The Three Kingdoms Of The North Are Proud And Heroic

After resting, Zu Zhao decided to return to the county. Today's safari focuses on testing the saddle and horses, and the morning is enough to run around, and the harvest is not much prey, and it is always appropriate to return to the county early in the autumn at night. A group of more than 20 people got on their horses one after another and jogged back along the road they came.

After walking seven or eight miles, I came to a forest where I had been. Large foliage is still green, but has lost much of its moisture; Shake in the wind, making the patches of light and shadow reflected on the ground unpredictable.

It didn't take long for a soft cry from the end of the team: "Look, there seems to be a deer there?" The

speed of the group's horses slowed down involuntarily, and Zu Zhao, who was at the head of the team, followed everyone's gaze to the north of the forest, only to see a black shadow shaking about two hundred paces away, and the shaking range was not large. Because the distance is too far, and there are many trees in between, it will be difficult to make out for a while.

Zu Jixing, who was following behind Zu Zhao, rushed forward and said, "Eldest Prince, show your hand again."

Zu Zhao smiled casually, although he didn't hurry to return to Xu Wu, but just looking at the excited expression of the cousin in front of him, it was not difficult to guess the other party's true thoughts, so he said directly: "Zu Ji, why don't you let you try it this time, okay?"

Zu Ji immediately smiled, and nodded again and again: "Okay, good." With that, he took the longbow from behind him.

However, at this moment, another attendant at the end of the team shouted: "It doesn't seem to be a deer, it's a horse!" Wrong...... It doesn't seem to be a horse... It's like a bear, but it's too small.

Hearing this, Zu Zhao frowned slightly, for hunters who hunt all year round, judging the prey from a silhouette is like commonplace, why is it so uncertain at this time? Although he was puzzled, he couldn't rule out that there was a time when he couldn't see clearly, so he didn't say much, just stared at the "prey" to the north.

Zu Ji had already ridden away, and he was not fast in order not to alarm his prey and avoid the trees. When it was close to more than 100 steps, he carefully drew his bow and aimed. Holding his breath, everything seemed to be under control, but unfortunately, at the moment of loosening the bowstring, the horse's hooves stepped on a branch and was slightly unbalanced, and the feathered arrows that flew out of the string only grazed the corner of the "prey".

"Thief beast!" Seeing the miss, Zu Ji scolded in annoyance. But just after scolding, he suddenly saw a strange scene again, he thought that the "prey" would flee in panic, but now it still stayed in place, only shaking violently for a while. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and quickly turned around and shouted, "Eldest prince, Uncle Hong."

Zu Zhao and Uncle Hong glanced at each other, and immediately led everyone to beat their horses and rushed up. Coming to Zu Ji's side, Zu Ji pointed in the direction where the "prey" was. Zu Zhao didn't say anything, he pinched the horse's belly and urged the horse to run forward quickly, and the others were also secretly tensing their nerves and silently followed closely behind.

As he got closer and closer to the "prey", Zu Zhao's face became more and more grim, and soon he saw that the "prey" that had been lying behind a mound of dirt and did not move was actually a person, but because he was wearing a brown shawl, it looked like an animal from a distance. He thought to himself that when he had passed through this woodland earlier, he had stayed here for a long time, and had shot three or two birds, but he had not found anyone else at that time, so it was evident that this man must have just arrived.

When he came to the mound, he jumped off his horse and rushed to the man in three steps and two steps. I saw that the other party was lying face down, and there was a neat opening in the shawl behind him, which seemed to be caused by the blade, and it had penetrated deep into the flesh, and the blood stained a large piece of the shawl red; There was another new wound on the left shoulder, which was left by the arrow of Shicai Zuji.

The other entourages arrived one after another, and Uncle Hong was the first to rush over after dismounting, he first tried the other party's snort, and then carefully checked the injury, and then wrinkled his brows and said, "There is still gas, there is salvation." Judging from the wound, it should be from the bearded knife, and only the bearded knife can cut out thin and deep wounds. "Living on the border for a long time, it is indispensable to deal with the Hu people, so I have a certain understanding of the Hu people of all ethnic groups.

