Chapter Seventy-Five: Warm Blood

Humans will evolve or upgrade different tech trees and lifestyles due to geographical factors.

Even if they were nomads, the Donghu and the Xiongnu were completely different.

The Xiongnu were a completely herdscopic people, as they lived on the grasslands, which were formed because of the thin soil layer or low precipitation, and the herbaceous plants were less affected, so that the plants could not grow widely.

Therefore, it is not suitable for planting a large number of trees and shrubs and other plants in the wild, so livestock is the main food source of the Xiongnu, and the habit of living by water is also formed because of the change of precipitation.

However, there are other three ancient ethnic groups in Donghu in Northeast China, which originated in the mountains and forests, so they are not only simple herding, but also have the cultural characteristics of fishing, hunting, gathering, and farming.

At the same time, Donghu does not need to live by water, because the mountain forest area itself has abundant water, so Donghu will not be nomadic on a large scale, unless the river is exhausted or other force majeure.

The fixation of the place of residence promoted farming, gathering, etc., and led to the incipient city-state living patterns.

Lin Hubu had already written the living environment of the early city-state structure, with the so-called early architecture, a group of buildings built using mountains or thatch.

The territory of the Ringhu was large, larger than the later expansion, and there were already low walls made of stone in the early days, separating the city from the periphery.

The Linhu part is divided into two parts, the inside of the low earth city wall is the living area of the Linhu people, and the outside is the living area of the herdsmen, the cattle pen, the sheep pen, the deer pen and the like form a large area, like a satellite around the city.

And these enclosures for livestock husbandry were also the homes of slaves.

In the barbarian civilization, there was no difference between slaves and animal husbandry, so it was natural to live together.

To the north of Shihe River is a large area of farmland that has been reclaimed, and the green onions are pleasing to the eye.

Wang Li stood on the top of a mountain, looking down at the structure of the forest and Hu with a telescope and estimating the combat strength.

"There should be more than five thousand slaves." Wang Li put down the binoculars, frowned and said to Tu Tan and the Zhu family behind him.

"It's more about women." Tu Tan chewed wild fruits in his mouth.

"There are probably a few hundred civilians, and I have seen those civilians urging slaves to harvest food, but the warriors have only seen a few, and there is no way to know the exact number yet." The Zhu family said with a frown.

"Didn't teach Zhai Qiu to count?" Wang Li frowned and asked.

"I didn't let him get in, I just grabbed a few slaves, trying to convince Zhai Qiu of them." Tu Tan shook his head with a complicated face, "Slaves are really born slaves, and they don't have the heart to resist at all." ”

"No, slaves are selected and tamed, and your emperor told me when he came that the part of the slaves who could pick up the sword was already dead." Wang Li smiled, "And he said that as long as the slave sees blood, he will become the most ferocious wolf." ”

Tu Tan and the Zhu family frowned at the same time and fell into deep thought.

"We're too strong to fit in with the slaves." Tu Tan said with some regret.

"I looked, there was only one gate, no other passage, and the warriors should be living in that cave in the town." Wang Li pointed below and said.

"The city is a bit too big, I originally thought that after nightfall, a fire would trap them in the sea of fire, and then kill them directly, but there are not enough people, even if you add those kite iron riders you brought, it is not enough." Tu Tan shook his head.

"Use your brain, don't think about solving problems with knives all day long." Wang Li learned from the way Wang Xu reprimanded himself before, sat down cross-legged and said.

The Zhu family looked at their son-in-law with some surprise, according to his understanding of Wang Li, he shouldn't have directly taken the mighty and domineering Iron Kite to kill him directly, why was he suddenly so rational?

"The fire must have been set on fire." Wang Li pinched his chin, stared at Lin Hubu below, and muttered.

"If you set fire directly, you will definitely startle the grass and snakes, if you are not careful, and one or two people run away by the Linhu people, then there will be endless troubles." Tu Tan refused.

"What are the Ringhu people doing to this group of slaves?" Wang Li suddenly asked.

"It's better to herd livestock." The Zhu family sighed and shook their heads.

Wang Li's eyes lit up, and he chuckled, "Set fire to the cattle pen." ”

The Zhu family and Tu Tan were stunned at the same time, and then glanced at each other, with a smile on their faces.

Slaves are certainly not as important as animal husbandry, even if they are barbaric civilizations, they no longer treat slaves as human beings, and they will not easily eat human flesh when they are forced to do so.

If the slave loses one or two, the Linhu people will not care, but if the livestock is lost, it will be a big deal, and the fire in the cattle pen will definitely attract the attention of the entire Linhu department, and then it will naturally be able to lure out the Linhu warriors hiding in the city.

Then Zhai Qiu has the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to kill people, causing the wolf nature of other slaves, and waiting for it is like Wang Xu said, the slaves who incarnate as wolves will tear everyone to pieces.

Even if he failed, he only sacrificed Zhai Qiu alone, although he might attract the attention of the Lin Hu people, but he would not startle the snake.

But at least we can know how many warriors there are in the Lin Hu Division, and then make another plan, if there are really not many, we can easily capture it if we bring in a few hundred people from the beginning.

It's just that Wang Li is a little uncomfortable on his face, after all, the first time he goes out, it is not good to go out.

So when Zhai Qiu took the flint and steel and was about to sneak into the Lin Hu Department at night, Wang Li gave him his leather armor, hoping to let him kill a few more and smoothly arouse the blood of the slaves.

With the flame of revenge burning in Zhai Qiu's eyes, he sneaked into the night.

"Now all that's left is to wait." Wang Li rubbed his hands together and said to the one hundred and twenty cavalrymen and eighty infantry in wooden and iron armor behind him.

The shape of the iron kite is really too stylish, in the dark night, reflecting the moonlight, it looks like a divine mansion that exudes divine light, which makes everyone else very envious and jealous.

