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Compared with Liu Han, Wang Dayong's side progressed more smoothly.

The Qing army in Jingdezhen, Yingtan, Shangrao and other places did not deploy heavy troops, and they were quickly defeated when they encountered the main force of the Wu army.

After occupying these places, Wu Changqing gained a lot of tax revenue.

Jingdezhen's porcelain is famous all over the world, especially now that the sea trade has opened, the porcelain here has become even more in short supply. At the same time, Jingdezhen also made a lot of wealth by selling exquisite porcelain.

And now, the tax here belongs to Wu Changqing.

In addition to porcelain, the farmland around Poyang Lake is a very important grain-producing area.

After taking control of this place, the people in Wu Changqing's jurisdiction can not only have enough to eat, but also have food that can be sold to other places.

Wang Dayong left several thousand people to garrison these places, and then began to return to Nanjing with the main force.

Their battle plan this time has been completed, and the next step is to return to Nanjing to rest and then cross the river north to start the northern expedition.

After destroying the army of Luck Dehun, the Wu army no longer poses much threat in the south.

Whether it is Zhu Yihai or Zhu Yujian, or He Tengjiao from the west, their strength is not enough to shake Wu Changqing's foundation.

In this way, he can rest assured that the northern expedition will go straight to the Central Plains.

In early June, the entire army returned to Nanjing.

At this time, the number of Wu Jun's troops has reached 220,000, of which 150,000 are the main force and 70,000 are second-line troops stationed in the local area.

The larger the army, the more detailed its divisions become.

If it is not like this, the military expenditure is simply too much to bear.

A main soldier with flintlock guns is paid three taels per month. If they all follow this standard, then their monthly salary will be 660,000, plus the cost of materials, 1 million a month is not enough.

No one can support this kind of expense. Zhu Yujian raises a soldier, and he can't even get one or two silvers a month. In Zhu Yihai's army, only the main army can get one or two.

Among the Qing army, the monthly salary of the main force of the Eight Banners can reach 22 taels, and the other second-line troops only have one tael, or even less.

Among all the armies, Wu Changqing's military pay is the highest, which is also an important reason for their strong army. The more money there is, the more people are willing to sacrifice their lives.

Many soldiers who surrendered are very willing to serve Wu Changqing, which is relatively safe and makes money.

In order to solve the problem of military expenditure, Wu Changqing also subdivided the army.

Among them, the non-brand troops who are responsible for stationing in small places such as Yingtan and Fuzhou are only paid eight cents per month. The second-line troops stationed in important places such as Nanchang, Jiujiang, and Suzhou were paid an average of one or two dollars a month.

Among these troops, the cold weapon troops are paid one tael per month, the fire gun troops are paid one two or five dollars a month, and the technical arms such as the grenadiers are also one two or five dollars.

And the main force in the field, the lowest-level cold-weapon unit, also has a monthly salary of one or two to five cents. These are the main force of the siege, and they often need to work hard. Soldiers who do not have such high salaries will inevitably have resentment in their hearts.

There are two taels of arquebusier troops, three taels of flintlock troops, and other technical arms are even higher.

The basis of these military pay is mainly determined from the risk, function, and technical difficulty.

The more dangerous the place, the higher the military pay. For example, fighting hard battles relies on the main force, so the main force should be paid more than the second-line troops stationed there.

The more powerful the soldier, the higher the pay. For example, snipers, their role is much greater than that of ordinary soldiers, and their salaries are much higher.

Arms with higher technical requirements have higher military pay, such as artillerymen, captains who drive ships in the navy, and so on.

After subdivision, Wu Changqing can save nearly 300,000 military expenses every month.

The most important thing is that this kind of military pay system can convince the soldiers and not feel unfair.

If you think it's unfair, you can try to climb up.

In order to give these soldiers a way to ascend, Wu Changqing also formulated various methods for changing jobs.

It is very simple for second-line troops to enter the main force, train hard, and then apply for assessment. The quality of individual soldiers, all skills can pass the test.

In the main force, if the cold weapon unit wants to be transferred to the fire gun army, it only needs to perform well in the battle, and the next advanced weapons will be given priority.

With the continuous production of flintlock guns, there have been many cold weapon troops that have made great achievements and replaced guns with guns, and they have successfully changed jobs to become the core main force.

If you want to become other technical arms, you can only rely on your own learning and talent.

People who think they are talented can apply for assessment.

After passing the assessment, they can be transferred to artillery, cavalry and navy.

The only thing that is special is the sniper company. At present, there is basically no way to enter the sniper company. The only way is to wait for the sniper company to experience casualties.

However, this wish is difficult to achieve, and the sniper company in the entire army is the safest.

After so many battles, the sniper company has killed one person, and they were accidentally shot in the head by a stray arrow.

If you hope to become a sniper, you might as well use snacks and learn skills such as measurement and literacy when you go to night school, so that you can at least be transferred to artillery.

The army began to rest in Nanjing, and Wu Changqing also wanted to reward the generals for meritorious deeds, and at the same time made some personnel changes in the army.

Military adaptation is a very delicate matter, and there are many aspects that need to be considered.

For example, to increase the combat power of the army,

command, the power of officers changes, and so on.

In order to complete the adaptation, Wu Changqing even stayed up all night.

The next day, Wu Changqing held a military meeting at the highest level, and in the main force, officers above the regiment head were basically present.

In an oversized living room, there is a rectangular wooden table in the middle, which can seat about thirty people on either side. These are the positions of division commanders, chiefs of staff, and some more special brigade commanders.

Wooden plaques with names, tea, and fruits are placed on them. Only those with names can sit on both sides of the wooden table.

The other regimental commanders, officers at the brigade commander level, sat on the surrounding chairs without even a cup of tea.

There is no such thing as equality in the army. The most important thing in the army is the hierarchy. Whether it is official position, military rank, clothing and medals, etiquette, every detail is emphasizing the hierarchy.

In the military, the emphasis is on absolute obedience to the commander's orders.

An army without absolute obedience is a mob, because in battle, sometimes it is always necessary to sacrifice the ego, and some people need to die.

Without absolute obedience, who wants to die?

For the individual who was asked to sacrifice, it was cruel. But in order to win, in order to reduce losses, in the interests of the majority, such cruelty is necessary.