Subconsciously, Li Shimin directly thanked Li Xuan with his hands.
On the side, Li Chengqian and Li Ji all had subconscious expressions of surprise on their faces.
As for Li Xuan, he didn't expect Li Shimin's reaction to be so big.
Seeing this, Li Shimin also reacted.
With a smile, he really wanted to destroy Goguryeo!
Immediately, he continued to ask: "Xuan Ba, how many soldiers and bombs are needed to destroy the traitorous country of Goguryeo?"
"Is Your Majesty ready to fully take over Goguryeo?"
Li Xuan asked back.
"If Goguryeo is captured, there will be at least three million more people. Does Your Majesty have enough officials to manage these captives?"
Seeing Li Xuan's confident look, Li Shimin was not annoyed and laughed directly.
"Hahaha……"
"Xuanba, didn't you suggest a few years ago that I allow those aristocratic families in vassal states outside of the Tang Dynasty to establish kings and establish kingdoms?"
"Not to mention three million, even a population of more than six million, those aristocratic families can swallow it up! Besides, in the past few years, with the emergence of the Enlightenment Letter, although there have not been a few more Confucian scholars, it has Tens of thousands more literate people!”
"That's true too!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but nodded slightly.
really.
The water of the aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty was really too deep.
Even now, Li Xuan feels that he has not yet fully understood those aristocratic families.
"Your Majesty, 50,000 soldiers are enough. As for bombs... the more, the better!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin was startled, and then spoke slowly.
"So, Xuanba can rest assured that there are at least more than 700,000 kilograms of explosives stored in the warehouse of the Ordnance Supervisor! And this winter, the Shaofu Supervisor also smelted millions of kilograms of steel. The soldiers were recruited within half a month. , I can also make you tens of thousands more bombs, 10,000 arrow bombs, and 10,000 hand-thrown bombs. I don’t have much musket storage, so I can only give you 10,000!"
"If so, then give me half of the explosives and bombs!" Li Xuan said.
"Can!"
Li Shimin nodded.
"In addition, the Thunder Army will also go with me!" Li Xuan requested again.
"Can!"
In fact, there was no need for Li Xuan to ask for help. Among the 50,000 troops that followed Li Xuan to Goguryeo, there would definitely be accompanying the Thunder Army.
Afterwards, they discussed it again and decided on the lineup of the army going to Goguryeo.
Li Xuan was the general manager, Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie were the deputy managers, and six thousand troops of the Thunder Army accompanied them.
In addition, the Medical College and the Imperial Medical Office sent 200 doctors and 500 medical apprentices to accompany them.
Thousands of four-wheeled carriages, carrying food, baggage, and bombs, headed for Qingzhou.
…
night!
Li Xuan and his family were sitting around the dining table on the first floor. On the dining table were five dishes and one soup, as well as steamed sweet potatoes and steamed pumpkin!
After finishing the staple food, everyone held half a piece of sweet potato in their hands and gnawed it with relish.
"Mi'er, Ziyun, I'm going to Goguryeo again in a few days. It may take three to four months, or half a year."
Li Xuan slowly said, "However, I will definitely come back before you give birth!"
Cui Mi paused and said slowly: "Your Majesty is going on an expedition for the Tang Dynasty, and I am very supportive!"
"Um?"
Li Xuan looked surprised, "You already know everything?"
"All the small foreign countries around the Tang Dynasty dare to invade our territory of the Tang Dynasty. The entire Chang'an City already knows about this major event!"
Cui Mi said.
"Don't worry, Mi'er, the number of troops going out this time is small, and the battlefield is still on the territory of Goguryeo and Baekje. I will never go into battle to kill the enemy easily."
Li Xuan chuckled, "I will definitely let this traitor from Goguryeo experience the power of bombs?
Let them know that in the face of absolute firepower, relying solely on cold weapons and numbers is of no use!"
"Sanlang is brave and will defeat the Goguryeo army!"
Cui Mi said slowly.
