From Chief to Ball

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As long as he can cut off the head of the leader on the other side this time, Dawu feels that his prestige is enough to completely convince the grassland tribes.If you want to unify the tribes, you need to fight, but you can't fight all of them. You must win the support of some of them, and you need the support of people at the bottom of the rest of the tribes.

Since he grew up, he has dreamed of becoming the leader of all the tribes in the grassland. He gave up the customary right of the other leaders to take half of the spoils, and was scolded by the other leaders for this; he remembered the name of every brave tribe When other chiefs were playing with female slaves, he inadvertently praised a few people and called out their names, which surprised and moved those tribesmen; Other leaders tried to find ways to get...

All this, he is only for this day, and this day seems to have finally arrived, and the dream of more than ten years seems to be coming true soon.

He has already paved all the roads, and there is only one last step left, to kill the enemy on the opposite side that makes the old leader old and the other leaders helpless.

Three days after the water was cut off, Yangguan City seemed to have become lifeless. Dawu could see that the people on the city wall became sparse, and there were even a few people digging wet soil in the dry puddle, squeezing it with cloth, and making out some black water in mouth...

"The opposite city is over."

Everyone in the grassland tribe thought so, and even felt that if this method had been used earlier, the solution would have been solved. Unfortunately, the leader elected for this expedition was not Dawu.

Some people are already thinking that they must choose Dawu instead of the old leader when they go to plunder next time. From the arrow stand to the water cut off, no matter how you look at it, Dawu is much stronger than the old leader.

It's just that what they saw was an illusion, because the wooden tower was burned, and they didn't know the real situation in the city.

The real situation is that those who drank the muddy water were teased one by one after they came back, who told them to draw the shortest.

The well water was sufficient and there were not many people. Two more wells were dug, which were completely sufficient.I have eaten very well these days. Breakfast is no longer just pickles, but dried meat and salted fish.

On the night of November 24th, all the soldiers in the city were notified of the decisive battle tomorrow morning, and the corporal leaders began to check whether the soldiers' weapons were sharpened; the archers received a full amount of [-] feather arrows and a new tussah silk bowstring ; The axles of the two chariots in the warehouse were filled with animal fat.

In the largest room, all the people above two captains were here, looking at the picture Chen Jian drew on the bark, and accepting the task.

Chen Jian requires everyone to know how to fight this battle, so that they can do what they should do, and at the same time allow them to play freely when necessary. Everyone knows what to do, so that the battle can be fought well.

"Tomorrow morning, wolf skin, acorn, and white horse, you three will lead people out of the city and head straight to their camp. They thought we would run, but we didn't run, and we wanted to show an attitude of dying and struggling. This Once I don’t follow you, everything is directed by you.”

"The three of you lead 350 people straight into their camp. Their camp is less than two miles away from us. Your formation should be narrower. Don't widen the front, luring them to outflank your wings and rear."

He thought for a while, and said with an example that the people of the tribe could understand: "You are like the anvil when we hammer the iron. They are the iron, and I am the hammer. If the iron is placed on the ground, it will have no effect."

"Your front is narrower, and it's impossible for them to stick to it. They will definitely send people to raid your flanks and rear. I will lead people to stay in the city, and they will think that you want to fight to the death. If you lose, you can retreat to the city. So they have to keep you."

"I will be in charge of the new army in the city. They can fight very few people. This time, we want to completely wipe them out. The purpose is to kill people, not to crush them. This must be clarified. .”

"Once I rush out with the new army, when they retreat, you just chase after them desperately. They won't have an ambush, because they don't think that we have water, and they don't think that we will go all out instead of retreating. Even if there is an ambush It will also be on the south side instead of the north side."

"When you are chasing, you can use a team of five as a unit. You don't need to advance as a whole team. You don't need to form an array when chasing and killing routs. You don't want to catch slaves, just kill people."

"The new army is hiding in the city. When they outflank your flanks, I will go out again, so that they have no time to adjust. Those of you who go out, check when you go back. They are not allowed to carry lime bags. Let's fight north, against the wind, Don’t confuse your own people’s eyes, explain this truth to them clearly, don’t just tell them what not to do, tell them why they shouldn’t do it.”

"Do you understand how this battle is going to be fought?"

"understood."

"It's pretty much the same as before."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "War, that's what fighting back and forth is all about. The easiest way is to hit the flank or the back. But this is the simplest method, but it's very difficult to use it well. You all go back and think about it." .”

Before leaving, Wolf Pi asked: "Jian, how long have you been training your new army? Since we are bait, we don't need too many people. If you give me two hundred people, I will also I can last until you show up."

"No, those new troops haven't been training for long, but they are all former soldiers, and they are completely capable of fighting."

Wolfpi thought about it for a while, and felt relieved, and finally asked: "What if they don't outflank my rear, but follow us and stick to the camp?"

"Impossible. The camp is always facing your front. No matter how many people there are, they can only fight you head-on. They are not stupid. You know our plan, but they don't. Go, I don't need it here. Worry, besides, I still have two chariots, such a flat ground is suitable for use, and it will also open the eyes of the Crane tomorrow."

