From 400 to 1,000, and these 400 have only been formed for a long time, this speed is already very exaggerated. If you want to expand to two thousand in one go, a fivefold increase in one fell swoop, the entire Taiping Righteous Army will have to collapse due to excessive expansion.

The army is a sharp weapon, and it is never the case that the more people there are, the more powerful it is.

What's more, Chen Wu also has the newly formed Taiping Battalion.

Originally, the relatively elite infantry of the two brigades would be directly assigned to the newly formed Taiping Battalion, and gradually expanded to 500 based on this. In addition, the infantry and bow battalions, horse teams, and Chen Wu's direct guards will also be expanded or formed accordingly.

If one qiē shun lì, Chen Wu's combat power on hand will usher in an unprecedented increase, and it will be expanded to the size of half a brigade. Among them, the Taiping Battalion is the backbone, and the Volunteer Battalion is the grassroots level, and when necessary, the ordinary rebels are driven forward as cannon fodder to consume the strength of the officers and soldiers. Such an army will have the energy to stir up the entire Taiping County!

However, even if Chen Wu cut half of the original plan, it would still be difficult to execute.

Not to mention the time constraints, the overall lack of weapons and armor is a big problem. What bothered the rebels the most was that they needed a large number of junior officers to expand the battalion to 1,000 men and organize effective training. In addition, among the hastily recruited soldiers of the rebels, it is likely that there are people who are unfavorable to the rebels. They usually do not hide and do not attack, and once the officers and soldiers are killed, they will defect at a critical moment.

Whether or not we can guard against this is also an important factor restricting the expansion of the armed forces.

Chen Wu was really weak before he started, and there was no good way to do this, so he could only push the old man from Changshan Town to the top as much as possible. These people's abilities may not be outstanding, but at least they have experienced a few battles, and they have the deepest relationship with the rebels, and if they want to join the government, they have to worry about whether they will be liquidated. But even if it is these old men of the rebels, the number is still limited. Chen Wu counted the people who were most familiar with the relationship and the group of people who had been commended before, and there were only dozens of people who died.

These people are barely enough for the gap in the Taiping Camp, and the Volunteer Battalion doesn't even have to think about it.

Of the 1,000 people after the expansion, a full 100 captains and 10 captains are needed!

The gap of officers is far greater than imagined.

If this problem is not solved, there is no point in blindly expanding the army, and on the contrary, it will make the bloated troops lose control.

After careful consideration, Chen Wu pinned his hopes on the expansion itself. Compared with other rebel rebels, he has a unique advantage, that is, his familiarity with future history in the game. After all, Yicheng was the first town he came to after coming out of the novice village, and he was still quite impressed. If you're lucky, you might be able to unearth a group of talents.

Not too many, three or five familiar ones can help a lot.

Out of importance, when the first batch of recruited Yicheng people were elected, Chen Wu put down what he was busy with and personally rushed to the school field of the city defense battalion.

In the past, this was the garrison of the officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion, and it was also a place where the people of Yicheng could not avoid. was accidentally entangled by the big soldiers inside, and it was inevitable to spend some money to eliminate the disaster. But since Yicheng was captured by the rebels, it was completely taken over by the rebels, and now it is used as a reporting point for the expansion of the army. Except for those who signed up for labor and did not need to come, the others did not care whether they were enlisted in the volunteer battalion, or whether they could read, read, write, do business, and keep accounts, they all came one after another after sending food home, and under the command of Sun Tian and Gan Xing, they were reluctantly divided into four hundred-man brigades, plus a smaller phalanx.

The former was all from the Volunteer Battalion, and the fifth team, which consisted of less than 100 men, was a collection of all the other conscripts.

It's just that the school yard in Yicheng is designed to only accommodate two brigades, and now four or five hundred are pouring in at once, which looks inevitably a little crowded.

"Sure enough, even if it only expands to 1,000 people, it's still too reluctant."

When Chen Wu arrived at the school grounds, he saw such a messy scene. When he thought that these were just the first batch of army expansion, he couldn't help but have a headache. But there is no way, compared to the organized and premeditated uprisings in history, he wants to challenge the empire in the shortest possible time without any foundation, and such a continuous expansion of the army is inevitable.

