Chapter 670 Yuchi Baolin is here

It seems that Li Xiang has not seen Yuchi Baolin for a long time. When Li Xiang left Tubo, Yuchi Baolin stayed there with Chang Sun Chong, and now Chang Sun Chong continues to take him with him in Tubo.

Although there is no war in Tubo, it must be taken as a precaution. Changsun Chong has been staying on the grasslands of Tuyuhun with more than 30,000 troops, and other generals have returned to Chang'an.

Li Shimin still can't completely trust these generals. Although they all started fighting with him, these generals now have too much prestige in the army. If anyone has any ideas, they are not very good for the stability of the Tang Dynasty. good.

So Li Shimin adopted Li Xiang's method. It is said that tiger fathers have no dogs. Now it is time to try it. Let the descendants of these people lead troops outside, and the whole family is in the capital. There is nothing to be afraid of, let alone these people. The young general's prestige in the army is not high, and Li Shimin can completely control it.

"Your Highness."

Li Xiang had already left the camp ten miles to greet him, and he saw Yuchi Baolin coming at a high speed from a distance. He seemed to be a little bigger than before.

Yuchi Baolin went from Tubo to Tuyuhun, then returned to the capital from Tuyuhun, and then went to Goguryeo. This journey must have been at least several thousand kilometers. He stayed in Goguryeo for about three months before selecting his army. .

When he conquered Goguryeo, the imperial court used nearly 200,000 soldiers. Li Xiang didn't need that many people, so he only needed to select some elites. Now Li Xiang's way of fighting is different from before. At that time, we relied on human heads to fill the inside. Now we pay attention to high precision. Taking the Western Region with tens of thousands of people is definitely not a dream.

"Brother Baolin has been on the plateau for so long. I didn't expect that his figure would be much stronger than before."

Li Xiang was telling the truth. Yuchi Baolin was originally the biggest among them. He had been eating meat on the plateau these days, but he didn't expect a second growth.

"Your Highness, please don't talk about me. I eat well and sleep well there every day, but I have no intention of fighting, so I have gained more and more meat. Fortunately, I didn't leave behind my usual training. Otherwise, it would have been terrible." I am just a fat man. After receiving the letter from His Highness, I immediately set off with my men, and we only traveled for seventeen days."

Yuchi Baolin said very proudly that during the three months in Goguryeo, he basically trained his soldiers. When he arrived from Goguryeo to the northwest, Li Xiang also asked him to speed up as quickly as possible to see how long it would take to get here. .

Li Xiang calculated that it was really a day and night journey at this time. Goguryeo was more than five thousand kilometers away from here. In this era, all relying on the running speed of war horses, this man was almost useless.

"Do you still have fighting ability?"

Li Xiang looked at the army behind Yuchi Baolin. It was obvious that they had not reached their limit. During these seventeen days, most of them only rested for three or four hours a day, and spent the rest of the time on the road. Of course, they could have such The fast speed is also combined with the military stations along the way. If the logistics were not good, they would not be able to have such speed.

"It must be at least 70% or above."

Yuchi Baolin was a real person and would not brag about this to Li Xiang. When Li Xiang heard this, he also smiled and nodded, but he did not ask Yuchi Baolin to form a battle formation immediately, and asked the soldiers to go back and rest first. Better, he believed in Yuchi Baolin's character.

When the brothers saw the military camp in the distance, they were all very tired. They had tensed their nerves all the way. Even when they were eating, they were on the back of war horses. Now they can finally take a good rest. After being assigned to the tents, many people didn't even take off their armor, they just fell down and started to sleep.

Li Xiang knew that Yuchi Baolin was also tired, so he quickly asked him to go down to rest. That afternoon, the entire military camp was filled with snoring.

"It took seventeen days to get here from Goguryeo. This is simply unbelievable."

Mr. Zhao wandered around the map for a long time, and the route was already marked. He really couldn't believe that all this was true. If the army had been mobilized from there before, it would have taken at least more than a month. This is still It must be that everyone keeps working day and night, but now it has been shortened by more than half.

Mr. Zhao didn't know what was going on, but Li Xiang certainly knew very well. In addition to sufficient supplies along the way, the most important thing was that many roads were built across the country, all of which were built by prisoners of war.

Although there is no such thing as cement asphalt yet, Li Xiang has already started to bake cement. Now cement roads have appeared around Chang'an City. I believe that in the near future, this kind of cement roads will be common across the country.

"Back then, His Highness started building roads after defeating Tuyuhun. There were still many people in the court who opposed it. They believed that His Highness's move was a waste of money and people. Unexpectedly, it has become apparent now. In peacetime, the pipeline benefits the people, but in times of war, it benefits the army. Mercedes-Benz, this is indeed a long-term game.”

As a member of the civil service group, Mr. Zhao is naturally not very willing to praise military generals. Even though Li Xiang is the emperor's grandson, Li Xiang's identity at this moment is more of a military general.

"Master Zhao, please don't praise me. If there were not so many prisoners, this plan would not be able to be carried out so well. Especially after we captured Goguryeo, the number of prisoners in the country increased. Now according to the less comprehensive Statistics show that after all these roads were repaired, at least 150,000 people died."

Li Xiang said softly, in this era without industrialization, if you want to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction, you have to consider the loss of personnel, but Goguryeo has a large population, and each one of them has committed a crime. You have committed a lot of crimes, so the best way to deal with you is to let you work on road construction.

"If Your Highness is not benevolent enough, they will not even have a chance to build roads. If we follow the national policy we set earlier, the Emperor will kill all Goguryeo."

Mr. Zhao didn't think there was anything wrong with what Li Xiang did. After Li Shimin's failed expedition to Goguryeo, he had already issued an order to the outside world. Whenever he captured Goguryeo in the future, both men and women would be killed. Now he gave them a chance to work. , it has been able to keep them alive for a while longer...