After this battle, the number of Xiao Tianjian's subordinates doubled again, in addition to the original more than 20 subordinates, there were more than 30 people who were received from Sha Erbao's subordinates, which increased his subordinates to nearly 60 people, which can be said to be a great increase in strength.

But among these newcomers, Xiao Tianjian still has hidden worries, after all, these newcomers were forcibly coerced into the gang by him, and they were still enemies before, unlike the previous subordinates, who appeared as Engong.

So how to subdue these people has become something that Xiao Tianjian needs to consider, but fortunately, these people were all peripheral members of Sha Erbao's subordinates at the beginning, and they had no loyalty to Sha Erbao, and among them, Yan Chongxi and Luo Yingjie and others had already expressed their allegiance, and the rest of the people would be easier to handle.

After all, they followed Sha Erbao just to eat, who to eat, as long as they took care of the food, but Xiao Tianjian was not satisfied with these people just to eat and follow him, he had a deep-rooted idea in his heart, that is, he must ensure the absolute loyalty of his subordinates to him, otherwise, he knew very well that even if he had more subordinates, in the end it would only be a sand castle on the beach, and it would collapse immediately when it encountered the waves.

Therefore, after he brought these people back to his lair, he repeatedly emphasized that his subordinates were not allowed to form gangs and distinguish between you and me, and that the old brothers were not allowed to discriminate against these new subordinates, and in terms of food, they were also treated equally.

After all, there is a natural sense of superiority among the old brothers, and the newcomers have a sense of inferiority, even if Xiao Tianjian strictly ordered not to form gangs, but people are used to staying with familiar people, and there is still a clear feeling between the two groups of people.

As for following Xiao Tianjian to eat, the newcomers were a little stunned on the first day, because when they followed Sha Erbao before, Sha Erbao only took care of them two meals a day, one of which was still only vegetable porridge, and they couldn't eat enough at all, but after arriving here, they found that Xiao Tianjian had to provide them with three meals a day, and there were dry meals, and even bone broth to drink at noon, and everyone ate the same thing, and there was a rule that made them feel fresh, that is, everyone had to line up to receive the meal, even Xiao Tianjian, who is in charge of the plates, does not have any privileges, and has to line up with a rice bowl to receive food like them.

This surprised all the newcomers, and felt that Xiao Tianjian's style was really a bit indistinguishable, so someone secretly asked the old brothers to inquire.

"What's so strange about that? Our palm plate has always been like this, we were the first to follow the palm of the plate, at first not used to it, but our palm plate is a benevolent and righteous person, has always been like this, with him to eat, will not starve his brother, follow us to hold the plate, that is luck to heaven! You guys, when you meet us in charge of the plate, it is your luck, as long as you follow our plate to work, the palm will never treat you badly! Look at your bear-like, one by one, hunched backs, learn from Lao Tzu, straighten your waist, don't be fucking embarrassed! ......" Feng Gouzi heard the newcomers inquire about this, so he proudly said to them as an old qualification.

Things in this world are afraid of comparison, and in such a comparison, these newcomers saw the benefits of following Xiao Tianjian, so their hearts were much more stable.

Soon three days later, Shi Ran and Da Niu and others who stayed on the side of the mountain temple also rushed back to their lair, and the meat tickets that were previously obtained from the hands of Guzhuang Sha Erbao were also redeemed by their families with money, and they also thanked Shi Ran and others for the halving of the ransom, calling them Engong, this thing makes people cry and laugh a little, but it makes a little sense, after all, where is the high ransom proposed by Sha Erbao at the beginning, and suddenly half of the money can be reduced, and those bitter masters are naturally happy.

In addition to the ransom they obtained, this time they also solved the problem of salt, among the meat tickets they seized, there was also a person who had a relationship with the smuggler of salt, after he was rescued by Xiao Tianjian and his group, seeing that Xiao Tianjian's subordinates treated him well, giving him food and water to drink, and not beating or scolding, so he patted his chest and promised to help them contact and ensure that they were supplied with a batch of salt.

Later, Shi Ran simply took matters into his own hands, waived his ransom, and asked his family to send some salt, but the other party actually sent them a stone of salt as a reward at once, and now they were also camelped back by Shi Ran and others with a donkey.

