Autumn 201.

Zhangjia Village, Lingxian County, is located more than 100 miles southwest of Xiongguan Town, Guanguan Town, Northern Xinjiang of the Great Qian Empire. Zhangjia Village is dominated by the surname Zhang, and there are also Ye surnames and Qin surnames, with a total of 500 households, totaling more than 2,600 men, women and children. Zhang Cheng's family is located in the village of Zhangjia Village, Zhang Cheng's parents died early, only the second uncle Zhang Yan did not marry a wife and had children because of his poor family, and raised Zhang Cheng from a young age, treating him like his own son, Zhang Cheng is also very filial.

Zhang Cheng is a kind-hearted person, kind-hearted, often helping neighbors, and everyone in Zhangjia Village likes him very much. This is exactly the same as China's Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng in later generations, when he saw the beggar, he knew that the other party was pretending, but he still couldn't bear it.

When he came to this world, Zhang Cheng had nothing to say except for a dilapidated house, and he didn't even have a piece of land, so he relied on his second uncle to "help" him on weekdays, and he also helped farm at his second uncle's house. Barely getting by.

On this day, he and his second brother Niu Tiezhu had just returned from the field of the second uncle's house, and they were playing a gag with a few "stragglers" in the village at the head of the village. Niu Tiezhu is the brother of "Zhang Cheng" who has played since he was a child, and Tiezhu is free and has no father or mother. When Zhang Cheng was eight years old, Niu Tiezhu, who was dressed in tattered clothes and did not even have a whole piece of cloth, stood outside the dilapidated house of Zhang Cheng's house, looking at Zhang Cheng pitifully. Zhang Cheng had no choice but to ask his second uncle for help and took Niu Tiezhu in. Facts have proved that the original choice was correct, and the twelve-year-old Niu Tiezhu can help the family with farm work, and he has a good strength. just made up for Zhang Cheng's poor physical strength, and since then the second uncle Zhang Yan's family has two and a half laborers.

Sitting on Zhang Cheng's left hand hand is Boss Zhang, in his thirties, with a beard and hair that is always unkempt. Boss Zhang is a butcher in the village, with a muscle, who makes a living by helping people kill pigs and sell pork. There is no land at home, and I am always idle on weekdays, and no one is convinced. But I still serve this half-hung nerd Zhang Cheng. Speaking of which, it's because Zhang Cheng saved his life two years ago. Of course, Zhang Cheng mainly looks at others as honest and has no scheming. You must know that Zhang Cheng, who came through the crossing, is still a "three-no" person, and it was all a bloody effort to save his life. begged a lot of people, begged his father to sue his grandmother, and saved his life. Boss Zhang is grateful to Zhang Cheng, and has been obedient to Zhang Cheng since then.

Sitting on Zhang Cheng's right hand and chirping crookedly was Qi Tian, who was originally a habitual thief. Stealing people and things in the city again, he was caught by the master's family and beaten half to death, if Zhang Cheng hadn't gone to the city to wander around and pick him up, I am afraid that he would have died a long time ago. The other two are "freelancers" in the village, one is called Gouzi and the other is called Ertun. They are ruthless and have no ability, but they are more clever than others. Zhang Cheng took him in, let them follow Boss Zhang, help him fight, and barely get by.

"Yo-heh. The landlords of this Zhangjia Village are all together today! Zhang Cheng, why didn't you go to the county seat to study today? You are a rare reader in our village, and there are few scholars in our village! Ha ha. ”

The person who came was Ye Feng, the son of Ye Hexuan, the landlord of Zhangjia Village. Ye Feng's family is very good, and he is the landlord class of Zhangjia Village. The family has 200 acres of fertile land, which can be regarded as a small landlord class. Dad is a talent in the county, and he is famous. To put it bluntly, this Ye Feng just has a good father! But this person is also burly, with a lot of strength, and a spear is a tiger. There are 100 people in his family, and his strength is strong. It's a Lord you can't mess with.

Young Master Ye teased. How can we be considered landlords? Isn't that living under your hands? In these ten miles and eight towns, who doesn't know your reputation as Young Master Ye. Aren't the brothers all under your cover? Zhang Cheng stood up, and smiled at him from a distance.

