Chapter 375: Dragon Fight
The Marshal's Mansion of Chen Kefu in the inner city of Liaoyang City, Chen Kefu strolls through the back huā garden of this familiar mansion. In March in the Central Plains, Fangfei was gorgeous, but unfortunately at this time, the Huā Garden of the Marshal's Mansion in Liaodong was still withered.
As soon as he returned to Liaodong, Mao Xi also immediately told him a piece of news. The three concubines in his house were all pregnant, and according to the authoritative midwife who was invited, all three were pregnant with sons.
A few high-ranking members of the Liaodong Army had already known that the current prince of Silla was the son of Chen Kefu and Silla princess Kim Seungman. It's just that this eldest son is far away in a foreign country, and now he has become the heir to the throne of Silla, so Mao Xi and others are helpless.
But now that he has three sons all of a sudden, this is something that makes Mao Xi and other loyal ministers extremely moved. At present, the Liaodong Army is in a critical period, Chen Kefu is the Southern Chen royal family, the lord of Liaodong, as the commander of millions of people and hundreds of thousands of troops, but he has no heirs. And now Chen Kefu's father is gone, and he has no brothers and nephews, which is very unfavorable to Liaodong.
Now that all three ladies are pregnant, this will undoubtedly stabilize the morale of Liaodong's army. In particular, two of the ladies were the precious daughters of the kings of Mòhé and Khitan. At this time, they gave birth to a son, which would undoubtedly make the alliance between the Liaodong Army and the Khitan and Mòhé more stable.
And for Chen Kefu, this is also a thing that makes him happy. and Jin Shengman's son, he only found out after he had already given birth, but these three are different, he has just seen them one by one. The bulging belly kept reminding me that this was my child. This made him feel that he had a closer connection in this era, his wife and concubines, children, and the clan dynasty, all of which made him feel a new motivation to fight for.
"Mao Yi is here? Come here! Chen Kefu turned his head to the door of Huā Garden.
Mao Yi walked into Huā Garden and said with some surprise, "How does Dashuai know that it's me?" Chen Kefu smiled, "I have been taken care of by you since I can remember, although we are not brothers, but the relationship is better than brothers." Could it be that I've known you for almost thirty years, and I can't still hear your footsteps. ”
Thinking of Chen Kefu's appointment and dismissal of him during the day, Mao Yi's heart was still a little full of excitement.
Today's appointment and dismissal of the military council hall has suddenly made a major change in all the high-level civil and military officials in Liaodong. And this kind of change can be said that as long as there are no accidents, these are basically the positions of the ministers of the court after the restoration of the Chen family in the future. His father was appointed as the left servant of Shangshu and one of the four states of Liaozhou, and he can be said to be the head of civil officials.
And he himself was promoted to the rank of general by Chen Kefu, and was awarded the rank of General Long Luowei, one of the Eight Guards, and was also appointed as the deputy commander of the marching army of the Western Expedition, which basically belongs to the position of one of the top two in the military. This kind of trust flattered him and made him feel full of feelings.
"Your Highness, in fact, I came here to say that Your Highness has taken me too seriously. I have self-knowledge, three years ago, I was just a family member in Chenjiazhuang in Zhuo County. Later, I followed His Royal Highness into Liao, although I was also born in a hundred battles, but in real terms, my qualifications are not as good as General Li Benlei, and I am not as good as Hu Hai and Shen Guang in terms of bravery, that is, in terms of battlefield strategy, I am not as good as Li Jie, and I am not as good as Yu Qinming in terms of experience in the battle array. Even General Wang Rengong and General Li Jing, who had just joined Liaodong, were all famous generals. Even the young generation of generals such as Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, their qualifications in the army are higher than mine, and their ability to lead troops and command is not worse than mine. Now that His Royal Highness has suddenly given me such a high appointment, I am afraid that it will give the Liaodong military and civilian marshals the view of nepotism, which is not a good thing. Chen Kefu looked at Mao Yi with a sincere face, and felt happy in his heart, at this time, he had not indulged in the sudden official position, which showed that his heart was still very sober.
Walking over and patting him on the shoulder, Chen Kefu smiled gently, "You are right, General Li Benlei has always been the second general in the Liaodong Army after me, but he is also old, can you bear to let an old man who is almost seventy years old wear armor into battle?" And in this appointment and dismissal, the old man not only served as the chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters, but also served as the Yamamasa who broke the army and lectured on martial arts, and he was also the general of Jin Wuwei, one of the Eight Guards. Each of these three positions is extremely important. "Among the newly built Eight Guards, the main responsibility of Jin Wuwei and Yu Linwei is to take charge of the Central Praetorian Guard. Their duty is not to go out to fight, but to be in charge of Liaoyang City, where Marshal Gongwei's mansion is located,...,
The major central institutions that protect Chen Kefu and Liaoyang City are the internal army. The other six guards are foreign armies that are in charge of government soldiers, stationed in localities, and fighting abroad. Even if the old man Li Benlei retreats to the second line, it is impossible for Chen Kefu to suddenly step down from the second-in-command who has always been in command in the Liaodong Army in the past.
