Chapter 131 White Straw Man (Subscribe and vote)
The next morning, the Fire Tribe continued to march towards Tuogu Ridge, preparing to launch an attack in the evening of the same day. At their target location, Luo Chong was also making final preparations with his tribesmen.
Luo Chong stood at the preset archer position, holding a longbow with a full bowstring and threw an arrow down the hillside. With a whoosh, the feather arrow drew a high arc, then fell rapidly and nailed straight to the ground about 350 meters away.
"Wow! It flew so far that I can't see it. Where did the arrow fall?" Xiaodie stood on tiptoe, looking forward with her hands on the pergola.
"It's just below the hillside. We'll mark the point where the arrows land. When the enemy rushes up, as long as they enter the marked line, it means they are within the range of our bows and arrows, and then we can start."
Luo Chong explained while walking horizontally along the position for a few steps, and then shot a few arrows at the hillside. Several arrows formed a horizontal line at the hillside, which was the range mark line of the Han tribe's longbow.
Shouya had been waiting there with dozens of people carrying copper shovels and straw men brushed with lime. Seeing Luo Chong finish shooting arrows, he nodded at him and quickly led people down to mark. They would insert a straw man at the point where the arrows landed.
As for why it was a straw man instead of something else, the reason was very simple. If the distance was too far, it would not be obvious with stones or sticks, and it would be difficult to distinguish, but the target of the straw man was much easier to distinguish. Moreover, these straw men were brushed with white lime water, so they could be clearly seen even in dim light.
In addition, a few white straw men were inserted there, which were obviously artificial. Those who didn't understand thought it was some strange custom of the Han tribe. This would not make people suspicious and make people believe that this was the place of residence. However, they didn't know that the moment they stepped over the straw men, they had already stepped into the forbidden land of death.
The preparations were completed quickly. By noon, all 117 people on Tuogu Ridge were ready, and more than a dozen horned deer on Rourouhui Mountain had been placed in the woods. This time Luo Chong did not arrange cavalry, and asked all the tribesmen who could shoot arrows to dismount the deer and participate in the infantry battle in order to obtain the maximum output rate of the arrow formation.
Tsk, there is still no bow suitable for horse archery. The longbow is too big. Although it is powerful, it can only be used by infantry. It seems that we still need to develop a composite bow as soon as possible. It would be better to build a crossbow as well, so that we don't have to worry about the lack of archers, because crossbows basically don't need much practice and are much faster to get started than bows and arrows.
At this moment, Xue Tu, who had been following the Fire Tribe, suddenly discovered something strange. The Fire Tribe actually stopped to eat at noon. What did that mean? They had eaten twice a day before, morning and evening. Why did they eat so early today? Did they arrive? Are they preparing to attack?
But after Xue Tu walked around the periphery, he didn't see any people. He was still very anxious. He thought he was right. The Fire Tribe must be preparing to attack, but his plan to report in advance could not be implemented. Would he have to watch another tribe suffer the same fate as himself? No, he couldn't. Xue
Tu immediately thought of another idea. He wanted to find the target tribe in advance along the marks while the Fire Tribe was still eating, and remind them to run away quickly. Although it was more dangerous to walk in front of the Fire Tribe and it was easy to be discovered by them, he couldn't care less now.
As soon as he thought of it, Xue Tu immediately took a detour to the front of the Fire Tribe, looking for something that looked like a mark on the road ahead. He originally thought that this was a mark unique to the Fire Tribe and would definitely not be easy to find, but he didn't expect that after just a quick look, he found several marks, and they all pointed to the same direction. This was it, no doubt.
In fact, this was also because the Fire Tribe was more cautious. They themselves were afraid that the people who left the marks would make a mistake, so they arranged several people to leave marks in different ways. In this way, even if one made a mistake, as long as they followed more marks pointing to the same direction, they would not go wrong. Unexpectedly, this was now a bargain for Xue Tu, and they didn't expect that their plan was discovered by Luo Chong from the beginning.
Xue Tu ran all the way along the marks, hurrying on the road, and at the same time, he had to be on guard against whether the people from the Fire Tribe would catch up.
After walking for almost four hours, Xue Tu saw the row of white straw men, and those marks were going in front of the straw men. It seems that their target is this "straw man tribe".
Taking a deep breath, Xue Tu did not hide his figure, and walked out of the woods directly, walking towards the hillside of Tuogu Ridge.
On the top of the hill, Luo Chong and his people were not panicking at all. They were eating leisurely. Although the war was just around the corner, the tribesmen were very confident and confident. They were fighting a prepared battle and had made preparations for several days in advance. Luo Chong had even rehearsed the formations for them. In addition, their leader was so calm and composed, which made them even more confident.
Luo Chong and Xiaodie were eating grilled fish. The fish was transported from the Han tribe yesterday in buckets. They hadn't eaten it for a few days, so they were eating with great appetite.
At this moment, a tribesman who was on duty suddenly came over to report, "Chief, a man came down the hillside and walked up by himself. What should we do?"
Huh? That's not right. The script is not like this. Didn't they say to set off smoke first and then light the fire? Why did they send someone over? To challenge? Or to persuade them to surrender?
Luo Chong, with a lot of questions in his head, said, "Let's go, take me to see."
Then he and the warrior came to the edge of the mountain top. Shu Da and a dozen people were already standing here with bronze spears. Luo Chong walked among them and looked at Xue Tu, who was walking alone at the bottom of the hill. Tsk, this guy is quite courageous.
"Chief, should we kill him?" Shu Da asked on the side.
"No, let's see what he is going to do first. I think he may not be an enemy. The Fire Tribe is planning to attack us in the chaos. What's the point of sending someone up now? Let him come up, but we still have to be careful of him." Luo Chong analyzed to the tribesmen around him.
"Yes." Everyone responded.
But Xue Tu, who was walking to the top of the slope, was very surprised. He saw a group of people with tied hair on the top of the slope looking at him. It seemed that they were all holding weapons. What was going on? Did this tribe come back from hunting so early? Or did they have already taken precautions?
Xue Tu stopped thinking about it. Anyway, he was not here to cause trouble. He was here to help. It would be better to persuade them to leave quickly.
When Xue Tu came to the hillside alone, a dozen men quickly surrounded him, pointing their spears at him.
Xue Tu was not afraid, and spoke directly, gesturing and saying, "I want to see your leader. I'm here to tell you that another tribe wants to attack you, and they will be here soon."
At this time, the tribesmen surrounding Xue Tu also made way for Luo Chong, wearing a golden crown, to come over from outside.
"I am the leader."
(End of this chapter)
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