack of strength, nor because Goguryeo's strong soldiers and strong combat power.

The most important purpose is because Li Shiji needed Goguryeo to maintain the existence of Andong Protectorate.

Now Chen Ying has withdrawn from the Eastern Expedition War, which makes Li Shiji feel a sense of crisis.

Chen Ying is also a good person. From the frown of Li Shiji, he can see his worries.

Chen Ying smiled and explained: "General Li must have heard of it. Now the court is reforming, and the generals of the War will be abolished!"

Li Shiji of course heard the news. The Tang Dynasty abolished the Ministry of War and established five departments, including the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Military Department. The Ministry of Defense of China was under the jurisdiction of the Military Office, the Dianke Department, the Foreign Commission Department and the Military Law Department. The Military Department was divided into the Military Office, the Equipment Department, the Brexit Department and the Training Department.

Chen Ying looked at Li Shiji and said solemnly: "Secretary of the Ministry of National Defense, I recommend General Li Jing and Li as Secretary, and I recommend you as Secretary of the Military Department!"

The Minister of Military Affairs is almost equal to the functions of the former Ministry of War. The Ministry of National Defense only divides part of the functions of the Ministry of War.

When Li Shiji heard this, he felt a storm in his heart. He pretended to be calm on the surface, but said humbly: "General Chen, what is Shiji's virtue?"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Accumulating Goguryeo and taking the entire Korean Peninsula under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. My opinion is that the Anton Protectorate can follow the example of the Anthony Protectorate and set up four towns based on the four counties of the Han Dynasty. Before you return to Beijing, you must set up the shelf of the Anton Protectorate!"

Li Shiji nodded and said, "General Chen, but he will have different opinions on the current war!"

"Oh!" Chen Ying smiled and said, "But it's okay!"

"Since ancient times, siege is the best. Now we have to have reached this point. Although we are not the original intention, we can do nothing. Siege can be carried out based on strength!" Li Shiji looked at Chen Ying and said, "The General is making decisions and is under great pressure. These cannot be given up because our army's strength is strengthened."

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Do you suggest using strange things?"

Li Shiji said: "Weapons are the tricks. The right way is to complement each other. But using strange weapons is a detrimental way to harm the country and the people!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "I know what you mean."

Li Shiji already knew his future career. Being a general and becoming a prime minister was the highest pursuit of the ministers of this era. General Anton was probably the last battle for Li Shiji as a leading general. Naturally, he did not want to take shortcuts, but hoped that he could fight a head-on war that was recorded in history, so that he could break the last breath in the hearts of the Goguryeo people.

In fact, this coincides with Chen Ying's strategy of accompaniment and aid.

The area to attack the aid is only to win in the early stage and can bleed the Goguryeo people. Once Goguryeo finds that it cannot break through the Tang army's encirclement of Pyongyang City, just like Yang Guang was surrounded by Yanmen Pass back then, even if Yang Guang repeatedly issued a decree to support the king, the generals in charge of the army would not attack suicide like a moth and a fire.

Chen Ying looked at Li Shiji and said, "I will not interfere with your command. If you want to do it, do it. But I have a requirement. The soldiers are raised by their parents. If you can die less, try to die as little as possible!"

On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Kaiyuan, Chen Ying led his personal guards back to Chang'an from Pyongyang.

At the same time, General Anton Lee Seji also shot the first shot in the offensive and defensive battle in Pyongyang City.

...

Cheng Chusi was taken by Chen Ying on a five-tooth warship, which was Chen Ying's private ship and did not belong to the Tang army. It was a 30,000-stone-class giant ship named after the Princess.

After Cheng Chusi boarded the Princess, he was unrestrained and could move freely on the Princess.

I didn't know if I didn't look at it. After seeing it, Cheng Chusi was startled by the princess.

The Princess is very large, and the five-layer deck is equipped with a total of 72 track-type eight-ox crossbows and twenty-four crossbow cannons, forming a firepower network for far and near strikes.

It is no exaggeration to say that ten sea ships in Fusang Datang may not be able to overturn such a warship.

Cheng Chusi was in a very heavy mood, at night.

The Princess has sailed into the sea.

As the lights lighted up, Cheng Chusi was notified that Chen Ying wanted to invite Cheng Chusi to dinner in the upper cabin.

Cheng Chusi came to the cabin and saw three plates of vegetables and two fruits on the table. This made Cheng Chusi even more strange. Now it is the first month of the year, when vegetables disappear.

