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Chapter 396: On the way back to Beijing and in the Zhang family classroom [Thank you! Goodbye! 6-cha

Chapter 396: On the way back to Beijing and in the Zhang family classroom [Thank you! Goodbye! words owed]

It was September.
It is late autumn.

Thousands of miles away from Bianjing,

Beside Dazhou Post Road,
The autumn rain has just ended.

Looking into the distance, there are rows of official trees planted by the postmen or the people organized by the government, adding a new autumn color.

There is a cold autumn wind blowing again.
A few yellow leaves hanging on the treetops on both sides of the road were blown down onto the official road of the post station.

When the leaves fall,
The unknown bird that landed on the post road was so frightened that it took a few steps to the side.

After seeing clearly that it was a leaf, the unknown bird just raised one leg, but suddenly its head looked towards the distance on the post road.

I seem to feel something,
"Plop"

The bird flapped its wings vigorously, left the road and flew to a tree not far away.

After a few leaves continued to fall to the ground,
The ground began to tremble slightly.
A team of well-trained Zhou cavalrymen, not wearing armor, rode their horses towards them from a distance.

The bird on the tree seemed to sense something, flapped its wings and flew towards the woods beside the road.

"Whoosh~"

A sharp feather arrow shot out like lightning and pierced the bird's head directly.

"Crack~"

The bird's body fell onto the post road.

far away,

He Guan, who was drawing the bow and arrow on horseback, loosened his grip on the arrow before it could be shot. He turned his head helplessly and looked at Xu Zaijing beside him.

Xunshu, who was behind Xu Zaijing, smiled and was about to leave the crowd when Alan, another horse servant from Northern Liao, who was beside him, whipped his horse and left.

When Alan got closer, he didn't get off his horse. He just picked up the prey from the ground with a monkey-catching move.

Holding the game back in front of Xu Zaijing, Alan said with a smile, "Sir, this is a really fat pheasant."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded, "It's ready!"

"Yes, son!"

As he spoke, Alan went to the side of the road, skillfully drained the blood of the prey, and tied it with a rope to the saddle belt behind the saddle.

Just as he was about to step into the stirrup, Alan stopped, feeling something was wrong, frowned, and carefully looked at the many prey behind the saddle, then looked around.

Afterwards, Alan adjusted the position of the pheasant and brought it closer to the rabbit, which was also hanging upside down and silent.

Alan looked at it again, and seeing the color arrangement was very pleasing to the eye, he nodded, stepped on the stirrup, mounted his horse, and chased after him.

The sound of horse hooves faded away,
Beside the post road,
The vines and weeds in the woods, which had begun to turn yellow, swayed gently in the autumn wind, and it seemed that there were living creatures passing through them.

In the forest some distance from the post road,

There were several wild deer, some of which were raising their heads, chewing grass and looking around alertly, while others were lowering their heads, tearing at the bushes and then quickly raising their heads.

Behind a tree some distance from the deer,
Xu Zaijing, who was the first to discover the herd of deer, made a gesture to silence everyone, asked them to crouch down, and pointed to the distance.

Subsequently,

“I’ll shoot the one on the far left.”

While Xu Zaijing was distributing the prey in a low voice, he and several other archers, including He Guan and Qing Yun, gently drew their bows.

"call--"

Qingyun let out a breath slowly.

"Not a single one is left. What a sin."

He Guan muttered to himself.

"Bang bang bang bang"

The bowstrings sounded a few times and the arrows shot out.

But at this moment, the group of wild deer were suddenly startled and scattered.

"Who alarmed it?"

This sudden change made He Guan stand up suddenly. When he was about to draw his arrow to shoot again, he saw a yellow and black figure rushing out from the side of the deer herd.

"leopard!"

As soon as He Guan finished speaking, he saw another feather arrow shooting towards him.

"bingo!"

At Qingyun's loud shout, everyone hurriedly ran towards that direction.

Coming near,

There was also a wild deer that had been shot by an arrow and was lying on the ground struggling in its death throes. The violent movement caused the dirt on the ground to fly everywhere.

"Sir, two birds with one stone!"

Qingyun shouted as he stood beside the struggling wild deer.

He Guan, who was following behind, saw two wild deer lying on the ground. One of them was shot in the neck and was still struggling, but because the feather arrow was deeply nailed into the head of the second wild deer, it could not struggle free at all.

It was not known whether the second deer was shot to death directly or killed by its companion's violent struggle.

The situation on the other side was somewhat similar, except that two feather arrows hit the wild deer.

A feather arrow pierced through the wild deer's neck, entered the mouth of the leopard that was biting the deer's neck, and exited from the back of the leopard's head.

Another shot hit the deer in the hind leg.

Seeing this, He Guan helplessly pulled out the feather arrow that had hit the deer's hind leg. This arrow was his and he had originally aimed at the deer's head, but it hit here due to an unexpected movement.

Qingyun on the side checked and said, "Sir, I'll go ahead and look for the wild deer I shot."

