Chapter 398: Placement

"There are too many things I can't do, but I found a brother who is like-minded with me and is willing to work hard for Kuang Fu Han, and then I met Zichuan when I went to Tiger Prison Pass under Gongsun Bogui." Liu Bei whispered to himself, "Destiny is destined to be not alone!" ”

"Even if we fail, there will be people who will follow, not to mention that we are taking the grand road, and no one will be able to defeat us." Chen Xi said indifferently.

Liu Bei's road is difficult to walk, but even if he dies, there are people who have been following his footsteps in the march, Kuang Fu Han Clan's banner, even if Liu Bei fell in history, Zhuge Liang still took over the banner, Zhuge Liang Star fell into Wuzhang Yuan, Jiang Wei carried this banner again, unswervingly.

"Even if I fail, I will come back, and I, Liu Xuande, will never give in." Liu Bei's gaze was like water, but it resolutely moved Chen Xi, time and space rotated, and Liu Bei's will still did not change.

"How can you fail?" Li You looked at the two people in front of him, and said with a smile, "How can we, who have the greatest support under the rule, fail?" ”

"How can we fail?" Chen Xi took over the conversation and repeated, Liu Bei couldn't hear it, but Chen Xi clearly knew that Li You was hinting at Chen Xi.

At this point, there is no retreat, especially after the big break Cao Cao and the others, there can be no cowardice, nor the slightest instability, at this time, once the slightest sign of instability is revealed, so that the princes of the Quartet feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of, and a big war is absolutely inevitable.

"Let's continue to talk about Xuzhou, what to do with Cao Jun's prisoners?" Liu Bei suppressed the restlessness in his heart. Then asked.

"Isn't it okay to move back to Mount Tai for labor reform?" Chen Xi asked puzzledly, he did not participate in the battle against Cao Cao at that time, and naturally he did not see the group of Cao army prisoners who had been sent to the East China Sea near the border of Mount Tai.

"Cao Jun's support for Cao Cao Mengde is very high. Of course, there are some who are dissatisfied with Cao Mengde because of Cao Jun's digging of people's graves, but most of them support Cao Mengde, which is probably similar to the reason for the soldiers on our side. Li You explained calmly, and even said the reason.

"The captives have fled?" Chen Xi frowned and said, it's right to think about it, one is Cao Jun's gratitude to Cao Cao for pulling them out of the abyss of hunger and cold, and the other is that Cao Jun's family members are all in Yanzhou.

"Hmm. There have been a lot of fleeing Cao soldiers, although many have been captured, but there are also hundreds of Cao army captives who have escaped. I have ordered Taishan to send Tuntian soldiers to strengthen the guards, but this is not the way to go. Li You said with a smile, but the moment he looked at Chen Xi, there was no trace of cold killing intent in his eyes.

"That's right. How many are willing to stay? Chen Xi extinguished Li You's idea of killing them all without thinking about it. Not to mention that the killing of prisoners is ominous, just saying how much impact the killing of more than 40,000 young people will have, Chen Xi didn't dare to think about it.

"There are more than 6,000 captives who have complaints about Cao Mengde, but less than half are willing to stay, and the remaining 30,000 people have no special feelings about Cao Mengde's actions." Li Ru said helplessly.

"Take in the part that is willing to stay first, and strengthen the guards for the rest first, and now you can't let them return to Yanzhou no matter what." Chen Xi said calmly, it was obvious that this tone made Li Ru understand that he could use some unconventional means when necessary.

"Let them go back. Our battle was in vain, and it was troublesome to turn around Cao Mengde's recruitment. Liu Bei also sighed and said. But it's not the same thing to be raised for nothing, if Liu Bei is allowed to abuse prisoners of war, Liu Bei feels that he shouldn't be, so he freezes here.

"Well, I've got a good place to go." When Chen Xi was selecting a suitable place for labor reform, he suddenly thought of a place that was isolated from the world.

"Tell me about it." Liu Bei said curiously.

"Get them here." Chen Xi found a map, pointed to the sea area of Yangzhou and said, "There is a large isolated island in this direction drawn on the map, Xingba is just going to build there, get those diehards to that island, just build that big island in the future, if you want to fight with Yangzhou in the future, you can also use this big island as a springboard to attack Yangzhou." ”

"Xingba's fleet, transporting 5,000 people at a time is at the limit, 40,000 people go back and forth eight times, and Xingba doesn't have to do anything else this year." Li You frowned and said, if there is really such a big island, this group of prisoners also has a place to settle, wait for a few years, Mao is smooth, and then bring it back.

"There really doesn't need to do anything for Xingba in the short term, his navy is still a half-finished product." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Transfer those captives there, even if they want to, it will be difficult to escape, and you can stop the supply and drive them to farm there." ”

"Won't that expose the island? After all, in your words, the purpose of this island is more to serve as a springboard to attack the rear of Yangzhou. Li You frowned and said, compared with the long-term strategic plan, there is no need to make such a big deal about the placement of prisoners.

"No, there are a lot of islands in the sea, and they will suspect that we have found the big island, but they can't find it without a sufficiently accurate chart, and they won't know that there will be such a place behind Yangzhou." Chen Xi shook his head and said, after all, there are too many islands in the sea, and no one really doubts that tens of thousands of prisoners are stuffed.

"Then let's do it, these tens of thousands of captives must not be returned." Liu Bei agreed to Chen Xi's arrangement, he is not a fool, although he does not kill prisoners, but he is not willing to consume his own food in vain to feed a group of idlers, Chen Xi has to deal with it now, he thinks it is very appropriate.

"It's a little pity, but it's much better than spending money to raise a group of idlers before, more than 40,000 veterans, Xun Wenruo they will probably be distressed to death, and when the time comes, let people get an article, saying that we are indeed sending the captives to the big island overseas, and they in the province hacked us to kill the prisoners." Chen Xi shook his head and said.

To be honest, Chen Xi hopes that these more than 40,000 people can be incorporated into his own troops now, so that the strength of his side can quickly take off, but it is a pity that it is impossible for this group of captives to join them without a period of education.

"After returning to Taishan, let's form a new legion, these Cao army's weapons and equipment are just right for us." Liu Bei sighed and said, "When the time comes, after the reorganization of Xuzhou is completed, a legion will be transferred from Mount Tai, and the combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou soldiers will never be reassuring, and Xuzhou seems to be an auxiliary soldier except for the elite of Danyang, and the other soldiers seem to be auxiliary soldiers......" (to be continued......)

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