Chapter 148: Riding a Horse on a Patrol
"Your Majesty, do you want to find more books like this?" Shen An was waiting on the side, and when he heard a grunt, he immediately knew that His Majesty the Emperor was interested in the history books, and asked.
"It's okay, you let the next person look for some, come back in the evening and look again, after a tiring day, I will go outside for a walk to see what is the difference between this Zhengcheng and our Cangcheng."
"Your Majesty wants to pay a private visit again?" Ji Ling'er on the other side was shocked, she still had lingering palpitations about the last private visit to Weifu, and suddenly heard that the emperor was going to go out of the palace to play, and her heart tugged at her throat.
Shen An also helped on the side: "Forgive the servant for bluntly saying that Your Majesty is indeed not suitable to leave the palace at this time." ”
"Look at your surprise!" Yang Mu smiled and waved his hand: "You haven't been serving me for a day or two, don't you know my temper, don't worry, I won't mess around, this time I have to swagger outside to take a look, it's called a patrol!" ”
Patrol ......
Shen An and Ji Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief, although the strength of the two of them under the training of the queen is not what it used to be, but it is easy to dodge the open gun and difficult to defend against the dark arrow, no matter how high the martial arts are, they dare not take the emperor's safety as a child's play, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance of danger, they dare not try.
And if it is a patrol, it is much safer, and even if there is any danger, they have no reason to advise.
After a while, the guards were ready, and for the sake of safety, they specially dispatched two thousand soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Legion to protect them, which was personally commanded by the general Han Tong, and Kong Shangxian was also called to accompany him.
"Your Majesty, please ascend to the dragon." Shen An bowed and said.
"Hmm...... It's Long Yuan again......" Yang Mu frowned, pursed his lips, and was very disgusted with Long Yuan, this kind of luxury carriage is like a sightseeing car in the scenic spot, sitting in it is not free, and he has long been tired of sitting in the morning.
Hearing Yang Mu's complaint, Han Tong, Kong Shangxian and the others all looked at each other, not knowing what to do next.
After all, Your Majesty also said that the main purpose of this tour is to play, and at the same time to observe the people's feelings.
However, how can you go out on patrol without sitting on the dragon chariot?
You can't walk, can you?
Just when everyone was embarrassed, Yang Mu glanced around a few times and looked at the horse that Han Tong was riding on when he came.
Not...... When I was a child, I rode a buffalo, but I didn't know what it was like to ride a horse......
Yang Mu pointed to the horse and said, "Bring it to me." ”
"This ......" Han Tong was surprised, and immediately guessed what Yang Mu meant, and said in a panic: "Weichen is bold, dare to ask Your Majesty if you want to ride a horse?" ”
"That's right, let me ride your horse out for a few laps, no problem, right?"
Han Tong knelt down on one knee: "Don't say it's just a horse, even if it's Weichen's life, Your Majesty only needs a word, Weichen will never frown, but if Your Majesty wants to ride it in person, Weichen has the courage to advise, don't do it!" ”
"Oh? What's not to do? ”
Han Tong said solemnly: "This horse is a war horse, unruly and untamable, even if the minister practices equestrianism all the year round, it is only used for transportation, and he will never dare to rush to kill on the battlefield. ”
"What's not to do, I'm not as delicate as you think, just sit on it and walk around slowly, with you, the owner of the horse, by its side, what else can it do, besides, I've heard that horses are very timid, if they are frightened, even if they fall down, they will deliberately avoid people."
"This ...... Weichen did not dare to let His Majesty get into danger. Han Tong gritted his teeth, but still insisted on his point of view, although Yang Mu was right, the horse didn't dare to step on people, but what if he fell off the horse and fell from such a high place, where did he fall?
"Okay, okay, don't take risks one by one, when I wanted to drive the expedition in person, the Queen Mother was also dissuaded like this, isn't it good now. If you say it again, I will go to my heart and cure you for the crime of resisting the decree! ”
"Minister...... Obey! Han Tong was helpless, and he didn't dare to be disobedient, so he had to nod, and then led the war horse.
A little eunuch lowered his head, let Yang Mu step on it, and rode on the war horse.
From the feeling point of view, it is no different from riding a bull when I was a child, except that there is a cushion on the back of the horse, which is much more comfortable to sit on.
It's just that compared to the big buffalo, the equipment of the war horse is much more complicated.
Yang Mu remembered that there was such a sentence in "Mulan": buy horses in the east market, saddle sheath in the west market, bridles in the south market, and long whips in the north market. It can be seen from this that in ancient times, it took a lot of thought to equip a horse, and the above list is only a small part, such as stirrups, horseshoes, domestication costs, etc., are a lot of money.
Seeing that Yang Mu was on the horse, Kong Shangxian hurriedly glanced at Han Tong and reminded Han Tong to step forward to lead the horse for Yang Mu.
Don't think that being a general is a shameful thing to lead a horse for others, it also depends on who is sitting on the horse.
What surprised both Kong Shangxian and Han Tong was that Yang Mu saw Han Tong approaching, waved his hand, and casually pointed to another horse next to him, asking Han Tong to go side with him.
This is a higher-level courtesy, looking at the tens of thousands of people in the entire Cang army, except for Wei Zhongquan, who has such a holy family?
No one!
"Your Majesty, Wechen ......"
"What's the matter, you are the hero of this Northern Expedition, and you are afraid that someone will gossip?"
Seeing that Han Tong was submissive and had a panicked look on his face, Yang Mu directly motioned to a eunuch to lead the horse to Han Tong, and let the latter ride the horse and walk side by side.
In the rear, all the soldiers saw this scene in their eyes, full of heat and envy, and being able to ride parallel with His Majesty the Emperor on horseback was enough to boast for a lifetime!
And as soldiers, they were also very happy to see their generals treated with such courtesy, in fact, in the entire Northern Expedition, the Suzaku Legion did not unite at the beginning, and did not capture any city alone in the back, although the merit was outstanding, but it sounded like no contribution, like an auxiliary legion.
Yang Mu's move is equivalent to a kind of affirmation, which directly makes them feel angry, although it seems that it is the general who gets this honor, but it is the highest honor of the entire Vermilion Bird Legion, and it also means that His Majesty the Emperor is a person who must be rewarded for meritorious service and discerning, as long as he has made meritorious deeds, he will never be ignored.
As the party Han Tong, it is even more useful, I don't know what's going on, he even feels that His Majesty the Emperor in front of him is more worthy of his loyalty than the first emperor.
This can't help but remind him of Zheng Kang's move to lead his army north without hesitation when he invaded the south, how correct it was!
However, the rational Han Tong was not complacent because of this, on the contrary, after feeling the eyes of the people around him, he was a little weak-hearted: "Your Majesty will spare Weichen, he is about to leave the palace, so many people are staring at it red, it is really ......"
"This doesn't look like what my general said." Yang Mu quipped, and when he saw Han Tong's panicked appearance, he turned his head.
Seeing this, Han Tong breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly reined in the horse, took half a step back, and followed behind Yang Mu.
Going out from the palace gate, three circles inside and three circles outside the way, all of them have special people to clear the field, thousands of people went out from the main street, which immediately caused a commotion among the people, and the people came out to watch, and they all speculated that the emperor of Cangguo had only entered the palace in the morning, why he went out of the palace again.
"Huh! It doesn't seem to be the same! Immediately, the sharp-eyed people in the crowd noticed something different.