Chapter 62: The Contest Begins

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Although he really couldn't understand Zhai Sang's strange way of thinking that he planned to use a group of people to single out one person, Yue Yang still expressed his resolute support.

Sheep holding is an ancient traditional competition, roughly divided into two kinds of sheep on foot and horse sheep, and the rules are very simple, a goat carcass that has been slaughtered and gutted off, placed in the center of the field, let all the riders snatch it, and finally the rider who grabs the goat is the champion. It is said that this game was first developed in the Altai region, but it was generally practiced by all nomadic peoples, and the Mongols were no exception.

No matter how much Yue Yang disliked this sport that the nomads loved very much, the sheep holding competition still went on as scheduled. On November 23, tens of thousands of herdsmen of the Horqin tribe, men, women and children, dressed in festive costumes, came to the designated grassland with joy, habitually and consciously forming a large circle to celebrate their important annual festival.

As the leader of the Horqin tribe, Zhai Sang was in high spirits today, and under the escort of dozens of guards, he sat on a bench cushioned by wolf skin, watching with great interest as the young Mongolian young men entered the venue.

And Hai Lanzhu is also sitting next to her father, although her face is still calm, but the anxious look that occasionally flashes in her eyes, after all, today's day is not ordinary, after all, this event is related to her lifelong event.

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As the saying goes, some people are happy, some people are sad, and when Zhai Sang is happy, others are uncomfortable. Dai Shan is one of the representatives, at this time Dai Shan is like eating two catties of croton, his face is a little frighteningly white. Because just this morning, when he hadn't gotten up, Zhai Sang himself found him and dragged him to talk nonsense for two quarters of an hour. Well, yes, in Zhai Sang's opinion, it is nonsense, and Zhai Sang has been complaining or complaining for the past two quarters of an hour, except for the last sentence.

In the end, Zhai Sang told him that the stubborn Hai Lanzhu was determined to marry the bravest warrior, and whoever could grab the sheep in tomorrow's sheep contest she would marry him, and if the Great Khan of the Later Jin Kingdom wanted to marry Hai Lanzhu, he would have to send someone to participate. After hearing this, Dai Shan was so angry that he almost roared, and he was naturally no stranger to the sheep holding contest as a nomad. He naturally knew how difficult it was to snatch the sheep in the hands of thousands of young men who had grown up on horseback, and the thing that made him vomit blood the most was that Zhai Sang also told him that the Houjin Kingdom could send people to participate in the sheep holding competition, but the number was limited to three people.

Well, when he heard this, he knew that the old fox Zhaisang wanted to refuse the proposal of his own Great Khan. Nima's, three people and more than 1,000 people grabbed a sheep, and they were bare-handed, no matter how brave the Jurchen warriors were, they couldn't fight more than 1,000 in three?

Dai Shan thought about it again and again, and finally could only helplessly find Ao Bai to tell him about it, although Dai Shan was very annoyed by Ao Bai's things today, but after all, Ao Bai was a person with yellow flags in the three flags, and he only belonged to Huang Taiji, and he had no right to punish him. Besides, although Ao Bai is reckless, his bravery is also famous, maybe this sheep holding contest really depends on this reckless man.

Sure enough, Ao Bai couldn't help but be furious after listening to Dai Shan's statement, and then volunteered to lead the team to participate in the sheep holding competition, promising to complete the Great Khan's entrustment to give this marriage. At this time, Dai Shan had no other way, so he had to agree to go out of the horse.

At this time, there was a sudden burst of earth-shattering cheers on the field, thousands of players participating in the sheep holding competition entered one after another, and the Mongolian boys rode their favorite horses, ** showing their strong chests on their upper bodies, showing their strength to the girls present.

Looking at the herdsmen of the Horqin tribe who were shouting and shouting in bright clothes around him, and then seeing Ao Bai in yellow riding clothes and two Houjin riders looking at him viciously less than two hundred meters away from him, Yue Yang felt helpless in his heart, it seemed that Ao Bai was consumed with himself.

He turned his head a little nervously and said to Shun Bao and Hu Laosan, who were also riding horses behind him: "Shun Bao, Hu Laosan, you have to look carefully later, can you grab the sheep and fall second, the key is not to let me fall off the horse, understand?" ”

Shunbao nodded vigorously and comforted: "Young master, don't worry, as long as you don't run too fast, you'll be fine, didn't that old man from Zhaisang say it, someone will answer." ”

And Hu Laosan slapped his chest with a bang: "Young master, don't worry, there is a small protection by your side to ensure that you are foolproof." ”

"People who say this usually end up with nothing good." Yue Yang muttered in a low voice as he watched the Mongolian riders galloping around the field and making all kinds of difficult maneuvers, and the more he looked, the more worried he became.

