The brief meeting in the Mayi City Government Office did not come to any conclusion. Everyone dispersed to prepare the army and prepare for the battle. They waited for the precise news to be sent back from the front before deciding whether to send troops and how many troops to send... …
After a while, Fang Jun sent someone to call Li Siwen, Zhang Xiangxiang, and Qu Tuquan.
Xue Wanche is a fool. He is a good man when commanding him to go into battle to kill the enemy. However, he has a simple mind and unclear thoughts. He can easily be tricked into talking about some secret things that cannot be discussed with him.
In contrast, he trusts his friends more...
Zhang Xiangxiang sat down and asked, "Erlang was halfway talking just now. I wonder what his intention was?"
Among all the people, this person is the only one with a delicate mind and thoughtful thinking.
It’s just that his character has some Buddha-like nature. He doesn’t fight or rob or be greedy or possessive. Anyway, his father Zhang Gongjin’s achievements are there, enough to be a blessing for generations. He usually just enjoys himself and never fights too much with others. Most of his fame and fortune are not worth it. Take it seriously...
In history, this man was crowned Duke of Zou and rose to the rank of Minister of Household Affairs. He had a clean official reputation and was kind to others. His family was prosperous for generations and he had many outstanding descendants. Although he was never prominent, his blessings were long-lasting.
This is a very smart man...
Fang Jun thought about it, composed some words, looked at a few people and said slowly: "What is placed in front of us will be an excellent opportunity that will go down in history. Should we take it or abandon it?"
Li Siwen has an impulsive personality and is unparalleled in his bravery and bravery. Neither of them quite understands the meaning of Fang Jun's words.
Even if the war with Xue Yantuo was a complete victory, how could such a small amount of merit be regarded as being remembered in history?
What's more, if he starts a war without His Majesty's order, thus affecting the situation in Liaodong and missing His Majesty's plan to conquer Goguryeo, even if he still has meritorious service, he will be lucky if he doesn't be beheaded by the furious emperor...
Zhang Xiangxiang thought about it carefully and then said with a changed expression: "Erlang, are you... planning to block Baidaochuan?"
Fang Jun said in a deep voice: "Either we don't fight, or if we fight, just blocking Baidaochuan is just eating up Dadu's troops. What's the use of it if it doesn't hurt? It's better not to do it without stopping, and just cross directly. Baidaochuan is inserted into Mobei and goes straight to Yu Dujun Mountain!"
"hiss……"
"Mom!"
Several friends were shocked...
Isn't this crazy?
At present, the Tang army in Shuozhou, except for the border troops in Mayi City, only has the Youwu Guards and the Youtun Guards. The two guards combined together can only have more than 70,000 people. It is impossible to completely annihilate Dadu's headquarters. The Chuan could not be passed, so the Xueyantuo people had no choice but to retreat, and then flee through the vast Chile River. If they really went straight to Yudujun Mountain as Fang Jun said, they would have to detach a group to guard Mayi City and Dingxiang City to prevent Turks. After the people were blocked in the Baidaochuan River, they had no way to retreat and started to destroy wildly.
So the number of people who can be mobilized to enter Mobei can only be more than 20,000.
With 20,000 troops, they raided Yudujun Mountain in the dead of winter... Do you think you are Huo Qubing or Li Jing?
Zhang Elephant shook his big head like a rattle and said repeatedly: "No, no, this is too risky. The whole army may be wiped out at every turn. It is absolutely not advisable! Although Xue Yantuo led his army into Monan because of his magnanimity, it will inevitably lead to emptiness in Mobei. , but Yudujun Mountain is where Yinan Khan’s tent is located. His eldest son Bazhuo will definitely lead a large army to defend him to prevent the ambitious tribes in his country from taking advantage of the situation. How can tens of thousands of people defeat Bazhuo at Yudujunshan The more than 100,000 cavalry of Xue Yantuo's cavalry? If we can't capture the tent of Yinan Khan's teeth, then even if we stretch across the entire Mobei Qi, it will be of no help, just scratching the surface. And if we can forcefully defeat the more than 100,000 cavalry of Xue Yantuo guarding it, Yu Dujun Mountain... is it any different from hitting an egg against a stone?"
decisively refuted Fang Jun's delusion.
That's right, in his opinion, this is simply an opportunity to go down in history, but a bad idea...
Qu Tuquan also said: "Not to mention whether we can go straight to Yu Dujun Mountain, there are only a few days before the beginning of spring, and the Eastern Expedition has already begun. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Liaodong border, and there are mountains of food and grain, and cavalry like clouds. If we are here now, The brazen invasion of Mobei will inevitably lead to a complete separation between Xue Yantuo and the Tang Dynasty. The superficial harmony will disappear. If you obstruct us, Your Majesty will crush all our eggs..."
The words are rough, but the reasoning is not rough.
