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Yu Ming smiled slightly, and said with a serious face: "You have to remember, not only must you bring back not only the food, weapons, gold, silver, horses, cattle and sheep in the villages everywhere, but also other men under the age of sixty, women under the age of forty, and all children must be brought back. We're going to break up and reorganize the Koreans. And the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled don't have to worry about it anymore. ”

"Yes! My subordinates will definitely do it! When Guo Yi heard that he was asked to go out to rob the property and population, he was also overjoyed in his heart, this kind of good thing actually fell on his head, and it seems that the marshal still takes good care of himself.

More than 280,000 Sui army prisoners were taken prisoner, which is not a small number. Fortunately, the city of Pyongyang has been breached, and the Goryeo royal family and ministers have fled, and their royal palace and original mansions are naturally empty. So Du Ruhui didn't care about seventy-twenty-one, and drank and ordered these captives to live in.

Fortunately, the granaries and treasury of Pyongyang City had fallen into the hands of the Sui army, and there was no shortage of food, clothing, covers, tents and other things.

Under Du Ruhui's arrangement, the Sui army prisoners who had just taken off their handcuffs and ankle chains, each of them took off their already ragged and shabby clothes, and then did not hesitate that it was early autumn at this time, and the river was still a little cold.

One by one, they scrambled into the nearby river, washing the dirt off their bodies with the towels they had just been given, rubbing their skin vigorously until their whole bodies were red, as if this would make them forget their painful experiences.

In the warm autumn sun, those Sui army captives washed for about half an hour, and their skin was almost swollen, before they reluctantly went ashore one by one and changed into clean and familiar Sui army clothes.

After they put on neat and clean military uniforms, recombed their hair, and had a full meal, their whole body immediately changed.

Although they still looked a little yellow and thin, and their strength was weak, their mental outlook changed immediately. The temperament of numbness and disappointment can no longer be found in them, and every gesture gives people a feeling of being in good spirits.

After they had eaten and drunk enough, the people sent by Wei Zheng began to register the more than 280,000 people, and then reorganized them and arranged accommodation.

The contents of the registration are mainly their names, ages, places of origin, which unit they were in before they were captured, what positions they held, and which commanders of the units they belonged to. Even the family situation of these people in the Central Plains was inquired about and registered.

This registration took a long time, and it took Wei the whole day to complete the survey and registration of these 280,000 people.

Finally, he reported to Yu Ming: "Marshal, the total number of Sui prisoners rescued by this batch is 286,750, including 197,009 soldiers, 15,260 officers of all ranks, and 74,184 people. These people's mood has stabilized now, and many of them are asking us when the army will return to the Central Plains, and they are homesick and want to go back to meet their families. ”

After hearing this, Yu Ming's brows furrowed slightly, of course he understood the thoughts of these captives. After all, whoever is replaced, after being separated from his family for more than a year, especially after experiencing such an ordeal, he will want to go home. But he didn't plan to let them go.

for he now has a nominal army of 100,000 men. But except for the 10,000 people of Zuo Ling's Guard, which are considered elite troops, only Qin Qiong's Qianmo Sword Battalion has some combat effectiveness. The rest of the 100,000 people's army is okay to scare the old surname, but it is really a head-on confrontation with the enemy, but it is not good.

His current strength can only barely control the hometown of Goryeo in Liaodong, and he can't even destroy Ji and Silla, and it is also very difficult to deal with the impatience of the various departments of the Liaodong grassland, let alone wave the Central Plains and dominate the world.

According to Yu Ming's idea, he must at least spend about a year to organize and train the new army, restore production in Liaodong, and subjugate the surrounding countries and tribes before he can consider marching into the Central Plains.

But now after seeing these Sui army captives, he was thrilled. You know, these captives are a whole army of 200,000!

And these people are all well-trained regular soldiers who have experienced battlefield battles. It's not a temporary conscription from him, the kind of recruit who has just turned from a civilian man into a soldier.

Although these people have been tortured for a year or two, their bodies are somewhat weak, and they are not able to fight for the time being. But as long as time passes, let them raise for half a year and recover their bodies, they will be an elite division.

If these people can become soldiers under his banner, then his strength can immediately increase by a few levels, and he will become one of the candidates who have the strength to compete for dominance in the world.

Not to mention controlling Liaodong, even if you go south to directly attack Ji and Silla, and go north to destroy the Khitan, Xi, Tiele and other departments, there is no problem. After all, these tribes and countries, except for Silla, who did not participate in the war some time ago, the rest of the forces also suffered heavy casualties, and even the strongest Jeguo, now the national army is only 50,000 people.

