Chapter 823 Ezhou Steward
Training new recruits is not an easy job. Previously, the generals of the Hubei Northern Army took turns to go there. According to the original order, it would be Tan's turn this time.
Liang Cheng glared at Niu Manzi and said, "I think you are simple-minded. How can this be the same as before? Fifty thousand new soldiers, how can they be compared with the three to five thousand before?"
"But I..." Niu Manzi wanted to say something else, but at this time a group of people came in from outside the house, they were Tan Cheng and others.
"Greetings, General." The group saluted with fists.
Liang Cheng raised his hand and said, "No need for formalities. I called you here to ask if you have any thoughts on this new recruit training."
Niu Manzi's eyes widened. After all this time, it turned out that there were so many people responsible for the training of new recruits this time.
"General," Tan Cheng bowed, "There are a large number of new recruits this time, and many of them are from foreign tribes. Training them is indeed a difficult task. I'm afraid we need to change our previous methods."
"How to change?" Liang Cheng asked back.
Tan Cheng scratched his head awkwardly, his expression somewhat unnatural. "My subordinates and I have discussed this privately for several times, but we haven't come up with any good solution."
After all, they don't speak the same language, and it's really not easy to train more than 20,000 people.
Liang Cheng looked at Sheng Ze, "Cheng San, what do you think?"
Sheng Ze took two steps forward, one hand behind his back, and spoke calmly, "Training foreigners may seem difficult, but the military has its own rules. As long as the rules are set and they follow them, rewards will be given for good performance and punishments will be given for bad performance. No one can say no."
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the Dajin dialect. Select a model soldier from the army to perform standard movements, and the others can follow suit.
But this can only ensure that there are no mistakes in the training - the training of new recruits is not just about physical skills, the ideological aspects cannot be neglected either.
Without waiting for Liang Cheng to ask, Sheng Ze continued, "As for the ideological aspect, I think it can be divided into two parts. One is to use military deterrence, and the other is to give them language lessons. In the process of learning the Dajin language, they can also integrate the spiritual education of the Hubei North Army."
Sheng Ze still remembered that in the dream of Shen Qingqian's world, there was a new type of war called ideological war. The environment of Dajin was not suitable for such advanced things for the time being, but now if he wanted to completely subdue and integrate these captives, he could give it a try first.
"I'm good at training soldiers, but what is spiritual education?" Niu Manzi raised his hand and asked.
Liang Cheng and others understood Sheng Ze's meaning and were all in deep thought.
Niu Manzi's words made Zheng Shicheng smile faintly and said, "I can't help with the training, but if you want to teach the spirit of the Hubei Northern Army to those prisoners, I can give it a try."
He was a Confucian general who was proficient in both civil and military affairs. Naturally, he understood how important the spiritual education that Sheng Ze mentioned was to an army. Moreover, he was now the chief steward of Ezhou, and he could accomplish this task from a practical perspective.
Sheng Ze smiled when he heard this, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Zheng."
Originally, the best candidate in his mind was Zheng Shicheng. He was just thinking about how to ask him for help, but he didn't expect him to stand up on his own.
"It's not that hard. Ezhou is developing very rapidly nowadays, so we have to do our best." Zheng Shicheng said seriously.
Liang Cheng clenched his fist, patted Zheng Shicheng on the shoulder and said, "Yunzhi, thank goodness you're here!"
Fortunately, His Highness ignored his objection and specially brought Zheng Shicheng and his family to northern Hubei, otherwise they would not know how much of a headache they would be in now.
Shen Qingqian didn't know about what was happening in the army. Time soon came to the first day of September and Qingyun Academy started school.
"I was so busy yesterday that I forgot to update."
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