Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2909
On the map, every city, mountain, and river is marked with lines and handwritings of various colors, which makes people have a panoramic view of the vast land of Liaodong as if looking down from the sky.

Afterwards, Cui Dunli took out some small maps from the bookcase and unfolded them one by one. They were detailed maps of various places in Goguryeo, including a region, a city, even a valley, a village, and a road... in detail.

Finally, Cui Dunli pointed to a dotted line formed by several red dots on the map from the northeast to the mouth of the Liaohe River, and explained: "In the second year of Zhenguan, the Duke of Wei defeated the Turkic Jieli Khan, and Gao Jianwu, the Rongliu king of Goguryeo, sent an envoy Congratulations, and the map of the seal. In the fifth year of Zhenguan, His Majesty sent Master Sun, the chief minister of the Guangzhou Metropolitan Government, to Goguryeo to collect the bones of the soldiers who died in the Sui Dynasty, and destroyed several Goguryeo capitals. Gao Jianwu was terrified and called a group of ministers After deliberation, it was decided to build the Great Wall to resist the possible attack of the Tang Dynasty. Starting from Fuyu City in the northeast, and ending at the mouth of the Liaohe River in the southwest, it is more than 30 miles in total. With the national strength of Goguryeo, it would take at least [-] years to build such a Great Wall to resist the attack of the Tang Dynasty, so it was a whim to build mountain cities at various critical passes first, so in Buyeo, Xincheng, Xuanyuan, The cities of Liaodong, Shabei, Gaimu, Anshi, and Jian'an each built mountain fortresses, arranged in a north-south line, relying on each other and supporting each other during wartime. Then, when the national strength was sufficient, they built city walls between the mountain cities to connect one by one..."

Speaking of this, he said with some regret: "It's a pity that Goguryeo has adopted military trusteeship for all the mountain cities. They are stationed by the army, and there are no civilians. They are also subject to strict inspections. It is located in a mountain city, but you cannot know the details of it. When the army is fighting, you should be careful and plan carefully."

The crowd listened fascinatedly.

Even though His Majesty Li Er had long been determined to destroy Goguryeo and made unprecedented feats, all knowledge about Goguryeo is still limited to literature and clues collected by the Liaodong army on the front line. ?

It can be seen that under the leadership of Fang Jun, the Ministry of War has indeed made great efforts.

In the past two years, the expenditure of the Ministry of War has been at the top of the six ministries, and even the Ministry of Industry, which has undertaken the construction of water conservancy facilities in the Guanzhong area, has been willing to bow down. Yushitai has repeatedly impeached the Ministry of War for wasting money. be blamed.

Fang Jun ignored it.

Everyone thought that this was His Majesty Li Er's favor and trust in Fang Jun, so he intended to make credit for his strong support, but they didn't want the business planned by him to be beyond everyone's expectations.

It can be imagined that such a detailed map of Goguryeo would require a lot of manpower and material resources to achieve this scale. Even if the Ministry of War spends twice as much, there is nothing to criticize.

His Majesty Li Er nodded appreciatively, and said gratifiedly: "I remember the great achievements of the Ministry of War in my heart, and there must be rewards. In addition, make a copy of these maps as soon as possible and send them to the Liaodong Army, so that Xue Wanche can understand the terrain of Liaodong." There are a lot of them, and we can better formulate raid strategies."

Cui Dunli said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War is already working on this matter. After three to five days, three copies of the map will be completed, one will be handed over to the Military Aircraft Department, one will remain in the Ministry of War, and one will be sent to Liaodong. In front of the army, and this copy is brought by your majesty to understand the situation in Liaodong anytime and anywhere, command the army to attack the city, and be invincible!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

His Majesty Li Er's Long Yan is very happy, the military department not only completed the task beautifully, but also put kung fu in front of it. If everyone in the court is like this, how much worry can I save?
Why not worry about the great cause of the Eastern Expedition?
The displeasure towards Fang Jun also dissipated, and he was extremely satisfied.

This guy is not only shrewd and capable, but also has the ability to know people and employ people. Cui Dunli did not show his talents in the Ministry of War before. However, since Fang Jun went to the Ministry of War to take office, he suddenly glowed, and all things were handled in an orderly manner.

