warring states careerist

Chapter 362
King Shuqing's words attracted a lot of discussion. Not many of them were musketeers before, and most of them were original spearmen.

After a while, Shi said: "It's not just you who can't use it, many people don't know how to use it. In fact, a few years ago, there was no such thing as a gun in this world. Who is born with it?"

"Let's just talk about you. If someone told you ten years ago that you could get within five feet of King Chu in the future, would you believe it? At that time, not to mention King Chu, he was just a doctor. I'm afraid you would think that Is it high in the sky and untouchable? So, nothing is impossible, learn it!"

These words seemed to be ridiculed, but they were actually a compliment, and he found out in public the one thing that King Shuqing was most proud of so far, and he felt extremely at ease.

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Shi said again: "This is a settled matter, no matter what it is, you must accept it and do it well. No problem, right?"

King Shuqing hurriedly replied: "No problem, but... it may be more difficult."

Shi Shi waved his hands and smiled: "This is another matter. There must be difficulties, but you are a Mohist. For the benefit of the world, you are willing to be a Mohist who is a pioneer of four horses. Two things must be clearly distinguished , since you say you want to do it, then don’t say that you can’t do it, but think about how to do it well, don’t you think so?”

To do it or not to do it, and to do it with some difficulty are indeed two different things.

King Shuqing thought for a while, then got up and said, "Yes, we must do our best. There is only one thing, I don't quite understand, the previous volunteer musketeers, each brigade only had two companies...how come the seventh brigade has four companies? ?”

This is not his own doubts, many people also have this question.

The firearms of the Mo family are very primitive and heavy. There are more than one or two lead bullets, and a matchlock gun weighs nearly [-] to [-] catties.

Coupled with the sixty lead bullets carried on the body, two matchlocks, twelve gunpowder in small clay pots, and a wooden fork for shooting, this is not something that one person can carry.

In addition, the elite Sword and Shield Beichengmen of the Mohist School were assigned to various companies as spearmen, and the Sword and Shield soldiers were reduced sharply. The cavalry had just formed and had not yet expanded, and the flanks were very dangerous.After the spearmen took part in the battle, many of the musketeer's lieutenants needed to be guest swordsmen, so they were in groups of two.

After a while, Shi said: "Today is what I want to talk about. In the newly established brigades, the muskets no longer use the original [-]-jin heavy muskets. Instead, the projectiles are reduced, and the weight is about [-] catties. In the future, there will be no musketeer auxiliary soldiers, and a company will be all musketeers."

"For leather armor, even smaller bullets can kill people. Those heavy muskets are mainly used against chariots. One or two more bullets are effective on four-horse chariots, but if they hit those peasants wearing leather armor Soldiers are wasted."

"Yue people are not strong in chariot warfare, the strongest is the Junzi army fighting on foot."

King Shuqing recalled the bulky musket used by the righteous teacher in the past, and after thinking about it, he thought it was really the case.

Nowadays, those who wear leather armor are already elite soldiers. Many peasants, soldiers and soldiers do not have armor. If they are hit by such a heavy lead shot, they will definitely die, but if they are smaller, they will also die.

He also agreed with Shi's words. Ten years later, who has seen a musket?Musketeers are not born naturally, although it is difficult, you just have to work hard.

He still doesn't know about the series of changes in the military system and military thinking involved in this, and he doesn't know the reform thinking that the volunteers are going to use spears as shields and muskets as the main damage, at least not yet fully understood.

After Shi said a few more words, King Shuqing knew that the expansion of the army this time had more than doubled the number of volunteers in Pei County.

Originally there were only four brigades in service, but Pei County has expanded to eight brigades in total, and all the existing volunteer divisions that have been established have been dismantled.

But it is not as simple as dividing into two, except that Pei County has expanded to eight brigades, Pengcheng has five brigades, Liuyi and Tengguo have a total of three brigades, and there are sixteen brigades for the infantry of the Volunteer Division. Twenty-four thousand people.

Except for the volunteer teachers of 4000 people, as well as the Mo teachers controlled by the Mohists themselves, all of them are willing to join for the benefit of the world. This is not a penny or a ration of the finance of the Pei County Government, it is completely paid by the Mohists themselves Money added, the proportion of Mohist inside is higher.

There are not many ink masters, only 500 in total.These included 500 cavalry, a brigade of elite infantry, and 800 "sappers"—mainly full-time miners who dug pits and tunnels in the city walls.

The artillery is all controlled by the Mohists. In theory, the volunteers in counties and towns do not have artillery.

The elite swords and shields of several companies are mainly rangers and wanderers who are devoted to the great cause of benefiting the world, and have nothing to do with Pei County.

Artillery cavalry and the like, when King Shuqing retreated, he didn't know their strength.

But the infantry brigade among the ink masters, King Shuqing was sure that it was the elite among the elite, the proportion of ink masters in it was extremely high, and the recruits were all young people from all over the world who were eager to benefit the world.

