From Chief to Ball

In front of the main gate, there are two small towers protruding, like the horns protruding forward from the bull's head.

The east side of the city is close to the small river, and several pottery water pipes lead the river water into the city.Fifty paces to the east after crossing the river is another newly built town.Like a child in Yangguan, the wooden bridge across the river is like a mother holding a child's hand.

This small town is much smaller than Yangguan, and used to be a place for slave trading.Behind the small town is a row of crooked wooden houses and mud houses, where the shepherds who settled here lived, but now only the wooden houses are still there, and the people have moved out.

Now it will be November soon, the sky is already cold, and it hasn't snowed yet. Even if it snows, the people of the Snow Clan will not think of the re-election of the city chief.

Chen Jian has lived here for ten days, and there are now a total of more than 680 people in the city, in addition to the soldiers in his own city, there are more than 30 people brought by E Strider.

E-strider is a little older than Chen Jian, but E-city and Xiacheng are sworn brotherly cities, so he has to be called Uncle Chen Jian according to the rules of E-city, and he is very obedient and obeys Chen Jian's arrangement. Don't ask too much, just do what you have to do.

There is a total of 600 catties of grain piled up in Yangguan, which is enough for these people to feed for a month... Of course, if it is not a war, you can fish and exchange for gathering and hunting. This [-] catties of grain is enough for [-] people to last for three months.

Chen Jian didn't prepare too much. One month is the limit of a war that a tribal family can bear. Fortunately, Yangguan is very close to Xiacheng. If it is three or four hundred miles away, the logistics of the city can support such a large-scale battle for ten days at most.

Yangguan lasted for a month at most, and that was the limit of the grassland tribes on the opposite side. The way Chen Jian thought was to delay, relying on the city, and dragging until the opponent retreated by himself or when he was tired. There are hundreds of cavalry.

The people in Xiacheng were also broken up and reorganized according to their lightness and strength. The slaves would not spontaneously defend the city, but the rest could. This kind of militarized management would not cause much impact if they were not disintegrated into families. .

All the savage tribes and liberated herdsmen can gather 2000 people, and after Chen Jian and the council have discussed, if it really comes to the stage of breaking the city, the slaves can be killed, and killing one can free them from the status of slaves... Normally this is unlikely to happen.

Most of the warlords in the city were transported to Yangguan, [-] feathered arrows, [-] bronze weapons, and a large amount of lime, [-] cannon battles were secretly sent for use as a last resort, and two protruding firearms in front of the city gate. A large wooden crossbow on a city platform that requires several people to string with a wooden winch.

Chen Jian's plan is very simple. If the opponent dares to attack and besiege the city, he will spend it slowly; They will leave all these people here once and for all if they kill half of them.

The new army and some soldiers were always hiding in the city, and there were not many people on the city wall, creating an illusion that there were not too many people in the city, because the scouts on the opposite side had already infiltrated the vicinity.

For several days in a row, our own scouts could encounter the enemy in the valley. The two sides fought on a small scale several times, with more victories and fewer losses, but only one loss yesterday.A few people on the grassland lay on the ground in the cold autumn night and did not light a fire. The scouts thought they got up early and didn't pay attention. They were ambushed, and only one of the five came back.

Shi Shan, who wanted to stab the white horse to death, found Chen Jian holding the bronze sword that wanted to stab the tribe to death, hoping that he would take the scout team out and find the scouts on the opposite side.The twelve people who came back alive from the grassland all wanted to go out. Chen Jian looked at their already weak bodies, and only agreed to let Shi Shan take a few others out.

These twelve people had discussed it, and no one would talk to Baima from now on. Three days ago, when Baima was going to the toilet, the twelve people beat Baima violently, whipped him with canes, and surrendered to the military judge after the beating Go, the crime is thirty lashes per person.

They hate the white horse because if the white horse didn't want to make meritorious service, but killed some people step by step, burned the grassland and returned, those people would not have died.Going forward, if the white horse hadn't wanted the head to make a contribution to killing the son of the grassland leader, this battle would not have been fought.Their thinking is similar to Ji Song's. They are very confused. They just feel that all these changes are due to the heart of private ownership and the possession of rights other than respect, but they can't think so far.

