At the beginning of the morning, the sound of drums and horns began to sound again in the large camp under Jinshan City, and the soldiers who stayed behind in the large camp began to train in a neat queue.

A burst of training shouts came, and Chen Kefu, who had a good night's sleep last night, finally woke up.

After the soldiers fetched water and washed him, the camp was already lively, and he saw many unfamiliar faces in the camp at a glance.

One by one, they were all wearing the black sè armor of the Northeast Army, and they stood in rows outside the circled school field, looking at the soldiers who were training. Although they were just watching from the sidelines, they were all standing neatly, and at a glance, it added a solemn atmosphere.

"What kind of people are those" Chen Kefu has always been familiar with the soldiers in the army.

In the past, when there were only 3,000 people in the broken barracks, he could call out the name of every group leader. Now that the army has expanded, there are 80,000 people all at once, and although he can no longer remember the other party's name at first sight, he can also have some familiar memories of that face.

But none of these people in front of him have an impression, and it is a little strange that he is not named.

Zhang Jin hurriedly replied, "Dashuai, these are the captured soldiers who were just rescued yesterday. Originally, it was arranged for them to continue to rest first, but it seems that they heard that the commander had arranged for those officers yesterday to let those people be the head of the coach, so they wanted to return to the team one by one.

No, early in the morning, the logistics battalion was sharpened to send them armor and weapons, but the logistics battalion did not dare to agree, and in the end it was Chief of Staff Li who agreed to issue them armor, but for the time being, weapons have not been issued. ”

Since these veterans are asking to return to the team, and they are all more anxious, this is a good thing. Now that his troops are short of veterans, if they can be recruited, then the combat effectiveness of these veterans who have survived a hundred battles will naturally be greatly increased.

But how to use it is also a problem, just like those officers, although they know that these people are experienced. But before he got their loyalty, Chen Kefu still didn't dare to disperse them into the army to lead the troops. Let them be the head of the coach, which is also the result of his long consideration. Being an instructor not only allows them to pass on their rich combat command experience to those squad and platoon commanders, but also prevents them from mastering the troops before they fully master them.

If he comes here, some of these people are more inclined to him, let him rest assured, maybe then he will consider letting those people go down to the army to lead the troops, but definitely not now. And the same is true of these soldiers now, these are all veterans, and they are not all from the same army, but the remnants of the original Ninth Army, and they are from all units. It's too messy, too messy, and it's hard to master.

It is not very safe to set up camps in a centralized and separate manner, and it is a feasible strategy for the present to be disorganized into the army. When he was thinking left and right, when he didn't have a decision, Zhang Jin said next to him, "Commander, Chief of Staff Li is here!" ”

Recently, Li Jie seems to have given up his ambition for the right to command the army, and instead devoted himself to logistics and other civil affairs. Chen Kefu was not sure for a while whether he really admitted it, and no longer wanted to seek military power, or wanted to find another way to engage in war.

However, he does lack talents in this area now, for Chen Kefu, it is better to simply grasp the military power firmly than to mess with himself, and then send someone to supervise him. Now the people of the Investigation Department have already set him as the number one target, planting eyeliners around him, sending people to monitor, and using all kinds of means. Chen Kefu is not afraid of what Li Energy will do in this land of Liaodong.

The two said hello and stood there watching the soldiers drill while talking about some logistics and other matters.

"Marshal, General Zhang He and General Liu Tiezhu have already taken more than a dozen small mountain cities yesterday, in addition to sending back a lot of supplies, they also sent back a lot of people, and now there are more than 200,000 people in our camp. Look, are you going to send someone to start transporting grain, grass and materials back to Liaodong City first? Also, as you said, I have had the captives separated as you said, what about these people? ”

In order to deal with the Sui army, Goguryeo made a strong wall and cleared the wilderness, and evacuated all the people outside the cities along the entire Liao River into the nearby mountain cities. It can be said that the grain materials, gold and silver wealth, and livestock population along the entire Liaohe River have all been transferred to various mountain cities. With the tall mountain town, the effect of this is really good. It's a pity that now all the soldiers and horses on the front line of the Liaohe River have been lost, and the mountain cities have thousands of big people and only dozens or hundreds of small ones, and they are powerless to defend at all. ,

In addition, the soldiers and horses sent by Chen Kefu did not go to attack the Ming attack, but basically brought those Goguryeo soldiers who had surrendered. All mountain cities, large and small, basically fell into the hands of Chen Kefu's soldiers and horses without resistance.

