: Grain from the fire

If Chen Kefu was a general loyal to the Great Sui Dynasty, then at this time, he would agree with the ideas of the people in the tent. With an order, he would directly kill 400,000 Goguryeo people, or massacre all the young and strong people among them.

War has always been cruel. The two countries competed with each other, and strength was still the competition. Young and strong is also a very important strategic resource. Just like the Qin State killed 400,000 Zhao troops back then, this move was fundamentally a fundamental attack on the enemy country. Without a population, especially young and strong, the strength of this country will be much weakened.

Especially in today's Goguryeo, although he relies on the right time and place to fight against the Great Sui Dynasty, his total population is less than one-fifth of that of the Great Sui Dynasty, and only about one-fifth of it. If a kingdom of more than three million is killed 400,000 people at once, and nearly half of the young and strong men and women are involved, this will definitely be a heavy blow to Goguryeo.

However, Chen Kefu is not a simple general of the Sui Dynasty. When he was conquering Liaodong under the banner of the Sui Dynasty, he was also using his own small plan. Killing prisoners, in the long run, was beneficial to the Sui Dynasty, but harmful to him.

He is not willing to do such things that are beneficial to others and do not benefit him. Moreover, keeping these people is helpful to his future. Population has always been a resource as important as food in war. This resource was Goguryeo in the past, but now that he has captured it, he will become his own resource. If he kills all the people at the command now, isn’t this a cheating person?

However, these are just his thinking and calculations, so naturally they cannot explain them to them for this reason.

Chen Kefu did not answer them directly, and smiled gently, "In fact, these prisoners are also useful, and they are very useful."

"I remember the general once said that these Goguryeo people should be demoted to slaves and sold to tribes in western Liaoning in exchange for military capital, right?" Li Jie did not wear armor, but instead wore regular clothes, white robe, a belt inlaid with gold and jade around his waist, and a good jade pendant hung on it. If he took another fan, he would be a handsome and handsome young man.

"I said this, but this is not the most important reason why I keep them. Can you tell me, are there any soldiers who were captured by the Great Sui Dynasty in the hands of the Goguryeo people?"

As soon as Chen Kefu's words came out, Luo Lin and Li Benlei reacted first, and both of them immediately turned their eyes to Chen Kefu. For them, they had just experienced a surprise and were looking forward to the final disappointment. Chen Kefu's current words undoubtedly mean that the hands of the Goguryeo people are not limited to the thousands of prisoners in Jinshan City at the moment, and there must be other prisoners.

When the two thought that perhaps among the other captives, they had their own relatives, and their already lost and dim heart became hot again.

Luo Lin couldn't control himself, and rushed to Chen Kefu in a few steps, holding his hands tightly and said, "Master, are you saying that there are more captured soldiers in the hands of the Goguryeo people? Are all this true?"

After patting Luo Lin's shoulder, Chen Kefu said warmly, "It's true. At the Jinshan Canyon that day, I was preparing to demote Yuangai Tong to a slave. As a result, he told me that during the second conquest of Liao, Goguryeo captured 60,000 soldiers from the Great Sui Dynasty. His Yuan clan also shared 20,000 soldiers as slaves. In the north of Goguryeo, there were more than 10,000 slaves from the Yuan clan. That's why I let him go and captured Yuan Taizuo in order to exchange with the Liao people for the captured soldiers of our army."

"You didn't tell Deputy Commander Li and Luo Lin about this matter immediately. You also wanted to give you another surprise after finding your relatives. But since you haven't found it for the time being, let me tell you so that you can save you disappointment. Don't worry too much, the 60,000 soldiers are still alive, and there should be your relatives among them."

Li Jie was silent and asked, "How do you plan to exchange it for general? We still have 30,000 regular elite soldiers and horses from Goguryeo, and there are also Liao generals such as Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Gai Tong, Gao Yuzhen, Gao Yannian and other Liao generals. If the Liao people ask to exchange all these soldiers back then, then the temporary balance we have finally achieved will be broken. Even after the Liao people got these elite soldiers, they might not say that they would immediately go north, and we might not be able to stop them by then. In that case, all our previous efforts will be wasted."

When Luo Lin heard that Li Jie's words meant to oppose the exchange of prisoners, his face turned red with anger. He walked to Li Jie in three or two steps and shouted, "What do you mean? Do you want to ignore the tens of thousands of soldiers who had thrown their blood to the country's war? Do you think so, are you still a soldier?"

