The night covered the hills, the leaves swayed, and over the woods, a faint fire cast a faint fire from the mountain near the hills, which was a cave.

The wind blew through the mouth of the cave, whirring, in the cave came the noise of people, occasionally the sound of horses could be heard, in the cave hall, on several set up bonfires, the thick porridge in the iron pot was boiling and tumbling, and someone was holding a large piece of dried meat, cutting the meat into it little by little, exuding an attractive aroma. Around, hundreds of people who had been rescued from the hands of the Huns looked nervously against the cave wall, vigilantly looking at the group of horse thieves on guard, or at the iron pot boiling meat porridge, licking their lips.

Dongfang Sheng scooped a bowl of meat porridge, blew it, and handed it to a ragged woman, who shrank back with fear and nervousness, and stared at the pottery bowl in his hand numbly.

"Blessings and misfortunes..."He opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but closed his mouth again, not only the woman in front of him, but many people here are the same as her, Dongfang Sheng is not stupid, and naturally understands what kind of treatment they have suffered before.

What's more, these people who were rescued and were also treated as items by Gongsun Zhi to negotiate with the government, and there are only a few people who really understand the truth of their words, so that they are still afraid of this group of people who have the identity of horse thieves.

The smell of blood was pervasive in the air, and a few seriously injured people couldn't hold it anymore, and the corpses were carried away by minions, causing a panic, Dongfang Sheng stood up and let the meat porridge in the pot be eaten by everyone, and the hungry people had some stability.

The cave went inside, and the torches were burning.

"When the peace is over tonight, you can bring a few brothers and choose some people among them to join the gang, so that the brothers who survive this time will be distributed according to the head when the time comes, and one can bring two or a few, and teach them well. They are all border northerners, not so delicate, there should be no problem in riding horses to adapt to two days, our horses must be taken care of, those who are injured and can't fight, all of them are pulled out and slaughtered, and they are made of jerky, and they may have to go out again in a few days, and the new people who have been added in will also have to go out......"

In the dim firelight, Gongsun Zhi was talking to the bald figure, after the first head-on confrontation with the Huns, although he won, but also lost half of his manpower, at that time there was no horse thief did not collapse, or rely on the wolf pack to assist from the side, otherwise one person fled timidly, and the back was like an avalanche. If he wants to live, he must make some arrangements, even if he has not done these things in the first place, he must force himself to adapt.

“....... Only those who survived on the battlefield can be regarded as elite, we don't have many people, and naturally we can't afford to consume, but there is no way, we don't have enough time, only when the Huns rob the border, and the government has no time to pay attention to it, it is possible to expand the team, this is also when I saw that Zhang Liao, I reacted, if it is changed to usual, I am afraid they are already doing things to encircle and suppress us. ”

Gongsun Zhi's voice sounded in the light of the torch, and the strong man sitting opposite nodded his head from time to time, listening quietly, like a well-behaved student, and then, thinking about some losses, he frowned and asked: "This method is good to pull the team up, but these new people who have been added in have almost no combat power, leader, there are many deaths, people's hearts are chaotic, I'm afraid that no one is willing to continue to follow us." ”

"What about the food?" Gongsun Zhi bit down on a piece of meat.

Gao Sheng laughed.

"There has always been a shortage of food and clothing in the Northland, and many people just haven't taken that step, I just pushed them and stepped out, they are wolves." Swallowing the meat, Gongsun Zhi stared at the bald man opposite: "Besides, I won't let them die easily, when I came back, didn't I mention that I had an idea?" Now there are some eyebrows, but they are not perfect, so let's talk about what I thought about earlier. ”

Dahan also put down the ribs in his hand, licked his fingers, and sat up straight, now he is more and more convinced by this young man, at this time the other party wants to say his future plans, as the former leader of the Yellow Turban, it seems that he has returned to the original tent to listen to the words of the general of the earth.

“..... We are in the north, facing the Xiongnu and Xianbei, they grew up on horseback, if you want to have a foothold, you must have the same as them, but different style of play. ”

Walking around with a wild and rugged figure, Gongsun Zhi continued: "I thought of the wolves, the wolves will not be hard in the face of powerful prey, but adopt such tactics as detours, safaris, encirclement, fatigue, etc., we have horses, bows and arrows, come down, I will personally tell you about these, so I think no matter the new joining, or our old brothers, one person with two bows, longbow shot, short bow close shot, not hand-to-hand combat with the other party, everything is subject to the sound of orders." ”

"Riding and shooting?" Gao Sheng groaned for a moment, "It's very difficult to ride and shoot, even if the old brothers are good at riding now, they may not be able to improve their accuracy on horseback." Those who are new to the queue are not even able to ride their horses steadily. ”

Gongsun Zhi waved his hand, and his tone was high-pitched: "It's okay, you can practice first in the past few days, although the time is urgent, but it is not useless, what can really train soldiers is on the battlefield." As long as you go to the place of life and death, people will work hard, if you don't work hard, you have to wait for death, these days your brothers have trained them fiercely, riding horses, archery, teaching them all the skills, whoever hides private, I will hit who's board. ”

"Yes!" Gao Sheng's expression was serious, and he stood up and clenched his fists.

Over there, the words paused for a moment and slowed down: "There is one more thing, you look for this group of people, see if there are any people who can do carpentry work, let people make this, do a few more." ”

He handed over a somewhat stinking wolf's throat.

After everything was explained, Gao Sheng pinched the wolf's throat and did not leave immediately, and whispered: "Chief, after I came back, a brother quietly asked me, can I find a girl...... After all, everyone is used to being horse thieves...... I can't hold back my temperament. ”

As soon as the words fell, he picked up the figure of the meat steak and looked at him, stared at him silently, and after a while, he spoke: "Yes, but it must be voluntary, and if you find it, you will marry the other party." Many of these women have been ruined by the Huns, and even after they go back, once they are talked about behind their backs, one day they will not be able to stand the gossip...... Marrying your brothers can save their lives. ”

"This..."Gao Sheng picked his scalp, his head didn't turn for a while, why did he get married, "Then our combat power will be greatly reduced, and everyone will have concerns when the time comes, who will be desperate." ”

"Then have you ever thought about whether the horse thief will sacrifice his life to protect his family after he has a family? If there are more heirs, all of them live in the White Wolf Plain, they will only work harder, and I ...... I am relieved, too. ”

Gongsun Zhi accentuated the tone of the last few words, with a smile on his face, the firelight flickered, flickering in the light and darkness, and his eyes looked gloomy.

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Following.

The figure of the war horse walked in the light of day, and the figure of the horse with a hook and sickle on the back looked back at the passing procession, and a carriage pulled more than a dozen bags of corn slowly, and soon after, they saw a wandering horse thief, and then entered the hill.