1840Indian rebirth

With the arrival of revolvers, iron knives, iron stirrups and other equipment, Ma Shao felt that the Apaches could try some high-end operations.

He has already thought of a set of tactics in his mind that are more suitable for the current situation, and what he needs to do now is to train his tribesmen to master it.

So in the morning, the horse whistle summoned all the tribesmen equipped with revolvers.

There were about 200 people in total, mainly from plains tribes, and some from other tribes. They were persuaded by Ma Shao to buy revolvers, and naturally they were all close to Ma Shao and respected him.

Two hundred men on war horses gathered in the open space and formed a loose square formation.

The horse guard stood in front of everyone and shouted: "Those who pass the literacy test go forward and get out of the queue!"

Fifteen people drove their horses forward. As their Chinese teachers, the horses and whistles all knew them.

"I will divide the two hundred people into fifteen teams, called 'Shi', and you will be the 'Shi leader'. Each of you will lead twelve people, and I will directly lead the rest." Ma Shao said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd suddenly became a little commotion.

"Why do they serve as 'chiefs'?"

"That little boy has only one feather on his head, why should he be considered a 'chief'..."

Nowadays, those who learn to write are basically young people, at most twenty-five or six years old. Most of these young people have little military exploits and are difficult to convince the public.

Therefore, even though Ma Shao has become the war chief of the tribe, even though Ma Shao is already a warrior and wise man worthy of awe in the hearts of many people, people can't help but talk and show dissatisfaction.

Ma Shao frowned: "If you want to be a leader, you must be literate - first look at whether you are literate, and then compare your military merits!"

"The text I created with the High Priest is simple and easy to understand, and anyone can take the course. Learning it is not difficult, you can all do it."

The crowd's voices became quieter, but they were still discussing and whispering to each other.

There is no way, the Indians only have this level of organizational discipline. Strictly speaking, these people cannot be called an army at all, they can only be called a group of soldiers.

"If any of you are dissatisfied with my arrangements, you can challenge me according to the tradition of dueling." The horse whistle could only say this.

Like all things, discipline cannot be traced back indefinitely. The original discipline must come from non-disciplined things, such as violence.

Now people finally became quiet.

It may be difficult to understand discipline, but it is human instinct to understand the majesty of power. Looking at the unusually burly horse whistle, no one wants to challenge it.

Ma Shao's height is still growing. Although he does not have a reliable metric ruler, he is basically sure that he is already about 1.8 meters tall. He is almost the tallest person in the entire camp. His muscles are well developed, and his crotch is also tall.

The mighty war horse Black Front makes anyone have to look up in front of him.

No one questioned the majesty of this young man.

"From now on, no one is allowed to talk to each other unless I give permission." Mashao said, while thinking about how to further shape the discipline of the soldiers in the future.

"You masters must also understand that the reason why you are able to become masters today is because you learned writing earlier than others. When they also learn writing, but you still have no outstanding achievements, I will replace you."

He added, "Do you understand?"

"Yeah." The chiefs nodded.

"Reply me 'understand' instead of 'hmm'." Ma Shao recalled the army in his impression.

"I got it."

"War Chief, I have a question..." At this time, a young man said hesitantly.

"what is the problem?"

"Why is it called 'What' but there are twelve people?"

Horse whistle: "..."

He actually thought about using squads, platoons, companies, battalions and other establishments, but the Apaches did not have similar concepts in their language and concepts, and there were not many people in the first place.

So he had to imitate ancient China and use a concept that can be translated as "shi".

Subsequently, the horse post began to divide the teams and register them, and established a rudimentary army organization and rules and regulations.

In the next few days, his main job was to help these 200 people initially adapt to the military model, let them know how to respond to their superiors, and let the concept of "army" gradually form in their minds.

Then there is the need to adapt to the shooting process of the revolver.

Outside of the military, he and Rainy Day also undertake more arduous teaching tasks.

After all, "Look at literacy first, then look at the level of military exploits." He said it himself, and those tribesmen who had military exploits and were unwilling to be ordinary soldiers joined the ranks of learning writing.

There were also a bunch of people following the trend and watching the fun.

As a result, the number of students enrolled directly increased to more than 150 people, and their levels varied greatly, which made the two teachers very worried.

Especially Ma Shao, he also wants to popularize some science and engineering knowledge for students which is almost at the second grade level of elementary school.

For this reason, they had to select a few graduates with excellent grades to serve as teaching assistants to share part of the teaching tasks.

After a few days of this, the teaching work stabilized, and the two hundred members of the pistol unit barely looked like soldiers. They should be almost the same as middle school students during military training.

"That's it for the morning class." Ma Shao put down the chalk and walked away from the blackboard.

The blackboard was handmade by him and was made of painted wooden boards. It was very simple.

There are two blackboards in total. They are erected in the center of the camp in the open air. When it rains, they are put into tents because the paint quality is not good. The two blackboards are used for teaching, posting announcements, and posting duel card strategies.

"Changzhang, you are in charge of the afternoon class. Remember to check the recitation of multiplication tables." Ma Shao warned again.

"Okay, teacher." Chang Guan responded.

He is eleven years older than Ma Shao, but Ma Shao is taller and looks like a teacher all over. Everyone in the class is very adaptable to their status as students.

After class, some students happily started the card game, while others followed the horse whistle and left the class with a sigh - they also had to participate in Teacher Ma's military training.

The two-hundred-person pistol unit once again gathered in the open space. Compared to a few days ago, their queue was much more orderly, and there was a somewhat serious and tense atmosphere in the team.

The horse whistler was pacing on horseback, watching them and nodding secretly.

It should be time to start tactical training.

"You have all experienced the effect of stirrups." He said slowly, "With this simple accessory, we can control the war horse more easily."

"But it does much more than that. Starting today, I will train you to better use stirrups, and of course our new weapon - the Colt revolver."

"The first drill we're going to do is charge."