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Volume 6 Chapter 683 There is a way

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    The next day, Li Shimin summoned everyone to discuss countermeasures, and everyone sat in silence.  .

    After a while, Li Shimin finally said, "Can you all tell us what to do? Should we continue to attack Goryeo? Or should we retreat back to Youzhou and attack Goryeo again tomorrow when spring begins?"

    In fact, this is a difficult problem, because if we withdraw our troops and return to Youzhou, let alone encountering an ambush on the way, then the northern expedition against Goryeo will be in vain; if we continue to move forward and destroy this country, then  Food and grass is a problem that must be solved as soon as possible.

    "Your Majesty, I would like to withdraw my troops and return to Youzhou. Come back next spring!" Fang Xuanling said.

    "Xuanling, tell me your reasons?" Li Shimin said lightly.

    "Your Majesty, no matter what kind of ambush we encounter on the road, as long as we march carefully and send out a large number of scouts, we can avoid being ambushed." Fang Xuanling analyzed, "And if we use our food and grass sparingly, we can use it for twenty days.  The time is enough to support us to reach the Youbei Grassland. As long as we enter the Youbei Grassland, the army will not worry about running out of food and grass."

    "Your Majesty, I don't agree with the Prime Minister's opinion!" Suddenly, as soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Cheng Zhijie objected, "This time our army attacked Goryeo, and it took so many lives of soldiers to capture so many cities.  , how can we retreat just because of the lack of food and grass? The general thinks that we should not retreat but advance, catch the Koreans by surprise, and attack the Korean capital in one fell swoop."

    "Your Majesty, I agree with the Prime Minister's opinion!" Cen Wenwen began to support Fang Xuanling.

    "Your Majesty, the general thinks that Prime Minister Fang has said a lot, so he should act with caution!" Xue Wanche also supported Fang Xuanling's suggestion.

    "What do you mean?" Li Shimin asked Li Daozong.

    "Your Majesty, the biggest problem now is food and grass. As long as the food and grass problem is solved, everything will be easy to solve. Wei Chen's suggestion is that we cannot retreat. Not only can we not retreat, but we must increase our offensive. Goryeo is a small country and cannot withstand a war.  No matter how hard it is, it can be seen from this battle that they are already fighting across the country. As long as we overcome the immediate difficulties, we can conquer their capital in one fell swoop, level Liaodong, and avenge the humiliation of the previous dynasty." Li Daozong said loudly.

    "Yes, Your Majesty, we can't retreat!" Li Xianzhong also said.

    Because, when Li Daozong talked about the shame of the previous dynasty, he was actually implying that if he retreated this time, what would be the difference from the previous dynasty's failed expedition to Goryeo?

    "What you think is the same as what I think!" Li Shimin nodded and said, "We have entered a trap set by the Koryo people, but why is it that we are not willing to enter this trap? I have already anticipated the Koryo people's strategy.  Intention, but I didn¡¯t expect them to be so courageous and willing to use half of the country as bait.¡±

    Immediately, Li Shimin paused and continued, "Li Ke also suggested to me at the beginning that I should pay attention to the transportation of grain and grass baggage, but I didn't think it through properly and didn't expect the problem to be so serious."

    Hearing Li Shimin admit his mistake, everyone lowered their heads.

    "However, I will personally conquer Korea this time, and I will never return it to Korea until I destroy Goryeo." Li Shimin said fiercely, "So, don't mention the withdrawal of troops anymore, let's think about how to solve the food and grass problem!"

    Li Shimin¡¯s words: As long as Goryeo is not destroyed, I vow not to return the country.  The shock made everyone's eardrums hurt. They did not expect that the emperor would make such an oath and regard the war against Goryeo as so important.

    "Your Majesty, even if we need to transport food to Youzhou now, it will still take two months to get to Baiyan City. Our food can only barely last twenty days. How should we spend the remaining forty days?  What?" Fang Xuanling said worriedly.

