Starfall Continent goes north from the Great Rift Valley, and the closer it gets to the north, the colder the climate becomes. In the houses of the northern countries, adobe beds were usually made of adobe, with mats on top and holes under them to communicate with chimneys and pots, which could be used for heating. Therefore, in the cold winter, the yard of the common people's homes is usually full of chopped firewood.

Chenjia Village is a small village in the east of Baima Town, across the river from the adjacent Shanmu Village, with a total population of nearly 600 households. And Bao Ding first started with the trivial things of fighting chickens and dogs, and then taught martial arts and became a naturalized militia. Longxi County is the most northwestern county of the West Wind Country, because the barbarians often have a border, and the people are fierce. The two villages of Chenjia Village and Shanmu Village combined, there were about 300 people in the militia group Baoding, and a ring of adobe walls was even built on the periphery of the two villages for protection.

Even on the night of the 28th of the year, the militia still set up a sentry post at the entrance of the village and arranged several patrol squads outside the adobe wall in accordance with the request of the unsmiling deputy of the metropolitan security department.

These measures, which were secretly complained about by Bao Ding, won some buffer time for the militia when hundreds of barbarian horsemen suddenly appeared on the road at the entrance of the village. The patrol team blew the iron whistle and returned to the village from the rope ladder hanging from the entrance or adobe wall.

The shrill whistle pierced the night sky, and the frenzied gong could not cover the thunder of the horse's hooves.

Huge torches have been lit on the wooden watchtowers behind the adobe walls, and some hunters in the village have observed the enemy situation on the towers and loudly warned them; outside the archways at the entrance of the village on both sides of the river, dozens of wooden horses have been launched, and behind the horses are Baoding holding bamboo spears several meters long. Hundreds of long bamboo spears with iron spear heads pointed obliquely at the sky, although they were not as winged as a country, such as Lin Zhisheng, at least they were like two "hedgehogs", which made the barbarians outside feel quite clueless for a while.

Perhaps because there is already a privileged class such as the Star Temple and the Star God Temple, which transcends the royal power, the seven countries of the Starfall Continent have quite strict control over civilian weapons, such as the weapons of the dart master of the dart bureau, the hunting bow of the Orion, the knife of the butcher, etc., all of which must be registered and reported, especially long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, which can basically only be equipped by the army. Of course, on the other hand, it is actually to strengthen the embargo on iron tools of the northern barbarians.

It is not that the northern countries have not thought of exchanging markets with the barbarians in order to avoid frequent border attacks by the barbarians, but the markets on the border are usually destroyed by the barbarians in the end, and they are usually shoddy and forcibly bought and sold by the barbarians; sometimes the caravans of the countries only enter the grasslands and are even robbed and killed by horse thieves of unknown origin, and the safety of the trade routes is not guaranteed at all! Only the teams of the three major chambers of commerce and the four major dart bureaus of the Starfall Continent are allowed to enter and leave the territory of the barbarians to trade specific commodities, and even the routes of travel are also designated.

In the eyes of the people of the seven countries of the Starfall Continent, the barbarians of the four totems of the wolf, the bear, the eagle and the tiger basically belong to the nomadic fishing and hunting people, and the productivity is backward. Therefore, the barbarians' method of distinguishing middle-level and high-level generals is very intuitive, which is to see who is wearing iron armor.

At this time, among the barbarians outside the entrance of the village, there was such a person wearing iron armor, according to the barbarian military system, with 300 to 700 soldiers, which was already a thousand households.

I saw that the thousand households immediately looked at the defense at the entrance of the village, shouted two sentences in barbarian language, and then two hundred households in half-armored iron armor each led dozens of barbarian horsemen, one left and one right, around the adobe wall to disturb the enemy. At this time, the river was already frozen, and there was no obstacle for brute riders.

The sound of warnings on the watchtower came and went, which caused the brutes to laugh for a while, but from time to time they used their bows and arrows to interfere with the hunters on the watchtower.

The adobe wall was only slightly higher than the roof of an ordinary house, and some of the brutes took out the tiger's claws and threw them at the wall, trying to climb directly at night.

First, one by one, the Northland horses fell into the snow with a long neigh, their front hooves bent, and the barbarians on the horses fell into the snow and screamed twice and then stopped moving, judging only by the sharp shape of the leather armor, and there must have been countless sharpened stakes stuck upside down in the knee-deep snow. If you look at the size of the adobe wall a little, if you can clean the wooden stakes without distraction, it is estimated that you will have to wait until dawn to complete the cleaning. At this time, there was a pungent smell of golden soup behind the adobe wall, which was the unique smell of villagers and livestock mixed with poisonous weeds after boiling, which was originally used to defend the city, but now it has been used to defend the village.

The hundred households did not give up easily, and drove their horses to attack a section of the adobe wall, and in addition to the barbarians having a lot of gold soup on their bodies, they also lost three or four horsemen under the thorns of several long bamboo spears on the inside of the wall. Many barbarians with golden soup on their faces were eager to detain their entire faces, which was extremely itchy. In this case, the hundred households could only whistle and lead the brute back to the entrance of the village.

Another barbarian cavalry led by a hundred households brought different information.

