It's May, and the weather is getting hotter.

A night of drizzle brought a bit of coolness to the Hetao Plain in the middle of summer, and smoke rose from the farmstead in the distance, but on the arrow tower on the outskirts of the farm, there was a loud trumpet, which was the sound of an enemy attacking.

Zhou Tong took the guards to the wall of the farm quickly, this is not a walled city, there is no gate, the gate of the farm is an archway, there is no place to stay, but the arrow tower behind the wall is connected, each row can accommodate fifteen soldiers to climb the arrow tower.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves was so far away that it sounded like muffled thunder, but Zhou, who had been here for a long time, informed that it was the sound of a large number of cavalry charging.

"Quick, alert!" Zhou Tong waved his hand.

The small tribes attached to the Han Dynasty in this Hetao are now hundreds, and the three thousand men and horses brought by Ma Dai have been scattered to various farms for defense, and there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in each farm, Zhoutong here, because it is close to the periphery, the number of people is relatively more, but there is only one tun, with his current level, he can actually lead more soldiers and horses, and there is no him in the new army of Blue Pool.

But Zhou Tong heard that he was going to come to the northwest, and after knowing that there was a war, he took the initiative to ask to come here, in fact, the old friends who knew their identities at the beginning, including Cao Ren, are now ancient, and Zhou Tong is no longer young, so there is no need for him to rush up desperately, after all, there are still wives and children at home.

But Zhou Tong didn't care, at first it was because of the torment in his heart, so he desperately rushed to the front line, and he must be at the forefront every time he was in wartime, but now the threat from Wei is basically gone, but Zhou Tong found himself beginning to enjoy this kind of wandering between life and death, he longs for battle, longs for the blood of the enemy, and longs for the feeling of being cut on his body by the enemy's weapon, that kind of tearing pain, can let him know that he is still a person, and clearly feel that he is still alive.

And the Han Dynasty now treats the children of soldiers very well, especially the orphans of soldiers who died in battle, not to mention anything else, they are all key training objects when they enter the academy, so the soldiers of the Han Army who go out on the expedition have no worries, and therefore, even if they are now generals at the level of captains, when Ma Dai gives the task, he is still willing to run to the forefront with even one general's troops.

Because here, it will be closer to death, and if it is at war with the Wei Dynasty, Zhou Tong still has some knots in his heart, but when he fights with the Hu people, he does not have this concern, he can enjoy the pleasure between life and death more freely, what ordinary people fear, but for Zhou Tong, it is an indescribable enjoyment.

"Archers upstairs!" Zhou Tong looked at the place where heaven and earth converged in the distance, and the faint black lines gradually squirmed and thickened, and finally became a picture of a large number of cavalry running, looking at the posture, there were hundreds of horses.

Zhou Tong waved his hand and motioned for the herdsmen in the farm to go upstairs to prepare for archery, most of these herdsmen were naturalized Huns and proficient in horse archery.

Although it is now naturalized, the sense of belonging is not too high, not to mention now, even when the Huns are still the Huns, if they are asked to do dangerous tasks, the Huns will most likely refuse, which is also the reason for the formation of the guerrilla style of the Huns, if the casualties are too large, the Huns are more likely to collapse and bomb the camp than the Han army that pays attention to military discipline!

Therefore, when the farm encountered an enemy attack, the guards everywhere usually let the Huns stand on the relatively safe arrow tower and release arrows, while the Han army was responsible for the task of meeting the enemy head-on.

Such a fixed-point survival grazing, do not have to run around, and the residence is also comfortable, warm way of life, the Huns actually like, no one does not like to be comfortable, in the past to live by water and grass, but also forced to live, if you can ensure the survival of the situation, naturally prefer to survive in such an environment.

In this case, they are naturally willing to help the Han army defend their home, and this family is also theirs, although it is not long, but somehow, these Huns or Xianbei people have a strong sense of belonging to the new living environment and lifestyle.

Zhou Tong didn't ride a horse, his riding level was average, and it was difficult to have that hearty feeling when fighting on horseback, he preferred to fight on foot.

The wall is made of three layers of wooden stakes, the innermost layer is the thickest and the strongest, and if the two rows of wooden stakes in front of it are in battle, as long as they untie the rope and let it down, it is a barb, like a spear to prevent the enemy from approaching.

Whether it is the fighting style of the Xianbei people or the Huns, there is rarely a direct impact on the other side, they prefer to ride and shoot, and then run away after getting closer, which is also a typical nomadic warfare, whether it is the Xianbei people or the Huns or the Wuhuan people who are farther away, it is this way.

