Chapter 906: The Specific Arrangements of the Remnants of Koguryo
Ouyang Xuan was a pure military general. He only knew that after dismissing the people who were forcibly marched, he would have more energy to suppress the Goguryeo soldiers who wanted to rebel.
Liu Jiande told him about the possible chain reaction after demobilizing those people after seeing the intelligence sent back by spies planted among those people.
At that time, Ouyang Xuan was a little stunned. It turned out that there could be so many hidden purposes in this matter.
Therefore, in the face of Di Xin's praise, Ouyang Xuan was obviously very helpful, but he still bowed his hand and said humbly: "This is a matter of humble duty."
Then, he continued: "The specific placement of the remaining 10,000 soldiers has been discussed."
Ouyang Xuan said, took out a folding book from his arms and handed it over.
While Di Xin opened the book to check, Ouyang Xuan said: "The original plan was to disperse the remaining 10,000 soldiers after they were demobilized and place them in different cities."
"In this way, even if a certain team becomes disloyal, it will not be very difficult to suppress the rebels, which number at most more than 2,000 people."
"However, after hearing that they would be relocated to Jiande City, the original Goguryeo royal family and high-ranking officials requested that some soldiers be left for them as the last dignity of the royal family."
Di Xin looked at the fold in his hand and asked casually: "So, you just agreed?"
Ouyang Xuan raised his hands and said: "Your Highness, after discussions with all the commanders and Lord Liu, we all think this matter is feasible."
Di Xin was surprised and asked: "Master Liu also agreed?"
"Yes."
Ouyang Xuan said: "The first person to express his agreement was Mr. Liu."
"Master Liu said that if some of these ten thousand people are divided into the last servants of the royal family of Goguryeo, firstly, it can show the great magnanimity of my Dali; secondly, after the remaining soldiers are divided again, the number will actually increase.
There are fewer soldiers than we currently have stationed in the cities of Goguryeo."
"In this way, even if there are some people who want to rebel, no one will dare to make trouble at will when we in Dali have the upper hand."
Di Xin agreed with Ouyang Xuan's statement.
Don't look at the fact that the divine generals are powerful with the cooperation of formations, but they don't seem to have much deterrence in terms of numbers. There are always people who don't believe in evil. When they find that their numbers are superior, they will breed unnecessary things.
thoughts.
On the contrary, as long as the number of people is superior, even if there is a lack of strength, the intimidation effect will be greater in many cases.
At the same time, he also understood what Liu Jiande meant.
If those soldiers were escorted to Jiande City as servants of members of the original royal family of Goguryeo, it would not strengthen the handle Liu Jiande left in the court.
For him, the meaning of placing the original royal family and high-ranking officials of Goguryeo under house arrest in Jiande City, and under house arrest in Jiande City together with their attendants, was similar in meaning.
In this way, the last dignity of the members of the original royal family of Goguryeo was taken care of in the formation. For the defenders of Jiande City, a mere one or two thousand troops was also a number that could be suppressed with just a few hands.
He is worthy of being the commander of the capital. Even though most of his thoughts are on military affairs, his consideration of many things exceeds that of generals with lower official positions such as Ouyang Xuan.
Ouyang Xuan's answer also confirmed Di Xin's guess.
After the surrender of Goguryeo, the number of existing members of the royal family was over a hundred, and some of them were not qualified to have personal attendants.
In this way, after counting, the number of servants left for these people is about 2,000.
"So, there are about 8,000 people left."
Di Xin understood.
The arrangement for these eight thousand people was also written on the fold in his hand.
Among them, 3,000 people will be divided into teams of different numbers and placed in three small cities that were captured from Fenghua Valley to Khan City.
As the capital and the largest city in Goguryeo, Khan City will leave two thousand people.
The remaining 3,000 people will set off in the direction of Hu City while being semi-escorted by the 10,000-strong army.
Today, the capital of Goguryeo is already under the control of Emperor Xin, and the original royal family has also chosen to surrender, but the battle in Goguryeo is not over in a strict sense.
Continuing eastward from Khan City, there is a natural barrier to the east of Goguryeo. A steep mountain range is not suitable for human habitation at all. Even if it is inhabited, there are only a few scattered households, so it can be ignored.
To the north, between Khan City and Hu City, is the place where Emperor Xin's two thousand soldiers were dispersed into pieces.
Now the news of the surrender of the Goguryeo royal family should have reached there. According to the scouts' investigation, in the two small cities between Khan City and Hu City, the Goguryeo garrison no longer launched a purge of the soldiers who had separated from the northern Xinjiang.
I paid, but I had no intention of surrendering.
They are now huddled in those two cities.
Those two cities are related to Emperor Xin's logistics from northern Xinjiang, and there is no room for failure, so they must be conquered.
Those two thousand soldiers also need to be brought back.
When dealing with follow-up issues in Goguryeo, the army was stationed in Khan City as the capital until the situation was completely stabilized, so these 10,000 soldiers were the troops sent to conquer those two cities.
And the three thousand Goguryeo soldiers accompanying the army were also useful.
If the people in those two cities cannot escape, then these three thousand people will be the vanguard of the siege.
This is not cruel. In all siege battles in the Ancient Moon Realm, this is used if the attacking party has a large number of prisoners.
The remaining Goguryeo soldiers after the city was captured and the captured Goguryeo soldiers would be dispersed again to these two cities and Hu City after being disrupted.
As for Khan City to the south...
To the south of Khan City, after Goguryeo, was Emperor Xin's next target - the Uighur clan.
If the remaining Goguryeo forces south of Khan City had not chosen to surrender when Emperor Xin's army left Khan City, Emperor Xin would not mind doing another pest control job.
Anyway, it’s just something that happens along the way, so there’s no need to rush into it now.
In this way, this is the arrangement made by the remaining 10,000 Goguryeo troops in Khan City.
But this is actually just a negotiated plan, and it can only be implemented if Di Xin nods and agrees.
Emperor Xin naturally would not hold back his soldiers at this time.
He took his seal of General Zhenguan, stamped it on the fold, and threw it back to Ouyang Xuan.
"Just do as you say."
Ouyang Xuan took the certificate, raised his hand and said respectfully: "Yes, I humbly obey my orders."