Amid the busy schedule, after several spring rains, the weather slowly became humid and warm.
The seeds broke through the soil, the grass roots sprouted, and the riverbank and farmland quickly turned into a lush green.
Various wild flowers are blooming, and various trees are slowly sprouting delicate buds.
The wild fruit trees planted inside and outside the compound also have sporadically blooming buds, light red and snow-white. In the warm spring breeze, crystal clear raindrops hang, and a faint fragrance is diffused.
In mid-January, after completing all the finishing works of the second phase of the courtyard, Xu Chen was ready to start an inspection tour of his alliance tribes.
This is a very important mission for him.
In ancient times, the emperor's tour of the world was not to demonstrate royal power and ostentation, but as a necessary means to strengthen his rule.
In the absence of people's willingness to actively communicate and difficult transportation conditions, taking the initiative to strengthen communication and contact will greatly enhance the close relationship between tribes and also demonstrate the Ba people's enthusiasm for treating their brother tribes.
This is both an opportunity to enhance your reputation and a means to increase your control.
Nearly two months have passed, and I don't know how effective the military training of the other five tribes has been.
He is also planning to lead everyone to a swearing-in meeting in February, and then go to the Gonghuo Tribe to show off.
Therefore, it is necessary to understand the training effect in advance.
In addition, for several tribes, he appointed at least three training commanders, appointed official positions and military ranks, and did not send the promised armor, bows, arrows, badges and other necessary equipment.
Armor, bows and arrows, and officer badges have all been slowly prepared during the winter.
The military leaders all wear double-layer armor like Feng, while the deputy leaders wear single-layer leather armor. The bows are made from fine materials that have been cut down and dried by the tribe for a long time. They have a range of about a hundred meters, and they already have powerful medium and long-distance strike capabilities.
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The officer's waist badge is made of wood, five inches long and three inches wide, about the size of a palm, and has the name of the tribe and military position on it.
For example, Feng's waistband has the character "Ba" in the middle, and the character "Feng" in the middle on the back, with the characters "Lieutenant" next to it.
Mo and Ju also have similar badges, but their military rank is second lieutenant.
These waist badges were cut and polished by Xu Chen, Gu Heju and other five-member youth gang in their free time. Xu Chen personally carved patterns and words on them with stone and copper knives, and then used a red-hot copper cone to cut and polish them.
The handwriting is carbonized, making it look crude and with a touch of artistic flavor.
In order to make it easier to hang, a small hole was drilled out with a wooden bow drill and a hanging rope was attached to the wooden sign.
Originally, Xu Chen planned to make it out of gold or copper, but he thought it was too wasteful.
Although gold is of little use at the moment, it is a precious metal after all. With the development of society, its usefulness will gradually increase, especially for some objects that need to be used to bluff people. Gold and gems of various colors are indispensable.
As for copper, the quantity is too small, it is even rarer, and there are no suitable processing tools. It is difficult to make utensils with uniform size and standard, especially under the condition that it cannot be melted and formed as desired.
However, in the winter, the Uzbek people had sent thousands of kilograms of copper ore. Xu Chen decided to use the casting method to make a batch of copper billets of the same size the next time he smelted copper. In the future, some important military leaders would still be awarded bronze medals.
Waist badges are used to reflect the difference in identity and status.
In addition, there is currently no special merit system, so military ranks and military positions are combined into one. Lower-ranking officers are subordinate to higher-ranking officers. They are simply distinguished by three-level positions such as leader, deputy leader, and captain, forming a mutual reporting relationship.
For these wild men who are illiterate and do not have any knowledge and culture, except for hunting and work, they only know how to drive piles. The simpler everything is, the better. They cannot understand the complicated ones, and if they are too complicated, they will bring great consequences.
confusion.
Therefore, Xu Chen tried to use the simplest method to manage these people and strive to make them understand and accept it.
The supreme commander is the big leader, the deputy leader is the training commander, responsible for daily training and combat, and the captain is a team of ten people, and each team chooses the most powerful one to be the captain. There are no small captains or squadron leaders at the moment.
The distinction between captains is that captains are called non-commissioned officers, they do not belong to the rank of officers, and no military badges are issued for the time being.
All military power actually serves politics.
Whether it's the military training of the alliance tribes or the structure of the army, in the end, it was all Xu Chen's plan for his own kingly hegemony.
The six tribes are the strength he relies on to develop. Training is only one of them. In the end, this strength must be united to form a whole.
In order to make the six tribes recognize his leadership more, Xu Chen asked the women of the tribe to make five flags before setting off, which will be presented to the other five tribes respectively.
From now on, every gathering or deployment must be conducted under the guidance of a unified banner.
As mentioned before, the sense of ritual is very important.
When the flag slowly becomes the core symbol recognized by a tribe, this sense of honor and collectiveness will continue to deepen. As long as the flag remains, people will have a spiritual sustenance, and eventually a flag will be destroyed and people will die.
belief.
The more flags that go out to fight, the more it can reflect the strong strength of one's own side.
