The first thousand one hundred and ninety-five chapters
Liu Jiande sighed after finishing speaking.
Supporting a private army of tens of thousands of people is not just enough to provide them with food and drink.
The equipment and maintenance of weapons and armor, the materials needed for training, the energy consumed in hiding their traces, etc...
Liu Jiande spent countless resources on this, even one-third more than raising a regular army of the same number.
But even excluding these resources, considering the combat power of this army, it would be a pity to disband like this.
Once disbanded, if you want to train such a private army with the same combat power, all the preliminary work needs to be prepared again.
Although the time can be shortened after one experience, I don't know when the second army will be formed.
As a military general, how could he give up?
But even if he couldn't bear it, he had no choice but to do it. It was related to the wealth and life of his family. After the task of building this army was gone, he couldn't take this risk.
But now it seems that this army seems to have a new way out.
Liu Jiande asked: "Your Highness, what do you need this army for?"
Di Xin calmed down the chaotic thoughts in his heart and replied calmly: "I want to take them back to Northern Xinjiang."
"ah?"
Liu Jiande was stunned for a moment, and then said nervously: "But... Your Highness, but..."
"Don't worry, I know what you are worried about!"
It's just that this army cannot be seen in the light, but there are many people watching Di Xin's expeditionary army on the way. If it is discovered that there are suddenly tens of thousands more people, the secret will definitely be exposed.
This is not for one or two people, just hide it.
And once the secret is exposed, either Emperor Xin will confess him, or he will have to bear the sin of supporting a private army.
Even though Emperor Xin was a prince, he could not afford to support a private army.
Not to mention, His Royal Highness Prince Yu now has to guard against the already powerful eldest prince in the capital, His Highness Prince Cheng.
Liu Jiande is not willing to die, but if he stumbles on this kind of thing, it will be truly unjust. He will not be able to close his eyes even if he dies.
"I am not stupid. Of course I will not bring 40,000 troops back to the city."
Di Xin said: "The 30,000 expeditionary troops who will eventually return to Northern Xinjiang will still be there."
Liu Jiande was confused for a moment.
The expeditionary force was originally about 30,000 people, and with the addition of 10,000 private troops, it would not be 30,000 people no matter how you calculate it.
Is it possible that His Highness's arithmetic skills are not good?
The next moment, he suppressed an impolite thought in his mind.
"Ah sneeze!"
Di Xin couldn't help but sneeze, rubbed his itchy nose, and said casually: "Huh? Who is thinking about me in their hearts?"
Liu Jiande shrank his neck guiltily and subconsciously excused himself: "It may be that the weather has changed suddenly. His Highness is already weak and has caught a cold."
"Um?"
Di Xin looked at Liu Jiande suspiciously.
If he knew how healthy his body was, he wouldn't be able to say such things.
Martial arts and sorcerer's ways are all in the second level of cultivation. How much cold air is needed to blow him away from the cold?
Seeing the dodge in Liu Jiande's eyes, Di Xin felt that he had solved the case.
The murderer is actually next to me?
He was too lazy to bother with Liu Jiande about these trivial matters and brought the topic back.
"What I mean is that you hand over to me the 10,000 soldiers who have not been included in the list, and then I also hand over to you the 10,000 soldiers of the expeditionary force."
"Change of troops?"
Liu Jiande was stunned, and the doubts in his heart were even more difficult to explain.
He has seen with his own eyes the strength of the expeditionary force.
It can be said that although he put a lot of effort into cultivating the 10,000 private troops, compared with His Royal Highness Prince Yu's expeditionary force, they are considered scum at best.
His Royal Highness Prince Yu does not want an expeditionary army, so what does he want his private army to do?
And most importantly, what can he do with ten thousand expeditionary troops?
The secrets of the private troops taken away by His Royal Highness Prince Yu cannot be exposed, which means that the 10,000 expeditionary troops have become black households in his hands and are equally shameful.
In other words, the fate of these 10,000 expeditionary troops in his hands is not much different from that of the original private army, which is also facing disbandment.
Even, in order to ensure that his exposure would affect His Royal Highness Prince Yu, those who originally wanted to join the army to fill the vacancies could only be sent home like the others.
Isn't this more wasteful?
When Liu Jiande expressed his doubts, His Royal Highness Prince Yu nodded.
Then he told him: "You can disband all these 10,000 expeditionary troops according to the original plan."
"Your Highness, is this going to be a bit..."
Liu Jiande wanted to give some advice, but the Northern Xinjiang Army belonged to His Royal Highness King Yu and had nothing to do with him, so he suddenly didn't know how to persuade him.
"You misunderstood. I don't think those troops are a burden."
At this time, Di Xin became serious and said: They have their own mission, and they cannot have anything to do with Northern Xinjiang until it is completed, so they have to rely on your connections here."
"What this king needs is ten thousand identities that have nothing to do with Northern Xinjiang."
So that’s it.
Liu Jiande suddenly felt enlightened.
Since this is part of His Royal Highness Prince Yu's plan, he is naturally responsible.
Moreover, for him, disbanding the private army was the next thing that he had to do, and it was completely a matter of course.
As for the whole plan...
Liu Jiande understood that if His Highness Prince Yu needed him, he would naturally say so.
And if he doesn't tell it, either the follow-up plan has nothing to do with him, or the matter needs to be kept secret, and the fewer people know about it, the better.
He didn't ask much.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do my best in my humble position."
Liu Jiande asked: "Just, Your Highness, how should we change the troops next?"
Asking him to bring 10,000 private troops to Khan City, and then bring 10,000 expeditionary troops back, is too blatant, and even if he is willing to take the risk, it is simply not feasible.
Di Xin asked: "Can the ten thousand unregistered soldiers under your command be brought to Fenghua Valley?"
"Weathered Valley?"
Liu Jiande breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "This is simple."
Fenghua Valley is located at the intersection of the border and the original Goguryeo, and is not even far from the grassland. Otherwise, the original five thousand Uighur cavalry would not have arrived first and caught up with Liu Jiande's army to support Emperor Xin.
The ultimate purpose of Liu Jiande's establishment of a private army was to send troops to the two tribes in the future. In order to be able to call upon them in time, although these 10,000 soldiers were dispersed for the sake of secrecy, they were not too far away from Fenghua Valley.
He could gather the private army into the Windy Valley without alerting anyone.
"That's enough."
Di Xin nodded and said calmly: "You and Mr. Yaoluoge will return first. After three days, I will change the route to Fenghua Valley."
"yes!"
Liu Jiande handed over.
After lunch, he and Yao Luoge Tongjian, who had collected their luggage, concealed their identity and left Khan City.