Chapter 51: Reviewing the Troops on the Sandy Field
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The next morning, Chen Kefu, who had been sleepless all night, appeared on the big playground with a pair of panda eyes. He had been tossing and turning all night, but still couldn't think of a solution to this problem.
Since arriving in this Sui dynasty, he really hasn't had time to think about marrying a wife. Although he picked up a Japanese maid on the way, it was just as a nanny. It's not that he didn't want to, but he didn't have time to think about it. Since arriving here, it's been war and training, or busy getting close to the generals and soldiers of the Broken Army Camp, building relationships, all in order to quickly integrate himself into the troops and grasp control of the entire Broken Army Camp as soon as possible.
After being in Liaodong for so long, apart from seeing many Goguryeo women, Khitan women, Mohe women, Turkic women, Xianbei women and Dongyi women in the new city, he really hadn't seen a Han woman. Although those foreign women also had some who were quite beautiful and full of exotic charm, for Chen Kefu, it was enough to just take a look at such women, he wasn't very willing to marry one and bring her back home. Marrying such a woman back home would probably make communication difficult, he was originally a person from a thousand years later, and with the women of this era there was a deep "generation gap". If he were to marry another foreign woman, then he really would lose even the last bit of common language.
This sudden appearance of Miss Li Jia San has left Chen Ke Fu bewildered. Logically speaking, becoming the son-in-law of Li Yuan is not a bad path to take, and he had previously thought about clinging to Li Yuan's powerful leg. But now that this younger sister has suddenly appeared, he has become the future husband of Miss Li Jia San. If history develops as he knows it, then Li Yuan will be the master of the Central Plains, and at that time, he can naturally become a royal son-in-law.
However, after staying in Liaodong for so long, Chen Kefu's heart has also undergone some changes. He knows that simply waiting for Li Yuan to become emperor and then enjoying the benefits is unrealistic. Even if he were Li Yuan's son, when he first rose up in arms, weren't most of his family members captured and beheaded by Sui officials? The future is full of variables, and no one knows what will happen before that. What Chen Kefu believes in most now is himself; only by grasping the military power in his own hands can he control his own destiny.
Last night, he had met Li Shimin and Li Xuanba, two guys who were now completely greenhorns. They felt like they were in a new environment everywhere in the military camp. After meeting these two hot-blooded young men who suddenly became his younger brothers-in-law, Chen Kefu also learned about the situation of the third miss. This Miss Showning, whose name was Xinning, was indeed the Princess Pingyang of history, who led troops. Although this princess was quite outstanding in history and did not yield to men, she did not leave behind her name, but only passed down through the ages with the title of Princess Pingyang.
For their third sister, Li Shimin and Li Xuanbei were extremely lavish in their praise. From their mouths, this third sister of theirs was simply the embodiment of beauty and kindness, calling her a reincarnation of Guanyin would not be an exaggeration. Although Chen Kefu did not quite believe that there could be such an outstanding woman, but thinking about it, this third miss should be a gentle and virtuous type of girl. The most important thing was that this third miss not only excelled in the hall, entered the kitchen, rode warhorses, wielded weapons, and did needlework, cut clothes. Moreover, the third miss also had an illustrious background, being the legitimate daughter of the Li family, it could be said that marrying her would be a great honor.
However, Chen Kefu indeed admired Princess Pingyang, but that was because he greatly admired the woman who led the Maiden Army in later generations. This did not mean that a modern person like him could accept the fact of being engaged to someone he had never met before. This made him feel even more uneasy than those blind dates and marriages in later generations.
But yesterday they just got engaged, and today they're already breaking off the engagement. This is definitely not going to work out. If he did that, it would be a huge insult to the Li family. Not to mention that Li Yuan might become emperor in the future, even if he doesn't, with the current power of the Li family, this rootless general wouldn't be able to withstand their revenge. Among the four most powerful officials in the court today, he has already offended two of them. If he also offends the influential Li clan of the Sui dynasty, it's likely that before the Sui dynasty is even overthrown, Chen Ke will be eliminated first.
Under duress, Chen Kefu could only make a decision to take things one step at a time and see what happens. Maybe he and the third miss would really hit it off after all. In the end, Chen Kefu, who was feeling depressed, vented his anger on the two cheap little brothers-in-law. With a wave of his hand, the two little brothers-in-law were transferred to the heavy cavalry unit, where they would undergo the most rigorous training. After driving away the two little brothers-in-law, he also became sleepless.
When Chen Kefu rushed to the drill ground, the entire drill ground was already crowded with people. Except for a few troops surrounding Liaodong City, all the troops under Liaodong City gathered at the drill ground today. At this time, the entire drill ground had a total of 400,000 to 500,000 people, including auxiliary soldiers and civilians, who formed one huge square array after another in the open area not far from the Liao River.
It is said that there are countless people, boundless and endless. With these 40 or 50 million people gathered together, Chen Kefu truly has a feeling of being in harmony with the sea of humanity.