The concentrated wealth of the population is even more convenient for those Sui army soldiers. They don't have to go to great lengths to burn and loot, they just need to open the way with the surrendered Liao, and there is no mountain city that cannot be opened. In the face of the wealth and population of the whole city, all the soldiers of the Sui army are now somewhat immune. When I see those northeasts again, I will even feel that it is a little too boring.

The army gathered all the wagons and ox carts, and brought the wealth, people, and goods of the various cities to the city like streams. In just one day, a large open space outside Jinshan City has become a huge temporary freight yard. Not only the whole bag,

Whole sacks of grain, even gold, silver, and copper coins, were piled up there in random boxes and boxes.

Fortunately, it has not rained yet, and once it does, the temporary storage and transportation of so many materials is definitely a big problem.

Chen Kefu nodded, "This is true, so let's do it, you take 20,000 strong and strong people from the captives, and start transporting these materials back to Liaodong City, it is best to draw more original slaves, these people are easier to manage." Do not transfer those captured Liao soldiers to avoid accidents.

Let Liu Tiezhu's Fifth Division have more than 10,000 people, and send Guo Xiaoke's heavy cavalry brigade of 4,000 people to be responsible for escorting. It is estimated that so many materials will have to be transported at least several times, so that those craftsmen who have been selected,

and the doctor, who was literate and hyphenated, and those children were also taken away and all taken to Liaodong City. After arriving, the heavy cavalry brigade did not have to return, and directly asked them to assist Lu Shishen in guarding Liaodong City. ”

"What about the rest of the wells?"

The rest, the prisoners of war, waited until the next shipment and then escorted them back together. The women and nobles also went back together in the second batch. As for the men who have reached the age of fifty, the women who have reached the age of thirty, and the disabled, they will all stay behind and march with the army to Buyeo City early tomorrow morning. At that time, if the tribes of Liaoxi are willing to buy them as slaves, they will sell them to them, and if they are unwilling, they will stay in Fuyu City to fend for themselves. These people are useless to us, and if they are killed, they will ruin our reputation. Keep it, if they flee to the territory of the Liao, then it will also consume the food and materials of the Liao, which can be regarded as a weak enemy's strategy.

For Chen Kefu, this part of the Liao people is not a craftsman, and second, they are not people who know useful skills such as medicine, and third, they are too old for men to do any work, and women can't have children. And those who are disabled are also useless people, such people, stay,

That's the real light consuming their food supplies. Although his decision was a little cruel, he didn't feel anything wrong with doing so for a foreigner, and a foreigner who fought to the death.

He brought those strong Liao people back to Liaodong City, and when they could still produce in the future, young children would be able to educate in the future, and they could be sold as slaves at the worst, so they would not lose money.

"Okay, I'll arrange it according to your request. However, is it necessary for us to go north to Buyeo City? It's just a matter of taking a few empty cities, and I think it's enough to have Li Benlei and Luo Lin go. If the general is not at ease, he can send another army of troops and horses 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. Li Jie was silent and said, "After all, Liaodong City is our base camp, and there must be no loss there." ”

"Although what General Li said is very reasonable, there is no Liao army in the Liaohe River area now.

But don't forget, there are still Liaoxi tribes in the area of Buyeo City. To the west is the Khitan tribe and to the east is the Shoju tribe, and there is a muro in the far north. Now that the entire northwestern part of Goguryeo is empty, maybe those tribal leaders will take the opportunity to pick up the bargain. ”

"When we take everything we want, they can pick it up as they want, even if they take the opportunity to occupy Buyeo City, I can't care. Anyway, until our army finishes training, we have to shrink our defense. But if these people dare to take our share of the loot before we can take it, we have to be prepared. We fought to the death and defeated Yuan Taidi, but we didn't do it to work for them. ”

Li Jie said with some disagreement, "Commander, we have already gained a lot this time, so let's forget it." If we really clash with the Khitan or the shoju at that time, it will be very bad for us. ”

"But we can't throw away the meat in our mouths because we are afraid of the Liaoxi tribes, right?

If we can temporarily show goodwill with them and reach a friendly agreement, then we will be able to gain a firmer foothold in Liaodong.

Li Jie shook his head, "The grassland tribe has always been a race that rebels infrequently, eats the weak, and will come up and bite at every opportunity. Join forces with these people, that's a tiger skin! I hope you think twice! ”

Chen Kefu stood there staring into the distance but did not speak, whether it was seeking skin with a tiger or dancing with a wolf. Connecting the western Liaoxi tribes, not only just to defend Liaodong City, he also has a deeper idea. It's just that the purpose of that idea is not enough for outsiders.