Chapter 163: Riding on Horseback
In his tribe, there were never enough people.
Even if he was given another hundred people, he could easily arrange them all.
First send thirty people to cultivate the land and grow crops to ensure more food, and then send people to the logging and mining teams to increase the output of ore and wood.
With just this little thing, he can arrange all the people.
Of course, this is the simplest and crudest arrangement method. If he is really asked to arrange it, he will definitely make it more detailed and reasonable, and add staff to various departments such as the forging department and the equipment department.
By the way, expand the military force.
You know, these two waves of conscription had a considerable impact on the internal development of his tribe.
Now Zhou Xu undoubtedly wants to gain more population.
But he had no idea where to start on this grassland. After much thought, he decided that the best target at the moment was the primitive tribe living deep in the mountains.
He didn't consider that aspect before because he was affected by the mobility efficiency and transportation efficiency.
But now that we have ox carts, the mobility and transportation efficiency can be significantly improved. At the same time, horses can also be obtained smoothly, so this matter can naturally be considered.
The biggest problem now is that the grassland camp cannot do without him.
He didn't know the current size of the hyena tribe that had re-elected the hyena queen, but even if there were only a dozen hyenas, it would be a threat that could not be ignored.
Once facing the hyenas, the key to resisting their offensive on the premise that they hold the camp is undoubtedly the hyena skeletons he controls.
With these sixteen hyena skeletons, Zhou Xu has the confidence to fight against the hyena tribe in a defensive battle.
But once he left, there was no one to control this side, and this most important fighting force naturally could not play its role.
Under this premise, even if he left all thirty soldiers here, it would probably not end well.
Although the number of soldiers has doubled compared to the original fifteen, don't forget that when there were fifteen, Zhou Xu was there, and his skeleton soldiers were there too! Once they lost the skeleton soldiers, they could completely ignore the obstacles of death. They probably wouldn't be able to hold on until the beasts bit the hyena queen to death, and they would have been slaughtered by the hyenas who rushed up.
Although the military strength has doubled now, it is still hard to say whether they can win the defensive battle against those hyena people without his skeleton soldiers.
But what is certain at the moment is that no matter whether they win or lose, they will inevitably pay a heavy price.
But this is not what Zhou Xu wants to see.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu simply changed his train of thought.
He took sixteen hyena skeletons and skeleton soldiers to guard the grassland camp to ensure the safety here, and then sent thirty soldiers to the barren mountain camp to recruit people! Some casualties are definitely unavoidable, but this is the best arrangement at the moment.
Of course, the specific implementation will have to be postponed. At this moment, the ten new recruits who have just been recruited have not started training yet. At least they have to train for a while, right?
During the following period of time, Zhou Xu focused his main energy on the three wild horses he had brought back.
Over in Black Moon Village, the horse harnesses made by the equipment department headed by Zhuang Mengdie were quickly delivered. After equipping the three wild horses, Zhou Chongshan volunteered, and after a brief explanation from Zhou Xu, he was the first to step on the stirrup and sit on the saddle.
Although the three wild horses were subdued by the Centaurs at the beginning, and after a period of getting along and feeding them, they also established basic trust with them.
But suddenly someone was riding on its back, which had never happened before, and it still made the wild horse anxious and uneasy.
With a cry of "hiss", the wild horse jumped and swung, as if trying to throw Zhou Chongshan off its back.
Their leader had already warned him of this situation.
At this moment, although Zhou Chongshan was nervous, he was not panicked. He put his feet on the stirrups, pressed the inner thighs against the horse's belly, tightened the reins with both hands, lowered his body, and lay directly on the horse's back.
It has to be said that the existence of horse harnesses has really reduced the difficulty of horse training and riding to a great extent.
Right now, this is a test of perseverance and endurance.
The wild horses had been tamed long ago, and their current reaction was merely a result of being frightened to a certain extent.
This state would not last long. After a fruitless struggle, as its strength was constantly consumed, the wild horse's emotions gradually calmed down, and finally it stood still and did not move.
Seeing this, Zhou Chongshan continued to lie on the horse's back and gently touched it.
The wild horse did not resist, nor was it nervous or anxious. After all, such touches had been done many times during the previous training process.
Afterwards, out of caution, Zhou Xu asked Zhou Chongshan to do more work and ride all three wild horses first to let them get used to riding. This way, it would be much easier for other soldiers to ride them.
Zhou Xu's order made Zhou Chongshan a busy man these days. He took turns riding the three wild horses, riding one after another, with almost no rest in between.
But Zhou Chongshan didn't feel tired at all, he was even full of energy.
The feeling of riding a horse was so new to him as he could only walk on the ground on his own two legs before.
At the same time, riding on horseback, the change in height makes the entire field of vision become particularly broad, which is simply refreshing.
He had to admit, he loved this feeling.
After the three wild horses were trained to be obedient by Zhou Chongshan, the soldiers' horse riding training naturally began in earnest, and Zhou Xu was undoubtedly included.
As the leader of the tribe, except for some special circumstances, he often needs to travel between various camps.
If he could master riding skills, his overall mobility efficiency would undoubtedly become higher, and his movements would be faster and more free.
By the way, Zhou Xu himself was also very interested in horse riding, something he had never done before traveling through time.
After a few days, he clearly realized that riding a horse was different from driving a car. If you had to put it simply, it was more like riding a motorcycle. Riding was tiring and even bumpy, but somehow, he felt refreshed! During this period, Zhuo Ge was also very energetic.
They hadn't seen each other for a while. When they met again, Drogo and his men came over leading ten wild horses.
Zhou Xu was stunned by the scene.
They were given ten lassoes, and they actually caught ten wild horses. The efficiency of the centaurs was too high, wasn't it?! Drogo was so motivated this time, on the one hand because the lasso Zhou Xu gave them was really easy to use, and it was easier to catch them, and on the other hand, it was because he had tasted the sweetness of the bronze arrows.
Compared to their original stone arrows, this one is much more useful, and Drogo can't wait to get more! (End of this chapter)
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