Chiwuxing

Chapter Sixty-Fourth - Mu Zang's decision-making plan comes to an end, and the building of weapons against the Japanese begins

The capital of King Lejin radiates from the center to the periphery, where the Hu, Qiang, Xi, Jie and other affiliated tribes live.

The exterior of a room in the south is made of gray stone, which is inconspicuous, but the interior is unique.

"Mu Zang, what are you thinking about?" A one-armed Hu Han sat on the seat, and a hint of impatience appeared in his eyes.

The man opposite him was wearing a brown beard with black borders around the corners, and was silent.

Santo opened his mouth to speak again, but the square-eyed barbarian winked at him, and continued, "Muzang, if you are considering the interests of the entire Hu and Qiang tribe, once the attack on Yan starts here, it will be over." It’s fulfilling our previous oath. If you’re considering Tienal’s interests, then it’s not to mention that Huxun is vacillating on this matter. It will be obvious who will have more prestige in the clan at that time. ?”

Seemingly picking on the opponent's mind, Damen saw that the opponent really made a move.

Mu Zang said softly, "I just don't know how to start the battle at this time... What are the odds of winning?"

Santo frowned and said: "If you are afraid of death and greedy for life, I don't think you need to hesitate any longer, just rest with Huxun!"

"Santo!" Seeing that he stopped him, Damen turned his head and said, "Life and death are uncertain on the battlefield, and victory and defeat are common, but our plan here is to connect with the Nanman to attack together. If you still With this concern, why not think about whether there will be such an opportunity to take advantage of this chaotic situation to make meritorious deeds in more than ten years..."

Damen said again in a low voice: "Muzang, don't forget that the Hu Di was originally a hundred years ago when the minority tribes were defeated and expelled to live together in the north. The Utron tribe was clearly a Qiang people back then, and they still have a solid foundation with us. In terms of blood relationship, I, Hulan, belong to the orthodox Hu family. This relationship is far and close, and the division is not clear during the war. After the war, some people will wake up. You don’t want to be the last one to wake up. of."

Mu Zang was silent, and then said: "When He Xuyi competed for the position of wolf master many years ago, he was indeed a strength recognized by all Hu and Qiang tribes."

"It doesn't matter how powerful he is?" Santo was already blowing his beard and staring at his eyes, "The wolf customer is neither he alone nor his clan, what do we think among the eighteen clans? He has taken care of it." ?"

Damen continued: "Mu Zang, think about it, if all the Hu and Qiang tribes admire him, why are there six tribes who are willing to follow us now? Everyone knows it very well... If you are willing to join , the chances of winning will be added one more point, and if success is achieved in the future, this feat of rejuvenation will naturally fall on the heads of the Tinale tribe. This is the opportunity that many generations of Hu Qiang ancestors have hoped for. Now that the Yan Kingdom is in decline, the Nanman is also ready If you don't increase your strength at this time, do you still want someone else to steal the blood feud of this complex?"

Damen looked at his pensive face, and said meaningfully: "Muzang, you are still young now, but you will have a bright future in the future... What kind of feat is it to compete in riding and shooting in the clan all day long?"

Santo tapped on the table with his left hand, then on his thigh.His eyes wandered between the two of them, his thick eyebrows were pressed, and he said: "Mu Zang, I think you are really used to being at ease in the clan, and now you don't want to take any risks. In terms of bravery, you are not as good as me. This old guy..."

Mu Zang finally said, "I'm not worried about myself, but about the safety of my clansmen."

"Clan people?" Santo said with a smile, "You can ask Tienal's brothers when you go back. Will there be any one who backs down in front of the enemy?"

"No, but—"

Damen interjected: "Mu Zang, we all understand your considerations, but if you insist on considering these hidden dangers, we don't have to do anything anymore. Thinking back, there were many ancestors of Hu Qiang who died with their lives. These are engraved in all The blood hatred in the hearts of the clansmen has not changed, you might as well listen to the answers of the clansmen."

Mu Zang glanced at him, and Damen hurriedly added in a low voice: "Besides, Mu Zang, you have been dragging on for so long, do you think the wolf lord has no idea? Even if you still belong to the wolf lord in the future, Maybe you will still be suspected, and you will simply follow us out without doing anything else, and there will be some unexpected results, why not do it?"

