King Charles Albert waved his hand and said, "Just teach them how to use a gun, there's no time to worry about anything else at this point.
Now the focus is on boosting morale and igniting their patriotism. Where training is lacking, let courage compensate.
As long as they dare to fight and struggle, even if it takes three or five of our soldiers to exchange for one enemy soldier, we can still hold back the Austrians and create favorable conditions for negotiation!"
The king had long since given up on hoping for combat effectiveness; the regular army of the Kingdom of Sardinia had been thoroughly defeated. What could this hastily assembled cannon fodder army achieve? Surely not miracles.
If quality is not sufficient, quantity must prevail. As the local combatants, they had no shortage of people.
After the government's long-term propaganda, ordinary people had come to blame all their hardships on Austria; now there was a solid base of popular support.