Cheng Chusi is a bit like Cheng Zhijie's character. Since he comes, he will be at ease. Destiny is no longer in his own hands, so he tries to enjoy it.

Although Cheng Chusi is also a carnivore and likes to eat mutton and beef, the vegetables are more refreshing now.

Chen Ying asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Is your father in good health?"

"It's good. You can eat a liter of rice and several kilograms of meat in one meal!" Cheng Chusi blinked and said, "Uncle Chen Shi, don't waste your time. They have crossed the overpass and you can't catch up. Originally, there were no horses in the Fusang continent. Along the way, we transported five or six thousand horses back to the Fusang continent, without castrated horses. In a few years, the problem of lack of horses in the Fusang Tang can be alleviated!"

Chen Ying did not answer this question, but instead smiled and said, "With this general here, Erlang cannot win, and I don't allow him to win!"

"Uncle Chen Shi, what you said...!"

Cheng Chusi smiled awkwardly and said, "War is not based on the number of people. Of course, compared with the number of people, the people in the Fusang Tang Dynasty are not fewer than those in the Tang Dynasty..."

"If you are not a race, your heart will be different!" Chen Ying pointed to the Fusang continent and said, "Are they willing to work hard for Erlang?"

Cheng Chusi said: "Maybe Uncle Lie, they are just a group of savages, but this does not prevent them from becoming useful people!"

Li Shimin's method can actually be said to be simple and crude.

He regarded the myths and legends of the Yin Fubu people as the history of the Fusang continent and produced various evidences that proved that they were all more than a thousand years ago. In the late Shang Dynasty, because the Shang Kingdom was destroyed by the Zhou Kingdom, they were unwilling to become slaves of the Zhou Kingdom, so they fled from the distant Central Plains to the Fusang continent.

They have the same bloodline as the Tang people and have a common ancestor.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Shimin is now the person with the most force in the Fusang continent.

When the Fusang continent had not yet formed the concept of nation and country, the people of the various tribes of the Fusang Tang naturally became Tang people.

Just like on the grassland, when the Huns were strong, all tribes called themselves the Huns. When the Huns were weak and the Xianbei people rose, the entire grassland became Xianbei people. After the Xianbei people were weak, the Rouran people became powerful and became Rouran people. Then, such changes will last for countless years, from the Turks to the Khitan, from the Khitan to the Jurchens, and then to Mongolia.

Things are chosen by nature, and the strong are respected.

At this time, the Fusang continent responded to Li Shimin's call. They fought everywhere under the banner of the Feather Snake God and attacked the rebellious officials.

Looking at the excitement flashing in Cheng Chusi's eyes, Chen Ying began to wonder in an instant.

Where does his confidence come from?

Of course, Chen Ying also knew that Cheng Chusi’s confidence depends on Li Shimin. The key is where Li Shimin’s confidence comes from?

Even if Li Shimin passed the Bering Strait, he could come to the Tang Dynasty along the overpass during the winter ice period. The key is that the distance between the two is too far.

Logistical supply is a very difficult problem.

In order to attack the Western Regions, Chen Ying led 30,000 troops, followed by more than 70,000 civilians, responsible for transporting food and grass. If caravans of all sizes were added, the number would exceed 100,000 troops.

However, the distance between Chen Ying's expedition was only more than 2,500 kilometers, which was only less than one-tenth of Li Shimin's expedition.

Could it be that Li Shimin has other solutions to the problem of transportation and supplies?

Although Chen Ying didn't know much about the American continent, he also knew that the American continent did not have a ditche that could be connected, and could use water transportation, and there was no way to pass through the distant Tang Dynasty on the west coast of the American continent.

However, the confidence and excitement in Cheng Chusi's eyes were not fake.

Chen Ying could see that Cheng Chusi did not lie, and his words could deceive people, but his eyes were the window of the human soul and would never deceive people. If it were Cheng Zhijie, Chen Ying would doubt that, after all, the old fairy was a famous cunning in history.

But Cheng Chusi was just a young man.

For a moment, Li Shimin seemed to appear in front of Chen Ying's eyes. Li Shimin said firmly to Chen Ying: "I, Li Shimin, will come back!"

Chen Ying fell into endless thoughts.

What is Li Shimin’s confidence?

Why can he counterattack the Tang Dynasty?

What kind of methods does he have?
Chapter completed!