I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

The other soldiers, like him, were also unaware for the first time that such a school of military strategy existed in the world.

"'The Tachibana Style of Warfare' is a military strategy created by Tachibana-kun... ah, no, by Lord Niou!"

As he spoke, the commander held up the booklet in his hand and showed its cover to Shimada Kai and the others—it had four large characters written on it: Infantry Manual.

Next to this large text was a string of smaller characters: Orange Stream Strategy.

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Orange Stream Strategy?

The military strategy created by Lord Niou?

Lord Niou actually understands military strategy?

Shimada Kai and the others first showed surprise, then seemed thoughtful, and finally turned to calm expressions.

If some random nobody claims to be an expert in military strategy and to have created a completely new school of thought, any human being with a sound mind would be skeptical.

After all, military strategy is not the same as Confucianism.

Japan is a member of the Confucian cultural sphere, and Confucianism occupies a very high proportion in the spiritual world of the Japanese people.

Especially during the Edo period, a scholar named Fujiwara Seika (1561-1619) denied the superiority of Buddhism, left the monastic life to become a layman and devoted himself to Confucianism, becoming the founder of Japanese Zhu Xi School (Zhu Xi School).

Under his influence and education, a group of Zhu Xi scholars emerged. His outstanding disciple, Hayashi Razan, comprehensively developed Japanese Zhu Xi studies and constructed Confucianism according to the requirements of the shogunate system, thereby establishing the dominant position of Zhu Xi studies.

You can come into contact with Confucianism by simply going to any temple or private school; anyone who has ever been literate can recite a few lines of classical Chinese.

But military strategy is different.

Since the end of the Yuanhe era (1615), there have been no major wars throughout the country, and strategists have had no opportunity to use their skills.

If you study Confucianism, you might be lucky enough to become a government-employed scholar with a stable income, or at the very least, you could become a private tutor to make a living.

What can you do by studying military science?

Aside from being used to brag and joke with relatives and friends during leisure time, it has no other use.

Therefore, only scholars who have no worries about food and drink and no pressure to survive will have the time and energy to study military science.

In other words, the "military science circle" in the Edo period was a very small circle, and it was extremely difficult for ordinary people to come into contact with or integrate into it.

In such an environment of extremely scarce teaching resources, it is already very difficult to master military science, let alone create a completely new school of military science.

Therefore, in the eyes of the general public in the Edo period, a young man claiming to be an expert in military science and to have created a new school of thought was like a college student in the 21st century claiming to be an expert in high-energy physics and to have created a new formula—it's just a few dishes, and you're already this drunk.

However, if such words came from Aoto's mouth, then Shimada Kai and the others would have no choice but to be convinced.

After all, they had witnessed this man's skills countless times.

This man seems to have a kind of magic power. No matter how difficult the task is, even if it seems "impossible" to others, he can turn it into "possible" once it is in his hands!

"Standing at attention can effectively forge your indomitable will!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the commander paused.

The next second, she flipped through the pages of "The Orange Stream Art of War: Infantry Drill Manual" in her hand with a "rustling" sound. She lowered her head and lowered her gaze, quickly glancing at the contents before raising her head again and continuing to stare intently at Shimada Kai and the others.

"It can hone your indomitable will!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she glanced down at the booklet in her hand.

"It can forge iron discipline!"

He paused for a moment, then looked down and peeked again.

"Most importantly, standing at attention is beneficial for subsequent combat training!"

He paused again, then continued to steal glances.

"We are not the Yakuza! The Yakuza only need to be fierce and violent, but we cannot! We are a legitimate army!"

Peeking.

"For the military, individual martial arts skills are certainly important, but discipline is even more important! Discipline is the foundation of an army's combat effectiveness!"

He peeked again.

"An army without discipline, even if every soldier is as brave as Ogata Itsuki in his prime, is nothing more than a fragile pile of loose sand!"

I peeked again.

"No matter how strong you are, you can only defeat a hundred or a thousand men at most! Only by forming a tight battle formation can you defeat ten thousand men! If you can't even stand up straight, stand for a long time, and stand well, how can you talk about forming a formation?"

The commander's gaze shifted back and forth between the booklet in his hand and his subordinates in front of him.

