And in the early morning of the same day, Li Shimin summoned all civil and military officials for one last discussion.
He is sitting on the dragon chair.
After thinking for a moment, he looked at the officials below.
He said: "Tomorrow afternoon, I will personally conquer Baekje! To show the determination of the Tang Dynasty, let the people of Baekje know that anyone who dares to invade our territory of the Tang Dynasty will die!"
Because the New Tang Dynasty is now nominally part of the Tang Dynasty.
However, Baekje was very ignorant and invaded Xintang again.
This is a slap in Li Shimin's face.
So Li Shimin wanted to regain face.
He is about to go on an expedition to let the King of Baekje know how powerful he is.
It would be best to destroy Baekje, that's what he wants.
And this time the war must be decided quickly.
Otherwise it would be a waste of time and money.
There is one more thing that Goguryeo must not know.
"So, let you come over now to discuss the battle strategy!" There is strength in numbers, and there are some things that he thought he might have missed.
At this time, Yuchi Jingde came out and said: "Your Majesty, I thought we could set off from the land route and forcibly destroy the 300 cities of Tala! Take Baekje directly!"
The last time we guarded the border, Yuchi Jingde was the first to go.
He was very experienced in fighting Goguryeo.
And Baekje was just a weak country under Goguryeo.
A direct land attack will definitely win!
With the experience last time, this time, he was the first to bear the brunt.
"Although land is feasible, the speed is too slow! We have arrived, and Goguryeo may also know about it. God knows whether Baekje will join forces with Goguryeo to make any small moves!" Cheng Yaojin said.
This is also possible.
If Goguryeo were to come again, this battle would probably drag on for a long time.
The longer it takes, the worse it will be for everyone.
It may delay Datang's economy.
In that case, Datang, which took more than ten years to recover, may be in crisis again.
This was very bad for Datang.
Fang Xuanling said at this time: "Your Majesty, I got a map from the Sixth Prince, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look at it!"
"Send it up!"
Li Shimin said.
Map? If you have a map, you can save a lot of trouble in combat.
"yes!"
Then Fang Xuanling presented the map.
Li Shimin took a closer look and saw that it was a map of the surrounding areas of Baekje, as well as the border of Datang.
And the painting is very detailed.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that no one can draw such a detailed map, except for Li Min's Shengtang Group.
"Is this map okay? Has it been verified? Is it accurate?" Li Shimin asked.
He was worried that the map was inaccurate.
If that is the case, it may bring your own army into a passive situation.
"Your Majesty, I have verified that this map is very detailed and the location is correct! The Sixth Prince said that if more details are needed, he can provide it. It depends on whether we need it!"
"Well. You can go and get a more detailed copy, I think it's necessary!" Li Shimin said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, tomorrow I will go to the Sixth Prince and ask for a share!"
Fang Xuanling said.
And he added: "By the way, Your Majesty, I seemed to have heard the Sixth Prince talking about Donglai County during the day, saying that he wanted to stock up on some oil products there! I don't know what he meant."
"Donglai County?"
Li Shimin unfolded the map and took a look.
It's not that far from Baekje.
About three hundred kilometers.
"Is Li Min hinting at me?" Li Shimin murmured.
Because Shengtang Group puts the oil needed for helicopters here, it means that this place can be used as a base.
In this way, the helicopter can refuel here.
That is much better than starting from Chang'an.
Dongnae County is a good place.
Li Shimin thought to himself.
"Yes, Your Majesty! Donglai County!" Fang Xuanling said again.
"Is there anything else in Donglai County?"
"Yes, this place belongs to Qingzhou. The Prince Consort built thousands of warships here! Maybe we can go out through here and directly attack Baekje!"
Fang Xuanling said again.
Li Shimin was shocked.
"Unexpectedly, I really didn't expect Qingzhou to be able to solve my urgent need at this time!" Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, I heard that all this happened according to the wishes of the Sixth Prince. At that time, the Sixth Prince said that Qingzhou could be a great fishing state! And from that time on, the Prince Consort began to build warships. On the one hand, he could protect the
Fishermen, on the other hand, can be ready for war at any time!" Dai Zhou said at this time.
"This guy is very good! Why don't I know these things?" Li Shimin asked.
Yes, how come he didn't know about such things.
Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, this matter was reported a long time ago. Maybe you have forgotten it! The whole case can be traced!"
So if you say this, it is very likely that Li Shimin was left behind.
"Okay, just think you are right!" Li Shimin said.
At this time, Yuchi Jingde said: "Your Majesty, what about the land route? What should we do?"
He was afraid that Li Shimin would take the water route and ignore the land route.
Cheng Yaojin said: "If you want to capture Baekje quickly, the land route is also indispensable, but the land route is too slow."
Yes, it would take the army alone several days to walk from Chang'an to the northeast.
By the time we get there, the waterway may have been built.
Therefore, Li Shimin had his own ideas.
"All the troops arrived at Donglai County in Qingzhou by train! Some of them went by helicopter. We gathered in Donglai County. We also sent an order to the Prince Consort to prepare warships. I want to requisition them!"
"yes!"
In this way, Li Shimin wanted to come by himself.
Yuchi Jingde was puzzled.
Question: "How will Your Majesty fight?"
"First, our army gathered in Dongnae County. Then, helicopters destroyed the big city on the seaside of Baekje. After that, the warships landed. When the warships landed, the helicopters went straight to the capital city of Baekje!"
Li Shimin pointed to the location of Linhai on the map and said.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
All the ministers and others shouted wildly.
"Cheng Zhijie!"
"Is your minister here?"
"What about weapons?"
"It's being built now, and 20,000 of them have been made!"
"Okay, prepare these weapons on the helicopter first! And you have to train the helicopter formation and formation! Do you know?"
"But I only have one person!"
"Your Majesty, I am willing to help!" Yuchi Jingde took the initiative to ask for instructions.
There was no army this time, which made Yuchi Jingde very unhappy.
He wanted to express himself and participate in it.
So, I took the initiative to arrange helicopters.
"Okay, Jingde, I'll trouble you then!"
"Your Majesty said something serious, this is what I should do!"
"Okay, is there anything else?" Li Shimin asked again.
"Your Majesty, what about supplies?" Dai Zhou asked.
"Just let the consort handle the supplies! Qingzhou is so rich."
Li Shimin said.
Qingzhou is very wealthy now, so it is a good thing for them to handle supplies.
And can respond more quickly.
"If there's nothing else, let's get over it and leave in the afternoon!"