If Yu Ming really had more than 200,000 troops in hand, he would be able to level the entire Korean Peninsula.

It's just that these captives are not under his command at present, and they are all like arrows, how to let these people stay, and make them willing to follow him, has become the most urgent problem in Yuming's heart to solve.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to meet with the officers among the captives, listen to their thoughts, and communicate with them, so that he could prescribe the right medicine.

"Master Wei, you can arrange for me to have a banquet in the evening to entertain these high-ranking officers among the rescued soldiers, I think, it's time to communicate with them!" Yuming is colorful.

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In the evening, Woo Myung personally summoned the representatives of the 15,260 officers in the palace of the city guard in Pyongyang. The people who came to see him were all middle and high-ranking officers above the rank of lieutenant, and there were more than five people in total. And among these people, the highest-level is naturally Yu Juluo, the master of Yu Chengdu. He used to be the general of the right guard.

Under him, there were officers such as generals, generals, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders, and some other officials, such as Changshi, Joining, Sima, etc., also came.

After exchanging pleasantries with Yukura for a while, he seated the officers one by one, and ordered the guards to serve them tea.

"I wonder what you're planning now?" Yu Ming asked directly straight to the point. He knew that for these rectal officers, turning around the bush would not work well.

For these people, Yu Ming has some ideas. These are all real government soldiers, and now these are all through the battle of life and death, if possible, of course he wants to incorporate them into his team. After all, no matter what, this is a real veteran, and it is much stronger than the tens of thousands of recruit eggs under him.

Even if it can't be fully incorporated or a small part is adapted, it will definitely be able to raise the combat effectiveness of the entire Liaodong Xing Battalion to a higher level.

What he lacks most now is grassroots officers, especially the training of new recruits, and he feels that there is a shortage of instructors. And now he suddenly has more than 15,000 officers, and most of them are low-level officers such as gang commanders and team leaders, which is what he lacks the most now.

Moreover, the 10,000 people of his Zuoling Guard are mainly cavalry, and the officers are naturally also cavalry officers. However, the newly established five armies, namely Guyi, Tabai, Selecting, Victorious, and Breaking the Enemy, were mainly infantry.

Use a group of cavalry officers to expand and lead an infantry-based army. For Yu Ming, this also feels unreliable.

However, it is difficult for Qiao Woman to cook without rice, he wants to get some infantry officers, but where can he get them? There are some infantry officers in Zhang Xutuo's remnant army, but unfortunately the number is small, and it is a drop in the bucket in the 100,000 army, which is not enough at all.

And now is undoubtedly an opportunity, among the Sui army officers rescued, they are basically low-level captains and team leaders. These people can make up for his lack of junior officers. However, it all depends on whether he can convince these people, after all, the twisted melon is not sweet. If others are unwilling, use strong means to subdue them, for fear that they will not be able to work hard to train soldiers.

At this time, Yu Juluo and the others were also stunned for a moment when they heard this. Yu Juluo himself is okay to say, after all, he has seen a lot of strong winds and waves, and has experienced the ups and downs of officialdom for a long time. But the other officers were homesick and anxious to go home to see their loved ones they hadn't seen for nearly two years.

It's just that after sobering up from the initial excitement of being rescued. They also think a little bit more. Because they all know that Yang Guang is very happy with his achievements, and he punishes the defeated generals severely. Although he and the others fought with all their might, they were defeated and became prisoners. For Yang Guang, who has good noodles. Whether they will punish themselves and others is still unknown.

So, one of the brigade commanders cautiously asked: "Marshal, we have been captured for a long time, and we no longer understand the current situation. Now all of us want to go back and be with our families. But if you disturb the imperial court, you will be held accountable for our group of defeated people. I wonder if the marshal can send a letter to the court and ask for pardon for the sins of us and others? ”

As soon as he said this, many officers echoed him, with a pleading look on their faces. They saw that Yuming was young and kind, and they knew that he was Yushu's grandson, and he became the marshal of the camp at a young age, and was also named the Marquis of Pyongyang, which must have been appreciated by Yang Guang. If he comes forward to intercede, and Goryeo has been extinguished, maybe Yang Guang will pardon the guilt of himself and others.

After Yu Ming heard this, he frowned, what he wanted most was to keep these people for his own use. In this way, he could add 200,000 to his army. But if it is really as these people say, give Yang Guang a chapter, with the current situation of the imperial court lacking soldiers and major generals. There is a good chance that these people will be sent to quell the rebellion and thus get out of his control. This is something he must not allow.

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