Li Longji was stunned, and a map appeared in his mind.
He was stunned. Li Yi waited for a while before picking up his chopsticks and continuing to eat.
After Li Yi finished two pieces of braised pork ribs, Li Longji came back to his senses.
He picked up his chopsticks again. "Can Guo Zhiyun occupy it?"
"There are still a lot of garrison troops and provincial governors behind. The provincial governor of Hexi will be at the front, and there's no need to defend the rear. He needs Baggage."
Li Yi believed in Guo Zhiyun. Without advanced weapons, Guo Zhiyun could break through Tubo Dam.
Now that the necessary equipment had been prepared, they knew how to use the generals at the front lines.
The main use of gunpowder was to scare the enemy's horses. Horses that had not been specially trained would definitely panic when they heard the sound of explosions.
They were not pandas. Pandas would look curiously when they heard the commotion and would not run away.
They were like silly roe deers. When the hunters chased them, they would run away. When the hunters shouted, they would stop and look back.
If Guo Zhiyun did not make good use of gunpowder weapons, he might as well kill himself.
"Do we need to form a fleet of ships?" Li Longji said as he picked up his bowl and drank the yellow wine.
"The propeller fleet will enter the Yellow River and the ship fleet will enter the Wei River. When they reach the source of the Wei River, they will be supported by manpower. They will take the east and west land route and send them to the Yellow River."
Li Yi could not wait for the man-made canal to be completed, so he sent people to send them first.
If they went ashore at the source of the Wei River, they would not have to go through the Yellow River.
"The ship in front will send the goods to the soldiers and smoothly return to the position before the Yellow River. They will load the goods and turn around to send them again.
The propeller ships will go through Hukou Waterfall and are very fast. They will also load and unload the goods before the Yellow River.
There are things to buy and sell in the Northwest region, and the war will not affect domestic commerce.
The other ships will go through Hukou Waterfall and transport goods to and from Huaiyuan and other places below. This will solve the needs of the people at the Yellow River. "
Li Yi told Li Longji about his plan.
It was a sin not to make good use of the water power of the Yellow River.
Li Longji put down his bowl. "Who will be sent to replace the provincial governors? Once the place is occupied, we will need three to four provincial governors. "
Li Longji inquired about names. Who was more suitable?
There were many Northwest Jiedushi, one after another.
The purpose was to give the regional commanders more autonomy. If one person controlled too much, everyone would have to listen to him.
The exchange of information took up a lot of time. By the time he learned of the situation, it might be too late to respond.
With a few more regional governors, they would be in charge of a small region. Once something happened, they would be able to react immediately. They could either act alone or work together with other regional governors.
For example, Guo Zhiyun had cooperated with Longyou Jiedushi once.
"The imperial court can arrange for people. Find people who know how to fight and teach Guo Ziyi's generals. You don't have to worry about any of them suddenly rebelling. If they dare to rebel, I'll personally deal with them. "
Li Yi couldn't give a specific person, so how could he know who was stronger?
Guo Ziyi was powerful, but Guo Ziyi was still young and had Winged Knights with him.
Geshu Han was amazing. Geshu Han was 14 years old this year.
Wang Zhongsi was amazing. Wang Zhongsi was 12 years old this year.
Those who knew were all young, so he could just casually send them. They shouldn't be too bad. The Tang dynasty didn't lack capable generals.
The Tang dynasty currently had a military system, and the generals learned the same thing.
As long as the generals weren't too idiotic, they wouldn't lose.
"Fine." Li Longji didn't ask anymore. He thought that Li Yi was giving face to the prime ministers. Otherwise, if Li Yi had the final say, what would happen to the prime ministers?
The two of them ate dinner and discussed how to conquer more of the Tang dynasty's territory.
On the other side of the battlefield, it was the place where someone had reported that a battle was about to break out.
This morning, a group of ten thousand Tang dynasty cavalry was moving swiftly. Each person rode three horses, and they belonged to the Anxi Protectorate.
