"How is this possible?" Lu Su was stunned on the spot. There were more than a thousand people, and Lu Su had picked out at least a hundred people. Among these hundred people, Lu Su had randomly picked them out. But these hundred people were all literate. Although they could only write like scribbles, they were all literate.
If these thousand people were all scholars, their number would be greater than the number of scholars in Jiangdong. Of course, they were still far inferior to real scholars. They only knew how to write and recognize a few words. However, these scholars had been reading the classics of the saints for decades. Their knowledge was much stronger than the City Guard's.
"Mister Lu Su, what do you think?" Cheng Yu stood on the side and said to Lu Su. Although these Urban Army soldiers were still illiterate, but that was only because they didn't understand some knowledge. For these few months, in addition to training, the Urban Army had been learning how to write and read. It can be said that the Urban Army was a group of uncouth people, so they were trying to learn how to write and read.
"What about them? What about them? " Lu Su pointed out a hundred names from the group of people who had taken a step forward. In the end, he realized that none of these people could not recognize the words he had written. Lu Su was not the kind of person to cheat. He did not write any rare words at all. He only wrote some common words, but this group of people could recognize all of them. Lu Su looked at the hundreds of people who had not stepped forward to say that they were illiterate and said.
"Li Erniu, step forward!" Chengyu looked at the person Lu Su pointed at and shouted to a City Guard below.
"Yes!" The City Guard named Li Erniu stepped forward and walked in front of Chengyu.
"Tell Mister, why didn't you take a step forward?" Chengyu asked Li Erniu loudly.
"Because … because I can't recognize all of them!" Li Erniu seemed to be a little ashamed. He stood in front of Chengyu and said embarrassedly.
"You can't recognize all of them?" Lu Su was stunned.
"Yes, I can only recognize some of the words this Mister wrote. There are more than ten words that I don't recognize!" Li Erniu touched his head and said embarrassedly.
"Only some? There are more than ten that you don't recognize?! " Lu Su looked at the words he had written on the paper. There were hundreds of words, but Li Erniu only said that he didn't recognize a dozen words. Even if these were ordinary words, with these words, he could write a letter.
"Sir, if you don't believe me, you can let Li Erniu identify it!" Chengyu pointed at Li Erniu and said indifferently.
This kind of expression made Huang Xu who was at the side want to laugh. This General Cheng was really too much. Their Urban Army almost had a falling out with the Lord because of this literacy. At that time, Cheng Yu was still in front of the Lord, saying that a soldier didn't need to know how to read, as long as he was obedient, it was fine. But after being punished by the Lord to wash clothes for a month, he slowly changed his mind. However, he was still cursing and swearing at the same time.
Now, in front of his old rival, Lu Su, Chengyu could finally hold his head high.
"There's no need!" Lu Su knew that since Chengyu had named him, Li Erniu would naturally recognize him. In addition, Li Erniu was the one who had been named by Lu Su. Lu Su's expression was as complicated as it could be.
This was because if Lu Su lost, he would have to apologize. In front of these two thousand people, in public, apologizing to this group of boorish people was simply too embarrassing.
"Mister Lu Su, you can ignore the General! He is just saying things out of anger! " Huang Xu stepped forward and said to Lu Su. One must know that Lu Su was the person named by the Lord. If this person didn't join Liu Mang's army, it would be fine. If he joined Liu Mang's army, then the Lord would definitely put him in an important position. This Chengyu had offended a colleague for no reason. If this Lu Su was talented, then it wasn't impossible for him to embarrass Chengyu. Huang Xu was giving both sides a way out.
"Mister Lu Su, the City Guard is taught to read and write by the Lord. A few months ago, we might be a group of boorish people who didn't know how to read, but now, each and every one of us knows a few hundred words. However, we only know how to read. It is still difficult for us to write!" Liu Mang had given the City Guard a strict order. All the City Guard, starting from the soldiers, must know a few hundred words and be able to read letters. As for the sergeants, they must know how to write. Not much, but at the very least, they must be able to recognize the number of enemies and the like. After that, it would be the captains, a hundred generals, and a thousand generals. A thousand generals must be able to write letters and understand maps. Otherwise, how could they march and fight?
All of this was set by Liu Mang before he left. If anyone couldn't complete the task, they would be demoted. If a thousand people couldn't complete the task, they would be demoted to a hundred. If a hundred people couldn't complete the task, they would be demoted to a captain. If a captain couldn't complete the task, they would be demoted to a sergeant. If a sergeant couldn't complete the task, they would be demoted to a soldier. The City Guard wouldn't be able to keep them. They would be kicked out of the City Guard and transferred to the Garrison Army.
This Li Erniu used to be a hundred-man general, but now he was demoted to a corporal. This was because Li Erniu had a lot of strength and was a fierce soldier. Otherwise, he would have been beaten to the ground.
"Your Lord?!" Lu Su didn't understand. Why would a group of soldiers need to read and write? This was not in line with Lu Su's thinking. As a soldier, it was fine as long as they could understand orders. Commanding a battle was the general's job. Many generals were illiterate. Were these soldiers going to be clerks if they could read? Obviously, they couldn't.
"Earlier, our Lord said that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier. You can ask around. Who doesn't want to be a general? Li Erniu, tell me. Do you want to be a general? "Chengyu shouted at Li Erniu.