Mu Zang was silent for a while, before he said: "I understand, I'll talk to the people of my clan when I go back."

Damen raised his eyebrows, and didn't pursue his specious answer anymore, so he said, "Okay."

Seeing Mu Zang striding out, Damen got up and sighed, "This time...it's probably going to happen."

"Bah," Santo spat and said disdainfully, "it's as boring as a bitch!"

Damen turned his head and smiled lightly: "Mu Zang was pushed to the position of leader when he was a teenager. There will inevitably be various pressures from the clan. It is understandable that he should be more cautious in handling things... But such hesitation is also true for us. Rare in the clan."

"Hmph," Santo said disdainfully, "If it wasn't for thinking about Tienal's soldiers, I wouldn't work here with him. If I went straight to him, it's because you have the patience to talk to him for a few days. .”

Damen sighed: "I don't have much patience. Tie Nale's 2 people are really too important. Let alone those small clans who followed, it is better to gather this big clan to be convincing. Wolf Lord's side is Tie Nale. I didn't expect to separate us out, I didn't expect it to cause such a big trouble."

"He did it on purpose, maybe he already had this thought in his heart," Santo said, "or that Qiu Ri was instigating behind his back. I said at the beginning, we Hu Qiang are doing well here. Once outsiders are mixed in, It's just that it has to be continued... It's fine to separate it now, but when I see Jia Sheng again in the future, I don't care so much, I have to let him pay for my revenge."

"Let's go first." Damen walked to Santo and sat down.

Here Mu Zang traveled south from the royal capital to the Tienal tribe in the east, and saw a familiar figure swaying at the iron gate from a distance, it was his younger brother Mu Ke.

"Wait for me?" The thick voice sounded behind him.

Mu Ke turned around, sighed and said, "Brother, you are back, hurry up! Go into the room first."

The two entered the house and sat down.

Mu Ke handed over the water bottle and said, "Drink some water first, your mouth is dry."

Mu Zang poured the kettle vigorously, then stretched his sleeves to wipe off the water droplets sticking to his beard, and sighed softly.

Mu Ke looked at his expression, and then said: "Brother."

"Ok?"

"You didn't return all night yesterday, did you go to Santo?"

"That's right," Mu Zang leaned back on the chair slowly, and then said, "You've been getting along with your clansmen on weekdays, so you naturally know what's going on in their private minds... Do you have any ideas?"

Mu Ke frowned, and said: "If you want me to say it, don't worry about those hypocrisy. If you don't do anything, you can directly divide and work with Yan Guo. Why not?"

"Your words are exactly the same as Podoradamen said today." Mu Zangzhuan laughed again, "Oh, I thought you were thinking about Princess Xi, and you were not willing to tear yourself apart with Utlong."

Mu Ke looked at him: "One size is one size, do you have to choose one and discard the other?"

"I've asked the wolf lord these days, and he has no intention of going to war with Yan yet," Mu Zang said, "that's why he's in a hurry to separate himself from the Hulan tribe."

Mu Ke was silent.

Mu Zang went on to say: "Thinking back then, the Tienal tribe was famous for their bravery just like the Utlong tribe. In a battle a hundred years ago, tens of thousands of the strong men of the Tienal tribe were wiped out in one fell swoop, leaving only a few women and children. [-]. After recuperating for so many years, I have just recovered. Potara Damon said it well. Feeling unwilling, I still want to go to the battle to wash away the old shame."

Mu Ke said: "Brother thinks too much, you just need to be firm in your own ideas. Our Hu Qiang tribe adheres to the spirit of the wolf and governs the clan with a pack of wolves. You are the head wolf of our Tie Nale, you There is no reason for us to back down from whatever we do.”

"That's why I think about it a lot."

Mu Ke said impatiently: "Why are you the same as the Yan people? Could it be that the fellow Chou Ri has also infected his Yan people's habits when he was engaged in the Rao Shizi army formation in the clan all day long? We Hu people only Do things without thinking about the consequences. Besides, if we take a step back, even if we are really defeated, I don't believe that Huxun will really stand by and watch?"

Mu Zang shook his head and said, "The Lord Wolf is not like this kind of person, but things that didn't happen can't be speculated like this."

Mu Ke said anxiously: "Brother, people from the Utron clan came over to urge this matter yesterday, you can't always be like a mother-in-law!"

