Chapter 156 The Emperor's Three Thousand Disciples
Chapter 156 The Emperor’s Three Thousand Disciples
Zhu Cixiang temporarily set up the martial arts hall in Wuying Hall and has successively recruited nearly three batches of students, totaling about 3,000 people.
Most of these three thousand people were ordinary soldiers and low-level officers. They practiced drills in the morning, learned literacy in the afternoon, and received an hour of loyalty and patriotic education in the evening. After half a year, they had completely transformed.
At this moment, under the leadership of the first batch of 100 veteran students, 3,000 people were divided into ten teams and were conducting formation training on the empty school field.
"All assembled..."
"Look to the right!"
"Look forward."
"Stand firm!"
"Take a break!"
"Your Majesty, my queen, all the students in the Jiangwu Hall have been assembled. There should be 3,100 people, but the actual number is 3,100. Please give me your instructions!"
It only took a moment to see the more than 3,000 fully armed people quickly assemble and line up, and the process was orderly and without any chaos. After the assembly was completed, the team was also so neat that the red lady suddenly looked in disbelief.
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"Continue training and practice all subjects."
"yes!"
The officer on duty immediately replied and trotted down. Then the three thousand people immediately dispersed, returned to the dormitory, took off all their armor and weapons and put them away.
With an order, the timer started, and the three thousand people quickly began to put on their clothes, then came to the playground to gather, and then started trotting around the playground in full gear.
"How is my concubine?"
"Your Majesty, just based on the speed of assembly and the orderliness of the team, these three thousand people may not even be able to compare with the Qi family army back then."
Listening to the neat footsteps while trotting, the red lady couldn't help but sigh, today she finally understood what Qi Jiajun meant when he said that tens of thousands of people are like one person.
Just now, these three thousand people moved from disbanding, gathering to running, just like one person.
"Haha, it seems that my concubine also knows the Qi Jiajun quite well. I am not exaggerating, but my three thousand disciples are indeed far stronger than the Qi Jiajun and Wei Wuzu."
Zhu Cixiang said with some pride, and then explained to him the food, daily training and study of these three thousand people.
First of all, the food is not comparable to that of Qi Jiajun and Wei Wuzu. In the morning, there is enough fried dough sticks and soy milk, plus an egg for each person. At noon, there is enough rice, mutton and some vegetables. In the evening, the steamed buns and bone broth are enough.
So at this moment, these more than 3,000 people are all very capable, and there is no such thing as night blindness or physical weakness.
Then in terms of physical fitness, I have to carry an armed cross-country for twenty miles every morning, and I am required to carry thirty kilograms of weight, plus my own armor and weapons, a total of 60 kilograms. It takes one stick of incense to complete the run, which takes about forty minutes.
After more than half a year of training, almost everyone has met the requirements.
It was much better than the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty carrying sixty kilograms of weight each and marching eighty miles on foot every day.
Then there is the cultural aspect. Nowadays, almost everyone can recognize and write 500 Chinese characters and simple arithmetic, which even Qi Jiajun and Wei Wuzu cannot compare with.
Finally, in terms of willpower and belief, every night a storyteller will teach some ancient and modern war cases and heroic stories from Chinese dynasties, such as Huo Qubing, Wen Tianxiang, Zhuge Liang, etc.
Telling about Huo Qubing encourages everyone to be willing to expand their borders and have great ambitions.
Telling about Wen Tianxiang is to explain the concept of nation-state to everyone, encourage everyone to rather die than to be a traitor, and to leave a loyal heart to reflect history.
When talking about Zhuge Liang, it naturally encourages everyone to learn Kong Ming's thoughts of loyalty to the emperor, and at the same time uses the negative teaching material Sima Yishu as an example.
Zhu Cixiang also made a decision about loyalty to the emperor after careful consideration and combined with the actual situation of this era, but he did not put the emperor first.
