Gao Shishi was taken aback, at this time, the wolf soldiers had just gone out, and they were not at the meal, and the inn would not send food, so who was knocking on the door?

was in shock, and a voice came from outside: "Master, the little one is Gao Zhang." ”

Gao Pragmatic was overjoyed and laughed: "How did you find me?" So saying, he went to open the door.

When I opened the door, it was not only Gao Zhang, but also a dozen or so Gao family members. Although there are too many guards of the Gao family, and Gao Shishi often changes people around him, so he can't name them one by one, but after all, he brought a total of more than 300 people to Guangxi this time, and all of them are very familiar in front of him, this can't be wrong, it's his own people who came.

Although it has only been half a month in time, after experiencing so many things, Gao Pragmatic suddenly gave birth to a feeling of meeting his old acquaintance in a foreign country.

Let them all enter the house, Gao Shishi rarely let them all sit down and talk, but obviously the family members didn't dare to be so presumptuous, and in the end, only Gao Zhang sat down with half of his buttocks.

Of course, Gao Zhang didn't dare to take the initiative to ask Gao Pragmatic what he had experienced recently, this was not his identity to ask, because Gao Pragmatic would say that he could only tell him how he tracked down and found Gao Pragmatic.

Gao Pragmatic was also quite emotional after listening to it, although Gao Zhang said that he violated his order and did not withdraw to Liuzhou, but the "big army" withdrew, and he led a dozen people to chase him for thousands of miles, and this loyalty cannot be erased.

Gao pragmatic praised them a few words, and said: "This time I came out for a walk, and I have a much deeper understanding of Guangxi, and I also have some arrangements for Guangxi, but now we can't do anything, and we still have to go back to Liuzhou to do it." You didn't come on horseback, you weren't much faster than me, so you just went back to Liuzhou with me. ”

Gao Zhang naturally has no problem, as long as he can ensure Gao Shishi's safety, he will do whatever Gao Shishi says about other things, but he doesn't have to worry too much.

Gao Pragmatic asked him again: "Although there was no fight this time, you have already seen the official army of Guangxi and the wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families, what do you think of the combat effectiveness of the wolf soldiers?" ”

Gao Zhang seemed to have thought about this problem, and said without thinking about it: "It's hard to say how the fight will be, but judging from the march, these wolf soldiers should at least be very good at fighting in the mountains and forests, and they are extremely experienced. In addition, their obedience is very high, and the hierarchy is quite strict, and the toast speaks as if it were a holy decree. ”

Gao pragmatically nodded, it seems that Gao Zhang's opinion is very similar to his.

However, Gao Zhang added a little more, and said: "But the equipment of the wolf soldiers is not good, I have paid attention to it, even if it is the elite wolf soldiers around Miss Huang and Cen Qigongzi, the weapons and various equipment they are equipped with are even inferior to the guards, which is quite bad, this will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the wolf soldiers, if our family guards and wolf soldiers fight, they will have a lot of advantages in weapons, and the armor is not easy to say......"

"Why is it hard to say about armor?" Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised: "Although the Jiading Guards are generally not equipped with heavy armor such as Shanwen armor, leather armor and cotton armor are all high-quality goods. ”

"Unless it's going to the north to fight." Gao Zhang smiled bitterly: "It's too hot here in Guangxi, if you really go to war, you will definitely not be able to wear armor in normal times, and you can only wear armor temporarily after encountering the enemy, so even if you have heavy armor, it is estimated that it will be too late to change, and it is difficult to say whether leather armor and cotton armor can prevent wolf soldiers." ”

Gao Pragmatic was very surprised: "Why can't you prevent it?" ”

Gao Zhang said: "I don't know if the master has noticed, most of the wolf soldiers use long soldiers are different from our north, they use a kind of bamboo spear, I don't know what kind of bamboo it is, it's not very thick, but it seems to have been treated in some way, and it is very tough." Although this kind of bamboo spear only has a spearhead made of fine iron, because the spear body is very long and strong, if it is used for stabbing, the leather and cotton armor probably do not have much protective power.

