Section 104 Countdown (14)
It was easy to recover his demeanor, Cheng Shouru looked at Lao Luo, "Big Luo, every time I see you these days, I see you busy, why are you so leisurely today?" ”
"The camp is done, the craftsmen have rested, and they are almost ready to leave." Lao Luo finally felt the pressure to go to more than half of it, since he came to this plain area, he didn't dare to relax, first thinking about how to mobilize the hearts of the people in the Tang camp here, and then he had to walk around every day, where he didn't tell him to check it, there would be some inexplicable chaos, and I don't know how those guys who can do everything can rest assured that there will be no chaos.
"Well......" Cheng Shouru was a little depressed, other people's subordinates do things quickly, if they don't accept it, they can't do it, this mother's new soldier who has been trained for a few days has done a good job, how can he not do it when he comes here? He said casually with some depression in his heart: "You guy, so idle, you don't know how to go here to see the wounded soldiers you treated a few days ago?" ”
"Don't worry, just look at your face and know they're fine." Lao Luo's current behavior is a bit careless, his plain cold face seems to be a little relaxed, he hasn't had much rest for more than a month, he is overly busy at this time, and he wants to be idle, but his brain is in a state of high-speed operation, "It is estimated that the two unlucky eggs with broken bellies have not fully recovered, and the other two may have gone home." ”
"You're right, the two unlucky ones seem to have a big centipede crawling on their bellies, but they can already stand up and walk." Cheng Shouru's tone of voice was a little indignant, damn, whoever faces this kind of guy will be angry, you can guess what you have in your heart.
"Okay, Lao Cheng, you are busy, I'll go in and see the two unlucky guys." Old Rome sensed that the other party's tone was wrong, and the apparent leisurely anger was aroused, and after speaking, he walked inside.
Of course, Lao Luo does not have the ability to read minds, but people who have studied military psychology may not be accurate in seeing others, and it is accurate to deal with soldiers like Cheng Shouru, although the times are different, but there is still no difference in the psychological laws of soldiers. He doesn't want to be disgusted, why not leave at this time?
"This guy... This monster..."Leaving Cheng Shouru to sit on the chair and stare dryly, he spit out two words angrily, but he felt that this anger came for no reason, and stared at a few guys on the other side for a while, until the white-faced Bai Liuzi and Zhang Laoshi were a little restless, he came to his senses, threw down a few words, he had to hurry up and take a look, the soldier training was just like that for a short time, and the rest would not be known until the time of the battle, and the affairs of civilians and family members were not in his charge, But the dismantling of the defending ordnance, such as the bed crossbow or something, still has to be mobilized by him.
Speaking of equipment, today's city guards are very different from the past, basically the things that Lao Luo's recruits are equipped with, and they are also equipped here. Tens of thousands of craftsmen are not busy making only two kinds of "cars" for two or three months, although neither kind of car is an ordinary thing.
After returning from Kutaisi, Lao Luo was busy with some scattered equipment design, which is not a difficult thing, but it is very practical when fighting, and it can be easily manufactured in this era.
For example, the strap, at this time there is a leg strap, but it is only a slender hemp rope, most of which are made by the soldiers themselves, Lao Luo is a conscription of women with fine linen cloth with needle and thread carefully sewn, the cavalry has riding boots, the operator of the side van - although the city guard also rides, but can only be regarded as a horse infantry, wearing boots is inconvenient to operate the large side van, so the strap is a necessity, two finger wide straps are used to wrap the legs can not only relieve fatigue, but also can play a role in the desert area to defend against poisonous snakes.
In addition, there were deep-bottomed pots for soldiers, one for each of them, enough to cook porridge and rice for ten people; A first-aid kit wrapped in wax cloth that every soldier must carry on his body, which contains salted gauze, a curved needle, and a hemostatic loose bag; Every soldier had a cowhide bladder plus a small packet of alum, which could be used to purify water, and it took a lot of effort to prepare these things; There is also a roll of tallow muslin distributed to each chief, a kind of cloth that is densely woven, soaked with butter and barely leaking, this thing is the best thing to get water in the desert or desert, and the water collected in one night may not guarantee a full drink, but it will definitely not make people die of thirst......
When the soldiers became familiar with these things, they sent down a bunch of inexplicable things, a large backpack sewn from cowhide and double linen, which could hold all the bits and pieces, as well as all kinds of familiar and unfamiliar things necessary for the journey—a lunch box made of wood and iron, a dinner spoon, a dinner knife for cutting meat, a pack of cheese slices with a fishy smell, and even a bag of dried mountain plum powder that can make people lose their teeth sour, not to mention the blindfolded black gauze that Cheng Shouru had seen and the earthy yellow gauze that covered his mouth and nose......