The Broken Army Camp, as the unit that made great contributions this time, was arranged not far from the high platform built in front of the enemy lines. To show off the military might of the Broken Army Camp, Chen Kefu ordered all soldiers to wear their best armor, ride their best warhorses, and wield their most elite weapons today. The brand-new banner of the Broken Army Camp fluttered in the wind, with five thousand heavily armored cavalrymen dressed in uniform black armor. All soldiers of the Broken Army Camp wore black gleaming armor, and in front of the ten-thousand-man phalanx formation of the Broken Army Camp, one could only see a sea of somber black - black warhorses, black gleaming armor, and black cloaks. Yet amidst this endless expanse of black, there were a few decorative touches: the blood-red plumes on top of each elite knight's black helmet, as well as the white feathers on the two quivers of arrows that each knight was equipped with.
This red and white, even more set off the black in front of us. The endless campus square array soldiers, all admire and envy this elite army, today's point-breaking military camp is also the undisputed protagonist.
While all the soldiers of the Broken Army were enjoying the admiring glances from all directions, they also looked at the figure in front of their own formation with a respectful gaze. That was the only white in the entire black formation, and the white was so dazzling that it was a snow-white warhorse, even the armor had been specially changed to a white horse armor, a white cloak, a white bright silver qilin armor, the only red one was the tassel on his helmet, even the weapon in his hand had been replaced with a delicate bright silver long spear, paired with that strong and delicate face, the slender and powerful physique, all the soldiers who saw him couldn't help but praise him in their hearts, what a good young man.
Hundreds of thousands of people were arrayed on the field, yet there was no clamor, all troops under their respective commanders maintaining good formation, even those civilian laborers did likewise. Chen Kefu rode his horse, chest out and back straight, eyes fixed intently ahead, waiting for the emperor's arrival. But in his heart he couldn't help but sigh endlessly, this is the Great Sui army, a truly battle-hardened force, they defeated Northern Qi, unified the north, then defeated Chen in the south, unifying all under heaven and ending the strife between north and south.
This army not only conquered the south and north, unified the Central Plains, but also fought several major wars with the Turks, splitting a large Turkic empire into two east and west. The subsequent wars also defeated the grassland regime that threatened the Central Plains at any time, scattering it in all directions. After defeating the Turks, this army also destroyed the Tuyuhun Kingdom established by the Xianbei people, establishing the four counties of Miao, Qinghai, Heyuan, and Xianshan on their former territory, and setting up Yiwu County in Hahu. This is also the first time that a Central Plains dynasty has set up administrative divisions in the Western Regions since the Qin and Han dynasties.
This Sui army that had won every battle invaded Lin-yi in the south, destroyed its country, seized its treasures, defeated Liuqiu to the east, burned down its palaces, and took its people. They returned with a great victory. Now, this invincible army has arrived at Goguryeo.
Unfortunately, the Goguryeo, which was originally looked down upon by everyone, did not fall in one battle. The two emperors before and after repeatedly sent troops to conquer Goguryeo, but now, after three invasions of Goguryeo, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have died, yet not even a single city in Liaodong has been taken.
It can be imagined that for the Sui emperor, for these seasoned troops, this is a great insult. The cunning of Goguryeo and their successful strategy of not coming out to fight has dragged this invincible lion into the quagmire of war, and after fighting until now, they have already lost the original essence of the war.
At the beginning of the war, the ministers of the Sui Dynasty thought that Goguryeo was also an agricultural state and could be assimilated into the territory of the Great Sui. Unlike the nomadic tribes, where wars only plundered their cattle and sheep, and reduced their strength, conquering Goguryeo would make the territory of the Great Sui even broader.
It's just that by now, this war has become a face-saving war of pride for the Sui Dynasty to wash away its shame. All the generals and soldiers have begun to be tired of this war, and the Great Sui Dynasty is also being dragged into a dangerous place by this war.
Now it's all right, the Sui army finally saw a glimmer of dawn after struggling up and down, they finally saw the possibility of ending this war, they are finally going to get out of this quagmire. For the first time, they directly annihilated Goguryeo's 80,000 cavalrymen, plus the Goguryeo soldiers who were killed or captured in the previous four cities of Xin City, the Sui army solved Goguryeo's 110,000 troops in this battle, including 100,000 cavalrymen.
Goguryeo and the Sui army have fought so many times, although they won every time, but their own damage is also very great. This country with a population of only one-eleventh of the Sui Dynasty has now reached the verge of collapse. Their entire army can mobilize only 300,000 people, even if all citizens are soldiers, it will be around 500,000 people, and the troops lost in these years have already reached around 200,000.
The war has finally entered a brand new stage, and Koguryo can no longer dispatch any effective forces. They can only hold on to their respective mountain forts. As for the Sui army, taking down these mountain forts one by one is just a matter of time.
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