Win the Ding 1617

This year is different.

Under the guidance and training of the warriors of the expedition, the Hopi continued to acquire astonishing technology.For example, combining the horns of the bison with the wooden bows that were originally not too strong in range and strength, the bows in the hands of hunters suddenly became much stronger!Coupled with the iron arrow, it can be said to be invincible.

What's more, under the careful training and cultivation of the expedition fighters, the Hopi fighters have begun to have metal spears, machetes, and have divisions of arms into spearmen, archers, and sword and shield soldiers.

Metal weapons are used instead of bone, stone arrowheads, and spearheads.Rein in the tribe with the Ministry of War.Also use tactics to hunt those deer, bison, sea otters.The hunting results and efficiency of the Hopi people are many times higher than in previous years!

Those giants with a body length of more than ten feet, a shoulder height of nearly one foot, and a weight of more than two thousand catties at every turn, have gradually lost their former strength in front of sharp arrows, spears and axes. The majestic, huge body, under the dense rain of arrows, wailed and fell to the ground.With a cheer, the hunters swarmed forward, throwing the huge body of the bison onto the cart pulled by the deer.After these prey returned to Dingdong City, the expedition team of the Nanyue Army would have countless uses that would amaze them.

Unknowingly, the hunters crossed the customary boundaries of the hunting grounds and began to hunt wild animals in other people's hunting grounds.

The blue sky was like washing, and the warm sunshine wandered freely among the undulating mountains, stroking the slightest chill in the corner with his golden palm.And in this open valley bred by the Yellowstone River, a large herd of bison followed the gradually receding shadows and slowly walked out of the valley bottom where they rested at night, and climbed to the hillside to enjoy their breakfast.

Although the autumn is already strong and most of the pastures are withered and yellow, this valley still has a large area of ​​green vegetation due to the nourishment of the river water and the heat preservation of the scattered geothermal fountains at any time. This is why the cattle prefer to gather here in this season. important reason.Huge adult bison walk on the periphery of the herd, grazing the rough pastures, while calves born this year.Then snuggle close to his mother, enjoying those green and juicy shoots, preparing for the first severe winter he will face.

However, they don't know.It is in the grass and bushes not far away that there is a huge danger lurking.

"Fire arrows!"

A command to shoot arrows was issued from the instructor of the Southern Cantonese Army Expedition Team who led the team, and immediately, a dense rain of arrows rushed towards the bison who were still eating the fresh and juicy pasture on the ground with their scarlet tongues.

The buffalo herd immediately became flustered by the unexpected blow.

"Those with spears, step forward!"

The spear stabbed under.Those bison whose walking speed slowed down after being hit by arrows, far below the running speed of fifty or sixty kilometers per hour, had nowhere to escape, and became victims of sharp spears and arrows in a blink of an eye.

Just as people were happily clearing up today's battle results, a group of people wearing feather headdresses rushed down from the distant mountains, aggressively arguing with a few Hopi people who were gathering prey at the edge of the valley.

"What happened over there?"

The instructor of the Southern Guangdong Army asked the leader of the Hopi people who led the team.

"Those people said that we broke into their hunting grounds and killed the prey that belonged to them. They want us to keep the prey!"

"Joke!" The coach sneered, "Everything in the world belongs to whoever has the ability. Why do you have to give it to you?! Come on! Give them some color!"

A conflict triggered by hunting out of bounds ended in a complete victory for the Hopi without any suspense.The huge technological gap between neighboring tribes and the Hopi.The gap in tactical thinking makes them powerless to resist.

In Yin Lei's view, this time is a good opportunity to expand the hunting ground and territory!

In the eyes of Chief Ruoshui and the others, if you don't move out at this time and expand your influence and territory, when will you wait?

With the full support of the Nanyue Army, Yin Lei led hundreds of Hopi tribesmen to attack the neighboring non-Hopi people.The battle situation can be imagined.The nearby Hopi tribe heard the news and joined the battle to redefine hunting grounds and land.

