Life, death, illness and disability are the laws of nature.
For thousands of years, human beings have thought that they can break these laws, or they have imagined that they can break them. But in fact, when the time comes, they find that all their efforts are just a joke in the face of cruel nature.
It's drizzling in Sanfu, Chang'an.
But in the northern desert, snowflakes are still flying.
As usual, Changshan Camp dispatched a scout team to conduct inspections.
These scout teams carry sleds, war horses, war dogs, and certain supplies, and will spread to the northern region for about ten days of detection.
The long-haired war dog was an idea put forward by Sima Yi in his early days. It is said that it originated from Sima Yi's archery skills. Compared with other officials, he could not shoot his prey, so he simply raised dogs to help catch chickens and rabbits.
to pass off as his own hunting proceeds. Sima Yi firmly denied this, saying that it was rumors and slander, and reserved the right to further pursue the rumor makers...
But in any case, the current thick-haired medium-sized dogs with unspectacular appearance do make the work of scouts more efficient and reduce risks to a certain extent. They can even help replenish some prey during their leisure time when they go out for detection.
Therefore, Changshan Camp has almost no discomfort with raising this kind of dog, and this medium-sized dog has become the standard for the internal scout camp. Generally speaking, there are about two or three dogs in a group. These dogs are very simple,
Dogs eat whatever humans eat, and their skin is strong and easy to care for.
early morning.
The snow finally stopped.
The barking of dogs is always a bit harsh in the quiet morning.
When the scout team leader got out of the temporary shed built with a sled as the skeleton, he understood the reason for the roar of the war dog. The team leader raised his head and looked in the direction of the war dog's alarm. There was a man wearing ragged leather.
The man in robe appeared in the sight of the scout team leader.
The Hu man stood quietly on the edge of the forest, looking at the place from a distance.
……(?д?)……
You have something to eat, but I have nothing to eat.
You have something to wear, I have nothing to wear.
Principles and rules only have power in an orderly society. When chaos and barbarism gain the upper hand, conflicts will inevitably come.
Zhao Yun frowned slightly.
There seems to be something wrong with this group of opponents who appear out of nowhere.
Is it because of the Jiankun Kingdom?
"..." Zhao Yun was silent for a moment, then waved his arms, "Raise the flag!"
The flag has become the soul of the army since the Yan and Huang Dynasties.
As the flag of the central army general behind Zhao Yun was raised and swaying slightly in the air, the flags of the surrounding secondary generals also raised their flags, and then tilted slightly towards the flag of the central army general Zhao Yun, as if towards Zhao Yun
Greetings are the same wherever you are.
The ones on the blue side are the front army, the ones on the red side are the center army, and the ones on the white side are the flanks.
As the subordinate generals raised their flags in response, and then the flags of the next-level array were raised, then the flag commanders of each team stood up straight, took off the back flags behind them and waved them, and the entire front line was suddenly filled with flags.
.
This is order.
This is also a demonstration!
The commander of the front army, Gan Feng, stood at the front of the array with his soldiers. He saw the people and horses on the opposite side surging over like a black and gray wave. The sound of thousands of horse hooves trampling on the ground was indeed a bit powerful.
, touching.
But Gan Feng was smiling.
Laughing excitedly.
Zhang He led the team to Jiankun before, which made Gan Feng quite depressed. He felt that he could not go out to have fun, um, fight. He was very depressed. As a result, opponents came to him. Even if these opponents came inexplicably, they were still
Enough to make Gan Feng excited...
"Come on!" Gan Feng chuckled, "Come on if you have the guts!"
Ugo, who was opposite Ganfeng, was quite hesitant.
Ugo's tribe suffered a white disaster, and according to the elders of the tribe, there will be a black disaster after the white disaster. This is almost a devastating blow to a tribe, and going south has become a last resort. In the process of going south,
, Ugo met the same fellow sufferer again.
