Chen Kefu sat on the top, under the flickering candle flame, his figure was tall and big.

He was like a member of a landlord's family, looking at a group of clansmen, taking stock of another year's income and expenses, and he was talking so carelessly and calmly.

As the numbers came out one by one, the more than 200 captured officers below became more and more surprised and shocked. All the eyeballs were about to pop out, many of them were rude, and at this time a mouth was already wide open. If he didn't dare to disturb Chen Kefu, it is estimated that many people would have shouted out in surprise at this time.

When Zhou Jin and others originally heard that Chen Kefu was the general of Zuotunwei, Zhuguo, the doctor of Youguanglu, and the founder of Liaodong, they all felt that Chen Kefu was too young. After all, it was only less than a year to be promoted from the captain to this position, which is really unbelievable. Later, when he was in the logistics camp, he heard that Chen Kefu was from the royal family of Nanchen and was the concubine of Prince Shen.

They all think that maybe he rose so fast because it has something to do with this.

But now, one by one, kneeling here, listening to Chen Kefu relaxedly, sentence by sentence, the war in Liaodong. They felt that Chen Kefu was not surprised at all that he was the general of Zuotunwei.

The Goguryeo people are not the soft persimmons, and even compared to the Turks who crisscrossed the steppe, the Goguryeo people who locked up the city and did not come out of the walls were more difficult to fight. During the second expedition to Liao, although they were defeated in many places outside the battle array. But the elite of the Goguryeo soldiers they have also verified with their own hands, and the elite light cavalry is not at all compromising compared to the cavalry of the Great Sui.

Everyone couldn't help but get up and shouted, "Long live the Great Sui, the Great General is mighty"

Chen Kefu smiled, "This is not the credit of me alone, this is the credit of all the soldiers." Although I analyzed the situation of Goguryeo's soldiers and horses before, I preliminarily judged that the Liao people could not go north to counterattack in a short time after losing the soldiers, horses, grain, and grass on the Liaoshui frontline. However, this time is also short. ”

An infantry captain asked, "General, the Liao soldiers and horses can only go north with more than 40,000 people at most, even if they recruit 100,000 people in three or two months, I'm afraid that the combat effectiveness will not be strong by then." The general defeated Yizhi Wende, Gao Jianwu, Gao Zhen, Gao Yannian, Yuan Taizuo and other Liao generals in a row, and I saw nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the general. And there is a strong city in Liaodong, I'm afraid that the Liao people won't be able to please it. ”

Another person also spoke up, "Yes, General, if the Liao people don't come to attack in a short time, then we can ask Your Majesty for reinforcements." When the army arrives, isn't it possible to destroy Goguryeo, which has only more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, to be captured? ”。

Chen Kefu smiled, "There is some truth in what you said, but you only see the surface, but you don't see the true essence of things. The Liao people are brave and local, they adapt to the climate, terrain, and have the support of the Liao people. We came from afar, and we are not very accustomed to fighting in the mountains of Liaodong. Especially in the previous siege of Shancheng, it can be said that it was extremely difficult, with an army of four or five hundred thousand plus hundreds of thousands of people, besieging Liaodong City for more than a month. ”

"Moreover, although we have repeatedly defeated the Liao people before, but think about these battles, which one is a regular battle? Annihilating the 80,000 private soldiers of Ezhi Wende, we dispatched more than 200,000 elite men and horses, and it was still a field battle of two sides, and we had broken their spirit before. It's exactly the ratio of three to one, and it's still the elite against the aristocratic private soldiers who don't have much combat effectiveness in the south. ”

"The annihilation of Gao Jianwu's men and horses was cut off little by little with the blood of countless soldiers in four or five hundred thousand soldiers, hundreds of thousands of people, and dozens of days."

"Fighting higher than Zhen, Gao Yannian, and Yuan Taizuo, all of them are ambush battles, with more fights and less, ambush raids, that's it, in the battle of Jinshan Canyon, we almost lost the whole army. Now we, the entire army of hundreds of thousands, have retreated to the Central Plains and have gone to put down chaos with Your Majesty. ”…,

"To tell you the truth, you see that I have 100,000 soldiers and horses, in fact, I only have 10,000 elite soldiers, in fact, more than half a month ago, they were all civilian men and auxiliary soldiers, and they were pulled out to fight ambush warfare. But if it is a hard battle, even if it is a defensive battle, the commander does not have half of the confidence. ”

"As for the captain's request for help from His Majesty, you must know that far water cannot quench your thirst. His Majesty's army has returned to the Central Plains, and if you want to transfer troops and horses from the Central Plains into Liao, it is impossible to do it without March and May, especially now is the rainy season in Liaodong. Not only did the water of the Liao River rise sharply, making it difficult to pass. Even the more than 200 miles of swamp west of the Liao River is now an ocean, and if you want to pass through, you must build a bridge, which is basically an uncomplete task. Therefore, if you just sit and wait for Your Majesty's army, then it will not be possible until April or May next year. Until then, it's up to us. ”

