How did Yun Yue know that this time it was a large-scale attack by the Donghu people. What the old dog saw was nothing more than the forward of the enemy's forward. The total strength of the Donghu invasion reached a staggering 300,000.

These 300,000 people followed three roads and prepared to attack Pingliang from the east, northeast and north. When the 300,000 army appeared densely on the grassland, even the Xiongnu Dadanyu was taken aback. hurriedly organized his subordinates to assemble, for fear of the doom of the Donghu people's false way to destroy Yu.

Murong Dan looked proudly at the team behind him, and the black-pressed Donghu knight stretched out for ten miles. Now I finally understand why my father divided his troops into three routes, if hundreds of thousands of people were piled up on one road, I am afraid that the march would have to be hundreds of miles.

In this expedition, almost all the Donghu people brought out their families and poured out of the nest. There are not only more than 300,000 Donghu knights, but also more than 200,000 baggage battalions. Although most of the people in the baggage camp are old and weak, there are even many women. But the Donghu woman is also a female man who can bend the bow on the horse and cook when he gets off the horse. It is not impossible to form a women's army when necessary. Murong Tuoba is ready to finish his work in one battle, as long as he takes Pingliang. The Donghu people had the gate to attack Guanzhong, and they had the grain slaves and endless wealth in Guanzhong. The Donghu people can quickly grow and become the masters of the grassland and even the entire Huaxia tribe.

"Miss, do you really want to marry Xiongnu Shan Yu? I heard that he is very old and has such a long beard ......! The maid and the little cicada exaggerated a length, Murong Dan smiled and slapped the little cicada, the leopard tails in the old forest were not so long.

"When we take Pingliang, even if I don't marry, the Huns won't be able to do anything to us. Want to marry me? Hum! I want to marry a warrior who can shoot eagles on horses and fight tigers and wolves when he gets off his horses. Who will marry a bad old man, as long as he takes Pingliang Donghu, he will not be afraid of any enemy, even if it is a Hun? Murong Dan said disdainfully.

All of his proposals were agreed, and Murong Dan only made one condition on behalf of Donghu. That is, he needs to help his father win Pingliang and remarry. He insisted that Murong Dan immediately return to the royal court with him, and Murong Dan insisted on finishing the last battle. The two sides were at a stalemate, and in the end, the problem was resolved with thirty Great Eastern Pearls.

Originally, Xiongnu Shan Yu marrying Murong Dan was an unplanned idea, and the rumors on the grassland were blowing like the wind. God knows if the rumors are true, if it looks like a marmot it's a disaster. Da Shan Yu only put forward this article as an informal clause. I didn't expect it to be done! Anyway, when he returned to the Huns, he could explain the past, and after receiving the money, he naturally gave the green light.

"Miss, you taste that this is what we have captured. The things of the Chinese people are really delicious, why haven't we eaten such delicious things before? Some look like shrimp, but why don't they have shells? "Little Cicada is fourteen years old this year, which is the age of gluttony. A pair of small tiger teeth were bared, and two small mouths flew up and down. The shrimp of the prawn is thrown into the mouth as if it has entered a black hole, and the speed of the wriggling is much like that of a rabbit.

"This is dried shrimp, something made by the Chinese people." Murong Dan took out one and chewed it in his mouth, salty with umami. Cooked and dried shrimp are very chewy, and the more you chew them, the stronger the umami in your mouth. It's hard to swallow!

Compared with dried shrimp, Murong Dan is more interested in the glass bottle containing dried shrimp. Damn the Chinese people, exchanging glass bottles for war horses is also expensive for thieves. Even the daughter of King Donghu only has two glasses. Unexpectedly, these Han people actually took such a valuable glass bottle to fill dried shrimp. It can be seen that they must have a lot of glass there. Thinking of this, Murong Dan felt angry in his heart.

This is the loot seized a few days ago, and his subordinates have met a group of Yun family caravans. This trip is to come out to rob, and the Donghu people will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity to rob. So he took advantage of the darkness to touch the sentry and swarmed up.

I didn't expect the Huaxia people to be so able to fight, and six or seven thousand people surrounded them or sneak attacked. Hundreds of people were killed, and more than 100 people were fled. In addition to the corpses, only these wagons and useless food were given. I heard that there was a car full of kerosene, and that was a good thing. At one point, Murong Dan could see the military value of that thing at a glance. Unfortunately, it is not known who set the carriage on fire. The Donghu soldiers who tried to get the oil off were burned into a torch.

After looking at the corpses on the battlefield, Murong Dan realized that these Huaxia soldiers in front of him were not those weak Yan soldiers. Their blades are so tough that they can cut through almost all the swords forged by Donghu. No matter how thick you forge your sword, it's just a matter of going through a few more slashes. And their armor, the armor of the Donghu people two hundred steps away was bounced off without exception. As long as the arrows of those condor archers can penetrate more than an inch deep. This is already the limit, how much damage can an inch-deep wound cause to someone? Thinking of this, Murong Dan's heart was about to turn cold.

