?Tian Zhengyue led people to inspect the arsenal. Today, he followed the newly appointed Sima Yang Ji, who was also the leader of the new army, to the military camp to rectify. He was responsible for counting the arsenal. The commander of the new army, Yu Wen Wen, is now the governor of Bazhou, so as a subordinate, they were arranged to help.

"According to the account, there are two crotch armors and five hundred collars in the warehouse, you can take them out." He said to Si Cang.

"Six hundred ring-headed knives, nine hundred spears, four hundred bows, at least one thousand arrows and three hundred crossbows, take them all out!"

Before joining the new army, Tian Zhengyue was already a soldier in the Anzhou Army, so he had a lot of knowledge about the accumulated problems in the army. He was probably clear about the tricks of the arsenal's accounts: if the difference between the quantity on the books and the actual stock was 20% considered conscience, and 40% considered ordinary.

In addition to eating empty salary and drinking soldiers' blood, military weapons cut corners are also common in the military camp. Take one and two crotch armor as an example. If the iron armor piece is sufficient, each piece weighs more than five cents. The armor piece weighs at least ten kilograms alone. If the craftsman cut corners when making armor piece, the weight will definitely not be increased.

The armor pieces need to be tied together with things, because the armor pieces will rub when they are worn on the body, so the ropes that bind the armor leaves are easily worn and broken, so the ropes used when making armor are generally elastic leather strips. If the craftsman is a little bit unintentional, hemp ropes that are not wear-resistant.

The two-stage armor with excellent craftsmanship includes armor pieces, leather strips, lining cloth, etc., and the weight will be at least twenty kilograms. If there is corners in it, the overall weight will be significantly lighter.

After the armor is made, it is sent to the soldiers. It should be maintained at ordinary times, otherwise it will easily rust. If it is not properly maintained in rainy areas in Jiangnan, the armor will soon rust. Another thing to note is that the soldiers will even secretly take down the nail pieces and sell them for money.

Tian Zhengyue’s method to check the integrity of the armor is the first point, the second is to check the corrosion of the armor leaf, the third is to weigh it. This time they came here and brought five poles to see what kind of armor in the Xiyang arsenal is.

The account records that the two armors in the arsenal have five hundred collars, but there are indeed five hundred collars. Tian Zhengyue asked someone to take a closer look at the armor leaves and found that there were signs of fresh polishing. At least half of the armor was tied with hemp ropes. The last one said that most of the armor was too light.

Based on the above signs, these armors were temporarily made up for numbers, and the quantity was suitable, but the quality was too different. Tian Zhengyue asked Cang Cao to take out the pimp, but the other party was indeed exposed: there was very little inventory of pimps.

Leather strips are cut from cowhide, pig skin, sheep skin, etc., and they have to be processed through the tedious process of soaking water and straightening and consuming a lot of manual labor. A collar of armor consumes a lot of leather strips just by making them. Even if you tie the armor with leather strips, the armor strips will still be worn out after being worn for a long time, so you have to prepare a roll for later use. According to the inventory of the leather strips, these armors are either improperly maintained or they are made up for the numbers.

Such armor is better than it is, but it is very good. The weather in Jiangnan is hot and stuffy. If it can withstand swords, guns or arrows, it would be fine, but these things are probably useless. Tian Zhengyue thinks that the armor in the arsenal is useless.

Sicang was a little nervous when he saw Tian Zhengyue and others being a veteran. Later, when he saw that the other party didn't say anything, he finally felt relieved. He was just thinking about it and he started to check the weapon again without expecting it.

A new soldier who followed Tian Zhengyue to enter the warehouse picked up a bow and pulled it and then showed contempt. The other soldiers tried several bows in succession, and the expressions were like this. Tian Zhengyue casually picked up a bow and looked at it and found the problem:

The quality of the bow string is not good. The more serious bow strings in the Jiangnan area are twisted into one thread with about twenty silk threads, that is, they are twisted horizontally with string bones. The wrapping thread is divided into three sections and every seven inches, and one or two points are empty. Because of this, when the bow string is not erected, it can be folded into three sections to store.

If the bow strings in the north are mostly made of beef tendon, the bow strings on his hand are made of silk, but they look a little thin. Tian Zhengyue is used to using the bow, so he doesn't need to look closely and finds that the bow strings are not made of enough material. The wrapped threads are also sloppy and the bow strings are not covered with yellow wax. This way, it will basically not be moisture-proof.

Tian Zhengyue looked at the bow body and found that there was degumming. He was good at ejaculation, so he knew what was the trick: there were many bamboos in the south, so the bow body was made of bamboo slices, mulberry wood and beef tendons were made of glue. When making the bow, the embryos should be hung up and baked with fire. For shorter than ten days or two months, after the glue was dry, take it down and add beef tendons, apply glue and paint. If the bow body is degummed, it means cutting corners when making it.

He checked several bows and found that there were degumming at different degrees, so he asked where the stove was. Cang Cao led him to a room with several stove pits. Tian Zhengyue reached out to touch the stove and found that the carbon black was old. It seemed that these stoves had not been fired for a long time.

‘These bows have never been carefully maintained.’ Tian Zhengyue thought that when it is maintained, the bow is most afraid of being damp and rainy. The rainy weather in Jiangbei is about June, the bow should be placed on the stove to keep it dry. If it is not maintained like this, the bow will easily decay and degummed.