Xu Zaijing, who was about to draw out his dagger to deal with his prey, nodded.

after a little while,
"Wow, deer whip! Good stuff!"

Alan on the side shouted happily.

"Here is the leopard whip."

He Guan, who was dealing with the prey with Xu Zaijing, shouted.

"Don't worry, the night is all yours!"

Xu Zaijing shouted with a smile, his hands covered in blood.

"I dare not eat anymore," He Guan beside him shook his head.

At this time,

Qingyun came over dragging a wild deer with an arrow in its abdomen.

After throwing it on the ground, Qingyun walked to Xu Zaijing and said, "Sir, I found a pile of fresh animal feces over there, and there is also urine next to it. It smells very strong."

As he spoke, Qingyun wrinkled his nose. Both he and his master's noses had been specially trained. When Qingyun went to sniff just now, he suffered a lot.

Xu Zaijing, who was squatting on the ground with his sleeves rolled up and talking heartily to the leopard, tilted his head and asked, "Hmm? Is it its?"

Qingyun took a look at the leopard's claws and shook his head, saying, "The footprints look much bigger than this leopard's."

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing stopped moving and said, "There's a leopard here, so there shouldn't be any other ferocious beasts."

"Sir, it looks to me like this leopard has entered the territory of another beast."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

He Guan, who was standing by, heard this and his eyes lit up.

"Ah? Are there other beasts?"

As he spoke, he stood up and looked around.

Beside the post road,
The horses of Xu Zaijing and others were left here.

"唏伦~"

The little black colt shook its head anxiously, tugged at its reins, and pawed the ground with its horseshoe-studded front hooves.

Alan, who was taking care of the horse nearby, said, "Xunshu, untie the reins of the little black colt. It's so smart that it doesn't need to be tied up."

Xun Shu, who was using a water bag on the roadside in front of the little horse to wash away the blood stains of the prey, said in Bei Liao dialect: "Got it!"

As Xunshu said this, he put the prey down on the grass and walked towards the little black colt.

Just as I came near the little horse,

“Hiss~”

"Xilulu~~"

The little black colt snorted, then suddenly raised its front hooves, stood upright and neighed.

This action scared Xunshu, and he quickly took a step back and stretched out his hands to comfort her.

A handsome uncastrated stallion like Xiaoliju has a very bad temper, so it's better not to get close to him when he neighs like that.

Unexpectedly, Xunshu's action made the little black colt neigh even louder, and it dug the ground with its front hooves even harder.

Xunshu quickly stopped trying to pick up the prey.

Alan, who was not far away, loosened the reins of the other horses in his hands and said as he walked, "Xunshu, you have been away from the mansion for a long time. The little horse can hardly recognize you."

Xunshu smiled helplessly, walked around to the side, and then walked towards Alan.

After going out to look for the book, the little black colt was indeed not so anxious anymore.

Alan came over to help the little black colt untie the reins tied to the tree. Just when he tied the reins to the saddle of the little black colt, another horse not far away neighed, kicked its rear and pulled its reins desperately.

Alan was stunned and was about to go over to comfort him, but he felt the little black colt approaching him and pushing him aside. Before Alan could figure out what was going on, the little black colt took a few steps and began to neigh in the weeds beside him, occasionally digging the ground with its front hooves.

Alan turned around in surprise and looked at Xunshu, then turned back to look at Xiao Liju's behavior.

"Alan! Back off!"

Xunshu shouted softly with some anxiety and fear in his eyes.

"what?"

"Big bug, there's a big bug in the grass!!"

After hearing Xunshu's words, Alan looked in the direction where the little horse was facing:

"!!!"

Alan was so frightened that he took two steps back, sat directly on the ground, and moved back a little.

In the weeds a dozen steps away, a pair of animal eyes with extremely small pupils were staring at him!
The big tiger, who was eyeing Alan with eager eyes, saw Alan's panic and wanted to rush forward, but was frightened by the movements of the tall and strong little black colt in front of Alan and stopped.

Alan, who was sitting on the ground, took a few deep breaths, then slowly stood up and walked towards his somewhat panicked mount.

After pulling out the long sword from the front of the saddle, Alan held the sword in his hand and shouted, "Look for the book, get... get the bow and arrow!"

"Oh!"

"Roar~~~~"

The big insect in the grass showed its terrifying sharp teeth and let out a warning growl.

The growl caused the other horses tied to the tree to start neighing, adding to the chaos.

Some horses were so frightened that they defecated and urinated, and horse manure flew everywhere.

"whoosh"

The feather arrow shot by Xunshu missed the grass beside the big tiger by a hair's breadth, and the big tiger jumped to the side in fright.

After the jump,
The big insect, which was in its prime, fell back to the ground and lay there. It moved its pink nose and looked towards the direction of the forest.

"Roar"

The big tiger stopped lying on the ground. It stood up, roared, looked at the little black colt, and then slowly walked away towards the forest.

As a result, I just took a few steps.

"咻~咻~"

Two arrows whistled,

Two sharp feather arrows pierced into the body of the big insect from the side.

