I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 299 Zhi Clan Has 50 Soldiers

In everyone's expectation, it would take two or three years for the Zhi family to win the "Jinyang" that the Zhao family planned to guard against, and it would cost a lot of casualties.

Not to tell the truth, Zhiyao was also psychologically prepared for a protracted war, and she was so afraid that she would use the big weapon of all the people as soldiers.

Another thing, Zhiyao has been to the "Jinyang" area to observe, and really did not expect to be able to attack with water.

If it was Zhiyao who commanded the attack on "Jinyang" in the past, it is very likely that he was forced to make no moves. When he was pushed to the limit, he might think hard about it, and maybe he would want to use water attack.

Of course, in such a predicament, it is more likely that the Wei family will turn against the water, and the Zhao family, the Wei family and the Han family will form an alliance to attack the Zhi family, and the water attack will also be used on the Zhi family.

It's a very realistic thing, who made Zhishi unable to take down "Jinyang" for a long time, it was obvious that he fell into a pit, and everyone must seize the opportunity to bury Zhishi directly.

So, sometimes it's not that other people are trying to do something, it's just that you give them the opportunity.

Zhiyao, who had already received the results of the "Jinyang" battle, was greatly relaxed at once. While turning her attention, she didn't have any intention of interrupting the training of young adults.

The spring sowing has ended, the summer harvest has not yet arrived, and Zhishi is not carrying out any major projects, which means that a large number of people are actually idle.

At this time, the family speaks out and wants to gather, and they themselves are the people responsible for eating, drinking, clothing, and using the family. What can they do?

It must be understood that the vast majority of people today do not have their own private property. They have been eating from the big pot from the moment they were born, and even themselves are the property of the head of the family.

Because they have never enjoyed a free relationship, obeying the schedule is in line with their values, and naturally there is no emotion of resistance.On the contrary, because of the particularity of the times, being able to be conscripted as soldiers makes most people full of hope, looking forward to the day when they can change their destiny.

Nowadays, with "Handan" radiating to the surrounding area, there is a large barracks. A total of more than 12 young and strong people have been gathered here, and there is also a division stationed in "Handan". .

These 13 young and strong, aged from 40 to 22 years old, with an average age of [-] years old, and they are only "Handan", "Ye", "Hanshi", "Maoshi", "Qianhou", "Qian" , "Ren" and other thirteen cities.Among them, the most transferred ones are the farming areas that have just been opened up. The local area is in the stage of vigorous development by Zhishi, and the population is relatively concentrated.

In other places, including "Zhi", "Yuan", "Xianyu", "Qiuyou", "Liuyu", "Lushi", "Huangfu" and other places, the total number of young and strong people gathered exceeded 20.

That is to say, except for those who were already in service, after Zhi Yao hastily issued an order, the governors of the Zhi family carried out the order and pulled out 32 young men who were temporarily armed.

Because of the hasty factor, 32 is definitely not Zhishi's limit mobilization. If you dig hard, you should be able to pull out another 15 or so?
Using the vague figure of 50 is actually not too much considering the total population of Zhishi, and it can even be said to be a very cautious word count.

Another point is that under the governance model of feudal monarchs, the mobilization ability will indeed be very strong. The mobilization ability can be compared with the model. It is probably that after the Qin State completed the reform, the power was transferred to the countryside, like the mobilization of other unified dynasties. The ability is really not very good.

Of course, Zhishi can mobilize 50 people and arm them, so it is definitely impossible to really pull them out to fight.

For example, most of the 32 people who were temporarily armed could only rely on their familiarity with the terrain of the village or the city to fight a dozen defensive battles, and they did not have the ability to fight in the wild.

Regarding this point, it is necessary to accumulate combat experience in large corps first, and at least understand the logistics supply chain.

In the Warring States Period, hundreds of thousands of troops were often dispatched to fight, which was actually a slow process of accumulating experience, and it did not happen all at once.

For the first time, 32 people were assembled within two months. Generally speaking, Zhiyao is still very satisfied. I hope this good start can continue.

One thing is, the hundreds of thousands of troops fighting such a thing, with the current accumulation of food and fodder of the Zhi clan, it can't be carried out for too long, and the intention is more to scare people.

No, Zhishi has assembled so many people, even if some people wanted to make trouble, they were scared and shrank back.

Zhiyao has always been in the big barracks, and while handling various affairs, she is also responsible for military affairs.

The barracks were very large, and they were definitely not concentrated in one place. They were divided into many areas, each with about 5000 people, and two "divisions" formed one barracks.

In the barracks, many young men in variegated clothes can be seen receiving various trainings. At this stage, they mainly focus on familiarizing themselves with weapons, and it is not their turn to practice formation for the time being.

Why are there variegated clothes?Who made the assembly go too hastily, even Zhishi's main textile company didn't prepare hundreds of thousands of shirts.

Zhiyao, who was patrolling the barracks, saw rows of young men in variegated clothes, who were cutting, hooking, and pecking while holding the officer's command.

