Although everything was planned well, in the end nothing happened!
It’s not that the Imperial Army didn’t catch the pirates, it’s that these pirates didn’t show up at all!
During this entire twenty-day period, Li Erxian kept his troops stationary with his strong psychological quality - and continued to wait.
After all, anything can happen on the battlefield.
The quality of Dongzhujixian is a necessity for a commander, but it is even more taboo to disrupt one's own rhythm just because of the slightest disturbance.
But Li Er relied on his strong psychological quality, and after waiting for another ten days, there was still no movement from the pirates!
It was as if the sea in the Tang Dynasty was so calm, and there were no incidents of pirates at all.
Such a strange situation immediately made both Li and Li feel numb.
Although the battle has not started and there are no casualties, this seems to be a good thing.
But what seems like a good thing may not really be a good thing.
If the pirates attack as expected, it will actually be beneficial and profitable for the Tang Dynasty to give these thieves a beating - by injecting fear into these thieves, the maritime merchants will have confidence and the people will feel a sense of security.
As a result, the plan to explore the Americas through maritime trade might be revived on the spot.
result.
Nothing happened, so Datang's plan naturally failed.
And besides the failure of the plan, there is another big problem:
It is also the most realistic problem.
Fighting costs money.
Spend a lot of money!
As long as the money is spent smoothly, it's okay. Datang has achieved its strategic goal. This money is an investment, and it is an investment with extremely clear prospects. The return will be two huge arable lands equivalent to the size of China in North and South America.
Appears in the form of reserves.
But the problem is that the purpose has not been achieved and the money has still been spent.
In other words, as long as it is investment, there are always two situations of making money and making mistakes at any time.
And it's definitely not a small amount of money.
Spending money in war is not small money, and generally speaking, there are two main ways to spend it.
One is a fierce and bloody battle, with extremely horrific casualties and mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At such times, often only the calmest and bravest commanders can still keep their wits about spending money.
The other kind, Li Sheng's script of the Song Dynasty in time and space, did not even win a single battle with Mao, or even fought almost no battles at all, and ended up spending a lot of money.
In addition to the reconciliation of the Sui coins, the other elimination of this huge defense expenditure is naturally the legendary "redundant troops".
In addition to solving the employment problem, the redundant soldiers of the Song Dynasty also played an important role in replenishing the frontier fortresses.
The Song Dynasty was not that unbearable, and many operations also had basic logic. However, it is a long story. But in any case, the Song Dynasty did not win any battles on the issue of border troubles, and spent astronomical amounts of money.
, this point is irrefutable.
And now the situation Li Er faces.
No, this is the actual result faced by this military operation.
Because they were determined to beat up a wave of pirates as a warning to others, the military preparations were naturally very thorough - the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty were directly armed to the teeth this time, and even in terms of equipment configuration, they were even more luxurious than when they conquered Goguryeo.
!
Even counting these ruthless sailors recruited who have been killing thieves and doing meritorious deeds at sea all year round.
Because these guys have been drifting on the sea all year round, they have been exposed to all kinds of death risks all year round. Their ferocity and violence are even higher than those of ordinary forbidden troops!
It is comparable to those nomadic tribes with cannibalistic records that the imperial army once spent great efforts to kill.
If Li Shenglai was the chief officer of this military operation, when inspecting the status of the personnel, he would definitely think of those desperadoes who left Britain and went to America to conquer the new world.
In the final analysis, the great achievements of our great nation were accomplished by this group of people.
but.
As we all know, everything comes at a price. It is great to have such a brave imperial army, but correspondingly, in the so-called courtesy exchange, the court must also give rewards and salaries that are enough to express respect.
Coupled with food consumption, ship repairs, and the fact that fresh water on ships is difficult to preserve and easily deteriorates and tastes bad, a large amount of wine needs to be purchased to preserve the quality of the fresh water.
All this is spent, and so is the amount.
So gradually after these ten days - that is, after a total of twenty days, Li Er finally couldn't hold it any longer.
Although it is not that exaggerated to say that a blunt force defeated the enemy for twenty days, it is not that I have never seen situations much harsher and crueler than this back then.
The cruelty of being suppressed by a large army is a form of cruelty.
But now the situation is another way.
After repeated calculations, I felt that no matter how I could achieve a single blow, I could shock the crowd. Even Li Er and other monarchs and ministers estimated that even if the effect of "killing chickens to scare monkeys" would gradually diminish in the future, after the battle was successful, there would definitely be a period that would shock the world.
time window!
During this time window, if a sufficient number of maritime merchants choose to take the opportunity to go to America to seek wealth and wealth, they can seize the opportunity to seize the most land, and in the process, explore a sea route except for the northern section. Although the sea route is not long, it is
If you go too far through the underworld.
So in the future, even if the situation of pirates renaisses and rages again, this risk can be hedged by the fact that "stable shipping routes have been explored", and Datang's plan to extend its tentacles to the Americas will be successful.
success!
If that's the case, this would be great.
After all, maritime trade was the core method and core idea of Datang's American strategy!
And such a beautiful thing, although normally it will always be judged as wanting to eat shit.
After all, such a great thing as the opening of two territories to the Americas is simply a god-like wealth. Once successful, in the common saying of future generations, the market value of the Tang Dynasty will not only triple, but at least it will skyrocket by 100%!
It sounds illusory when you think about it. But this seemingly illusory good thing actually has a probability of happening!
Wei Zheng, Fang Du, and Changsun Wuji were all the top strategic talents of the Tang Dynasty. They were great masters of calculation and were at the level of Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang.
Isn't it easy to take care of the temple?
You can imagine how much Li Er was looking forward to this military operation and a great victory.
As a result, more than twenty days have passed.
The great victory never came.
Although he was not defeated, it was so long ago that Li Er would have thought of it with his military qualities.
