From the border of Cao to the east of Rongyi, the Jishui River flows, and its south bank is a vast grassland and forest, this place is called "suburbs", which is the hunting place of Cao State's office. In mid-May, when the warblers fly and the grass grows, a huge hunting party is speeding through the forest.

There were more than ten huge horses in the team, followed by a hundred apprentices with fighting arms, which was the standard preparation of the noble field hunting. In the first car was a young monarch dressed in a narrow-sleeved field hunting pattern leather robe, with a short beard on his lips, and his eyes were fixed on the dozen or so black hounds running on the side of the front of the procession.

"Chen wine is good, night and day, strong crossbows and high birds, dogs chase cunning rabbits, this is also fun." Using dogs as guides to hunt is something that the nobles of Zhongxia are very keen on, so a well-bred Zhongshan Di dog can be sold for a sky-high price of gold in Taoyi, for no other reason, it is the new successor Cao Boyang is crazy obsessed with the way of field hunting.

Outside the convoy, there were more than 20 light knights with bows and arrows, led by a young gentleman dressed in a dark leather suit and a dish, who sat in the saddle with his attendants, his legs tightly clamped between the belly of the horse.

The young gentleman was none other than Zhao Wuxian, and after entering the Cao Kingdom, they traveled east for a day, and then arrived at the outskirts and met Cao Boyang, who had previously invited him to "hunt in Jiyin".

At that moment, the long, narrow hounds spotted their prey and let out a wild bark, and then sped like arrows off the string towards the woods.

The hunting chariots and horsemen were divided into three groups after a whistle, and the vastmen poured into the dense forest, constantly knocking on the gange in their hands, making a loud noise, frightening the beasts, and the chariots and light horses outflanked them from the left and right. After a while, the birds and beasts in the forest fled in panic, and were driven out of their jungle habitat by the apprentices, just in time to fall into the trap laid by the hunters.

The skill of hunting lies in the hunting, and driving the prey to the predetermined hunting grounds can not only improve the efficiency of the hunt. It also has a strong significance for military training.

So a moment later, there were more than 100 elks, deer, roe deer, rabbits, foxes, and even a big one that was already rare in the north. They all ran to the open meadow, but they were blocked by the outflanked riders.

Cao Boyang excitedly pulled out his big bow and aimed at the chariot. Not to be outdone, Zhao Wuxian and his horsemen drove their horses to shoot fast, and arrows rained down into the group of prey, and the prey fled in panic in the small grassland, but no matter which direction they fled, they would be blocked back by the apprentices.

A year ago, Zhao Wuxian was able to ride a horse and shoot a deer, and now he still bows and whistles, and the riding bow with a full force of one and a half stones is aimed at the largest wild bi, and the big bi fifty paces away snorts and falls.

Yu Xi, the rider who followed him, suddenly shouted: "The gentleman has hunted a wild one!" ”

It turned out that most of the people on the chariot were Dr. Cao Guoshi led by Cao Bo. He and Zhao Wuxian had a faint idea of competing in this hunt.

Cao Bo did not admit defeat, and for a while used the chariot as an archery platform, and the arrows suddenly became dense, if it was this kind of shooting in a fixed position, it was Cao Ren who could stand on the chariot and drive a bow more advantageously.

Zhao Wuxian did not hurry to bend his bow and shoot, and almost every arrow would take the life of a prey. However, he had already agreed with the riders that he only needed to shoot the majesty and skill of a light knight today, and there was no need to fight desperately.

When the hunting was finished, the hunt on the chariot side was indeed slightly more than that of the light cavalry, and Zhao Wuxian smiled and flattered Cao Bo, who couldn't hide his smug color, with a smile:

"Poetry. Xiao Xiao Ma Ming, leisurely and beautiful; In vain, it is not shocked, and it is not profitable. It's been a long time since the foreign minister has hunted so freely. Today, I saw Cao Bo's hunting skills, and saw the proper cooperation of the Cao people, I am really ashamed, and the foreign minister hates to break the bow and do Rong You to help you move the prey. ”

He had already heard Zigong say in the letter that Cao Boyang had a good face, and let him be half successful in the competition, resulting in a regrettable defeat, and this hunting monarch would be happy.

