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After Xiao Tianjian conquered Wuchang City, he quickly divided his troops and began to continue to attack the surrounding state capitals and counties, Luo Li and Liu Yaoben each led a group of men and horses, and went out of Wuchang City to attack everywhere, while Xiao Tianjian ordered Li Jinde to be transferred to Wuchang Mansion immediately to take over the handling of civil affairs in the Huguang area.

After all, in the past six months or so, the Xingtian Army has developed too fast, it can almost be said that almost every few days, a state and county will be taken, and it is not Xiao Tianjian's goal to occupy alone, but more importantly, to incorporate these newly occupied territories into the administrative system of the Xingtian Army, so that these territories can continuously replenish the funds and grain needed for the Xingtian Army for the army.

The rapid development has brought about a big problem, that is, the shortage of scribes in the Xingtian Army has become more and more obvious at this time, so that in many places, there is a huge county seat, and only three or five or even one or two scribes can be arranged to temporarily serve as the magistrate or even the governor to manage the locality.

These people alone can't completely manage the complicated affairs of the local area, so Xiao Tianjian's early method is to visit local people with prestige and ability in the local area every time they go to the next place, and appoint them to be officials in some places, manage some local affairs on behalf of the Xingtian Army, and even select some people to be retained among the officials who surrendered or captured to meet the needs of the Xingtian Army, but this is not a long-term method after all, so Xiao Tianjian was as early as when he was in Jinnan, In the juvenile camp, a group of teenagers who do not like to dance with knives and guns and prefer to read are selected, and they are trained as reserve officials.

However, this kind of thing of cultivating and governing local talents, and cultivating a qualified soldier, is not a matter at the same level at all, with the training method of the Xingtian Army, there is absolutely no problem in training a qualified soldier in three months, and there is no problem in three months to train a team of men and horses who can go into battle, but in terms of cultivating a qualified clerk, it is simply impossible to achieve it quickly, as the saying goes, ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, in this era, no matter who rules China, must rely on scholars, Only by using them can we help the ruler govern the country.

Although Xiao Tianjian knows that among the things that have been passed down by scholars for thousands of years, there are many dross that are not desirable, but at the same time, he has to admit that this is where the cultural heritage of the Chinese nation lies.

And now he is using the way of searching, to take talents, although it can temporarily alleviate the demand for talents, but after all, it is not a common thing, sometimes there is a great reputation for winning people, but in fact the ability is very limited, this is a bit of a blind cat to kill a mouse, relying on the element of luck.

Besides, reading people is also a very important part of this society, representing the interests of the upper class. Is it possible for them all to go to business and farming? Always have to give them a way out, otherwise, the energy of the Shi clan group is definitely not small, once he Xiao Tianjian does not give these people a way, these people will never rest, they collectively oppose him Xiao Tianjian, the impact can be great, Xiao Tianjian knows how powerful it will be!

A warrior is a warrior, he is in charge of the war, and there can be no scholars against him, so he will send troops to kill all these soldiers! So, who will inherit Chinese civilization?

Therefore, after taking Wuchang City, Xiao Tianjian had to start thinking about how to take soldiers and use them for his own use, so after Xiao Tianjian captured Wuchang City, he sent Luo Li and Liu Yaoben and others to continue to expand the surrounding area, while he stayed in Wuchang City and considered more important things.

Of course, Xiao Tianjian's stay in Wuchang City was not just for the sake of the clergy, but after more than half a year of continuous campaigning, there were still many things that had to be solved as soon as possible.

After the Xingtian Army went south this time, it continued to expand, not only in the territory, but also in the number of soldiers and horses had to expand with the expansion of the territory, but with the expansion of the number of soldiers and horses, the armies were fighting repeatedly, so that the training of the new army could only be carried out between marches or between battles, so that the combat quality of the newly formed battalions declined rapidly, only the original main battalions still basically maintained a relatively good combat quality, and the rest of the newly formed battalions of the new army, However, there is too much difference, and the time has come when we have to carry out a large-scale rectification in terms of equipment quality, training, and even military discipline.

In addition, the newly established water battalion of the Xingtian Army can be said to be a hasty army, and the composition of the personnel is extremely complicated; there are a small number of old units transferred from the Yellow River Water Battalion of the Xingtian Army as the backbone, as well as boatmen and fishermen recruited in Huguang, and even more officers and soldiers who have defected directly from the official army, and of course, there are also many water thieves who have made a fortune by robbing houses and houses on the water.

