Chapter 47: Willing to conquer Beixue with the prince
But the Kingdom of Jin is no better than Mongolia. It has never produced a hero like Genghis Khan, and it does not have the strength to sweep the world.
"Your Majesty, there are currently 300,000 troops stationed on the border of Jin Kingdom, mainly around the three fortresses of Hanlu, Shuangjiang, and Bailu. They are still a hundred miles away from Xuejing Mountain where the two countries meet."
The baton drew a line on the map, indicating that this was Snow View Mountain.
"The Beixue garrison is camping on the mountainside."
"Mountainside? Beixue's civilization is cavalry, right?"
Li Lin thought of the Beixue cavalry recorded in the book. They were superb in equestrian skills and famous for their riding and shooting. If they were stationed on the mountainside, they would have to climb over the mountain first and then set up barracks. Such a march could not be hidden, it would take a long time, and it would have already crossed the border.
border line.
"Ahem, the prince is unaware of something. This happens every time Northern Snow Country wants to extort financial resources. At first we thought they were here to extort money again, so we didn't care."
Jin Pingchuan answered with an embarrassed tone.
"I really worried too much... If I had known that the army was approaching, I still bothered to kidnap the princess." Li Lin secretly shook his head, having a new understanding of Jin Kingdom's Mongolian behavior.
"The country is rich but the army is weak. No wonder His Highness Pingchuan wants to change Jin's army so much." Naturally, what he was thinking was something that he could never say out loud, so he could only say a few words casually.
"With the troops stationed on the mountainside, we can only wait for the other side to take action." Li Lin murmured.
The opponent is a cavalry, charging down from a mountain with few trees. It is difficult to resist in the era of cold weapons. Moreover, the equipment such as bows and arrows are not suitable for low-level and high-level situations.
Li Lin felt unhappy at not having the initiative.
"What can you do, sir? Beat them up!"
Li Lin is currently running out of ideas and would like to listen to other people's ideas first to see if they can give him some inspiration.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the enemy occupies a favorable location and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is best for our army to concentrate on defense." The Minister of War stepped forward and handed over his hand.
"I second the proposal!" Several adults quickly followed after hearing this.
Li Lin frowned, but what these people said was indeed mature talk. Although he didn't like it, there was nothing he could do. Then he looked at the Minister of War, who had not spoken just now.
"Sir, if you have any ideas, it doesn't matter."
"Your Majesty, the enemy occupies a high ground and the charge from top to bottom is indeed unstoppable, but they only have one chance to charge."
Li Lin's eyes lit up and motioned for him to continue.
"The enemy has been humiliating Jin Guo all the year round. We can ask Jin Guo soldiers to come forward and taunt the enemy. There is a high probability that they will not be able to bear it."
"And we can let Jin Guo Xiu Shu and Bei Xue Guo humiliate them again, and the success rate will be even higher."
"You can also use a trick to kill Li Daitao, and dig out a piece of flesh from Snow Country in the north of the village."
Then he explained in detail how to implement Li Daitao's plan. Listening to Yu Qian's plan, Li Lin nodded frequently, but after all, this is still a defensive strategy, but we can defend when the opponent attacks.
Not having the initiative reminds Li Lin of the time when Li Yi rebelled. If he hadn't been in business for a period of time, he would have been killed in charge of Li Yi's raid. This is the benefit of having the initiative.
"Li Yi, the Forbidden Army..." Li Lin lowered his eyebrows, the past resurfaced, and Li Lin noticed something was wrong.
"What does His Highness Pingchuan want?"
"Very good. We, the Jin Kingdom, will definitely cooperate with us." Although Jin Kingdom needs its own army to serve as bait, and Jin Kingdom's war gains after the war are small, but this is asking Daxia to help defend, so naturally they won't care about it.
"That's good! We have decided on the strategy. Next, we will ask His Highness Pingchuan to leave now. I need to talk to you adults about some internal matters in Daxia." He said apologizing to Jin Pingchuan.
When Jin Pingchuan arrived, he knew what was going on. Li Lin said it bluntly. Naturally, it was inconvenient for him to stay longer, so he left first.
