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The instructors have made it very clear that if you don't learn well and pass the three-month new recruit training period, you will have to stay in the next new recruit training camp for another three months!

If you still can't pass the test, then there's no point in doing this job; the government won't accept you.

The instructor's words startled several defeated rebel leaders who had infiltrated the training camp for new recruits of government officials and yamen runners. Despite their grievances and dissatisfaction, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and study diligently.

Otherwise, if you have to stay in the new recruit training camp for six months, you can forget about any plans.

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Besides, if you can't meet the required standard after six months of training and get fired, you'll lose face big time.

Even the chief might start to doubt their intelligence.

Putting everything else aside, the things taught in the new recruit training camp alone were quite useful and highly targeted professional knowledge, as several defeated rebel generals could see.

Regardless of whether the chieftain gains power in Weiyong or elsewhere, this expertise is quite useful for governing the region and may come in handy in the future.

So whether it was out of consideration for face or because there was a real need for it in the future, the former rebel generals who joined the training camp for new government officials and yamen runners had to suppress their displeasure and study hard.

According to them privately, they were never this serious when they were practicing martial arts.

If I had been this serious when I was practicing martial arts, my skills would probably have improved a lot and I would have become an extremely powerful figure.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye. As the training camp for new government officials and yamen runners was about to end, several former rebel generals who had met the qualification standards were moved to tears, feeling a sense of relief.

Unfortunately, the instructor's parting words made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave!

"Don't be so smug. Just because you passed the test doesn't mean everything is fine. This is nothing!"

"Once you officially start working in the yamen, you will need to apply all the professional knowledge you have learned in a flexible manner. Only those who perform well will have the opportunity for promotion. At that time, you will have to come to the training camp for further study and receive higher-level training for yamen runners!"

"Who knows, we might have a chance to meet again someday!"

Watching the instructors walk away with an air of nonchalance, the former rebel generals, who had thought they were finally free from their suffering, were immediately stunned.

No way?

If I want to get promoted in the future, will I have to come back to the training camp for further training?

Wouldn't that kill them?

After receiving their graduation certificates, the group left the new recruit training camp without any joy.

When they returned to their temporary post after three months, they all had a dreamlike feeling.

Upon seeing the imposing leader again, they all felt a strong urge to suggest that he leave.

Weiyongling is definitely not a good place to infiltrate.

Based on their experience in the new recruit training camp, it would take at least seven or eight years to stand out among the officials and yamen runners and even climb to a high position.

This is only possible if everything goes smoothly.

Otherwise, without more than a decade of quiet development, there's no way you can expect to climb to the top.

After carefully inquiring about the experiences of several of his subordinates in the training camp for new government officials and yamen runners, as well as the information they had gathered, the former leader of the rebel army fell silent.

The former rebel generals exchanged glances, and all of them saw joy in each other's eyes.

Judging from this, the chieftain might already be considering stepping down.

The result was quite surprising. The former leader of the rebel army suddenly looked up, his eyes shining brightly: "I was wrong! When we started the uprising, although we had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and swept across a province, and seemed to be in great shape, it always felt too superficial!"

Ignoring the stunned expressions of his trusted lieutenants, he waved his hand and declared loudly, "I've been pondering this ever since the defeat, and now I finally understand!"

As he spoke, the light in his eyes shone even brighter, almost blinding the eyes of the several capable men who had just graduated from the training camp for new government officials and yamen runners: "So what we've been lacking all along is this kind of professional talent, trustworthy professional talent!"

"Take the government and yamen runners you've joined, for example. After three months of rigorous professional training, when you go out to patrol the streets, you can easily solve any problems you encounter by following procedures and rules. Unlike before, when we did things on a whim and acted on a whim!"

That's quite true!

The resentment that had been building up in the hearts of the newly graduated officials and yamen runners vanished.

Following the leader's words, I was immediately thrilled, as if I had discovered a new continent.

“That’s right. We’ve only received basic training, yet we already possess such knowledge and skills. If we undergo further training, we, as new officers, can easily control several streets, or even the entire Po Jun City’s security. Nothing can escape our eyes!”

"That's right. If we had had such a group of officials and yamen runners back then, those aristocratic families would never have been able to open the city gates secretly by colluding with the government troops!"

……

After a few excited words, the new officers and the chieftain gradually fell silent, and the room became quiet.

Ultimately, it was their own problems that led to the failure of the uprising, the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the survival of less than 10,000.

At this point, they possessed less than one percent of their peak power.

