On October 14, in addition to He Yan, who was sitting in Guishan County, Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong, and Zhou Yi all came to Yong'an County to wait for Fang Nan's dispatch.

"The Ming Dynasty mobilized a total of more than 20,000 troops to encircle and suppress our People's Army, and with everyone's efforts, the People's Army successfully defeated the Ming Army.

But at this time we can't relax, the strength of the Ming Dynasty is far from being comparable to our people's army, the first encirclement and suppression failed, and soon the Ming Dynasty will send more troops to encircle and suppress us.

Next, we must take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's deployment of troops to strengthen the People's Army itself as much as possible, and accumulate enough strength to welcome the arrival of the next wave of Ming troops. ”

Listening to Fang Nan's words, Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong, and Zhou Yi all understood that the People's Army was going to usher in a new expansion, and expansion refers to the expansion of territory, and there was the sea over there, and it could only be expanded from the east, west, and north, and the specific direction of expansion should be at the behest of Fang Nan.

"Wang Shengrong, your department has completed the control of the three counties of Longchuan, Heyuan, and Changle?"

"Control has been completed!" Wang Shengrong replied affirmatively.

At the beginning of October, Wang Shengrong's troops captured Longchuan County, and then divided into three, one captured Changle County on the third day of October, and one captured Heyuan County on the fourth day of October.

"Yes, next, your department will gather most of the main forces, supplement some of the trained recruits, and go north to capture the three counties of Xingning, Heping, and Changning, and the defense of Longchuan, Heyuan, and Changle counties will be handed over to the newly formed cold weapon troops."

"Yes!"

"Hu Zhuang, your department will continue to advance eastward, capture Huilai County and Puning County, the capital of Chaozhou, and then capture Chaoyang County and Jieyang County, your troops are small, He Yanbu will transfer two companies of firearms troops and two battalions of cold weapons troops to your department, and will also transfer you a newly formed artillery company and a regiment of cold weapons troops in the future."

"Yes!"

"Zhou Yi, your department continues to defend Haifeng County, pay close attention to the coastal areas, and guard against the Ming army from the direction of the sea."

"Yes!"

Fang Nan arranged the battle plan one by one, the plan is very simple, it is necessary to continue to discuss, this is only a general plan, the specific plan must be arranged by Wang Shengrong and Hu Zhuang themselves, the battlefield is constantly changing, officers and generals should make changes to their own plans according to the changes in the battlefield.

According to Fang Nan's battle plan, Wang Shengrong's troops originally had 3,000 men, and a part of the cold weapons unit was stationed in Longchuan, Heyuan, and Changle counties, and at the same time a part of the trained recruits were supplemented, and when Wang Shengrong attacked the three counties of Xingning, Heping, and Changning, he still had about 3,000 troops in his hands, including a battalion of firearms troops.

Hu Zhuang's troops, which originally had only more than 1,000 people, first added two companies of firearms units and two battalions of cold weapons troops, and then added a newly formed artillery company and one regiment of cold weapons troops, with a total strength of more than 3,400 troops, surpassing Wang Shengrong's troops in firearms units.

The new artillery company, the artillery mainly came from the 15,000 Ming army led by Ren Jianxiu himself, and the Fangnan 1st Road People's Army first captured a batch of artillery when ambushing the front army of the Ming army, and then captured a batch of undamaged artillery in the destroyed Ming artillery position outside Guishan County.

Among the captured artillery, 12 Franc cannons with a maximum firing range of 1,000 meters and their imitation models were taken out to form a new artillery company, which can be called the "second artillery company." Half of the manpower was transferred from the first artillery company, and then two artillery companies were supplemented from the firearms reserve unit.

The newly formed Second Artillery Company and the First Artillery Company, which had personnel moving around, had to go through a period of training before they could reach the combat effectiveness of the previous First Artillery Company.

As for the recruits, on the 10th day of September, the People's Army captured the county seat of Yong'an and Haifeng, and then began to unite the common people in the two counties, and the first batch of recruits were recruited from Yong'an County and Haifeng County.

Today, the first batch of recruits, whose month-long training is coming to an end, with a total number of more than 2,000, can officially become a member of the cold weapons unit or possibly a member of the firearms unit reserve.

More recruits will complete a month's training in the future, and the number of recruits recruited by the People's Army in Yong'an County and Haifeng County has exceeded 10,000.

In Guishan County, Longchuan County, Heyuan County, and Changle County, the People's Army has recruited new recruits, and it is expected that the number of recruits from the four counties will eventually exceed 15,000.

With these new recruits joining, the addition of prisoners of the Ming army who have undergone ideological education, and the relatively small casualties of the KPA in previous battles, the main battle force of the KPA will soon be expanded from the current 10,000 to tens of thousands.

Among them, the most important firearms unit now has 12 companies, 10 infantry companies, and two artillery companies, and in the next two months, the firearms unit will add two infantry companies, and possibly even an artillery company, and the firearms unit alone will have more than 3,000 people.

At the meeting, Fang Nan also gave a temporary number to all units of the People's Army, Wang Shengrong's department was still the first mixed brigade, Hu Zhuang's department was the second mixed brigade, He Yan's department was the third mixed brigade, and Zhou Yi's department was the fourth mixed brigade.

Each of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd mixed brigades consisted of at least one battalion of the firearms unit and two regiments of the cold weapons unit, with a total strength of more than 3,000 troops.

The firearms unit of the 4th Mixed Brigade had only one infantry company, and the total strength was less than 3,000.

In a short period of time, Fang Nan will no longer personally lead troops to fight, but sit in Yong'an County, the center of the People's Army.

Fang Nan was the governor of the Metropolitan and the leader of the People's Army, who was not only responsible for military affairs, but also for government affairs.

The biggest crisis of the People's Army before was the encirclement and suppression of the Ming Army by the People's Army, and after leading the People's Army to defeat the Ming Army, Fang Nan also began to deal with government affairs in the center, after all, the People's Army had already six counties under its rule.

At present, the People's Army has only six county governments, and none of the central government has jurisdiction over the six counties, and most of the time the six counties are only in charge of their own county's affairs.

After dealing with military matters, Fang Nan will start to set up the central government of the People's Army, and Zhou Lei, who is serving as the magistrate of Yongan County, will also leave this position and become Fang Nan's deputy, even if Fang Nan leads the army to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army in the front, Zhou Lei and officials from various ministries in the rear can also handle most things and maintain stability under the rule of the People's Army.

The day after the military meeting, Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong, and Zhou Yi left Yong'an County and marched to the garrison of their troops.

There are only two months left before the arrival of the next wave of Ming troops, but there is no extra time to waste, Hu Zhuang and Wang Shengrong have to take advantage of these two months to capture as much territory as possible for the People's Army, and they must quickly digest the territory.

After Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong, and Zhou Yi left, Fang Nan immediately began to prepare for the establishment of the central government of the People's Army.

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