Su Yonglin ordered all the captured prisoners to be transferred to the Liaodong Development Department as their subordinates, so that the Liaodong Development Department had considerable human resources.
Then soldiers from the Liaodong Corps were used as supervisors, driving them to repair houses, expand city walls, repair roads, and level the land every day to lay the foundation for the coming immigrants.
At the beginning, the captured population was only about 700,000 to 800,000. After the capture of Huining Mansion, more than 500,000 people were captured in this area. Later, hundreds of thousands more people were captured sporadically. Now Liaodong The labor force population in the hands of the Development Department is very large.
Because there was a surplus of people for work, the Liaodong Development Department simply arranged for the excess manpower to reclaim wasteland and open up new land around the city.
The Development Department attempts to develop a piece of wasteland into fertile farmland that can grow food to expand the upper limit of the population carrying capacity.
This, of course, requires a lot of time and manpower investment. It usually takes farmers at least two to three years to complete the entire process of reclaiming wasteland and convert the wasteland into fertile soil for planting.
The captives were used to cultivate the land in advance. By the time the relocated Han people settled here, the land here would have been cultivated and ready for planting.
This will greatly improve the agricultural production efficiency in Liaodong and reduce the upfront cost that Su Yonglin needs to invest in Liaodong.
During this period, apart from sporadic fighting, the main theme in the areas occupied by the Liberation Army was to restore order, resume production, fill stomachs and fill granaries.
On New Year's Eve, Su Yonglin took Zhao Xirui to the military camp outside Zhongdu City to spend a comfortable New Year with the soldiers and celebrate the arrival of the New Year with them.
On New Year's Eve, the army cooks all kinds of chicken, duck, and fish meat, as if they want to stuff all the meat that has not been eaten all year into the soldiers' stomachs this night.
Meats are served in pots, vegetables are served in pots, and wheat cakes and rice are served in pots.
The soldiers were eating and drinking, and also performed their special skills, which aroused real laughter and applause.
Zhao Xirui told Su Yonglin that she had never had such a lively New Year's Eve.
At the beginning of the new year, Su Yonglin gave himself and everyone a three-day holiday. After the three-day holiday, he convened a New Year's meeting of the General Affairs Bureau and ordered the tasks and goals for the restoration of the military power in the new year.
It was at this time that the situation in Guanzhong became turbulent again.
The cause of this period of turmoil was that at the beginning of the new year, Jin Fengxiang, Yin Zhang Zhongyan secretly sent people out of Tongguan with secret messages to contact the Henan Liberation Army, and got in touch with the Henan Liberation Army.
After Zhang Yuejing learned about it, he quickly sent someone to send the news to Zhongdu, waiting for Su Yonglin's decision.
Su Yonglin therefore learned that Zhang Zhongyan was not optimistic about the future of the Jin Kingdom, and as a Han himself, he also wanted to return to the embrace of the Han government and escape from the control of the Yi and Di people.
So although he doesn't have much military power, he still has a certain influence on Fengxiang Road's army.
Tu Dan Hexi lacked troops, so he issued a large number of Han Chinese soldiers. These people could be influenced by him, so as long as the Liberation Army was willing, he could lead the Han soldiers on Fengxiang Road to respond to the Liberation Army.
As long as the Liberation Army can break through Tongguan and enter Guanzhong, he will raise his troops on Fengxiang Road to coordinate the Liberation Army's Guanzhong offensive, and attack Chang'an City in Jingzhao Prefecture with the Liberation Army, and kill the leader of the Jin Army in Guanzhong, Tu Dan Hexi, in one fell swoop. Take it and end the rule of Jin in Guanzhong.
After learning the news, Su Yonglin was overjoyed.
He had spent time collecting the personal information of military and political figures in Guanzhong and learned that Zhang Zhongyan had an extraordinary status and was the senior commander of the Jin Army in Guanzhong, so he immediately convened a secret military meeting to discuss the matter.
At the meeting, Su Yonglin showed Zhang Zhongyan's secret letter to the topographic map of Guanzhong.
He said that if Zhang Zhongyan could coordinate the Liberation Army in Fengxiang, the Liberation Army could quickly attack Chang'an with Zhang Zhongyan and knock out the center of the Jin Army in Guanzhong in the shortest possible time.
Once the Guanzhong Jin Army loses unified command, they will inevitably panic and fight independently, and then they will be defeated by the Liberation Army one by one.