One thing that can be found without careful identification is that the weapons used by Qing Zhuang are all of bronze quality.To put it bluntly, Zhi's iron weapon reserves are not so large, and the long-term accumulated bronze weapon inventory has been released at one time.

"The dispatch of food and fodder needs to be done with care, and there should be no delay." Zhiyao gave instructions to the expo road who followed.

The most important thing to ensure the mobilization of manpower is the supply of food. It is simply that "Handan" has opened up a large amount of farmland more than two years ago, and the food produced is concentrated in the granary built on the side of "Handan".

Because of the lack of oil and water, an adult needs to eat at least three taels of grains for a normal meal, and the daily consumption is at least six taels.

Of course, only when they are convened for military training can they be provided with a meal of three or two. Usually, this kind of treatment is only available during busy farming seasons, and they usually eat less.

Zhiyao asked, "When will the livestock be in place?"

Expo Road replied: "Cows and sheep are already in urgent preparations. First batch of [-] cattle and [-] sheep will arrive in three days."

What are you doing here with cattle and sheep?Zhiyao knows very well that even a bowl of soup without meat can still add some nutrition to people, and soup with oil and water can reduce people's demand for grains.

Kill a cow, then mince the meat and mix it with bones to make soup, then put some vegetables on it, use enough salt, and make it into a quantity that thousands of people can drink, it may not be very delicious to drink. In terms of strength, it is a good meal.

People like Zhiyao, who grew up rich and wealthy like Zhiyao, would definitely not be able to accept the operation of using more salt. Many people may not have eaten serious salt in their entire lives.

The pursuit of food in the army is to use more salt, and it is best to have more oil and water. What is important is not whether it is delicious or not.

In fact, there are many kinds of salt. Even if there is a salt pond here in Jin State, the quality of the salt is actually the same. If you don’t eat salt, you will lose strength, and if you eat too much salt, you may get sick.

Zhiyao has never been persecuted by eating poor-quality salt, so she has never put much thought into making better salt.

This is also a problem of being too high-born and not short of money. If you are poor and white, you will definitely start with making daily necessities. Burning glass, making wine, and salt are all standard equipment for historical time travelers.

Bo Bodao said: "One hundred thousand shirts are shipped, is it..."

Knowing what she was asking, Zhiyao shook her head and said, "It can be distributed to those who are excellent in practice, and it is not allowed to be distributed indiscriminately."

Once there is differential treatment and people figure out what's going on, they will deliberately do better, so that others have it, and they must have it.

Send them all without distinction?I'm afraid it won't be cherished.

This reason is very simple for Zhiyao.

Bo Bodao tasted it for a while, and praised: "The eldest son is wise!"

They also came to the warehouse where the jerseys were stored.

Said to be a battle robe, but in fact, Zhishi's military uniform is no longer a style with wide sleeves and long skirts. It is divided into tops and bottoms, and they are all tight-fitting.

The top is naturally red, more specifically it is called crimson red, it still retains the characteristics of the right lapel, but it has a buckle belt and metal buttons; the bottom pants are black trousers, with a belt added, or The style is close to the modern belt, without the technique of closing the trouser legs and the preciousness of the rubber band, so the trouser legs can only be tightened in the way of leggings.

Modern straps?In fact, there is a metal buckle and a needle, and some holes are drilled in the belt, whichever hole is used to fasten according to the size of the waist.

Don't think that the structure looks uncomplicated, but it is definitely cross-age in terms of technology.

Zhishi not only changed his military uniform, but also changed his armor because of the appearance of metal buckles and some buckles.

In the past, wearing armor was fixed by ropes. Not only was it very troublesome to wear, but it would become loose after strenuous exercise, and it was even more troublesome to remove the armor.

With the metal buckle and leather buckle, it is easy to wear, it will not be loose during strenuous exercise, and it becomes easier to remove the armor.

In fact, those "inventions" also have another function, that is, when you don't wear armor, you can see that the clothes fit better because of the relationship between the metal buckle and the buckle belt, and the metal structure adds an aesthetic effect.

From the perspective of Zhiyao's aesthetics, it's hard to say whether other people appreciate it or not.

However, Zhiyao is the master of the Zhi family. He has repeatedly maintained this aesthetic view, or he requested such a design out of practicality. People in the Zhi family will develop the same aesthetic view as Zhi Yao.

After all, the reason why what is good at the top must be good at the bottom is not complicated.

Zhiyao also spent some time thinking about the uniforms of the army, and didn't bother with her daily clothes.

In fact, Zhi’s uniforms are not only different from those of other countries, but also different from other families in the country. It is not without criticism, most of them ridicule the old Zhi’s textile industry for being so big that it seems to be too expensive, and they lost their long sleeves. And the feature of wide skirt.

The members of Zhishi, they were often ashamed of being ridiculed at the beginning, but only discovered the benefits of the new uniform when they were on the battlefield, and they became secretly happy.

Waiting for the day when various families or countries discover the advantages of Zhishi's uniform, they will definitely follow suit. It means that Zhiyao has completed the great cause of King Wuling of Zhao and contributed to the reform of Zhuxia's military uniform.

(End of this chapter)