Chapter 62: Veteran Oil
Regarding Li Chengdong's request, Liu Yongxi was naturally kind, and he told Qian Weikun on the side: "Mr. Qian, please help count how many prisoners there are under General Li now, and then make up the number of 1,500 for him!"
Li Chengdong was completely unacceptable to Liu Yongxi's arrangement: "Uncle Chengyi, now these prisoners are all captured by the soldiers under my command with great difficulty, and they should not be counted in the number of 1,500, otherwise wouldn't our brothers fight harder and suffer more losses?" ”
Liu Yongxi didn't speak, and Qian Weikun took the initiative to stand up and bargain with Li Chengdong: "General Li, we agreed that it was the number of 1,500, how many soldiers and horses you send, and we will give you as many new recruits as we sincerely will!" Since it was agreed in the first place, we should carry it out according to the agreement. ”
As the core backbone of the Restoration Society, Qian Weikun has experienced countless bloody storms in the court, and now bargaining with Li Chengdong is like child's play for him, and after a few rounds, Li Chengdong is already unable to parry, and he can't compete with Qian Weikun at all.
Fortunately, Liu Yongxi knows how to accept it when he sees it: "In this way, the two prisoners that General Li has captured now are counted as one, and we will make up for the less than 1,500!"
Li Chengdong is naturally willing to accept this kind of condition that is most favorable to himself: "Sincerity, then we will decide!"
Li Chengdong originally only had 2,000 men and horses, but this battle of Linhuai allowed him to get 1,800 prisoners, and his strength almost doubled, so Li Chengdong was so happy that he could barely keep his mouth shut, and it was interesting to praise Xiao Chengyi with a group of officers there.
But Li Chengdong soon found that things were not as simple as he imagined, although he had 1,800 more prisoners from Liu Liangzuo's old department, and these prisoners had a history of more than three years in the army, and they were real old soldiers, including nearly 100 Qin soldiers, but it would take a lot of trouble to collect these guerrillas and collect them for use.
Although these captives are all experienced in a hundred battles, these captives are all veterans who have followed Liu Liangzuo for many years and refused to go into battle without seeing the silver and rewarding silver.
Li Chengdong not only had to find a way to rearm them, but also had to pay attention to attacking the heart and use all means to entrap them, but also had to eat and drink well, give them enough money, food, and rewards, otherwise most of these people would run back to Liu Liangzuo's side.
However, since the number of troops under Li Chengdong's department was only 2,000 people, Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing naturally only gave him 2,000 people for money and food.
Liu Yongxi, on the grounds that he had already taken special care of Li Chengdong on the issue of prisoners, was fighting for the distribution of other spoils of war on the basis of reason, and he was supported by everyone.
Whether it is Xing Shengping, Linhuai Jinshen, Qian Weikun or others, they all think that Liu Yongxi has taken special care of Li Chengdong, and Liu Yongxi has advanced a sum of money and grain to Li Chengdong before the war, and now the supply of Li Chengdong's department is also supplied by Liu Yongxi, and Li Chengdong has already gotten the most loot, and Li Chengdong's request for extra spoils is too much!
Therefore, Li Chengdong could only get the part of the spoils that Liu Yongxi promised him in advance, and he was a little dissatisfied with this, but he could only accept it, after all, together with Xing Shengping, who belonged to Gao Jiejun, stood up against him.
Although he has the greatest credit for this battle of Linhuai, after counting the 1,800 captives, his gain seems to be the greatest: "Uncle Sincerity, if you need anything in the future, just come to me, or act according to the regulations this time!"
After thinking about it, he felt that the biggest mistake he made on this trip to Linhuai was to take these 300 more prisoners, which not only gave Liu Yongxi an excuse to refuse to ask for more booty, but also the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of 1,500 veteran soldiers were already unbearable for him in a short period of time, not to mention the extra 300 prisoners.
But it took him such a big price to get these 300 more captives, so Li Chengdong could only be dumb and couldn't say that he had suffered from Coptis chinensis, and he even had to cheer up the little brothers below: "This battle of Linhuai not only won a big victory, but also doubled its strength!"
He didn't expect that the reason for such an ending was completely arranged by Liu Yongxi, and Liu Yongxi deliberately stuffed all the real veteran oilseeds to Li Chengdong.
Although these veteran soldiers are extremely experienced in battles, and as long as they are trained well, they are the best soldiers, but these veteran soldiers have seen too much of the world and have followed Liu Liangzuo for so many years, it is too difficult to discipline.
Therefore, Liu Yongxi would rather choose to let the recruits who suffered under Liu Liangzuo stay, but he stuffed all these veterans to Li Chengdong, and Li Chengdong still feels that Liu Yongxi has done this benevolently and righteously, and has given up all the veterans to himself.
Therefore, Qian Weikun was amazed by Liu Yongxi's operation: "Sincerity, Li Chengdong still hasn't figured out what the problem is, your method is absolutely wonderful!"
Liu Yongxi shook his head: "He is thinking of making another profit from us, who told us that there will only be five battalions of men and horses in Linhuai Town, Liu Liangzuo has at least nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in Shouzhou, and he can go on the offensive again at any time, Li Chengdong thinks that he will get enough money and grain in the name of supporting us at that time!"
Although Qian Weikun is famous for being a "knowing soldier", and was even promoted as the governor of Changping by the court before the fall of Jingshi, he has always been talking on paper, and he panicked when he heard Liu Yongxi say this: "Then what should I do?" Do you really want to invite Li Chengdong to help in the war again!"
Not only did Liu Yongxi laugh out loud, but Jin'er beside him also had the same idea: "If someone else is replaced, he may go on the offensive again at any time, but Huama Liu will definitely shrink in Shouzhou honestly after suffering such a big loss!"
Liu Liangzuo can definitely only be regarded as a second-rate figure among the generals of the late Ming Dynasty, but how many world-moving generals have fallen into the dust of history, and Liu Liangzuo, a second-rate famous general, has survived to the present and even become one of the four towns in Jiangbei, which naturally shows that Liu Liangzuo has an extraordinary way of survival, or that there is an extremely slippery head hidden on the surface of Huama Liu's extremely honest and deferential.
Although Liu Yongxi now only has five battalions of people, but since Linhuai Town has the full support of Xingping Bo Gaojie, unless Liu Liangzuo finds a fatal opportunity, I am afraid that the next situation is that the well water does not violate the river water, and for Liu Yongxi, after this victory, Linhuai Town has found a rare opportunity for development.
And Xing Shengping said straight to the point: "With the support of my sister and brother-in-law, let alone one Liu Liangzuo, we have a way to deal with ten Liu Liangzuo!"
For Liu Yongxi, this is the most important gain in the Battle of Linhuai.