There are a total of 5 tents carried by the Kazuto samurai. Among them, the senior samurai and the young master live together in the smaller but best-made one. The lower-level mounted samurai and the ashigaru used two larger ordinary tents respectively. The remaining two caps were given to Henry and his party and the Yi tribe.
The large-scale military tent made of medium-thickness cloth occupies the entire space of the box when folded. When flipped out and unfolded, it is enough to accommodate twenty or thirty people lying side by side. Although the space for each person will be slightly smaller, even more narrow if you include luggage, it can effectively protect you from wind and rain.
It will take some time to set up the five tents, so the Ashigaru people will have lunch later than others. They first finished their young master's, and then they finished the senior warrior's when Henry and the others started to have lunch. At this time, they were making tents for themselves and their luggage to spend the night.
It took 20 minutes to prepare a place for 30 people, while also packing up luggage and making lunch. This was still leisurely. Presumably, if it was a more urgent situation, the speed would be faster.
This is inseparable from the ingenious design of Kazuto's military tents.
There is a series of small holes at the top of the tent for the pulling rope to pass through. After several ashigaru quickly passed the thin cotton rope through it, another person took out a bundle of round bamboo sticks from the pack oxen. And a hollow copper ring of similar size was taken out on one side.
While eating lunch, Henry and the others observed their actions curiously.
The series of thick bamboo sticks whose purpose was originally unknown were connected by copper rings in the hands of the ashigaru, and finally a smooth bamboo mushroom-head cover was added to the top. They immediately understood the purpose. .
The length of about 50 centimeters was connected to several sections and turned into a bamboo stick of 2.5 meters. The mushroom head that would not puncture the top of the tent was placed on top, holding up the tent. Several other people pulled the traction rope in all directions, and in conjunction with the movements of the people carrying the poles inside the tent to raise the poles, they pulled the traction rope, thus expanding the entire huge tent.
The person holding the traction rope will then stand on the spot. If there are not enough people, the person may tie the rope to something to fix it. But because they have enough manpower, they only need to maintain the state of stretching and expanding the top.
The other companions who had been waiting nearby stepped forward and grabbed the thick main rope hanging from the edge of the tent and fixed it with thick thread to further prop up the entire tent. After the main rope is pulled to a certain position, loop the end rope around a copper flat nail about the length of your forearm, then tighten it with an oblique angle from outside to inside and insert it into the soil, and press it in with your feet and body weight. In the soil, the entire tent was completed.
With a structure supported by a central pole and stretched and expanded by ropes and rings, such a tent can be set up in less than 5 minutes if there are enough manpower. And because there are very few support rods, which are mainly pulled apart by ropes, the size itself is also very small. A tent of twenty or thirty people can be carried by one person if only the fabric parts are folded and bundled and compressed.
A glimpse of the leopard can be seen. This kind of mature military tent is based on the cooperation of many people and takes into account many details of easy portability and construction. It is also a characteristic of a country with a very mature standing army system and a large number of troops.
The small kingdoms on the west coast of Rigal World will not have this kind of equipment, because most of the troops are militias recruited from various places. Just like when our Mr. Sage first met Mira, the way to sleep was basically to put a cloak on the body and find something to cover it underneath, find a short tree or just lie down on the ground.
The problems of rations, logistical supplies, and sleeping must be solved by oneself. Only elite professional soldiers may have logistical equipment. But these people are relatively small, and with the development of the mercenary adventurer culture, the most common camps in Rigal are usually groups of three or four people to groups of six to twelve people, which is understandable. .
In any case, the convenience of setting up such a large military camp relieved Henry and his party and the barbarian tribe led by Temulun. Because the tents they were assigned were also Japanese-made, if the construction method was too complicated, they would probably fall asleep looking at the stars tonight.
After all, the atmosphere between the two parties was tense, and it was probably out of the question to ask the ashigaru to come over and help outsiders like them set up camps.
It's a method that can be learned by just watching. Even if some details are not precise enough, as long as there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain, it is enough.
After lunch, the sages and the barbarians all followed the same example and set up their tents. Only the top part of the tent made of cotton cloth is waxed and treated with heavy-duty waterproofing. In order to make the fabric relatively light and thin enough to be folded and stored, the hanging curtain part has very average waterproofing capabilities. Therefore, if the wind is strong, the heavy rain coming from the side will soak it. However, if they encounter such weather, their best choice is to find a more stable and reliable shelter such as a cave.
After all, what a cloth tent provides is just a shelter from the wind and rain in the face of normal weather. Because there were not many open spaces in the bamboo forest, Henry and his party and Yi Ren's party set up their own tents a little further away. There was a distance of tens of meters between the three parties, which gave each other some space and eased the conflict.
You need to be careful when camping in the forest, whether it is a bamboo forest or a forest, especially the cloth tent itself does not have a particularly strong frame. Our sage and the Luoan maiden have also encountered situations where dead trees suddenly fell down at night or broke when a storm came. Although fortunately there were no casualties that year, this was just a case of good luck.
The people of Rigar call this dead, falling tree the "widowmaker," for obvious reasons.
All in all, after the tents were set up, the group of people spread the items they brought that could be used as bedding, such as cloaks or furs, on the ground to isolate them from moisture, and then temporarily put their luggage and supplies in them.
