"With His Highness in charge of the navy, I can rest assured.
There are just a few things I want to tell His Highness. First, this battle requires a lot of labor from the Navy. Your Highness must be attentive and in charge of the military power. Especially the Navy is quite tired. In terms of morale, His Highness and
The generals are always motivated.
Don’t worry, Your Highness, after this battle, I won’t be able to accept whether the navy’s contribution is the first, but the navy’s contribution will definitely not be inferior to that of others.”
Li Jing solemnly made a promise.
Du Fuwei nodded, "Then I'll wait for you guys to thank the Commander first. Again, Commander, don't worry. As long as I'm here, nothing will happen to the navy. If anyone delays the military plane, I will definitely not forgive him.
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Li Jing smiled and said: "Then your Highness is welcome. I think Your Highness should also know that the responsibility of the navy today is not about how many enemies it kills or how many achievements it makes.
After the war begins, two pontoon bridges must be built first. The naval force must be divided into two parts. One part is at sea and is ready to enter the river to participate in the battle at any time according to our military orders.
The other part should be placed upstream. In addition to cleaning the river surface, it also needs to prevent the enemy from building dams upstream or using debris to impact the pontoon bridge. As for other uses, it depends on the war."
Du Fuwei nodded heavily, "The Commander-in-Chief is very considerate. This damn place... I can't be too careful. So I'll leave all the big ships at sea. Does the Commander-in-Chief think that's okay?"
Li Jing was very satisfied. A smart person doesn't need to say much. He can tell that the other party understands his intention as soon as he hears the words.
The navy's participation in the war was not to fight, but to transport soldiers across the river. If there is a pontoon bridge and large ships are needed to transport troops, it means that the war is very critical. The Tang army crossing the river is a little overwhelmed and is in urgent need of reinforcements from the rear.
Judging from the current situation, the Goguryeo people have some intention of attacking halfway through, but it is unlikely.
But war is like this, and anything can happen. Although Chen Yuan, who has seen the Goguryeo people live and die, patted his chest and promised that as long as he leads his army ashore, no one can drive him back.
Some of the veterans who had accompanied the army in the Liaodong expedition were still serving in the army. Their hatred for the Goguryeo people was self-evident, and Chen Yuan was one of the representatives.
But having said that, there is no room for error in the attack on Goguryeo this time. No matter how many arrangements were made, Du Fuwei would take it for granted. He was afraid that Li Jing would see the army gathering and the Goguryeo people being silent, so he would underestimate the enemy.
Therefore, the more detailed and cautious Li Jing's arrangements are, the more at ease Du Fuwei will be.
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"The navy first needs to transport three thousand cavalry... Alas, there are still a few cavalry. When your Majesty raised troops in Mayi, the power of cavalry was the best in the world. Unfortunately, I have never really seen it since I led the army..."
Li Jing said with emotion.
Du Fuwei immediately became happy, "What the Governor said, I heard that when the Governor was in Shu, he led 500 cavalry to defeat Liu Hongji's tens of thousands of troops and made great contributions to the pacification of Shu. Why haven't I seen this?
The advantage of cavalry?"
Li Jing waved his hands repeatedly, "A small victory is not worth mentioning. Your Majesty leads the troops to fight against the Turks in the north, relying on those who are good at riding and shooting. The number of people is unimaginable by ordinary people.
If those people can all listen here, hey, there is no point in us working hard here, maybe we can just rush over with them.
Now we only have three thousand riders..."
Du Fuwei couldn't help laughing, "It's true, Governor... If we really bring such elites, how can we show our ability? The Governor thinks too much."
Li Jing also nodded, "Han Xin orders troops. The more the better. Isn't that the case for those of us who are in charge of troops? But as long as there is rice in the pot, we must make a good meal. Don't you agree, Your Highness?"
These words are easy to understand, and Du Fuwei likes to hear them very much, "The butcher is the one who cuts the knife, and the cook is the one who cooks the food. When the governor and I slaughter cattle and sheep, we must have a full meal. How do we start with this? We have to work hard."
The governor comes to take care of it, and we just help him cook."
After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. The generals were in harmony and each was content with his position. This was undoubtedly a good sign.
Next, Li Jing stopped talking nonsense and talked about tactical matters.
He ordered the navy to do many things, the first of which was to transport the cavalry across the river, which was not a difficult task for the navy.
Then there is the transportation of grain, grass and baggage. For an army of more than 200,000 and nearly 300,000 people, the grain, grass and baggage that can be used by the army for several months can be said to be countless.
It is impossible for the two pontoon bridges to bear such a heavy responsibility in a short period of time, and navy ships are needed to help with the operation.
Speaking of this, Du Fuwei asked, "Does the Governor want to transport all the grain, grass and baggage there first? What if..."
Li Jing knew what he was going to say. Li Jing asked someone to bring a map and pointed at the places along the river: "I want to build several granaries and camps to store grain and grass in these places..."
Du Fuwei's brows twitched a few times, "If you do this, I'm afraid it will delay the time to launch troops to attack Pyongyang. There are only a few days until winter. Doesn't the Governor want the army to spend the winter in the north?"
Li Jing said quietly: "The edict was issued too quickly, and the time left for us was too short. To prepare for the unexpected, we have to prepare step by step. It's almost August now...
It's hard to talk about war matters. We have to prepare for winter, so the navy has to work harder. Even if winter comes, the navy can't rest and must try its best to transport food and grass.
If the army spends the winter on the north bank of the Xishui River, it will require a large amount of food and grass. Your Highness, do you think the navy can sustain it?"
Du Fuwei frowned and thought for a long time, "Is the Governor too cautious? I still want to spend the winter in Pyongyang."
Li Jing laughed, "Your Highness also said that something feels wrong. Of course, there is no need to worry too much. Speaking of which, the Goguryeo people also have to spend the winter, so grab some of the food and grass they have hoarded..."
Du Fuwei didn't wait for him to finish speaking, patted his thigh and said: "I still want to tell the governor, instead of running around, it's better to eat on the spot and grab the damn ones. The Goguryeo people killed so many of us, so be polite to them."
What?"
Well, this gangster has not changed his nature and is still very interested in burning, killing and looting.
Li Jing seemed to be nodding in agreement. In fact, what he was thinking was that it was not a good thing to kill too many people in this battle. It could be seen from the battle to destroy the Japanese that the imperial court wanted prisoners of war.
The population of Goguryeo was much larger than that of Japan. The destruction of Goguryeo was naturally a great achievement. However, the more people were captured, the more solid the achievement. It would be of no benefit to everyone to kill them indiscriminately.
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After Du Fuwei, Li Jing summoned Chen Yuan, Zhao Shixun, Li Nian, Cui Dunli and others to the Chinese army one after another to speak. When these people returned to the army, they held military meetings respectively. At this time, the army was ready to move.