Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 479
During the reign of Emperor Kaihuang, the foreign ministers Yang Jian relied on most were Changsun Sheng and Pei Ju. Since the main conflict at that time was with the Turks, Changsun Sheng played a greater role.

But after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, Yang Jian had taken care of the East and West Turks, and the role of Changsun Sheng was no longer prominent, and Pei Ju became the No. 1 of the Sui Dynasty.

The excuse of playing Goguryeo was also thought up by Pei Ju.

Now Yang Guang would always ask Pei Ju about foreign matters, and Xin Shixiong knew about it, so when Pei Ju appeared at the Youxiaowei Army Mansion, Xin Shixiong asked him to sit down with a playful smile.

"I'm here this time to be a lobbyist," Pei Ju said straight to the point.

It is beneficial to tell the truth first, and it will make people think that what you say next is also the truth.

Xin Shixiong asked curiously, "Who is Mr. Pei lobbying for?"

"Of course it's Li Jing," Pei Ju said with a smile after sitting down:
"Li Jing found me last night, hoping that I could persuade Shixiong to go to Beishe City. After I knew the whole incident, I felt that there was no need to be a lobbyist, but I was entrusted by others, and I needed to go there. "

Xin Shixiong snorted coldly: "Relying on the crown prince's protection, this person is already so arrogant that he actually invited Pei Gong? I don't know why Pei Gong thinks that there is no need to be this lobbyist?"

Pei Ju smiled: "Because I think Shixiong should understand the benefits of beating Beishe City."

I don't understand, but you always say that, so I can only say: "Oh? Why don't you tell me, Mr. Pei?"

Pei Ju continued: "The two major naval forces of Goguryeo, one is in Pyongyang and the other is in Beishe. Among them, Beishe and our Donglai County are across the sea. How important is it to supply ports? Shixiong should understand."

"I understand that," Xin Shixiong said, "After Rong Guogong went to sea, the first thing he wanted to fight was the enemy navy in the Liaodong Peninsula."

Pei Ju said: "How many warships does Beishe have? Does Shixiong know?"

"I know, more than sixty ships," Xin Shixiong said.

Pei Ju smiled and said, "Then do you think the Navy of Beishe City dare to fight Rong Guogong?"

"If there is no inland river to rely on, it should be afraid to fight," Xin Shixiong said.

Pei Ju nodded: "Now the court believes that the Beishe Navy will most likely go to Pyongyang at the beginning of the war to join forces with the Sushui Navy to fight Rong Guogong, so Beishe has no water. Shi Zhili is actually very easy to fight, because he is on the peninsula, once he is surrounded, there is no possibility of any supplies, does Shixiong think so?"

Beishe City, which is the area around Dalian, is located on the peninsula. If its land supply is cut off and there is no naval support, it can easily be surrounded to death.

The navy here and the navy in Pyongyang have a total of 140 warships. They are not suitable for fighting with Lai Huer.

Right now is the era of cold weapons, not relying on the strength of ships to make profits, but to a large extent fighting for quantity.

There are basically two types of weapons on a warship, one is a ballista, that is, a giant crossbow, one at the bow and one at the stern.

The axle cart is twisted by manpower, the bow is stretched, and a huge arrow is placed in the middle. It is three feet and five inches (about 1.2 meters) long and five inches (about 12 centimeters) thick. The arrow is made of fine iron. Hit, the power is not small.

In addition to ballistas, there are catapults, and several of them can be set up, which are divided into ships.

There are six types of sea-going ships built in Dongnae County this time: building boats, boat boats, fighting boats, walking boats, yachts, and sea falcons.

Each type of warship has a different form of combat. For example, a building ship has ballistas and trebuchets on it. It is also equipped with parapets, crossbow windows, and spear holes. It can fight from far and near. It is a capital ship.

The other five types are all attached to building ships to fight, such as fighting ships. As they approach the enemy ships, their attack methods are constantly changing. Suo pulled the enemy ship closer, boarded the ship and fought.

The smallest sea falcons specialize in large ships. After approaching, they throw kerosene or cowhide balls into the holes on both sides of the enemy ship. After the cowhide balls are ignited, the smoke is huge. If they are thrown into the lower cabin, it will have a great impact on the oarsmen. It will also affect the line of sight of the enemy's perforation. It is a small clever ghost. In the early stage, this thing must be supported by a building boat and a scorpion in front, so that he can approach it, otherwise it will be sunk by the opponent's stone throwing.

Of the more than [-] ships built in Dongnae County this time, the six types of warships are properly matched and there are so many of them.

Why did Yang Guang order to build [-] ships? That is twice as many as the enemy. As for three times, without that ability, it is really not enough money.

Xin Shixiong also roughly understood what Pei Ju meant. No matter which one of the five fortified cities north of Pyongyang was captured, it would be a great achievement, and among these five cities, the humble luxury without a navy is the best to fight.

Beishe relies on the support of the navy on the sea, and relies on the black bone on the land. The navy went to Pyongyang, and the black bone Li Jing will fight, so Beishe is simply taking something out of his bag.

As long as you take down Beishe, it's the same as Duan Wenzhen's contribution to fighting Fuyu, and you didn't embarrass the emperor.

"Pei Gong also knows me," Xin Shixiong said with a smile, "I want to be humble and extravagant, but I just see Li Jing domineering and pretending to be like this. He is young and has no one in his eyes. I don't like it."