"I understand." Mu Zang stood up, let out a long breath, and said, "I have a plan. I'm going to find the wolf lord now."

After finishing speaking, he stopped talking and stepped out of the house again. The clothes that had not warmed up were washed by the cold wind again.

In the center of the royal capital, in the side hall of the main palace.

Hu Xuyu sat at the table, and said to the man sitting beside him: "...Recently, there have been some opinions among the clan. Ah Jun and the others have kept it from me, but there are still rumors coming through. Chasa, will you do this? Too absolute."

"It's not a bad thing for their thoughts to come out, it's a bad thing if they keep them in their hearts." Zongzheng Xi said.

"... That's true," He Xuhong nodded and said, "It's just that Hu Qiang likes fighting and fighting. He hasn't fought in person for so many years. I also know that everyone is holding back their energy. The leader has the reputation of throwing Yan to sacrifice to the enemy, and there may not be all six tribes willing to follow them. Podoro Santo also gathered nearly half of the tribe under the banner of opposing Yan."

Zongzheng Xi said: "If Lord Wolf wants to plan things, he has to think in the long run."

"That's right," He Xuyu answered, and then he didn't know what to think of. Just about to speak, he heard a big man barging in from outside the door and said, "Master Wolf, the leader of Muzang is here."

Immediately afterwards, a burly barbarian in a brown suit came in, cupped his hands slightly and said, "Lord Wolf."

He Xuyi pursed his lips and nodded, with a slightly serious face, he said, "Come and sit."

Mu Zang glanced at Zong Zhengxi, who was sitting quietly beside him, and said hesitantly, "Master Wolf, can you make Chasa stay away temporarily?"

"No need," He Xuhong looked at him directly, and said, "Chou Ri knows the plan, so there is no need to treat him as an outsider."

Zongzheng Xi looked at Mu Zang indifferently and said nothing.

Mu Zang was puzzled, he still didn't understand how this foreigner gained He Xuyi's trust so much, he thought about the purpose of his visit, he sat down and said: "To see the wolf lord today, we have already made a decision."

He Xuyi slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, tugged a few strands of beard, and said a little peacefully, "Finally there is an answer?"

After all, Mu Zang was underage, coupled with a guilty conscience at this time, he was embarrassed by the staring eyes, and stammered: "...Yes."

Huxun didn't speak, and waited for him to continue.

Mu Zang slightly avoided his gaze, stared at He Xuyou's wide nose, and said: "As a leader, I have to consider the opinions of the tribe after all. It is not wrong for the wolf master to be cautious. It may not be a good opportunity to take the opportunity to join in."

He Xuyu said: "I didn't deny this. It is inevitable to fight Yan, but we haven't fought for many years. You still have to look at our military strength and combat strength. If Santo really has that ability, why is Jingzhou just captured? Throw it away before it's warm?"

Mu Zang was silent for a moment, then continued: "The military strength of Yan and Yan was far apart before, but this time if we unite with the barbarians to fight against the enemy, no matter what, it will fulfill the long-standing wish of the people of the clan."

He Xuyu sighed: "If you insist on this, I will not force you. But in the future, you can think clearly. I made the yearly offering to Yan in the name of Hu Qiang's entire tribe. Before the formal declaration of war, Hu Qiang It is still attached to the Yan Kingdom, if you want to go with Hulan at this time, you will no longer use the name of Hu Qiang."

became a traitor.

Mu Zang understood what he said, but instead he suddenly became rebellious, and said forcefully, "Mu Zang understands, but all the Tienal people know what they are fighting for."

The man who had been silent by the side suddenly opened his mouth and said, "It is enough to be aware of this all the time."

Mu Zang turned to Zong Zhengxi and said, "Thank you Chasa for reminding me."

The man met his eyes calmly, as if he didn't see the spark in his eyes.

The eyes of the two intersected for a moment, Mu Zang turned his gaze back, looked at He Xuyu, and said, "Lord Wolf, since the decision has been made, I will inform Tienal's people about this matter today, and I will leave now if there is nothing wrong. "

After finishing speaking, without waiting for He Xuhong to reply, he went straight out of the room, with the sole of his boots being rubbed quietly.

Huxun looked at his back and didn't speak.