"It seems the plan has to be changed again!" The chieftain pondered for a moment, then said solemnly. "We still need to figure out how to infiltrate the government of Weiyong Territory!"

He also had other ideas in mind. Even if he couldn't achieve anything in Weiyong, he had to learn the way the government operated here and all kinds of professional knowledge so that he could play an important role when he made a comeback in the future.

At this time, several other former rebel generals who had joined the city's defense forces also returned.

Their faces didn't look good; clearly, the three months of basic training had put them in a very difficult situation.

Only after the chief asked did they recount their experiences during the three-month basic training period in detail.

Finally, one of them said indignantly, "Isn't this just basic training? We're not inexperienced, why bother with all these fancy targets?"

"Exactly! We're seasoned veterans who've been through countless battles. When it comes to city defense, are we really inferior to a bunch of so-called instructors?"

"Do you really think we don't know anything? That internal affairs regulation, made to be so serious and earnest, it's simply unreasonable!"

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The recruit camp experience for several former rebel generals was by no means pleasant.

Three months of drills, housekeeping, basic military tactics, martial arts training, and the most dreaded cultural courses nearly drove the former rebel generals to their deaths.

Having finally endured the three-month basic training period, they took advantage of a two-day break and, disregarding the potential danger of exposing the Great Chieftain, hurriedly returned to their temporary base, a large courtyard in the Baode Inn, to propose leaving Weiyong Territory directly.

They are now new recruits in the city defense army of Pojun City, and have been enlisted in the military.

If someone doesn't voluntarily return to camp after a two-day leave, they will be treated as a deserter, and the punishment will be quite severe.

Moreover, based on their observations at the recruit training camp, there were quite a few skilled soldiers in the city defense army.

There were dozens of people of similar strength to them, not to mention those who were even more powerful and had never shown their faces in the recruit camp.

If they don't escape in time and actually join the city defense army, they'll be living a life of misery from now on.

They were all rebel generals before, so they were no strangers to military affairs, but the rules of the Po Jun City defense army were too many and too strict!

They felt it was unacceptable, and rather than risk being punished by military law for breaking the rules later, they thought it better to leave early.

"Leaving Weiyong Territory is impossible, at least not in the short term!" The stern-faced chieftain directly shattered their hopes, scolding them impatiently, "You're all soldiers, do you think the Pojun City garrison is a den of dragons and tigers, and you really can't stand those rules and regulations?"

As he spoke, his sharp eyes gleamed with cold light as he stared directly at his trusted lieutenants who had just completed their basic training, making no attempt to hide the disappointment and dissatisfaction in his eyes.

His original intention was to continue staying in Weiyong Territory.

Even if we don't take control of this place, just learning all the relevant knowledge would keep him busy for quite some time.

During the three months that his two groups of capable subordinates participated in the training of government officials, yamen runners, and new recruits, he was not idle either.

While personally observing the streets of Pojun City, I was surprised to find that the bookstores there were not only booming, but also selling a variety of books related to military strategy and tactics.

These are the core inheritances of military families in the Great Chu, and they are treasures that are not easily revealed!

Moreover, there are also professional books on politics, economics, agriculture, mining, and so on. These are valuable pieces of knowledge that are hard to find outside the Great Chu.

He was overjoyed and, disregarding the origins of the books, spent a considerable sum of money to buy them all.

He has spent three months on reading comprehension, but due to the sheer variety and richness of the content, he has only read less than a third of it so far.

As the leader of the defeated rebel army, what he most wanted to know was naturally why he had failed.

On the surface, the Great Chu army is large and powerful, but many powerful families and landlords under its jurisdiction have turned against it, and even within the army itself, there are many traitors...

These were all factors contributing to the rebel army's defeat.

But he wasn't stupid; he felt that these factors were just superficial phenomena.

He only had vague ideas about the deeper reasons.

However, after reading the valuable books he had bought in the city, the chieftain gained some new insights.

Based on the contents of the books he read, and combined with the situation of the rebel army at that time, the deep-seated reasons for many problems were revealed.

It's just that he doesn't have enough capable and reliable people in various fields under his command.

Moreover, even the hundreds of thousands of rebels under his command at the height of his power now seem more like a rabble.

The Great Leader gained many insights simply from reading a portion of the precious books.

After much deliberation, I realized that the rebel army's defeat was indeed justified, ultimately stemming from their own incompetence and the lack of ability of their subordinates.

Now, after hearing about the experiences of two groups of subordinates in the training camps for new government officials and yamen runners, as well as the training camps for new recruits, this idea in my mind has become even clearer.