"Moreover, Li Jie, Li Jing, Wang Rengong and other generals, I can see that they are all famous generals for a while, but they don't have the qualifications to fly! Calendar. It's hard to convince the public. And you and Lao Lu have always been the pillars of our Liaodong Army.
They can be your second lieutenant, but now they can't be on their own. As for Qin Qiong and other young generals, they are young first, and secondly, they are not qualified enough, so they need to be sharpened and sharpened under your hands. Moreover, although nominally I have many cousins and cousins, in fact, I have always regarded you as my siblings. This is not only my cause, but yours, and I need your help. Mao Yi nodded heavily, and said after a long time, "Your Highness, if we want, you know, we can raise at least 500,000 troops at any time." With such an army, why don't we directly attack the Central Plains in one go? Linyu Pass is one of the top ten fortresses in the world, but at the beginning, Liaoyang and Xincheng, which one was not known as the fortress city. But didn't we take them all in the first place? With the courage of our Liaodong Army officers and soldiers, and the sophistication of Liaodong equipment, armor and weapons, it is not difficult to break through the Linyu Pass and open up the passage into the Central Plains, right? Why should we wait? "Mao Yi, strategically we have to despise the enemy and treat them as paper tigers. Tactically, however, we have to take our opponents seriously and see them as true kings of the jungle. If we despise our enemies, we will be the last to be wounded. The Great Sui is a unified and powerful dynasty in the Central Plains, and we must not despise him at any time. The reason why we were able to defeat Goguryeo in the first place was because of the courage of the soldiers, and the biggest reliance was on the Great Sui Dynasty behind us. "And now, our enemies are the ones we once relied on. The reason why we can now occupy Liaodong so easily is because we have the geographical advantages and people of Liaodong. However, if we attack the Central Plains now, even if we gain a temporary advantage and break through the dangerous pass of Linyu, then we will lose all our current advantageous support, but we will use our shortcomings and strengths to attack the other. Yang Guang's greatest reliance is the tens of millions of people in the Central Plains and strong logistical support. At the end of the war, he could requisition millions of troops and millions of people at any time. He can heap human lives, but we can't. We have to wait, and when Yang Guang loses his greatest support, we can enter the Central Plains. Mao Yi was a little puzzled, "Wait? What are you waiting for? When? "At present, the border between the Great Sui and the Eastern Turks is already poised to start, and the two sides began to prepare as early as last year, and now the Tiele and Xi people have fallen to the imperial court, and the Western Turks are mortal enemies with the Eastern Turks.
Yang Guang has always beaten whoever disobeys him, and the Eastern Turkic Shibi Khan is not a simple figure. Believe me, it won't be long before the conceited Yang Guang will have a decisive battle with the arrogant Shibi Khan.
That's when our opportunity comes. Chen Kefu was still a planner at the beginning, and now although he has retreated to Liaodong, he has never given up paying attention to this matter.
Even on the first day of his return to Liaodong, Hua met with all the high-level officials of the Liaodong headquarters of the Secret Service Division and gave them a top-secret mission. No matter what, this war between the two giants must be fought, even if they refuse to fight, Chen Kefu has to let them fight.
"So we're going to do nothing now, just be spectators?" Mao Yi doubted huò's way.
"No, of course not! There's a lot to do! Chen Kefu shook his head and said.
During the day, he newly formed the Eight Guards, but in fact, it was the Nine Guards. And a guard, he didn't talk to anyone else. This latest guard is the sailor of the Liaodong Army, Hailongwei. The naval fleet of the Sea Dragon Guard Command also includes a small number of newly established marine corps.
He had already established the three major port bases of Hailongwei in Beisha, Hankou, and Ryukyu, with a total of 100,000 people. At present, all the ships of the fleet are sponsored by Zhang Zhongjian, a bearded guest, and the army of Hailongwei is recruited from the Liaodong Army and the coastal people of Liaodong, and then officers are drawn from the Liaodong Army and the Broken Army Lecture Hall. This naval division unit is his secret weapon. On the surface, the Liaodong Army also has a formal naval division, that is, the Liaodong Naval Division, which is composed of the previously captured Liaodong Naval Division. However, this is just a cover to paralyze the imperial court, and the real Sea Dragon Guard is the top secret today. Even the main base of this army is not in Liaodong, but is set up in the base of the Liuqiu Water Division, so the recruited Sea Dragon Guards will be secretly sent to Liuqiu for training.
"It's not early, you should rest early. How about the next few kids I have to see? Chen Kefu patted Mao Yi on the shoulder and turned back to leave. He still has a lot to do tonight, and it's true to watch the child, but more importantly, he has to ask the two terrible mothers to help him play a more active role in the alliance with the Khitan and Mòhé while watching the child. To be continued!