Chapter 129 Start training

Author: flying de lazy cat

Chapter 129 Start training

To train troops will inevitably have an impact on the labor force in the tribe, which is completely unavoidable.

What Zhou Xu has to do now is to find a balance.

While achieving your own goals, minimize this impact.

Considering this point, Zhou Xu came up with a way, which was to recruit troops from several camps separately.

Under this premise, soldiers definitely need to conduct physical training every day.

For this aspect of training, just let the soldiers do manual labor for the logging team or construction team, or for the agriculture department.

This can reduce to a certain extent the impact on internal work efficiency after each department loses manpower.

In addition to physical training, weapons training, tactical training, etc. can be practiced normally.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu quickly called Zhou Chongshan and Li Ce to discuss the matter.

When the two of them heard it, they immediately became excited!

Although they also knew that the reason why the leader allowed them to be 'vagrants' in the camp was to allow them to preserve their condition and prepare for possible battles at any time.

But being so idle all the time always made them feel panicked and uncomfortable.

Now that Zhou Xu said this, they knew they had something to do.

Here at the Black Moon Camp, Zhou Xu only plans to recruit ten people for the first batch of conscription.

There is no way, there are only eighty people in total at Black Moon Camp. If we recruit more people, the daily operation of the camp will be affected. This matter must be done step by step.

But it was precisely because there were so few recruits that Zhou Xu planned to carefully select these ten people, and he had extremely high requirements for them.

First of all, the "talent" part must be related to combat.

Secondly, there is the issue of arms. Normally, one arm must be distinguished from another.

But as mentioned before, Zhou Xu had very high requirements for the first batch of ten soldiers. He wanted to train these ten soldiers to be able to wield stone axes and stab spears in close combat, and to bend bows and draw arrows in long-range attacks.

An all-round unit that can be used both near and far!

And he already has the best example, that is Zhou Chongshan!

The talent of 'Weapon Master' makes Zhou Chongshan appear to be able to use both melee weapons and long-range weapons with ease.

In response to this situation, Zhou Xu had also talked to Zhou Chongshan and pointed out that he was good at using a variety of different weapons. This was his advantage and asked him not to stick to one kind of weapon.

After a lot of effort, ten soldiers were quickly selected. Counting Zhou Chongshan and Li Ce, there were twelve soldiers in total.

"From today on, you are the first batch of soldiers of the tribe!"

"What is the duty of a soldier?"

"It's about obeying orders and protecting our homeland!"

As a contemporary fresh graduate, although Zhou Xu has never been a soldier, he has participated in military training, and now he has learned the tricks of their instructors.

After the lecture, a trace of regret flashed in Zhou Xu's eyes.

[According to the development of the plot, there will be a thorn in the side at this time, so I can clean it up!]

It's a pity that in today's tribe, every tribe member respects him very much, and it can even be said that he is respected as a god.

In front of him, the thorns did not exist at all, and they were simply obedient.

According to Zhou Xu's arrangement, as long as there is a need for heavy hard work at Black Moon Camp, 'physical training' will be immediately arranged for these ten soldiers to exercise their physiques through hard work.

When there is no hard work, then battle formation and weapons training will be carried out.

Regarding the battle formation, Zhou Chongshan and Li Ce certainly did not have this concept, but Li Ce had actually done similar things.

That was because in order to avoid the damage that the slingers might cause to them, he dispersed the attack density.

In essence, this is undoubtedly a formation.

Judging from the panels of the two of them, Li Ce, who favored wise generals, after growing up, his ability to command troops basically surpassed that of Zhou Chongshan.

But Zhou Chongshan's focus was different. He was a typical military commander.

Considering the current background of the times, in the primitive era dominated by small-scale armed conflicts, it goes without saying how important a military commander with strong individual combat power is.

He can directly determine the outcome of a battle.

Of course, when developing this kind of thing, one cannot just look at the present. As the scale of the war increases, the value of wise generals like Li Ce will become greater and greater.

Therefore, the training on both sides cannot be left behind.

As the leader of the tribe, Zhou Xu could not have time to train troops every day. Therefore, in addition to physical training, battle formation training and weapons training naturally fell on Li Ce and Zhou Chongshan.

Regarding battle formation training, he first taught several battle formations he knew to Li Ce and Zhou Chongshan, while the training tasks mainly fell on Li Ce.

Because he obviously learns faster.

As for Zhou Chongshan, needless to say, he is responsible for weapons training.

Among the tribe, Zhou Chongshan is the best user of weapons. In this matter, Zhou Xu has nothing to give him, so it is enough to let Zhou Chongshan give him some advice.

After arranging various military training tasks, Zhou Xu quickly returned to his daily life.

During this period, the glue research and development task previously assigned to Zhuang Mengdie was quickly revealed. After many tedious attempts, the glue as an adhesive was finally successfully developed.

In this way, Zhuang Mengdie can also use glue and start making bows and arrows.

Compared with the way he first thought of using the mortise and tenon structure to make the bow body, the convenience brought by this glue made Zhuang Mengdie feel incredible.

When all materials required for processing are available.

Now she only needs to squeeze the polished materials together piece by piece, wait for the glue to dry, and after completing the bonding, she can complete a bamboo bow with a little more manipulation.

Of course, a bamboo bow bonded with glue is not as durable as her bamboo bow made with a mortise and tenon structure, and its strength is relatively limited.

After shooting the bow several times, the bonding area will become degummed and fall apart.

But even so, it cannot shake the value of this new bamboo bow.

Because the new bamboo bow has the ability to be mass-produced. Unlike the combination bow Zhuang Mengdie made before, who can make it now without sufficient exquisite craftsmanship?

Moreover, it takes a lot of time and cannot meet the demand for mass production.

Based on this premise, Zhuang Mengdie pondered for a while in order to make the new bamboo bow more durable and stable.

It was then decided that after the bonding was completed, glue would be used to reinforce the bonded gap from the outside, and then glue would be applied to the animal skin rope to wrap around the bow body for secondary reinforcement.

However, even so, it failed to reach the level she wanted.

Under such circumstances, an idea flashed in Zhuang Mengdie's mind...

[Using pure glue to bond it is not strong enough and easy to damage, but using a combined structure is too time-consuming. So can I combine the two sides? 】

As this thought flashed through his mind, Zhuang Mengdie's eyes lit up and he already had an idea in his mind!
Chapter completed!