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Chapter 546: Prepare for War

Fortunately, after the Caliph captured the Anxi Protectorate, he has been busy integrating it and has not yet freed up his hands for expansion.

At this time, the small countries in the Western Region were in great panic because of this Battle of Henglus.

Because both the Arab Empire and the Tang Dynasty were behemoths to them, and they were not existences they could compete with.

Once these two empires go to war, they will likely suffer disaster.

Which of these two empires will win will have a profound impact on them.

It would be fine if Datang could win.

But if the Arab Empire can win in the end, then they should have made preparations early.

The next day, the news delivered by flying pigeons arrived at the Tang Military Headquarters.

This news shocked the entire Tang Dynasty.

The sight of the civil and military forces of the Tang Dynasty has always been on the neighboring tribes of Tubo, Tuyuhun, Nanzhao, Turks and Goguryeo.

Dashi and Datang actually had business relationships.

But before that, Dashi had not come into the sight of the officials of the Tang Dynasty.

They never thought that there would be conflicts and wars between them and Dashi.

But now, the sudden arrival of war caught them off guard.

They don't know much about Dashi.

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was extremely angry at this time.

He was gathering his ministers to discuss Dashi's invasion.

"Who can tell me? What is going on with this great food? How big is the country? How many citizens are there? How many troops are there? What are the customs and customs?"

Upon hearing Li Shimin's question, all the officials present fell into silence.

The Dashi Kingdom was only founded in 632, which was the sixth year of Zhenguan, the year when Li Min just came through his soul.

Until now, it has only been four years.

Of course, the Dashi Kingdom was only established in the sixth year of Zhenguan, but it does not mean that it did not have power, territory and troops before.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dashi expanded rapidly.

It has only been four years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

At present, Datang does not have a clear understanding of Dashi at all.

Even among the officials, the vast majority of them did not know the existence of such an empire at all.

Seeing the collective silence of the ministers, Li Shimin couldn't help but become even more angry.

"What? Now people have come to your doorstep? Don't you even know the existence of this country? What's the use of me raising you?"

After a long while, Li Jingcai said: "Your Majesty, I know a thing or two about the Dashi Empire."

Li Shimin couldn't help but said: "Gong Wei, what kind of empire is Dashi? You might as well tell me about it?"

Li Jing couldn't help but raise his hands and said: "For your information, Your Majesty, I overheard a tourist from the Western Region talking about it when I was in Yizhou."

Li Jing's grandson-in-law was Li Min, King of Shu.

The Princess of Shu was very filial. When Li Jing was sleeping, the Princess of Shu would often send people to take them to Yizhou to relax.

Therefore, it is normal for Li Jing to hear tourists from the Western Regions talking.

"This big food is only three or four years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but it has expanded rapidly since the founding of the People's Republic of China."

"They will eat a lot of food and kill cruelly. The places they capture will inevitably flow into rivers of blood. Many areas will even be slaughtered by them."

"The culture of these areas will also be brutally destroyed."

"This big food empire is just a pack of wolves, ferocious in nature."

"After they founded the country, they have been constantly plundering, invading, and expanding!"

"Wherever they go, they sweep away all enemies. They are an extremely formidable opponent."

"However, their expansion route has been heading west. The veteran did not expect that their eyes would shift to our Datang so quickly. The veteran feels that this is definitely a problem that cannot be ignored for our Datang.

's fierce rival."

After listening to Li Jing's description, the entire court fell silent.

All the ministers could not help but fall into panic.

They originally thought that Dashi was just a small country, but they never expected that this was actually a lion.

Of course, those generals were actually excited.

The most excited person is Cheng Yaojin.

"Wow, wow, that's great! Hit him! Hit him! Hit him!"

Yuchi Jingde's big dark face glowed red with excitement.

"Great, hahahaha, finally there is a fight! Beat him! Beat him! Beat him!"

Qin Qiong also laughed and said: "I, old Qin, walked in front of the god of death. I thought I would never have a chance to fight again in this life? I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon! Beat him! Beat him! Beat him!"

A group of military generals were extremely excited, which made the civil servants have black lines in their heads.

What's wrong with these reckless men?

