That's a good idea.

Princess Pingyang shook her head firmly and said, "I have stepped down, and now the guard of Wei Ze Pass is General Li, not Pingyang." How can I overstep my bounds? The winter hunt still needs to be presided over by General Li, and Pingyang is not in good health, so he will return home first. General Lee, please! ”

With that, he took the people back to his house.

As soon as Princess Pingyang left, the soldiers were a little restless: "General! ”

The tone is quite reluctant.

Li Hongjie stepped up to the main seat, his face was solemn, and he ordered: "Beat the drum!" Hats off to the princess! ”

The sound of drums sounded one after another, and Princess Pingyang couldn't help but pause when she left, and couldn't help but glance back at the soldiers in a strict formation-

"General, take care!"

Princess Pingyang didn't speak, turned her head and left, never looking back.

Xue Lang was thrilled to see it, leading the troops to Princess Pingyang like this, it can be considered complete, right?

"Get on the horse!"

With Li Hongjie's order, this year's winter hunt officially began.

Xue Lang mounted his docile little mare and walked slowly through the procession. The hunting grounds of the winter hunt are the nearby mountains, and the hunting team is based on battalions for fear of intruding into the beasts that do not have long eyes.

Doctor Su Hansu wore leather armor and mixed in Xue Lang's tribes, followed behind Xue Lang, and participated in the winter hunt. At the foot of the mountain, the battalions were separated, Xue Lang stood in front of his own team and mobilized: "This is our first collective activity, my archery skills, basically can't be counted on, whether you can eat game today depends on everyone's performance!" I have asked the cook at home to mix fragrant spices, and prepared enough wine, today there is only one purpose, which is to let everyone eat well, drink well, and have fun! That's all for that, everyone's efforts! ”

This mobilization is really a mess. The trilogues laughed at first, and then they responded violently: "Oh! ”

Xue Lang also laughed, raised his hand to signal quiet, and the team quieted down, Xue Lang said again: "Leave a team to help me make a fire, and the rest of the people will go into the mountains to hunt!" Remember to eat more, don't ask for pheasants or anything! ”

The tripartists laughed and responded: "Understood! ”

After mobilizing the part, Xue Lang bowed his head and said to the buns and steamed buns: "You guys also follow Su Han, remember not to hurt yourself." ”

The bun "Wang", wagged his tail, and ran to Su Han's side. Seeing this, the steamed bun lowered his head and walked to the side of the bun, and the posture of the guard was full of pose. Seeing this, the she-wolf named Kotaro hurriedly followed, quite with the intention of acting together.

The fritters didn't follow, but looked at the soy milk, and the style of the wife was strict. The soy milk rubbed Xue Lang's leg and wagged its tail, Xue Lang reached out and patted its head, and said, "If you want to go, don't get hurt." ”

The soy milk wagged its tail again, and ran calmly to meet the buns. The fritters immediately followed, as if they wanted to rub the soy milk, but they were directly arched by the soy milk, and they didn't have any face at all.

Xue Lang compared his hand and asked Su Han to take people into the mountain. Let Wanfu unload the oven and charcoal from the carriage, and let the team of people left behind set up the stove and make a fire.

Compared with the looseness on Xue Lang's side, hunting on the army's side is more standardized and much stricter. After all, this is a big event once a year, aimed at training the team and stocking up on meat for the winter.

In ancient times, there were large-scale hunting activities in the four seasons every year, called spring harvesting in spring, summer seedlings in summer, autumn in autumn, and winter hunting in winter. The Tang people are still martial, and they especially like field hunting.

The hunting activities of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty ranged from large-scale four-season field hunting to small-scale hunting that was casual and flexible. Winter hunting is an important national activity and is included in the military salute.

The Tang Dynasty emperor's field hunting momentum was quite huge. From the preparation in advance to the specific implementation process, as well as the distribution and reward after the hunt, there is a complex set of etiquette. When a hunt is organized, it is almost a well-planned and well-organized preparation for the war. It can not only strengthen the body and boost morale, but also demonstrate to neighboring countries and show force. Hunting was regarded as a national event by the emperors of the Tang Dynasty.