Instead, the Chinese nation was put first, followed by the emperor. In other words, the interests of the nation were higher than the emperor. When the interests of the nation conflicted with the emperor, the soldiers must be loyal to the former.
For example, when the emperor betrays the overall interests of the nation, cedes land to foreigners, makes indemnities and marriages, pays tribute to foreigners, etc., which damages the prestige of the nation, the soldiers must resolutely resist.
Zhu Cixi believed that as long as this concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism was deeply rooted in the military, future emperors would never dare to do anything that harmed the prestige and interests of the nation.
The above education of patriotism and loyalty to the emperor, coupled with the fact that the three thousand people are all direct disciples of the emperor, so compared to Qi Jiajun and Wei Wuzu, who are purely for fame, fortune or military pay, these three thousand people have a higher vision and pursuit.
Several levels.
After listening to Zhu Cixiang's story, the red lady was dumbfounded. She never thought that three thousand people would not only have eggs and meat to eat every day, but also learn to read and write, and even listen to stories at night.
"Your Majesty really treats these people as his personal disciples! Such treatment makes me want to become your disciples."
"My dear concubine, these three thousand people are my firepower. The whole army's new training and military law are all counting on them."
These more than 3,000 people are indeed Zhu Cihong's treasures, and they are the cornerstone of his reform and control of the army. He has put in a lot of effort in the past six months and personally told them stories and taught them dozens of times.
By this time, the stick of incense had been burned out, and the more than 3,000 people who were running also stopped running.
Although they stopped running, they did not rest. Instead, they immediately started a series of formation training and command drills, which lasted for half an hour before disbanding and resting for half a quarter of an hour.
"Your Majesty, this is definitely a peerless and powerful army. It can cover at least twenty miles by trotting with a stick of incense. After running, it immediately jumps into battle. It can still assemble quickly and maintain a strict formation for half an hour. If there are ten
Ten thousand, no, as long as fifty thousand soldiers and horses, coupled with sophisticated equipment, we will be truly invincible!"
Looking at the soldiers sitting on the ground resting, the pretty face of the red lady turned red with excitement, and her eyes glowed with gold.
Obviously, she understood better than Zhu Cixi how powerful these three thousand people were, and how difficult it was to complete their series of operations just now.
"With the current productivity of our Ming Dynasty, if we want to train 50,000 soldiers and horses like this, I'm afraid it's still not enough!"
Zhu Cixi said with some helplessness, although he is not short of money now, money does not represent productivity, it is not omnipotent, and he can buy everything.
Putting aside everything else, food for 50,000 people would be a huge waste according to his standards.
"Your Majesty, let's treat these people as officers and train them for thirty thousand first. By the way, in addition to running in formation, Your Majesty also needs to join the Qi Family Army's Yuanyang Formation, Sancai Formation and other formations to maximize their combat power."
The red lady said eagerly.
In Jiangnan, he wanted to train the Qi family army, but unfortunately there were no suitable officers. After seeing the performance of these three thousand people, she knew that these three thousand people were the best officers.
Each person brings ten new soldiers, and within half a year a peerless and powerful army that is not inferior to the Qi family army will be born.
"My beloved, I'm afraid this won't work. I have to decentralize these 3,000 people to each army. That's why I didn't practice those complicated formations. Compared with 30,000 elite soldiers, the improvement of the overall combat strength of the entire army is more important."
Zhu Cixiang explained.
"Your Majesty's words make sense, but it's a pity."
The Red Lady is not stupid, and she understands that the little emperor relies on these three thousand direct disciples to firmly control the army. She is very supportive of this, and she also admires his methods very much.
At this time, the more than 3,000 students had rested enough. After gathering again, Zhu Cixiang announced that the graduation ceremony would be held tomorrow.
In fact, he really wanted them to study for another half a year, but time waited for no one, so he could only reluctantly graduate. From now on, when they get to the various armies, they can slowly learn advanced knowledge such as culture and military art by themselves.