The carriage was fifteen or sixteen zhang away from the official road, and one wheel fell into a ravine covered by snow, and the coachman was so anxious that he could no longer walk, and he hurriedly covered the body of the horse with an oilcloth. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was too late, it was fast, and the twelve Liao cavalry had already rushed through the lively official road just now, they were wearing iron helmets, black lacquer armor, black sheath swords on their waists, and longbows and quivers on their backs, which were full of long arrows.

The whip in the hand of the leading cavalry was raised in the air, whistling in the sky, falling heavily, pumping on the horse's stock, the healthy horse roared in pain, and rushed forward like a fierce arrow, rushing straight to the south of the official road, and the other cavalry followed suit, the shouts came and fell, and the twelve horsemen swept by like a storm, and the momentum was overwhelming.

At this moment, the leading cavalry suddenly saw the carriage, and he bent his bow and arrows in the gallop, and the sharp arrows flashed, and the long arrows pierced through the eyes of the horses in an instant, and the tips of the arrows peeked through the other side of the head.

The horses neighed and fell to the ground and died, and the later Khitan cavalry cheered in unison and continued to speed up, turning into a few small black dots in a blink of an eye, coming and going like a whirlwind, leaving the sky full of snow foam.

The coachman lay on the horse and cried out, Li Yanqing and the others got out of the carriage and silently gathered around the horse, the horse's body was still warm, the blood from the eyes was still dripping, and there was a pool of blood red on the snow.

People gathered around, but no one spoke, the crowd was silent, the Song and Liao campaigns continued for a hundred years, everyone was in a heavy mood, and the Khitan barbarians unscrupulously killed people and shot horses in the Song territory, making people seem to think of their own fate.

Yao Ding sighed, picked up the groom and comforted him: "It's a blessing that people are fine!" ”

The groom wiped his tears with his shirt and said, "This is a two-year-old mussel, even if I sell my whole family, I can't afford to lose this horse!" ”

Wang Gui's blood surged up, and he stepped forward and patted his chest, "I'll call the shots in this matter, I'll go back and explain to my grandfather, I don't want you to compensate, it's a big deal, it's my reward." ”

Yao Ding glanced at Wang Gui approvingly, this kid has a responsibility at a critical time!

"Fifth brother, have Khitan barbarians always been so arrogant?" Li Yanqing asked Yue Feidao.

Yue Fei nodded, "They are the palace tent army of the Liao State, and it is already very merciful if they don't shoot people, if they encounter the Southern Courtyard army coming down to threw grass, it will be called tragic, and everyone will be ruined everywhere." ”

Next to him, Tang Huai said in a low voice: "This is the outpost of the envoy of the Liao State, I heard my grandfather say that in the first half of the year, Taiwei Tong went to the Liao State, and now it should be the envoy of the Liao State to visit back, and it was the same before." ”

At this time, the surrounding people had dispersed, and the groom stopped an ox cart for them, and everyone took the ox cart to take the path by the Yongji Canal back to Lushan Town, and the groom needed to wait by the carriage and wait for the master to come over to deal with the aftermath.

On the way back, everyone was very silent, Li Yanqing stared out of the window for a long time, an arrow of the Khitan cavalry opened his dusty memory, more than ten years later, when the Jurchen Tartars swept the Central Plains like locusts, what kind of tragic fate would he suffer in this land where he was born and grew up?

Looking at the smoke rising from the village in the distance, shrouded in the quiet twilight, he thought of the poem again, 'Mo Xiao Farmhouse Wax Wine is muddy, and the guests are full of chickens and porpoises in the harvest year', such a beautiful homeland, but it is about to be ruthlessly ravaged by foreign races and become a ghost land of thousands of miles of red wilderness, he couldn't help but feel a tingle in his heart.

What should I do? He had the courage to go to justice generously, but he hated himself for being young and having no ability to reverse his fate, and for a while, Li Yanqing's heart was full of anxiety and helplessness.

