The king of the southern courtyard of your country wants to invite the old man to meet and hunt outside the city? After Tong Guan heard Chen Xiangnan's invitation, he frowned at first, but soon stretched out, nodded with a smile: "Since the king is so gracious, the old man is naturally not easy to refuse." ”

When Chen Xiangnan heard that he should deal with this matter, his originally nervous expression calmed down, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "In this case, please prepare for the meeting of the prince in two days, and then go to the north to hunt together." ”

Tong Guan nodded again in agreement, and then sent Chen Xiangnan out of the door quite politely. It wasn't until the other party left that he saw that the Liao soldiers in front of the embassy were much more relaxed than yesterday, from the encirclement of one or two thousand people inside and outside the country to only two or three hundred people now, but the smile on his face quickly faded, replaced by deeper suspicion and concern.

In fact, after Sun Tu made such a big move in Youzhou City yesterday and took back the defense map, Tong Guan was already ready to have a good life with the Liao people. Unexpectedly, this night passed peacefully, no one came to make trouble at all, and today Chen Xiangnan actually came to invite them to hunt outside the city like no one else, such a reaction was too weird, but it made him more and more uneasy.

At this time, Sun Tu also walked over with a solemn expression: "Tong Shuai, didn't they come to Xingshi to ask for guilt?" ”

"No, just one sentence that yesterday was just a misunderstanding. In addition, the king of the Southern Courtyard of Liao State was already on the way back, and he also invited the old man to take people to participate in a hunt. ”

"I'm afraid there's fraud in this, right?" Sun Tu immediately said vigilantly.

Tong Guan sneered and nodded: "That's natural, and it's just a response to yesterday's changes, but I can't see through their true purpose." However, this matter cannot be shirked, and in Liaoguo, some things still have to be done according to their wishes. In the end, he sighed a little helplessly.

"Xia Guan understands, then when the time comes, Xia Guan will lead his subordinates to go out of the city with Tong Shuai." Sun Tudang personally asked for his life. In this regard, Tong Guan immediately responded.

The reaction of the forbidden army in the embassy after yesterday's incident still made him quite dissatisfied, but it was the Qingzhou army, which showed a calm and brave side at that time, so since he couldn't take all the guards out this time, he had to pick the most elite and dare to fight with him. Tong Guan even regretted that he only brought a mere two hundred Qingzhou troops with him when he entered the Liao Kingdom before, if he had known that the forbidden army was so unbearable, he should have brought all the five hundred Qingzhou troops with him at that time.

The two didn't say much, Sun Tu immediately ran outside a few courtyards, called all the officers who were stationed everywhere, and told him the arrangements to escort Tong Guan out of the city to hunt in the next two days. Then he solemnly reminded: "Although this time it is clearly hunting, the Liao people will definitely do something in secret, what we have to do is to ensure the safety of Tong Shuai, you can't have the slightest slack." Also, I have prepared weapons such as crossbows, as long as the signs are not right, I don't have to worry too much about acting according to my eyes. ”

All the officers only felt a burst of excitement and nervousness in their hearts, this was a battle with the Liao army, and it was an existence that was different from any enemy they had encountered before. However, they still quickly stated: "The lowly rank will do everything to ensure the safety of Tong Shuai and the capital eunuch, and they will not lose me."

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The face of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"Well, you have rested in your room for the past two days, and you have given me enough spirits. I have a hunch that there will be a big battle when I leave the city this time! Sun Tu told them two more times, and then they dispersed, and he himself began to prepare accordingly.

Time passed quickly, two days passed in a flash, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day of going out of the city to hunt with the Liao people.

Although the Khitans continued to absorb the experience and culture of the Han people to consolidate their rule after the founding of the state, some of their ethnic traditions have not been forgotten because of this, such as the hunting of the four seasons, which has been preserved to this day. Especially in the case of an emperor who likes hunting in all directions, the courtiers are even more proficient in this way, even in Nanjing, where war may occur at any time in the handover with the Song State, civil and military officials all have a natural interest in hunting, and Yelu Xiongge informed, and there were no less than 100 civil and military officials of all sizes to join them.

With the addition of these people, the team of this hunt will naturally not be small, there are more than twenty or thirty behind them, and there are three or four people at the least, and there are always guards and servants to follow. Moreover, this time, even the ambassador of the Song State and the third official of Nanjing, Xuanhui envoy Yelu Sibuda, participated in the hunt, and the procession out of the city was even larger, with two or three thousand people.

After the people and horses of all parties left the city, they quickly played their respective banners, and then there were those who were in a hurry and galloped forward directly, so soon, the large plain area in the north of Youzhou City had become chaotic and lively, and the sky was full of dust.

