Borrowing a Bridge to Cross the River

"Your Majesty, why have you forgotten your favorite general? The founding prince of the new city of Pojun Camp, and the Zhuguo Chen Pojun is a very suitable candidate. General Chen not only has the courage to be inappropriate, but also is good at strategy. He also has 10,000 elite troops under Pojun Camp, and is also an elite soldier in the army for hundreds of battles, all of which are ten. Such generals are the best candidates to stay and take on this important task." Pei Shiju hurriedly pointed at Chen Kefu and said.

"Oh, Chen Pojun?" Yang Guang turned his head to look at Chen Kefu.

Chen Kefu laughed in his heart, "Okay, the play has finally come to him, and it's time for him to take the line." It seems that Pei Shiju is really good at it, and he acts exactly according to the script he guessed."

Chen Kefu smiled in his heart, but he pretended to be surprised when he heard his name, and then he was angry, yes, angry. Chen Kefu glared at Pei Shiju with a resentful look. This time he didn't need to pretend, he glared at him with a very true nature.

Then he immediately fell to the ground, "Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Pojun Camp, and I am the personal army around you. This time I returned to the court, thousands of miles away, and it was the time when I and the Pojun Camp guarded His Majesty. How could I abandon such an important duty and stay here? Your Majesty, your safety is the most important. I am really worried about Your Majesty's safety after returning to the Central Plains for thousands of miles."

Chen Kefuna played a role of a passionate and emotional person, and she almost cried and snot. Although it looked very artificial, it was the effect he wanted. He wanted Yang Guang and the others to see at a glance that he didn't want to stay here. He played hard to get, and the winding paths could make the secret more clear.

Sure enough, he took the time to look at Er Pei and found that the smiles on the corners of their mouths were even stronger. Yang Guang looked a little hesitant. Seeing that Chen Kefu was unwilling to stay, he also said, "Pojun is my guard, and I am not willing to let them stay. Pei Qing, see if there are any other suitable ones."

Pei Shiju said, "Your Majesty, you must be a person like Chen Pojun whom Your Majesty can trust at all times. If someone else is replaced, I am still worried that I will not be able to take on this great task. General Chen, although you let you stay, this is also protecting Your Majesty's safety. It is because you are here to stick to it that Your Majesty has no worries. Or, General Chen, are you unwilling to serve Your Majesty, or are you afraid of death?"

Chen Kefu immediately pretended to be furious and shouted, "Pei Shiju, you have been targeting the military camp for the imperial guards around His Majesty. What do you mean? Just because I am loyal to Your Majesty and not to Pei's family, do you have to do everything possible to knock me down? What a pity you have, but you still have a little fear of Your Majesty? I am Your Majesty's loyal guard, how can you allow you to insult like this?"

Pei Shiju was stunned by Chen Kefu's move of not playing according to the routine, "Chen Pojun, why did you say this? I'm all for the Great Sui Dynasty, for Your Majesty. How could I have any selfish intentions? I didn't know you before, so how could I deliberately target you? That's a false accusation."

Yang Guang could not help but say, "Okay, don't fight anymore. Both of you are my confidants. Everything is for the Sui Dynasty, so why both of you attack each other? I see what Pei Qing said makes sense. I don't feel at ease to hand over such an important responsibility to others, so I'll give it to Po Jun to take on this important task. Po Jun, what else do you have to say to me one by one, and I'll all agree with you."

Chen Kefu pretended to be very aggrieved, "It is my honor to be able to take on this important task for Your Majesty. I have nothing to ask for in everything, but according to Your Majesty's will, but my Majesty's return to the court this time is far away. I am really a little worried. According to my opinion, I will still draw 3,000 people from the Pokémon camp to protect Your Majesty's side."

When Yang Guang heard this, he was very happy. He did not expect that Chen Kefu was so loyal. He only had 10,000 people and had to draw 3,000 people to protect him. He hurriedly said, "No need for this. The number of people in the military camp is only 10,000. Staying here is a bit insufficient. If you have hundreds of thousands of troops around me, you don't have to worry about my safety."

Chen Kefu hesitated, "Your Majesty, I think that if you want to ensure that Your Majesty returns to the Central Plains with confidence, I would better stick here for more than one month. I think that if you can temporarily train some of the strong men from the people and then send them the remaining equipment to them, then I will surely be able to ensure that you can keep your retreat for you."

He was still very worried when he made this request. He proposed to train the people and strengthen the army, which was naturally for the purpose of staying there and expanding the army. If he stayed there, he would not really maintain an army of only 10,000 people. If he wanted to gain a foothold in Liaodong, the army was the capital. After all, this was the intersection of several foreign tribes. Without the army, there would be no place to stand. However, if Yang Guang's permission was not allowed to increase the army, it would be a serious crime.

