Chapter 57: The Stirrups
Dahu is smart, but not omnipotent, although Long Qiupeng has told him all the points of the stirrup, but it still takes a lot of time from design to production, to commissioning. It wasn't until www.biquge.info morning of the third day that he came to the scene of the Long Clan's morning meeting with huge dark circles under his eyes.
He looked decadent, and he startled Xixi, thinking that he had some very serious illness. However, he smiled, although his face was tired, but his eyes lit up, obviously he finally had results, and now he couldn't wait for Long Qiupeng to show him how to use this thing.
Long Qiupeng saw the other party's intentions, but saw that Dahu was empty-handed, so he asked, "Where are the things?" ”
Unexpectedly, the big lake mouth column said: "The horse is here!" ”
Long Qiupeng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, but he still didn't say anything, stood up and walked out. One of Great Lake's men was standing there with his horse in his hand.
The horse was still the same horse, not very tall, and the legs were not that long. But Dahu made a set of suggested harnesses out of bronze buckles and leather, mainly reins and stirrups, and the craftsmanship of the saddle was still a little complicated, and Long Qiupeng did not explain it to him, but just asked the tribesmen to make a cushion and put it where the saddle should be. The cushions were leather, with a hairy wash, and a layer of linen and thatch inside, and there was no cotton, so I had to find something else to replace it.
Although it is simple, in general, such horses are closer to those found in modern horse farms. Long Qiupeng also let go of his courage, he waited for the stirrup, and got on the horse all of a sudden, and the movements were more skillful and graceful than last time. As soon as the legs were clamped, the horse ran. After running two steps, and as soon as he pulled the reins, the horse stopped again.
Perhaps because the horse was relatively short and not very fast, Long Qiupeng magnified his courage, pulled the reins of the horse, and made many simple movements on the horse, and finally he pulled out the short knife in his waist and waved it in the air, watching the lively clansmen start to shout loudly and laugh.
Long Qiupeng ran for a while, and felt that his buttocks and thighs were still a little unbearable, so he stopped, turned over and dismounted. He first came to Dahu to affirm his work, and then asked him to see if he could make another set of harness for the big horses, but the two horses were probably more fierce, and the owner was gone, and it might take some time for a stranger to tame them.
The harness was made before the barbarians arrived, which was very pleasing to Long Qiupeng, after all, the other party rode a horse, and it might only take half a day to rush over from the hills, so as long as they knew the location of the wolf's teeth from the bear, they would definitely rush over as soon as possible.
But now that I think about it, the wind and snow were heavy in the first two days, and it was not very easy for their clansmen to find their traces of the wolf fangs, and it was normal to delay for a few days, but it was more likely that their team was not as big as Long Qiupeng imagined, which was not enough to maintain the survival of the entire tribe, and finally died in this wind and snow.
At that time, the migratory tribes were not able to find a suitable foothold in time, and the total annihilation of their armies in a winter was a common occurrence, so it would not be surprising that even if it did.
But thinking of this, it made Long Qiupeng a little worried, if they didn't come, his dream of cavalry chariots would be ruined, so he hurriedly asked Lu to exclude the exploration team again, and he must find the whereabouts of the barbarians.
That night, the weather was very clear, and the moonlight sprinkled on the snow radiated a crystal cold light, but Long Qiupeng felt a little irritable, and the feeling of wanting to be awakened and extinguished was not very pleasant.
So taking advantage of the good night, he got up and ran to see the wolf's fangs.
The wolf tooth was locked up before the bear left, his mood has not been stable, and Long Qiupeng did not dare to let him go, afraid that he would really be like a snake and bite the farmer who saved his life.
Walking there, Long Qiupeng was disappointed to find that he was the only one who had insomnia in the tribe, and even the prisoner of the wolf's tooth had fallen asleep. However, he didn't sleep deeply, the cold wind poured in when Long Qiupeng pushed the door, and he woke up all of a sudden. cautiously shouted: "Who?!" ”
Long Qiupeng didn't answer him, took out a flint and lit the torch in the house, and the wolf tooth saw that it was Long Qiupeng, and his attitude was still a little stiff, after all, this was a man who had humiliated himself. But as time passed, he became less obsessed with escaping.
After all, his own people never appeared, and Long Qiupeng locked him up like this, and he didn't embarrass him too much, but he kept it with good food and drink, and occasionally drank wine.
Long Qiupeng heard that the original dog was the lucky wolf wild dog left alone in winter and wandered to the edge of human life, because it was fed by humans and tamed, it became a dog. It's kind of interesting to think about wolf teeth now.
He looked at the wolf fang, looking a little lost, and then sighed and said, "To be honest, I'm more worried than you about your people not coming......"
