Chapter 1071: People's Will Talk About Rifles
"Bring the system to Datang ()"
"Lend us a few horses, we will herd sheep, one person with horses can take care of a large flock of sheep. Others will help you build a military camp."
A prestigious person among the scattered people asked Guo Zhiyun, who came to check the situation, to borrow horses.
They had few horses, so when they had horses, they helped each other herd sheep, and the others went to work for Datang.
When they saw the Datang army coming, they not only did not harm anyone, but even gave money to their children for classes.
The children's families received money, and even if they lost their children as laborers, they could still have income.
Compared with the previous Tubo, the scattered people were worried that Tubo would fight back again.
The children of Tubo were not yet literate, so what would they think when they found out that their children were reading?
The biggest possibility was that the children were captured as slaves, and they asked you to read. What's wrong with being literate? Become my slave.
A group of horses that were injured in running and wounded by arrows and affected their running were sent here. They were not good for fighting and charging, but they were good for herding.
Some of the injured horses were slowly raised, and perhaps they could be trained to fight again.
The locals can raise horses, and there were many horses in the past. The Tubo people wanted to fight, so they asked them to "borrow" them.
"Among the horses we captured from Tubo, are there any of yours? Go and identify them."
Guo Zhiyun saw a horse that was sent to him running to a person and rubbing its head against him, and remembered this incident.
"Yes, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, let me see where you are injured, and I will give you good food in the next few days." The horse went to identify its owner by itself and almost cried.
He touched the horse's mane and examined it carefully.
There was a piece of hair missing from the thigh of the horse's right hind leg. There was a suture thread there, and the gauze tied with it was opened, and there was pus and blood on the gauze.
Looking at the wound, it was obviously shot by an arrow, and then treated.
The owner of the horse pressed it with gauze, and more pus and blood came out. The horse moved in pain, and quickly stood up again.
"Can you rub grass ash on it?" He asked the Yulin Flying Cavalry.
A member of the Imperial Guards came over to take a look: "Wipe with alcohol, control the horse, it hurts.
Change the gauze, and leave a drainage hole at the suture.
You can ride whichever horse you can ride first, and help take care of the ones that can't ride.
In ten days or half a month, more things will arrive and be distributed to you."
"Can that method be used on the injured?" The horse owner discovered the advantage of suture.
"It was originally for people to use. We suffered few casualties. Seeing that the horse was still alive, we treated its wound."
"I've learned it. Sew it!"
"You can't sew blindly. You have to disinfect it. You don't have a pressure cooker, so you can't cook the thread unless you soak it in alcohol."
"You teach us. If we are injured by wild animals, we can sew it ourselves."
"Teach us later. There are no wild animals recently. We will hunt and drive them away, and send the fur back."
"Can't we leave it here? We work, and you give us the fur."
"Your fur processing technology is not good enough. Go back and process it before sending it back."
"Technology refers to how to deal with fur?"
"Yes, Lijiazhuangzi has the best technology and can process a lot at a time."
"Is Lijiazhuangzi a tribe?"
"No, Lijiazhuangzi is... the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Good technology needs to come from Lijiazhuangzi."
"It must be protected and can't be robbed."
"Yes, we have been protecting it."
The locals kept asking. He wanted to know more information from the Yulin Flying Cavalry.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry was willing to tell him that the locals would become the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Other locals went to the herd of horses, which were not tied up and were eating grass with their heads down.
Whistles and shouts rang out one after another. Some horses were eating, but suddenly looked up, not caring about the grass, and ran in the direction of the sound.
When they saw their owners, some horses circled around their owners, while others rubbed their heads.
Other horses turned sideways and looked at their owners, meaning to come up and take them for a ride.
Those who found their horses looked happy, while those who shouted for a while but did not get a response looked sad.
They knew that the horses were dead and probably became food in the soldiers' stomachs.
Wang Junkui organized people to tell those who lost their horses that if there were injured horses, they could choose them and they would own them after they were well.
Register and ask other people how many horses a certain person had originally. After checking, they would give the other person the same number of horses.
The Tang army captured many Tibetan horses and distributed the injured ones to the locals.
The locals whose horses were all dead hurried to pick horses, both male and female horses.
He also discussed with other people, asking his neighbor to pick a good male horse, and his own mare to breed, and keep the first horse for himself and give the second horse to the other party.
"If we occupy this place, the Tang Dynasty will not be short of horses in the future, and the post station will deliver things faster."
Guo Zhiyun saw a group of locals choosing their favorite horses there and said with a smile.
"At most, only one pony can be born in a year, and the pony can have another pony after three years. It's better to rob, rob the horses of the Arabs."
Qin Li shook his head slightly beside him. How many years will it take for the number of horses to increase several times? Too slow, robbing is fast.
"It's okay to buy, take things to exchange with the Arabs and the people over there. The Turks and Turks are in the way, and the road is blocked."
When the old monkey spoke, he looked to the northwest, where there were Arabs, Turks and Turks.
The road that could originally exchange goods was cut off, and that group of people was too hateful.
"When the number of guns is enough, we will kill them all when we get the guns." Qin Li comforted the old monkey.
"We have to wait until next year. Are we going to go back or stay here?" The old monkey wanted to clear the road directly.
Zhang Zhongliang next to him suddenly interrupted: "Gun? The gun that Guo Changshi used in Songzhou?"
"No, it's worse than that one. There is only one of that thing, so you can't use it casually. The other one is also very useful and has a longer range than the crossbow." The old monkey waved his hand.
He didn't want the gun that Guo Ziyi was holding to appear on the battlefield. It is said that the bullet was exchanged by the owner with his life.
Zhang Zhongliang had never seen it before: "Useful? Can it withstand a charge?"
"Can a bow and crossbow withstand a charge? Cavalry is not good. The owner said that he has not developed a better percussion cap." This time it was Qin Li who answered.
He used the new gun, which has a longer range than the bow and arrow, a lot longer.
It needs additional gunpowder to ignite, and it is inconvenient to use when riding a horse.
When there is a good percussion cap, it is not as fast as the bow and arrow, and it saves more energy than the bow and arrow.
It can be said that there are pros and cons. If you fight in the wild, the cavalry bow is still important, and the infantry's gun formation is powerful.
It is a magical weapon for defending and attacking cities. Even if a child is older, he can kill the enemy easily if he is given a gun.
"It is not as good as a skyrocket." Wang Junkui muttered.
"The gunpowder of a skyrocket can make tens of thousands of bullets. Of course, the skyrocket is easier to use, flies farther, and explodes a large area."
The old monkey said with an attitude of "you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don't manage the family."
Everyone knows that the skyrocket is very cheap to use, and the key is that it costs a lot of money. Every rumble is a ding-dong of money, no, it's a clatter of money.
"I'll write back and see if I can bring a few here to use." Guo Zhiyun came up with an idea.
"I think it can be done. The owner is willing to let the soldiers in the front help test the results." Qin Li also wanted to try it.
He can row a boat out of the range of the enemy's bows and crossbows and shoot on the boat.