Chapter 161: Veterans Don't Die

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At this time, Liaodong was in mid-autumn

Autumn in Liaodong is the rainy season, there are more than 20 rainy days in a month, and every time the sun comes out, it is always very rare. The autumn sun is no longer hot, but warm like a furnace, drying out all the cold, damp and cold that everyone has saved in the rainy season.

In the past, if there was a sunny day like today, it is estimated that those nobles would move out of the recliner one by one, eating meat and drinking wine in a row, while still watching songs and dances. But now, every nobleman in Jinshan City only felt that the sun on their heads was a little like the sun in July, which made them sweat one by one.

No one thought that the commander of Yuan, who had always been invincible, would go with 80,000 horses, and when he came back, even he himself had become a prisoner of the Sui army. When I think of the possible fate next, all of them are like ashes, the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo are mortal enemies, and now they have fallen into the hands of the Sui, what good days will there be in the future, and one bad one is the days of slavery and servants.

Just like the thousands of slaves over there, they have to wear anklets every day to do the hardest and most tiring work, and if one is not good, they have to be whipped, and they can't eat enough and don't have warm clothes. When I think of that kind of life, I feel at a loss. Many people looked at the slaves, only to find that today the slaves seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and they were very excited. And a man in the Sui army with gorgeous armor and a master general actually rode a horse in front of those slaves.

When the thousands of slaves in the field saw the important figures in this Sui army coming, they also stopped chanting one by one and were unclothed, and all stood there quietly, no one spoke. But there was excitement and anticipation in his eyes.

"I know that you are all my soldiers of the Great Sui, and you are your comrades who were unfortunately captured during the Second Expedition to Goguryeo"

Just one sentence, that loud sentence, made the dazed captives who had already been whipped by the Liao nobles choked in their hearts. How many times have they dreamed of this day in their dreams? Now, has it finally come true?

Some young Sui people couldn't stop shedding tears.

"You have suffered in the past, from Your Majesty to the people of the Great Sui, they all thought that you had sacrificed your life for the country. Who knew that the sky has eyes, and with the blessing of Your Majesty, the soldiers of my Great Sui who were trapped in the battle array are still alive. On behalf of all the soldiers of the Great Sui, I would like to express my gratitude for your contributions to the country and the frontier in the past," said Chen Kefu, who jumped off his horse and bent down towards the slaves.

"I also say sorry for the humiliation I have suffered for more than 300 days and nights in the past year, as well as the grievances in my heart, on behalf of all the comrades and soldiers of the Great Sui."

After another bow, some of the slaves also stood up.

A man of about fifty years of age stepped forward, the man with a large skeleton, and although he had been taken prisoner as a slave and endured many tortures, he was no longer as strong as he had been, but like an old man in the country, and his hair was half white.

But when he stood up and looked at Chen Kefu with those bright eyes, Chen Kefu still saw something familiar. It's the kind of eyes that a general has when he is about to fight, this person is definitely not an ordinary soldier, he is very likely to be an officer, and it is possible that he is also an officer of no low rank.

"May I ask if you are really the army of the Great Sui? Which general are you? Why didn't I get any impressions of going? ”

Zhang Jin took a step forward and was about to introduce his master's exploits to him when Chen Kefu stretched out his hand to stop him.

After taking a few steps forward, Chen Kefu gave a military salute to the old man, and said very solemnly, "The younger Chen Kefu broke the army, and he was only in the army when His Majesty conquered Goguryeo three times this year. After that, under the protection of His Majesty, the younger generation won several battles, and was ordered by His Majesty to set up a broken military camp for the general of Zhichong. ”…,

"More than half a month ago, the sons of Yang Su, the former Duke of Chu, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi rebelled, and His Majesty led the army back to the Central Plains to quell the chaos. The younger generation got His Majesty's order and ordered the younger generation to be the general of Zuotunwei, and to break the barracks with 10,000 elite cavalry and 400,000 people, auxiliaries, and craftsmen to stay in Liaodong. Half a month ago, we took the opportunity to take Liaodong City, which had already been attacked and destroyed by His Majesty. This time, the younger generation led the troops to the north, and pretended to be the general of the Liaodong City Guard, Rong Liu, the general of Wang Gao Jianwu, and asked him to go to Liaohe City to ambush my Great Sui retreating soldiers and horses, and defeated Yuan Taizuo in Jinshan Gorge a few days ago, and learned that when the last time Liao, more than 60,000 soldiers in our army were captured by the Liao people and turned into slaves. So this time, he led his troops north to rescue his comrades. Don't know the identity of the seniors yet? ”

Although it is only a few short sentences, it also outlines the process of a gang leader becoming a general. The slaves were still a little unconvinced, but at this time, Chen Kefu had many soldiers and horses behind him, no less than 200,000. And just these cavalrymen beside them, with their eyes, they could see at once that they were all elite cavalrymen, and they were just a little shocked to look at this young general who spoke very politely and gentlely.

