Chapter 1 The pain of parting, my grandfather is gone
Wars are always bloody and cruel, and "Yu", who has experienced several wars, silently muttered in his heart that in the Chiyou tribe, the clansmen had no names at first. Only the elite who performed well in the war can be recognized by the leader Chiyou, and then there will be a title similar to the name, this is how "Yu" is obtained, as for what it means, the people of the Chiyou tribe do not need to know why, it is not important, the important thing is that the person who can be given the word by the Chiyou Lord is the pride of the whole clan, it is an honor, it is to get more and better food, and the respect of the clan.
Yu, fifteen years old this year, in the Chiyou tribe, a ten-year-old child is already considered a qualified warrior, in the year of ten, he and several brothers defeated the wolves, and alone cut off the wolf king's wolf head, he is tall, handsome face, but looks very sunny, unless sad, but always with a charming smile on his face. When he was fourteen years old, he was awarded the "Feather" because of his outstanding achievements in defeating Emperor Yan's tribe with Lord Chiyou. After receiving this title, Yu became more brave and agile, and sometimes used simple tactics on the battlefield according to the situation of the war. Some of these tactics were learned through the art of war, and some were learned through the failures of oneself or one's people.
This time and the Yellow Emperor of the battle is a little difficult, the Yellow Emperor tribe has developed a new type of bow and arrow, can be shot within more than three hundred steps, both sides are in the war for a long time to achieve superb archery, but our Chiyou tribe's strong bow can only shoot more than two hundred steps, the same marksman, but the gap of 100 steps will cause a disadvantage in distance, failure is inevitable.
"I found that although the strong bow of the Yellow Emperor tribe shoots far, their strong bow needs to consume more time and physical strength, that is, with the same number of people, we enjoy a faster rate of fire, their arrows are far, our arrows are fast, the time for them to shoot two sharp swords, we are enough to shoot three, what we need is how to close this gap of 100 steps. In the Chiyou Caucus, the Eagle went straight to the heart of the matter. Eagle is 20 years old this year, is the commander of the battlefield scout (reconnaissance) unit, and is good at observing the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing sides, and is said to have been valued by Chiyou at the age of 17 and given the title of "Eagle". Under the command of the Eagle, the scout troops are good at camouflage reconnaissance, have outstanding intelligence gathering skills, and are all marksmen.
"Eagle, can your people intercept the opponent's arrows, as long as they concentrate on intercepting sharp arrows, let our warriors rush into more than 100 steps, and you can suppress the opponent by shooting" The person who spoke was a person with a murderous face, his title was "Mountain" This year is sixteen years old, and he is old-fashioned when he speaks, he won the title this year, what he got the title for, and Yu is not very clear.
However, Yu knows the reason why the mountain said this, the Chiyou tribe is a natural warrior, and compared with the Yanhuang tribe, their life is mostly hunting, while the tribe of the Yandi Yellow Emperor is more engaged in a farming life without danger, and both physical strength and psychological endurance are far from being comparable to the Yanhuang tribe. Therefore, as long as we can get into the shooting range, it will inevitably cause the opponent's morale to be demoralized and panicked, and then our Chiyou clan can be as unscrupulous as a tiger rushing into a flock. No matter how many sheep there are, it is difficult to defeat a tiger, this is the truth.
"Has anyone ever tried using a shield?" asked Yama, still with a murderous expression
"I've tried, the effect is not ideal, the general cowhide shield, will be shot through by a strong bow, although the stone shield can block the arrow, but it is too heavy, at present our tribe can only lift the stone shield of the warriors of fifty-five people, the shield hand can not attack, even if close to the enemy to attack, you must give up the stone shield, you can imagine the consequences of the lone shield hand giving up the big shield. "It was "Feng" who spoke, and Feng was the oldest of all the titles at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, and he treated his people very well and at the same time treated his enemies cruelly. Enemies who have fought head-on with Kaze, their heads and bodies are basically separate. We all affectionately called him "Uncle Wind".
Everyone was talking about it, but they still didn't think of a better way to defeat the enemy, Lord Chiyou looked at everyone with different opinions, and finally said: Enough! There is no need to discuss it anymore, prepare tomorrow morning, which will first march in three ways, the stone shield in front, the marksman in the back, closely follow the bronze shielder, the bronze shielder will resist the frontal attack, the marksman will intercept the arrows in the air, intercept as many as possible, the rear soldier will have an ordinary cowhide shield to reduce the damage, the team will advance to the enemy, launch a charge, and finally I will lead a special assault army to surprise the enemy camp.
The Special Assault Army, the light cavalry trained and led by Lord Chiyou himself, due to the hard-won war horses, there are only more than 500 people, of which 110 commanders with titles are included in the Special Assault Army, and the other members are all masters of horses, and they are all riders who can control fierce horses without being bumped down. Therefore, being able to ride a war horse and join the special assault army is also the glory of our Chiyou clan, and its status is second to that of those who can be endowed with words by Lord Chiyou.
The combat requirements of the special assault army are also extraordinary, we need to only hold the horse's belly between our legs and hold the reins in our hands, (there was no horse reins at the earliest, we needed to lean over and hug the horse's neck, it was difficult to control the direction of the horse and the battle in that state, and then Uncle Feng thought of using the reins to put the horse on the horse's neck first, but the first time he almost strangled the war horse to death...... Then slowly tried to adjust it many times, and finally decided to put it on the horse's mouth, which could not affect the horse's grazing, and could also control the direction of the horse through the reins) We were also required to fight with a knife immediately, and at the same time to master riding and shooting. However, hard work and talent still pay off, and now Yu can successfully fight on horses, and his bow skills are no less than shooting eagles on the ground.