Then the overall situation in Guanzhong has been decided, and it is just around the corner for the Liberation Army to unify the Central Plains and replace the Jin Kingdom.
The Chief of Staff had no opinion on the grand strategy proposed by Su Yonglin, but Xin Qiji, the Chief of Staff, expressed doubts about Zhang Zhongyan's credibility.
"Zhang Zhongyan is an official of the Jin State, and he was also an official of the Song State. He betrayed the Song State, took refuge in the Jin State, and worked hard for the Jin State. Is such a person really worthy of trust?"
Xin Qiji said slowly: "It will be a matter of time for our army to attack Guanzhong. Once we are ready, we will be able to go straight to Chang'an. Zhang Zhongyan may not be able to play a decisive role by then. General, I thought I would put my hope in a second minister. It’s not a good idea.”
Xin Qiji's opinion was recognized by some staff members. They also felt that Zhang Zhongyan was a traitor and a traitor. What credibility did he have?
Don't worry, this is a conspiracy of the Jin Army in Guanzhong. Zhang Zhongyan is planning to play a double act with Tu Dan Hexi - Tu Dan Hexi is a famous general of the Jin Kingdom with an excellent record and must be guarded against.
The statement of Xin Qiji and others is indeed not impossible. Holding Zhang Zhongyan's letter in his hand, Su Yonglin walked up and down in front of the map with his hands behind his back. He walked for a while and then stopped.
"In the current situation, it is a foregone conclusion that the Liberation Army will sweep through the Central Plains. The Jin Army in Guanzhong is facing an insurmountable dead end. There is no other way to go except to resist stubbornly. Under such circumstances, Zhang Zhongyan is more likely to Do you have evil intentions?"
Xin Qiji said: "That's true, but the general must guard against what he does."
"Of course it's right not to be on guard. It's essential to be on guard against others, but everyone, we might as well think about it from another angle."
Su Yonglin held up the "Su's Political Commentary" that had just been sent to the General Staff Department, and slowly said: "Zhang Zhongyan is a native of Shaanxi and a local snake. His family is a big local landowner, and the landlord class is well understood.
No matter who is the ruler, as long as you cooperate with him, share power with him, and do not invade his land or power, then this ruler is a good ruler, and loyalty does not matter.
So we can see that when the Song Kingdom came, he was a Song general, and when the Jin Kingdom came, he was a Jin general. He and his family stood firm. From this perspective, it can be seen that he put his own interests and those of his family before the interests of the country. superior.
As long as it is in the interests of himself and his family, it is not impossible to betray the interests of the Jin Kingdom for this purpose. Based on this, we can draw a basic judgment, that is, Zhang Zhongyan believes that our Liberation Army will sweep across the Central Plains, and Guanzhong cannot escape from it. outside.
When the Jin Kingdom was on the verge of collapse, if he could not reach an agreement with the Liberation Army, his own interests and those of his family would inevitably be attacked by our Liberation Army, and his family would most likely be destroyed in military operations, which he could not tolerate.
From this perspective, we can confirm that Zhang Zhongyan’s move is in line with his usual behavior style and does not go beyond common sense. Therefore, I think this is credible. What do you think? "
After listening to Su Yonglin's analysis, all the staff members of the Fuxing Member Staff Department nodded in agreement, agreeing very much with Su Yonglin's explanation.
Thinking of this, Xin Qiji also felt that what Su Yonglin said made sense.
Analyzing Zhang Zhongyan's family background and personal behavior style from a class perspective, it is easy to conclude that this is a person who puts personal interests and family interests above national interests.
For such a person to make such a request for cooperation under this situation, the credibility is still very high.
Subsequently, the Chief of Staff unanimously agreed that Zhang Zhongyan's suggestion was credible, and his request for cooperation with the Liberation Army could also be considered, and tactics were designed for this purpose.
Su Yonglin then ordered the General Staff to begin discussing tactics and prepare to discuss military operations with Zhang Zhongyan to end the resistance of the Jin Army in Guanzhong. He then ordered the Henan side to continue to contact Zhang Zhongyan to express the Liberation Army's willingness to cooperate with him and safeguard his interests.
So the Staff Department began to hold a tactical seminar to discuss the capture of Tongguan and subsequent tactical methods.
After discussing for about three days, Su Yin, the commander of the intelligence organization [Skynet Army], came to see Su Yonglin and handed over the belated information about the Eighth Operation Group of the Skynet Army to Su Yonglin.
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