Chapter 2061 800,000-Strong Conscription!

"The deal is done, this is all we can do now!"

Gao Shang was silent for a moment and then said.

Although he looked calm on the surface, Datang's message also caught him off guard. He originally thought that after the news was leaked, the matter was serious and involved the Anton Protectorate. The Tang Dynasty would need to discuss it for at least a long time before making a decision. In order to avoid civil unrest, the Tang Empire was divided internally. There is absolutely no way he could attack them so quickly.

It's just that Gao Shang underestimated Li Heng, the new emperor. His fierce methods and decisiveness far exceeded Gao Shang's expectations.

——This new emperor is definitely not the ordinary emperor that Gao Gao imagined!

"No! He definitely doesn't have that much courage. Even if he did, his reaction speed was too fast. Someone was definitely guiding him behind the scenes and trying his best to promote this!"

Gao Shang was thinking this, and a person quickly appeared in his mind.

Wang Chong!

This foreign king of the Tang Dynasty was a close friend of the current Emperor of the Tang Empire, or it could be said that Li Heng was the one who assisted him in ascending to power. To say that all of this was Li Heng's decision alone, Gao Shang would never believe it!

Of course, what really made him judge that it was Wang Chong's masterpiece was the letter.

An Yaluoshan was a hero of the Tang Dynasty!

Datang really didn't dare to attack him!

But that letter perfectly circumvented this point, making all Gao Shang's previous calculations come to nothing.

"It was indeed too urgent. After four months, these three words have now become a curse on the Youzhou army, making us quickly fall into passivity. In fact, the lord has obviously felt uneasy."

"He is truly worthy of being the king of foreign lands!"

Gao Shang said secretly in his heart.

However, if Wang Chong thought that he could deal with him without bloodshed with just one message, it would be too simplistic.

"My lord, there is no need to worry!"

"What we are worried about now is not the number of soldiers and generals, but the attitude of the countries. Dalu Qinling is a very powerful person, and the countries also have their own thoughts, but I think it may be time for your lord to meet Taishi. . I always have a feeling that there must be a way for them to fulfill my lord’s wish and make all the countries willing to join us!”

Gao Shang pondered for a moment and suddenly spoke.

Speaking of Taishi, a bright light flashed across Gao Shang's eyes. This matter started because of Taishi, and naturally their power was needed to intervene.

Although Taishi said that gods should not intervene in human battles, let alone reveal their behavior too much in secular dynasties, Gao Shang did not accept this at all.

The whereabouts of these people are mysterious, and Gao Shang cannot find out any information about them. But if they say that they never interfere in the human world, how is this possible?

Gao Shang feels that the interference of people like Tai Shi in the human world may have reached an outrageous level.

In the main hall, the generals were silent, and everyone's eyes were looking at An Yaluo Mountain.

The only person in Youzhou who can contact Taishi is the Lord.

"I'll handle this matter!"

An Yaluoshan pondered for a moment and then spoke.

…

Regardless of the reaction of Youzhou in the Northeast, after the crusade was announced to the world, the huge war machine of the Tang Dynasty immediately started operating at full capacity.

The great power of the Tang Dynasty is recognized by the world. However, in the era of the Holy Emperor, adhering to the principle of "soldiers are more valuable than more elites" and to reduce the burden on the people of the world as much as possible, the number of troops recruited was not large. The regular army only had more than 600,000. Regarding the national power, The consumption is probably less than one tenth.

But in the hands of Li Heng, there are no more worries.

Extraordinary measures should be used in extraordinary times.

Li Heng deeply remembered what Wang Chong once said to him: An Yaluoshan would be the greatest disaster to the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Li Heng didn't know why Wang Chong rated him so "highly".

But the impact of this sentence on Li Heng was obviously very great. In Li Heng's impression, Wang Chong's judgment has not been wrong until now.

Moreover, it is not to mention that An Yaluoshan has the ability to steal dragon energy.

For powerful enemies and those rebellious officials and traitors who subverted the Tang Dynasty, we should use all our strength to completely eliminate them and not give them the slightest chance to rise again.

This is Li Heng's style.

As for Wang Chong, he still had some scruples in the Holy Emperor era and could not take action as he pleased. In addition, the Battle of the Southwest, the Battle of Talos, the harassment of Uzang and the Western Turks, and the subsequent Battle of the Northwest, one wave after another. Wave after wave, Wang Chong had no time to deal with An Yaluoshan.

Now that Li Heng has ascended the throne, Wang Chong no longer has so many worries.

——Everyone in the court, including the censor, has agreed with Wang Chong, and no one can restrain him anymore.

For the first time, the huge war machine of the Tang Dynasty showed its true terrifying strength.

Shortly after the new emperor Li Heng's crusade was announced, the Tang Empire launched its first large-scale conscription in Wang Chong's name. The number of conscripts was 800,000, which was more than the number of active regular troops.

Despite this, the requirements for conscription have not been reduced, but have become more stringent than before.

The Tang Dynasty had a population of tens of millions, and in Wang Chong's opinion, the number of outstanding troops was far more than 600,000.

