: Fighting with a tiger

As the morning light first appeared, drums and horns began to sound in the camp under Jinshan City, and teams of soldiers who stayed in the camp lined up in neat queues to start training.

The sound of training shouts came, which made Chen Kefu, who had a good sleep last night, finally woke up. After the personal soldiers fetched water to wash him, the camp was already full of liveliness. He could see many strange faces in the camp at a glance.

They were all wearing the black armor of the Northeast Army, standing in rows outside the school grounds that were circled, looking at the soldiers who were practicing. Although they were just watching, they were all standing neatly, and at first glance, they added a sense of solemnity.

"Who are those people?" Chen Kefu has always been familiar with the soldiers in the army. In the past, when there were only 3,000 people in the military camp, he could call out the names of each gang leader. Now the troops have expanded and there are 80,000 people at once. Although he cannot remember the other party's name as soon as he sees it, he can still have some familiar memories of that face.

But he had no impression of these people in front of him, and Buming was a little strange.

Zhang Jin quickly replied, "Master, these are the captured soldiers who were just rescued yesterday. They were originally arranged to continue their rest first, but it seemed that they heard that the commander had arranged for the officers yesterday to be the coaches, so they all wanted to return to the team. So they were grinding the logistics battalion early in the morning to send armor and weapons to them. Lao Wang of the logistics battalion did not dare to agree. In the end, Chief Li agreed to send them armor, but no weapons were sent yet."

Since these veterans are asking to return to the team, and they all look anxious, this is a good thing. Now his troops are short of veterans. If they can be incorporated, then these veterans who have been fighting for the rest of their lives will naturally increase their combat effectiveness.

However, how to use it is also a problem. Just like those officers, although they know that these people are experienced, Chen Kefu did not dare to disperse them to the army to lead troops before they gained their loyalty. Letting them be the coach is also the result of his long consideration. Being an instructor can not only allow them to pass on their rich combat command experience to the platoon leaders, but also prevent them from mastering the troops before they fully grasp them.

If there are those who prefer him in the future and make him feel at ease, he might only consider letting those people go down to the army to lead troops, but it is definitely not now. The same is true for these soldiers at present. These are all veterans, and they are not all from the same army. They are the remnants of the Ninth Army, and they are from all units. They are too complicated and chaotic, and it is difficult to master.

It is not very safe to concentrate on setting up a separate battalion, and disrupting the incorporation into the army is a feasible strategy at present. Thinking about it, when there was no decision, Zhang Jin said next to him, "Commander, Chief Li is here!"

Recently, Li Jie seemed to have given up his ambition to govern the military power, but instead devoted himself to the logistics and other civil affairs. Chen Kefu was not sure whether he really wanted to take over the enemy. He no longer wanted to seize military power, but he wanted to find another way and make a plan to fight the winding path.

However, he really lacks talents in this area now. For Chen Kefu, it is better to just grasp the military power and then send someone to supervise him. Now the personnel of the investigation department have already set him as the No. 1 goal, placed spies around him, sent people to monitor him, and used all kinds of methods. Chen Kefu was not afraid of Li Jieneng playing tricks in this Liaodong land.

The two of them greeted each other and stood there watching the soldiers practiced while talking about some logistics and other matters.

"Mr. Zhang He and General Liu Tiezhu have already taken down more than ten small mountain cities yesterday. In addition to sending back a lot of supplies, they also sent back a lot of people. Now our camp has more than 200,000 people. Look, should we send people to start transporting food, grass, and supplies to the Liaodong City first? Also, according to what you said, I have asked someone to separate all the prisoners as you said. How do these people deal with them?"

In order to deal with the Sui army, Goguryeo built a solid wall and cleared the fields, and retreated all the people outside the city on the Liaohe line into the nearby mountain cities. It can be said that the food, gold, silver and livestock population on the Liaohe line were all concentrated into various mountain cities. With the tall mountain cities, the effect of this was really good. Unfortunately, all the soldiers and horses on the Liaohe line were lost. In each mountain city, there were thousands of people, and the small ones were only dozens or hundreds of people, so they were unable to defend.

In addition, the troops sent by Chen Kefu did not go to force the Ming attack, and basically all brought the Goguryeo soldiers who had surrendered. All the big and small mountain cities basically fell into Chen Kefu's troops without resistance.

