Chapter 28: Secrets in the Mountains
In the mountains to the northwest of the Zhou hunting ground, there is snow everywhere, and occasionally a few withered trees stand on the vast snowfield, and the trunks are mottled.
If you don't look carefully, you really can't see anything strange here, but Wei Zhongxian found out.
He carefully held his breath and put a white cloak on his body, thanks to the whim of the fourth prince Guo Zongxun, what kind of Weihu Mountain is like this, wearing a white cloak on the snow is not easy to be discovered by the enemy.
Each of the 100 soldiers who came to participate in the winter hunt had a white cloak.
"Is the fourth prince an immortal, or an unknown prophet, how can he conclude that there may be an ambush in the mountains near this hunting ground?"
Wei Zhongxian didn't come up with a reason for breaking his head, but he kept staring at a pair of eyes, staring nervously ahead, ahead, the footprints in the snow were getting shallower and shallower, and they were about to be covered by the wind and snow.
The snow began to fall heavier and heavier, and the visual distance became shorter, which just gave Wei Zhongxian the opportunity to hide his tracks, like a raccoon cat, Wei Zhongxian moved forward quickly, and then lay down, and after observing, he rushed out again.
Following the footprints of different shades, Wei Zhongxian came to a leeward mountain pass, he came to the road is a headwind, not worried that the people in front of him with hunting dogs and other beasts will find his tracks, the wind direction here is chaotic, he must be careful.
After repeatedly confirming the direction of the wind, Wei Zhongxian chose the safest path to climb to the top of the mountain.
When he was about to reach the top of the mountain, Wei Zhongxian fell down again, slowed down, and climbed up little by little, because he had already heard the sound of wild beasts, and there were many wild beasts.
The wolf howled and the tiger roared, Wei Zhongxian's heart rose to retreat, in case one of them was accidentally discovered, could these two legs outrun a group of four-legged beasts?
"Wealth and wealth are in danger, since our family has bet their heads on the four princes, let's give up our lives."
When I finally reached the top of the mountain, the wind direction was still suitable, and it was basically blowing head-on, so I didn't have to worry about being smelled by the beasts under the mountain.
Wei Zhongxian looked down and felt more relieved, these beasts were all kept in cages, but they were guarded.
In the middle of hundreds of huge rough wooden cages, there are several tents, there are no bonfires, and a dozen strong men in common people's costumes are patrolling around with steel knives.
Near the foot of the mountain, Wei Zhongxian couldn't see it, only knew that after these strong men made a round, they did not enter the tent in the middle, but walked to the foot of the mountain, and then, another group of strong men walked out from the foot of the mountain......
"No wonder there's no bonfire, there should be a cave down here."
Wei Zhongxian lay on his stomach in the snow, his hands and feet were almost frozen, and finally roughly figured out the number of these strong men, fifteen people in each team, ten teams, and patrolling in shifts.
There should still be a leader in the cave, but the question is, what is the tent in the middle of this wooden cage for?
Wei Zhongxian observed carefully for a long time, but he didn't see the reason, he couldn't stay any longer, and if he stayed any longer, he would be frozen to death here.
Carefully retreating to the top of the mountain, Wei Zhongxian did not return the same way, but made a long detour, and after leaving the valley for a distance, Wei Zhongxian moved his hands and feet and began to run wildly.
One is to rush back as soon as possible to report to the four princes, and the other is to quickly recover the heat in the body.
At the same time, Li Chongjin was a little depressed in his big tent, and he had let out the dark clouds and snow, why didn't Guo Rong fall into the trap?
With Guo Rong's personality of loving horses like his life, seeing that a good horse, especially a divine horse, must be taken for himself, but today he waited for a long time, and he didn't see Guo Rong ordering someone to announce the decree to take a look at his dark clouds and snow.
This kind of trick, Taizu Guo Wei and the current emperor Guo Rong often play, borrowing the good horses of the subordinates' families to watch, and then never return it.
