Two smoke pillars slowly rose from the Polu Sui. This was Han Gandang and Lu Guangsu ignited the accumulated firewood piled up outside the dock, while Zhao Hu'er raised the beacon on the top.

The signal "I saw the enemy trying to enter the barrier, and more than one thousand people" will be transmitted to Linghusui in the west, and will also be transmitted to a row of pavilions and barriers ten miles south of the Great Wall. They will then pass it in turn to the emergency to the army stationed in the Duwei Mansion forty miles away.

Vision is the fastest way to communicate. In just a moment, the Duwei Mansion and Bu Guanghou Office, who are 40 miles away, can receive the news and respond...

Ren Hong had already got off the beacon tower at this time. When he held the wooden ladder in his hand, he could feel a slight tremor. I don’t know if it was his nervous illusion or the rushing 2,000 Huns’ cavalry that really made their beacon tower tremble.

But the sound of horse hooves vaguely came from my ears was unfair.

"Zhang Qianren!"

Ren Hong called out and stood by the wall, a little at a loss.

"Follow me to get armored soldiers!"

As early as a hundred years ago, Chao Cuo summarized: "A sharp armor and sharp blades are mixed in length, and when the crossbows are connected, the Huns' soldiers are not able to be supported; if the talents are official and the arrows are the same, the Huns' rebellion and wood are recommended; if the horses are dismounted, the swords and halberds are connected, and if they are removed, the Huns' foot can not be given. This is China's great skill."

The strong armored blade was a huge advantage of the Han Dynasty over the Huns. Even a small beacon tower had a quantity and quality of armored soldiers, which was enough to make a thousand-man of the Huns envious.

When Ren Hong first came to Polusui, he checked the small warehouse where armored soldiers were stored. Each pavilion had a book that recorded the weapons. In addition to six stones, two crossbows and two crossbows, Polusui also had three horn bows, four long spears, one long spear, one short spear, five swords, five shields, and 600 crossbows and arrows with iron-clustered rods.

When they went out to patrol, Song Wan and six others took away some of the armored soldiers. Ren Hong asked everyone to move all the remaining ones to the beacon tower - making the worst plan. If the Huns invade the barrier, the beacon tower might be their last fortress!

"Long Shu, I'll put on your armor!"

Han Gandang came in at this time, picked up the iron armor placed on the wooden rack and was about to put it on Ren Hong.

Unlike the general leather armor of the Qin Dynasty, the armor of the Han Dynasty made a qualitative leap, and the progress of iron smelting made it possible for the army to equip a large amount of iron armor. In this shattered shovel, a pair of iron armor was distributed, and two iron horns, that is, helmets, were all made of iron sheets and twine.

The iron leaves of the zijia are nearly a hundred pieces, and they are a bit thick, so they are very bulky, far less light than the fish-scale zijiao used by senior officers. They can only protect the chest and back. It is difficult for one person to wear them, so they need the help of the robe.

"You are good at melee combat, so this iron armor will be used for you."

Ren Hong stuffed some tex to prevent skin friction into the iron armor, which was worn by Han Dan. The iron armor was too heavy, so heavy that it would affect speed and balance for people who were not skilled in the wear.

Besides, Haogang needs to be used on the blade. He doesn't think that his role in combat can be greater than Han Dan as a veteran on the battlefield.

Ren Hong himself only wrapped his head tightly with a towel and wore an iron squid. Although this thing made his head feel heavy, it could prevent the Huns' bone clusters, stone clusters, and even iron arrows from getting stuck in the gaps in the iron sheets.

He was wearing a yellow-brown knee-length armor, and then a leather snail (gōu) was worn on his left and right wrists.

When choosing weapons with hands, Han Gandang naturally had a handful of ring-headed swords and iron hooks. He was wearing iron armor and looked like a heavy infantryman. He knocked on the weapons of his left and right hands and roared out and left.

Others also moved the remaining weapons and arrows to the beacon towers and placed them. Ren Hong was in trouble for what weapons he used: he practiced the five soldiers in the fire one by one on weekdays and found that the spear was the best, followed by the ring knife.

For those who were on the battlefield for the first time, the length of the spear can give people an illusory sense of security. Ren Hong's hand has reached towards the spear rod, but the sentence "Spiritorial soldiers have been lucky since ancient times" flashed through his mind, which made him dispel this idea.

When he finally walked out the door, he had a ring knife hanging on his belt, a red-patterned leather shield on his back, and he held his six-stone crossbow in his arms, and an arrow hanging on his side.

Now there is complete equipment!

Ren Hong couldn't tell whether the beacon was shaking or he was shaking. Anyway, in a moment, outside the Great Wall, the sound of horse hooves of the Huns seemed to be closer!

When passing by the kitchen, Ren Hong hesitated for a moment and asked Lu Guangsu to take the iron pot delivered by Xuanquan.

Lu Guangsu was so amused and crying: Ren Shui, when is it time? Are you still thinking about the pot?"

"After all, it's made of iron, and it may be useful to defend against the enemy later."

