Hou Junji was ignorant in his early years and claimed to be brave. Later, he entered the Qin Palace, which allowed Li Shimin, who was good at knowing people, to discover something unique, treat him differently, and become a person with status equivalent to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji. He also specially introduced him to Li Jing and asked Li Jing to teach him military strategies. Hou Junji was treated specially under Li Shimin's command and developed a arrogant and arrogant personality, even Fang Du and others were not in his eyes.

This time the Tang Dynasty was in crisis, Hou Junji immediately realized that this was his opportunity.

The Tang Dynasty was martial and brave, and brave, but the number of famous generals who could turn the tide and act as the head coach in this crisis was limited: Li Jing was the well-deserved first person, followed by Luo Shixin, and Li Shiji was the one who was Li Shiji.

Li Shiji guarded the northern border and subdued the grassland. He could not easily move, but could be left out. Among the remaining three places, Luo Shixin must be responsible for the journey of Goguryeo, and there is no doubt about this.

Goguryeo is not strong in terms of strength, but they are not strong in their ability to defeat the Central Plains repeatedly. In the final analysis, it is because their terrain is steep and the climate is harsh. Almost all cities are built on the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In this conquest, Goguryeo was the most difficult to fight against the enemy in both directions. Luo Shixin was the only one among the people who had personally visited Goguryeo and caused Goguryeo to retreat calmly in the wind and rain. He had a congenital advantage over others, and this road could not be escaped.

Hou Junji can clearly judge this point. After all, a little bit of details of the marching and combat will become the key to turning the world, especially in front of commanders like Li Jing, Luo Shixin and Li Shiji. Luo Shixin has an innate advantage in Goguryeo. There is no possibility of going to Tuyuhun.

The next key lies in Li Jing. Li Jing is the only one who can suppress Luo Shixin in Li Tang. As the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing is certain of the number one general of Li Tang in terms of military achievements or prestige. If he goes to Goguryeo, he will definitely be the commander. It is also normal to go to Tuyuhun. Hou Junji's reminder yesterday was that he had the intention to drive Li Jing to Goguryeo. If Li Jing went to Goguryeo, he would be the commander of the Tuyuhun army.

Hou Junji has always felt that he lacked the opportunity to perform. If he could lead his army to fight this time, he would definitely show his might. Let the world know that the Tang Dynasty not only had Li Jing, Luo Shixin, Li Shiji, but also his Hou Junji, but his Hou Junji was better than Luo Shixin and Li Shiji.

However, things went against his wishes, Li Jing was actually arranged to go along Tuyuhun, and he also ordered Li Jing to be the deputy to assist him in the battle. He felt depressed and said nothing.

Li Shimin on the dragon throne noticed Hou Junji's expression and shook his head and sighed: He had already noticed Hou Junji's ability. His military level was not as good as Luo Shixin, and Li Shiji was even better than Luo Shixin. However, his personality poses huge hidden dangers, too extreme and too proud. He values ​​utilitarianism too much, and has the talent to be independent, but he does not have the spirit of being independent. He is not as heavy and steady as Li Shiji. He is not as good as Luo Shixin is good at employing people and is deeply grateful for the hearts of the generals of the army.

When Luo Shixin was not enlightened, no one compared Li Shimin. He felt that Hou Junji, as his own, had a bright future. He could not only expand his territory, but also hired his own people to assist the next generation without any accidents. However, Luo Shixin's unexpected rise gave Li Shimin a sharp contrast and found that Hou Junji, who was his own people, was not as good as Luo Shixin, who was the same person in many places...

This time he was appointed, he hesitated: Tuyuhun and Goguryeo. Goguryeo was even more difficult. He handed Tuyuhun to Hou Junji to fight, and arranged for Li Jing and Luo Shixin to conquer Goguryeo. With Li Jing's wisdom and courage, Luo Shixin would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort. However, Hou Junji's personality made him very worried. The battle matter was related to the country, especially the current crisis, and there should be no error. This outstanding ability does not mean that he was invincible. In history, there were countless examples of miserable defeats, even if he was a famous general who was good at fighting, he was no exception. Therefore, he hesitated until he found that Li Jing's feelings were consistent with him and decided to come down.

Now seeing Hou Junji's look of annoyance, he sighed inwardly and felt that such an appointment was indeed reasonable. There was Li Jing in Tuyuhun taking charge of the important tasks, because there was no major problem. Although Luo Shixin's mission was heavy, he was both wise and brave, and had Changbai Mountain reinforcements, so his chances of victory were still very high. Even if he could not win a big victory for a while, he would not be defeated by Goguryeo.

Luo Shixin was not surprised to see Li Shimin appoint him as the chief marching chief of Liaodong Road to be responsible for military affairs in Goguryeo. Now, Li Jing is the only one who can suppress him in the Tang Dynasty. This battle will be the only one who can suppress him. Unless Li Shimin personally led the expedition or arranged Li Jing as the head coach, he would definitely be the head coach.

In the current crisis, Li Shimin could not have caused trouble and personally led the army. As the head coach, Luo Shixin would not have much resistance. As his enlightenment mentor, he was very convinced of Li Jing's ability. As for others, Luo Shixin still didn't believe anyone could be above him.

After the morning court, Luo Shixin directly found Li Shimin.

