Chapter 70: Sharpen Your Tools
"Kill, kill them all, don't leave the chickens and dogs!"
Hao Meng, the county lieutenant of Jiaxian, had a hideous expression, and roared loudly on horseback, and the remnants of more than 300 Han soldiers who had just retreated from Xiangcheng were lured open the gate of Xujiawu Fort, and killed them like tigers entering a flock of sheep, and began a bloody massacre.
"Lord Hao, you can't~~uh~~"
An elder wanted to step forward to stop him, Hao Meng snorted, and the blade of the sword swept lightly through the old man's throat, blood splashed, and the old man slowly withered to the ground, and the blood bubbles in the throat cage gurgled out, but he couldn't make a sound. Suddenly, the fire in Xujiawu Fort was soaring, and the miserable howls were endless, and the few sturdy people left behind could not resist these red-eyed Han troops, and more old and young women and children who had no ability to resist fell in a pool of blood.
The blazing firelight reflected half of the sky, and Hao Meng's expression became more and more hideous, as sad as a ghost.
"Kill, kill them all! Regardless of men, women, and children, all of them were beheaded, stabbed corpses with knives, and chopped into pulp! Annihilate the Nine Clans~~~"
……
On the official road leading to Xujiazhuang in Xiangcheng, Xu Chu led 300 volunteers to return slowly.
Xu Chu is the kind of man who promises a thousand gold, as long as he says it, he will definitely do it, in fact, in the entire late Han Dynasty at that time, most of the scholars were a promise of a thousand gold figures, if they want to change their ways, it is very difficult to turn their backs on the enemy. Therefore, Ma Yue was very relieved of Xu Chu, and was not worried that he would break his promise and slip away under the pretext of going back to the village to retrieve his family.
Xu Chu's eldest brother died early, only father and son depended on each other, and there was no family, but the three hundred righteous warriors under his command all had old and young, since they had killed officials and rebelled, and since then they have become rebels, they naturally have to make arrangements for the old and young in Zhuangzhong.
Xu Chu and his entourage were halfway to the road, and suddenly saw a ride like the wind, galloping from the direction of Xujiazhuang.
The leader of a brave soldier had sharp eyes and said to Xu Chu: "Commander, it looks like the old seventeen!" ”
Another leader of the brave soldiers shouted, "Commander, Old Seventeen seems to be injured. ”
Xu Chu's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's go, go up and have a look." ”
In just a moment, the rider had already rushed to Xu Chu, turned over and fell off his horse, and cried: "Commander, it's over, it's all over!" ”
Xu Chu said awe-inspiringly: "Seventeen, speak slowly, what's going on?" ”
Na Yiyong cried: "The whole village, young and old, more than 1,300 mouths, all dead, all fucking dead!" The damned Han army, the goddamn captain of Hao County, launched a surprise attack on Xujiazhuang with more than 300 Han troops...... Commander, you must avenge the death of the whole village~~~"
"What did you say!?" Xu Chu's eyes were split, and he said sharply: "It's all dead!" Not a single left? ”
Yiyong cried: "They are all dead, and the dock fort is also burned, if it weren't for the surname to report to the commander, I would have fucking fought with them, the commander, the whole village died so miserably~~"
"Ah~~roar~~"
Xu Chu roared, his eyes widened, his hands clenched into fists and made a terrible creaking sound, and earthworm-like green tendons bulged from his forehead, neck, and the back of his hands.
"Seventeen, you can see it all! Is it Hao Meng, undoubtedly? ”
The righteous brave who escaped cried: "I can see it clearly, I can see it clearly, it is the Jiaxian Lieutenant, the bastard surnamed Hao!" It's his people who slaughtered Xujiazhuang, even if it is burned to ashes, I won't recognize him wrong~~"
"Hao Meng! God-damn Han army! Xu Chu almost gritted his steel teeth, because of the intense anger, the corners of his eyes actually cracked, and the red blood trickled down his cheeks, as miserable as a ghost, Sen Ran shouted, "Don't slash Hao Meng, kill all the Han army in Jiaxian, Chu ~~ swear not to be a man!" ”
"If you don't kill the Han army, you swear not to be a human being~~"
Behind Xu Chu, the three hundred volunteers who had lost their relatives were also angry, and the great anger and madness of despair stirred in their chests, at this moment, they just wanted to kill all the Han soldiers in this world and avenge the innocent relatives who died.
Xu Chu strangled the horse and yelled: "Go, go back to the village first, collect the corpses for the villagers~~~ and then the whole army will do their best, kill Ben Jiaxian, and avenge their relatives." ”
"Revenge~~"
"Revenge~~"
"Revenge~~"
Behind Xu Chu, the three hundred righteous braves howled wildly and the crowd was angry.
……
Xiangcheng, blacksmith shop.
Dozens of bare-chested blacksmiths were hammering desperately, clanging sounds echoed through the sky, and the red-hot fire almost melted the whole world, scorching hot. Dian Wei and Guan Hai couldn't help but wipe the sweat from their foreheads with their hands, their expressions were painful, but Ma Yue, who was walking in front of them, seemed to be nothing, his face showed his usual indifference, as if this raging fire couldn't burn his cold heart at all.
"Zi~~"
A sturdy blacksmith dipped a beaten spearhead into the bucket, and in an instant a cloud of green smoke smoked the blacksmith's strong body, and bean-sized sweat dripped down his bronzed skin, gathering into a criss-crossing "stream" on his back.
Seeing Ma Yue appear accompanied by Dian Wei and Guan Hai, the blacksmith bowed down respectfully and said, "The villain has seen the big leader. ”
"Hmm~~" Ma Yue nodded and asked, "Lao Hei, how many have you played?" ”
The blacksmith is called Lao Hei, and he came from Wancheng.
Lao Hei replied: "Big Boss, more than a thousand have been built, but the remaining iron is not enough. ”
Ma Yue's eyes lit up and asked, "What about the spear?" ”
Old Hei said: "It's in the backyard, and I haven't had time to start yet." ”
Ma Yue said: "Let's go, go and see." ”
Lao Hei led the way, and Ma Yue and the three followed, and when they came to the backyard of the blacksmith shop, they saw a large pile of iron spears piled up like a hill.
Ma Yue picked up a spear tip casually, and checked it, weighing about two catties, the triangular spear blade exuded a dark dull light, and the top did not open the edge, it looked like an inconspicuous iron lump, but Ma Yue believed that when it opened the edge, sharpened the spear blade, and matched with the wooden handle, it would be a perfect killing weapon.
As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Eight hundred Liukou can now be called a tiger wolf army, but they lack the fangs and claws of tiger wolves, only tiger wolves with sharp teeth and claws are truly formidable tiger wolves! in order to make the beasts surrender!
Eight hundred rogues are cavalry, and the biggest threat to cavalry is cavalry, but it is a little difficult to let these rogues, who have just learned to ride horses, learn to ride and shoot! It's impossible to get the rogues to learn to ride and shoot, but it's easy to get them to throw javelins on horseback with bilateral horses.
Although the javelin's throw distance may not be comparable to the range of a bow and arrow, it is powerful and does much more damage than an arrow! Moreover, the javelin does not need to be aimed, it is easy to maintain, and it can be used repeatedly, which is really a rare cavalry weapon. Originally, Ma Yue also thought of another sharp weapon, that is, the hand axe, the hand axe is more suitable for cavalry, and the power is greater than the javelin, but it takes a lot of iron to cast thousands of hand axes, and Ma Yue can't get so much iron at the moment, so he can only retreat to the second best thing and use the javelin.
(To be continued)