Chapter 8: The Safari I
Outside the city, dozens of chariots galloped in from afar, followed by hordes of soldiers and deafening footsteps. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info safari is an important means used by various countries to train chariots and foot soldiers to cooperate with each other, and the strength and ranking of participants are judged by the number of prey. So the participants were all in units of one ride, and there were seventy-two foot soldiers in a chariot.
Zhao Yu raised his arm, and dozens of chariots and groups of soldiers all stopped. Xue Qian drove over, stood in the car and saluted Zhao Yu: "Prince, are we starting here?"
"Solitary has this intention, you can return here at sunset to count the prey, and I don't know if you agree with it." The emperor turned the chariot, and Zhao Yu looked at the sons of the powerful people in front of him who were wearing armor and carrying bows and arrows, and proposed to them.
Dozens of chariots lined up and looked at each other, and then they all said: "This is indeed a good place for chariot hunting."
"As far as I know, there is a forest about five miles ahead, maybe there are fierce beasts, please be careful."
"Beast?".
"Bear and Tiger".
"Good fellow, just in time to try our soldiers."
"How about the road in the woods".
"During this period, the weather was dry, and it should be possible to barely allow a chariot to pass with a soldier."
"A chariot passes, and I don't know how many beasts there are in the forest."
"I just know that there are too many beasts in it, but I don't know the exact number."
Listening to the words of discussion, Zhao Yan, who was standing on a chariot to the right of Zhao Yu, hurriedly asked the emperor to turn the chariot: "My son, I advise you not to enter the forest." lest you be careless, and be attacked by wild beasts and hurt your body, it's not good."
"Thank you for the kindness of the second son, but as far as I know. The forest was more than fifty miles in circumference, and there were countless wild beasts in it. It would be a good choice if we each chose one of the safaris."
"Okay, where are we going to compete together, how do you feel?"
"This flat ground is said to be good for chariot attack, but it is difficult to test our skills, but it would be nice to be in the woods."
"Why don't we listen to the prince, meet and return here at sunset, and compete with the number of prey."
Zhao Wuming, who was standing on a chariot to the left of Zhao Yu, listened to these voices of discussion and looked at the endless flat land in front of him. Thinking of the third brother Zhao Fan mentioned by Qingque when he crossed yesterday, he motioned to Sun Buer to turn the chariot as well: "Big brother, second brother, why didn't I see the third brother."
As soon as the words fell, the sons of the powerful reacted. After discussing for a long time, it seems that the third prince really did not find the figure. Immediately, one after another puzzled eyes drifted towards Xue Qian.
"Xue Qian, do you want to explain it to us?"
"Just now in your mansion, didn't you tell us that the third prince has been waiting outside this city for a long time? But why did we not see him?"
"Xue Qian, if you tell a lie, then it's your fault."
“……“
Xue Qian smiled awkwardly in a voice of doubt: "It's not that you don't know the character of the third prince, do you think the third prince will wait here obediently?"
"What Xue Qian said is reasonable, if you meet the third brother of Lone in the middle of the safari. Please also inform him that when we return here at sunset, we will compete with each other in terms of prey." Zhao Yu looked at Xue Qian's embarrassed appearance and hurriedly broke the siege.
Zhao Yan seemed to have thought of something, and sighed at these people in front of him: "You want this son, my third brother is too cunning, so he came here to hunt in advance." If you compare it with the number of prey, is he too advantageous?"
"The second brother's words are reasonable, it's better to be alone and make the decision, minus my third brother's prey, what do you think." Zhao Yu reacted and took the opportunity to make a decision.
The sons of the powerful looked at each other, and then their voices of discussion rang out: "It stands to reason that the third prince went on a safari in advance, and we should punish him." But I don't think it needs to be like this, because this is not a formal event, so why should we be too obsessed with the rules."
"The purpose of the safari is to train the coordination between the chariot and the soldiers, and if it is a real war, there is no early or late entry."
"This is exactly what I want, if I win his third son with the rules, it is not that I Xue Qian is cunning." Xue Qian's voice interrupted everyone's discussion, what was the point of being proud of winning like him.
Everyone smiled, Zhao Yu looked up at the sky, and a smile appeared on his face: "You might as well start at this time."
"What the eldest brother said is reasonable, if my third brother is dragged down, he will win without a fight." Zhao Yan looked at the people in front of him, and his tone had a hint of joke.
Xue Qian looked at everyone with a shock, and everyone bowed to Zhao Yu willingly: "Please give the prince the order to beat the drum."
"Drumming". Zhao Yu ordered, only to see that the chariot was not far away, and he didn't know when a high platform had been built. On the high platform stood several soldiers, as well as a large drum. The soldiers listened and beat the drum vigorously. The deafening sound of drums resounded through the heavens and the earth. When the emperor heard this, he raised his whip. The chariot roared and carried its soldiers forward.
When the last chariot disappeared in front of him with his soldiers. Zhao Wei smiled at Zhao Yu and Zhao Wuming: "The eldest brother and the fourth brother are not as good as us." At sunset, see who catches more prey and who catches less."
"Since the second brother has this Yaxing, he should accompany him alone. It's just a light ratio, and it's not good without a color head." Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Yan with a smile on his face and asked deliberately.