"Don't drool at others, Childe, I also ordered a batch of more stylish ones for you, the white is not good-looking, we are golden, more handsome than them." Looking at the drooling appearance of his subordinates, Wang Li felt a little embarrassed.

"The armor on the battle array should not be too dazzling, and our Great Qin's black color is the most." The Zhu family said with a smile.

"It's not because the armor is too thin to make thick armor, so you can only apply a layer of black paint to make the armor look thicker." Wang Li rolled his eyes.

Zhu Jiayan smiled and touched his chin, in fact, there is indeed such a factor.

"How is Zhai Qiu's martial arts? Can you kill someone? Wang Li turned his head and asked Tu Tan.

"Under the attack, relying on the advantage of weapons, there should be no problem, but he is congenitally damaged too much, and with his strength, killing five people will inevitably be exhausted." Tu Tan shook his head expressionlessly.

"Five." Wang Li frowned, his expression a little anxious, "I hope what your emperor said is true." ”

Tu Tan smiled, but the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, after coming into contact with so many slaves, he didn't have any confidence in this group of animals that were inferior, because they didn't have any characteristics that belonged to people, dignity, desire, greed, thoughts, nothing.

But he inexplicably had some confidence in Zhai Qiu, and he couldn't say why.

.....

Although he experienced more than half a month of adequate food supplementation, it still did not bring any improvement to Zhai Qiu's body, but at the beginning, because he ate too much meat at once, his stomach reacted after not being exposed to meat for more than ten years.

Vomit when you eat it.

But for the instinct of food, he would still spit out what he vomited and eat it again, and it went on like this for a long time, I don't know how many times, and after his stomach finally began to accept meat.

Tu Tan taught him the trick of practicing martial arts, which is to eat, in order to be able to enhance his strength, during this time, he was like this, eating and vomiting all the time, vomiting and eating, causing his body to not get stronger, but getting weaker and weaker, but his spirit is getting better and better, and it seems that even his eyesight has become better.

Only by relying on the moonlight, Zhai Qiu stepped out of the bushes step by step and walked towards his familiar 'home'.

The air was filled with the foul smell of livestock manure, but this disgusting smell made Zhai Qiu like it very much, the closer he got to it, the stronger the smell, the more powerful his body seemed to become, and his brain became clearer and clearer.

Forcefully swiped the animal skin bag he was carrying behind his back, which contained all broken sharp weapons, smelting weapons and obsolete things, but they could also kill people.

A pair of eyes that have turned crimson look very strange in the night.

There were no guards where slaves and herdsmen lived, because the Linhu people had already controlled all the surrounding tribes, and the slaves slept with the herds, so they did not have to worry about wild beasts attacking the livestock, or the livestock.

The slaves who had been tired all day had already curled up in the rudimentary cattle and sheep pens and fell asleep, not because they did not have a sense of crisis, but because they simply did not have the strength to think about what a crisis was.

Back here, Zhai Qiu could find the sheepfold he had slept in for many years with his eyes closed, there were more than fifty sheep in this sheepfold, and there were more than a hundred slaves living in this sheepfold.

The familiar snoring sound of his companions accompanied by the stench of livestock manure made Zhai Qiu tremble with excitement, and his hand unconsciously touched the bronze butcher knife on his waist.

"Baa~~~" A soft sheep bleating sound sounded from the depths of the sheepfold, and the goat, which had been white and without variegation, rushed out.

Zhai Qiu let go of the butcher's knife with a shake of his hand, and knelt down to hug the goat that had raised him since childhood.

Yes, Zhai Qiu grew up eating the milk of this goat, and he is also Zhai Qiu's closest relative besides his mother.

After countless desperate days and nights, this goat has long become the only sustenance in his life.

The female goat seemed to miss Zhai Qiu very much, and kept rubbing her head against Zhai Qiu, making a soft sound, Zhai Qiu burst into tears for a while, holding the goat and crying silently.

The she-goat also seemed to feel Zhai Qiu's pain, and began to cry, and her cry became more and more urgent.

"Who?" The crowing of a goat woke a man in the sheepfold.

"It's me." Zhai Qiu replied in a hoarse voice.

"Zhai?" The man exclaimed, got up from the ground and jumped out of the sheepfold, "You're back?" So fast? ”

Zhai Qiu's eyes were already covered with a layer of scarlet mist at this time, and his vision was cloudy.

It's not crying red, it's not red because of excitement, because that layer of scarlet is real blood.

And with warm blood!

Zhai Qiu's movements were gentle as if he was treating his lover, holding the goat that was twitching because of pain, slowly putting it on the ground, his hand suddenly forced, and the butcher knife that pierced the sheep's heart pushed forward an inch again.

Like the sound of a clogged faucet suddenly moisturizing water, the hot and bloody sheep blood stained half of Zhai Qiu's body red.

"Baa~baa~" seemed to know what Zhai Qiu was going to do, and although the pain was extreme, the she-goat's voice was still gentle, like a mother comforting a frightened child.

The female goat's moist and tearful eyes seem to contain human feelings, reluctant, sad, and relieved, like a bright night pearl in the moonlight.

"You.... What did you do! The man smelled blood in the air, was already frightened, and collapsed on the ground to pee.

He was not afraid of the bloody devil-like Zhai Qiu, he was afraid that if a sheep died, the slaves of the entire sheepfold would be implicated and roasted on the fire!!

The tears on Zhai Qiu's face had already mixed with blood, and the face, which had already become hideous and terrifying due to disfigurement, became more and more like a demon in hell.

Subconsciously stuck out his tongue and licked the salty side of his mouth, with a warm liquid, and in the quiet air, there was a suppressed murmur, which made people creepy.

"Blood...."