I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 116 Spring Hunting
On March [-]th, beside the Luoshui River, Tianchi Forbidden Garden.

Tens of thousands of troops lined up neatly and orderly, shouting "Long Live", while the Emperor Daojun rode a magnificent white horse. Accompanied by the inspector of the armed forces.

Afterwards, the Emperor Daojun climbed onto the high platform, and the Jinwu, who represented the emperor in person, danced in the wind.

Hexi iron cavalry, Hedong crossbowmen, Shuofang Longyou's horse-rejecting formation.There are also the mighty and majestic soldiers of the forbidden army, all under the command of drum horns and banners, they practiced the army formation one by one.

The army drill lasted several hours.

Afterwards, the tens of thousands of troops, together with the accompanying imperial squadron, divided and encircled the hunting ground, and the hunting preparations began.

An elk was released and appeared under the high platform.According to the old rules, the emperor had to draw the first bow first.

The Emperor Daojun has not learned how to bow and horse for a long time, and this spring hunting parade is mainly to show off his force before destroying the Buddha and frighten the Quartet.He was not really interested in hunting, so the first arrow from the bow became the task of Prince Zhao Yuantan.

Although Zhao Yuantan was well-known in literature, as a prince, he had to learn bow and horse since he was a child. Before the spring hunting, he specially practiced archery for a few days. Fu Jinchuan also said that he "sharpens his gun before the battle." Lin Changyuan continued, "Even if it's not fast!"

After all, these few days of practice were not in vain, and the elk had been given some medicine before, Zhao Yuantan drew his bow and set an arrow, and hit it with one blow.

Then, the hunting began.

The noble children are all eager to try, wanting to show their demeanor in front of the emperor and elders, but the emperor Daojun has not participated in the spring hunting for a long time.Such an opportunity is extremely rare.

The Taizu Emperor of the Jin Dynasty seized the world by force. The bloody temper made all the children of the royal family proficient in bows and horses at that time, with high martial arts skills, and brave and good at fighting.

Emperor Taizong even put the hunting that is not in vain and the arrow not in vain as important as national unity and national security, and put forward the famous three joys: "When a man is alive, there are three joys: the world is peaceful, and the family is peaceful. Feet, there is one joy; the grass is shallow and the animals are fat, hunting with courtesy, the bow is not in vain, the arrow does not hit the target, two joys; Liuhe Datong, ten thousand squares Xianqing, Zhang Le Gaoyan, the upper and lower are happy, three joys."

However, after Taizu Taizong, since Gaozong, Xuanzong, and Renzong, these three emperors were not very interested in hunting.

Then came Emperor Wuzong, just by looking at the temple name, you can tell what kind of temperament this emperor is: "I would rather not eat for three days than hunt for one day."

Today, Emperor Xuanjia and Emperor Daojun live in the palace all the time because of their faith, and they seldom shoot or hunt.

So all the honorable children want to show their power, show their faces in front of His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince, and get a leader, maybe they can be directly appointed officials.

The most important thing is that His Majesty issued an edict before the spring hunt. This time it is an examination for the clan and noble children, so those who have titles will not participate in the selection.

This is a good opportunity for them to show their faces, because there is no need to compare with Marquis Wu An, otherwise with him around, everyone can only compete for second place.

In terms of riding and archery skills, who dares to compare with him?It's hard to hold a candle to it.

But no matter how much Fu Jinchuan has gained today, it will not be included in the evaluation.So in order to shoot and win the first prize, the general manager also prepared seriously for several days.

Then the army drove the prey out of the forest. On the vast hunting ground, the birds and animals fled in panic.

Three trumpets sounded, and the young disciples of the noble families of all clans galloped lightly, and started the hunting.

Among the honorable children are the fourth son Fu Weichuan and the sixth son Fu Mingchuan of the British government, Feng Guanghui, the newly married son-in-law captain of the Dingguo government, and his cousin Feng Guangchi.Wang Huaiyi and Wang Huaijie, the sons of Wang Bin, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, Qiu Yuan, the son of Qiu Ming, the Marquis of Anyuan, and Yu Jian, the son of Yu Luohu, the Marquis of Wuyang.

