(090), horse racing
The crisp gong sounded three times in a row, and when the first sound just sounded, the students who were originally lined up on the grass to watch the game on the left and right consciously dispersed a little more when they heard the sound; At the end of the third sound, the three men who were already on horseback and ready in the field spurred their horses and galloped out at almost the same time.
Just ran a few zhang away, and the distance between the three of them had not been significantly widened, seeing that the first checkpoint set up on the racetrack today was coming, Lin Shan suddenly looked sideways at Mo Ye and laughed: "Ye'er, you didn't accept Master's kindness to exchange horses with you before, before you lose today, I still send you a word, and when you go home, you can ask your uncle about the origin of this old horse at home!" Before I do that, I'll convince you! ”
Mo Ye had a nonchalant look on his face, and snorted: "Defeat before the game starts, this is not a flattery." ”
Although he was talking, Lin Shan's movements on the horse did not relax for a moment. The two of them had a round of conversation, Lin Shan's shoulders tensed, and the fingers of the hand holding the reins twisted, and he saw that the figure of the old horse under his seat was almost imperceptible. In the intervening moments, the distance between the horse's front and hind hooves suddenly shortened by half, and then it was seen that it had pressed down slightly on its body for a few minutes before leaping to its feet. I didn't see how wonderful the movement was, but I saw it leap over the fence in front of it, and the movement was so casual that it was as familiar as a person crossing a threshold that he had crossed countless times in his own house.
At the same time as Lin Shan, there was also Xingfeng who rode over the fence, and Mo Ye galloped the horse on the leftmost road, and she could clearly see that the two of them jumped out of the horse almost at the same time. However, although an old horse and a wild horse jumped almost at the same time, when they landed, the wild horse of Xingfeng surpassed Lin Shan by half a foot because of its extremely large vertical arc.
Such a leap is brutal, and if the rider of the horse is limited, it is easy to be shaken off the horse's back when the horse's front hooves hit the ground. But at the moment when the wild horse under the seat jumped up, his feet were buckled on the horse's pedals like pig iron tongs, and his body leaned forward almost to fit the horse's back, but the buttocks that should have been sitting firmly left the saddle and had a gap with the horse's back, until the horse's hooves were on the ground, and he sat back firmly on the horse's back.
The purpose of the volley between Xingfeng's body and the horse's back is to reduce the danger that the horse's lumbar vertebrae may cause when the horse's four hooves land when the horse's back collides, but if you dare to control the horse that is starting to become wild with such a physical incomprehension, Xingfeng's hard skills on the legs are self-evident.
Mo Ye had already taken the reins and cleared the first barricade made of a fence, but the characteristics of the three horses were already revealed when they crossed the first level. Mo Ye was slightly shocked when she saw the appearance of Xingfeng riding a horse, and she glanced at her mount and sighed in her heart. His horse is really worthy of being a business horse, in fact, it is a cart horse, with a good temper and strong dìng, and he will not overturn the freight carriage pulled behind him to the ground, but if he participates in this kind of event that tests his explosive power and jumping skills, it is completely wrong.
The circular track was less than halfway through, and Mo Ye's defeat had already appeared, but this was the result that Xing Feng and Lin Shan wanted to see in their hearts. From the beginning, they just regarded each other as competitive opponents, and regarded Mo Ye as a person who made up a number, if Mo Ye could retreat from the difficulties at this moment, they could let go of the last bit of scruples and let go of their arms for a game.
Mo Ye didn't give up so easily, although she fell behind a little more after crossing a slightly higher fence road, she still didn't give up the whip and buckle the reins, and struggled to stay within a distance of the two of them.
Set on a flat grassy beach, the track has an elliptical shape and two turns. One of the corners has been used as a place for the students to watch the race, so the three people involved in the race only need to make one turn through Guò, and this turning track has become one of the roadblocks for horse racing today, because it is also a test of riding skills to make a sharp turn in the process of moving forward at high speed.
As long as it is round, there must be a difference between the inner ring and the outer ring. The length of the inner ring is slightly shorter than that of the outer ring, and although this difference in length may seem to the rider to be a momentary matter, a sharp turn in the process of moving forward at high speed will be marked by the tightening of this length. Old riders will choose to slow down when they encounter such sharp turns, but now Mo Ye and the other three are competing, whether they are masters or low-handers, such road conditions are a key place to test their ability.
Mo Ye saw that the turn had arrived, and subconsciously began to slow down. She is in the inner ring of the track, even if she reduces her speed slightly, she is still on the advantage of a slightly shorter track length, and although she has not given up the race at this time, she knows in her heart that she has lost the opportunity to win against the master this time, so there is no need to fight for anything, according to the master's instructions before the race, just don't have an accident.
