When the rebels came out of Zhuozhou, they encountered many troubles. Some were old and weak, which hindered their march; some were lacking chariots and horses, which were not enough to carry the people; some were craftsmen who were short of wood, so they could not make carts quickly; some were craftsmen who were passive and could not do their best.

Use manpower.

As a result, there were successively the divisions of women's and children's camps, and the convoys that carried people to rest while marching. Later, there was a reward method for craftsmen camps, a method for purchasing roving caravans, and a roving caravan purchasing timber pallets, and then

There are camps of craftsmen who have repeatedly improved production and increased efficiency.

Only in this way can the army's chariots and horses be purchased continuously, accumulating hundreds of chariots and horses, which will greatly relieve the army's urgent needs.

Li Mengxi was originally very proud of the logistics capabilities of the Rebel Army. He thought with pride that there was no force in the world that would be like the Rebel Army. The more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they fought, the more their logistics capabilities got stronger.

However, Zhang Jiao's army now has more chariots and horses than the rebels.

Then I asked Zhang Jiao how he collected so many chariots, horses and livestock. Zhang Jiao said that every time he arrived at a place, he must first collect chariots, horses and livestock. The chariots and horses carried people and camels, and the livestock were kept without killing and used for towing.

Therefore, from the day of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the number of cattle, mules, and livestock was eventually accumulated into the thousands.

Li Mengxi thought about the supply method of the rebel army again. There were three types of supplies for the rebel army's chariots and horses. One was produced by the craftsman battalion, one was captured, and the other was purchased by the caravan. The carpenter battalion's production capacity was limited, and the capture was unstable. In the end,

, the traveling caravan is the most powerful means of logistical supplementation.

If a traveling caravan encounters dozens of villages in a day, it can buy dozens of carriages and horses, while the carpenter's camp can only produce a few dozen carts per month.

The Yellow Turbans searched across the border and directly searched out all the carriages, horses and livestock when they encountered villages, which would naturally be much more efficient.

Thinking of this, Li Mengxi felt a lot more balanced. The rebels made it themselves and bought it with money. They were definitely no better than the Yellow Turbans who searched everywhere.

Li Mengxi told Zhang Jiao that the Zhuozhou Rebels could make carts while marching. Although their monthly output was not much, over time, they would produce something. Unlike raiding, the Zhuozhou Rebels could still make carts every day even if they did not encounter villages.

Li Mengxi said this with pride and showoff.

Zhang Jiao watched Li Mengxi's words with a smile.

Then, Zhang Jiao smiled and said, "Our army also has a battalion of carpenters who also make carts.

However, the army has enough chariots and horses, and the carpenter camp mostly makes weapons, not carts.

As for making a pallet truck, the difficulty lies in the wheel hub, and the most time-consuming part is also in the wheel hub..."

Li Mengxi's eyes widened and he looked at Zhang Jiao in disbelief.

Li Mengxi is very familiar with the production process of pallet trucks. The most complicated thing is indeed the wheel hub. To make the wheel hub, you need good wood, dry wood, or wet wood or broken wood to make the body.

Li Mengxi originally found a place where he could do better work than the Yellow Turbans. Unexpectedly, he Zhang Jiao also established a carpenter battalion in the army.

Li Mengxi was a little dissatisfied.

He wanted to see whether Zhang Jiao's carpenter camp was just a false name, or whether it was really no worse than the rebel craftsman camp.

Li Mengxi wanted to see the Yellow Turban Camp. Zhang Jiao led Li Mengxi to see it. When they arrived at the corner of the Yellow Turban Camp, Li Mengxi saw a large open space. In the open space, the Yellow Turban people were busy.

Looking around, Li Mengxi saw at first glance that his Yellow Turban Craftsmen's Camp was in a mess, and there was no place like a frame door panel as a workbench, but the Yellow Turban craftsmen who were working had planers, chisels, and saws

All.

Based on Li Mengxi’s current understanding of carpentry technology, take the rebel carpenter camp as an example. At the earliest, the carpenter camp was not short of carpenters, but lacked carpentry tools. When he left Zhuozhou, he did not bring carpentry tools with him at all.

When purchasing, you will buy enough woodworking tools that are sufficient for your use.

From my own perspective, there are many tools in the Yellow Turban Craftsman Camp, which must be the result of deliberate collection.

Another draw.

Li Mengxi slightly won this game. The victory was due to the efficient production methods of the Rebel Army. The victory was that everyone in the Rebel Craftsman Camp could work together to think of many ways to improve production, such as using door panels, such as using a pallet truck to turn over to make a workbench, such as making wheel hubs at night, and only one person working during the day.

