Chapter 101: Choosing a team

Zhang Hei, the butcher captain of the Sixth Division, kept scratching his big head, and his admiration for the boss was really impressed. He thought for a long time, but he thought of a little bit of fur, which made everyone laugh when he said it.

However, Chen Kefu, based on his words, said a lot of strategies and came up with one, two or three. According to what he said, if this plan is really done, Liaodong will basically fall into their hands. For a moment, he was a little impressed and suspected that Chen Kefu was bragging.

"Sir, we can fight now only 8,000 soldiers of the military camp. Even if there are 20,000 newly formed civilians, they are all temporarily organized into troops. Without even serious training a few times, how can we count on them? Although the general's plan is good now, according to what the general said, the total number of soldiers and horses in each city is at least 50,000. Even if we ambush, we may not be able to eat it. Moreover, the troops are divided into two groups and we have to lead the whole route into the city? What if the Liao army is put in by the time, but cannot be defeated, and the enemy takes the opportunity to seize the city?"

Li Jie was very embarrassed about Chen Kefu's point of fingering and giving advice to the country. Whenever he had the chance, he immediately pointed out a lot of problems and refuted them.

Chen Kefu said softly, "I really object to the objection!"

Although he didn't hear what Chen Kefu said, Li Jie kept staring at Chen Kefu when he spoke. At this time, when he saw Chen Kefu's expression when he was talking to himself, he could already guess what he was talking about.

Li Jie said seriously, "General, I didn't deliberately pick on the tricks, but my army has now captured Liaodong City. The best strategy is to defend against the city. Although the general's strategy looks good, there are still many places that are not reliable. For example, Gao Jianwu sent troops to various cities to dispatch troops. How could the general know whether Gao Jianwu later knew from the traitor who surrendered to Liao that the new city had been lost, and he specially sent a second team of messengers to tell them not to leave the city?"

"And, as I said just now, even if the plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain is really done. Why do the general think that the soldiers of the Pojun camp, with only 8,000 people, can annihilate 50,000 enemy troops by ambushing? Could it be that the general wants to rely on the so-called Fifth Division and Sixth Division that you have just formed a few days ago? This is too vague. What makes me even more disagree is that the general actually wants to deceive tens of thousands of Goguryeo army into Liaodong City and annihilate it. General, how can you guarantee that they will not already know the news of Liaodong City being broken? What if the Goguryeo people come up with a plan and take this opportunity to retake Liaodong City in one fell swoop, then will we be worse then?"

"General, the last general still thinks that taking down Liaodong City is a reward for heaven. We should not be greedy for any achievements or risks. Stay in Liaodong City. With this Far East's No. 1 fortress, there is sufficient food and equipment. Even if Goguryeo really sends 100,000 troops to attack, it would probably be futile. You Dao is a general who has achieved success and has thousands of bones. General, you are only twenty-three years old, and you are already a third-rank general and have been named a marquis. Isn't these enough? Don't you cherish these soldiers?"

Li Jie was completely willing to do his best, and the more he spoke, he became more and more explicit. He was just accusing him of Chen Kefu's plan for personal purposes, and he wanted to use the bones of the soldiers to accumulate his way upward climbing.

Chen Kefu swept coldly about Li Jie, who was fighting against him, and he had no hope for this person. There was no possibility of reconciliation between the two of them at all. If he had him, there would be no Li Jie in the Pojun Camp, and if he had Li Jie, there would be no him. Anyway, there would be no two tigers in one mountain, and Li Jie was not a mother tiger. The best result was that Li Jie stayed honestly for a while, and then transferred to other guards through the activities of the Li family. If he wanted to stay in the Pojun Camp and fight him to the death, then Chen Kefu would never be polite.

Chen Kefu stood up, glanced at the generals in the hall, and said coldly, "Do you all have the same ideas as General Li Jie? If you have the same ideas as General Li Jie, please stand up and say your ideas."

The jumping lights in the hall added a layer of light to Chen Kefu's face. Standing on the top, under the lights, a tall figure stood behind Chen Kefu. In an instant, Chen Kefu, who had a light sentence, became taller and even exuded an unspeakable pressure, completely suppressing Li Jie's previous momentum. Many new army captains who were a little moved by Li Jie's words and were unwilling to take risks were suddenly suppressed. Several of the lieutenants who wanted to stand up opened their mouths, and finally sat honestly on the mat and did not dare to get up.

Facing Chen Kefu's gaze, there were only two generals of the Fifth and Sixth Division's deputy commander, and two generals stood up to express their support for Li Jie's opinion. Chen Kefu went to see those two without even taking a look. He just calmly closed his sleeves, then turned to Shen Guang, who was still sitting upright, and said, "General Shen Guang, what about your opinion? Do you also agree with General Li Jie's statement?"

