Liu Mingzhi smiled casually: "Let it be whatever your Majesty says. I would like to congratulate you in advance on your domination of the world."
Li Ye looked at Liu Mingzhi's reaction in surprise. In his opinion, his uncle's reaction should not be so dull, and Li Ye suddenly felt some waves in his heart.
Doesn't uncle think that Mr. Yun and the others can dominate the world?
Li Ye stood up from the chair and wandered around the hall with his hands behind his back. From time to time he glanced at the map on the wooden frame beside him, apparently thinking about something.
After a long time, Li Ye sat down again and looked at Liu Mingzhi with curious eyes.
"Uncle, with the millions of troops of my great dragon, even if the two countries of Jin and Tu were to fight each other to the death, they would only be fighting to the death.
My uncle is also the one who leads the army on the expedition, so he doesn't know the power of a million-strong army!
Could it be that, in my uncle's opinion, the two countries have any clever plans to turn defeat into victory and avoid danger? "
Liu Mingzhi shook his head silently and did not explain anything to Li Ye incessantly as before.
"Your Majesty, this Northern Expedition, the veteran has already stayed out of the matter. As for the war situation outside the pass, the only way to know the progress is based on the battle report from Marshal Yun, and the battle report will not reach the veteran until a few days later.
When the veteran learned the details, the army no longer knew where it was.
The veteran could not guess whether the two countries could turn defeat into victory.
However, I hope that your majesty will remember one thing: arrogant soldiers will be defeated! "
Li Ye pondered for a moment and nodded silently: "I understand, kid. Although I believe that Mr. Yun is not a man who is eager for success, I will still send a letter to Mr. Yun tomorrow, conveying my uncle's meaning to Yun word for word. In the hands of the old handsome man."
"Absolutely not. If your Majesty sends a letter, it can be done in his own name. Once you use the name of an old minister, it may mess with Commander Yun's sense of proportion.
When a commander leads his troops on an expedition, he must not impose the ideas of another general on others.
Otherwise, it may be counterproductive! "
Li Ye nodded hesitantly: "I understand... Come on, let me have a drink with my uncle."
"Old minister, I respect your Majesty!"
When the glass of wine was empty again, Li Ye personally carried the pot and filled a glass of wine for Liu Mingzhi.
"Uncle, I wonder what my uncle's plans are after the world is unified?"
"I have no plans yet, but I will do my duty for the court."
Li Ye looked at Liu Mingzhi, who spoke so tactfully, with helpless eyes. He stood up and walked towards Long An.
After a while, Li Ye came over with a stack of papers in his hand and placed the papers in front of Liu Mingzhi.
"Uncle, you have been on the way to Beijing for more than ten days, but you don't know that the current situation of the Northern Expedition has changed dramatically.
Because my uncle returned to Beijing, the battle report was directly relayed to me.
This is the latest situation of the Northern Expedition that I know so far. Now, the Northern Expedition army once again lived up to the high expectations of the court and broke through Jizhou City, one of the three heavily defended cities in the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom.
Once Jizhou is defeated, it is just around the corner to capture Jianzhou and the two cities of Kanzhou.
As long as the main city of the three prefectures is broken, some moderate defenses in other prefectures and counties will not be a problem for a million-strong army.
Uncle, let's take a look. The battle report records the details of the army's attack on Jizhou. "
Listening to Li Ye's words, Liu Mingzhi's pupils narrowed imperceptibly, and the worry in his eyes also flashed away.
Without saying anything polite to Li Ye, Liu Mingzhi directly picked up the battle report on the desk and started reading it.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi's eyes showed a hint of doubt. According to the battle report, the fall of Jizhou City seemed too simple.
The deployment of troops seems to be a little off.
Could it be that the Jin Kingdom simply chose to give up on Jizhou, which was on a plain terrain and lacked natural dangers.
Instead, focus on defending Jianzhou and Kanzhou?
This battle report was news from many days ago. Liu Mingzhi's mind was racing and he couldn't tell anything from the battle report.
With a silent sigh, Liu Mingzhi forced himself to suppress the worries in his heart.
I hope Yue'er won't encounter a crisis.
I don't know if Cheng Kai and the others are out of the control of Mr. Yun.
"Uncle, as far as I know, although a small portion of our Northern Expeditionary Army is currently being held back by the Turkic cavalry that suddenly appeared in the Kingdom of Jin.
However, 70% of the troops have already launched an intensive offensive against Jianzhou and Kanzhou.
Maybe in a month, maybe in half a year, Jianzhou and Kanzhou may also fall to the iron cavalry of our army.
By then, half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Kingdom of Jin and all the dangerous hinterland will become the territory of my dragon.
As for some territories behind the Jin Kingdom and the Turks who have been involved in the battlefield.