Therefore, the flag also carries a kind of intimidation and shock.
Gathering the strength of the six tribes and raising the flag, once a unified spiritual belief and command system are formed, this strength will already have a powerful deterrent in the current barbaric primitive era.
On January 15th, after the full moon night, Xu Chen officially set out to inspect the alliance tribes.
As the military leader, Feng led an accompanying group of forty people, including a group of ten archers, a group of ten spearmen, and a training group of twenty captives.
Ju, the deputy leader of the archers, stayed with the tribe and led the hunters and prisoners to hunt and fish.
Mo, the deputy leader of the spearmen, set off with the team as Feng's deputy.
Gu is still a trumpeter.
Ju is the flag officer, and he and two Uzbek youths are responsible for raising the flag.
All the Ba hunters were neatly dressed, equipped with armor, bows, arrows, spears and shields. The captive army of twenty people also all wore rattan armor and were equipped with simple spears and sticks.
After more than two months of training and integration, both the Ba hunters and the captive army seemed to be very energetic.
Xu Chen was also fully armed, with cowhide armor, a white cloak, a dragon-tooth scimitar hanging from his waist, a bow and arrows on his back, boots on his feet, and a red forehead band with a king character in the middle, and he looked quite handsome when pressing the handle of the knife.
He has the arrogance of a handsome young general.
Even the tall and powerful Feng in front of him wearing double armor seems to be a little inferior in appearance.
The main reason is that the sudden extra cloak on Xu Chen's body adds a lot of points to him.
It flutters and rolls slightly in the spring river breeze, bringing with it a sense of heroism and beauty.
The little witch was holding the golden witch's scepter, standing in the open space between Xu Chen and the team, singing and dancing ancient blessing songs, sending the witch's blessing to the expedition team, and praying for the gods' favor and protection.
Blowing by the river wind, the sarong clings to the little witch's delicate body, and the blue cloak also flutters with the wind, bringing with it a unique mystery and beauty that makes people feel awe.
A large group of women, children, old and young, and men who had stayed behind stood behind Xu Chen.
Ye held the baby Tao who was born in winter and squeezed into the crowd, but he did not watch the dance of the great witch at all. Instead, his eyes fell on Xu Chen and could not move away for a moment. He bit his lips gently, his eyes were hazy and hot, and his fingers
They couldn't help but pinch and cry the children in their arms.
As he gets older, Xu Chen has grown taller and taller over the past year, and his body has become stronger. Coupled with a unique lazy temperament, against the backdrop of this outfit, he stands out from the crowd.
Unforgettable.
Among the crowd, the little mother's savage cousin was not the only one who coveted Xu Chen's body.
A large group of young women were snatched from the Gonghuo Clan and the Qia Clan. Almost all of them were in their teens and had just reached adulthood and were not yet pregnant and had children. Almost all of their eyes fell on Xu Chen at this moment, and they looked at each one of them.
Crazy.
Nowadays, there are more women than men in the Ba tribe, and a large group of captives have been deprived of the right to mate. There are only a dozen Uzbek men who have just formed a new family, and most of them are old and weak.
Although Feng and a group of other men were young and strong, there were too many women in their compound. Occasionally they would go there to eat something fishy to improve their taste, but they couldn't bear the temptation of forty young women every day, so they were more interested in it at first.
Big, I don’t dare to run to the side yard at night recently.
My legs were weak for several days during the past trip.
If you can't keep up with the training, you will be punished. Food will be withheld and mating rights will be restricted. After making a few jokes like this, a group of Ba men basically stopped stealing food from the side yard.
People can't help but say it, the price is too high, and nutrition can't keep up.
In order to give birth to the best offspring, in this barbaric era where reproduction is the main focus, women are as cautious about choosing their mating partners as wild animals, and those who are weak and young are basically eliminated at the first opportunity.
Although men do not need to rely on fighting to defeat competitors to obtain the right to mate like male animals, the right to choose is still in the hands of women. If they are not willing to mate, men cannot force them. After all, there are patriarchs and leaders, and tribes have their own rules.
, those who break the rules will be severely punished, and the most serious one will be expelled from the tribe to fend for themselves.
And Xu Chen is undoubtedly the youngest and best man in the entire Ba tribe, and the mating partner that all young women want.
Xu Chen's strength and excellence are not reflected in the strength and savagery of ordinary men, but in his intelligence and intelligence.
If you mate with him, you will definitely give birth to a smart enough child in the future, who may be as magical and outstanding as him and gain the respect of all the tribesmen.
Of course, Xu Chen didn't know that he was already being drooled over and remembered by a large group of young women because of his stylish outfit.
After waiting for the little witch's blessing dance to be completed, he stood in front of a group of neatly lined up teams, crossed his legs and gave a routine pre-departure speech with his hands behind his back.
"Stand at attention and take a rest!"
"This inspection of the five tribes is of great significance. It is not only for the friendly exchanges between the tribes, but also a rare learning opportunity. I hope everyone will cherish this opportunity, abide by disciplines, maintain their style, and not embarrass the Ba tribe..."