Water Margin people

"These thieves in Goryeo are determined to die. Judging from the prisoners captured, the Kingdom of Jin promised to give the land of Shandong to Goryeo after victory."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Big appetite!"

Li Gang's face was ashen. Even before the battle started, these alien races were already thinking of carving up the Central Plains.

"Of course, these Goguryeo gangsters are still dreaming about restoring Goguryeo's glory."

Sun Lei said.

"The terrain of Goguryeo is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. Several conquests in the Sui and Tang Dynasties ended in disastrous defeats. The Sui Dynasty even dragged down the country to its demise due to a war. Finally, it was not until Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty that Goguryeo was destroyed."

Li Gang said.

"Hmph, they are all idiots. They are all useless even if they can't be beaten down by a stick!"

Sun Lei said disdainfully.

"No, Goryeo is not that easy to fight. Goryeo is far away on the Liaodong Peninsula. It takes thousands of miles to send troops from the Central Plains. Logistics and supplies are a big problem!"

"It's winter in Liaodong for half the year, and it's even worse in Korea. You see, there are mountains from Liaoyang Mansion to Yalu River, and that's not all. After Yalu River, there are still vast mountains, and they are the kind of inaccessible ones. In the mountains and forests, the roads are even more difficult.”

"The army set out from the Central Plains in the spring, and it was almost the end of summer all the way to the hinterland of Goryeo. The mountains would be blocked by heavy snow within two months, and the expedition encountered a cold winter. How to fight? This is the reason for the defeat of the Sui and Tang Dynasties!"

Li Gang pointed to the map and told Sun Lei about the old events of the Sui and Tang Dynasties when they conquered Korea.

Sun Lei didn't want to listen at all, he just picked his ears and looked disgusted.

"Why do you like to talk nonsense? Yang Guang and Li Shimin are actually about the same. They have relatively dull minds. Yang Guang was fooled once, but Li Shimin continues! Do you think you are stupid? If you don't know once, if you make the same mistake again, you are stupid and stupid!"

Sun Lei saw that Li Gang had finished speaking, and then he spoke.

"Let me tell you how to fight!"

Sun Lei took the command whip on the side.

"The terrain in Goryeo is indeed troublesome. The cavalry and infantry were too troublesome in the past. The mountainous terrain, which is seven to eight hundred miles deep, is troublesome. But why should I walk through this mountainous area? I would be a fool to walk even though I know it is not easy to walk."

"The country is densely mountainous, and the plains are mostly concentrated in small areas in the west and south, and most of them are near the seaside and rivers. Isn't this a weakness?"

"I have a navy. Starting directly from Dengzhou, I can reach the capital of Goryeo and open the capital by sea more than 600 miles away! It only takes a day and a night to get there."

"This city is built along the river and is very wide. Our warships can pass through without any obstruction. I drove directly to the gate of Kaijing City and fired thousands of cannons. Even the small broken city was leveled by him without any problem. I didn't even think about it. After attacking the capital of another country, do you think the Koreans can still intervene in the Liaodong war? "

Sun Lei pointed to Kaijing on the sand table and said, Korean people are all frogs in the well, and they dare to call a small city Beijing.

"Then what if they retreat into the hinterland of the peninsula?"

Li Gang said.

"Don't be dissatisfied. Not only Kaijing, but also Xijing is built on the seaside, rivers, and along the coast. These are the wealthy places of Goryeo, with cities and farmland here. They hide in the mountains. ? It’s okay, I’m done with it today, I’ll try to rob it later! I’ll see if they can hide, and when the battlefield is over, I’ll see where hundreds of thousands of troops come to sweep them away!”

Sun Lei said as if I was a bandit.

"you……"

Li Gang was trembling with anger and could not speak at all. He was a gentleman and could not commit such banditry.

"What do you mean? I can even send ships to bombard Baozhou so that his 200,000-strong army will never come back!"

Sun Lei threw away his command whip and sat aside to drink tea.

"That was my idea just now, now tell me what you think!"

Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoer and others and asked.

Ruan Xiaoer and others came forward one after another and talked about their thoughts. In fact, they had similar ideas. However, they traveled more on the sea and knew more details, such as how many defenders there were in Kaijing, how many defenders there were in Xijing, and how many naval forces there were. How many, how many people there are.

"Well, not bad, very detailed, let's do it like this!"

Sun Lei nodded after listening, Qi's 100,000-strong navy was enough to defeat Goryeo.

After arranging everything, Sun Lei led the people to Xijin Mansion without stopping.

"Have you long thought of attacking Goryeo?"

Li Gang, who had been silent for a long time, finally asked again. "Fighting Goryeo? It's just a sharpening of the sword. What's a little Goryeo?"

Sun Lei shook his head.

"Goryeo is nothing?"

Li Gang didn't believe it, but Goryeo had caused great losses to both the Sui and Tang dynasties.

"You're not stupid, you're just short-sighted. What do you think is beyond Kyushu in the Central Plains?"

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and asked.

"Beyond Kyushu is a barbarian land!"

Li Gang replied without thinking.

"Barbarian land? Last time I did business with the Western Regions, didn't you say you should be more cautious? You have been in Tokyo for many years. You should know how rich the merchants in the Western Regions are, right? Such a wealthy place is a barbarian land?"

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and asked.

"Barbarians mean they are uneducated!"

Li Gang corrected Sun Lei.

"Enlightenment? Don't judge others by what you do. Maybe in the eyes of those people, we are the barbarians?"

"But none of this is important. Once my army kills him, everything they have will be mine!"

Sun Lei waved his hand.

"How long are you going to fight?"

When Li Gang heard this, he immediately understood that something was wrong. Sun Lei was fighting an endless battle, and he was actually fighting barbarian lands around the pacifiers.

"Otherwise, why would I be building warships and training the navy? This is called the Age of Discovery!"

Sun Lei said, how did the West rise? Isn’t it just relying on the plunder of the Age of Discovery? Since it was all plundering, then I should have no problem with plundering in the past hundreds of years.

"Do you know how much burden this kind of endless war will put on the people?"

Li Gang spoke again.

"Why do you always think that war will bring a burden to the people? Are wars really just about losing money?"

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and asked.

"This has been like this since ancient times. In which battle did it not be the people who suffered?"

Li Gang replied.

"I don't burden the people when I fight. All the people in our country want to be soldiers. They can eat food and make money as soldiers. If you work hard enough as a soldier for a few years, you can be promoted to an officer. Even if you can't do it, you can go back to work as an errand, or get reward money. Go home, no matter what, it looks good.”

Sun Lei said.

"You fight like a robbery, so of course it's okay!"

Li Gang was a little unconvinced, but he couldn't find an excuse to refute. Who can fight like Sun Lei?

"You have finally grasped the point, robbery! War is robbery! Who fights not to rob? To rob money! To rob territory! To rob the country."

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and started the war just to rob.

"I started the war just to plunder, plunder money, plunder minerals, plunder land, I want everything valuable! The country will be rich if there are more things, the soldiers who participate in the plunder will also be rich, the merchants who follow will also be rich, and the people will also be rich. Will be rich. Where is the burden you mentioned?”

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and said.

"The premise is that you can win quickly and find enough wealth!"

As expected of Li Gang, Li Gang directly grasped the key points. The world is a big place and it is not easy to find enough wealth. Many times, it is in vain.

"This question is easier, because I know it! Do you believe it or not?"

Sun Lei pointed at his head and laughed. He knew very well which places in the world were good and which were rich. (End of chapter)