Chapter 150: Three Thousand Self-Losses
None of the generals objected to Chen Kefu's decision, and in the eyes of these battlefield veterans, there was no humanitarianism. If Chen Kefu hadn't allowed the prisoners to be killed, maybe Shen Guang and Lu Shishen would have led the prisoner camp with soldiers to bleed into a river.
The veteran Li Benlei and the teenager Luo Lin and several others were even more calm and did not say a word.
Chen Kefu remembered that these people had a criminal record, when he attacked Xincheng, it was the old general Li Benlei who was the master, and took a group of officers in the broken barracks to wash the warehouse where a group of officers of all sizes were held in Xincheng, and he still remembers the scene he saw when he stepped into the warehouse that day, with corpses all over the ground and blood flowing half of the warehouse.
He is not a humanitarian, but he feels that now he has captured Liaodong, and he has ambushed twice in a row, cleaning up the entire Liao army along both sides of the upper and lower reaches of the Liao River. The entire upper and lower reaches of Liaodong along the river is already his world. He already tacitly thought in his heart that he was the ruler of Liaodong, and since he was the boss, he had to think long-term. Killing people alone can't solve the problem, and it's a pity that so many young people have been killed.
Chen Kefu swept his gaze to Li Benlei and Luo Lin, both of whom were silent, probably thinking of their relatives.
"In fact, after killing these Liao people, they are a hundred, and they have been liberated since then. I feel that the greatest punishment for them is not to kill them, but to reduce them to slavery. Now we can basically say that we have a foothold in Liaodong, as long as we defeat the army that the Liao people may go north in the future, it can be said that this land of Liaodong is our world. Don't you think it better to reduce these people to slavery and make them hard laborers? ”
"If you still feel angry, then we will sell all these Liao people by then. It is better to sell it to the Central Plains as a slave, or to sell it to the Liaoxi tribes as a slave. That is, if they are angry, let them live better than die, and become slaves for generations, we can also earn some money back by the way and replenish military resources, what do you think, old man? ”
Li Benlei was silent for a while before he said, "Just according to what the marshal said, it's just that these Liao dogs are cheaper!" Hearing that the old man agreed, Chen Kefu smiled, "Okay, then so be it." The soldiers of the three armies besieged the Liao, and General Li Jie was responsible for the dinner of the soldiers, the treatment of the wounded soldiers, and the guarding of prisoners of war. The rest of the soldiers were fenced, antlers, and ditches under the mountain where the Liao people were besieged. This time, the Liao people dispatched 80,000 people at once, which was completely unexpected by us, otherwise it would not have been so difficult. But now that we have divided and surrounded the Liao, we don't have to fight with them anymore. Everyone just has to make some efforts to surround them to death, and then we will directly trap them to death, and within three days, the Liao people will have to surrender if they don't die! ”
"No!" The generals received the order and turned around one after another.
"General Liu, you stay for a while, I have something to talk to you about." Chen Kefu looked at Liu Tiezhu without saying a word, followed everyone to prepare to leave the account, and hurriedly stopped him.
Liu Tiezhu is a man in his thirties, the whole person is not very tall, but he is very strong, his body is full of muscles, and his eyes are very bright. It's just that now the armor is all muddy and water, and the eyes are a little dull. Hearing Chen Kefu call him, he just stopped a little mechanically.
Seeing the generals who were once on the battlefield, full of excitement, but at this time, they seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and Chen Kefu's heart was also very uncomfortable. He understood the feeling of a general who valued glory at this time after such a defeat.
Chen Kefu walked over, stretched out his hand and patted his chest a few times, and shouted, "General Liu, remember that when I formed the broken barracks, you were one of the fifteen captains under my account. At that time, Mao Yi, Lu Shishen, and Chen Qing were just rookies in the rookie army, and they didn't know any battle formation tactics except for being able to rush. Even Ben Shuai was the same at the beginning. ”
"Do you remember how General Li introduced you to me at the beginning?"
"I remember when the old man said to me, you are an old man in the Zuo Yi Guard, although you are only thirty-four or five years old, but you have been in the army for more than ten years, fighting in the south and the north, and fighting on the battlefield for a long time. And he has always been calm with soldiers, and he feels the spirit of the army. At the beginning, the commander also told you that he hoped that you could give me some guidance in leading the troops in the future. ”
"Needless to say, the last general is sorry for you, sorry for the trust of the general, and sorry for the brothers under him, today it is all because of the incompetence of the general, so the soldiers of the fifth division will suffer this defeat, and thousands of men and horses will be lost in the first battle, which is the responsibility of the last general, and I ask the general to deal with the last general's law and correct the military law." Liu Tiezhu pounced and knelt on the ground, his whole head was lowered, and the whole person did not have the slightest bit of the past flying and free. ,
"You get up for me, and I don't want to blame you now when I talk to you about the things of the past. Today's defeat of the Fifth Division is not a crime of war. If I really want to talk about responsibility, the responsibility should be on me. ”
"Marshal, how can this be blamed on you, I am in command of the Fifth Division, I have lived up to the expectations of the Marshal, I have not led the Fifth Division well, and I am the one who is guilty."
