Hammer lay there for a long time, until Shi Shan and the others left and withdrew with their people, and their horses were tied dozens of miles away. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Growing up in the grassland, they don't like the mountains and jungles here, but fortunately, the leaves accumulated over the years are as soft as wool, and they don't need to wear shoes from people who learn from Xia Cheng.

I ran back to the camp overnight, and when I saw the people of the grassland tribe coming and going, listening to the familiar language, I was relieved.

In the tent of the tribe, Dawu, Falling Star and the Witch Priest were discussing what had happened in the past few days, and when Hammer entered, Dawu nodded at Hammer and motioned for him to sit down as well.

"Hammer, your fame has grown, and the spies of the rest of the tribes have been killed by the people from the south, and you have cut down four people, and everyone is talking about it."

"Hammer is Dawu's Hammer, and Hamer's fame is Dawu's fame."

Hammer squatted down and frowned: "Dawu chief, I'm afraid these people are not easy to deal with, they are very powerful in fighting. Luoxing fought with them, and he used to say that he was defeated by that person, and I thought they couldn't fight, but after I saw them, I realized that they were really powerful. ”

Luoxing gritted his teeth and said, "It's very powerful, otherwise I wouldn't have run to the grassland." The women of our tribe may all be dead, and I never knew of the existence of this group before. ”

Dawu tore a piece of roasted cold mutton and threw it into Hamer's hand, Hammer took out a piece of salt from his arms, dipped it and ate a few bites, and then said after alleviating the hunger of the past few days: "I don't see how many of them there are, but if there are as many as our tribesmen, I'm afraid it won't be easy to fight." ”

"Didn't you come very close to their town the other day? What do they eat on weekdays? ”

"At first, I didn't know that the city was not very big, and I didn't see anyone coming out to herd sheep for a long time. Then there were too many scouts, so I ran away, ambushed the men, and cut open their stomachs, and they didn't eat meat, but I didn't see what it was. ”

The witch spirit priest, who had not spoken, tapped the human skin drum and said coldly: "Don't look at it, they are heretics who believe in the spirit of the earth, and like those who were punished by the spirit of war, they eat the fruits and grass seeds of the land. These people will inevitably be exterminated, because the sheep eat grass, the wolves always eat meat, and the grass eaters cannot beat the meat eaters. ”

Da Wu nodded, glanced at Luoxing on the side and said, "Luoxing, you fought with them, and they ...... What kind of tribe is it? ”

In fact, Luoxing didn't know anything, including the iron tools dedicated to Dawu, he didn't know how to forge them, but he could only say that he knew everything, which was the foundation on which he stood on the grassland.

So he made up: "Their tribe is similar to us, but their leader found a pig, an oak tree, ......."

Recalling the legendary golden skull of the steppe tribe, he added: "The leaves of that oak tree are all gold, and when the sun shines on the golden leaves, many acorns will grow, and no matter how many people pick them, they can't finish picking them; It's the same with the pig, every day they kill the pig and roast it, but as long as the bones are left, the pig will come back to life the next day, and they will never run out of food. ”

Hamer's eyes widened, he had heard too few stories, but the golden oak and the resurrectable pig were much better than the stories of the Spirit of War, and it would be great if his own tribe had one of the two!

General Da Wu was skeptical, and recalled the food carried by the enemies who died on the grassland, sweet and mellow, those burnt yellow powder with goat's milk, this taste is definitely not in the mortal world, maybe only the golden oak tree can bear such fruit.

He glanced quietly at the Witch Priest and said that if he had such an oak tree, he would also abandon the Spirit of War to believe in the Spirit of the Earth.

This thought was just a flash, and he thought silently for a while, and asked, "Hammer, how many people do you think our clan can fight on the other side?" ”

Of course, fighting a war is not a woman, except for the tribe of Dawu's newly dead mother, few tribes on the grassland rely on women to fight.

The tribe of the Davul, which had a population of more than a thousand, was able to muster more than 600 men who fought on horseback, because some of the women of the same color in their tribe were not human beings, but only goods like sheep and horses, so they were not counted among the thousand; Coupled with some of the warriors brought by the falling star, the strength of the tribe is second only to that of Dawu's father's tribe in the grassland.

Hammer rolled his eyes and calculated, then exhaled, "If it were one-on-one, I could easily kill their people; Five-on-five, we might lose. The more than 600 people in our tribe may be able to fight the other 200 people. ”

Da Wu nodded to show that he knew, although he was a little shocked and even a little suspicious, but he would never show distrust in front of his subordinates, this kind of respect on weekdays can be exchanged for something very important - their hearts.

Hammer was afraid that Da Wu would not understand, so he said, "Da Wu leader, if there is a real fight, let's be careful." If there were golden oaks and pigs that never died, we wouldn't be able to grab them if we didn't have the largest population...... If there are fewer deaths, you can grab some food and that blue-gray weapon. ”

Their tribe lost some small settlements when the white horse swept the grassland, of course there was hatred, but Hamer's relatives were not dead, so he could jump out of the hatred and stand in the perspective of the tribe to help Dawu consider these things, although he knew that the wise Dawu would definitely think of this, but he still had to say it.

