Chapter 6: Taming the Horse
Six months later, Li Yan finally paid off under Han Qian's brutal training. In the past six months, Li Yan did not dare to relax in the slightest, in the beating again and again, Li Yan slowly learned how to react quickly and defend, from the beginning of a round was beaten by Han Qian without the power to fight back, and now Li Yan has been able to fight Han Qian for more than a dozen rounds.
And in the past few months of training, Li Yan's whole person has changed a lot, and his body has become much stronger, compared to the weak body a few months ago, it is simply like two people.
"Young boy, are you okay?" Han Qian picked up Li Yan on the ground and said.
"I'm fine. Again! Li Yan stood up and gasped for breath. In the battle with Han Qian just now, Li Yan persevered for eighteen rounds and finally lost.
Seeing that Li Yan still refused to admit defeat, Han Qian turned around and walked to the wall, picked up the horse lance leaning against the wall with one hand, and said to Li Yan: "Come!" Then. ”
After taking the long lance in Han Qian's hand, Li Yan's right hand sank down, and the horse lance, which was more than a zhang long, weighed at least dozens of catties. The flat lance peak is more than two feet long, and the sharp tip of the lance looks cold, this is the treasure that many generals dream of.
"Look at the move!" Li Yan quickly stabbed Han Qian in the chest with a long lance in his hand. Seeing that the lance was about to pierce into Han Qian's chest, the long stick in Han Qian's hand stabbed Li Yan over and blocked the lance, making a piercing sound.
Seeing that Han Qian easily defused his attack, Li Yan let out a loud shout, and stabbed Han Qian's face and abdomen in a blink of an eye, Han Qian's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly defended with a long stick, and then quickly retreated.
In this way, the two clashed back and forth in the courtyard, with a sharp lance, Li Yan had the upper hand at first, and after more than 30 rounds of fighting between the two, Li Yan gradually became physically exhausted, and was suppressed by Han Qian, and received a few sticks on his body.
As Li Yan gradually switched from merit to defense, Han Qian's offensive became faster and faster, and the long stick in his hand whirred.
"It's not okay to go on like this, sooner or later you'll run out of energy." Li Yan thought anxiously.
Just as Li Yan was thinking about it, Han Qian's long stick had already hit him head-on, Li Yan's upper body leaned back slightly, and the long lance in his hand quickly attacked Han Qian's lower plate. Since Han Qian's strength was concentrated on his upper body, his legs retreated in a panic.
"This is the time!" Li Yan took advantage of the moment when Han Qian lost his mind, and the long lance in his hand pushed away Han Qian's long stick, and slammed into Han Qian's chest with one kick, and the huge impact force was already in front of Han Qian's throat when Han Qian's body was undecided.
When Han Qian turned to look, he saw that he was already leaning against the wall, and there was no way to retreat.
"Good! Childe's martial arts are progressing rapidly, Han Qian admires! Han Qian threw away the long stick in his hand and said with both hands in fists.
"Brother Han has won the award, Li Yan is just using the length of the horse lance itself to take advantage of it, if it is really a battle of life and death, I am afraid I will have already been defeated." Li Yan put down the lance in his hand and said with a smile.
Li Yan was already sweating profusely after practicing with Han Qian, and changed into clothes. Today, Li Yan is about to go out of the house to go around the streets of Jiuquan City, except for going to Song Xuan's house, he has not been out of the house for the past few months, and Li Yan feels suffocated.
"Childe, are you going out?" As soon as Li Yan went out of the door, he saw Han Qian in the courtyard and said.
"Hmm. We don't need a carriage to go out today, we walk. Li Yan said to Han Qian.
In the past few months, every time Li Yan went to Song Xuan's mansion at night, Han Qian was a horseman who drove Li Yan back and forth to Song Xuan's mansion.
When Li Yan took Han Qian to the gate of the mansion, he saw several people in the mansion leading a horse out, Li Yan recognized that this horse was the one he fell from half a year ago, and the pain Li Yan still remembers vividly.
It's just that half a year has passed, and the original tall and fat jujube red sweaty horse has now become dull and dull, the body is thin, the ribs on both sides are looming, and there are several criss-crossing wounds on the body that are oozing pus and blood, emitting a foul smell, and flies are flying around on the horseback.
