Chapter 979 The reason why

we can't send troops immediately "Is that the new weapon that the leader mentioned? An iron stick on a wooden stick? The end of the wooden stick looks a bit like the wooden butt of a divine crossbow. How do you use it?" You Ye stood beside Qu Bing and watched the soldiers of the Shen Ce Guard line up. He couldn't help but ask curiously about the weapons they used.

"Yes, that was invented by the leader. It is a long-range weapon made by the principle of using gunpowder to propel projectiles. It is the same thing as a cannon. These weapons are actually small cannons with reduced power."

Qu Bing looked at the soldiers in front of him and subconsciously explained to You Ye. However, he just said halfway when he suddenly remembered something and said it again.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot that Uncle You has never seen a cannon."

You Ye couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Yes, he really hadn't seen a cannon, and he hadn't even heard when the leader made a cannon again. He has been out for almost four years, and the cannon was made in the winter three years ago.

After that, this batch of artillery was taken to the grassland to defeat Maodun. A year later, based on the precipitation of artillery manufacturing technology and technical accumulation, Luo Chong built the most primitive steam engine according to the method of boring and drilling artillery.

It took nearly two years after the steam engine was invented, and it was not until the beginning of this year that the Han tribe had a train, and the musket appeared almost a year after the steam engine appeared.

Even Qubing participated in the research and development of musket ammunition, but he did not come up with smokeless gunpowder or gunpowder that could spontaneously ignite. Instead, he made photosensitive agents from these chemical gunpowders and built the world's first wet camera with Ao Fei. Then the leader improved the dry photography technology based on their camera principle, which was more portable and cheaper.

These four years were the four years of the Han tribe's technological explosion, but Youye had been away from the Han tribe for too long.

It's not that there was no contact, but no one brought him these news.

"Ahem." Youye coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, and then said, "Although I have never seen a cannon, I have seen gunpowder, and I have seen the chief use gunpowder. The power of gunpowder is indeed powerful, but it was quite dangerous when it was used at the beginning, and it could only be prepared on the spot when it was used. Now the tribe has made gunpowder that can be used whenever it wants."

Youye recounted what he had seen and heard in the past to prove that he was not an ignorant person, and finally he was surprised by the new gunpowder weapons.

Qubing looked at him with some speechless contempt. He also used the previous on-site preparation. I'm afraid he is still talking about the liquid gunpowder made by the chief back then? !

"The gunpowder of our Han tribe is no longer the same as it was in the past. Now there are at least four or five kinds. The one you mentioned is the earliest one, and I have only seen it when I was a child. A few years ago, the leader had already made black gunpowder that can be safely transported and stored. It looks like black sand and will explode only when ignited with an open flame, but the explosion is not that powerful and there is a lot of smoke.

"This time, in order to develop muskets, the leader gave a few more formulas, and finally made a more powerful smokeless gunpowder, and a new type of gunpowder that ignites when impacted. If you count semi-finished products like guncotton, there are at least five or six kinds. As for weapons, they are now relatively mature, but according to the leader, our steel does not meet the standards, otherwise we can make better muskets. "

Qubing introduced the development history of gunpowder in the Han tribe in detail to Youye, who had been away from the tribe for several years. At the end, he sighed again.

"Uncle You, the tribe has developed rapidly in recent years, especially in production technology. Many new things have come out. There are too many things you don't know. It seems that you need to make up for it. Otherwise, when you return home, I am afraid you will not dare to recognize the Han tribe."

Hearing Qubing, the little brat in the past, talking to him like this, Youye was even more embarrassed, but he would not be intimidated by Qubing. After all, he was still an elder. There was no reason for him to be looked down upon by the younger generation, so he listened to his self-defense.

"I can't go back because of an important task. Otherwise, why would it come to this? You, a little brat, actually ridiculed me. Aren't you capable? Since this is the case, I will leave the tutoring to you. If there is anything new in the tribe and you don't tell me, I will see how I will deal with you. "

Qubing was speechless again. Is he taking advantage of his age? He starts to act like an adult when he can't win the argument? Why are all adults like this

? "Okay, okay, Uncle You has made great contributions to the tribe. You are my uncle after all. Don't worry, your nephew will definitely teach you a good lesson!" Qubing said gritting his teeth. You

Ye looked at him with some pride.

