Chapter 1514: Catching a Turtle in a Jar

"Arrogant soldiers will be defeated." Changsun Wuji sneered, "Your Majesty, I am very worried about the attitude of the generals."

Li Er looked at Li Feng and said, "You are the cause of this incident. Please tell me what you think."

Li Feng nodded and said: "What I mean is to send people to Goguryeo first to hide the bones of the heroes and martyrs. They will definitely not be willing to return them, and then we will send troops.

No, regardless of whether we agree or not, when the envoys pass by, the army will also pass by. Whether they are willing or not, we will bring back the bones.

Secondly, the imperial court sent a report to the border and spread it throughout the world, letting people in all countries know that the Tang Dynasty was going to send troops to Goguryeo."

"Doesn't that mean other countries will know about our sending troops?" Cheng Yaojin said.

Li Feng nodded and said: "That's right, I just want them to know that we are sending troops, and it is a nationwide effort to send troops to Goguryeo, which represents our determination to get the bones back. At the same time, I want to tell everyone that Chang'an is very empty of troops now.

Except for Shuofang's two hundred thousand Turkic cavalry, there is no large army guarding Chang'an."

Everyone looked at each other, and a question arose in their minds. Would it be too risky to do so? At this time, other countries were leading their armies to attack the Tang Dynasty. Can the Tang Dynasty still resist?

Li Feng seemed to have read through everyone's thoughts and smiled slightly. When he wanted to speak again, Li Jing spoke.

"That's it. I understand, this is to invite you to enter the urn."

Cheng Yaojin said: "Can you put it simply? I understand what it means to invite you into the urn, but how to invite you into the urn?"

"Didn't Li Feng say it?" Li Jing replied, "The entire Tang Dynasty attacked Goguryeo. After receiving this news, will Tubo and other congresses take advantage of the lack of military strength in the Tang Dynasty to raise troops to invade?"

"Yes, such a good opportunity will be wasted by not sending troops." Cheng Yaojin replied.

Everyone nodded slightly, this is a great opportunity and cannot be wasted.

Li Er nodded slightly and said: "If the Tang Dynasty really mobilizes the entire country to attack Goguryeo, it will be a great opportunity. If I am Tubo Zanpu, I will take this opportunity to mobilize the entire country to attack the Tang Dynasty.

For example, I am Xue Yantuo Zanpu. After the imperial army arrived in Liaodong and started a war with Goguryeo, he used all the strength of the country to attack the border, and then attacked the imperial army front and rear with Goguryeo.

At that time, I think the imperial army will have no choice but to retreat, and when retreating, they must be careful of the pursuing troops of Goguryeo and Xue Yantuo."

"Your Majesty, it is really too dangerous. I really do not recommend that your Majesty go to Goguryeo." Changsun Wuji said.

Tang Jian also said: "Your Majesty, the risk of going to Goguryeo is too great, and I do not recommend that your Majesty go."

Cheng Yaojin said: "Your Majesty, if you don't want to go there in person, how about I let your Majesty go there with you?"

Chai Shao followed up and said: "Your Majesty, in this case, the trip to Goguryeo is indeed extremely dangerous. Your Majesty really should not go to Goguryeo."

"Your Majesty is going, and you must go." Li Jing said, "Only when Your Majesty goes, can we implement the strategy of catching the turtle in the urn."

"What do you mean?" Everyone couldn't help but asked in unison.

"Let Li Feng speak for this." Li Jing replied.

Everyone looked at Li Feng.

Li Feng said: "You don't need to look at me like this. In fact, my idea is very simple. Your Majesty, I, Li Ji and Li Xiaogong will lead an army of 100,000 to Goguryeo."

The other generals made their own arrangements to guard the border passes so that they would not dare to send troops to attack us."

"Isn't it like catching a turtle in a urn?" Cheng Yaojin said.

Li Feng said: "I just asked you to guard the border. The more you go, the more people will suspect you.

And I want you to clear out the people in the city immediately after arriving at Dabian Pass, and drive all the Tibetan merchants and other merchants from the Western Regions out of the city. The momentum must be loud, the bigger the better.

It would be best to let the soldiers miss a few words casually to let the people at the border know that the imperial court has mobilized the whole country to attack Goguryeo and now sends them to guard the border.

We are asking the people to leave now because we are worried that someone will take advantage of the empty military strength of the imperial court to attack the border."

"Letting the people at the border pass has never been done before. The people at the border are also a powerful force. They can play an important role at critical times." Cheng Yaojin said.

Li Jing and others nodded, and he agreed with this point.

Especially Li Jing, he was very curious about Li Feng's thoughts. He also had a plan to lure the emperor into an urn, but his idea was to lead an army to attack Tubo and other countries.

First fight with the opponent head-on, then pretend to retreat, retreat to the border town, defend the border town again, and then pretend to retreat again. When the Tibetan army enters the border town, they start to close the door and beat the dogs.

But Li Feng directly evacuated the people at the border. What was he doing? Was he going to fight to the death with the opponent at the border? That was wrong, and those people were needed even more.

Li Jing didn't understand, so he could only look at Li Feng in confusion.

Li Feng saw everyone's doubts, so he said: "Actually, I have always thought about one thing. Because such a war must involve the common people, isn't war a matter of being a soldier?"

"Li Feng, you don't know something. If you don't rely on the common people to escort the food and grass, and if you don't rely on them to help the army set up camps and transport supplies, the army will not be enough." Li Jing replied.

Li Feng thought about the backwardness of craftsmanship and technology here, coupled with the cold weapon war, which relied on manpower.

He sighed and said: "I know, so I want to change this phenomenon. In the future, whether it is transporting food or doing anything else, we as soldiers will need to do it.

And when it comes to war, we must pay attention to a quick decision and not delay it for too long."

"A quick victory?" Chai Shao said, "We also want to, but we can't do it. A siege battle can take as little as ten days and a half, or as slow as a year and a half."

"That's true, but what I want to say is that it couldn't be done before because there were no guns and artillery. Now that we have these, a war can be fought quickly.

What I'm talking about is the situation where we have muskets but they still use swords. What's more, I asked the people to leave for several purposes. One is to let some of the craftsmen go back and tell their king that the court really sent a large army.

Attacked Goguryeo.

The second is to get the people away from the war, and the third is that the border is a place where you can catch turtles in a jar.

I'm not sure whether the war will be resolved quickly in the future, but at least it can be done now.

To catch a turtle in a urn, I will turn the border into a sea of ​​fire and burn all enemies who enter the border to death."

Li Jing and all the generals immediately looked at Li Feng in shock.

Cheng Yaojin asked: "Sea of ​​Fire. How do you create such a big sea of ​​fire?"

"Gasoline." Li Feng said calmly, "As long as the person is covered with gasoline, he will not be able to extinguish the fire even if he jumps into the river."
Chapter completed!