After inspecting the three armies and returning to Liaodong in a high-profile manner, Chen Dongfu did the first thing he did was to check the Liaodong Army's military list.

After the Liaodong Army formed the seven counties of Liaodong last year, the Liaodong Army's troops were changed to three divisions of government soldiers, county soldiers and town soldiers, with a total number of people remaining about 130,000. In fact,

The number of Liaodong troops is not as large as those seen on the surface.

In addition to 80,000 government soldiers, more than 20,000 county soldiers, and nearly 30,000 town soldiers, Chen Kefu actually maintained the most elite ace force of about 30,000. The entire Liaodong army exceeded 160,000, and the number of 160,000 was actually mostly war soldiers and a small number of engineers. Instead, like other troops in the Sui Dynasty, there were about one-third of the logistics auxiliary troops.

The army's requirements for logistics auxiliary soldiers are not strict, and it is even enough to receive a small amount of training. Moreover, if it is during wartime, even young and strong people who have not been trained can be used to make up for the numbers. If the Liaodong Army now also equipped the auxiliary troops immediately, the Liaodong Army could immediately reach about 250,000. Moreover, after joining these auxiliary soldiers, it will not cause much decline to the Liaodong Army's combat power.

Moreover, after more than a year of rest, the number of reserve troops of the Liaodong Army was also quite considerable.

There are now a total of 30,000 village soldiers in Liaodong who have received more than a year of rigorous training and well-equipped equipment, and more than 50,000 have also received complete training, but they are not equipped with equipment. Moreover, in the past year, the Liaodong Army has passed the Military Academy of the Non-Commissioners College, the military's teaching troops, and the training,

A large number of qualified lower-level officers were trained in rotation.

The Liaodong Army now has 130,000 permanent troops and 80,000 reserve troops that can go to the battlefield at any time. Not only that, the Liaodong Army can also provide the auxiliary troops of 100,000 troops with 210,000 troops. The entire Liaodong Army can raise at least 310,000 troops at any time, which is a huge number.

It can be said that the systems implemented by the fifteen counties of Liaodong are actually somewhat similar to those of the Qin Dynasty, and the whole people have a military system. As long as Liaodong needs to be able to raise a large number of troops at any time, and if necessary, Liaodong can immediately start a new round of larger-scale recruitment. These young and strong people recruited only need three to five months of training to supplement the troops.

The series of systems implemented by Chen Kefu in Liaodong finally showed surprising and satisfactory results now.

After seeing the entire military system in Liaodong, Li Jing smiled and said to Chen Kefu, "If Liaodong is willing, it can even increase the number of troops to one million within one month."

This is not a joke. Although there are only about two million people in Liaodong, if the eight counties in western Liao and Shiwei are added, the number will exceed three million. And among these three million people, the elderly and weak in the indigenous people in Liaodong and Shiwei were brutally eliminated and sold to slave traders. Among the three million people in Liaodong, western Liaoning and Shiwei, there are nearly one million men aged 18 to fifty. As long as Chen Kefu really ordered the whole people to be soldiers, then one million is not a joke.

However, as long as people who know some common sense of war, it is impossible for the whole nation to be soldiers. Especially in the current situation, Liaodong has a good geographical location and is safe and worry-free. If an attack is made, it is impossible to require such a large army. If all adult men are drawn to the battlefield, then the prosperous Liaodong will become a wasteland again in less than two years.

Moreover, for Chen Kefu, Liaodong is not much stronger than the Khitan tribes. He is definitely not willing to let his strength be consumed in the war, but instead let those foreign tribes take the opportunity to become bigger.

So after reviewing the Liaodong army list, Chen Kefu immediately called Li Benlei, Mao Xi, Li Jing, Wang Rengong and other generals who were in charge of Liaoyang City.

"Everyone, I have some suggestions for the recruitment order issued by the Marshal's Mansion here!" Chen Kefu glanced at everyone and said.

After Wang Rengong accidentally got on the pirate ship from Liaodong, he also regarded himself as a member of the Liaodong Army. He was originally a famous general of the Sui Dynasty and had a high position. Now that he has entered Liao, Chen Kefu naturally could not treat him badly. He has appointed him as the deputy chief of the newly established staff headquarters. At this time, he hesitated and said, "Master, I have also seen the previous recruitment of the army. Based on the current 160,000 army troops, 50,000 militias, and 100,000 young and strong people."

This number is almost the limit of Liaodong today. If more soldiers are recruited, their production in Liaodong will come to a halt. This is not good for the long run."