The concentrated population of wealth and wealth is even more convenient for the Sui army soldiers. They don’t have to work hard to burn, kill and rob. They just need to lead the surrendered Liao people to open the road, and there will be no mountain city that cannot be opened. Faced with the entire city of wealth and wealth, the Sui army soldiers are now a little immune. When they see the Northeast, they will even feel a little bit boring.

The army collected all the carriages and ox carts, and brought the wealth, population and materials from each city into Jinshan City like streams. In just one day, a large open space outside Jinshan City had become a huge temporary cargo yard. Not only the whole bags, the whole bags of grain, and the gold, silver and copper coins were all piled up there in boxes and boxes.

Fortunately, it has not rained yet. Once it rains, the temporary storage and transportation of so many supplies is definitely a big problem.

Chen Kefu nodded, "This is true, let's do it. You can draw 20,000 strong young and strong from the prisoners and start transporting these materials back to Liaodong City. It is best to draw more original slaves, so that these people can manage them. Don't draw the captured Liao soldiers to avoid accidents. Let Liu Tiezhu's Fifth Division more than 10,000 people, and send Guo Xiaoke's heavy cavalry brigade to escort. So many materials should be transported at least several times, so that those selected craftsmen, doctors, those who know the words, and those children who also take them away, and all of them will be taken to Liaodong City. After arriving, the heavy cavalry brigade will not have to return, and directly ask them to assist Lu Shishen in guarding Liaodong City."

"What about the rest of the prisoners?"

"The rest, those prisoners of war will wait until the next batch of transportation and will be escorted back together. The women and nobles will also go back together. As for those men over fifty, women over thirty, and disabled people, they will all stay and go to Fuyu City with the army tomorrow morning. If the tribes in western Liaoning are willing to buy them as slaves, they will be sold to them. If they don't want to, they will stay in Fuyu City to fend for themselves. These people are useless to us, and they will kill them and ruin our reputation. Keep them, if they escape to the territory of the Liao people, they will consume the food and food of the Liao people at that time, which is also a strategy for a weak enemy."

For Chen Kefu, the Liao people in this part were not craftsmen, and they were not people who knew useful skills such as medical skills. Third, they were too old, and men could not do much work, and women could not have children. And those disabled people were also useless. If such people stayed, they would really consume their food and food. Although his decision was a little cruel, he did not think that there was anything wrong with foreign tribes and foreign tribes who fought against the death of their enemies.

He brought those strong Liao people back to Liaodong City and could still give birth in the future. Young children could be educated in the future. At the least, they could be sold as slaves and would never lose money.

"Okay, I will arrange it according to your requirements. But is it necessary for us to go north to Fuyu City? It's just a few empty cities. I think it's enough to have Li Benlei and Luo Lin. If the general is worried, he can send another army to the north. It's been more than ten days since we left Liaodong City, so it's better to go back to Liaodong City as soon as possible to guard it." Li Jie said in silence, "After all, Liaodong City is our base camp, and there must be no mistakes there."

"Although General Li said it very well, there are no Liao army in the Liaohe area now. But don't forget that there are still tribes in western Liaoning in Fuyu City. The Khitan tribe is on the west side and the Mushi tribe is on the east side, and there is a Shiwei on the northwest. Now the entire northwest of Goguryeo is empty, so it is possible that the leaders of the tribes will take the opportunity to get a bargain."

"When we take away everything we want, they pick up whatever they want, even if they take the opportunity to occupy Fuyu City, I don't care. Anyway, before our army completes training, we have to shrink our defense. But if these people dare to rob us before we take away the spoils we deserve, we have to be prepared. We beat Yuan Taizuo to death and defeat Yuan Taizuo, not to work for them."

Li Jie said a little disagreeing, "Commander, we have already gained a lot this time, so let's forget it. If we really conflict with the Khitan or the Martial Arts at that time, it would be very unfavorable to us."

"But we can't throw away the meat we have to our mouths just because we are afraid of the tribes in western Liaoning, right? This time I go north, I also hope to have the opportunity to take the initiative in the Khitan and the Martial Arts dealings. If we can show their friendship with them temporarily and reach a friendly agreement, we can have a firm foothold in Liaodong."

Li Jie shook his head, "The grassland tribe has always been a race that is not always rebellious and the strong are prey on the weak. Whenever they have the chance, they will come up to take a bite. If they trade with these people, they will be a stingy relationship with the tiger! I hope the general will think twice!"
Chapter completed!