Chapter 44: The Ministry of War
"Respecting the old and loving the young is ......"
Xia Tuo, who gave himself a reason, grabbed the two animal skin rolls, came to the residence of the Great Elder, handed the animal skin rolls to the Great Elder, and asked him to inform the clansmen.
And he went to the military department.
The military headquarters is not on the top of the mountain, but in the valley, and the role of weapons and armor is particularly important for soldiers.
The location of the military department is in the cave where the original Lu tribe leader is located, of course, the cave has been expanded again, and the depth is 100 meters, as soon as he enters the cave, Xia Tuo feels a heat wave coming.
Earthfire.
In the center of the cave a fire hole erupted, and on top of it was a cracked stone pot.
Click!
In an instant, the stone furnace cracked, shattered into several times, and the raging flames in the furnace rushed out, and the center of the flame shimmered blue.
The shape of the stone furnace is the shape of a pot, with ears on both sides, which is easy to grasp by hand.
"Hurry up and change the furnace!"
Elder Gong grabbed a huge black stone furnace from the side and put it on the fire again, covering the flames that rushed out, piling up various stone fragments that had broken around the fire cave.
Not far away, there is a polished rough stone furnace, between two days, the destroyed stone furnace is not less than ten, in order to find a kind of fire-resistant stone, the clansmen of the military department found more than 20 kinds of stones, but unfortunately none of them can survive on the ground fire for half a day.
In the fiery cave, sturdy figures were bare-shouldered, sweaty, gathered around the furnace, staring at the stone furnace.
Click.
Soon, the cracks on the black stone furnace manifested, and they were actually burned by the earthfire.
"Coming. ”
Without hesitation, Elder Gong grabbed a cyan stone furnace again and placed it on the fire.
"Go and ask the witch to come. ”
"Patriarch. ”
The bow that was immersed in the stone furnace turned around suddenly, and he was about to bow down, but was stopped by Xia Tuo waving his hand.
"Patriarch, the temperature of the earth fire is too high, and the stone can't withstand it at all. ”
Looking at the bow and smiling bitterly, Xia Tuo waved his hand to signal that it was okay, this was not the world he knew in his previous life, but a wild land with nothing, which needed to be practiced little by little.
"Is the earthfire still stable?"
"It's been stable since yesterday. ”
Hearing this, Xia Tuo breathed a sigh of relief, this earth fire was still an unexpected joy, and the military department expanded the cave and dug it.
"Call me to do something. ”
Soon Wu came with a wooden staff and said in an unceremonious tone.
"The military department needs a stone furnace to smelt ore, and after searching a lot, but not finding a fire-resistant stone, can you brand a witchcraft spell on the stone furnace to make the stone more fire-resistant. ”
Wu didn't make a sound, but looked at the remaining stone furnace next to him, and reached out to pick up the cracked rubble.
Xia Tuo didn't make a sound, quietly waiting for Wu to touch, he felt that Wu had found his way in his twilight years, I am afraid that he had accumulated a lot, otherwise how could he brand witchcraft charms on the waterwheel in a short period of time.
Since it is possible on the waterwheel, then this stone furnace can naturally be too.
"Make a new stone furnace out of this stone and send it to the witch temple. ”
Wu threw a crimson stone in his hand to the bow, glanced at Xia Tuo, turned around and left the military headquarters, the old man's body seemed to tremble, but his hands and feet were not neat, he grabbed the vines, and returned to the top of the mountain like an old monkey.
"Blood Red Stone. ”
The bow naturally recognized this stone, and there was a trace of blood-red lines in the crimson stone, and it was the stone furnace made of this blood-red stone that lasted the longest on the earth's fire.
"Build a stone furnace as Wu instructed. ”
The bow waved his hand and commanded one of his clansmen, and ran out quickly.
"Can the armor be made?"
As soon as the words changed, Xia Tuo asked.
"The patriarch comes with me. ”
The place where the armor was made was another cave next to it, and now the exit of the valley was blocked by a stone wall, and the entire valley was free to choose a place except for salt production.
"We dismantled the broken armor confiscated by the Lu tribe and the armor of the Gale Ministry, and found that the materials used by the Gale Department to make the armor were soaked in animal oil, and the joints between the limbs and the body were connected by animal tendons, and the fine animal scales and armor leaves were polished. ”
took Xia Tuo into the cave where the armor was made, the bow's face turned a little red, and said: "Compared with the armor made by the Gale Department, the armor made by our tribe is garbage, and the armor made of the same material has at least two percent weaker defense than the Gale Ministry." ”
Entering the armor-making cave, a strong smell of animal oil and blood filled the air, and Xia Tuo saw that the clansmen were busy, most of them were women from the tribe.
Some people are soaking animal skins in animal oil, some people are sorting out animal tendons, and some people are polishing the scales of fierce beasts.
In fact, this time the annexation of the Lu tribe, in addition to the benefit of salt, another benefit is to obtain a large amount of air-dried animal skins and animal bones stored by the Lu tribe.
"Patriarch, look at this armor of the Gale Part, there are a total of 470 scales on the body, which are connected by double layers of animal tendons at the neck and joints, and are also protected by double layers of animal skins. ”
This armor was obtained by him from the Gale Department, and Xia Tuo naturally knew that in general, this was an armor made of scales and animal skins of a half-split stone realm beast.