In addition, they not only have bamboo spears, but also bamboo short spears, which are also bamboo with iron tips, which look like they are used for throwing. This kind of weapon has never been fought against by a small one, but when I was training in Jizhen that year, I once heard a few veterans of the Southern Army mention it, and they said that in the past, the wolf soldiers under the command of Mrs. Washi had this kind of weapon, and if it was thrown by more than 100 people at the same time, it would be very powerful, at least most of the Japanese invaders could not resist it back then. ”

Sure enough, people of different professions look at the problem from different angles, and Gao Pragmatic can be regarded as having walked with the wolf soldiers for a long time, so he just thinks that the equipment of the wolf soldiers looks terrible, and never really pays attention to what is going on with their weapons and equipment.

In fact, he also found these bamboo weapons, but at that time, he simply thought that the toast was poor, so he casually cut some bamboo and sharpened it to install an iron spearhead, even if he equipped the wolf soldiers with weapons, but he didn't expect that the bamboo spear was also exquisite.

Well...... Presumably, in addition to saving costs, adapting measures to local conditions is also an aspect. As for Gao Zhang's statement that these bamboo varieties are unknown, and the processing methods are not clear, Gao Shishi has some ideas.

It's not that he knows what kind of bamboo this is, unless he asks Huang Zhiting, he won't know about it at all, because there are nearly 40 kinds of bamboo in China even in later generations, and there are more in "ancient" times, and he doesn't study this, where can he figure it out?

But when it comes to processing methods, he knows the simplest method: soaking in tung oil.

Why does he know? He was a southerner in his previous life, and when he was young, he saw a lot of bamboo processing in his hometown, and almost all of them were inseparable from tung oil. Although he was young at the time and didn't pay much attention to it, he still knew some of the benefits of soaking tung oil, such as anti-aging and stronger strength.

An ordinary bamboo weapon may be scrapped after a battle, but if it is seriously soaked in tung oil, it will definitely not, unless it is a hard battle damage, it will definitely be fine to use it for a few years. In many areas in the south, houses are built with bamboo soaked in tung oil, such as bamboo buildings or something, which is too common, and people's houses do not need to be replaced with bamboo for decades, which is not strong? Not anti-aging?

Well, thinking about it this way, it's no wonder that tung oil is a thing that has been sold until modern society is a fist product of foreign trade, and it is indeed a bit powerful......

The key is that Guangxi has neither a shortage of bamboo, nor a shortage of tung trees, and the wolf soldiers use such weapons according to local conditions, which is really economical and easy to use, and it is simply tailor-made.

However, it doesn't mean that I can't help them improve it, at least their iron spearhead is still made of iron, and where does the best iron in Daming come from right now? Jinghua Iron Works!

As for other weapons...... Forget it, if the wolf soldiers are bound to be equipped with firearms, maybe it will waste their brave battles, and it costs more money to fight with firearms.

Forget about the armor, his industry has not set foot in the armor part, and even the leather armor and cotton armor equipped for his own family are bought, how can the money be wasted on the wolf soldiers...... Anyway, the toasts don't take the people under their rule very seriously.

Prepare a little reinforcement for the wolf soldiers, Gao Pragmatic feels that he is already worthy of his future allies, and it is time to think about his own preparations for sending troops.

The specific number of armed men to be called, what kind of weapons and armor to equip them with, how much to prepare after the battle damage, how much grain and grass to provide, how to arrange transportation routes, and even how many soldiers need to be prepared and the corresponding medicines, etc., all of which must be considered in advance.

Gao Pragmatic has positioned himself very early, that is, it is not important whether he can learn to command and fight, but he must do a good job in the work of logistics support.

How can the security work be done well? It's nothing more than the old saying: everything is foreseen, and everything is not foreseen.

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