Chapter 712: Teaching the Juliu Military Strategy! [4600]

Qingdeng's Lei Lifeng used Yuan Shenqi to be startled.

After regaining consciousness, he immediately said:

"Yes, yes! Please come with me!"

As he spoke, he turned sideways and made a "please" gesture to Qingden.

Hijikata Toshizo followed closely beside Aoto.

The two of them strode toward the depths of the village, closely surrounded by the heads of the "ten families with a thousand people".

Judging from the appearance, Yuan Shenqi is about 42 or 3 years old, in his prime.

Although his beard and hair are half white, he is full of energy, his face is red, his breath is long, and his steps are steady and powerful. You can tell at a glance that he is a martial arts practitioner.

The Eight Princes are divided into 10 groups, that is, 10 troops.

The "Ten Families of Thousands of People" serve as commanders of these 10 troops respectively.

Although nominally speaking, the status of the "Top Ten Families of a Thousand People" is equivalent, in fact, their actual status is slightly different.

Their family income ranges from 200 to 500 shi, which is an enviable figure for the average local wealthy family.

Among them, the one with the richest family income and the highest status belongs to the original family.

Therefore, the original family often plays the role of the talker of "ten families among a thousand people".

Suddenly, Qingdeng asked Yuan Shenqi:

"Mr. Yuan, you... no, how many troops do we have currently?"

Yuan Shenqi replied without thinking:

"We currently have a total of 2,173 adults of suitable age!"

"If we bite the bullet during wartime, we can mobilize approximately 2,500 warriors."

2,500 troops... This is much more than Qingdeng expected.

It is said that "thousands of people work together", but its scale cannot remain unchanged forever.

After more than two hundred years of reproduction and reproduction, their total military strength has naturally exceeded a thousand people.

Qingdeng then asked:

"How much grain do we have in storage right now? How much fodder? How many horses?"

Yuan Shenqi’s response was still swift:

"We currently have a total of 3,282 stones of grain, 1,547 stones of fodder, and 82 horses, including 51 pack horses and 31 rideable war horses."

"Where are the weapons?"

"4145 knives, 1389 side swords, 357 three-room guns, 28 longbows, and 12 iron cannons."

Having said this, Yuan Shenqi turned sideways and winked at someone behind him.

This person was quite eye-catching. After noticing the other person's eyes, he immediately picked up the black book in his hand and handed it to Yuan Shenqi with both hands.

This is an incredibly thick leather book.

At first glance, it looked like a city brick. The cover was badly damaged and the paper was yellowed.

Yuan Shenqi changed hands and handed the big book to Qingdeng.

"Lord Nioh, this is our account book since January last year. Please take a look at it."

Qingdeng reached out to take it, spread it out, flipped the pages, and read quickly.

Under the combined influence of his talents of "concentration" and "photographic memory", his reading speed and digestion speed are extremely fast.

As he watched, he continued to question Yuan Shenqi - the talent "fighting left and right", activated - effortlessly multitasking.

The questions he asked covered all aspects.

From annual training time to daily eating habits.

From the harvest situation in recent years to whether there are strangers wandering here with strange behavior in recent days.

Faced with all kinds of strange questions raised by Qingdeng, Yuan Shenqi answered them accurately and calmly.

At the same time that Qingdeng finished asking, the account book in his hand also turned to the last page.

"...Well, thank you for your hard work."

Qingdeng gave Yuan Shenqi a look of praise, and his facial lines relaxed slightly.

Regarding Yuan Shenqi... no, Qingdeng was very satisfied with the current performance of "Thousand Head Ten".

He was used to seeing the shogunate bureaucrats sitting back and enjoying themselves, and he was also used to seeing their incompetence.

It has been a long time since he met such an official who was willing to do practical work and neither played football nor did Tai Chi. It really surprised him and he was not used to it.

Not to mention anything else, just this thick account book with detailed records is enough to show the care and attentiveness of "Ten Families of Thousand People".

The contents of the account books are recorded in very detailed and professional manner.

When the grain, grass and weapons were put into the warehouse and when they were taken out of the warehouse; how much grain was left last month and how much grain was used this month... everything was recorded clearly.

Any question that is thrown... even if it is a very tricky question, Yuan Shenqi, as the "talker", can answer it immediately.

It's obvious - they are not mediocre people who sit on their bodies and eat nothing.

They are indeed managing thousands of people with one mind seriously.

At this time, the group of people had reached the depths of the village.

Gray-brown hay roofs, dark stone brick walls, compacted dirt roads, intermittent grinding sounds...

Qingdeng turned around and looked carefully at the closely arranged cottages on the left and right sides, one next to another.

It has a roof, walls, and windows that are airtight... Judging from the average rural standards of this era, this is already a fairly wealthy village.