The twelve people agreed that they would kill 58 enemies, and in the future they would retrieve the corpses of their companions and bury the heads of these 58 enemies beside their companions.Even though Ji Xia said that in another world, the enemy will still fight against each other, so it is best not to die, but they think that if the number is the same, their partners will still be afraid of the enemy?Send it to another world and let the partners kill it again.

Shi Shan found a piece of pottery and put it on his body. Every time he killed an enemy, he would draw a line on the stone slab. As for what to do after killing these people, he didn't know, but at least he knew what to do now.

Twenty people drawn from the new army, together with a few scouts led by Shi Shan, carrying bows and arrows, and holding copper swords, leather shields and spears, left Yangguan in the early morning mist.

They want to avenge the scouts who lost a few days ago, and at the same time, they want to make the tribe full of confidence before the big battle. Even if it is only a small loss, they have to make up for it, so that the scouts on the other side will be scared, so as not to find out the details of the city.

In the grass outside Yangguan, Hamer, the scout of the grassland tribe, moved his stiff fingers slightly. The night in late autumn and early winter is very cold, which is different from the dry cold in winter. .

Hammer in the grassland means a mountain full of stones. If there is only one language in this world, then he and Shishan are actually the same name.

A few days ago, Hammer led people to kill four scouts from Xia City, and now he has another scalp on his scalp string.

He distributed two cards to the clansmen who were with him, and he wanted to leave the remaining one to his leader Dawu. It was not compulsory, but a kind of respect from the heart.

Dawu was the son of the tribal leader, but he was not the youngest son, so when he grew up, he divided some of his tribe and left Yantian, and lived on the grassland with his own tribe.

Not every chief liked the youngest son, but it had become a habit.A long time ago, there was no marriage and possession between men and women on the grasslands, so bloodlines were very messy, and it was not even clear whether they were their own children or not.

Possession and marriage came after a long time. As a matriarchal transition, men must regard the children brought by women as their own children, and the youngest son can at least be sure that he is his own seed, so the youngest son can stay with his parents. around.

The family at this time is not a small family. The responsibility of the family is to take care of the whole family. Brothers also have to take care of each other’s women. Wife, in the same way, if there is no brother, then if it is not the son born to this woman to undertake this obligation, this also determines that the youngest son is the most favored in the long-term habit, because he cannot sleep with his own mother and can ensure that he is his own seed. Son.As for the transfer of power, there will always be wars between the son and the uncle, and whoever wins is the leader.

The mother of Hammer's leader, Dawu, died early, and when he was separated, there were only more than 300 people and more than 100 slaves.

At that time, Hamer was just an adult, but the family only had two horses and not many sheep.In the past, the habit on the prairie was that whoever snatched it after the war would get it. Hamer's brother died early, and his own horse couldn't run fast. For my own work, I have to hand over some spoils to the leader, so life is getting more and more difficult.

In the third year after Dawu led them to migrate, Hamer remembered very clearly that day Dawu suddenly called all the people in the tribe, and distributed more than half of Dawu's own sheep and horses to the tribe, and told the tribe that the sheep and horses Horses are nothing in his eyes, as long as there are tribesmen, it doesn't matter how many sheep and horses there are.

Hammer never dared to imagine that he could also get a horse with a straight hoof joint. One of his two horses was a hot-haired horse, and the other was too old for him to ride.

On the same day a year later, the day when the moon was at its fullest after the hay was cut, Dawu told his clansmen that in future wars, all spoils would be handed over, and distributed according to everyone’s merits and heads. As the leader, he only left one tenth.

A few brothers objected, but most people agreed, so the tribe set off on the second day. 150 men defeated a tribe of more than 600 men and women.

Hamer killed twelve people in that battle, snatched a beautiful stone, and quietly hid it in his arms.

Although Dawu said that at that time, he didn't really believe it. When counting the spoils, Hammer kept telling himself not to think too much, and he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't get it.

But when Dawu called Hamer's name, Hamer thought he heard it wrong. There were twenty sheep, three women, and two male slaves...

When Hamer stepped forward and began to choose women, he thought he was dreaming, so he slapped himself hard, knelt down at Dawu's feet, kissed Dawu's toes, and took out the girl from his arms. The spoils of his own private stash.

