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Cheng Yanjin looked at Liu Mu with a serious face.

It seems that it is not without reason that Liu Mu can defeat the Turks three times in a row with eight hundred dings.

At this time, Liu Mu said again:

"This is not enough, Huayuan is still studying the special carriage for marching food. Relying on the soldiers to cook their own food, far less efficient than a battalion of men and horses with a special leader, and the soldiers eat poorly and are weak, which is all about strength. ”

"Well said, this official of Du Lao'er's military department should be given to you." Cheng Yanjin was extremely serious when he said this, Zhang Shigui believed that Cheng Yanjin was definitely not joking, maybe he could really hand over a watch.

In fact, Cheng Yanjin really has this plan.

Before the crossing, Liumu was not a regular army on the front line, but belonged to the logistics troops.

Yanagi believes that logistics determines war.

And artillery can only be the help of war, and a perfect, sophisticated, and efficient logistics system can allow Datang's army to fight in all directions.

Most of the money that these people let Liu Mu spend on logistics research, if it is spent on artillery, at least the small general cannon can already be mass-produced.

That night, Cheng Yanjin really gave Li Shimin a watch and sent his own soldiers to Chang'an overnight.

When Zhang Shigui was still testing Liumu's individual military rations, Li Shimin had already received Cheng Yanjin's table at noon the next day, the first sentence of which was to show his merit for Liumu, and then he told about Liumu's uniqueness in logistics.

After Li Shimin looked at the above table of the process of biting gold, he gave this watch to Fang, Du, and Xiao.

"It's no problem with the Crown, and the reason is appropriate. It can be placed after the Battle of Gaochang. "Xiao Yu has long thought that Liu Mu can enter the Duke of the country, and it is unfair to Liu Mu if he does not enter.

Li Shimin didn't answer, but took out a secret piece that he had sealed in the box.

"This is the record of the first time Liu Mu took 800 Ding to battle, 800 people participated in the battle, but 2,600 auxiliary soldiers were needed, more than 6,000 horses, mules and horses were used in total, and 1,400 carriages were used."

This record can be said to be published for the first time in the hands of the Tang Dynasty ministers.

Li Shimin said: "Emperor Taishang's opposition to the conquest of the Turks actually listened to Liu Mu's words, with an army of 100,000, even if Ma Guang is allowed to eat grass, he can eat up hundreds of thousands of acres of grassland every day, and then he will have to change places the next day." The horse ridden by heavy armor is the best grain, and one horse per day is equivalent to the food eaten by six people. ”

Du Ruhui, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, after reading Liu Mu's record, found an abacus in Li Shimin's study and began to calculate.

Seeing that Du Ruhui was calculating, Li Shimin took out another secret document.

"This is the logistical data when Liu Mu took Shuofang Xicheng."

Du Ruhui was still calculating.

About a quarter of an hour later, Du Ruhui said: "The amount of logistics materials is larger, but the transportation capacity seems to have improved a lot, and that can only be a means of improving transportation." ”

"You've missed one." Li Shimin reminded.

Fang Xuanling and Xiao Yu also thought about it and looked at those data, and after another quarter of an hour, Fang Xuanling said: "According to the records of the Tang Army, the daily march of the army is fifty miles as the standard, sixty miles is good, seventy miles is excellent, and one hundred miles is an unconventional rapid march. Thirty miles of baggage is the standard march. ”

"But Liu Mu is different, his baggage team travels seventy miles a day, and the main force travels nearly a hundred miles a day. At the time of the raid on the Turkic tents, the pure cavalry traveled 160 miles a day. That's ...... Scary. ”

Fang Xuanling used the word scary.

"Even if Xiao Mu doesn't know how to fight, he will run to death as an ordinary general." Li Shimin gave a summary.

That's right, the speed of marching nearly 50 percent higher can preemptively occupy favorable terrain and attack the enemy's weak points first. Unless it is a pure defensive operation, in any state of movement combat, Liu Mu has the help of a famous general like Su Dingfang, plus a march speed that is fifty percent higher.

There is also, as Cheng Yanjin said, lighter food and more powerful military food.

Li Shimin didn't have the confidence to defeat the legion to which Liu Mu belonged with the same equipment, not to mention that the legion of Liu Mu in terms of equipment didn't even dare to carry the Shen Cewei.

And Shen Cewei is still from Liu Mu's handwriting.

"Sage, let Liu Juma be the deputy marshal of the expedition to the west, how about the governor of the rear army?" Fang Xuanling proposed.

"Not good." Li Shimin shook his head.

Fang Xuanling immediately asked: "Sage, why is it not good?" ”

"I plan to slaughter the nobles of Gaochang, so I chose Cheng Zhijie as the vanguard, I can't believe Liu Mu in this matter, his heart is too soft."

Li Shimin also gave a reason.

The real reason Li Shimin will not say, that is, Liu Mu intends to buy Gaochang with money, just like he did to the three tribes of Yan, Khitan, and Murowei. And Liu Mu is full of confidence and has a well-designed plan.

Li Shimin knew about that plan, but Li Shimin hoped that the plan would be used on Ni Yi and must not be given to Gao Chang.

These people Gaochang and Li Youliang secretly colluded, so Li Shimin wanted to make an example of Li Youliang, kill Li Youliang's entire family, and also kill all the Gaochang nobles. This is for the people of the world, to the nobles and governors of the Tang Dynasty, and to the patriarchs and elders of all ethnic groups.

If anyone dares to contact in private without going through the Tang Dynasty, just look at the fate of King Gaochang.

Fang Xuanling persuaded again: "The minister is willing to go on the expedition with the willow horse." ”

Li Shimin shook his head again: "There is another reason, there is no reason for Liu Mu to go out to fight against the Emperor Taishang, and choose another person." ”

"Su Dingfang." Fang Xuanling gave another suggestion.

Li Shimin still shook his head, Su Dingfang is handsome, Li Shimin hopes that Su Dingfang will give Li Jing a term of general, so Li Shimin will not choose Su Dingfang.

"Li Daozong, immediately ordered him to go to Huayuan County, and then bring the Holy Decree. At the same time, he told Liu Mu to give me a million yuan before next year's expedition. Li Shimin thought about it, only Li Daozong was the most suitable.

And Li Daozong seems to understand some things about the Liumu plan.

Fang Xuanling proposed: "The minister requested, Cen Wenwen is the rear army Sima." ”

"Exactly."

Li Shimin's decree was issued on the same day, and less than half an hour after Li Daozong's decree was issued, he took Cen Wenwen and went to Huayuan with the whole cavalry.

As a result, Li Daozong also stopped in Zhang Shigui's military camp that night.

Zhang Shigui stood in front of the camp gate in a daze, he had been standing here for an hour.

The soldiers who were equipped with willow wood rations had already returned to the camp to eat hot meals and rest. His other group of soldiers didn't know where they were, or how long they would be back.

Zhang Shigui suddenly thought of the first time he and Liu Mu took eight hundred Ding to attack, it seemed that Liu Mu's men and horses had very good physical strength, and the marching speed should be faster than the forbidden army he led.

Li Daozong stood beside Zhang Shigui: "The highest marching speed of Liu Mu's subordinates is one hundred miles a day, and each person brings a donkey. ”

Zhang Shigui was puzzled: "Why didn't the saint let him lead the troops?" ”