"Senior, if I dance with a sword in a busy city, I'm afraid all the women in the city will wave their colorful sleeves!" Li Xu, who has followed the coppersmith for so long, has learned to be a little wild and unruly, and said with a smile.
"This dance is not for others!" The coppersmith drank heavily with his hands in his hands, his face full of youth and frivolity. Whenever he drank with the young man to the point where they were familiar with each other, he would remember the promise he made that day and pass on some tricks to Li Xu.
Formula. The next day, when Li Xu asked for advice on what he had learned on the first day, he forgot it again. The next time he was drunk, Li Xu took advantage of the drunkenness to ask questions, so he changed the stick to a hammer and taught Li Xu a
The strongman led the army into the battle, the most powerful killing method. After teaching the hammer, he also instructed Li Xu how to break the hammer move and take advantage of the strongman. So drunk and awake, he broke the spear, the hammer, the spear, and the bones of the caltrop.
A lot of tricks were passed down, but as for whether these tricks would be effective on the battlefield in the future, the coppersmith spread his hands and said frankly: "I figured this out myself when I was blacksmithing. I don't know if it will work or not!"
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Encountering such a "dark master", Li Xu had no choice but to concentrate his thoughts and strive to make a breakthrough in sword skills. The more he continued to practice, the more awkward he became with the scimitar in his hand. Some moves could obviously reduce the power of the sword.
He exerted more force, but the length and weight of the scimitar affected the effect of the swing. At this time, he had already had a first glimpse of the skill of the sword, and knew that all this was due to the mismatch between his arm strength and the weight of the scimitar.
Because of this, I wanted to ask a coppersmith to help me customize a scimitar. The master and the apprentice worked for a long time, but they had to give up halfway because the quality of the finished product was so poor.
"The reason why the sword is curved is to ensure that the length of the blade is maximized under the same length of the blade. Only in this way can the power of the cavalry's two movements of chopping and drawing on horseback be exerted. Most of the people who were struck by the scimitar were not struck by the scimitar.
Those who are killed by hacking are those who bleed to death because of the long wounds!" The coppersmith concluded in front of a large number of unsuccessful knife blanks.
"This length and width are the limits of the machete on the grassland. If you want to break through, the center of gravity, weight, balance and sturdiness must be reconsidered. With my skills, I probably can't do it with ordinary refined iron. Looking for star iron should
Yes, but you won't be able to collect that much star iron in three to five years!" After another failed attempt, the coppersmith said with some frustration.
In terms of collecting materials for making knives, Li Xu is not as pessimistic as the coppersmith. After the news that he wanted to make a scimitar was known to a few friends, Aslan, the sharp archer, and Duer, who had only one arm.
, and the wild girl Tao Kuotosi, Eru and others all agreed to help. The five-month winter on the grassland is about to end, and the snow on the ground is already melting. After the ice and snow are gone,
, even if everyone traveled all over the grassland, they still had to find a machete for Li Xu.
"The snow will melt soon!" One evening in the felt tent, Xu Dayan had free time for the first time in several months, sipping milk tea like a man, and said to Li Xu.
"Yeah!" Li Xu was still immersed in the sword skills he had newly learned during the day. He didn't come back to his senses for a while and responded vaguely.
"Don't go help the coppersmith to forge iron tomorrow, slow down your strength. Let's lead the army and set off early the day after tomorrow!" Xu Dayan took another sip of tea, closed his eyes, and whispered as if he was intoxicated by the taste.
"Let's go?" Li Xulu was stunned for a moment, "Where to go!"
"Xi Bu?!" Li Xu asked again in shock before Xu Dayan could answer.
"Yeah!" Xu Dayan closed his eyes and made a sleepy voice.
The snow has begun to melt, and in the middle of the night, the sounds of ice falling to the ground outside the felt tent are scattered. On the mud floor, Ganluo, who has unknowingly grown to the size of a domestic dog, makes a loud cry towards the full moon in the sky.
Long howl. "Ouch——"
"Aww-" The nearby wild wolves echoed in agreement, and in an instant, the entire grassland was awakened from their sleep by the howling of wolves.
"Alas!" Looking at the snow outside that was beginning to melt day by day, the big Ejinlifu sighed. Spring is coming again, but this spring is a spring of death. Last winter,
My own tribe went to sneak attack the Su Chuo tribe, but they were killed by the other side and suffered a huge defeat. Only 2,000 of the 5,000 strongest herders from the tribe came back, and all of them were frightened.
"The Su Chuan tribe is protected by a silver wolf!" Every redeemed elder said this. It seemed that not mentioning the silver-gray monster was not enough to cover up their shame at being captured by the enemy. But the more this happened,
The herdsmen are increasingly unable to muster the courage to resist the enemy. One winter has passed, and there are still more than 800 herdsmen working as cattle and horses in the hands of the enemy. The people in the tribe only redeem their sons and nephews from the elders, and are not willing to redeem the homes of ordinary people.
The son and husband were very dissatisfied with the unfair behavior and often gathered at the entrance of the central tent to protest. But before Lever could solve their difficulties, the tribe had been greatly weakened when they were expelled by the Turks last autumn. The tragic defeat in the winter also made the tribe
They lost their only reserves of cattle and sheep. The lion of Su Chuo tribe opened his mouth. A herdsman asked for ten sheep or two horses to redeem. Where can Suotou Xi get so many cattle, sheep and horses?
