Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 1124, the First Day

The logistics team was so busy they didn't even have time to eat.

The workshops worked day and night to process animal bones, hides, and sinews to replenish the arrows, bowstrings, and leather armor that had been used up.

As the battle progressed, Zhang Yuanli's rules became very simple.

Fight a battle, then resupply.

They replenish whatever Warcraft sends them.

The more you kill, the better your equipment will be.

The better your equipment, the less afraid you are of the next attack.

On the fourth day, the fire in the logistics workshop never went out all night.

Tuoba Gu and his six apprentices worked around the clock in the workshop.

The charcoal stove glowed red-hot, and sparks flew everywhere from the anvil.

The carving knife was sharpened until it became dull, then sharpened again.

We've replaced the whetstones several times already.

Each piece was ground into deep grooves.

They are making new shields from the bone plates of ironback lizards.

The bone plates were sawn into uniformly sized cubes.

The edges are polished smooth, and then woven together with animal sinew rope to form a double-layered bone plate composite structure.

Tuoba Gu personally carved the power-gathering pattern on it.

Every line is of uniform depth and has smooth transitions, as if it had been measured with a ruler.

"The key to the power-gathering pattern lies in the turning point," Tuoba Gu said to his apprentice. "If the turning point is too sharp, the pattern will break. If the turning point is too slow, the power will not be gathered enough. The wrist must be steady, and the cut must be precise."

The apprentices gathered around, watching and learning.

On the first day, only twenty bone shields were produced.

The next day it doubled to forty pages.

By the fifth day, the workshop was producing up to sixty shields per day.

The heavy infantry of the left and right battalions were all equipped with new shields reinforced with bone plates. They were both light and sturdy. The soldiers held them up and tried them out, and they all gave them a thumbs up.

On the fifth day, Amu's archer battalion also began to change their uniforms.

The new bowstring was made from the sinew of the Purple-Eyed Python.

It has excellent toughness.

The tension is 30% greater than that of the original animal sinew string.

Amu personally tested a new bow. When he drew it, the bow arm emitted a deep humming sound, and the sound of the arrow cutting through the air was twice as sharp as before.

He nodded in satisfaction.

The new arrows were made from the thigh bones of the Ironback Bull.

It is heavier, harder, and has greater penetrating power than the previous bone arrows.

The arrowhead was engraved with simple armor-piercing patterns.

Although it couldn't compare to the exquisite craftsmanship of those carved by Zhang Yuan himself, it was more than enough to deal with ordinary magical beasts.

Amu had each archer test-fire three new arrows.

"Boom-"

The arrow was embedded in a wooden target a hundred paces away, the arrowhead piercing through a thumb-thick wooden board, with a section protruding from the other side.

"A fine arrow!"

The archers cheered.

On the sixth day, each member of Tuoba Tie's heavy axe battalion was given an extra spare hand axe.

The hand axe was also made from the bones of monsters.

It was made from the scapula of the Iron-Spined Bull, ground into an axe shape, and engraved with a power-gathering pattern.

Although it cannot match the power of an iron axe, it is more than enough as a backup weapon.

On the seventh day, even the hunters from the smaller tribes were given their share.

Each person received a new spear, the tip of which was made from the fangs of a gray-maned wolf, making it extremely sharp.

The spear shaft was made from the leg bone of the Iron-Spined Bull, hard and straight, and heavy in the hand.

The weapons racks next to the drill ground, which were mostly empty seven days ago, are now filled with all kinds of weapons.

The arrows were stuck in the quiver, so numerous that they were impossible to count.

The bowstrings hung on the wall, row upon row, all made of freshly drawn python tendons.

The armor was stacked neatly in the wooden crate.

Each piece was made of newly tanned animal hide, still faintly smelling of nitrate.

In those seven days, the camp was not only not exhausted, but instead turned into a rapidly operating war machine.

Each wave of monster attacks was seen as a delivery of raw materials.

Zhang Yuan's command system is the core engine of this machine.

On the night of the eighth day.

The camp was filled with the aroma of roasted meat. Tonight's dinner was Ironback Wild Beef.

Large chunks of beef were skewered on iron sticks and roasted over a campfire.

"Zi..."

The grease dripped into the fire, sparking and sizzling.

The surface of the beef was roasted until it was golden brown.

The edges are slightly curled up.

The aroma of meat, mixed with the smell of smoke, wafted through the valley.

The soldiers sat around the fire, holding roasted beef in their hands, eating it heartily.

Someone pulled a small bag of salt from their pocket.

It was obtained from the logistics team.

Sprinkle it on the grilled meat, and the salt grains will slowly melt on the surface of the meat and seep into it.

Amu sat by the campfire, gnawing on beef with one hand and stroking the arm of a new bow with the other.

The bow arm was crafted from the ribs of an Iron-Spined Bull, and the bowstring was made from freshly drawn python tendons.

He pulled the bowstring a few times, feeling the elasticity of the bow arm and the tension of the string. Not quite satisfied, he picked up the carving knife and made a few more cuts on the bow arm.

Ayan sat opposite him, sharpening the tip of his spear.

The whetstone was wet.

His hands were very steady, and each stroke was long.

The spearhead struck the stone surface, making a rustling sound, and grew brighter and brighter.

Tuoba Tie is wrapping new animal sinew around the handle of his axe.

The old axe handle was soaked in blood, sticky to the touch, and slippery.

He wrapped the animal sinew around and around.

Each time you wrap it around, pull it tight.

After wrapping it up, tie a few knots at the end.

Yan Qing also sat by the fire.

He was no longer as nervous as he was on the first day.

The knife in my hand is no longer the dull blade from the first day.

That knife was thrown away long ago.

He is using a new knife now.

The blade was made from the leg bone of an Iron-spined Bull.

The blade is engraved with a power-gathering pattern, and it feels heavy and comfortable to hold.

He imitated Ayan, slowly sharpening the knife on the whetstone.

The whetstone was wet.

The blade made a rustling sound as it slid across the stone surface.

Very gentle.

It sounds like rain.

"Keep your hand steady," Ayan said, glancing at him.

Yan Qing didn't look up and continued sharpening the knife.

In the past few days, he has killed seven demonic wolves, three purple-eyed pythons, and one poisonous frog.

Although he still couldn't compare to those veterans, he no longer froze when monsters charged at him.

He knew how to cut.

Knowing where to cut.

To kill a demon wolf, cut its neck; the fur there is shortest and the skin is thinnest, so one cut can sever its trachea.

When cutting a python, cut at its seven-inch mark, as the snake's bones are most brittle at that point and can be broken with a single stroke.

To kill the poisonous tadpole frog, you can't get close; you have to shoot it with an arrow...

These are all experiences gained from the battles fought these past few days.

On the ninth day, Zhang Yuan began to have new and veteran soldiers train together.

He grouped the veterans who had fought in battles together with the new recruits who had just gone into battle, and had the veterans mentor the new recruits.

Tuoba Tie's left battalion dispatched several experienced centurions to the right and central battalions to instruct the hunters from the smaller tribes on how to form ranks, how to provide cover, and how to rotate shifts.

Han Zheng also selected several veteran soldiers with the best horsemanship from the light cavalry to teach the scouts of Liuyun Village how to fight on horseback.

It wasn't the kind of fighting style that involved charging into battle, but rather using the speed and mobility of light cavalry to harass, contain, and scout.

The scouts studied very diligently.

Some people fell off their horses several times, getting bruised and battered, but they would get up, flip back onto the horse, and continue practicing.

On the tenth day, Zhang Yuan organized a small-scale combat drill on the training ground.

Left battalion against right battalion. (End of chapter)