As long as Yang Guang can make this hole for him, even if he is not a temporary Minzhuang who is formally appointed, he can train a lot of troops in the future. It's just a guise of Minzhuang. It doesn't matter what the name is, the key is to let him legally pull the team.

Yang Guang looked at Chen Kefu seriously, "I won't keep you here for too long. When I return to the Central Plains, I will be able to pick you up. You want to train the people and the soldiers, but you don't want to guard the four new cities."

Chen Kefu smiled, "Your Majesty, those who were beaten with blood by the soldiers after all, how could they be willing to give them to the Liao people easily? If you have the chance, of course I don't want to throw them to the Liao people for nothing. If you have the chance, I want to help Your Majesty take down Liaodong City as well. As long as you take down Liaodong City, I don't even have to go back to the Central Plains. I can hold on here until Your Majesty's Eastern Expedition next year. Then we will be Your Majesty's front station."

Pei Shiju and Pei Yun both smiled, feeling that Chen Kefu was a little whimsical. Although there were not many large mountain cities in Liaodong, there were some small fortress-like small mountain cities between the mountains and passes. There were more than 200 such large and small mountain cities in Liaodong.

They believed that as long as the Sui army left, it would be good that Chen Kefu's ten thousand people could defend the camp, let alone to attack Liaodong. Although Liaodong was almost destroyed this time, as long as the Sui army left, the Liao people could immediately gather troops from the nearby small hill castles, and then they would immediately become a difficult city to attack.

Even as long as the Liao people know that the Sui army has left, the Liao people may immediately launch an attack on the Pojun camp.

"General Chen is really a joke. General Chen should not underestimate the Liao people. It is best to defend the camp firmly. After half a month, you will retreat to the new city and wait for His Majesty to send a large army to pick him up and return to the court." Pei Shiju said with a sinister smile.

Yang Guang also smiled, "I like the spirit in you, okay. I now give you the title of founding emperor of Liaodong, and the 500 households are granted, and you will be promoted to the General of Zuotun Guard. I will allow you to train the people and the people. If you really capture the Liaodong city, then I will allow you to add ten Yingyang Mansions in Liaodong, and you will be invited to the court for the recruitment and appointments of all the soldiers. I have recorded what you said today. If it is really captured by then, I will reward you very much."

Pei Yun laughed dryly, "General Chen, even if you were not a joke just now, you must remember that you will have to attack Liaodong City at least half a month later. Otherwise, once you dispatch troops, the Liao people will find that our army has retreated. If the Liao people gathered their troops to attack, then you will not only be ineffective but also have a great mistake."

Chen Kefu looked disliked Er Pei at this time. Not only did he feel disliked him, but he also showed his doubts on his face. He wanted Yang Guang to know that he was very angry now because he didn't want to stay, and it was Er Pei who kept him.

In fact, he was already happy at this time. He originally thought it would be great if he could stay. Unexpectedly, Er Pei took the initiative to let him stay. As a result, he not only did not arouse Yang Guang's suspicion, but instead made Yang Guang feel that he was very loyal and even made him a little compensation.

For Yang Guang, it was just a promotion to Chen Kefu as a general. In addition, Chen Ke had the title of 500 households, but this title was in Goguryeo. Chen Kefu had the ability to collect taxes by himself. Anyway, he felt that being loyal to him was normal to be promoted to an official position. Anyway, Chen Kefu was not promoted last time, but was only promoted to a second-rank position. This time he was promoted to a real position of the third-rank position and added a second-rank title.

For Chen Kefu, he was not interested in promoting his title, but he was very interested in this general of Zuotun Guard. In name, he was the boss of the Zuotun Guard's soldiers, but now he could not command others except the 10,000 Pojun camps under his command, and it was meaningless to be the boss. However, he was very happy with the order of Yang Guang to train the Minzhuang. Even as long as he conquers Liaodong City, it would be equivalent to having ten Yingyang Mansions. If he counts as the Grand Mansion, it would be a 12,000 mansion. His current Pojun camp has 10,000 people. If he can get the 12,000 mansion, he can have 22,000 mansions. He can even have a lot of people, and this Minzhuang is completely unorganized. There is no limit on how many people he can train. As long as he can find so many soldiers.

In the military system of the Great Sui Dynasty, it was not easy for a general to capture a lot of military power. The national military power was divided into the four twelve guards, except for the four twelve guards that did not govern the military. Although the other twelve guards were the commanding institutions of the national army, the army was all from one mansion on the left and one mansion on the right, and the Yingyang guards had about a thousand people. When they had no tasks, they all went home to farm, and they could only take a few months to train every year and be on duty.

The generals of the twelve guards could not be as respectful as the generals in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but now Chen Kefu has such an opportunity.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will definitely complete the tasks assigned by Your Majesty. I will go back to the camp immediately to arrange it. I will just wait for Your Majesty's army to leave. I will immediately take over the camp and will never let the Liao people look at the reality of my camp."

Yang Guang nodded, "Go!"
Chapter completed!