"No, I'm not going to recruit more soldiers. On the contrary, I think there are a lot of soldiers we are recruiting now. At this stage, we are still in the stage of confronting the imperial army. With the natural barriers of Dahai and Linyu Pass, we will never break through in a short period of time, and the imperial army will not enter Liaodong. So if a large number of soldiers are recruited at this stage, it will only continue to consume our war reserves, which is not a wise thing...

Chen Kefu smiled and continued, "And I never feel that we need to use our old capital at any time. Compared with Yang Guang's nearly 50 million people in the Central Plains, our 15 counties in Liaodong only have a population of three million, which is a huge disadvantage. Every time one is lost in the war, it will be an adult man, and it will take at least ten years to add it. On the contrary, the population of all ethnic groups around us will be no less than us. Now that the war is about to be used, it is time to use them."

Li Jing's eyes narrowed, "The general wants to use barbarian soldiers?"

"As long as it can be used for me, what's wrong?" Chen Kefu smiled and said, using foreign troops will not only not have to worry about some morale issues when facing the Central Plains army, but also weaken the strength of the surrounding foreign tribes. Why not do this?

Mao Xi pondered and said, "Although this strategy is good, I am afraid it is difficult to implement it."

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

"Since we want to make them work hard, we naturally need to find a way. For example, if we promise benefits or even give some sweets, these Hu people are profit-seeking people. As long as the benefits are tempted enough, they will agree."

Mao Xi thought for a while and said, "Over the past year, we have had a good relationship with Khitan, Shoeju and Silla, especially the trade between them is very pleasant. Moreover, the Grand Marshal married two princesses of Khitan and Shoeju, and I believe they can still impress them. Last time we fought Goguryeo, we had a good cooperation, and I believe we will be very successful this time."

"Okay, this matter is just about this column. Our 20,000 county soldiers and 30,000 town soldiers continue to guard the counties and major passes. The 80,000 prefecture soldiers temporarily dispatched half and forty thousand. In addition, our 30,000 mobile troops from the Marshal's Mansion, a total of 70,000 people formed the Western Conscription Horse Camp, replaced Lu Shishen's original troops and stationed outside the Linyu Pass in western Liaoning. In addition, we will draw 30,000 people from the township soldiers and militias and send them to major border fortresses."

After Chen Kefu's change, it was equivalent to the original 160,000 troops, which only dispatched 120,000 troops, and 50,000 troops remained in various places. In this way, it was equivalent to the Liaodong Army maintaining 90,000 elite troops at any time, and there was no need to worry that all elite troops would be pressed to the front line. Moreover, even the second-line reserve troops were only one-third of the 30,000 troops to retain enough reserve troops. In Chen Kefu's view, this war was definitely a protracted war. It was obviously unrealistic to put everything up. Yang Guang had many soldiers and generals, and a large population base. Even if he died in Liaodong three times, hundreds of thousands and millions of soldiers were killed in Liaodong, he was only injured. However, Chen Kefu could not bet like this. He had to have enough troops to fight Yang Guang while leaving enough troops to guard the nest to shock 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 troops from them. At that time, with these, we will have a Western Expedition army of more than 120,000 people. If the auxiliary army is added, we will have a Western Expedition army of 200,000 people. 200,000, the world of the Central Plains is so big that we can do it!"

"Who will command the Western Expedition Army?" Mao Yi asked everyone the most concerned question. Such a large army is undoubtedly something that every general wants to lead in person.

Chen Kefu smiled, "Wait a moment, most of the officials of the fifteen counties will arrive. I will announce the new appointments of all civil and military officials in Liaodong in the military hall!" Although he has not rebelled in name yet, he must have enough expressions within. Moreover, there are many changes in Liaodong now. The Liaodong army is not only an army, they are a separatist regime. The entire system of the military is arranged to take over.

Moreover, as soon as he returned to Liaodong, he lost his title of civil and military officials, which would undoubtedly make the people below him angry.

According to his idea, the 15 counties in Liaodong will be the highest administrative agency in the short term, and then the 15 counties and all the Liaodong troops. This requires not only a large group of officials in the central organization such as the Marshal's Office, but also a complete set of officials in the prefectures and county magistrates of the fifteen counties, and also all military generals in the military system need to be appointed and removed.

To put it bluntly, this is a time to divide interests. Now that it has been divided, it will not change for a long time. For him, this is a bit of a headache for him. He must do his best to do his best, and balance the interests of his subordinates, maintain their qualifications, etc. This involves a series of qualifications, talents, loyalty, factions, etc. From this day on, he is finally a superior who fully grasps the fate of all subordinates.

:It's a bit late today, there's still something to do later!!!
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