From Chief to Ball

The first batch of people defending the city wall was less than [-] people, on average, one person every two meters, and the rest were resting in the city and waiting for rotation.

The houses in the city are also arranged neatly like Xiacheng, with wide roads and very convenient support.

Two miles away from the northwest of the city, Dawu and others stood beside his father, watching Xiacheng from a distance, and counted the sparse people on the city wall.

The old leader snorted coldly: "There are not many people, but the city wall is a bit troublesome. Let's set up camp for now. You all go back and think about how to climb the city wall. No matter who it is, figure out a way and reward twenty sheep."

Luo Xing in the distance sneered imperceptibly when he heard these words.

He has a way, but he still doesn't like twenty sheep.

Not long after he came to the grassland, he had already seen that Dawu was the real powerful leader, at least he would never be so careless when rewarding his tribe, and he had taken refuge in Dawu himself, so he knew exactly what to do at this time.

When Dawu came back to arrange camping, Luo Xing walked quietly to Dawu, drew the shape of a ladder on the ground with a wooden stick, and said, "Boss Dawu, you can cut some wood to make a ladder. The city wall is not high, so there are ladders." We can climb up."

Luo Xing has seen ladders before. Back then, there were ladders on the star-picking platform of his tribe, but these grassland tribesmen have never seen cities and rarely used ladders, so they never thought of it.

Dawu looked at the ladder drawn on the ground, nodded approvingly and said, "It's a good idea, but why didn't you say it just now?"

"I belong to Dawu. Of course Dawu has to say this to convince the other leaders. But to me, it's just twenty sheep. In Dawu's eyes, others are more convinced than twenty sheep." many."

Dawu patted Luoxing on the shoulder in satisfaction, and said, "Your method is worth two hundred sheep. I will keep it in mind."

But he didn't go to his father's camp immediately. Instead, he asked the tribe to cut down the trees and tie a ladder with bark and vines to make sure it was available. He didn't come to the camp until the leaders of the various tribes got together after the camps were set up in the evening.

All sorts of weird ideas were abuzz in the camp, such as one person holding a log to pile up, one person climbing up on people's shoulders, killing some horses and stepping on horses to climb up, and other methods emerged endlessly.

The old leader frowned and said, "What kind of ideas are these? Dawu, why don't you say a word? Even if others say something bad, they always think of it. Why didn't you think of anything?"

The two elder brothers immediately followed up with a few words, and it sounded like they were just accusing the younger brother of his inaction.

The ladder was outside, but Dawu didn't sneer or smile, but frowned and said, "Father, I thought of a way, but I don't know if it will work."

"Tell me. No one will laugh at you if you say something wrong."

Dawu glanced at his two elder brothers and his father quietly. When he was assigned to camp in the morning, his father asked his two elder brothers to take some people from the small settlement to the southeast corner, and he left himself here. People attacked the city first.

Luo Xing came up with the ladder, and he needed to use the ladder to achieve his goals, so he couldn't sneer just to slap his brother in the face, but frowned on purpose.

Turning around and shouting a few words, Hamer came to the camp with a ladder on his back. When the ladder leaned towards a tree, the old leader's eyes lit up.

People from various tribes around were also discussing, apparently shocked by Dawu's thoughts, several leaders coughed dissatisfiedly when they heard the tribe's discussion.

The old leader looked at the ladder and said: "This is a good way. After the battle is over, twenty sheep will be given to you from the spoils of war."

Dawu hurriedly bowed and said, "Father, I didn't come up with this method, but my clan member Luo Xing came up with it. I hope you can give him the sheep."

He purposely spoke loudly to ensure that people other than the leader could hear him. The old leader hummed noncommittally and said, "Luoxing? Is that the one who offered the iron sword to you? After the battle, If he finds a way to smelt iron swords, there will be no shortage of sheep. This method is very good, I thought you came up with it, but I didn't expect it to be..."

Dawu lowered his head and smiled awkwardly, scratching the back of his head, and the leaders and his elder brother were satisfied, and echoed: "This idea is really good, this Luo Xing should be rewarded well."

I deliberately didn't mention Dawu, but the people of the surrounding tribes didn't think so. In their view, the leader is the leader, but the leader is still different. It is said that the people of Dawu can get a lot of spoils every time, but I can't.And if he didn't talk about the ladder, no one would know that it was Luo Xing's idea, and Dawu still wouldn't take the credit for Luo Xing's work.

There are not many twenty sheep, even if they are not the leaders, some warriors would look down on them, but the things behind the twenty sheep are very important to them.

Dawu said with a smile, "Father, not only do we have ladders, Hammer said that those people have shields that can block feathered arrows, we can also learn how to make some."

"shield?"

