Chapter 81 Cultivate Power

After hearing Luo Lin's words, Chen Kefu did not insist anymore and simply went back to the camp to sleep.

But that night, although he was lying on a mat made of bearskin and closing his eyes, he still couldn't fall asleep after counting thousands of sheep.

When I think of the elite Sui army who were leaving, and when I think of the noisy and complicated civilians he saw, there are only 7,000 soldiers left in the camp, and there are more than 300,000 civilians and military soldiers in the camp who can only be divided into a horizontal sword or spear.

Most of the people who used to work in the yellow land are now surrounded here. Although they are still besieging Liaodong City on the surface, he knew that they are now truly surrounded by the Liao people.

It rained all night, and Chen Kefu also closed his eyes and thought about it all night. It is speculated that there are about 20,000 people in Liaodong City, but this is speculated to be too unreliable. They can't really have 20,000 people left, there are only 10,000 people, and there are still 30,000 people and 40,000 people. Everything can only be guessed.

He got up very early the next day, and it was still raining outside. It was dark all the time, and it was the same as in the evening. There were hundreds of thousands of troops missing in the camp, leaving only more than 300,000 civilians. Chen Kefu, wearing rain gear, patrolled the camp under the escort of Luo Lin and other personal guards.

Yesterday was a noisy night, and these civilians knew that His Majesty the Emperor had left. Now, except for the 10,000-strong army camp, the army of the Great Sui Dynasty had retreated. Many civilians felt scared, and the auxiliary soldiers were much better.

Strictly speaking, auxiliary soldiers are also soldiers, and they are all soldiers of each Yingyang Mansion. However, these auxiliary soldiers are generally weak parts of each Yingyang Mansion, and all the elite soldiers are in the battle camp.

According to the organization of the Sui army to conquer Liao, it was divided into 24 armies, 12 armies on the left and right. Each army had a general and one general. Each cavalry team was equipped with 40 teams, each with a hundred people and 80 teams of infantry teams, divided into four regiments. These were combat soldiers, each army had 8,000 infantry soldiers and 4,000 cavalry soldiers. According to the organization of the Sui army, each army was equipped with four regiments of auxiliary soldiers, which totaled nearly 200,000 auxiliary soldiers. The task of auxiliary soldiers was to follow the army, such as transporting food and grass, setting up camps and setting up tents, and standing guard at night. For example, the auxiliary soldiers of the cavalry had to help the cavalry feed horses.

During the battle, the auxiliary soldiers had to help the soldiers get weapons, and some even had to follow behind to charge. Basically, the difference between them and the soldiers was not too big. One looked more like a formal soldier, and the other looked like a follower of the soldiers. Some were like the attendants of the Western Knights, used to serve the soldiers and handle logistics.

These people may have poor physical fitness, but in addition to not having the well-trained soldiers like those of war, Chen Kefu felt that these people were also the best supplementary regiments during war. During war, the supplement of the army was to supplement these auxiliary soldiers.

This time the army withdrew, and more than half of the 200,000 auxiliary soldiers were taken away. At this time, there were about 50,000 auxiliary soldiers in the camp, and the rest were all civilians and craftsmen.

Yesterday, Chen Kefu announced that the six new civilian strong troops were built, and half of the 60,000 people were auxiliary soldiers. Although the auxiliary soldiers were always weak among the government soldiers, they were also soldiers, much stronger than those civilians. The Pojun camp had no auxiliary soldiers in the past, and they had auxiliary soldiers according to their organization. Especially their heavy cavalry, they needed these auxiliary soldiers. When marching, they had to carry heavy cavalry armor and weapons with carriages. When they were about to fight, they had to pierce the armor and weapons for the cavalry and their war horses.

The 400,000 people left in the camp this time, in addition to the 50,000 auxiliary soldiers, there were nearly 50,000 craftsmen of various types of army members. These people include carpenters and blacksmiths, basically all kinds of them, such as building bridges, paving roads, building palaces, building city walls, and creating various siege equipment. It can be said that these people include basically all the craftsmen. The rest are real people who are strong, and these are ordinary serving people who are responsible for escorting food, grass and supplies from the Central Plains. However, they are not lucky now and are left here.

Among all the people, the auxiliary soldiers were the targets Chen Kefu was preparing for training. He planned to go to the civilians to pick up strong men and train them roughly in addition to the six divisions he had already organized. As for the remaining craftsmen and civilians, there were basically not many real strong men, most of them were in their forties and fifties and weak bodies. He didn't want such people, nor could he want them.

With his current ability, it would be great to be able to truly train 20,000 of these people. His real idea was to train the fifth and sixth divisions that remained, and at least they had to train them to the level of ordinary infantry combat soldiers. As for others, they could at least make a formation or something. At the critical moment, these people were not reliable, as long as they stood behind, shaking flags and shouting.

As for the 40,000 people transferred to the four cities such as Xincheng, they were just used as mailboxes who defended the city. He would not believe that Li Benlei and other cavalry generals could help him train an elite infantry while defending the city.