The ground under his feet began to tremble slightly, many villagers were distressed to see the crops outside the farm that were trampled by the enemy's horses' hooves, Zhou Tong looked at a Hu horse interestingly when he saw a pit in front of him, with superb riding skills to pull the reins, the war horse rose into the air, after crossing the distance of three or five zhang, but failed to cross the huge dung pit, even the people and horses were planted into the dung pit, followed by the Hu Qi hurriedly avoided to both sides, and there were also those who could not avoid, and rushed directly into it, just looking, Zhou Tong was a little embarrassed.

The number of cavalry is about five hundred, and there are not many tribes nearby that can gather so many cavalry, and they have not really rushed up directly, in fact, since Liu Yi established the farm to the east of the West River, although there will be Hu cavalry from time to time, but few Hu cavalry really run to impact the farm, unless the door is not closed, but sometimes it is a trap not to close the door, and now, even if the door is open, these Hu people do not dare to break in.

At most, the crops will be harmed, but the cavalry team of 500 people is still rare at this time, and the Huns in Zhuangzi said that if they want to gather a large number of cavalry, it will be at least autumn.

A burly Hun rode a horse to the outside of the village and said something loudly.

Zhou Tong recruited a Han slave bought from the Huns, and now he naturally has no status as a slave, and the Han Dynasty is not happy, because he is proficient in the languages of various ethnic groups in the grassland, he was accepted by Zhou Tong as a subordinate official and specially translated for him.

"What did he say?" Zhou Tong looked at the little official and asked.

"He wants to fight the general." The little official bowed.

"Fighter?" Zhou Tong said unexpectedly, on the battlefield of the Han people, there are also this kind of fighting generals, but now this combat method has been eliminated, if among the Han people, the enemy takes the initiative to fight generals, you have to wonder if there is a conspiracy, whether there is a crossbowman secretly aiming at himself or something, and he will never think that the other party really wants to fight for the first time.

But in the Xiongnu or the entire prairie, this kind of thing is more common, the Hu people worship the strong, and the fighting general is also a thing that shows the bravery of both sides, which is very glorious.

"Yes, they said that if they could win against their warriors, they would give them five horses." The little official bowed.

"What if you lose?" Zhou Tong asked rhetorically.

"If they lose, the farm will be theirs." The little official said in a low voice.

"Hey, this abacus is playing, and five war horses want to bet against a farm?" Zhou Tong climbed an arrow tower, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "If you really want to fight, you can do it, but you need to be fair, five horses want to bet on me in a camp, do you think too much?" ”

He said official words, and it doesn't matter if the other party understands it or not, it's best to understand it, and if he doesn't understand it, he just hangs outside, he likes to fight, but it doesn't mean that he is stupid, not to mention that there are hundreds of cattle and sheep in this farm, the value of this farm alone, these five horses, at most a thatched toilet.

"And what do you want?" After the burly man reacted for a long time when he heard this, he stumbled and asked in the official dialect of Jia Sheng.

"First of all, if you want to fight, don't ride a horse!" Zhou Tong said casually: "In addition, if I lose, this farm will belong to you, but if you lose, these people behind you need to put down their weapons and war horses and surrender." ”

"Impossible!" The burly man said in a muffled voice.

"Then get out, you should keep the five war horses for yourselves." Glancing at the other party with disdain, Zhou Tong didn't want to say much to the other party at all, and ran directly down from the arrow tower.

"Tuk~"

The burly man showed an angry look on his face, and at the moment when Zhou Tong turned around, he suddenly opened his bow and set up an arrow, took a few steps forward on his horse, and shot an arrow, and the sharp arrow cluster crossed the sky in an instant, and landed on the arrow tower of the farm with a sharp scream.

Zhou Tong, who was about to go downstairs, frowned, stood up again, looked at the smug and proud strong man, and snorted coldly: "Look for death, give me arrows!" ”

At the sound of an order, on the arrow towers on both sides of the main gate, thirty herdsmen who had prepared bows and arrows quickly bent their bows and arrows, and one arrow cluster shot towards the strong man.

That strong man boasted that his divine power was amazing, and he could shoot through the plank from a hundred paces away, and it was impossible for ordinary people to shoot so far, so he dared to show off his might here.

Just the next moment, thirty clusters of cold arrows fell towards her.

"Puff~"

The strong man showed a stunned expression on his face, and he didn't even have the action of blocking and dodging, he was pierced through the body by three sharp arrows, and the war horse that sat down was also shot by sharp arrows, and he turned the horse's head and ran away with a scream, and the body of the Hun strong man was thrown off the horse's back and planted on the ground fiercely, and the war horse ran a few steps, and fell to the ground weakly.

Zhou Tong glanced at the corpse of the strong man as if he was mentally retarded, spat disdainfully, and then walked downstairs.

If you shoot on horseback, the Han army can't deal with it for the time being, but as long as you are on the arrow tower of this farm, even if it is a herdsman holding an ordinary bow and arrow, you can shoot a distance of 100 steps, and the accuracy is also quite high.