Hammer hurried back and brought back a heavy shield made of rattan, covered with a layer of leather on the outside and a layer of animal skin on the inside. He put it in a defensive posture in front of him. It's all bright.

"Hammer, shoot an arrow."

Hamer took out his bow, stood thirty steps away, half-drawn the bow, and shot an arrow at the rattan shield. The arrow pierced into the leather and rattan without penetrating, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling.

Several leaders were secretly surprised. What they were most worried about was that the clansmen would be shot to death by the feather arrows in the city, but with this thing, it seemed that they could really block the feather arrows.

Dawu hit the iron while it was hot: "Father, let's take a rest tonight. There are not many of them. Tomorrow morning, my son will lead people up to the city wall, grab their leaders, and take back everything we lost! Nail their leaders to death On wood!"

The old leader's heart skipped a beat. Everything he lost...not just his relatives, but also the golden skull.If Dawu was allowed to attack first, Dawu's reputation in the grassland was already very famous. A few days ago, only Dawu's clansmen killed the scouts on the opposite side. If they can capture the city this time...

Besides, the golden skull was not the most important thing. Because of the hatred, the old leader could finally lead these tribes in a legitimate way. This was the best time to create his own prestige.

Seeing Dawu's wild eyes, the two elder brothers hurriedly shouted: "Father, they are the enemies of the entire grassland, and the shield is extremely heavy. If you are not a warrior, you can't climb the city with the shield in one hand and the other in the other. Why don't all the tribes find the strongest one tomorrow?" The brave warriors, rush to the city wall at dawn, or they will laugh at them if they fail! Not only did we shed blood on the grassland, but we also left behind shame. It would be an insult to us if people in the city lived an extra day. "

The old leader hummed and said: "Okay, the hatred is not yours, Dawu. Let each tribe choose the best warriors to climb the city, and the rest will shoot arrows to cover it. Prepare leather shields and wooden ladders tonight, and capture the city tomorrow morning. Yi! Whoever ascends the city first will be rewarded with 30 slaves!"

Dawu sighed slightly disappointed, and said nothing more. After returning to his camp, he couldn't help laughing for a long time.

Hammer said that the opponent was very strong, and he believed it; Luo Xing was also a very powerful person, but he was chased away by the opponent like a rabbit.

If there is no ladder leather shield, your own tribe will definitely take the lead, and when the opponent is exhausted, someone will replace them and rush to the city wall.

The combined population of the two elder brothers’ tribes can’t compare with his own, and his father is not worried about them at all, because his father is not too old, and he will be the leader for a long time; It will be different, and maybe I will find a way to make myself stronger.

"We all want to rush up first, so go and try."

Dawu laughed a few times, went back to the tent and called Hamer and Luoxing, and selected dozens of tribesmen for Hamer to lead to attack the city tomorrow morning.

Hammer said loudly: "Leader Dawu, I will definitely rush to the front tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, the warriors from all tribes will gather together and let them see the bravery of our tribe."

Dawu shook his head and said, "I called you here to tell you to rush slowly. Luo Xing said that they had more than 500 people back then, do you really think you can rush up in one go?"

"But... if you rush slowly, you will be ridiculed by other tribes."

"Let the tribe make some ladder leather shields and send them to them. In the morning tomorrow, even if you want to rush to the front, you have no chance. Just watch."

Chapter 45 Offense and Defense ([-])

The dust from the bonfire overnight fell to Yangguan in the cold air in the early morning. Shi Shan, who had already woken up in the middle of the night, shook the dust from his clothes. One or two teams under the jurisdiction received breakfast for 25 people after confirming that there was a lot of people.

Each person had a can of thick wheat kernel porridge and mustard greens soaked in salt water, and the first batch of people who went up the city wall got an extra piece of dry biscuit.

Shi Shan greeted Chen Jian who was squatting there drinking porridge. Chen Jian choked on a piece of pickle and couldn't speak.

"I'm looking for you."

"what happened?"

"The eleven people who came back with you followed you, and they will pass by in a while. Your position of guarding the city has changed, and you will go to the northwest corner. You will add these eleven people to your one or two, and there will be 36 people. If there is a problem on the west or north side, you can go to support it. I will take you up to have a look."

Putting down the jar, Chen Jian called a few more officers in the army, and seven or eight people climbed up the wooden tower built a few days ago. This will be his command position, and the flag is flying above it.

The wooden tower is about ten steps high, slightly higher than the city wall, and you can see the situation around Yangguan.

Yangguan has changed a bit compared to before. The four corners of the city have been reinforced and there is a platform about six or seven steps wide, which protrudes outward, like the bulging belly of a pregnant woman.

Chen Jian pointed to the platform in the northwest corner and said: "Shishan, you bring people to guard there, and you will put more people in each corner. Tell me, why do you want to release more people there?"