It was only at this time that Sun Tu really carefully observed the specific landform and situation north of Youzhou, which later generations could call the North China Plain. Compared with the prosperity and every inch of land after a thousand years, there are actually some desolate inside and outside the city of Youzhou now, the city is okay, the population is still dense, but after leaving the city, it is completely a wilderness, not to mention the town on the endless plain, there are few decent villages, only a road that is not too wide extends to the end of the northern horizon.

In this kind of environment, wild beasts are indeed very easy to breed, only two or three miles away from the city, you can see some medium-sized beasts such as fawns and roe deer in some grass and trees, as for small beasts such as hares, there are many places, as long as they are passable in archery, there is always some gain at this time.

Not only did most of the Liao people have begun to go around and shoot the prey around them, but the three hundred Song soldiers who guarded Tong Guan came out hunted and killed a lot while moving forward, which made Tong Guan also interested, and he actually rushed forward with his horse under the escort of Sun Tu and a few others, and chased after a desperate escaping stag.

This deer can escape from the pursuit of many Liao arrows several times, its movements are indeed fast and agile enough, and it is also well versed in the way of life, when escaping, it is not like ordinary animals will only sprint in a straight line, relying on speed to dodge arrows, but will suddenly move left and right when danger comes, so that several Liao arrows have fallen in the air.

Tong Guan was also happy to see the hunt, and at this time he was in hot pursuit, and had fired three arrows in a row, but he still failed to hit the deer, but let it open a larger distance.

At this time, there was also a team on the side that took a fancy to this agile enough stag, and the first few Liao people also released arrows one after another

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, but because of the distance, it does not pose any threat to it at all. But Tong Guan was a little anxious when he saw this: "The old man wants to take down this deer, hurry up and catch up!" "How could the prey he fancy be taken away by the Liao?

Seeing this, Sun Tu also hurriedly urged the horse to rush quickly, his body rose and fell with the bumps of the horse, and the bow and arrow in his hand could not be shot after all. Although his archery skills are good, it is only foot shooting, and horse archery is a little lacking after all, so he is not in a hurry to shoot this time.

But because of this, Sun Tu sees things more clearly than others, and under some chasing, he has gradually seen some ways. This deer's hearing and physical reaction are far superior to those of other kinds, so it can always hear the direction of the arrow flying behind him, and calmly dodge it at that moment, which is a means of preemptive action in the martial arts.

This made him sigh that this deer was powerful, but also had a way to deal with it, immediately drew the bow, shot an arrow to its left side, and then quickly followed another arrow straight to its back, and at the same time shouted at Tong Guan: "Tong Shuai, shoot the deer to the right!" ”

Tong Guan, who was not far from the side, was also a little vague after a few arrows missed, which always failed to hit the target, and his face as a great Song minister was also a little unsure of where to put it. Now after hearing Sun Tu's words, Tong Guan didn't hesitate too much, and he didn't aim at the deer as before, but shot at the right side of the stale.

Then, a scene that surprised many people appeared. Just when Tong Guan's arrow hit, the deer really jumped to the right side as if he was stupid, and just hit the incoming arrow, as if committing suicide.

With a pop, the arrow pierced the stag's neck, causing it to scream, and after two more steps, it went limp, and fell slowly.

Tong Guan shot down the stag that had escaped the pursuit of many people with an arrow, which made everyone present stunned at first, and then many people let out a burst of admiration and cheers, especially the Song army guards who followed behind shouted loudly: "Taiwei is mighty!" The Liao people who had already rushed to the front sighed with some regret, and without saying anything, they turned their horses around and rushed to the other prey.

Tong Guan's face was also full of red light at this time, and he laughed excitedly: "Okay, this is really a good sign." As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Tu, who had already retreated: "This time it's thanks to Qianli." He also saw that if it weren't for Sun Tu's previous two arrows forcing the stag to dodge to the right, he was afraid that he would not be able to hunt it easily.

Sun Tu said humbly: "Tong Shuai is still sharp, and the lower officials just made a little effort." ”

This time, Tong Guan is more and more satisfied, Sun Tu not only has the ability and courage, but also is smart enough, should he reuse the other party in the future? Instead of just throwing it in Shandong and doing something that has nothing to do with the overall situation......

Just as he was thinking about it, an earth-shattering roar suddenly came from ahead, and it was the roar of a fierce tiger! This sound frightened everyone's crotch and the war horses were all four hooves and one weak, and several soldiers accidentally fell directly from their horses.

At this moment, Sun Tu and Tong Guan's faces changed: "Have you started hunting tigers in front?" ”

As soon as this tiger came out, their deer hunting behavior was nothing. Without much hesitation, Tong Guan gave an order and led the team to rush towards the tiger roar......

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