The man guarding the door took two steps into the room, and asked strangely, "Lord Wolf, what happened? Why did Mu Zang leave as soon as he arrived, and leave in such a hurry?"

"He has his own thoughts in his mind, don't worry about him," Huxun said, "Iten, I was just about to call you in, how about the work I sent you down to do a few days ago?"

"This has been prepared a long time ago. In the past few days, the brothers have circled Gruzoo several times, digging up all the soil species that can be found." Iten said.

He Xuyi looked at Zong Zhengxi, and said, "I think the method of forging a knife mentioned by Chasa a few days ago is very good. Why don't you see if there is any material Chasa mentioned in Hu Qiang's place?"

Zong Zhengxi continued, "Let's take a look first."

He Xuyi looked up at Yi Teng, Yi Teng understood, turned around and strode out the door.

After a moment of silence, He Xuyi sighed, "It seems that just now Chasa also noticed that Mu Zang was feeling depressed and angry."

"He can't stop." Zong Zhengxi continued.

He Xuyu said: "Forget it, it just happened that we talked about it separately, and the two are settled. Other clansmen in the province have been discussing this matter all the time."

After a moment's pause, Zong Zhengxi said: "Hu Yan has different kung fu moves, so it is not necessary to forge exactly the same weapon."

Seeing that he changed the subject, He Xuyi also said: "If you talk about weapons, I didn't pay much attention to them before. Originally, there were people in the clan who specialized in making iron and steel, but they didn't make them as finely as Yan Guo. Chasa mentioned something about military equipment. I thought, perhaps a little detail would become a fatal weakness on the battlefield. After all, we should not be careless about these small things. The ancestors of Hu Qiang were defeated for a hundred years. Although the cause of the defeat has long been unrecoverable, it must not be just the disparity in strength and numbers, but how many factors are involved in it... Chasa should be more clear than me because he has experienced many battles."

Zong Zhengxi pursed his lips and nodded: "Lord Wolf is careful."

He Xuyi stared at the bright white sky outside the house, and sighed again: "The Hulan people are messing around, if I follow suit, it will affect the safety and survival of the whole family."

Zong Zhengxi lowered his eyes and said, "The rise of resistance during the war is sometimes a good thing, but sometimes it's just an excuse for mutual use."

"I also know this is the case, so I have been thinking a lot in the past two nights," He Xuhong said. "This time, I have to bear the price of splitting. If it doesn't work out, I will really lose my wife and lose my army. The loss outweighs the gain."

While talking, two or three big men entered the room in a row, holding seven or eight large and small coarse cloth bags in their hands.

Yi Teng was directing, walked to an open space in the hall, and said, "Come on! Leave it here."

Several people put down the cloth bag, and opened the side of the bag, revealing sand of different colors and shapes.

Zong Zhengxi walked over with the wheelchair in his arms, leaned down slightly, stretched out his hand to twiddle some soil and looked at it, one bag after another, his movements were extremely fast.

Yi Teng watched his movements, and couldn't help but said, "Chasa, why don't you take off your gloves and rub them?"

He Xuyi glanced at Yi Teng, and was about to speak when Zong Zhengxi spoke first: "Four of these types of soil are similar."

Hu Xuyi also leaned over to look at it: "How do you say it?"

Zongzhengxi pointed to the mud cloth bag and said, "Although the brown soil and loess here are different in color, the soil quality, texture, and slipperiness are similar. The only difference is the humidity due to the different density of trees in the environment, but it is still the same as Hu. It is the most common loess in Qiang today."

He Xuyi said: "Then this soil is good for casting blades?"

Zong Zhengxi lowered his eyes, and slowly dusted off the dust with his slender fingers, saying: "In terms of effect, it's still not good. Hudi is dry and cold, and the soil here is mostly hard and poorly cohesive, so it can't achieve better blade refining effect."

"There is a kind of crimson red soil distributed in the south of Nanman and Yandi. Due to the perennial rainwater leaching, the soil is finer and easier to coagulate. It is the first military official soil necessary for military weapons and knives."

He Xuhong frowned and said, "But the red soil may be difficult to obtain for a while."

Zongzheng Xi said: "If it is used to burn blades for the whole army, it will indeed require a lot of raw soil."

