As soon as she heard Liu Peng say this, Empress Su Tai became excited immediately. She immediately asked her own question: "Who is the one who is responsible for commanding North Korea's garrison now? I want to have a good talk with him about the issue of contacting the Haixi Jurchen!"

Although the four tribes of the Haixi Jurchens have been completely annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the Yehe tribe, which was born in Empress Su Tai, has become history, the four tribes of the Haixi Jurchens still have considerable influence in the old land of the Haixi Jurchens. It is precisely because of this that Empress Su Tai feels that she has the hope of rebuilding the glorious record of the Yehe tribe.

But this is not a very easy thing, and it must be fully supported by Korqin and North Korea.

She felt that using her connections to Korchin should not be a problem, but North Korea's support would become a big problem, at least not a problem that can be completed by a simple negotiation.

The highest commander who commanded the North Korean troops stationed in the Haibei Army was the key figure in this matter. Liu Peng immediately said: "I am planning to let Huo Qiu and the Black Flag Regiment stay in North Korea and do a good job. This time his performance in Yuanzhou is really not bad!"

As soon as she heard Liu Peng's comment, Empress Su Tai felt that this matter should be almost certain. As long as Huo Qiu himself had no objection, he could pass it directly. So she immediately said, "Then I want to meet Captain Huo!"

In fact, it was not only Empress Su Tai who met Huo Qiu with Liu Peng, but also a real empress of a great power, that is, Wanyan Abahai, who made a big splash in North Korea this time.

These two queens were also from the Haixi Jurchens and were very interested in rebuilding the Haixi Jurchens. Therefore, the two first queens of Oerduo who were rarely seen before are finally sitting together to meet Huo Qiu with Liu Peng.

Liu Peng was very happy. When he saw Huo Qiu, he asked: "How many officers and soldiers in the Black Flag Regiment can fight now?"

The Black Flag Regiment encountered a nearly annihilated blow in the Battle of Yuanzhou. Before the Battle of the Black Flag, the entire Black Flag Regiment had 2,500 people and the number of casualties reached 1,600. The entire regiment could not find a relatively complete infantry company.

However, since the Black Flag Regiment was not annihilated, it recovered very quickly. Huo Qiu immediately said: "Don't worry, the governor, our regiment has already returned to the team, and two new recruit companies have been transported from Liaodong. Now the entire regiment can fight nearly two thousand soldiers!"

But when talking about this number, Huo Qiu still lacked some confidence. The reason is naturally that there are too many numbers of war-capable soldiers in North Korea, which makes him feel that the Black Flag Group is a bit embarrassed, and at least it needs to be adjusted on the spot for one or two months.

However, Liu Peng did not give Huo Qiu such a chance to rest. He said directly: "This time the Black Flag Group performed very firmly in Yuanzhou, and even the Blue Flags had high praise. I think the Black Flag Group can afford a more difficult task!"

Huo Qiu was really shocked when he heard Liu Peng's comment. He really didn't expect that his Black Flag Group had not yet recovered, and Liu Peng wanted to make his team the front line again.

He immediately asked, "Are you escorting Queen Su Tai and the others back to Chahar? Governor, it is absolutely fine to hand this matter over to our Black Flag Corps, but it is best to send us a whole battalion of flintlock rifles to ensure that everything is foolproof!"

He knew that Liu Peng had absolutely no flintlock gun in his hand now, but Liu Peng laughed: "Of course, someone else is responsible for the escort of Queen Su Tai. I mean that your Black Flag Group fought very well in Yuanzhou, but it also worked very hard. The reason why he fought very hard is the responsibility for me..."

Why did Huo Qiu get so shocked when he said that the responsibility was on Liu Peng? Fortunately, Liu Peng immediately explained where his responsibility was.

He told Huo Qiu: "I used to think that this time in North Korea, a strengthening regiment's troops could deal with any situation. I never expected that Lin Danhan would suddenly intervene in the Korean War. It was because of underestimating Lin Danhan that this battle in Yuanzhou was so passive and almost suffered a major setback..."

After reviewing his gains and losses, Liu Peng made a further conclusion: "If your Black Flag regiment can have one or two more battalions and several direct squads in the battle of Yuanzhou, do you have the confidence to severely damage Lin Danhan and the Inlaid Blue Flag under the city of Yuanzhou?"

Huo Qiu felt that adding one or two battalions to several direct corpses would not solve the big problem, and he had to continue to stick to Yuanzhou City, but he already understood what Liu Peng said, and he blurted out: "The governor's meaning is that the establishment of our Black Flag Group can be further expanded!"

Liu Peng nodded and said, "Yes, it should be further expanded. Our Haibei Army cannot have only one Changfeng brigade fighting alone. This time, North Korea proposed that we station troops in North Korea to be responsible for North Korea's security. I originally wanted to withdraw troops directly and not leave one soldier, but since the Korean monarch and ministers have repeatedly tried to keep them, and I think your Black Flag Regiment is good. I wonder if you have the confidence to use an infantry brigade to be responsible for North Korea's northern border defense!"

