Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2897 Arrogance
Fang Jun looked up at Li Zhi who was fighting angrily, shook his head, and took a sip of hot tea.

This is naturally the batch of ordnance that was transported from Chang'an to Liaodong years ago. Although Li Zhi hired countless ships from Jiangnan with the help of Changsun Wuji, and finally transported the weapons to Liaodong, it was delayed after all. Snow had already fallen in Liaodong. It arrived at the Yingzhou General Manager's Mansion, but it was difficult to transport it to the garrisons everywhere because of the heavy snow blocking the mountains.

Therefore, the Yingzhou General Manager's Office sent a letter, telling that the severe cold weather in Liaodong has made it difficult to travel, and asked whether to wait until after Kaihua before transporting.

But Fang Jun's attitude is that no matter how difficult the road is or how bad the weather is, the weapons must be sent to the garrisons in various places as soon as possible, and the training should be started immediately without delay.

Li Zhi felt that Fang Jun was a little too much...

Fang Jun took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Your Highness, it's not that the humble ministers are harsh. This time the Eastern Expedition has mobilized the power of the whole country, and His Majesty's personal expedition will never allow the slightest mistake. As the so-called ministers, our responsibilities It is to do one's own job to perfection, and strive to be meticulous in all links, because once the Eastern Expedition fails, no one can afford the consequences."

But Li Zhi didn't think so, and snorted, "As you said, this time the Eastern Expedition to the Tang Dynasty mobilized the power of the whole country, and the father and the emperor personally marched, so many arrogant soldiers and powerful generals were recruited. , It’s just a mantis’ arm blocking a car, it will be turned into powder under the force of the force, why are you so cautious?”

It's not that he doesn't know that the military situation is like a fire. Liaodong is full of mountains and sparsely populated. It is completely different from the mainland of the Tang Dynasty. The army must do continuous drills in advance and be familiar with the local geography and weather before they can fully display their combat capabilities.

However, in his opinion, Fang Jun is simply making trouble out of nothing. How can a mere Goguryeo resist the emperor's imperial conquest?When the Eastern Expedition begins, wherever the army goes, the Goguryeo army will be invincible and collapse.

And the reason why Fang Jun kept on emphasizing how to perfect their respective responsibilities, he insisted on sending the weapons to the garrisons in the snow from the Yingzhou Governor's Office, was obviously to use this to damage his prestige.

It was in his hands that he was in charge of sending this batch of ordnance to Liaodong. As a result, time was delayed and there was a scandal about the loss of some ordnance. It was an extremely serious price, and the responsibility for it was naturally Li Zhi's fault.

At that time, the Liaodong army will definitely be full of grievances, and if a soldier freezes to death or suffers from frostbite, they must be held accountable. How can the Liaodong side be willing to bear the consequences?At that time, it is natural to argue that the arrival of the ordnance was delayed, so they had to brave the snow to transport the ordnance to the garrison everywhere...

Fang Jun looked at Li Zhi with a look of displeasure, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, can you treat the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a gentleman? As a minister of the Ministry of War, I must supervise the transportation and allocation of armaments and grain fodder. I care about it, all for the Eastern Expeditionary Army to have an extra chance of winning."

Li Zhi also understands that it is natural to be meticulous in doing things, but now he believes that Fang Jun is just making use of the problem and wants to take the opportunity to attack his prestige, so he is naturally angry.

"Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can die on the way of charging into battle, but they should not be lost in the unnecessary transport of ordnance for no reason! The whole country of the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, and it would be like a broken horse. Why should we be so cautious?"

Fang Jun frowned when Li Zhi stiffened his neck and refused to accept it.

He put down his teacup, looked at Li Zhi, and said calmly, "Your Highness, don't forget that when Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo three times and looked down on the world with high spirits, he also thought like His Highness."

He didn't understand. In the past, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, but he lost his helmet and armor and returned home. Hundreds of thousands of troops were trapped in Liaodong. Until the early Tang Dynasty, when the envoys of the Tang Dynasty came to Goguryeo, they saw a large number of Sui people who were captured by Goguryeo. Soldiers and civilians, "Sui people looked at and cried all over the countryside", and even built the corpses of Sui soldiers into "Beijing Temple", covered with white bones, which made people grit their teeth and hate, and even burst into tears.

Why is it that today, this lesson from the past is left there and no one pays attention to it, but they are still full of confidence and think that it can be decided in a single battle?

Doesn't anyone know the truth of "a proud soldier must be defeated"?

The ruling and opposition parties are too confident about the Eastern Expedition. It seems that with a different emperor and a few more firearms, Goguryeo is as vulnerable as a chicken and a dog...