"Then what should I do?" Yi Teng couldn't help but said, "If it was possible to go to Yandi in accommodating manner before, now that Hulan here is already betraying, I'm afraid Yanguo will be more closely guarded. I can't go to Yandi to collect a large number of materials."

Zong Zhengxi looked at the things on the ground and said: "The method of covering the soil and burning the blade that I mentioned earlier does have the effect of increasing the hardness of the blade, but it doesn't have to be that way. If good soil is hard to come by, then quenching and burning in bad soil will also have similar effects. The effect. I don't think the wolf master needs to be too entangled in this."

After finishing speaking, Zong Zhengxi took out a piece of hemp paper from somewhere and put it on the table.

"Wolf Lord might as well take a look at this."

He Xuyu was curious, stepped forward and picked up the piece of hemp paper about ten inches long, looked at it for a while, and said, "This is... a crossbow?"

"good."

He Xuyi said: "As far as I know, both the Yan Kingdom and the Southern Man have the habit of using crossbows in battle. It's just that we, Hu Qiang, have been learning bows and arrows since we were young, and we don't use crossbows much."

"In terms of efficiency, crossbows are still more aggressive than bows and arrows."

He Xuyi looked at the blueprint again, and said, "What Chasa means is that we want the brothers in the clan who made weapons to remake the crossbow according to this blueprint?"

Zongzhengxi replied: "This picture shows the crossbow after I remade it. It can fire ten arrows at a time, and it is lighter in size. Considering the combat characteristics of the Hu and Qiang people, it is different from the ones used by the Yandi and the barbarians. The large ballista and crossbow machine. It’s just that the “six materials” involved in this are stems, horns, tendons, glue, silk, and lacquer. , and it is difficult to put it into mass production immediately.”

He Xuyu said: "If you can't make it for a while, take your time. If the Yan people can make it, we can naturally do it too."

Zong Zhengxi said: "The method of covering the soil and hardening the blade just mentioned can be put on hold for the time being. No matter how sharp the blade is sharpened, it is just a round-the-clock refinement, without breakthrough refinement. These are the military craftsmen of the Yan State. Habitual problems, stick to the old ways, don't know how to innovate."

"Therefore, if there is a breakthrough in utensils, we have to work hard on the structure of weapons. The first thing that needs to be gradually improved is the efficient weapons other than Hu Qiang's long-handled axe and hemp knife. The signs of the Hu people are different from those of the Yan people. Chinese equipment is also useless."

He Xuyi nodded, looked at the lead drawing on the hemp paper, and said, "It's reasonable, but the materials and craftsmanship are not yet available, so how can we push it forward?"

Zongzheng Xi said: "The drawing above is just a preliminary idea, now I need to see the finished product and improve it."

He Xuyu hesitated and said, "Then... still want to find craftsmen from Yan Kingdom?"

Yi Teng couldn't help but interjected: "Isn't the matter of forging weapons always being prosecuted by the officials of Yan State? Ordinary people have no chance to order some equipment..."

"Military weapons are under the supervision and management of the Nufang Department, which is under the Military Weapons Supervision. When the Yan Kingdom was founded a hundred years ago, private cast iron was strictly prohibited. Anyone who violated the law would be punished with the 'left toe'," Zong Zhengxi said, putting the weapon on the side support of the wheelchair. Putting his hands on his knees again, the black skin melted into the deep color of his clothes, "Later, the Yan Kingdom's court paid less attention to martial arts, and the control became more and more lax. Now the towns that are generally on the border of Yan's land are often not stable. There are private weapon workshops among them, and the imperial court did not stop them due to the actual situation. Although the things made in these private workshops are not as good as the government-run Nufang Department, but the materials are relatively rough, and the craftsmanship is not good enough. It is not completely inferior to the official system. Of course, the government-controlled department cannot be involved, but it is not difficult to contact the artisans in these small workshops."

Yi Teng secretly glanced at the man who spoke. If it is said that the ordinary man in Yan Kingdom who was chosen by the wolf lord at the beginning knew some ingenuity and obscenity, it would be fine. How could he even be able to speak clearly about such things involving military equipment? I really don’t know. Where did the wonderful people come from.While secretly admiring, he did not forget to ask himself: "Then let me go to a few cities near Yan to find a weapon workshop to make this crossbow."