"To the east of the adobe wall, between the two sections of the wall, there was a large forest of cedars, and according to the horses, there were many traps for predators. Baihu pointed in the general direction with his horsewhip and said loudly: "If we drive the war horse forward, we will trigger those traps, and the losses of our warriors will be reduced." ”

Qianhu pondered for a moment, then made a move, and three or four hundred barbarians flew over on horseback hooves, heading in the direction of the cedar forest, seemingly preparing to attack. This time, the barbarians divided their troops, divided most of their troops, and completely fell into the night.

Baima Town is located in the northwest border, and many villages and towns have villagers who can understand the barbarian language, so they naturally know what the purpose of the barbarian cavalry is to divide the troops at this time.

It's just that the militia group Baoding has a total of only about 300 people, and the strength can no longer be described as overstretched, so in desperation, they can only divide it and send nearly 200 long bamboo guns to the direction of the fir forest.

It didn't take long for there to be a shout of killing in the direction of the cedar forest, and it seemed that someone was directly setting a fire in the forest, and the flames were soaring to the sky.

"Who told you to divide your troops?!" A middle-aged man dressed in miscellaneous labor separated the array of pikemen, walked up to Du Baozheng, who was much younger than himself, and said urgently: "Even if they set fire to the entire cedar forest, it will be enough for us to hold out until dawn! At that time, there will probably be reinforcements! This is the barbarian's plan to attack the west!"

Du Baozheng hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Deputy Du Bao, I also have considerations for doing this." The brute cavalry is mostly leather armor, and the long bamboo spear is not to be feared under the thorns after rejecting the horse! Besides, it is not appropriate to change the order at the same time, right? It will take at least half an hour to transfer the two hundred baoding back. ”

The horn sounded briefly, and a brute rider next to Chihu stood on horseback and blew the horns of the beast.

At the entrance of the village, the more than 100 barbarian horsemen who were really standing still suddenly rode their horses forward, and when they reached the light range of the watchtower, they turned to the left and right, revealing three snow-white giant bears that had been hidden in the darkness.

"Snowstorm Bear!" Deputy Du Bao exclaimed, turned his head and tugged on Du Baozheng's arm, and said in a deep voice: "You go and transfer those two hundred Baoding back to the village and prepare for street fighting! Drag on as long as you want! Let the villagers evacuate from the tunnel first! Also, pay attention to the barbarian rangers and guard the exit of the tunnel!"

Nadu Baozheng obviously knew about the snow storm bear, his face instantly turned pale, and he shook his head and said, "I will bear the mistakes I made!"

"Hurry up! You have a horse, run faster!" Deputy Du Bao directly pushed away the stubborn Du Baozheng, and said in a low voice: "Take care of my wife and children!"

Du Baozheng gritted his teeth in response, then turned over and got on the horse, and headed all the way east.

"Listen to my order, bring me all the fireproof water urns nearby!" Deputy Du Bao casually pointed to nearly ten strong Bao Ding, and beat all the long bamboo spears abandoned on the ground and spread them horizontally behind the rejection horses at the entrance of the two villages, looking like two huge bamboo rafts suddenly appeared.

This is also the limit of what the deputy and the guards can do at the moment.

At the same time, the three snowstorm bears were relatively unhurried, intentionally or unintentionally choosing the direction where the deputy was located.

When they arrived in front of the rejection of the horse, the guards found that the three snowstorm bears standing upright almost taller than the archway at the entrance of the village were wearing iron armor on their heads, necks, and chests!

Woohoo!

A few sharp arrows shoot from several nearby watchtowers, aiming straight for the snowstorm bear's eye!

The three snowstorm bears just lowered their heads and made a few dings, and all the sharp arrows fell short.

One of the snowstorm bears stood up and collapsed the torii that the villagers had spent months building with two palms!

And those rejected horses that need several guards to be lifted by the three snowstorm bears are slapped by you and me, and they fly away one after another, and they scatter in mid-air before they land!

At this moment, after the hundred horsemen, more than three hundred horsemen also emerged from the darkness and rode after the three snowstorm bears. Soon, Bao Ding recognized that those hundred households were obviously the ones who had gone all the way to the east of the cedar forest before! Sure enough, it was a plan made by the thousand households to attack the west!

"The water urn has arrived!" At this urgent moment, the Baoding also arrived one after another carrying a large water urn that was one person high.

"Did you add salt before I froze as I said before I went on duty today?" confirmed the deputy of Tsuto.

The guards nodded repeatedly.

"Smash it! Smash it from the bottom!" Bao Ding, the deputy commander of Du Bao, who was dozens of people, smashed seven or eight large water urns and pushed them onto the "bamboo raft." The unfrozen water rushed out and soon froze on both the bamboo and the ground.

The three snowstorm bears came violently, swept away the rejection of the horses, but fell on the "bamboo raft", causing them to roar and be anxious.

However, at this point, the ice formation of rejecting horses and "bamboo rafts" has been broken! Du Bao Deputy has taken advantage of the buffer time of this point to lead Bao Ding back to the village. The bamboo raft ice array in the village next to it was directly abandoned by the barbarians. Four or five hundred barbarian horsemen drove straight into the village from the mouth of the village where the gap had been opened.

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