The meeting with Wang Huifang finally broke up.

The grain in the treasury was completely destroyed after burning for a day and a night. Although there are still hundreds of thousands of imperial gold coins in the treasury, and the family has divided half of it, it is far less important than food for the current rebel army. Not to mention that it is very cumbersome to carry, and more importantly, they have no channels to spend it now.

When the money is paid, it can be used to boost morale.

was finally pitted by Zhang Qisheng, which had a great impact on Chen Wu's righteous army. But after the initial tone subsided, how the rebels should develop must continue. After taking full control of the eastern part of Longshan City, under the order of Chen Wu, the rebel army once again carried out the same move that had been done in Yicheng and Lushan - forcibly requisitioning grain.

But this time, something is different.

The rebels have a person who helps carry the black cauldron.

All the rebels who went out to collect food were required to memorize the words. Every time I went to a family to collect grain, I would tell the other party: it was the Longshan government and Zhang Qisheng who burned the grain depot before escaping, and the rebels were forced to collect grain in desperation.

Under intentional inducement, a very simple logic emerged.

If Zhang Qisheng hadn't burned the granary, the Taiping Rebels who had enough food to eat would not have robbed their families of grain - so the rebels were also forced, and it was all Zhang Qisheng's fault!

In all fairness, before the rebels entered the city, Zhang Qisheng's official reputation was still good in Longshan Mansion. But after the rebels began to act, in just one day, the resentful people of Longshan Mansion began to curse their mother. Although they would also bring the rebels with them when they cursed, the main hatred and firepower were aimed at the imperial government and Zhang Qisheng, and the rebels who came out to grab food became incidental......

It seems to work well to see that this approach. Chen Wu organized a preaching team. began to preach the Taiping Righteous Army in the eastern city. The slogan of the first army. What "food to eat together, clothing to wear", "everywhere uneven, everywhere to keep warm", quickly spread in Longshan City. Through these preaching, Shi Xianqian, who was specifically responsible for this matter, skillfully positioned the Taiping Righteous Army as a weak person like the ordinary people, a party oppressed by the government, and further alleviated the hostility of the people of Longshan.

Of course, if the grain conscription team is facing a large household, there is no need to talk so much nonsense.

These original aristocratic classes. has a lot of resources in his hands, and is inherently opposed to the rebels. Moreover, the nursing homes and house slaves in their hands are also a potential safety hazard. For these nobles, Chen Wu's approach was to directly raid their homes. Those who dared to resist were transferred to the Volunteer Battalion Brigade to suppress it.

After suppressing several families in succession, the remaining large landlords became wise, and even if they were reluctant, they could only cooperate obediently.

After the food was requisitioned, the methods of the rebels remained the same as before. Mobilize the people of Longshan Mansion to help with the work, and recruit all kinds of blacksmiths, carpenters and other craftsmen. Tongguò gave food to the people of Longshan to ensure that no one would actually starve to death.

These are the tricks that were used in Yicheng and Lushan. The rebels have already played very skillfully. Although Longshan is large, in the case of only managing Dongcheng, the difficulty is not much higher than that of the two counties. In just a few days, the rebel army initially controlled the eastern city of Longshan in their hands.

Although the Good Friends Association is not as orderly as Chen Wu's side, they have a deeper background and have a very strong foundation in Longshan. After a few days, it also stabilized the Xicheng shape.

The splashers who dared to take advantage of the chaos to smash and loot were arrested and cleaned up by the two tacit partners.

When the shape of the city finally eased, Chen Wu, who gradually freed up time, began to expand his army non-stop—this is the first priority of the rebel army at present!

After the review of Dian Yong and Xu Shizhong, the outstanding soldiers who attacked Longshan in the past were collectively commended. Taking advantage of the high morale of the army, Chen Wu took the original Taiping Camp as the basis, and transferred some of the elites of the Volunteer Battalion, as well as some of the imperial officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion who Mo Guohao came forward to surrender, plus a small number of good men from other parties, and expanded the Taiping Camp to 1,000 people in one fell swoop.

As a full-fledged wing with the strongest combat power at this stage, Chen Wu equipped all of them with leather armor and iron swords, and their monthly salaries were also the best.

The position of wing commander of the first wing of the Taiping Battalion finally fell to Sun Tian.

The result of this appointment is not surprising to anyone.

Everyone knows that Sun Tian grew up with Chen Wu since he was a child, and the two have the deepest friendship. In the previous few battles, whenever there was a task, Sun Tian was also quite brave. This most elite combat force naturally needs to be controlled by henchmen.

After the reorganization was completed as quickly as possible, the Taiping Battalion quickly went into rigorous training.

Previously, outside Longshan City, the battle with the officers and soldiers of the First Wing had exposed many problems. If the training of the Taiping Battalion had been sufficient, the officers and soldiers of the First Wing, who had traveled long distances and were exhausted, would never have been able to rush out.

After laboriously finishing the Taiping Battalion, it was the turn of the Volunteer Battalion to expand the second army.

This unit, which is currently in the second sequence of the Righteous Army, has also been tested in the Battle of Longshan. Excluding the dead and wounded and those who were transferred to the Taiping camp, there were now only 700 left.