Really. Cao Boyang's face was full of joy, and his mouth was modest. was more affectionate to Zhao Wuxian than when they first arrived.

There were three rounds of hunting throughout the morning, and the loot was transported to the wagons and hauled away. The cooks dug a stove outside the makeshift house to burn a fire, hung a kettle, set up a copper frame, and arranged the tripods and guis transported from Taoyi dozens of miles away, and began to cook food.

Zhao Wuxian was affectionately arranged in the position of guest by Cao Bo, Cao is a small country with only one army and two secretaries, and the power of the Zhao family is greater than theirs, so no one in the Sima and scholars of Cao State is dissatisfied with this.

While drinking with Uncle Cao, eating Caodi food that tasted different from Jin and Song, Wuxian was thinking about Cao's affairs this time.

Cao has a long history, and the first feudal monarch is the son of King Wen of Zhou and the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, Cao Shu Zhenduo, and the lord is the earl of the country.

According to the rules of the early Western Zhou Dynasty, Hou is a big country, Bo is a small country, and Cao State does not have the courage to counterattack from a vassal to a big country like the previous Qin Bo, and it has been unknown in the Jishui Basin.

If you want to say that the most famous monarch in this country, it should be the perverted Cao Gonggong who peeped into Jin Chong's ears and bathed. Zhao Wuxian secretly said that fortunately, this generation of Cao Bo does not have this strange habit, and the only thing that has been criticized by the Chinese people is that he regards hunting as eating and sleeping, and as a government and state affair.

This Cao Boyang has actually just succeeded to the throne for four months, not to mention three years of filial piety, not even three months. The dead Cao Jinggong had just been buried, and he set up a forest garden in Cao Guoguang, prohibiting the countrymen from entering the country to cut down, fish and hunt, and he himself excitedly pulled a group of young scholars to drill all over the mountains.

No, as soon as the feast was over, he studied it with great interest to the unshirtless light knights.

"This single horse is much better than a chariot when crossing rivers, hills, and sparse forests in the forest, but it is a little difficult to ride and shoot."

He took the bow and arrow handed over by Zhao Wuxian and tried to open it, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is lighter than a foot bow, unless you sit still on the horse, this kind of riding bow can only break the enemy's armor, and even can't shoot the thick-skinned Da Yu and Xiong Zhen." ”

Cao Boyang is worthy of being an expert in hunting, and after only a few glances, he understood the advantages and disadvantages of light knights and riding bows.

Zhao Wuxian pushed back the riding bow that Cao Bo handed over, and at the same time offered his saddle mount to him.

"Jewel for the beauty, BMW for the hero, although this single ride is not perfect, but as a hunting aid is good. I also hope that Cao Bo will laugh and accept it, which should be a little caution from the foreign minister. It can be handed over to craftsmen to imitate the production, and a group of hunting light horsemen have also been cultivated in Cao State. ”

Cao Bole accepted it happily, and he was generous. In the evening, he sent someone to give back fifty pairs of leather armor made of the fur of the prey.

When returning to the low hill where the Zhao warriors were camped outside Lin Yuan, Yu Xi asked with some puzzlement, "Brigade Marshal." Light horses and saddles are our sharp weapons, so it is really good to give them to the princes of other countries so easily? ”

Zhao Wuxian knocked the leather crown on Yu Xi's head with a horsewhip, and said: "Look farther, whether it is a saddle or a light ride, it is not difficult to imitate it, and it has actually spread around Xinjiang." It's just that no one can be more proficient than you, and it's better to be a personal favor than someone to steal learning. As for what hidden dangers will it leave for Cao Bo in the future? ”

He sneered and said, "If it is a heroic master, he will follow my example and form a light knight for battle." But Cao Boyang, who is a thirst for hunting, will only equip his hunters and play more tricks when he is in Xia Miao, so there is no need to worry. ”

What's more, in the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the short-lived opportunity for a small country to suddenly rise to become a strong state has long ended, and Cao State, a small state confined to the Jishui Huai River. Even if Duke Wen of Jin possesses Uncle Cao, even if Guan Yiwu is reborn to assist here, I am afraid it will be difficult to make big waves.

