The council chamber is where Luo Kai first handles official business. It is said that it is a hall, in fact, it is called "hall" or more appropriate, because its length and width are at least fifty steps, a full of hundreds of square meters, and can accommodate more than 100 people to gather together to discuss things, the lifting frame of this room is very high, the sloping roof has opened more than ten skylights for lighting, the outer window is sealed by thick wooden boards, the inner window is a wooden frame and sealed with a thin sheepskin, and the outer window is opened by the pro-soldier every day, and the sky light can pass through the roof, which is enough to ensure the lighting inside.

At this moment, when the sun was at its brightest in the morning, the outer panels of the skylights were opened, and the sunlight gently poured through the thin white sheepskin, and the dust in the air drifted in the light curtain, and the diffraction caused by their tiny bodies reflected the entire hall.

After greeting the two messengers, Luo Kaixian, dressed in white bear skin, sat down in his chair and listened attentively to the messenger's oral report.

Jiang Heng, the messenger of the scout camp, was a thin man with a white face, and he spoke in a clear manner, "Report to the general, and before a certain departure, there were fifty-three people injured in the scout camp, six of them were seriously wounded, and there was no other battle damage, and 872 Xingzhou soldiers were captured, and after identification, most of them were vassals of the Ma family in Xingzhou, and more than 2,700 civilians were collected and scattered, mostly women, children, old and children......"

Dou Guangze, the messenger of the cavalry battalion, was a stout bearded man with loose hair, and when he spoke, his urn voice was rough and powerful, "Report to the general, the cavalry battalion has 276 wounded, 31 seriously wounded, 19 battle losses, and more than 8,000 captured. ”

Although they are all fighters trained along the way, the styles of the two battalions are already very different. The soldiers of the cavalry battalion dare to fight, and the execution of the killing is first-class, but the difference is that the killing and resolute cannot cover up the carelessness of the matter, which can be clearly detected from the difference between the two messengers.

Luo Kai thought about it for a while before he raised his head and asked, "Have our people ever entered Xingzhou City again?" What is the current situation in Heungju City? Who's going to answer me? ”

Jiang Heng took a step forward and saluted and said: "Back to the general, General Alke has sent three soldiers into Xingzhou to visit, before dawn today, the two families of Wang Cao in the city have taken control of the inner city of Xingzhou, although there are sporadic battles, but it is difficult to shake the overall situation in the city." Because of the sudden chaos a few days ago, the people of the Ma family were in chaos, and they could not compete with the Wang Cao family at all, and yesterday the Ma family owner abandoned his home and fled, but he was intercepted by the cavalry battalion General Gonzas led the army......"

"Yu Shi's reply......" Dou Guangze also took a step forward, and said in a loud voice: "Yesterday, the Ma family brigade came out of the east gate of Xingzhou, General Gonzas personally commanded the four schools to intercept and kill 3,000 enemies, Captain Hasna captured the enemy general Ma Xuanji, and after asking, he learned that Ma Zurong, the head of the Ma family, had already bought the people of the Wang family to do internal response, privately opened the north gate of Xingzhou, and fled north with three hundred cronies...... It's just that it's hard to get anything. ”

"Well......" The two of them said in detail, Luo Kaixian did not go to the battlefield in person, and he could guess the probability, the battle situation became like this, in fact, there was nothing worth his concern, including Ma Zurong, the head of the Ma family, from the beginning, he didn't take the Ma family in his eyes, and sent Gonzas and Alke to come forward, just to train the troops, thinking about these clearly, he turned to ask: "For us, what are the movements of the Wang Cao family?" ”

Jiang Heng shook his head, the bearded man Dou Guangze stood up straight, and said in an urn voice: "Return to the general...... General Gonzas ordered a certain to tell the general that Wang Cao's two families had sent someone to send a message to him, saying that someone from Wang Cao's family would go to Lingzhou to congratulate the general's wedding! ”

"Oh? Wang Cao's ears and eyes are very well-informed......" sighed casually, Luo Kai first turned his head to look at Alki, who shook his head slightly.

"...... the master" Dou Guangze scratched the beard on his face with some embarrassment.

