From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian called the tribe away and asked Hua and the three to stay here for a while.

Yu Qian'er tightly held Chen Jian's arm, not daring to take a step away.

During the day, Hua told about the misery of the tribe, and Hua was deeply impressed by the dead sister. Although the words were crude, Yu Qianer seemed to have seen that scene.

Chen Jian took Yu Qian'er's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, you still have an older brother. With us, no one can hurt your family."

Yu Qian'er nodded, but still didn't let go, she followed Chen Jian wherever he went, it seemed that this was the only way to make her feel at ease.

Not only her, but many clansmen also showed uneasy expressions.Although the Meteor tribe destroyed Song's tribe, because of the distance and because Song was not good at speaking, they just waited silently, far from making them palpitate like today.

Chen Jian saw that this was not going to work, so he had to say: "Don't burn pottery to open the ground today."

He brought his people to the edge of the cliff behind the village.The slope on the front of this cliff is nearly seven to eighty meters wide, and the top is a naturally formed cliff. I chose to settle here because I was afraid of floods, but for future defense.

He wasn't in a hurry at first, but the matter of the Hua tribe made him worry. Everything is too fragile now, as long as dozens of people die, they may have to start all over again.

I went to the slope in front of the cliff and looked at it, and said to the clansmen: "Let's dig a deep ditch here, the most important thing these days is this, as long as there is enough food, everything else can be stopped. "

The trench was dug for defense. Originally, he wanted to surround the entire village, but it was impossible to complete such a huge project with the current labor force.

It doesn't need to be straight, it doesn't need to be too deep, and all the soil is piled to the side near the cliff.In the afternoon, Hua and the others also came over, they didn't speak, they just lowered their heads and carried the soil basket on their backs.

He probably understands the simple idea that those who don't work don't get food. Although he doesn't know what to do in the future, he still can't eat their food for free.

I have nothing now, and the four of us are too small compared to the world.Chen Jian was not in a hurry to talk to them, but just called Song in a low voice, and asked him to take the four of them to work together, and tell them his own story by the way.

All other work was stopped, men, women and children came to dig the pit, the only thing that did not stop was the queue by the river in the evening and a group of people fishing.

That's it, it still took four days to finish digging.

The trench was as deep as a person and nearly four meters wide. Some angular gravel and broken pottery fragments were thrown into it, and all the soil was piled to the east side, which was also nearly half a person high.

A gap was left in the middle of the east bank without mounding soil. Several people tried it and climbed from the trench to the east bank, but found it difficult to climb up.

Jumping from one side of the village to the east bank, you can't jump up at all, because the east side is too high.And jumping from the east side to the village, men can jump over.

The stream was brought in to fill the ditch, and three logs were placed across the middle to form a simple bridge.

The clansmen walked to the opposite side of the bridge and stood on the slope, feeling much more at ease. The worries that had been pressing in their hearts these days seemed to dissipate with this ditch.

Humans need a sense of security, and Hua felt that it would be great if there was such a ditch beside the caves of his tribe.But he also knew that his people didn't have the energy or time to dig such a ditch.

In Chen Jian's conception, just this trench was not enough, so he took his clansmen to carry mud blocks on their backs, and built several huts on the hillside.

On the top of the cliff, I found a few natural boulders, weaved long rattan ropes with the tribe and tied them to them, and made a few simple hanging baskets.After carrying the logs and stones up the mountain for another two days, and stacking them on a flat place, it was considered finished.

In case of an enemy attack while the Qingzhuang people are away, they have to retreat to the cliff and rely on stones and logs to buy time.There are several birch bark boats hidden by the river in the distance, and everyone knows the location of the birch bark boats.

He moved out the big drum and put it in the village, and told the night watchmen to beat the big drum hard if they found out the situation.

He gathered the old and the weak and the women together, and told them to run up the cliff immediately if they heard the sound of the drum. As for what to do after they ran over, Chen Jian also divided the people.

Who should lift the logs, who should pull the hanging basket, and who should push the rocks down the mountain are all subdivided into people.

Men are different. All they have to practice is how to quickly run to the opposite side of the trench.If it comes at night to attack, run to the opposite side of the trench first, and then organize the team. Even if someone gets lost, it is better than being slaughtered as a pig and sheep in a mess.

Chaos is the most terrifying thing, as long as ten minutes of buffer time, it is enough to launch a counterattack.

The strongest city walls are always people, and the trenches and cliffs behind them are just to buy time, to buy time for these flesh and blood to be forged into city walls.

As soon as the first drum sounded, the clansmen ran towards the other side of the river in a panic, without any rules at all, which was inevitable.

So these women also have one more thing to do in their free time, practice running up the cliff, once a day.After running over, who is by the bridge and who is on the top of the mountain must be remembered.

