Even when the water transport industry was not pushed to its peak by Li Chengqian.
The importance of the Yellow River can already be reflected.
What's more, after Li Chengqian promoted the water transportation industry, the waterways within Datang can be said to extend in all directions.
Qizhou City is located not far from the Yellow River ferry, which is a key node.
Once this place is lost, the Tang Dynasty can be said to be wide open.
The Japanese army could then go up the river and directly threaten Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Chengqian also saw the purpose of the Japanese army at a glance.
At that moment, he opened his mouth and said: "Xue Li!"
Hearing him calling him, Xue Li knew that he was about to go on an expedition.
At that moment, he calmed down his mood, raised his hands with a serious face and said, "The end will be here."
"I order you to lead five thousand light cavalry to harass the Japanese troops along the way and delay their speed."
Li Chengqian specifically warned: "Remember, you must not confront the enemy head-on unless absolutely necessary. Everything is focused on harassment."
"I will obey my orders."
Xue Li accepted the order with his hands, and then walked out of the camp.
And Li Chengqian continued: "Gao Zhixing."
Gao Zhixing stepped out and said, "The end will be here!"
"I order you to lead the Liangzhou Army with 10,000 infantry, the Xiangyang Army with 10,000 infantry, and set out with 300 Zhenguan cannons."
"Two hundred miles, I'll give you three days."
"Even if you run non-stop, you still have to finish these two hundred miles for me."
Li Chengqian held out three fingers and said: "In three days, your people and you must appear in Qizhou City."
After hearing this, Gao Zhixing didn't say anything at the moment.
He cupped his hands towards Li Chengqian and said, "The last general will take your orders."
Afterwards, Gao Zhixing also stepped out of the camp.
At this moment, Li Daozong was the only general left in the camp who could lead the army alone.
As for Li Daozong, Li Chengqian's attitude was obviously much more respectful.
He looked directly at Li Daozong and said: "Uncle Emperor, the next step is to leave the Chinese army camp to you."
Hearing this, Li Daozong's face was full of differences.
By handing over the Chinese army's camp to him, doesn't this mean that this guy also wants to lead the army on his own?
You know, he is the current prince.
And the Japanese army he faced now was so dangerous, how could he be allowed to take risks?
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
Thinking of this, Li Daozong also said directly: "If you really have any plans that need someone to implement them, just leave them to me and I will go."
"No."
"Uncle Huang will definitely not go."
Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Uncle, you are my uncle, and you are also a veteran in the army."
"The Tang Dynasty can live without me, Li Chengqian, and our soldiers can live without me, Li Chengqian, but we cannot live without you, uncle..."
"But……"
Li Daozong also wanted to speak out in defense.
But before he could finish speaking, Li Chengqian waved his hand and interrupted: "General Li Jing and Li have left. The Tang Dynasty can no longer live without the emperor's uncle."
"And based on the current situation, my prestige is not stable among people."
"Only with the Emperor's uncle here can the situation be stabilized, so it is safest for the Emperor's uncle to stay."
Speaking of this, Li Chengqian pretended to laugh and said: "Besides, I have defeated the Japanese army before, and my name can bring enough intimidation to them."
"They will definitely be wary when they hear that I'm coming."
"Besides, uncle, please don't forget that among all the generals of the Tang Dynasty, I am the only one who is most familiar with the use of firearms."
"So leave the rest of the matter to me."
"Uncle Huang just needs to help me look after the situation so that I don't have to worry about anything, that's all."
Li Daozong also knew that Li Chengqian's best plan was to lead the army.
But he really didn't dare to take such a risk.
After all, Li Chengqian's identity lies here, if he dies.
In the end, the only one who bears the people's anger and Li Shimin's anger may be Li Daozong.
If this is the case, it would be better to die happily on the battlefield.
But at the same time, he also understood.
It doesn't matter if he dies on the battlefield, but he is not alone. There are countless brothers around him.
There are countless families behind these brothers. If these people died because of his idea, it would obviously be extremely immoral and unjust.
After thinking about it, Li Daozong finally had no choice but to sigh helplessly.
He said directly to Li Chengqian: "Since His Highness has decided, let's do it according to His Highness's ideas."
"I can't guarantee that I can share your worries with His Highness."
"But please rest assured, Your Highness, I will never hold His Highness back."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian finally felt relieved.
He is not afraid of anything but what will happen next.
Now that the war has reached this point, it is obvious that it cannot be improved.
Many people will die in this war, and even Li Chengqian himself is ready to sacrifice for the country at any time.
He also knew that as long as he and the other party started fighting, the final result of the war would definitely be to exchange lives for lives.
It may even be possible to achieve victory with heavy casualties.
After all, he is a descendant and knows the difference between firearms and cold weapons.
In front of firearms, people holding cold weapons are primitive people and are risking their lives.
I still remember the Opium War once upon a time.
The Chinese side dispatched a total of more than 200,000 people, but the enemy invaders numbered only 19,000.
But what's the final result?
Only sixty-nine enemy soldiers were killed.
And this was achieved in exchange for China's own casualties reaching 22,000.
Therefore, he was afraid that once the fighting on the front line became tense and the casualties were too large, changes would occur in the rear.
The purpose of placing Li Daozong in this position is naturally to stabilize the morale of the military.
Li Chengqian immediately said to Li Daozong: "Uncle, I will leave everything to you."
After saying that, he didn't care what Li Daozong's expression was, turned around and walked out of the Chinese army tent.
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Tangying.
Gao Zhixing led a team of 20,000 people and rushed to support Qizhou City.
Xue Li, on the other hand, took five thousand light cavalry and headed straight for the Japanese army.
As for Li Chengqian, he personally led the rest of the Liangzhou army and went straight to Laizhou, where the Japanese army currently gathered.
The short trip also allowed Gao Zhixing and Xue Li to bump into each other.
Xue Li looked straight at Gao Zhixing and asked, "Old Gao, why can't I understand His Highness's arrangement?"
When others are fighting a war, they would like to gather all their forces together.
But Li Chengqian was not good, he always had to divide his troops.
"Your Highness, you just want us two to hold back our army."
"And he himself concentrated his superior forces to directly destroy the Japanese army's lair."
"He used this tactic to draw money from under the cauldron often before."
Having said this, Gao Zhixing couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm not surprised by this."
I’m not surprised by this, of course there is a reason for it.
Because he has always been 'sold' by Li Chengqian.
But this time, Gao Zhixing knew.
He is actually not dangerous as the target of being 'sold'.
The real danger is Li Chengqian's so-called "superior strength".
After all, anyone can see how powerful the Japanese army is at the moment.
And Laizhou is their home base, so you can imagine how tight the defense there is.
Hearing this, Xue Li couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
He had fought against the Japanese army, so he naturally knew what the Japanese army was like.
He said directly to Gao Zhixing beside him: "This time His Highness leads the team to fight, I'm afraid it will create a real mountain of corpses and sea of blood..."