With a warbow in her hand, she tried. It was extremely easy to draw the bow, and even if she was a female streamer, she could easily shoot three hundred steps. The bow of the Huaxia people is so powerful that it is almost half the range of the Donghu people's bows. You don't have to think about it to know that if you fight against the Chinese. How many casualties this bow will inflict on you.

"Miss, the old archer has arrived." The little cicada finally ate all the bottles of dried shrimp, and now she is eager to try another bottle of shredded squid. The curtain of the carriage was raised, and a little maid walked in to report.

The old archer is over fifty years old this year, and each tribe in Donghu has its own craftsmen. The old archer is one of the most contacting representatives, and the bow he makes can be called the best level of Donghu bow. Waiting for idlers, it is difficult to find one.

For thousands of years, the Donghu people have been a nomadic people who pay equal attention to fishing, hunting and herding. They live in the Laoha River (upper reaches of the Liao River) basin, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water. Their history of using bows and arrows is so long that it is almost impossible to verify how long it has been. Since they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, the bowstrings they use are naturally leather strings that are relatively easy to obtain. The advantages of this bowstring are that it is easy to obtain in large quantities, simple to manufacture, and inexpensive.

But this kind of leather string also has a great weakness, that is, in winter, especially in the cold three or nine days, dripping into ice. The leather strings will harden because of the low temperature, which directly leads to the combat effectiveness of the Donghu people in winter. Many Donghu warriors had to use spears and javelins to deal with fierce wild boars and other fierce beasts in the old forest. Dead and wounded cumulative!

One of the great things the old archer did was to soak the bowstring in a unique secret medicine that would not be particularly stiff even in the coldest of times. It is as easy to use as in summer, which is also the main reason why Murong Tuoba dares to send troops in winter. It can be said that the old archer ushered in a new era in the history of Donghu bow and arrow.

Murong Dan specially sent someone to invite the old archer from the baggage camp behind, just to study the feasibility of imitating the Yun family's super bow. If the Donghu warriors are equipped with this kind of bow, it will greatly enhance the combat power of the Donghu warriors.

"Old archer, can you make such a bow?" The old archer played with the compound bow in his hand, and from time to time he plucked the bowstring and was silent for a long time. Murong Dan, who couldn't wait, finally couldn't help but ask.

"Our bow is straight and uneven, which means it takes a lot of force to pull our bow apart, and the accuracy is not very good.

This kind of bow is different, it distributes the force very well, so that the tension is evenly distributed on the bow. Moreover, these two small wheels further reduce the force of drawing the bow, and the pulling force is only about 30% of the original. The old man believes that even you can easily send arrows three hundred steps away. Hearing the old archer say this, Murong Dan's eyes were full of little stars. Professional things have to be done by professional people, and this time I really found the right person.

Sure enough, the old bowsmith plucked the bowstring again and said, "The old man made the bow, but it was just ......."

When Murong Dan heard this, he immediately hurriedly asked in his heart: "Old archer, this kind of bow is related to whether Donghu can win this battle." You have to make it! ”

"Xiao Dan'er, I won't hide it from you. Although the old man can make this bow, the old man can't make this bowstring! The old archer sighed and said a little dejectedly.

Murong Dan's eyes widened, she didn't expect the bowstring to be a problem. The most powerful thing about the old archer is not to solve the bowstring problem that has plagued Donghu for many years?

"You see, the bowstring is clearly made of a number of extremely fine strands of metal. The bow was extremely durable, and it was more powerful than a bow. Not to mention that we don't have such metal, and even if we had, we wouldn't be able to make this bowstring. If we replace it with our leather strings, I am afraid that the range and lethality will be greatly reduced. Maybe you can only shoot 70% of the original distance. The old archer sighed, and reluctantly put the bow in his hand on the carriage.

After years of continuous study by Yu Lao and Master Geng, coupled with the help of Yun Yue's two knives. The Yun family finally developed a metal wire drawing technology, although the strength and toughness could not be compared with later generations. But in the Warring States period, it was definitely a high-tech product. An old archer could imitate the body of a compound bow, but he could never imitate this bowstring.

Murong Dan was a little frustrated, but the old archer said that the bow he made could play seventy percent of the bow. This made Murong Dan a little excited, even seventy percent was much stronger than the bow used by the Donghu people now.

"Then copy it out, and use our leather strings!" Murong Dan said eagerly.

"Hey......! Xiao Dan'er, the old man hasn't finished yet. The wood used for this bow, if the old man is not mistaken, uses poplar wood unique to the northwest. This kind of wood, the wood is hard, and it has a legend of thousands of years of flowering, thousands of years of fruit, thousands of years of growth, and thousands of years of immortality. The most in our northeast Xing'an Mountains is pine, and there is no poplar that grows under such arid conditions! (To be continued.) )