After the Shen Ce Guards organized their troops, they went to the barracks under the leadership of the military commander Wen Feiyu.

Although they were called barracks, they were not military camps built specifically for them. Instead, they were concentration camps built for the captives at the order of the leader at that time. They were specially used to detain captives to prevent them from freezing to death here in the winter.

Moreover, building materials are scarce here. There are no brick houses at all. Even the survivors here live in rammed earth houses. The concentration camps used for the captives are naturally the same buildings, but these Rammed earth houses are larger and do not have any basic facilities.

For example, ordinary people's homes are divided into main rooms and inner rooms, but this is not the case. The room area is more than twice that of ordinary houses. The room is empty, with nothing in it. There is a kang on each side of the room. These two kangs are actually large bunk beds, which are simply covered with straw. At least 30 people can sleep in one room, and even 40 can be squeezed in.

The whole room is very dark. If you don't open the door, it is basically pitch black. There are windows, but The windows are relatively small, and all are made of wooden boards, which are opaque. It is dark when closed, but who dares to open the windows in such a cold day?

After all, the material conditions here are still insufficient, and there is not even a papermaker. In the eight counties of Hanyang, although not every family can afford glass windows, paper-pasted windows are indeed affordable.

Some soldiers could not help but curse when they saw the "barracks" here, because they were not as good as the barracks they built by themselves in the back mountains of Hanyang County. There were not even paper-pasted windows, and the darkness affected their mood as soon as they entered. .

But when the kang was heated up and everyone lay on it, they immediately started to enjoy the aroma.

There was no other way. They had slept in the cabin for more than a month. The space and light in the cabin were limited. The cabins above were fine, but how could they open the windows in the cabins below? Wouldn't it be dark?

The most important thing was that there was no way to make a fire in the cabin, let alone a kang. They had been freezing all the way here, and now they had a ready-made room to sleep in, with a kang inside. What else could they be dissatisfied with?

After more than a month, they could finally get a warm night's sleep.

After assigning the soldiers to the barracks according to their organization, the deputy commander began to assign guard tasks to the soldiers. A military camp is a military camp, and the rules of defense cannot be changed, even if it is on their own territory. Guard posts, patrol posts, and secret posts were arranged around the camp, and then the companies and platoons of each battalion were assigned to rotate guard tasks. This was the most basic arrangement.

After the soldiers were arranged, You Ye was invited to the headquarters of the Shen Ce Guard to hold a meeting to discuss the next action.

"When are you going to start the battle?" You Ye asked absentmindedly while looking at the calcium carbide lamp hanging in the house.

The house where You Ye lived also had wooden windows. He did have some paper, but he was reluctant to use it to paste the windows. It was all used to handle official documents, and one less piece of paper was needed, and there was no way to replenish it here. So when he saw the calcium carbide lamp that could illuminate the house, he was absent-minded.

"I'm afraid it won't be possible to send troops in a short time. I think it will take at least ten days and a half a month to prepare." Before Qu Bing spoke, Wen Feiyu, the military commander of the Shen Ce Guard, spoke first.

"Why is that? Didn't the leader say to fight as soon as possible?" You Ye asked puzzled.

Qu Bing also looked at his commander in puzzlement. He also knew that he was in the dark and unfamiliar with the situation, so he naturally couldn't send troops immediately. But ten days and a half a month, isn't it a bit long?

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Wen Feiyu explained.

"The soldiers' morale is not very high now. They are generally emotional. They think the barracks environment here is too bad and they are all complaining. I need to do ideological work for them, which may take one or two days.

"In addition, the soldiers have been staying on the ship for more than a month. They lack the necessary training. I even think that their combat effectiveness has dropped significantly, so they need at least ten days of recovery training, including shooting, physical fitness, and ideological education. They all need to recover.

"In addition, it is too cold here. We didn't expect it to be so cold before we came. Especially since one-third of our troops are from the south, so these ten days of recovery training are absolutely necessary. First, it is to restore the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. In addition, letting them train in such a cold environment is also to let the soldiers get familiar with the climate here as soon as possible. Otherwise, they will be frozen to death when they are pulled out. How can they fight?"