Dawu smiled and whipped him as he said before, but still distributed the spoils to him. He even sent some badger seed oil at night to prevent the wound from hurting, and gave the beautiful stone to him. Hamer.

From then on, Hamer's life became easier. Half a year later, those wealthy people committed crimes and were killed by Dawu. They divided their sheep and horses, and attacked several tribes. The tribe with only more than 300 people unexpectedly With a population of nearly 700, more than [-] slaves.

The Dawu tribe has a large population, but Dawu is not the leader with the most sheep and horses. Sometimes Hamer will ask Dawu, and Dawu will always tell Hamer that what he wants is not sheep and horses, but a group of warriors and horses. The whole prairie.Sheep and horses are the best things in the eyes of soldiers, and the vast and boundless grasslands are the most precious in the eyes of leaders.

Dawu, a dogtail grass that no one cares about on the grassland, has turned into a gorgeous sunset flower. Many tribes want to know why Dawu's people are so good at fighting, but Hamer knows that it is because Dawu gave him such a gift. A man who is good at fighting is a reason to be good at fighting.

In spring, a group of people with strange weapons came to the grassland, and presented to Dawu a few strange and enviable weapons that Hamer had never seen before. Dawu kept those people and distributed them to Some of their sheep, horses and women were accepted, and these people with the same skin color as slaves were accepted. There were also voices of opposition, but Hamer never objected, because it was Dawu's decision.

A few days ago, when Hamer killed the scouts of Xia City, there was a person beside him who was said to have come from the stars. Now they have gradually learned the language on the grassland, learned to ride horses and shoot arrows, and Luo Xing has become the same as the priest beside Dawu. Important person.

For Luo Xing's status, Hammer was not jealous, because the short iron spear Dawu gave him was really useful. A few days ago, he stabbed a scout from Xia City to death with that short iron spear. He can fight very well, but it’s a pity that he hid it too well. Now the scout’s bronze sword is hanging on Hamer’s waist. It is covered with a beautiful fish skin sheath, and there is a bouquet bag filled with herbs on the hilt. It’s a pity The woman could no longer wait for the owner of the sword to return.

When Hamer was about to quietly take out the copper sword to have a look, a small pine cone quietly dropped from the tree behind him, signaling that someone was coming from afar.

Chapter 42 Hunter and Prey

Hamer hid very well, it was downwind of the valley below, he felt that the scouts of Xia City were like wild beasts, they could always see clues, otherwise the scouts of other tribes would not have been killed one after another.

He firmly believed in the land flowing with milk and honey that Luo Xing said, because the clothes of those people were beautiful, and the bronze sword he snatched was also very beautiful. ?Before Dawu changed the tribal distribution rules, he was poor and wore sheepskins that were almost gone all day long, and then put on all kinds of soft leathers.

Pushing aside the grass in front of them, they looked down quietly. There were only nine people carefully watching the movement around them, as if they were looking for something.

These nine people were different from the previous scouts, they were not all holding bronze swords and bows, but more like people who came out of the army formation.

Two men held shields and bronze swords made of leather and wood, and five men held spears.

The two were carrying bows and arrows. The bows were very long, and there was a strange thin layer of horn-like sheets stuck inside, which was very powerful.Hammer was very surprised that the other party's bowstring was not horsehair and horsetail, but it was also very tough. It seemed to be a kind of string that he had never seen before, and it also smelled of stinky burnt hair when it was burned.

The people around whispered: "Hammer, come on, there are only nine of them. A few days ago, many other tribes were killed by their scouts. Last time we let Dawu have a good time in front of the leaders. It’s an opportunity to prevent those people from accusing Dawu of breaking the rules of the grassland and using human heads to shut them up.”

"I think something is wrong. These people are like the meat we caught wolves in winter. They are deliberately let us see. Wait a little longer."

After hunting on the grassland for many years, Hamer's intuition is very accurate, and the people around him also believe in his intuition. After all, there are more than 40 scalp strings on his body, which are rare even in the entire grassland.

I estimated the distance of these people, it was very far away, even he couldn't shoot correctly.

However, after waiting for a while, the people below were about to walk out of their sight, but the person he expected to hide hadn't moved at all.