"Qi Lifu, didn't Su Chuanbu allow us to pay in batches? There seem to be hundreds of war horses in the public treasury." Wu Yile, the elder who was first released, reminded mindlessly. The old guy was frightened by the enemy.
, even though he knew that after paying the ransom, most people in the Suotou Xi tribe would not be able to survive the next winter, he still insisted on a truce with the Suchu tribe.
"Give them the war horses. If they attack, what will we give to our soldiers?" Qi Lifu asked loudly, looking like a defeated rooster. No one understood his difficulties, and the herdsmen laughed at him.
He was timid and did not dare to live and die with his brothers. The elders thought he was stubborn and were reluctant to part with the last few hundred horses in the public treasury. But who would think about him? If he died in the battle that day, Suo Tou Xi would not
After losing Aijin, the elders of Maung and Shenli will definitely take advantage of the civil strife to carve up the Suotou Xi tribe. If he redeems the people with war horses today, when the enemy comes to kill, the warriors will have to fight on foot. In the wide grassland
With the same number of infantry fighting against someone else's cavalry, is it possible to win?
With no choice, Qi Lifu had no choice but to send Wu Yile, a coward, to appeal to the enemy again and again. This old guy had been humiliated by the people many times, and he had developed a tough face. Qi Lifu didn't expect the vicious people to do it.
Let go, I just hope that the old guy Wuyile can delay the enemy's attack for a while. It only takes one spring. The Ashina family of Turks far away on the Egen River has already received the news. Seeing the Suotou Xi tribe's obedience for many years
For the sake of courtesy, they promised to send someone to mediate the matter after the snow melted. As the co-leaders of each tribe, they ordered the Zhuxin Alliance to put down their butcher knives and leave a way for Suotou Xi's tribe to survive.
Wuyil went away for five days, and came back with a gray face in the early morning of the sixth day. He only brought back one sentence, "Su Chuixil said that he would come to collect compensation himself!" and then he passed out.
When Lifu was shocked, he quickly ordered his people to blow the horns, light the smoke, and ordered all the tribesmen who were grazing outside to return to the camp to prepare for war. But except for a few elders' families, most of the tribesmen did not obey his orders. The green grass by the river had already
Once sprouts have sprouted, if the animals are fattened in the spring, they will breed the next generation in the summer. At the end of the next autumn, the herdsmen with slightly wealthier families can redeem their sons and husbands by themselves. Master Aijin only cares about himself.
In order to escape for their lives, the elders only focused on redeeming their nephews, and everyone had to think of ways to protect themselves. This is fair, and no one should complain about someone being cruel.
Qi Lifu blew the horn over and over again and lit the smoke. He even personally held a large banner representing Aijin's dignity and ran all over the pastures within a hundred miles. He swore to the Immortal Sky again and again, and knelt down to pray again and again.
He promised the herdsmen that as long as the tribe survived this crisis, he would empty the public treasury to redeem the captured herdsmen.
At noon on the third day, Zhilifu finally gathered 4,000 herdsmen who could mount their horses and fight. More than 1,000 of them were old people and children, and were not strong enough to draw a full horn bow. There were also more than 5,000 herdsmen gathered inside the camp.
Women, at critical moments, they can also rush forward to block knives and hand over arrows to their tribesmen.
The scouts sent out also sent back information one after another. The Zhuxi coalition army marched slowly, almost marching with sheep and herdsmen while grazing. The daily forward speed did not exceed fifty miles, and they took half a day to walk and half a day to rest.
Qi Lifu breathed a sigh of relief. If he marched at this speed, it would take the enemy three days to approach his camp. He still had the opportunity to use family ties to call back more herdsmen and raise more bows and arrows.
War horse.
In the evening, the scouts sent a completely opposite report. More than 3,000 people from Zhulin's coalition suddenly accelerated their pace and marched more than 100 miles that day. According to the current way of walking, they could break into Suotou Xi's camp in just half a day.
When Lifu suddenly panicked again, he quickly ordered all the participants to be on guard. Last time, the enemy took advantage of his negligence at night and tied felt under the horses' hoofs to rob the camp. This time, the same tragedy must not be repeated under any circumstances.
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Everyone stayed up all night, but received intelligence again the next morning. The Zhulin Allied Forces stopped at Taladian, about fifty miles away from the tribe yesterday, and did not move forward all night. As Lifu was exhausted physically and mentally, he really couldn't figure out what happened to Esu
What on earth do the Pei people led by Chu Xier want to do? If they want to fight to the death with Suotou Xi, quick cover and quick contact are the most effective tactics. This kind of stop-and-go marching method is not for the opponent to prepare for it?
Qi Lifu, who was puzzled, had no choice but to order the herdsmen to go into their tents and rest first. As soon as the order was given, the alarm horn sounded again on the grassland. A group of exhausted scouts hurriedly came to report, and the Allied Forces broke out of camp again, as quickly as possible.
Rushed over.
"Blow the horn, blow the horn!" Zhi Lifu ordered loudly, and he heard panic in his own voice. This was something that had never happened to him in his life. Even when he encountered a pack of wolves while walking alone on the grassland, he was not scared by this.
To a certain extent. Of course, that incident happened when he was sixteen, and now he is close to fifty.
The shepherds who just lay down yelled and got up again, everyone was exhausted, and everyone hoped that the war would happen soon. It would be too torturous to continue fighting like this. Whether it is life or death, it is better to give it a satisfying blow. (To be completed.)
