j***y 发帖数: 2074 | 1 Shinsaku Takasugi, a young Choshu zealot with a remarkable
knowledge of western artillery, was more interested in creating
rifle units outside the regular clan army. These, he proposed,
should be a mixture of samurai and peasants; in other words,
the privilege of bearing arms and fighting for one's lord
should not be restricted to the traditional warrior class.
This was not a novel idea. Peasant militias had been assembled
by various clans in the past to meet specific threats and it
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