It is not impossible to capture them all in one year.
Even though some Turks of the Jin Kingdom may have slipped through the net, they are unwilling to admit the fact that the mountains and rivers have fallen, and they are carrying out some insignificant harassment to my dragon.
But the trend of unifying the world has been achieved.
In no more than two years, my dragon cavalry can eliminate the remaining enemies with only a small number of troops.
Completely dominate the world. "
Liu Mingzhi did not refute anything. If everything goes well, the situations Li Ye mentioned are not impossible!
"Uncle, I urgently summoned my uncle back to Beijing for three reasons.
After receiving these battle reports, the child had something new to do and wanted to seek advice from his uncle. "
"Oh? Your Majesty, please speak."
"The imperial court has been fighting for several years, and this time I am planning a protracted war of three or even five years to end the Three Kingdoms War that has lasted for hundreds of years.
If something unexpected happens, it will take five years for my dragon to dominate the world.
Even if my dragon wins by then, I think the treasury will be empty.
My uncle taught my children that in war, what you fight for is national strength, and what you fight for is your foundation.
Therefore, the boy envisioned some things that would happen after the world was unified.
That is how to arrange the triumphant army returning to the court.
Not to mention the worst-case scenario of five years, I think it would only last two or three years. After the Northern Expedition, the national treasury would not be able to support so many troops.
Therefore, it is natural to properly carry out some reductions in military strength.
After the world is unified, we will naturally put our weapons into the treasury, let our horses go to Nanshan, and take a few years to recuperate. By then, my dragon will return to its unprecedented prosperity, and in the prosperous world, we can easily point our swords at the Western Ocean and expand our territory. Supreme dominance. "
However, in order to prevent the old people of the two countries who came under the rule of our Dalong from having evil intentions and restoring the foundation of our Dalong after the two countries were destroyed, naturally we cannot have all the soldiers and horses put into the treasury and release the horses to Nanshan. .
I plan to leave 300,000 soldiers and horses to deter some young people and prevent the possibility of their resurgence from the source.
For this matter, the child thought about it for several days and nights.
The Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang were the Six Guards of Conglong when Emperor Taizu Gao founded the country, and the banner of the Six Guards has survived for hundreds of years.
Naturally, the boy would not dare to do something that was unethical in the world and remove the banner of the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang.
After the reinforcements from the countries in the Western Regions helped our dynasty to unify the world, they naturally had to return home. The Anxi soldiers also had to go to the Western Regions to control the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions to prevent them from becoming disobedient again.
Therefore, there are only 300,000 new army soldiers left.
After the unification of the world, the northern frontiers were transformed from borders into inner palaces.
Naturally, there is no need for 600,000 elite troops to guard it.
According to the current situation of the continuous success of our army, the pacification of the north will only take a few years.
To say that the North is settled is not to be arrogant.
Therefore, the child hopes that his uncle will consider whether the 300,000 new soldiers should be properly placed by the Ministry of War after the world is unified.
After all, when the world is unified and there is no war, the national treasury that consumes a lot of money cannot afford to raise so many soldiers and horses, and there is no need to raise so many soldiers and horses during the period of recuperation.
"What do you think, uncle?"
Liu Mingzhi stared blankly at Li Ye's somewhat uneasy gaze, remained silent for a long time, and then moved his neck in a vague way.
Slowly standing up, Liu Mingzhi's body trembled slightly, and he turned his head and silently looked at the two portraits in the back of the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, I would like to offer three sticks of incense to my father and the late emperor."
"Of course, uncle, please!"
Li Ye stood up in a hurry and led Liu Mingzhi towards the portraits of Li Zheng and Li Baiyu.
Liu Mingzhi lit the incense candle handed by Li Ye in front of the everlasting lamp, and inserted it into the majestic incense burner with a solemn and respectful expression.
Then he knelt down and kowtowed several times respectfully to the portrait.
After Liu Mingzhi stood up, he stared at the two portraits in a daze.
I don’t know how long it took, but the crackling sound of candlelight woke up Liu Mingzhi, who was in a daze.
He looked at the relatively harmonious portrait of Li Zheng, and then looked at the portrait of Li Baiyu, who was young but majestic.
Liu Mingzhi laughed bitterly.
Li Ye, who was accompanying him with a smile, was a little flustered.
After drinking tea, Liu Mingzhi straightened his robes solemnly, turned around and bowed to Li Ye and gave a big salute.
"My minister Liu Mingzhi has been guarding the 27 prefectures and 152 prefectures of Northern Xinjiang for generations in accordance with the decree of the late emperor.
Although the late emperor had achieved great success, his old ministers did not dare to resist and disobey his orders.
Liu Ming is willing to serve His Majesty from generation to generation and be loyal to the country. "
