After receiving an urgent report from his disciple Feng Zhidai, Bai Fan did not dare to neglect and immediately entered the palace to meet the saint.

Li Er slapped the coffee table beside him with one palm and said angrily: "They are so angry, want to eat my northern grassland in one bite?

The person who came, passed my oral order and made a brief discussion on the government affairs in the hall of affairs."

The eunuch high-level eunuch quickly went to arrange for someone to announce the edict. The so-called small discussions in the Political Consultative Hall were compared with the Tai Chi Hall. During the Tai Chi Hall, all officials who arrived in the court had to participate, but the small discussions in the Political Consultative Hall were only the core level.

Half an hour later, everyone gathered. Li Erchuan read the secret letter, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little nervous for a moment.

"Zhi Niang, Your Majesty, instead of waiting for them to attack, we should take the initiative first and join our old Cheng to ensure that we can lift the heads of those small chiefs one by one." Cheng Yaojin cursed angrily.

"Hmph, you can blow the air. If you can destroy the country by 100,000, you would not have been blocked in Beisha City at the beginning." Yuchi Gong mocked.

"Die Lao Hei, what did you say?

That's because I, Cheng, did not bomb the sky thunder. Now, bomb the sky thunder opens the way. God blocks the gods, Buddha blocks the Buddhas, how can you do it?" Cheng Yaojin remembered the scene of Li Daozong defeating the Western Turks for 30,000 yuan, and his heart was envious and he didn't blink when he spoke loudly.

"Haha, it turns out that I am counting on the sky thunder. If there is a sky thunder, why do you need a 100,000 army? I can get Na Yuan Gai Suwen's head back with 30,000 yuan." Yuchi Gong smiled at the top of his throat.

"Okay, the state affairs are at the forefront, how come you brag about each other here?" Li Jing stopped the two of them.

Li Erdao: "The pharmacist, the enemy is coming in full force. According to Jian Zhi's calculations, there will be at least 500,000 troops in the northeast and northwest. Our Tang Dynasty only has 300,000 troops. Can we defend against it?"

Li Jing pondered: "If it is a simple defense against the national war, the old ministers will be confident that they will block the enemy's 500,000 soldiers with an army of 300,000, so that they will not be able to advance in a short time, but that will only be a bloody battle.

But next year we will use 300,000 troops to destroy the country, so we cannot afford to lose this defensive battle.

But you cannot avoid fighting, otherwise the enemy will be barbarians and you will not be lenient when massacred.

Therefore, I believe that there is only one way at the moment, which is to follow the style of the King of Qi in the southwest of Tubo, shrink his troops and force, and thunder the sky to defend the border city defense."

Li Er looked at Bai Fan, "Jian Zhi, may the sky-bang thunder be followed?"

Shaking his head, Bai Fan said, "The production of thunder requires pig iron. Last time the northwest recovered Gaochang, the 30,000 army brought 100,000 thunders. That is our stock for three years. Now we only have 30,000 thunders, which is a serious shortage."

How could this be...?

Bai Fan said that, he poured a basin of cold water on the generals, and he was thinking of sweeping across the world with the thunder. Now that he is ready, the defense is tight, so what can he use to fight?

Li Er also knew in his heart that Bai Fan had handed over the sky-blasting thunder to the court's Ministry of Works, but the pig iron required by the Ministry of Works now relies on Bai Fan's blast furnace steel mill for supply. If the Tang Dynasty's original pig railway was used, it would not be possible to make even 10,000 pieces a year.

"Thirty thousand, so we must fight bloody?" Li Er was slightly disappointed. Once the bloody battle was fought, it means that the battle to destroy the country in the Tang Dynasty would be postponed for more than three years.

"No, not necessarily. According to my calculations, winter is about to begin. The north is bitter and cold, and it is so heavy that it snows. Whether it is the Western Turks and Uighurs, Goguryeo and the Peninsula, if the ground does not become civilized after the winter, we will not be able to fight at all, so we have at least four months left.

Four months, haha, my steel plant can work overtime. When the battle begins next spring, 100,000 thunders will not be a problem." Bai Fan explained.