The surrounding tribes were also affected by the disaster. The leaders of the two tribes got together and weighed it up. They felt that if there was a war, even the victorious side might not be able to reap many good fruits, so they simply merged together and continued searching.
prey.
One after another, more people gathered, and then Ugo and others met the Ding Ling tribe.
This winter is not going to be easy for the Dingling people either.
There were only two options before Ugo and the others: to rob the Ding Ling people who were also crazy poor, or to continue south to rob the Han people who were rumored to be extremely rich?
The Ding Ling people suffered a big loss at the hands of Cao Jun and had a hard time. Then they decided to go to Youzhou Liaodong, which is the Gongsun area, to carry out a wave of plunder, and asked Wu Ge and others if they wanted to follow them...
Ugo asked the friends who came with him. Most of them were not willing to follow the Ding Ling people. However, the strength of the Cao army in Youzhou described by the Ding Ling people made Ugo feel worried, so Ugo finally chose the big man.
In the central direction, because our fathers in Ugo said that the Han people here are timid and incompetent, and they will only run away when encountering them...
But something seems to be wrong now.
Along the way, everything is in ruins and there is nothing good at all.
The further you walk, the hungrier you get.
The further south you go, the greater this expectation becomes.
At least the snow is light here, and I can see traces of small animals starting to appear in the thawed land and forests...
Everyone felt that hope was right in front of them, but the Han army suddenly appeared and blocked the way.
"Who can speak Chinese?"
Ugo asked loudly, turning his head and looking left and right.
No one responded.
When the book is put to use, it is easy to regret it. The trouble of being uneducated is not only the inability to communicate, but more importantly, they do not even know the gap between themselves and each other. Only Ugo vaguely felt that something was wrong, and noticed when the flags on the opposite side echoed each other.
The opponent's formation, which looked like an iron wall, definitely didn't look like the timid Han Chinese described by their fathers who would only run away as soon as they went into battle.
Ugo turned around and asked another tribe leader next to him, "What do you think of the Han army formation opposite?"
The other tribe leader pondered for a long time, "Always give it a try..."
Yes, I have to give it a try.
Crazy poor, crazy hungry, starving to death or dying in war, you have to choose one.
Ugo nodded and said: "If we cannot defeat these Han people, we will not be able to survive. But they have iron armor... Our bows and arrows may not be able to shoot through..."
Ugo thought for a while and said: "My father once said that if you want to kill a wolf, you don't necessarily have to rush into the wolf's den and lure the wolf out... Maybe it's better..."
The other tribal leader nodded, "You have a wise father... That's right... We can't fight head-on. These Han people are made of iron and they will definitely run faster than us..."
"I remember..." Ugo gestured slightly to the back, "There is a grasshopper..."
"Okay, let the people behind you retreat first...we will go forward and lure them to chase..."
……(;￢＿￢)……
Ugo skillfully took out a light bone arrow, clamped the tail of the arrow in the tiger's mouth, clasped the bow string with the ox bone wrench on his right thumb, pressed his index finger and middle finger on the thumb, raised his left hand, and pointed the arrow diagonally.
In the air, his right hand began to slowly draw the bow string, and other tribesmen around him also opened their bows in the same posture.
Bows and arrows are their lifelong friends.
These nomadic people have been active on horseback since they were young. The first toy must be a small bow and arrow. Making bows and arrows is almost a must-have skill for each of them. They even use their own personal skills without formalization.
Their skills make up for the differences in weapons and equipment. As long as they take the bow and arrow in their hands, they can automatically adjust how far they need to shoot arrows of different weights and how much strength they need.
Light arrows are not suitable for throwing, because when they fall, these light arrows are not as lethal as heavy arrows. But the problem is that Ugo and the others do not have many heavy arrows. And Ugo feels that looking at these Han people
The armor, even with heavy arrows, may not be able to cause much damage to the Han people...
But the wind is northerly at the moment.
The Han people went against the wind from south to north.
This is one of the advantages of nomads.
