Chapter 680: Make the best use of people
The recruits who had changed into Qin Army's clothes and armor stood in a line on the school grounds.
Their queue was very scattered, and they didn't have the slightest feeling of phalanx, just like the yellow turban thieves of the year, and they looked undisciplined.
Xu Shu, who was standing on the high platform, looked at the recruits who had changed into the Qin army's clothes and armor, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
For the recruits, let alone him, even Liu Wei will not ask too much here.
These people are not trained, and even if they are allowed to train in fighting and fighting, they will fight like weapons, and there is no discipline at all.
The run-in of an army takes a long time.
What Liu Wei, Xu Shu and others were looking forward to was that when the Qin army went south to crusade against Yuan Shu in Huainan, these soldiers would be able to let Yuan Shu know the Tao on the battlefield like veterans, and killing Yang Feng would be a mistake that he would regret for the rest of his life.
"Distribute the blade!" Seeing that the recruits had already put on their armor, leather boots, and helmets, the officer shouted again.
The soldiers of the Qin army next to the cart got the order, and first ran towards the recruits with several short swords in their hands.
On the trouser leg of the Luoyang Army's uniform, there is a strap that can be tied to a short sword.
Running in front of the recruit, when the first recruit is issued a short sword, the veteran will tie the short sword for him with his own hands, and the next recruit will tie the short sword to the calf himself according to the old soldier's tiding.
The recruits who had tied up the short swords looked at the first weapon on their calves with happy faces.
From now on, they will no longer be just ordinary civilians, but real soldiers of the Qin army!
Soon tens of thousands of recruits on the school field received short swords, and when they got the long sword and hung the long sword around their waists, they felt more and more like a real Qin army, one by one, holding their chests high, and turned their eyes to Xu Shu standing on the high platform.
When the recruits received the armor blades, Xu Shu never spoke.
The recruits didn't know what to do, and the fact that they received the blades meant not only that they would say goodbye to the pastoral life from now on, but also that in the near future, these people would follow Liu Wei to the battlefield.
Under the shadow of swords and blood, how many of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can return to their hometown alive?
Holding a simple knife and standing on the school ground, although the array of recruits was still very messy, their spirit was very different from when they were only wearing colorful people's dark clothes just now.
A veteran of the Qin Army, after handing the Pu knife to a recruit, reached out to help the recruit support his helmet, and said to the recruit: "The helmet is worn properly, it is much more comfortable." ”
"Hmm!" The recruit held the Pu knife in his hand, straightened his chest, and responded.
The helmet he wears on his head is made of wrought copper, and the texture of the helmet is very hard, of course, due to the material, it is also very heavy.
In the process of conquest, many heroes in the world have become more and more aware of the importance of helmets, and many armies have been equipped with helmets.
The helmets of the Qin army are also very different from those armies, and the helmets of other armies are only made of copper and iron, although the texture is hard, it is very uncomfortable to wear on the head.
Because there is no good isolation between the hard helmet and the skull, once it is hammered with a heavy object, the helmet will not only not play a protective role, but will increase the force area of the head, causing heavier injuries.
Liu Wei, who is very familiar with the helmet structure of later generations, has put a lot of effort into the helmet of the Qin army.
The helmet of the Qin army not only had an isolation belt woven of hemp rope, but also wrapped in a thick linen cloth on the side, and the linen cloth was stuffed with hemp wool.
With this structure, although this kind of helmet will be slightly hotter when worn on the head, it is difficult to cause damage to the heads of the Qin soldiers whether it is hammered with a heavy object or stabbed by a sharp weapon.
Strict discipline and sophisticated equipment were the basis for the Qin army to fight any enemy, and the number of casualties was far less than that of the enemy.
Before leaving the city, Liu Wei had already greeted Xu Shu, and the training of the recruits was handed over to Gao Shun to do.
Although the three guards are already full, if there are suitable candidates among the recruits, they still have to select some of them to enter the three guards after they become qualified Qin soldiers, so as to expand and expand the three guards.
Liu Wei, who leaves Luoyang City every day, has already inspected many villages.
Most of these villages are civilian villages, but there are also villages made up of veterans of the Luoyang Army, and some are newly built military villages.
After walking through several villages in a row, seeing that he was about to reach the shore of Luoshui, Liu Wei found that a village had appeared on the shore of Luoshui where he had led the people to fight the flood earlier.
"When did there become a village?" Raising his hand and pointing forward, Liu Wei said to Wang Liu and Wang Zhen behind him: "It is built near the river, but it is quite a bit of artistic conception. ”
Without waiting for Wang Liu and Wang Zhen to respond, Liu Wei clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rode his horse towards the village on the bank of Luoshui.
