Although many people in Wang Qizhi's army died in these dozens of battles, they were quickly replenished and increased from the original 5,000 to more than 10,000, becoming the most powerful team within a hundred miles.
Moreover, Wang Qizhi also robbed a lot of gold and silver from these bandits, and their military expenditure increased by more than one million taels of silver, which was enough for them to spend a period of time.
Although they are rich now, Wang Qizhi still does not dare to spend it arbitrarily. After all, there will be more places to use money in the future, and the province has to be saved. Therefore, he is often teased by his friends for being a person who knows how to live a good life.
Although the number of troops has increased a lot, most of them are from rough backgrounds and are extremely difficult to manage, but Dianyi is not used to them. Anyone who dares to violate military discipline will not be lenient.
In order to subdue these reckless soldiers, Dianyi specially captured a few typical soldiers. Some soldiers couldn't stand the loneliness, so they sneaked out and went to a brothel for prostitution. When Dianyi found out about this, he was furious. Angry, he immediately sent people to capture them.
According to military regulations, anyone who leaves the military camp without permission will be treated as a deserter and beheaded in front of all the soldiers. After such an incident, those soldiers with reckless backgrounds no longer dared to violate military discipline at will.
Gradually, the discipline of the army slowly began to develop in a good place, so it was appreciated by Wang Qizhi.
The current number of the army is only more than 10,000. In the future, as the territory expands, there will be more and more soldiers. The ceremony and the five lieutenants alone will definitely not be enough, so Wang Qizhi removed several lieutenants from Yue Tiansi to join them. Among them, they are Zhou Shengdao, Meng San and Li Wenzhi.
These three have been in Jiefan Camp for many years and have performed many missions, making them extremely suitable to lead the army.
Wang Qizhi arranged them into the army not only to help lead the army, but also to spread Dian Yi's power to prevent him from becoming big alone and posing a threat to Wang Qizhi.
Dianyi is also aware of this, but he does not show any dissatisfaction. As long as he has no such thoughts, it doesn't matter how many people the lord brings, because Dianyi knows in his heart that everything he has now belongs to the lord. He was willing to give it to him, even if he had to die. This is loyalty.
After arranging all this, Wang Qizhi sat on the chair with a tired face and murmured: "The role of Lord is really not something that ordinary people can play, tired!"
Before he had sat down for long, Pang Tong hurried over and said to the former, "My lord, the Yuetiansi's residence has been built and you can move in now."
Wang Qizhi nodded and said, "Go ahead and make arrangements!"
Pang Tong handed over his hand again and left.
Soon all the people from Yuetiansi moved in. The two pavilions on the left and right of the meeting hall were where the fourteen deputy princes, various elders and Wang Qizhi lived. Each person occupied one floor of the pavilion. As the lord of everyone, Wang Qizhi naturally lived there. The highest pavilion on the left is used to handle things.
Everyone was very satisfied with the new residence and praised Huatingqian.
Not long after, Wang Qizhi also moved into his residence, sitting in his study and dealing with things day and night. Only this time did he deeply feel Jiang Yiyi's difficulty, it was so damn tiring.
Late at night, Wang Qizhi had just finished taking care of things, stretched out, and was about to go back to his room to sleep when Yan'er and Qing'er found him with midnight snacks.
Putting the supper on the table, Wang Qizhi couldn't wait to eat it. Yan'er said: "Qizhi, my brother has received news today. He heard about your deeds here and is ready to come and seek refuge."
After Wang Qizhi swallowed the food in his mouth, he said: "That guy Erdan is also planning to come. Since they want to come, let them come!"
Qing'er said worriedly: "Aren't you worried?"
Wang Qizhi asked knowingly: "What are you worried about?"
Yan'er took over the conversation and said, "My brother and Erdan are the princes of my father and Wang Xuan, and the future successors of Chu and Jin. Aren't you afraid that they will come with other ideas?"
Wang Qizhi smiled slightly and said: "I'm afraid of birds. I only know that they are my partners. If they really have any evil intentions, it will be a big fight. What will happen next."
Hearing this, Yan'er became worried that something was wrong. Wang Qizhi held the girl's hand and said, "Don't worry! Everything will be fine."
Wang Qizhi finished his supper and had just sent these two away when Pang Tong came to the door again. The former said helplessly: "It's not over yet. Do you want to exhaust me to death?"
Pang Tong came to Wang Qizhi, bowed his hands and said, "Meet my lord."
Wang Qizhi waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't be too polite."
After Pang Tong sat down, he said, "My lord, I came here this time to discuss the next plan with you, and when to prepare to attack the eastern part of southern Xinjiang."
Wang Qizhi asked doubtfully: "Military advisor, we soldiers have only been established for a long time. I'm afraid we don't have much chance of winning against those regular armies, right?"
Pang Tong shook his head and said: "No, although our army has not been established for a long time, under the strict military discipline and the strict training of Dianyi, their combat effectiveness has been initially formed."
"Looking at the Southern Xinjiang Road Team, after so many years of pampering, they have long since become a puddle of mud. Coupled with their lack of military discipline, they are no match for us."
Hearing Pang Tong's well-founded analysis, Wang Qizhi felt relieved, "In this case, it won't be too late for us to take action when my two companions arrive."
Pang Tong had naturally heard of the names of Wang Qizhi's two companions. No matter how close they were to his lord, they were the sons of Wang Xuan and Wu Youding after all. They had no choice but to be friends with his lord. As a minister, Pang Tong could not make irresponsible remarks. He had to keep an eye on these two secretly to prevent them from doing anything extraordinary.
After Pang Tong left, Wang Qizhi went back to his room to rest. However, in Jinzhou City, Wang Xuan couldn't sleep. He summoned his generals to the study to discuss countermeasures.
Soon, a seven-foot-long man wearing a feather fan and silk scarf arrived. He was Wang Xuan's military advisor, Zhu Yunduan. In his study, he bowed his hands to the latter and said:
"Greetings, my lord."
Wang Xuan waved his hand and said: "Yunduan, no need to be polite, please sit down."
After Zhu Yunduan found a seat and sat down, he said: "My lord, he came to me this time, it must be for Wang Qizhi!"
Wang Xuan sighed softly and said: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the military advisor. That boy has revealed his identity. Where should we go from here?"
Zhu Yunduan thought for a while, and then slowly said: "Master, don't worry, we will just act as planned."
