Chapter 81: Usefulness
(The third update, thanks to the scarecrow and Jin Mu Canchen's book friends for the monthly pass!) ——
A large group of people braved the still fluttering snowflakes to get out of the city. One night and one morning of heavy snow, the ground was already very thick, a foot high, and people stepped on the snow, and their whole feet were sunk in the snow.
Looking at the snowflakes that were still falling, Guo Xin's master and servant felt very lucky, fortunately they arrived in Shaanxi County at noon yesterday, if there was a slight delay on the road, they would not have arrived in Shaanxi County yesterday, and they encountered such a big snowstorm on the road, but it was very painful, and they were afraid to think about it.
The group was all riding horses, Guo Xin and Xiaoyu were mixed in Yang Xi's personal guards, Yang Dong, Yang Zheng and others knew that there were two more uninvited guests in their queue, but they also dared to ask more, so they could only follow Yang Xi's arrangement. The snow was falling, and everyone wrapped their bodies tightly, if it weren't for the different colors and styles of the cloaks on Yang Xi and the others, they really couldn't tell who was who. The cloaks of the pro-soldiers are similar, and it is difficult to tell who is who when they are mixed together, unless they report to their homes. Guo Xin's master and servant were mixed with Yang Xi's personal soldiers, and no one was discovered.
To the west of the city of Shaanxi, that is, Yang Xi led the army to attack the city of Shaanxi, and the place where he gathered his troops under the city was a large gentle valley, and the fluctuations were not very large. Yang Xi is going to experiment with his new production here, and plans to personally train the sergeants to ski in this place, and when these sergeants are almost trained and everyone is proficient in skiing, they will take advantage of the heavy snow to cause some trouble for Sun Xiaozhe.
Gao Shi knew what Yang Xi had made, but Pang Zhong and the rest of his entourage didn't know that they were still muttering about what Yang Xi was going to take them out on such a snowy day. Yang Xi led a large group of people to a gently undulating hillside, dismounted himself and a few guards, and ordered the others to stand aside and watch. Yang Xi didn't explain, which made a group of people on the side very puzzled, and so did Guo Xin. If it weren't for her status as a woman, she would have asked.
Under the amazed gaze of everyone, Yang Xi, with the help of several personal guards, squatted down and began to tie up skis.
"The foot cover is here, go in, tie it, and you're good to go!" After tying up his skis and poles, Yang Xi instructed his two guards to put on skis as he did.
The two young guards are unknown. But he still tied his skis according to Yang Xi's instructions, stood with ski poles, and waited for Yang Xi's orders. Yang Xi just let them watch first, and he began to demonstrate.
Under the amazed gaze of everyone, Yang Xi struggled to lift his feet tied to the long snowboard, and slowly walked forward, finding a sense and balance. Fortunately, I felt that I was found quickly, and the person also walked to the bottom of the hill, and in front of me was a gentle slope that stretched down. Stop, hold a half-squat position, and slowly prop up with the two bars in your hands. Taking advantage of the difference in terrain and this little force, Yang Xi slowly slipped down the hill on his skis.
It's been a long time since I've skied, though. This body is not the same as the original, it always feels a little worse, and the skis used now are much worse than those used in later generations, after he started sliding. I didn't control the force well, and the speed was a little fast, when sliding down a gentle slope. The body turned out to be a little out of balance, and almost fell, and it took two consecutive hits to regain its balance.
Fortunately, after a few months of physical training, the body's function has been in a very good state, after sliding down the gentle slope, Yang Xi completely found the feeling, and quickly adapted to it, half-squatting, trying to maintain the balance of the body at the same time, but also began to exert strength, with the ski pole in his hand, one left and one right to support the ground, slowly speeding up the skiing speed.
At this time, there were already exclamations, which came from the crowd watching Yang Xi's performance, among which was Guo Xin's voice, fortunately mixed with other voices, and no abnormalities were found. These two planks are really godly, standing on them alone, supported by two wooden sticks, can slide so fast in the snow, faster than riding a horse, Gao Shi immediately understood Yang Xi's intentions, and admired it again in his heart.
Yang Xi, who had completely found his senses, also began to exert more strength to make himself slide faster. Countless snow foams flew behind him, raising a cloud of mist. After sliding a certain distance, he began to slowly turn sideways, turn around, and slide towards the hillside where the group was standing.
In the amazed gaze of everyone, Yang Xi sped up his speed, smoothly rushed up a steeper slope, played a big game, squatted his body very low when the whole person slid to the top of the slope, and then made a strong kick, a somersault followed, turned around in the air, accompanied by a cloud of snow and mist, and then landed safely, and continued to slide at a very fast speed. His beautiful and wonderful action drew an exclamation from the crowd watching.
Yang Xi continued to glide quickly, completely ignoring his status as a marshal, and the cold wind blowing in his face, a feeling of exhilaration, filled his whole body, which was much better than the feeling of riding a horse, how free and easy.
It's a pity that there are no protective glasses, and I lose my eyes from time to time. It also fell into the neck, and it was cold.
It seems that there is still a lack of some protective equipment, such as snow goggles or something, there is snow everywhere, and it is easy to get lost, but this is not a big problem, he has a way to solve it.
The performance had shocked everyone who followed, and Yang Xi also tried to improve the areas that needed to be improved, and he was also sliding a certain distance, and after the figure became blurred in everyone's eyes, he slid back again.
When quickly gliding over the gentle slope where everyone was standing, Yang Xi made a beautiful big side swing, and quickly rushed to the top of the hill to the top of the hill as no one expected. However, he rushed too fast, and did not stand immediately after rushing to the top, but knocked the two guards who met him hard into the snow, and then pounced on the two guards behind him before stopping, and felt quite embarrassed for a moment.
Under Yang Xi's instructions, the guards hurriedly untied his skis and took over the ski poles.
After wiping his face from the snow or sweat, Yang Xi walked up to Gao Shi and Pang Zhong, who had already dismounted, and asked with a smile: "General Gao, General Pang, do you two see the usefulness of this simple snowboard?" ”
"Marshal, the last general understands the use of the marshal in making this thing!" Gao Shi immediately replied, "If there is such a team of sergeants in the army who are good at skiing, they can take advantage of the heavy snow to attack the rebels!"
Pang Zhong also immediately agreed with Gao Shi's words, and it was these that he thought of.
"That's right, this is the purpose of Ben Shuai's ski equipment!" Yang Xi didn't explain too much, pointed to the few pairs of skis he brought, and smiled at Gao Shi and Pang Zhong: "Do you want to try the two generals?" ”
"Of course!" The two generals eagerly agreed.
Yang Xi immediately asked a few people to tie up skis and explained the essentials of skiing to them in detail, and ordered the guards who had just tied their skis at the same time as him to start learning to ski.
He also ordered the group of guards on the side to disperse to the bottom of the hillside, ready to rescue at any time. (To be continued......)