On the grassland, the stars are shining, and the dust and smoke are shining.

The company that had gone to meet Soluzan camped and rested here, and the carts formed a semicircle near a small river, in which a bonfire was lit.

Each location you choose for camping needs to be booked in advance, and scouts will report back to the nearby mountains and rivers, so you should be prepared for emergencies at the beginning of camping.

Next to one of the largest bonfires, two large cauldrons were boiling, and the water was about to boil, and several people were waiting with a jar containing some tea from the distant Haiyang.

There was a group of people around the campfire, listening to one of the innermost people reading a copy of "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", and everyone listened with relish, showing different emotions with the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of the characters in the book.

At a nearby bonfire, a man took an iron sword and hooked the wood that had burned outside, pointed to the grass ashes that were flying, and said to the people next to him: "That is to say, the heat is lighter than the cold air, so it can fly." It's like oil floating on water, but it's different. ”

"Before I came here in Pei County for a thousand years, the township school made a very large cloth bag, with a fire underneath and a rattan basket. When you sit in it alone, you really fly. I estimated that I had to fly a hundred and ten paces high, and I flew dozens of miles with the wind......"

The people listening to the lecture next to them looked up at the floating grass ashes one by one, fantasizing about that scene.

None of them had ever been to Sishang, but in the army, such lectures were a daily occurrence. Sometimes I teach literacy, sometimes I teach the geography of mountains and rivers, and sometimes I teach about natural nature, all of which are very simple.

But it is these superficial contents that make these people who are cramped within hundreds of miles know the scenery of other parts of the world, know the people of other places in the world, and also know that the Sishang that these ink artists have been mentioning sounds so mysterious.

They had never seen Mount Tai, but they knew that Mozi had drunk a few cups with the birds on the top of the mountain, lamented the chaos in the world, and taught him the art of defending the city.

They had never seen Surabaya, but they knew that there were ships carrying grain, iron, and cloth.

They have never seen a hot air balloon flying into the sky, but if one day they do, they will not exclaim that it is a miracle, but will smile and say, "Look, this is because the heat is lighter, like oil floating on the water......

The "Biography of Mu Tianzi" was told as a story by the bonfire next to them, which let them know where Suo Lushen and the others went, and also knew that the ancestor of the land called "Zhao State" under their feet was just a driver for Zhou Tianzi at that time.

It was an ordinary night, and it wasn't going to make a big difference in the lives of these young people.

The captive sat there, holding a clay pot in his hand, waiting for the water to boil, listening to the men talking about the fantasies of the future, and also participated in a few words.

"If you want me to say, maybe when we are grandchildren, many people in this world have that kind of hot air cloth bag that flies into the sky. When the north wind blows, we will sit here, ride the wind, and go to Sishang in less than a month. When the south wind blows tomorrow, we'll fly back ......."

They use their imagination to fantasize about life in a long, long time, but these words are not ridiculous at this time, but attract the approval of many people.

Shu Prisoner Mi thought to himself, maybe it really can, if it is really like that in the future, it will be much more convenient to go home. No matter how big the world is, as long as you know the direction of the wind, won't you go wherever you want?

Just as he was thinking about it, someone tapped him on the shoulder and said, "The tea is ready." ”

Shu Prisoner Qi stretched out the clay pot, and after the rattling sound, the already heavy clay pot became even heavier, and a few drops of hot water splashed on his hand, and he subconsciously shook it, almost spilling out.

The yellow-green tea does not shine well at night, and only a faint smell like grass leaves can be smelled. Very cheap tea, thick and stalked, but it did not prevent it from becoming popular in the army in just a few years, and became a luxury when camping at night.

He took a small piece of candy out of his trouser pocket, broke it with all his might, gave it half to the man next to him, threw it into the clay pot, picked up a straw stick from the ground and stirred it.

Sugar was a luxury, especially north of Takayanagi, but the military was given a little bit every month.

The person next to him was the "Hu man" who was stabbed in the leg and still killed the enemy, there is no such thing in the army, this person's name is very common, called mare's milk. Because he still has his mother at home, he will keep the candy for his mother every time he distributes it.

Mare's milk was a little embarrassed to eat the candy of the captive mi, so she had to smile and express her gratitude, sat down next to the captive mi, and asked, "You came up from Si, what does Sishang look like?" They say that compared to this, it is a paradise, but what kind of place is it? ”

Shu prisoner Mi doesn't know how to describe his hometown, should he say a piece of cotton field? Or those golden rape flowers? If you talk about rape flowers, how do you describe them?

