As the sky dawns, the entire Huozhongtun begins a new day of work.
According to Commander Zhao, although the previous tents have been expanded enough, I don't know why a new batch of tents need to be expanded.
Although they were puzzled, after the men, women, and children in the camp received some beef jerky and a small bowl of milk in the morning in the shed, everyone began to get busy.
Because there was not enough wood, many people began to dig dirt to build houses.
In the winter here, building a house with mud is the fastest and most convenient, because you only need to get some mud and some dry straw, mix them, then put them into wooden frame molds, mix in some hot water, and wait for the water to freeze. This is an extremely hard mud brick.
The temperature on the grassland in winter is extremely low, and hot water turns into ice water very quickly. Therefore, it only takes a minute or two for a large mud brick to solidify after being poured with water.
Relying on this method, many houses in Huozhongtun were built quickly.
Moreover, this kind of house will still work well after the snow melts in the next spring. If you live in the south, you may need to add some rice and other materials to increase the stickiness inside.
But in the grassland, ice is the best sticky agent. When the weather warms up, the dry straw inside can continue to maintain the stability of the bricks.
Even if the winter in the south is so cold that it freezes, we can't do this because the south is wet and cold, the grasslands are dry and cold, and the wind is very strong.
Especially in the spring of next year, the moisture in the bricks will not soften the mud, but will be quickly blown away by strong winds, leaving behind dry and compact mud bricks.
Nalan is a local girl from Huozhongtun. She has followed Zhang He all the way since she was the pastor.
Originally, the herdsmen of Huozhongtun were very repulsive to outsiders. They had long been accustomed to the aloof life of Huozhongtun, and no one would get used to the sudden arrival of so many people.
In particular, this group of people often form gangs and focus on the interests of their own tribe. The larger the number of tribes in the group, the greater the interests it will naturally occupy.
But something has changed recently. After Chief Zhao executed the quartermaster, he promulgated a temporary mobilization system for war.
The distribution of work types and food is more reasonable, and the appointment of personnel is more reasonable.
For example, the old people in Huo Zhongtun and Pingqian Tun who followed Zhao Ming early on held some more important positions.
The Zhensong Army is completely isolated and is a combat unit without any logistical duties.
The remaining tribes are no longer selected based on the number of tribes, but are divided according to the performance of each tribe in the Chabei United Army.
The more outstanding the warriors of your tribe are on the front line, the easier the work the family behind them will do in the rear, and the more food they will receive.
Of course, the temporary mobilization system for war set up by Zhao Ming seems to be more reasonable. The labor is divided between men and women. The captives do more difficult work. The men in the tribe do slightly heavier labor, while the women do easy work such as boiling water and chopping firewood for cooking.
But any system is implemented by people, and wherever there are people, there will be rivers and lakes.
But these are not very important to the little girl Nalan. She is already very satisfied with her current life.
She is good at needlework and currently sews clothes for the soldiers on the front line. After each battle, there will always be a lot of damaged clothes, and this is the job she needs to do.
Because of her outstanding performance, she is not only fast but also very solid in sewing. She is now guiding many girls in the tribe to do this together, which also allows the family behind her to share a lot more food every day.
Suddenly someone was shouting.
"Back! Everyone is back!"
Hearing the cheers from the sentry tower in the distance, everyone in Huo Zhongtun began to get busy.
Many women dropped what they were doing and began to prepare for the early morning celebration banquet.
Two hours ago, they received a battle report from the front line. They had won a great victory and a huge banquet was about to be prepared.
The preliminary preparations are basically completed, because the weather is too cold and it is too early to start cooking, so we have to keep adding firewood to burn. The firewood here at the station can't help but be so hot.
Some people began to cook the beef and mutton that had been cut long ago, while others began to go out to greet the warriors who had returned from the expedition.
Da da da!
From a distance, a mighty cavalry could be seen coming in neat formation. Because the river was frozen, the horses just stepped over.
However, there was some confusion in the middle of the team. It was a team composed of many prisoners with their hands tied. Because there were too many, the ropes were not enough, and many of them were urged forward by the cavalry.
"So many prisoners?"
"Yes! How many Mongolians are there?"
"With so many people coming in, do we have enough food?"
The herdsmen were talking a lot, and some of them had already thought about it further, with worries on their brows.
yes!
There is not enough food and grass in the tribe now, and now there are so many captives. Although the captives eat only half of what they eat, so many people are still a big burden.
"That's not the point, right? It should be said that we were able to defeat so many Outer Mongolians. It seems that the Outer Mongolians are not that good either!"
Suddenly a word from the crowd reminded everyone, and everyone started laughing again.
The power of the Outer Mongols had long made them fearful, especially the herdsmen of the two tribes of Darhan Maoming'an who had faced the crazy slaughter of the Outer Mongols.
Now this fear seems to have dissipated invisible at this moment, followed by a faint sense of honor and belonging.
Not only are they proud, but the returning warriors are also eager to break their waists.
The Zhensong Army is pretty good. After all, they have fought many victories and defeats. Compared with this honor, they prefer the adrenaline-filled feeling on the battlefield.
But the Chabei United Army didn't think so. They always felt that they were just fooling around with the Zhensong Army. Even after the previous reorganization, their energy and energy were not very high.
This battle not only showed their momentum, but also their confidence.
Zhao Ming saw this scene in his eyes. A true elite team was never tempered by constant defeats.
Continuous defeats will only sharpen the skills of soldiers. A good army can be defeated, but in the beginning, it must focus on victory, otherwise the army will have no backbone and will not be able to support Adou.
The same goes for the Suppressing Song Army. If Marshal Liu hadn't been smarter at the beginning, he mainly focused on suppressing bandits and maintaining local security. He only hunted some miscellaneous fish. He used small victories one after another to build confidence for the Suppressing Song Army.
Without these, the Zhensong Army would not be as vigorous as it is today.
