Soon, a gratifying result was placed in front of Sun Chengzong.

More than 4,000 soldiers, except for less than 200 generals, took the bounty and hurriedly left the barracks. Without exception, the remaining soldiers all joined the Haw Par Army......

Next, Sun Chengzong did not change in the slightest and applied the same method to other garrisons in Liaoyang.

Compared with the 4,000 elites who had just survived from the battlefield, the remaining 15,000 garrisons were relatively less enthusiastic about joining the Haw Par Army......

Of course, the little mentioned here does not refer to ordinary border army officers and soldiers, but to those generals at all levels who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

However, Sun Chengzong, who came with expectations, still saw the results he wanted.

Of the 15,000 border troops, excluding the henchmen who were taken away by generals at all levels, the remaining 13,000 soldiers all joined the Haw Par Army and became a member of the Haw Par Army......

Liaoyang General Military Mansion, not surprisingly, is also the future Liaodong Governor's Mansion. Wei Zhengzheng was staring at a map of Liaodong hanging in the lobby of the General Military Mansion with a stern face.

Unlike Wei Zhengsuo, Sun Chengzong, the chief of staff standing beside him, looked much more relaxed on his face.

Because, after the reorganization and incorporation of the Liaoyang garrison, the army of the Haw Par Army on the Liaodong Peninsula has reached a staggering 20,000 people......

Looking at the entire Liaodong, except for the thousands of Houjin iron cavalry who fled to Houjin, the other Tartar armies no longer posed any threat to the Tiger and Leopard Army. As long as the commander in front of him gives an order, in a maximum of ten days, the Haw Par Army can sweep the entire Liaodong Peninsula and completely occupy the Liaodong Peninsula.

Because of this, Sun Chengzong's face showed a relaxed smile from the heart. Because, the Liaodong Peninsula at their feet is for them. It's already in the bag.

But. As the commander of the Haw Par Army. What Wei Zheng is thinking about is no longer how the Haw Par Army will occupy and control the Liaodong Peninsula, but how to hold the Liaodong Peninsula after the Haw Par Army occupies it

In addition, there is another issue that Wei Zheng needs to consider, that is, what means to reduce the losses of the Tiger and Leopard Army in Liaodong as much as possible. And get the most out of it.

Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, a sneer suddenly flashed on Wei Zheng's solemn face.

Then, without waiting for Sun Chengzong to react, he asked: "Chief of Staff, do you have any statistics on the staff officers of the army, and so far, all the battle losses of our Tiger and Leopard Army?"

Sun Chengzong nodded and replied: "In this battle, we brought more than 10,000 foot cavalry into the Liaodong Peninsula, and lost a total of more than 5,500 Liaoyang defenders who participated in the battle. Combined with the loss of 2,000 Tartar horsemen at the city gate, the total number is more than 7,500 men."

"All kinds of losses add up. It was thirteen thousand in all. ”

"So much, what about our results?" Wei Zheng's brows furrowed, and then he asked rhetorically.

"On the battlefield, we found more than 22,000 Tartar corpses, including 10,000 Tartar cavalry and 12,000 Tartar infantry."

Wei Zheng nodded, then asked thoughtfully

"The corpses of more than 22,000 Tartars, according to the incentives in our Haw Par Army's military regulations, will cost about 500,000 taels of silver and 13,000 soldiers, and according to the pension system in the Haw Par Army's military regulations, at least 5 million taels of silver will be required, that is to say, this battle against Liaodong, not counting other expenses, we have already used up 5.5 million taels of silver military expenses."

"So much" is not not unknowing, but it is shocking

After listening to what Wei Zheng said, Sun Chengzong, who was still smiling just now, couldn't help but gasp.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Marshal, if you count other expenses, if our Tiger and Leopard Army wants to take the entire Liaodong Peninsula, it won't cost tens of millions of taels of silver."

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "More than 10 million taels of silver, at most it can only be regarded as military expenses, if you want to turn the Liaodong Peninsula into the same territory as the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, it is possible to spend 20 million taels of silver." “

"How is it possible that so much?" Sun Chengzong, who was shocked for many years, let out an exclamation again.

Then, he stared directly at Wei Zheng with a pair of eyes, waiting for Wei Zheng to give him an explanation

Wei Zheng nodded very happily and replied: "The reason why it costs so much is because the population of Liaodong is too small Nuoda's Liaodong, because of the perennial war, the population is not even 300,000."

"Liaodong is such a fertile land, such a large piece of land. If it is placed in the Guannai, it will not be a problem to feed four or five million people. Therefore, if we want to develop Liaodong, the first thing we have to do is that the chief of staff of immigration should know that no matter when, immigrants are a gold-swallowing beast that can never be fed."