The number of villagers I met along the way gradually increased, most of them were old, weak, women and children.

At this time, the strong men are either farming in the fields or honing their military skills in the martial arts field.

Seeing Qingdeng and others, the villagers along the way consciously stepped back to the roadside, saluting respectfully while quietly looking at Qingdeng.

"Which one is Nioh-sama?"

"Of course, the most conspicuous one."

"So tall... worthy of being a powerful general."

"I never thought that we would have the day to fight side by side with the legendary 'Niou' Tachibana Aoto."

"Under the command of Niou, we will definitely be able to make great achievements."

Aoto has a significant influence in the Kanto region.

Hachioji is located in the heart of Kanto and is deeply influenced by Edo culture.

Therefore, the thousands of children who are of the same mind naturally admire Aoto deeply.

Aoto silently scanned his eyes and observed the villagers around him in detail.

Gradually, as if he had noticed something, he frowned slightly without making a sound.

...

...

Soon, under the leadership of Hara Sanqi, Aoto and Hijikata Toshizo arrived at a large flat open space behind the village.

On the open ground, hundreds of young men holding bamboo spears were arranged in a crooked square formation, looking forward, ready to go.

A middle-aged man holding a military lance in his hand stood at the back of the military formation.

Suddenly, he raised the military lance in his hand and shouted:

"Thrust!"

The next moment, the young men in the formation roared in disorder and thrust their spears straight forward.

Then, the middle-aged man turned the military lance in his hand and shouted again:

"Change the formation!"

After receiving the new order from the middle-aged man, the young men immediately put away their bamboo spears, ran in a disorderly order, and spread into two groups, moving to the left and right sides respectively - it was the classic "Crane Wing Formation".

In order to build the Shinsengumi, Qing Deng had roughly studied the military strategies of various schools in Japan in order to collect inspiration.

Therefore, Qing Deng recognized at a glance: they were practicing the Koshu-ryu military tactics.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the shogunate, was beaten up by Takeda Shingen (Battle of Mikatagahara).

When Tokugawa Ieyasu was running away in a hurry, he even pulled his pants on the saddle. When he was discovered, in order to ease the embarrassment (he was stubborn), he said that it was not shit, but miso soup, which became a "good story".

Perhaps because he was beaten, Tokugawa Ieyasu has always admired the military tactics of the Takeda family...that is, the Koshu-ryu military tactics.

After the demise of the Takeda family, Tokugawa Ieyasu actively absorbed the remaining retainers of Takeda and actively learned the Koshu-ryu military tactics to realize the "Takedaization" of the Tokugawa army.

Therefore, for this reason, after the Tokugawa family won the world, the Koshu-ryu military tactics have always had an extremely unusual and lofty status in the military academic community.

The Hachioji Thousand People's Heart has a deep connection with the Takeda family.

Many of their ancestors were the remaining retainers of the Takeda family.

In this way, the Koshu-ryu military tactics have always been the "training template" and "military construction textbook" of the Hachioji Thousand People's Heart.

The young men were practicing enthusiastically... Qing Deng watched expressionlessly...

After a while, he raised his eyes and looked further away - in the open space on the other side, a group of teenagers were waving bamboo swords with great enthusiasm.

The ages of these teenagers were between 12 and 18 years old.

A young man carried a bamboo sword and walked back and forth to check their expressions and movements.

Whenever a teenager did not perform the movements correctly or was not focused, he would immediately shout angrily:

"Use your waist! Use force!"

"Don't shake your legs! Stand firm!"

"You can't fight the enemy in such a weak state!"

...

In the open space farther away, a group of younger children were playing "Red and White Battle".

"Follow me! Hit hard! Defeat them!"

"Wow!"

These children, who were not even as tall as the bamboo swords, could only use branches as weapons.

The countryside was obviously not rich enough to use a large number of porcelain bowls for games.

So, the children ingeniously smeared mud on the branches. Whoever got mud on his body was out.

Qing Deng stood with his hands behind his back, watching all this quietly.

Around him - Yuan Canqi and others all held their breath and waited eagerly for Qing Deng's comments.

About half a minute later, Qing Deng finally spoke.

He whispered faintly:

"Yuan Jun, our boys... are too thin."

"And the training level is really mediocre."

Qing Deng originally thought that the thousands of people who grew up in a wealthy area would be stronger.

Unexpectedly... compared to ordinary farmers, they are not much stronger.

As early as when he entered the village just now, Qing Deng discovered this from the appearance of the villagers.

Pale face, thin body, skinny, without two pounds of flesh...

With such a body shape, what kind of combat power can they have?

In addition, their training level is far below Qing Deng's expectations.

Slow movements, slow running speed... they can't even form the simplest "square formation".

