Chapter 204 Four giants

"All people are here, then let's start!"

Chen Kefu raised his head, his eyes swept over the people below with a bit of unconcealed joy.

"Recently, the situation is gratifying. I still remember a month ago, on that heavy rainy night, my Majesty ordered me to stay in Liaodong. When I told everyone about this appointment, our mood was the same as that heavy rain."

After a pause, Chen Kefu smiled slightly, "However, God bless our army, and your Majesty protect us, not only will we stay. In this month, we can say that we have created a miracle. With only 10,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of farmers were reorganized and fought with the Goguryeo people for several consecutive battles. He captured the Liaodong city, annihilated Gao Yuzhen, Gao Yannian, and Jinshan ambushed Yuan Taizuo. In one month, we fought thousands of miles, defeated nearly 100,000 Goguryeo troops, destroyed more than 100 Goguryeo cities, captured nearly 400,000 people, and obtained countless money and food!"

"I suggest that everyone stand up and promote the cup together, congratulate the Great Sui Dynasty, congratulate the Majesty, and congratulate the Northeast Army! We defeated the Goguryeo people, seized the front line of the Liaohe River, and taught the shameless Goguryeo people a lesson, and even washed away the shame of the failure of the previous two defeats to Liao Dynasty! We won glory for the Great Sui Dynasty, and congratulations!"

Nearly 300 people attended the meeting stood up together and held a few wine glasses in their hands!

"Congratulations to the Great Sui Dynasty, to His Majesty, to the Great General, to the Northeast Army, to congratulate!"

This message is just a cliché. Everyone is actually very clear that it is actually extremely dangerous for them to stay in Liaodong this time. They can survive to this day and achieve such impressive results. All this is not something God blessed or the emperor blessed. To a large extent, although the soldiers have made great contributions, the greatest contribution is Chen Kefu.

Such facts are not ambiguous even if Li Jie and others are at all. Without Chen Kefu's strategy, it would be impossible to have the situation in Liaodong today. Not to mention such a victory, it is very likely that the more than 400,000 Sui troops who stayed in Liaodong had already become slaves in the manors of the Goguryeo nobles, just like the Sui prisoners they rescued during the Second Expedition of Liao.

Of course, everyone will only say this in their hearts, and no one will say it. Everyone gathered happily to praise the merits of His Majesty the Emperor.

After the wine was over, Chen Kefu smiled and said, "The Great Sui Dynasty will not forget us, and His Majesty the Emperor will not forget us either. Your Majesty sees everything we have done for the Great Sui Dynasty and for Your Majesty. The blood of the soldiers will not flow in vain, and the military achievements made will not be buried. Due to the long journey, the details of the battle here cannot be presented to Your Majesty for the time being. Now, Your Majesty has appointed me as the marshal of the Liaodong Marshal's Office, and let me reward and relay all the meritorious soldiers!"

When everyone heard this, they raised their ears. Isn’t it just this moment that they fought hard to do? They have achieved success and fame. Now that they have achieved success, they have achieved fame.

"Although our eyes are very optimistic about the situation in Liaodong, we cannot be blinded by temporary victory. Although our army has wiped out the Liaoshui line, the strength of the entire Goguryeo cannot be underestimated. The centipedeo will not die. Next, we will definitely not be as relaxed as before. Next, we will only be a big war and a fierce battle. All of this, Your Majesty has long been foresighted. Therefore, in view of the current situation in Liaodong, Your Majesty has changed its strategy for withdrawing troops, so that we do not have to withdraw our troops back to the Central Plains. We must immediately take advantage of the time when Liaodong has not yet gone north, and we must immediately establish the Liaodong Marshal's Office, recruit another 100,000 troops, preserve the fruits we have now occupied, fight against Goguryeo, and wait for the army to march east again."

However, the generals here do not have much resistance to not returning to Liaodong, but continuing to stay in Liaodong. On the contrary, except for Li Jie, most people are still willing to continue to stay in Liaodong.

After all, when they stayed in Liaodong, they were all happy local emperors, with heavy troops in their hands and far away. They ate delicious food every day, and the money and grain they plundered were piled up like mountains, and even the rewards they received were full of houses. Even if they had money and women, they would not have so many officials to supervise and control them. Who would be willing to give up such a good day? Once they returned to the Central Plains, they would basically be transferred back to the court to stay freely.

Without soldiers in his hands, there will be no achievements and no rewards. What's the point of such a life for these generals? Not to mention, the general Chen Kefu has only been in Liaodong for less than a year and has been named Duke and appointed as the marshal! No one is envious or yearning for it. What's more, after fighting so many victories, many people feel that the so-called Goguryeo is just a piece of tiger and nothing is scary.

Chen Kefu waved his hand, Zhang Jin, who stood behind him, quickly brought a box of golden nanmu and put it in front of Chen Kefu. Looking at the precious appearance of the box and his cautious appearance, everyone understood that this box must be a very important thing.