After speaking, Chen Kefu stepped down to the first place, slowly walked to the middle of the big tent, and said in a very sincere tone, "Goguryeo is my Great Sui's henchman, and now Goguryeo is the weakest time, if you don't seize the opportunity at this time and completely beat him down, then it won't take ten years, Goguryeo will inevitably threaten my Great Sui again." Could it be that at that time, we will have to repeat the suffering we have suffered since the three conquests of Goguryeo? ”

A few of the officers were a little older, and at this time they stood up and said, "General, you are right, if you don't defeat Goguryeo, maybe there will be more comrades in the future who will be humiliated by us that day." General, you say, if there is anything you want us to do, as long as we do it, we will definitely do it, we are all dead people, it was the general who saved us. ”

Looking at everyone's reactions, Chen Kefu didn't do anything more, and immediately said, "Before May next year, it is very likely that we will not be able to get the support of the army of the DPRK and China." It's not September yet, so there's at least eight months left. And I estimate that the Liao people will only need three months at most, and they may raise troops to the north. Therefore, I now intend to take down the mountain cities in the upper and middle reaches of the Liao River, and collect all the grain, grass, cloth, clothing, cattle, sheep, horses, sacrifices, and young and strong people in each city. Anything that can be taken away will be brought back to Liaodong City. We took Liaodong City as the base camp and Xincheng as the acropolis, and all the rest of the mountain cities were abandoned, and the soldiers and horses returned to Liaodong City, and then sent a team of soldiers and horses to guard the new city and contain the Liao. ”

"During the period when the Liao people were not here, I stepped up the training of new soldiers, and I have preliminarily reorganized 80,000 horses, more than 20,000 cavalry, and more than 50,000 infantry. Now there is no shortage of armor and equipment, and there is a little more time, the only thing missing is those veterans who have been on the battlefield, and middle and lower rank officers. You all crawled out of the pile of dead people, so I hope you can join my Northeast Army and help me train and lead new recruits together. At that time, we will protect Liaodong City together for the Great Sui and His Majesty, and stay until next year to sweep away Goguryeo in one fell swoop. ”

"For the Great Sui and for His Majesty"

All the officers were excited by what Chen Kefu said, they were all officers who had been captured by the defeated army. If you can really join the Northeast Army as Chen Kefu said, defeat the Liao people on the battlefield, regain the lost glory, and wash away the past humiliation, then everyone is willing.

Zhou Jin saw the excited shouts of his accomplices, hesitated for a while, and shouted a few times.

"General, tell me straight, what do you want us to do?"

Chen Kefu smiled gently at everyone, "We will go back to Liaodong City soon, and we will start to train recruits after returning to Liaodong City." At the same time, I have also discussed with all the generals in the army, and while training new soldiers, I am also preparing to focus on the rotation training of low-level officers. At that time, a noncommissioned officer school will be set up, and a group of young people with good quality will be specially selected for one year of training, and after one year, they will be assigned to the army as squad leaders. In addition, we will also set up training companies, regiments, and brigades in the army to specially train the commanders of the platoons and platoons on active duty in the army, so as to strengthen the ability of low-level officers. ”…,

"You were all once my elite warriors of the Great Sui, and you were all officers, I originally wanted you to take your original position and lead the troops in the army. However, you have been enslaved by the Goguryeo people for a year, and your body has suffered a terrible loss, so you have to recuperate. Therefore, I plan that all of you will be transferred to the respective teaching companies as instructors, and that you will be the active squad leaders in the army, that is, our former gang leaders. ”

"The lieutenants were transferred to the teaching regiment and served as instructors for the rotational training of platoon commanders."

"The Eagle Yang Lang General and the Eagle Strike Lang General were transferred to the teaching brigade in the army and served as instructors in the teaching brigade. As for the rest of Sima, Changshi, and Liucao Counselors, they will be transferred to various divisions to serve as staff officers, and the staff officers will include the original duties of the Liucao Officers, but they will also be responsible for formulating operational plans, analyzing intelligence, and other tasks. ”

After arranging their whereabouts, Chen Kefu said again, "Your rank in the army remains unchanged from your original position, but now our army is a temporary wartime establishment, and everything is subject to military rank and rank, and when you return to Liaodong City, I will award you military ranks." ”

Zhou Jin listened to the meeting and analyzed it, the general's arrangement was tantamount to turning them all into sect heads. None of them are directly in command of the troops, but after thinking about it, they also feel normal, they are all a group of generals who have been captured, how can they be allowed to serve as the commanders of the troops as soon as they come. It's good to be able to keep them in their jobs and be a head coach. Although now, he still doesn't understand the squad platoon, what rank, what teaching company and the like in Chen Kefu's words, he has no intention of asking now.

After this was really arranged, my heart was relaxed.

"General, I'm in good health, I can't let me be the head of the sect, you still let me lead the troops, I'm an eagle general, even if I am demoted by one level, it's good to be a captain with a group of people." A bearded officer said with some reluctance.

Chen Kefu walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, take care of your body first, and then help me train a few qualified officers, and when the Liao people come up, they will naturally not let you be idle, and then you will definitely be allowed to go to the battlefield in person, and you will be ashamed" ......,