"Okay! One hundred thousand, the enemy is 500,000, even if one is killed, it can earn one hundred thousand heads." Li Er laughed.

"You mean, next spring is coming? The enemy will start fighting in the beginning of spring? What should we do with our spring plowing?" Li Jiancheng exclaimed.

Well, reality is indeed not that beautiful. One word woke up the dreamer.

"That's right, it's the beginning of spring. If I want to attack Tang, I will definitely choose the battle of spring. It is precisely because the Tang Dynasty needs spring plowing. If it raises troops to fight the enemy, it will delay spring plowing. If it doesn't raise troops, then people can take advantage of the opportunity. Not to mention that the grassland is captured, they may be able to fight to Chang'an." Bai Fan said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, can you have a way to achieve both ends?" Li Er asked.

At this time, Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, why not avoid the battle?"

"Oh? What does Xuanling mean? What does it mean to avoid war?"

"That is to avoid the attack for the time being. Since the enemy wants to attack our northern grassland first, because the Eastern Turks were destroyed by us, the north is now mostly herders and the city is just three built by Maogong.

We took advantage of the winter to move all herders into the Great Wall. As soon as we came to Maodong, we came to the safety of the people when the enemy came.

When the enemy attacks next spring, they will gather the territory from north to south, leaving only a vast grassland and empty city. They will be marching south and at least half a month. When we can complete 30% of the spring plowing, we will have the spare force. This is to avoid war and delay the army." Fang Xuanling explained in detail.

"Well, this method makes sense." Li Jiancheng nodded.

Du Ruhui said, "It is better to fight than to avoid war. There are only 300,000 soldiers fighting. In the past, we avoided spring plowing and war because each war required a huge amount of labor, and the followers often had more strong labor than soldiers. In such a fierce battle, our Tang Dynasty would have been busy with millions of people, so spring plowing was delayed.

But since we have noticed it a long time ago, why not start transporting grain in winter? As long as we transport the military grain to the northern battlefield in one winter, war will start next year, and the 300,000 troops will go straight to the front line and have enough money and food. What else can we worry about in the battle of guards?

There are only 300,000 less labor in China, and there is no delay. As long as you persist in three months, you will receive the first batch of immortal grains harvested next year. From then on, there will be no shortage of military grains and victory is in sight.

But if we avoid war and migrate millions of people in the northern grasslands, this job will be a hundred times more difficult than transporting food."

"Well, this idea is also a good idea, it makes sense." Li Daozong supported.

"Pharmacist, you are the head coach, you are fighting or avoiding the battle, you say," Li Er asked.

Li Jing stroked his beard and pondered: "There are advantages and disadvantages between the two strategies, but the old minister thought that they could be used together, avoiding the battle while facing the battle.

There are three strong cities in the north that can be used to shrink some of the people. In addition, the people near the Great Wall also shrink back and implement the policy of firming walls and clearing the fields on the grassland. At the same time, grain is transported to the three northern cities, and the sky thunder is also transported.

In this way, the pressure on the migration of the grassland people will be reduced. At the same time, as long as a hundred thousand troops stationed in three strong cities, they will defend properly with sky-blasting thunder, the barbarian cavalry will not be good at siegeing the city. Even if they have 500,000 troops besieged the city for three months, they will not be able to shake us at all.

When they insisted on spring plowing, the old minister personally led a 200,000 army to the Great Wall and taught them how to be human."

"Okay, what the pharmacist said is exactly what I want, so I will use this method. Brother, you will coordinate the officials of the six ministries and preside over the migration of the people on the grassland.

Pharmacist, your military headquarters sends people to arrange the winter food transportation." Li Er made a decision.

Bai Fan, who had not spoken at this time, spoke, "Did you forget me?"

"You guys show me the base camp. There is no difference in the 100,000-100,000-100,000-100,000-100,000-100,000-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-10

"I mean, if possible, I can produce a batch of iron cattle for transportation. This thing is much more powerful than manpower, and it can save the food consumed for transporting grain. Do you want it?"

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