During the Kaihuang period, the foreign ministers Yang Jian relied on most were Changsun Sheng and Pei Ju. Because the main conflict at that time was with the Turks, Changsun Sheng played a greater role.
However, after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, the Eastern and Western Turks had been sorted out by Yang Jian, so Changsun Sheng's role was no longer prominent, and Pei Ju became the first person to deal with the outside world in the Sui Dynasty.
The excuse to attack Goguryeo was also thought up by Pei Ju.
Yang Guang now always asks Pei Ju about foreign matters. Xin Shixiong knows this, so when Pei Ju appears at the Youxiao Guards Mansion, Xin Shixiong invites him to sit down with a playful smile.
"I'm here as a lobbyist," Pei Ju said straight to the point.
It's good to tell the truth first, because it will make people think that what you say next is also true.
Xin Shixiong asked curiously: "Who is Mr. Pei working as a lobbyist for?"
"Of course it's Li Jing," Pei Ju said with a smile after sitting down:
"Li Jing came to me last night, hoping that I could persuade Shixiong to go to Beishe City. When I knew the whole story, I felt that I no longer needed to be a lobbyist. However, I was entrusted by someone and had to make a trip. "
Xin Shixiong snorted coldly: "Relying on the protection of the prince, this person is already so arrogant that he actually invited Mr. Pei? I wonder why Mr. Pei feels that there is no need to be this lobbyist?"
Pei Ju smiled: "Because I think Shixiong should understand the benefits of attacking Beishe City."
I don’t understand, but since you said so, I can only say: “Oh? Mr. Pei might as well talk about it.”
Pei Ju continued: "The two major naval forces of Goguryeo, one is in Pyongyang and the other is in Beishe. Among them, Beishe is across the sea from our Donglai County. They have always been our top border troubles in the sea. Beishe City is the naval base. How important is the supply port? Shixiong must understand."
"I understand this," Xin Shixiong said: "After Duke Rong goes to sea, the first thing he wants to fight is the enemy navy on the Liaodong Peninsula."
Pei Ju said: "How many warships does Beishe have? Does Shixiong know?"
"I know, more than sixty ships," Xin Shixiong said.
Pei Ju smiled and said: "Then do you think the navy of Beishe City dares to fight Duke Rong Guo?"
"Without the inland river to rely on, we should not dare to fight," Xin Shixiong said.
Pei Ju nodded: "Now the imperial court believes that Beishe Navy will most likely go to Pyongyang at the beginning of the war and join forces with Sushui Navy before they can fight against Rong Guogong. Then Beishe will have no water." The advantage of the division is actually very easy to fight, because we are on a peninsula and once we are surrounded, there is no possibility of supply, does Shixiong think so?"
Beishe City is located in the Dalian area and is located on a peninsula. If its land supply is cut off and there is no naval support, it can easily be surrounded.
The navy here plus Pyongyang's navy only has a total of 140 warships. If they are not combined forces, they are completely unqualified to fight with Laihu'er.
Now is the era of cold weapons. Profit is not based on the strength of the ship. To a large extent, quantity is what matters.
There are basically two weapons equipped on the warship. One is a ballista, which is a giant crossbow, one at the bow and one at the stern.
Use manpower to twist the axle cart, stretch the string and open the bow, and place a huge arrow in the middle, three feet and five inches long (about 1.2 meters) and five inches thick (about 12 centimeters). The arrowhead is made of fine iron. It only takes a long time to shoot it. The shot is quite powerful.
In addition to the ballistae, there are also catapults, several of which can be set up and divided into ships.
There are six types of sea-going ships built in Donglai County this time: building ships, stern ships, fighting ships, walking boats, yachts, and sea falcons.
Each type of warship has a different combat form. For example, a building ship has ballistas and trebuchets on it. It is also equipped with parapets, crossbow windows, and spear holes. It can attack from both distance and distance. It is a battleship.
The other five types all rely on building ships to fight, such as fighting ships. As they get closer to the enemy ships, their attack methods are constantly changing. First they shoot arrows, then they use spears to stab at the holes, and finally they use hooks. He pulled the enemy ship closer and boarded the ship to fight.
The smallest sea falcon specializes in large ships. After approaching, it will drop kerosene or cowhide balls into the holes on both sides of the enemy ship. After the cowhide balls are ignited, the smoke will be huge. If thrown into the lower level of the cabin, it will have a huge impact on the sailors. It will also affect the enemy's line of sight in the perforation. It is a little clever guy. In the early stage, this thing must be supported by a building ship and a stern in front so that it can get close. Otherwise, it will be sunk by the opponent's throwing rocks.
The more than 300 ships built by Dongnai County this time, the six types of warships were well matched, and the number was so large that the two navies of Goguryeo would not dare to fight if they did not join forces.
Why did Yang Guang order to build three hundred ships? It was twice as many as the enemy. As for three times, if he didn't have the ability, he really didn't have enough money.
Xin Shixiong also roughly understood what Pei Ju meant. No matter which one of the five fortified cities north of Pyongyang was captured, it would be a great achievement. Of these five cities, the humble ones without navy were the best to defeat.
Beishe relies on naval support on the sea and Wugu on land. The navy has gone to Pyongyang, and Wugu Li Jing can fight, so Beishe is simply taking advantage of the bag.
As long as he defeated Beishe, it would be the same as Duan Wenzhen's achievement in defeating Fuyu, and he would not embarrass the emperor.
"The one who knows me is Mr. Pei."
"The prince's face must be taken into consideration after all," Pei Ju said with a smile: "Otherwise, if the conflict between the two of you spreads to the capital, do you think the prince will be replaced by Li Jing or you?"