Liu Peng added: "In addition to the blue flag brigade, there may be other Gushans in the Jurchen!"

Wanyan Abahai, who usually doesn’t speak much, also interrupted and said: “In addition to being responsible for North Korea’s defense, Brigade Commander Huo also has to take on the task of opening up the Haixi Corridor and connecting Korqin. He has a heavy responsibility!”

The reason why she came to meet Huo Qiu with Empress Su Tai was to open up the issue of Haixi Corridor, and this matter was also an urgent matter for the Haibei Army.

Although the Haibei Army can pass the Liaoxi Corridor or Haogebeile to open up the connection with Korqin and Mongolian tribes, these are all stopgap measures and have many inconveniences. Now Abahai believes that opening up the trade route between Korqin through the Haixi Corridor is the cheapest and fastest way.

Although this trade route may be lacking in economics, as long as Huo Qiu is willing to work hard, the Haibei Army will have a great say in the Haixi Corridor and even actually control the former place of the Haixi Jurchens.

However, Huo Qiu didn't understand Abahai's thoughts at all. What he is still concerned about is the issue that his Black Flag Regiment has turned into a Black Flag Brigade with his magnificent military achievements in the Wonju. He immediately asked: "Is the governor talking about the military affairs in the north of North Korea? Is it my specific responsibility in the future?"

Liu Peng immediately said: "When it comes to military use, whether it is Abahai or our mission in Hanyang, you must respect your opinions. But I have to make sure first whether your Black Flag Group has this determination!"

Huo Qiu knew that this was a critical moment in his life, so he immediately said: "With one thousand ten thousand determinations, governor, our Black Flag Brigade only needs to add one or two battalions, whether it is the Lan Banner, Lin Danhan, or other Gushan in Jurchen, there is an absolute chance of winning!"

Liu Peng also told Huo Qiu that things were not that simple: "Well, you know the specific situation of our Haibei Town now, so you can only increase the strength of two old battalions to you. The equipment of the direct team cannot be equal to the Changfeng Brigade, so you have to have a psychological expectation!"

However, Huo Qiu did not think that the conditions offered by Liu Peng were not sincere. On the contrary, he cared more about the signboard of the Black Flag Brigade. If he could not keep the signboard of the Black Flag Brigade, the Black Flag Corps would be very likely to be annexed to other troops by then, and Huo Qiu could only be under others.

Now that the Black Flag Regiment can be expanded into a light infantry brigade after the Changfeng Brigade, Huo Qiu is already extremely satisfied with this result. He is more concerned about his new mission. You must know that he is responsible for the defense of the entire northern North Korea. Therefore, he immediately asked: "Then how should our Black Flag Regiment and the North Korean State come into play?"

This is the core interest that the Korean monarch and ministers have been repeatedly striving for. Although the Korean monarch and ministers have repeatedly expressed their great welcome to the Haibei Army to fight in North Korea, they are unwilling to hand over the regular troops from all over North Korea to the Haibei Army for command.

It was only in actual combat that they temporarily handed some of the regular troops to the Haibei Army for command due to the urgent war and the restrictions of "majorism", but immediately revoked the command power afterwards.

The Haibei Army also does not expect these regular Korean troops to play a great role in the battlefield. Therefore, the commanders of the Haibei Army, including Huo Qiu, have focused their main energy on the newly built North Korean volunteers and righteous soldiers.

Facts have also proved that these North Korean volunteer soldiers are much more reliable than the North Korean regular army, especially the North Korean volunteer soldiers trained by Huo Qiu himself, which played a mainstay role in the Battle of Wonju.

But the more this happens, the more the North Korean monarchs and ministers put their attention to the regular army of North Korea. Although the regular army of North Korea suffered a devastating blow in this chaos and lost at least tens of thousands of troops, they immediately began to rebuild the regular army of North Korea as soon as possible after the war, and attempted to use the main resources in North Korea to rebuild the regular army of their country.

For Huo Qiu, who was about to preside over the Black Flag Brigade and North Korea's defense, the decision of the Korean monarch and ministers was fundamentally in conflict with him, and he immediately raised the most critical command power.

Liu Peng immediately said: "This issue may not be reached. Although we have the name of righteousness, the Korean monarchs and ministers will never hand over their regular troops to us for command. On the contrary, they put all their hopes on this rebuilt regular army. If that is the case, we don't have to put hope on the Korean army..."

However, Huo Qiu had already heard the true meaning of Liu Peng's words. Since he could not rely on the regular army of North Korea, the Haibei Army could only rely on the North Korean volunteers and soldiers. In this chaos, the righteous soldiers formed by these local tyrants were the real backbone.
Chapter completed!