Ling Feng led Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong to a clearing, only to see that in a circle-shaped cell made of wooden fences, there were more than 200 people detained, although all of them were ragged, with scattered hair, and unbearable appearance, and many of them had bare arms, even naked, but they were all young and middle-aged men, and they were now guarded by more than a dozen soldiers of the Wu'an Army.

Gao Yuan came to the wooden gate, looked inside, and said, "Who are you?" ”

The people in the prison looked at each other, and a few people asked Gao Yuan questions, but he spoke Xiongnu language, and Gao Yuan couldn't understand it, and Ling Feng was very clever, and immediately said to Gao Yuan: "My lord, they are asking where we are from the army." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "You sue them." ”

So Ling Feng said something to the people in the prison in Xiongnu language, and at this time, a tall man with long hair suddenly grabbed the wooden fence and asked Ling Feng a question urgently, looking very excited.

Ling Feng said a few more words to him before turning to the plateau and said: "Lord, they are all warriors from other parts of the grassland, they were all captured by the Xiongnu on the battlefield, or the tribe was destroyed by the Xiongnu, captured by the Xiongnu, and imprisoned here, originally intended to be used as a living sacrifice. As he spoke, he pointed to the big, long-haired man who was talking to him just now, and said: "He said that his name is Ah Ran Shi Qimo, he is a member of the Wusun tribe, and he was originally the young patriarch of his own tribe, but his tribe was wiped out by the Xiongnu army led by Tousu, and his parents, brothers, wives and children were killed by the Xiongnu, and he was also captured by the Xiongnu. ”

Gao Yuan let out an "oh" and looked at the big man, and saw that he was about thirty years old, wearing a sleeveless vest, with dark skin on his arms and well-defined muscles, which looked very powerful. Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Are you willing to appoint me as your master?" ”

Ling Feng hurriedly translated. When Ah Ran Shi begged Mo to hear this, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said, "As long as the Lord can take me to kill the Beard and avenge my people, I will make the Lord Lord and a slave for life, and I will never change." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "Then what are you capable of?" ”

Ah Ran Shi Qimo stood up and said, "Before I was captured, I was the best marksman on the grassland. As he spoke, he also made a gesture of drawing a bow and shooting arrows.

Gao Yuan said: "Show me your hand." ”

Although Ah Ran Shi Qiqi did not understand the intention of the plateau, he still stretched out his hands from the gap in the wooden fence and spread his five fingers. I saw that on the thumb and index finger of his hands, the calluses of his hands were obviously thicker than those of other fingers, because the archery method of the steppe nomads was different from that of the Huaxia people, and the archery technique of the Central Plains countries was to use the index finger and middle finger to hook the tail of the arrow and pull the bowstring. The archery method of the steppe nomads is to pinch the tail of the arrow and the bowstring with the thumb and forefinger and pull it together. The advantage of the former method is that the bow is drawn with great force, which makes it easy to draw the hard bow, and is suitable for stepping down or shooting arrows on a chariot; The latter method is more stable, more accurate, and more suitable for mounted archery. Therefore, the calluses on the thumb and index finger of Ah Ran Shi Qimo are thicker, which means that he does shoot arrows regularly.

Gao Yuan nodded, pulled out his saber, "clicked", cut the lock of the cell door, and said, "Come out and let me see your archery skills." ”

Ah Ran Shi Qimo immediately came out of the cage, and Ling Feng immediately took out a bow and a pot of arrows from the guards and handed them to Ah Ran Shi Qimo, and said, "Here you go, see if it fits." ”

Ah Ran Shi Qimo took the bow and arrow, pulled it, tried the pull of the bow, and put on an arrow, and shot an arrow into the air, Gao Yuan knew that he was trying the bow, because in this era, the tension, elasticity, and accuracy of each one are different, and it is the same bow, after using it for a period of time, or after replacing the new bowstring, there will be certain differences, so each marksman's bow is adjusted by himself to achieve the effect of using his own hand, and before using a new bow, I will also try the bow to make sure that my heart is low.

Sure enough, after trying the bow, Ah Ran Shi Qi nodded and said, "This bow can be used." So saying, he took another arrow and shot it into the air, and then he took another arrow and shot it flat ahead.

When the second arrow was fired, just as the first arrow fell, the first arrow was shot, and the two arrows landed together, and the surrounding Wu'an soldiers saw it and cheered one after another.

And Ah Ran Shi Qimo did not stop, but shot nine groups of a total of eighteen arrows in a row, of which only two groups did not hit, and the other seven groups were the second arrow that hit the first arrow, and the sound of cheering kept stopping. Even Ling Feng admired himself.

