Chapter 146: Inspiring Generals
There will never be a shortage of elite soldiers in this era, such as tiger and leopard cavalry, such as white horse loyal followers, and such as trapped in the camp.
There will never be a shortage of elite soldiers. As long as you are willing to spend money and resources, there will always be results.
But since the elite soldiers of this era have their limitations, they are too demanding of the generals' abilities.
Of course, all armies in this era need to rely on the ability of generals. This is the limitation of the era. Ma Di did not dare to think that he could rewrite the art of war.
But in Ma Su's view, elite music often requires its own subjective initiative. After all, you are using such good resources and spending a lot of money to invest in combat power. It is still a big loss to just obey orders.
Not only do you need to understand how to execute commands, but the most important thing is to learn how to execute commands perfectly in a better way.
Moreover, the loyalty of elite soldiers is also a problem. Most of the time, they only listen to those who pay military salaries.
"Such an elite soldier is equivalent to a puppet with infinite strength, and can only rely on the ability of the person who pulls the strings to exert its own value. These are not elite soldiers in my opinion, they are just soldiers who can fight."
Ma Su made his own evaluation of this, and his attitude was as firm as ever. Zhuge Liang was in a daze for a moment, feeling that this scene was so familiar.
Hmm... He's still the same Ma Su who likes to brag. He hasn't changed at all.
"So what does this have to do with priests' writing and literacy?" Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows and said lightly, fanning his fan gently.
"Of course it does matter, and it matters a lot!" Ma Su looked serious, and his expression suddenly became serious.
"I would like to ask, Prime Minister, if I give you one hundred thousand gentlemen from Luoyang Imperial Academy who are good at conquering and fighting, will your Northern Expedition be easier?"
"They will destroy my big man's logistics." Zhuge Liang said obediently.
Ma Su: Embarrassed
"In fact, many times, elite soldiers know a little bit about the art of war, and they can always bring you some surprises."
"For example, when I was training to suppress the Qiang in Anding County, the soldiers below would send me several big flags with the word "Wei" on them every now and then."
"Although it won't be long before General Wen Chang sends someone to ask for his return. But this is enough to show that allowing elite soldiers to read and digitize will improve their combat effectiveness, even to a high level!"
Don't worry about whose flag you grab, just say whether the subjective initiative is strong or not.
"Furthermore, elite soldiers are owned by the country, and they should understand the importance of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. If they cannot read or write, and do not understand what filial piety, loyalty, trust, propriety, justice, and shame are, they will be no different from ordinary soldiers."
"In this way, once there is a wolf with disloyal intentions, the elites trained with great pains by the Han Dynasty may attack the imperial court itself!"
Ma Su is not a visionary, at least he is not the kind of cerebral palsy who dares to call everyone equal in the Three Kingdoms. But while accepting and embracing reality, Ma Su still has some ideas of his own.
For example, Lao Ma really wanted to try cultivating elites and giving them faith. Making a group of Qiang and Di soldiers understand that they are loyal and patriotic, and swear allegiance to the Han Dynasty to the death is a very good goal in Ma Su's opinion.
After all, Ma Su had always wanted to commit suicide, but he still wanted to leave something for the Prime Minister and the Shu Han before committing suicide. And try to find ways to cultivate some talents as much as possible. Even if the prime minister can't use them, the Shu Han Northern Expedition will not be reduced to the point where only Jiang Wei can take the lead.
And this method of elite soldiers is the answer given by Ma Di.
"Do you have any basis for your art of war?" Zhuge Liang was interested for a moment, and he wanted to use his feather fan to light Ma Di and say,
"You can always come up with something new for me."
Of course, Ma Su's idea this time is still a bit whimsical, but it does have merit.
In this era, various wealthy families control knowledge very strictly. Even the art of war is not something that ordinary people can learn, so no one has ever tried it.
You can’t teach it to your own family, so how can you teach others?
Of course, it is not completely impossible. Many wealthy families will teach their private soldiers to be loyal to the family when training them. Some generals who attempt to rebel may cultivate their own soldiers as party members.
But those are all for self-interest. I have never seen anyone like Ma Su who teaches soldiers and soldiers to be loyal and patriotic to the point of being able to read and write.
Whether this is useful or not, Zhuge Liang can't tell. But it does sound like that, and Ma Su is right.
Unfortunately, the cost is still too high. If every soldier could receive education...
Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes and shook his head to get rid of this idea.
If you can't do it, you absolutely can't do it.
"So how confident are you that you can train an elite who is loyal to the big man?" Zhuge Liang put aside his whimsical thoughts and asked calmly.
"I don't know. I am also trying this set of tactics myself. After all, I just thought about it when I was bored when I didn't want to engage in military affairs..."
"Huh?" Zhuge Liang suddenly stopped and looked at the sword hanging beside him.
"An immortal entrusted me with a dream and gave me a book on the Art of War. He said that I am a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Take this book to support the Han Dynasty." Ma Su trembled, quickly became serious, and said in a serious manner.
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In the end, Ma Di was kicked out by Zhuge Liang, and he was ordered to deal with military affairs honestly first.
Don't let the deputy general be responsible for everything, and you have never been able to command a large army in combat. How will you, Ma Su, take over the responsibility of military power in the Shu Han in the future?
In addition, Zhuge Liang also gave Ma Su an extremely difficult task.
Stimulating the opponent Lu Xun, he couldn't hold back and took the initiative to fight.
"Stimulate Lu Xun to take the initiative to fight? This is much more difficult than asking Zhao Kuo to defeat Bai Qi." Ma Di was very dissatisfied, seeing Zhuge Liang's attitude and he was very confident in him.
This means that since you, Ma Su, can stimulate Hao Zhao to take the initiative to fight and have to kill you, you can also stimulate Lu Xun.
Isn't this pure slander? No one in the world knows that I, Ma Di, am a gentleman.
"Forget it, send people to spread this news. Whether Lu Xun is willing to fight depends on the sky."
Ma Su waved his hand, casually wrote a few short stories on the paper, and ordered the soldiers to find a way to spread them.
"By the way, send someone to deliver a box of gifts to the Governor of Soochow."
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"Ma Su wants to give me a gift?" Lu Xun frowned and looked at the messenger in front of him.
"That's right, General Fenwei has come to give you a gift after seeing that you are holding on impregnably, Commander-in-Chief." The envoy nodded and replied.
Lu Xun frowned, his intuition telling him that Ma Su was up to something.
It has been more than two months since the Shu army and the Wu army faced each other, and there has been no improvement in the situation. Not only that, the Shu army also continued to sneak attacks on their camp, and heard that Cao Wei's main force had entered and exited, and planned to take the opportunity to attack Yangzhou.
At this time, Ma Di sent someone here, probably not to stimulate him.
Looking at the box in front of him, Lu Xun thought for a while before taking it over and opening it himself to see what it was.
Since it's a gift for the coach, I guess it's not dangerous.
"What did General Han Fenwei give you?" Lu Xun asked as he opened the box.
"General Fenwei's favorite horse is full of horse dung!" the envoy replied fluently.
Lawrence Lu's hand when opening the box froze, and the box in his hand suddenly felt heavier.