"What are you doing slowly, you beast?" As he spoke, a whip struck the horse's back, and the sweaty horse neighed, trying to break free from the reins in vain.
"Ahh Childe, could it be that this is a bloody BMW? It's just that I was beaten all over my body for some reason? Han Qian behind Li Yan said in surprise.
Of course, Li Yan knew that this was a bloody horse, and he had suffered a big loss. Subsequently, Li Yan briefly told Han Qian about the origin of the horse and the process of his fall.
After listening to this, Han Qian said: "I didn't expect this horse to have such a background, the son will not die, and there will be blessings in the future."
"Let's go! Let's go and ask them where they're going. Li Yan said, quickly catching up with those few palace subordinates.
"How many of you should stop first, where are you going?" Li Yan said to the people in front of him.
A few subordinates in front of him stopped, turned around and saw that it was Li Yan, and said: "Huiyan Gongzi, this horse Song Changshi has been sent to the mansion for nearly a year, but no one in the mansion has been tamed. Today, King Liang ordered us to take this evil animal to the school field and kill it, and give it to the soldiers to eat. ”
"Childe, this horse must not be killed, in the next childhood with his father grew up in the army, a little bit of the art of horses, in the next just carefully observed, although now it looks emaciated, the color of the hair is dull, but the eyes are bright, the body is strong, the limbs are thick and powerful, this is definitely the only one in ten thousand horses." Han Qian circled around the sweaty horse, lowered his voice and said to Li Yan anxiously.
Li Yan looked at Han Qian's anxious appearance and said to Han Qian: "It's a good horse, but it must also be tamable." You also know that I have suffered a lot of losses on this head. Li Yan said and reached out and touched the back of his head.
"Childe, all divine horses have spirituality, and they are definitely not something that people can control. The god horse will also choose the Lord to serve, and once he recognizes the Lord, he will never give up for life. Does Childe want to tame it? Han Qian said with a serious face.
"Oh? Do you have a good plan? Li Yan said expectantly when he heard Han Qian's tone.
After Li Yan finished speaking, Han Qian approached Li Yan and said a few words in Li Yan's ear, and then said, "My father taught me this method before his death, and he has not failed. Childe, you can rest assured. ”
"Good! Brother Han, I believe you! Li Yan was determined and said happily.
Li Yan saw that the royal servants were walking towards the school field, and hurriedly chased after them.
"I don't know what is important for Yan Gongzi to stop me and wait?" A tall and thin subordinate saw Li Yan and shouted to stop them.
"Oh, it doesn't matter. You say that you will eat this horse, but I don't think it would be like this, and if I can tame it, you won't have to kill it. Li Yan stopped, looked at them and said.
When the tall and thin subordinate heard this, he hurriedly said: "Yan Gongzi, we are waiting for the order of King Liang to kill this horse and share the food with the soldiers, if King Liang blames it, I can't afford it!" Before I said you~" The tall and thin subordinate said and stopped.
Of course, Li Yan knew that he said that he fell off the horse half a year ago, but now that he has a secret recipe to tame this horse, of course he can't just let it go.
"Don't worry! I'll take it if something happens, take it to the school grounds, and if you can't tame it, it's not too late for you to kill it. Li Yan urged.
"You take Yan Gongzi to the school field, and I will go back to King Liang immediately." The tall and thin subordinate pointed to the other three subordinates and said.
Under the leadership of the people of the palace, Li Yan and Han Qian followed them to the school field located in the north of the city, the black crowd in the school field, they were all soldiers guarding Jiuquan City, they were practicing at the moment, and from time to time they let out a roar that shook the sky.
"Childe, go ahead! I'm going to be fine with me! Han Qian saw Li Yan standing still on the school ground, walked to the side and said.
Li Yan walked to the side of the sweaty horse, took the reins from the hands of his subordinates, turned to them and said, "You stay away, so as not to hurt you."
After the next person walked away, Li Yan held the reins and looked the sweaty horse up and down. At this time, the sweaty horse was standing in place, his front hooves were on the ground, he looked at Li Yan sideways and sneezed, staring at Li Yan tightly. It seems to recognize the person who fell from it.
Li Yan muttered in his heart: "Instead of being killed and sharing the food, it is better to follow me to the battlefield." ”
After Li Yan walked around the horse, he stroked the forehead of the sweaty horse, and then jumped onto the horse's back, holding the reins in his hand, clamping the horse's belly with his legs, and slowly walking forward.
