88. Treading the snow
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There is some coolness in the early morning, and the warm spring sun shines on the body, but it is the most comfortable.
It's February now, and when everything recovers, green shoots are emerging from the withered grass on the edge of the ground, bringing a trace of inexplicable joy to those who are in it.
Outside the stable in the valley, Deng Zhong, Deng Ji, Xie Yun, and Tian Yu were lying on the fence, looking expectantly at the mare in the stable with a black belly.
Xie Yun is getting older, and the role of the curious baby is now played by Xiao Tianyu, he stared at it until his eyes were sore, and finally couldn't help asking: "Brother Pimple, why hasn't this horse been born yet?" ”
Shaking his head, Deng Ji smiled: "You might as well ask me yourself!" ”
"Does Second Brother Kuo'er know?"
Deng Zhong was furious, stretched out his hand and pinched his little face: "I've said it a few times, if you call me big brother, you can't call me second brother!" Remember? ”
"Remembered, remembered! It hurts, it hurts! ”
Tian Yu bared his teeth and begged for mercy, Deng Zhong let go of him, but he said to Deng Ji again: "Little Si, why do you say that this big dark horse has not moved?" ”
The second brother here is the oldest, but he is also like Tian Yu asked, which made Deng Ji suddenly angry, rolled his eyes and replied: "How can I know? ”
Angry, looking back and pinching his little face
The two sides were in a stalemate in the canyon for several days, until a month ago, when Koji Yi saw that the bandits were well defended and it was difficult to break it again, so he had to lead his troops to retreat.
Black Mountain 100 departments, the pimple is the richest, there is a feeling of life and death together, and Deng Ji is alive, the officers and soldiers retreat, most of the rescued bandits are willing to stay in the Hou country, only a few Qu Shuai led people to go, after the war, in addition to the heavy armor of the bitter cockroach department, Deng Ji got nearly two thousand strong.
These strong from dozens of departments, there are still family members of the old and weak hidden in Taihang, if Qu Shuai has died in battle, then the family of the old and weak will be moved here to meet, Qu Shuai is still alive, by Deng Ji asked Zhang Yan to be the master, contact the ministries to send people, this period of time has come one after another, in addition to the strong, there are more than 10,000 old and weak people on the land of the marquis.
The elite and strong who survived the hard battle are not bad, the physical strength is strong, and the bitter cockroach department is selected again, and the number of brave soldiers under his command has soared to more than 700, and the number of auxiliary soldiers is 1,000.
Qitun people and horses under his command, Che Huang, Han Qi, Shuang Halberd Ke, Wang Kuang, and Bitter each led a tun, Che Huang Tun was a force pawn, Han Qi and Wang Kuang were two tun sword and shield pawns, bitter cockroaches, and double halberd Ke two tun halberd pawns, Deng Ji led nearly 300 people from Liangtun personal guards, 100 halberd pawns, and the rest were bow pawns.
After the tun chief was elected, the subordinate team led the Shiwu chief, and the person with outstanding martial arts was selected, and the auxiliary soldiers were handed over to Tian Mazi to command.
In terms of average combat strength, Deng Ji's auxiliary soldiers are stronger than the previous elite of Yu Gengan, and he can lead soldiers like Qianwu, the old moth thief Tian Mazi is naturally overjoyed, but Deng Ji doesn't like to learn from other Qu Shuai to make his official position too high, although Tian Mazi has a large number of people, he also feels that it is not good to call him a lieutenant again, and he is higher than this pimple child, so that people can call him a fake military marquis.
The number of men and horses under his command increased, and the armor obtained by the war gradually felt insufficient, but fortunately, the archers did not need heavy armor, so they were replaced with two crotch armor, and they could barely cope with it.
Koji Yi is in Yecheng, to prevent Xiaoyi from his raid on the Hou State, every day there are two brave soldiers leading 500 auxiliary soldiers stationed in Fukou, the rest of the people, every day by Tai Shi Ci, Dian Wei and so on to teach martial arts, and there are bitter cockroaches to practice formations.
The brave soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers are no longer in production, and they have their own bitter cockroaches and others to be responsible for training, and the rest of the old and weak people do not have much combat power, but they can work hard to produce.
Spring and autumn are always the busiest times for farmers, leaving the brave pawns to others to practice, Deng Ji will concentrate on all things in the valley, and the flat land in the country has been completely reclaimed in the past year, and now he has to feed many more people, so he can only go to the hillside to open terraces, but fortunately, the fields are doing well in these things, and they can be handed over to him with confidence.