Xiao Tianjian suddenly found that after having more subordinates, he was already a little unable to manage it, because in his later life, he had heard some courses on management, and knew that management was the shape of a pyramid, and a person's energy was limited, and the number of subordinates who could effectively manage was generally seven or eight people, at most not more than ten people, otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve effective management, even if he implemented flat management, it was impossible for him to manage so many dozens of people alone.

So after he got to this point, he had to select some people from his subordinates to act as small leaders.

After thinking about it, Xiao Tianjian still selected a few relatively capable people from among the old brothers and asked them to replace some of his own jobs.

These people are Tietou, Feng Gouzi, Shi Ran, Zhao Erdonkey, Li Xuanzhu, and Jin Fuzi, except for Jin Fuzi who continues to take charge of the work of the temporary logistics director, the rest of them have been appointed by Xiao Tianjian as the squad leader.

After Xiao Tianjian arrived in this era, although he somewhat understood some of the officer system of this era, and knew that the officers of the Ming Dynasty had official positions such as general soldier, deputy general, staff general, garrison, thousand general, general general, general flag, and small banner, Xiao Tianjian was quite unimpressed.

Because he is still accustomed to the title of officer in later generations, and the evolution of the army is also in the era of alternating between the old and the new, in this era the West is undergoing various military reforms, and here he is completely up to him, and there is no need for him to imitate the military establishment of this era, so simply, he brought the military establishment of later generations to organize the ranks under his command.

So these freshly baked class leaders took office.

Xiao Tianjian also listened to the opinions of Yan Chongxi, who was born in the army, and understood that in this era, there is still a distinction between family members, soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers in the army. Most of them are composed of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, and when they go out with the army, they are mainly responsible for some miscellaneous work, raising horses, cooking, and carrying water...... and other miscellaneous work, which has no combat effectiveness at all, and will not be used for battle.

For what Yan Chongxi said, Xiao Tianjian still had some understanding in later generations, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that he must not do anything, in that case, it would be tantamount to ruining his own team, if he did this, his team would soon fester, and the army would soon lose its combat effectiveness.

In his vision, his team must ensure that everyone is united, and everyone is restrained with strict discipline, so that everyone is a useful combat member, rather than relying only on a small number of family members to safeguard personal interests, his team must be a whole, one is prosperous and one is lost, everyone must obey the collective will, fight for the collective interests, and there must be no small interest groups like generals and family members.

But he can't help but recognize the value of the existence of auxiliaries, in every team, the existence of such auxiliary members is indispensable, and he can't guarantee that every one of his subordinates is a qualified combat soldier, so he doesn't reject the problem of auxiliaries, after all, there are similar auxiliary forces in the army of later generations, such as transport troops, civilian personnel, and so on.

At present, it is impossible for him to divide the arms as clearly as the later armies, so for the time being, he can only divide the two arms of war and auxiliaries as the basic structure of his team.

After thinking about this, Xiao Tianjian immediately began to reorganize the dozens of people under his command, and from these sixty people, he picked out more than a dozen new and old members who were not suitable for being front-line combat members for various reasons, and handed them over to Jin Fuzi to manage, temporarily let them be used as auxiliaries, and be responsible for some sundries of the old battalion in peacetime, and be responsible for transportation, cooking and other things when they go out to war, so that the rest of the people can concentrate on combat and training as much as possible.

But being made as auxiliaries does not mean that they are completely out of training, for these auxiliaries, Xiao Tianjian also requires them to be trained, but in terms of training intensity, compared with the remaining soldiers, it is only halved, and they still have to run and drill in the morning, at least they have to complete a cross-country run of about three kilometers, and they also have to participate in the formal queue and spear spurt training in the morning, so that when they really encounter the enemy, they will not become a group of lambs to the slaughter, This most basic combat effectiveness still needs to be had.

The remaining forty or so were all soldiers in battle, and they were completely out of work, except for those who took turns to guard the mountain pass every day, and all the rest had to undergo intensive training throughout the day.

But then Xiao Tianjian encountered a problem, that is, the treatment of soldiers and auxiliaries, the soldiers will have to go into battle in the future, face to face with people, compared to the auxiliaries, what they do is much more dangerous, and the training is much harsh, if there is no difference, then the ghost will be stupid to be this soldier!