Da Wu sighed and said, "Luoxing said that there were more than 500 people when they fought with them last time, and the time is so short, even if their women can give birth again, the children they can give birth to can't fight immediately. Hammer, according to you, if they have 500 men, we have to have 1,500 men to fight? ”

Hammer scratched his head and said, "I can't tell. Last time on the grassland, there were more than 70 people who were surrounded, and the falling star cut off their water, and in the end we also died more than 40 people, killing about the same number of people...... That's not how wars are fought. It's really hard for us to play when they're shrinking around like hedgehogs, but it's much easier to find a way to get them to show their hands and feet. ”

"Well, but even like you said, I think we can still win. My father brought more than 900 people, and my two brothers combined had more than 500 people, and my little mother died at their hands, and her own people also came more than 300 people...... Hmph, there are more than a hundred women. ”

Hammer laughed too, the tribe was the weirdest tribe in the steppes, and some strong women could fight, but Hammer always thought those women were jokes.

Da Wu calculated for a moment and said: "There are two thousand people from our relatives alone, and there are several hundred people from those small settlements, which is nearly three thousand. We should be able to win by beating them, but how to fight, we have to discuss it. ”

"You're all the people I trust the most, so let's put it this way, no tribe wants to let their people die too much, except for those who are vengeful. My brother was expecting me to keep the blood of his tribe here, but my father was elected the head of all the tribes this time, and he would punish those who disobeyed, and if my father told me to beat him, I would only do so. ”

He looked around and whispered, "Father's golden skull was snatched away by them, and this battle will be snatched back no matter what." There was already too much blood shed in the grassland, and my father also wanted to take this opportunity to stop the grassland from shedding his own blood. He's the first wolf, and I'm the strongest wolf cub in the pack, and even if I don't want to challenge the head wolf, the head wolf will banish the strongest wolf cub. This battle...... It's not good to fight. ”

There are dangers, but also opportunities. Of course, it is necessary to rely on strength on the grassland, but it is also necessary to have fame. If he plays well this time, Dawu can be more famous on the grassland, more people will defect, and he will be closer to his ambition and dream; And if you are not careful, you will be pitted by your father and brother.

In the eyes of the tribes of the steppe, this is a battle to be won.

But it is precisely because he feels that he will win, so the first thing that each leader thinks about is not how to defeat the enemy, but how to defeat his friends, and this is the real danger that Dawu has to face.

As a defender, Xia Cheng does not need to consider the problem of internal friction for the time being.

Chen Jian is a legitimate military leader, not the leader of the alliance of the tribes freely, and has absolute power.

The leaders of the council left Xia Cheng behind, they were not qualified to command the battle, and the soldiers would not allow the rest to command them.

The entire army was broken up and the tribes were redistributed, and there could be several tribes in one army. Chen Jian didn't believe in the words of brothers in battle, and he wanted to replace the cohesion of blood relatives with a new system.

The army has been stationed in Yangguan for ten years, and the entire Yangguan has become a large military camp, and the military judges in the new army have directly taken over the punishment and daily life of everyone on weekdays.

All drinking water is forced to boil, and it is strictly forbidden to drink raw water, even if it is not likely to be infectious in early winter.

It was strictly forbidden for anyone to defecate in the city, and on the first day of their stationing, several huge pits were dug in the city to make toilets.

After digging the toilets, Chen Jian led people to cut down and burn the woods near Yangguan, and there were basically no trees within a radius of one mile from Yangguan.

The felled trees reinforced the breastworks and battlements on the ramparts, and large quantities of lime and stone were piled up every twenty steps.

Outside the four city gates, four small urn cities around the city gates were built quickly, which were very small and could only accommodate more than 100 people.

When the city wall was repaired, earth and stone stairs were prepared in advance in the city, and in order to facilitate the attack, Chen Jian tied dozens of wooden ladders with ropes.

On the whole, there are three kinds of defending the city: there is enough food and drink, there are enough soldiers, and the other party withdraws by himself when it takes time; Either they are defending the city and waiting for reinforcements; The last one is to rely on the city to fight in the field under the city.

Defending the city is just a dead defense, if the soldiers are sufficient, it is just invincible and undefeated, and it is impossible for Yangguan to have reinforcements, so Chen Jian must be prepared to go out of the city for field battles.

In the early stage, Chen Jian and his clansmen carried heavy pine wood, blocking the city gates on three sides, leaving only one passage on the side.

It is almost impossible to open the gate from the outside, so if you want to attack, you only need to move the pine wood out of the way, or use the wooden ladder to go directly to the city.

The purpose of the urn city is also to close the inner door in advance when attacking, and once the attack is not smooth, it will not be followed and impacted into the city.

If you want to defend it, you must first ensure that you can win the field battle. All a qualified defender has to do is choose the right one to actually attack. (To be continued.) )