"Very good. Now follow the old village chief and he will arrange your respective positions and affairs."
"Thank you, sir."
More than twenty people loosened the ropes in their hands and knelt down hurriedly to express their gratitude.
They were thought to be dead, but they were still alive. Hanjiang Village gave them more than the county magistrate of the imperial court.
"The hard laborer on the right, Ada, take him down to open up the wasteland for the village."
"Okay."
Lin Han looked at the more than 7,000 people on the left.
These are more than 7,000 new troops. If these troops are utilized well, the strength of the village will be increased several times.
But there were more captives than their original guards, which was a big problem. If there was a mutiny, his village would be finished.
"Now all of you, divide into three groups for training."
Lin Han divided the seven thousand captives into three groups and disrupted their order.
He, Dian Wei and A Ying were responsible for the training, following their usual training course.
Standing at attention, practicing spear fighting, sword fighting, archery, and physical training, with the training ground, these simple post-era trainings are all allowed by the system.
Lin Han devoted himself to absorbing these seven thousand captives.
After ten days of training, Lin Han selected five hundred of the best soldiers from among them and added them to the Guards, who trained with them in combat. He then gathered the remaining six thousand plus soldiers and divided them into three groups for training.
This goes back and forth.
A month later, the original organization of prisoners was completely disorganized.
After selecting the elites from the captives, there were only 5,000 captive troops left, and the stronghold guard force also reached 5,000 people.
"Now, the Shanzhai Guards have been reorganized."
"Five thousand men are divided into camps. You are the Azure Dragon Army and the Suzaku Army. There will be a Grand Commander, Dian Wei, who will lead both camps. Each camp will have a commander. Ah Da will lead the Azure Dragon Army, and Ah Ying will lead the Suzaku Army.
Each battalion will have two deputy commanders, with better pay than the previous deputy commanders. Four deputy commanders will be elected. Military merit will be prioritized. Those with the highest military merit will be selected. Those whose names are called will step out. Left Army Wei Wu, Left Army Wan He, Right Army Ah He..."
Lin Han read out a total of sixteen names, some of whom were former centurions in the army.
"You sixteen are running for the positions of four deputy commanders. There are three tests: martial prowess, cavalry archery, and command of troops. The candidate with the highest overall score will be elected. Those who lose should not be discouraged or harbor resentment. They should continue to improve themselves, build military merit, and prepare for the next promotion. Do you understand?"
"clear."
The eyes of the sixteen people were burning with enthusiasm, and this was the moment to achieve success.
They were just ordinary bandits before, but now they have the opportunity to serve as deputy commanders. At this moment, they have an impulse to die for their friends. This is a gift from the village chief.
"The campaign begins now."
The training ground was bustling with activity.
An hour later, the election for the four deputy commanders was completed, namely Wei Wu, A He, Liu Han and Wang Gouzi.
The elections for centurion, platoon leader and squad leader were equally fierce. The people below were all excited by the military merit system, especially the newly integrated captured soldiers. They watched the election with envy in their eyes, and secretly made up their minds to build up military merit so that they could participate next time.
Before dark, all personnel were reorganized and the original guard army was divided into two parts, half each to the Azure Dragon Army and the Suzaku Army.
Two new guard armies were formed, becoming the new organization of Hanjiang Village.
"System prompt: The player's stronghold is fully staffed and all basic conditions are met. Hanjiang Stronghold can be upgraded to a large stronghold. Players will be given a [Large Stronghold Construction Blueprint]. For specific resources and materials required, please ask the craftsmen in the stronghold."
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