Ren Hong said as he climbed the beacon again. At this time, the rumbling horse hooves outside the Great Wall had stopped. Instead, the horse was strangled and neighed, which was so close that it was scary...

Sure enough, when Ren Hong arrived at the top, Han Gandang, who came up first, and Zhao Huer, who had been guarding the top, did not say a word and looked outside.

Ren Hong was also silent because he saw that, except for hundreds of cavalry scattered along the Great Wall to wait for the enemy, the remaining more than a thousand Hu cavalry had arrived at the south bank of Shule River, several miles north of Polusui.

Then stopped.

The Hu people dismounted and rested, but their eyes were all staring at Polusui. Dozens of cavalry came close to outside the range to observe them, pointing fingers and pointing. The leader was a Xiongnu chief riding a white horse...

This is a sign of the attack of the Huns.

"No, right... there are hundreds of beacon towers in the Great Wall, and they really pick our fire to attack?"

Zhang Qianren wailed, and the Huns were crowded with horses and were terrified. His family was well-off and had always been afraid of death, and his legs were trembling. Lu Guangsu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the spear on his hand was a little too tight. Han Gandang was gasping for breath and swallowing his saliva.

Ren Hong felt a little dry in his mouth. When did he feel so much sweat on the handle of the ring knife?

Zhao Hu'er was the most calm. He squinted his eyes to observe the situation outside, and suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "The Huns captured a silencer who was out patrolling!"

Everyone saw that it was not true. Several Huns were returning from the Great Wall east of Polusui and threw a Han soldier wearing red leather armor on his horse and heavily in front of the white horse Hu general!

All five of them stared at the unlucky guy, unable to believe their eyes.

Zhang Qianren said in a daze: "To the east, that is the direction of Song Shuili's inspection. What color of armor was he wearing when he went out?"

Ren Hong held his hand on the beacon wall, and in his eyes, the red color that was pressed down in front of the Hu generals in the distance was particularly dazzling:

"Old Song, wearing his favorite set...painted red leather armor!"

...

Unfortunately, the person caught by Hu Qi was Song Wan.

When the Huns invaded the border, he was taking two new Suimen to patrol the Tiantian and go to the Shule River to familiarize himself with the terrain. When he saw Guanghan Suifengyan, he quickly turned around and ran away. It was too late.

While crossing the Great Wall, two silencers were shot to death on the Changyuan, and he was captured alive.

The leather shell on Song Wan's head disappeared, and under his gray hair was a terrified face.

He was thrown to the ground, raised his head and saw the leader of the Huns.

Hu Jiao was very young. Except for a bunch of hair on his head, the rest of the head was shaved. He wore a gilded bronze crown decorated with feathers. Under the crown were thick eyebrows and almond eyes, and his eyes were bright. He had two small beards hanging on his round face. He rode a white Wusun Xiji horse, and the horse was decorated with small gold ornaments.

Song Wan didn't know that this young Hu chief, whose surname was Huyan, was named "Gaoyaxu". He was the owner of the thirty-four springs in the Beishan area and the prince of the right plowing king.

He is also the big buyer of Dunhuang profiteer smuggling goods...

Gao Yaxu said in the Huns for a while, and a servant next to him who was obviously a Han man immediately translated for him and asked Song Wan:

"The prince needs officials who are familiar with the Senei situation. I ask you if you are willing to surrender to Hu?"

The Chinese translator added: "The prince also said that if he is willing to provide the truth of Senei and to persuade the prince to surrender to the people in this beacon tower, he will promise you a hundred cattle and sheep!"

Song Wan is not a tough guy with a strong backbone, but he is just a tiny food officer who has been working in the frontier for many years because he is illiterate, but he has not even become a Sui Chang. He can be said to have accomplished nothing in his life.

He had been confused and was a little jealous of the young Ren Hong. He was deceived by Qian Lutuo and had almost no help in the case of the traitor.

At present, being captured by the Huns, Song Wan was so scared that he trembled. He didn't need to be beaten and forced by the Huns. His legs were weak and he knelt in front of Hu's horse.

When he heard that Jiang Zewu died, he was stunned. He didn't know whether he was happy or afraid in his eyes. He was about to speak, but he remembered something and lowered his head again.

"If I surrender, my wife, daughter and grandchildren will become criminals. I am afraid that the grave of my family will be excavated. On the contrary, I died in battle, and I have tens of thousands of burial money, and my son can be recommended as an official..."

If he bows his head, the whole family will suffer with it, and the third generation cannot raise their heads!

If he raises his head, his descendants can hold their heads up!

After thinking it through, when Song Wan looked at Gao Yaxu again, his eyes were still filled with fear, but there was another emotion.

Tragic...

Not heroic, but ordinary people.

Song Wan shook his gray head: "Although I can't read, I know my shame."

He tried hard to control his legs, which were still trembling slightly, and stood up, trying to straighten his chest in front of this Hu Kai who looked down on him!

"I am a soldier from the Han Dynasty, an official who defeated Lu Shu, and I will not surrender to the Hu Lu!"

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Chapter completed!