1840Indian rebirth

"There is no concept of 'before the birth of the universe', or it is something we can never touch." Ma Shao said, "It's like when you stand at the North Pole, no matter how you walk, you can't continue going north."

Everyone seemed to understand, so Ma Shao gave a few more examples.

When someone understood, another question was naturally raised: "Teacher, this is different from the stories we heard before! My mother told me that everything in the world is woven by heaven and earth.

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"Those are just stories, and these are the truth." Ma Shao wrote the word truth on the blackboard, which was also a word he had recently coined.

After turning around, he continued: "The story always has an ending, but the truth never ends, so I will tell more things next."

"Where is our great spirit?" asked a shaman.

Ma Shao was silent for two seconds: "If you have to set up an existence before the birth of the universe, then there is no harm in calling it the 'Great Spirit'."

The beliefs of the Indians are very complex, and sometimes the beliefs within the same tribe can vary widely, but almost all Indian tribes have a concept similar to the "Great Spirit", a supreme god with a very light personality that is close to nature itself.

Ma Shao knew that it was impossible to completely eliminate religion, so he did not engage in pure materialism to shave off the big spirit, but left a little room for it to survive.

After all, no matter what, compared to various monotheistic religions in the West, the Supreme God with a very light personality like the Great Spirit is still a relatively gentle and friendly existence.

It is obviously unreasonable to exterminate the moderates while the extremists are still alive and kicking.

The class continued without too many questions.

As a professional physics teacher, Ma Shao knows how to show the charm of truth, which is a kind of natural persuasion.

Even ignorant Indians will feel the harmony naturally exuded by the laws of physics after listening to his story.

"That's it for today's class." Ma Shao patted the dust brought by the inferior homemade chalk, "You should familiarize yourself with these words on the blackboard. I will check them randomly in the Chinese writing class."

Just like on the battlefield, after teaching cultural classes, it is time to train the army.

The current armed force of the Sleeping Bear clan is more than 200 people, half of whom possess revolvers, and the rest mainly rely on bows, arrows, and rifles.

For those soldiers who have not received training on charging, lying down, etc., Ma Shao has previously arranged for the commander to conduct training. What he now wants to train or teach is another important content.

In the long run, this may even be the most important thing.

"Soldiers, today I tell you the 'Three Iron Rules of the Military.'" Ma Sentou stood in front of more than two hundred soldiers.

In the entire Mian Xiong clan, these soldiers are the ones who respect Ma Shao the most. They listen quietly and almost always accept all the requests made by Ma Shao unconditionally.

"The first iron rule: obey the command in all actions!" Ma Shao shouted word by word, "It is the bounden duty of a soldier to obey orders. The commander must obey my order, and the soldiers must obey the command of the commander!"

"Second iron rule: All seizures must be returned to the public!"

"You are soldiers, not robbers and bandits. Everything you capture on the battlefield, whether it is a rifle, a war horse, a piece of clothing, a pair of shoes, or even a captured enemy, belongs to the clan."

"There is also a third iron rule: Do not abuse those who are unable to fight back!"

"The honor of the military is not to bully the weak. We must not abuse, rape, or molest prisoners, women, and children who are unable to fight back."

These three iron principles are actually the three major disciplines and eight points of attention, but they have been simplified.

After all, the current Indian Army is in a completely different environment from the People's Liberation Army of later generations.

For example, when it comes to "not taking advantage of the masses to give a stitch to a thread", Ma Shao thought about it and found that the current Indians do not have the concept of "the masses", and it is difficult to create a word to express it.

Are clans the masses?

No, they are relatives. A clan with only a thousand people is basically related by kinship. It is obviously not appropriate to describe it as a mass, and no soldier will invade the clan members' things.

What about other Indians outside the tribe?

It's not suitable either, the relationship is distant, and some of them are even enemies.

Not to mention white people.

It may be that the Indians have to wait until the Indians establish a country, or at least a city-state, for concepts such as the masses to be meaningful.

As for more detailed discipline, Ma Shao feels that it is not necessary for the time being. If the Indians can strictly implement these three iron rules, they will be the first-class strict army of this era and can be called a righteous army.

"... Violations of the three iron rules must be severely punished! Even the most minor violation will be recorded in the book. People with such records will basically bid farewell to officer positions such as sergeants and centurions." Ma.

Whistle said.

"What is a centurion?" Some recruits were not used to military discipline yet and couldn't help but interrupt.

His chief immediately shouted: "Shut up!"

Ma Shao explained: "A centurion is an officer who manages a hundred soldiers. Of course, no one has obtained this position yet. In the next period of training, those who perform well will be appointed as centurions by me."

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Upon hearing this, some of the chiefs' eyes suddenly shone, and many of them secretly made up their minds to become centurions.

"You must memorize these three iron rules verbatim, just like remembering your own name." Ma Shao emphasized again.

In terms of personal bravery, the Indian warriors were pretty good. They were all excellent cavalry, but their organizational discipline and tactics were quite problematic.

Ma Shao hopes that this army will have strict military discipline as soon as possible and all members will master some basic tactics, so that he can carry out further training.

There is a tactic that is close to his heart. If the Indians can master it, they can become a world-class team.

When the time comes to make up for the shortcomings in the equipment, Ma Shao believes that even the U.S. federal army will definitely not be willing to take the initiative to provoke him.

Then we just wait for the opportunity, wait until the Civil War, and tear off a large piece of flesh from the United States!

The horse post trains the soldiers day after day.

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About fifty kilometers southeast of the Sleeping Bear clan, a group of a dozen Indians were riding forward slowly on horseback. They were Comanches.

"It's coming." The leader of these Comanches was an old man, who was the chief of the Two Wolf clan. He looked at the tribesmen behind him and said, "When you come into contact with white people later, be careful, but don't be overly nervous.

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"Okay, Chief."

After walking for a while, a white town appeared in front of them, and the residents of the town quickly noticed the visiting Comanches.

Immediately, a group of white people came out of the town with weapons. The leader was a man in his thirties. He was of medium build, wore a cowboy hat, had a beard, and had a cigarette in his mouth. He looked a little careless.

"Ah, long time no see, my friend." He said and waved, and then an Indian in white clothes came up behind him, "Translate for him."

The Indian dressed in white clothes walked between the two parties and looked at the two wolf chiefs, but he seemed a little afraid to look directly.

I just heard him say in skillful Comanche: "Mayor Thomas greets you, friends from the Two Wolf Clan."