Previously, Xiao Tianjian was anxious to use troops in Huguang, in order to achieve the goal of being a soldier and a god, these can be temporarily endured, but now that he has taken Wuchang Mansion, then this situation cannot be allowed to continue, otherwise, if it goes on like this, he Xingtianjun may also return to a level similar to other righteous armies, which is absolutely unacceptable to Xiao Tianjian.

Therefore, in order to prepare for the next attack on Nanzhili, and in addition, to seize the entire territory of Huguang, at this time, we have to carry out a long period of rest, on the one hand, to strengthen the training of the battalions of the new army, and at the same time, to rearm them, to replenish their weapons, so that they have stronger combat effectiveness, and to lay a good foundation for the next large-scale military operation.

Now that the Huguang war is basically over temporarily, the rest is just the work of sweeping the tail, Xiao Tianjian made up his mind to implement these things one by one first.

So on the one hand, he ordered Luo Li and Liu Yaoben to lead the main battalions of their subordinates to continue to attack and expand in all directions, and on the other hand, he ordered all the newly formed battalions formed during this period of time to take Wuchang as the center and stop separately, so that the generals of each battalion would conduct training on the recruits under their subordinates on the spot, and the unqualified soldiers among them would be eliminated and eliminated. It will be incorporated into the battalions of the new army to serve as the backbone force, and a number of generals will be drawn and promoted from among the soldiers and generals of the main combat battalions of the original departments to supplement the new battalions to serve as officers, so that the new battalion can be better controlled and used in a relatively short period of time, and it will be trained in the unique training method of the Xingtian Army, so that its combat effectiveness can be greatly improved in the short term as much as possible.

As for the equipment of these new armies, the equipment of the pikemen and the sword players is easy to solve on the spot, and the weapons of the captured officers and soldiers can be used directly without even modification, but the equipment of the musketeers can only be supplemented by the craftsmen battalions in Henan and Jinnan.

In the past six months, the Xingtian Army has expanded rapidly from all walks of life, and almost all of them are engaged in large-scale battles, so the demand for weapons has also increased a lot, and the consumption is also very huge.

However, even if the current craftsmen battalions work overtime and keep building day and night, they are still far from meeting the needs of the Xingtian Army, so when Xiao Tianjian defeated Wuchang Mansion, the previous war material reserves of the Xingtian Army were basically exhausted, and it was no longer enough to support the Xingtian Army and then waved its division east to attack Nanzhili. So Xiao Tianjian could only order a temporary halt to large-scale military operations after taking Wuchang Mansion, take a breath, and regain strength.

Due to the recent expansion of troops is too fast, so that the quality of equipment in the Xingtian Army has begun to decline, especially for those newly formed battalions, the situation is even more severe, not to mention the armor for the time being, just the number of firearms that the Xingtianjun regards as a magic weapon and relies on is far from enough to meet the current needs, so Xiao Tianjian asked the new battalion to be equipped with fewer muskets and reduce the configuration of their firecrackers, but in this way, the problem is that the combat effectiveness of many new battalions is worse than that of the old battalions.

For this problem, after thinking about it, Xiao Tianjian ordered the army to restructure again, evaluate each battalion in the army, and divide the battalions into three kinds according to the strength of their combat effectiveness. The B battalion is mainly based on the formation of a new battalion earlier or part of the reserve battalion that went south with the army this time, the proportion of firecrackers is about 30%, and the armored soldiers are also about 30%, such a B battalion also has relatively strong combat effectiveness, at least for the Shangguan army, only strong and not weak in the case of one to one, and it can even be said that it is far more than the combat effectiveness of ordinary officers and soldiers! As for the C battalion, it is mainly composed of some new battalions that have been newly formed, and the proportion of musketeers is only about 10 percent, and the soldiers basically do not wear armor, and only officers above the rank of general can wear armor, but in order to ensure that they can also have relatively strong combat effectiveness, they have to supplement some weapons such as bows and crossbows to them, and even equip them with a large number of javelins, so that they can at least be used as auxiliary forces of the A and B battalions.

After such a distinction, the A battalion is the absolute main force, the B battalion also has a relatively independent combat capability, and the C battalion is an auxiliary force for auxiliary operations, and when necessary, the generals of the C battalion will be used as the personnel reserve of the two types of battalions, and they will be selected and supplemented to the two battalions A and B at any time, and to a certain extent, the C battalion can act as an auxiliary and a new battalion.

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