The Hopi people, who were originally condensed only by blood relationship and similar living habits, were organized by an expedition team led by Director Ruoshui.Grow up quickly.Among other things, the young and middle-aged labor force has been organized into a powerful army.

War is the best catalyst and the best glue.in a state of war.These originally disjointed tribes quickly became a whole with gradually unified command.

The young and middle-aged men in the tribe were organized, or they were trained in accordance with the training of the Nanyue Army instructor, and then went to the front to fight, expanding a more stable and larger space for the tribe, or on the hunting ground.Shooting and hunting in the farmland.Provide more food and meat to the soldiers ahead.

Under the combined effect of the iron weapons provided by the Southern Guangdong Army expedition team and advanced tactics and army formation, the tribal fights that were originally just like gang fights evolved in a one-sided situation.The Hopi quickly expanded their hunting grounds and farmland for thousands of miles.

In the rear, under the guidance of Chief Ruoshui, the Hopi people also began to build the city wall. Although the scale and grade are far inferior to Dingdong City, it still has a bit of appearance.

In the farmland, after using metal plow sticks and hoes to cultivate and fertilize the fields, the Hopi people were pleasantly surprised to find that half of the men had gone to war, and instead of reducing the harvested grain, the corn in the field was growing gratifyingly. There is quite a bumper harvest.

Not only did the crops in the field grow well, but it seemed much easier for the people staying near the village to reclaim new land after farming.After selecting the land, first use a shovel and an ax to dig a ditch to prevent the wildfire from spreading to other places, and then light the fire.After the fire was gradually extinguished, a brand new piece of land appeared in front of people. It only needed to dig out the roots of various plants with a shovel and a hoe to complete the reclamation of a piece of raw wasteland.

When it came to winter, thousands of Hopi warriors finished the whole autumn battle, carried the trophies and escorted the captives back to their hometown. became a little strange.

The stockade built in the pattern of Dingdong City is also a fortress that is difficult to capture in the eyes of these brave and sturdy warriors. The tribe's precious materials, food, and deer.Cattle and sheep, hunted bison, wild deer, sea otters.Gold and so on are stored in the village.People built wooden houses, dug wells, and paved roads in the village, which looked orderly.The living habits at home have also changed quietly.Clean water is always being heated in clay pots on the stove, and people begin to drink hot water like distant relatives.No more random littering.because.If the head of the water channel told them that the Emperor of Heaven is a god who loves cleanliness and hates those dirty things, if someone litters litteringly, the Emperor of Heaven will bring disasters and illnesses to them.

Outside the walled city, large areas of grain fields have been harvested, and the crowd drove the livestock back to their homes. This winter, for these Hopi people, will be a festival rather than a difficult winter.

because.Their warehouses are full of food and meat, and a large amount of sea otter skins provide sufficient warm clothing for the men, women and children of the tribe.Those bison were carefully divided into fur, meat, skeleton and horns by distant relatives.Then each has its own use.

However, neither Yin Lei nor Chief Ruoshui discovered that a bigger and more historically significant change was quietly and irresistibly changing the lives of the Hopi people.

As the Hopi people in the late stage of matrilineal society, women are the leaders in the family and tribe.but.Since the arrival of Director Ruoshui and the expedition team, men like Yin Lei who can farm the fields, go hunting and go out to fight in the mountains have gradually become dominant, and women have become less and less listened to.

"These few days I plan to take advantage of the good weather. When the wind and snow have stopped, I will take the sons and daughters of the tribe to go hunting. What kind of sea otters and bison are just fat. Bring them to the city to exchange with the Daoist chief. some good stuff!"

In Dingdong City, Yin Lei was full of sincerity.Throughout the autumn harvest, he exchanged a thousand pairs of horns for five hundred spears.Five thousand pieces of sea otter skins were exchanged for one thousand arrows, and seven or eight buckets of gold sand were exchanged for a lot of knives, axes and agricultural tools.He is ready to use these good things to continue to work hard for the life of the tribe.