In King Shuqing's view, this brigade of infantry can completely fight against chariots and keep the formation stable, and it is usually used as a reserve team or when there is any problem with the flanks.

After a little calculation of the scale of this battle, King Shuqing was also a little shocked. So the Mo family will gather more than [-] people in this battle. Even though he doesn't know too much, he also understands that this is what the Mo family can mobilize. of all the strength.

Moreover, this kind of mobilization is at the cost of suspending or even reducing people's lives, and cannot last.

Sure enough, King Shuqing soon heard Shi talk about this issue.

"This battle can only be won but not defeated. Once defeated, the princes of the world will covet this place. Their rules are different from ours, and they will not allow such rules here. Besides, let you pay taxes to those princes You would not want the nobles to be their salaries. This is a contradiction, an irreconcilable contradiction."

"You all already know why you want to fight. I won't say more. If you fight well and win, in the next ten or even twenty years, Yue will no longer covet it."

"Now there are only a hundred soldiers in this brigade, but in the future, some active soldiers and some retired old soldiers will be added."

"If you don't know how to use muskets, you will learn how to use them; the new recruits can't maintain their formation, everyone has come from that time; food, clothes, weapons and weapons, don't bother you... If you have any questions, let's talk now come out."

"It's already September. In my opinion, this battle will definitely be fought before next summer, which means there are still ten months at most."

"No matter what, after ten months, the Seventh Brigade must meet the various assessment standards. The assessment standards will be issued later. This is the top priority."

"As a Mohist, it's for the benefit of the world. As a commoner, it's for the continuation of such a good life. If you have any ideas, say it now."

King Shuqing thought about the task he was assigned to be the Mohist representative of the company, and he felt a little nervous.

This is not a new thing, as a member of the old volunteer division, he is familiar with the Mohist military system, no matter how he was Sima Chief, when he was Sima Chief, the company also had Mohist representatives.

What he was worried about was that he couldn't do well...

Because in his opinion, the company representative of the Mohist family is absolutely beyond what ordinary people can do.

To be able to fight, to be able to convince the crowd, to be excellent in all aspects of training, these are just the most basic things.

To organize the people in the company to learn literacy, to organize some learning after the training is over, to charge forward when fighting, and to stay behind when retreating. This is also the most basic thing.

These, he thought to himself, could still do it. He didn't know much about literacy, but he was more than those recruits, and some special people would be sent from the brigade to teach them.

Not only literacy, but also a series of things such as farming, workshops, handicrafts, etc., and learning must be organized every now and then.

King Shuqing did great things in the village by relying on what he had learned, and opened a paper-making workshop, which he always agreed with.

The Xuanyi Department has always said before that wars are for the sake of not fighting in the future, and military service is for the sake of children and grandchildren. After all, it is for "benefiting the world" and "benefiting the people's livelihood", so there are many things to learn in the army.

If you can fight, convince the crowd, and not be afraid of death, King Shuqing feels that he can do it.

However, there are more things, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to do it.

Because, the company representatives he used to be in the righteous division were all old Mohists for many years, and there were even people who followed the giant to travel around the world.

They also have to reason with the people in the company.

Talk about why to fight, talk about the morality of Mohism, talk about what is a paradise, talk about what is meant by the ministers of the sky and everyone is equal, talk about honoring the virtuous rather than attacking...

But also, why can everyone be equal?Why Shangxian?Why non-attack?Why synonymous...

And continue to develop many soldiers to join the Mohists and become Mohists.

King Shuqing felt that these things were too difficult for him. If he just rushed forward and retreated without fear of death, he felt that there was no problem in doing it, it was nothing more than death.

However, the Mo family didn't care about life and death at all, but they cared about those "reasons". He felt that it was too difficult for him to do these things well.

If you don't understand the truth, you can't be a good representative, especially a representative in the army. He knows this very well.

Representatives at all levels have the final authority to mobilize soldiers to oppose officers' orders that "violate the interests of the world."

If you don't have a thorough understanding of what constitutes "the righteousness of benefiting the world", then it is impossible to talk about the most important authority, let alone do it well.

Using the nine numbers he learned in the military high school, he did a little calculation, and he also knew that the current situation was really helpless.

Each company must have at least five Mohists, which is the minimum. Now that the army has expanded to [-] brigades, at least [-] Mohist are needed.

A few years ago, the number of Mohists was only 500, King Shuqing knew this.In addition to the army, there are also government, workshops, mining and metallurgy, finance and goods, Xuanyi and other departments, and there are also many Mohist.Even in the army, among the more than 3000 people controlled by the Mohists, the Mohist proportion is even higher.

Counting only the representatives of Mohists at the first level of the company and above, it will take 300 people. It is impossible for those old Mohists who have followed Juzi for many years to serve in the army. King Shuqing knows that this is also a way to drive ducks to the shelves .

But just like what Shi said just now, it is one thing to obey the orders of the Mohists, but it is another thing to overcome many difficulties in the process of doing so.

So, he got up and asked: "I don't know, how can I be the Mohist representative of this company."

(End of this chapter)