And galloping here, Mo Ye finally admitted in her heart that Lin Shan's smile to her before. The old horse under the master's seat who has pulled the car for her for several years, and is also an old horse that has been trained and raised by Ma An for more than ten years, really has some way. These mysteries can't be seen at all in normal times, of course, her family usually doesn't have the opportunity to let this old horse show these special examples, but it must be unusual to let Ma An, a horse lover who has served for more than ten years, and she really has to go back to find a chance to ask Uncle Ma after the race.
Mo Ye took the initiative to slow down, and took a few steps slower; And the old horse under the Lin Shan's seat is still steady and strong, although it is half a foot behind the criminal wind, but after this turn, who is in front and who is behind, it is not certain; But the wild horse under the seat of the Torture Wind is even wilder, unless the Punishment Wind stops and slows down? It's almost an invalid command.
The wild horse's wild nature that he had raised in the vast mountains in the past was revealed, and he didn't care about the life or death of his master. However, Xing Feng was already familiar with the nature of this wild horse, and although he was vigilant in his heart, his back was slightly arched, and his body was almost attached to the horse's back to prevent him from being thrown out, but there was no fear in his eyes.
As Xingfeng's body fell, the wild horses under the seat had already galloped to a sharp turning point on the circular runway. Although the slightly longer track in the outer ring cushioned this sharp turn, the horse began to lean slightly with the speed of the Torture Wind mount.
At this time, the horse's hooves are no longer divided into two rows, the front and back, but the left and right rows. The Mustang's left hand hoof struck several inches into the dirt with each drop, while the front and rear hooves on the outside of its right hand opened a somewhat distorted width, and the horse's strong leg joints and tendons spread its movements to a frightening angle. The right side of the mustang's front and rear hooves pierced into the ground at an oblique angle, and when the hooves were lifted again, the horseshoe prints were no longer round, but like a meteor trail with a tail, and a huge cloud of ash was instantly raised at the turn of the track.
When a fierce horse gallops, the iron hooves are easy to stir up dust, which is something that everyone can expect during the horse race, but what everyone does not expect is the change in the weather. I saw a strange wind burst up, and at an angle completely different from the wind direction just now, the dust that was churned up when the torture wind rode the horse rolled up towards Mo Ye, who was slowing down on the horse.
When Mo Ye saw the dust coming, he subconsciously half-narrowed his eyes, but this strange wind not only changed its direction suddenly, but the wind also had a sharp edge like a white blade flying obliquely, stirring the sand and dust to crash into people's eyes. Mo Ye only felt that her eyes suddenly itched, and she felt that her eyes were filled with sand, although she knew that her hands were holding the reins of the horse at this time, and she couldn't come out to rub her eyes freely, but when the weakest eyes of the human body were stimulated, the limbs of the human body would also be slightly deactivated.
Because his hand was loose and he didn't tighten the reins, he guided the horses under the seat to gallop into the dust, and when the strange wind walked away, Mo Ye, who was half-open, saw the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but be horrified.
The gallop of the torture wind combined with her failure to control her speed due to the sand struck her eyes caused the two to form a diagonal of almost ninety degrees at the corner of the track. The torture wind horse had just turned, but Mo Ye's horse missed the angle slightly due to the wind and sand, and was about to crash into the horse that had already turned and was in a horizontal direction in a straight direction.
Mo Ye instinctively lifted the reins to rein the horse, and the horse she was riding had already realized the danger, the reins in Mo Ye's hand were only half lifted, and the horse was already standing up, Mo Ye hurriedly leaned forward, almost lying on the horse's back before being thrown off by the erected horse.
The crisis in front of him was temporarily lifted, and Mo Ye didn't catch his breath yet, and his heart rose again.
Because her horse missed the angle, the position of the horse at this time was just in the way of Lin Shan's angle when he was about to turn the reins, that is, if Lin Shan turned at this time, he would face the cross-plane of the Moye horse and collide with it.
Fortunately, Lin Shan was very close to Mo Ye, although he didn't expect Mo Ye to suddenly rein in because of an emergency, but the movement in his hand was extremely fast, at this time, Lin Shan's right hand side of the punishment wind had already run away, there was a vacant space, and the reins in his hand that were about to turn left suddenly shook his hand and turned out to the right. Such an extreme horse, the old horse under his seat was strangled in pain, but this old horse is worthy of being an old horse, although the body suffered great pain, but it was still able to avoid Mo Ye's horse, the front hooves jumped up, the hind hooves rotated in place for half a ring, and the body twisted and ran out to the right hand.
Avoiding the crisis of two collisions between the two horses, Mo Ye took a big breath, but then she sensed that something was wrong.
This is wrong with her own horse.
This merchant horse, known as a good-tempered merchant horse, is not as strong as a war horse, and after being stimulated by almost being hit twice in a row, this merchant horse suddenly neighed loudly, and the neighing sound was hoarse with a sharp timbre. As soon as its forward kick hit the ground, it sprang into the air, and although it was fast, it no longer swerved along the original track, but rushed straight out.
The horse was shocked