If you want to hit him, just hit him, and you have to say it three times!

Li Shimin patted the imperial case and said: "Okay, from now on, we will inevitably fight a battle with you! Now, let's discuss how to fight this battle!"

Li Shimin was actually very satisfied with the reaction of these generals.

If even these generals are afraid, then in fact there is no need to fight this battle at all, and if we do, we will definitely lose.

Dashi has now invaded the Tang Dynasty and occupied the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

This war is already inevitable.

Cheng Yaojin said carelessly: "Your Majesty, what else is there to discuss? That's it! Give me, Old Cheng, a hundred thousand elite soldiers, and I, Old Cheng, will kill them all!"

Next to him, Yuchi Jingde patted his chest and said, "Huh! Give me 80,000 fine products, that's enough!"

Qin Qiong said proudly: "I only need 50,000 elite soldiers!"

Li Shimin: "Shut up, everyone! Fighting a war requires more than just having soldiers. Don't we need military rations? Don't horses need fodder? How can we fight without food and fodder?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Cheng Yaojin and several other veterans shut their mouths.

However, their faces were all filled with joy.

Since the pacification of the Tang Dynasty, they have not been on the battlefield for a long time.

Even if they were on the battlefield for a short time, they wouldn't be able to kill enough.

The last time Tuyuhun caused chaos, they thought they had an opportunity.

But unexpectedly, the King of Shu only dispatched 10,000 to 20,000 people to defeat Tuyuhun.

This time, King Shu doesn’t have such ability, right?

Li Shimin couldn't help but ask: "I am going to send 100,000 troops and horses to Anxi in advance. How long will it take to prepare food and grass?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs couldn't help but stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, it was originally the most convenient way to mobilize grain from Longyou Road. However, the people in Longyou Road were poor and there was not much surplus grain in the official warehouse. Therefore, we could only mobilize it from Chang'an.

food."

"As for mobilizing grain from Chang'an, because the route is too long, it requires at least 200,000 civilians. It takes about three months to prepare."

Does it actually take three months?

In fact, in ancient times, it was extremely normal to prepare for a war involving hundreds of thousands of people for three to five months, or even more than half a year.

But this time it's different.

This time, they can wait for three months. Dashi may not wait for them for three months?

Now, Li Shimin began to regret that he should not have built the railway from Chang'an to Hangzhou first, and the railway from Yizhou to Hangzhou, but should have built a railway from Chang'an to the Anxi Protectorate.

If the railway from Chang'an to Anxi Protectorate is built now, transporting grain will be a piece of cake.

It only takes three or four days to transport enough grain and grass. Where it is needed like now, it takes a full three months of preparation time.

But now, it's too late to say anything.

Can Dashi wait for them for three months?

At this time, Hou Junji, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said: "Your Majesty, it will take at least three months to prepare food and grass, and it may even take longer. But it is impossible for us to wait for three months for food.

!”

Li Shimin also had the same worries in his heart and couldn't help but ask: "Chen Guogong, do you have any good solutions?"

Hou Junji couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that our Tang Dynasty has 50,000 troops stationed in Tuyuhun. The location of Tuyuhun is closer to the Anxi Protectorate. Wei Chen thinks that we can mobilize these 50,000 troops first.

Heading to the Anxi Protectorate."

"After these 50,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in the Anxi Protectorate, they did not seek to kill the enemy, but only sought to delay the Great Food Army. As long as they can be delayed for three months, when our Tang Dynasty army arrives, we will definitely be able to defeat the Great Food Army.

They will be driven out of Anxi by eating and beating."

After hearing what Hou Junji said, everyone reacted endlessly.

The officials of the Five Surnames and Qiwang Faction couldn't help but look gloating on their faces.

And several people headed by Li Jing showed deep worries.

Hou Junji's proposal may sound reasonable, but in fact it contains evil intentions.

Fifty thousand soldiers and horses are stationed at the Anxi Protectorate. If they can withstand the food army, it will be fine.

But what if you can’t resist it?

The food army is not a vegetarian.

Moreover, they have an army of 100,000, which is twice the size of Yizhou's army.

