Chapter 162 Arrangements
Because these three wild horses had already been subdued by the centaurs, they led them all the way back without any trouble.
To put it bluntly, it is much easier than leading a bison.
The group of people returned to the grassland camp very smoothly, and then tied the three wild horses to the pillars.
The breeders at the Ministry of Agriculture are basically familiar with the next process, and Zhou Xu doesn’t need to say anything more.
Obtaining the wild horse is very important to Zhou Xu, because it means that he can start training cavalry!
Of course, equipment such as stirrups and saddles are also available.
Although in the earliest days, horse riding did not have these equipments, but since he knew it, there was no reason not to do it.
Having a complete set of these equipment can greatly reduce the difficulty of riding a horse.
He had already drawn the design drawings in his spare time. Now that the order was issued, the equipment department in Black Moon Village naturally started work quickly.
The equipment itself is not complicated. According to the current capabilities of their equipment department, it is easy to make them.
Now we just need to wait for the equipment from Black Moon Village to be ready and delivered.
There is no doubt that Zhou Xu plans to put the cavalry training here 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.
In the process, five ox carts were ready.
Compared with the wooden carts they used to push and pull manually, this ox cart is larger and more spacious and can hold more goods.
When the five cows were just loaded, they showed some nervousness and resistance, but with familiar keepers beside them to comfort them, the five bison quickly calmed down.
Taming this kind of thing is the most difficult at the beginning. As long as a trusting relationship can be successfully established between each other, the next thing will be simple.
The same was true for the bison. The five cows quickly learned to pull the ox cart and could officially go to work.
"Well, Black Moon Village, Salt Lake Camp and Grassland Camp are each assigned one ox cart, and the other two are responsible for the Barren Mountain Camp."
After receiving the news, Zhou Xu simply did Arrangements were made.
Judging from the current situation, these five ox carts are simply not enough, but Zhou Xu is not worried at all.
The first batch of bison have been domesticated, can the second batch be far behind?
The putting into use of five bullock carts may not seem like a large number, but the impact on their tribe is still very large.
In addition to further improving the transportation capacity and efficiency of their tribe, it also saved manpower and freed up more manpower.
The reason for this is simple.
In the past, wooden carts were used for transportation, which relied entirely on manual pushing and pulling.
But moving between campsites is not a matter of just a few steps.
Under this premise, a wooden cart often needs to be equipped with multiple people pulling the cart. When one person is tired, he will be replaced by another person, so as to maintain the efficiency of movement.
The bullock cart is different. There is no substitution of people at all. One cow directly pulls the whole journey.
Even if it is necessary to stop halfway, feed the cattle some fodder, and let the cattle take a few breaths, the overall efficiency will be much faster than when people pull the cart.
However, the freed manpower did not bring any benefits to other departments within their tribe. Because Zhou Xu made some arrangements as soon as he turned around and selected ten more people to serve as soldiers.
As for why...
That's because Zhou Xu had already issued a conscription order long before they fought with the hyenas and paid the price of casualties.
That conscription directly expanded the number of soldiers under his command to twenty, five more than the original fifteen.
Now that we have been training, everyone has already practiced well.
Now that they have recruited ten more people to join the army, they undoubtedly feel the pressure from the hyenas and want to further expand their combat power.
Under this premise, the putting into use of bullock carts has made up for the impact of the reduction of manpower within their tribe to a certain extent.
As for the ten new recruits, there is definitely no way to train with the veterans. They have not laid some basics and cannot keep up at all.
Zhou Xu undoubtedly had plans for this situation.
Although the hands and feet of the two soldiers with broken bones were reattached, the medical conditions of this era meant that even if their hands and feet were reattached, they would not be able to become as flexible as before.
This also forced them to retreat from the front line.
Zhou Xu's arrangement for them was to serve as recruit instructors and be responsible for training the recruits.
The previous batch of recruits had just finished their recruit training, and the new batch was sent to them quickly.
The job of a recruit instructor is undoubtedly not idle, but for them, it is a salvation.
After all, according to the two people's original thoughts, they would basically be reduced to useless people after becoming like this, and their lives would only increase the burden on the tribe.
Now that they have a job that allows them to continue to contribute to the tribe and exert their value, they naturally have to devote all their energy to it!
Recruit training basically teaches very basic things, and there isn't much technology to speak of.
The veterans who have experienced previous training have naturally mastered them all.
Under this premise, unlike Zhou Chongshan, they who have also received training as recruits can best understand the feelings of recruits during training.
Combining this point, the recruit training plan they worked out after discussion was, to a certain extent, more reliable than Zhou Chongshan, which surprised even Zhou Xu at the time.
At the same time, it also freed Zhou Chongshan from the task of training new recruits. After all, he was really not good at doing this.
Counting the ten recruits just recruited, Zhou Xu's regular army strength now tentatively reaches thirty, plus sixteen hyena skeletons and ordinary skeleton soldiers.
According to his current strength, it is no longer a problem to gain a foothold on this grassland.
But you let him expand his power on this grassland?
The existence of the centaur clan and the hyena people made Zhou Xu have no such idea for the time being.
Now on this grassland, they can move freely while ensuring the stability of the camp.
Right now, it is time to gather resources and start the internal construction of the grassland camp. As for the territorial expansion on the grassland...
Zhou Xu has no such idea for the time being, at least until his cavalry is trained. There is no such idea.
After all, the risks on this grassland are still very high. Instead of fighting here, it is better to change the goal...
With this thought, at this moment, staring at the scene in front of me Looking at the map, Zhou Xu's eyes drifted slowly to the barren mountain camp located in the other corner of the map.
(End of this chapter)