On October 14th, except for He Yan, Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong and Zhou Yi who were in Guishan County, they all came to Yong'an County and waited for Fang Nan to dispatch.

"The Ming Dynasty mobilized more than 20,000 troops to encircle and suppress our People's Army. With everyone's efforts, the People's Army successfully defeated the Ming Army.

But at this time we cannot relax. The strength of the Ming Dynasty is far from comparable to our People's Army. If the first encirclement failed, the Ming Dynasty will soon send more troops to encircle and suppress us.

Next, we will take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's deployment of troops and generals to strengthen the People's Army as much as possible, accumulate enough strength to welcome the next wave of Ming army."

Listening to Fang Nan's words, Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong, and Zhou Yi all understood that the People's Army was about to usher in new expansion. Expansion refers to the expansion of territory. There is the sea and can only expand from the east, west and north directions. The specific expansion direction must be followed by Fang Nan's instructions.

"Wang Shengrong, your troops have completed control over the three counties of Longchuan, Heyuan and Changle?"

"Control has been completed!" Wang Shengrong replied affirmatively.

On the first day of October, Wang Shengrong's troops captured Longchuan County, and then divided into three parts. One part captured Changle County on the third day of October, and the other part captured Heyuan County on the fourth day of October. It is now October 14th. Ten days, which is enough for Wang Shengrong's troops to complete control of the three counties.

"Yes, your troops will assemble most of the main troops to supplement some of the trained recruits, and conquer Xingning, Heping, Changning, Longchuan, Heyuan and Changle to the north to take over the defense of the newly formed cold weapon troops."

"yes!"

"Hu Zhuang, your troops continue to advance eastward and capture Huilai County and Puning County of Chaozhou Prefecture. Then you can capture Chaoyang County and Jieyang County. Your troops have fewer troops. He Yan's troops draw two companies of firearms and two battalions of cold weapons to your troops. In the future, you will be transferred to a newly formed artillery company and a regiment of cold weapons units."

"yes!"

"Zhou Yi, your unit continues to defend Haifeng County, pay close attention to the coastal areas, and guard against the Ming army's attack from the sea."

"yes!"

Fang Nan arranged the combat plans one by one. The plan was very simple and needed to continue to discuss it. This was just a general plan. The specific plan must be arranged by Wang Shengrong and Hu Zhuang himself. There were constant changes on the battlefield, and officers and generals should make changes to their own plans according to the changes in the battlefield.

According to Fang Nan's combat plan, Wang Shengrong's troops originally had 3,000 people. He divided some of the cold weapon troops to station in Longchuan, Heyuan and Changle counties, and at the same time, some of the newly trained recruits were supplemented. When Wang Shengrong attacked Xingning, Heping and Changning counties, he still had about 3,000 troops, including a battalion of firearm troops.

The Hu Zhuang army originally had only more than 1,000 people. First, they added two companies of the firearms unit and two battalions of the cold weapons unit. In the future, they will also add a newly formed artillery company and a regiment of the cold weapons unit. The total force will be as high as 3,400 people, and the firearms unit will exceed Wang Shengrong's unit.

The new artillery company mainly comes from the 15,000 Ming army led by Ren Jianxiu himself. The People's Army of Fangnan Road first seized a batch of artillery while ambushing the front army of the Ming army, and then seized a batch of undestroyed artillery positions outside Guishan County.

The seized artillery took out twelve Flang machine cannons with a maximum range of one thousand meters and their imitation models, and formed a new artillery company, which can be called "Architecture 2". Half of the manpower was drawn from the Artillery Company 1, and then the two artillery companies were replenished from the Firearms Force Reserve.

The newly formed Second Artillery Company and the First Artillery Company with personnel walking have to undergo a period of training to achieve the combat effectiveness of the First Artillery Company before.

As for the recruits, on the tenth day of September, the People's Army captured Yong'an County and Haifeng County, and then began to unite the people in the two counties. The earliest group of recruits were recruited from Yong'an County and Haifeng County.

To this day, the first batch of recruits, which lasted a month, will soon end, with a total number of more than 2,000. They can officially become members of the Cold Weapons Force or may become members of the Firearms Force reserve.

There will be more recruits to complete one month of recruit training in the future. The number of recruits recruited by the People's Army in Yong'an County and Haifeng County has exceeded 10,000.

Guishan County, Longchuan County, Heyuan County, Changle County, and the People's Army all recruit new recruits, and it is estimated that the number of new recruits recruited from the four counties will exceed 15,000.

These new recruits joined, and the Ming army prisoners who had been educated with ideological participation. In addition, the People's Army suffered minor casualties in previous battles, so soon the main combat troops of the People's Army will expand from the current 10,000 to tens of thousands.

The most important firearms unit now has twelve companies, ten infantry companies, and two artillery companies. In the next two months, the firearms unit will add two infantry companies, and it is possible to add another artillery company. By then, the number of firearms units alone will exceed 3,000.

At the meeting, Fang Nan gave each division of the People's Army a temporary number. Wang Shengrong's army was still the first mixed brigade, Hu Zhuang's army was the second mixed brigade, He Yan's army was the third mixed brigade, and Zhou Yi's army was the fourth mixed brigade.

First, second, and third each mixed brigade consists of at least one battalion of the firearms unit and two regiments of the cold weapon unit, with a total force of more than three thousand.

The firearm unit of the Fourth Mixed Brigade only has one infantry company, and the total force is less than 3,000.

In a short period of time, Fang Nan will no longer lead troops to fight in person, but will instead be in Yong'an County, the center of the People's Army.

Fang Nan is the Grand Governor and the leader of the People's Army. He must not only be responsible for military affairs, but also for government affairs.

The biggest crisis of the People's Army before was the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army by the People's Army. After leading the People's Army to defeat the Ming army, Fang Nan also began to deal with government affairs in the center. After all, there were already six counties under the rule of the People's Army.

At present, the People's Army has only six county governments, and none of the central government governs six counties. Most of the time, the six counties only care about their own county affairs.

After handling military affairs, Fang Nan will start to establish the People's Army Central Government. Zhou Lei, who is serving as the county magistrate of Yong'an County, will also leave this position and become Fang Nan's deputy. Even if Fang Nan leads the army to fight the Ming army in the front, Zhou Lei and officials from various departments can handle most of the things in the rear and maintain stability under the rule of the People's Army.

The day after the military meeting ended, Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong and Zhou Yi left Yong'an County and headed to the base of their troops.

It is expected that there will be only two months before the next wave of Ming army arrives, but there is no extra time to waste. Hu Zhuang and Wang Shengrong will take advantage of these two months to capture as much territory as possible for the People's Army, and quickly digest the territory.

After Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong and Zhou Yi left, Fang Nan immediately began to prepare for the establishment of the People's Army Central Government.
Chapter completed!