The fact that such professional training was provided to officials, yamen runners, new recruits, and new soldiers in this small town of Weiyong was a stark contrast to his previous style of simply gathering troops and getting to work, which made the chief quite ashamed.

Upon hearing that one of his trusted men, who had joined the city defense army, wanted to leave Weiyong Territory, he was immediately displeased and glared at him angrily. He was still thinking of continuing to improve himself here!

The former rebel generals who joined the city defense army were drenched in cold sweat under the glare of the chief, filled with fear but not knowing why.

"Hmph, you lot have truly disappointed me! Didn't you consider during those three months of basic training what the combat effectiveness of soldiers trained this way would be?" the chieftain said irritably. "Look at those who also underwent three months of training as government officials and clerks; they learned a lot from it and decided to work hard to climb the ranks quickly so they could acquire more in-depth and useful knowledge. And look at you..."

At this moment, several former rebel generals who had passed the training for new government officials and yamen runners actually developed a faint sense of superiority.

They recounted once again what they had experienced and seen at the new recruit training camp, and finally said, "Only after participating in the new recruit training did I realize that there are so many intricacies involved in being an official or yamen runner!"

"Of course, if we can fully understand this professional knowledge, then when we take control of any town in the future, we won't have to worry too much about losing control!"

Several of his comrades, who had just finished basic training, were stunned for a moment before they realized why the leader had shown such anger and disappointment.

Recalling what they had learned during basic training, and with their rich experience in commanding troops and fighting on the battlefield, they quickly realized that something was different from what they had learned, and were immediately embarrassed.

"Now you understand, right? Go report to the barracks honestly, and don't have any ulterior motives. Climb up step by step according to the rules!" the chief sneered. "According to the rules here in Po Jun City, you are only receiving basic training now. When you are promoted in the future, you will obviously have more advanced training. These are all extremely valuable experiences. Even if you can't make a name for yourself in Wei Yong Territory, you can still establish a foundation elsewhere!"

This statement was accurate and in line with reality, so all the rebel generals present nodded in agreement.

As for seizing Weiyongling, the former rebel leaders, including the Grand Leader, had basically given up such arrogant thoughts.

The more you learn about Pojun City, the more you realize how powerful the Weiyong Territory is.

Although they were all incredibly powerful, there were more than just one or two generals in Pojun City whose strength was comparable to theirs.

Neither the city defense troops nor the government officials could be easily controlled by just a few people.

Even considering only the forces on the surface, Po Jun City is not a suitable place. Who knows how much hidden strength Po Jun City possesses?

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This is just a small Pojun City. The entire Weiyong Territory has as many as five cities of the Pojun City level, as well as many towns with populations ranging from 30,000 to 50,000.

If this entire area were managed by that mysterious Lord of the Mighty Territory, and governed according to the model of the Po Jun City government and city defense army, one can imagine how powerful the entire Mighty Territory would be.

Even if the Great Leader and his former rebel generals were arrogant, they didn't have the confidence to continue interfering in Weiyong Territory. The waters here were very deep, and it was not something that defeated generals like them could get involved in.

After two days of secret discussions, the two groups of people went to their respective offices or reported to the barracks, while the chief himself continued his interrupted studies.

In short, this group of defeated rebel leaders found a way to improve themselves in the frontier city of Pojun, and they eagerly absorbed useful knowledge to make themselves stronger.

As for whether or not he could get his hands on the Mighty Territory, he had no time to think about that right now.

Unless former rebel generals who joined the government offices and city defense forces could rise to high positions in a short period of time, they simply did not harbor such ambitions again; the risks were too great and the losses outweighed the gains!

After the two waves of former rebel generals took up their posts, they realized how unreliable their previous plan had been.

New recruits to the government offices had no chance to patrol the bustling commercial streets. Instead, they were led by veteran officers to patrol residential areas, so they had very few opportunities to earn merit.

Po Jun City is a place where martial arts are highly valued, and almost all residents, regardless of age, practice martial arts. What petty thief would be so bold as to dare to steal from a residential area?

If petty theft really occurs, there's no need for patrolling officials or yamen runners to take action; the local residents resolve the problem directly. So what credit is there to speak of?

Under such circumstances, the former rebel leaders who had just become new recruits as government officials had nowhere to use their amazing martial arts skills.

As for the new recruits, they also had no chance to make a name for themselves.

Their main task was to spend all day on the tall, thick city walls, or rather, to patrol.