"There are too many things that I can't do, but I found brothers who share the same goals with me and are willing to work hard to help the Han Dynasty. Later, when I was living under Gongsun Bogui's banner and heading to Hulao Pass, I met Zichuan." Liu Bei.
He whispered to himself softly, "It is destiny that I will never be alone!"
"Even if we fail, there will be people who will follow us. What's more, we are taking a noble road and no one can defeat us." Chen Xi said calmly.
Liu Bei's road was difficult, but even if he died, there would always be people following his footsteps to support the banner of the Han Dynasty. In history, even if Liu Bei fell, Zhuge Liang would still take over this banner, and Zhuge Liang would become the star.
After falling into the Wuzhang Plain, Jiang Wei once again carried the banner and would not change it until his death.
"Even if I fail, I will make a comeback. I, Liu Xuande, will never give in." Liu Bei's eyes were like water, but his determination moved Chen Xi. As time and space turned, Liu Bei's will remained unchanged.
"How can we fail?" Li You said with a smile as he looked at the two men in front of him. "How can we, who have the greatest support from our rulers, fail?"
"How can we fail?" Chen Xi took over the conversation and repeated it. Liu Bei couldn't hear it, but Chen Xi clearly knew that Li You was hinting at Chen Xi.
At this point, there is no way to retreat, especially after defeating Cao Cao and his troops. There must be no cowardice or instability at all. At this time, once the slightest sign of instability is revealed, the princes from all over the world will feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Given the opportunity, a war is absolutely unavoidable.
"Let's continue talking about the Xuzhou incident. How to deal with the prisoners of Cao Jun?" Liu Bei suppressed the restlessness in his heart and asked.
"Isn't it enough to move back to Mount Tai for labor reform?" Chen Xi asked puzzledly. He did not participate in the battle against Cao Cao at that time, so naturally he did not see the group of prisoners of Cao's army who had been sent to the East China Sea near the border of Mount Tai.
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"Cao Jun has a high degree of support for Cao Mengde. Of course, some are dissatisfied with Cao Mengde because of Cao Jun's digging of graves, but most of them support Cao Mengde. This is probably similar to the reasons for our soldiers." Li You explained calmly.
He even said the reason.
"The prisoners appeared and escaped?" Chen Xi frowned and said, it was right when you think about it. One was Cao Jun's gratitude to Cao Cao for pulling them out of the abyss of hunger and cold, and the other was that Cao Jun's family members were all in Yanzhou.
"Well, there have been many fleeing Cao Jun. Although many have been captured, hundreds of Cao Jun prisoners have escaped. I have ordered Taishan to deploy soldiers to strengthen guarding, but this is not the way to go." Li You
He said with a smile, but the moment he looked at Chen Xi, there was no concealment of the cold murderous intent in his eyes.
"Is that so, how many of you are willing to stay?" Chen Xi put an end to Li You's idea of killing all of them without even thinking about it. Not to mention that it was ominous to kill prisoners, but how much impact would it have if more than 40,000 young men were killed?
Chen Xi didn't even dare to think about it.
"There are more than 6,000 prisoners who have complaints against Cao Mengde, but less than half are willing to stay. The remaining 30,000 people have no special feelings about Cao Mengde's actions." Li Ru said with some helplessness.
"Let's take in those who are willing to stay first, and strengthen the guard on the rest first. Now no matter what, we can't let them return to Yanzhou." Chen Xi said calmly. It was obvious that this tone made Li Ru understand that he could use some if necessary.
Unconventional means.
"Let them go back. Our battle was in vain. If we turn around and recruit Cao Mengde, we will be in trouble again." Liu Bei also sighed and said, but it is not the same thing to raise them in vain. If Liu Bei is allowed to abuse the prisoners of war, Liu Bei will feel that
It shouldn't be, so I'm stuck here.
"Well, I thought of a good place." When Chen Xi was selecting a suitable labor camp place, he suddenly thought of an isolated place.
"Tell me about it." Liu Bei said curiously.
"Get them here." Chen Xi found a map, pointed to the sea area of Yangzhou and said, "There is a large isolated island in the direction drawn on the map. Xingba just wants to build there. Those die-hards will
It will only take a few years to get to that island, just in time to build that big island. If there is a war with Yangzhou in the future, and the front line attracts firepower on the Yangtze River, we can also use this big island as a springboard to attack Yangzhou."
"Xingba's fleet can only transport five thousand people at a time. Forty thousand people can go back and forth eight times. Xingba doesn't have to do anything else this year." Li You frowned and said, if there really is such a big island like this
There is also a place for the captives to be resettled. After a few years, Mao can sort them out and then bring them back.
"There is really no need for Xingba to do anything in the short term. His navy is still a semi-finished product." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Move those prisoners there. Even if they want to escape, it will be difficult for them to escape. And it can also be stopped.
Once we have supplies, let them farm there."
"Will this expose the island? After all, according to what you said, the purpose of this island is more to serve as a springboard to attack the rear of Yangzhou." Li You frowned and said, compared with the long-term strategic plan, the placement of prisoners is more important than the long-term strategic plan.
There is no need to go to war in such a big way.
"No, there are many islands on the sea. They will suspect that we have found the big island, but we can't find it without accurate enough charts, let alone know that there is such a place behind Yangzhou." Chen Xi shook his head and said.
, after all, there are too many islands in the sea, and no one really doubts that tens of thousands of prisoners are trapped on them.
"Then let's do it this way. These tens of thousands of prisoners must not be returned." Liu Bei agreed to Chen Xi's arrangement. He was not a fool. Although he did not kill prisoners, he was not willing to waste his own food to feed a group of idlers.
He felt that the way Chen Xi was dealing with it now was very suitable.
"It's a bit of a pity, but it's much better than spending money to support a group of idle people before. With more than 40,000 veterans, Xun Wenruo and the others will probably feel distressed to death. Then someone will write an article to show that we did send the prisoners overseas.
On the big island, they tricked us into killing prisoners." Chen Xi shook his head and said.
To be honest, Chen Xi hopes to organize these more than 40,000 people into his own army now, so that his side's strength can take off quickly. Unfortunately, it is impossible for these prisoners to join them without a period of education.
"Let's form a new legion after we return to Mount Tai. The weapons and equipment of Cao's army are just right for us." Liu Bei sighed and said, "After the reorganization of Xuzhou is completed, a legion will be transferred from Mount Tai. The soldiers of Xuzhou
People can never be reassured by their combat effectiveness. It seems that except for Danyang’s elite soldiers, all the other soldiers in Xuzhou are just auxiliary soldiers..."