Ye Feng didn't have time to speak, but Zhang Cheng suddenly saw a large figure in the distance fleeing towards this side, and Zhang Cheng couldn't help frowning. Ye Feng saw Zhang Cheng's eyebrows furrowed, and thought that something was wrong, so he hurriedly asked, "Zhang Xiucai?" What's wrong with you? Isn't your body uncomfortable, your body is not strong in the first place, and it can't compare to the ...... under your hands?"

"Young Master Ye, look, what is that?" Zhang Cheng didn't answer Ye Feng's words, he pointed to the black dots in front of him that kept pouring here.

Following Zhang Cheng's line of sight, Ye Feng turned around, and as the black dot continued to enlarge, one point gradually enlarged into a line, seeing the stretch of black, the scimitar in his hand kept waving, and there was an out-of-tune cheer in his mouth. Ye Feng and Zhang Cheng both understood, and said in unison: "Barbarian! ”

Ye Feng was completely frightened, looking at a loss, Zhang Cheng hurriedly took his hand and said, "It must be that Zhenxiong Pass has been breached, I didn't expect Zhao Jingyu's soldiers and horses to be so inhibited." It seems that there are no less than a hundred barbarians. Dog, you are running fast, you go and ring the alarm bell at the head of the village. Young Master Ye, now is not the time to be vindictive. Hurry up and gather Zhuang Ding to defend against the barbarians! Iron pillar, copy guy. ”

Ye Feng knew that the matter was serious, so he snorted twice at Zhang Cheng and hurriedly ran away. The dog, the second stunned, and the iron pillar went their separate ways.

In the north of Jizhou, due to the slack of border preparations, the Yuan clan was busy with palace battles, and had no time to take care of the raids of the grassland barbarians, so in order to prevent the barbarians from raiding, basically every village had an alarm bell. With the fight against the barbarians for a hundred years, the people of Jizhou are also accustomed to running when the barbarians come, and coming back when the barbarians are gone. Jizhou has been plagued by wars for many years, and the population of Jizhou is getting smaller and smaller, and the fertile land has become wasteland.

Zhang Cheng took Boss Zhang Qi Tian to run home, and shouted desperately: "Oh no, the barbarians are here!" Folks, the barbarians are here! Don't go out, close the door and lock it. Don't go out! The barbarian is coming, don't go out, close the door and lock it quickly! Seeing that the barbarian was already close at hand, he had no choice but to shout desperately to remind the villagers to be ready to resist the brutality of the barbarian. The reason why Zhang Cheng asked everyone to close the door and lock it was to avoid charging head-on with the cavalry and reduce unnecessary losses. At the same time, the advantage of cavalry mobility is offset and the cavalry becomes infantry.

"Ding Ding Ding"

The alarm bell in the village rang, and this big bell was specially made for warning, so that once there was an alarm, it would notify the people of the village. This big bell has not been used for more than ten years, and this accidental thought made the villagers all shocked, and hurried to the village with hoes, sticks, and kitchen knives.

But the steppe iron cavalry had already been killed, and the brute cavalry centurion shouted: "Brothers, the leader said, this time let go of your hands and feet, whoever catches more slaves, who robs more food and goods, will be rewarded." Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The crowd cheered in unison, and with the centurion's order, a massacre began.

In just a moment, the villagers who heard the news rushed over with hoes, wooden sticks, kitchen knives and other guys. Zhang Cheng stopped them and shouted: "Folks, the barbarians are coming, hide quickly, hide in groups of three or five, you can't fight hard with the barbarians!" ”

It was Li Zheng's son Zhang Qian who rushed over with the villagers, he glanced at Zhang Cheng contemptuously, and said with a little disgust: "Hmph, Zhang Cheng." You are a scholar, and it is nothing to be afraid of death. But you can't get the whole village involved! Get out of the way! Zhang Qian said this, and the villagers behind him also looked at Zhang Cheng with disdain. Zhang Qian relied on his martial arts skills and shouted to the villagers behind: "Folks, the barbarians are here, kill me!" ”