Therefore, for this reason, after the Tokugawa family conquered the world, Koshu-ryu art of war has always had an unusually high status in military circles.

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

The ancestors of many of them were descendants of the Takeda family.

In this way, Koshu-ryu military law has always been the "template for military training" and the "textbook for building an army" for the Hachioji and thousands of people.

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

After a while, he raised his gaze and looked further into the distance - in the open space on the other side, a group of teenagers were waving bamboo swords selflessly.

The ages of these teenagers are all 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 any boy acted out of standard or lost concentration, he would immediately shout angrily:

"Strengthen your waist! Push hard!"

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

"You look so weak, you can't go into battle to kill the enemy!"

…

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

"Follow me! Fight hard! Defeat them!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!"

These children, who are not as strong as the bamboo sword, can only use branches as weapons.

Rural areas are obviously not rich enough to have a large number of porcelain bowls for games.

As a result, these children ingeniously covered the branches with mud. Whoever got mud on their body was out.

Qingden clasped his hands behind his back and watched all this quietly.

The people around him—Yuan Shenqi and others—were all holding their breath, eagerly waiting for Qingdeng's comments.

After about half a minute, Qingdeng finally spoke.

He whispered quietly:

"Mr. Yuan, our son... is too thin."

"Besides, the training level is really lackluster."

Qingdeng originally thought that thousands of people who grew up in a wealthy area would be stronger if they worked together.

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

As early as when he entered the village, Qingdeng discovered this from the appearance of the villagers.

He is sallow, skinny, skinny, and has no flesh on his body...

What kind of fighting power can such a body have?

In addition, their training level was far below Qingdeng's expectations.

His movements are slow, his running speed is slow... he can't even form the simplest "square formation" well.

All in all, although everyone in the world praises the Eighth Prince for his unity, after seeing it with his own eyes, his actual combat power did not meet Qingteng's expectations.

After listening to Qingdeng's brief comments, Yuan Shenqi was stunned for a moment, and then sighed heavily.

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

"In fact, we have already noticed the issue you raised."

"The reason why my sons and daughters have become thin is because the life in recent years has been too difficult."

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

“The food we have grown so hard and the cloth we have weaved so hard can never be sold at a good price.”

"With less income and no more good food to eat, the body will naturally become thinner."

“In order to maintain their family income, 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 really 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:

"However, they still have advantages."

He smiled as he spoke.

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

"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 engaged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, were at the bottom of the contempt chain of the shogunate.

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

After chatting and laughing, Qingdeng straightened up his demeanor, collected his emotions, and put on a serious tone again:

"Yuan Jun, 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 work together to train troops 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 book of war 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 at the Eight Princes for a long time, nor could he keep an eye on Thousand People Together.

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 outdated Koshu-ryu art of war must no longer be used.

Due to various considerations, Aomori decided to let thousands of people work together to adopt 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.

When the Shinsengumi first came to Los Angeles, he had already written a book.

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

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

Therefore, we can only put this matter 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!
To be continued...