"Your Highness is here!" As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, before Liu Wei could restrain his horse, a man who had just come out of the village saw Liu Wei and shouted loudly, and quickly knelt on the ground.
The man's shout broke the silence of the village, and immediately many men ran out of the village, facing Liu Wei and kneeling at the entrance of the village.
"What is all this? Get up! Riding to the entrance of the village, Liu Wei raised his hand to the men kneeling on the ground and asked them, "Are you a military household?" Why was the village built by the river? ”
Liu Wei asked the villagers to get up, and the villagers stood up, and the man who had just shouted his voice bowed to Liu Wei with his fists and said: "We are military households, and the managers in the village are also appointed according to the establishment of the Qin army. ”
"Hmm!" Listening to the man's words, Liu Wei nodded and said to him: "You want to get fishing, but you can't waste the work in the fields." ”
"Your Highness is taught!" Standing aside with his fists clenched, the man hurriedly responded.
Turning over and jumping off the horse, surrounded by Wang Liu, Wang Zhen and a group of guards, Liu Wei was accompanied by the men in the village into the village.
Unlike the earlier villages he had passed, almost every house in the village had fishing nets hanging from their walls, and a few had fishing boats in front of their doors.
Seeing the fishing nets and boats, Liu Wei asked the man on the side: "But every family has a boat here?" ”
"Back to Your Highness, every family has it!" Following behind Liu Bian, he heard Liu Bian's inquiry, and the man hurriedly answered. ”
"It's good to have a boat!" Liu Wei nodded, and while walking towards the village, he asked the man: "You and the others were originally soldiers of the partial battalion, but now this king has eliminated the partial battalion and organized you and others into military households, have you ever blamed this king in your heart?" ”
"Xiaomin doesn't dare!" Liu Wei asked if they had any grievances in their hearts, and the man hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed in response.
"As far as you say, this king has already heard that there must be a complaint!" Turning his head and smiling at the man, Liu Wei said to him: "If you have anything to say, don't hide it, and say everything that is dissatisfied with the king and needs the help of the king." ”
"To tell the truth, I really didn't understand why His Highness cut the camp at first." was broken by Liu Wei's words, but the man didn't hide it, and said honestly: "The brothers all had some ideas at first, after all, we are the partial battalion of the arch guarding the mainland, and the main force is fighting in the south and north with His Royal Highness, and the meritorious service is really much more than ours, but without us, if the enemy army drives straight in, His Highness's governance will be difficult to ......."
Listening to what the man said, Liu nodded uncontrollably, and said to the man, "Go on." ”
"When the partial battalion is really eliminated, our ordnance and armor have not been recovered, but the generals told us that although they are not in the barracks, they should not be slack off in training on weekdays, and we only know that the difference between the military household and the partial camp is not very big." The man lowered his head and said to Liu Wei: "In the barracks, there is really nothing to do except train all day. Now that the village has been built, once there is a war, we are still soldiers under the command of His Royal Highness, and we can still wear the clothes and armor of the Qin army to fight the enemy. If so, why do you have to stay in the barracks? ”
"You can see it!" Liu Wei smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and gently patted the man's shoulder twice, and said to him, "If you have any ideas, just say it." ”
"The village is formed, and most of our families are still in the city." Liu Wei asked him to express his thoughts, and the man looked up at Liu Wei with some hesitation, and said to Liu Wei with some apprehension: "Civilian women, although most of them suffer hard, after all, they are not as good as men. I am thinking about it, in a few days, I will open up a wasteland outside the village, plant mulberry hemp, so that my family members also have something to do, can Your Highness prepare some looms for my family members? ”
"Huh?" As soon as the man's words fell, Liu Wei turned his head and looked at him with a puzzled face, blinked twice, until he looked at the man with uneasiness, then he suddenly laughed, slapped the man on the shoulder, and said to him: "This method is good! In this way, women in the countryside can also do something. But you have reminded the king. ”
After talking to the man, Liu Wei turned his head and said to Wang Liu and Wang Zhen behind him: "What do you think if this king provides looms for women in various villages, and hands over the shoes and uniforms of the army to the women in the village to tailor?" ”
"Very good!" After glancing at each other with Wang Liu, Wang Zhen said: "The workshop in the city only does weapons and armor and other complex things, such as military uniforms, military boots and other things are handed over to the villages outside the city to be made, and then arrange special people to come to recycle, so that there are no idlers in His Highness's office, and it will be very prosperous in a short time!" ”
Liu Wei nodded, turned his head to look at the man who had just proposed to want a loom, and said to the man: "You have reminded this king, and when this king promulgates a new decree, the loom will be sent to all villages." ”
"Thank you Your Highness for your grace, so that the little people will have a head start in the future!" Knowing that Liu Wei would promote the large-scale weaving and clothing making in the village, the man was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Liu Wei.