Hearing Fang Jun's words, Li Zhi said in astonishment: "Mr. Yue, do you know what you are talking about? Now the Tang Dynasty has a strong army, and countless soldiers are ready to fight against the enemy, and their morale can't be discouraged! Besides, the father is wise and martial, and he uses soldiers like a god. Isn't that true?" Can Emperor Yang of Sui be compared to such a licentious and brutal emperor? You actually compare Emperor Father with Emperor Yang of Sui..."

"To shut up!"

Fang Jun slammed the coffee table and shouted angrily.

This fellow is indeed very talented in politics, but it's a pity that he only knows how to play tricks, and he actually wants to use such a method of "convicted for his words" to pull himself down?
Not only Li Zhi was shocked by his angry shouting all his life, but also the military officials outside the duty room. Everyone listened to the movement in the duty room, lest Fang Jun lose his temper and kill this man. His highness King Jin was beaten up...

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and finally Cui Dunli wiped his face, knocked on the door helplessly, and after pushing it open, he looked inside and saw that there was no scene of Fang Jun pressing King Jin under him and beating violently, so he was relieved. In a calm tone, he asked: "His Royal Highness, Shangshu... but something to call down?"

Li Zhi was terrified by Fang Jun's angry appearance. When he saw Cui Dunli, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Exactly, Cui Shilang might as well come in first..."

"Need not!"

Fang Jun snorted coldly and waved his hands: "I am discussing matters with His Royal Highness Prince Jin, so don't disturb me!"

Cui Dunli had no choice but to say cautiously: "The affairs of the Yamen are busy. Your Highness and the Minister can discuss it slowly. They are all working hard for the Eastern Expedition. Seek common ground while reserving differences..."

In the middle of the sentence, seeing Fang Jun looking over with cold eyes, Cui Dunli shrank his neck in fright, and quickly backed out, and closed the door.

Inside the room, Li Zhi trembled and tried to maintain his composure. Looking at Fang Jun's black face, he was majestic and domineering, and said with a guilty conscience, "You, you, you, don't act foolish."

Fang Jun immediately laughed angrily, glared at Li Zhi and said, "Since Your Highness is afraid of my minister's recklessness, why did you use such framing words to frame my minister? Now the government and the public are all optimistic about the Eastern Expedition, as if they have completely forgotten it." The old adage that a proud soldier must be defeated', I just wanted to remind His Highness, but ended up being accused of comparing Your Majesty with a tyrant...Dare to ask Your Highness, I am cautious in my actions, and I don't think about victory before thinking about defeat. Destroyed the morale of the army'? Could it be that the morale of the millions of my great Tang army can be leaked just because of the words of one person, and he hesitates and fears war?"

Li Zhi was stunned, thought for a while, and asked, "The Duke of Yue is worried about the situation of the Eastern Expedition. What is the reason? Now that the Tang Dynasty is strong and powerful enough to crush Goguryeo, how can it be invincible?"

He always thought that Fang Jun was just trying to be different, and even deliberately suppressed himself.

But seeing Fang Jun's expression in front of him, he felt that maybe Fang Jun was really worried about the situation of the Eastern Expedition...

Fang Jun sighed, and said helplessly: "In war, the result can never be judged by comparing the strength of the two sides. At the beginning of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, who in the world would dare to predict that the Han Gaozu would win the world? Fu Jian's million-strong army marched south, A fierce general throws his whip like a cloud, and who dares to believe that in the end, there will be turmoil, the grass and trees will be all soldiers, and they will be defeated and returned in embarrassment? People's hearts are the most important decisive factor in war."

The entire Tang Dynasty is now full of ethos—too proud!
The once powerful Turks were completely wiped out, and the rest of the tribe had to flee thousands of miles to the depths of the desert to survive. Xue Yantuo, who inherited the bravery of the Turks, was completely wiped out by the Dragon Court, and the tyrannical Tubo had to temporarily avoid the edge of the Tang Dynasty , living on the highlands and trying their best to make good friends, and the other small countries are trembling under the iron hoof of the Tang Dynasty, lest the Tang army will come suddenly, and the country will be ruined and the family will be destroyed.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are arrogant, how can a mere Goguryeo stop them?
However, almost everyone has forgotten that the victory or defeat of a war does not depend solely on the comparison of combat power and national power. In the end, war still depends on people fighting with swords and guns. Spiritual will is far more decisive than force.

Otherwise, how could the flower growers of later generations be able to rise up under the watchful eyes of wolves?
And how to face the United Army of the Sixteen Nations and achieve a victory that shocked the world with absolutely weak military equipment?

Although Li Zhi likes to be clever, he has political wisdom after all.

After listening to Fang Jun's words and thinking about it carefully, although he still couldn't think of the possibility of Datang's failure, he suddenly discovered that once Datang really failed in the Eastern Expedition, the consequences that would be enough to shake the country are simply unimaginable...

(End of this chapter)