Today is unusual, the will to borrow the horse is not to come, if the hunting is over and back to Kaifeng, Guo Rong will come to the order to borrow the horse again......
Li Chongjin gritted his teeth, walked out of the big tent, ordered someone to bring the BMW dark clouds and snow, personally led it, and went to Guo Rong's Chinese army tent to offer horses.
"Li Aiqing, why are you here, didn't I say that let the teams of each family hunt for one day first, and tomorrow the royal cavalry under my command will be dispatched to compete with the secretaries, don't you want to give up if you don't go hunting?"
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the minister bought a BMW from the horse dealers in the northern grassland, and bought a BMW with a lot of money, so miraculous, the minister thought that only the emperor deserved to have it, and the minister was afraid to occupy it privately, so he came to dedicate the BMW to the emperor."
In the imperial tent, Li Chongjin bowed down and saluted Guo Rong.
Guo Rong sneered in his heart, he did have the intention of giving Li Chongjin an order to borrow a horse when he returned to Kaifeng after the hunting, and the BMW that took the subordinate on the hunting ground was indeed disgraceful and not in line with the identity of the heavenly family.
But I didn't expect Li Chongjin to be quite good at things this time, so he actually took the initiative to come and sacrifice the horse.
Guo Rong was in a good mood, and immediately ordered someone to accept the BMW and the dark clouds and snow, and rewarded Li Chongjin with many treasures, and left him to drink and feast in the imperial tent.
"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to drink anymore, the emperor's royal cavalry will be hunting tomorrow, the minister is not so proud and confident, I implore the emperor to let the minister go back, the minister will also lead the troops to hunt, hehe, the minister doesn't want to lose too ugly after three days."
Li Chongjin, who has always been good at drinking and greedy for glasses, only drank two glasses, and then stopped drinking, and the argument he gave made Guo Rong unable to find fault with him, so he could only let him go back.
"Li Tongjie, pass on my message, let Han Lingkun send someone to keep an eye on Li Chongjin, if there is any change, you can cut it first and then play."
"The old slave obeys."
Guo Rong drank a few more glasses in the imperial tent, and he couldn't bear the rarity of the BMW dark clouds and snow, and happily went out to try the horse.
Li Chongjin returned to his tent, immediately gathered the hundred generals he brought, and slaughtered towards the hunting ground, without giving the people sent by Han Lingkun a chance to monitor.
Guo Zongxun's side, accompanied by Yue Fei and others, also rode a war horse into the hunting ground.
"General Yue, all the families involved in the hunt have gone to the woods, and no one has gone at the foot of the mountain?"
"The four princes, this is actually the practice of hunting in the heavenly family, on the first day, the emperor does not hunt, let the subordinates hunt to their heart's content, and the second day will begin, the emperor will lead the army to hunt, and the hunting ground at the foot of the mountain is specially reserved for the emperor."
"There must be a lot of prey in the hunting ground at the foot of the mountain, but there are also fierce beasts among them, and my father only takes a hundred light horsemen out to hunt, so there will be no problem in terms of safety, right?"
"The four princes can rest assured, the emperor went hunting, although he only brought a hundred light horsemen into the hunting ground, but the Han commander envoy led three thousand tigers to follow in the rear, not far away, and the place where the emperor went out to hunt, will be cleared in advance, and the soldiers and horses of the ministers will be avoided, the emperor is brave, and his martial arts are world-famous, so naturally he will be fine."
Guo Zongxun understood, the royal hunting, not to mention whether the civil and military ministers have the ability to come out on top, even if they have the ability and luck, they dare not do it.
The first of this hunt must be obtained by the emperor's horsemen in the end, and the so-called reward has already been decided.
"This activity intended to strengthen the army and the people is still out of shape for them to play."
Guo Zongxun sighed secretly in his heart, said no more, waved his horsewhip, and pointed in the direction of the woods.
"Let's go, let's go to the woods to grab prey."