The bow is not in good condition, and the arrows are not much better. When making arrows in the south, bamboo is used mostly to make arrows. Take three or four bamboo strips and glue them with glue, then use a knife to cut them round and scrape them tightly with silk threads. Of course, if there is an arrow bamboo, there is no need to be so troublesome. The problem is that the bamboo arrow shaft is generally very straight and does not exist like the wooden arrow shaft, which will be bent when dry, but now these arrow shafts are more or less bent, which means that there is no effort in making them.

Not only are the arrow shafts of many arrows not straight, but there are also many cases where the tail feathers are sticky and twisted. The feathers used for arrow feathers are the best feathers, and the second is that if the horned eagle is not really not, use goose feathers or goose feathers to make up for the number. The arrow feathers of these arrows are probably the duck feathers themselves that are not resistant to the wind, and if the arrow shafts are not straight, then they will know where they will go if they shoot out.

Tian Zhengyue felt that he was not sure to shoot the bull's-eye with the bow and arrow in front of him. He thought that even if Shi Zhuang, who was superb archery, could not hit the arrow, he would have no chance of hitting the arrow. These bows and arrows were completely shoddy.

It would be more courageous to use it to defend the city. If you want to encircle and suppress the bandits, it would be more difficult. However, if you want to fight against the soldiers in the wild, you would be looking for death. These bows and arrows can't shoot through the enemy's armor.

The spear is not much better. The spear rod cracks more often, which means that there is no maintenance at all. The edge of the ring-headed knife looks good, but the traces of the newly polished marks are very obvious. The degree of rust on the back of the knife is not light.

The quantity is comparable to the account, but the quality is not satisfactory. If you deal with Shangguan’s counting, you can make up the numbers but you will face the enemy in the last battle.

Weak and unbearable to fight, this is what Tian Zhengyue thought at this time.

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The governor's office and the governor of Bazhou Yuwen Wen are discussing in detail with the governor Shi Renchong. Renchong has been in Bazhou for more than a year and is quite familiar with the situation of all parties, so Yuwen Wen is humbly asking for advice. Now the topic is the state soldiers.

"The soldiers of Bazhou Prefecture are weak, and they can withstand the repeated invasions of Chen's army by relying on the generals and powerful private soldiers." Ren Chong puts out the facts, which is a fact that Yuwen Wen must face.

Yuwen Wen wanted to rectify the state soldiers and agreed with him. Although he was determined to rectify the troops due to multiple reasons, he still did not implement them. Bazhou was facing the military pressure of Chen State on the Yangtze River. If it was not handled well, it would easily lead to the invasion of Chen's army.

He was afraid that Yuwen Wen didn't know how poor the Bazhou soldiers were, so he told them one by one:

When it comes to the combat effectiveness of state soldiers, we have to talk about the composition of soldiers. The state soldiers in Bazhou are almost dominated by worldly soldiers, and their families all live in the city, so their morale is good when defending the city, but it is difficult to go to the wild area.

Since the Three Kingdoms in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the military system of Wei and Jin Dynasties began to prevail. After the Southern Song Dynasty, Qi, Liang and Chen Dynasty, the military system of later generations gradually declined. In order to deal with the war, most of them are recruiting soldiers, but the people who defend the city are still mainly engaged in military soldiers.

As the name suggests, the world's soldiers are soldiers for generations. All those who serve as soldiers are classified as soldiers and are not the same as civilians. The father dies and sons continue to serve as soldiers for generations. The social status of soldiers and their families is lower than that of county and county households.

Because of the low status, poor treatment, low combat effectiveness and serious escape, when the Southern Liang Dynasty, Chen Shishi soldiers gradually declined, the generals like to use recruitment to solve the problem of soldiers, and the soldiers who were paid to recruit naturally had to follow them, so the soldiers in prefectures and counties often became the destinations of soldiers in the world.

Bazhou and Jiangbei were originally the territory of the Southern Liang Dynasty. After Hou Jing's rebellion, it was occupied by the Northern Qi Dynasty and was seized by the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The recruits who could fight were either killed or followed the chief general and left only the weak state soldiers. Some of these soldiers were world soldiers and some were temporary recruits. The whole family lived in Bazhou and had nowhere to go, so they ate and waited for death.

Even if there are recruiting soldiers in the state soldiers, most of the warriors are accepted by the generals and become troops. For these soldiers, it is better to treat the generals as troops than the state soldiers, so most of the people who stay are the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and some thorns.

"What can be defeated is the generals' troops and some powerful people in the state. They have lived here for generations, so they are determined to keep their family business. However, it doesn't matter which court in Bazhou belongs to as long as their own interests can be guaranteed." Ren Chong made a summary, and he was afraid that the other party would not turn around and added:

"Now that we are in a big position, they will be honest, but if they force them too hard, they will be anxious."

"What the chief minister means is to let the officials get along with the local tyrants?" Yuwen Wen heard the implication. Ren Chong was afraid that he would act too aggressively and turn against the powerful people. Then Chen Jun came to attack internal and external troubles.

"Please send me Xu Tuzhi..." Ren Chong advised. He knew that Yuwen Wen had the resources and the ability to consolidate the army, but he still hoped that he could be more appropriate and avoid being too impatient and backfired.

"I understand." Yuwen Wen nodded. The new arrival of the river dragon had to deal with the local snake.
Chapter completed!