With Hua Hesong's story, women's inherent insecurity makes them attach great importance to this matter, but they can't see the results in a short time.

Hua didn't say anything else to Chen Jian these days. He believed that Chen Jian was a man of his word. He made an oath at the top of the mountain that as long as he was a descendant of the same ancestor, he could find him for anything.Since those tribes who killed their relatives had their hair loose, he believed that Chen Jian would take care of it.

Because of trust, there was no need to ask more questions. He and the three tribesmen followed Chen Jian to the river.

Queuing is not much different from before, the speed is faster and the quiet time is longer.The team of five people was no longer empty-handed, but had more spears, short spears, rattan shields and stone axes.

The three are in front, one with long spears and two with short spears.The two are behind, with stone axes and rattan shields to prevent the enemy from going around to the side.There are three steps between each five-person team, and the short spears of the people next to them can just assist.Four teams form a group, and a gap is left between the two groups as a place for the archers to shoot arrows. Because he does not allow the tribesmen to throw arrows, they must approach and shoot flat.There are two teams behind the gap, once the enemy rushes over, they can block the gap.

The plan is perfect, but how far is the gap between the plan and reality?All it takes is a drumbeat, and the clansmen use facts to show the huge gap between reality and plans.

Chen Jian originally thought that a whole team of twenty steps would be enough, but when he really moved, the team became rough and scattered at a distance of seven or eight steps.

The enemy is expected to be wide, and his fighting skills are too low, so he can only rely on the formation of his tribe.

Every six or seven steps, the drums will be beat rapidly, signaling to stop the whole team.Wait until the team is leveled again before moving forward, and regroup as soon as the team is scattered.

The distance of a hundred steps is so long.The imaginary sound of footsteps that were so neat and thorough had never appeared before, and the scene of spears like a forest and body like a wall could only appear in the charcoal drawings he drew on the bark of the tree.

After the sacrificial ceremony, drums were used as military orders, and the rhythm was played according to the drum beats of the Children's Day. From the beginning, the line was uneven, to the whole team stopped at five or six steps, and now it was stopped at seven or eight steps. It has always improved. .

Chen Jian was not satisfied with these improvements, but Hua, who was watching from the front, was still excited.There is a neat row of teams in front of them, moving forward with the sound of drums, like a log rolling down from the top of the mountain.

Whenever the log bends, the sound of the drum will change, and the team on the farthest side will stop, and the team next to it will either move or stay still, and stand flat again.It was like the waves he saw when he was floating on the Grass River that night, which seemed to be able to wash away everything; it was also like the boulders on the bank, which remained motionless despite the washing of the water.

He had never seen such a way of fighting, but this slightly scattered formation made the last worry in his heart disappear. He believed that the heads of those people would be piled up next to the grave soon.

So he hoped to join it, but Chen Jian refused.

This kind of hateful person needs too long to wear off his impatience in the team, even if he is placed in the stone ax charge team.Once someone charges ahead of time, it will cause the whole team to rush up involuntarily. If the time is not enough, the charge will be counterproductive.

He doesn't want warriors, let alone anyone who is wrong, as long as he can understand the sound of drums, he only needs people who know when to stop and when to rush forward.

And hatred is precisely the greatest enemy of discipline, which is far more durable than fanaticism and more memorable than honor.

Chen Jian looked at Hua and asked, "I know you want revenge, but where are the enemies? How many are there? Where do they live? Do you know this?"

Hua shook her head dejectedly, and wanted to say no, but was interrupted by Chen Jian.

"When wolves hunt, they need to be chased and blocked, not to mention people? Well, go and find out where those people live."

Hua lowered her head, clenched her fists and said regretfully, "But I don't know where they are."

Chen Jian patted him on the shoulder, motioning everyone to continue practicing.Every two days, the clansmen practice other things besides queuing up. For example, those with wicker shields and stone axes will charge some stones on their backs and charge thirty steps away, hitting the haystack with their shoulders and shields.

It’s not far, only thirty steps, but it’s far more exhausting than other training. Even if you practice every three days, it’s still unbearable at the beginning. The fatigue period with sore and painful legs is painful even squatting in the toilet. Fortunately, these The weather has improved a lot, and I am getting used to it.

Amidst the yelling, the haystack was hit hard by these people with their shields and shoulders.Chen Jian called the civet cat from the Shi tribe and a young man from the tribe.

Including Hua and his younger brother, there were four people in total, and the other two members of Hua's tribe were added to the third row.

"You four, go find the place where that tribe is and see how many of them there are. Tanuki, you can count up to a hundred. You only count the men and not the women. After a hundred, break a wooden stick and count again."