At present, His Majesty Li Er's main concern is to conquer Goguryeo and incorporate it into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, achieve unprecedented achievements in history, and lay the solid foundation for his grand hegemony.
Whoever dares to destroy it is His Majesty Li Er's life and death enemy!
It's easy to crush the eggs. If it were another general, he could simply give you the Yi clan...
Fang Jun was a little annoyed and sighed softly: "Your Majesty is deceived by the obsession of 'one emperor through the ages', and all he wants is to conquer Goguryeo. What's so rare about that poor place? The grassland and desert, that's what the empire should persevere in forever." What a threat to primacy!”
In fact, except for emperors like His Majesty Li Er who had ulterior motives for conquering Goguryeo, many dynasties in history have dismissed this land.
First of all, it is too far away from the dynasty center and difficult to control.
Most of the Central Plains dynasties had their capitals in Guanzhong or Jiangnan, all in the hinterland of China. They were either separated from Goguryeo by the vast sea or the mountains of Liaodong. The geographical isolation made it difficult to control and manage the entire territory of Goguryeo and conquer it. If you can't defend it, why bother fighting?
Furthermore, Goguryeo was very poor...
Goguryeo was a vast territory with a sparse population and a bitter cold climate. If it were to be occupied, large armies would have to be stationed to garrison it. All would have to be stationed and patrolled along the long border and coastline. Military expenditures would be enough to bring down any empire.
As for tax collection?
Sorry, Goguryeo is so poor that there is no tax to collect.
The nobles of Goguryeo could unscrupulously exploit and rule the people, scraping the ground, knocking bones and sucking out the marrow. But if a foreign empire tried to do this, the result would be a mess of wars everywhere, and the gain would not be worth the loss.
Although the Western Regions are far away from the Central Plains, at least there is a rich Silk Road, as well as the most scarce war horse resources in the Central Plains. This is also the reason why many dynasties in history would rather spend their military resources to conquer the Western Regions, but disdainful of Goguryeo. location.
Goguryeo's geographical environment is very poor. It is surrounded by sea on three sides and has a long and narrow area. It has no strategic depth at all. Once it has the ambition to covet the territory of the Central Plains, the Central Plains dynasty can annihilate it in minutes by sea and land, so why bother to include it? Territory, strengthen rule?
As long as he nominally surrenders to the Central Plains Dynasty and does not cause trouble, he can just settle down in a corner and claim hegemony...
Moreover, Fang Jun, who came from a later generation, knew very well that the residents of this peninsula were ignorant, narrow-minded, arrogant and had low self-esteem. On the one hand, they were eroded and conquered by Han culture, but on the other hand, they clamored to be "the best on earth" and had superficial and wretched personalities. Hypocrisy and lack of ambition will never be a problem for the Central Plains dynasty.
It's not that such a nation is unworthy of conquering, but it's that you don't have to take it seriously. When you have free time, you can use your hands to eat away bit by bit in minutes, instead of making a big splash and forcing them to fight to the death. , resist to the death.
Compared with Goguryeo, the rising and falling of nomadic peoples on the grasslands was the most serious problem for the Central Plains dynasty.
The Quanrong, the Xiongnu, the Turks, the Uighurs, the Mongols, the Manchus...these barbaric peoples that appear one after another are the existences that can threaten the foundation and lifeblood of China!
Historically, Xue Yantuo did not cause much threat or harm to the Tang Dynasty, but the Uighurs, who were protected by Xue Yantuo's wings, eventually sucked flesh and blood from Xue Yantuo's torso and gradually became stronger, unified the Tiele tribes, and dominated the desert grassland and territory. Covering thousands of miles, they even invaded the Central Plains, burned, killed and looted, causing endless trauma to the Tang Dynasty!
Three times in the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's daughter, that is, a true princess, married a foreigner, all of which occurred after the rise of Uighurs, and all of them married Uighur Khans...
The Turks fell, and now the Uighurs, Khitans, Shiwei, and Heishui Mohes growing on the grasslands are the natural enemies of China!
He's just a Goguryeo, why bother with him?
Just like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, losing troops and generals to shake the country for Goguryeo was simply not worth the gain...
Several people were somewhat silent.
How to refute this?
They are all ministers. Talking about the rights and wrongs of the emperor behind his back is what the stupidest people would do. Fang Jun said with emotion, it was too much, so naturally everyone would not continue.
Zhang Elephant shook his head to dissuade him: "Erlang, don't be greedy for merit and rush forward. Even if His Majesty won't punish us, is it enough to attack Yu Dujun Mountain with only 20,000 to 30,000 troops? It's too dangerous and not advisable."
Fang Jun was speechless.
What could he say?
That he firmly believed that his troops equipped with firearms had a natural advantage over cavalry?
Although the muskets are still a bit inferior, is the Youtun Guards Cavalry with the Thunder Thunder enough to tear apart all the cavalry units in front of them?
Even if they just wiped out Dadu Design, it would still be a magnificent and unparalleled feat!
