Chapter 61: Plan Ahead
After the boredom of the first few days, Zhu Xiaobao also settled down, since he still has to stay in this carriage for more than 20 days, it is better to do some design first, which can be regarded as a rainy day!
There is also a small episode in the middle, Zhao Shenhu's younger brother Zhao Shenbao has to swap places with Zhao Shenhu! It turned out that among the three brothers, the eldest Zhao Shenbao was the most outgoing and liked to be lively, and he was very happy to see the second brother and Zhu Xiaobao, so he couldn't help but want to come over. His carriage was full of goods, and he was bored alone!
What attracts Zhao Shenbao more is the delicious food in Zhu Xiaobao, not only beef jerky, but also a jar of good wine, it seems that there is no control over Zhu Xiaobao, he can drink it if he wants! And I heard that Zhu Xiaobao was actually a slave, which made Zhao Shenbao even more curious! The soft grinding and hard bubbles and Zhao Shenhu changed positions! Although Zhao Shenhu is also a little reluctant, who calls him the second brother, he can only let his younger brother!
Zhao Shenbao came to drive, he was much more lively than Zhao Shenhu, and he didn't have much time to speculate with Zhu Xiaobao! This guy also knows a lot, although many of them are half-understood and hearsay, but it still opens the eyes of Zhu Xiaobao!
It turned out that Zhao Shenbao was among the three brothers, mainly focusing on reconnaissance and searching, and finding out news! His kung fu is also known for being small and fast, and he is especially proud of his secret weapons and light skills! There's one other kung fu he doesn't want to mention, and that's that he's still a thief!
"Third brother! You must have seen a lot of large-scale war scenes, right? Isn't it spectacular? Very exciting? Zhu Xiaobao asked with a little envy, this kind of scene he saw in the movie has always shocked him! The scene of hundreds of thousands of people charging on the battlefield is very visually impactful!
"Spectacular? Blood boil? No! That's when all you think about is how to survive! How to kill the opponent who rushes at you! Every time I fight, I don't know if I'll come back alive! Zhao Shenbao suddenly restrained his smile and grin, and his expression was solemn!
"But your martial arts are very high! Are you afraid that you won't be able to get out of it? "In Zhu Xiaobao's mind, if Zhao Shenbao's kung fu wants to escape and save his life, it is absolutely easy!
"Huh! You haven't seen a real large-scale battle, the kind of fight and charge in the middle of thousands of troops! A person's martial arts are not of much use! You can kill one person, ten people, but can you kill a hundred, a thousand enemies? And if it is covered by the shooting range of the bow and arrow, no matter how high the martial arts are, you will die! It's hard to dodge that kind of arrow! Zhao Shenhu shook his head and said.
"Isn't there a shield?" Zhu Xiaobao was a little puzzled, when he practiced archery in the princess's mansion, he had also seen the shield, and the usual arrows could not shoot through at all, which was very effective!
"Huh! Shields are too big and thick to be bulky, but if they're too small and thin, those heavy crossbows can still shoot through! In every battle, there are not a few soldiers who die in this heavy crossbow! Zhao Shenbao said with palpitations, he had seen the power of this heavy crossbow!
"Oh? Heavy crossbows? Well, tell me about it, okay? Zhu Xiaobao suddenly became interested, his own martial arts are not good, but he is very interested in this kind of long-range shooting weapon! He took out a pen and paper, and drew a sketch according to Zhao Shenbao's explanation!
Zhao Shenbao was also very surprised, The things he said were easily drawn by Zhu Xiaobao, and Zhu Xiaobao could also draw inferences from one another, and put forward his own views and improvement methods!
This time, Zhu Xiaobao can be regarded as having something to do, either asking Zhao Shenbao about siege equipment, or burying his head in the carriage for research. I also borrowed a hard crossbow to test its range, pull, and accuracy!
After calculation, Zhu Xiaobao came to the conclusion that the range of this heavy crossbow is generally more than 300 steps, which can be described as quite amazing! However, crossbow arrows have no tail feathers, and the accuracy of long-distance shooting is very poor, which is suitable for firing against a large number of enemy groups, and the requirements for the accuracy of the group shooting method are relatively low, as long as they can be shot into the enemy's team!
During this time, Zhu Xiaobao seemed to be enchanted again, constantly calculating and designing in the carriage! Of course, he still has to come out to change his brain, and sometimes he rides a horse to practice his sword skills. Not to mention that Zhao Shenbao also gave Zhu Xiaobao a lot of guidance and correction on the side! even taught him the kung fu of fighting hidden weapons, but unfortunately Zhu Xiaobao didn't have that strength, and the hidden weapons he hit were not lethal at all! Moreover, the killing distance of the hidden weapon is very short, and when the soldiers are in close contact, with their flexible body skills, they can master the best time to exert the greatest power, and they dare not hope for this aspect! Flexible in your own style? That's impossible!
Zhao Shenbao was very attentive, and saw that Zhu Xiaobao was not interested in hidden weapons, so he simply gave him a sleeve crossbow, as the name suggests, it is a miniature crossbow that can be hidden in the sleeve, of course, this sleeve refers to the extremely wide sleeves of the old man!
