Just when Lu Bu was still preparing to send troops, a large number of soldiers and horses began to move towards Wuyuan County, a mile north of Guanglu Village.

Guanglu village is built on the hill, the terrain is high in the northwest, low in the southeast, the scale of the walled wall is not small, it is square, the side is 400 meters long, and the left and right open a door.

As the outpost of Wuyuan County, Guanglu Village has a small city attached to the northwest, it is also a square, the side is 50 meters long, only one door is left in the south, the wall is a stone base, built with a yellow-brown soil slab, the northwest corner of the city is the highest, a chimney pier is attached, and it is higher than the city surface.

The stone foundation is consolidated, the situation is magnificent, the outer city walls are all built with huge stones, and the loess is rammed on it; However, the fort is now in ruins, and many places have collapsed.

It is also one of the fronts of the local Han people, used to resist or fight against the northern nomads.

The sky rises in the east, the clear light is revealed from the clouds, the dew on the grass reflects the crystal light, and there is a string of horses' hooves trampling past, climbing the grass slope, and galloping towards the faint Zhaiguo.

Looking beyond the running lone horse, the walled city in front of it, the banner hunting was rolling in the wind, the soldiers were patrolling the city, the carriages, ox carts, and merchants at the gate of the city came and went, and the cries of animals and people were noisy, which was quite lively.

The knight shouted urgently, and at the same time sprinted with the reins of his horse in one hand, the flag brushed across his face, and the horse's hooves in the wind came from afar.

The eyes of the people at the gate turned to him, and the lone horse galloped quickly, rushing towards this side in a panic, and the pedestrians and vehicles hurriedly avoided the moment, and rushed into the city gate, and the soldier on horseback staggered and planted his horse.

Several soldiers at the door hurriedly went up to support him, and at this time, the chief of the city guard also got down the city wall, walked over quickly, looked at the pale and groggy knight, and pulled him up with one arm: "I am Naitun Chang Mamu, what happened?" ”

"Quick... Fast... Tell me quickly..."The knight opened and closed his lips slightly, and said weakly.

A trembling hand reached for a piece of information in his armor, "I must give it to... Give it to the adults and tell them that there is... Huns.. Huns... Raid the edge. ”

"Take him down and take care of him."

The commander of the city guard gave an order to the guards, grabbed the information, turned over his horse, and rushed towards the city.

In a short time, the horn of war sounded in the city.

All of a sudden, people were panicked, the armor was transferred, and at the same time began to recruit manpower.

The Han system of 100 households is one mile, ten miles is a pavilion, and ten pavilions are a township.

In other words, if you are a pavilion marquis, such as Guan Yu's Hanshou Pavilion Marquis, you can enjoy the taxes of 1,000 households as your own income.

In history, Zhuge Liang obtained the official title of Wuxiang Marquis, which is the genuine Marquis of Wanhu.

No wonder Zhuge Liang posted his last words before he died: "The minister is in a foreign office." , no scheduling, food and clothing, all look up to the official. ”

Wanhu Hou is definitely a super high-paying and lucrative job in this era.

According to calculations, a township and ten thousand households, as a county town, should have a lot of talents.

It's just that the imagination is very beautiful, the reality is very skinny, and the soldiers and horses that can really be used in the entire county are estimated to be about two or three thousand, or even less, otherwise there are more than ten county towns in the entire county, except for the one that garrisons, the others are equivalent to giving away in vain.

In particular, those cities that have been attacked all year round are even more short of manpower.

As for the rescue to other counties?

A considerable part of Xihe, Shuofang, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, and Shangjun are the territory of the Southern Huns, not to mention whether they are willing to help, even if they are willing to help, then they have to wait for the imperial court to issue an edict, and then see if their leaders are willing.

Because of this, the county where the Southern Xiongnu is located and the adjacent three counties of Yanmen, Taiyuan, and Shangdang cannot send many soldiers and horses to support other counties, especially Yanmen County, although its garrison is more, but in addition to guarding the Southern Xiongnu, they also have to send people to resist the Xianbei people who may attack.

"Since there is a bearded dog coming at this time, a certain family is willing to help defend the city pass, as long as there is an order, all my men in the north can bring knives to battle and fight in armor!" At the gate of the Walled City, a rough voice sounded.

The speaker has a weathered face, his face is covered with scars, but his eyes are extraordinarily bright, and the strong military aura on his body can be felt from a long distance.

His arms are slender, the joints of his hands are wide and powerful, the backs of his hands are cotton but not rough, and on his bronze arms, the green tendons are intertwined like small snakes, the thick knuckle joints, the calluses at the tiger's mouth are heavy, and the scars show the life of fighting on the battlefield and licking blood from the knife edge.

Of course, it is normal to be injured on the battlefield as a soldier, and scars are also the most valuable medal of a soldier.

This person also holds a ring-headed broadsword in his hand, the knife is more than 3 feet long, the horn is the handle, the back is wide and the blade is thin, and the cold light is shining, which is obviously a good weapon.

Born in the Western Han Dynasty, the ring head knife is a straight-edged long knife made of pig iron after repeated folding and forging, which is the most advanced and lethal close-range cold weapon in the world at that time, and it is also a weapon of extraordinary significance in human history.

To some extent, it can be said that the Xiongnu were defeated by the ring head sword, and indirectly contributed to the great migration of Eurasian peoples at that time.

At the same time, it is also a standard weapon for soldiers in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

From the side, this person can't say that he was from the military before.

As soon as his words came out, they were quickly answered.

At the border, there are people in chaos, and the sources of people are also varied, including local natives, descendants of garrisons stationed here, displaced people who came from the war, families of convicts exiled by the imperial court, and even herdsmen who ran from the grassland......

Because of the harsh natural environment and limited grain acres, the people here have to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to eat the water.

There are many jackals, tigers and leopards in the nearby mountains, so most of the men here go up to the mountains all year round to hunt or fish with nets in the rapids of nearby rivers.

In addition, it is located in the northern Xinjiang, and there are often nomadic tribes intruding, and the people are for the people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime.

It is precisely because the people here are fierce and the soldiers are not only brave and good at fighting but also not afraid of death, so every time there is a war, the state repeatedly conscripts from there, which has caused a shortage of a large number of men in the border areas.

It can be said that every family here has people in the army, and even becoming a soldier has become the only way out for adult men here.

Having said that, the places that can be cultivated into strong folk customs are probably only in a few places such as Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou, right?

After all, here, because of the proximity to the border, and the Hu people who were dependent on the Han Dynasty living in the state, compared to those states and counties in the interior, the safety factor does not know how low it is.

Conflicts with foreigners eventually lead to bloodshed and death occur almost every day, and every September the Hu people come to plunder in order to prepare food and grass for the winter.

In this case, the local folk customs are extremely strong, and the people are as good as they can be.