On the battlefield, there will be gains and losses. In this field battle, 13 people were killed in Xu Shiyang's fort militia, almost 10% of the attacking troops, and another 9 were injured.

Among the dead, two were Xu Shiyang's personal soldiers. One of them was beheaded by the Jurchen Mouke who escaped from the last time, and the other was shot into the chest by the Tartars during the charge.

Xu Shiyang couldn't help but curse secretly: "These dogs and Tartars are so accurate to shoot arrows!"

When they were raided at close range, the Tartars had only time to shoot one or twenty arrows, but in detail, there were 7 people who died in this wave of attacks, accounting for more than half of the total casualties.

If Xu Shiyang had not entered the melee after a round of shooting, if he had believed too much in the power of the firearm and shot against the Tartars in the wilderness, the winner would have been reversed this time.

Xu Shiyang sat on the pile of cloth and secretly summarized the battle that had just ended:

'The firearm is really very useful. The fire door gun is not as weak as I imagined in my previous life. The power and accuracy within 30 meters are no less than the heavy crossbow. But you can't expect ordinary Tun Ding to accurately complete the entire process of loading, ignition and shooting on the battlefield. Moreover, the distance between the fuse and gunpowder is too close, so it is too easy for novices to use it. It will be funny if they accidentally click on themselves.'

Firearms must be the direction of future war development, but now this thing can only be considered a newborn baby at most. If Xu Shiyang had not had enough strong bows and hard crossbows or qualified archers, he would not have equipped this Luo Shizi Fire Gate Gun at all.

Fortunately, the first actual combat performance of the primary firearm is acceptable, at least it gives the children who Xu Shiyang has high hopes a means to effectively kill the enemy.

This is enough.

‘There is also that wooden cannon, which has a very powerful close-range shooting effect. Create a few more according to this standard. You can use this thing to hold on to it before the real field cannon appears!’

The sound and light effects of the wooden cannon are so close that it is close. One shot cannon will kill 3 kilograms of gravel and it will also have good killing effects on the armorless enemies. The only one shot in the battle was very lucky to beat out a total of 10 enemies. Although most of them did not die immediately, they all lost their combat effectiveness. After the war, they were finally stabbed one by one, which was very easy.

Of course, the disadvantages are also very obvious - Xu Shiyang dared not use it to fire solid projectiles, and he dared not use the same gun to fire the second time.

The pine cannon used was immediately thrown aside after completing the first round of shooting. After the battle, Xu Shiyang did not intend to recycle it, but ordered people to remove the iron hoop and take it away. The wooden cannon was burned on the spot as firewood...

Fortunately, this thing has a wide range of materials and is extremely simple in production. Even if you only shoot one shot, you won’t feel distressed if you build a few more.

I don’t ask for a similar result every time. If each cannon can hit 3 enemies, plus the attack on the enemy’s morale, it will be beyond expectations.

‘The next battle must be built. For Tunbu, which lacks long-range attack methods, this is the most effective firepower supplement at this stage.’

Xu Shiyang leaned on the pile of cloth like this, thinking in a daze all night. When it was dawn, his heart that had been holding it in his throat finally felt a little relaxed.

After everyone has eaten and drunk enough to rest, even if they are attacked by new enemies, they will not be able to fight back.

"Get out the camp and return to the fort immediately!"

Xu Shiyang ordered loudly, and the excited militiamen shouted together to respond to him.

‘Discipline is the biggest problem. Now this team is a standard mob. Not to mention modern and even modern armies, even feudal army is not even considered a feudal army, and it is not much better than bandits and refugees!’

Xu Shiyang thought sadly:

‘There is still a long way to go, everything must be reformed!’

But it cannot be achieved overnight. The environment and foundation are not allowed, and it must be done little by little.

...

There were no twists and turns on the way back, because when the Tartars came, even the bandits and robbers did not dare to go down the mountain casually, so naturally no one peeked at Xu Shiyang's fort at this time.

The team slowly passed through the gate of the Xujia No. 15th Tun wall amid the onlookers and cheers of the left-behind castle people.

As a local wealthy family in Juzhou, the Xu family now has 15 forts, namely Xu family 1 to 15th troughs. The last 15th troughs, originally belonged to Xu Shiyang's father, was given to him 10 months ago as a gift and became Xu Shiyang's personal property.

This is a standard fort, or in a more popular vocabulary, the Tuweizi.

The rammed earth wall is 1 meter wide and more than 5 meters high. The fort militia can stand directly on the top of the wall to defend.

There is also a fortress with the same rammed earth at the four corners of the wall, with narrow windows on the top and bottom, and you can attack the outside with bows or spears.

All the villagers under Xu Shiyang live in the fence. All the most important buildings in Xu Family No. 15th Tun - Xu Shiyang, the fortress owner, have various warehouses and workshops inside the fence. In addition, there are two wells.

If a bandit attacks the fort, the militia will be able to hold on for a long time by closing the gate and blocking a few big rocks. It is not impossible to knock down a few big teeth from the thief.

Nowadays, there are still some normal popularity, and I am afraid that only these self-protection abilities are left.

"Each person goes back to his house, and arranges the newcomers in the glutinous fields, so that they can live in the tents of the Tartars first, and the women will arrange them in the land temple first, and they will live in the first."

After entering the fort, Xu Shiyang completely relaxed, and he lazily ordered:

"The Tartars I caught were tied to the tree and hung up first. All the seized were asked to register with Mr. Hu and Mr. Gongsun to register in the warehouse. Who dares to steal me and chop him!"

He just experienced a real battle yesterday and hadn't slept for another night. Now he is very sleepy and can only sleep for a while before handling the follow-up work.

When Xu Shiyang took over the 15th Tunnel of the Xu family, there were 115 households in this trunk. Not counting Xu Shiyang himself, there were a total of 171 residents and half 55 residents.

In addition, there are 122 women, 85 boys, girls and children, and 12 elderly people.

There are 445 people in total.

In this era, the common rule was that men should pay food on time and serve various labor for Baojia before they reach the age of 18.

Men aged 14 to 17, and 50 to 55, are considered half a day. In theory, they can only pay half of the food to the fortress owners and reduce the heavyest labor.

Of course, that is the concept that only Tunbao, which can live a life, has. Now most Tunbao simply cancel the concept of half-deng and treat all active men as Tunbao, the same tax payment and the same heavy labor.

The Xu family did not want to over-explode the fortress, so they have been vigorously gathering small groups of refugees. These people wandered in groups in the Central Plains. In order to survive, they sometimes attacked the fortress, and even changed their children to eat.

The refugees who can survive until now are not strong in resilience, but at least they cannot be considered weak. They are a very good population growth point.

The large group of refugees is a dangerous beast, but the smaller group has become fat in the eyes of the fort owners. Xu Shiyang has participated in several operations against refugees in his family, and during this period he has divided more than 100 Dingkou and more than 100 other populations.

To remove the dead fortresses during this period, before last night, there were 630 people in the Xujia Shiwu Village, including 300 people, Dingkou and Banding, who are the main labor force.

In terms of population, this is a very ordinary northern fortress, which is relatively neither strong nor weak.

However, including the population recovered from the Tartars last night, the number of people in the Xu Family Fifteen Village has exceeded one thousand, and half of the Dingkou has about 500, which is already considered a strong village.

If we talk about combat effectiveness, we may be able to beat two others with one castle.

‘It’s been the first step.’

Before falling asleep, Xu Shiyang thought in a daze:

‘Luckily I didn’t choose to back down.’
Chapter completed!