Chapter 153: Shooting

After Yang Qiu took office as the secretary of the Ministry of War, he also served as the Taishou of the Northland. Autumn hunting, something as important as spring ploughing, he will naturally not be left behind. In fact, except for a few people, Zuodu, the civil and military general of Lian County, took his subordinates to participate in the hunting. Yang Qiu, with the secretary of the military department, concurrently served as the transcendent status of the Taishou of the Northland, and naturally became the object of a large number of officials to curry favor.

Although Lian County was slaughtered by the Huns, there are still many surrounding villages and forts that have been preserved, and the local official positions below the county lieutenant level, such as Gongcao Pavilion Chief, are still held by these local heroes. Although these people lost a lot of money in the Hun rebellion, and the seedlings in the fields were cut by the Huns and fed to the war horses, the population and fields in their hands further expanded.

After receiving the order of Chen Zhijun to hold an autumn hunt, the local heroes who had been prepared a long time ago, brought their own weapons and horses, and happily participated. These powerful people were resentful of Yang Qiu's previous withdrawal of troops, and actively approached the surroundings of Lu Fang, the commander of the Northland, and there were faint signs of disagreement with Yang Qiu and his group.

Who doesn't know that Lu Duwei is the number one general under Chen Yuanjun? Chen Yuanjun's status is too high, and there is no way for the big guy to please him, so if he pleases Lu Duwei, isn't he just taking Chen Yuanjun's door? No matter how arrogant and domineering he Yang Qiu is, can he still have Chen Envoy Junda?

Chen Cheng's behavior of forming a gang is only regarded as not seeing, anyway, he attaches importance to the process, but pays more attention to the result. If things are done well, no matter what kind of people they are, they will be rewarded. In the same way, if something is done or the law is broken, then he will not pay attention to who is who, and he will be punished and killed.

The hunting army was divided into three roads: left, center, and right, Chen Cheng naturally led the middle road, Yang Qiu led the left wing, and Lu Fang led the right wing, going deep into the Helan Mountains and driving out the prey on the hills. The majestic sound of the horn echoed in the mountains, and Yan Xing rushed to Chen Cheng's vicinity and said loudly: "Lord, the soldiers and horses on both wings have driven the prey over!" ”

Yan Xing was strong in force and proficient in the study of criminal names, not only passed the selection of tooth soldiers, but also quickly stood out and achieved the position of Sima of the Flying Bear Hussars. Today's hunting didn't need him to communicate back and forth, but he was holding back a fire in his heart and wanted to perform well in front of Chen Cheng, so he robbed the herald and ran in front of Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng looked at the situation of birds and beasts galloping two or three miles ahead, and knew that it was almost over, so he turned his head and asked, "Which of you will go first?" ”

Liu Qian rode on the back of a pony, held a hunting bow, and shouted excitedly: "I'll come first, I'll come first!" ”

Chen Cheng said: "There are still many fierce beasts in front, and when the others finish shooting, you can shoot a few rabbits." ”

Liu Qian pursed her mouth and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't want to shoot rabbits!" I'm going to shoot the tiger! ”

A roar sounded in the distance at the right time, and a piercing roar stirred through the mountains, startling many horses into a panic. Chen Cheng reprimanded Liu Qian: "What nonsense? Can you shoot a tiger now? It's almost the same as being eaten by a tiger! ”

He said to Zhao Yun: "It is said that Zilong has been practicing archery diligently recently, why don't you go up and try it?" ”

Zhao Yun rode on the back of a majestic white horse, he was wearing bright silver battle armor and a pure white daqi, looking extremely heroic. As one of the two important ministers under Chen Cheng, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes these days, but he still maintains a simple life, and his daily martial arts training has never fallen.

After being equipped with new cavalry equipment, his riding and archery skills were no longer below the average level of the Yue cavalry battalion. But he is humble and cautious, and although he has a high position, he is very low-key. After listening to Chen Cheng's question, he shook his head and said, "It's better to leave this kind of performance to other soldiers." ”

Chen Cheng smiled and said to Yan Xing, who was looking forward to it: "Then you go and try it first." ”

Yan Xing's face showed joy, and with a whistle, he stepped forward with hundreds of cavalry of the Flying Bear Hussar. These cavalrymen were all changed into the best equipment, and they saw the horses galloping, flying like locusts, and from time to time prey was shot and fell to the ground. Yan Xing was even more energetic, stretched out his ape arm, stretched out his longbow, and shot one prey after another.

Chen Cheng looked at the situation in the distance, and said to Yan Zhong on the side with a smile: "Bodao, you are really willing, with your merits, with Yan Xing's ability, it is not impossible to give him a position of too guard." If you don't strongly oppose it, how can Shuo Fang's position be the turn of others? ”

Yan Zhong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "He is still young, it is good to hone his temperament." lest you suffer when you are old, and it will be too late to regret it at that time. ”

"Hey, it seems that Bodao has high expectations for Yanming."

Yan Zhong said frankly: "I have no heirs, and the burden of the Yan family will fall on his shoulders sooner or later." If I don't hone him more while I'm alive, he will be too conservative in the future. Now let him stay down there for a few more years, and only then will he know the suffering of the soldiers and civilians below. ”

Chen Cheng didn't seem to hear the meaning of Yan Zhong's words, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you know my employment criteria, as long as you have the ability, I never look at his background." ”

Yan Zhong also had a smile on his face, but said in his heart: It's because you don't ask about your background, that's why I want to do this. Now that I am stricter with Yan Xing, the more you will use him in my face in the future.