If the water director is naturally not idle.In exchange for prey such as ox horns and sea otters to be shared equally, or to make leather clothing for the soldiers for the winter, or to make hard bows by those who know how to make horn bows according to the technical requirements of "Kao Gong Ji" and "Wu Bei Zhi".

Bow making is mainly made of stems, horns, tendons, glue, silk, lacquer and other materials. The above six materials are collectively called "six materials": "Those with dryness are considered to be far away; those with horns are considered to be sick; those with tendons If it is glue, you think it is harmonious; if it is silk, you think it is solid; if it is lacquer, you think it is exposed to frost and dew.”

Dry, including many kinds of wood and bamboo; used to make the main body of the bow arm, laminated in multiple layers.The performance of the dry material plays a decisive role in the performance of the bow.The dry wood is made of zhe wood, followed by eucalyptus, eucalyptus, etc., and bamboo is the bottom.The horn, that is, the animal horn, is made into a thin sheet and attached to the inner side (abdomen) of the bow arm.Bows are mainly made of ox horns, and the horns of natural white, medium green, and unfeng are the best; "the horns are two feet long and five inches long (nearly [-] centimeters), and the three colors are not unreasonable. It is called a ox wearing a ox." The best horn material (the price of one horn is equivalent to that of a cow, so it is called Niu Dai Niu).Tendons, the tendons of animals, are attached to the outer side (back) of the bow arm.The role of tendons and angles.They all increase the elasticity of the bow arm, making the arrow shoot more vigorously and hit objects deeper.The selected ribs should be small and long, and the large ones should be round and moist.Glue, that is, animal glue, is used to bond dry wood and corner tendons. "Kao Gong Ji" recommends six types of glue: deer glue, horse glue, cow glue, mouse glue, fish glue, and rhinoceros glue.The preparation method of glue is "generally boil animal skins and other animal tissues (especially the muscle cavity) in water, or add a small amount of lime alkali, then filter and steam to concentrate. According to the experience of bow making in later generations, the The isinglass made from fish tissue, especially the inner skin of the palate and fish fat is the best. Later Chinese bow makers used isinglass to make the important parts of the bow, that is, the place of bearing force. Animal skin glue was used for less important places , such as covering the epidermis. Silk, that is, silk thread, tightly wraps the bow tube of Fujiao with silk thread to make it stronger. The selected silk must be bright in color, just like in water. Paint, paint the finished bow arm Lacquer is used to prevent the erosion of frost and moisture, and it is required to choose a paint with a clear color.

"The selection of the six materials must be at the right time. The six materials are gathered together, and those who are skillful can harmonize them." The bow stem is analyzed in winter, the corners are treated in spring; the tendons are treated in summer, and the materials are combined in autumn.In the cold winter, the bow arm is placed in the bow box to shape it, and in the severe winter, the appearance is repaired.When dissecting the bow in winter, the wood texture is naturally smooth and dense; in spring, the corners are cured, and the tendons are naturally moist and soft; in summer, the tendons are cured, and the tendons are naturally not tangled; In cold weather, the glue and paint are completely dry, so the surface can be repaired.Put on the bowstring in spring, and store it for another year before it can be used.The above-mentioned complicated technological procedures need to span two to three years.

But.If the waterway is here, except for trees, horns, animal tendons, and various glues obtained by boiling animals, the remaining silk threads and lacquer are lacking.Not only can't get all the six materials together, but the time is also very tight.

"Anyway, as long as you can shoot arrows, it's good. We have enough horns and trees here. What are you worried about?!" Ruo Watermaster gritted his teeth, and formulated a policy of using quantity to make up for the lack of quality and craftsmanship.

A large amount of horns, tendons, bird feathers, wood, animals, especially fish were put into the process of making bows and arrows.Many teenagers from nearby tribes were tricked into Dingdong City by Chief Ruoshui.Participate in making bows and arrows.

A large number of expedition members were replaced by these people to search for various minerals in the nearby mountains and forests, so as not to sit and eat the mountains one day.

The so-called innocence is full of guilt.

