Chapter XI

"In addition, I have another idea that I would like to discuss with my eldest brother." "You're welcome, say it quickly."

"I've thought about one thing a long time ago, our army is not equipped with many hand crossbows, the number of longbows is insufficient, and the power of the bow and crossbow is also small, the interval between winding and changing arrows is too long, I think we can equip throwing guns, the head of the guns is made of steel, the body of the guns is wooden, and test a suitable length, each cavalry can be equipped with four or five branches, and each infantry can also carry two branches, to make up for the shortcomings of our long-range projection ability, the throwing gun is easy to use, the lethality is large, and it can also be recycled and reused, The manufacturing process is also much simpler than arrows, but the range is not as good as that of a bow and crossbow. "Throwing guns?" After listening to Gao Shun's explanation, Lu Bu immediately thought of the Roman Empire, which dominated the Mediterranean coast at the same time as the Eastern Han Dynasty and had never fought against the Han army. His heavy infantry corps was armed with javelins, and when the two armies faced each other, they were covered with two rounds of javelins and then hand-to-hand combat. The Javelin is indeed easy to build, easy to use for training soldiers, and not a small power. "Good idea, let's go, you and I will go to the craftsman's camp, it just so happens that I also have some patterns to help me build."

Lu Bu took Gao Shun to a specially built camp behind the village, and the craftsman camp was full of busy figures, which was even more than the people in the barracks. Lu Bu first found Lu Feifei who sewed military uniforms with a group of girls and aunts, and it was rare to see that the tomboy was also gentle and popular, Lu Feifei and the others were sewing a new military uniform sewn according to Lu Bu's pattern, the collar was erected, the neck was protected, the buttons were fastened, and the sleeves and trouser legs of the military uniform should be tightened, changing the style of wide and fat sleeves in the past. An additional batch of leggings was made, which could be used on long walks. Lu Bu told Lu Feifei that his team already had the identity of an official army, and the color of the military uniform could justifiably use the crimson of the Han Army, with the same style, and according to the new version, two military flags were sewn, larger, both with black clothes on a red background, with three big characters sewn on one side "Trap Camp", and the other side sewn "Sima Lu of the Han Army", which must be distinctive.

After telling Lu Feifei, the two of them found Guan Lao Tie who was personally demonstrating in the blacksmith camp. Lu Bu first let Gao Shun and Guan Laotie talk about their thoughts, Guan Laotie listened to the idea of throwing guns, and smiled: "Throwing guns is not a new thing, it has existed in the previous dynasty, but after the popularization of bows and crossbows, the strong national strength supported the equipment of the Han army to lead the surrounding countries and ethnic groups, so it will not be built, this is easy to build, we will make javelins of different lengths, and let the soldiers test shoot when the time comes, just take the most suitable weight and length." In addition, I thought that I could make a leather goods to carry these javelins, especially those of the cavalry, which were hung on the saddle in peacetime, and carried behind in wartime, and placed on the sides for easy extraction. Lu Bu had to admire this old man's experience, but after listening to Gao Shun, he even thought of the equipment, it seems that he has found the right person. He handed the sketch he drew to Guan Laotie, and explained to him the principle of stirrups and horseshoes, Guan Laotie glanced at the drawings, "Great Commander, your idea of stirrups is really good, with stirrups, you no longer have to clamp the horse's belly with your legs, but you can shoot arrows steadily, or slash hard, and increase a lot of strength, the Huns actually have something similar for a long time, but their stirrups only have one side, and they are cloth." It should be relatively easy to build, it depends on what kind of leather is used, and the place where the foot is pedaled can be tried with bronze. The horseshoe used to be similar, but it was not nailed to the horse's shoe, but on it, I think your idea is more reasonable, I have played iron in the army before, and the horsehoe wears the fastest, with the horseshoes, the degree of wear of the horseshoes will be minimized, and the friction when going uphill will be increased, and it will be much easier to march long distances in the desert Gobi. Commander, I can't imagine that you still know this, more than an old blacksmith like me thinks, you are really capable of literature and martial arts. However, although I have a lot of manpower, I also have a lot of things to build, and you have to allow me to arrange the time and manpower of these things. In a hurry. Hearing the old man Guan say that there is a shortage of manpower, Lu Bu suddenly thought of the scene of the blacksmiths working just now, the craftsmen of this era work, they are all one person to do the same product from beginning to end, such as sword casting, cutting raw materials, heating, cold smelting, forging, quenching, etc., even the blade is the same person, the efficiency is too low, Lu Bu and Guan Lao Tie suggested that the process of building a weapon can be divided into several processes, each person is only responsible for one of the processes, and then set a standard for each process, as long as it meets the standard, It can be passed on to the person in the next process, so that even if there are not so many all-round or skilled craftsmen like Lao Tie, the apprentices can be proficient in one of the processes first, simplifying the process and the requirements for personnel quality, greatly speeding up the efficiency, which is equivalent to the introduction of the assembly line operation in later generations.

He decided to choose the best iron and melted Lu Bu's iron spear, saying that he wanted to rebuild a worthy weapon for Lu Bu, after all, the sixty pound iron spear was no longer suitable for Lu Bu's growing strength. Lu Bu asked what kind of weapon it was, Guan Lao Tie pretended to be mysterious, and didn't tell him, saying that it was a secret, and he would be given a surprise when the time came, Lu Bu had no choice but to wait. He also entrusted Lao Tie to create a set of flying knives for him, this is a nirvana skill he mastered when he was a special soldier in his previous life, and the size and weight are in accordance with the previous standard of hand, and the flying knives are more concealed than bows and arrows, and they are most suitable for close-range sneak attacks. When the flying knife was successfully built, Lu Feifei saw it, and she couldn't put it down, forcing Guan Lao Tie to give her a pair too, and pestering Lu Bu every day to let him teach him how to fly the knife.

This kind of life is very fulfilling, there are many things busy every day, Lu Bu only feels that there is not enough time, and he will come up with some novel ideas and ideas every day, so he made a note and recorded it at any time, even if he can't use it now, he can't keep it when it will be useful.

After a few days, Lu Bu found that among the 1,000 recruits, several of them performed particularly well, some of them ran very fast, some of them were particularly accurate in archery, and some of them were particularly beautiful in equestrianism. From this, he thought of another idea, he and Gao Shun decided to study and decide, the physical fitness and skills of recruit training are subdivided into ten subjects, each subject is based on the average score of the whole army, set an assessment standard, excellent results, reward, the last eliminated, supplemented to other auxiliary arms to leave. Continue to recruit new people, anyway, Lu Bu's name is a golden signboard, and now he has the legal identity of an official and a soldier, and he is an enthusiastic applicant.

In fact, Lu Bu has another purpose in the assessment of these ten subjects, that is, to screen out the 50 people with the best comprehensive scores in the ten subjects of the whole army, and Lu Bu will personally conduct special training. They were all dressed in black uniforms, special leather armor and helmets, and the crossbows of the whole army were concentrated in their hands, armed with long and short knives, and all the horses were given priority to be selected by them, and each horse was one for each. The five most accurate archery men were equipped with longbows, and Lu Bu was going to use them as snipers. Special throwing knives were also distributed to everyone, and Lu Bu taught them the correct techniques.

Soon, Li Su escorted a batch of grain and grass to meet Lu Bu and everyone. Lu Bu called Li Su aside alone, and discussed with him, Li Zhuang's bazaar has a lot of past merchants from all over the world, including Han people, Huns, Xianbei people, etc., these people are the most well-informed, Lu Bu wants to use the caravan of the Li family to find out intelligence, and also wants Li Su to be responsible for intelligence collection.