In fact, Gao Yang's psychology is actually contradictory.

In fact, he had already noticed the problem vaguely.

He spent the national treasury in half and obtained so many excellent heavy armors.

It’s good to have a heavy armor, it’s just this thing, it seems that it’s a bit uncomfortable in Goguryeo.

In the past, people had no concept of maintenance and professional operation for the concept of weapons.

Any weapon is distributed to the soldiers and practice it, and then you can go to battle and exert its effectiveness.

Goguryeo has tasted the sweetness of this.

During the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times. Goguryeo not only captured a large number of craftsmen, but also obtained a large number of war horses, weapons and armor. These weapons and armor indeed greatly improved Goguryeo's combat effectiveness.

When the heavy armor was bought urgently, it was actually no wonder Gao Yang. After all, the battle is about to happen, and the power of the heavy armor has been through various channels. There is conclusive evidence that this is a magic weapon and cannot be resisted by the current weapon.

Because of this, for Gao Yang, the so-called weapons can be bought and distributed and used.

Of course this is not Gao Yang's stupidity.

But this is essentially just an empiricist mistake.

But obviously this time, Gao Yang realized that the problem might be a little different from what he imagined.

When the Chen family said they wanted to sell the arsenal, Gaoyang was naturally happy to trade, because there was a Tang Dynasty, so Goguryeo must have it. Otherwise, Goguryeo would suffer a great loss.

This idea is not wrong.

The more the Chen family sells armor, the cheaper the price. Since that's the case, then buy more armor, which seems...it's reasonable.

In other words, during this negotiation process, every time Gao Yang makes, it is the right decision, at least... you can't pick on any mistakes here.

But under the superposition of countless correct decisions, Gao Yang found that... something seemed to be wrong.

And the problem is not small!

The soldiers could not afford such armor at all, nor did they have enough horses to carry such heavy armored soldiers.

In addition, there are problems that arise, high-intensity exercises have led to a large number of casualties in soldiers. What’s even more ridiculous is that everyone has found that even with relatively low standards, the food rations of these people have to be maintained through levying and levying levies.

Even the heavy armor actually needs maintenance. Regarding this point... the army can only treat it as if it was not seen, and it doesn't matter... it can't afford to maintain it anyway.

But these countless exposed problems are enough to make people feel overwhelmed.

So at this time... what should I do with Gaoyang?

Even including the king Gao Jianwu, what can I do?

Should we immediately abandon these heavy armor and disband these unaffordable soldiers?

This is obviously not possible. For Goguryeo, it is nearly a year since it was earned.

Such waste cannot be afforded and cannot be afforded.

After all, there are only so many resources, and the money has been spent. In the words of later generations, this is called sunk costs. Giving other resources to the army will naturally be greatly reduced.

At this time, if you abandon the large-scale heavy cavalry strategy, you will most likely end up not in a good end.

Therefore... the only thing Gao Yang can do is to go all the way to the dark, and he must persevere!

If there is not enough money and food, continue to force the levy. If the soldiers cannot support it, then comfort yourself. The soldiers in Goguryeo are tenacious and eat less meat, so that they can still train heavy cavalry. As for the lack of excellent war horses, they are not unable to ride, or they are running slower?

To overcome difficulties, we can only overcome difficulties. At this time, Gao Yang Energy stood up and said that there was a problem with the heavy riding. Should we change our course immediately and redevelop a new strategy?

He cannot, because if he admits this mistake, the consequences will be very serious. After all,... someone must take responsibility for such a huge loss!

Although Gao Yang was a minister of the royal family, he was exhausted and injured his wealth, but he did not train the heavy cavalry. Even as a royal family, he was still dead.

Chen Zhengjin's words were actually very fond of Gao Yang's appetite. Whether it was comforting himself or deceiving himself, at least... Gao Yang now puts all his hopes on the will of the soldiers. He believes that with this strong willpower, the current problems can definitely be solved.

This is how Gao Yang thought.

And the king Gao Jianwu also thought so.

The civil and military ministers of Goguryeo could only think this way.

Can you do anything else? Return it?

Is it possible?

But for someone like Wang Qi, he doesn't think so.

Many soldiers began to flee, but this is understandable, because it was too hard and their bodies couldn't stand it. Some people even lost disabilities during training, and as for the deaths, there were many people.

In order to prevent escape, the military officers began to try their best to order their own soldiers to patrol day and night.