While Ruoshuidao Changshou was exploring the terrain in the mountains and forests in search of minerals, Yin Lei led his men to shoot and hunt back and forth between the mountains and the sea, turning sea otters, bison and deer into prey for his own bow, arrow and sword. Other tribes are quietly connecting in series.

First of all, as long as one is a human being, there is no one who is not greedy for life and afraid of death. It is said that Ruoshui Daochang has a wonderful hand to rejuvenate.Naturally, the surrounding tribes came to seek medical treatment one after another. This is a normal thing, but after coming and going, some people moved their minds.If the head of the water channel is so powerful, it actually saved the Hopi people from a disease that could almost wipe out their group!Why let those few fishing savages on the west coast own it? We have thick arms and strong strength, and it seems that we are more qualified to have Ruo Shuichang.

Secondly, now these barbarians who only know fishing, hunting and farming have actually been favored by the gods, and they have won countless honors from the envoys of the gods (this is the honorary title given to the expedition team of the Southern Guangdong Army by various Indian tribes within a thousand miles around) Fantastic tool.Whether it is hunting, fishing, farming, or even going into battle, everything has become invincible!

When it comes to strength, population, and looks close to the envoy of the Emperor of Heaven.It seems that it should be our turn first, right? !Why did such good things fall on the heads of the Hopi people! ?no!We must knock the Hopi to the ground and snatch the Angel of the Emperor from the Hopi!

Just do it, with this idea, these primitive people started diplomatic activities.In the impression of modern people, diplomacy is suits and leather shoes and bureaucratic accents. In fact, even primitive people with bare butts can play this thing quite smoothly.After connecting each other in series.Several larger tribes who are related to each other by marriage and blood hit it off and do it!Isn't it just a few barbarians fishing, our family is united, there are many people, and we also have obsidian swords, what a fart.So, after some preparations, a powerful team of thousands of people was organized, and nearly 400 of them were equipped with obsidian swords.Seeing the mighty warriors marching across the field singing the songs of their ancestors, almost all the tribal leaders were full of confidence in victory.

After this battle is over, not only can the envoy of the Emperor of Heaven be invited back to our tribe, our tribe will be free from disease and disaster from now on, and we can also obtain so many artifacts for hunting and farming. "After beating the Hopi, their food, fur, and gold will be good helpers for us to get through the famine!" the leader of the team yelled, and suddenly there was a strange howl in the team.

Through the use of metal farm tools, iron arrowheads and weapons, the Hopi's wealth has spread thousands of miles.Everyone hopes to grab the most spoils in this battle and come back to enjoy it.

But, are the Hopi really that easy to grab?

The news of the large group of Shoshone rushing into their own territory was discovered by the Hopi hunters.Although they don't know their reason for coming, simply because of the size of the team and the large number of people, the hunters instinctively felt that these guys definitely didn't come to drink with relatives and serve as matchmakers for others.

Compared with the Hopi, a tribe whose main way of life is farming, hunting and fishing, the Shoshone are more like warriors.They subsist on wild plant seeds, small mammals, fish and insects.After white men (whether Spaniards, Portuguese, or English-French) arrived on the continent, the Shoshone began to acquire horses and became dependent on marauding and hunting bison.The sturdy and brave Shoshone people made the Spaniards living in the southwestern part of the continent frightened.

Compared with these natural warriors, the Hopi are undoubtedly a group of farmers who have just taken their weapons.

When the messenger scrambled to deliver the news to Yin Lei and Taoist Ruo Shui, although Yin Lei felt a little abrupt, he was still trying to calm himself down.On the contrary, Master Ruo Shui was full of joy after hearing the news.

"Brother Yin Lei, haven't you been saying that you plan to try to build canals in the cornfields for irrigation after the spring of next year? Haven't you been worried about the lack of manpower? Aren't these Shoshone people the best manpower?"

Sure enough, Yin Lei plucked up the courage to fight the Shoshone. Under the joint attack of the Sangmen Spear, the Juehu Dao and the powerful iron arrow, he only had the obsidian sword and the sharpened wooden stick as a spear in his hand. The Shoshone were defeated! (~^~)