After hesitating for a moment, his gaze casually looked at the highest point of the stand, where sat a man dressed in one of the most beautiful flowers of the Horqin grassland.

Sighing lightly, Yue Yang understood that he had to pass this level if he wanted to win the beauty to return to today. Although he and Hai Lanzhu only met once yesterday and said a few words, from Hai Lanzhu's speech and demeanor and the heroic momentum when drinking, he knew that if he had stage fright today, this beautiful girl would probably miss him forever.

"That's Hai Lanzhu, if you marry her, it's too big!" Yue Yang looked at the beautiful figure in the stands, and secretly made up his mind in his heart.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Suddenly, a loud bull's horn resounded throughout the audience.

"Young master, they're blowing the trumpet, it's time for us to enter the arena!" Shun Bao urged again in the back, looking at Yue Yang, who was a little hesitant, he was a little puzzled, this young master of his own family is really a contradictory person. Grabbing water in the Sanggan River and leading five hundred regiments to train and rescue Yingzhou, he has always been so fearless, why is he timid today just to participate in a sheep holding competition.

"Alright, let's go inside!" Yue Yang, who had made up his mind, took a deep breath, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and the war horse under his crotch galloped forward.

"When ......"

When a loud gong sounded, the annual sheep holding competition of the Horqin tribe finally began. With deafening cheers, thousands of riders rushed towards the goat in the center of the field. A puff of dust and smoke immediately rose up.

Soon, the lamb began to snatch up among the crowd, and one of the fast riders had just grabbed the goat, and before he had time to cheer, another rider rushed from the side and snatched the goat, and rushed towards the stands where Zhaisang was in the distance, as long as he could safely rush to Zhaisang and sacrifice the goat to Zhaisang, he would be victorious. But how could other riders let him succeed, just in a short moment, hundreds of riders surrounded him from all sides.

Thousands of riders crowded in a radius of hundreds of square meters to snatch lambs weighing dozens of pounds, such a scene is undoubtedly very chaotic. Yue Yang, who had never participated in this kind of collective activity, could only stared blankly at the countless horses galloping on the field, he felt that he was going to grab sheep with others, and he was afraid that as soon as he joined in, he would be knocked off the horse and trampled into meat foam.

"Young master, let's ...... Are we really going to go in and grab the sheep? Shun Bao came to his side at some point, swallowed his saliva and asked with some hesitation.

"Of course you have to rob it, otherwise what will my daughter-in-law do?" Yue Yang gritted his teeth, turned his head and said to Hu Laosan: "Lao Hu, the three of us have the best riding skills, so the matter of going in and grabbing the sheep will be handed over to you, Shunbao and I are following behind you, we must grab this sheep today, can you do it?" ”

Looking at the fierce battle in front of him, Hu Laosan took a deep breath and said; "Young master, the little one can only say do his best, in case it ......"

"No whatever!" Yue Yang interrupted him: "The old man of Zhai Sana said that someone will help us, we must snatch that sheep today, and I will decide his daughter, young master!" ”

Looking at Yue Yang's determined eyes, Shun Bao secretly complained in his heart: "It's over, it's over, the young master probably really likes that Tartar woman, how can I explain it to the old lady if I go back!" ”

For Yue Yang to participate in the sheep holding contest and marry a Mongolian woman, Shun Bao and Hu Laosan were opposed at first, after all, the Yue family is also a family with a head and face in Yingzhou, plus Yue Yang is still a talented person, and now he is engaged to a Tartar woman without the consent of the old lady, which can be described as a big unfilial piety, and the family has to fry the pot after going back.

But later Yue Yang also explained the reason to them, that is, if they married the Horqin tribe, their war horses would be solved in the future, and they could also hire those Mongols to teach riding, all in all, it would be a lot of benefits. As long as a large-scale cavalry team can be formed, the Yue family will undoubtedly become the most powerful family in Yingzhou.

After Yue Yang's explanation, Shunbao and Hu Laosan could only accept it.

Just as the three of Yue Yang were galloping forward, there were several riders who were also speeding towards them......