Chapter 82: Collusion

La Tobe stood up, walked to the curtain of the big tent, and looked at the dozens of carriages parked in the open space in front of them, all of which were carrying what he needed. He turned his head and looked at Yi Ran sipping milk tea. Huo Zhu, who was confident, knew that he could not refuse.

Who was behind Huo Zhu, La Tobe knew that he was the top figure of Dayan. How could such a person care about the lives of ordinary people in a county above the border? He was just a little strange. The energy of the person behind him, why is it necessary to spend so much trouble? Maybe a letter can solve these few people, but he can't do it, and if he wants to borrow his own knife, it can only explain these few people There is also a powerful force behind it, thinking of the situation in Liaoxi County, the answer is self-evident.

"I want to know, after I do this, will Zhang Shoujue come to trouble me?" La Tobe walked in front of Huo Zhu, leaned over and asked.

"Patriarch, if you successfully kill them all and destroy Fufeng City, then, I can assure you, Zhang Shouyue will never trouble you, but if you don't kill them and leave troubles behind. If you don't, Zhang Shouyue is really likely to trouble you!" Huo Zhu smiled.

La Tobe was startled, "What's the point of this, I don't understand!"

Huo Zhu stood up and walked a few steps inside the tent, "You might as well give the patriarch a little insight, these people are related to Zhang Shouyue's great wealth, because these people are of great importance to Zhang Shouyue. It may cause trouble in the business between us and King Donghu in the future, and even no longer allow any inflow of materials, but if these people die, Zhang Shouyue will rely on us to share his share to maintain his army. I said that, does the patriarch understand? Therefore, even if the patriarch does not take action, I believe that King Donghu will definitely take action."

La Tobe is also a character who has gone through the sea, Huo Zhu said this, he already knew it.

"Okay, I've done this. Mr. Huo, I don't want any other rewards from you, but after winning Fufeng City, everything in the city belongs to me." La Tobe said.

Huo Zhu laughed loudly, "The patriarch has a great appetite, well, no problem, that's it. Fufeng is yours, I only need three heads." He stretched out his hand and held La Tobe firmly together , "When will the patriarch make his move?"

"Not now!" La Tobe said: "Now is the time for the breeding of livestock. This is a major issue related to the livelihood of our tribe, and it must not be taken lightly."

Regarding this point, Huo Zhu also knew, "When will the patriarch send troops?"

"We have to wait until mid-April at the earliest!" La Tobe calculated the time in his heart, "This is the earliest time I can send troops, Mr. Huo, this means that our tribe has few livestock, and we have replaced most of the Donghu troops. I'm afraid it won't happen until May."

"Very good, in the middle of April, in the middle of April, it happened that I had an important meeting with King Donghu on this trip. It would take a month to come and go, and when I came back, it happened to be you. The time to start, Patriarch, without my help, you probably won't be able to defeat Fufeng City." Huo Zhu smiled.

Compared with last year, Curie Pass has completely changed its appearance. The newly renovated city wall has been raised to a height of one meter. Taking advantage of the chance that the soil is soft during the snowing season, Gao Yuan ordered his soldiers to excavate a large number of lands. The soil builds a slope for the city wall. The amount of engineering required for this slope is not large, but it can bring huge trouble to the siege. The ditch was about five meters wide and two meters deep, formed by excavating these soils, which formed a new barrier to the city wall. Although there was no water, it could not be called a moat. However, it is a natural obstacle.

Behind the Curie Pass, a new camp has been built, the walls made of rammed earth are covered with thick thatch, and the dense forest in front of the Curie Pass has been cut down to make a lot of fences, connecting the entire camp with the city wall. , Inside the fence, in front of the camp, is a spacious school ground, on the flat ground, compaction with small gravel, flattened, without fear of rain and snow, can come in handy.

At this moment, on the school grounds, with the exception of the sentinels who were guarding the city wall, the more than 300 soldiers gathered on the school grounds and practiced individually.

In the middle, headed by Gao Yuan, more than 200 people held the long knives specially made by Gao Yuan in both hands. It was all accompanied by a loud roar.

Step up, hack and slash, side-span, back up, step up, slash down, lunge, stab and kill. There are not many movements, tossing and turning are all these movements, but with a loud roar, the entire team moves But it was getting faster and faster, and slowly, the center of the entire school field was full of rolling sword lights.

In one corner of the school field, the infantryman held a bow in his left hand and buckled the string in his right hand. The bow was like a full moon. A sharp arrow with a cold light was placed on the bowstring, but it did not fire. Behind him, there were fifty archers standing in dislocations, the same as him. Some of the arms were as steady as a rock, while others were trembling slightly, because a rope was tied to a brick on the wrist of their left hand.

The infantrymen's faces were dripping with sweat, but people were stuck to the ground like a nail. In front of them, pieces of human-shaped targets were nailed to the fence, and all the vital points were painted with black carbon. Black, clear at a glance.

"Everyone has stabilized. You are all your comrades on the left and right. If your hands are shaking, if you can't hold the strings, you may accidentally injure your comrades." The infantry shouted loudly. "Only When you really can't stand it, you are only allowed to shoot your feathered arrows, but you remember, the first ten people who shoot arrows will practice for an hour, and the first ten people who shoot arrows but miss the key points will need to practice more. an hour!"

Accompanied by the sound of shouting in the center of the venue, the sweat of fifty archers rained down.