Cao Guo was bullied by Song Guo more than ten years ago. Cao Mourning Gong went to the Song Dynasty to see him, but was imprisoned by Song Gong and died. Then the third reign of Cao was in turmoil, and Cao Shenggong, Cao Yingong, and Cao Jinggong successively killed their brothers and uncles, resulting in a change of monarchy, and this small country was even more unbearable.

Not to mention that now Cao Boyang, a living treasure who doesn't care about anything but hunting and collecting money, has not improved at all.

At the end of the second day of hunting, the group traveled east along the Jishui camp.

Although Cao Boyang had a big nerve and dared to let Zhao Wuxian's 700 or so people fully armed to cross the border, Cao Guo was the same as Song Guo. It is also the power of the monarch that is strong, and the authority of the office is still there. Sima of Cao State led more than 1,000 Cao soldiers to carry Zhao Wushu in front and back. The wary gaze never left their eyes.

Wuxian naturally knew what this meant, and while telling everyone to be careful but not to overreact, he misunderstood. On the other hand, he sighed to all the military officials: "As the saying goes, there must be loyal soldiers in the ten-room city. Although Cao is small, and the monarch is not good, but there are more than 10 Zhongyi, with a population of 300,000, during which there are also many talents in the court, the city, and the countryside of Lilu, we cannot be underestimated. ”

Everyone agreed, and on the way, Zhao Wuxian also received the news that the three secretaries of the Jin State had begun to attack the border towns of the Wei Kingdom.

He held up the silk book sent by Zhao Ying and said to Zhang Meng: "The battle curtain of Jin and Wei has been opened, and my father said that by the beginning of June, they will definitely cross the river to besiege Puyang, and we must settle the matter in Cao State as soon as possible and enter the Wei realm, so that we can meet him!" ”

Zhao Wuxian's so-called "things that need to be solved" make people laugh and cry when they say it.

The original purpose of the seal of Cao Guo was a chess piece planted by the Duke of Zhou to guard against the Song State of Yin's relics. For historical reasons, the two countries have regarded each other as enemies. In addition, Cao Mourning Gong was imprisoned to death by the Song State more than ten years ago, which made the Cao State extremely hateful to the Song State, and in international relations, as long as the Song State was in favor of Cao, he would oppose it, and as long as the Song State was against Cao Guo, he would be in favor.

So when the Song State remained in the Jin State Alliance, the Cao State sent people to the League Meeting of the Qi Marquis to kneel and lick; When the Song State was independent of the Jin and Qi because of the detention and assassination of Le Qi, the Cao State also ended its close relations with the Qi State, and only interacted with Zheng Guo, who was a feud with the Song.

Therefore, when Zhao Wuxian asked Zigong to go to Taoyi to colonize goods and establish a foothold, he was subjected to such a mess: Cao Bo hated him because Zhao Wuxian was the son-in-law of Song Guole's clan and was courteous to Song Gong, and even kept Zigong and others strictly guarded in the post house, as if he was imprisoned.

However, Cao Boyang also heard the rumors that Zhao Wuxian hunted white moose when he was in the Jin Kingdom, and he was indiscriminately calculated by Wu Zhu, and felt that if this expelled Qingzi entered Cao, he would definitely be able to bring the auspicious qi together to help him gain a lot in Xia Miao.

So more than a month ago, Cao Bo asked Zigong to write a letter, and he also wrote it in a brief book himself, solemnly telling Wuxian not to stay in the Song Kingdom anymore, or to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and enter the Cao Society to hunt in the suburbs of Jiyin.

Now that Zhao Wuxian has done what he likes, he is accompanying him to hunt, and he is giving him new hunting toys such as single riding and saddles, etc., and the relationship between the two has improved. As for the matter of the colony, Cao Bo said with a smile that it would not be too late to discuss it when he arrived in the Taoyi Palace.

However, Zhao Wuxian knew that things would not be so easy, because Zigong's letter recounted that the obstacles he encountered in Cao Guo were not only from Cao Boyang. (To be continued)

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