Xin Shixiong's mouth twitched, I am His Majesty's man, can he replace me?
Pei Ju said directly: "The prince is the crown prince, your majesty's son."
Xin Shixiong saw through his thoughts, his eyes moved, and he nodded: "Of course I have to take care of the prince's face."
Pei Ju stood up with a smile: "Let me just say, today's run must have been in vain. Shixiong doesn't need my reminder."
"You are so old, but you still get angry with young people, which makes Mr. Pei laugh." Xin Shixiong sent Pei Ju out of the door until he walked away.
In fact, it was not possible to use that many troops to defeat Beishe, and Li Jing allocated another 5,000 light cavalry to Xin Shixiong, just to make complete preparations to worry about the navy coming back for reinforcements.
As soon as the news of the defeat of the Beishe Navy arrives, Li Jing will immediately remove half of Xin Shixiong's men.
On this day, Li Jing stayed at the Ministry of War. He wanted to select ordnance for his army.
The Ministry of War is very busy right now. The 20th Route Commander comes here every day to ask for ordnance, food, grass and luggage.
The Ministry of War in the Sui Dynasty was in charge of logistics, and was far less powerful than the Ministry of War in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Li Jing's west flank has 67,000 people. He only needs 10,000 light cavalry, 5,000 heavy cavalry, and the rest are all infantry.
There is no need for cavalry to attack a mountain city, and these fifteen thousand cavalry are just to cover the main force attacking the mountain city to avoid being invaded by enemy cavalry.
When it comes to weapons and equipment, everyone has always relied on their abilities. It doesn't mean that the Ministry of War will give you whatever you want.
Because hundreds of shields would make a lot of noise.
The entire military hall was extremely noisy.
Mingya, the Minister of War, secretly called Li Jing to one side and whispered: "Please make a dosage list for me. When the Ministry of War is ready, it will be sent to the military mansion for you early. Quietly, don't tell others."
Li Jing knew in his heart that Yang Ming had greeted him, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you very much, Minister Ming."
Mingya nodded and left directly.
He was born in the Pingyuan Ming family, which is Pingyuan County, Shandong Province, from Xianbei. This is also a large family. Several officials served in the court during the Kaihuang period. His ancestry can be traced back to Meng Mingshi, the son of Baili Xi, a famous prime minister in the Spring and Autumn Period of Qin.
Meng Mingshi, Shi Mingshi's name, Mingzi, and his name, Gao Mingshi, actually comes from the Baili family of Jiang.
A surname is a branch of a surname. A surname of Ji derives 411 surnames, and a surname of Jiang derives 102 surnames. Among them, the surname Ji is the ancestor of all surnames in China.
Mingya didn't let Li Jing pass the news because she was afraid that others would know that the Ministry of War had opened a back door for Li Jing.
After all, ordnance and baggage are all counted. Some people have more, while others have less. It can't be fair anyway, because people are not enough, and you still want it after you want it.
But Li Jing didn't want much at all. He focused on the combination of arms instead of relying solely on ordnance.
He is now in charge of the entire Youxiao Guard and half of the Youwu Guard, and the headquarters of these two armies are in Guanzhong, so Li Jing plans to go north from Guanzhong in the future and take the Chi Road to Goguryeo.
In fact, you can also come to Luoyang and take a boat. In this regard, you have to say hello to the Ministry of War and ask them to allocate ships for you. But Li Jing did not want to do this. He wanted to restrain military discipline and rectify the generals during the land march to facilitate future dispatch.
After all, he was completely unfamiliar with You Xiaowei.
Regarding this point, Yang Ming was also paving the way for him. When he learned about Li Jing's appointment, he personally went to the Youxiaowei camp.
The left and right Xiaowei are all newly added military mansions after Yang Guang's restructuring. There are not many old people in them, and no one can dominate here. Unlike some old military mansions that have been renamed, they are all the private territory of certain people.
Li Hun, the general of You Xiaowei, is already in a state of semi-retirement. He is more concerned about court affairs than the affairs of the military government.
So Yang Ming went to Youxiao Guard this time and directly arranged for seven people to come in.
Shi Wanshou was the chief historian of Youxiao Guard, Pang Ben joined the military for recording affairs, Pang Tao, who was transferred from Jiangling County, joined the military for Cao Cao, Chen Shuyi's younger brother Chen Zhuang joined the military for Cao Cao, Zhou Luohu's eldest son, Zhou Zhongmo The eldest brother Zhou Zhongan joined the military for Cang Cao.
Zhou Zhongmu's two sons, Zhou Qing and Zhou Tian, were originally arranged by Yang Ming to serve as Zuo Sijie and Zuo Zhonghou respectively.
He was just worried that Li Jing would not be able to lead You Xiaowei and would be ignored by others, so he directly ignored others first.
Nepotism is the first principle in doing great things, because if you are obedient, no matter how capable you are, why not? go away.
Yang Ming was afraid that they would complain about the generals who had been replaced, so he also arranged other positions, but he would not let them stay in You Xiaowei.
These seven people were brought there by Yang Ming. They settled in early to facilitate early adaptation.
Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be dealt with directly by military law.
There are many thorns in the military government, especially the people in Guanzhong. Yang Ming was also worried that Shi Wanshou and others would not accept it well, so he invited two big shots who were familiar with military affairs to help.
One is Shi Wansui, and the other is Han Sengshou, the Duke of Xinchai who is retiring in the capital.
Han Sengshou is Li Jing's second uncle. Of course he is willing to help. He is a master in how to manage the army.
(End of chapter)