Chen Wu's plan was to expand it to two wings in one fell swoop, that is, to recruit another 1,300 people!

Because the standard is relatively low, and the rebels hold more than 100,000 displaced people in Lushan, Yicheng and half of Longshan City, it is relatively easy to fill this gap. Some of the previous reserve members of the Volunteer Battalion, such as Liang Si, who survived the two sieges, plus the new battalion was quite good, and these alone made up four or five hundred people. The recruitment of the remaining Tongguò rebels in the eastern city of Longshan in the past few days has basically made up enough numbers.

After the completion of this expansion, Chen Wu's main force will form a wing of the Taiping Battalion + two wings of volunteer battalions.

A total of three thousand light infantry!

Due to the massive seizures in the first battle of Xiayang Valley, coupled with his own private creation, Chen Wu could basically equip all these 3,000 people with iron swords, and half of the two wings of the Volunteer Battalion could be equipped with armor. As long as there is a certain amount of time to train and precipitate, the strength of the rebel army will once again usher in a qualitative leap.

For a foreseeable period of time in the future, except for the county seat Wu'an, such an army can almost go sideways in Taiping County.

With the arrival of the soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion, Chen Wu duly announced the appointment of two wing commanders. After joining the Volunteer Army, Xu Shizhong, who was outstanding in Xiàn, was unsurprisingly appointed as the wing commander of the First Wing of the Volunteer Battalion. As for the second wing captain, needless to say, he had promised Mo Guohao in advance.

Of these two people, one showed amazing ability in training, and the command in the battle of Longshan was also extremely good; The other is the former wing captain of the Longshan City Defense Battalion. The two of them led the Volunteer Battalion, and the rebels were basically recognized. After the two took office that day, they also held back their enthusiasm and formulated a new training plan, striving to improve the combat effectiveness of their subordinates as much as possible in the shortest possible time.

This kind of benign internal competition is undoubtedly the atmosphere that Chen Wu is happy to see.

Compared with the expansion of the infantry army, the expansion of the horse team and the infantry battalion was much more difficult.

Before the attack on Long Mountain, the horse team of the rebels was short of both men and horses. Up to now, there is no shortage of war horses for the time being, there are more than 200 horses, but there is still a shortage of qualified riders. It is not impossible for Nuoda Longshan City to be able to ride and shoot, but it is often the children of those wealthy families, and ordinary people simply cannot afford the cost of training. And these people are almost impossible to really join his rebel army.

After a few days of recruitment, Ning Gui recruited more people than grooms......

For horse breeding or riding, they may be qualified, but there is no way to count on combat power.

Chen Wu had no choice but to let Ning An take the training for the time being. There is still a long way to go to train real cavalry for the current rebel army.

The formation of the infantry battalion was slightly better than that of the horse team.

Under Chen Wu's good conditions, plus the original batch brought by Nanbao, there were almost one hundred and fifty people, most of whom had a good foundation in archery. Under the training of Nanbao and Dian Yong, it won't take long to become a qualified infantry battalion. Maybe it's not comparable to the main battle force of the empire, and it's not worthy of the world-famous Shenji Battalion, but at least in this Taiping County, there is still the power to fight.

In addition to the existing branches of the above-mentioned rebel army, Chen Wu also took the opportunity to make many changes in this large-scale expansion.

First of all, the original pro-guard team, whose responsibilities were vague, was officially independent and turned into a hundred-man brigade, commanded by Li Zishi and Sun Zhong.

Secondly, two new battalion heads were formed -- the baggage battalion and the engineering battalion.

The former, as the name suggests, is responsible for transporting and protecting grain and grass during the march. Previously, this task was the responsibility of the Volunteer Battalion, but as the Volunteer Army became regularized, systematized, and more and more things needed to be transported, it was necessary to set up a special agency.

As for the Engineering Camp, the name comes from the game's Players Guild.

As with the increasing number of catapults in the hands of the rebels, it is necessary to set up a special rebel army to maintain and use them. What's more, after the capture of Longshan this time, the rebels looted six well-preserved bed crossbows and four trebuchets on the walls of the eastern half of the city. The addition of these sharp weapons prompted Chen Wu to make up his mind.

Correspondingly, after the engineering battalion was formed, Chen Wu set up a craftsman bureau under the rebel army, which was responsible for managing the various craftsmen recruited. This craftsman bureau is directly linked to the engineering battalion, which can be regarded as further refining and perfecting the organization of the rebel army.

After the entire expansion and change was completed, Chen Wu's rebel army seemed to have the prototype of a regular army.

The supreme commander is from the generals of Tiangong and Digong, and the main combat strength is the Taiping Battalion and the Volunteer Battalion, and the rest of the permanent ones are Chen Wu's personal guards, military intelligence department, horse team, infantry and bow battalion, engineering battalion, baggage battalion, and recruit battalion.

For a rebel army to grow, it is very important to have a reasonable and clear structure. If it is a family-style play from beginning to end, there is no clear division, and there is a swarm during the battle, and every time something happens, the subordinates are temporarily assigned to complete it, and if it fails, it can't find out which part of the problem is, then this force will definitely not last long.

With the help of the rare stable time since the start of the army, Chen Wu used this expansion to help the Taiping Righteous Army get on the right track. (To be continued......)