Two pillars of smoke slowly rose from the broken flint, it was Han Dangdang and Lu Guangsu who lit the accumulated salary accumulated outside the dock, while Zhao Hu'er held a beacon above.The signal "I see that the captives are about to enter the fortress, more than 1,000 people" will be transmitted to Ling Husui in the west, and also to a row of pavilions ten Han miles south of the Great Wall, and then they will pass it in turn to the army of the Governor's Mansion forty miles away.Vision is the fastest way to communicate, and in less than half a moment, the Governor's Mansion and Buguang Houguan forty miles away will be able to receive the news, and make a response Ren Hong has already gotten off the beacon at this time, and when he holds the wooden ladder, he can faintly feel the tremor, I don't know if it is his nervous hallucination, or the gallop of the two thousand Huns can really make their beacon tremble.But the faint sound of horses' hooves in my ears cannot be faked."
Zhang Qianren!"
Ren Hong shouted and stood by the wall in a daze, a little overwhelmed by the dog breeder."
Follow me to get the armor!"
As early as a hundred years ago, Chao Cuo summed up: "Strong armor and sharp blades, long and short are mixed, crossbows come and go, and before the Shiwu, the soldiers of the Huns can be also; If the material official is hairy, and the arrow is the same, then the Huns' leather and wood are recommended to be supported by Fu Neng; Dismount and fight, the sword and halberd are connected, and if you go, you will be thin, and the foot of the Huns can be given.This is China's long skill. ”The strong armor blade was a huge advantage of the Han Dynasty over the Xiongnu, even if it was a small beacon, the quantity and quality of the armor soldiers it possessed were enough to make a Xiongnu commander envious.When Ren Hong first came to Po Sui, he checked the small warehouse where the armor soldiers were stored, and each pavilion had an account book that recorded the situation of weapons, in addition to 2 crossbows with six stones and 2 crossbows with four stones, there were also three horn bows, 4 spears and spears, 1 long and short halberd, 5 swords, 5 shields, and 600 crossbow arrows with iron clusters.Song Wan and the other six who went out to patrol and cut down the cocoon took away some of the armor soldiers, and Ren Hong asked everyone to move the rest to Fengsui for the worst, if the Huns were blocked, Fengsui might be their last fortress!"
Sui, I'll put on armor for you!"
Han Dangdang also came in at this time, picked up the iron armor placed on the wooden frame and was about to put it on Ren Hong.Unlike the Qin Dynasty, which generally wore leather armor, the Han Dynasty made a qualitative leap in armor manufacturing, and the progress of iron smelting made it possible for the army to equip a large number of iron armor.Among them, a pair of iron armor and two helmets were distributed, both of which were made of iron sheets and twine.The iron leaves of the armor are nearly 100 pieces, and they are a little thick, so they are very bulky, far less light than the fish scale armor used by senior officers, and can only protect the chest and back, it is difficult for one person to put on, and the robe must be helped."
You're good at close combat, and this iron armor is still for you."
Ren Hong stuffed some hemp wool to avoid skin friction into the iron armor, and put it on for Han Dangdang, this iron armor was too heavy, so heavy that it would affect speed and balance for people who were not skilled in wearing it.Besides, good steel has to be used on the blade, and he doesn't think that his role in the battle can be greater than that of Han Dang as a veteran of this battlefield.Ren Hong himself only wrapped his head tightly with a scarf, and wore an iron scarf, although this thing made his head feel heavy, but it could prevent the Huns' bone clusters, stone clusters, and even iron arrows would be stuck in the gaps of the iron sheets.He wore a knee-length leather armor painted yellow-brown, and wore a leather gōu on his left and right wrists.And when choosing a suitable weapon, Han Dangdang was naturally a convenient ring-headed knife and iron hook inlay, wearing iron armor, he seemed to be a heavy infantryman, knocking on the weapon in his left and right hands, and went out with a roar.The others also moved the remaining weapons and arrows to the beacon and put them away, and Ren Hong was in trouble with what weapon to use: the five soldiers in the flint, he also practiced them one by one on weekdays, and found that the spear was the most handy, followed by the ring knife.For those who go to the battlefield for the first time, the length of the spear can give people an illusory sense of security, Ren Hong's hand has reached for the shaft of the spear, but the sentence "Lucky spearmen since ancient times" flashed in his mind, so he dispelled this idea.When he finally walked out of the door, he had a ring knife hanging from his belt, a vermilion lacquered leather shield on his back, and his six-stone crossbow in his arms, and an arrow at his side.Now you're fully equipped!
Ren Hong couldn't tell whether Fengsui was shaking, or he was shaking, anyway, after a while, outside the Great Wall, the sound of the Huns' horses' hooves seemed to be a little closer!
When passing by the kitchen, Ren Hong hesitated for a moment and asked Lu Guangsu to take the iron pot sent by the hanging spring.Lu Guangsu couldn't cry or laugh: Chief Ren Sui, when is it, are you still thinking about the pot?
”"It's made of iron, and it may be used to defend against the enemy later."