Seeing that he hadn't answered for a long time, the mare's grandmother scratched her head and smiled: "In the future, when my mother dies and I retire, I want to go there to see." Or, if you have made some great feats, you can go there as a hero and see ......"

Hero, like the comrades within the Mo family, is a word with a different meaning from the original in the context of the Mo family, at least different from the mainstream heroes in the world at this time.

It's just that being a hero who can go to Sishang for a walk is not easy, it's not a great achievement of nine deaths, it's hard to do.

Shu Prisoner Qi lowered his head and drank a sip of tea with a slightly sweet taste in the jar, chewed a tea stalk in his mouth a few times and spit it out, and said to the mare's milk: "I heard that in the future, I will select some people among the non-commissioned officers and go back to continue studying." Commanding a company and Sima is completely different from commanding more people, and they all have to be learned. But first you have to know a lot of words......"

Speaking of this, mare's milk said in a cheerful tone: "I recognize, I recognize." I've learned 500 words for years...... It's your name, and I'll command and write two words. The common people's concubine, the captured captive...... I haven't learned that yet. ”

Shu Prisoner Mi waved his hand and smiled: "That broken word, if it weren't for my name, I wouldn't have it." It is rarely used, but in fact, it means that the sheep crows. The cow is moo, the sheep is baa, and the sheep is baa, which is my name. ”

The mare's milk suddenly realized, her mouth made a sheep's cry, her fingers scratched a few times in the air, and she said happily: "I can write that word." A mouth, a sheep. The mouth is the cry of the sheep......"

He learned a few more sheep calls vividly, and a joking voice came from behind him: "Okay, this night hungry want to eat roast sheep?" ”

The prisoner and the mare's milk hurriedly got up, the man was the general who led the team this time, and the two waved to sit down, and said: "At this rate, we will reach Beihai the day after tomorrow." ”

"The people of the tribe don't know how to count. To exchange with them, you may need to exchange an iron pot for a person, so that you can exchange it back. Our main force still needs to be farther away. ”

"We discussed it a few days ago, and when the time comes, the two of you will take someone to exchange. We can't get too close to them. ”

"Maybe some tribesmen will want to compete with us, you two are good at equestrianism, and when the time comes, you should be arrogant, as long as you don't kill people."

"Remember one sentence, if something happens, you must do your best to protect those who return from thousands of miles away."

The two agreed in unison, and when the man had gone, the mare's milk asked, "Have you come up from Si and seen Solu Shen?" ”

Shu Prisoner shook his head and said, "No." He is an old ink man, and when he joined the Mo family, I was not born yet. I've just heard his story, but he must be a very powerful person, who has traveled tens of thousands of miles for ten years...... My horse is still a descendant of the horse he sent back......"

Ma's milk nodded, "He's a hero." “

Shu Prisoner nodded in agreement, and then said solemnly: "Indeed." ”

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Three days later, in a grassland by the North Sea, the rider was galloping, and the dust and smoke were billowing down.

It was the first time for the captive to see so many nomadic light riders, and the white star under his crotch was a little uneasy, and from time to time he was restless and scraped the dirt on the ground.

The mareau was beside him, riding a grey horse, and behind him there were seven or eight men, all armed with weapons.

The convoy formed a formation hundreds of paces behind, and these people were escorting the convoy to negotiate with the tribes, and these Hu tribes were showing their riding skills in front of them in order to show their strength.

The nomads who learned to ride sheep and grew up on horseback from an early age have very good riding skills, but if there are no stirrups, in fact, the farming people cannot be compared with these nomads in riding.

It seems that the various tribes on the other side have made this trade a grand event.

Next to several Hu leaders, there stood several strong men, holding longbows.

Ma Milk whispered to the prisoner beside her: "Those few people should be the Condor Archers." Even eagles in the air can shoot down...... I'm afraid that no one in our army can have such archery skills. ”

There is a saying: the green eagle holds the dog and the sheep, and eats the deer.

The Hu people who can bend the bow and shoot the eagle are bound to be fierce and can be described as warriors. There were very few people in Takayanagi's army who used bows, and even if they did, they really didn't have such archery skills. This kind of archery technique has been cultivated since childhood, and perhaps those off-duty nobles in the Central Plains can have such a level.

