The first thousand and eighty-seventh section of the Han Dynasty is terrible (1)
And standing on a hill, overlooking the snow-covered land.
Winter in Anton is indeed not a comfortable season.
It's fine during the day, but at night, the temperature drops so much that even if you wear thick clothes, you may freeze to death just by going out.
However, this is no obstacle to Qie Zhi and his tribal cavalry.
The Hujie tribe has been living at the foot of the snow-capped Jinshan Mountain for decades.
The winter in Jinshan is even colder than here!
The Hujie people have already adapted and become accustomed to living, migrating and even fighting in such a cold climate.
This is why Hujie dares to come here!
On the contrary, the tribes who were coerced by him were suffering terribly.
The severe cold weather in this far north has caused hundreds of people from those tribes to freeze to death in the past two days.
But, this has nothing to do with it.
"Is the Chonghua City of the Han Dynasty ahead?" He asked a prisoner of war kneeling at his feet. He was a Xianbei. He even had the traditional Xianbei gentou, not like other Xianbei people today.
Hair tie and crown.
"Returning to the great Tushe, that is Chonghua City, the seat of the northwest captain of the Han Dynasty..." The prisoner of war kowtowed and said: "The humble King of Xianbei fled there with his tribe!"
And when he heard the words, he didn't comment.
The Xianbei people ran away when they saw the Huns cavalry.
This is not surprising at all.
After all, to the nomads, the Huns were tigers and devils.
No one dared to resist in front of the Huns cavalry.
At the beginning, Shanyu sent an envoy and asked the Xianbei people to kill their leader and send his head to the Han Dynasty. Even so, the entire Xianbei clan still wanted to be grateful and grateful to Shanyu for his kindness in immortalizing the clan!
only……
Looking ahead at the endless barracks outside the Han Dynasty city, I felt a little frightened.
This is not right!
Even if the Xianbei people fled to this city of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty people should not have so many troops here.
just like……
The people of the Han Dynasty had long known that they would come, and had already sent heavy troops here.
Even though he wasn't very good at mathematics, he estimated that there were at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops here by counting the tents and cooking smoke!
This made Qi Zhi feel inexplicably frightened.
But then, his confidence in the combat effectiveness of his tribe's cavalry made Qi Zhi become unscrupulous.
The Hujie cavalry were born in Jinshan and grew up in killing. Every Hujie man is destined to embark on the road of killing from the moment he is born.
The Sai people, the Kangju people, and the bandits from the countries in the Western Regions are all their enemies.
The Hujie cavalry who grew up at the foot of Jinshan Mountain had no fear of the Han Dynasty.
In Qie Zhi's view, his army (army) numbered 20,000 to 30,000, and they were all cavalry.
In a mere Han Dynasty city, there were thirty to twenty thousand mobs, and a single charge could scare these Han Dynasty people into peeing and running away.
Then, the powerful Hujie cavalry can scream and chase them down.
Kill them on the snow, cut off their heads, and impale them on stakes.
Then they robbed and ransacked their cities and villages, plundered their livestock, grain, cloth and wealth, raped their wives and daughters, and tore apart all the good things they cherished and protected in the fearful look of the Han people.
broken.
Just like the Hujie people invaded the Kangju Kingdom opposite Jinshan Mountain many times!
Use blood and fire to instill fear and fear in the people of the Han Dynasty!
Thinking this way, I feel confident.
He raised his whip and said: "Xiu Zhi, invade the Han Dynasty, kill all the Han Dynasty people, and rob their cities!"
"Long live!" the Hujie cavalry shouted crazily.
Han Dynasty, this is the Han Dynasty!
According to legend, it is a powerful country that is ten times as wealthy as the Western Regions and has a hundred times as many people.
And this place is said to be a wealthy place where gold is everywhere and every household is filled with rice and wheat!
As long as you kill it, everyone can become rich!
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At the same time, the two brothers Chen Jiao and Chen Xu also stood at the top of Chonghua City, looking at the Huns cavalry in the distance.
"There are at least 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry..." Chen Jiao licked her lips and said to her elder brother: "Brother, we have to hurry up and make arrangements, otherwise, we won't even be able to drink the soup!"
Chen Xu nodded sympathetically.
After the news spread that the Huns cavalry had invaded, the whole of Anton was in a state of excitement.
Reclamation regiments, feudal lords, knights, and garrisons all gathered towards the border.
Groups of heavily armed militiamen rushed to the rescue with high spirits.
The rangers brought their own weapons and armor and came together.
From yesterday to now alone, more than 20,000 reinforcements have arrived outside Chonghua City.
And the escort army commanded by Bo Shi, the governor of Anton, also arrived at starry night.
