Chapter 162: Various Arrangements
Since the three wild horses had already been subdued by the centaurs, they led them back without causing any trouble.
In fact, it is much easier than leading a bison.
The group returned to the grassland camp smoothly and tied the three wild horses to pillars.
The breeders in the Ministry of Agriculture were basically familiar with the following procedures, so Zhou Xu didn't need to say much.
The acquisition of wild horses is very important to Zhou Xu, because it means that he can start training cavalry!
Of course, equipment such as stirrups and saddles were also obtained.
Although there were no such equipment for horse riding in the earliest times, since he knew about it, there was no reason not to get it.
Equipping a full set of these equipment can greatly reduce the difficulty of riding a horse.
He had already drawn the design in his spare time. Now that the order had been given, the equipment department in Black Moon Village naturally started working quickly.
The equipment itself is not complicated, and with the current capabilities of their equipment department, it would be easy to make them.
Now we just need to wait for the equipment in Black Moon Village to be completed and sent over.
There is no doubt that Zhou Xu intends to conduct cavalry training in the grassland camp.
After all, what place is more suitable for cavalry training than the vast grassland? During the period before the equipment was delivered, the contact with the three wild horses went very smoothly.
During this period, the domestication of the first batch of five adult bison was basically completed.
During this process, five bullock carts were ready.
Compared with the wooden carts that they had previously pushed and pulled by manpower, this ox cart was larger and more spacious and could carry more cargo.
When the five bison were first loaded, they showed some nervousness and resistance, but with a familiar keeper nearby to comfort them, the five bison quickly calmed down.
Things like taming are the most difficult at the beginning. As long as you can successfully establish a relationship of trust between each other, the rest will be easy.
The same was true for the bison. The five oxen quickly learned to pull the ox cart and were ready to start working.
"Well, one ox cart will be assigned to each of the Black Moon Village, Salt Lake Camp, and Grassland Camp. The remaining two will be responsible for the Barren Mountain Camp."
After receiving the news, Zhou Xu made simple arrangements.
Judging from the current situation, these five ox carts are simply not enough, but Zhou Xu is not worried at all.
Now that the first batch of bison have been domesticated, will the second batch be far behind?
The five ox carts put into use may seem like a small number, but the impact on their tribe is still very great.
In addition to further improving their tribe's transportation capacity and efficiency, it also saved manpower and freed up more manpower.
The reason behind this is quite simple.
In the past, wooden carts were used for transportation, which relied entirely on manpower to push and pull.
But moving between camps requires more than just a few steps.
Under this premise, a wooden cart often needs to be equipped with multiple people pulling the cart. When one person gets tired, the next person will take his place to maintain the mobility efficiency.
But it is different with ox carts. There is no need to change drivers. One ox pulls the whole journey.
Even if they need to stop halfway to feed the cows some grass and let them take a break, the overall efficiency is still much faster than when people are pulling the cart.
However, this group of freed-up manpower did not bring any benefits to other departments within their tribe.
Because Zhou Xu immediately made some arrangements and selected ten more people to serve as soldiers.
As for why it is again...
That's because Zhou Xu had already issued a conscription order after they fought with the hyena people and suffered casualties.
That conscription directly expanded the number of soldiers under his command to twenty, five more than the original fifteen.
After training for so long, everyone has already trained quite well.
Now they have recruited ten more people into the army, no doubt because they feel the pressure from the hyena people and want to further expand their combat power.
Under this premise, the use of ox carts has to some extent compensated for the impact of the reduction in manpower within their tribe.
As for the ten new recruits, they definitely won’t be able to train with the veterans. They haven’t laid a solid foundation and simply can’t keep up.
Zhou Xu had undoubtedly made arrangements for this situation in advance.
Although the two soldiers with broken bones had their limbs reattached, the medical conditions of that era meant that even if their limbs were reattached, they would never be as flexible as before.
This also forced them to retreat from the front line.
Zhou Xu's arrangement for them was to serve as instructors for new recruits, responsible for training them.
The previously recruited batch of new recruits had just finished their training, and the new batch was soon sent to them.
The job of a recruit instructor is undoubtedly not an easy one, but for them, it is a salvation.
After all, according to the two's original idea, if they became like this, they would basically become useless people, and their existence would only add burden to the tribe.
Now that they have a job that allows them to continue to contribute to the tribe and make their mark, they naturally want to put all their energy into it!
In the training of new recruits, basically what is taught are very basic things, and there are not many techniques to speak of.
The veterans who had undergone previous training naturally mastered everything.
Under this premise, unlike Zhou Chongshan, they had also received training as recruits and could best understand the feelings of the recruits during training.
Taking this into consideration, the training plan for new recruits that they worked out after discussion was, to some extent, more reliable than Zhou Chongshan's, which surprised Zhou Xu at the time.
At the same time, it also completely freed Zhou Chongshan from the task of training new recruits. After all, he was really not good at doing this.
Including the ten new recruits just recruited, the regular army strength under Zhou Xu's command has now reached thirty people, plus sixteen hyena skeletons and ordinary skeleton soldiers.
According to his current strength, it is no problem for him to gain a foothold on this grassland.
But you want him to expand his power on this grassland? The existence of the Centaurs and Hyenas made Zhou Xu temporarily give up the idea.
Now on this grassland, they can ensure the stability of the camp while moving freely.
Right now, we need to quickly collect resources and build the interior of the grassland camp. As for the development of the grassland territory...
Zhou Xu didn’t have this idea for the time being, at least not until his cavalry was trained.
After all, the risks on this grassland are still very high. Instead of fighting here to the death, it is better to change the target...
With this thought in mind, at this moment, staring at the map in front of him, Zhou Xu's gaze slowly drifted to the barren mountain camp located in the other corner of the map.
(End of this chapter)
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