Chapter 146 New Performance Book(2/2)
"That's why my father wants to recruit scholars, because scholars can read and write down the entire content of the new performance book in a short time, and then train troops according to the content in the book. In this way, six thousand soldiers can be trained within half a year.
Six hundred thousand people!”
"A true boy can be taught." Chongzhen touched Zhu Cijiong's little head affectionately. This boy's political sensitivity was far inferior to that of Zhu Cihong, but his military savvy was far better than that of his brother Nai.
Zhu Cijiong's words are on point. This is the power of the student soldiers.
Because student soldiers are literate and educated, they not only mature quickly, but also grow much faster, because every student soldier can serve as a grassroots officer.
With a little training, you can serve as a chief officer.
Let’s talk about the six thousand Qinwang scholars in front of us.
After going back and forth in the bloody water of Xuzhou battlefield for a few times, as long as three thousand soldiers survive, they can be sent back to their hometown to recruit troops. When the troops are gathered again, there will be an army of three hundred thousand!
These 300,000 people may not be as good as the Zhejiang soldiers and the white pole soldiers, but they will never be too different.
Supplemented by a large number of artillery and muskets, we will have the confidence to fight against Jiannu in the field.
By then, the Ming army would no longer have to huddle on the Huanghuai defense line and passively be beaten, but could be more proactive in launching a fierce counterattack against Jiannu.
From this perspective, the new performance book is really a treasure!
Of course, the new performance book printed and distributed by Chongzhen to Prince Qin was no longer the original new performance book.
On the basis of Qi Jiguang's work, Chongzhen deleted chapters such as "Long soldiers and short soldiers, short soldiers and long-term use", "Shefaquanjing" and "Bucheng weapons". He also made a lot of simplifications on military orders and rewards and punishments, but the essence was retained.
Chapter completed!