The leader wasn't Tang Jiahui. Instead, it was Zhang Xiaosong, who should have been imprisoned for corruption but hadn't been arrested yet.
Zhang Xiaosong had been crazy before. He had conquered more than a hundred cities and even massacred three of them.
Then, someone said that he was corrupt. It wasn't clear if he was being corrupted or if he was being schemed against.
Li Yi didn't agree. If he was corrupt, then so be it. He continued to stay there.
He wasn't able to suppress Su Lu even though he was there. Instead, the battle started earlier than in history.
When Zhang Xiaosong saw that the battle had started, he asked for ten thousand cavalry. He brought his things and took a detour.
He didn't care about Su Lu. He still didn't care about Tubo.
He went to find the Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasid Caliphate had sent out twenty thousand soldiers. Zhang Xiaosong brought ten thousand cavalry. He felt that it was more than enough.
In the Western Regions, who could play better than him?
Ten thousand cavalry wasn't afraid of battle at all. He was following Zhang Xiaosong.
"If I had such good weapons last time, I would have been able to fight to the end. Even running into the forest wouldn't have been enough."
Zhang Xiaosong held a hand grenade in his hand. He was confident that he could defeat the Abbasid Caliphate in a single battle.
He weighed the hand grenade in his hand. It wouldn't explode if it fell to the ground. He then shouted, "Your Majesty has made me a Kingdom Knight. In this battle, I don't want anything. Other than handing it over, we will split it amongst our brothers."
His personal guards shouted as well, telling the whole army to boost their morale.
Indeed, the ten thousand soldiers seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. They were eager to fight.
The troops moved very quickly. As they walked, the grass on the ground lessened.
Zhang Xiaosong ordered the troops to stop. He took out his binoculars and looked around, "Raise the hot air balloon."
Following his instructions, someone took down the boxes from the horses and started to assemble them.
After half an hour, the hot air balloon could be lifted off. There was a rope tied to the bottom.
"Get a bannerman to follow me up." Zhang Xiaosong went up himself. He wanted to look at the terrain, mainly the grass. He was familiar with the terrain.
A messenger went up, and the hot air balloon rose.
Zhang Xiaosong looked through his binoculars. After looking for some time, he said to the messenger beside him, "Move southwest, twenty miles. Go down."
The signal bearers made the signal, and the men on the ground looked through their binoculars. They passed down the order, and the troops moved southwest.
The men below retracted the rope and pulled the hot air balloon down.
They couldn't run on the rope, as it would cause the balloon to lose its balance.
The hot air balloon landed on the ground, and Zhang Xiaosong kept the torch. He then led his men to chase after the troops.
When they arrived at their position, there were patches of yellow soil. There wasn't much grass around.
They needed a rain before the grass could grow again. It was still very cold, and the further they went, the colder it would get.
"Eat your meal. Raise the hot air balloon. If you see any enemy, descend immediately. Do not let the enemy see the hot air balloon. The rest of you, take the explosives, grenades and slow ropes and follow me."
Zhang Xiaosong gave another order. He then walked forward.
He didn't ride a horse. If he did, he would leave a trail.
The group of men followed him. The slow ropes were his own invention.
The grenades and explosives had to be lit, and there was a wire.
The wire was relatively short, so he used oil to soak a thin hemp rope, dry it, and extend the fuse.
He felt that it was better to bury this thing to scare the cavalry. It wasn't defending or attacking a city, so such a short wire was useless.
After walking for a full hour, a protruding grassland appeared in front of them. It was mainly because of a small stream flowing through it.
The stream in the northwest would always change its course. As it flowed, it would disappear, and a new stream would appear from somewhere else.
It was the same for large rivers. It depended on the direction of the wind and sand.
Where there was water, the grass would be dense, and there was a large patch of grass.
"Take a shovel and dig. Dig together with the grass," Zhang Xiaosong ordered.
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