Although all people in the Tang Dynasty called Goguryeo the barbarian hozen, no one dared to underestimate Goguryeo.
The most painful price for underestimating Goguryeo is the three scenes shown to everyone by the previous Emperor Sui Yang?
But this time, all the vassal states around Datang united and raised their troops to attack Datang.
However, the only country that everyone in the Tang Dynasty paid attention to was Goguryeo.
Goguryeo had more than 3 million citizens and an army of more than 300,000!
As for Tubo, although it is now very powerful in annexing the surrounding small tribal countries, it already has a population of nearly 800,000.
However, the landowners and nobles have already indulged in the luxury of Tang liquor, glass, dried vegetables, and dried salted fish.
Yaks are raised on all pastures throughout the country.
I'm afraid, there aren't many war horses left that can be used for fighting now!
Even Cui Mi can see this.
"Um?"
Li Xuan couldn't help being startled again, "Mi'er really doesn't need to worry about me. Although Goguryeo has a large population, Goguryeo's military strength is weak now. Don't you see, even that kid Li Ke can lead troops and conquer eight cities in Goguryeo.
Armed with 30,000 soldiers."
Hearing this, Cui Mi's expression relaxed slightly.
The next day.
In the Great Dynasty, Fang Xuanling announced that the small countries of Tubo, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Tuyuhun would jointly invade the Tang Dynasty.
What is rare is that all the court officials firmly support the challenge.
Those aristocratic families that were the most opposed to war in the past will be the most active now.
One after another, edicts were issued to the cities and towns on the border of the Tang Dynasty.
This time, what surprised the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty the most was that Datang had built three cement roads, from Chang'an City to Qingzhou, from Chang'an City to Shuozhou, and from Chang'an City to Lingzhou, just in time to cope with this time.
The allied forces of the vassal states went to war.
In the past, a journey that originally took a month could be reached in less than ten days.
The entire border area of Datang was in a state of solemn killing.
The most important battlefield was Goguryeo.
Qingzhou seaport.
Fifty thousand troops and more than 200 large ships docked at Qingzhou Harbor.
After Li Xuan boarded the ship, all the generals and lieutenants went to the commander's tent one after another.
A huge map was erected in the handsome tent.
"General Manager, now the entire Goguryeo has gathered 100,000 soldiers, stationed in the Xincheng and Milli areas. In addition, there are about 50,000 soldiers in Nangou Mountain and Wugu area. Obviously, they want to take advantage of the opportunity to recapture King Wu and Hedong.
Waiting for the aristocratic families to attack those cities.
In the harbor of Pingran, there are also 50,000 marines and hundreds of ships waiting in full formation."
"Also, Baekje also sent 50,000 troops. However, as the small country of Baekje does not have that many ships, I am afraid it can only transport 20,000 naval troops at a time!..."
Cheng Duanbo was also recruited into the army and explained in detail to Li Xuan, Li Ji and others.
"Hey, Goguryeo only sent out a small number of troops, and they were so scattered?"
After listening, Li Xuan couldn't help but sneered, his face full of disdain.
But Cheng Duanbo and other generals and lieutenants subconsciously twitched the corners of their mouths.
Three hundred thousand troops!
What's missing?
Li Xuan didn't seem to see the expressions of the people in the tent, but continued: "They really look down on me!"
"How many soldiers and horses are there now in the cities of Li Ke and those aristocratic families in Hedong?"
"Back to the general manager, King Wu and several Hedong families now have thirteen cities, namely Anshi, Liaodong, Lishan, Baiyan... and other cities, with a total of about 50,000 soldiers and horses!"
Cheng Duanbo quickly reported.
"enough!"
Li Xuan looked relaxed, "There are so many of them, enough to withstand the more than 150,000 Goguryeo soldiers and horses for a period of time!"
"May I ask if the Chief Manager has any clever ideas?"
Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie, Li Ji and others in the tent couldn't help but have a flash of expectation in their eyes.