Chapter 124

Baifeng was suddenly called King by Xiong, but in reality, he had no intention of claiming the title of King yet; that was something he planned to do only when facing Xuanyuan and Chiyou in the future. What would be the point of claiming the title now?

Sui did not know what Queen meant, only feeling that it was probably something very impressive, more impressive than the Tribal Chief's wife, but Baifeng did not seem very happy.

However, it was only to be called this once; after the kneeling and bowing, Baifeng told everyone that his, Baifeng's, virtue was not yet worthy of being called King, and that he could only be called King when the tribe's population exceeded ten thousand, the territory was so large that it would take days and nights to walk across, and there was so much grain that it was molding in the storehouses.

The tribespeople found it hard to imagine what a grand scene that would be, but their own tribe was nowhere near that level yet, and they did not understand what a King was; only Xiong, when Baifeng first cajoled him, knew what a King was, and for such a grand ceremony this time, he thought Baifeng was finally going to be King.

Afterwards, Baifeng did not dwell on these matters and let the tribespeople forget about it for now, telling them to just happily eat meat and drink Wine; the tribespeople had not expected they could have so many "festivals" this year, and were already wondering if there would be more festivals to celebrate next year.

But what they did not know was that after this enjoyment, the things they would have to face next would definitely make them feel pain, because Baifeng intended to train the Soldiers.

During the busy farming season, Baifeng had no way to train Soldiers; their economic strength did not allow them to support professional Soldiers, so they could only follow a strategy of universal military service: working during the busy farming season and training during the slack season.

Now that it was Winter, there was no work for them to do and no prey that needed to be hunted; rather than idling and putting on fat, it was better to have military training. Although Baifeng had never been a Soldier, he had experienced military training more than once.

Although the things learned in military training were almost useless in war, it was a good way to exercise their obedience and discipline; as for other training, he believed that what was in TV shows and movies had some truth to it and could be used for reference.

After the tribespeople got used to the taste of Wine and grew fond of it, some people drank without restraint; as long as they were given Wine, they would become dead drunk. Although they were happy, Baifeng felt this was a negative effect of Wine, as it easily ruined people.

Especially at Baifeng's wedding this time, a few people drank extremely excessively; in the future, these people would have to have their Wine limited. Other tribes could have drunkards, but Baifeng's tribe could not.

Baifeng took Sui down to compete in drinking, but he did not expect Sui's tolerance to far exceed his own. By the time Baifeng was unconscious from drinking, Sui was still able to raise a cup and drink freely. In the end, Baifeng was dragged back by Sui; although he was still conscious, he could no longer walk. However, this made Baifeng feel a bit panicked in his heart: since Sui's tolerance was so good, what kind of state was Sui in during their drunken encounter last time, or rather, had he, Baifeng, been taken advantage of?

Regardless of what happened, the situation now was that the deed was done, and they had already held the wedding, so everything was of no consequence, only that the guilt in Baifeng's heart had decreased a lot.

After the hangover, there was no strength the next day, so he gave the tribespeople another day off; after resting for this day, he would prepare devilish training for them.

Of course, Baifeng did not intend to build a standardized army; the strength of his tribespeople was uneven, and they each had their own strengths, so he should not average everyone out, but rather play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

Therefore, he decided to make full use of the tribespeople's respective advantages to create different types of units; for example, those who ran fast and had strong tracking and ambush skills would be made into Scouts and Messengers.

Those who were accurate with an Arrow would join the Bow and Blade Team, specifically to cultivate a group of expert archers. When the enemy came, they would first unleash a volley, and those skilled with a Bow and Arrow had developed muscles and great strength, so even in close-quarters combat, ordinary people were no match for them—for example, Xiong was a representative among them; after the volley ended, they would draw their Knives to hack at people.

For those who only had brute strength but could not use a Bow and Knife, Baifeng planned to first make a batch of thick armor for them to wear and use them as the Vanguard Team; as for the other tribespeople without special skills, they would be arranged for logistics.

The women could not escape either, not to mention that the women of this era also had high combat power, and the many Crossbows they had made were not just for show.

Of course, a plan is just a plan; you only know if it's a mule or a horse after you take it out for a walk.

After giving them a day to digest the Alcohol, on the third day, Baifeng gathered everyone and told them about the military training. They did not understand it at all, mainly because they did not even know what an army was, as there was no such concept as an army in this era.

Baifeng did not need them to understand what military training was; in one sentence, they just needed to be obedient and able to listen. First, they were separated by gender, and then the leader of each Platoon or Squad would pick out those among them who were the most accurate with an Arrow, the strongest, and the fastest.

Then, these people were divided into separate units, and after the basic discipline and instruction training was finished, Baifeng would specifically strengthen the training for their respective areas of expertise.

Once they were all lined up, the first thing to do was to stand in a military posture. The Soldiers who usually took turns guarding the city wall saw Baifeng gathering everyone and saying he was going to train them and teach them things, and they felt they were being treated unfairly and were somewhat unhappy.

As a result, once they saw all the tribespeople standing straight and not allowed to move at all, they felt they were truly lucky. They did not know what the point of standing so straight was, and for such a long time too. Although they, the guards, could not be distracted or careless, they could at least sit down and rest when tired from walking, but the tribespeople could not do so for even a moment.

There were no quilts, so folding them into tofu blocks was out of the question; as for inspecting internal affairs? Forget it, let them stay in dark corners and mold; I won't listen to anyone telling me to do that.

After standing in military training for a whole day, the tribespeople's legs were stiff when they walked and could not bend at all. Fortunately, the food was slightly better, but they did not know how much longer they would have to stand in this military posture; they really could not take it anymore.

The second day was still standing in military posture, and on the third day, the item changed to turning left and right. A large portion of people could not distinguish left from right, but Baifeng did not force them to master it, as this was indeed hard to use; for now, it was just used to improve the coordination of the tribespeople.

Afterwards, he started the whole military training routine. After doing it for nearly half a month, when they ran in the morning, their footsteps were very uniform, and the formation was the same; Baifeng was very gratified, as this military training was not in vain.