Zongzhengxi retorted: "No, you are big and tall, and you can tell that you are a barbarian in disguise. Going forward, the Hulan tribe led the crowd to provoke a war. Even if the Wutlong tribe put aside their ties, the people in Yanbian here will surely I can't tell, if the government is alarmed by then, it will be a waste of all previous efforts."

He Xuyu said, "Then let Ah Jun go."

"Although Princess Hu is female, she is also described as tall and slender, which is too eye-catching. Besides, the Hudi accent cannot be eliminated in a short time."

Yi Teng asked in amazement, "Could it be possible that you have to go personally, Chasa?"

Huxue thought: "...there is still one person available."

Zong Zhengxi lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "That's right."

He Xuyi turned to Yi Teng and said, "Yi Teng, what happened to Jia Sheng in the clan recently?"

Yi Teng was taken aback for a moment before he understood who they were referring to, and hurriedly said, "Because the leaders are busy with their duties these days, the original training plan has also been suspended, and everyone is free riding and shooting for fun... But this The kid usually doesn't talk to people very much, I heard that he had a bad relationship with a few brothers in the clan yesterday, and he seems to have done something."

He Xuyi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you start? What's the reason?"

Yi Teng said: "It's probably because the brothers are not angry with him. Hey, he is a foreigner after all. He has collided with the beasts before. If you want me to say, he asked for this Jia Sheng himself. Well, he has nowhere to go. Let’s find a place to stay in the country of Yan, if we insist on coming here…”

After finishing speaking, he suddenly realized that when the word "foreigner" was mentioned just now, He Xuyi glanced at him. At this time, thinking about it, he subconsciously looked up at the man's face, which was still gloomy in the usual way, and secretly sighed in his heart. I wonder if this country of Yan is really unpopular now?Why did they all go to Hu Qiang's snow-cold place to suffer.

Zong Zhengxi added: "Among the people who took the lead in provoking trouble, there were people from the Hulan tribe and the Tie Nale tribe. At this time, there is a deliberate incident, and it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of their superiors."

He Xuyi said in a low voice: "There is still something wrong...but this time I have to send him to make crossbows first, and it happens that he is also familiar with Yan's style of work."

Yi Teng said softly: "Jia Sheng's skill is not bad... There are some people in the clan who admire him, but because the incident happened just in time for the Hulan tribe, everyone spread their fire on him by the way. "

Hu Xuhong nodded and said: "Well, let's do this first, and I'll talk to him later. Yi Teng, you should go and pass the message and ask Jia Sheng to come to Chasa now."

Hu Xuyi handed the hemp paper back to the man, and Zong Zhengxi said, "I still have blueprints in my residence, let him come back in the afternoon."

"Yes." Yi Teng bowed his hands and took the order, and walked out of the palace gate.

Puffing smoke billowed into the sky, a heat wave hit the face, and a group of barbarians crowded in front, regardless of each other's priority.

"Hey! Don't grab it! Don't grab it!"

At noon, the hunger was eager to be filled, and one person complained: "Why are there so few biluos today? This is not enough..."

"Eat your pancakes! What a beautiful idea!" The old man behind the huge boiler said with a smile, "I still want stuffed stuffing... Hey, you guys, slow down, it's not too hot!"

"Don't squeeze me!"

"Hey!" One person was shoved, and the newly baked mustache was scorching hot. He subconsciously picked it up with his hands, and inadvertently, the mustache fell out of his hand and fell to the ground.

"Let you squeeze!"

"A pack of wolf cubs!" The old man laughed and scolded, "I will do more next time Bi Luo."

The golden mustache is wrapped in a shallow oil layer, and the red sun at noon shines on it, smoothing the deep or shallow golden gullies, and shaping the shadows of the sun one after another.

A few Hu people sat on the ground, holding a stack of mustard pancakes in one hand, and gnawed a piece of pancakes in the other.

"The edges are a bit blurry..."

The crowd around the boiler gradually dispersed. A young man in a navy blue beard came from the back mountain, passed through a group of sitting barbarians, looked straight ahead, and walked to the stove.

A barbarian sitting next to him winked at him, and the surrounding people turned their heads to look at the young man. They fell silent for a moment, and then started making noise again.

Fu Chen took a few steps forward, the boiler was empty, only a faint wisp of hot smoke remained beside the furnace.

He leaned over and picked up a piece of mustard that had fallen on the corner of the stove.