Luo Kaixian stared at him with some amusement and ordered, "What's the matter?" Say! ”

"General Gonzas...... ordered a certain to inquire about the general, whether he would enter Xingzhou City and occupy the southern city originally controlled by the Ma family......" Finally said it, Dou Guangze breathed a sigh of relief.

"Greedy!" Luo Kaixian is not surprised that Gonzas has such an idea, people at this time have no concept of population, as a commander of the army, capturing the enemy's city is their military merit, but the occupation of Xingzhou is not within his plan as the general, "You go back and tell Gonzas, just Xingzhou City, the general did not look at it, he only needs to capture as many people as possible is the greatest credit......"

"Obey, Lord!" The bearded man Dou Guangze promised, but did not retreat, but continued expectantly: "General, how to settle the more than 8,000 people captured now? Please also show the Lord ......"

Luo Kaixian suddenly said, "You go back and tell Gonzas, choose someone to split and capture, send someone to escort back, and in the afternoon Su Mi Philo will go north to meet him to deal with this matter...... In addition, if Ma Zurong can't be caught, he can go with him, and tomorrow, the war affairs will be over! ”

"Order!" Dou Guangze didn't dare to say anything more, and obeyed the order to retire.

Luo Kai first turned his gaze to another messenger, Jiang Heng, "Tell Alke, also immediately send someone to return the capture, end the war tomorrow, and don't fall in love with the war!" ”

"Obey, Lord!" Jiang Heng of the scout camp also bowed and quickly retreated.

As soon as the two walked away, Olki asked a little urgently: "General, why did you let go of that Ma Zurong?" ”

"Who said they were going to let him go?" Luo Kai first glanced at Olki and explained: "Ma Zurong fled north, not east, there can only be one purpose, to take refuge in the Khitan people in the north, oh, you haven't seen the Khitans, and I haven't seen them either, isn't this just the right time to test the attitude of the Khitans towards us?" What's more, after coming to Lingzhou, this Ma Zurong is our first enemy, and it's a pity to kill it easily......"

"It's a pity?" Olki really doesn't understand, the enemy is only happy when he is dead, what's the pity?

"That's right, it's a pity!" In order to cultivate the people around him, Luo Kaixian is also very patient, "We came from thousands of miles away, and the small clans around us are afraid of us and submit to us, but what about the future? When we recuperate and live comfortably here in Lingzhou, it is inevitable that there will be people who want to do something, those people will not be the sand thieves or horse bandits on the road before, their heads are not so stupid, they will definitely probe our roots in advance, who do you say they will go to find out? ”

"Ma Zurong?" Alki tentatively guessed, and then asked, "But what if Ma Zurong finds someone to support him and is ambitious to take revenge?" ”

"You have a knife around your waist, can't you cut people?" Luo Kaixian twitched the corners of his mouth helplessly, "What's more, wouldn't it be better for him to take the initiative to take revenge?" It can capture a large number of people, for example, at present, the coal mines in the east and the copper mines in the west are short of manpower, and today's 10,000 people are not just right? ”

Alki was speechless for a moment.

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There was still a little time before noon, and Luo Kaixian sent people to call Su Mi Feiluo, the slave steward, Li Xuan, the civil affairs manager, Cheng Shouru, the general of the garrison camp, and the heads of several mining areas.

After the greetings to congratulate the wedding, Luo Kai asked directly and straight to the point: "I remember that there are many open underground nests in the east coal mine, and there are also many wooden houses in the west copper mine, this time the cavalry battalion and scout camp captured more than 10,000 people, and half of the women and children were inside, can there be any doubts about the arrangement?" ”

"General, I can place 6,000 people there, and if I am captured, I can also settle more than 10,000 people!" The person in charge of the coal mining area is a relative of the Li family, named Li De, who is in his forties and has a goatee, and he smiles when he says this.

"The general will listen to this old thing's nonsense!" Tian Baoyi, the person in charge of the copper mining area on the side, pushed Li De, who was standing together, "He only has more than 400 nests there, and he can accommodate up to 4,000 people when he is full, and he will not suffocate people to death in the ground!" ”

"You don't want to talk nonsense, before the winter moon, I changed more than 100 mines there to make a nest, how can I not tolerate many people?" Lid's goatee curled.