Finally, a whistling sounded, an arrow came out of the string, and with a snatch, it hit the forehead of the target above the fifty-foot fence. In the queue, a young soldier knelt down on one knee with his legs weak. Breathing heavily, looking at the feathered arrow that hit the key point, there is both shame and joy on his face. It only takes an hour of extra training, which is a fortune among misfortunes.

With the first one, the sound of arrows roared continuously, and one after another, the feathered arrows flew out from the hands of the soldiers, some of them hit the key point of the target, and some were shot at other parts, and a few arrows flew out. Branch off the target.

It wasn't until the feather arrows in the hands of all the soldiers had been shot that the feather arrows in the infantry's hands flew out with a screeching sound. With a slam, it hit the throat. He turned his head and looked at the soldiers behind him, his face revealed. The color of admiration, "Yes, I persisted for half an hour more today, and I met the required rest, and if I did not meet the requirements, after half an hour, I will practice more!"

Hearing the words of the infantry, a group of people beamed with joy, carried their long bows, walked aside, and carefully unloaded the bowstrings. For them, bowstrings are extremely precious things that are extremely difficult to replenish. When it is soft, the arrow will lose its strength.

The others were resting, but the infantry did not join them. Instead, a turntable was erected on the edge of the fence. The blades of a windmill were violently turned by a soldier, and they turned horribly.

The infantry stretched out their bows, held their breaths, fixed their eyes on the rotating blades of different colors, snorted abruptly, and the feather arrow turned into a bolt of lightning. The arrow was turned upside down, and everyone could see clearly that the arrow hit a red leaf.

"Okay!" The soldiers on the sidelines applauded and cheered.

"Come again!" The infantryman shouted loudly with a smile on his face.

The turntable turned again, and the infantryman started his second round of shooting attentively. This was the task assigned to him by Gao Yuan. Now, out of his ten arrows, seven or eight arrows could hit the target accurately. It's not the difficulty, but the difficulty lies in predicting and calculating in advance. Just as Gao Yuan told him, in the chaos of the army, if he misjudged, he would accidentally injure his comrades. Gao Yuan believed that even among the Xiongnu and Donghu people, who were famous for their cavalry and archery, there were only a handful of archers with the level of the infantry. But the infantry was not satisfied. Arrows, those two or three missed arrows, the ones who hurt are comrades-in-arms, he wants to be perfect.

In the center of the school field, Gao Yuan's clothes were soaked through, but he was still meticulously practicing these seemingly simple movements.

Gao Yuan is well aware of his weaknesses, and close combat is his forte, but in the age of cold weapons, the chaos of spears and halberds is the most common. Long-distance fighting is not enough, he wants to make himself a general without weakness. This nearly two-meter-long two-handed knife is his new weapon.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Amid the screams of killing, Cao Tiancheng appeared at the door of the barracks with a smile, "Kaifanluo, brothers, Kaifanluo!"

"Close!" Gao Yuan slashed his sword sharply, and stood with the sword. Behind him, more than 200 soldiers moved in unison, withdrawing the sword together.

"Take a bath, eat!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, the soldiers turned around, walked to the wall in a queue, put the long knives into the scabbards, and then erected the long knives neatly by the wall, and then the formation dispersed. In the school grounds, there was finally a sound of laughter and slapstick.

Gao Yuan smiled and walked to the wall, lifted the scabbard, closed it inward, and with a snap, the long knife was put into the bamboo scabbard. The long knife designed by Gao Yuan was too long to be removed from the scabbard. Pull out the mouth, this kind of bamboo scabbard is open on one side, and the long knife is retracted from the side. When it needs to be taken out, the knife handle is slightly pulled downward, and a small mechanism at the mouth of the scabbard is touched, and the entire long knife is unsheathed. convenient.

In the lofty room, on the small square table were a plate of pickles, a plate of mutton, and a plate of stir-fried wild vegetables. Compared with the soldiers, there were only more of these ordinary wild vegetables. Sun Xiao, Cao Tiancheng, Yan Haibo, infantry soldiers. Sitting around the square table with Gao Yuan, nibbling on steamed buns and drinking gruel.

"I'm going to go back to Fufeng City for dinner today!" Gao Yuan tore off the mutton and threw it into his mouth, chewing his mouth full of oil, and said vaguely to the four of them: "He Lanxiong has been talking non-stop for the past two days. The news came that the Hutu people have changed. It seems that they are about to start. I have to go back to Fufeng and report to the magistrate of Wu and the county magistrate to make preparations for this war. I am not afraid of them coming to fight Curie Pass, I'm afraid that they will bypass the Curie Pass and go to Fufeng County to loot, the county has to make all preparations."

"Bing Cao, don't worry, we are here!" Sun Xiao nodded vigorously, "Speaking of which, I really look forward to working early, these turtle grandchildren, I can't help but cut off their heads to avenge Lao Cao. ."

"Brother Sun!" Yan Haibo cut off Sun Xiao while looking at Cao Tiancheng with some worry.

Cao Tiancheng's face twitched slightly, but immediately became calm again.

"I will set off after dinner, and I will be able to rush back to Fufeng City at night. When I am not there, Sun Xiao will be in charge of all the affairs of the Curie Pass. Sun Xiao, remember, the sentry can be farther away, and we must strengthen our relationship with Helan. I will be back tomorrow night at the latest." Gao Yuan said.

"Yes, soldier, don't worry."