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The Black Wind Army currently boasts an astonishing strength of over 173,000 troops, but in the eyes of Liu Mu and others, only about 20% of them are truly capable and elite.

The remaining 80% are far from being able to serve as the backbone of an army, let alone as its "flesh and blood."

Of this army of over 170,000, the number of "Canglang believers" exceeded 110,000.

Their strengths lie in their large numbers, large scale, and fanatical faith in the "God Child," for which they are willing to die for him.

But apart from that, it's basically all a drawback.

At Liu Mu's suggestion, and after discussions with Tie Lang, Ha Ke, Monto, and others, Geng Xuan made a major adjustment to the entire "Black Wind Army" after absorbing the nearly 30,000 new "pilgrims".

The basic structure of the 36,000 Xuanyou riders remains unchanged.

The remaining nearly 140,000 troops were divided into three major groups.

The first group selected 50,000 men to act as auxiliary troops alongside 36,000 Xuanyou riders.

These 86,000 people are the most elite part of the "Black Wind Army".

Liu Mu was the main leader, with Ha Ke as his assistant.

These auxiliary troops were essentially a combination of Dong Guan's "servant army" and "guard army".

—Under Dong Guan's command, the "Servant Army" and the "Guard Army" had different backgrounds and roles.

The "servant army" served two purposes: first, to share various menial tasks and chores, allowing the "Iron Cavalry" to focus all their energy on combat; and second, to act as cannon fodder when necessary.

The "Guards" are mainly meant to make up for the shortcomings of the "Iron Cavalry," and are positioned as partners and deputies.

For example, attacking a city, or assaulting an enemy camp filled with traps and trenches.

Or, in urban streets and alleys, rugged mountains, wetlands and forests, relying solely on cavalry to charge recklessly can easily lead to a passive or even desperate situation.

Because of their different circumstances, the "Black Wind Army" did not have any "lowly service" positions; both of these roles were assigned to auxiliary soldiers.

The truly subtle point lies in the selection of the 50,000 auxiliary soldiers.

Of the 50,000 auxiliary soldiers, 20,000 came from the "non-Canglang believers" group.

These people generally have high cultivation levels, with the worst being at the senior flesh-refining realm.

The other 30,000 all came from the "Canglang Believers" group.

The top 10,000 among them are generally at a similar level to the other 20,000 "non-Canglang believers".

Even if their average strength is slightly lower, their actual combat power is not much different when combined with their fanatical faith.

However, the other 20,000 were mostly at the initial stage of Skin Refining cultivation.

Given the constraints of the available resources, their greatest value in ordinary times lies in handling various miscellaneous tasks.

However, in critical moments, such as on the battlefield where the enemy and our forces are fighting to the death, the place where they can best demonstrate their value is probably by launching a desperate charge against the enemy with a heart full of piety.

In fact, it filled the "cannon fodder" role of the "servant army".

This was not proposed by Liu Mu, Tie Lang, or others.

Rather, the problems naturally surfaced when Liu Mu proposed to reorganize the "Black Wind Army," which had become too large and bloated, and whose functions had become blurred.

After a period of silence, Haq, Monto, and other high-ranking members of the "Blue Wolf Cult" who participated in the decision-making process took the initiative to propose this positioning.

“They all need a place of their own,” Hark told Monto.

The troops that have been painstakingly assembled are all valuable, and it is impossible to place them in a vague area to "freeload".

We must always find ways to bring out their value.

Even if it means being cannon fodder.

Although it felt very unpleasant, as if I had stepped into a trap that someone had set up.

Montau, unable to come up with a new plan, ultimately accepted the proposal. The remaining nearly 90,000 troops, to be precise, 87,000, were divided into two groups again.

Of these, 30,000 were non-Canglang believers, 10,000 were non-Canglang believers, and 20,000 were Canglang believers, with Tielang as the main force and Mengtuo as the auxiliary force, to ensure the stability of the rear.

When necessary, the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry will also be at his command.

Of the remaining 57,000, nearly 90% were "Canglang believers," while only a few thousand were "non-Canglang believers." Their main duties were to continue construction and to protect the rapidly "urbanizing" military camps.

In normal times, it was commanded and managed by Song Mingzhu, while in wartime, it was jointly commanded by Song Mingzhu and Liu Mu.

If the military camp is attacked by the enemy, the most elite 36,000 cavalry and 50,000 auxiliary troops will fight around the camp.

After such streamlining and downsizing, their actions will be more flexible and their response to emergency orders will be faster.

Similarly, if the fighter jets appear elsewhere, they can respond at the fastest speed.

If this force of nearly 90,000 is still insufficient, troops can be drawn from the 57,000 garrison soldiers.

At this point, their role changed to that of reserve forces, second-line troops.

Unlike previous reorganizations, this adjustment requires consideration of more factors.

Furthermore, he also had to consider the opinions and ideas of both "Canglang believers" and "non-Canglang believers" and try to maintain a balance, which consumed a great deal of Geng Xuan's energy and time.

However, after doing all this, Geng Xuan had to admit it.

The "Black Wind Army," which was becoming increasingly bloated and even puffy, has once again revealed its true form.

Just as they finished doing all this, Liu Mu, Song Mingzhu, Tie Lang, Ha Ke, and the others who had participated in the discussion dispersed. Geng Xuan, who was alone, was about to take a break when someone came to see him outside the door.

The person who came to see him was none other than Yang Qian, Iron Wolf's former superior, who was now working for Iron Wolf and whose "ecological niche" was becoming increasingly marginalized with the addition of Montau.

It's late at night now.

Geng Xuan was extremely interested in the purpose of his visit.

Yang Qian didn't waste any words and said in a deep voice:
"My lord, please be on high alert these next two days. If I am not mistaken, Dong Guan is about to launch a new attack!"

Upon hearing this, Geng Xuan asked curiously, "Oh, how did you figure that out?"

Yang Qian said:
"Although Dong Guan and I have tacitly demarcated our respective jurisdictions, we have been focusing our efforts on internal reorganization during this period."

However, there was no strict blockade along the hundreds of miles of border to the south, and many sand people would travel back and forth between the two sides every day.

...Of course, most of them were people arranged by Dong Guan, who infiltrated our territory and used their old networks to gather intelligence on our movements.

"At the same time, information about the situation on the other side will also be transmitted over to us to some extent."

Among those sand tribe settlements, there are many spies planted by the Dark Night Division, many of whom are completely unaware of who they are working for.

Only I know the list of these people.

...Through these channels, we were also able to learn about Dong Guan's movements.

During this period, most of the latest news regarding Dong Guan's rear, especially Canglan Mountain, was obtained through this channel.

Geng Xuan nodded slightly.

Yang Qian did not hold back on this matter.

They would share the latest news with them every day so that they would know what Dong Guan had been busy with these days.

Seeing his statement, Yang Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

His biggest worry was that Geng Xuan might suspect him of having something to hide and was now using it as a bargaining chip.

Although he desperately wanted to do it, he knew all too well how astute this person was, and he wouldn't dare to make such a move in practice. (End of Chapter)