Zhao Yan's gaze shifted from Zhao Yu's body to Zhao Wuming: "The eldest brother's proposal, the younger brother naturally agrees. It's just that the three of us brothers, what can we block? “。
"No, it's not three, it's four of us. I think it's impossible for the third brother not to participate." When Zhao Yu said this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Zhao Yan pondered, as if he had thought of something, and his heart moved: "It's okay, I'll go to the third brother and tell him about it later." It's just that this lottery, even if the third brother doesn't say it if he doesn't say it, it's not very good."
"Lone has a proposal, we'll work in pairs later. You and the third brother, me and the fourth brother. The loser has to promise to do what he can for the winner, but it doesn't hurt, you see." Zhao Yu thought for a moment and proposed to Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu listened to Zhao Yu's proposal, his eyes patrolled back and forth between Zhao Yu and Zhao Wuming, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. It seems that in this game, he and his third brother have won: "agree".
"Then we'll make up our minds." Zhao Yu directly made an agreement with Zhao Yan, you must know that this safari is not just the third brother and his Zhao Yan's forte.
The agreement was reached, and Zhao Yan's smile couldn't help but show: "Since the eldest brother is a competition, the younger brother will take the first step."
"Good". Zhao Yu just said one word, Zhao Yu hurriedly drove and galloped forward with the soldiers, but a hearty laugh floated from behind: "Fourth brother, wait for you and the eldest brother to lose, don't play tricks and cry nose ......."
Zhao Wuming just wanted to answer, but Zhao Yan's figure had disappeared into the distance. Immediately, he could only face Zhao Yu and smiled bitterly: "Why did the eldest brother promise him."
"Promise him what?". Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Wuming with more interest and asked deliberately.
Zhao Wuming could only shake his head and point to his chariot: "Big brother, I have always been outside the city and have never participated in a safari. This time, isn't it a bit sloppy to make a bet."
"Brother Wei said that the loser promised to do what he could for the winner, but it was harmless. Since it's harmless, what does it matter if you lose." Zhao Yu explained with a smile, but he didn't care about this matter at all.
Zhao Wuming wanted to speak and stopped, but after thinking about it, he was still a little uneasy: "Anyway, big brother, you are still too hasty."
"Sloppy? Fourth brother, you have to have confidence in your brother, how can you stop this mere safari, the footsteps of the prince of my Zhao Kingdom." As soon as Zhao Yu's words fell, the emperor whipped him. The chariot took the soldiers and galloped forward.
Qingque looked at the distant prince, holding the gun in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Childe, today's safari is really an eye-opener for Qingque."
"Eye-opening?". Looking at Zhao Yu in the distance, Zhao Wuming recalled the meaning of the sentence just now in his mind.
Qingque nodded when she thought of the scene just now, and a sense of pride suddenly rose in her heart: "I have only one banquet in Handan City. You can gather dozens of chariots and thousands of soldiers. Looking at the kingdom under heaven, what other country has such might."
"Qingque, you are wrong, as far as I know, a chariot in the Chu State is equipped with more than a hundred soldiers. If you count the land area and population, Zhao does not have any advantages." Sun Buer listened to Qingque's words and interjected with a smile.
Zhao Wuming was stunned for a moment, looked at Sun Buer with wide eyes, and felt for the first time that those residents of Seoul were all living people: "Sun Buji, what were you talking about just now."
"If the subordinates make a mistake, please punish the lord." Sun Buji thought that Zhao Wuming was blaming himself for being rude, so he quickly turned around and pleaded guilty.
Zhao Wuming suddenly laughed, feeling that he was not alone in this world: "No, it's not you Sun Bu'er who is wrong, but me Zhao Wuming." I didn't expect you to be a living person, and God is so good to me."
"How can we not be living people, my lord?". Hearing that it wasn't because of his own rudeness, Sun Buji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As for the feeling of loneliness, he didn't quite understand it himself.
Qingque listened to the strange words they said, and looked at Zhao Wuming in puzzlement: "Gongzi and Sun Fuji are originally living people, but how can the villain feel as if you are doubting this fact."
"How is this possible, Qingque must have heard it wrong." Zhao Wuming hurriedly denied that if the secret of Seoul was told to Qingque. It's not a good thing for himself, or for him.
Qingque scratched his head, and his puzzled gaze kept wandering over Zhao Wuming and Sun Buer: "Did I really hear it wrong?"
"You must have heard it wrong, or you Qingque is suspicious, Sun Buer and they are not living people. That's why this illusion was created." Zhao Wuming hurriedly quibbled, intending to cover up this topic. It seems that I need to pay more attention in the future, but I can't show the traces of Seoul.
Qingque looked the two up and down for a while, and the more she looked, the more confused she felt: "But ......."
"But if you go down, the prince will be in a hurry. Sun Buji didn't hurry up and drove the chariot and moved forward at full speed. Today, we must return with a full load, and we have to surprise Zhao Fan and Zhao Fan." Zhao Wuming immediately diverted the topic, Sun Buji took the order, waved the whip in his hand, and the chariot galloped away into the distance. Ten guards followed closely behind, running wildly all the way.