Chapter 908: Empress Dowager Xiao
"Driving !!"
"Knock !!"
"Your Majesty has played well!"
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Bursts of cheers came, like the shouts of thousands of people. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info In fact, this is a special skill of the Khitan people, and more than 1,000 people can shout the momentum of 10,000 people. No wonder the Han people couldn't beat it before, just because of this momentum, coupled with the galloping of thousands of horses, ordinary people were frightened, where can they afford the courage to resist the enemy?
There is some truth to the fact that nomads are invincible in the field.
"Your Majesty, do you want to take a break?"
A general of the palace tent army wiped the sweat on the base of the Liao Emperor Yeluhong, and asked cautiously: "What are you resting, fight again!" With that, he waved the cane in his hand and took the horse from which the general handed him. I saw that this horse was as small as a fist, made of light and tough wood, hollowed out in the middle, painted with various colors on the outside, and added some carvings that the Khitan people liked. The cane used by Yeluhongji is also extremely exquisite, gilded on the outside, and carved with many exquisite patterns.
"I heard that Dashun is still a juju, and my Da Liao is a polo beauty, because they are always foot soldiers, and I Da Liao is a rider, hahaha......"
Yelu Hongji was in a good mood, and after hitting the polo volley high, he said loudly: "I let the three armies fight, and in the coming year, you must all practice riding diligently, don't be underestimated by the Han people!" ”
"Yes!"
There was a thunderous shout from the grassland, and another polo battle began.
Yeluhongji's riding skills were already good, galloping among the horses, swinging his staff to hit the ball, quite heroic.
"Knock !!"
Yeluhongki stepped down the thousand-mile horse, fought bravely, leaned over and struck with a rod, and the ball made a wonderful arc and fell into the goal.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!!"
Yelu Hongji enjoyed the wonderful feeling of ten thousand people visiting, and with satisfaction urged his mount to return to the Great Bow. Immediately, a palace maid held an umbrella and handed over chilled plum soup. He drank it dry in one gulp, and then watched intently at the scene of twenty horses rushing to the front, and applauded from time to time.
The favorite sport of the Khitan nobles is polo, and there is no Khitan nobleman who does not play polo. Polo is beneficial to the exercise of participants' physical and mental health, riding skills and skills, even if the Khitan people do not know this, but they know that they can exercise their riding skills.
In fact, among the people who live on horseback, is there a people who are not skilled in riding? If it weren't for the fact that the Khitan learned the culture of the Central Plains and began to half-plough and half-herd, with 100,000 young men and 100,000 soldiers, this would really not be boasting. The reason why the nomads are strong is also because they do not worry about the army, and they are cavalry as soon as they get on the horse. You don't even have time to train, how do you say the Han people!
Fortunately, the babies on the grasslands are not easy to feed, and the population is not very large. But anyone with a large population can be strong for a while, the Xiongnu were like this before, the Turks were like this, and now the Khitan is also like this.
In fact, Yelu Hongji didn't know that the cavalry of the forbidden army also practiced polo. Polo is also one of the "military salutes" of Dashun, with detailed rituals and rules. It's just that after Lu Chengqi took power, polo became exclusive to the army, and even in order to avoid careful exploration, he set aside a field for training in the military camp. Yeluhongki didn't know, this is also normal. The most powerful part of Dashun's prevention is the area of Chang'an City, needless to say the palace, the forbidden army camp, the Royal University, the Royal Military Academy and the Ordnance Supervisor, which one is not heavily guarded, and the checkpoints are heavy?
Yelu Hongji is also complacent, and it is not a problem to conquer the world with the Khitan people's cavalry.
When the Khitan people learned the Han culture and had invincible riding and archery, the Central Plains Flower World was not their own ranch?
Just when he was thinking about it, a palace tent sergeant rode a horse and galloped, and then quickly reined in the horse's head, and after a beautiful turn over and dismounted, he crouched on the ground: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother invites Your Majesty to come over......"
"The Queen Mother?"
Yelu Hongji was stunned, "What's wrong?" ”
Yelu Hongji still respects Empress Dowager Xiao very much. Even if Yelu Yixin is provoking it, he still feels that his mother will not harm him. Empress Dowager Xiao is docile and generous, with a beautiful appearance, which the entire Liao Kingdom knows. Even as a woman, her archery is also top-notch, and Yeluhongji can be where he is today, because of her support.
Previously, Yelu Chongyuan rebelled, and Empress Dowager Xiao personally led the troops to fight, leading the palace tent army to repel the rebels who came to invade the palace and break the nest of the rebel party.
Xiao Tart Li was benevolent, charitable, virtuous and prudent, and both internal and external officials were grateful for his kindness. All the money and goods donated by various countries on the first day of the Lunar New Year and the birthday day of the Lunar New Year were given to the poor people in Xiao Tart. Even if it was Yelu Chongyuan, she couldn't bear to harm her.
Yelu Chongyuan was buried in the north of Taizi Mountain in Luanhe after dying of desert disease, and Xiao Tzuli once dreamed of Yelu Chongyuan and said: "My bones are in the north of Taizi Mountain, and I can't stand the cold." After Xiao Tzuli woke up, he immediately sent someone to build a house for him, and most of his kindness and mercy were like this.
It's no wonder that Yelu Hongji is so tight, Xiao Tzuli has not been in good health in recent years, and he is in more pain, and he is afraid that he will die soon. He desperately wanted to invade the south, just to show her that her son was the most powerful and could do things that his ancestors and ancestors could not do.
Yelu Hongji didn't think much about it, immediately got on his horse and galloped back to the palace.
galloped all the way, and even entered the palace without dismounting, slowing down. When he arrived outside Xiao Tzuli's palace, Yelu Hongji shouted: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother! ”
But I saw a palace maid come out, and said on the ground: "The Queen Mother is waiting for Your Majesty inside, Your Majesty, please come in ......."
Yelu Hongji rushed into the palace, and when he saw Xiao Tzuli looking at him with a smile, he said in a daze: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?" What is the matter in calling me? Isn't there a pain somewhere, and you want to pass it on to the imperial doctor? ”
"It's nothing important, it's just that after the Dunmu Palace sent Yeluliang to go, I felt bored in the palace. In recent days, I have always dreamed of the first emperor. Xiao Tzuli sighed and said.
Yelu Hongji was stunned: "Dreamed of my father? ”
"Yes, he said that you are good as an emperor, but you are a little impatient, and you don't know how to make people." Xiao Tzuli sighed and said, "It must be Xiao Xulie and Xiao Feng who saw him and told him!" ”
When Xiao Xulie and Xiao Feng were fighting against the Jurchen tribe, they were killed by ambush soldiers, and Yelu Hongji has always been haunted. Xiao Xulie forget it, this old fox is not a good thing. But Xiao Feng, that is loyal, one-handed archery skills are unparalleled in the world, and martial arts are strong, but he also fell in Changbai Mountain. In this way, Yelu Hongji hated the Jurchens even more. If it weren't for the defeat of both sides, the Liao State would not be able to continue, and he would definitely have to set foot on Changbai Mountain.
"I expected it wrong, I used the wrong person, and I shouldn't have let Xiao Feng go...... It's a pity that one of my generals! Yelu Hongji almost gritted his steel teeth, and said hatefully, "But Wanyan Wugunai can't get any benefits, he was shot by Xiao Feng with an arrow, and now he is also dead." ”