In Chen Zhengtai's view, it is natural to accept donations from merchants.

In the past, war was just the emperor's selfish desire. In other words, for the sake of civil and military achievements, the emperor launched wars. The people of the world were conscripted and the grain fields became deserted, which caused great harm to the entire society.

Even if the war is successful, the benefits to the people of the world are limited. After all, grasslands and deserts are meaningless to the Central Plains.

In order to consolidate the results of the war, the imperial court had to dispatch a large number of troops to station in these desolate places, which brought heavy burden to the people.

But now it's different.

Because of the war, it made money.

With war, it means opening up a new market and it also means...a large number of natural resources available for businessmen to develop.

In history, why scholars don’t like fighting? This is the reason why scholars don’t like fighting. In the dynasty established by agriculture, fighting means consumption and there is no benefit.

Therefore, in the past, the emperors fought more for the safety of the country or for the descendants to eliminate possible hidden dangers and security.

Nowadays... whether it is the aristocratic people in Hexi or the merchants walking above the vast ocean, they have already tasted the benefits of war. It can even be said that they are more eager to expand their territory than Li Shimin.

Then it is reasonable to actively pay donations at this time.

Chen Zhengtai exchanged a few greetings with everyone, and then everyone said goodbye.

But Changsun Chong stayed alone, obviously he had something to say to Chen Zhengtai in private.

Chen Zhengtai and others left cleanly before looking at Changsun Chong and said, "Are you still used to it in Baekje?"

"Everything is common." As he said that, Changsun Chong roughly introduced the situation of Baekje.

Chen Zhengtai nodded repeatedly and said with relief: "Yes, Baekje here... If you want to control it firmly, you need to do this. I am still afraid that you will not be able to suppress the scene at a young age. I didn't expect that you would have such a vision."

Changsun Chong immediately said, "Your Highness... Goguryeo..."

"What's wrong with Goguryeo?" Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "You mean, are you reselling armor?"

Changsun Chong couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yes, these armors are military supplies after all. In fact, the students have always wanted to ask Your Highness why they sold these exquisite armors to the Goguryeo people. If Goguryeo gets these, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings? Now, when I conquered Goguryeo in the Tang Dynasty, the students think..."

Chen Zhengtai looked at Changsun Chong with a smile: "Do you really think that these exquisite armors can make Goguryeo even more powerful?"

This sounds very meaningful.

Changsun Chong looked surprised.

Chen Zhengtai said, "Then I will let you see how these Goguryeo people equipped with exquisite armor are vulnerable."

Changsun Chong seemed confused.

Chen Zhengtai's words are obviously unreasonable.

Theoretically, the better the weapon, the stronger the combat effectiveness.

Changsun Chong personally tested those armors, and the existing swords could not cause too much damage to them.

Think about it, on the battlefield, there are countless incomparable people, and it is so terrible!

But it seems that Chen Zhengtai is obviously unwilling to say more now.

Because it is obviously difficult for people of this era to understand such things.

Since humans entered industrialization, they gradually understood that more tests of arms are the problems of logistics and industrial capabilities.

It is like many rich countries in later generations also liked to buy a large number of weapons in the international market. But in fact, none of these excellent weapons can be specially cultivated to create a powerful military system and cannot exert its effectiveness.

This is why a certain oil country was driving the world's most advanced plane, but was beaten by a group of guys driving pickup trucks and abandoned their armor. The third country in the world fell off the plane every now and then.

The same is true for heavy cavalry. It has high requirements for the quality of the army and extremely high requirements for logistics support.

To put it bluntly, 50,000 heavy riders, what does this mean?

Even the powerful Tang Dynasty, Chen Zhengtai dared not play like this!

For 50,000 full-time soldiers, they must ensure their rich nutritional intake, have certain knowledge, be good at maintaining armor, and also have 50,000 excellent horses, and at least 50,000 horses to be spared and rotated.

This means that to raise these 50,000 old men, you have to have more than a dozen chicken workshops, more than a dozen large-scale ranches, and more than a dozen excellent horse farms.

With such national strength as Goguryeo, he actually dares to play like this. Chen Zhengtai has to admire the courage of Goguryeo people. This is the per capita Liang Jing RU.

But for people in this era, this is not the case. Their concept of weapons is still at the most primitive stage of distribution and use.

What's more, Chen Zhengtai has always believed that heavy cavalry is just a kind of transitional army. At least for the era when the steam engine appeared, it will not rule the battlefield for a long time.

It's more just a flash in the pan. This is not the main direction of future wars. Now Chen Zhengtai is just taking advantage of the appearance of this heavy cavalry and quickly make a profit. If he can cheat one, he will be the other!

After all, after passing this village, there will be no shop. A sucker like Goguryeo will not be found even if you hold a lantern in the future!

Changsun Chong was not sure at this time, but only saw Chen Zhengtai’s confidence, so he said, “Your Highness…what is going to attack then? Will some people be recruited here to assist His Highness in fighting in Goguryeo?”

Chen Zhengtai showed a meaningful expression and smiled and said, "We won't attack, wait for Goguryeo to attack us."