As soon as Wang Chong's conscription order came out, the whole world was in joy, and countless people from the Tang Dynasty enthusiastically signed up and responded positively.

The levy of 800,000 troops, plus the 600,000 on active duty, gave the Tang Dynasty an army of 1.4 million.

In previous dynasties, such large-scale conscription would have wasted people and money, and would have definitely aroused great opposition both inside and outside the government. It was even criticized by people all over the world for being "warlike and cruel" and "military", and could even trigger unrest in the world.

But this time it was completely different.

Wang Chong's conscription order not only did not cause criticism, but instead caused people in the world to respond positively. Even the imperial censors had few objections to impeachment. Even if they did, they were drowned in cheers and approval. Looking at the world, this was unique.

It was clearly a war, but it could trigger such a positive effect. In the history of China, Wang Chong was probably the only one who could do it.

Any war led by Wang Chong is almost never defeated!

In the previous wars, Wang Chong also brought a lot of wealth to the entire empire, and benefited the entire world. This was also the source of this change.

Now Wang Chong is not only the God of War of the Tang Dynasty, but also the number one God of War in the entire land world. This is where the people's confidence lies.

"Wang Chong, in this recruitment, we have recruited more than 300,000 soldiers of the True Martial Realm, and the number of soldiers is increasing at a rate that is still increasing. This does not include the 100,000 troops contributed by the famous families in the world. In this way As a result, the manpower we originally planned was not enough!”

"In addition, we can actually mobilize manpower from the reserves and military units from various places!"

In Wang Chong's foreign palace, Zhangchou Jianqiong An sat on the Grand Master's chair, took a sip of tea, put down the information from within the Ministry of War, and spoke.

Around him, Prince Shaobao Wang Zhongsi, Tongluo General Albus, Feng Yan General Jiang Yuanrang, as well as many titled generals in the army and important personnel of the Ministry of War, all gathered here.

Since Wang Chong took over the appointment of the Holy Emperor and became the Prime Minister of Youzhou, as well as the military marshal of the "conquest" of the Goguryeo Empire, controlling all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Chong's private residence has invisibly become the center of the entire Tang Dynasty. The center of the Tang Dynasty.

Almost all the important officials of the military are here.

The response from the people to this sudden conquest was even greater than imagined. For the military generals, it was definitely something they had never thought of before, and it also made everyone very excited.

"I have no objection to the Ministry of War's expansion of troops, but the army is not a sectarian community. It only focuses on personal force. When these soldiers are recruited, the most important thing is their subsequent training."

At this time, the prince's young protector Wang Zhongsi finally spoke.

"General Jiang, how is this handled?"

Wang Chong said, turning to look at the beacon general Jiang Yuanrang.

Jiang Yuanrang is not an imperial general, nor does he have such outstanding achievements, but below the general level, Jiang Yuanrang is definitely among the best among titled generals.

In fact, being able to enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony and participate in court affairs is enough to prove the status of Beacon General Jiang Yuanrang.

"Back to the prince, everything has been arranged. According to the prince's previous instructions, we have transferred more than 30,000 senior officers of all ranks from various armies. A considerable number of these officers have followed the prince on the battlefield. Or participated in foreign wars in other directions."

"Once the recruitment is over, these officers can be put into training at any time to connect these recruited soldiers into one force."

General Jiang Yuanrang said in a deep voice.

Although he is not as good at fighting as Wang Chong, Zhangchou Jianqiong and others, he is extremely good at running the army, training, and commanding middle-level officers. This is also an important reason why Wang Chong recruited him.

"very good!"

Wang Chong nodded slightly. There is no doubt about Jiang Yuanrang's ability. With him as the central coordinator, plus the help of more than 30,000 senior officers, it should be enough to help complete the preliminary training of the recruited troops.

"eagle."

Wang Chong pondered for a moment, then suddenly said:

"You send an order to Li Siye and Su Hanshan to select 5,000 experienced officers and soldiers from their respective subordinates to participate in this army recruitment training!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Behind Wang Chong, Eagle said respectfully.

"Also, Mr. Shaobao, how are the preparations for the forward base in Northeast China?"

Wang Chong said.

As the giants of the Ministry of War, Zhangchou Jianqiong and Prince Shaobao Wang Zhongsi each have important responsibilities.

Zhangchou Jianqiong was mainly responsible for the recruitment of the army, while Prince Shaobao Wang Zhongsi was in charge of an advance base in the northeast.

According to Wang Chong's plan, in order to "deal with Goguryeo", Datang will build a large-scale advance base and treasury to deal with Goguryeo in an area of ​​nearly a thousand miles in Hebei Province, Cangzhou, Yingzhou, and Hengzhou, and all weapons, grain and grass will be It will be stored there in advance.

At the same time, in order to protect these weapons and food, Datang will dispatch 200,000 troops in advance to the forward base to deal with possible changes.

Of course, all of this is external. Internally, everyone understands that this forward base is to deal with An Yaluoshan.