Vol 2 Chapter 559: Self-discipline

The weather is getting hotter in May.
A night of light rain brought a bit of coolness to the Hetao Plain in midsummer. The farmhouse in the distance raised cooking smoke. On the arrow tower outside the farmhouse, a loud horn sounded.
Zhou Tong quickly walked to the fence of the farm with his guards. This is not a walled city. There is no gate, the gate of the farm is a archway, there is no kind of foothold, but the arrow towers behind the wall are connected. Each row can accommodate fifteen soldiers to board the arrow tower.
The rumbling horseshoe sound was too far apart, and it sounded like a thunder, but Zhou Tong, who had been here for a long time, knew that this was the sound of a large number of cavalry charges.
"Quick, be alert!" Zhou Tong waved his hand.
There are hundreds of small tribes attached to the Dahan in this river of land. The 3,000 people and horses brought by Ma Dai have been scattered among various farms for defense. There are not many soldiers and horses in each farm. Here, because of the proximity to the periphery, the number of people is relatively larger, but there is only one village. At his current level, he can actually receive more soldiers and horses, and he is not included in the blue pool new army.
However, Zhou Tong heard that he would come to the northwest, and after knowing that there was a battle, he voluntarily asked to come here. In fact, his old friends who knew his identity, including Cao Ren, are now ancient. Zhou Tong is no longer young. There is no need to rush up, after all, there are wives and children in the family.
But Zhou Tong didn't care. At first, because of his inner suffering, he desperately rushed to the front line. He must rush to the forefront in wartime, but now the threat from Wei Guo is basically gone, but Zhou Tong found himself starting. Enjoying this wandering between life and death, he longed for battle, the blood of the enemy, and the feeling of being cut on the body by the enemy's weapon. The tear-like pain can let him know that he is still personal and clear I felt myself alive.
Moreover, the Han now treats the soldiers of the soldiers very well, especially the orphans of the soldiers who died in the war. Not to mention, entering the college is the key training object. Therefore, even if he is now a general of the rank of captain, when Ma Dai is assigned the task, he is still willing to take the force of only one general to the front line.
Because here, it will be closer to death, and if you are fighting against the Wei Dynasty, Zhou Tong still has some knots in his heart, but when fighting the Hu people, there is no such concern. He can enjoy the life and death more freely. Pleasure, what ordinary people fear, is an unspeakable enjoyment for Zhou Tong.
"The bow and arrow are upstairs!" Zhou Tong looked at the place where the sky and earth were connected in the distance, and the faint black line gradually creeped and thickened, and finally became a picture of a large number of cavalry running.
Zhou Tong waved his hand and signaled the herdsmen in the farm to go upstairs to prepare for archery. These herdsmen were mostly Huns naturalized and proficient in riding and shooting.
Although it is considered naturalization now, the sense of belonging is not too high. Not to mention now, when it was still the Huns, if they were asked to do dangerous tasks, the Huns would most likely refuse, which is also the Huns The reason for the formation of this guerrilla style. If the casualties are too large, the Huns are more likely to collapse and explode the battalion than the Han army that pays attention to military discipline!
Therefore, when the farm meets the enemy, the guards everywhere will usually let the Huns stand on the relatively safe arrow tower, and the Han army is responsible for facing the enemy.
In this way, shepherds are kept at a fixed location, they do n’t have to travel around, and their residences are comfortable and warm. The Huns actually like it. Nature prefers to survive in such an environment.
Under such circumstances, they are naturally willing to help the Han army to guard their family. This family is also theirs. Although it is not long, somehow, these Huns or Xianbei have a strong sense of the new living environment and lifestyle. A sense of belonging.
Zhou Tong did not ride a horse, his riding skills were average, and it was difficult to have that kind of hearty feeling when fighting on horseback. He was more willing to fight.
The wall is formed by stacking three layers of wooden piles, the innermost layer is the thickest and the strongest. Spears generally prevent enemies from approaching.
Whether it is the Xianbei or the Huns, there is rarely a direct impact on the opponent. They prefer to shoot and shoot, throw arrows after approaching, and then run. This is also a typical nomadic warfare, regardless of the Xianbei or the Huns People or the Wuhuan people farther away are all in this way.
The ground beneath his feet began to tremble slightly. Many Zhuangmin distressedly watched the farm ’s good-looking crops be trampled by the enemy ’s horseshoes. Zhou Tong watched interestingly when a Hu Qi saw a pit ahead. After riding the reins, the war horse rose into the air. After crossing the distance of three to five feet, he failed to cross the huge pit. He even led the horse into the pit and immediately followed Hu Qi quickly towards the two. Side avoidance, some can't avoid, just rushed in, just watching, Zhou Tong was a little bit of refuge.