After all this was dealt with, it was only about 1:00 noon, and there were still several hours of free time until the evening.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to be so leisurely, our Luoan girl thought.
In retrospect, it seems that they have been exhausted since arriving in Crescent Continent. Under the situation, they were rushing or fleeing almost every waking moment. Even in the relatively less urgent days before, they were a little worried because they had not yet merged. The situation on Galeva, Aya and others' side. It's been a long, long time since I was able to stop like this, without any mental burden or even think about what I should do for a while.
The fallen leaves that were covered with snow last year but were not completely decomposed still remain in the open space among the bamboo forests. After sweeping them away, various small beetles that began to be active when the weather warmed up in early spring fled around.
The weather in the northern part of the Moon Country is relatively cold and there are not so many bugs, but some poisonous bugs such as centipedes and spiders will still exist. Therefore, the warriors brought some small bamboo tubes with boiled insect repellent liquid inside. When the insect activity became more frequent in the evening, they would sprinkle it around the tent. In addition, Narumi sent someone to give Henry and others some dried herbs, and told them to put them into the bonfire when they were lit for warmth at night. The smoke emitted by the burning would also have the effect of repelling insects.
The overall rhythm of the entire team of about a hundred people slowed down.
The Yi people began to busy organizing their luggage and tools. They were hunters and it was their nature to take care of these things. The same is true for warriors as combat professionals, and our Luoan girls and sages cannot be considered as exceptions.
Although the Japanese-style waist sword purchased at a weapons store is a relatively low-key item, it is not shoddily made. The method of testing whether they are strong is very similar to Rigal's long sword - hold the part near the guard with your dominant hand, with the tip or tip of the sword facing upwards, and tap the handle with some force with your off-hand like a knife. end.
This vibration will be transmitted to the entire weapon. If there are gaps in the combination of the guard, handle and blade, various "clang, click" and other shaking and collision sounds will be made, which requires maintenance and correction.
A hilt or hilt made of grooved wood will expand in humid air and shrink in dry air. If there is a gap with the steel sword or sword stem, it will cause excessive vibration when swinging.
This kind of vibration will affect the accuracy of the sword rib, because the blade is shaking left and right, and the target that could have been chopped open will be deflected and stuck in the target due to the vibration after hitting the target. This situation also occurs.
Therefore, an excellent swordsman will hold the sword and test the tight integration of the overall structure by tapping the handle. This is a small detail that can identify whether he is a skilled swordsman.
A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door. The movement of the sage and the Luoan girl testing their swords attracted the attention of a group of warriors even though they were tens of meters apart. Both parties were knowledgeable people, so it was obvious at a glance that these two strangers were In stock.
After checking the integration of the overall structure, what needs to be done is to check the blade of the weapon.
Whether it is Rigar or in Crescent Continent, sharp weapons can always win. Dull knives will be resisted by thick clothing or multiple layers of linen soft armor, while sharp weapons can be easily cut through and can only be stopped by iron armor.
A weapon that never wears out, or at least seems to never wear out, Mira has only seen one of the Sage's Claymores so far. As a pragmatist, instead of coveting the sword of his teacher, it is better to take good care of the tools he has. After going back and forth, our Luoan girl naturally became a skilled knife sharpening expert.
The delicate small piece of oilstone is one of the few items brought from Rigar that is still intact. After attaching it to the blade, do not use too much force. Gently turn it at a fixed angle and polish it. After grinding it along the blade, replace it with After a little polishing on the other side, the weapon in his hand returned to the sharpness of blowing and breaking hair.
Because it is a weapon that has undergone a certain degree of actual combat, the things Mira herself has on hand need to be polished. The Kazuto warriors on the other side, after taking off their helmets and armor, even though the weapons were not used in battle, they still needed some daily maintenance.
Each of them carried a small square wooden box. They then placed their two knives on the cotton cloth spread in front of them and opened the wooden box.
It contains a series of tools that are needed to maintain weapons, but what the warriors first took out was not grease, but a strange tool wrapped in silk cloth with a small wooden stick inserted.
They took the knife out of the sheath, and then gently tapped the blade with a cloth bag. A burst of white powder immediately sprayed out from the gap in the cloth with the movement. Mira, who was watching curiously, immediately understood the reason for all this.
The Moon Country is mountainous and has a very humid climate. The people of Rigar like polished plate armor, but it can be rusted to slag in a day here, so their armor is coated with high-quality paint to resist the moisture in the environment.
The same is true for swords. No matter how airtight the wooden sheath is, there is still the possibility of moisture accumulation. This small cloth bag of powder is used to beat the blade of the knife to absorb the water with the powder and prevent moisture residue from causing rust.
After this step, they carefully wiped the blade with a silk square towel, and finally applied a thin layer of grease on it and put it back into the sheath.
Kazuto's samurai still seem to be strict about maintaining their equipment. I guess this should be part of their culture.
No matter what, after maintaining the weapons, there was nothing for the group of people to do for the time being, so the best way to spend their time was naturally to practice martial arts.
The young master who had been staying in his tent after lunch came out with a few wooden swords. After saying something there, the warriors made an open space, seemingly planning to conduct a drill.
"Let's go over and have a look." The sage suggested as he turned back and glanced at the idle people in his camp.
