Chapter 851: Prisoners of War for Prisoners of War
Ask for a monthly pass, it's so bleak! It's about to arrive, sweeping Shuzhou and Sichuan, 'Reward!'
"Exchange prisoners of war!" Kong Mingchen only said four words, but immediately aroused Leng Zhuo's interest: "Prisoners of war?"
"That's right, just like we captured some Tang soldiers, of course, we didn't capture many Tang troops, and the total number of them was no more than 10,000, but the Tang army captured a lot of imperial soldiers and horses in Zhongzhou, although I don't have a specific number, but from some of the intelligence collected, the Tang army captured at least three and a half million imperial soldiers!" Kong Mingchen nodded and said.
"There are so many?" Leng Zhuo gasped when he heard this! Although he had also paid attention to the battlefield in Zhongzhou, at that time, Leng Zhuo's forces were still around the Weeping Blood Valley, and his understanding of the battlefield in Zhongzhou was limited to a few words, such as where the empire won and how many places Zhongzhou lost.
Obviously, the military divisions under Leng Zhuo's command did not pay attention to the prisoners of war in Zhongzhou, in addition to not knowing enough about the situation of the entire empire, the scarcity of information transmitted back by Zhongzhou is also a major reason, of course, more importantly, before this, Leng Zhuo only focused on Chuzhou, and the overall situation of the world was far away from him.
Those who do not seek a corner, how can they seek the overall situation!
"This is just my estimate, the empire originally formulated the Zhulu army to enter Zhongzhou, the eight states of the empire, the eight road armies moved together, my Chuzhou all the way, except for my Chuzhou because of the rebellion of the king to capture Xiangyang, did not send troops to the north, the rest of the states have soldiers and horses to suppress the Tang army in Zhongzhou!"
"And especially in the northern Youzhou, Yunzhou, and eastern Qingzhou, the three roads have the most prosperous troops, and the soldiers and horses from Youyun to Zhongzhou are all elite divisions that have been fighting on the border all year round, and there is the imperial forbidden army, there are millions of soldiers and horses on this road alone, and in the follow-up, the empire has recruited two soldiers in a row, and Qingzhou also has two main battlefields, and the longest time to fight!"
However, in the early stage, the Tang army should not have captured many imperial soldiers, it should be when the new emperor captured the dragon and the princes from all walks of life supported the army and divided themselves, because of internal turmoil, the Tang army seized the opportunity not only to recover a large number of lost land, but also to capture a large number of soldiers and horses who were at a loss due to the Xiao Wall Rebellion. ”
"Judging from the intelligence of the imperial capital of Yunzhou, because the kings supported their own troops, the more than 3 million imperial army that gathered in Zhongzhou at that time, in addition to being co-opted by the princes and returning to Yunzhou, the number of a part of the empire was less than hundreds of thousands, and at least more than one million troops killed each other in the turmoil of those three months, or were captured by the Tang army!"
Leng Zhuo listened, he was also a little shocked, he knew that the kings were self-reliant, self-respecting, but obviously ignored the bloody thinking behind this, the kings wanted to support the army, they had to kill those disobedient soldiers and horses, whether it was deterrence, suppression, or co-optation, among which the means must have been used a lot, although he didn't know much, but in the southern battlefield of Qingzhou, the closest battlefield to Chuzhou, because of Prince Qing, the entire west bank of Heze Lake was almost lost, and all the levies of more than a year were all in vain, and at that time, there were at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here!
"If the extermination of this Tang army will outweigh the losses, then use this army of soldiers and horses in exchange for soldiers who can strengthen our strength back, the soldiers and horses in Youzhou in the north, long-term defense of the frontier, soldiers have been on the battlefield for a long time in the empire, sixty percent of the generals are from the northern Xinjiang, and the forbidden army of Yunzhou is from the elite selected from the major legions, and it will also rotate to defend the border, and the combat effectiveness is not weak. ”
"Qingzhou's soldiers and horses are slightly inferior, but after fighting with the Tang Army for more than a year, it is estimated that most of the soldiers who can survive are strong soldiers.
"As for the other states, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou are also quite good at fighting, the soldiers of Yongzhou are good at climbing mountains and adapt to the snow-capped mountains of the plateau, and the soldiers and horses of Shuzhou and Yangzhou are much inferior, but when exchanging prisoners of war, we can exchange them according to different situations!"
"A few military advisors, is this idea feasible?" Leng Zhuo was obviously very moved, if he had to choose between fighting with the Tang Army and exchanging prisoners of war, Leng Zhuo would undoubtedly choose the latter.
The Tang army is a headache, and when we meet again in the future, the Tang army that is put back is a strong enemy, but that is a very far away thing, he needs to completely occupy Chuzhou, and then take Shuzhou, sitting on the land of two states, and there are millions of strong troops, there are hundreds of generals to unify the army, and the army and division are planning, after a few years, the Tang army will become stronger, but he will become stronger, and it is unknown who will die at that time.
We have to plan for the long term, but we must also take into account the present first! And for the future, Leng Zhuo is full of confidence!
Zhuge Liang and the others nodded successively, compared to Kong Mingchen, who traveled to Kyushu in the empire and was familiar with the customs of various parts of the empire, Zhuge Liang and others were stronger in wisdom than each other, but alas, Zhuge Liang and others only worked hard in this other world for a year or two, and they were not as good as Kong Mingchen's grasp of the overall situation, but with the arrival of Leng Zhuo's forces and the establishment of the intelligence network, the longer the time, the more outstanding the role of Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia, these resourceful people will play.
It's just that I don't know what happened to Jia Xu and Zhang Liang, these two people also faced such a problem at the beginning, so they chose to travel to the empire to integrate into this other world!
