After reviewing the three armies and returning to Liaodong in a high-profile manner, Chen Dongfu did the first thing. It is to check the army roster of the Liaodong Army.

After the Liaodong Army formed the seven counties of Liaodong in the imperial court last year, the men and horses of the Liaodong Army were changed into three divisions: government soldiers, county soldiers, and town soldiers, and the total number remained about 130,000. And in fact,

The number of the Liaodong Army is not as much as it seems.

In addition to 80,000 government soldiers, more than 20,000 county soldiers, and nearly 30,000 town soldiers, in fact, Chen Kefu also maintains the most elite elite ace army of about 30,000 people. The entire Liaodong Army had more than 160,000 people, and these 160,000 people were actually mostly soldiers and a small number of engineers. Instead of having about one-third of the logistical auxiliaries like the other armies of the Great Sui.

For logistical auxiliaries, the requirements of the army are not strict, and even a small amount of training is sufficient. And if it's wartime, even untrained young people can be pulled to fill the number. If the Liaodong Army is now immediately equipped with auxiliary troops, then the Liaodong Army will immediately reach about 250,000. Moreover, after joining these auxiliaries, it will not cause much decline in the combat strength of the Liaodong Army.

Moreover, after more than a year of rest, the reserve army of the Liaodong Army is also very considerable.

At present, there are 30,000 township soldiers in Liaodong who have received more than a year of rigorous training and are well-equipped, and more than 50,000 militia regiments that have also received complete training but are not equipped with equipment. Moreover, in the past year or so, the Liaodong Army has trained, trained,

A large number of qualified low-level officers have been trained in rotation.

The current Liaodong Army already has 130,000 standing troops, and there are also 80,000 reserve troops that can go to the battlefield at any time. Not only that, but the Liaodong Army can also prepare 100,000 auxiliary troops for these 210,000 troops. The entire Liaodong Army can pull up at least 310,000 troops at any time, which is a huge number.

It can be said that the system implemented by the fifteen counties in Liaodong today is actually somewhat similar to the system of the Qin Dynasty, and the whole people are soldiers. As long as Liaodong can raise a large number of troops at any time, and if necessary, Liaodong can immediately start a new round of larger-scale conscription, and these young and strong recruits only need three to five months of training at most, and can be replenished into the various units as a supplementary source of troops.

At the beginning, Chen Kefu implemented in Liaodong... The series of systems has finally shown surprisingly satisfactory results today.

After Li Jing looked at the entire army system in Liaodong, he replied to Chen Ke with a smile, "If Liaodong is willing, it can even increase the number of troops to one million within a month." ”

This is not a joke, although there are only about 2 million people in Liaodong, if you add the eight counties of Liaoxi and Murowei, then the number has exceeded 3 million. And among these three million people, among them, Liaodong,

The aborigines of both parts of the country were brutally eliminated and sold to slave traders. Among the 3 million people in Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Murowei, there are nearly 1 million men between the ages of 18 and 50. As long as Chen

Ke Fuzhen ordered all the people to be soldiers, so one million is not a joke.

However, as long as you know some common sense of war, it is impossible for all people to really be soldiers. Especially in the current situation, Liaodong has a favorable geographical position and is stable and worry-free. And if it were to attack, it would not have required such a large army. If all adult men were sent to the battlefield, Liaodong, which is now prosperous, would become a barren land again in less than two years.

And for Chen Kefu, Liaodong is not much stronger than the Khitan and other clans. He was never willing to let his strength be consumed in the war, but instead let those foreigners take advantage of the opportunity to sit big.

Therefore, after Chen Kefu reviewed the army book of Liaodong, he immediately called Li Benlei, Mao Xi, Li Jing, Wang Rengong and other generals who were sitting in Liaoyang City.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some suggestions for changes to the conscription order issued by the Marshal's Mansion before!" Chen Kefu glanced at the crowd.

After Wang Rengong accidentally got on the thief ship in Liaodong, he also regarded himself as a member of the Liaodong army. He was originally a famous general of the Great Sui, and his original position was also high, but now after entering Liao, Chen Kefu is naturally impossible

In his disgrace, he has been appointed deputy chief of staff of the newly established General Staff Headquarters. At this time, he said with some hesitation, "Marshal, I have also read the conscription order issued by the army before, and on the basis of the current 160,000 army, another 30,000 townships will be recruited."

soldiers, 50,000 militias, and 100,000 young men.