"My lords, what are our chances of winning this time in Daxia?"
Li Lin's eyes turned cold and he looked at the others.
"Your Majesty, I'm 100% sure!" A member of the military department stood up from outside.
"Yu Shangshu, what percentage do you think it is?"
Lin ignored the official who spoke and turned to look at Yu.
"Don't dare to lie, fifty percent." Yu Qian cupped his hands and said seriously.
Li Lin was even more cold-hearted. He knew early on that Daxia was stronger than Jin State, but not as good as Beixue State.
Without him, Li Yi's fiasco is the best evidence. You must know that Li Yigui is the prince of a country, and his personal guards are naturally not ordinary people. They are all good soldiers in the military, but is that all good players? So he has a little
Suspicion.
But this is too weak. Two hundred thousand troops plus Jin's 300,000. Even if Jin's military strength is weak, there is no problem in counting it as 150,000. Only 450,000 troops can fight 50-50 with 300,000.
Defense is the main thing, this is indeed a bit scary.
"How could this be?"
"Your Majesty, we have not fought in the Xia Dynasty for nearly thirty years. The training of the army is lax. This is one of the reasons. When Your Majesty came to power, in order to consolidate the imperial power, he transferred many generals back to the capital and removed their military power, which led to the disorganization of the army. This is why
Second. Third..."
Yu Qian stopped as he spoke, hesitating a little.
"But it doesn't matter, I will grant you innocence!" Li Lin waved his hand.
"Thirdly, after the prince's rebellion failed that night, some generals in the army were killed in the barracks. There were rumors in the army that it was you, the prince, who was trying to eliminate all the prince's influence in the army, and the army was panicked."
"Fourth, the prince originally increased the generals' military pay in order to win over people in the army. However, your lord, you withdrew this part of the increase a few days ago due to the shortage of the national treasury. The generals in the army are quite complaining..."
Li Lin was stunned. At that time, he had ordered the secret guards to completely eradicate the rebel forces. These generals who died in the barracks should be the reason. Later, he had to seize power again, get married again, and soon Jin Guo came to visit. It was completely
There is no time to deal with the aftermath.
But as a leader, admit your mistake? No, it’s not yet time.
"Is that all?"
Yu Qian nodded, didn't say anything, just looked at Li Lin.
Li Lin didn't know what to say or what else to say at the moment. He would go back and find a way to solve the problem.
"That's it for today, let's go." He waved his hands and left first.
We have money now, but if we give it out directly, the effect will be mediocre, and it is not a big reward, so it will be difficult to boost the morale of the army.
It is definitely too late to train now, we can only consider it after the problem is solved.
As for security and generals, they are issues that cannot be solved quickly and require years of accumulation.
His scalp is numb and everything cannot be solved. At least there is nothing Li Lin can do now.
"That's it for today!"
After saying that, Li Lin left the Ministry of War. At this time, he was indeed a little irritable.
After getting on the carriage, Li Lin was still thinking about how to solve the problem and looked through the five thousand years in his mind.
"When the prince got in the car, did he say where to go? Yes? No?" He didn't know where to go, but he didn't dare to ask after seeing Li Lin's gloomy face. The two of them stopped at the entrance of the military department.
"Your Majesty, I've been waiting for a long time." Yu Qian was the last one to come out from the Ministry of War and went to Li Lin's car to salute.
"Yu Qian? Long wait? What do you mean?" Li Lin didn't understand, but he didn't ignore Yu Qian in front of the car.
"Master Yu, please get in the car and have a chat."
"His Royal Highness the Regent is really very discerning. I really have something to say to the prince alone."
Yu Qian's eyes were full of admiration. When he saw Li Lin's face was confused, his eyes were as bright as a torch? Who? Me? Why?
But that doesn't stop him from showing off.
"Your Excellency Yu's performance is so obvious, I can naturally see it. Tell me, if there is anything else you haven't said."
He looked calm, free and easy, as if he had everything under control!
"My lord, I am willing to accompany the prince to conquer Beixue in person!"