Shu Prisoner Qi glanced at the condor archers a few times, was quite disdainful, and said with a smile: "In terms of range, they are comparable to our copper cannons?" ”

Mare's milk shook her head.

"There are more than a thousand people in a tribe, and there are only seven or eight such warriors. Strike in formation, can you beat a volley of muskets? ”

Mare's milk shook her head again.

Shu Prisoner Qi spread his hands and smiled: "That's a fart?" In the battle of the water, the Yue people challenged the division, the guns were fired, and the warriors could not block the lead bullets. ”

As he spoke, an eagle flew by, screaming in the air, spreading its wings and circling.

Hu Renzhong shot the eagle hand with the bow and shot angrily, the eagle feather long arrow, the big eagle in the middle, screamed silently, and fell rapidly.

There were bursts of shouts from the Hu tribe, and there was a great sense of provocation and pride.

The condor shooter roared, and a horse without saddles and stirrups galloped from a distance, but the condor shooter did not wait for the horse to stop, grabbed the horse's tail and ran a few steps, one turned over and sat on the horse's back, and turned around on the horse's back, and there were many cheering worshippers in the Hu tribe.

The eagle archer went to find the eagle eagle that fell to the ground, and the eagle feather is the best material for making feather arrows, and the eagle feathers are needed to shoot the eagle.

After getting closer, the condor shooter did not wait for the horse to stop, then jumped off the horse's back, grabbed the horse's tail with one hand, and the other hand actually copied the eagle weighing more than ten catties in his hand.

But the prisoners and others just couldn't see it, and moved forward slowly, but they didn't retreat, and their faces were not afraid.

In the Hu array, several tribal leaders laughed and were quite proud.

At this time, the Hu people had not yet been unified, and the tribes did not belong to each other, and only when they encountered robbery, killing, and the like, they would temporarily cooperate.

In this large-scale trade, a total of seven or eight tribes gathered here, and only two tribes were local, and there were transactions and conflicts with the defenders of Takayanagi.

The leaders of the two local tribes couldn't laugh, because they knew how terrible these people were, maybe when it came to brave martial arts and eagle archery, those people might not have such skills, but when there was a real conflict, these people killed people without blinking.

The year before last, there was a tribe of more than 1,000 people, perhaps wanting to loot something, and aimed at a small village with only more than 300 households.

There was a simple fortress built in the village, and when the tribe of more than 1,000 people approached, the bell rang, and the people retreated into the fortress and could not defend it.

If you can't break through the fortress, you get what you want, so more than a thousand people besieged it, but they couldn't capture it.

Because the tribe was still using bones and stones, and the simple fortress built by the people of the village community with iron tools, combined with the muskets inside, could not be attacked at all.

Within a few days, the cavalry of the nearby frontier fort rushed to their aid, and in a great battle, the tribe was killed and wounded, and the leader was tried and hanged, denouncing his crimes.

Under normal circumstances, the people there in Takayanagi rarely take the initiative to attack, and they only cultivate and train their troops, but once they are attacked, they will immediately start to retaliate.

And this kind of revenge is something that the leaders of the various tribes cannot bear. Identify the mighty men, the sages, the priests, and the chiefs of the tribe, and put all the charges on the heads of these people, and hang them all.

However, the tribal members were taught that they were oppressed by the leader, and sometimes there were even cases where the tribesmen shot the leader hanging on the tree with their bows.

In the tribes, there is no longer fairness, it is no longer a primitive tribe, but a tribe that has turned to slavery or even serfdom, and classes have long appeared.

Where there are classes, there is hatred, especially when the productive forces are extremely underdeveloped, and this hatred is even deeper.

These tribes who came from afar didn't know how terrible these people were. These two tribes who knew the depth couldn't help but be nervous in their hearts.

If it is a normal transaction, those people in Takayanagi are credible, although things are expensive, but the price is clearly marked, and they love to buy or not.

But as long as the deal is made, those people will not go back.

What these two leaders are afraid of is that those original tribes don't know the depth at all, and if they provoke this group of people, what kind of greed they have, it will be a catastrophe.

There are few of them, and they may be able to kill all the captives and rob them of their belongings and weapons, but the army there will not forgive.

The two chieftains, sweating profusely, persuaded them a few words, but were laughed at by the rest of the tribe for their timidity, saying that they should bring rabbit ears and fox tails. The hero in their eyes should be a brave person like the Condor Archer, and the one who is worried and wary of the enemy is a coward and needs to be disdained.