As soon as he opened it, Chen Kefu took out a large seal from it. It was a golden seal, square and golden in shape. On the seal was a tiger lying on it. This was the seal of the Liaodong Marshal brought by the Tongshishe people.

After taking out the seal, Chen Kefu took out another object from it, but it was a red gold hidden tiger, but this hidden tiger was cut in half. This was the most important tiger talisman in the hands of the generals in command.

The tiger talisman, also known as the military talisman, is named because it is made into a slump of tiger shape. It is a certificate used by ancient emperors to grant military power to their subordinates and to mobilize the army. The tiger talisman can be divided into left and right halves. When using troops, the left half will be handed over to the generals who lead the troops, and the right half will be kept by the monarch. When mobilizing the army, the monarch will hand over the right half to the generals who sent the troops and buckle the left half of the left half in the hands of the generals who lead the troops. It is consistent with each other and indicates that the order is verified to be credible, so that the army has the right to mobilize, and this is the origin of the word "conformity".

Chen Kefu had only commanded 10,000 troops before, and he was also an imperial guard, so he did not have a tiger talisman. Tiger talisman. Only generals who were commanding troops alone, such as the marching general, the marching general, and the marching marshal, would be awarded the tiger talisman when these generals went to war.

If, as usual, Chen Kefu was awarded the position of marshal of the Liaodong marshal and commanded 100,000 troops. Then the emperor would grant him half of the tiger talisman in his hand, and then add half of the tiger talisman in his hand. The two were in line with each other, then he had the right to mobilize 100,000 troops.

But now he is just a marshal with no soldiers or generals. He only has ten thousand old subordinates, and he doesn't have half of the tiger talismans in his hand. So he was in a hurry to take power, so Yang Guang simply sent him a pair of complete tiger talismans.

The pair of tiger talismans were made of very small, made of red gold, and in the shape of a submerged tiger. The section of the tiger talisman had teeth fitting together, and there was a row of words on the back. When the two halves of tigers were in line with the top, the cut-out inscription also appeared.

"The Talisman of Armored Soldiers, the Emperor of Right, and the Liaodong of Left"

The meaning of the inscription is simple and easy to understand, and it means it is. The meaning of the inscription is that the right half of this tiger talisman belongs to the emperor's control, and the left half belongs to the Liaodong generals. If two pieces are combined, they can command the Liaodong troops.

Of course, it is impossible to transfer troops with just a piece of tiger talisman. The tiger talisman is a token, and the emperor's edict must be accompanied by the emperor. Just like now, Emperor Yang Guang issued an edict, granting Chen Kefu the marshal of the Liaodong marshal, and then sending him the tiger talisman, it means that he is the highest military commander of the entire Liaodong. With the edict and tiger talisman, all Liaodong troops must obey his mobilization and behead him if they violate the order!

Chen Kefu picked up the marshal's golden seal, tiger talisman, and emperor's edict to everyone. Then he immediately took out several pieces of white silk, picked up a pen and wrote several silk pieces in succession, and successively stamped the marshal's seal and his personal private seal on it.

"All the generals obey the order! This commander ordered Li Benlei to be the deputy marshal of the Liaodong marshal's office!"

"I am the commander-in-chief! I ordered Mao Xi to be the marching Sima of the Liaodong Marshal's Office!"

"I am the commander-in-chief! I ordered Li Jie to be the chief marshal of the Liaodong marshal's office!"

Deputy Marshal, Marine Sima, Marine Chief, Chen Kefu appointed three highest positions in the three Marine Marshal's Mansions. Like a fire, it suddenly ignited the passion of the Sui generals present...

Li Benlei, Mao Xi and Li Jie stood up, stepped forward, walked to Chen Kefu, knelt on one knee, and took the appointment letter! Li Benlei was the deputy commander and Li Jie was the chief of the march, which was long as everyone expected, but Chen Kefu suddenly appointed Mao Xi as the marching Sima, which was a little surprised.

During the Tang Dynasty, many important places set up the Grand Commander's Office, which was equivalent to the military regions of later generations. Generally, the Grand Commander was led by the royal family. The actual top leaders in the army were usually represented by the Chiefs. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, the Chiefs were the second-in-commander position, which was higher than the Deputy Chiefs.

However, in the Sui Dynasty, in the Marshal's Mansion, the Marshal was the boss, and was usually personally served by the royal family, but was only nominally commanded. The real commander was the deputy commander, and the deputy commander was all the real famous generals. Under the deputy commander, there was a marching Sima, a third-rank rank, who was very powerful and responsible for assisting the marshal to command the troops. On the contrary, the marching Sima was an important position with little power.

The marching chief is from the third rank, and does not command troops and is only responsible for giving advice to the marching marshal. He belongs to the marshal's secretary and strategist. If the marshal values ​​it, then the strategies made by the marshal can control the life and death of the troops. On the contrary, if the marshal ignores him, then he is just a strategist without a soldier.

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