Taiping Village recruited new soldiers, and now the total number of troops is close to 3,000, one to ten is only a difference in numbers, and the combat effectiveness is even worse. Due to the depletion of iron ingots, weapons were discontinued, and recruits had only three options: a short knife, a bow and arrow, and a wooden spear.

The first two weapons are both from the captured, the short knives of the Xianbei people, mainly cast in bronze, and only the generals are equipped with steel knives. However, Taiping Village was ransacked, and a large number of iron tools were looted, and after smelting in the furnace, a batch of iron knives were made. Due to the rush of work, although there is a suspicion of shoddy work, it is also stronger than the brittle and fragile bronze products.

The recruits were arranged in three, three, and four, with 30 percent each for swords and archers, and 40 percent for spearmen, but half could only get wooden guns.

Needless to say, the archers know from the battle of Broken Soul Valley that if they defend the city, they are stronger than nothing, and if they participate in field battles, they can only bluff.

Only Zhang Ying mastered the knife technique, she hastily taught the knife soldiers a few practical ways, due to the rush of time, there is no systematic training, it is difficult to form combat effectiveness.

In comparison, it turned out to be more threatening to have a wooden gun! And this way of marksmanship, after fighting the enemy, has been slightly improved, and is now more suitable for battlefield fighting, especially large-scale battle array killing.

"Don't panic! No need to mess around! Li Yi shouted: "The Hu people are still dozens of miles away from Taiping City, and it will take a while for the soldiers to come to the city!" ”

The people did not know it, but when they saw the water cold lamp, they mistakenly thought that the enemy army was about to arrive, and then they made a mess.

"Stop! Stop! Xue Xin's fiery temper flare-up, and he opened his arms and used his huge body to block the crazy crowd.

"I promise the villagers that everyone will be safe within an hour!" Li Yi shouted loudly and made a peace oath.

After Li Yi and Xue Xin's resistance, the crowd stopped, and after a period of patient explanation, the commotion gradually settled down.

"Dismantle the machine!" Xue Xin passed the first order.

These machines have only been installed for less than a day, but they have been very effective. These piles with knobs, thanks to the installation of a rotating part, the upper arm of the stake, can freely rotate half a turn, and its function is similar to that of modern cranes. Pulleys are installed on the arm, which can drag the soil basket in the trench up, and after turning half a circle, the soil in the basket can be transported to the city wall.

With this batch of boom cranes, it saves manpower to climb the ditch and go to the city, and its efficiency has been increased several times, and in just half a day, the city wall has increased by several feet.

The boom crane was dismantled and transported into the city for storage to prevent it from being destroyed in the war, and it was also afraid of being used by the enemy, and it could continue to be used after the war.

"Repair the trench and destroy the stairs!" Xue Xin passed on a second order.

The stairs are for people to walk up and down, and if they stay, they will also be used by the Xianbei people, and before the enemy arrives, they must all be broken and the trench must be restored to block the enemy!

While Xue Xin was organizing the aftermath, Li Yi was also busy on the side, the city gate had not been repaired, and what was worse was that there were no stones.

In any case, the city gate must be repaired, Li Yi looked at the dismantled boom crane, and immediately had an idea: "Build the city gate with purlin!" ”

Houses are being built in the city, and purlins can be found everywhere, but this idea is more weird, a wooden cover on the city gate, can it be strong?

But there was no time left for the craftsmen to think, so they had to do what Li Yi said, arrange the purlins on the door opening, and cover the soil and trample it.

"Wang Lei led Benqu to kick the city, get ready for battle!" The army was training outside the city, and after receiving the early warning, Wang Ren and others led the soldiers to run back.

Imitating the military system of the Han Dynasty, five people and one army have a captain, ten people and a team have a captain, a team of 50 people has a captain, a hundred people have a tun chief, 500 people have a song to set up a military marquis, a thousand people have a Sima, and a division of 5,000 people has a captain.

The Taiping City army was nearly 3,000 people, which was already the size of three departments. Wang Ren, Song Zhi, and Xue Xin were appointed as Sima, and Wang Lei, Chu Mei, Li Heng, Jiang Shan, He Tao, and Zhang Sheng were promoted to military marquis.

Wang Lei is Wang Ren's brother, different from Wang Jing, he has solid practice, dares to fight, and has performed well in both battles. Especially in the battle of Broken Soul Valley, after Wang Lei was injured in the face, he still led his brothers to fight and rush, and made great contributions to the successful annihilation of the main force of Hu Bing in one fell swoop.

Seeing that Wang Jing was a dou who couldn't afford it, Wang Ren had no choice but to tilt his energy towards this clan brother, hoping to cultivate him as soon as possible and use it for himself.

Wang Lei led his troops to the city, and the five hundred sons shouted in unison, and the momentum rushed straight to Xiaohan! A group of men and horses lined up on the city, with sword and shield soldiers in front, pikemen in the center, and archers at the end of the line, seemed to attack and defend in an orderly manner, and the advance and retreat were well-founded.

This also shows Wang Ren's ability, he completely accepted Zhang Ying's approach, was strict and harsh to his subordinates, and would either beat or scold if he made a mistake. In the hearts of all the brothers, Wang Ren's power was even greater than that of Zhang Ying, and he had the momentum of being better than the blue, because the soldiers were afraid of him like a tiger, and the training effect was very effective.

However, in this team, the veterans who experienced the first battle of the Broken Soul Valley only accounted for 20%, and the less than 10% who resisted Xianbei's first sneak attack was less than 10%, what was its combat effectiveness? Whether it is strong from the outside or in the middle must be verified by actual combat.

Liu Ping is back! This was undoubtedly great news, as he brought back much-needed herbs, iron, grain, cloth, and many other necessities.

After two wars, the consumption of herbs is very huge, and with Liu Ping's purchase this time, he can meet the third challenge.

Iron is the lifeblood of the army and the key raw material that determines the direction of war. It can be used to describe the current situation of Taiping City. Liu Ping's arrival was undoubtedly a timely rain, adding a large amount of rain to the dry fields.

And there is a more important thing, waiting for Liu Ping to make a move, Li Yi is almost looking forward to it. After a long wait, Li Yi put down the city defense affairs and went straight to the Taiping Inn.

There were several beads of sweat on Liu Pinghong's fluttering little face, and it could be seen that he had been in the dust all the way. The first person ushered in turned out to be Li Yi, which made Liu Ping feel a little surprised.

"I heard that the Hu people will be here soon!" Liu Ping wiped the sweat on his face, and said with a smile: "I rushed the vehicle and finally caught up in front!" ”

"Drink a drink of water and moisten your throat!" Li Yi picked up the kettle, poured a bowl of steaming white water, and gently pushed it in front of Liu Ping.

Later generations of thermos were double-walled glass bottles, which pumped out the air in the sandwich, weakened the transfer of heat energy, and could keep the heat warm for a day and night or even longer.

I didn't have any glass at hand, I didn't know the formula, and I didn't have the technology to evacuate it. However, it is not difficult to make a simple kettle with the knowledge and limited and rudimentary materials that have been learned.

Find a handicraft with beautiful skills, use wicker to weave two pots of different sizes, stack the two pots, and stuff some chicken, duck, and goose fluff into the gap in the middle, not too dense and tight, and not too fluffy. After the lining is plugged, the two pots are fixed in position, a cork is added, and a simple kettle is born.

If the tightness does not meet the requirements, the fluff of the poultry will be wet with water, and its thermal insulation performance will be greatly reduced. If the craftsmanship of the craftsman is not sufficient, the inner pot must be simply sealed or replaced with pottery.