As soon as Chen Kefu's words fell, Li Jie also quickly turned his gaze to Shen Guang, his eyes full of enthusiasm and expectation. Since Shen Guang was promoted to the fifth grade, he has been very concerned about Shen Guang and spent a lot of effort on Shen Guang. At first, Shen Guang did have a good attitude towards Li Jia. However, after arriving at the Pojun Camp, he became ambiguous with Chen Kefu again, which made him feel a little uncontrollable. Now he has attacked Chen Kefu. In addition to the four subordinates who went to Xincheng, the seven generals he brought with him. At this time, the remaining two were firmly standing on his side, but Shen Guang was still sitting there motionless.

Li Jie felt a chill in his heart. It seemed that Shen Guang finally turned to his former master of Nan Chen. Damn, Li Jie cursed fiercely in his heart. His handsome face turned a little blue, his teeth even bit tightly, and his eyes stared at Shen Guang.

Shen Guang looked at Chen Kefu and Li Jie quietly, stood up and said, "Since I am a general in the Pojun camp, I must obey the general's orders. If I want to ask me if I have any opinions, I personally agree with the general's strategy. If I go to the battle this time, I will be the vanguard of the first army."

Looking at Li Jie's stinky face, Chen Kefu felt particularly comfortable. Chen Kefu admired Shen Guang very much. This meat flying immortal was a completely powerful general, and even a fierce general in the infantry army. However, because he was brought by Li Jie before, he could not help but feel a little grudge in his heart, and he did not dare to feel completely relieved.

Although he knew that Shen Guang was also from Nan Chen, he was not assured to Chen Kefu. However, after contacting him during this period, he found that Shen Guang was still very supportive of him, and the key point was that he was also very outstanding among the generals under his command. Today's question was even more like asking Shen Guang to stand in the side. At present, Shen Guang did not have a slight hesitation choice, which also made Chen Kefu very satisfied.

Chen Kefu laughed instead of anger, "It's better General Chen Guang said, "Only General Chen Guang can only make a good decision to cut off gold. General Li Jie has always said that the best strategy is defense. You only see that our Sui army has been besieging hundreds of thousands of people for several months but cannot stop. You think that as long as you sit down, you will be foolproof. But does General Li Jie know that there is a saying that the situation changes, and that's the moment? Gao Jianwu can defend the city for more than a month without losing it because he has 100,000 soldiers and 200,000 people in the city."

"Although we now occupy Jiancheng, we have only 10,000 skilled soldiers, which is completely impossible to compare with the Liao people at the time. And even the best defense has loopholes. Could it be that General Li Jie has forgotten how we attacked Liaodong City after only a few secret passages, and we easily took down this Jiancheng that had been besieged several times but could not be stopped. Isn't this enough to make General Li a little more sober?"

"There is no strong city in this world that cannot be broken. The best defense is not how strong the city is or how thick the walls are. The best defense is attack, using attack instead of defense, and fully grasping the initiative of the war. This is the best way to defend. Our current flaw is that the soldiers are not good, while ambush and encirclement and annihilation are the best ways to resolve the incompetence of soldiers. We can only seize the opportunity and eliminate the living forces near us as much as possible before the Goguryeo counterattack, and then stick to the city. This is the best strategy."

"Chen Kefu, you have done too much. General Li Jie is the second officer of the Pojun camp personally ordered by His Majesty. Now you treat General Li like this. You are looking after the holy intentions. You are respectful to your own troops!" Wang Cheng, deputy commander of the Fifth Division, shouted, but no one accompanied his words. Except for Li Ying, deputy commander of the Sixth Division, who is also under Li Jie's subordinate, all the generals and schoolmen turned their faces aside.

No matter how high he jumped, it was just a clown in Chen Kefu's eyes. He was lazy to look at the two of them, and he didn't even want to turn his eyes slightly. From beginning to end, Chen Kefu was always concerned about Li Jie and a group of new military captains. Although Li Jie was eaten by him now, his two old subordinates still served as deputy commanders of the 5th and 6th Divisions. Moreover, this time the attack was suddenly siege, all the command of Min Zhuang was also handed over to Li Jie.

Fifth, the Sixth Division had more than 20,000 people, but only Chen Fu and Chen Gui were in charge of their own. For the large army with more than 10,000 liang, there was a lot of loophole. He had to prevent Li Jie from taking this opportunity to leave the military camp and turn to the new army to win over and cultivate his trusted forces. He was not willing to be careless at all for this guy who had always thought about seizing power. Even if he was put on the shelf by him now, such a guy would still cause him a lot of trouble if he accidentally did.

Mao Yi, Hu Hai, Luo Lin, Chen Guang, Li Shimin, Chen Fu, and Chen Gui stood up and knelt down on one knee, shouted, "We are obeying the general's orders, and only the general's leader is the vanguard of this war!"
Chapter completed!