After reading each sentence, she would glance down at the booklet in her hand, and finally managed to finish the speech, albeit with some difficulty.

The members of the First Division looked at each other—the captain's words... actually made some sense!

Even someone like Shimada Kai, who had never studied military strategy, knew the importance of battle formations.

Battle formations are to an army what clear water is to fish and shrimp.

An army that doesn't know how to form battle formations is absolutely ineffective in combat.

The most typical example is its suitability for infantry versus cavalry combat.

Throughout history, no cavalry unit has ever had the ability to charge through a densely packed infantry formation, never.

Therefore, from one perspective, if the infantry did not form ranks but fought independently, then the cavalry could easily rout an infantry force several times, or even ten times, their size with a single charge.

"Did you all understand? Military posture training is the core of the Orange School of Military Strategy! It must not be taken lightly!"

Souji stood with his hands on his hips, shrugged his shoulders, and thrust his surprisingly flat chest forward with force.

The First Division is composed of the strongest members of the Shinsengumi.

Due to the "survivorship bias," unless someone is exceptionally gifted like Souji or Kinoshita Mai, people with high martial arts skills are generally tall and strong.

For this reason, even the shortest member of the First Division is 1.65 meters tall—everyone is much taller than Souji, who is only 1.55 meters tall.

Therefore, in order to enhance her authority, she would stand up and spread her arms like a panda when it is frightened. Whenever she spoke to her subordinates, she would habitually put her hands on her hips and puff out her chest, trying to make herself look more intimidating.

Do you have any further objections?

This time, no one spoke.

"If there are no objections, let's begin training!"

Then, the commander-in-chief opened the infantry manual again and reiterated the key points that needed to be followed when standing at attention.

Since standing at attention lays the foundation for subsequent formation training, there is no reason to continue resisting it.

So, Shimada Kai took a deep breath and, following the instructions given by the commander, gradually adjusted his posture and straightened his body.

Stand with your feet apart at a certain angle, legs straight, thumbs touching the second joint of your index fingers, arms hanging naturally at your sides, abdomen tucked in, chest out, head up, eyes looking forward, and shoulders pulled back.

He glanced around out of the corner of his eye and was surprised to find that soldiers from other squads were also practicing standing at attention.

The ten squads were evenly distributed throughout Training Ground A, standing in straight horizontal lines.

At the same time, he also discovered that the other captains, such as Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Hajime, all carried an infantry manual in their hands, just like Souji.

Shimada Kai thought disdainfully:

—Just standing straight, without doing anything... what difficulty is there in such training?

At that moment, he never imagined that—just a few hours later—he would feel deeply ashamed of the arrogance he had displayed…

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time flies.

10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours...

Before we knew it, the minute hand on the clock had already made two large circles.

It is currently the season with the greatest temperature difference between day and night.

The howling north wind subsided.

Sunlight pierced through the clouds, striking the unshielded training ground with all its might, and the temperature gradually rose.

Shimada Kai felt fine beads of sweat appear on his forehead, back, and chest, making his whole body feel sticky.

He swallowed hard, and a cry from the depths of his soul welled up within him:

—How long are we going to stand here?!

For a full two hours, they did nothing but stand there, without any other training or rest!

The commander-in-chief didn't call a halt, and they didn't dare stop training, so they could only grit their teeth and persevere.

For the first time, Shimada Kai realized: standing could be so tiring!

In order to straighten his body and keep his hands close to his sides, he had to constantly exert force in the muscles of his back and arms.

It's fine for a short time, but if it continues for a long time, that's another story.

The energy expenditure over two hours is truly astonishing!

Shimada Kai now only felt a severe soreness in his back, and his legs felt like they were filled with lead, so heavy and cumbersome that he could hardly feel their existence.

As if things weren't going to go wrong, with the direct sunlight and rising temperatures, their physical exertion intensified, and sweat poured down like a waterfall.

Some people who sweat easily have clothes that are completely soaked. The amount of sweat absorbed by their clothes is far less than the amount they produce. Sweat drips down their trousers and onto the ground, forming puddles at their feet. At first glance, it looks like they have wet their pants.

—Damn it! My head is spinning!

Shimada Kai suddenly felt dizzy, and his body began to sway uncontrollably.

At that moment, Souji walked up to him.