If it were not for the difficulty of marching in the winter snow, I am afraid that in a few days, more than 100,000 troops might have gathered in Chonghua City.
Even so, brothers Chen Jiao and Chen Xu feel that it won't be long before the army here may exceed 50,000.
This does not include those "heroes" who had no organization and simply brought their own dry food and the Xianbei people who fled.
Thinking of the Xianbei people, Chen Jiao curled her lips.
Xianbei and Wuheng are now bound tribes that submitted to the Han Dynasty but were not directly incorporated into the Han Dynasty system.
Naturally, the Xianbei people's combat effectiveness is also poor.
Now, the armies of either Chen Jiao or Chen Xu are enough to sweep across Xianbei and Wu Heng.
"My brother is right!" Chen Xu said, "We have to hurry up...but we still have to wait for the governor to arrive before we can fight!"
Now, with the status of Chen Jiao and Chen Xu, they can suppress the militiamen of the Reclamation Regiment outside Chonghua City and the heroes who bring their own rations. But if you want to command them? There is no way!
In the final analysis, their status and qualifications are still insufficient.
Can’t convince the crowd!
These mountains may respect the two uncles, but they will not obey their orders.
Therefore, Chen Jiao and Chen Xu could only wait for the arrival of Governor Anton Bo Shi.
As the governor of the Protectorate, Bo Shi is fully qualified and capable to command and arrange all troops in a unified manner.
"The Governor will arrive about the day after tomorrow..." Chen Jiao said: "Before the Governor arrives, brother, your and my cavalry should be ready for battle!"
"Otherwise..." Chen Jiao looked to the east: "Liu Ming is coming to pick peaches!"
According to the information Chen Jiao had, the day before yesterday, when the information about the Huns' invasion reached North Korea, Han Anguo, the lieutenant of the North Korean monarch Liu Ming, had already led 10,000 cavalry across the Bai River and headed towards Chonghua City.
Chen Jiao knew Han Anguo very well.
This former general of Liang Guo and current lieutenant of North Korea has a heart that wants to make achievements.
He will definitely not miss this opportunity!
While the two brothers were talking, the Hun cavalry in the distance started to move.
About three thousand riders crossed the border wall and headed toward the camp outside Chonghua City.
Chen Jiao looked at it, sighed, and said, "Are these Huns crazy? They actually took the initiative to stir up a hornet's nest. Now it's over!"
Chen Xu also covered his forehead and said, "Idiot! He's dead!"
Others don't know who lives in the tents outside the city, but brothers Chen Jiao and Chen Xu know it all too well.
In recent years, as the Northwest Captain and the Western Captain, these two dandies have had many interactions with the Reclamation Corps.
The two brothers have a very clear understanding of the combat power of the reclamation regiment!
There is a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the Reclamation Group!
Reclamation regiments such as Xiliu Camp, Hu Ben Guard and Yu Lin Guard even have meritorious generals from the Mayi War!
Not to mention the Huns, brothers Chen Jiao and Chen Xu didn’t dare to provoke them easily!
The settlement militia groups currently in these camps outside the city are basically the most powerful settlement groups of the Han family.
Chen Jiao even remembered the scene when these guys arrived in Chonghua City yesterday!
The momentum and equipment of these reclamation regiments are no less than those of the main regiments of the Han army!
An obvious piece of evidence is that last year, the Huben Guards and the Yulin Guards came to Anton to select soldiers.
More than 400 people from the Huben Guards Reclamation Regiment were elected, and almost 300 people from the Yulin Guards Reclamation Regiment were elected.
The selection of soldiers for these two ace legions of the Han family has always been extremely strict, and it can almost be said that they can only pick one out of a hundred.
This shows how powerful these two reclamation groups are!
They are completely the reserve legions of the Tiger Guards and the Yulin Guards!
Terrible monster!
There was once a ranger group of more than a hundred people who didn't open their eyes and provoked a group of about twenty militiamen of the Tiger Guards Reclamation Regiment who were patrolling.
As a result, the mother of the ranger who was beaten by the 20-member militia team didn’t even recognize them!
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But how do the Hujie people know?
They are still immersed in their glorious history of beating the Kangju people at the foot of Jinshan Mountain.
In the impression of Hujie Cavalry.
For creatures like infantry, a thousand cavalry are enough to defeat thousands of people!
However, when these Hujie cavalry rushed through the Han family's border wall, what appeared in front of them was a solid military formation of more than 6,000 people, fully armed and waiting sternly.
Each of these soldiers wore a set of light armor, which was made from tanned whale skin.
But this kind of light armor is different from the light armor equipped by the main force of the Han army.
It's rougher and thinner.
