As the emergency meeting in the Xuanzheng Hall ended, Datang's decision was made directly. Everyone who left the Xuanzheng Hall had mixed emotions. The main reason was that they were shocked by Datang's new communication technology, but since His Highness said it should be kept secret, then Of course they couldn't discuss it.
However, everyone knows that in addition to the officials with tasks, others will definitely have to regulate the relevant material support. Although the supply of logistics materials is stored everywhere, it will definitely not be enough, so we need to increase the supply of logistics materials. Transportation and deployment from outside.
These must be matters of the Ministry of Finance, but Li Ke gave 10 million guan, which is definitely enough. A war cannot use 10 million guan anyway. Of course, it is not necessarily true. After all, the Tang Dynasty is fighting wars now. It's not the same as before.
The reason why Wei Zheng said that he was resorting to militarism before was because for all dynasties, the most expensive thing in war has never been food and grass. Although food and grass are very expensive, as long as it is not a natural disaster or man-made disaster, the food and grass that supported hundreds of thousands of people in wars in all dynasties must be Yes, food and grass are not the most expensive.
The worst case scenario is to learn from the champion Hou Huo Qubing.
Is it possible that everyone thinks that Huo Qubing's war was supported by the logistics of the Han Dynasty? How is it possible? With the speed of strategic transfer and tactical interweaving of Champion Hou, they could only bring a few days' worth of dry food. How would they get the rest?
Of course, just like the nomads have always done, rob the enemy!
Therefore, even if we don’t have guns or cannons, even if the enemy creates them for us, there is a legacy.
And the most expensive thing in wars in the past dynasties has always been armaments. Weapons, armor, and horses are what consume the most money. These are what often bring down the national treasury, because leaving aside the horses for the moment, weapons and armor are needed before His Highness appears. A lot of manpower goes into making it.
Once a large amount of weapons and equipment is consumed, more people must be recruited to help build the equipment. This is not only a problem that requires a huge amount of money, but also affects the livelihood of the people. The war lasts too long. This is a problem. Vicious cycle.
This is why throughout the dynasties, the longer the wars lasted, the poorer the wars became, even if they kept winning.
Just the deployment of logistics manpower will have a huge impact on the country.
But now, the news these generals got from Li Ke suddenly gave them more confidence. Indeed, the current Tang Dynasty is not like any previous dynasty, and there is no comparison.
What kind of confidence does it give to support 300,000 elites in continuous operations for twenty years without any problem? And there is no problem with food. Since even the prime minister said this, it means that it is definitely true.
As for the information transmission, they don't care, but now, do they still need to think about it? Just hit it!
Even, this matter does not need to go through the court, or what His Majesty said is to directly fight the war without letting this matter go through the court.
The army directly mobilized troops from the front line, and His Highness paid for the supplies himself, so what else could he do?
Just like when His Highness's navy captured Linyi and asked the king of Linyi to come to the Tang Dynasty to plead guilty, did he pass the court? not at all!
While these ministers were going home to consider how to implement the plan, the Ministry of Intelligence had quickly sent the relevant information to Kunming and Guangzhou Prefectures via radio.
Li Hong, who has been waiting here for more than an hour at the Kunming Prefecture, is not in a hurry, because he knows that even if the news can reach Chang'an instantly, His Majesty and the others in Chang'an still need to discuss it, and the result may not be available until tomorrow It's also normal.
But tonight he and Director Lin naturally have to stay here no matter what.
What Li Hong didn't expect was that in just over an hour, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside. Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Li Hong and Director Lin stood up directly. Although Kunming Mansion does not have tall city walls, there are also Curfew, the only people who can run wild at night must be relevant personnel.
Sure enough, within a few minutes, a member of the Intelligence Department rushed directly into the hall. The other person saluted directly and said: "I have seen Li Jieshi, Director Lin, there is an urgent call from Chang'an."
After speaking, the other party handed over two pieces of white paper, and Li Hong took it directly. He saw that the top piece of white paper was a verification instruction, which meant that the password on this piece of white paper was the same as the one he had just read. If the passwords match, it will prove that the message was sent from Chang'an.
Because the writing on the paper was very clear, even the people in the Intelligence Department didn't know the password.
Li Hong immediately followed the instructions above and opened another large envelope sealed with lacquer. After pulling out the top piece of paper, Li Hong took a deep breath, because the white paper that the other party had just sent in The password written above is exactly the same as the password on the paper inside.
Then Li Hong read the content behind.
"Order Li Hong, the governor of Kunming, to write the order of the King of Qin on his behalf, transfer the temporary military talisman to Zheng Yuan, the commander of the Yunnan Prefecture War Zone, and mobilize 20,000 elite troops from Yunnan Prefecture, commanded by Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, to attack Mangbu and Wangbu, aiming for complete annihilation. other side."
"Before Hou Junji and Zhang Liang rush to the area, Li Hong can raise all the military supplies needed to mobilize the local 20,000 troops." The signature below is Li Ke, King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty.
After this, Li Hong discovered that there was actually a blank imperial edict with His Highness and His Majesty's names signed and a seal inside the big envelope. He only needed to write the relevant content on it.
Li Hong took a deep breath. He never expected that in just over an hour, orders from Chang'an City, which was four thousand miles away, would have arrived at him.
However, Li Hong quickly prepared his pen and ink and started writing directly on it.
After writing, Li Hong handed the relevant imperial edict to Director Lin, and the temporary military talisman on the content of the telegram that Director Lin just called was in the hands of the Intelligence Department.
Temporary soldier symbols cannot mobilize the army to attack at will, but it can put the army into first-level combat readiness and prepare for defense and related troop dispatches.
Later, Hou Junji, Zhang Liang and others came with official military symbols and related decrees.
Although the procedure is cumbersome, Li Hong knows that this is necessary.
This kind of active troop mobilization must have certain restrictions. In fact, the military commanders in their border areas have certain independent decision-making rights, but this independent decision-making power is conditional, that is, to detect enemies and foreign invasions, to rescue People and other different conditions.
After receiving the imperial decree handed over by Li Hong, Director Lin saluted directly to Li Hong, turned around and walked out.
The military camp was still outside Kunming City, so he had to go to the military camp to announce the order.