"Since it's no problem, then let's discuss how to exchange it!" Leng Zhuo can't exchange a Tang army for an imperial prisoner of war, he doesn't do that kind of fool being kicked by a donkey, now that the Tang Dynasty is asking for it, he has the initiative.
Although Leng Zhuo now holds the four major legions, in fact, among the four major legions, in addition to the Vermilion Bird Legion is the absolute main force, the Nanwu Legion is pieced together, all supported by the number of people, and there are many problems inside.
The Xiangyang Legion also has such a situation, except for the relatively elite navy, most of the other divisions and regiments are patchworked, and the combat effectiveness is uneven, and there are many young and strong recruits in the corps, looking at the number of them, the actual combat effectiveness is very problematic.
And in the Panlong Legion in Jiuchuan Mansion, there is also such a problem, so looking at Leng Zhuo's hands of soldiers and horses, there are almost seven or eight hundred thousand people, but less than 300,000 are elite, and these same recruits also consume a lot of Leng Zhuo's gold, silver, grain and grass.
If these indiscriminate soldiers and horses can be replaced with soldiers and horses who have been on the battlefield in the north for a long time, have seen big battles, and are not weak in combat power, maybe the number of Leng Zhuo's soldiers and horses will not increase too much, but the combat effectiveness will definitely rise by a few grades.
And with this power, Leng Zhuo can definitely sweep the territory of the Holy Sect in Chuzhou, and even chase the ass of the Holy Sect into Shuzhou, the more Leng Zhuo thinks about it, the more he feels that this method is feasible.
It was only in the afternoon, and Li Wei'er, who had already made other plans in the evening, had already begun to arrange secret agents in Vermilion Bird City and began to prepare for the kidnapping of Ping'an Hou Shizi, but at this moment, Leng Zhuo suddenly came to the door and made Li Wei'er a little surprised.
"Your Highness!"
Li Wei'er stretched her brows, raised her head, and said, "I know, you go down first!" Li Wei'er sat on the chair, and muttered for a long time, Huo Di stood up, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Just go and see what tricks you play!"
The teahouse in the morning was in the same location, but this time it was replaced by Leng Zhuo waiting, and Li Weier stepped on the stairs and walked with graceful steps.
Li Wei'er sat on the chair, looking at Leng Zhuo who was drinking tea, but she was a little puzzled, there didn't seem to be an ambush around, could she have thought too much: "It seems that there is nothing to talk about between us anymore!"
Leng Zhuo raised his head, smiled, put the teacup on the table and said, "This tone is very resentful! But on the way back, I suddenly remembered that last night, there was a female assassin, tsk, that female assassin and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess exuded exactly the same fragrance, that female assassin is very powerful, I can't catch her, so I'm very worried that the female assassin will come back at night!"
"Although I am not afraid of the female assassin, if the female assassin gets nervous, hurts one of my ladies or sets a fire in my house, I will have no place to cry! So, in order to have a good night's sleep in the future, I thought about it again, and I felt that what Her Royal Highness said was not all undiscussed!"
Hmph, it turns out that you also know that you are afraid! Li Weier snorted lightly in her heart but was quite proud, obviously this guy is a ghost who is afraid of death, but looking at this guy's eyes, Li Weier's heart is rippling, he can guess that he is the assassin, so this damn look is not saying that she watched people have sex that night!
Li Weier was a little crazy in her heart, this incident has almost become the biggest stain on her life, a stain that can't be washed away, but on the face, Li Weier is silent, and said with a light smile: "Then I want to hear it!"
"Actually, you're pretty and you're not much better than those ladies of mine, I thought about it, I want to sleep well in the future, I don't have to worry about the female assassin coming out in the middle of the night, in addition to killing her, it seems that there is also a way to turn her into your own!" Leng Zhuo looked at Li Wei'er with ambiguous eyes, hum, let's tease you first.
After Li Wei'er heard this, her anger suddenly swelled in her heart, and the meaning of Leng Zhuo's words couldn't be clearer, did he want her to be his wife? This bastard, she knew that the dog's mouth couldn't spit out ivory, Li Wei'er gritted her teeth, forcibly suppressed the urge to pull out a knife and split people, and said: "This is what Hou Ye came up with in the afternoon! But it may disappoint Hou Ye, and Hou Ye should really worry about whether someone will set fire to the house at night!"
Leng Zhuo smiled, but said: "So Your Highness is admitting that the girl last night is you at the moment, hey, I really can't imagine that Her Royal Highness the princess still has a habit of peeping into people's affairs, but also, at such an age, Her Royal Highness the princess is still lonely......"
"You ・・・・・・!" Li Wei'er finally couldn't help it, and slapped the table again, when did someone dare to say such obscene things to her, but it hit the point she didn't want to admit in her heart: "Hmph!" Li Wei'er glared at Leng Zhuo fiercely, and was about to leave.
I really can't help but laugh at it! I got angry and left: "Hey, Your Royal Highness the Princess, don't go! Just kidding, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops can wait for Her Royal Highness to make a decision, Your Highness is a little irresponsible to leave like this!"
Li Weier stopped, but obviously she was on the verge of rage, calm, calm, she couldn't be led by the other party's nose, Li Weier took a long breath, her full chest rose and fell rhythmically, and only after a while did she calm down, turned her head, and looked at Leng Zhuo, but as soon as her eyes caught a glimpse, she couldn't help but want to go up in her heart, and slammed Leng Zhuo fiercely.
"Getting to the point, I can agree to let the trapped Tang Army leave, and even release those captured Tang Army, but this is a price, a price that is enough to make my heart move, rest assured, I will not ask you to be my wife, a price that you can definitely take!"
"What, say!" Li Wei'er didn't pretend to Leng Zhuo at all now, she was completely cold. Clear