If Yizhou's 50,000-strong army were defeated and the situation in the western part of the Tang Dynasty deteriorated, then the blame would definitely be placed on the King of Shu!

But this was a state matter. Li Jing and others knew that Hou Junji had evil intentions, but they could not stop it.

Because such an army that can intercept the food army is very important and must be available.

Instead of the Yizhou Army, we must choose other local armies.

The Yizhou Army is undoubtedly very suitable.

This also made it impossible for Li Jing and others to excuse the King of Shu and let other local armies take over.

However, Hou Junji was not an official of the Five Surnames and Qiwang faction. Why would he attack the King of Shu at this time?

Hou Junji bears the deep imprint of the princely faction on his head.

When Hou Junji takes action, does it mean that the prince is going to take action against the King of Shu?

After pondering for a moment, Li Jing couldn't help but ask: "But where did the food and grass for Yizhou's 50,000 soldiers and horses come from? It takes the same time for them to prepare food and grass, but they may not be able to prepare food and grass much faster than the Tang Dynasty!

"

This is true.

Although the food and fodder for an army of 50,000 people is twice as different as the food and fodder for an army of 100,000 people.

But preparations cannot be made in a short period of time.

In other words, the movement time of these 50,000 troops was actually not much faster than that of the imperial court's 100,000 troops.

It cannot fundamentally change the situation of the war.

In this way, even if Yizhou's 50,000-strong army could not stop Dashi, at least they would have found a reason for failure in advance.

Hou Junji smiled and said: "Don't worry, Duke Wei, the food and grass for Yizhou's 50,000 soldiers and horses can be provided by Tuyuhun. I, the Tang Dynasty, can return the food and grass to Tuyuhun in the future. In this way,

This can greatly save time in raising food and fodder.”

"And Yizhou's 50,000 soldiers and horses only need to do their best. No matter what the final battle situation is, Yizhou's 50,000 soldiers and horses will have merit and no fault."

After hearing Hou Junji's remarks, Li Jing had only two words: Haha.

No matter what the final battle situation is, there will be no merit but no fault. Such words are just words and do not need to be taken seriously.

On the dragon chair, Li Shimin nodded slightly, and then said: "Okay, then I will follow what Duke Chen said."



In Yizhou, in fact, before the court got the news, Li Min had already received the news about the fall of the Anxi Protectorate.

After all, Xu Hui controls the entire Dream Weaver.

When it comes to information, in some places, Li Min will know it earlier than the court.

After learning the news, Li Min began to make plans.

Unexpectedly, the confrontation between Dashi and Datang would be brought forward decades.

For Datang, Dashi was a threat.

But for the current Datang Dynasty, it is definitely not a major threat.

But the most important thing now is to stop Dashi's attack as soon as possible.

Dashi was able to conquer hundreds of battles in the south and expand externally, eventually establishing an empire spanning Asia, Africa and Europe with a land area of ​​more than 13 million square kilometers, which was larger than China in later generations.

Its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.

If the Tang Dynasty cannot send troops to drive them out of the territory as soon as possible, then the entire western part of the Tang Dynasty may fall into corruption.

By then, even if Dashi is driven out, the people of the Tang Dynasty will still be ravaged by war.

However, Li Min calculated that if the Tang army wanted to dispatch.

The preliminary preparations for food and grass are estimated to take three months.

This is also the reason why the Anxi Protectorate is located in the westernmost part of the Tang Dynasty, on the border, and is too far away from Chang'an.

In three months, I am afraid that Dashi will march in and occupy more cities in the Tang Dynasty.

You absolutely cannot give Dashi such a long time!

The first thing Li Min thought of was the 50,000 troops in Tuyuhun.

The problem of food and grass is not a big problem.

Food and grass can be solved by Tuyuhun.

Afterwards, Datang could give Tuyuhun some compensation.

As for mobility, it's even more of a problem.

It just so happens that the Tang Dynasty army has just formed a steam three-wheeled team.

This team consists of 3,000 steam tricycles, each of which can carry fifty soldiers.

This team can not only carry all 50,000 soldiers, but also food.

As for fodder, since they don't need war horses at all, it's completely unnecessary.

Well, this 50,000-strong army has initially completed the process of motorized marching.


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