…,

This number is almost the limit of Liaodong today, and if more soldiers are recruited, the production of Liaodong will also come to a standstill. This is not good for the long term. ”

"No, I'm not trying to recruit more soldiers, on the contrary, I think we have a lot of soldiers now. At this stage, we are still in the stage of confrontation with the imperial court. There is the sea and Linyu Pass

This is a natural barrier, and in a short period of time, it is impossible for us to break through, and it is impossible for the imperial army to enter Liaodong. So at this stage, if a large number of soldiers are drafted, it will only constantly deplete our war reserves, which is not a wise thing

things. …

Chen Kefu smiled and continued, "Moreover, I never feel that we need to use our old capital at any time. Compared with the population of nearly 50 million in the Central Plains of Yang Guang, there are only 3 million people in our 15 counties in eastern Liaodong

mouth, this is a huge disadvantage. For every loss in the war, it will be an adult man, and it will take at least a dozen years to make up for it. On the contrary, the population of all the ethnic groups around us combined is no less than mine

Guys. Now that the war is imminent, it is time to use them. ”

Li Jing's eyes froze: "Dashuai, want to use barbarian soldiers and horses?" ”

"As long as it works for me, why not?" Chen Kefu smiled and said, with foreign soldiers and horses, not only do you not have to worry about some military morale problems when facing the Central Plains army, but also weaken the strength of the surrounding foreign tribes.

Mao Xi groaned, "Although this strategy is good, I'm afraid it's not easy to implement."

The Hu people are not stupid, but I am afraid that they may not be willing to sell orders for us. ”

"Since we want them to sell their lives, we naturally need to find a way to do this. For example, if you promise to give benefits, or even give some sweetness first, these Hu people are all profit-seekers, as long as the benefits are attractive enough, they will agree. ”

Mao Xi thought for a while and said, "For more than a year, our relationship with the Khitan, Shoeju, and Silla has been good, especially the trade between them has been very pleasant. Moreover, the handsome man married the two county lords of Khitan and Shoeju, and I believe that he can still impress them. The last time we fought Goguryeo, we had a good cooperation, and I believe that this time it will be very successful. ”

"Okay, that's all for this matter, and our 20,000 county soldiers and 30,000 town soldiers continue to guard the counties and major passes. More than 80,000 soldiers were temporarily transferred to half and 40,000 people, plus 30,000 machines from our original Marshal's Mansion

A total of 70,000 troops were mobilized to form a western conscription horse battalion to replace Lu Shishen's original troops and garrison outside Linyu Pass in western Liaoning. In addition, we will send another 30,000 people from the township soldiers and militia groups to the major border fortresses. ”

After Chen Kefu's change, it was equivalent to the original most elite army of 160,000, only 120,000 troops were dispatched, and 50,000 horses and horses continued to stay in various places. In this way, it is equivalent to the Liaodong Army being protected at any time

With 90,000 elite troops, there is no need to worry about all the elite troops pressing to the front line. Moreover, even if it is a second-line reserve force, only one-third of the 30,000 people will be transferred to keep enough reserve troops and horses. In Chen Kefu's view, this battle

The fight is definitely a protracted war. And it is obviously impractical to press everything on it as soon as it comes. Yang Guang has many generals and a huge population base, even if he conquered Liao three times at the beginning, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses died in Liaodong.

It's just a little bit of a nerve. But Chen Kefu can't gamble like this, he has to have soldiers and horses to fight with Yang Guang, and on the other hand, there are enough soldiers and horses to guard the old nest to deter the surrounding tribes.

"If the alliance with the three clans is successful, then we have to find a way to get at least 50,000 soldiers and horses from them, and then, with these, we will have a western expeditionary force of more than 120,000 people, and if we add auxiliary troops, we will have a western expeditionary army of 200,000 people. 200,000, the Central Plains is so big in the world, and we can get it! ”

"Who will lead the army of the Western Expedition?" Mao Yi asked the question that everyone was most concerned about. Such a large army is undoubtedly something that every general wants to personally lead.

Chen Kefu smiled, "Wait a while, most of the officials of the fifteen counties will arrive, and I will announce the new appointments of all the civil and military forces in Liaodong in the military council hall!" "Although nominally he is not against it now, but inside

Ministry, but he had to have enough to say. And now there are a lot of changes in Liaodong, the Liaodong Army is not only just an army, they are a separatist regime, and the military is a whole system, and people have to be arranged to take over.

And as soon as he returned to Liaodong, he lost his civil and military seals, which will undoubtedly make the morale of the people below rise.

According to his concept, the fifteen counties of Liaodong will have the generalissimo of the Jiangbei Province march as the supreme administrative body in the short term, and then govern the fifteen counties, as well as all the soldiers and horses of Liaodong. This requires not only a large group of officials from the central government such as the Marshal's Office, but also a complete set of officials from the fifteen counties, such as the Taishou County Order, and the appointment and dismissal of all generals in the military system.

To put it bluntly, this is a time to divide interests, and now that it is divided, it will not change for a long time. It's a bit of a headache for him, and he has to do his best

use, and you have to balance the interests of your subordinates, maintain their qualifications, and so on. This involves a whole host of seniorities, talents, loyalty, factions, and so on. From this day on, he was finally a superior who completely controlled the fate of all his subordinates.