The number of cavalry is about 500, and there are not many tribes that can gather so many cavalry nearby. They have not really rushed up. In fact, since Liu Yi established the farm to the east of the West River, although there will be occasional Hu Riding to commit crimes, but very few Hu Qi really rushed to the farm, unless the door was not closed, but sometimes it is a trap not to close the door. Even now, even if the door is open, these Hu people do not dare to invade.
At most, the crops ran away, but the cavalry team of 500 people is still rare at this time. Listening to the Huns in Zhuangzi said that if you want to gather a large number of cavalry, it will be at least autumn.
A burly Xiongnu Zema came outside Zhuang and said something loudly.
Zhou Tong recruited a Chinese slave who was bought from the Huns, and now he naturally does not have any slave status. The big Han is not interested in this set, because he is proficient in the languages ​​of the various grasslands and was adopted by Zhou Tong as a subordinate. Translate to him.
"What did he say?" Zhou Tong asked, looking at the official.
"He wants to fight against the general." The little official bowed.
"Fighting general?" Zhou Tong unexpectedly said that on the battlefield of the Han people, this kind of fighting will also exist, but now this combat method has been eliminated. If the enemy actively proposes a fighting general among the Han people, you have to wonder if it is There is a conspiracy, whether there is a crossbowman secretly aiming at himself or something, will never think that the other party really wants to fight.
But in the Huns or the entire prairie, fighting this kind of thing is more common. Hu people worship the strong, and fighting will also show the courage of both sides. It is very honorable.
"Yes, they said that if they can win their warriors, they will send five horses." The little official bowed.
"If you lose?" Zhou Tong asked rhetorically.
"If you lose, the farm will belong to them." The little official whispered.
"Oh, in this abacus, five horses want to bet against a farm?" Zhou Tong climbed an arrow tower and took a deep breath, exclaiming: "If you really want to fight, you can, but Need to be fair, five horses want to bet on me in a camp, do you think too much? "
He speaks Mandarin, regardless of whether the other party can understand it or not, it is best to understand it. If he does not understand it, he is hanging out. He likes fighting, but it does not mean that he is stupid. There are also hundreds of cattle and sheep. The value of the farm alone. These five horses have at least a latrine.
"Then what do you want?" After the burly man reacted to the words for a long time, he just whispered in the mandarin's mandarin.
"First of all, since you want to fight, don't ride a horse!" Zhou Tong said casually: "In addition, if I lose, this farm belongs to you, but if you lose, these people behind you need to put down weapons and war horses, surrender."
"Impossible!" The burly man dumbfounded ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Then go, let's keep the five horses yourself. "Dismissively glancing at the other party, Zhou Tong didn't want to talk to the other party at all, and ran straight down the arrow tower.
"Duke ~"
The burly man showed an angry look on his face. When Zhou Tong turned around, he suddenly opened his bow and took an arrow. He immediately took a few steps and shot an arrow. The sharp arrow cluster crossed the sky in the blink of an eye, with a sharp scream Arriving at the arrow tower of the farmhouse, the cold light flashed, only to hear the sound of Duke, plunged into the armrest of the arrow tower.
Zhou Tong, who was about to go downstairs, frowned, and stood up again, looking at the proud, brave man, and grunted, "Let me die!"
With a command, on the arrow towers on both sides of the main entrance, thirty herdsmen who had prepared bows and arrows quickly bent their bows and set arrows, and the clusters of arrows shot towards the strong man.
The brave man claimed to be amazingly powerful and was able to shoot through wooden boards beyond a hundred steps. It is impossible for ordinary people to shoot so far, so he dared to show his might here.
Only the next moment, thirty cold arrow clusters fell towards her face.
"Puff puff puff ~"
There was a shocked expression on the face of the strong man. He didn't even stop or evade. He was penetrated by three sharp arrows. The sitting horse was also shot by the sharp arrows. The body of the Xiongnu strong man was thrown off the horse's back and planted the ground. The war horse ran for a few steps and fell to the ground weakly.
Zhou Tong glanced at the corpse of the strong man when he was mentally retarded. He spit in disdain before walking downstairs.
If you are riding a shot, the Han army can't handle it for the time being, but as long as the herdsman holding an ordinary bow and arrow can shoot a hundred steps at the arrow tower of this farm, and the accuracy is also quite high, this group of Hu people don't know how powerful He did n’t bother him, but he dared to come here and shoot at them.