Chapter Ninety-Six: Establishing Faith
In the end, Guo Zhiyuan recruited one hundred and eight regimental trainers, this number seems to be a little small, but Guo Zhiyuan has adhered to the principle of not more soldiers from the beginning, and would rather lack than abuse, including the three levels of the warrior test he set up, which tests the strength, speed, body balance and coordination, shooting accuracy and other aspects of physical fitness, and can pass the three tests is basically a high-quality source of soldiers, with Guo Zhiyuan's current strength, it is impossible to form a large-scale army, so he is ready to form a special forces force, In this way, you can form the strongest combat power with the least number of troops!
The soldiers have been recruited, but it is still too early to really form combat power, Guo Zhiyuan knows nothing about military affairs, and he doesn't think that he can do better than people in this era in areas that he is not good at if he has the advantage of traversing, so he found Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "Practical Record of Military Training" and handed them to Chu Wan'er, and asked her to train these regiment trainers according to the methods in the book.
Of course, this is not enough, Qi Jiguang's training method is no secret, many armies in the Ming Dynasty have emulated Qi Jiguang's training method, but there are almost no real training into a strong army, including the famous Qi family army after Qi Jiguang's death The combat power is far less than before, almost wiped out in the battle with the Manchu cavalry, Guo Zhiyuan also thought carefully about this problem before crossing, he believes that the fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty's army combat effectiveness is that the Ming Dynasty army has no faith, and the soldiers don't know what they are fighting for, What do you say to the soldiers, you will probably be spitted on the face.
No matter how good the source of troops and how advanced the weapons and equipment are, a force without faith can not become a truly strong army, faith is the soul of the army, and the army will only change from a war machine to a real mighty army when it has a soul! So what Guo Zhiyuan has to do now is to help these one hundred and eight regimental training soldiers establish faith and let this army find its soul!
Looking at the one hundred and eight heroic men in front of him, Guo Zhiyuan was also in a mood, after coming to this era, he finally had his own army, and his plan to make contributions was the first step, maybe it was too early to say anything about dominating the world, but at least there was a good start! He took a deep breath and said loudly: "Heroes, from today onwards, we will get along with each other day and night, eat in a pot, sleep in a barracks, and in the future we will fight side by side and experience life and death together, we may be together for a longer time than with our relatives, so to speak, we are relatives!" Since they are relatives, they naturally have nothing to say, so I want to ask you a question first, what is the purpose of everyone participating in the regimental training? ……”
Strong men, look at me, I look at you, I don't know how to answer, although Guo Zhiyuan has tried his best to speak to them in a more understandable tone, but they still listen a little confused, only understand Guo Zhiyuan said about relatives or something, is this strange county magistrate still ready to worship us?
Guo Zhiyuan also guessed that they would react like this, so he directly called the name of Xie Erhu, who was most impressed by him: "Xie Erhu, you come!" ”
Xie Erhu was straight-tempered, scratched his head and said, "Do you still need to ask?" Earn money! ”
"Good! That's the truth! Then I ask you, what are you going to do with the money you earn? Guo Zhiyuan tapped his finger at Xie Erhu and smiled.
"Of course, I made money, so I saved it for my father and mother, and I will marry my daughter-in-law and have a son in the future! ......" Xie Erhu said with a blushing face a little embarrassed, and everyone immediately burst into laughter.
Guo Zhiyuan waved his hand and said: "Don't laugh, I believe that everyone's thoughts must be similar to Xie Erhu, then let me ask you again, after marrying a daughter-in-law and giving birth to a son, what do you want him to do in the future?" Poor and hungry like you? Ancestors have been hunters in the mountains for generations? ……”
Xie Erhu couldn't answer this question, scratching his head and not knowing how to answer, and the others were also silent with understanding, Guo Zhiyuan wanted this effect, and continued to ask: "Let me ask you again, now the Gutian bandits are rampant, if one day you go hunting and are not at home, the bandits come, kill your son, rob your daughter-in-law, and burn your house, what should you do?" ……”
Xie Erhu's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he clenched his fists and shouted, "They dare!" If this is the case, Lao Tzu must kill them! ……”
Guo Zhiyuan asked expressionlessly: "How do you kill?" There are so many bandits, can you kill them alone? In the end, you will only lose your life, can you exchange the life of your loved one? ……”
Xie Erhu couldn't answer again, his fists were clenched, and Guo Zhiyuan raised his voice and said: "Although I said what ifs, such a situation happened around us and happened to many Gutian people!" If we do not exterminate the bandits, the safety of our relatives will not be guaranteed, and there will be no way to live and work in peace and contentment! I can also tell you that after I have exterminated the bandits, I will expand the county school, and your children can go to the county school for free, so that your descendants will not have to be poor and hungry all their lives like you......"
Everyone's eyes lit up, showing an excited expression, in this era, going to school is an unattainable thing for most ordinary children, Guo Zhiyuan's words made them see hope!
Guo Zhiyuan saw that the time was almost over, waved his arms, and shouted: "If your children and grandchildren will no longer be poor and hungry all their lives, and live a better life than you, we must fight for their future!" Now you tell me, what is the purpose of participating in the regimental training?! ……”
"Fight for the future of our children and grandchildren!" One hundred and eight strong men waved their arms and roared in unison, and the roar shook the sky, startling the birds in the woods next to them!
Xu Guangqi, who was watching Guo Zhiyuan mobilize morale from a distance, sighed to Zhao Shizhen on the side: "Gongzi is really an immortal genius!" With his words today, this army will become an invincible and mighty army! ……”
Zhao Shizhen on the side also nodded again and again: "Yes, it is rare for the master to meet, and it is also our luck that we can meet the son!" ……”
Established faith, the morale of the whole team is high, Guo Zhiyuan of course has to strike while the iron is hot, anyway, now the county government has no official business to deal with, he simply moved into the barracks, took off his official uniform, put on the regimental training uniform, and the regimental training township soldiers ate, lived and trained together, and soon mingled with the regimental training township soldiers, the regimental training township soldiers saw that Guo Zhiyuan had no official frame, and they ate, lived and trained with them, and they were also very moved and respected, and the training was very hard.