Li Shimin didn't have the leisure and elegance to invite Luo Shixin to the garden, prepare wine and food and chat while eating, and directly received Luo Shixin in Liangyi Hall.

"The chief executive is responsible for heavy responsibilities, why don't he prepare for the war?" Li Shimin said with a smile, looking up, but he did not put down the pen in his hand. Obviously, this battle is coming, and many things need to be handled by him, the emperor.

"I thought about it all night yesterday, and I had already thought about it almost the same. I came to find Your Majesty to make a little request for this attack on Goguryeo." Luo Shixin never treats the war as a joke, and attaches great importance to the life of every soldier. This is also the reason why Luo Shixin is deeply attracted to the hearts of soldiers. As the commander of the three armies, he made some preparations earlier, and it is very likely that he could save the lives of hundreds of soldiers. At this point, Luo Shixin would never be bothered, nor would he be careless and careless.

All night yesterday, Luo Shixin was studying the battle of Li Shimin attacking Goguryeo in his mind.

Needless to say, Li Shimin's military level was decided to unify the world by four of the six major battles that decided to the Tang Dynasty to unify the world, including the classic battle of Hulao, which exceeded 3,000 to 100,000, and captured the two princes and kings of Central Plains and Hebei in one fell swoop. When he personally conquered Goguryeo, he commanded many elite soldiers and generals under his command to go step by step, and also achieved brilliant results. He captured Gaimu and Beisha in the first battle, and then captured Liaodong, which Yang Guang had been unable to capture for a long time. Then he defeated 150,000 Goguryeo soldiers in Huashan. Finally, he was stubbornly blocked by the lord of Anshi City under the city of Anshi and failed to defeat him for a long time.

In terms of military achievements, Li Shimin fought this time. During this Eastern Expedition, the Tang army dispatched 100,000 troops and 60,000 infantry and cavalry, and 40,000 naval troops to attack the ten cities including Xuantu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Momi, Liaodong, Baiyan, Beisha, Maigu, Yinshan, Houhuang, and migrated to Liao, Gai and Yan's household registration and 70,000 people into Shanhaiguan. A total of 40,000 enemies were wiped out, and two generals, 3,500 subordinates and chiefs, and 100,000 soldiers were surrendered. Another 50,000 cattle and horses were each and a large amount of food. The Tang army lost more than 2,000, but the war horses could not withstand the bitter cold climate, and seven or eight out of 10 were lost.

Faced with the harsh environment, Li Shimin ordered the withdrawal of troops. In any dynasty, such a victory was enough to write. However, in Li Shimin's opinion, it was his failure to destroy Goguryeo, and this battle was also recorded as failure.

Regarding this lesson, Luo Shixin thought about it for a long time and thought about it all night, and had some equipment to deal with the harsh climate of Goguryeo.

"This is something I have sorted out all night. I hope Your Majesty can be satisfied!" Luo Shixin took out a memorial written by himself from his sleeve.

Li Shimin asked the eunuch to come out of the hall to take it, took it and opened it, and then smiled: "Your word is still so ugly!" He complained and looked at it carefully before seeing the first one, and couldn't help but say, "This is reducing the number of cavalry? Isn't it wrong?"

Now the Tang Dynasty has no shortage of horses. Zhang Wansui lifted the horse politics of the Tang Dynasty. After the Tang Dynasty pacified the grassland, it had to pay tribute to cattle, sheep, horses and other things every year. Today, the Tang Dynasty raised nearly 300,000 war horses in many horse farms in Gansu, Xiazhou and Hetao, which is far inferior to the more than 700,000 at its peak, but it is enough for the Tang Dynasty to spend a military expenditure.

When this war came, Luo Shixin did not ask for money, food and horses, but reduced his military horses, which surprised Li Shimin. You should know that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was no less powerful than the cavalry on the grassland.

Luo Shixin said: "Goguryeo is bitter and cold, and they are not like grassland tribes, without decent defense measures. On the contrary, they absorbed the characteristics of our Central Plains city, improved their own terrain characteristics, and built them on the mountain. Nine of the ten Goguryeo cities are surrounded by dangerous mountains, and war horses are not very useful. It is enough to fight Goguryeo and war horses, and there is no need to be too much. Too many will create pressure on logistics and bring unnecessary consumption to the Tang Dynasty! As for the lack of Hequ horses behind, as long as the small horses in the north are also because the Hequ horses are strong and fast, they are not resistant to cold and hunger, and cannot stand the violent military operations in harsh environments. On the contrary, the Northern Horses are used to the harsh environment on the prairie of wind, frost, snow and rain, and can withstand the Goguryeo environment."

Li Shimin looked at Luo Shixin deeply, continued to look at it, and carefully read it three times: the requirement of more than a thousand words is not a sky-high price or a difficult task, but a possible need for something that is crucial to attack Goguryeo within the scope of the support of the Tang Dynasty.

After breathing a long sigh, Li Shimin said in a move. "It is my blessing to have a minister like you. All requests are approved... I am waiting for the news of the Grand Chief Executive's return in Chang'an!"

Luo Shixin said high: "I will never let down Your Majesty's expectations!!!" (My novel "The Great Tang Tiger Ben" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued)

ps: I checked the information carefully recently. The previous chapter said that Luo Shixin led 120,000 troops from land and land to attack Goguryeo. He found that the 120,000 value was a little too much, so he changed it to 100,000.
Chapter completed!