Chapter 242: Going north and going straight to Huanglong

"If you are not in your position, don't do your politics!" The sentence Chen Ying said was not sharp, but unexpected to everyone present.

Especially as experienced as Qu Tutong, he is very proficient in the way of protecting himself. In history, as a surrendered minister of the Sui Dynasty, he was ranked among the 12th Lingyan Pavilion. It can be said that he was the best-paid minister among the surrendered ministers besides Wei Zheng. In fact, the core of the dispute between the two sides, Qu Tutong can tell at a glance that saving or not saving Li Shimin is actually a battle between the Qin Palace and the Eastern Palace.

Qu Tutong kicked Chen Ying with slight weight, but in fact he was digging a hole. He agreed with Liu Hongji and Wang Junlang's proposal. Chen Ying would offend the Qin Wang Mansion. Once Li Shimin returns safely, he would hate Chen Ying to his bones. Once he supports the Qin Wang Mansion, he may also consider whether Chen Ying's butt was sitting in a crooked manner.

However, Qu Tutong was very surprised that Chen Ying actually kicked the ball to the court again. He was not in his position and did not plan his own affairs. This was the best excuse and reason, and it was controversial and irrefutable.

In later generations, people often measured diplomatic power as an important factor in the country's sovereignty. In fact, in this era, diplomatic power was also the power that the emperor valued the most. Enemy in the enemy country was also regarded as one of the ten unforgivable crimes. Chen Ying handed over the power of this ruling to Li Yuan, which was equivalent to handing over this difficult issue to the court. Because the content of this peace talks had a very clear clause, requiring Li Yuanming to issue an imperial edict and promulgate the world.

This is equivalent to the endorsement of the credibility of the entire Li Tang court. In this way, Li Yuan will not be able to openly tear down his promises.

Qu Tutong's eyes narrowed like a fox's arc. On the night before going to war with Li Shimin, Li Yuan talked with him late at night and quickly passed by his mind. After that, in just half an hour, Li Yuan talked about the Central Plains twenty-seven times. For the Central Plains, Li Yuan was determined to win. Similarly, Li Yuan's bottom line would definitely not be to create a country in the Central Plains.

Sleekness and understanding of giving in are essential qualities for an excellent politician. However, it is not surprising that Chen Ying's performance is invisible to a politician over 50 years old, but Chen Ying is really too young.

Since Li Xiuning met Chen Ying, Chen Ying has always taken the route of attack, attack, and attack. Li Xiuning was a little unbelievable. This man would make him choose "not in his position and not to do his own politics!" You should know that when he was in Lingzhou, Li Yuan's meaning was to ease the conflict with the Turks, but Chen Ying repeatedly took the initiative to attack the Turks, and directly sent envoys with the Turks Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan to force the Turks to release the Han people they had captured before.

However, Chen Ying made such a decision at this time.

Of course, Li Xiuning knew that even though he couldn't figure out why Chen Ying did this at this moment, Li Xiuning subconsciously thought that he should support him.

It is relatively simple to deal with smart people. When Li Xiuning's eyes and Chen Ying's eyes were in the air, Li Xiuning nodded slowly and said, "It's so good!"

This matter was finally decided.

The generals left one after another, and even Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui left slowly. At this moment, Fang Xuanling turned his eyes to the huge map behind Qu Tutong. After a long time, Fang Xuanling pulled Du Ruhui who was about to walk out of the big tent.

Du Ruhui suddenly realized.

Qu Tutong, Li Xiuning, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at Chen Ying with anticipation.

Chen Ying was a little embarrassed by the four of them. He touched his nose and said, "What do I do? Is there any flower on my face?"

Du Ruhui coughed and said, "Please also ask General Chen Ying to tell me frankly!"

"I need time... Of course, the capture of His Highness of the King of Qin is extremely passive for our Tang Dynasty, but..." Chen Ying smiled and said, "Isn't this the best opportunity for our Tang Dynasty to unify the north?"

Qu Tutong looked at Chen Ying with surprise and said, "What does General Chen mean?"