There are many miscellaneous things, which makes all the people who have not seen it in this era a little dumbfounded, even a mature old soldier like Cheng Shouru is the first time that he has found that an army needs so many things to march in the field. Although there are many things that he has never seen or even heard of, but in line with his trust in Lao Luo, he still ordered all the officers and men in the army to be familiar with all these things as soon as possible, and they must be kept and used according to the requirements, because it is impossible to say when these inconspicuous things can save the lives of their comrades.
There are so many small bits and pieces that each person is equipped with, and there are more things for combat, in addition to the big guy like the side box, it is worth mentioning that a simple large slingshot usually hangs on the side box, which is used to launch a kind of clay pot filled with crude oil, the range is only less than 200 steps, not as far as the trebuchet, this thing may not be very lethal, but the stagnant effect used to hinder the enemy's attack is obvious, with the use of bows and arrows, it may be able to play a miraculous effect in the face of cavalry.
In addition to these, because of Lao Luo's meddling everywhere, the armor and weapons equipped with soldiers have been greatly improved. For example, the Tang-style red tasseled helmet was changed to a bald helmet with leather inlaid with metal sheets that looked dirty, and the neck was equipped with chain mail to protect the neck. But with a yellow robe with tight cuffs, and a suit with black stripes like a helmet, it makes you feel like a demon coming out of the depths of the desert, which makes you shudder.
This thing was accepted by Lao Luo's forced soldiers, because the new armor was much better than the original sturdiness and applicability, Cheng Shouru couldn't say anything, but now it was the Mingguang armor on him and several captains who looked very angry. Lao Luo couldn't convince them, so he simply didn't care about it anymore, anyway, they had their spare armor, and these guys also had the instinct to save their lives on the battlefield, and when the time came, they knew that they had become targets, and they knew that they were bad.
Lao Luo felt that he had racked his brains to take into account all the battlefield elements, and many later generations of armaments were looking for substitutes with the same function in this era, so that Cheng Shouru was complaining that he was taking soldiers as if he was going to the green, and he was only a little restrained, no way, after experiencing the army and mercenary career in later generations, he always felt that it was irresponsible for soldiers to fight with a knife and a spear in ancient wars.
Is this obsessive-compulsive? Lao Luo didn't know, but the effect of this was that the cohesion of the army was stronger, the family members complained less, and the cost was nothing, the Li family and the Zhang family produced some materials, and Lao Luo took the opportunity to produce a little food stored in the space, the raw materials were not valuable, and the only thing that was consumed was just labor.
For the soldiers, all kinds of novel gadgets are equipped, and in addition to surprises, many soldiers are a little eager to try. There is no way to see blood at present, the new deep-bottomed pot was put on fire by the guys who saw the novelty for the first time, this kind of pot has two pot handles, the thickness is about five millimeters according to Lao Luo's calculation, there is no way to be thinner, the malleability of the material can not be solved in the short term, Lao Luo is not satisfied with this thing, but the soldiers feel that it is much easier to use than the original six-eared marching pot, and it is lighter than the six-eared pot when hanging, and it can also be framed with stones, the only drawback is that the pot wall is too thin, I'm worried that the big guy with a big appetite is hungry and stabs the pot with a spoon......
Of course, apart from this, other things also had a lot of fun. For example, it is said that the mountain plum powder is particularly sour, and it is used to soak in water to drink, and a few guys do not believe in evil, so they directly grab a handful and stuff it into their mouths, but they can't bite anything for two or three days in a row, and can only drink porridge pitifully......
For the use of new equipment, the former gladiators showed the most calm - for them, as long as they followed the master in front of them, there was nothing to worry about, not that they were the most obedient, but that along the way from Athens, Lao Luo's performance conquered them.
After feeling the mood change of the recruits, Lao Luo ordered Alki and Mnaqi to take them to the nearby mountains to hunt, not asking for the results of the battle, but just to calm down their restless minds, and by the way, let them get familiar with the new weapons and see blood at the same time, although many of these guys are not ordinary civilians, but after all, there are Xintender who have never seen blood, and they have not yet fought together, and soldiers who have not seen blood are not real soldiers - this is Lao Luo's thoughts.
Let the recruits go out to hunt, of course Lao Luo doesn't have to follow, the camp is guarded by gladiators, there is nothing to worry about, so he has the opportunity to hang out, as for why he didn't take Li Ji with him, because the fire girl has already mixed in with the children, and her stubborn temper comes up, ignoring him.
"Damn greedy merchants!" Lao Luo came out of the hospital, and the matter of the wounded was left behind, and it turned to the next business negotiations.
Even Lao Luo, who is now scolding businessmen, is also inseparable from businessmen. When I was a mercenary in later generations, I had to endure the exploitation of arms dealers to buy bullets, and I also had to deal with merchants during this period.
Sometimes he couldn't help but think that if he went back to his own time at this time, he would be able to do without any low-light night vision infrared telescopes and other things, and he would definitely make those greedy vulture arms dealers break their teeth.
But it seems impossible, at least for the time being, so let's think of breaking the teeth of the Central Asian merchants at this time.
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