In short, although the world praises the unity of the eight princes, after seeing it with their own eyes, their actual combat power did not meet Qing Deng's expectations.

After listening to Qing Deng's brief comments, Yuan Canqi was stunned at first, and then sighed heavily.

"Lord Niwang, it is understandable that you have such an opinion..."

"In fact, we have long noticed the problem you raised."

"The reason why the boys have become thin is that the days in recent years have been too difficult."

"I don't know why, since several years ago, our income has dropped sharply."

"The hard-grown food and hard-woven cloth can never be sold at a good price."

“With less income and no more good food to eat, the body naturally becomes thinner.”

“In order to maintain their family’s livelihood, the young men had to take up other jobs such as umbrella making and shoemaking besides farming.”

"As a result, the training time of the boys will naturally be reduced a lot."

"The training time is shortened and the combat effectiveness is weakened."

After listening to Yuan Shenqi's explanation, Qingdeng immediately pursed his lips in deep thought.

What the other party said cannot be ignored.

The reason for the "sharp drop in income" mainly involves a series of complex issues such as "Western countries dumping goods to Japan".

This problem cannot be solved perfectly by just one or two measures.

At this moment, Hijikata Suisan on the side suddenly interjected:

"Still, they still have merit."

He said and smiled.

"Their morale is very high and their fighting spirit is high."

"With this kind of morale and fighting spirit, it is more than enough to defeat those useless direct disciples."

Qingden raised his eyebrows, then smiled and echoed:

"Well, you're right."

The disciples of Zhishen, who were full of food all day long and only knew how to eat, drink, whore and gamble, were at the bottom of the contempt chain of the shogunate.

Even a commoner can grin his lips and show disdain, and laugh at the incompetence of the direct disciples.

After chatting and laughing, Qingdeng collected himself, regained his composure, and put on a serious tone again:

"Yuanjun, from now on, thousands of people will not practice the Koshu-style military strategy together."

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Shenqi and others were stunned.

Before they could ask any questions, Qingdeng reached into his arms, took out a medium-thick book, and handed it to Yuan Shenqi.

"From today on, thousands of people will train together according to what is written in this book."

Yuan Shen blinked vigorously a few times and took the book with both hands.

I saw four big Chinese characters written on the cover of this book——

"Juliu... military strategy?"

Yuan Shenqi recited it word by word.

Qingdeng nodded lightly.

"This is a military strategy book written by me based on what I have learned, seen, thought, and my own actual experience."

"Times have changed, and the Koshu-style military strategy is no longer suitable for today's wars."

"Only by learning the military tactics in my book can you be successful on the battlefield in the future!"

After Yuan Shenqi listened blankly, he slowly opened the military book in his hand.

"Military posture? Discipline? Keeping tidy?"

He was both fresh and surprised by all the contents in the book.

Although Seito is already a general in charge of two armies at the same time, to him, the importance of the Shinsengumi is naturally far greater than the unity of a thousand people.

In other words, Qingteng could not stay in the Eight Princes for a long time, nor could he keep an eye on Qianren Tongxin all the time.

In this case, we can only write an art of war to guide "thousands of people and ten families" to build a brand new army.

The old-fashioned Koshu-ryu art of war must no longer be used.

Due to various considerations, Seito decided to let the thousand people work together to use the same training methods as the Shinsengumi.

That is to say, starting from the "military posture" training, focusing on discipline training.

First of all, this kind of military training method is effective.

Secondly, the two armies can maintain the same training methods to facilitate unified command in the future.

If one day in the future it is necessary for the Shinsengumi to launch a joint operation with Thousands of People, only by receiving the same training content can the two armies be more quickly integrated.

A while ago, Qingdeng took advantage of his vacation to rush out a book called "Juliu Military Strategy".

Qingdeng is quite familiar with writing this book.

He had already written a book when the Shinsengumi first came to Los Angeles.

The problem of income and food for thousands of people is a big problem that is difficult to solve.

Aomori's current financial resources are not enough to support him in reproducing the Shinsengumi's food and treatment to thousands of people.

Therefore, this matter can only be put on hold for the time being.

When our financial resources increase in the future and we become richer, we will gradually solve the problem of feeding thousands of people!

At this stage, it doesn't matter if the combat power of Thousands of People United is slightly lower.

Originally, Qingdeng didn't expect that a thousand people working together would be a strong iron-blooded army that would win every battle and capture every attack.

Qingdeng's only requirement for thousands of people to unite is a qualified defense force.

As long as they can fight a good defensive battle, block the enemy's front, and secure the Koshu Pass, Qingdeng will be satisfied.

We don't expect them to attack, let alone what a brilliant record they can achieve on the battlefield.

Mega Battlefield——This is the mission of the Shinsengumi!

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