The old man at the head just stared at Chen Kefu intently, and his mind was constantly turning. He didn't remember which family surnamed Chen in Zhuo County was a big family in the court? But if it weren't for the high birth, how could he actually go from a non-grade captain to a general of Zuotunwei, one of the twelve guards, in one year? After thinking for a while, he didn't come up with a reason, and suddenly he pointed to Chen Kefu's armor.

"I know this armor, when I followed His Majesty Pingchen, I saw His Majesty wear it? Why did it happen to you? ”

Chen Kefu didn't care either, and smiled, "Seniors have good eyesight, this is indeed Your Majesty's treasure armor, named Bright Silver Qilin Mingguang Treasure Armor, which is the battle armor worn by Your Majesty back then." When crossing the Liao River, our army once ambushed 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Liaodong City of Goguryeo. ”

Hearing this, the old man no longer had any doubts.

He saluted Chen Kefu and said, "Report to the general, the last general will be Zuo Yiwei Zhou Jin, who was incorporated into General Yuwenshu's army during the second expedition to Liao, and is the general of Yingyanglang, and the Sa Shui soldiers were seriously injured and unconscious, and they were captured after waking up." There were nearly 4,000 captured soldiers in this Jinshan City who were brought together at the beginning, but they were lined up just now, but the general found that there were only 3,370 people left. As he spoke, his eyes were also dark.

Chen Kefu patted the veteran on the shoulder and comforted, "The defeat of Sashui is also the defeat of non-war." Those are all in the past, and we will definitely take revenge on the Goguryeo people for the original revenge. ”

"Luo Lin, let the brothers remove the anklets of these senior comrades, and then take them to change into the military uniform of my Great Sui. General Li Jie, you ask the brothers of the logistics battalion to prepare, and we will set up camp on the spot, let them bury the pot and make rice, and let these thousands of seniors eat first. Guo Yang, you take the people from the Investigation Department to register the identities of the seniors, and then ask some basic information, don't bother them for too long, let them rest for a while today. ”

Li Jie nodded, had no objections, and turned his head to leave first. Luo Lin gave the order to the soldiers on the side, and immediately went to Chen Kefu's front and said, "Commander, I want to go to the logistics camp and ask the captured soldiers to see if there is any news of my father." ”

Chen Kefu patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "You can go if you want, I have already arranged for the people from the Investigation Department to register, and I believe that someone will always know the news of your father." ”

Luo Lin saluted Chen Kefu and left like a fly.

A group of Sui army prisoners were also very excited to see Chen Kefu treat them so kindly. After all, he was defeated and captured, and he was a prisoner for more than a year, and at this time, no one knew how the imperial court would treat these people who were already dead. …,

"Mao Yi, you take your first division and imprison all these Liao people, remember to disrupt the division and detention, so as to save them any unnecessary thoughts. Tell them that ten men are a band, a hundred men are a band, and a thousand men are a battalion, and if one of the men escapes, the whole gang will be put to death. If one of the teams escapes, the whole team will be put to death. In one battalion, if there is a group that escapes, the whole battalion shall put to death the others, and as long as they do not starve them, they will be able to eat. ”

"Lu Shishen, you take your second division and go to Jinshan City immediately, and collect all the grain, forage, military equipment, gold, silver, money, cloth, silk, horses, cattle and sheep in the city for me to take away."

"Zhang He, Liu Tiezhu, you two each lead their own division, bring some Liao prisoners and banners, and deceive all the nearby mountain cities, if not, you can attack, but there is a time limit, you can't take it within an hour, or give up when there are casualties. All the grain, fodder, military equipment, gold, silver, money, cloth, silk, horses, cattle and sheep from the mountain cities that I had taken were brought back, and men under the age of fifty, women under the age of thirty, and children were also brought back to me. Remember, you have to come back as long as it gets dark tomorrow. ”

"Guo Xiaoke, you take your 4,000 cavalry to be responsible for the guard of thirty miles near the camp."

In addition, Daniel Zhang's reconnaissance regiment went out a hundred miles to guard the vicinity, and Li Shimin's heavy infantry brigade was responsible for the defense of the large battalion. The people of the police department were responsible for interrogating the prisoners, especially the generals, and had to know as much as possible about the Liao people. The gendarmes of the Department of Security are responsible for enforcing and supervising military discipline, so let's get all of them into action."

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