Chapter 407 Life or Death, Act with Caution

The hot potato of suppressing the rebellion finally fell into the hands of Li Jingyu, Minister of War.

After retiring from the court, Li Jingyu lamented one after another, with one head and two heads.

Fortunately, Li Jingyu was a very thoughtful person. Before all the civil and military officials retreated from the palace and left the Jinluan Hall, he left several princes and ministers from other ministries behind and went to the yamen of the Ministry of War to drink tea and discuss matters.

As soon as everyone sat down in the meeting hall of the Ministry of War, Li Jingyu, the minister of the Ministry of War, hurriedly "lowered down" and humbly asked for advice from the Duke of the Kingdom and the ministers of various ministries present.

Li Jingyu said: "Dear princes and ministers, you cannot ignore death this time. The emperor has given full authority to put down the rebellion of King Jin to our Ministry of War. I, the Minister of the Ministry of War, feel the pressure;"

"You think, these royal brothers are at war with each other and are killing each other, so what kind of thing is it for me, an outsider, to take over this hot potato?"

"However, it is hard to disobey the emperor's order. Since we are the Minister of War personally appointed by the Emperor, we should shoulder the responsibility of the Minister of War;"

"But, then again, the target of the rebellion that the Ministry of War wants to suppress this time is the younger brother of the current emperor and the first prince of the Tang Dynasty. This, this makes me feel like "the dog bites the hedgehog - I can't say what I want to say" "Yeah!"

Ha ha!

The self-deprecating remarks made by Li Jingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, immediately caused all the princes and ministers present to burst into laughter.

In this way, the originally tense atmosphere in the meeting hall of the Ministry of War was relieved to a certain extent.

Duke Chang Yuchun of Wei said with a smile: "Master Li, as well as all the Dukes and Masters of the Secretariat, I would like to say a few words -"

When everyone heard what Duke Chang Yuchun of Wei, the leader of the six princes of the Tang Dynasty, had to say, they all stopped drinking tea and listened attentively.

Just listen to Chang Yuchun say slowly: "You, like me, are all favored by the emperor, so that you can sit in your current position, respected by thousands of people under one person;"

"As a minister, you should solve the emperor's problems!"

After a pause, Chang Yuchun continued: "Now that something like this has happened in the Tang Dynasty, as ministers, we should take the initiative to stand up and share the emperor's worries;"

"I am a few years older than you, and thanks to the favor of the emperor, I have become the leader of the six princes in everyone's mouth. I am here to support you. Don't hide it. Let's work together to come up with a counter-insurgency charter as soon as possible. Bar;"

"If we formulate counter-insurgency regulations as soon as possible, the imperial court's counter-insurgent army can march towards Goguryeo as soon as possible, and the initiative in the development of the situation will be firmly in the hands of the emperor and the imperial court;"

"Otherwise, if the King of Jin Chen Longxiang, who is the first to return to the Goguryeo Peninsula, is allowed to gain a foothold in the royal city of Goguryeo and use his evil words to lure the 500,000 Tang troops who stayed behind in the Goguryeo Peninsula to rebel, we will be passive!"

After saying that, Chang Yuchun was the first to express his position and said: "Everyone, I propose that the vanguard general who sends troops to Goguryeo to suppress the rebellion should be Lan Yu, the Hou of Anxi who returned from the Western Expedition -"

"As for the commander-in-chief of the army, if the Ministry of War really can't find a suitable candidate for the commander-in-chief, let the prince of the country take charge and go into battle!"

Uh-huh!

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked.

Seeing that Wei Guogong Chang Yuchun took the initiative to ask Ying to take command, the others also hurriedly expressed their stance and worked together.

Navy Admiral Qi Jiguang expressed his position: "Wei Guogong, our naval officers and soldiers are also willing to serve on the battlefield. There are dozens of naval warships on the pier outside Jinling City. They can obey orders at any time and rush to the Goguryeo Peninsula by water."

Prince Jian of the State of Qin also stood up and said: "Everyone, there are still more than 100,000 Eastern Expedition troops stationed in the Liaodong Peninsula, and they can also cooperate with the imperial court's counterinsurgency operations at any time."

Hu Zhijun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, also stood up in a hurry and said: "Dear princes, Lord Shangshu, our Firearms Bureau of the Ministry of Industry has recently rolled out the improved version of the red cannon and the three-eyed blunderbuss, which are several times more powerful than those currently equipped with the Tang army. , can be equipped into the counter-insurgency army at any time;"

"My lords..."

Suddenly, the huge meeting hall of the Ministry of War suddenly became lively.

Under the mobilization of Wei Guogong Chang Yuchun, everyone began to work together and make suggestions, and expressed their views on the counter-insurgency without reservation;

In addition, a systematic review of the human, financial, and material resources that the imperial court could mobilize was carried out.

I don't know if I don't comb it, but I will be shocked when I comb it.