Four seasons field hunting, the most solemn is autumn and winter hunting. Wei Ze Pass is located in the pass, and it is an important place for soldiers. Except for winter hunting, field hunting is not organized in the other three seasons every year. Therefore, this annual winter hunt is extremely solemn.

Xue Lang is here to join in the fun, and the leader of the army is not Princess Pingyang, he is even less interested in being with the army, only at the foot of the mountain, waiting for his own troops with peace of mind, and by the way, he holds a telescope to watch the army hunting.

The Tang people hunted in a flexible and diverse way, including fire attack, hunting, net fishing, lasso, horseback archery, etc., depending on the terrain and landform, which can be described as flexible and diverse.

The army hunting is naturally different from others, and the cooperation is more close, and the action is more rigorous. Before the start of the game, each was allocated a hunting territory. Seeing that each battalion marched to their respective territories to hunt with their own deeds, Xue Lang put down the binoculars, withdrew the gaze of the onlookers, and waited for his own troops to return from hunting.

With such a large number of hunters, such an alert and timid little animal as a hare, it has long been too frightened to come out of the hole. Xue Lang brought a lot of spices, and when the prey was delivered, he let people wash and peel them, marinate them with spices, and roast them together when the hunting team returned.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I saw a team of people coming down the mountain from a distance, and the ones in front were actually steamed buns and fritters, and there seemed to be a deer between the two dogs-

Deer?!

Xue Lang hurriedly raised the binoculars to take a look, steamed buns and fritters were in front, one side, biting a deer antler in his mouth, dragging a stag over, looking at the hideous wound on the buck's neck, obviously this is the spoils of steamed buns!

Busy not thinking too much, Xue Lang hurriedly greeted him, and the escort team immediately saluted Xue Lang: "I have seen the lord in my humble position." ”

"No courtesy, no need to be so polite. What is this deer? ”

Xue Lang asked eagerly. The team immediately said: "Back to the Lord, this deer was hunted by five spirit dogs. ”

When Xue Lang heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and happily patted the heads of the four dogs one by one: "Steamed buns, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, soy milk, and red taro, this is what you hunted?" ”

"Wang! Woof! ”

The buns jumped out, screaming loudly, and turning in circles excitedly; The soy milk also ran over and rubbed Xue Lang's hand with his head, and the intention of stroking it was obvious.

Xue Lang couldn't help but be overjoyed, touching and rubbing the dog's head one by one: "Good job!" Well done! Come on, hug! ”

praised the four dogs one by one, and when it was Kotaro's turn, Xue Lang chuckled, looked at its white canine teeth, and still dispelled the idea of hugging-

That's a wolf, not a dog!

Xue Lang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately asked people to wash and skin the deer, and first divided half of it to the four dogs and Kotaro, a large piece of meat with bones and flesh as a reward. The rest is pickled.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, Counselor Xue sent pickled venison, saying that it was hunted by the spirit dogs and given to His Highness to taste."

Twilight comes in to report. Princess Pingyang was in her own courtyard, reading a book with a scroll in a smoked cage, and raised her eyebrows interestingly when she heard the words, and said, "The hunting of the spirit dogs? ”

Twilight Xue said: "Back to the lady, exactly." The messenger said that the greyhounds had hunted a male deer together. ”

Princess Pingyang bowed: "What a good dog!" Okay, put charcoal fire and stove on the shelf in the courtyard, the hunt of the greyhounds, and the venison pickled by Xue Advisory, I must taste it. ”

"Whoa."

Twilight Snow went down to spread the word. After a while, a stove was set up in the courtyard and the meat began to be roasted.

"What a fragrant smell!"

Before the meat was roasted and served, the fragrance had already wafted in, and Mama praised it. Princess Pingyang smiled, put down the scroll, and said, "The fragrance is attractive, how can you read quietly!" It's never too late to satisfy your appetite before reading. In the first snow, blanch a pot of white wine sent by Youyang, wine with delicacies, and enjoy the joy of winter hunting. ”

"Whoa!"