Youye blinked after listening to this. This reason seems to be nothing wrong. The year he first came, he was also frozen to death. He really needs to let people adapt. However, Qubing is the real commander, so when to send troops depends on Qubing's decision, so he turned his attention to Qubing again.

After listening to this, Qu Bing nodded in agreement, and added,

"What Wen Sima said makes sense. Restoration training is essential. After all, the soldiers' training has been abandoned for more than a month. It is really hard to say how much combat effectiveness they have left. Recovery is necessary. In addition, it was still early autumn when we set out, and the soldiers had not even trained in winter clothes. Who knows if they can still fight in such thick cotton clothes?!"

Not wearing cotton clothes for training seems to be a good reason. After all, this is a cotton coat, not a down jacket. Cotton coats, cotton pants, military coats, thick cotton boots, and snow are equivalent to putting shackles on the soldiers. The ability to run in the field is at least half discounted. It is even a problem whether they can run in the snow. After all, cotton coats are heavy, and there is real cotton inside.

"Also, you may have forgotten that we not only need to give our soldiers restorative training, but the leader also asked us to recruit auxiliary soldiers for prisoner-capturing training. Even if we go out to fight at that time, we must take them with us." Qubing said again when he saw that everyone was looking at him.

Pah -

Wen Feiyu slapped his forehead and blamed himself, "Oh, it's true, I almost forgot such an important thing. It seems that the time for our troops to be dispatched will be extended again. It will take at least half a month to a month to launch the operation?!"

You Ye was puzzled and asked, "Recruiting auxiliary soldiers, what auxiliary soldiers, recruiting from us?"

"Yes, auxiliary soldiers, this is the arrangement of the leader. He wants us to recruit auxiliary soldiers from the local area after we arrive, and then train them. During the battle, they will act together with our Shen Ce Wei soldiers. They are mainly responsible for transporting food and ammunition, and helping to capture and guard prisoners of war.

"By the way, Uncle You, the leader specifically explained that the strategic intention of our operation this time is to capture prisoners of war. The leader said that we need those cannibal warriors to be our slaves. The Han tribe is developing rapidly now, and we need these slaves as labor. "

After listening to Qubing's explanation, Youye nodded immediately. He knew about the capture of prisoners, and the leader had specifically instructed him about this. After all, he had him build so many houses to detain prisoners. How could he not know? So he asked directly.

"Then how many auxiliary soldiers do we need to recruit?"

"Well, how many young and middle-aged men can we recruit here?" Qubing asked uncertainly, he was not very familiar with the situation here.

"Here, we currently have three camps in the north, managing a total population of nearly 30,000. This is the earliest camp and the largest one, with a total population of about 12,000, and all the young and middle-aged men add up to about 4,000. "Youye introduced.

Qubing and others were very surprised. This population ratio could never be achieved in the eight counties of Hanyang. Why? Because there are too many newborns in the eight counties of Hanyang. Minors account for more than three-fifths of the total population, and more than half of them are children. With a total population of 10,000, there are at least 6,000 children. Only newly built immigrant counties like Nanzhang County have few children, after all, they are formed by young people who have just reached adulthood.

But he didn't dwell on this. This was not his business. After thinking about it, Qubing asked again, "Do the young and strong people here have enough food and cotton-padded clothes? Can they go out in this season?"

"There is enough food. We also grow food here. Although we don't grow as much rice as corn, we can still be self-sufficient and have enough cotton-padded clothes. Four months ago, the leader specially supported a batch of cotton and cloth, which were distributed to each household to make cotton-padded clothes before winter. Moreover, they are used to the cold, so there is no problem for them to go out. "Youye introduced the situation here again.

After listening, Qubing thought about it and finally made a decision, "Then recruit all the young and strong men who have nothing to do, train them together, some stay in the camp for defense, some follow us to fight, and then rotate with the garrison in the camp. Four thousand people are almost enough."

Youye was stunned and asked in disbelief, "All four thousand people are recruited? Then, what about the weapons? We don't have armor and weapons to equip so many people here!"

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This is Chapter 979. I typed the wrong chapter number. I don't have the authority to modify the title yet...-_-||

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