Even though the Tang Dynasty had only been established for a year, its national power was terrifyingly powerful.

In the past year, the weather in the Tang Dynasty was smooth, and grain production in various places hit a record high;

Encouraged by the Zhaowu New Deal, commercial and trade activities among the people were unprecedentedly prosperous. Even though the tax collection was only half of that of the previous dynasty, it could not sustain the fission-like growth of the overall base, which also filled the treasury of the Tang Dynasty. taxes;

Furthermore, in the past year, although the Tang Dynasty "conquered the East and the West", they fought in two places;

However, the actual "military expenditure" consumption was extremely low, and the Tang Dynasty even developed during the continuous battles;

All of this can be attributed to Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian’s [Innate Emperor’s Fate] system;

As long as the war continues, soldiers, food, grass, weapons and equipment can be obtained continuously from the system. If foreign war is regarded as a business, for the Tang Dynasty, the cost of war is almost nothing;

However, the seizures and materials obtained in the war could bring a considerable amount of income to the Tang Dynasty.

Take the Tang Dynasty's unprecedented struggle with the Arab Empire in the Western Regions. More than 300,000 horses of all kinds were captured, and the amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and food and grass was even more numerous.

Just from this war with the Arab Empire, the Tang Dynasty made a lot of money.

These accounts were not calculated in detail on weekdays, but once they were calculated, the five princes and six ministers in the meeting hall of the Ministry of War were shocked.

The first reaction in my mind is, since when did this court become so rich?

With strong logistics support, it seems that it has become simpler and easier to put down the Jin King's rebellion.

After all, no matter how you say it, Jin King Chen Longxiang only occupied a corner of the Goguryeo Peninsula (really counting it, he actually did not occupy the entire Goguryeo. After all, it is impossible for all of the 500,000 Tang troops to be loyal to Chen Longxiang to fight against the imperial court. , the treasure king Gaozang who is entrenched in the primitive forest of Afeihu Ridge may not be willing to collude with Chen Longxiang.)

King Jin rebels, and the only trump card in his hand is himself.

However, no matter how brave Chen Longxiang is, he is still a mortal. Wanting to single-handedly fight against the entire war machine of the Tang Dynasty is tantamount to wishful thinking.

As long as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who countered the rebellion could work together, and with the support of the red cannons and three-eyed blunderbuss from the Shenji Battalion, they would not have to worry about destroying Chen Longxiang, the King of Jin!

In this way, under the collective efforts of five princes and six ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and after three days and three nights of sleepless argument, the decision was finally made on the morning of the sixth day of the first month of the first year of Zhaowu;

Li Jingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, submitted a eloquent counter-insurgency strategy of 10,000 words to Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian.

This counter-insurgency strategy paper elaborates on all the details of the imperial court's eastward campaign to counter-insurgency, including the number of counter-insurgency troops, marching routes, logistics supplies, personnel allocation among various arms, and the commander of the troops. and the selection of various vanguard generals, etc.

When Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian looked at the memorial from the Ministry of War, the list of commander-in-chief was clearly Wei Guogong Chang Yuchun, and the list of the first vanguard general was Anxi Hou Lanyu;

Also, the admiral of the navy designated Duke Qi Jiguang as the water pioneer; Qin Duke Wang Jian as the land pioneer;

In fact, the Korean Duke Chen Qingzhi actually went to the Goguryeo Peninsula in person to persuade the Tang army who had stayed on the peninsula to surrender.

He thought to himself: The historical legendary generals produced by this system are still reliable!

To deal with Chen Longxiang, the "fresh" King of Jin, four of the five Dukes of the Tang Dynasty were actually dispatched (Pang Xianchu, the Duke of Jin, had official duties and wanted to lead the imperial court to move the capital north to Chang'an Prefecture, but was unable to do so. ), and several marquis and counts were willing to accompany him as lieutenants;

This move really shows off the potential of killing a chicken with a sledgehammer!

Chen Huaian immediately wrote and gave instructions based on the memorial from the Ministry of War - the counter-rebellion army immediately assembled and set off to the Goguryeo Peninsula to quell the rebellion.

As for how to deal with Jin King Chen Longxiang during the counter-rebellion process, Chen Huaian couldn't help but recall the scene of his mother, Xu Ruoyun, crying and begging her to save her brother Long Xiang's life no matter what;

Finally, he personally found Wei Guogong Chang Yuchun and ordered: "Wei Guogong, this time to suppress the rebellion, everything must be done quickly and quickly."

"If Jin King Chen Longxiang persists in his obsession and vows to fight to the death with the army, he can be killed on the spot;"

"If he can be captured alive during the battle, he will be brought back to the capital to be punished;"

As he spoke, Chen Huaian patted Chang Yuchun on the shoulder and said meaningfully: "Life or death depends entirely on Wei Guogong's camera;"

"I will leave this matter entirely to the Duke!"

"My lord, I have received the decree——"