Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 334
Last night's accident, coupled with the impact of the snowy weather, Zhou Xu didn't expect to be able to do much in the remaining half of the day, so the whole village had to take a good rest first.

And he himself undoubtedly had to organize his thoughts again.

In this battle with the Lizardman Speed ​​Dragon Cavalry, the importance of rattan armor was undoubtedly fully demonstrated.

The existence of rattan armor can greatly increase a soldier's survival rate.

If all the forty soldiers under his command could be equipped with Saito armor before fighting the lizard people, it would probably be a different situation.

Of course, this idea is not realistic.

The advantages of rattan armor are very obvious. Not only does it have excellent defensive capabilities, it is also very light and will not add too much weight to soldiers and horses.

But in contrast, the production and processing of raw materials are very time-consuming.

At the same time, what is more troublesome is that once armor such as rattan armor is seriously damaged, it is generally useless, and there is basically no possibility of reuse.

Take this battle as an example, a lot of vine armor was lost.

This is one of the main reasons why rattan armor was not widely popularized and produced in its original history.

In comparison, although iron armor is heavy, it can be repaired if it is broken. Even if it is smashed, it can only be recast, and the loss of materials is actually not large.

No matter from the perspective of resource loss or time cost, it is only a matter of time before iron armor finally takes the mainstream position.

Anyway, after their weapons and arrows completely completed the upgrade from copper to iron, he would consider casting iron armor.

Of course, this is easy to say. If you want to implement it, Zhou Xu estimates that it will only be possible in the second half of next year.

Don't forget, at this point in time, Tieshan Village has just begun to take shape. The mines there have not yet been developed, and the iron ore has not been exploited in large quantities.

From this point of view, this project also has a long way to go...

Zhou Xu, who had just woken up, could still feel that his body was tired and had not fully recovered, but if he was asked to lie back down and continue sleeping, he would obviously not be able to fall asleep.

Zhou Xu simply sat at his desk and thought about the two major problems they needed to face at this time.

They are 'How to increase the population and thus expand the military strength' and 'How to deal with the Lizardmen? '

After winter, they mainly consume the grain harvested in autumn and winter food prepared and processed in advance, so the work pressure of relevant departments will decrease in winter, which just provides certain conditions for his recruitment.

After all, training troops takes time. He cannot wait until the population is in place before starting to recruit troops. That would be too late.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu immediately summoned a messenger and asked him to carry the conscription order and go to each village to deliver the order.

Although it had snowed on the grassland at this time, it had little impact on the messenger on horseback.

When riding horses in the snow, as long as you pay a little attention, there will be no problem in executing the order.

As soon as the messenger left, there was another movement outside the door.

"The leader, three lieutenants Zhou Chongshan, Ye Jinghong, and Li Ce, are asking for a meeting outside the door."

Hearing this, Zhou Xu, who seemed to have guessed something, spoke quickly...

"Let them in."

After receiving permission, the three of them quickly dusted off the snowflakes on their bodies and walked into the house.

"Everyone's injuries are serious. It's snowing and I don't know how to hold an umbrella."

Seeing the looks of the three of them, Zhou Xu was speechless.

By then, these three people will be seriously injured. Isn't it him who is in trouble?
In response, the three of them knelt directly on the ground.

"Three of my subordinates are here to apologize!"

Zhou Xu was not surprised at all by the actions of the three of them. He had guessed it when he knew that the three of them were asking for a meeting outside the door.This battle can be said to be the most costly battle since he became leader.

When the casualty statistics came out last night, everyone was stunned.

It can be said that at that time, even the mentality was a bit explosive. What the hell?Forget it!
But after calming down and talking to Chitose about the pressure so that he could be relieved, it was clear that he had to face the reality that he had to face.

After all, from the beginning of this fight, he didn't want to fight the lizard people!

He was doing well in farming, and his life was extremely comfortable.

If he continues at that pace and lets him farm for three to five years, he will be able to lead the whole village to a well-off life in this primitive world.

Wouldn’t it be nice to live a peaceful and stable life?
He's not sick, and he's so idle that he wants to find some deadly battles to fight in?
Who would have thought that these lizardmen would suddenly chase Drogo and the others?
After careful planning, this stable life had only passed for about half a year before something happened again.

Looking at the three people kneeling in a row in front of him, Zhou Xu was not in a hurry to comfort them.

"Tell me, what was the situation at that time?"

He only learned a very general idea from Zhou Chongshan's mouth last night.

What happened?What's the situation?He actually doesn't know.

Without understanding these issues, he still had no idea whether to punish the three people in front of him.

Facing Zhou Xu's inquiry, Li Ce was mainly responsible for explaining the situation at that time.

After all, among the three, only Li Ce led the entire battle. Apart from him, both Zhou Chongshan and Ye Jinghong came from behind.

On the way here, Li Ce undoubtedly sorted out his thoughts, and his explanation at this time was not ambiguous at all.

From Li Ce's perspective, Zhou Xu was listening and thinking the whole time.

After waiting patiently for Li Ce to finish explaining the situation and some of his thoughts, Zhou Xu slowly spoke...

"Judging from the situation at that time, you have indeed made the wisest choice. In that state, the Lizardman's Velociraptor Cavalry can still explode with such combat effectiveness? This is really incredible."

Originally, according to Li Ce's plan, they should easily defeat the exhausted dragon cavalry, and then use the cavalry against the infantry, and things would be simple.

As a result, the sudden explosion of the Velociraptor Cavalry during the battle became the biggest surprise in his plan!

It can even be said to have destroyed his entire layout.

In the end, they were able to fight to the death of the speed dragon cavalry on the opposite side, all thanks to Zhou Chongshan and Drogo's great strength, and the elf cavalry led by Silk also showed their outstanding combat power.

Otherwise, depending on the situation at the time, they might be the ones to be destroyed.

Zhou Xu didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Ce's plan at that time. If it were him, there wouldn't be much difference.

But this time they suffered heavy casualties. As the commander-in-chief, Li Ce would undoubtedly be unjustifiable if he did not punish them at all.

"Li Ce, I will be fined half a year. Ye Jinghong, as a commander who also has the right to command, made great contributions by rushing to the rescue in time, but failed to do anything later. You also have to bear part of the responsibility for Li Ce's fault. You will be fined three months." Both of them, please go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors."

"The last one is Zhou Chongshan..."

Zhou Xu's eyes fell on Zhou Chongshan.

"Although you are a military general, according to the system, the command authority of Li Ce and Ye Jinghong is superior to you. The main responsibility for tactical command issues does not lie with you."

"In addition, you were successful in shooting the pterosaur before, and you turned the tide and took the lead in the fight, killing all the speed dragon cavalry. Later, you were injured and asked for help, and saved all the injured soldiers, including Li Ce and Ye Jinghong. Life is considered a meritorious service."

Having said that, Zhou Xu paused.

"A reward of one thousand coins and promotion to captain."

(End of this chapter)