The wolf fangs, who had eased a lot of hostilities, suddenly became irritable, but he was chained there, and he didn't pose much of a threat to Long Qiupeng, not to mention that Long Qiupeng was the one who had defeated him with his bare hands. In the end, he just bared his teeth and said to Long Qiupeng fiercely: "Don't be pretty!" ”
Long Qiupeng said that sentence was really unintentional, but he was inexplicably resisted by the wolf fang, this abnormal emotional rebound made him feel a little surprised, he thought about it for a while, and asked tentatively: "Your people, should it be that they will not come?" ”
It has also been some time since the wolf fang was found by the convoy and came to Vulcan Village, but he has not seen the shadow of their clan at all. Long Qiupeng had been afraid that his stirrups were not ready yet, so they hurried over, after all, riding a horse, from Qiutu Village to Huoshen Village was at most half a day, even if it was snowy and difficult to travel in the past few days, it would not slow down the transport team of their ox carts.
So they may have given up the wolf's fangs, or they may have perished in the vast snowfield.
The disappointment in Long Qiupeng's heart was even deeper, and he felt that the matter of the horses was not settled again. After all, it's too far, and there won't be too many horseback tribes like Wolf Tooth who have migrated here from the northwest, and if you miss this one, you don't know when the next one will appear.
Obviously, Wolf Fang also had the same idea as Long Qiupeng, and his face was a little sad and lonely, presumably whether he was abandoned by the clansmen or the clansmen were completely wiped out, it was not a good ending for him. After being silent for a long time, he said with a slight self-defeat: "If they don't die, sooner or later they will come......"
This sentence, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, the wolf tooth said this sentence with a lot of confidence, but he himself was not inspired by the content of this sentence at all, obviously he believed that they came back, but the purpose of their coming here was not necessarily to find him.
The subtext of this sentence is that their food should be running out anymore, and Mound Village is the best choice at that time. As the vanguard of the wolffang, he should know this matter better than any of his people.
Suddenly, Long Qiupeng had a third deduction for this matter, the wolf tooth was missing, and his people knew that there was a danger here, although they didn't know what this danger was, but they all decided to give up the wolf tooth and look for new prey and targets.
Unbeknownst to them, the village of Mound had become the last and only option in the neighborhood, so they were in danger in their search for new prey, or perhaps they were also attacked by the steppe wolves. All of this delayed their journey, but in the end, it only proved that the wolffang was right, but by this time the wind and snow had already covered up the traces left by the wolffang.
It will take time to find the wolf's fangs again, so there's a good chance they're on their way here right now.
I hope that this thing, like a flame, once it is rekindled, it will be able to illuminate the mind, thinking of this, the depression in Long Qiupeng's heart finally cleared up a little, and a smile appeared on his face.
Wolf Fang glanced at Long Qiupeng, and when he saw his smile, he felt uncomfortable, and his calm state just now was dyed with anger and decadence again.
It seems that these days with Long Qiupeng have worn away all his pride and self-esteem as a wolf clan.
And Long Qiupeng's personality is like a spring, and when he is strong, he is strong, so the more wild and combative warriors like Wolf Fang, the more he can stimulate his desire to conquer the other party. Wolf Fang may not have a high status in their tribe, but as a member of the vanguard, his strength must have been recognized by the leader.
"Wolf Fang, stay, sooner or later my tribe needs a riding teacher, needs a master of horse taming, I know you can ......" Although Xiong is also a first-class warrior and is also very loyal, but just like his name, his brain is not particularly bright. The deer is smart, but he is still young and his physical fitness is also deviant, and now is not the time to throw him into the battlefield. Long Qiupeng is lacking such a warrior as Wolf Fang.
However, as Long Qiupeng expected, Wolf Fang seemed to feel humiliated by Long Qiupeng, and re-entered a state of irritability and anger, but he did not get angry because of this, but smiled and said to him: "A wolf like you deserves a better head wolf, instead of forcing leftovers from other people's mouths like this." ”
After saying this, Wolf Tooth was suddenly stunned, but Long Qiupeng did not continue, the horse is not yet, the coming day is long, now he feels a lot more comfortable, just want to go back to sleep early, maybe tomorrow morning when he gets up, the Wolf Tooth clan will appear from the snow field with the horse.
Sure enough, those people appeared, but not as quickly as Long Qiupeng thought, but there was nothing wrong with that, at least it gave Long Qiupeng more time to practice. Although the horseback riding itself was not particularly difficult, the use of weapons on the horse still made Long Qiupeng adapt to it for a long time, so that when those people appeared, Long Qiupeng's entire ass and thighs were still very uncomfortable.