Pull the cart, sit on it with one person, and turn the pallet cart into a workbench. You can use it throughout the day to process small tasks such as square wooden chopsticks and spokes.

The rebel army was still victorious, and there was a reward system. For every cart built by the craftsmen, they were rewarded with fifty kilograms of grain. The craftsmen were so excited that they never slacked off for a moment.

The rebels were still victorious because all the ministries coordinated their efforts. Every time they set up camp, the civilians would go out to collect good wood. If they cut it down, someone would carry it to the carpenter's camp. Also, whatever the carpenter's camp needed, whether it was an ink bucket, a saw blade, or

The ax door panels must be purchased by the traveling caravan along the way and then sent to the craftsman camp. The logistics team will seize them in each battle. There are many hardwoods. The Zi heavy team collects the hardwood and sends it to the craftsman camp. In addition, the craftsman and the embroiderer are also included.

, and also cooperated with the craftsman camp.

The Yellow Turban carpenters are only carpenters and can only make wooden utensils, while the rebel carpenter camp can combine the three skills of the carpenter, the craftsman, and the embroiderer. The carpenter makes the frame, the craftsman weaves the baskets, and the embroiderer sews the rain bag, and together they make the carrying gear.

Even the Yellow Turbans cannot do this if all the ministries work together.

Convinced that although the rebel craftsman camp was small, its level was several levels higher than that of the Yellow Turbans, Li Mengxi finally gave up his competitive thoughts.

Take a closer look at the Yellow Turban carpenter camp. Most of the Yellow Turban craftsmen are making weapons. The Yellow Turban craftsmen cut the sharp ends out of wooden sticks and bamboo poles, and then bake the tips slightly over the fire.

From this, Li Mengxi saw two points.

First, just like the rebel army, although there is no war and he did not go to the carpenter camp today, Li Mengxi knows that the carpenter camp must still be busy working step by step. In other words, the rebel army has established a complete production structure. Now the war is over

Now, the Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao Department, Zhang Jiao must not have time to multi-manage the craftsman camp, and the Yellow Turban Craftsman Battalion is also producing weapons as usual, which means that the Yellow Turban Army has also established a complete production structure.

It is expected that in Zhang Jiao's department, no matter whether there is a war or not, every time the camp is stopped, the yellow turban craftsmen will have time to cut wooden soldiers.

Li Mengxi nodded secretly.

Secondly, seeing the Yellow Turbans cutting wood and bamboo to make soldiers, Li Mengxi remembered that in ancient times, peasant uprisings were mostly said to raise poles as flags and chop wood as soldiers. With the armor rate of the cold weapon era, sharpened wood was used to pierce people's bodies.

The lethality is not weak.

Even if the enemy has armor, sharp wood can still effectively kill them.

Seeing the Yellow Turban craftsman roasting the whittled wooden gun on the fire, Li Mengxi was puzzled at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he probably understood.

It may be that the fire roasting method is used to carbonize and prevent corrosion and increase the hardness.

What is anti-corrosion? Based on Li Mengxi’s experience, when wood is sharpened, the sharp point becomes soft easily when exposed to moisture. When thick wooden piles encounter rain, only the surface layer gets wet, while the small tip of the wooden pile

If it rains, it will get wet.

Whether it is a wooden gun or a bamboo gun, the tip is easy to get wet and easy to rot.

Fire roasting can carbonize the surface of the gun tip, so that it will no longer become soft due to moisture and rot, which is beneficial to preservation.

I gained some practical knowledge again.

Although wooden and bamboo spears are too shabby to be used by the regular army, they are sufficient for the rural militia and the like to defend themselves.

In the future, if a militia is organized and trained, the militia will also have to roast the wooden guns.

Otherwise, the spear head will rot in one rainy season.

Zhang Jiao saw Li Mengxi's concentration on the craftsman who was making wooden spears. Zhang Jiao mistakenly thought that Li Mengxi was dissatisfied with this. The Yellow Turbans had obviously surrendered to the Zhuozhou Rebel Army, so how could they continue to build weapons?

The life and death of tens of thousands of people were at stake. Zhang Jiao cautiously leaned over and said, "Young Master, our army will no longer make wooden guns tomorrow. Now the war is over..."

"No." Li Mengxi raised his eyebrows and looked back at Zhang Jiao, "How can we not do it? We still have to do it!"

Li Mengxi thought of the tens of thousands of new recruits in the rebel army, many of whom did not have weapons.

