Chapter 18: Hunting and Encountering Thieves
It was Xun who "invented" the stirrup dozens of hundreds of years in advance, but it didn't play any role, originally riding a horse F, plus pedaling or F...... Gradually, though, he realized that it wasn't worth upsetting about.
Because that's what happened to the boy's riding skills, and he couldn't survive but E. It is said that there were not many horses in the Central Plains in that era, and most of them were not of good breeds, and there were no stirrups, so the chances of scholars riding in a car were dozens of times higher than the chance of riding a horse. Generally, I go out to hunt, run short distances, or something like riding a horse, so unless I need to go into battle, riding is generally not good.
In contrast, most of the equestrian skills of the subordinates can go up to D or even C, they run forward and backward, reconnoitre, open the way, or hand hand towels and water bags to the master, and the crotch mount is called really running. It's Xun, Shi Jun, and these sons and brothers, who are barely able to maintain a speed of seven or eight miles per hour.
Towards noon, at last I found a wide meadow, with a road on either side, and a sparse forest on the other side, and according to the reports of the servants who had stepped on the plates beforehand, there were many small animals in the woods, such as rabbits, hedgehogs, quails, pheasants, and the like. The sons first sat down on the ground, ate some dry food, basked in the sun for a while, and blew cowhides for a while, and then sent people to ride horses into the forest to blast out the small animals.
The sons scattered and stood, each holding a bow and arrow—none of them planned to get on the horse and play with the horse, but it was Xun who put a stone in his belly. The time was not long, and sure enough, a gray hare jumped out of the forest, and it had only survived the winter, and it was skinny, and there was not much meat at all. Yes Jun roared, and everyone drew their bows and released arrows, and a rain of arrows fell next to the rabbit with a "poof".
I saw that the rabbit tilted its head slightly, glanced at them, and then walked away "like a leisurely stroll"—Shi Xun always felt that the little thing's eyes were full of disdain......
In terms of his archery skills, the distance of less than thirty paces, although the target is small, he must have hit three arrows in a row. Do you want to expose your true skills? He was a little undecided.
was hesitating and weighing the gains and losses, when he saw another quail rushing out of the forest. It's slower than a rabbit, and it would be unreasonable to let it go! So after another round of rapid shooting threats from the princes, Shixun couldn't help it, and aimed at a fierce arrow, hitting the quail's stomach.
There was a burst of cheers from the crowd, and Shi Jun was about to grab it and pick it up, when he heard a scream in the forest, like the voice of a slave.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and their hearts said, "Is there any big animal in this forest?" Is it a wolf or a fox? No one dared to guess the tiger, that thing was beyond their psychological tolerance.
But following the prestige, I immediately saw several figures jumping out of the "brush", all of them in rags, but their heads were wrapped in khaki scarves. This surprise is not trivial, it is Jun who first shouted: "It's the Yellow Turban Thief!" ”
Generally speaking, hats in this era can be divided into three categories: one is ben, that is, fur hats; the second is the crown, which is a hard hat made of bamboo weaving or bamboo silk as bone cloth; The third is a soft hat called a curtain. Theoretically, no matter what kind of hat, only scholars can wear it, and ordinary people do not have this qualification (soldiers can occasionally wear a curtain), and if the common people want to protect their heads, cold and frost, then they can only wrap their heads with cloth.
The cloth used by the common people to wrap their heads, of course, is various, there are linen cloth and kudzu cloth, and there are various colors - but in general, because the level of printing and dyeing is low, so the black and gray fabrics are relatively cheap, and most of the temporarily conscripted peasant soldiers are wrapped in black cloth, which is the origin of the term "cangtou". In this era, there can't be too many people who can afford to wrap yellow headscarves, unless ...... It was for some special purpose, and it was uniformly customized.
That's the Yellow Turban Thief! He is a disciple of Zhang Jiao, known as the "Great Virtuous Teacher", who is bent on subverting the Han regime and replacing it with a rebel army. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion was at its most violent, eight of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty were covered with yellow turbans, and there were tens of millions of people at every turn. Although the main force of the Yellow Turbans was wiped out by officers and soldiers in less than a year, the remaining party was still spread in all directions, especially in the four prefectures of Qing, Xu, Yan, and Henan.
The main force of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou was originally active in Donglai and Beihai, and it is said that there were as many as 300,000 people at the peak of the time, and later the imperial court appointed Kong Rong as the minister of Beihai. After that, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban went east to Qi State, turned to Jinan and Plains, and then went around in a circle and entered Yanzhou Taishan County, and entered the Lang Evil Country in Xuzhou.
But when they came out, they also heard that the main force of the Yellow Turban was in Dongguan and Juxian in the central part of Langxi, and it was more than 300 miles away from Yingling, so why did they suddenly come around to the north of Yingling?
