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In early spring, the river breeze is still biting, and large pieces of broken ice drift over the river from time to time, and there is residual snow in the shade on both banks.

On the southern slope, there is a large elm forest that stretches for miles, but the shoots have been drawn from the branches. There are no people in sight for dozens of miles up and down this big river, but today there are many heavy trucks scattered outside the elm forest, hundreds of livestock such as cattle, sheep, horses, and donkeys are tied to the wheels, and in the woods, there are tens of thousands of ragged people gathered in it.

These men, women, and children, all of them with vegetables on their faces, most of them still carrying knives, guns, clubs, and all kinds of blades in their hands, huddled together in groups in the east and west, relying on their companions' bodies to resist each other's cold.

They were dressed in different ways, and if they turned a blind eye to the bloodstains and dust on their bodies, some of the clothes and fabrics they wore on their bodies were actually silk and satin, and some were just kudbu Mai, and they looked different in wealth and wealth, and the slight similarity was the yellow turban that most people wore on their heads, making them look like a group indeed.

The cold air was bitter, and except for a few baby cries could be heard from time to time, most of the people remained silent, looking south with a restless look.

After a long time, at last, the long-awaited sound of horses' hooves sounded from afar, and when it came, it quickly broke the silence of the elm forest.

"It's back!"

When the noise was heard, the crowd in the woods began to stir.

The sound of horses' hooves approached from far and near, and four knights, also wearing yellow scarves on their heads, came into view.

In addition to the spear in his hand, the young man also carried a ring knife on his right waist, a small hand axe under his left waist, and a rare horn bow (Note 2) in Zhang Yanzhou.

The boy was full of weapons, and he was richer than everyone around him.

Standing on the baggage car, the young man saw it clearly, a smile gradually appeared on his face, and he looked back and shouted: "General Qiang, Xu Dumu and the others are back!" ”

Although the boy was sturdy, his face was immature, and his voice was still a little sharp, and he had not even finished changing his voice during development, but his voice was unusually loud, but no one in the elm forest paid attention to him, and everyone had already seen the group of knights speeding in the distance.

The young man had no choice but to pout, and then put his hands together and asked sharply: "Xu Dumu, did the county soldiers chase after you?" ”

It was just a matter of two sentences, and several knights rushed closer again, and when they heard the young man's shout, the tall thin one-eyed man who started scolded angrily: "Deng Pimple, I have already said that I want to call Lao Tzu Tun Chang, and if you don't follow the rules, Lao Tzu will whip you!" ”

Under the threat of the one-eyed man, the young man closed his mouth in amusement, and several knights laughed together, and ran outside the elm forest in a blink of an eye, Xu Dumu asked loudly on the horse: "Where is the general?" ”

A few horses were panting and covered with sweat, and the people in the elm grove, who had no discipline to speak of, had gathered around and asked the same questions as the boys.

"Are there any officers and soldiers?"

"Chief Xu Tun, how is it now?"

"The Juancheng soldiers are out of the city?"

Not only was he asking, but someone also reached out to pull the reins of Xu Xu's one-eyed mount and didn't let him leave, and the one-eyed man couldn't stop drinking, and he couldn't move forward, so he had to announce the military information he had found loudly: "The officers and soldiers of Jiyin County have retreated!" The Juancheng battalion didn't dare to go out of the city! Hurry up and let Lao Tzu go to tell the general, delay the military situation, be careful that the general cuts your tongue and waits! ”

Hearing the news, the people around him finally felt more relieved, so they let him go, Xu Dumu was about to squeeze in across the horse, and a deep voice came from the woods: "Okay, Lao Tzu has heard it, don't say it again!" ”

"The general is here!"

The crowd hurriedly dispersed, a middle-aged man with thick figures, thick eyebrows, big eyes and a full beard walked out surrounded by several soldiers wearing armor (Note 3), most of the people gathered in the elm forest had no armor, and a small part of them were wearing two armors like Deng Pimple and Xu Dumu, and very few people had armor, but this man was a rarer set of black light armor, wearing a goose feather helmet, which set off his unique identity, he looked around and said loudly: "Since the officers and soldiers have not chased after them, you will bury the pot and cook food first, and then cross the river when Luo Huangjin finds a ferry to come back!" ”

If there are officers and soldiers around, tens of thousands of people who are eager to hide here to make a fire is undoubtedly self-defeating, fortunately, as a spy Xu Dumu brought back the good news to make everyone feel at ease, these days busy fleeing in embarrassment, can finally eat a rare hot meal, can temporarily soothe hungry belly, after the military order spread, everyone can not help but bloom a long-lost smile on their faces.

Since it is not possible to cross the river for the time being, and there are no officers and soldiers around, there is no need to rush this meal, and some people go to grab a lot of young leaves from the elm trees to cook.

The children were already cheerful, and the older ones were all running to get a hand, and Xu Dumu had already told him about the military situation, and he had nothing to do with him today, so he pulled his mount and found his own tun.

According to the Han system, there were only 100 sergeants in charge of the tun chief, also known as the 100 generals (Note 4), which was the lowest level of generals, but this group of refugees obviously did not follow the old practice, Xu Dumu had more than 200 people in this tun, but most of them were women, children, old and young.

Xu Dumu is in his thirties, and his height is nearly eight feet (Note 5), which is a head taller than the people around him, which is not too strong, but the huge hole in his left eye makes him a little hideous, and he has a bit of a long evil spirit.