Luo Lin had always been Chen Kefu's confidant, and Li Jie was suppressed by Chen Kefu in the army but had no real power. At this time, Luo Lin became angry and had long forgotten that Li Jie was still the third in command of the army. He even had the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders, which was three levels higher than him, the colonel leader.

Li Jie's face was also flushed and red. He did not deliberately make things difficult for Luo Lin, but just considered the facts of joining the army objectively. After all, he was also a member of the Northeast Army. He was in Liaodong and naturally did not want to see Liaodong in danger. At this time, a small regiment commander who had just been promoted. Although Luo Lin's official position was promoted from the fifth-rank Eagle Fighter General not long ago, for Li Jie, who was from the Li family and had long been a fourth-rank imperial guard general, he undoubtedly felt very dissatisfied.

Chen Kefu stood aside and saw Luo Lin rushing towards Li Jie, but he did not stop him immediately. After Luo Lin hit Li Jie and embarrassed him in public, he stood up and said.

"Captain Luo Lin, please pay attention to your words! You are the colonel commander, General Lieutenant General Staff of my Northeast Army, and your boss. You are the following and you are not in a military discipline. Do you think I was too kind to you in the past? Didn't you hear me tell you that you should be orderly in the upper and lower levels? I immediately apologize to General Li Jie. In addition, you will be confiscated for your food and salary this month to show punishment!"

Luo Lin stared at Li Jie tightly, and after a while, he said hard, "It was the last general who was impulsive just now, please punish General Li Jie!" When he spoke, he didn't even turn his head to his side, and he was completely disagreeable.

Before Li Jie could say anything, Chen Kefu said, "All the brothers in the army should be friendly to each other. Okay, Luo Lin, you should pay attention to it in the future." A light and piaopiao sentence had already exposed the following crimes. Luo Lin, Chen Kefu and other soldiers no longer took him seriously. Although they were so angry, they could not do anything.

"Actually, what General Li said is indeed very important, so we must treat it with caution. But no matter what, the captured soldiers are also the brothers of yours, so I must exchange them for them. As for how to change, we will study it again. But for now, we are not necessarily waiting for the Liao people."

"According to Yuangai Tong's instructions, the Yuan clan has many manors in Fuyu, Jinshan and Gaimu. The 20,000 captured soldiers who were assigned to them, more than 10,000 of them were brought here, and the remaining 10,000 were in Pyongyang, Wugu, and other major cities. In addition, King Gao Yuan won 20,000 people, Yizhi Wende won 10,000 for Sashui's achievements, and Gao Jianwu won 10,000 for Pyongyang's war. Now we can rescue our captured soldiers from the mountain manors in Fuyu, Gaimu and Jinshan, etc., and we will talk about the others later."

Li Benlei and Luo Lin couldn't wait, and Li Benlei said loudly, "Commander, each will be dispatched to us. We will go to Fuyu City and Gaimu City to rescue those comrades. We can't wait for more than one night. When I think that maybe my son and grandson are wearing anklets and being beaten by those Liao dogs, I feel like a thorn. Without too many people, give us a group of people, we will definitely be able to take down Fuyu City and Gaimu City, which are empty in defense."

Seeing that the two of them were red, Chen Kefu couldn't stop him anymore. After thinking about it, there were only three or four thousand left-behind soldiers in Fuyu City and Gaimu City, and there was no threat at all. After thinking about it, he nodded.

"You are so anxious, why don't I understand. Let's take the Light Cavalry Regiment and the Headquarters Reconnaissance Regiment, and then take four cavalry battalions from the First and Second Divisions, and bring three thousand cavalrymen to each. First, the cavalry will be faster, and second, the cavalry will be more elite, and if there is any accident, they can deal with it. In addition, the Yuangai copper belt will be brought over and a hundred surrendered soldiers from Fuyu City and Gaimu City will be there. If you have the chance, you will take down the city as you are today. If it doesn't work, we will be around at most two days later. Remember not to attack the city recklessly and make unnecessary sacrifices."

The two of them are all focused on that little expectation. If they pour their cold water like Li Jie, they will not only not be able to listen, but will instead feel resentful to themselves. Chen Kefu is unwilling to let these two people have a gap with him.

Li Benlei and Luo Lin, both old and young, were no longer calm and said yes. Before the meeting ended, they returned to the camp to dispatch troops and dispatched them overnight.
Chapter completed!