Now in the Ministry of War, Fang Jun is the official minister in name, controlling everything, but Cui Dunli is still doing more work.

His Majesty Li Er didn't think there was anything wrong with this. No matter how energetic a person is, how many things can he do?As a high-ranking person, the most important ability is whether he can employ people and whether he can employ people. Fang Jun has done a very good job in this regard, whether he is in the Ministry of War or the Navy. The empire has discovered and cultivated a large number of talents.

It's just that the more excellent Fang Jun is, the harder it is for King Jin to live in the Ministry of War. Everyone from top to bottom is looking forward to Fang Jun, and these officials don't care whether you are Prince Jin or not, and the fate of your official career is uncertain. In your hands, naturally you won't obey your words and go against someone like Fang Jun...

Life may always be so full of contradictions, you can't have both.

With some emotion in his heart, His Majesty Li Er cheered up and said with a heroic expression: "The whole empire is united as one, and I and all my lovers are determined to overcome all difficulties. On the third day of March, I swear to go to war! When Liaodong is settled, the teacher will return to the court. On this day, I will drink celebration wine with all of you again, and tell the world to strengthen my Great Tang!"

"Long live Your Majesty, Long live Datang!"

"Your Majesty will definitely assist His Majesty in creating a great cause that will last forever!"

"Dedicate yourself to the best of your ability, and die after you die!"

A group of ministers bowed down and saluted one after another, swearing allegiance, impassioned.

His Majesty Li Er was very proud, and laughed: "The small land of Goguryeo has prevented the emperors of the previous Sui and Sui Dynasties from conquering it even with the power of the whole country. Now, I will personally conquer Goguryeo and vow to smash Goguryeo. Unparalleled feats are about to come to me and all my lovers, and they will shine brightly in history and be handed down forever!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

The ministers agreed together.

Although everyone has their own little calculations in their hearts, no one thinks that the power of the Tang Dynasty is not enough to bring down Goguryeo.

Victory is definitely beyond doubt, but in the process of victory, it depends on who can grab more benefits...

*****
The severe winter has come to an end in Guanzhong, and the new year has come. The grass grows in the south of the Yangtze River and the catkins are flying. However, the western regions are still cold and windy, with heavy snow.

However, on this snow-covered Silk Road, there are still countless caravans trekking hard in the ice and snow. Even if a snowstorm will cause them to get lost at any time, or even be covered by heavy snow and freeze to death on the road, it cannot stop them. People yearn for wealth.

Behind this most dangerous journey, there are also huge business opportunities. The profit of being a businessman on a trip will be five times or even ten times that of summer. amount of wealth.

The so-called "people die for money, birds die for food" is roughly the same...

The Silk Road in winter is full of dangers, not only the severe cold weather and pervasive blizzard, but also the elusive thieves and bandits are the nemesis of caravans.

These bandits composed of people, soldiers and even Turkic wolf riders from various countries in the Western Regions are best at intercepting and killing caravans and their property in winter.It was cold and windy and heavy snow covered the sky. After the attack, they quickly fled away with their belongings. Neither the Tang army nor the troops of the Western Regions could track them down.

In this way, the caravan, still thinking of luck, had to hire Tang people to protect safety.

Some of these Tang people are retired government soldiers, some are rangers in Guanzhong, and some are even bandits themselves. They are well-equipped and brave and good at fighting. risk.

……

Changsun Jun took more than [-] elite generals of his own, and acted as the guards escorting the caravan to the Western Regions, mixed in the caravan, and headed for the Western Regions.

Because the trip to Damascus this time was a top-secret task assigned by his father, even though Chang Sun Jun was extremely conflicted in his heart, he did not dare to neglect it.If he couldn't bring enough guards, he was afraid of being intercepted and killed by bandits in a daze on the way. But if he brought too many, he was afraid that the Tang army along the way would find his whereabouts. Of course, he might as well pretend to be a group of "mercenaries" who specially escorted caravans to and from the Western Regions. Hit the road in secret with fake identification.

This method really worked. The Changsun family's forged identity certificate was difficult to distinguish between true and false. It was even registered in a certain yamen in Guanzhong, so even after going through several customs defenses, it was not discovered.

Changsun Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he left the Yumen Pass all the way and saw the vast desert with ice and snow in front of him.

But the real difficult journey has just begun...

(End of this chapter)