"Ah..." Changsun Chong was indescribable and looked at Chen Zhengtai blankly.

Chen Zhengtai continued: "As for Baekje people, there is no need to recruit them. When the Goguryeo people launch a large-scale attack on Baekje, they can block them, and if they can't, they can. I have ordered the soldiers to temporarily station here and prepare for defense, and then fight the Goguryeo people to the death on the Incheon line!"

Changsun Chong couldn't help but say, "It's just... Will the Goguryeo people come to attack?"

After all... it was clearly the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Goguryeo. At this time, the Tang Dynasty divided its troops into two groups, and the Baekje people should defend. As long as they defended the numerous passes, relying on the bad weather in Goguryeo, and the mud and rugged roads, it would be enough to kill the Tang army.

In history, the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, including Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo. In fact, the Goguryeo people adopted this strategy.

It’s just to waste your life with you. If you have the ability, you will be able to attack the whole country and fight for a few years. Anyway, I’m not afraid of you wearing shoes at all. Come on, hurt each other.

The result was that the Sui Dynasty was exhausted.

Although Li Shimin won a lot of victories, he still failed to completely defeat Goguryeo.

Changsun Chong obviously didn't think that the Goguryeo people would take the initiative to attack, because no matter how they thought, it was not reasonable!

Seeing Changsun Chong's face looked suspicious, Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "Don't worry, this Goguryeo man is afraid he will go south soon."

As he said that, Chen Zhengtai did not explain too much, but changed the subject: "I want to take a good rest here. What's so fun about Incheon? Make a good arrangement for me. It's rare to come out. I really want to appreciate the customs and customs of Baekje."

Changsun Chong has never seen such a coach. At least since he was born, after all, as a general, he always heard the elders in the family telling about the story of leading troops to fight. In the scene they described, there was no such thing as Chen Zhengtai.

So Changsun Chong suddenly felt something was wrong, no... His Highness came to Baekje, and was he still thinking about slapping fish?

The imperial court spent so much money to conquer Goguryeo, and His Highness was still in the mood to visit?

Although he had a lot of doubts in his heart, Changsun Chong still obediently said that in front of Chen Zhengtai, Changsun Chong's back could not be hard.

Perhaps...he inherited the character of his own father Changsun Wuji...

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After Su Dingfang and others entered the camp, they were not idle, but the army directly began to station in the local military camp.

Twenty-five thousand men and then began to set up defenses. Under the attention of countless merchants and people, these guys in military coats actually took shovels and began to dig up trenches on the outer line of Incheon.

Deng Jian, who joined the military office, took a group of people to join the military, and patrolled everywhere with maps and engineering standards of the trench project in his hands.

The outer edge of Incheon seems to have become a huge construction site. They ignore the puzzled eyes of others and deal with the mud, each of them as if they are muddy rats.

At this time, Incheon was cold and the ground was cold. After all, it was winter and the ground was full of frozen soil. Fortunately, these guys were in good physical strength. They wrapped themselves in coats and beat the ears on the warm hats. Facing the wind and snow, they didn't feel cold. After all, they were young and at the age of being strong in blood.

All trenches have standards, and they are not just digging casually. They have special people to measure the depth and width of the dig.

Winter has the benefits of winter, because the ground is frost. Although it is difficult to dig, the advantage is that at least there is no need to consider drainage.

Deng Jian was in the cold and cold weather, and was covered in his coat. With the help of the military, he took a map and inspected the nearby geography. He was still confused about the defense here because he could not guarantee that the Goguryeo people would come seriously.

But soon, he felt relieved and just wanted to build a permanent fortification in Incheon. After all, this is also his own place.

Of course, because this line of defense was built outside Incheon, in fact... it was dug up someone else's place, which was within the county of Baekje.

However, these Baekje people did not make any statements, and the local government turned a blind eye to them.

However, the chamber of commerce was in chaos.

When I first heard that I wanted to pay donations, everyone was very enthusiastic. This one was 100 guan and that one was 500 guan. After all, if I donated my own money, my name would most likely fall into Chen Zhengtai's eyes.

Everyone was counting on the Tiance Army to attack quickly and then follow them to find some benefits!

But I didn't know that the Tiance Army stopped moving.

So everyone couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Didn't you tell me to attack? Why are you digging a trench here again? Are you planning to stop leaving in Incheon?"

"Oh, stay here, when will this Goguryeo be destroyed?"

"It won't be...I'll stay in Incheon forever."

Everyone was puzzled, but they didn't dare to urge Chen Zhengtai to advance, so they all observed the movements of the Tiance Army speechlessly.

But the Tiance Army obviously did not look like it was attacking at all. They even built a new camp near the trench.

Look at this camp... it is obviously not temporary.

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"General, a team of Baekje scouts were found in front of him."

Gao Yang was riding a tall horse with armor all over his body at this time. Of course... he did not wear armor all over his body, only a piece of leather armor, and the outside was wrapped tightly with clothes.

The heavy armor was too heavy, and it really didn't have much warmth in the cold weather. He was a general, but he was unwilling to wear such armor.
To be continued...