The reason why it is said to be the Semi-Cracked Stone Realm armor is because the craftsmen of the Great Wind Department who made this armor have skillfully used all kinds of fierce beast scales, protecting the chest and back with the Cracked Stone Realm fierce beast scales in the center of the chest, legs and feet, and some unimportant places on the arms, legs and feet are inlaid with ordinary fierce beast scales.
It is enough to see that the mind of the craftsman who makes the armor.
In this way, the armor inlaid with scales can even jam the arrows of sharp arrows, and the interior is lined with animal skins, double protection.
"As soon as possible, create a pair of armor according to this look. ”
"Yes. ”
Xia Tuo stared at the bow and asked, "How long will it take." ”
"Two days. ”
"When you're done, send it to Wu. ”
Then Xia Tuo looked at the two caves where bows and arrows were made and stone soldiers were polished, and now there were four caves in the entire military department, which were earth fire, armor, bows and crossbows and arrows, and stone soldiers.
The volcanic cave, which is prepared for smelting bronze, as the tribe gradually becomes regularized, the unification of weapons and armor will also be raised, and the clan soldiers are full-time to protect the tribe and hunt and fight, and are unified and armed by the clan.
"This time, I got a lot of stone soldiers and armor from the Lu tribe, and I chose the best of them as soon as possible so that I could equip the clan soldiers. ”
Walking out of the cave where the stone soldiers were made, Xia Tuo turned to the bow that followed behind him and said.
"Yes, I'll get the clan soldiers equipped with armor and stone spears as soon as possible. ”
......
Three days later, in the valley, strong men were standing.
At the forefront was Hong, along with nine other totem warriors.
He divided a hundred soldiers into ten columns, each with a totemic warrior at the forefront.
"Xia tribe!"
"Patriarch!"
......
The shouts shook the valley, shaking Xia Tuo's ears.
"From today onwards, the dolls, women and children of the tribe will be guarded by you. ”
Xia Tuo looked at the figures in front of him, and his voice roared, reaching the ears of every clan soldier.
"Tell me, can you do it!"
"Guardian Tribe!"
Hong shouted loudly, waving the stone soldiers in his hands.
Hong shouted loudly, and suddenly more than 100 clansmen behind him shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky.
Xia Tuo looked at the warriors in front of him, and under his assumption, these clan soldiers would be completely separated from clan affairs and become real warriors.
These more than 100 soldiers are all young and strong in the tribe, ranging from their teens to their thirties, and they are most upright and vigorous.
"Over to you. ”
After following Hong's signal, Xia Tuo turned around and climbed the wall and returned to the top of the mountain.
Since he is a soldier, it is impossible to be so stable, and the wilderness outside the tribe is the best training ground.
In a hurry, the military department selected more than 100 pairs of armor, stone spears, and thirty bows and crossbows, all of which were handed over to Hong.
In the following days, they will take turns to go into the mountains to hunt and sharpen.
......
Day 2.
Xia Tuo returned to his stone house from Wu's stone hall, Lu was waiting outside the door, and when he saw Xia Tuo coming back, he hurriedly shouted: "Patriarch." ”
Xia Tuo nodded and motioned for the deer to follow into the stone house, and when he entered the stone house, the deer saw a wooden frame standing on the side of the stone bed, on which was a piece of armor, the scales on the armor flashed with a ghostly light, and a black light like a small snake flashed away.
"This is the best armor that the tribe can make so far, all made of scales, skin, and tendons of the fierce beasts of the Split Stone Realm, and the witch is also branded with witchcraft charms on it, which is enough to withstand a frontal blow from the fierce beasts of the Split Stone Realm without shattering. ”
Xia Tuo's expression was naturally in full view, as a warrior, it was impossible not to desire to get such a pair of armor.
The armor shimmered with a ghostly glow, and each piece of scale armor was polished, layered like fish scales, and a large scale was inlaid on the chest.
For a moment when the deer was stunned, Xia Tuo took a two-meter-long bow and an arrow basket from the stone wall, the large bow was yellow-brown all over, and there were five arrows with bronze arrows flashing with totem patterns.
The bow and crossbow arrows were even the patriarch of the Lu tribe, and such a strong bow could not be made in the tribe at the moment.
It's just that only one of the five arrows of the patriarch of the Lu tribe was branded with totem runes, and the remaining four were branded by Xia Tuo.
Xia Tuo grabbed the big bow and arrow basket and stuffed it into the deer's hand.
"I'll give you this armor and a crossbow. ”
The deer was stunned for a moment, and he was about to shirk it, there was no doubt that the armor and the bow and crossbow were good weapons that could be taken out of the tribe at the moment.
The best weapon is naturally given to the patriarch.
"Take it, the armor and the bow and crossbow can only be placed in the dust of the tribe, and handed over to you to play the greatest role. ”
Seeing that the deer was still hesitant, Xia Tuo said toughly: "This is my order, not to be disobeyed, and also, the wild mountains and forests are extremely dangerous, if you can find the ruins of the Daqian tribe, you can find them, and if you can't, you can come back as soon as possible." ”
"Yes. ”
Subsequently, Xia Tuo personally ordered the deer to put on the armor, and put the big bow on his back, and pinned the arrow basket to his waist.
Patting the deer on the shoulder, he sighed slightly, then he looked stunned, walked to the stone bed and grabbed it, and a bronze dagger appeared in his hand.
"Take it, don't do it and come back!"