At this moment, in the Liangwang Mansion, in Li Xin's courtyard, Juan was kneeling in Li Xin's study, and said to Li Xin happily: "Your Highness, that Li Yan, who doesn't know whether to live or die, intercepted the sweaty horse that the prince ordered to be slaughtered today, saying that he would tame himself, and he has gone to the school field at this moment."
After Li Xin heard what Juan said, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and then he laughed and said, "Okay! My nephew was so daring. It seems that he has been hanging out with the homeless people in the West Courtyard for a long time recently, and he has become bolder. Ha ha! ”
After Li Xin finished speaking, Juan said with a flattering face: "Your Highness is right. I sent a few of my subordinates to either fall to death or be crippled, just because he is a milky hairy child, how can he tame a sweaty horse. ”
"You go down first. Report the situation in time! Li Xin looked down at the paperwork on the table and said.
After Juan left, Li Xin leaned back on the Hu chair and said to himself: "If you fall off the horse again, it will save me a lot of effort."
In the main hall of the Liangwang Mansion, the tall and thin subordinate was prostrate on the ground, and there were broken cup fragments on the ground.
"If Yan'er has an accident, you will all be served by the family!" Li Wei was anxiously walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, staring at the tall and thin subordinate kneeling on the ground, and said angrily.
"The prince forgives the sin, the prince of Yan said that he wanted to train the horse, and the little one has already persuaded him, so he will come back immediately to tell the prince." The tall and thin subordinate kowtowed again and again, sweating profusely.
"Why don't you hurry up and prepare a horse to lead the way?" Li Wei scolded angrily.
"Yes, yes, the little one will go and prepare the horse." The tall and thin man said, and quickly retreated out the door.
On the school field, Li Yan rode on horseback, and the sweaty horse walked slowly from the beginning, and after a while, it began to run forward furiously to throw Li Yan down. Li Yan grabbed the saddle tightly, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and bent down to gallop on the school field with the sweaty horse.
Fortunately, in the past few months, Li Yan's body has become more robust and his physical strength can keep up, otherwise he would have been thrown off the horse a long time ago. The sergeant on the school field saw Li Yan running wild on the horse, and there was a commotion.
Suddenly, Li Yan bent over and pressed the index finger of his right hand tightly on a place on the neck of the sweaty horse according to the method taught by Han Qian, and the furious sweaty horse gradually calmed down and began to slowly stop under Li Yan's drive.
"Driving" Li Yan clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and the sweaty horse immediately ran forward. Following Li Yan's instructions, after a few laps around the scene under Li Yan's control, the sweaty horse had obviously obeyed Li Yan's order, and Li Yan rode the sweaty horse slowly to Han Qian and stopped.
After Li Yan dismounted, he excitedly said to Han Qian: "Thanks to Brother Han, the younger brother can accept this horse."
Han Qian hurriedly stopped and said, "Han Mou is just a little bit of effort, and the son doesn't have to be like this."
At this time, Li Yan saw that Li Wei was walking towards him on the other side of the school field.
Li Yan immediately greeted him and saluted Li Yan and said, "Grandson Li Yan, I have seen grandpa."
"Okay, okay. Yan'er subdued this horse today, and it will be yours from now on. I thought no one could tame this beast, but I didn't expect my grandson to be so brave, okay! Li Wei stroked his beard and said with a smile.
"Thanks to Brother Han, otherwise my grandson wouldn't have been able to tame it." Li Yan said and looked at Han Qian and said
"Villain Han Qian, I've seen King Liang." Han Qian saluted and said.
"Hmm. There is no need to be polite," Li Wei said to Han Qian.
"I heard that you teach Yan'er martial arts every day, but is there such a thing?" Li Wei said to Han Qian.
"The villain will not give up thanks to his son, and he is willing to teach him in his own pocket!" Han Qian saluted again and said.
"Good! Yan'er, since you have practiced martial arts with Han Zhuangshi, you can also come with you on the safari on the fifth day of the first lunar month next month. At that time, some generals in the army and the children of my Liangzhou Wang clan will also participate in the safari together. Li Wei looked at Li Yan and said kindly.
"Thank you Grandpa! The grandson must be diligent in martial arts, and he will not disgrace you. ”