Zu Zhao carefully turned the injured man over on his side, the other party was about forty years old, judging from the orderly dress, it looked like he was from a big family with status. A cold light flashed in his eyes, his face gradually became displeased, and he said coldly: "It's Hu Yi again." Is there really no one who deceives me? "

Since Emperor Wu attacked the Xiongnu in the north, the ethnic minorities in the north have been in a state of disintegration. However, after the passage of time, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many domestic contradictions, which gave many ethnic minorities a chance to breathe. Although these ethnic minorities are not yet able to compete with the Han Dynasty, they have repeatedly invaded the border, burned, killed and looted, and there is no pain but an itch of the boots, so that the Han border has no peace.

The itch of the boots is not a big problem, but it is a provocation and insult to the supreme authority of the Han nation!

At this point, Zu Zhao has always been very aggressive, on the one hand, because of his hatred for the little people, and on the other hand, because of the needs of his future development plan. The net worth is located on the border of Youzhou, and if you want to set foot in the Central Plains in the troubled times in the future, you must have a stable rear foundation. Therefore, since he was a child, he often showed hatred for foreign races in his family, and his father and grandparents, who were border generals, naturally supported this position.

On the side, Zu Ji listened to Zu Zhao's words, and then gritted his teeth and agreed: "Thief and barbarian, when I meet him, I must let them know how powerful my big man is." "

Everyone else is a child of the ancestral family, and they have been more or less affected by the Hanhu conflict, and they are all resentful at the moment.

Uncle Hong didn't say anything, reached out and lifted the wounded's shawl, intending to treat the wound and wake up first. The dried blood stuck the shawl to the wound, and when the shawl was torn, it inevitably touched the wound. The wounded seemed to be touched by pain, and suddenly there was a start, and a moan came from his nose.

"You can rest assured, we are Han." Uncle Hong was afraid that the injured would struggle and move in panic, so he spoke out to comfort him.

"I... We met the thief... Robbery...... Please, my family... Miss...... Still..."The other party struggled to open his eyes a slit, vaguely seeing the surrounding situation clearly, and then squeezed out half a sentence. Before he could finish speaking, the man fell into a delirious state again, and his eyelids collapsed weakly.

"Where were you attacked?" Most of the people around didn't react, but Zu Zhao had already guessed the probability, and immediately leaned down and asked in a hurry.

The wounded man could not say anything, but with the last of his perseverance, he raised his hand and pointed to the northwest of the woods.

Zu Zhao quickly speculated that with the mobility of this person's injury, he would definitely not be able to walk five miles, in other words, the place where the other party was attacked was within five miles to the northwest. He is not unfamiliar with the topography of this woodland, the forest is not big, three miles to the north will go out of the forest, and then north is the large plain area at the southern foot of Yanshan, which is also an important trade route for Hanhu trade. It is precisely because it is a border trade route that there are often Hu people and horse thieves.

"Ah Zhong, Ah He, you stay and help Uncle Hong take care of this person. The rest will come with me.

Zu Zhao did not hesitate, and after making decisive arrangements, he got up and returned to his mount, and skillfully jumped on the horse.

The others did not hesitate and followed suit. Most of the people who went hunting this time were young and strong, and the men on the side were all martial and warlike, and they were enthusiastic and enthusiastic, and they didn't care about anything else.

"Eldest son, don't dare to go rashly, in case the thieves are numerous, they will harm themselves. Less than twenty miles to the east is Luronsai, so it is better to send someone to Luronsai to report it first, and then go with the reinforcements. "As the only elder in the queue and one of the housekeepers of the ancestral family, Uncle Hong has to think a little more about it, and he must take care of the safety of the eldest prince no matter what.

"Uncle Hong doesn't need to worry too much, I will judge the situation by myself. After the injured are taken care of, you can ask Ah Zhong and Ah He to go to Lulongsai to ask for help, and I will go to inquire about the situation first. Zu Zhao said very calmly. After that, he didn't wait for Uncle Hong to persuade him again, so he waved his horse whip and rode his horse to the northwest.

The entourage followed closely behind, with a lofty momentum.

Uncle Hong sighed, and immediately instructed the two entourages who stayed behind to help, "Ah Zhong, you hurry up and go to Lulongsai." "