The escaped ones were caught and dealt with them severely, and they were beaten to death in front of everyone.

Wang Qi could only stop his thoughts of escaping, but his heart was extremely sad. He felt his eyes dizzy every day, and when he walked, his body was shaking.

After that, horses were distributed and they began to learn how to ride horses.

In fact, Wang Qi learned to ride a horse before.

The horse he gave was pretty good, but when the horse was also put on armor and Wang Qi rode on it in heavy armor.

The horse suddenly felt like it was a sagging, and even the horse was moving around with its hooves became difficult.

Even in the camp, there was a war horse that was exhausted to death.

As a last resort, the intensity of the exercise finally began to decline.

Because the soldiers could not bear it, the war horses could not bear it, and even the military officers could not bear it.

Although the king issued an edict to ask them to practice day and night, in fact, at first it was a day, but later it changed to a two-day exercise. In the end, it became a three-day exercise.

Until the end, it became three days to practice for an hour.

Everyone was wearing armor and rode their horses around for a few times. At this time, the war horses were already out of breath, and the people on the horse could hardly bear it, and they all looked in a state of dismay.

…………

In comparison, it is.

The training intensity of the Tiance Army reached its highest point.

There were 20,000 new soldiers training day and night, and some soldiers fainted in the middle, but there were military doctors in the army and were on standby at any time.

Of course, in order to make the soldiers full of energy, the military administration racked their brains.

They inspected many military supplies, for example, everyone found that goat milk had a good effect on replenishing people's physical strength, so someone immediately took a train to Shuofang's ranch to inspect the milk source, and then decided to cooperate with the ranch. After some days, some processed goat milk was sent to the Tiance Army through the train.

In addition, beef, mutton, pork, and even eggs are almost directly purchased from Shuofang pastures and some livestock markets in Guanzhong.

After a month of training for new recruits, the soldiers gradually adapted to life in the army and then began to issue muskets.

The latest musket has been improved countless times and then produced in large quantities. This thing is in this era, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is a work of art.

A large amount of gunpowder was also continuously replenishing, and the queue and shooting practices were constantly day and night.

So much so that in this Tiance army, there were gunfire sounds every day.

After three months of training, these energetic and full of energy soldiers were always in the military camp.

Their excess energy was exhausted through practice and publicity and learning, and every new morning, they were like wolves and tigers.

At the end of the year, Chen Zhengtai officially wrote a letter to request the Tiance army to attack Goguryeo.

The memorials and reports obviously caused a lot of controversy.

Li Shimin didn't expect Chen Zhengtai to be so reckless. After all, the end of the year is not a good time to go to war. Moreover, the new recruits of the Tiance Army were training for a short time. Can they really ensure combat effectiveness?

You should know that winter is coming, and when this time comes, it will be cold and cold. Once the war begins, it will be a huge test for the Tang army.

All officials were quite afraid of Goguryeo, after all... the three battles of the Sui Dynasty damaged countless manpower and material resources in the Central Plains.

If the Tang Dynasty conquest failed, it would obviously not be a good sign for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin immediately summoned the prime ministers from the three provinces and one pavilion to discuss.

He discussed with Li Jing and others again.

Apparently, opponents account for the majority.

Among the prime ministers, only Li Xiurong and Changsun Wuji supported the war at this time.

Others are almost universally verbal.

Of course, for Li Shimin, Chen Zhengtai’s advice must be taken seriously, because Li Shimin knew that Chen Zhengtai must have his reasons.

So that night, Li Shimin opened a Goguryeo map in Wenlou, and then asked someone to light countless palace lanterns. He spent a whole night watching the map.

Chen Zhengtai believed that this was a good time to attack Goguryeo because he could attack Goguryeo off guard. At the same time, he claimed that as long as the Tiance Army, a side branch, followed the water route along Baekje and then headed north, he could directly take the domestic city of Goguryeo.

This is a bold idea. Use sea boats to quickly arrive in Baekje, which is only hundreds of miles away from the domestic city of Goguryeo.

This will obviously create a huge pressure on the Goguryeo people.

So……

Li Shimin's eyes were uncertain, but he said, "Zhang Lishi, what do you think of this?"

"Ah..." Zhang Qian kept standing silently behind Li Shimin. When he heard Li Shimin's sudden inquiry, he was stunned at first, and then said: "I'm thinking that the more than 20,000 Tiance Army is powerful, but he went through a long journey and went deeper alone. Once something goes wrong, it will be bad."
To be continued...