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If Chen Kefu was a general loyal to the Great Sui, then at this time, he would also agree with the ideas of everyone in the account. With an order, he directly killed 400,000 people in Goguryeo, or slaughtered all the young and strong among them.

Wars have always been brutal, and the two countries compete with each other for strength. The young and strong are also very important strategic resources. Just like when Qin killed 400,000 Zhao troops, this move was fundamentally attacking the enemy's country. Without the population, especially the young and strong, the strength of the country will be much weakened.

Especially today's Goguryeo, although relying on the time and place, stubbornly confronted the Great Sui. But his total population is less than one-half of that of the Great Sui, only about one-fifteenth. If the kingdom of more than 3 million is killed by 400,000 people at once, and there are nearly half of the young men and women among them, this will definitely be a heavy blow to Goguryeo.

However, today's Chen Kefu is not a simple Great Sui general, when he was fighting in Liaodong under the banner of the Great Sui, he was also playing his own small calculations. Killing the captives, in the long run, was beneficial to the Sui Dynasty, but harmful to him.

He is not willing to do this kind of thing that is not beneficial to others. Moreover, leaving these people behind will help him in the future. Population has always been an important resource in war, such as food, and this resource used to be Goguryeo, but now that it has been captured by him, it has become his own resource. If he gives an order now and kills everyone, isn't he pheating himself?

However, these were only calculations in his heart, and naturally he could not explain them for this reason.

Chen Kefu didn't answer them directly, and smiled gently, "Actually, these captives are also useful, and they are very useful. ”

"I remember that the general once said that he would reduce these Goguryeo people to slavery and sell them to the tribes of Liaoxi in exchange for military funds, right? A lot of words "Li Jie did not wear armor, but a regular suit, a white robe, a belt inlaid with gold and jade around his waist, and a good jade pendant hanging on it, if you take a fan, it is really a graceful and handsome boy."

"That's what the boss said, but that's not the most important reason why I kept them. Do you know that in the hands of the Goguryeo people, are there still my captured soldiers of the Great Sui? ”

As soon as Chen Kefu's words came out, Luo Lin and Li Benlei were the first to react, and both of them immediately aimed their eyes at Chen Kefu. For them, they have just gone through a process of surprise, anticipation, and final disappointment. And Chen Kefu's words undoubtedly show that the Goguryeo people are not only in the hands of these thousands of captives in Jinshan City at the moment, there must be other captives.

As soon as the two of them thought that perhaps among the other captives there were their own relatives, and their already lost and dim hearts burned up again.

Luo Lin couldn't restrain himself, and rushed to Chen Kefu's follower in a few steps, holding his hand tightly with both hands and said, "Dashuai, do you mean that there are more captured soldiers of our army in the hands of the Goguryeo people?" Is all of this true? ”。

Patting Luo Lin on the shoulder, Chen Ke regained his voice and said, "It's true, when I was in Jinshan Canyon that day, Ben Shuai was going to demote Yuangai Tong to slavery, but he told me that during the second expedition to Liao, Goguryeo captured 60,000 soldiers of my Great Sui. His Yuan clan also shared 20,000 soldiers as slaves, and in the north of Goguryeo, there were more than 10,000 slaves of the Yuan clan and the Sui army. That's why the general let him go and captured Yuan Taizuo, in order to exchange with the Liao people for the captured soldiers of our army. ”

"I didn't tell Deputy Commander Li and Luo Lin about this immediately that day, I also wanted to surprise you after I found a few of your relatives. But since I haven't found it for the time being, I'll tell you about it, so as not to disappoint you. Don't worry too much, 60,000 soldiers are still alive, and there should be your relatives among them. ”…,

Li Jie was silent for a moment and asked, "Then how do you plan to exchange, general?" We still have 30,000 regular elite soldiers and horses of Goguryeo in our hands, and there are also Liao generals such as Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Gaitong, Gao Zhen, and Gao Yannian. If the Liao people demand that all these soldiers and horses be replaced, then the temporary balance that we have managed to achieve with great difficulty will be broken. Even after the Liao people got these elite soldiers, they would immediately wave their troops north if they couldn't say it, and we might not be able to stop them at that time. In that case, we'd have lost all our efforts. ”

As soon as Luo Lin heard that Li Jie's words meant that he was against the exchange of prisoners, his face turned red with anger, and he walked up to Li Jie in three or two steps and shouted, "What do you mean?" Do you want to ignore the tens of thousands of soldiers who shed their blood for the country? Think of it this way, are you still a soldier? ”。

Luo Lin was originally Chen Kefu's confidant, and Li Jie has always been suppressed by Chen Kefu in the army without real power, at this time Luo Lin became angry, and he had already forgotten that Li Jie was still the third-in-command in the army. Even with the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders, he is three poles higher than him, the colonel.