At this time, Yue Fei's eyes showed a look of determination, and he clenched his fists and said to everyone: "If we don't learn martial arts to protect ourselves, we will be slaughtered by the Khitan barbarians at will like that horse. ”

Wang Gui and Tang Huai agreed violently, quite martyrdom, but they didn't see Li Yanqing answer, the three of them looked at him strangely, and when they saw that he had been looking outside, Wang Gui pushed him and asked in a low voice, "Brother Qing'er, what are you thinking?" ”

Li Yanqing glanced back at them, still unable to pull them out of his own thoughts, he said slowly: "I'm thinking, when the Jurchen barbarians are killed, how can I keep my hometown fathers and villagers?" ”

"Jurchen barbarians?" Everyone looked at him puzzled, and even Yao Ding's eyes were full of doubts.

"It is a tribe ten times more ferocious than the Khitan barbarians, the Khitan people we see have actually declined, just an old sick tiger, but the Jurchen barbarians are a fierce tiger that eats people, where it passes, the bones are exposed, thousands of miles of red fields, and one day it will kill us."

"Brother Qing'er, how do you know?" Yue Fei asked in a deep voice.

Li Yanqing woke up and knew that he had missed his words, so he hesitated and said, "It was the Zhizhou Li Guanren who told me." ”

Everyone was silent again, since these words came from the mouth of Li Guanren, it must be credible, thinking that the war is coming, but they are young and powerless, and they can't even protect themselves, how can they protect their relatives? Everyone was in a daze.

At this time, Yao Ding said to everyone: "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, you just need to study hard, practice martial arts in your spare time to strengthen your body, if that..... The Jurchen barbarians are really killed, you pick up the knife and fight hard, but it is also destined to fight, what do you want it to do now? ”

Yao Ding also figured it out, in the past, he was resolutely opposed to students practicing martial arts, thinking that martial arts training was useless, but today when he witnessed the scene of the Khitan people shooting horses, his heart was strongly shocked.

He finally realized that he should encourage his students to practice martial arts and strengthen their bodies, so that when the northern barbarians killed, the students could pick up their swords to protect themselves, instead of being slaughtered like that horse.

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Back in Lushan Town, it was already the third watch, Yao Ding arranged for everyone to live in the inn, slept for a few hours, and when they woke up, everyone's eyes were red, and it seemed that they didn't sleep well last night.

After all, the four of them were teenagers, and although they were stimulated by the Liao cavalry yesterday, after sleeping all night, they regained their cheerful and lively nature.

"Brother Qing'er, come to my house after school in the afternoon!"

Wang Gui smiled and invited Li Yanqing to say: "Go to my backyard to shoot arrows, I will take out a few straw men wearing Khitan barbarian clothes, and everyone will shoot arrows out of anger." ”

Li Yanqing scratched his head, "I'm afraid it won't work today!" I just came back, and I have to go home and check it out. ”

"That's right, then next time!"

Wang Gui suddenly remembered that he also had a butt to do, and he was afraid that he didn't have time to invite everyone to shoot arrows, so he originally wanted to invite Fifth Brother Yue again, but then he swallowed the invitation back into his stomach.

The two got dressed and went to the yard to rinse their mouths and wash their faces, just as Tang Huai also came out with a basin, he pulled Li Yanqing and said, "I'm not wrong!" I asked the shopkeeper just now, it is indeed the mission of the Liao State, yesterday one step ahead of us through Lushan Town, I heard that there are thousands of people, and the momentum is very loud. ”

"Hmmm! What about the fifth brother? "Li Yanqing didn't see Yue Fei.

"I'm here!"

Li Yanqing turned around, only to see Yue Fei wearing a short coat, steaming through a small door running in, "I went out to practice martial arts in the morning!" ”

Li Yanqing gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "I admire the fifth brother's character of doing what he says, and I will get up early tomorrow to practice martial arts." ”

"Tomorrow I'm going to do it too.... Wake up early to practice martial arts. Wang Gui obviously lacked confidence when he said this.

Yue Fei nodded and said: "I thought about it all night last night, or the master is right, instead of envying the fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and form a net, we are insignificant in the world, but we can change ourselves, practice martial arts, and defend the country in the future." ”

Li Yanqing's heart was also cheerful, and he smiled happily: "Li Guanren said that even if the Jin soldiers come over, it will take at least ten years, and these ten years are enough for us to learn something, unlike now, we can't even ride a donkey, let alone get on a horse-drawn bow." ”

Everyone suddenly remembered that Li Yanqing fell off the donkey, and couldn't help laughing together.