The north wind will mess up the shooting direction of the light arrow, causing the light arrow to lose its accuracy, but it can also increase the range of the light arrow. Anyway, it is just a throw. Coverage shooting does not require so-called accuracy at all.
At the command, the nomads in the queue turned around and fired, accompanied by the sound of countless bow strings vibrating like cotton, like a huge swarm of bees flying by, and dense arrows rising into the sky at the same time.
Ugo half-turned around, took aim slightly, released his thumb suddenly, and the bowstring drew along the smooth surface of the finger. The energy accumulated in the bow arm was instantly released into the tail of the arrow, and the light arrow flew out quickly amidst the buzzing sound of the bowstring.
, the birch arrow shaft was slightly twisted in the air due to the huge force, twisting like the body of a snake. After it flew through the first section, the birch shaft slowly stopped twisting, and the arrow body became stable under the balance of the tail feathers.
, it and thousands of other light arrows pierced the air, making a sound like wind blowing in the woods.
When these light arrows flew over the highest point and began to swoop towards the Han people's line, following an order, the Han army cavalry pulled out their round shields, not to cover them in front of themselves, but to cover the big heads of their horses.
superior.
Han cavalry helmets have visors, and some even have visors. You only need to lower your head slightly, and even if you are hit by a light arrow, there will be no serious damage. However, most war horses do not have any protective equipment on their heads.
There is a horse visor, but it only protects a small area and cannot protect the horse's head completely. Especially the horse's eyes, nose, ears and other parts are relatively weak. If injured, although it may not be fatal, it can easily
It causes the war horses to become restless and frantic, causing them to jump and run around causing chaos in the queue.
The arrow fell.
The arrows jingled and jingled in the Han army formation.
The scene looks lively, but in fact it doesn’t have much effect...
The Han army's counterattack is coming!
In front of Ugo, an unlucky man from the same tribe was hit by an arrow from the Han army. His tattered leather robe could not block the arrows from the Han army at all. He screamed, clutched his stomach and fell from his horse to the ground.
Added some blood red color to it.
Although the two armies were just throwing missiles at each other, after encountering the Han army's counterattack for the first time, Ugo's hands couldn't help but tremble a little, and his lower body even felt a faint need to urinate...
Not everyone can immediately become violent like a prehistoric beast when they go to the battlefield. Most people are still ordinary. Even as the leader of the tribe, Ugo does not kill people every day, or is used to the existence of death.
, even if he had psychological expectations in advance, he never thought that his proud bow and arrow skills would be ineffective, nor did he expect that the Han army's defense would be so strong.
A strong fear of the unknown struck his heart.
The Han army is facing a headwind!
Even shooting against the wind caused nearly thirty people on the Nomadic side to fall in this round...
Although thirty people may not be a lot in terms of the overall number, it did cause quite a shock to the entire Ugo side, because compared to the losses suffered by the nomads, the Han people were almost unscathed.
The second round of light arrows was fired, and the battle damage on both sides was still the same. Even the nomadic side's arrows lost their accuracy even more, and many even fell in the open space...
Many nomadic people speeded up their horses and tried their best to escape from the shooting range of the Han army in the rear. Naturally, they would not be shot by the Han people. But similarly, these people could not shoot the Han people. Although even their light arrows could
It may not have any lethality if shot, but at least it is an obstacle, or a small threat.
The sweet wind urges the horse.
"A bunch of cowards! Run, run, run with a hammer!"
Gan Feng cursed, feeling very unhappy.
Gan Feng originally thought that there was going to be a hearty fight, but when he urged his horse forward, the nomadic barbarians on the opposite side quickly turned into fleeing. The changes in the middle were so smooth that Gan Feng was a little confused.
mad.
Such a huge battle at the beginning!
That's it?
That's it!
"Holy shit! Melon rind!"
The guard beside Gan Feng urged his horse forward, and when he got to Gan Feng's side, he shouted loudly, "General! Ten miles! It's almost ten miles!"
Gan Feng was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and glanced behind him. He didn't seem to see any special signal from Zhao Yun, so he shouted: "Ten miles as usual! Send the signal to the general!"
