King Lou Ru suddenly choked, and his face turned red. In front of so many people, being reprimanded, King Lou Ru was really annoyed.

Seeing that the situation was developing in an unpredictable direction, Wei Qiutai hurriedly said: "General Gongsun, since you are willing to give up half of Goguryeo, you are also unwilling to do it, in this case, this king has a proposal, I wonder if the general is willing to listen to it?" ”

Gongsun Du has a little aftertaste at this time, where is King Lou Ru stupid, it is clearly two old guys singing and harmonizing, one with a black face and the other with a white face, playing him like a monkey! Hehe!

Gongsun Du sneered in his heart and nodded noncommittally.

Wei Qiutai has received a satisfactory answer, naturally he is not angry, and even has a slight smile on his face, although it is not particularly obvious, but the sharp-eyed Gongsun Du can still see it, even King Lou Ru. This made Gongsun Du more and more sure that the two of them were singing double reeds before, and the coldness in his heart became even worse: Heh! The interests of the moment will satisfy you, let's see!

"This king proposes that I, Fuyu, Lou Ru, and the general's Liaodong, can temporarily become allies and help each other, how about it?" Wei Qiutai held the wisdom bead on his face, looked at Gongsun Du and said with an oath.

"Huh? Aren't you afraid of Xianbei at this time? Not afraid of sandalwood locust? Gongsun Du said with a smile, without the slightest hint of ridicule, but as long as he was not stupid, he could hear the sarcasm that was straightforward.

King Lou Ru was rarely angry this time, and Wei Qiutai's face froze, and he said, "What does the general want, you might as well tell me about it!" ”

"Haha! Sure enough, it's an old fox, amazing, amazing! I found out the real thoughts of this general at a glance, it's really amazing! ”

In the face of Gongsun Du's praise, Wei Qiutai was not complacent, and looked at Gongsun Du so lightly.

Seeing that no one was fooled, Gongsun Du was not embarrassed, his expression was straight, and he said: "Who gave you the order to besiege Liaodong this time?" ”

Without waiting for Wei Qiutai to reply, Gongsun Du said again: "Don't say you don't know, Ben Jiang is not so easy to fool." ”

Wei Qiutai's face froze, obviously he really planned to say so.

In an instant, Wei Qiutai's complexion returned to naturalness, and he said, "Helian!" ”

"Hmm!" Gongsun Du had expected this answer for a long time, so he was not surprised, and now he asked this question, just to make sure again.

"Newspaper~"

Gongsun Du was about to say more, when a personal soldier suddenly rushed to the front: "Lord Qiqi, the follow-up soldiers and horses have arrived." ”

"Huh?" Gongsun Du's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Take them to Nanying to settle down." ”

"Yes, my lord."

The soldiers retreated, and Gongsun Du didn't look at the ever-changing faces of Wei Qiutai and King Lou Ru, and said indifferently: "That's it, your proposal would have been agreed." ”

"However, since it's a temporary alliance, let's have a time!"

After Gongsun Du finished speaking, he looked at Wei Qiutai.

If it was before, Wei Qiutai was probably really confident, but now, he is a little apprehensive. didn't reply immediately, but kept making eye contact with King Lou Ru, and said after a while: "Alliance, naturally the longer the better, how about fifty years?" ”

"Huh!"

Gongsun Du laughed and said, "Ben Jiang can live for fifty years, what about you?" ”

"Five years! Ben will only give you five years! ”

After Gongsun Du finished speaking, he stood up and left directly.

Wei Qiutai looked at Gongsun Du's back and said something, but in the end he sighed lightly and fell silent.

"Let's go too, five years is enough."

King Lou Ru is much younger than Wei Qiutai, originally this alliance, he was not very willing, thinking of directly destroying Gongsun Du with Fuyu, and at the worst, he would also drive him back to Liaodong, but Wei Qiutai did not agree, and only wanted to maintain the current situation.

It's hard to scream alone, so you can only agree. Now that the situation has changed, five years is not bad, and it will take time to digest almost a quarter of Goguryeo.

Wei Qiutai nodded, went down the city wall with King Lou Ru, and joined the guards under the city before leaving.

Soon, the 60,000 army retreated together, and the "prestige" just now was in vain, and Gongsun Du didn't even look at it, but had the idea of going to war. If not, why did they send troops to reinforce them?

Two days later.

Gongsun Du left 3,000 foot soldiers and led 1,000 soldiers back to Liaodong, and the rest of the soldiers and horses escorted the Goguryeo captives and left behind.

When he returned to Xiangping, he was greeted by a group of civil and military personnel, as well as the people of the city. After some great celebration, Wei You came up.

"Lord!"