"Yes, I want to be a general even in my dreams!" Li Erniu's voice was loud and clear. Being a general meant having a good life. Among the other vassals, the position of general was basically predetermined. It was either a descendant of a noble family or a nephew of a general. An ordinary soldier wanting to be a general was like daydreaming.
However, it was different in the City Guard. As long as you had the ability, you would be given the opportunity to be a general. It could even be said that the people released by the City Guard were all able to become officers.
"If you want to be a general, you must first read and write?!" Lu Su was really surprised by the slogan of Urban Army. Indeed, a general, in addition to martial arts, also needs to be able to strategize. Reading and writing is a must.
However, the thousands of people in the City Guard were all going to be generals? How many troops did Yangzhou have that they needed so many generals?
Huang Xu did not say much because this was related to Yangzhou's secret. "Teacher, these people are all going to be generals in the future!" Liu Mang did not train the City Guard to be a trump card or elite troop. Liu Mang had the Black Flag Army, the Yiyang Soldiers, the Xiliang Cavalry, the White Horse Cavalry, and his father-in-law's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Formation Breaker. These elite troops were enough. What Liu Mang needed now was not to let the City Guard charge and break through enemy lines, but to train them as a training camp. According to Huang Xu, these people were really going to be generals.
These people are the reserve generals. Liu Mang's Yangzhou's 300,000 reserve soldiers are being reorganized. If it is not a war, then Yangzhou has enough soldiers and horses, so there is no need for them to go to war. But if there is a large scale battle, then these 300,000 soldiers will not be inferior to any other soldiers and horses. This is because 100 of them came from the Urban Army. Taking over these soldiers and horses will certainly make these reserve soldiers and horses look brand new.
The City Guard was equivalent to a military academy. Liu Mang asked Lu Su to come here to teach the City Guard the art of war. In Yangzhou, those who were proficient in the art of war basically had things to do.
Xu Shu commanded the entire Yangzhou and was extremely busy. Huang Zhong had to command the 300,000 reserve troops to train. Zhang Liao had to help Liu Mang expand his territory. Furthermore, these generals did not know how to teach. Originally, Liu Mang wanted to send Jia Xu back because the matter in Jingzhou was almost over. However, now that Lu Su was captured, he would make use of the trash and let Lu Su, the future Governor of Jiangdong, be a proper teacher of the City Guard.
"Five thousand generals?" Lu Su muttered to himself. Yangzhou had a very big plan, and it was also a very big ambition.
"Therefore, Teacher, you do not need to be angry with the generals. In my opinion, let's just forget about it. Teacher, please continue with the lesson. We will just listen. " Huang Xu was still trying to ease the conflict between the two. Chengyu did not want to let it go. However, after being stopped by Huang Xu, he finally thought it through. Why should he be angry with Lu Su? He was already a prisoner. Why should he not be magnanimous?
"No!" Chengyu was about to give up, but Lu Su shook his head and stood up. "No!"
"Teacher, you still don't believe me?" Chengyu snorted. He thought that Lu Su still did not want to give up. He thought that they were a bunch of uncouth people who could not read. "If Teacher still does not believe me, I can also gather the remaining three thousand City Guard soldiers." Because of the limited space, there were only two thousand City Guard soldiers. If Lu Su did not believe him, Chengyu could gather the remaining three thousand to show Lu Su.
"There is no need." Lu Su shook his head. Lu Su could see that these two thousand soldiers were not scholars. Looking at their weathered skin, he knew that they were real soldiers and not scholars who stayed in the house. Not to mention what Chengyu said, that the entire City Guard was literate, even if there were only two thousand people, it was already very impressive. Therefore, Lu Su did not doubt it at all.
Lu Su tidied up his sleeves. He removed all the wrinkles on his body and straightened his attire.
"Teacher, what are you doing?" Huang Xu did not understand and asked Lu Su.
Lu Su walked to the front of the stage and looked at the thousands of soldiers below. The thousands of soldiers below also looked at Lu Su. They wanted to see who the teacher who was sent by their lord to teach them was and what he wanted to do.
On the stage, Lu Su suddenly bent down and cupped his fists. He directly bowed to the thousands of soldiers below.
"Hua Hua Hua!" The soldiers below were boiling because when the military advisor sent someone to say this, he said that Lu Su was a famous scholar of the present age, a talented teacher, and told them not to neglect him. However, this famous scholar actually bowed to them. What was going on?
"The ignorant people of Jiangdong apologize to the generals!" Lu Su was indeed an honest person in history. He was a man of his words. A man without integrity would not know what to do. A man with integrity would get twice the result with half the effort.
Chengyu looked at the bowing Lu Su on the stage. He finally understood why the Lord sent him to teach the City Guard. In the past, Chengyu might have complained about such an enemy. But now, he understood how terrifying such an enemy was. Now, they had to turn this terrifying enemy into their own. The City Guard would once again become a sharp sword in the Lord's hand, a sword that could expand the territory and stabilize the country for the Lord.
"Let's go!" Chengyu said to Huang Xu.
"Huh?" Huang Xu was stunned. Chengyu wanted to leave? Where to?
"To find a seat and listen to Teacher Lu Su's lecture!" Chengyu smiled and said to Huang Xu.
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