"Before, you always said there was no chance. Now the opportunity has finally come. It depends on whether you can seize it. We must seize this matter. If we can't, the King of Wu's fate will be my fate, and you will also have to decide where to spend the rest of your life."
Li Zhi thought of the King of Wu who was in Sichuan, and he couldn't help but have some thoughts of abandoning the old man after he had served his purpose. However, as the emperor's son, if he didn't give it a try, he would probably never believe in his own incompetence in this life.
The people below were originally very happy, but after listening to the words of His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin, they all calmed down. Chang'an City only gave you an opportunity, it did not push you on the road to success. If you still cannot take it down according to the plan, then some things may be difficult to say, and this is also the only chance for Prince of Jin Li Zhi.
In the next few days, King Jin Li Zhi began to study the battle plan left by Li Xiang. The reason why it was not implemented at the beginning was because Li Xiang was worried that the war with the Arab Empire would prolong, so he did not want to open two battlefields. Who knew that after the war, it was not the case. The Arab Empire was not as powerful as imagined. Even if the Tang Empire fought two wars at the same time, we still have the possibility of winning, and the probability is very high.
But even so, the official document from the Tiance General's Mansion made it very clear that if you want to attack Vietnam, you only have one chance, and you can only win. If you encounter even the slightest setback, the Tang Empire will not give you any support. You can only mobilize the troops within the Annan Protectorate, and you cannot use the forces from Nanzhao.
This is considered very harsh, but Li Shimin knew that this was not Li Xiang making things difficult for his son, but this was the real situation on the entire battlefield. If all the forces in the southern part of the Tang Dynasty were mobilized, once troops were deployed in the Western Regions, there would be no troops left to send within the Tang Dynasty. Compared with a small Vietnam, the Arab Empire in the west was the Tang Dynasty's current powerful enemy.
The situation of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons must never happen now, so no matter how difficult the situation is for the Annan Protectorate, you can only use your own strength to fight.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Annan Protectorate is not weak now. In addition to the soldiers left by Li Xiang, the brothers Changsun Ze have not been idle in the south. They have also recruited more than 20,000 soldiers in the south. Currently, there are about 80,000 soldiers under the management of the Annan Protectorate, including 20,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the rest are all warriors of various ethnic groups on the border of the Tang Dynasty.
Another part was mobilized from the chieftains of Sichuan. After being tempered in the last war, their combat effectiveness is now very strong.
Next are the surrendered soldiers from the Pyu Kingdom. There are about 10,000 of them. Although they were all selected, their loyalty is not very high because they have just surrendered.
After several days, Prince of Jin Li Zhi finally finished reading the battle plan, but it was of no use now. When the battle plan was first formulated, it was for a joint advance by land and sea, but now the Tang Dynasty navy might not be able to play a role.
It's not that Li Xiang makes things difficult for him, but because there has been no war in the south for a long time, and Li Xiang still has Gaojuli and Fuso overseas, so the Tang Dynasty Water Lion Fleet has already set sail there. If he waits for the navy fleet to return, it will take at least three months at the current sailing speed.
According to the thinking of people like Chang Sunze, it would only take three months. With the help of the navy's warships, our war would be much simpler. There would be no need to order the army to attack for these three months.
Logically speaking, Prince Li Zhi of Jin should have listened to the opinions of these people on the front line, but it was impossible for Prince Li Zhi of Jin to listen to their battle plan left by Li Xiang. If he followed all the above things completely, he would get greater credit if he defeated Li Xiang's men even if they were in the capital.
Taking down Vietnam wouldn't be a big deal in itself. If Li Xiang takes a portion, how will they divide it? Furthermore, judging by the current situation, even without the help of the navy, we can still win this war. The gap between the two sides is simply too great. As long as we have enough artillery shells and gunpowder, it's no problem to take them down.
"I still insist on waiting for the navy's warships to return before starting the battle. This will also benefit our Tang army. Fighting is not just about how much land we can capture. If we take this land at the cost of heavy casualties, according to our previous..."
"Don't tell me about your old rules. I don't want to hear about them. Now that I am the manager here, everything must be overturned. If you refuse to follow military orders, then you know the court's rules. Remember, you are not someone's private army."
Li Zhi had long known that his rise to power would likely be extremely difficult, but he hadn't expected Chang Sunze to be so bold. In front of the sixty or seventy people in the tent, he began to oppose his decision. The Protector General of Annan was arguably his most important figure, and if even he had such thoughts, one could imagine what the others were thinking. If he wasn't suppressed today, future victory would be impossible. These people would only hinder him at every turn.
The others obviously didn't expect that the first military meeting would turn out like this. If this were the case, we would have internal disagreements before the war even starts.
"Huo Qubing, your mountain troops have been training for a long time, and you really made a great contribution when attacking Piaobo. Tell me, if you didn't have the support of the navy, how long would it take you to sneak in and capture these important cities on our border?"
Seeing that Changsun Ze's momentum was suppressed by himself, Prince of Jin Li Zhi immediately became proud. Huo Qubing was the second-in-command of the military here. If he could take him down, even if he lost the war, he would have his own people in the military circles of the court.
"Without the support of the navy's warships, our army will face greater pressure. Although mountain warfare is our strong point, but..."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhi was unhappy...
