In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 32
As spring turns to summer, the grassland in April is the time when water and grass are most abundant, and it is also the season for livestock mating and reproduction. This period is particularly important for the grassland tribes.

But in the vast Liaohe grassland, there is a group of people who only dig holes, ram soil, and shout drills all day long. They do not feed livestock or move around water and grass.

After a month of hard work, the more than [-]-meter-long main wall of the ring castle has been rammed, and nearly [-] adobe bricks have been stacked on the side.

The speed was far beyond Lin Rui's expectations.

The reason why the construction was so fast was not only because they all had good tools, but also because there were more than [-] people. Almost no one was lazy. They all wanted to complete it quickly, so much so that they had to work for another hour at night. In just one hour, Yue then built the wall.

This still requires practice in the morning, otherwise the construction period can be shortened for a few more days. After one month of practice, plus four meals a day, there is enough beef and mutton, and enough salt. Except for the more than 30 pregnant women, everyone else Both the mental outlook and physical fitness of men and women have undergone earth-shaking changes.

At this moment, on a training field specially set aside outside the castle, there were more than 300 people, men and women, clearly distinguishable, and there were shouts and screams everywhere.

Some of the men were stabbing the scarecrow in front of them with guns, some were fighting each other with swords and shields, and most of the men were sparring with each other in groups of five.

The women on the side were all wearing well-fitting leather armor and leather shoes, and they were practicing crossbows with precise single shots, rapid simultaneous throws, and close-range assassinations with short knives.

Lin Rui didn't know much about the training of soldiers in ancient times, so he could only draw on some experiences from the army in his previous life, combined with the situation of cold weapons in this era, to create a training plan.

First of all, in an army, no matter ancient or modern, faith is the most important. This is undoubtedly the most important thing.

In this regard, Lin Rui could only keep telling everyone about some classic battles and heroic stories in ancient times, as well as his beautiful thoughts about the future.

Although there is no lofty belief, at least it makes everyone understand that everyone is fighting for their own survival and future destiny, and it also gives everyone a vague concept of nationality.

Although this is not as good as the previous life, it is at least more than [-]% of the army of the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen from the fact that everyone works hard and trains hard. It is obvious that everyone does not want to live the animal-like slave life of the past.

In addition to faith, the second is discipline. An army without strict discipline will never become a strong army.

To achieve this, in addition to strictly enforcing military rules and regulations, we must also conduct daily queue training to train everyone's obedience and execution habits.

Of course, there is no need for forward steps. The main thing is to practice basic command operations such as standing still, turning left, right and backward, running in step, walking in step, looking forward, and counting.

The last one is personal skills and teamwork, which are also the two that take the longest time to practice, and are also the two that make Lin Rui the most blinding.

After all, the first two can be regarded as theories, applicable to ancient and modern times, while the last two, cold weapons and hot weapons, are completely different.

Therefore, in terms of personal skills, in addition to horseback archery and close combat that everyone has to practice, the pikemen only practice one thrust and there are no tricks. They just practice speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. The sword and shield soldiers also only have two moves, apart from chopping and lifting. Shield blocks.

Teamwork is completely dependent on each team's own exploration in the sparring. In order to increase the tacit understanding between the small flags, the five-person small flag team eats, sleeps, works and trains almost every day. They all have to be together, and even five people in the latrine. They all go together. If you want to act alone, you have to report to the small flag officer and the chief flag officer.

"Sir, in the small room where you usually live, it's okay to dismantle the carriage with wooden planks on it, but the warehouse canteen in the middle probably needs longer wood to make the beams."

Liu Si said with some difficulty. Over the past month, he, Wang Wu, and more than 20 craftsmen had been dismantling the carriage and preparing wood. However, the large warehouse and canteen in the middle were too large to find suitable wood.

"Can't you use mortise and tenon to join together?" Lin Rui also frowned.

"It's possible, but the spliced ​​ones are not as strong as the whole piece of wood? It's better to use the whole piece of wood."

Wang Wu, who was a carpenter, replied with a wry smile.

The beams also need to be spliced, which I have never heard of before, and it sounds unreliable. "Brother Lin, there are still some trees in the mountains to the northwest, but the road is a little more difficult and the distance is far."

Xiaocui on the side said quickly.

"Well, let's do this, Xiaocui, you take someone with me to go to the mountains tomorrow and check the situation first. If it doesn't work, just splice them together. At the worst, you can put up more earthen pillars."

Lin Rui thought about it and decided to go to the northwest mountains to check.

In fact, he had wanted to explore for a long time, but he couldn't get away.

They not only robbed the Fan family's caravan, but also destroyed the Kashgar tribe. The Houjin Tatars would definitely not ignore them. With their current strength, they could only fight guerrillas with the Houjin Tatars.

That is, when the Houjin Tartars come, they will defend when there are few people, and withdraw when there are many people. They will hide temporarily and wait for the other party to leave before killing them out.

So he wanted to find a backup camp in the mountains and stock up on some food supplies in advance. If the situation got bad, he would just mount his horse and retreat.

As for the castle, if the Tatars want to destroy it, it's okay. It's made of mud anyway, and it's easy to repair. He doesn't care about the cattle and sheep. He can just rob it if it's gone.

Because of this, he has not cultivated the fields for a long time. Without the strength to protect himself, even if he plants the food, the final harvest may not be their turn.

The next day, early in the morning, Lin Rui asked Sister Niu to take charge of the affairs of the camp, and after some further explanations, he took Xiao Cui and more than ten girls to the mountainous area in the northwest.

The mountainous area in the northwest stretches for hundreds of kilometers from the northeast to the southwest, and is only more than fifty miles away from Lin Rui's camp.

Everyone worked hard and arrived outside a valley in an hour, and the source of the small river was in the valley.

Everyone moved forward along the river. The mountains on both sides were quite steep, but the valley was very open. But except for some low vegetation on the mountainside, there were only exposed rocks and some weeds going up.

After walking along the valley for more than ten miles, I reached the end and was stopped by a mountain depression. The mountains on both sides were only one mile apart at this moment, and the surrounding terrain was even more dangerous and steep.

They hacked all the way up from the valley bottom. It took them three hours to finally open up a trail among the weeds, rocks and bushes that could barely be passed by people and horses. The vertical distance between the top of the mountain col and the valley bottom was only a hundred cents. rice.

Even after training for a month, the dozen or so girls were still sweating and panting.

But Lin Rui's eyes were shining as he stood on the mountain col, because he knew that his backup location had been found.

The terrain above this mountain col is actually quite open, and it is completely possible to build a stockade that can accommodate 3000 or 400 people. In front of the stockade, only a [-]-meter-long wall needs to be built along the mountain. Even an army of [-] people can't even think of breaking through it, because there is no way it can be broken through. It cannot be spread.

Behind the mountain col is also a small valley, and behind the valley are stretches of mountains. If you want to bypass the mountains on both sides, it is impossible to attack the mountain col from the back.

Some tall trees finally appeared on the mountains on both sides of the col. Although Rui didn't know what kind of trees they were, the small ones were as big as the mouth of a bowl, about ten meters high, which was more than enough to make beams.

"Everyone split up. You go to the mountain on the left to look for water. You go to the mountain on the right. You two stay to look after the horses and supplies. The rest of the people and I continue forward and go down to the valley in front to have a look. In the evening Do you understand that we are meeting here?"

"Understood!" All the girls replied in unison.

"Be careful and watch out for wild animals. If you find any strange rocks, remember to bring some back. Okay, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)