Fu Chen flicked the ashes on the cake, walked to a place outside the group of people, and sat down leaning on the cooking robe.

A few barbarians were secretly watching his movements. At this time, they could only see a few strands of white hair hanging behind the young man from the side of the tent. Feeling bored, they turned back to the conversation and said to others: "Let's get down It's time for military training, is he going to join us?"

"What else can we do if we don't work together?" A barbarian said disdainfully, "Let's practice ours, leave him alone!"

He frowned again: "But when we practiced the formation before——"

"Hey!" the barbarians interrupted him and said, "Isn't that Yi Teng?"

A man on a horse galloped from the center of the capital, stopped beside these crowds, and dismounted swiftly.

"Hey, why didn't you spend some time with the wolf master today and came to the camp?" The barbarian laughed.

Immediately, someone laughed and answered, "Yi Teng, it's a bad luck for you to come. All the pastries you made today have been taken away. Now you have nothing to eat!"

"Don't bother you, I'll go back to eat later," Yi Teng also grinned, then glanced at the people sitting there, and said, "...Where's Jia Sheng? Where is he?"

The person who had just answered the conversation pouted his mouth behind the camp, and said, "There it is."

Yi Teng looked over and saw a piece of dark blue clothes on the edge of the tent, so he stepped closer and said to Yan Yan: "Jia Cheng, Qiu Ri calls you to go in the afternoon..."

"do not know."

The hoarse voice has no ripples.

Yi Teng took a few steps forward and walked up to the young man, just in time to see the young man scratching something on the ground with a dead branch, and a mustache with two bites in one hand. He took a bite of the pancake, and never even glanced at him.

He felt a little angry in his heart, thought about the reason for coming, then suppressed his emotions, and said: "Chasa specially arranged for you to do something, and this is also the order of the wolf master. If you don't want to contribute, you don't have to stay here .”

Yi Teng saw the left cheek of the young man chewing the cake, and the vivid centipede stopped wriggling suddenly. He heard the young man mumble, "Got it."

Yi Teng wanted to say a few more words, but when he touched the young man's focused and indifferent expression, he stopped talking and turned to leave.

Seeing his expression, several barbarians who were chatting at the same place smiled and said, "How is it? Do you want to beat him up?"

Yi Teng put away his displeasure, and said: "You can't understand him, just leave him alone, and don't need to cause trouble."

"Tch." The barbarians looked at each other a few times, each understanding the meaning in their eyes.

Yi Teng turned his face to look at both sides, then turned his gaze back, and said, "I'll go back first if there's nothing else to do."

Several barbarians smiled and waved to him, Yi Teng stopped talking and drove away.

Fu Chen finished chewing the dry and hard beard cake in his mouth, put down the dry branch in his hand, got up and raised his foot to wipe off the pile of chaotic symbols on the ground just now, then put the remaining half of the cake in his clothes, started and turned around.

The group of barbarian people who got together had already finished eating the cakes, and some of them stood up at this time and wanted to set off.

Fu Chen passed by here, but he didn't attract any attention or discussion. The barbarians just chatted with each other, and had nothing to do with each other.

When the scorching sun gradually reached its peak in the afternoon, it was only cold in Hudi, but it didn't get any warmer.

King Lejin's capital was not far from the paddock barracks, and the Utron tribe chose a uniquely good location. Fu Chen walked into the city, and the sun was still there, but it took a little time.

He turned into a secluded alley outside the palace, a door was deeply hidden, he stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Deng Deng."

The alley is remote and quiet, and there are still echoes.

Fu Chen stood outside the door for a long time, but there was still no sound.

He put his hand on the door, paused for a moment, and pushed the wooden door open with a "squeak".

The courtyard is simple and simple, with only one big banyan tree occupying most of the courtyard, and the only one wall room is also in the same closed shape.

Fu Chen stepped forward, and was about to knock on the door to enter again, when in a trance, he heard some faint sounds again, like trickling sounds.He followed the sound around the door and walked to the back of the house.The sound of the water waves became clearer, it was obvious that someone was using water in the backyard, and when he reached the corner of the back door, he saw the person he was looking for bent over him, as if he was cleaning something.The wheelchair frame is too wide to block the view, and there is only a well outside the thatched eaves next to it, which is used for washing after fresh running water.

