Chapter Eighty-Eight: What to Fight For

There are already 300 soldiers secretly trained in Aishan Ranch, and there have been disasters and famines in various places for many years, and many of them are victims who have no food and clothing, so there is no shortage of people here. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

If the Taiji Sect wants to pull the flag and rebel, I am afraid that in the Jiaozhou area, there will be thousands of people responding.

But the time has not yet come, Zhang Taiji doesn't want to be the first bird, and the rash uprising can only send the results to those imperial troops.

In today's world, although there are continuous uprisings, this year alone, in February, Liaoyang My Savages Uprising. In June, more than 500 people crossed the river to conquer Jiji, Ji and Xi prefectures. In August, Sichuan Shangpeng rebelled against the Yuan. The Shandong rebel army burned and plundered Yanzhou. In September, Jiang Bing of Daozhou proclaimed himself the king of Shuntian and attacked Lian and Gui Erzhou.

These uprisings were easily suppressed by the imperial army, and the longest lasted only seven or eight months, so it was too early to say that the time for the uprising was too early, and strengthening one's own strength was the first priority.

Purely conducting military training and not participating in agricultural production, the 300-strong contingent is a more suitable number with the current financial resources of the Zhang family.

You must know that Ninghai Prefecture Daru Huachi. Bu Lao Chi sits in a state and three counties, and there are only three or four hundred guards around him.

Zhang Taiji's military knowledge is only fragmentary, and many places are unknown, and it cannot form a complete system, so the training of the soldiers is completely handed over to Yan Renwu, Han Buxin and others. Let them do whatever they want.

Zhang Taiji provided them with the necessary ordnance materials, and regularly tested the results of the training, and perhaps occasionally put forward his own suggestions when his mind was opened, as for whether to adopt or not, it also needs to be decided after discussion.

Zhang Taiji has positioned himself as an investor, responsible for raising funds and formulating the direction of development. Yan Renwu and others are professional managers, who select projects and then implement them.

Zhang Taiji returned to the ranch for the first time in half a year, Yan Renwu deliberately let all the soldiers practice collectively to show their military talents, and at the same time, Zhang Taiji knew that his money was not wasted.

The apologetics army adopts the 'Shiwu military system,' five people are one team, one army commander is set up, ten people are one Shi, and one chief is set up, and among the old people who followed Zhang Taiji at the earliest, those with outstanding ability were selected. A centurion is set up for a team of 100 people, and Yan Renwen himself, Han Buxin, and Wang Meng are each centurions, and there are deputy positions.

The three hundred soldiers of the Apologetic Army, under the leadership of the various commanders, collectively lined up in a neat phalanx, one by one wearing iron armor and holding weapons, according to the command of the command flag on the central high platform, making various combat actions and changing various formations.

After the military formation drill, there was a display of individual martial arts, bow and arrow, equestrian, double training, team confrontation between various Wushi, etc., Zhang Taiji carefully watched them one by one, and felt good.

After all, these people have not been trained for a long time, and most of them are teenagers, and they have not yet reached the peak in all aspects of their bodies, so it is rare to be able to do this, and there is still a lot of room for growth in the future.

Among them, he found a few outstanding ones, Zhang Taiji secretly noted down their appearance and names, and was ready to find an opportunity to deepen his relationship in private.

Since he couldn't personally lead the soldiers, and he had to grasp the necessary military power, what Zhang Taiji had to do was to find a way to control the minds of these people. Therefore, it is a good way to pick out the best of these people and focus on cultivating them as henchmen.

Of course, in Zhang Taiji's thoughts, everyone here is the backbone of their own team in the future, and each of them can become a general who stands alone. It's a bit too ambitious, but how do you know if you don't try?

After World War I, the German army, under various constraints, adopted this method, at the beginning of World War II, quickly formed a large army, blitzed Poland, and swept across Europe.

Drawing a scoop according to the gourd, even if you can't learn a few likenesses, it's better than not having a plan at all, blindly fooling around.

For the rest of the day, unless there was something important, Zhang Taiji ate and lived in Aishan Ranch every day, and did his best to mingle with these soldiers.

Zhang Taiji got up every morning to run and drill with the soldiers, cooked with Shi Wu, who took turns to cook, cooked in the morning, personally cooked for the soldiers, and checked the soldiers' clothes, shoes and socks during the lunch break to see if there was any shortage or damage.