Ren Hong said and re-boarded the beacon, at this time, the rumbling horse's hooves outside the Great Wall had stopped, replaced by the neighing of the horses after they were strangled, so close that people were frightened Sure enough, when Ren Hong arrived at the top, Han Dangdang, who came up first, and Zhao Hu'er, who had been guarding the top, did not say a word, and looked out fixedly.Ren Hong was also silent, because he saw that in addition to the hundreds of horsemen scattered along the Great Wall to guard and look for the enemy, the remaining more than 1,000 horsemen had arrived at the south bank of the Shule River, a few miles north of Po Sui.Then stopped.The Hu people dismounted, rested, but their eyes were staring at the broken flint, and dozens of horsemen approached to observe them outside the range, pointing and pointing, led by a Xiongnu chieftain riding a white horse, which was the precursor of the Hun attack."
Isn't it that there are hundreds of beacons on the Great Wall, and you really picked the ones we are waiting for to attack?"
Zhang Qianren let out a wail, the Huns were densely packed, and he was terrified, his family was good, he had always been afraid of death, and his legs trembled.Lu Guangsu wiped the sweat from his forehead, the spear in his hand was a little clenched, and Han Dangdang was panting heavily, trying to swallow his saliva.And Ren Hong, I only felt that my mouth was a little dry, when did there be so much sweat on the handle of the ring knife?
Zhao Hu'er was the calmest, he squinted his eyes to observe the situation outside, and suddenly pointed to the distance and said: "The Huns have captured a flint who went out to patrol!"
”Everyone looked, isn't it, the Huns are returning from the Great Wall east of the broken Sui, and a Han soldier wearing red leather armor on horseback is thrown in front of the white horse-bearded general!
All five of them stared at the unlucky bastard, a little unable to believe their eyes.Zhang Qianren was stunned and said: "To the east, that is the direction of Song Assistant's inspection, what color armor is he wearing when he goes out?"
”Ren Hong put his hand on the beacon wall, and in his eyes, the red that was pressed down in front of the Hun general in the distance was particularly dazzling: "Old Song, wear his favorite set of lacquered red leather armor!"
”Unfortunately, the person who was caught by Hu Qi was Song Wan.When the Xiongnu invaded the fortress, he was taking two new Suishi guards to inspect Tiantian, and went to the Shule River to familiarize himself with the terrain.While climbing over the Great Wall, two flints were shot dead on the wall, and he was captured alive.The leather on Song Wan's head was gone, and under the gray bun was a frightened face.He was thrown to the ground, looked up and saw the leader of this group of Huns.He was very young, with a shaved head except for a bundle of hair on the top of his head, a gilded bronze crown decorated with feathers, thick eyebrows, almond eyes, a piercing gaze, two mustaches hanging on his round face, and a white Wusun Xiji horse, which was also adorned with small gold ornaments.Song Wan didn't know that this young Chief Hu, surnamed Huyan and named "Gao Yaxu", was the owner of the thirty-four springs in the Beishan area, and the prince of the right plough king.Gao Yaxu, who was also a big buyer of smuggled goods from Dunhuang profiteers, muttered in Xiongnu for a while, and an attendant next to him, who was obviously Han, immediately translated for him and asked Song Wan: "The prince is very much in need of an official who is familiar with the situation in Senne, and asks you if you are willing to surrender to Hu?"
”The Chinese translator added: "The prince also said that if you would provide the Seyne and persuade the people in this beacon to surrender for the prince, he would grant you a hundred cattle and sheep!"
”Song Wan is not an iron-clad tough guy, just a small official who has spent many years in the border plug because he is illiterate, but he has not even become a sui chief, and he can be said to have achieved nothing in this life.He was confused, a little jealous of the young Ren Hong, and was deceived by Qian Luluo, and almost didn't help in the rape case.Right now, captured by the Huns, Song Wan was so frightened that he couldn't help trembling, and he didn't need to be beaten and persecuted by the Huns, and knelt in front of Chief Hu's horse with weak legs.When he heard that death would be avoided if he surrendered, he was stunned, and he didn't know whether to be happy or afraid in his eyes, and just wanted to speak, but he remembered something, and lowered his head again."
If I fall, my wife, my daughter, and my grandchildren will become criminals, and my grave will be dug up.On the contrary, I died in battle, there are tens of thousands of burial money, and my son can be recommended as an official" If he bows his head, then the whole family will also suffer together, and the three generations can't raise their heads!
If he raises his head, his children and grandchildren will hold their heads high!
After thinking clearly, when Song Wan looked at Gao Yaxu again, the fear in his eyes was still there, but there was another emotion.The tragic is not heroic, but ordinary.Song Wan shook his white head: "Although the old man is illiterate, he is ashamed." ”He tried his best to control his legs, which were still trembling slightly, and stood up, wanting to straighten his chest in front of this Hu Chief, who looked down on him!"
I am a soldier of the Han Dynasty, an official who breaks the captive flint, and I don't surrender to Hulu!"
PS: The second chapter is in the evening.