"Two ......" Luo Kaixian raised his hand to stop this senseless quarrel, "In this way, there is no problem in accommodating more than 10,000 people, there are two requirements here, first of all, you can't treat them harshly because they are prisoners of war, especially women and children, if someone can't control the lower half of his body, he can send a gendarme to help cut off his third leg!" ”

Listening to his witty, several people present at the meeting had inexplicable smiles on their faces, but some people laughed, some people laughed, and some people ...... Smile.

As soon as the words came out, what others thought, Luo Kai first ignored it, and he continued: "Second, it's right that the two of you have the courage to take responsibility, but you have to remember that you can do what you can, the cold winter is coming, and it is not easy to gather so many people, I don't want to hear the news that there are people who have frozen to death and starved to death anywhere, even if they are prisoners of war, can you have doubts?" ”

"No, Lord!" The main general Luo Kai spoke seriously, and the two stewards quickly put away the smile on their faces, straightened up and replied respectfully.

After saying a word, Luo Kaixian didn't bother to say more, turned to the Qarlu people and said: "Su Mi Feiluo, the management of prisoners of war is temporarily the same as that of slaves, and their management is still under your overall responsibility, and you can deploy the manpower yourself, how about it?" ”

"Waiting for your orders at any time, noble general!" Corn Philo is now very loyal, he is now in charge of nearly 10,000 slaves, much better than the original merchant adventures, although there is no silver income, but he never worries about food, not only not thin, but much fatter.

Finally, there was the issue of security and defense, and Luo Kai looked at Cheng Shouru first.

Before he could speak, the inquisitive man said, "General, I will garrison each place with a thousand more men to prevent the prisoners of war from rioting!" ”

"It's enough to send a thousand men to guard it, but it's not just to prevent prisoners of war from rioting!" Luo Kaixian shook his head and said secretly, this Cheng Shouru is willing to do things, but he always lacks a beat in his mind, such a person can only be a general, but it is difficult to stand alone. Of course, this kind of thinking cannot be said directly, he added: "What we should pay more attention to is the relationship between the prisoners of war, more than 10,000 men, women, and children, it is completely unclear what entanglements there are with each other, once there is a struggle, the death and injury of people is still a trivial matter, and the loss is the reputation of my Lingzhou camp!" With so many people, it is not enough to rely on the deterrence of the military police of the Military Judge Advocate General's Department, so Brother Cheng, you have to be careful when choosing people to garrison, unless you are a thoughtful and decisive person, you must not use them, remember! ”

Cheng Shouru suddenly woke up and thanked him for not mentioning it.

With Luo Kaixian's words, Li Xuan, as the person who coordinated it, also knew in his heart, for others, more than 10,000 people may be a burden, but for the current Lingzhou, even if it is an inconvenient winter, there are too many things to do.

When everyone left, leaving only present, Li Xuan asked Luo Kaixian in a low voice, "...... San Lang, the day before yesterday, I went to the logistics camp to check, and found that the food stored was only enough for everyone to eat for three months, and now there are 10,000 more people, ...... Do you have enough food there? ”

Luo Kai patted Li Xuan's arm first, and also responded in a low voice: "Brother Xuan has a heart, the current grain stock is enough for 150,000 people to eat until July next year, but for the future, when everything is ready, I want to steal a Song Realm ......"

"Buying food?"

"This is one of them, the terroir here in Hexi is still good, the surrounding small clans occasionally cultivate, but also this year to protect themselves, can not protect my Lingzhou to eat, the elders plan to work in the spring of the next year, but the next year's farming can be self-sufficient but worrying, for the long run, there are also two more alternatives." After carefully pondering the words and finishing the words, Luo Kaixian added: "What's more, what is the bottom of Zhao Song and Northern Liao, you also need to see with your own eyes, this is not only a matter of survival, but also a need for development!" ”

"San Lang ......" Li Xuan bowed his head at Luo Kaixian, squeezing out two words, but he couldn't say anything else.

In the face of such loyal people, Luo Kaixian didn't want to hear any words of emotion and admiration, so he said something and drove people away.

It's just that when he felt that he could be free for a while, he found that Alki did not leave, but had a sad face, which was not like the previous habit of the pro-soldier leader around him.

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P.S. It seems that if you don't say a few words at the end, there will be a lot of feedback, and this book is a 10,000-mile marathon halfway, and it really feels a little difficult.