After the reorganization of the troops, the meritorious personnel who participated in the battle were rewarded. Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci have made great contributions and were promoted to the position of Zhonglang General. They became the two most powerful generals in our army and have the qualifications to lead an army independently. Zhao Yun had been working together with our army for a long time, and he had long regarded himself as a member of the North Sea Army. In just a few months, he had been promoted so quickly that he was now a high-ranking general. Even he felt like he was in a dream.
However, to be able to meet a famous master, display all that he has learned, and fulfill his lifelong wish was originally his life's pursuit. Everything I did for him was in line with his wishes, so how could he not be loyal now?
Yu Jin, who was in charge of training soldiers, was not moved by the heavy rewards for this battle. He secretly asked me to participate in the next battle. This was one of my goals. I wanted to attract more generals to join my Beihai Army through this demonstration effect of rewards for meritorious service. With my current status as the Right General, I had more authority in the military than the Prefecture Overseer. It was undeniable that the title of Marquis and General was one of the indescribable desires in the depths of many people's hearts. Even Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci, who had been famous for thousands of years, could not hide their desire for fame. This was also one of the most important goals of these generals.
As promised, Zhang Baiqi and Guan Hai promoted him to the positions of Vigorous Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy General. As a general under my direct jurisdiction, he might have an unexpected special effect against the Yellow Turban team in the future. Guan Hai was good at charging, and Zhang Baiqi was definitely good at negotiations. As long as the two of them can completely devote themselves to me in the future, it will be a great help to our current shortage of generals. With an expert like Dian Wei, who is loyal to me, holding the fort, these two probably can't stir up trouble.
Due to the lack of food, we can no longer launch large-scale battles. Other than training, the counties and the entire army were also sent out to train in actual combat from time to time to quell the small gangs in the territory. On one hand, it ensured the effectiveness of the City Defense Army's training, and on the other hand, it also cleared the obstacles to the summer harvest, laying a solid foundation for this year's summer harvest. From the growth of the crops, this year will be a bumper harvest year for all the places under my jurisdiction.
As there were no longer any bandits in the counties, the counties were temporarily safe. Xu Sheng, Taishi Ci, and the others had returned to the North Sea to train their elite battalions. The numerous battles have already made our army understand the simple principle of sweating more during normal times and bleeding less during wartime. And the competition that I introduced every ten days has completely stimulated the training potential of our army. To my surprise, in the training competition, Dragon Stallion Camp, Black Tortoise Camp, and the other three camps that have not participated in the competition many times, have won many times. Other than strength, they have performed outstandingly in individual competitions, long distance raids, and other aspects. It seems that the military merits of Tiger Stepping Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp have already greatly stimulated them. These two battalions were expanded because of their outstanding military achievements. Thus, they had to seize every opportunity to leave a deeper impression on me in order to obtain a chance to fight.
Dian Wei and Guan Hai took turns to lead the 1st Battalion of the Wind Wolf Battalion. They left early and returned late every day to wipe out the small bandit forces in the North Sea and the nearby counties. They trained their troops through combat and marching. However, with Guan Hai, the former bandit leader of Qing Province, most of the mountain strongholds surrendered after hearing the news, making the battle almost become a long-distance march and recruitment. Soon, the villages within a hundred miles of the North Sea were emptied. Thus, Dian Wei kept extending the distance to 200 miles, or even 300 miles. In this way, the Windwolf Battalion would have to march hundreds of miles in three to five days at most, or two to three days at least.
With Dian Wei's madness and physical strength, although every soldier of the Windwolf Battalion had iron feet and was tortured to the point of collapse by Dian Wei in the first month, they soon realized that although they still could not outrun Dian Wei in the second month, the gap was not as big as last month. Even if there was a 200-mile journey in a day and night, only a few hundred of the 3000 soldiers were left behind, although they could barely catch their breath when they reached the barracks. Before the summer harvest was completed, Dian Wei and Guan Hai had already become one. Of course, Guan Hai would only be convinced after Dian Wei beat him to the ground. In a battle on the ground, who in the army could be a match for Dian Wei?
However, it wasn't that the Dian Wei Army didn't have any opponents. The Dian Wei Army was usually full of fighting spirit. It didn't mean that they didn't have any opponents without bandits. I gave Dian Wei an idea. Guan Hai, whose martial strength was just slightly weaker than him, would become a very good opponent. The Windwolf Battalion didn't lack battles either, but it was usually the 1st Battalion versus the 2nd Battalion. The loser would treat them. These two battalions weren't fighting on the field but on a nearby mountain, where one of them would be the main defender and the other the main attacker. They took turns attacking and defending. Although there weren't any casualties like in actual combat, it was still common for the two battalions to hit each other. It was common for them to hit each other until their faces were swollen. The two battalion lieutenants, Li Tie and Guo Yi, blushed a lot because of this, but under Dian Wei's iron fist education, the two of them quickly reconciled.
Under my guidance, the scheming Zhang Baiqi conducted an in-depth study of our military system, discipline, and tactics. It was also very effective in the organization and discipline of the Windwolf Battalion. In the past two months, the Yellow Turban troops, who were known for their lack of discipline, had made the most outstanding progress in Dian Wei's devil-like field training. Not only had they completely wiped out the bandits within a 300-mile radius around the North Sea, but the entire team had also taken on a new look. They had become a strictly disciplined troop that carried out orders and prohibitions. At the same time, they had become the fastest elite troop of our army to march on foot, especially in the mountainous areas.
Dian Wei's absolute authority was slowly established in the Windwolf Battalion. Since Dian Wei was a general of my personal guard, these proud soldiers of the Windwolf Battalion also began to call themselves my personal guard battalion. They competed with the personal guard battalion, the Tiger Infantry Battalion, that I had personally appointed before. Li and Guo often bewitched Dian Wei, attempting to challenge Yu Jin's 10,000 elites of the Tiger Infantry Battalion with 6,000 soldiers of the Windwolf Battalion. Dian Wei was originally quite tempted, but he never mentioned this matter after privately leading two teams to challenge Yu Jin's Tiger Infantry Battalion.
Dian Wei, who originally felt good about himself, proposed to directly challenge Yu Jin's 1st Platoon 5 with his own troops. Since his martial arts skills were inferior to Dian Wei's, Yu Jin did not hold back. He led the 1st Platoon 5's troops and used their exquisite tactical joint attack skills to beat up Dian Wei's troops until they were covered in injuries. A large group battle was not as fierce as a street ranger. Although Zhang Baiqi had some understanding of the art of battle formations, how could this kind of unorthodox background be a match for this era's training master, Yu Jin? The more people there were, the more important the strategy was and the greater the impact. Dian Wei later invited Yu Jin to improve the tactics of the Windwolf Battalion.
The battalions were also improving rapidly under the painstaking training of their commanders. With the current individual strength of the Tiger Footwork, Black Tortoise, or Wind Wolf Battalion, even if they were to face the elite Imperial Army or Tao Qian's elite Scarlet Yang Soldiers, they would have the capital to contend. He was no longer the same as he was in the past when he was almost powerless to fight back under the pressure of Xu Rong's army. From now on, our 6th Elite Battalion can be considered as the true elite of the world.
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