The next morning, the sun shrouded the earth, as if the earth was clothed with a golden suit, the breeze was also mixed with the breath of blood and grass, the air in the early morning was slightly cold, but it could not stop the Chiyou army's desire to fight, a long horn whistle sounded, the troops in front were divided into three ways to march, the march was slow, every step forward, there were always some clansmen who were injured and fell because they failed to get the stone shield or the archer guard.
"The time is ripe, the special assault army and I will attack from the flank of the Yellow Emperor tribe" Lord Chiyou's powerful and majestic voice like a bell sounded in the cavalry, and took the lead in riding forward, everyone followed closely, Lord Chiyou was majestic and majestic, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, holding a thousand catties of giant hammer in his hand, his dark skin and the cold and bloodthirsty eyes made people daunting, looking down on the earth like a god of war. The black horse sitting down is also a divine horse, carrying such a strong and powerful god of war and the weight of the thousand-pound giant hammer, the speed is no less than the war horse behind him, and there is a vague tendency to surpass.
The appearance of the special assault army did bring a lot of panic to the Yellow Emperor tribe, when they found us and transferred the archers, we had already rushed into the range of three hundred steps, but we were still not attacked by sharp arrows, it seems that Lord Chiyou had already expected that although the opponent's strong archers could reach three hundred steps, but not all the people were equipped with strong bows, plus the lure of stone shields and marksman troops, the strongest archers had been transferred to the front, and they could not draw enough strong archers to deal with our ace cavalry. When we entered the range of the flank bow and arrow, the opponent's arrows were not as dense as the front battle, most of us swung their swords to block the scattered flying arrows, a small number of people opened their bows and arrows, and took the lives of the enemy's archers, the balance of the battlefield began to tilt towards our Chiyou tribe, when we successfully stormed the enemy's military camp, we gave the enemy a great blow, and the Yellow Emperor's army was demoralized and began to retreat.
The battle lasted from early morning until dusk, the people on both sides were tired and tired before beating the drums and retreating, our logistics troops cleaned up the battlefield, and then dragged a large number of corpses back to the camp with ox carts, there were enemies, there were our people, according to statistics, the Yellow Emperor died more than 9,000 people, and our army killed more than 3,000 people, most of whom were shot by strong bows when they were advancing in the front army. Master Chiyou drew a huge hexagon on the ground with the blood of the deceased, and then ordered all the corpses to be carried and piled up in the hexagonal shape to form a mountain of corpses, and then ordered people to pour butter into the corpses, light a fire and burn the corpses, and silently recite something in his mouth. This situation will come up every time the battle is over, and we are all used to it, and we don't understand what it can bring to our people, but we believe that Chiyou-sama must have made sense to do so.
"This is praying and transcending the souls of the dead" is speaking is Uncle Feng's mother, an old man who is half a hundred years old, she has no title, but his son is a famous Uncle Feng in the clan, we also call her "Granny Feng", she also heard that the soul of the dead can only be calmed after excess, she is one of the oldest old people in the clan, in this era of war, age means more knowledge, and we all believe every word she says.
"Granny Wind, why do we want to overtake those enemies?" Yu Wen asked, puzzled.
"Because those enemies were killed by us, surpassing them and appeasing their grievances will not turn into ghosts and continue to hurt us, and surpass those people because they have already paid too much on the battlefield and no longer need to bear the pain of war, so that they can feel peaceful in another world," Granny Feng explained, touching Yu's head.
"What is the other world like?" Yu seemed to understand and looked at Granny Feng.
"Well, I haven't been to it yet, but I think it must be a beautiful place, with a refreshing sky, green grasslands, sweet streams, and countless cows, horses, and sheep, no war, everyone is peaceful just like this night, and all we have to do every day is to sing and dance and laugh" Granny Feng closed her eyes and said, the wrinkles in her smile were particularly cheerful.
"It's such a wonderful world, I also want to go there to see, or I'll go now", the yearning feather became more and more excited the more he listened, and pulled out the matching long knife, ready to wipe his neck.
"Alas, silly boy, don't do stupid things!" Granny Feng struggled to grab Yu's hand, so she didn't let the long knife kiss Yu's neck, if it weren't for Granny Feng's quick eyes, Yu would really be in the immortal class. "After listening to me, only the prayers of Lord Chiyou can go to another world, and you will not be able to go to that beautiful world if you die like this. Looking at Yu wanting to speak and stopping, Granny Feng continued: "Of course, the reason why Lord Chiyou doesn't kill our people is because the preparation of prayer requires many people, so many corpses, and so much butter, can you bear to let Lord Chiyou do it alone? Granny Feng touched Yu's innocent head, who was sitting on the ground but fidgeting, and continued: "I think, Chiyou-sama is trying to quell the war and make this place as beautiful as another world, you are the glory and pride of our people, you have to help Chiyou-sama complete this beautiful world" Yu nodded, revealing that habitual and sunny smile.
"Mother, Yu, dinner is ready, come and eat" Uncle Feng shouted in the distance, and then Yu saw that the faint light of the fire of the clan was like a little star at night, dotting the dark night sky, echoing the stars in the sky.
Such a victory in war is not a day worth celebrating, and many clansmen have also passed away because of the war, so such a victory, although they get a lot of material and rewards, but there will be no bonfire banquet, bonfire banquet is generally only carried out when the victory is close to perfect, or when winter comes, Yu is looking forward to the beautiful world of singing and dancing, as if only in the bonfire banquet, can see the figure of another world.