"Rolin, have you chosen the civilians of the fifth and sixth divisions?"

"General, 20,000 people have been selected. I went to see it in the morning. The two generals Chen Fu and Chen Gui have good eyesight. All the ones picked out are strong men. Oh, by the way, I saw the two brothers-in-law of the adults in General Chen Gui's Sixth Division this morning. General Chen Gui asked them to serve as battalion commanders, and each of them led 400 people. It can be seen that they were very happy and happy. When I came back, I asked me to say hello to the adults."

Chen Kefu was stunned for a moment, "What did you say? Li Shimin and Li Xuanba are still in the camp? Didn't they go back with Duke Tang?"

"Sir, they are the guards of the Pojun Camp. Your Majesty has ordered us to leave. How could they leave? If they leave, they would be deserters. The deserters would be a death sentence." Luo Lin said deliberately as if he was serious.

"I'm here, this law of great cause also stipulates eight discussions. They are nobles, and they are among the eight discussions. Aristocrats like them are not really allowed to come to the Pojun Camp, and they are nothing if they want to leave. But it was beyond my expectations that they were willing to stay. But didn't I let them go to the Heavy Cavalry Battalion? They are two new recruits who have been recruited to the new army. I asked them to be recruited to the new army, but they are all team commanders and deputy team members. The new army battalion commander must be the deputy team members of the Pojun Camp. How could they transfer them to the new army as battalion commander?"

Luo Lin chuckled twice, "Sir, that's the legitimate son of Duke Tang, and your brother-in-law, who dares to treat them as soldiers? You don't know that although Li Shimin and others are young, they are not like the noble children of Luoyang, Chang'an. Especially Li Shimin, although he is young, he is very smart. As soon as he arrived at the heavy cavalry camp, he immediately became enthusiastic. This guy has no aristocratic airs and is kind. The most important thing is that he is very generous and treats guests every day, and all kinds of delicious food are not included in everyone. You say, even if he is not the brother-in-law of the adult, everyone will definitely not treat these two kids badly, let alone the identity of the adult."

After hearing what he said, Chen Kefu understood that a noble man like Li Shimin could not have been so good in the bottom-class army camp. However, this kid could be a human being and wearing his own tiger skin, so he could be as good as a fish in water.

"Well, let's go and have a look. I also want to see these two boys. I have been in my army camp for a few days to see if there are any changes."

Luo Lin followed Chen Kefu and said squeakingly, "General, that, I have a request, I hope the general can agree to me."

Chen Kefu looked at him like that and smiled, "Rolin, you have been with me for a long time. I have always treated you as a brother. If you have anything you want to say to me, I will just say it. As long as you say it is reasonable, I will promise you."

"That, general, I feel very honored to be your personal guard captain, but I want to go to the new army. Even if I can't be a division commander, it's better to be a battalion commander. Although it's good to be a general, I can't run around the battlefield freely. Alas, I'm suffocating me to death. You see, General Chen Qing is not much older than me. He is now a general, guarding a city alone, even if General Zhang and He are the general, he is still the only army. Only me, although he is still the name of a brave general, he can still command one hundred personal guards of the general." Luo Lin said embarrassedly.

Chen Kefu looked back at Luo Lin. After several battles, this young man, who is only in his early 16 years old, has disappeared at this moment the awkwardness he had when he first met him. After Fenghuo's face turned much darker and his mouth was covered with a beard. Although it was not much sparse, it was impossible to tell that this was a sixteen-year-old young man.

Not only was his face dark, Luo Lin's body also became thicker. He was wearing a black general armor in the military camp, and a black cloak behind him looked quite handsome. Chen Kefu stretched out his fist and hit his chest a few times, looked up and down a few times and said, "That's right, it's really a lot stronger. It seems that he feels that he's wronged you when he stays by my side, right?"

Luo Lin's dark face suddenly turned red, "Sir, I don't feel wronged. I just want to lead the troops. Otherwise, I will never make any progress in the future. If I say it out, I, General Ichiro, can only bring one hundred soldiers. Isn't this a shame for you? I have nothing, but it will affect the reputation of the general."

Chen Kefu smiled, "Okay, you need not talk about it. Wait for a while. After a while, I will let you go down and lead the troops. If you want to lead a battalion, you will lead the battalion. If you want to lead the first division, you will lead the first division. However, if you can't lead the right leader, you will have to come back honestly and become my personal guard captain."

Luo Lin originally thought there was no chance, but he didn't expect it to be done in the end. Although it was going to take some time, he felt it was nothing. He hurriedly knelt down in front of Chen Kefu and said, "Thank you for your fulfillment, I will definitely not let down the general's expectations!"

Chen Kefu still likes this personal captain. He is not as worldly and slick as generals such as Hu Hai. He is in his passionate youth. Such a person is most suitable to be cultivated into his confidant. After so long observation, he also found that Luo Lin could still see his loyalty to him. Such a person who is loyal to him and has the ability will sooner or later be placed below to help him control the troops. Now it is just a matter of early or later.
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