After all, the current empire is not yet a few years away and will not leave him much opportunity and time.

"Stand still, be quiet!"

Sun Tian and Gan Xing spent their efforts to eat, and finally preliminarily cleaned up the team. Subsequently, Sun Tian read aloud the program of the rebel army and the slogan of the uprising, and later read the military regulations. As soon as the three slashing orders came out, these Yicheng people, who were ordinary people not long ago, couldn't help but feel a little commotion. can see the two teams of murderous rebels next to them, standing at the gate of the school field with expressionless faces, but no one dares to object.

As for what they think in private, it is unknown.

After briefly saying everything that should be said, Sun Tian quickly started the most important thing, the detachment!

There is a team of 10 people, and in order to prevent acquaintances from forming a group, the way of detachment is random. Due to the shortage of non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level, Sun Tian and Gan Xing had to follow Chen Wu's instructions and temporarily let these more than 50 squads elect their own captains, and then re-select them when they were on the right track.

"The military system of the rebel army is roughly the same as that of the Qianyuan Empire, and you must also know the status and importance of this captain. Although it is temporary, the size is also an official. In our Taiping Righteous Army, the captain's salary is higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and there is a chance to be promoted. However, as a captain, you must always be the first to move forward when you fight. If you can't do this, military law will punish you severely! ”

"If you figure it out, let's start electing. You can choose the strongest, or the smart, or the prestigious. I remind you that a qualified captain has a better chance of surviving and winning the battle when he goes to war. So don't just designate, it's self-responsibility. Think about it, your wife and the old man are still waiting for you at home. ”

"If you think you are competent enough, you can also nominate yourself."

"If there are more than one people in a team who want to be the captain at the same time, and the number of supporters is similar, it will be determined by winning or losing the competition."

After the rules were finished, they immediately aroused the discussion of hundreds of people.

Everyone wants to be an officer, and there is a higher salary, but when fighting, you must fight first, which makes these people who sign up a little afraid. In addition, many people are also worried that if they become officers, they will be liquidated after the rebellion of the empire in the future, so they are quite entangled. But it's not like no one sees the opportunity, jumps in the crowd, and even takes the initiative to woo these temporary teammates and let them elect themselves.

In this regard, Sun Tian and Gan Xing, who were instructed, did not stop it, and Chen Wu, who was watching from a distance, was even more happy to see it.

As long as it is not ill-intentioned, this kind of ambitious person is more active than ordinary people, progresses faster, and is more determined to rebel.

About ten minutes later, the captains of the teams on the school field were selected one after another. There are those who recommend themselves, there are those who are outstanding in force, there are those who happen to meet acquaintances who rely on friendship, and there are even those who don't want to be drawn by lot. As more teams finished, the remaining teams also panicked and picked up speed. Chen Wu expected that the situation where many people competed for the captain of a team to win the final competition almost did not happen.

Obviously, these Yicheng people are still only here for food, and few of them really want to join the rebels.

It is impossible to say that there is no disappointment at all, but Chen Wu is very calm in his heart. Use the little time you have left to grab a look at these people on the field. Among them, most of the recruits are not impressed, and occasionally a few look familiar, but they really can't remember. After all, even if he had experienced it in the game, it was more than ten years ago. It wasn't until the selection of the four brigades was almost over that Chen Wu let out a "huh", and suddenly there was a little more surprise on his face.

He really found an impressive person.

Shi Xianqian!

This is a few years later, in the rebellion of the Good Friends Association in Longshan Province, he played a very useful role.

I remember that it was the righteous army of the Good Friends Association attacking Yicheng, Shi Xianqian secretly observed for two days, waiting for the opportunity to organize people to sneak attack the city gate, and became the incense master of the Good Friends Association by virtue of the merit of opening the city. Then he rose all the way up the ranks, and in just a few months, he sat in the fourth position of the Good Friends Association. Although he was defeated and killed in the end, this person is undoubtedly very capable.