Chapter 1043: Chapter 257: Prince of Huangzhou, Chen 94
Additionally, one person was appointed as the Deputy Commander of the Xuanwu Guard, specifically Bai Mosheng, whom Chen Jie liked very much and was the former strategist of Guild Cao.
Chen Jie took the position of Commander, while Bai Mosheng was responsible for handling daily affairs.
Moreover, Chen Jie promoted a series of Hundred Households commanders, more than half of whom were former disciples of the Fishing Guild, along with some capable members of the City Defense Army.
This completely transformed the previously weak state of the City Defense Army.
Furthermore, to ensure that the City Defense Army, now known as the Xuanwu Guard, was battle-ready, Chen Jie implemented modernized military training.
This modernized military training included exercises such as standing at attention, standing at ease, and marching in step.
These exercises do not directly increase a soldier’s combat effectiveness, but they do train the soldiers’ obedience and teamwork skills.
It is well known that the first requirement of elite soldiers is to follow orders without question.
These modern training exercises focus on developing the soldiers’ ability to obey orders and follow commands.
These skills may not be evident in daily life, but on the battlefield, if the commander knows military tactics, these well-disciplined soldiers can create terror for the enemy with their formations.
This is Chen Jie’s method of training soldiers.
Besides this, the army is also taught literacy. Chen Jie set up a primary school within, with Bai Mosheng teaching them literacy and simultaneously instilling the thought that their only leader is Chen Jiusi.
They eat Chen Jiusi’s food and receive Chen Jiusi’s salary, and naturally, they should be willing to risk their lives for him!
With this indoctrination, the entire army was renewed and started to show loyalty to Chen Jie rather than the court, and Chen Jie was very pleased with this outcome.
This was the effect he aimed for; otherwise, why the need for indoctrination?
This was Chen Jie’s official preparation, but apart from the official preparations, Chen Jie had also established local guild organizations.
Chen Jie did not relax even for local guilds.
The Fishing Guild was the only major guild in the entire Huangzhou Prefecture, with the Gang Leader being the Garrison Commander Chen Jiusi, and Vice Guild Leader Zhou Chu being the highest visible commander of the Fishing Guild.
The Fishing Guild rapidly expanded, establishing branch headquarters in eight county towns of Huangzhou Prefecture and appointing branch leaders.
Apart from the old base in Mianshui County, where the former Young Master of Guild Cao, Liu Song, was used, all other positions were filled by the younger generation of the Fishing Guild, the Jing Generation.
These were those whom Chen Jie had granted names to.
Chen Jingyi and Chen Jing’er, among them, held positions in Huanggang County, Macheng County, Huangpo County, Yong’an County, Luo Tian, and Guangji, among others.
This was Chen Jie’s arrangement, and his plan was to use these branch leaders to replace the local County Magistrates and Darugachi, essentially sidelining these local organizations.
Then, for each Prefecture City, Chen Jie allocated spots for one thousand five hundred official guild disciples.
In total, there were twelve thousand ordinary guild members.
Additionally, in the main city, Huangzhou Prefecture, which included Guild Cao, there were approximately five thousand official guild members.
Of course, the most important among these five thousand were the three thousand White Tiger Guards.
The remaining two thousand were disciples commanded by Zhou Chu at the headquarters.
The White Tiger Guards were the unit Chen Jie valued most and were also the closest to Chen Jie. Chen Jie demanded that they not be inferior to the Azure Dragon Guard.
But currently, they lacked in terms of experts.
As for ordinary disciples, there wasn’t much shortage because most of these White Tiger Guards were originally from Mianshui County and many were from Chen Jie’s hometown, Xiantao, who had followed him along the way.
Chen Jie directly bestowed his treasures, the various grades of Wolf Core.
He generously rewarded them, nurturing a batch of Iron Bone Realm soldiers, along with those in Willow Tendon Realm.
It can be said that these three thousand White Tiger Guards were Chen Jie’s Personal Guard Army.
As for the leader, Xiao Hu currently held that position, but Xiao Hu was fond of charging into battle, so he recommended someone.
Yu Chun.
This person was once Chen Xiaohu’s lieutenant, previously part of the White Tiger Hall, and had followed Peng Shizhong. His abilities were quite good, and with Xiao Hu’s assistance, after taking a Spirit Transformation Pill, he attained the level of Energy Transformation.
This level was indeed somewhat low.
However, it was sufficient since his main task now was to guard the Chen Residence.
And within the Chen Residence, it was truly a place of hidden talents, indeed, with hidden dragons not literally, but the crouching tiger was very real. The Little White Tiger was now the safeguard of the Chen Residence.
Besides these, Chen Jie also established a reserve army plan, also known as the militia plan, which involved the Fishing Guild sending specialists to each county to recruit a batch of civilians who might usually farm but are required to reserve one morning every three days for military training.
The military supplies would be distributed, not much, just three pounds of millet at a time.
Upon the initiation of this plan, everyone in the entire Huangzhou Prefecture was in uproar.
Numerous people came to sign up, knowing that the entire Huangzhou Prefecture was still in famine.
Except for Mianshui County, almost no one could have a meal, and when the people of Mianshui County heard that Chen Jiusi was recruiting soldiers.
They were also enthusiastic to sign up, after all, they had benefited from Chen Jiusi’s generosity. When Chen Jiusi initially asked them to join the military, many had since advanced in rank, and several families even built large tile-roofed houses, making others envious.
At this time, everyone rushed to sign up enthusiastically.
Originally, Chen Jie had intended only to prepare thirty thousand reserve soldiers, but as a result, thirty thousand people arrived, and Chen Jie was taken aback.
He quickly drafted a selection plan overnight, eliminating groups of candidates until eight thousand qualified individuals remained.
Chen Jie gritted his teeth and decided to increase the quota to five thousand, and recruit ten thousand new soldiers each year, aiming to integrate the eight thousand within three years.