    "If we speed up the food transportation, how many days will be left?" Li Shimin asked calmly.

    "The terrain in Liaodong is undulating and the roads are uneven. Two months is the fastest time. If we speed up the transportation of grain, we won't save much time, at most five days!" Cen Wenwen said.

    "Then think about it, what should we do now?" Li Shimin asked the generals around him.

    "Your Majesty, we can send a large army to escort the grain transport team along the way, so as to ensure that the food and grass are not lost!" Xue Wanche said, "But in this way, the number of our troops will be reduced, which is not conducive to siege operations."

    "There is another way, which is to mobilize troops!" Cheng Zhijie said.

    "Too many troops are deployed to transport grain and grass. They will need grain and grass once they enter Liaodong. How much grain will be left when they arrive at Baiyan City?" Li Daozong said, "But with fewer troops, how can we protect the safety of the grain transport team?  ?¡±

    "Your Majesty, please mobilize the state cavalry!" Li Xianzhong said, "They have good mobility and only need a few men and horses to take on the task of guarding the huge transportation line."

    ?"The general thinks so too!" Li Daozong said.

    "The general also agrees!" Cheng Zhijie said.

    Li Shimin was deep in thought, but he didn't speak.

    After a while, he said, "How many people are appropriate to mobilize?"

    "Thirty thousand, thirty thousand fine riders are enough to protect the entire grain road!" Li Daozong said with certainty.

    "Then give an order to Chen Qi, the governor of Bingzhou, and ask him to dispatch 30,000 Bingzhou cavalry to Youzhou and escort the army's food and grass northward along the way!" Li Shimin issued the order.

    "Nuo¡ª¡ª" Fang Xuanling took the order.

    "Also, allocate 30,000 fine cavalry to Xue Li and ask him to pick up the grain transport team. This batch of grain is the basis for our fight against Goryeo. We must not make any mistakes!" Li Shimin continued to order.

    "Nuo" Xue Wanche accepted the order.

    "Now that the problem of transporting food has been solved, how can we provide the army with food for the remaining forty days?" Li Shimin asked again.

    "As long as the army does not withdraw, the general will have a solution!" Cheng Zhijie suddenly said.

    But seeing a cold light flashing in his eyes, Li Shimin and everyone understood the meaning of his words.

    "Cheng Zhijie, this method cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary!" Li Shimin warned.

    However, Cheng Zhijie said loudly, "Your Majesty, with many thousands of soldiers and an army without food, their lives are in danger. Isn't this a last resort?"

    The big tent fell into silence again.

    Because everyone knows what Cheng Zhijie¡¯s method is, and everyone knows that if we really have to follow Cheng Zhijie¡¯s method, how much bad reputation will the emperor leave in the future?

    However, Cheng Zhijie spoke again and said, "Your Majesty, the general is willing to take full responsibility. The remaining forty days of food and grass issues are left to the general! The general will never let you down!"

    ¡°Knowing the truth¡ª¡ª¡± Li Shimin said with emotion, but when he said this, he remained silent.

    Because he saw the tears in Cheng Zhijie's eyes, he knew that this was the only way to save the army of hundreds of thousands.

    "Okay -" Li Shimin said loudly, "I give you the right to use it with all your strength!"

    "Nuo" Cheng Zhijie bowed down to accept the order.

    Suddenly, the atmosphere in the big tent became much calmer and more solemn.

    After a while, Li Shimin spoke again, "Xue Wanche, tomorrow you will personally supervise the battle and capture Baiyan City for me!"

    "Follow your orders!" Xue Wanche said as ordered.

    This was the first time he discovered that the emperor had given orders directly to him, the governor.

    "Do you have anything else to do?" Li Shimin asked.

    Everyone was silent.

    "Then you go down and get ready!" Li Shimin said a little tiredly.

    "Nuo" everyone exited the big account one by one.

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