For this kind of sleeve crossbow, Zhu Xiaobao is very interested, and the shooting distance can reach almost twenty steps! It's usually enough! Or two crossbow arrows, it should be said that the design is quite ingenious! But in the eyes of Zhu Xiaobao, it is very ordinary! He needs to make further improvements!
When we get to the next county, we can finally rest for a day at the station! Everyone was also busy fetching water, laundry, bathing, and replenishing supplies! There's still more than half the way to go!
Of course, it is impossible for so many soldiers to live in the inn, they have all set up tents, unloaded their loads, can sleep well, and even go out for a walk, because they have to rest here for two days.
Originally, Zhu Xiaobao and Chief Wu were assigned to one room, and there were not many rooms in the post station, so except for the princess, everyone else was a few people in one room! But Chief Wu didn't want to live in the post station, he wanted to live with those soldiers, because these newly recruited soldiers had no formal training, and many things still needed to be supervised and restrained by Chief Wu! In fact, along the way, Chief Wu has been teaching these soldiers! And those little bosses!
In this way, Zhu Xiaobao is one person in one room! But he didn't end well, Ying Xiuxiu, Lu Tong and Lu Fang all looked at him pitifully, which meant that they wanted to take a shower in his room, and then change their clothes, otherwise, they could only squeeze the tent with other female guards!
Of course, Zhu Xiaobao agreed very happily, but he didn't expect that after serving Zhu Xiaobao to bathe, Zhu Xiaobao was ruthlessly driven out! A few girls are going to bathe and change clothes, can you still stay inside?
What's even more polite is that Wu Yue actually came to this room, and Wu Yue was even more ruthless, not only driving Wu Xiaobao out, but also snatching Wu Xiaobao's toilet paper away! I left him a dozen of them!
It turned out that Wu Yue's six hundred pieces of toilet paper each were more than enough! But there are so many new female soldiers, and many of them are acquaintances! They are also very keen on this kind of toilet paper, so they start asking for it if they are familiar with each other. But after using it, I don't want to use that kind of square leaf anymore!
So the toilet paper of those female guards in the princess's mansion has become very scarce, and it has only been less than half a month, and they have almost been begged for all! Many people are already very economical to tear a piece in half to use, or even mixed with square leaves, small solutions to square leaves, large solutions to use toilet paper! But that's it, it's almost all used! Wu Yue is even having a period! No, just go to Zhu Xiaobao with all your brains!
"Wu Yue! You're going too far, at least leave me a knife, right? Just a few of them, how can they be enough? Zhu Xiaobao was thrown to the sky by Wu Yue again, and couldn't help but shout angrily.
"Hey, hey! If you want, get beef jerky in exchange! Twenty more pieces of toilet paper! Wu Yue walked away very proudly! I haven't cleaned up all the little treasures these days, and it's really a little itchy!
"! When did toilet paper become so valuable? Zhu Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say very depressedly, I knew that I would process more when I left!
"Brother! I've got it, five sheets and twenty grains! Do you think it's a good deal? Zhao Shenbao came over at this time and said in a sly manner.
"Good! I said how come there is so much less, it turns out that you stole it! Zhu Xiaobao immediately reacted, his toilet paper was much less for no reason, but he didn't think much about it, thinking that he had misremembered, who would care about these trivial things!
"Oops! Xiaobao, you can't talk nonsense, who saw me stealing? You accidentally fell to the ground! I picked it up! Zhao Shenbao said with a little scoundrel smile. It turned out that Zhao Shenbao had already discovered this kind of toilet paper that Zhu Xiaobao used when it was convenient, of course he would not be polite, and he stole two knives easily! I also used it for my two brothers! Although Zhao Shenlong disapproved a little, he didn't say anything after using it!
"Alright! Let's put you here first! It's not safe to put it with me! Zhu Xiaobao's eyes rolled, and then he said, he was worried that this only knife of toilet paper would be snatched away by Wu Yue again! This can do everything!
"Huh! Is that female guard familiar with you? Why are you so arrogant? Do you want my brother to help you out? Or help you steal it back! Zhao Shenbao asked very flatteringly, taking someone's short hand! Now he's still thinking about beef jerky and good wine, so he wants to do something!
"No, you don't! That's my future wife, you can't bully her! Otherwise, we wouldn't even be brothers! Zhu Xiaobao hurriedly said, don't look at Teacher Wu Yue bullying him, but Zhu Xiaobao is still very protective of Wu Yue!
"Huh? Your wife? So fierce? Brother, you won't have a good time in the future! Zhao Shenbao was taken aback, he didn't expect Zhu Xiaobao to find such a tall and fit female guard! It's a bit hard to understand!
"So I'm not waiting to grow taller! Alas, don't say it, I'll live with you today! Call the eldest brother and the second brother, and I'll treat you to barbecue! It's suffocating me these days, too! Zhu Xiaobao looked at his room, the four girls took turns to bathe, and it was estimated that it would be dawn when they finished washing!