In the afternoon, the soldiers honed their martial arts skills together, riding horses and archery, digging ditches and fortifications, building various simple equipment, and so on.

Whenever someone is sick, Zhang Taiji personally decoctions and medicines, serves and takes care of them, and treats everyone here with the attitude of treating their relatives.

What he did, others naturally saw it, people's hearts are flesh and blood, aside from Zhang Taiji's identity and status, even if he is close to his relatives, it is rare to be so considerate.

In the evening, at the end of the day's drills, Zhang Taiji became the protagonist, he racked his brains, recalled the stories about military warfare he had learned in his previous life, coupled with his own analysis and understanding, and told it to all the soldiers, and then discussed and analyzed the law of cause and effect with them.

This is unique in this era.

In the past, whether it was books, newspapers, online novels, movies and television, etc., a large number of stories full of war themes were published, and they all had in-depth analysis and explanation.

As a senior otaku and old bookworm who loves history and literature, he naturally knows a lot, which is not surprising, but for these people in front of him, Zhang Taiji's knowledge is enough to shock them, and they can't think of any better explanation other than Zhang Taiji's own "heavenly gift".

It's no wonder that these people in front of them have read books better, and knowing a little about Sun Tzu's Art of War is even if they are familiar with military books. Hearsay or oral transmission of some knowledge by elders is already considered well-informed.

Some people are even uncertain and left and right before receiving training, and they have this insight in front of Zhang Taiji, and they say politely that it is really the difference between a drop of water and the ocean.

Then again, knowledge is not equal to combat power, and people are divided into foolishness and superiority. Not everyone is interested in military battles, Zhang Taiji can only cast a wide net and focus on fishing.

In order to let these soldiers, who have not yet been on the battlefield, have a good belief, Zhang Taiji painstakingly pondered a set of rhetoric to "brainwash" them.

"Have you ever wondered what you're fighting for?"

The bright moon was beautiful, the stars were dotted, everyone sat on the ground, and Zhang Taiji was surrounded in the middle inside and out, and today he did not tell the story as usual, but asked the question just now.

Everyone was stunned by Zhang Taiji's question, including Yan Renwu and Han Buxin. However, the omniscient sect leader did not embarrass everyone, and then gave an answer.

"Why fight? Some people have thought about this question, some people have not thought about it, and people who have not thought about it say, I am just a small soldier, just listen to the command of the official, why do I have to think so much? Of course, that's true, but I advise those who think about it to think about it, because you're going to be an official too. ”

It's a long paragraph, but it makes people think about it.

"Some people have thought about it, although they have different ideas, but, according to my guess, there are also two kinds, one is for public and the other is for private."

Zhang Taiji paused to let people follow his train of thought. Then go on.

"For selfishness, it is for one's own consideration, to say in a small way that it is to be able to have a bite to eat, and to support the family in the future, it is not impossible to be an official and pay homage to the marquis."

After taking a sip of water to moisten his throat, Zhang Taiji continued.

"For the public, simply put, for everyone, as small as a soldier and a shi, to an army and a religion, and as big as the people in the world, it can be said to be for the public."

After being silent for a while, leaving people plenty of time to think about it, Zhang Taiji continued.

"In my opinion, it is okay to fight for both public and private reasons, the difference is that people who think more about others are more suitable to manage more people."

In this way, the days passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it entered winter, the wind blew, and the sky was cold.

On this day, the housekeeper Han Fu came to report that Su Hai from Ninghai Prefecture accompanied someone to see Zhang Taiji and had important matters to discuss.

Zhang Taiji didn't dare to slack off, and immediately set off to rush home.

Since Zhang Taiji treated Du Mingjun, the son of the immortal red, the two families have been in a relationship.

The Zhang family has been in business for many years, and the two sides have a lot to work with, and they are very happy to cooperate.

Due to the increase in business cooperation between the two families, they have frequent contacts with each other, and Du Mingjun also personally came to Xiangyangpo to thank Zhang Taiji, but unfortunately Zhang Taiji was in Jinan at that time, but like this solemnly sent someone to find Zhang Taiji, or the first time, what will be the big deal?