The general mentioned by Gan Feng was, of course, Pingbei General Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun was slightly surprised when he found that the Hu people did not fight head-on, but just ran away. Because from Wuhuan to Xianbei, as well as the Dingling people, they would at least charge head-on, and then they would think of escaping and retreating when they couldn't, like
The barbarians in front of me all fled out of respect before they had a formal fight, which was really rare.
But this does not mean that Zhao Yun has no experience in dealing with this kind of thing. Gan Feng directly bit the Hu Ren's ass and chased him, while Zhao Yun followed slowly, without having to gallop to consume
The horse's endurance also made it easier to dispatch scouts in all directions.
It's obvious that the other party is preparing to ambush, but Zhao Yun still doesn't know how many people the other party has come and how many soldiers are ambush...
Of course, the most important thing for the Northern Territory Protectorate is to be able to control the Northern Territory Desert.
The jurisdiction of the Northern Territory Protectorate is not half of the desert, nor the so-called safer area around Changshan Camp, but the entire Northern Territory!
Otherwise, calling someone by a name that does not live up to the name is not what Zhao Yun wants. So the sudden appearance of the Hu people made Zhao Yun a little curious. After all, these people do not seem to be Xianbei, nor do they belong to the Dingling people. Could they be the remnants of Jiankun?
Or some other tribe?
When he first arrived at Changshan, Zhao Yun's knowledge of the northern desert was limited to the tribal names such as Xianbei Wuhuan Dingling, etc. He only knew the structure of these guys: left and right kings, left and right kings of Guli, left and right generals, and left and right generals.
The chief captain, the left and right major households, etc. thought that this was the basic overview. However, as time went by, the more Zhao Yun learned about the Northern Desert, the more he discovered that he did not know.
The desert in the northern region is really huge.
From the Xiongnu to the Xianbei, it is not a fixed hierarchy like the inheritance of the Han family. In many cases, even the Xiongnu and Xianbei themselves may not know how many tribes and populations there are in the desert.
Just like if Zhao Yun had not come into contact with Rouran people, he would not have known that there was actually Jiankun Kingdom in the north of Rouran, let alone sent Zhang He to fight in Jiankun.
So what kind of situation does this sudden appearance of the Hu tribe belong to?
Are they the desert reinforcements invited by the Ding Ling people after they were unwilling to do so?
Is it a brand new tribe that I have never encountered before?
Is it a trap set by pretending to lack weapons?
As the first line of defense of the Han Dynasty in the Northern Territory, Zhao Yun certainly cannot be satisfied with defense or simple victory. He feels that he has this responsibility to know more and master the situation of this land. Of course,
This also includes these newly emerging barbarian tribes.
The Huns don't like to shave their heads. Most of them comb their hair back like the Han people, and a few of them shave their heads.
Most Xianbei people who were born in Donghu like to shave their heads, and the styles of shaving are different. Some shave the middle of the head, some shave the sides and leave the middle, and some shave two grooves and divide the hair into three parts...
Both the Dingling people and the Qiang people like to wear hats. The Qiang people's felt hats are shorter and flatter, while the Dingling people's hats are taller and more pointed.
Wuhuan people basically have everything, including shaved heads and hats, but they generally don’t braid their hair, and they like to use animal horns, teeth, precious metals, gems, etc. as head decorations...
These newly appeared Hu people did not seem to belong to the Xiongnu, nor did they belong to the Hu people tribe in Xianbei. Anyway, Zhao Yun failed to determine which part of the Hu people should belong to them. Anyway, these Hu people made Zhao Yun somewhat curious.
Soon after, the "ambush" that Zhao Yun had guessed finally appeared...
Zhao Yun did not immediately go to rescue the ambushed Ganfeng troops, but once again sent scouts to investigate the surroundings. However, when these scouts came back with some confusion, they reported that they had not found any other hidden troops.
When it happened, Zhao Yun even felt a little unbelievable.