Originally, Xiao Tianjian didn't expect this matter, but he was brought up by a few of his brothers, and he realized this problem, but at the moment, in addition to going out to do things, he took out the harvest and rewards to his subordinates, and usually did not pay his subordinates at all, so it was really a bit troublesome to treat the treatment of soldiers and auxiliaries differently.

After some consideration, Xiao Tianjian finally decided that from now on, the soldiers and auxiliaries will eat separately, and the soldiers can enjoy three meals a day, while the auxiliaries and other personnel can only eat two meals a day, and the soldiers' meals will also be rationed with some meat every few days, which is much better than the food of the auxiliaries.

In this era, ordinary people eat two meals a day, but in order to let his subordinates withstand high-intensity training and make these seriously lacking nutrients strong as soon as possible, he provides his subordinates with three meals a day, so that these guys are very satisfied with this quality of life.

After Xiao Tianjian made this decision, his subordinates had nothing to say, after all, everyone understood that when the soldiers were to use them, they would fight with their lives, and the auxiliary soldiers generally did not have to go into battle, and the amount of exercise of the auxiliary soldiers in terms of training was not as good as that of the soldiers, and the beatings were much less than those of the soldiers. Xiao Tianjian also ensured that they had something to do, even if it was not as good as the treatment of soldiers, but at least compared to when they didn't do this before, the food was still much better, and there was basically no problem with being full.

After this difference in treatment, the enthusiasm of the soldiers was immediately mobilized, and when they were in line, their chests were a little higher, and they tried their best to show the difference between themselves and the auxiliaries, so that the auxiliaries who were not selected into the soldiers were quite envious of them.

After deciding on this matter, Xiao Tianjian dismantled all the more than 40 soldiers selected, and mixed the old and new members together, using the old to lead the new, basically making an old brother lead a new recruit, so as to make every new recruit familiar with their training methods and various rules as soon as possible.

These more than 40 people were divided into four classes by Xiao Tianjian, ten people in each class, led by a squad leader, and an old brother was also selected to serve as the deputy squad leader.

In addition to these four squads, he also picked out a few people who could ride horses, such as Da Niu, and handed them over to Shi Ran to lead as his scout team, Shi Ran was also appointed as the squad leader, and Da Niu served as the deputy squad leader, and when necessary, these people could also be used as cavalry.

In this way, he has initially built a foundation, which will play a good role in the expansion of his team in the future.

For the establishment of each squad, Xiao Tianjian asked Tietou to select a few capable subordinates, all equipped with shields and waist knives, and used them as melee soldiers, changing the previous establishment of almost all pikemen, so that the establishment of their team tends to be more reasonable, and it also saves a large number of casualties and even possible total collapse when the opponent uses bows and arrows against them again.

As for the remaining three squads of Zhao Erdonkey, Feng Gouzi and Li Xuanzhu, Xiao Tianjian still asked them to be equipped with spears to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

But Yan Chongxi was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Tianjian's arrangement, in his opinion, this team must have a group of people equipped with bows and arrows to provide them with basic long-range firepower, not to mention that they also have these things in their inventory now, although the arrows are insufficient, but they can be made by themselves, and they can be equipped with a group of archers.

But Yan Chongxi's proposal was vetoed by Xiao Tianjian, his reason was that there is basically no qualified archer in the current team, and it takes too long to train archers, even within a year or two, it may not be able to train a group of qualified archers, so it is better to waste time on training archers, it is better to make their sword and shield bearers and spearmen form a usable combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

For Xiao Tianjian's insistence, Yan Chongxi thought about it and felt that it made sense, after all, he knew better than others that it was very difficult to train a qualified archer, and with this time, it would be more appropriate to train more qualified pikemen or sword and shield hands as Xiao Tianjian said.

What's more, Yan Chongxi also saw the power of the pikemen that Xiao Tianjian practiced, the dense spear horizontal team, when facing the enemy, the power of the rows of stabs like a forest, even he, a veteran who had seen a lot of battles, was a little hairy, and this was only the combat effectiveness that Xiao Tianjian had formed in a short time after practicing them, under normal circumstances, when encountering an opponent with a similar number, he could basically be in an invincible position.

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