In the blink of an eye, five days passed.
With the current civil affairs and military systems of the East Lake Army, a few days are enough to settle the more than 10,000 people sent there.
Some of the common people were classified as ordinary households, and those young and strong with experience in battle were classified as guard troops.
Wang Jing reorganized two guard stations with thousands of households, and selected an infantry army with thousands of households from the best. Two of them were stationed on the east bank of the East Lake. While training, he also acted as a guard for the new city.
The newly trained infantry Qianhu will not have a Qianhu chief for the time being, and will train together with some of the veterans who stayed behind. Rapidly increase strength.
In total, Wang Jing's troops numbered 6,500, including 2,500 guard soldiers and 4,000 combat soldiers!
If we try our best to mobilize the people, we can do it with ten thousand troops.
However, in this case, the vitality and potential will be damaged.
In addition to the army, Shen Yi dispersed other young men and women to Nanzhai Township and Huxin Island. Seeing the rice grown in the fields in the two places, these people finally felt a little relieved.
With fields, food, and well-trained soldiers... this kind of power gave them more security in troubled times.
When Shen Yi and Zhu Wu finished their work, they suddenly discovered that the East Lake Army had doubled in size.
As long as the people and soldiers who are loyal to the East Lake Army have their hearts and loyalty quickly nourished as their power continues to grow.
"Lord, this is the military information sent by Mu Hong and Mu Chun respectively..."
On this day, when summoning his subordinates Wenwu to discuss matters, Zhu Wu was the first to report.
"Huh? The beggar army also launched an offensive southward?"
Wang Jing frowned slightly after seeing the military information from Mu Hong.
After reaching a non-intrusion agreement with the Beggar Army, Wang Jing stopped paying much attention to the other party. He did not expect to see the other party's information at this time.
The news that Mu Hong and Mai Tiezhang swept through more than a dozen forces in the south and captured more than 10,000 civilians also reached the ears of the beggar army.
After all, the Beggar Army and the East Lake Army are not far apart.
To the west of the beggar army is a mountain range, and beyond the mountains is a large plain. Before crossing the mountains, they can only plunder the population south to make up for their losses.
Before Mu Hong launched his attack, they had quietly launched an invasion southward. Perhaps it was because he had lost too much energy by fighting with the Murong family. Therefore, the actions were not big. They only plundered dozens of people each time and seized a small part of the food and supplies from the southern forces.
But after Mu Hong took action.
The beggar army seemed to be greatly stimulated and began to mobilize hundreds of troops to go south.
The general leading the troops was Captain Zhou Gong.
The beggar army suffered serious losses, but there were still many elite soldiers serving as the core. After recruiting a new batch of new soldiers and mixing them with elite veterans, most of their combat effectiveness was restored.
After going south for a few days, Zhou Gong led an army of 500 beggars to break through two villages and captured more than 2,000 people and a lot of food, grass and baggage.
But Zhou Gong didn't expect it.
In order to cope with the attack of the East Lake Army, the large and small forces in the south have secretly formed an alliance.
The beggar army's vigorous attack was like hitting a hornet's nest.
At first, the beggar army received a lot of benefits, but soon the large and small forces in the south united to form a coalition to surround Zhou Gong and the five hundred beggar army.
When Mu Hong delivered the news, the two sides had already started fighting.
"This is really..."
Wang Jing shook his head speechlessly. The beggar army was unlucky. Ran Liang and Zhou Gong are not weak in ability, and the beggar soldiers are also brave.
But there were too many combined forces in the south.
Wang Jing could not deduce who would win and who would lose, but what was certain was that the two sides would definitely not be able to tell the winner in a short period of time.
"Forget it, ignore them, come here and send a message to Mu Hong asking him to lead his troops back!"
Wang Jing casually called his guards and ordered.
Everyone looked at each other, their expressions unchanged.
The beggar army is no longer regarded as their opponent. In the eyes of everyone, the status of this elite army is similar to that of dozens of forces in the southern alliance.
As long as the Donghu Army frees up its hands, it can sweep them away.
"Lord, there is news from Mu Chun, Chen Da and others. In order to get more information, the two of them have infiltrated into the Wanshou City built by Yuan Shu's army..."
Zhu Wu spoke again.
There has been a lot of news about Mu Chun and Chen Da these days.
The closest ones to East Lake were Yuan Shujun and Sun Ru, so they focused on the situation of these two forces.
Among them, Yuan Shu's army was the most powerful, and Yuan Shu's army actually quickly built several cities in the half year after its arrival.
In the source world, it would take three to five years at most and one or two years at least to build a qualified city.
But Yuan Shujun's craftsmen and laborers seem to be very powerful.
Three cities were built successively, including Suining and Baize in the north, and Wanshou City in the south. Wanshou City has not yet been completely completed, and the person guarding the city is Zhang Xun, the general under Yuan Shu.
"They want to sneak into Wanshou City and join Yuan Shu's army? They are so brave!"
Wang Jing frowned slightly.
Mu Chun and Chen Da were just looking for information, but in order to obtain military information, they wanted to enter Yuan Shu's army... This was a bit nonsense.
Military laws in the army are strict, but regular troops cannot come in when they want and leave when they want.
When the time comes, let alone sending out the information, it will be difficult for them to escape on their own.
Shen Yi and Mai Tiezhang also frowned when they heard these words.
Zhu Wu said: "They are not joining the soldiers... They said that Wanshou City stores a large amount of grain and grass. Sun Rujun's spies have been coming and going during this period, and there is a tendency to attack Wanshou City!"
"Now Yuan Shu is personally leading his army north to attack Pizhou. There are only five thousand soldiers and horses left in Wanshou City. In order to guard against Sun Ru, General Zhang Xun ordered the recruitment of Ding Zhuang and the army!"
"What Mu Chun and Chen Da have joined is the newly formed city defense army!"
The young and strong soldiers were recruited and the newly formed city defense army. In other words, these soldiers and horses were cannon fodder for the defense of the city. Mu Chun and Chen Da could leave at any time.
Even so, Wang Jing was still a little dissatisfied.
Mu Chun and Chen Da joined other people's army at will. Strictly speaking, there is no difference between the two of them and defecting. If they just leave and join Yuan Shu's army, Wang Jing will not be able to do anything to them for the time being.
Of course, Mu Chun is Mu Hong's biological brother, and Chen Da also has a close relationship with Zhu Wu.
Zhu Wu and Mu Hong are still here, and they will not betray.
Wang Jing was dissatisfied that the two of them still hadn't gotten rid of their bad habits on the green forest road! They thought it was Liangshan troops attacking Zhujiazhuang, so they actually sneaked into the opponent's army to spy.
This kind of precedent cannot be set casually.
Otherwise, if Mu Chun and Chen Da continue to have this mentality when facing elite troops in the future, they may be found and killed after blending into the enemy's army for a while.
"Inquiring into intelligence requires professional candidates. Mu Chun and Chen Da should still lead troops in the infantry in the future!"
Wang Jing had already made arrangements for the two of them.
His face relaxed a little, and he said calmly: "The two of them can be regarded as serving the public good. Forget it this time, it will not be the same next time!"
Zhu Wu's expression changed.
After all, he had never been in the officialdom with the army. Only then did he realize that the behavior of Mu Chun and Chen Da was inappropriate.