The men and women around were busy, Xu Dumu looked around, grabbed the yellow scarf that walked by, and asked, "Where is that kid Deng Pimple?" ”

This yellow scarf was not afraid of Xu Dumu, and said with a smile: "When I heard that I was going to make rice, Team Deng rode out on a donkey!" ”

Xu Dumu smiled knowingly, let the man go, hooked the branches of the elm tree next to him with a gun, pulled some young leaves and stuffed them into his mouth, and closed his eyes at the foot of the tree to recuperate.

The future does not know where to return, the military rations allocated are not much, in addition to this piece of natural elm leaves can be used, each tun has its own veterans to go out to hunt, but unfortunately it is too late to organize large-scale hunting, it depends on their luck, after a small half an hour, the hunters have returned one after another, there are their own bad luck empty-handed, there are also two or three hares and pheasants, and a few good luck can bring back an antelope or roe deer enough to let the whole tun people have some oil to quench their hunger.

The return of these people caused different noises from the crowd in each tun, some sighed, some looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and the best harvest caused a thunderous cheer, only the more than 2,000 people in the innermost part of the woods were watching the cheers of others, lifeless and completely motionless, which seemed a little different.

Deng Pimple came back a little later, and he was lucky today, with a stupid robe that was dead behind the donkey.

There are elm leaves and roe deer meat, and the meal will be much more abundant today, and the people of Xu Dumutun cheered together, and someone stepped forward to help unload it, and the sharpening knife was ready to be peeled and disemboweled.

It seems that more than 10,000 people came over, and they did not scare all the surrounding wild things, thinking that if they still can't cross the river tomorrow, they can call all the soldiers to hunt in the morning.

Seeing Deng Pimple smiling and calling a half-sized boy to take away the donkey, Xu Dumu suddenly remembered what Captain Tian Mazi had ordered two days ago, so he beckoned the young man to come.

Everyone came all the way from Ruyang, and they all knew that Xu Dumu was good at everything, but after becoming the head of Shangtun, he liked to put on a shelf, and put the wooden handle spear in his hand on the tree, Deng Pimple walked over: "Xu Dumu, what's the matter?" ”

As long as he doesn't call him by his name in front of outsiders, Xu Dumu doesn't care so much in his own tun, and it doesn't matter if he stares at his one-eye, pointing to the innermost part of the elm forest that is much more embarrassed than them and has no vitality: "I heard Captain Tian say that when he settles down, he will draw people from these Yongqiu people to form a few new tuns, and let you also go to be a tun chief!" ”

"Why?" It was a good thing to be promoted, but Deng Pimple jumped up like a burning buttocks, and shouted in his sharp voice: "Lao Tzu is not going!" ”

Xu Dumu knew this kid's temperament, and kicked him to the ground with a kick: "You eggless bird!" Pustule! This is Captain Tian who looks up to you, do you really want him to be ruthless to pick you up to be comfortable? ”

Deng Pimple sat down on the ground, rolled his eyes and still said stiffly: "When the tun chief dies quickly, Lao Tzu won't do it!" ”

Note 1: The two armors "one for the chest and one for the back" can only protect the armor of the front chest and back, and are buckled back and forth with belts on the shoulders.

Note 2: The horn bow is the pinnacle of ancient Chinese bows and arrows, and so far it is no less than bows made of modern materials. In terms of the main dry materials for making bows, antelope horns are used in the north and buffalo horns in the south, because there are no buffaloes in Yanzhou, where the story is located, so horn bows are rare.

Note 3: Zajia is a kind of heavy armor used by soldiers in the Qin and Han dynasties, the kind worn by the generals in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, but it is actually an ordinary heavy armor in the regular army, and the soldiers of the Qin Terracotta Army are also wearing it, which is cascading, but it can't be flipped like fish scale armor. The fish scale armor can be taken care of freely, the rope of the braided armor is hidden under the armor, which can minimize the possibility of being cut by sharp weapons, only 4 pieces of armor are superimposed when unfolded, and the thickness of up to 8-10 pieces is superimposed when shrinking with human activities, and the front of the scale armor can be turned into an iron plate with muscle contraction, which can prevent spears, arrows and other sharp weapons from stabbing wounds, and when blunt instruments such as axes and hammers strike, the loose structure can spread the force, so its defense is better than plate armor, in ancient Chinese heavy armor, Fish scale armor is a high-level armor that can only be used by officers, which appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was still rare in the Qin and Han dynasties, and senior officers were equipped with black light armor and Mingguang armor. Mingguang armor has an oval shape on the chest and back armor, called the metal plate of the heart guard, which not only has the overall protection of the armor, but also improves the defense of the chest and back, the name is due to the reflection of the heart guard, the heart guard is pitch black and can not reflect the black light armor, Cao Zhi's "Emperor Cichen Armor Table" mentions the black light armor, the Ming light armor, the two armors, the ring lock armor, and the horse armor.

Note 4: The military system of the Qin and Han dynasties adopted the establishment of army-department-qu-tun-team-shiwu. The corresponding officers are generals - captains (Sima) - military candidates (1,000 people) - tun commanders - team leaders (team history) - even chiefs - army commanders.

Note 5: The Han ruler was shorter than the current ruler, only 23 cm per ruler. Eight feet is only one meter eight, so the height of the idiom "seven-foot man" is one meter sixty-one, which is in line with the fact that the height of the ancients is shorter than that of modern people.