Fu Chen stopped after a distance of more than ten feet, and said, "Your Highness."

"...I don't know the etiquette."

Across the distance, the man didn't use his internal force to transmit the sound, and the voice floated thinly in the air.

Fu Chen didn't intend to explain too much, stood where he was, lowered his eyes and said: "I heard that the wolf master Hu Qiang has something to order, and Jia Sheng is here to take orders."

The wind blows his bearded robe, and the young man's figure is straight.

There was another long silence, and the sound of the procrastinating roller skating could be heard. Zong Zhengxi walked to the young man's side, glanced at him lightly, and said, "Go into the room and talk."

The two of them entered the house slowly. The place in the house is narrow, and there is only a table and a chair in the middle, and a low wooden bed on the side. The plaster walls are exposed to the brick skin, and there are cobwebs on the beams and windows, as if no one has ever been there. lived in general.

Zong Zhengxi slid to the edge of the table, raised his head and took out a few stacks of haggard jute paper from under a volume of books, reviewing them one by one.

Fu Chen stood in front of the table to watch his movements. The position was close, so he had to lower his gaze. Some light seeped in through the leaky window. Fu Chen quietly moved to the right. A drop of sweat dripped skillfully on the paper.

This angle of view happened to see a line of oily black eyebrows, covering the deep eye sockets below.

Fu Chen stared at the thin layer of sweat on the man's pale forehead, lost in thought.

After a while, Zong Zhengxi pushed a stack of papers forward a few inches, raised his eyes and said, "I want you to go to Yandi to do something."

Fu Chen met his gaze with calm and scrutinizing eyes, and did not make a sound, waiting for his next words.

Zong Zhengxi touched the hemp paper that had just been pushed forward with his fingertips, and said: "This is the pattern of weapons I remade. Hu Qiang's raw materials and craftsmanship are not up to the standard, so I have to bring them to Yancheng. Make a pattern in the weapon workshop first."

Fu Chen reached out to pick up the few pieces of paper on the table, and looked down, there were patterns drawn in lead and the sizes densely annotated on them.

He looked at the pattern and said, "This is a crossbow."

"Yes."

Fu Chen turned to the next page and said: "Hu people are good at riding and shooting, and have no habit of using crossbows."

"But Hu Bing also tends to have a single force because of this. Blindly brute force is beneficial, but it won't last long," Zongzheng Xi said, "I plan to increase the effectiveness of the machine crossbow to ten arrows at a time, and reduce its size so that it can be compared with bows." Carry it with you."

Fu Chen retorted: "I fought against the Hu people on the battlefield, and their defeat was not due to lack of strength, on the contrary, the Hu people relied on primitive force to compete on the battlefield, but they became excellent soldiers to dispel the enemy's tricks. Policy."

Zong Zhengxi looked at him, his eyes were cold and not aggressive, Shen Yin said: "Then how many troops did you lead in the fight with the Hu people? How many Hu soldiers?"

Fu Chen was quiet for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said: "The red armor is two thousand, and the barbarian is also more than two thousand."

Zong Zhengxi continued: "Fatal flaws will be magnified in the big battlefield, you can't compare with occasional fluke."

Fu Chen twisted: "Your Highness, do you mean that the barbarian must become like the Yan army, and only with eighteen kinds of weapons can go into battle and win the enemy?"

"What do you think?"

"Train and practice day and night, what can't be done?"

Zong Zhengxi stared at the scar on his face for a moment, then stretched out his hand to remove the paper from his hand.

"You are not calm," the man lowered his eyebrows and said softly, "Go out."

The hand that had been stripped of the hemp paper was stuck in the air, and Fu Chen clenched his fist again, hanging by his side, turned around and walked to the door.

He saw the thick and vigorous banyan tree in the courtyard, with the white sky and golden scales shining among the branches and leaves.

Fu Chen didn't go out again, and said: "All I know is that I haven't practiced martial arts since I was a child, but when it comes to humans and beasts, I don't use cunning to defeat the enemy and win."

A deep voice came from behind: "If you want to quell the hatred in your heart with your own strength, what are you doing here? Wouldn't you be wronged?"

Fu Chen took a deep breath and said, "I thought there would always be a way to truly confess...that's what I insist on."

"What you insisted upon was to bring you up here,