At this time, there was heavy snowfall, which brought many variables to the war between Goguryeo and Baekje.
It was frozen for thousands of miles, and a large number of soldiers froze to death in the heavy snow.
There are also some injured people who cannot go back at all and can only be trapped among the snowy mountains.
There are many mountains separating Goguryeo and Baekje. Every winter, the temperature here is extremely low and there are very few people.
At this time, in the Daming Palace, Li Shimin was chatting with the ministers.
Fang Xuanling first said: "Gao Jianwu's soldiers retreated a hundred miles and guarded his border. The attack on Baekje has also become smaller. Except for a few scattered cities, Goguryeo has now ceased war."
"Why? Didn't he win?"
Li Shimin was quite shocked.
Because according to the information he received, Gao Jianwu won.
However, the current situation is not like this.
"It was a victory, but due to the cold winter, the entire war became very variable! His supplies could not keep up and he could not continue to support his war on the front line. And Baekje also got a chance to breathe at this time!
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It turned out to be a supply problem. Especially in winter, we could not harvest crops to supply supplies like spring and summer. We basically had to rely on the stock of food to complete the war.
Currently, due to the heavy snow, the roads are blocked, support for the front line is unavailable, and many goods have been stopped.
The failure to keep up with supplies would have the greatest impact on morale. It would be better to retreat directly and wait until the next spring to capture Baekje together.
This gave Baekje a chance to breathe.
It also gives Nunotang an opportunity to develop.
Otherwise, once Goguryeo intervenes, it may have some impact on the New Tang Dynasty.
For example, Gao Jianwu's arrangement of personnel in NTDTV will also influence the new king's judgment.
"Unexpectedly, the two countries, which were supposed to be fighting fiercely, ended the war because of the weather!"
Li Shimin said.
At this time, a minister said: "Your Majesty, if this happens, then the New Tang Dynasty will develop!"
Li Shimin heard this.
Said: "That's true. This time, Goguryeo and Baekje are a lose-lose situation. It just gives the New Tang Dynasty a chance. If the New Tang Dynasty can repair all the cities and restore its troops next spring, maybe Baekje will not dare to
Go one step further.”
Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, the New Tang Dynasty still has the Tang Dynasty as its backing. I understand that Baekje and Goguryeo will not dare to do anything!"
"Although I say so, our government must also respond. We must send some troops to permanently station in New Tang Dynasty!"
Li Shimin's words were rejected by Fang Xuanling.
"Your Majesty, if it is permanently stationed, it will not be a vassal state. It may be a little bad for the people of New Tang Dynasty. I think that we can add troops to Qingzhou and let the word go. The Tang Dynasty will always guard New Tang Dynasty. These words are for Bai Bai
The two countries Ji and Goguryeo have heard that they absolutely dare not mess around. And we allow New Tang to govern independently. This is the best way!"
Now, although New Tang wants to be a subsidiary of Datang, it is not merged into Datang. If Datang sends troops to its own country, it will inevitably make their people unhappy.
It may even produce some rebellious psychology.
That is not a good thing for both New Tang Dynasty and Datang Dynasty.
Fang Xuanling's words were also recognized by other ministers.
So everyone said: "Your Majesty's words are justified!"
“In this way, we also save a lot of expenses!”
"Yes, if the troops are stationed in Xintang, if nothing else, then it will be money every day! Datang is developing rapidly now, so we can't spend all the money on these places!"
"It's not worth it for a new Tang Dynasty!"
…
Each person said at least three sentences like these.
It made Li Shimin's head hurt.
"Okay, I know, let's go with what Fang Xuanling said!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
In this way, it is good.
At this time, Li Shimin suddenly asked: "By the way, I heard that the Shengtang Group also sent people into New Tang Dynasty. Is this possible?"
At this time, everyone, you look at me and I look at you.
Until Dai Zhou said: "Yes, Your Majesty! The Sixth Prince also took a fancy to the beauty of New Tang Dynasty. There are a large number of ports there, which are especially conducive to the development of Shengtang Group, so he wanted to set up the base of Shengtang Group there. Of course
, all this is because of His Majesty's protection! Only the Shengtang Group dared to do this."
Who knew that all this was what Li Min wanted to do and he fought for it.
It was not done by Li Shimin at all.
However, others don't think so.
Listen to what Dai Zhou said.
Li Shimin smiled.
"This guy is very fast. He has taken over Xintang's business so quickly!"
Having said that, New Tang Dynasty will be affiliated with Datang Dynasty.
It seems reasonable for people of the Tang Dynasty to go wherever they do business.
Therefore, Li Shimin didn't particularly care.
Then he said: "Then let him do business there!"
It can be said that the better the Shengtang Group is, the better Datang will be.
He, Li Shimin, is living a happier life.
Therefore, the development of Shengtang Group is something that Li Shimin is eager to do.
Moreover, the imperial court now also has projects in the Shengtang Group.
Everything that is opposed to the Shengtang Group needs to be restrained.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The ministers and others said.
"Okay, let's talk about other things!"
Li Shimin said again.
So what else would he say?
Not everyone understands it very well.
After all, the emperor's head is very jumping.
People didn't know what he was thinking at this time.
Until Li Shimin said: "I heard that the immortality medicine will also be launched on the market, right?"
Although he has been playing outside, he still misses the eternal life medicine.
At this time, no one knew when the medicine would be available.
Therefore, no one responded to him.
Finally, Fang Xuanling said: "You have to ask Master Sun about this. We haven't cared about this medicine for a long time!"
I heard Li Min say at that time that this medicine might be available next year.
It is also approaching the Chinese New Year at this time.
Therefore, Li Shimin mentioned this matter.
"Fang Xuanling, you can come to Sun Zhenren's place more often when you have time, do you understand?"
This Li Shimin is really smart.
The purpose of asking Fang Xuanling to visit Sun Simiao was to ask him to inquire about the immortality medicine.
Because he himself asked more than a hundred times, but the information he got was just waiting for a while.
Until recently, there were rumors that the immortality medicine would soon be on the market.
In addition, he also visited Li Yuan recently, and Li Yuan looked similar to him at this time.
And these days, I feel much younger.
It made Li Shimin's heart itch.
He didn't dare to miss this opportunity.
Therefore, I asked about the eternal life medicine again.
Fang Xuanling didn't know how to respond to him.
Finally, Li Shimin said: "What? You..."
"Yes, I understand!"
Fang Xuanling had no choice but to accept it.
"Okay, there is nothing else to do next. You all should step aside and do what you should do!"
He meant something, he was talking about Fang Xuanling, he must go to Sun Simiao.