"The Huo Family of Huwei County, despite being a noble family with a century-long heritage, fostered a strong martial tradition. The members of the Huo Family are all skilled practitioners.
I didn't scatter them or assign them elsewhere. I kept them here, just for you."
The convicts who were escorted here weren't all intended for manual labor. They were more like a reserve force, or rather, reinforcements for the local troops.
The Jingnan Army had its own fifty-thousand-strong rear camp reserve. Besides, for an elite force like the Jingnan Army, blind expansion would only lead to a decline in its combat effectiveness. That's why the Jingnan Army didn't absorb many convicts. Instead, they were to be absorbed by the various fortresses and military units within Yinlang County.
In any case, local security forces were mostly used as cannon fodder. Whether any true talent could be forged from them, well, that remained to be seen.