"Hmmm! What's going on lately? ”

"Two days ago, the Xianbei army suddenly killed Fang County, and then in less than a day, they retreated."

"Huh?"

Hearing the news, Gongsun Du's eyes flashed with a hint of discoloration: It seems that Wei Qiutai is really ready to confront Xianbei? Hehe, interesting!

"Don't worry about them, Xianbei shouldn't be able to move troops to Liaodong again in a short period of time."

Wei You nodded, and then asked, "Lord, I don't know how those Goguryeo captives are arranged?" ”

"Didn't you say before that you would let them mine and build roads?" Gongsun Du was quite surprised when he heard this, and when he decided to attack Goguryeo a few months ago, he had set up the captured captives to be used for mining and road repair, and then let them turn into ordinary people according to the situation.

Wei You's face remained unchanged and replied: "Then those people who the lord promised before are also like this?" ”

Saying this, Gongsun Du remembered that when he was in Marudu before, he had promised Zhu Dali to give them the same life as the people of Liaodong.

Gongsun Du hesitated for a moment and said, "Those who take the initiative to surrender, let them be ordinary people!" As for the rest, the mining and mining, the road that should be repaired. ”

"Even so, it's not far from winter now, what will happen to the captives who build the road then?"

Gongsun Du realized that he had ignored the huge influencing factor of winter. was stunned, and then asked, "What does Qingping suggest?" ”

"There are three suggestions for the lord to choose from."

A gleam flashed in Gongsun Du's eyes, and he understood that Wei Yu had been prepared for this, nodded and said, "Let's hear it." ”

"First, the population of Liaodong has surged, especially the newborn children are much more than in previous years, and last year some families prepared insufficient wood fire for the winter, so some people can be separated to cut wood, and after the winter, let them chop firewood and sell wood fire."

"Second, my subordinates remember that my lord once said that there are still large areas of territory overseas south of Lelang, and my subordinates think that they can divide some of the captives out to look for trees, or go to Kunpeng Fort to work as ordinary boatmen, speed up the construction of warships, and strive to send troops to them next year."

"Third, if you want to conquer an unfamiliar place, you will inevitably lose a lot, and your subordinates think that they can pick out some of the captives and form a separate army, so that they can be used as vanguards."

After Wei You finished speaking, he drank tea.

Gongsun Du pondered for a long time and found that Wei You seemed to have given three suggestions, but in fact there was only one, or at most one and a half.

Boatman, it's a secret!

Even the people of Liaodong had to be carefully considered before they could be selected, not to mention that these captives were excluded in the first place.

The second is to cut wood, not to mention how much Liaodong can need, just let them cut wood, and send someone to guard it, then it is better to cut wood yourself!

There is only a third option left, let them be cannon fodder!

In doing so, the benefits are numerous.

First, after the road is repaired, the daily training is enough for them to drink a pot, and the energy to make trouble is naturally gone; Second, it is the problem of casualties that Wei Yu said; Third, the hatred between Liaodong and Goguryeo is far greater than that of the Xianbei and Buyeo tribes, and the capture of too many captives this time will inevitably cause all kinds of contradictions, so that they can be used as cannon fodder. Fourth, these Goguryeo people were really captives, not surrendered soldiers, which means that they had no loyalty at all, and if they could cut off some of them, they would definitely be able to warn other Goguryeos; Fifth, the lessons learned from the past can set a good example for other ethnic groups in the future, such as Buyeo, Louru, Xianbei and other ethnic groups.

And the said half, the first, there are some that can be adopted, such as - chopping wood!

To burn the kang in winter, it is natural to ask for wood, and if it is the best piece, someone will naturally have to chop firewood. In this way, the timber can be brought back, and when the road cannot be repaired in the winter, some of them can be used to chop firewood. After all, you can't all be "cannon fodder". It is also necessary for people to be able to see the way of life!

"Forget it, the boatman. Let them be trailblazers...... And chopping wood! ”

"Yes, my lord!" Wei Yu seemed to have expected Gongsun Du's decision, and there was no surprise, so he responded directly after listening to it.

Later, Gongsun Du asked about other things, such as how the cellar was excavated, whether the seeds brought back by Cheng Pu had been stored, and so on.

Sweet potatoes are generally planted after the rains in the early spring, and the corn is a little later, but now that it is the second half of the year, it is naturally impossible. However, this potato, Gongsun Du remembers that it can be planted twice a year, and one season is similar to the season of sweet potatoes, also known as summer potatoes; The other season, shortly after the autumn harvest, is called winter potatoes, and although the taste is much worse than summer potatoes, is this time to consider the taste?

However, Gongsun Du thought of the situation in Liaodong in winter, smiled helplessly, and gave up this idea.