This Man Was Extremely Sinister

Apart from a few who escaped, everyone else was either captured or killed in this battle.

After such a great victory, Guan Yu did not seem particularly excited. In his eyes, let alone famous generals, the enemy was not even as capable as the mid- and lower-ranking officers under Liu Bei.

At the very least, every one of those mid- and lower-ranking officers in Liu Bei's army was literate. They had memorized Wang Xuan's infantry Drill Manual and the Thirty-Six Stratagems so thoroughly that they could recite them backward.

Moreover, the quality of the soldiers was worlds apart. Nowadays, more and more people were becoming literate. Wang Xuan had already ordered the army to require every soldier to use the study period in their daily training to learn how to read and write.

In any case, giving each person a small blackboard and a hundred or so boxes of chalk cost practically nothing. Blackboards were now mostly mass-produced, and the total cost was not even worth a day's food.

As for the teachers, they were simply the Political Instructors in the army. While teaching literacy, they also spread the principles of defending one's homeland, loyalty and bravery, firm resolve, and never wavering. The results were even better than ordinary propaganda alone.

After all, an army without culture was a stupid army, and a stupid army could not defeat its enemies!

Wang Xuan's plan was a long-term one. The more widespread literacy became among the troops, the more loyal they would become to the country and Liu Bei. Their morale and resolve would grow stronger, their combat power would increase, and the possibility of military commanders wielding power independently would be eliminated at its root.

Once everyone from the mid- and lower-ranking officers down to the ordinary soldiers had their own