Chen Kefu saw that he knelt down and refused to get up, and did not say anything more, turned his head back to the tent, the heavy rain was still falling outside, the whole sky seemed to collapse, the ground had accumulated water up to the instep, and the soldiers on patrol were wearing coats and walking in the rain.
"In this ambush battle, based on the information we got from the captives, we thought that Yuan Taizuo would dispatch about 25,000 to 30,000 men. In order to be more stable, we still mobilized all the soldiers and horses to come over, originally wanting to fight an ambush battle, and wanted to directly defeat the Liao people with superior men and horses. But things were beyond our expectations, Na Yuan Taizuo actually brought 80,000 people, which no one expected. ”
"Although we have 20,000 more men than they are, you know that of our 100,000 men there are 70,000 soldiers, and 30,000 strong people.
Of the 70,000 soldiers, only 10,000 were left, and 4,000 of the 10,000 belonged to the heavy cavalry brigade and the light cavalry regiment. Our 6,000 veterans were scattered among more than 60,000 people, and this time Hu Hai was responsible for staying behind, and more than 1,000 veterans did not come. Most of them are equal to only 9,000 people fighting 80,000 Liao people, although we now know that their real soldiers and horses are only about 30,000 people, but they are still stronger than us. ”
"It was my inconsiderate decision to put your Fifth and Fourth Divisions and Heavy Infantry Brigade in charge of the frontal Chinese battlefield. The heavy infantry brigade has the best equipment, the best soldiers, and the training is early, and it fought a real battle in the ambush of Liaodong City, and after the battle, I made some mistakes, and I punished them heavily, this time it was holding my breath. So they worked together and were very brave. ”
"General Zhang He, the fourth 9th coin, was not as good as you in the last Liaodong ambush, and the Liao people only charged once, and they were all scattered. Speaking of which, your Fifth Division was the weakest unit in the whole army, and the selection of soldiers at that time was very hasty, and it can be said that the overall quality of the troops was much worse than that of the first and second divisions. And you are different from other troops, several other divisions have already been on the battlefield once, and all of them have seen blood. It's your first time on the battlefield, and it's not easy for you to last an afternoon for the first time. Later, it was defeated, and it was also because Na Yuan Taizuo led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to assault you, even if it was not your fifth division today, even if it was replaced by Mao Yi's fifth division and Hu Hai's third division, no matter which division it was, it would also be defeated. ”
Liu Tiezhu didn't raise his head, and said in a low voice, "But it was my Fifth Division that was defeated today, and it was defeated so badly, more than half of it was lost, even two regimental flags were lost, and seven battalion flags were lost." ”
"You were defeated, and you were not defeated. In terms of performance, today you are defeated, losing your troops and losing your battle flag. But on the other hand, if it weren't for your defeat and attracting all the elite soldiers and horses of Yuan Taizuo's main force, we would not have been able to defeat their Chinese army so quickly, and we would not have even won so quickly. Therefore, you don't have to blame yourself too much, a brave general, even if he is defeated, will not be discouraged, he will bravely raise his head and face the dismal results. It's not terrible to eat defeat, but what I'm afraid of is that after eating defeat, you will be sluggish, then you will not be defeated by the enemy, but by yourself. ”
"Liu Tiezhu, raise your head, it's no big deal if you fail, seriously summarize today's experience, if the soldiers can't do it, then drill a crack soldier. If the officers can't do it, then you take the lead and bring these officers out.
Zhang He of the Fourth Division also lost the battle last time, but don't you see their performance today? Shame and courage can win all battles. I don't want you to be the overlord Xiang Yu, and you will kill yourself if you lose. ”
J, a qualified general, is not arrogant in victory, not discouraged in defeat. I won't say more, you go back, take good care of the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division, and convey it to them, just say that the commander salutes their sacrifice today, so that they don't have any psychological burden, in the future, we will fight with the Goguryeo people and have a chance, this time the incident will let him pass, I hope that next time, I can see a different Fifth Division, an elite Fifth Division, your missing personnel and weapons, I will give you another dial, There will even be some veterans of the broken barracks to replenish it. I hope you can take on the responsibility of a general and train this army well. ”
Liu Tiezhu looked at Chen Kefu not only did not hold him accountable, but also continued to comfort him, his heart choked, a fierce man in his thirties, almost cried. Finally controlled himself, Liu Tiezhu stood up, raised his head and erected his body straight, solemnly saluted a military salute, and shouted loudly, "Please rest assured, I will never forget today, and I will definitely train the Fifth Division into an iron army, if not, I will judge myself to apologize!" ”
After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out into the heavy rain outside, letting the heavy rain fall on his body, and in the heavy rain, the back that was soaked by the rain was even more upright.
Continue to ask for a monthly pass......
(To be continued)