Zhou Fu, following the teachings of Yang Ge, first promoted those Dongying renegades in the servant army who had military achievements to the rank of ninth-class samurai and then selected some not-so-bright but obedient samurai from among them for promotion to eighth-class samurai, gradually establishing the subordinate officer system of the servant army...
He then vigorously propagated the military orders and discipline once again, continuously encouraging the samurai at all levels to lead drills.
The servant army, having experienced the battle in the valley, had shed much of its impetuousness and naivety, becoming much steadier and gradually understanding the concept of "military orders are as unyielding as mountains; to disobey is to face execution". Coupled with the generous delivery of large supplies of weapons, armor, and provisions from the benevolent Tao Qingxian, the servant army began to exude the aura of a military force...
