Qi Zhenhai shook his head and said: "Commander, Commander Smith's suggestion is good, but I think it is not good enough, because the bandits are ultimately made by the common people, and even if some of them are capable soldiers, they can be guaranteed to be loyal to the country. Are you handsome? Can you guarantee that they will be obedient? If this cannot be guaranteed, it is best not to integrate into the army."
After saying these words, Smith nodded.
Soldiers cannot guarantee the execution of orders and prohibitions, and are of little use.
Dong Haichuan said carelessly: "Commander, when we took Moyunling, we also encountered the same problem. At that time, you easily solved the problem of thousands of people leaving and leaving. This time, we just followed the rules. You can just use Hua Laop directly on the prisoners, why bother discussing it."
Huang Shihai continued: "Commander, judging from the suggestions of Commander Lu, Commander Smith, Commander Qi, Senior Yang and Senior Dong, we have determined a path. What we need to do now is to deal with the transformation of bandits. After solving the problem of soldiers and demobilizing useless bandits, we can decide on a plan."
Li Zhen nodded and thought carefully.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Ye Chengzhong knew that the discussion was almost done here, and it was time to consider the solution. He stood up and walked to Li Zhen with the key points of the record, and gave all the key points of the record to Li Zhen.
Looking at the key points recorded by Ye Chengzhong, Li Zhen nodded slightly.
He compared the suggestions one by one and thought about solving the problems of the Taiping soldiers.
Long Ao suddenly said: "Commander, to solve the problem of bandits turning into soldiers, I think we can specifically teach bandits so that they can see clearly the true colors of Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing and others' luxury, as well as the falsehoods of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and promote our The good thing is, in this way, you may be able to change the thinking of bandits."
When Li Zhen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
This idea is ideological education.
What the military in the previous life was best at was undoubtedly ideological issues.
Li Zhen glanced at Long Ao gratefully and said with a smile: "Brother Long's suggestion is very good. Just follow this method. Xiaoye, please remember what I say next, and after the meeting is over, copy the key points I said. Copy it out and confirm the regulations."
Ye Chengzhong nodded, indicating that he was ready.
Li Zhen sorted out the thoughts in his mind and said unhurriedly: "As for solving the ideological problems of the prisoners, I am here to make a request. The commanders of the four regiments must issue an order and clearly propose to select eloquent people from the army. Regarding the soldiers, the selection method is to select each platoon as a unit, report them level by level, and finally determine the soldiers who report."
"I emphasize that soldiers should not be selected based on their size."
"Competing with brains and mouths, the selected soldiers have to debate and study uniformly. The content of the debate is the advantages of our army and the disadvantages of the Taiping Army. This is the key to changing the thinking of banditry. If even our own advantages are not How can you convince the bandit if you can't understand it well?"
"After the selected soldiers are confirmed, we will start to systematically compile our own books so that the soldiers can study systematically. There is a group of eloquent soldiers in the army. They can provide ideological education to the prisoners and our soldiers, so that the prisoners can be educated. Having more people work hard with us will also make our soldiers more loyal."
"The selection of soldiers must be completed within two days. By then I may have led two thousand soldiers to fight against Hong Xuanjiao and will not be in the camp. Therefore, Huang Shihai personally presided over the debate and study of the selected soldiers."
Li Zhen looked serious and very demanding.
Huang Shihai asked: "Commander, how should we arrange the selected soldiers?"
Li Zhenlue thought about it and said: "Since they have their own independent establishment, they are also arranged according to the establishment of brigades, regiments, and battalions, and the level may be higher. However, the soldiers' military power has not been mobilized. They will enjoy all the rights they should enjoy, even There are also certain privileges. The commanders of each regiment must pay attention to making this matter clear and not unclear. This is a major event related to the future development of our army and cannot be careless."
"clear."
Huang Shihai nodded solemnly in agreement and kept it firmly in mind.
Li Zhen continued: "For the 15,000 bandits captured by the army, we have to send soldiers in turn to explain it, and we have to break through from the inside to let some of the bandits complain themselves and tell them about the situation of being squeezed by the Taiping Army. In short , everything that is unfavorable to the Taiping Army can be excavated and turned into something beneficial to us."
"After changing the thinking of bandits, we can then select people who are unwilling to stay and let them go to Guangdong to enhance the power of Guangdong. Now Guangdong is developing at a high speed and needs the help of countless people. With countless people entering , only then can our Guangdong develop faster."
"We must carefully select those bandits who are willing to stay."
"As long as you have strong people, you don't need weak people."
Li Zhen said seriously: "If this matter is done well, our army will develop rapidly in the future and there will be no hidden dangers. Our army will be an invincible force. No matter whether we win or lose, we can persist." Go down, Huang Shihai, take charge of this matter yourself, and you must do it well."
"yes."
Huang Shihai nodded solemnly and was excited about the solution Li Zhen came up with.
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Nanjing, Dongwangfu.
In the gorgeous and luxurious hall, Yang Xiuqing was sitting in a dragon robe and uniform with a gloomy face. The news that Hong Xuanjiao was captured and the army was defeated had come. The 40,000-strong army was defeated by Li Zhen and 8,000 people. Yang Xiuqing was simply stunned. Unbearable, especially when Hong Xuanjiao was arrested, Yang Xiuqing was even more angry.
Fu Shanxiang stood in the palace and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Queen Xiao has been captured, the army has been defeated, and anger will not help. Now that the matter has come to this, we must think of a remedy."
"Repair it, how else can it be remedied?"
Yang Xiuqing shook his head and said: "I have already adopted your opinion and sent 10,000 soldiers to help Hong Xuanjiao. I thought that even if I couldn't defeat Li Zhen, I could always protect Hong Xuanjiao's return safely, but I didn't want the 10,000 soldiers to fail as well. This Li Zhen is simply amazing."
"Report."
After Yang Xiuqing finished speaking, a eunuch ran in from outside.
Yang Xiuqing asked: "What's the matter?"
The eunuch saluted respectfully and reported: "Reporting to King Dong, a Shanghai merchant named Mas came from outside the palace. He is now waiting for the prince to receive him. I dare to ask the prince if he will let Mas in."
Mas.
After hearing this, Yang Xiuqing's eyes lit up.
This was not the first time he had dealt with Maas. Now he was excited when he heard the news of Maas's arrival. Yang Xiuqing bought weapons from Maas several times in a row, and the weapons Maas sold were cheaper and more powerful, far exceeding those of the British. , weapons provided by businessmen from France, the United States and other countries, this is what Yang Xiuqing values most.
With such a person selling weapons, Yang Xiuqing felt that his army was making continuous progress.