The thatched cottage in the valley has expanded again and again, the number of students has increased, and the three masters have been too busy, and after Tian Chou has been a thief, in addition to being busy making a book to record the population, he also leads his subordinates to help teach in his spare time, and now the two Tian masters, he is much more popular than Tian Fengke.
The students listen to the lectures on weekdays, and when the farm is busy, Deng Ji speaks, and the group is absent from class, this spring sowing season, the grass hall is empty, Tian Feng is used to it for a long time, he is happy to be idle, and every day he takes a fishing rod to go to the Qingzhang River to have a leisure.
In addition to these people and things, counting that the time is approaching, Deng Ji is most concerned about the mare giving birth.
The pregnancy period of the horse is eleven months, last year Changde led people to breed mares, there are more than 30 mares are from the good horses of the West Garden Stable of the Son of Heaven, and the stallions are picked and picked in the top horses from Liaodong, it can be said that the parents are the best horses, Deng Ji is counting on giving birth to a few small horses, if there are also famous horses such as red rabbits in their own valleys in the future, will they not be happy to die?
Deng Ji is not greedy, but he has a calculation in his heart, and wants to send a BMW to Tai Shici to bring the relationship between the two sides closer.
It is said that the five-year covenant made with Taishi Ziyi has now passed a year, although he has been obedient for the past year, he may obviously feel that the relationship with himself is not as close as Dian Wei, and he has been in the valley for a long time, and he doesn't seem to want to find a woman among the thieves.
The objects sent every once in a while, I didn't see how much he cared about it, and when he recalled the appearance of Zhao Yun when he saw the good horse, Deng Ji thought that the famous general loves horses, and Tai Shici usually cherishes the war horses he gets, but there are many horses in the valley, and the brave mounts are not bad, so it doesn't show his specialness.
For this reason, Deng Ji pays special attention to these mares in the stables, of course, the same breeding of Liaodong high-quality mares may also be able to produce good horses, but the probability is certainly not as great as here.
More than 30 mares, most of them have given birth to foals at this time, and the foals that have just been born are estimated to be Bole and can't see whether they are good horses.
The big black horse in the stable is considered to be late in production, but it is estimated that in the past two days, as long as it is okay, Deng Ji will come outside to guard, which has caused the people in the house to complain, saying that he is more concerned about the mares' arms than the two of them.
The big black horse was still lying on his stomach, and there was a pot of mixed essence such as soybeans and wheat bran in front of him, which was chewing slowly, occasionally making a loud snort, and he didn't care about Deng Ji and the others outside.
The farm work in the field has come to an end, Changde went late today, and he didn't notice it before, until now he saw the four people guarding outside the stable, busy with people: "You wait here and it refuses to live, leave quickly!" ”
Changde is an authority in this regard, this old man has a hot temper, Deng Ji didn't dare to stand up to him, glared angrily at the big dark horse who refused to contribute, and had to lead the crowd to leave.
It's just that Old Man Chang just left, and the four of them were unbearable after all, and sneaked back.
It's only a little bit of time since this back and forth, but the big black horse has begun to give birth, and the four of them can see at a glance that there is a foal behind it that is still wrapped in a half body, it turns out that what the old man of Changde said is true!
Success was important, and when they returned, the mare did not care, and continued her great work.
The foal was now wet, its fur was the same as its mother's, it was also pure black, and half of its body was still in the mare's womb, and when it saw Deng Pimple and so on, it opened its mouth and neighed softly.
This is the first sound it has made in this life, it is very soft, and Tian Yu couldn't help but whisper: "It's so good!" ”
Xie Yun immediately knocked on his head: "Don't scare it by making a sound!" ”
So the four men held their breath and watched the foal slowly emerge from its mother's belly, and the mare turned back to lick and uncoat it, and the weak pony struggled several times to get up, but to no avail, but the umbilical cord fell off.
"Look, its hooves are white!"
There is no need for Tian Yu to remind him, Deng Ji and the others have already seen that this jet-black pony has pure white hooves, which is very good-looking, and after trying a few more times, Fang stood trembling and stood still, looking at the four people in front of him curiously.
Timid and curious, the foal slowly leaned over, and finally, as if spiritual, stretched out his head and rubbed it against Deng Ji's chest.
Deng Zhong immediately smiled: "It's not in vain to wait for a few days, this horse will also fall in love with Xiao Si!" ”
Touching the foal with his hand, it has stretched out its tongue to lick, this is a new life, Deng Ji also has an indescribable feeling, and suddenly opened his mouth and said: "From now on, you will be called 'stepping on the snow'!" ”
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