Of course, if it fails, the consequences will be disastrous. Muchuan is not afraid of the three clans being implicated. He traveled from modern times and is alone, so he is not afraid of being implicated.
As for heads falling to the ground?
I am afraid that even if Muchuan is guilty of "killing his head," Li Shimin will not be willing to kill him. After all, he can make many contributions to the Tang Dynasty while he is alive.
In comparison, if Muchuan could successfully capture the territory of Goguryeo in this battle, in addition to exonerating Lin Qihe, Zhao Changqing and others from their crimes, Muchuan would even be able to gain a lot.
After a comparison, the benefits definitely outweigh the risks!
At this time, facing Zhao Changqing, Lin Qihe and others, Muchuan naturally did not express his true feelings. Instead, he pretended to be hypocritical and said: "Sending troops privately will indeed be held accountable, but I am here for you..."
In order for these generals to have the opportunity to "make up for their mistakes", Muchuan was good at making suggestions.
After hearing this, the generals were naturally grateful. After all, they had opposed Muchuan many times before, and even looked down on this civil servant sent from the imperial court. However, Muchuan actually thought of them like this.
"Master Shangshu's benevolence, righteousness and morality are truly admired by the general."
"The general thought that Lord Shangshu was a selfish person. I didn't expect that Lord Shangshu was so righteous. I hope that I will make amends with you for what happened before."
"If you have any need in the future, please let me know. I will go through fire and water for you, no matter what!"
The generals all knelt down and thanked him with sincere voices. It was obvious that they really regarded Muchuan as their reborn parents.
It's just that it's not easy to attack Goguryeo. If this country was so easy to attack, I'm afraid Li Shimin would have taken action long ago.
Goguryeo was located on the eastern edge of the land, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. It also had a large number of fortresses and military defense machinery along the border. Even if the Tang Dynasty had 300,000 troops, it would be difficult to capture it immediately.
In the final analysis, the main disadvantage is the advantage of the terrain. Because we don't understand the terrain of Goguryeo, the military defense is not easy to attack.
Lin Qihe had been stationed at the border for a long time and had a deep understanding of Goguryeo. At this time, he reported all the shortcomings.
After hearing this, Muchuan nodded repeatedly and said with a handsome smile: "So thinking about it on the other hand, as long as we can master the topographic map and military defense facilities of Goguryeo, aren't we sure of victory?"
Lin Qihe was stunned for a moment, and then murmured: "My lord, what you said... is indeed reasonable, but our country has very little military intelligence information about Goguryeo."
"We have little control, but we can get it!"
After Muchuan finished speaking, he took out a map from his inner sleeve.
When the map was unfolded, the generals looked at each other in confusion. They didn't know what Muchuan had taken out.
The bearded general asked: "Master Shangshu, do you think this is a map?
The map doesn’t look like this!”
It was only then that Muchuan realized that the map he had obtained was a modern map. It was normal that ancient generals like them could not understand it.
But it doesn't matter, it can be replaced with an ancient military map with just a few changes.
"Dali, pen, ink, paper and inkstone!"
"Yes, my lord."
After Muchuan took the pen and paper from Temujin Dali, he began to draw ancient military maps on the spot.
In fact, the current Tang Dynasty does not have a deep understanding of the outside world, let alone the Americas on the other side of the Pacific, the transcontinental Africa and Europe, and even the local Asia may not have a complete understanding.
It's just that ancient people didn't fully understand it, but modern people understand it very clearly! For example, the eastern islands of the Asian continent, where the canyons, lakes, and mountains are all marked on the map.
Muchuan drew an ancient map based on modern maps that ancient people could understand, which served as a reference for the generals.
Lin Qihe and others were shocked after seeing it. Is this a map of Goguryeo?
You must know that the people of the Tang Dynasty did not go deep into Goguryeo. Even the Goguryeo people did not know their own territory so well. As a result, Muchuan was able to draw it in such detail.
"Master Shangshu, is this map true or false?
Where did it come from?"
"Yes, yes, it's so shocking. If we have this map, our country will completely eliminate its geographical disadvantage and even reverse the entire war situation."
"If this map is real, this battle will definitely be successful!"
Everyone in the military camp was very happy. After all, they thought that even if they succeeded in attacking Goguryeo with 300,000 soldiers, they would probably suffer heavy casualties.
But with this map, everything will change.
As for how they asked Muchuan how to obtain this map?
Muchuan laughed and said that it was a gift from the gods in a dream. This was the auspiciousness of the Tang Dynasty, and it was the gods who wanted to help the Tang Dynasty conquer Goguryeo.
The generals were in a state of high spirits, and since Muchuan was so dedicated to helping them, there was no doubt whatsoever.
"Okay, now that the crown prince has been rescued, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in this border area any longer, so the attack on Goguryeo must be resolved quickly!"
"Yes, Lord Shangshu!"
Later, Muchuan summoned the generals from other military camps to come together to discuss, planning to unite 300,000 soldiers and march eastward.
These 300,000 sergeants are divided into three parts, named after the three characters of water, fire, and earth. Each military camp controls 100,000 sergeants.
For example, Lin Qihe is in charge of the water army camp. The other fire army camp and earth army camp are commanded by two second-grade generals respectively.
When Muchuan proposed to send troops to march eastward, he was opposed as expected. However, even if these second-grade generals opposed it, they could not oppose it. Muchuan's tiger talisman was sacrificed, and Lin Qihe was lobbying with him, which successfully persuaded him.
The generals of the Huotu Army Camp were arrested.
After gathering all the generals, Muchuan spent a whole night discussing strategies with everyone, and decided to send troops the day after tomorrow to capture one-fifth of Goguryeo's territory within half a month!
At noon the next day, the sun shone on the garrison camp. The weather was hot and the wind blew sand.
In a wooden house in Shuijun Camp, there was a man in rich clothes who was showing anxiety. He was none other than the Crown Prince Li Chengqian!
Li Chengqian was injured when he was held hostage by the Goguryeo people. At this time, his body was tied with a white healing cloth and a wooden board to fix his bones. Although he was injured and it was inconvenient to move, he still paced back and forth in the house, and later kicked down the wooden chair angrily.
, to vent anger.
"Come on, come on!"
Soon a soldier came in, raised his hand and asked, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"
"Mu Chuan?
Didn’t I ask you to call Muchuan over?
How do you know you haven’t seen him yet!”
"Your Excellency Shangshu is dealing with important military matters with the generals. I hope Your Highness will wait a moment."
