Traveler Major League

Chapter 126 Caravan

In October of the first year of crossing, it has been half a year since Liu Ze led the team to travel here. In the past six months, various undertakings of the People's Army have been developing rapidly. Although some have not met Liu Ze's expectations, overall , has been very good.

The autumn sun is very warm, and it shines warmly on people, and the trees in the forest have begun to shed their leaves, red, yellow, orange, and a large area when they fall, it is very warm and warm when combined with the sun atmosphere.

To the north of the bastion base, a group of people is rapidly advancing along the path that has already been explored.

In the middle of this team was a walking team of nearly fifty wheelbarrows, all of whom were wearing right-leather linen clothes, similar to Ming Dynasty costumes, and the carts were all red-haired men with slightly longer hair. These were the first batch of captives whose hair was cut short before. The reason why the hair grows gradually afterward.

These are red-haired barbarians who have been rated as activists. With more and more mission points, they enjoy more and more rights, so they are gradually appointed as labor in the caravan.

In this barbaric era, they were not just laborers pushing carts. Each of them had a waist knife and an ax on their waists, and a round shield on their backs. They also worked part-time as light infantry. It is a cold weapon produced by a steel factory recently, and its quality is far better than all weapons in this world.

There are ten cavalry sentries at the front and back, sometimes scattered, sometimes gathered, moving back and forth around the convoy of more than 140 people in the middle, which is not only training soldiers, but also scouting according to the terrain. Nearly half of the cavalry here are novices, and the horses were also captured during this period. Those who came here used Takahashi saddles, stirrups and horseshoes, which were all equipment that did not exist in this world.

Stirrups can not only assist people to get on the horse, but more importantly, they can support the rider's feet when riding, free their hands to the greatest extent, and take advantage of the advantages of riding to improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry. Slash left and right, draw a bow and shoot arrows, use long weapons to fight, and its manufacture is also extremely simple. To put it bluntly, it is a pair of iron rings.

Before the steel plant was put into production at the beginning, the horses seized did not have iron stirrups, and they were replaced by wooden or rope, and one foot was put on one to make do with it.

The high bridge saddle can stabilize the rider's body so that it will not slide back and forth. No matter how the horse runs, the rider can sit on the horse stably. The high bridge saddle can improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry to a higher level.

And equipped with stirrups, the cavalry can use the speed of the horse to carry out a frontal impact, and even turn around to attack and shoot arrows in all directions on the horse.The manufacturing method is equally simple, which is a raised wooden bracket at the front and back, wrapped in leather, filled with soft padding, and the stirrup rope is also fixed on the saddle.

Horseshoe, as the name implies, is a U-shaped iron object on the horseshoe, and its main function is to protect the horseshoe.There will be a thick layer of cuticle at the bottom of the horseshoe, similar to human nails, with a thickness of 2-3 cm.The horseshoe is also the most vulnerable place for horses to be injured. Once they run for a long time under load or walk on hard roads, it is very easy to wear the cuticle and flesh of the horseshoe. However, a war horse with a horseshoe can continue to run for a long time. The weight-bearing capacity has been qualitatively improved.

With these equipments, the cavalry can truly become the eyes and tentacles of the people's army in marching and fighting. If they encounter a small tribe, these ten or so cavalry can crush them. Even if they encounter a large tribe, they can't catch them. If you don't reach them, it's extremely powerful.

When the team reached a high ground, the cavalry who were exploring the road in front of them split up and came towards the convoy. It was the cavalry company commander Chao Zhongchen who was very good at fighting in the forest.

Chao Zhongchen on the horse was extremely mighty, and he looked completely different from the farmer when he was collecting. At this time, Chao Zhongchen was holding the rein in one hand and the whip in the other, and he was running happily on the edge of the forest. The fallen leaves floated in the air for a while.

Seeing that Chao Zhongchen had slowed down, the company commander and instructor of the caravan who were at the forefront of the convoy also stepped forward and asked, "Commander Chao, what's the matter?"

"A few miles ahead is a tribe of red-haired barbarians, what should we do?"

The caravan company commander and the instructor looked at each other, and they both understood what Chao Zhongchen meant, whether it meant to destroy it or make a peaceful deal. The instructor replied: "How is this tribe?" This is to ask whether the red-haired man is hostile , can still live in peace.

"What else can we do, a small tribe of about a hundred people, if we have fewer people, we will rob us, but this time we have more people, they must not dare to make any changes."

It wasn't a day or two since Chao Zhongchen cooperated with the caravan, so he was quite accurate about the thoughts of the red-haired barbarians.

"Go and ask if we can recruit strong labor to work for us? Both men and women are fine." The instructor asked, and he still hoped that it could be resolved peacefully as much as possible.

"Okay, then let's go and have a look, you are in charge." After finishing speaking, Chao Zhongchen turned his horse's head and led the way ahead.

Sure enough, after only traveling four miles, they arrived at the red-haired barbarian tribe. At this time, ten cavalrymen including Chao Zhongchen had assembled in the open space in front of the tribe. Barbarians, only the occasional neighing of horses.

The tribe looked like an enemy. Although it had traded twice before for some property, the scale of the caravan was too large this time. All men, women, and children in the tribe took up messy weapons and prepared for battle. .

Seeing this, the company commander of the caravan greeted the members of the team to relax as much as possible to avoid misunderstandings.

Only two squads in this caravan consist of the regular army of the People's Army, and the others are armed naturalized red-haired barbarians. Loyalty, so the corresponding number is constantly increasing.

The company instructor brought two red-haired teenagers who acted as translators and said, "We have pottery, linen, the best knife, and jewelry." The instructor held up an irregular glass ball , which is a newly released product.

In fact, sand and soda ash are crushed and dried, and then heated at high temperature in a crucible kiln to form liquid glass, which is then sold by the People's Army. Because everything is just beginning to be researched, the glass product is extremely simple. This time only glass balls came out and were sold as jewelry.

Now the glass factory is trying to use a hollow iron pipe to dip glass liquid, blow air into it, and practice making glassware of various shapes, but there is no mature product yet.

A series of words came from the leader of the tribe, and the instructor quickly turned to ask the young man, "What did they say?"

"They asked if it was possible to exchange the skins of the prey?"

The instructor flatly refused: "No, we need labor, we need manpower, we only need strong labor."

Then he added: "Women and children are also fine."

The ratio of men to women in the People's Army is seriously out of balance. As an organization with ideals and aspirations, the People's Army strictly prohibits prostitution. Of course, as time goes by, in principle, unmarried people can find red-haired women to marry. Ideological and political censorship, as long as you can accept the body odor.

(End of this chapter)