Chapter 74: I found what I wanted to do
Qiao Wei was still a little afraid of facing the corpse, after all, it was a biological instinctive reaction.
Especially when he saw the corpses piled together, and the smell of blood rushed straight to the Tianling Gai, Qiao Wei almost didn't vomit all the bile.
The coolies of the labor camp would clean the corpses from the battlefield and recover all the armor, arrows, and all weapons from the corpses, which were also considered to be part of the spoils of war.
The body was then buried on the spot, but Qiao Wei suggested that it would be better to burn it, otherwise the improperly buried corpse would easily cause the spread of the epidemic.
The level of medical care in this era is really not too high, and an outbreak of a plague may cause a city to have a survival rate of only 12 out of 10, and even the corpses that die of the plague will cause a new plague disaster. Most of the time, the recovery of these medical diseases is not supported by drugs, and can only rely on people's own immunity to survive.
In the era of cold weapons, population is still the last word, after all, the development of science and technology is not enough to shake the dominance of population in war.
Sun Yi was responsible for escorting the generals and surrendered troops of the Guangling Army to form a new team, which was under the jurisdiction of Sun Yi, and Sun Yi, the "single" captain, finally had his first army of soldiers.
Qiao Wei sat with several quartermaster clerks, focusing on the recovery of equipment and the casualty rate of soldiers after the war, Qiao Wei's main concern was the recovery rate of arrows from bows and crossbows and the casualty rate of soldiers.
Zhou Gu was very puzzled and looked at Qiao Wei who had to divide the category of arrow recovery into parts such as those recovered from corpses, those recovered from generals, and those recovered from the battlefield. After all, in the past, it was only necessary to count how many arrows were recovered before they could be used for public use.
Qiao Wei also patiently explained, "The recovery of arrows can see the hit rate of the bow and crossbow to a certain extent, which has a certain reference value for the transformation of the bow and crossbow." "After all, the more arrows can be recovered, especially the more arrows can be recovered from corpses and enemy generals, to a certain extent, it can indicate that the higher the hit rate of the bow and crossbow.
Of course, this data should also be estimated together with the data of the distance between the two sides at the time of the battlefield, so that you can roughly know what the real effective range of the repeater is on the battlefield, and whether the role it plays on the battlefield can be improved.
After all, there will still be a certain difference between the test data and the practical data on the battlefield.
Qiao Wei also specially found a few soldiers with bows and crossbows to ask about the use of the repeater's crossbow, suggestions for the improvement of the repeater's crossbow, and other issues.
Sun Quan lifted the curtain and returned to the tent, and there was a pile of data feedback in front of Qiao Wei, and he couldn't help but joke, "You are busier than me now." ”
Qiao Wei came back to his senses and got up to change Sun Quan's clothes, "Are we going to enter Guangling City tomorrow?" ”
"Yes, the city needs to be heavily guarded. After crossing Guangling County, it is necessary to guard against Xiapi and Pengcheng. In the previous battles between Chen Deng and me, they were all won by land, but this time it was also Xingba's advice to attack the sea in the east, and attack its disadvantages with the advantage of Jiangdong to achieve this victory.
But the generals under my command are not good at land warfare, and it is difficult to hold Guangling County. ”
Land warfare is different from water warfare, people north of the Yangtze River are good at land warfare, led by cavalry, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry is the best among the northern cavalry, rumored to be able to travel hundreds of miles a day, good at rushing battles.
However, the Jiangdong Army was good at water warfare, and those who were good at land warfare, such as Tai Shici, Chen Wu and others, were also mostly under Sun Ce, and now they are in a stalemate with Runan and Man Chong and others in the land of Shangcai.
It is easy to attack the city, but it is difficult to defend the city, this is where Sun Quan worries.
"Over there in Wu County, Mo Sangongzi sent someone to send more than thirty Karakuri repeaters, I roughly estimated, if there are three more months, it should be able to guarantee that there will be five hundred skill crossbows that can be equipped."
Sun Quan remembered the effect of today's repeater to control the enemy, even though he already knew the power of the repeater, he couldn't help but be amazed. He never imagined that the actual combat of this Karakuri repeater would be even more brilliant than he had originally thought.
The number of dead and wounded of the crossbow soldiers under his command was not even one-fifth of the previous number, and in just one cup of tea, all the enemy archers were wiped out, and the opponent's formation was wreaked havoc.
After all, the opponent didn't even give the opportunity to change the archers, and after the shield team withdrew, the moment the archers were exposed to shoot arrows, the archers and shield men could be injured, directly breaking the opponent's battle formation, and providing a lot of time and cover support for the follow-up melee combat.
It's a pity that the manufacture of such repeaters and Karakuri repeaters is really time-consuming, and dozens of crossbows have been made in a month.
Sun Quan's eyes were a little solemn, "Half a year is too long." ”
Now Sun Ce took advantage of the stalemate between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to sneak attack in the north, and everything was a noble and fast soldier.
The war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao may break out at any time, and it may end at any time, because whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, their grain and grass cannot take half a year, and of course Sun Ce is the same.
Therefore, if within two months, they could not continue to go north and enter Xuchang, then the opportunity to attack the Son of Heaven would be lost, and Jiangdong would not be able to go further in a short time.
Qiao Wei is not unaware of this, but the craftsmanship of the clever crossbow is not something that ordinary craftsmen can master, not to mention that Mo Sangongzi may not be willing to hand over the skills to others, if it can form an assembly line production, it is actually the best.
It is even possible to set up a military factory for this purpose, which specializes in the manufacture of wartime equipment for the Jiangdong Army.
At present, the equipment of the Jiangdong Army is uneven, and it is not uniform, and most of them are after winning the battle and then seizing the equipment from the hands of various enemy troops, and then carrying out certain transformation and remodeling.
However, if you want to carry out a protracted war, the captured equipment alone cannot meet the needs of the army, and the number of craftsmen in the army is not enough, and the equipment produced is difficult to maintain the needs of the army.
The best craftsmen of each dynasty generally gave priority to the needs of the court and the army under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven, followed by the defenders of the various places. Today, the best craftsmen are also concentrated in Luoyang, Chang'an and Xudu. Being able to get a talent like Mo Sangongzi is actually a fluke, if it weren't for the inheritance of the family's craftsmanship and a talented person like Mo Sangongzi, I'm afraid that with Qiao Wei's strength alone, he can't do anything.
And now the craftsmen in the Jiangdong Army are indeed insufficient in terms of level and experience, and even the number is insufficient. Sure enough, no matter what era it is, excellent talents are always scarce.
If we want to continue to supply and transform equipment for the military, it is imperative to expand the scale of production in the military industry.
stirrups, iron armor, bows and arrows, spears...... Qiao Wei wanted to do too much, and relying on the efficiency of the Mo family's blacksmith alone, she couldn't catch up with her plan at all.
Qiao Wei quickly found her position and what she wanted to do, she looked at the exhausted Sun Quan with a determined look in her eyes, and said her plan with anticipation, "Husband, I want to build a military factory." ”