Chapter 53 The Decisive Battle

On November [-]th, there were still three days before the first winter solstice since Xiacheng had a calendar. The sky was already very cold, and the sun rose very late at the shortest time of the year.

The remaining heat from the body during breathing turned into a cloud of white mist in the icy air. The soldiers in Yangguan City stood up amidst the Corporal Commander's shouts, rubbing their hands together from time to time, hoping that the sun would heat up soon .

Chen Jian was dressed neatly, standing on a carriage with a drum, the driver was on the left, and on the right was a clansman holding a spear.

In order for the clansmen to see him clearly, Chen Jian adorned two long feathers on his fur hat, and he beat the war drum himself to quiet the clansmen.

"This is Yangguan, the Yangguan of Xiacheng. In the future, the land will also be reclaimed here. Where people have died, the land will be very fertile, and the wheat will grow tall and lush. This year we should take advantage of the late autumn and winter In the beginning, we wanted to reclaim more land, but the people on the grassland outside did not allow us to reclaim it, so they surrounded us and wanted to take away my people and make them slaves."

"Since they have delayed our land reclamation, then capture them as slaves and let them reclaim it for us! Since they want our land, then stay forever and be the fertilizer of this land."

"Open the city gate, when they come, never go back!"

He beat the war drum vigorously, and the crisp drum sound became dull in the cold air. The heavy oak gate was pulled open, and more than 300 people walked through the gate quietly, only the sound of trampling footsteps.

These people lined up an army formation under the city, facing the newborn sun, and slowly marched towards the camp in the north.

The flute players and drummers in the team beat the waist drums according to the rhythm during training, and the soldiers who had trained for more than half a year subconsciously followed the rhythm of the drums, walking slowly but straight.

The city gate behind them closed slowly, and they were not afraid, because everyone knew how the battle would be fought today.

The Ji Xia they trusted did not follow them, but they knew that they would meet on the battlefield in the end. A normal and comfortable life.

Chen Jian promised them last night that half of the slaves captured in this battle will be divided, and the land reclaimed and the food harvested will belong to all those who participated in this battle, and it will belong to them, not to the public property and tribe.

Those who escaped are not only not entitled to share these things, but they themselves will become slaves, and like those slaves, they will spend their entire lives in the ridicule and pity of their clansmen.

Humans are social animals. In addition to surviving, the class division deliberately created by Chen Jian made these people feel the fear of being excluded by their clansmen. This kind of mental torture is more terrible than the whip in the military judge.

Shi Shan walked in the front row of the team. He was not afraid of those punishments, because he knew that he would not make such a mistake, just like fire can burn people to death, but if you don’t stand in the fire, you won’t be punished. burn to death.

He was accompanied by those who fled back from the grassland with him, and after more than ten days of siege, he had three more strings of pendants on his body, and three more people to kill on his ceramic board.

The ceramic plate was not easy to carry, so he took the replaced bowstring with him, and recorded his hatred with the method of knotting a knot in the tribe a long time ago. Now there are eleven dead knots tied on it, which is still far behind.

He is in the middle of the team, unable to see the two wings and the situation behind him. On both sides are his usual clansmen. He is under the control of the wolf skin. On their left is the person led by the white horse. Shi Shan can see the white horse walking at the end of the team. At the front, instead of riding a horse, he was wearing a leather hat with feathers like Chen Jian's.

He glanced at both sides, but his footsteps were not flustered. As a member of the four races, he began to accept those boring queuing training very early. The sound of drums and footsteps has been integrated, and he can walk with his eyes closed. are as flush as the sides.

With the sound of the drum, he crossed the stakes that the tribe had inserted in advance for distance measurement. The other side still didn't know what they were for, so they didn't dismantle them.

After passing the last stake, he boredly began to count his steps. The last stake was 180 steps away from the city, which happened to be the limit of bow and arrow throwing.

After crossing the stake and counting another four hundred steps, the sound of the drum suddenly stopped, and then it struck three times heavily.

Wolfpi's voice came from behind: "Stop, line up, archers step forward five steps!"

The orders shouted by the white horse on the left and the acorn on the right were different from those of the wolf skin. Shi Shan did not listen to them, but followed the order and called the archers of his two teams to take five steps forward.

Those archers who came back alive from the grassland touched the quiver made of birch bark, and the feathered arrows inside made him feel at ease.

Two quivers, the one on the left is a heavy arrow for short-range shooting, the right is a light arrow for long-range shooting, and the thumb is an antler wrench. Except for the new army, the rest are pottery wrench fingers. They are not the new army, but as The reward for coming back from the grassland last time was an antler finger.

There were also bursts of drumming from the opposite side. Shi Shan raised his head and looked ahead. The opposite camp was also forming a team, and there were still more than 300 steps away. A tall wooden pole was erected directly opposite, with some wolf tail.

In the process of defending the city for the past few days, he has already seen some tricks. The pole with the wolf's tail hanging on it is where the leader on the opposite side is.