And from the workmanship point of view, it is completely sewn by hand.
This is also something that can't be helped.
After all, the Reclamation Corps is just a Reclamation Corps.
It's already nice to have weapons.
However, expensive battle armor was not something that the militiamen of the Reclamation Regiment could obtain from the imperial court.
There is no other way. Each reclamation group can only find a way by themselves, use their own ingenuity and use local materials.
Later, Dao Jian, the captain of the Thornymen Army's Reclamation Regiment, got inspiration from the fish skin armor passed down by the ancestors of the Hao people.
The fish skin armor of the Yi people is the iconic armor of the Yi people in the past. This technology of sewing fish skin into clothes once solved the clothing problem of the Yi people and also provided a certain degree of protection for the Yi people.
When the Yi people returned to the Han Dynasty, this ancestral skill was shelved.
Even ancestor worship is useless. For today's Yi people, ancestor worship should be done with gold and precious stones, and they should be dedicated to the ancestors of Shaogao.
Tojian also accidentally saw a pair of treasured fish skin armor from Canghai Lord Jin Xin.
Then he had an idea and asked Yi Ren for the technology of this armor.
Then, Toujian invited skilled craftsmen to make improvements on the basis of Yiren's fish skin armor.
Hence the light armor that is now popular in various settlement groups.
This kind of light armor has the same idea as the Yi people using fish skin as armor, except that the fish skin is replaced by whale skin.
Anyway, Chen Jiao has plenty of whale skin, and the price is ridiculously cheap. A whole piece of whale skin only costs a few thousand...
After Dao Jian took the lead and equipped the Thorn Sect Army's settlement regiment with this kind of light armor, other settlement regiments followed suit.
There are really too many benefits to this kind of light armor.
First of all, this kind of light armor is cheap, easy to obtain, and has good defensive power.
After the rough whale skin is dried in the sun and then tempered, it is strong enough to withstand damage from some ordinary arrows and can also defend against bronze knives.
At the very least, it can't be cut with a knife.
This is enough!
Secondly, it is this kind of light armor. Even if it is damaged, it does not matter. It can be repaired and used again!
And in the front row, thousands of militiamen stood in order!
The weapon in each militiaman's hand was an eight-foot-long Mo Dao.
Of course, it is definitely not the same weapon as the Mo Dao equipped by the main army of the Han army.
This kind of militiamen use Mo Dao, which is made of very simple materials.
It is a two-foot-long blade with a six-foot-long handle.
The material of the blade is cheap pig iron, and it is also the leftover material from Shaofu's farm tools. Its sharpness and lethality are naturally far inferior to the Mo Dao used by the main army.
Even the handle of the knife is made from local materials, pine wood felled from the nearby virgin forest.
There is no grip groove, and it has not undergone any practical experiments.
To put it simply, this is the cheapest ‘civilian version’ among the three versions of the Han Modao.
But because it is cheap, the most expensive thing is the blade, which is worth about 500 yuan.
All other materials are free.
Of course, what's more important is weight.
This kind of Mo Dao is at least one-third lighter than the Mo Dao mainly equipped by the Han army!
The Mo Dao currently in service in the Han army generally weighs forty or fifty kilograms (about 15 kilograms).
But this monkey version of the Mo Dao weighs no more than thirty pounds due to the material it is made of!
The reduced weight of twenty kilograms makes this Mo Dao basically usable by normal adult men.
Although, these Mo Dao are monkey versions.
But, it is Mo Dao after all.
Moreover, it can definitely kill people!
What's more, the militiamen holding these Mo Dao are from the Huben Guards Reclamation Regiment.
There are even hundreds of them who have been noticed by the Tiger Guards. Maybe this year or next year, they will embark on the glorious road to Chang'an and stay in Weiyang Palace!
On both sides of the Tiger Guards were the cavalrymen of the Yulin Guards Reclamation Regiment.
Like the Huben Guards Reclamation Regiment, these cavalrymen also belong to the future Yulin Guards seeds.
Among them, there are many breastplate seeds.
The militiamen of the Xiliu Camp, the Thorny Gate Army, and the Feihu Army's Reclamation Regiment stood behind them, holding long bows and powerful crossbows.
Each of the militia members of these settlement regiments has received at least three years of military training, and their discipline and organization are no less than those of the general Han army.
What's even more frightening is that their fighting spirit is boiling and everyone's morale is high.
Daojian stood among a group of crossbowmen, looking at the arrogant Hun cavalry charging towards them in the distance.
An excited smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "This battle is the battle where my sword will become famous all over the world and make a complete comeback!"
Behind him, hundreds of soldiers holding strange giant crossbows were half-kneeling on the ground. (To be continued.)
