The snow has stopped and the sky has cleared completely. xThe whole sky seemed to be washed by water, as clean as a huge piece of blue jade.

People who had been confined to their houses for days by the heavy snow came out of their homes to breathe in the fresh, cold air after the snow. People start clearing the snow with their noses red from the cold, while playful children frolic and play, have snowball fights, build snowmen, and scream with laughter and snow falling into their necks.

The nearly 40,000 Ming army captives captured by the Jiang family army became the main force to clear the snow in the valley under the supervision of the Jiang family's army.

Although these Ming soldiers are not good at fighting, they are all very hard at work, and they have a hot atmosphere. Some people even sweated with a hot body, so they simply unbuttoned the top of the cotton robe and threw off their arms.

The reason why these Ming soldiers worked so hard was because of the strong combat effectiveness of the Jiang family army that convinced them, and secondly, because Jiang Chuan was now and Wu'anhou, who had become the Ming Dynasty, they did not have much psychological resistance.

Of course, the most important thing is that Jiang Chuan did not mistreat these captives. In addition to not being given knives, guns and weapons, there was no shortage of cotton clothes and food.

This made the panicked hearts of these Ming prisoners quickly settle down. After all, no matter who you mess with, whether it is Inspector Yuan or Wu Anhou, it is enough to be able to have clothes to wear, food to eat, and not to starve and freeze.

It would be even better if they could still lead them to win battles and be promoted through meritorious service.

And at the moment, it seems that this newly promoted Wu Anhou obviously has this ability. Not only did the Tartars who fought frustrated again and again, but even Inspector Yuan, who led them to fight on the battlefield in the Central Plains and had nowhere to hide, returned in front of him, which has already proved his ability.

The military is a place where the strong are admired. The strength of ordinary minions lies in the ability to kill more enemies on the battlefield than others, and to be able to live a little longer.

Then for the commander to be strong, that is, he can lead his soldiers to kill and injure as many enemies as possible, and let his soldiers die as little as possible.

And these Ming soldiers have verified that this Wu'anhou is a strong man, a strong man among generals.

With these factors, they naturally don't have too much resistance, but many people privately admire this young and brave marquis.

Moreover, they heard the gossip that Wu Anhou intended to select outstanding people from among them to join the Jiang family's army, and once they joined, they would receive the same treatment as the Jiang family's soldiers.

Of course, this news was released by Jiang Chuan to test and appease these Ming prisoners.

According to the feedback from the eyeliner planted in the captives, the Ming soldiers were still very interested in this news. After all, this is a promising way out, and it is a brave division that has won many battles in the territory of Liaodong and has not had a single defeat since the formation of the army, which is an honor that everyone yearns for as a soldier.

These feedbacks made Jiang Chuan more confident in the matter of incorporating the Ming army.

The winter in Liaodong was too cold to go out to fight, and it was just right to use this time to absorb and digest these Ming troops.

The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss how to better incorporate and digest these Ming troops.

The people present at the meeting were Jiang Chuan, Liu Ji, Ran Wu, Bai Shan and Shanjia, and there was no one else.

At present, the organizational system of the Jiang Jiajun is also relatively simple, so there are only a few people every time a military meeting is held.

After Jiang Chuan talked about the topic, he listened to them start to speak.

Shanjia has a more direct personality, and the first to speak: "The combat effectiveness of these Ming troops is too poor, and if they join our army, they will definitely become a drag and affect the combat effectiveness of our army." According to the opinion of the last general, it is better to let them be a baggage soldier, or a cannon fodder when attacking the city, and it is inappropriate to be incorporated into the main army. ”

Bai Shan also continued: "What General Shanjia said is reasonable, these Ming soldiers will collapse at the touch of our army, if they are used to fight, I am afraid that they will be defeated as soon as they meet the enemy on the battlefield, but they will disrupt our army's formation, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Ran Wu took over and said: "Lord, if you want to be co-opted, the last general thinks that a small number of elites should be selected from the prisoners of the Ming army to form a separate camp and become a servant army of our army." When going out to fight, they were used as escorts, guards, escorts grain and grass, and even used as the vanguard to test the defensive firepower of the defenders during the siege. The main battle has to be carried out by our headquarters, so it is more secure. ”

After the three generals finished speaking, they all looked at Jiang Chuan.

Liu Ji didn't speak for the time being, and also looked at Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan knew that these generals under his command had already looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and this time through actual combat, the Ming army was wiped out, and he naturally had no confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

The mountain armor is the most direct, and although the white mountain is stable, the meaning is just as straightforward. Ran Wu is the oldest, and although he speaks tactfully, the meaning is similar.

For this, he was already prepared in his heart, nodded noncommittally, and looked at Liu Ji again.

"Lord, the so-called soldier is the courage of the general, and the soul of the soldier. The root cause of the strength of an army's combat effectiveness does not lie in the soldiers themselves, but in the generals who lead the troops. If a person who is good at training and using soldiers, over time, he can also train a rabble into a division of tigers and wolves. If he is an incompetent general, even if he is given an elite division, I am afraid that he will be defeated.

The last time we fought with the Ming army, this truth has been fully illustrated. Yuan Chonghuan could not be regarded as an incompetent commander, and at least 20,000 of the 50,000 troops under his command were the elite who followed him to exterminate the Liukou. The two generals Cao Bianjiao and Hong Chengchou are not incompetent, but why were they outnumbered by our army and finally annihilated?

The fundamental reason is that in the generals, Yuan Chonghuan thinks very highly of himself and underestimates the enemy. Although Hong Chengchou was cautious, he still misjudged the situation on the battlefield. Cao Bianjiao fought bravely, but he was cautious, so he was taken advantage of by our army and was finally defeated. These three people are all good generals in the Ming Dynasty, but they cannot be regarded as famous generals. Such a general, when encountering Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other rogue teams can still fight. But once you encounter a real strong enemy, you can only return with a big defeat.

Therefore, I think that whether an army is elite or not, it will not be in the army. Now, since the lord intends to take prisoners from the Ming army, Ji agrees very much. As long as we do it right, these nearly 40,000 captives may not be able to become another elite army under the command of the lord. ”

Liu Ji talked eloquently, reasoned, laid out the facts, and finally summarized his statement, and looked at Jiang Chuan after speaking.

Liu Ji's words also made Ran Wu and the other three generals think about it, and they were silent for a while, and finally turned their eyes to Jiang Chuan, waiting for his decision.