The descendants of the clan include Zhao Yuanlin, the eldest son of Zhou Wangfu, Zhao Fubai, the eldest grandson of Yongwangfu, Zhao Yuanzhang, king of Qi, and Zhao Yuanying, king of Gaoyang County.Zhao Guanghuai, the eldest son of Chu Palace.

It is worth mentioning that there are also two women who lead the team to participate in the hunting.

One is Wu Mingda, the princess of Yanwang Mansion, and the other is Princess Jialuo who came to marry him from the golden tent.

Each of them took their guards who were good at riding and shooting, and began to shoot their prey one after another.

Elk, wild boar, lynx catkin, leopard, mountain jump.
At this time, a sudden change occurred, and a loud roar shook the entire hunting ground, even the stage could hear it clearly.

But it was a huge bear, which seemed to weigh seven or eight hundred catties.With a roar, he rushed out from the hunting team.

The son of Qiu Ming, the Marquis of Anyuan, Qiu Yuan was fourteen years old, and he practiced martial arts since he was a child. Bian was still firing an arrow, but the guard led the horse and dodged it directly, because the bear had already rushed in his direction.

Xiong Wei rushed out of the encirclement circle and went on a rampage. Wu Mingda and Jia Luo, who were good at riding and shooting, both shot Xiong Wei with their bows, but because all the bows and arrows were weak, they failed to cause damage to Xiong Wei.

Although Qiu Yuan was young, she was also extremely staunch, and ran straight towards the bear with an ax in her hand.

The guard behind him was shocked, but he had no time to stop him, so he could only follow behind his lord.

Qiu Yuan quickly chased after Xiong Shi, and directly struck Xiong Shi's back with an axe.But the ax was stuck in Xiong's body and could not be pulled out.

However, Qiu Yuan was inexperienced, did not release the handle of the ax in time, stood up directly under the pain of Xiong Wei, and directly overturned Qiu Yuan off the horse and fell to the ground.

This time, it surprised Anyuan Hou Qiuming on the stage. Qiu Yuan is his eldest son. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child. His demeanor, so today he also had expectations for the eldest son, but he didn't expect such a situation to happen directly.

The current situation is extremely dangerous, Qiu Yuan, who is only 14 years old, was overturned to the ground, and she fell so suddenly that she was completely dizzy and dizzy.

But the huge bear had already turned around, the ax was still stuck in his back, the severe pain aroused his fierceness, he stood up directly, and roared angrily, "Aww", this angry roar shocked the bullfighting, startled the guards of the enemies The horses stopped in place one after another, not daring to move forward.

Qiu Yuan reacted and sat up, but was stunned by the roar.

At the critical moment, a feathered arrow flew from behind Qiu Yuan at an extremely fast speed, like a white rainbow piercing the sun, and shot directly into the giant bear's mouth, with the arrow protruding from the back of its head. shoot.

Then the giant bear weighing seven to eight hundred catties crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, as if the ground shook.

Fourteen-year-old Qiu Yuan was dumbfounded, she had been frightened by the giant bear's roar before, and hadn't had time to react yet.

But was shocked by this arrow again.He was born in the general family, he was good at bow and horse since he was a child, and he has seen countless sharpshooters.

But today's archery is rare in his life.

Speed, strength, and accuracy are all first in the world.

Qiu Yuan stood up with a little trembling, and looked back, only to see the man sitting on a horse with a big bow in his hand a few hundred steps away.

Wearing a black round-neck robe with dark flowers, a black cloak, and a golden crown on his head, although his face is too far away to see clearly, who else can this archery be besides Marquis Wu'an Fu Jinchuan?
The Taoist emperor on the stage saw it, clapped his hands and said, "Cai!"

Then everyone on the stage shouted: "Cai Cai Cai, Da Cai."

"Sanlang's shooting skills are unparalleled in the world."

"Yeah, it's still so accurate from hundreds of steps away, I didn't see it too clearly, it seems to be shot directly into the mouth?"