No matter what, at least everyone should have a bamboo gun.

Thinking of this, Li Mengxi said seriously, "You have many carpenters in the army. Tomorrow, I will bring wood to make more wooden guns."

Zhang Jiao could not refute, he could only agree.

Continuing to watch the yellow turban carpenters busy, Li Mengxi saw a yellow turban carpenter in the far corner, seeming to be making a shield. Li Mengxi saw the carpenters using long wooden strips to piece together something.

The rebels can also make wooden shields. Wooden shields are much more difficult to make than bowls, chopsticks, flagpoles and the like. It requires technical skills. Just now I saw how big the Yellow Turban craftsman camp is, and now I see how powerful the Yellow Turban craftsmen are. Li Mengxi was curious and stood on tiptoe to watch.

It was a bit far away, and people were blocking it so he couldn't see clearly, so he just went by himself.

Zhang Jiao didn't know why Li Mengxi walked toward the carpenters' pile. When he saw Li Mengxi passing by, Zhang Jiao followed suit, following suit.

Li Mengxi walked through the carpenters' camp and reached the corner.

When I got closer, I saw where the shields were being made. The carpenters had tied the wooden boards with thin ropes to make something like a vest.

Li Mengxi's first impression was that it looked like a little devil's wooden armor and bamboo armor.

Li Mengxi was surprised, "Is this a wooden armor?" He pointed and looked back at Zhang Jiao.

Zhang Jiao came over and asked the carpenters to hand over the wooden armor and showed it to Li Mengxi with his own hands. He explained, "There are few armors in the army. Wooden armor is specially made for soldiers. Although wooden armor cannot block bows and crossbows, it is enough to protect against swords."

Protect yourself."

Li Mengxi took the wooden armor and held it heavily.

The so-called wooden armor is just some long wooden strips tied one by one with ropes. It is hard and heavy, and does not fit the body. It is only as big as the chest and abdomen, and only has one side.

Wearing this wooden armor on the body, if an enemy crossbow comes over, the wooden strips may be able to block some of the arrows, but if the arrows hit the gap, they will definitely not be able to defend themselves.

Furthermore, the wooden strips are tied together horizontally, with a large gap in the middle. In close combat, they can only block vertical and diagonal cuts, but not horizontal cuts, and cannot block spear thrusts.

Moreover, the wooden armor is made up of several ropes tied up and down. If the rope is exposed, the wooden armor will fall apart after being hit with a few cuts.

Li Mengxi took the wooden armor and looked at it over and over. He felt that although the defensive power, defensive area, durability, lightness, and other aspects, the wooden armor was very rubbish, but no matter how rubbish it was, it could block a few bows and crossbows, and could block a few sword slashes.

, a set of extremely simple wooden armor, which can block three or two sword blows, is equivalent to giving the soldier three or two more lives, which is enough.

Li Mengxi was surprised that Zhang Jiao could think of such a simple way to solve the shortage of armor. Looking back at earlier times, the rebel army also lacked armor. The soldiers could not have a set of armor, so they could only collect as many shields as possible without armor.

Wear a shield to protect yourself, and those with armor act as spearmen to solve the problem of insufficient armor.

But looking back now, no armor is no armor after all. I should have known earlier that making some simple wooden armor would have saved many casualties.

Wooden armor is very simple. Wooden armor can be made by braiding sticks and ropes, or even cow bones can be braided together. The rebels have no shortage of wood, no shortage of ropes, and no shortage of carpenters. Making wooden armor is not difficult.

Zhang Jiaobu's logistics ability was quite outstanding, which made Li Mengxi pay attention.

Li Mengxi learned something from the Yellow Turban Army.

Although iron armor, leather armor, and infantry armor are good armors on the battlefield, while wooden armor, bamboo armor, and the like are terrible, but this does not mean that low-level armor has no use.

The craftsmanship of low-level armor is rough, and the rough craftsmanship means that the cost is extremely low, and the extremely low cost means that a large number of armies can be equipped at a very small cost.

Sometimes it is difficult to afford the armor of an entire army, such as the Yellow Turban Army, or the current rebel army. The only way to make the entire army wear armor is to use low-level armor such as wooden armor, bamboo armor, and bone armor.

At this time, Li Mengxi thought of the Japanese's bamboo home. The Japanese were in a small area and lacked steel resources. However, all of their soldiers had armor. Although the Japanese's bamboo armor could be destroyed by a single blow, the protection of bamboo armor was still better than without armor.
To be continued...