He is now the Zhongshu Order, and he is already above 10,000 people under one person, how can he let Yan Xing just be a Taishou? If Chen Cheng becomes the lord of Luoyang one day, then the Yan family will also be a minister for generations!

Chen Cheng led the "trapped camp" and the "guards and pro-army", stationed halfway up the mountain, watching the smoke and dust rising in the valley in front of him, listening to the roar of tigers and leopards, but there was no confusion in the team. All of them were in their positions and on high alert. As the strongest army selected from the whole Liangzhou (in fact, there are only four counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Wuwei, and Beidi), they not only have the best treatment and equipment, but also have the most arduous training, so both morale and organization are far stronger than the friendly troops on the left and right flanks.

Occasionally, wild beasts such as roe deer, deer, and jackals that slipped through the net broke through the encirclement net and ran to this side, and before they could get close to a hundred paces away, they were shocked by the murderous aura of the military formation here, turned around and ran in other directions.

After a long time, the sound of the horses neighing and the roaring beasts in the valley became quieter. Liang Xing, the commander of the "Flying Bear Hussar", sent someone to report, "Most of the prey in the valley has been shot, and only some golden pheasants, hares, wild dogs and the like are left. ”

Chen Cheng ordered the tooth soldiers to blow the horn and wave the flag, so that the flying bear hussars who had stepped forward to shoot the hunt retreated.

The carts were pushed by red-faced soldiers, loaded with prey. Yan Xing led the group to run in front of Chen Cheng and said loudly: "The minister shot a fierce tiger, and he is willing to sacrifice it to the lord's account!" ”

"Oh, take it and have a look."

Hearing that Yan Xing had shot a fierce tiger, Chen Cheng was interested. When the cart came over with the tiger's corpse, Chen Cheng stepped forward to check, only to see that there was no wound on the white-fronted tiger, only an arrow in the eye. He is a master of archery himself, so he is naturally knowledgeable, and he exclaimed at the moment: "Yan Ming's archery skills are excellent!" ”

Yan Xing had seen Chen Cheng's peerless archery technique, and bowed his head and said, "The minister's skill is not as far as the lord's. ”

Chen Cheng shook his head with a smile and said, "Good is good, but you don't have to be too humble." ”

He took out a bag of coins on his body, threw it to Yan Xing, and said, "I don't want you for nothing, this bag of money is given to you, and it will be regarded as if I bought it." Well, the meat is distributed to the soldiers, you can help me make the skin, and when it is ready, it will be sent to my house. ”

Chen Cheng then said to Zhao Yun: "I'll take the princess to shoot rabbits in front, Zilong, do you want to come along?" ”

Zhao Yun nodded, explained a few words to Li Kan, and then followed with more than a dozen tooth soldiers.

The ground in the valley was littered with horseshoe prints and ruts, as well as the footprints of many wild beasts, and it looked very chaotic. Liu Qian pinched the hunting bow and rushed in very excitedly. She spread her hunting bow on horseback and fired at pheasants and fleeing rabbits. Although I didn't shoot a few, I was very happy.

Chen Cheng rode a fiery war horse behind her, holding the "Sunset Bow" in his hand, but he didn't shoot a single arrow. These pheasants and rabbits are not worth his shot. In some places behind, Zhao Yun led the tooth soldiers to follow closely. As the group walked away in the dense forest, the light gradually dimmed.

Liu Qian shot a few more arrows, and finally hit a startled pheasant. The beautiful creature with its splendid feathers struggled on the ground for a long time, running a long distance before falling to the ground and not moving. She jumped off her horse excitedly and shouted, "Master, do you see that?" I shot! ”

Running into the grass, Liu Qian looked for a while before finding the pheasant, she grabbed one of the pheasant's feet, pulled out the arrow, and was about to return to the horse, there was a noise in the jungle, and three people with bows and arrows and leading the horses came out of the woods.

Chen Cheng saw that these three people were wearing the armor of the soldiers of the Beidi County, thinking that they were soldiers from Lu Fang or Yang Qiu's side, and they had arrived here because they had been separated. But then he sensed that something was wrong, and the expressions of the three of them were too strange. After thinking for a fraction of a second, Chen Cheng immediately opened the minimap, and three small red dots appeared prominently in the upper right corner.

It's the enemy!

Although it is not known why there are enemies waiting for him here, it is only when both sides need to kill each other that the red point of view appears. He immediately drew an arrow and placed it on the bowstring. The strength of the "Sunset Bow" is comparable to that of a rhubarb crossbow,

But the speed of opening the bow was too slow, and Chen Cheng only pulled it half full, and then let go of his fingers.

The arrow makes a sound of wind and shoots an enemy through. He quickly opened his bow again, and only half opened it again, and then shot the arrow. The bowstring vibrates, and another enemy falls. However, the remaining third enemy had already drawn his bowstring and fired the arrow.

Chen Cheng only felt a sharp pain in his face, and an arrow had already been inserted into his cheek. Ignoring the pain in his cheek, as if the arrow had been shot at someone else, he drew the arrow, ready to pull the bowstring again. The last of the foes suddenly screamed and fell to the ground clutched by the neck.

On the side, Liu Qian put down the hunting bow and shouted, "Master, are you okay!" ”