After shooting these nine sets of arrows in a row, Ah Ran Shi Qi stopped his hand, gave a salute to Gao Yuan, and said: "This bow is what I just used, and it is not very smooth, if you give me a few days, let me correct it, and then adapt to it for a while, I will definitely be able to hit every shot." ”

In fact, Gao Yuan was very satisfied with his appearance, so he nodded and said: "Good archery, sure enough, good archery, okay, you will follow me in the future, one day, I will kill the head beard and avenge your people." ”

When Ah Ran Shi Qimo heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the plateau, and said, "Master." When the other people in the prison saw this, they also knelt on the ground and expressed their willingness to serve the plateau as their master, and of course many people patted their chests and shouted, indicating that they also had the ability.

Ah Ran Shi begged and said: "Master, they are all warriors of all ethnic groups who were captured by the Huns, and they have a deep hatred with the Huns, if the master does not give up, you can leave them all." ”

Takahara nodded, and immediately ordered them all to be released. After everyone got out of the prison, they fell to their knees and thanked Gao Yuan. Gao Yuan said to Ling Feng: "You take them to the lake to take a bath, then find them a few clean clothes to change into, and tell them the rules of our army, and then bring them to my tent." ”

Ling Feng agreed, turned to Ah Ran Shi and said, "Come with me." "Let's take Ah Ran, Shi Qimo and the others, and walk to the Wuliangsu sea.

After they walked away, Li Yinghong said, "Do you really plan to take them all in?" ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, our biggest shortcoming now is that the population is insufficient, and we can't organize more troops, and they are all warriors of all tribes in the grassland, everyone is brave and good at fighting, if we can subdue them and use them for us, we can not only expand the number of our army, improve the combat effectiveness of our army, but also reduce the recruitment of people into the army, so that more people can invest in farming and production with peace of mind, it is really a good thing to kill two birds with one stone." And not only them, but also the Huns, who were captured by us, can also be taken into our use. ”

Li Yinghong thought for a while and said: "Of course it would be good if we could take them for our use, but they are all foreigners, cruel and barbaric by nature, and do not speak of human ethics, can such foreigners really be used by us and obey our orders?" ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "In our eyes, the people of all ethnic groups in the grassland are indeed fierce and barbaric, plundering everywhere, fierce and easy to kill, but from their standpoint, this is also for their own survival, because the climate on the grassland is harsh, and agricultural production cannot be carried out, and cattle and sheep herding are greatly affected by the climate, and cattle and sheep alone cannot guarantee life, and they also need food, salt, wine, cloth, medicinal materials and other items, so they can only rely on robbery to maintain themselves and the lives of their families, otherwise there is only a dead end." ”

Li Yinghong said: "According to what you say, is it reasonable for them to burn and loot everywhere?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "I don't mean that the Huns should burn and loot, but no one is cruel and barbaric by nature, except for a few Hun nobles, the vast majority of the Huns are just for their own survival, they are plundering everywhere, if they can solve their survival and ensure that there are enough daily necessities, then the nomads on the grassland are actually the same as us, they can live in peace, and of course they can be used by us." ”

Li Yinghong listened, and thoughtfully, and said: "What you said also makes sense, in fact, after King Zhao Wuling implemented Hufu cavalry shooting, he had incorporated a large number of Lou Fu and Hu Lin people into Zhao State, and even incorporated into Zhao Army, after so many years, they were also completely integrated into China, and we are no different, but in order to subdue Lou Fu and Hu Lin tribes, King Zhao Wuling did not hesitate to wear Hu Fu and practice Hu customs, so it took more than ten years to subdue Lou Fu and Hu Lin tribes, But now we don't have that much time, and these people are all warriors among the tribes of the grassland, and their wildness has not disappeared, so I'm afraid it's not easy to manage. ”

Gao Yuan said: "We are not the same as King Zhao Wuling back then, he wants to subdue the Lou Fu and Hulin tribes, and we just want to subdue some captives, so it doesn't take so much time, of course, to treat them, we can't blindly give grace, or blindly use severe punishment, but should be gracious and powerful, but first of all, it is necessary to give them a dismount, let them know that they know that we are powerful, and then use leniency and severity in the future, and use both grace and power, so that they are not afraid of accepting them." I have a plan, you see we will call Brother Jiang tonight, so, like this...... What do you think. ”

After Li Yinghong heard this, he also smiled and said: "Your method is good, but it's too bad, just look at the bad luck of those few of them, and they bump into each other." ”