"Ow~~~"

In severe pain from being shot by an arrow, the tiger suddenly jumped out.

This action caused the arrows shot from behind to miss the target.

"Hurry! Don't let it run away, I want to eat tiger penis tonight!"

A voice came from far away.

Both the people and the beasts have gone away.

Alan came to the little black colt, which had regained its former calm appearance, and touched the horse's head lovingly.

Xunshu also weakly put down the bow and arrow in his hand, walked to Alan and patted his shoulder, then hugged the little black colt's thick neck from the other side in the same posture as Alan.

Now think about it,

If it weren't for the timely warning from Xiao Liju, a strong uncastrated stallion, and the intimidation of the tiger, Xunshu might have really been taken away by the tiger.

"Sorry"

The little black colt neighed again, but it sounded quite proud and disgusted.

Ganquan County
On the city wall, the local county magistrate looked out at the Beiluo River.

There were rows of carriages and tents,
There were eight or nine hundred people including members of the royal family and important ministers of the Baigao Kingdom, plus the "escorting" cavalry of the Great Zhou. With so many people and horses, an ordinary post station could not support them at all.

Ganquan County also received the news in advance, and only after receiving reinforcements did it dare to receive such a large number of troops.

"It's really strange. Our Great Zhou's army and the royal family of Bai Gao all chose to live in tents instead of in the county town."

The county magistrate on the city wall shook his head in confusion.

"Maybe it's to avoid disturbing the people!"

The staff member on the side said.

"That's right! By the way, they were blocked by the autumn rain for a day. Do they have enough food and grass?"

"My lord, that's enough!"

The voice just fell,

The sound of horse hooves in the distance attracted the attention of the county magistrate.

"Sir, look, the creature being dragged behind the cavalry looks like a giant insect!"

"Hiss! It's true!"

"Coming towards us."

"Come on, go down and take a look."

At the gate outside the county town,

Xu Zaijing and others dismounted.

Looking at the local county magistrate walking out of the county town gate, there was some surprise on his face.

"It turned out to be Goro himself."

The county magistrate bowed and said this while looking curiously behind the little black colt.

Xu Zaijing dismounted and bowed, "Master Nan, I am honored! Today, I went hunting with my comrades and shot a big insect."

"While following the trail, we found a body in the lair of the giant insect."

As Xu Zaijing was speaking, Qingyun behind him brought over something wrapped in cloth.

"Please find the deceased's relatives and bury him in peace."

The staff member at the side hurried forward to take the things.

"Wu Lang is so kind. I will definitely look for him carefully."

"Sorry, sir!"

"Wu Lang, you are too kind. This is my duty."

After saying this, Xu Zaijing got on his horse, bowed, and left.

At the gate of the city, the county magistrate looked at Xu Zaijing's receding back, wondering what he was thinking.

"grown ups?"

The staff asked.

The county magistrate came back to his senses, looked at the bundle and said, "Give it to the coroner in the yamen, and issue a notice after inspection."

When he was about to return to the city,
There was a sound of horse hooves,

"Sir, stay!"

Qingyun stopped his horse, dismounted and said, "Sir, if you find the victim, if he is living in poverty, please give this money to facilitate his burial."

"We just did it for the sake of convenience. No need to repay."

"If you really want to ask, just say it was done by the Great Zhou Cavalry."

The county magistrate hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I know!"

Qingyun returned the gift and rode away again.

Outside the tent by the river,
He Guan watched as the firemen skinned and dismembered the giant worm.

Qingyun beside him said, "Brother He, this big beast has eaten humans before, and you still want to eat this tiger whip?"

He Guan looked at his fellow cavalrymen around him and said, "Eat! It eats people, I eat it, tit for tat!"

"Besides, we are all fighters on the battlefield. We may have killed more people than it. There is no need to be shy about it!"

"I'll give you some then?"

Qingyun shook his head and said, "Forget it, you and the other brothers can eat!"

"Ignorance."

He Guan waved his hand.

In the tent,
Xu Zaijing was drinking wine and eating stewed chicken with Zhang Fangyan, the eldest son of Duke Ying.

Xu Zaijing raised his glass and moved closer to Zhang Fangyan's cup and said:
"Brother Zhang, you told me before that heavy cavalry like the Hengsai Army is extremely valuable. Why did Bai Gao use the Iron Harrier to charge our army outside the Keyi Gate?"

"According to what you said, cavalry shouldn't be used in this way!"

Zhang Fangyan drank the wine in the cup in one gulp and said, "Wu Lang, their Baigao Iron Harriers' heavy cavalry charge is different from the usual battles. Their purpose is not to defeat your father's army."

Xu Zaijing patted his forehead and said in annoyance: "Yes, yes, they want to hold the Great Zhou army hostage so that they can ambush them."

Zhang Fangyan smiled and continued:
"Speaking of the role of cavalry, the role of some actions is similar to what your mount did to the big insect today!"

"Brother Zhang, what is the function?"

"intimidate!"

(End of this chapter)

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