Everyone was shocked, and then looked at these yellow turban thieves who jumped out of the forest, and saw that there were only five people, all of them with yellow faces and thin muscles, two with shoddy wooden guns, two with rusty ring knives, one with a bow, but only three arrows in the quiver on his back. If this side gathers, there will be more than 20 people, and it doesn't seem to be as dangerous as I was worried about just now.
Wang Zhong Wang Chun, who was traveling with him, was the son of Wang Xiu, the commander of Gaomi County, who was eighteen years old, but he was the best in riding and archery among all the sons and brothers, and he was the first to settle down. He first shouted to all the servants who were still in the woods to come out, and then took care of everyone: "Get on your horse first." "That means, even if we can't beat us, we can still run, I don't believe that this Yellow Turban thief can catch up with us on four legs with two legs.
So the people got on their horses. Yes Xun has stirrups, is Jun most of them under the saddle also tied a rope that is convenient to go up and down, only the county governor Wang Wang's brother Wang Sheng Prince Ling, always feel that stepping on the shoulders of the house slave on the horse has a style, but at this time there is no house slave around, he pounced on the back of the horse for a while, and had to rely on the Xun pull, only to barely get on, but reached out and touched the reins, looked up to see that it was the horse's buttocks - and rode down.
In just a few moments, the five Yellow Turban thieves roared and rushed straight towards them. Before everyone could react, the yellow turban thief with the bow was running and opened his bow and arrows, and shot a shot with a "whoosh".
A son-in-law fell off the horse in response, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
This time, the big guys were all panicked, and a few of them urged the horses to flee. Including Shi Xun, the remaining few who did not escape also raised their bows, and the arrows rained down, among which only Shi Xun shot an arrow into the shoulder of the yellow turban thief, but unfortunately the arrow power had weakened, and the other party only trembled slightly, and then pulled out the arrow and rushed up again.
It is Xun eyesight, the distance just now has to be nearly forty steps, with his own bow strength, to be able to hit the target seriously is the blessing of the Bodhisattva, and I still want to hurt people, it is difficult.
Just as he was pondering, he saw that the yellow turban thief actually put the arrow that had just hit him on the string, and aimed at Shixun is arrow. Shixun was so frightened that he quickly knocked his legs on the horse's belly, and the mount under his crotch jumped straight forward, and the arrow flew past his ear, bluffing him into sweat.
He was scared in his heart, but he was not idle in his hand, and turned around with an arrow—but unfortunately he had not yet mastered the trick of riding a horse and shooting arrows, and this arrow was fluttering and fluttering, and he didn't know which time and space it flew to.
In an instant, the four yellow turban thieves with melee weapons arrived in front of them, and with a "poof", a boy and brother were stabbed in the heart. The rest didn't dare to let go of the right one, so they urged their horses and fled in all directions.
Among the second group of escapers, it was Hoon's mount that ran first, and he was so bold that he put his thighs between the horse's belly and pedaled with both feet, so that his butt was out of the saddle, and he temporarily straightened up. It wasn't for long, but it was enough for him to turn around and shoot another arrow behind him. The arrow hit the thigh of a knife-wielding yellow turban thief, and the man fell to one knee with an "ahhhhh
As soon as he turned around, Shi Xun's eyes saw that a yellow shadow suddenly came like lightning, and with a spear in his hand, a son-in-law who ran away first fell under the horse. Then there was a "plop", and someone fell off the horse - not injured, but simply frightened down.
Yeshun rode his horse regardless of it. However, his riding skills were so bad that he was afraid that he would be knocked down if the horse ran too fast, and on the other hand, he did not know how to spur the horse to speed up, so he ran less than half a mile away, and heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and gradually approached.
It was the commander who took a breath, repeated the trick, stood up, and turned around to be an arrow. At last he saw that it was a yellow horse, and the knight was dressed in a yellow shirt and a yellow scarf on his head—so it looked like a yellow mass—and in his hand there was a real cavalry lance. When the arrow passed, I saw that the knight had his left hand free, raised it slightly, and caught it lightly and skillfully.
I relied on a thief to collect a certain magic weapon! Shixun was so shocked that he turned around and was saddling...... Slow running. As he was running, he heard the sound of the wind behind him, and instinctively felt a strong wind shoot straight towards the back of his head. He cried out in his heart: "My life is dead! He simply took off his pedals, rolled off his horse with a rollover - fortunately, because the horse was not fast enough, he held his head in time, so he was not injured much, and "his handsome appearance was preserved".
When I raised my head again, I saw a bright and cold angry head in front of me, and behind the lance was a lance, and behind the lance was the yellow knight. I heard the knight howl and called to his companions: "Leave a few alive, tie them up and tie them up so that my father can ask them!" ”
Hey, this voice is so high-pitched, could it be that it turned out to be a ......