Li Shimin pondered for a moment. There are indeed many generals here, but some of them are already quite old. For example, Li Jing is seventy years old this year. Of course, there is no problem as a commander, but if he goes directly to the front line in person, that will be a problem. It's so inhumane.
Similarly, Chai Shao is not young, and Liu Hongji is almost the same age as Li Jing. They are already in their 60s. If you let these generals go to the battlefield, they can go, but is it necessary?
"There are many generals in the Tang Dynasty now, and all of them have extremely high abilities, but is it necessary for the Tang Dynasty to send all these generals to the front line? And you know the overall strength of the Tang army better than I do, what do you think? ?" Li Shimin thought for a while, and then asked again.
Li Ke hesitated for a moment, but what his father said made sense. After thinking about it, Li Ke stopped being pretentious and said directly: "In that case, it is better to appoint Li Shiji as the commander-in-chief and general manager of the expedition against Goguryeo. Zhang Liang, Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan, and Yuchi Jingde Generals Qibi Heli, Zhisi Weili, Ashinadu'er, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, An Shengan, and Cheng Huailiang led their troops to surround Goguryeo from multiple directions in Youzhou and Hanhaizhou."
"And Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Li Daliang, Ma Wenju and others who were far away in Silla attacked Goguryeo from the Silla Peninsula."
"It is enough to have such generals and candidates. It is better for the other generals to stay in Chang'an and form a staff team. The ministers will set up a sand table on the spot, and then the battle situation can be deduced."
Li Ke's words made most people stunned for a moment, and Li Shimin finally realized that the Tang Dynasty is different from before. If you stay in Chang'an, let alone this staff team, it is not impossible.
A war like this that aims to destroy the country cannot be resolved in a short time, and it may be carried out in dozens of places at the same time.
With such a long front, the troops on the front line do not move that fast. As long as the radio station accompanying the army that Li Ke mentioned can be used, they can naturally convey orders anytime and anywhere.
To be honest, thinking of this, Li Shimin truly felt that Datang was completely different from the previous Datang.
There may have been huge changes in combat alone.
"Then as you can see, everyone else will stay in Chang'an and form a staff team. People like the pharmacist can also contribute." Li Shimin nodded with a smile.
"Then everyone, please be prepared. After the Shangyuan Festival is over, part of the army of the Sixteenth Guards of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and part of the army of Hanhai Prefecture can be mobilized to attack. Likewise, all logistics materials will be transported to the front line. "Li Ke nodded.
"I accept your orders." All the ministers bowed and saluted.
The war between Datang and Goguryeo is already imminent, but there is one more thing, which is naturally a declaration of war. As a big country, Datang must issue a declaration of war.
It is impossible for some small countries to take action directly. Of course, although the Tang Dynasty is already at war with Goguryeo, the two sides have indeed not declared war.
However, this declaration of war does not require sending envoys or the like. Li Daozong and others on the front line can simply send a team of scouts to send the declaration of war to the city of Goguryeo.
However, these things will happen after the year. Those who need to be notified will definitely be notified, and the preparations that should be prepared may start this spring.
After the new year, that will be put on the table, but below the table, everything has already started in advance.
After the ministers were dismissed, everyone went back to work. Since they have decided to use troops against Goguryeo, these ministers will have a lot to do. For example, the Shangshu Province led by Fang Xuanling will start to arrange the transportation of many supplies and so on.
In addition, it is necessary to allocate funds to the military department, purchase supplies, purchase ordnance, etc. The production tasks of these ordnance will be assigned to various state-owned commercial banks, and then these state-owned commercial banks will start production.
Fang Xuanling estimates that these things are not very comfortable during the Spring Festival. Although it is said to be a break, he must have considered these things, and various departments have to coordinate New Year matters during the Spring Festival. There must be a lot of these things .
Li Ke has nothing to do. He has said everything he needs to say. He doesn't have to leave Chang'an anyway. He was originally planning to go to the front line. Now that he can't go to the front line, he can take a relaxing vacation.
Tomorrow is the Yuan Zheng Dynasty meeting, and he will have a holiday after that. Anyway, Li Ke is not going to do anything else during the holiday.
As soon as Qin Qiong left the palace gate, he was stopped by someone.
"I've met Duke Hu." Chang Lin said with a smile as he walked out from the palace gate.
"I've met Chang Lin." Qin Qiong looked at Chang Lin with some surprise. Chang Lin appeared here, who had obviously been waiting for him.
"Your Majesty wants to see Duke Hu." Chang Lin said with a smile, "Please, Duke Hu, please come with me to the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace."
Daming Palace? Qin Qiong was a little confused. They had just been disbanded. His Majesty was still in the Taiji Hall before. Even if he wanted to see him, he could just go back to the Liangyi Hall to see him. Why did he suddenly go to the Xuanzheng Hall?
But since Li Shimin wants to see him, Qin Qiong, who joined Li Tang halfway, joined Datang in the second year of Wude, and then directly arranged it under Li Shimin's account. He was also one of the first generals Li Shimin surrendered to.
Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin came together, so he was naturally Li Shimin's earliest subordinate.
It's just because he was weak and often sick due to injuries in the war, so he stayed away from the court for many years. If Sun Simiao hadn't come and used the dietary supplements and drug treatments developed over many years to restore Qin Qiong's health, he would probably have been He had already died of illness.
When Qin Qiong arrived at Xuanzheng Hall, Li Shimin had just returned.
After seeing Qin Qiong come in, Li Shimin waved his hand, and Chang Lin immediately went to make arrangements.
"Uncle Bao, sit down." Li Shimin pointed to a pair of chairs next to him and said.
Qin Qiong didn't know what Li Shimin was going to do, but he saluted anyway. After Li Shimin sat down first, he also sat down.
"Uncle Bao, we haven't talked like this for a long time." Li Shimin said with emotion after sitting down.
"Yes, I have been in bed most of the time due to my injuries and illness over the years. I am really ashamed that I have not been able to share your worries for Your Majesty. I have been in good health for the past two years, and I have been entrusted with important responsibilities by Your Majesty. The Ministry of Public Security has just been established, and I dare not I'm lazy, I haven't chatted with His Majesty for a long time." Qin Qiong said.
