Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Regarding Li Ke's words, Li Shimin was also a little speechless, but thinking about the output of the steel plant, it seems that this is indeed the case.

"In a war, people are the decisive factor, but in fact any tiny detail can affect the direction of the war, such as horseshoes." Li Ke said with a smile.

"It's a fact. The horseshoe greatly reduces the wear and tear of the horses, at least avoiding [-]% of the wear of the horses." Li Shimin was very emotional. Such a small thing reduced the wear rate of Datang's horses by [-]%!One can imagine how powerful it is.

Due to the special environment and special training of war horses, the horseshoes are actually worn out a lot, and it needs to go through various terrains, which wears even more on the horseshoes.

The reason why many war horses have to be retired is because the horseshoes are severely worn. In fact, the age, temperament, etc. of the horses are far from the retirement age.

And the war horses retired for this reason have to be raised for at least one year before they can become workhorses.

Some war horses may not even be used as pack horses because of the wear and tear of the horseshoes.

But the horseshoe avoids this situation. Its material can improve the combat capability of the horse even after the horse adapts, which greatly prolongs the service life of the horse.

From this point of view, it is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of millions of war horses in the entire Tang Dynasty.

"It's not just this. In fact, from the birth of the horseshoe to the present, the artisan department has been improving the horseshoe. Through the comparison of the horseshoes used by hundreds of thousands of horses, it is calculated which parts of the horseshoe are most likely to wear and which are The shape needs to be improved."

"Even according to the different ages of the horses, the different sizes and specifications of the horseshoes, and different horse breeds, the horseshoes are slightly adjusted."

"These things seem to have little impact, but in fact, if we achieve such excellence in every item of weaponry, then our winning potential will be expanded to infinity." Li Ke said with a smile, " But the enemy can't play like that."

Li Shimin thought for a while, indeed, the Turkic people don't have that much iron at all. If they had, they would rather make armor and steel knives than choose horseshoes, because for them, the number of war horses is enough, but the iron is not enough. many.

However, Datang can take advantage of the low price of steel to continuously update some weapons and equipment.

"I suddenly understood your original thoughts. It turns out that the improvement of craftsmen has such a great impact on the entire country." Li Shimin said with emotion.

"Actually, father, you also had this concept before, but you all ignored the most basic people before. After all, before my Tang Dynasty, it was strictly forbidden to sell ironware to the surrounding nomadic tribes. It's just that these aristocratic families didn't want to or deliberately ignored it. The importance of these artisans is nothing more than that."

"But in fact, some secret recipes in some business houses under some powerful families are strictly restricted from spreading, and what we do is to actively stimulate the enthusiasm of these craftsmen, and then widen the technological gap between us and the surrounding ethnic minorities, so that we Just crush them with an absolute advantage."

"We can also use this strategy to deal with Xue Yantuo."

"Of course, if Zhenzhu Khan is willing to become a courtier of Datang willingly, as the first courtier who truly belongs to Datang, he will get unprecedented benefits, at least not worse than Jiang Quhu." Li Ke said with a smile road.

"He won't." Li Shimin shook his head bluntly. Xue Yantuo's current land area and strength are no worse than that of Jieli back then. How could Zhenzhu completely surrender?

"That's not necessarily the case, Dad, do you know what is the biggest difference between the current Datang and the previous Datang?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

"Since you're asking that, it's definitely not technology. There's an intuitive gap in weapons and equipment." Li Shimin asked after thinking for a while.

"It can be said to be yes, or it can be said to be no." Li Ke shook his head, "Father, let's not talk about the difference in combat effectiveness between the current Datang soldiers and the previous Datang soldiers. Start preparing food and grass."

"But in Datang now, we have already started hoarding food, arrows and other consumable weapons and equipment in the borders around Datang. This is the biggest difference!"

"In other words, we used to prepare for the battle before starting to prepare the logistics, but now the logistics are already waiting there. As soon as the Tang army arrives, the logistics can catch up in an instant."

"We have completed the construction of several cities in the Houtao area. Although only the construction of the city walls has been completed, large warehouses have been built in these cities."

"These warehouses began to store a large amount of food, arrows and other consumable materials, and they were all prepared for a big battle."

"The continuous supplies make these cities rock-solid, and the Turks cannot attack these cities, because the food stored in the cities is enough for the soldiers defending the cities for more than a year!"

"These cities are our solid bridgeheads! In addition, Wuchuan, an important town in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is already within our control, and these towns have begun to be strengthened. We will build several important passes along the Yinshan Mountains City."

"What advantage will Xue Yantuo have over us then?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

Li Shimin finally understood what Li Ke meant. For the nomads, defense has been the main focus in all dynasties. Even if they attack, they have to attack because they are unbearable.

But now Datang's posture has completely turned into an offensive posture.In the past, the dynasties were unable to rule the nomadic people because they could not stay in the local area for a long time and stationed a large number of soldiers.

But the current Tang Dynasty is different. Without lack of food and grass, it is completely possible to rule these nomadic peoples with money.

For a long time, combined with Li Ke's policies governing the herdsmen in Xizhou, it is only a matter of time before these herdsmen return to their hearts. This is the fundamental solution to the nomads.

"At that time, if we attack from all directions, Goguryeo will be just a turtle in a urn?" Li Shimin understood Li Ke's strategy.

"This is almost the case. When Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, etc. all return to their hearts, including Wa country is also in our layout."

"At that time, we will not have any enemies in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, and the Baiyue land in the south of the Tang Dynasty is just a pocket. After taking Tianzhu, we will only have those enemies in the west."

"I heard that the so-called pope over there is trying to launch a crusade. It is said that the east is their territory." Li Ke smiled. Although this happened more than 300 years later, it does not prevent Li Ke from giving them Arrangement.

It is nothing more than to find someone to encourage the Pope and let them come out as a whole crusader. Regardless of whether the crusader has an eastern expedition or not, as long as he goes east, Tang Dynasty will eliminate potential enemies. It is reasonable, right?