Li Jie's face was also swollen and red, he didn't mean to embarrass Luo Lin, but just a more objective consideration of the actual situation in the army, after all, he was also a member of the Northeast Army, and he was in Liaodong, so he naturally didn't want to see Liaodong in danger. At this time, a small regiment commander who had just been promoted, although Luo Lin's official position had recently been promoted from the fifth rank to the Eagle Strike Lang General, but for Li Jie, who was born in Li Valve, and had long been a general of the Fourth Rank, he undoubtedly felt very unconvinced.

Chen Kefu stood aside and saw Luo Lin about to rush towards Li Jie, but he didn't stop it at the first time, and only stood up after Luo Lin collided with Li Jie and embarrassed him in public.

"Commander Luo Lin, please pay attention to your words, you are the colonel, and General Li Jie is the lieutenant general and chief of staff of my Northeast Army, and he is your boss. You are guilty of the following crimes, and you have no military discipline. Do you think I was too good to you before? Didn't you hear me say that you should be humble and orderly when you followed me before? Immediately apologize to General Li Jie, and in addition, your food and salary for this month will be confiscated as a punishment."

Luo Lin stared at Li Jie deadly, and after a while, he said stiffly, "Just now, the last general was impulsive, please ask General Li Jie to punish him" When he spoke, he didn't even turn his head to his side, and his heart was completely different.

Li Jie hasn't said anything yet, but Chen Kefu has already said, "They are all brothers in the army, and they should love each other." Okay, Rollin, you have to pay attention to it in the future. A fluttering sentence has already revealed the following crimes, Luo Lin and Chen Kefu and other people in the army have completely ignored him, although they are angry in their hearts, they can't do anything.

"In fact, what General Li said is indeed very important, so we must be cautious. But in any case, those captured soldiers are also the robes of all of you, so the commander must exchange them back. As for how to change it, let's look at it again. But at present, we don't have to wait for the Liao people. ”

"According to Yuan Gaitong's confession, this Yuan clan has many estates in Buyeo, Jinshan, and Gaimu. Of the 20,000 captured soldiers assigned to their Yuan clan, more than 10,000 were taken here, while the remaining 10,000 were in Pyongyang, Wugu, and several other big cities. In addition, King Gao Yuan received 20,000 men, Eulji Moondeok received 10,000 for the merits of Sashui, and Gao Jianmu received 10,000 for the battle of Pyongyang. We can now first rescue the captured soldiers of our army in the mountain city manors such as Buyeo and Gaimu Jinshan, and we will talk about the rest later. ”…,

Li Benlei and Luo Lin couldn't wait, Li Benlei said loudly, "Commander, let's transfer a group of men and horses to us, let's go to Fuyu City and Gaimu City immediately to rescue those comrades, I can't wait for more than a night, and the thought that maybe my son and grandson are wearing anklets and being whipped by those Liao dogs, my heart is like a cone." There are not many people, give us a group of men and horses, and we will definitely be able to take the empty defense of Buyeo City and Gaimu City. ”

Seeing that the eyes of the two of them were red, Chen Kefu couldn't stop them anymore, and after thinking about it, the remaining soldiers and horses in the entire Fuyu City and Gaimu City were only three or four thousand people, and there would be no threat at all. After thinking about it, he nodded.

"You are earnest, why don't you understand. In this case, you should take the light cavalry regiment and the headquarters reconnaissance regiment, and then bring four cavalry battalions from the 1st and 2nd divisions, and one with 3,000 cavalry. First, the cavalry is faster, and secondly, the cavalry soldiers and horses are also more elite, and if there is any accident, they can also deal with it. In addition, I will bring the copper belt of Yuangai, and bring more than 100 soldiers from Fuyu City and Gaimu City. If there is a chance, we will take the city as we do today, and if not, we will surround it again, and we will arrive two days later at most. Remember not to recklessly attack the city and make unnecessary sacrifices. ”

The two of them are now focused on that expectation, if they are poured cold water like Li Jie now, not only will they not be able to listen, but they will feel sorry for themselves, and Chen Kefu is not willing to let these two people have a rift with him.

Li Benlei and Luo Lin, the old and the young, were not half calm, took their leave, and without waiting for the meeting to end, they first returned to the camp to transfer troops and horses, and went out overnight.

As soon as they left, there would be nothing to do, Chen Kefu thought about the previous captives, and specially explained to Li Jie, "General Li, you let him check in the slave camp tomorrow, he will be able to heal, read Chinese characters, write and calculate, and know all kinds of crafts." But whether it is a blacksmith or a carpenter or even a tailor, as long as there is a skill, they will be singled out to see the first battalion. Those who can write and calculate, you will pick them out individually, and we will be useful when the time comes. As for the men who are over 50, or the women who are over 30, or those who are disabled, you can also pick them out and form a battalion. In addition, there were separate camps for men and women, and children between 30,000 and under the age of 12 were also held in separate camps, and those of noble status were also held in separate camps. When the time comes, we will be able to discriminate" ......,