Here, Anyuan Hou Qiuming came directly to the Duke of England, cupped his hands and thanked him: "Brother Fu, today is thanks to Saburo."

Qiu Ming can be said to be sweating profusely now, the scene just now was too thrilling, his son almost died just now.

But Fu Maoxiu waved his hand and said, "It's just a little effort, you and I are still relatives by marriage, why are you being polite?"

Qiu Ming's niece happened to be promised to Fu Maoxiu's nephew, that is, Silang Fu Weichuan, and the two families were serious in-laws.

Qiu Ming said: "Okay, I won't be polite to Brother Fu, I will definitely have a big thank you for what happened today."

Even if it is a family friend of the two families, the grace of saving life can't just be thanked and it's over. It's not that people don't understand this.

Fu Maoxiu smiled and said, "You're welcome."

On the hunting ground, after Fu Jinchuan shot the arrow, he galloped away. His retinue team was the largest, with as many as 50 people, so he didn't scramble for the first place like the others, after all, he had a different status now.

When passing by Qiu Yuan's place, Qiu Yuan directly bowed his hands in thanks, "Thank you, Brother Fu."

Fu Jinchuan immediately smiled and said, "You're welcome. Brother Chou still has the guts to gallop?"

"Of course." Qiu Yuan said loudly.

At this time, Fu Jinchuan's horseback riding had already gone too far.

In the hunting ground, a streak of black lightning galloped like flying.The bow is like a full moon, and the arrow is like a shooting star.Shoot twelve arrows in a row.For example, there is no false hair, whether it is a bird or a beast, all prey will fall down in response to the string.

Dozens of subordinates behind him were divided into two wings to outflank and drive them away. Through this hunt, it can also be seen that this small group of cavalry is extremely skilled in tactics.

All the honored and noble children of the clan who watched kept shouting.

Wu Mingda, who prided himself on not giving way to men, also had to admire the bravery of this peer.

Even Jia Luo, the noble daughter of the Golden Tent, had to admit that just by looking at her demeanor during the hunt, her father deservedly lost.

Qiu Yuan waited for the guards behind him to arrive, and mounted her horse again, continuing to join the hunt as if she hadn't been affected by just now.

On Fu Jinchuan's side, after firing twelve arrows in a row, he stopped firing his bow. Instead, he stalked the eagle dogs and drove them to round up the prey.

A Jade Claw Haidongqinghe and several hunting falcons in the sky, and two Qingtang mastiffs, six Guanzhong fine dogs, and four Padang hounds running on the ground. These are hunting dogs collected by Fu Jinchuan with a lot of money.There are special servants who are responsible for looking after and training every day.Just feeding these falcons and hounds every month will cost dozens of pens.

Throughout the hunting grounds, warriors ran with swords and shouted: Even the most ferocious beasts were terrified when they saw it. After a fierce chase, the carloads were filled with prey and pulled back to the camp.

At dusk and darkness, a grand feast was held in the camp, and the smell of the bonfire barbecue was overflowing.

After evaluation, even if Fu Jinchuan is a separate branch, and being a marquis is not included.Shiro and Rokuro still came out on top on behalf of the British government.

The second is Zhao Fubai, the eldest grandson of King Yong, and the third is the Feng brothers of Dingguo Gongfu.

And the rest of the noble children, such as Qiu Yuan, Zhao Guanghuai, Zhao Yuanlin, etc. also gained a lot.

All of a sudden, the followers of Marquis Wu'an's Mansion were placed on the side of the British Mansion, and they all began to cheer.

At the dinner party, Xu Yinglong, the grandson of Grand Master Xu Chongxun and Hanlin scholar, was ordered to compose the poem "Watching and Hunting", which won a lot of applause.

The wind is strong and the horns are bowing, and the general hunts down Yicheng.The grass is dry and the eagle's eyes are sick, and the snow is as light as the horse's hoof.

After passing Jinyong City suddenly, he returned to Beiyuan Camp.Looking back at the place where Shewei is, the clouds are flat for thousands of miles.

(End of this chapter)