Since Wei Zheng was so sure, Chief of Staff Sun Chengzong no longer doubted it. Then, he asked with a worried face: "Dashuai, your face was so solemn just now, are you thinking about the way out of these 20 million taels of silver?"

Wei Zheng nodded first, then shook his head again, and then spoke: "Twenty million taels of silver, the Governor's Mansion of Shanxi can still get it." It's just that Ben Shuai has never been a loser. Since you have come to the Liaodong Peninsula, if you can not trouble the Shanxi Governor's Mansion, you will not trouble the Shanxi Governor's Mansion."

"Therefore, Ben Shuai was just thinking about how we could solve the two million taels of silver on the Liaodong Peninsula by ourselves As for the silver of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion, we can not use it. After all, the current Haw Par Army is facing an unprecedented expansion, and silver is needed everywhere."

Even though Sun Chengzong was the former governor of Liaodong, he even entered the imperial cabinet. When I first heard about 20 million taels of silver, I was also taken aback.

In his eyes, 20 million taels of silver, even if the entire imperial court is asked to raise it, it cannot be completed in a short time.

And now, the marshal standing in front of him actually told himself that he wanted to settle the 20 million taels of silver that the imperial court could not solve in the entire Ming Dynasty on the Liaodong Peninsula, which had to shock Sun Chengzong.

After the shock, there is a hint of incredibleness from the heart.

Because, in Sun Chengzong's view, Wei Zheng's idea is absolutely impossible to realize.

In front of Sun Chengzong, the skeptical attitude that quickly appeared on his face, Wei Zheng affirmed with a confident face.

"Twenty million taels of silver, that sounds like a lot. However, Ben Shuai wants to tell you about it, Liaodong under our feet will definitely be able to solve this silver"

"Maybe the chief of staff will ask, even if we loot all the counties in Liaodong and these counties under our control, it will be impossible to raise 20 million taels of silver, or even 10 million taels of silver."

"After all, the Liaodong Peninsula under our feet has experienced war more than once."

Seeing Sun Chengzong nodding with a look of approval, Wei Zheng's words suddenly turned around and continued.

"However, what Ben Shuai wants to say is that in the entire territory of Liaodong, there are not only Han people, but also Tartars"

"I don't know if the chief of staff has heard that most of the existing silver in the Shanxi Governor's Mansion was captured from the Mongols by the Tiger and Par Army during two sorties against Mongolia."

"Compared to the Mongols, the Houjin Tartars were much richer. If we can find a way to rob it of a few tribes. Then the receipt we may get can definitely be described as amazing. ”

Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up, and he asked Wei Zheng rhetorically: "Dashuai, what do you mean is that after occupying the entire territory of Liaodong, he will directly attack Houjin, and in the territory of Houjin, he will loot on a large scale."

Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "Yes, why can only the Houjin Iron Cavalry rob in the territory of Daming, and kill my innocent Daming people This time, Ben Shuai will break this myth and take the initiative to attack Houjin." Sue sù Hou Jin Emperor Huang Taiji, from now on, Hou Jin is no longer a paradise and may also be attacked"

"Of course, in addition to looting, Ben Shuai also has two reasons to go to Houjin."

"What reason" Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up at the same time, and he hurriedly asked.

"First: The 40,000 foot cavalry of the Tartars on the expedition to Liaodong basically came from the border area between Houjin and Liaodong. Now, these 40,000 foot riders have basically been wiped out by us in Liaodong. ”

"And this also means: in these places where we are about to attack next, the main forces that the Tartars can draw out are basically wiped out by us in Liaodong. Our entire sortie has almost no enemies that can threaten us, and we can rest assured that we can boldly loot in this area. ”

"As for the second reason, that is to create a more stable environment for our next development of Liaodong."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng directly pointed to an area on the map of Liaodong and continued to explain: "If we can kill all the Tartars in this area and turn this area into a nomadic land, even if the Tartars are nomads, it will cost a lot of money to attack Liaodong from this area again. ”

"In this case, we will have more than a year of stability to immigrate to Liaodong, develop Liaodong, and prepare for our future attack from Liaodong."

Under Wei Zheng's series of explanations, the doubts, worries, and doubts on Sun Chengzong's face were directly covered by the final surprise and expectation.

After suppressing the heat in his heart, he shouted to Wei Zheng and said: "Dashuai, if you really want to send troops to Houjin, I hope Dashuai can let me personally lead the troops to enter Houjin"

"Not only that, but I also hope that the 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Multilateral Army who have just joined the Haw Par Army can participate in this sortie, and I believe that as long as they manage this sortie, they will become real Haw Par Army soldiers."

Wei Zheng affirmed without the slightest hesitation: "Those who know me, the chief of staff also has this intention, order" (to be continued......