After Li Kaifang defected and the Taiping Army was reorganized into the Taiping Camp, the number of soldiers and horses under Wang Jing increased to 18,000, and Wang Jing also had a general who could take his place in the charge.
Wang Jing's power has increased significantly!
He did not split the Taiping camp, and the generals in the camp were still Li Kaifang's old troops.
However, when replenishing the Taiping Battalion's troops, Wang Jing deliberately included many people, all of whom were grass-roots corps commanders and chiefs.
This kind of mixed behavior is a necessary check and balance for the monarch on his generals. As long as Li Kaifang has no intention of betrayal, he can only acquiesce.
Wang Jing did not deal with the hundreds of White Lotus troops in the military camp personally, but asked Li Kaifang to deal with them by himself.
Li Kaifang's ability to lead troops and train troops is above the standard, and the training is very strict.
However, seeing that the White Lotus Army took the initiative to defect to help them resist the former Qin army, the White Lotus soldiers were treated more favorably.
Now even the Taiping camp has defected to Wang Jing. The lord personally ordered strict military discipline, so Li Kaifang immediately sent troops to surround the Bailian soldiers.
No waves.
With the rapid dispatch of the Taiping Army, seven to eight hundred Bailian soldiers were captured immediately.
"Seven hundred and sixty-eight members of the White Lotus Army have been captured. Please surrender, my lord!"
Li Kaifang did not deal with it privately, but asked Wang Jing to make a decision.
Wang Jing was satisfied with this. The other party recognized his position clearly, which saved him a lot of trouble.
With a smile on his face, he said casually: "The bad habits of the white lotus army officers above the rank of principal are hard to change. All of them will be killed to correct military law, and the other soldiers will be incorporated into the Taiping camp!"
"General Li, I will give you ten days to reorganize your troops. After ten days, you will go north to garrison Rock Mountain and build a military fortress here to guard against the Tang Army and Cao Army in the northeast, as well as the Huainan Army in Quy Nhon!"
Li Kaifang immediately took the order.
He had a very upright attitude. After deciding to defect to Wang Jing, he obeyed all military orders.
Wang Jing also admired his attitude, so he directly entrusted him with important tasks!
Li Kaifang was similar to Mai Tiezhang in that he took part of his troops to defect to Wang Jing.
They were different from those who came alone. Considering the troops and horses they brought, Wang Jing had to give them a suitable position.
Only in this way can the ordinary soldiers who come to seek refuge be reassured.
Wang Jing's announcement of no reward for no merit and no official position for no merit was mainly aimed at those who came to seek refuge without any merit.
This point does not conflict with Wang Jing's direct appointment of Li Kaifang as a guerrilla general... Li Kaifang brought more than 2,000 elite soldiers and horses, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of Wang Jing's army.
Isn’t this just meritorious service?
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soon.
A few more days passed, and Sihong City was undergoing drastic changes every day.
After the hundreds of thousands of people in the city were registered, they went to the west of Sihong for resettlement according to the order.
To the east and south of Sihong is the endless Hongze Lake.
There are so many water thieves entrenched in the lake, and they are even more complicated than the forces on land. At the beginning, the former Qin navy could only guard the water stronghold and had no way to wipe out the water thieves in Hongze Lake.
Wang Jing now needs to digest the harvest and does not want to compete with other forces for the time being.
Therefore, the people and the garrison were placed in the west.
Military villages and forts were set up along the river to develop the vast land between East Lake and Sihong.
If this land could be fully developed, it would provide at least hundreds of thousands of acres of additional farmland. The grain and grass produced can supply an army of 100,000 people.
When Shen Yi and Bu Zhi arranged for the people to move, they specifically hinted that they only needed to cultivate fields outside the military village and the fort, and after a year or two, the fields would be divided.
Let everyone have their own land.
When the strength has expanded to this extent, it is time to start thinking about allocating land to the common people and soldiers under the command.
At first, the army sergeants only asked for enough food and were willing to sacrifice their lives. However, as time went by, they would also marry wives and have children, and at this time they would consider future generations.
Wang Jing, Shen Yi, Bu Zhi and others have already considered this situation, so they gave a deadline.
The army is constantly being reorganized.
The internal affairs of Sihong and Donghu are also constantly being straightened out with the efforts of Shen Yi and Bu Zhi, reclaiming farmland, catching cattle and sheep, developing livestock, raising war horses, and building weapons and armor...
All things were carried out in an orderly manner. Sihong City, which originally looked like a military camp, quickly turned into a normal city. The people who were treated as hard labor saw hope under the stimulation of various policies.
The new soldiers were trained hard, and the people worked hard in the fields. Every moment, Wang Jing's power is increasing.
When the power increases.
Wang Jing began to focus on his own practice.
He had already reached the peak of the third level. He practiced swordsmanship to assist in condensing Gang Qi, and half of his feet had already reached the fourth level.
After having some free time.
He is ready to break through the bottleneck in one fell swoop and officially enter the fourth level to practice White Dragon Gang Qi, which will bring about a qualitative change in his strength.
"With the fourth level of life level, coupled with the White Dragon Gang Qi, my physical strength, mental strength and longevity will be greatly enhanced. My strength may be doubled several times!"
When Wang Jing was at the peak of the third level, he could leapfrog and kill Liang Cheng who had just entered the fourth level.
When he officially enters the fourth level, he will possess the same White Dragon Qi as Zhao Yun.
Coupled with war horses and spears, if you cross ranks and fight with generals with higher life levels, you will also have a great chance of winning.
The inheritance of the ninth-level divine generals makes it normal for people to cross the level and kill generals.
The backyard of the general's camp.
The quiet lake water is rippling slightly. The world of China is in the long summer period. There is sufficient sunshine and everything grows. There are various fish in the lake water, and these fish reproduce very quickly.
Special servants are needed to catch some of them every day, leaving space for other small fish to grow.
Wang Jing did not have the leisure and elegance to appreciate the scenery for the time being.
All he saw was the flash of sword light, and he followed the sword. As the sword light flashed, his energy was constantly condensing, running through his body through his movements, and then returning to the sword to condense its essence.
This essential energy is Gang Qi.
The Gang Qi stirred up the wind and thunder, and the wind and lightning rushed forward. Wang Jing was like a god who controlled the wind and thunder. An awe-inspiring and majestic aura gradually emerged on his body.
As the Gang Qi circulated, a divine dragon formed in a trance.
The dragon plays with the wind and thunder, and moves the yin and yang, making people's hearts shake at the sight of it.
Not far away, several pretty maids were holding sweat towels and purified water. Their faces were a little pale, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to look in the direction of Wang Jing.
Further away, there were groups of elite guards wearing armor. Whenever they passed by and saw Wang Jing practicing his sword, and seeing such a majestic scene, they couldn't help but look up to Wang Jing in awe.
"The purpose of a fourth-level military commander is to condense the Gang Qi. Once the Gang Qi is formed, it will be a great success if it can circulate throughout the body!"
"Fifth-level generals need to circulate Yin and Yang to penetrate Gang Qi into their internal organs. Their physical strength, energy, blood and spirit will begin to be nourished by Gang Qi!"
"Sixth-level military generals, the inner and outer Gang Qi are integrated into one, cultivating spiritual power, and it begins to involve the mysterious and mysterious "power"!"
While Wang Jing was practicing, the messages passed down by the divine generals kept flashing through his mind.