"The prince's face must be taken into account after all," Pei Ju said with a smile: "Otherwise, if the conflict between the two of you spreads to the capital, do you think the prince will replace Li Jing or you?"

The corner of Xin Shixiong's mouth twitched, I am His Majesty's man, can he replace me?
Pei Ju said directly: "The crown prince is the crown prince, the son of His Majesty."

Xin Shixiong was seen through his mind, his eyes twitched, and he nodded: "Of course we have to take care of the prince's face."

Pei Ju smiled and got up: "Let me just say, today must be a waste of time, Shixiong doesn't need me to remind."

"You're still getting angry with young people when you're old, it really makes Pei Gong laugh," Xin Shixiong sent Pei Ju out of the door until the other party walked away.

In fact, it doesn't take so many soldiers to fight Beishe, and Li Jing allocated another five thousand Qingqi to Xin Shixiong, just to be fully prepared for the fear that the navy will return to aid.

As soon as the news of Beishe Navy's defeat arrives, Li Jing will immediately transfer half of Xin Shixiong's subordinates.

On this day, Li Jing stayed in the Ministry of War all the time, and he wanted to choose ordnance for the army under his command.

Right now the Ministry of War is very lively, and the chief of the [-]th Route runs here every day, asking for ordnance, food and supplies.

The Ministry of War in the Sui Dynasty was in charge of logistics, and it was far less powerful than the Ministry of War in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

There are 7000 people on Li Jing's west flank. He only needs [-] light cavalry, [-] heavy cavalry, and the rest are all infantry.

There is no need for cavalry to attack a mountain city, and the [-] cavalry are just to cover the main force attacking the mountain city, so as not to be harassed by the enemy cavalry.

When it comes to armaments and supplies, everyone has always relied on their own abilities. It doesn't mean that what you want, the Ministry of War can give you what you want.

Because there are hundreds of shields, there will be a lot of noise.

The entire lobby of the Ministry of War was extremely noisy.

Ming Ya, the servant of the Ministry of War, secretly called Li Jing aside, and said in a low voice: "You give me a dosage list, and when the Ministry of War is ready, it will be sent to the military mansion for you early, quietly, don't tell others."

Li Jing knew that it was Yang Ming who had greeted him, so he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Minister Ming."

Mingya nodded and left directly.

He was born in the Pingyuan Ming family, that is, in Pingyuan County, Shandong Province, from Xianbei. This is also a big family. During the Kaihuang period, several officials were in the court.

Meng Mingshi, whose name is also Mingzi, is named for his meritorious service, which actually comes from the Baili family of Jiang's surname.

The surname is a branch of the surname. There are 411 surnames derived from the surname Ji, and 102 surnames derived from the surname Jiang. Among them, the surname Ji is the ancestor of all Chinese surnames.

Ming Ya didn't let Li Jing spread the word because he was afraid that others would know that the Ministry of War had opened the back door for Li Jing.

After all, there are plenty of armaments and supplies. If there are many people, there are few people. Anyway, it is impossible to be fair, because people are not enough, you want it and you want it.

But Li Jing didn't want much at all. He paid attention to the combination of arms, rather than relying entirely on ordnance.

He is now in charge of the entire Youxiaowei and half of the Youwuwei, and the headquarters of these two armies are in Guanzhong, so Li Jing plans to go north from Guanzhong in the future and take the fast road to Goguryeo.

In fact, you can also come to Luoyang to take a boat. In this regard, you have to greet the Ministry of War and let them allocate ships for you, but Li Jing doesn't want to do this.

After all, he is completely unfamiliar with You Xiaowei.

Regarding this point, Yang Ming was also paving the way for him. When he learned of Li Jing's appointment, he personally went to the Youxiaowei camp.

The left and right Xiaowei are all newly added military mansions after Yang Guang's restructuring. There are not many old people in them, and no one can cover the sky here. Unlike some old military mansions after the name change, they are all private sites of certain people.

Li Hun, the general of You Xiaowei, is already in a semi-retirement state, and he is more concerned about the affairs of the court than the affairs of the military mansion.

So Yang Ming went to You Xiaowei this time and directly arranged for seven people to enter.

Shi Wanshou is the commander of You Xiaowei, Pang Ben is the recorder and joins the military. Pang Tao, who was transferred from Jiangling County Lieutenant, joins the army as a soldier of Cao. The eldest brother, Zhou Zhong'an, joined the military for Cangcao.

Zhou Zhongmou's two sons, Zhou Qing and Zhou Tian, ​​were originally arranged by Yang Ming to serve as Zuo Sijie and Zuo Zhonghou respectively.

He was just worried that Li Jing would not be able to lead You Xiaowei and would be ostracized, so he directly evacuated others first.

Nepotism is the first priority of doing great things, because if you are obedient, no matter how capable you are, how can you be disobedient?go away.

For those generals who were replaced, Yang Ming was afraid that they would complain, so he also arranged other positions, but he would not let them stay in You Xiaowei.

These seven people were brought by Yang Ming, and they settled in early to facilitate early adaptation.

Anyone who dares to disobey the dispatch will be dealt with directly by military law.

There are many thorns in the military mansion, especially the Guanzhong people. Yang Ming was also worried that Shi Wanshou and the others would not accept them well, so he invited two big figures who were familiar with the affairs of the military mansion to help.

One is Shi Wansui, and the other is Han Sengshou, Duke of Xincai, who is living in the capital for the elderly.

Han Sengshou is Li Jing's second uncle, of course he is willing to help, how to manage the army, he is a master.

(End of this chapter)