"Actually, I have a bolder plan!" Chen Ying pointed to the Yellow River waterway, pointed to the Tongji Canal, and then pointed to the Yongji Canal: "From here Luoyang to Youbeiping, it will be a road. If the news of His Highness Qin being captured reached Dou Jiande's ears, what would he think?"

Fang Xuanling suddenly realized.

Li Xiuning said: "You mean... you want to cross the river north?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "This is just a Zhongshou!"

Li Xiuning was puzzled, "Zhongce? You mean you want to go straight to Hebei!"

"Yes!" Chen Ying is now weak in defense. If a soldier descends along the Yellow River and attacks Xiangzhou directly, he will completely cut off the return of Dou Jiande's army. If I lead the army directly to the hinterland of Hebei, Dou Jiande's army will definitely have no morale and lose the will to fight. At least one month or as many as three months, the thirty-nine states in Hebei will be the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The only overlord in the north is His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

Fang Xuanling said: "But... General Chen, there is another very important question now. How can the army cross the river? Even if General Chen can let the soldiers cut wood, build a floating bridge, and successfully cross the Yellow River, the troops will be in Hebei, however, how will the army's baggage be transported..."

Du Ruhui also said: "If General Chen wants to use war to support the war, it may not work. Hebei has experienced wars for a long time and the people have no savings. Besides, Dou Jiande is famous in Hebei for his kindness. If General Chen uses war to support the war, he will definitely lose the hearts of the people in Hebei."

"This is not a problem!" Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning with a smile and said, "Chen Liu has a wealthy family, Sun Jingchu. He has more than a thousand canal ships under his command, which can transport more than 30,000 stone grains and grass, or the same number of soldiers at one time! The canal ships under Sun Jingchu can be used by the Tang Dynasty. I have encountered obstacles and rewarded him with a cavalry lieutenant."

In fact, Chen Ying did not make any promises to Sun Jingchu, but Chen Ying also knew that if he wanted the horse to run, he had to eat grass for the horse. The tiger Yicong had been suffering for decades after following Hou Mo Chen's family. When he could bring them benefits, Chen Ying would never be stingy. Only in this way can the tiger Yicong better serve Chen Ying.

Li Xiuning nodded and said, "If it weren't for Sun Jingchu's grain ship, General Chen would probably not be able to break through Yanshi City. If he could not break through Yanshi City, we might have been completely defeated in this battle. Not to mention a mere fifth-rank cavalry lieutenant, I can make the decision and reward him with a light chariot lieutenant."

The Qingche Duwei was the seventh turn of the twelve military ranks in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the military merits were strictly calculated, with fewer strikes as "going to the battlefield", the number of soldiers (including the number of soldiers and equipment) being equivalent to "middle formation", and the more strikes as "lower formation". According to the results of the war, 40% of the enemies killed or captured is "top acquisition"; 20% of the enemies killed or captured is "middle acquisition"; 10% of the enemies killed or captured is "bottom acquisition". According to the conditions before the war and the results of the war, a number of "turns" was formulated. When the battle was launched, the upper acquisition is five turns; when the battle was launched, the middle acquisition is four turns; when the upper acquisition is three turns, the lower acquisition is similar to the following.

The seven-turn military merits are equivalent to the sum of Chen Ying's battle in Lingzhou.

"General Chen" Qu Tutong hesitated and looked at Chen Ying and said, "Do you think if you want to advance to Hebei, how many soldiers are needed to win?"

"There is no guarantee of victory in the world," Chen Ying said: "But if you want to win, you must have 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry," said Chen Ying.

Qu Tutong's face darkened: "Fifty thousand infantry and cavalry? Where did we get so many soldiers? You don't know our situation!"

Qu Tutong pressed his intestines and scraped his stomach. No one knew better than him how many troops could be mobilized at this time. At that moment, he would maintain absolute pressure on Wang Shiyun. He quickly passed in his mind and finally said: "Okay, since General Chen has decided to work hard to advance north, then we will mobilize twenty-six Zhechong Mansion troops to fight in Hebei in the east!"
Chapter completed!