Chapter 8 Learning to Ride a Horse
Yu Fanjun didn't see that Xiang Ye was afraid of riding a horse, he turned over and jumped off the horse, regardless of whether Xiang Ye wanted to or not, he pinched his waist with both hands, and shouted and slammed him onto the horse's back and shouted: "If you don't ride a horse, you have to walk, you are really stupid!" ”
Xiang Ye fell on the horse's back defenselessly, and didn't react at all to grab the reins, the war horse suddenly felt heavy, spread its hooves and ran forward.
Yu Fanjun saw the war horse hunched Xiang Ye rushing forward, he laughed with his hands on his waist, but he only laughed a few times, and the expression on his face changed from laughter to consternation.
The war horse hunched Xiang Ye's hooves and galloped, and the panicked Xiang Ye did not pull the reins but grabbed the mane on the neck of the war horse, every time the war horse ran forward, his body would be turned upside down on the horse's back, with the bumps, his body gradually tilted in one direction, and the palm holding the mane was also drenched with sweat, making the mane in his hand feel more and more slippery.
The war horse seemed to be deliberately bullying Xiang Ye for not being able to ride a horse, the more he couldn't keep his balance, the more cheerful its jump became, and after rushing forward for more than a hundred steps, Xiang Ye was finally successfully shaken off by it, and a fart fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Seeing Xiang Ye fall to the ground, Yu Fanjun hurriedly ran forward to help him up, and asked with concern, "Brother, brother, what's wrong with you?" “
After Xiang Ye grinned and got up, Yu Fanjun saw that he was fine, grinned and said, "Brother, you don't know how to ride a horse, you said it earlier, and I won't throw you on the horse." Fortunately, you are a fart - the ground where the strand falls, if you fall on your stomach, it will be okay to break other places, in case you break an important thing, how should I explain to my brother and sister in the future? ”
Xiang Ye glanced at Yu Fanjun with black lines on his head, gritted his teeth and said, "General Yu, don't make fun of me, I really don't know how to ride a horse, but I have to ride it today, and I have to ride your horse!" ”
"Hey, hey, good!" Yu Fanjun didn't stop him, let go of his hands, put two fingers into his mouth and whistled, and when the war horse heard the whistle, he hissed and spread his hooves and ran towards him.
"Go ahead!" After the war horse ran over, Yu Fanjun patted Xiang Ye's back and said to him with a playful smile on his face.
Xiang Ye looked at the war horse that had taken him off his back just now, this horse was not tall, if it was calculated by meters, it should be between one meter three and one meter four, it didn't look like a horse at first glance, but it looked a bit like a donkey.
Looking at this short war horse, Xiang Ye couldn't help but feel a little funny, a horse like this could actually throw him to the ground, and his butt was about to crack. He couldn't imagine what it would have been like if he had fallen off a horse riding on the prairie before.
"Brother, don't be afraid, pull the reins tightly, from slow to fast!" Yu Fanjun saw that Xiang Ye was looking at the war horse but not riding it, and knew that he was a little scared, so he pointed out beside him.
Unexpectedly, Xiang Ye didn't appreciate it at all, raised his hand, asked him not to continue, and said to him: "I know how to ride, I dare to ride taller than this horse, let alone such a small pony cub that looks like a donkey!" ”
Yu Fanjun saw that he didn't appreciate it, so he looked at him funny and stopped talking, and said in his heart: "You just blow it!" The standard of Qin Army's war horses is five feet eight inches, and my horse is three inches taller than theirs, except for Xiang Yu's black horse, where do you find a war horse that is taller than it? ”
Thinking so in his heart, he didn't say anything, just stood aside and looked at Xiang Ye with a smile.
Xiang Ye pressed the horse's back, the war horse was pressed by him, and he took two steps to the side, he raised his foot but didn't know how to jump on the horse's back, he turned back to Yu Fanjun very depressed and said: "General Yu, you don't even have a stirrup on this horse, how can I go up?" ”
"Stirrups?" Yu Fanjun looked at him very curiously and asked, "What is that?" All you have to do is jump on the horse's back, and I've never heard of stirrups. ”
"Ugh!" Xiang Ye was stunned, and then remembered that it was still the end of Qin at this time, and the stirrups had indeed not been introduced into the Central Plains, so he shook his head helplessly, pressed his hands on the horse's back, and jumped over.
How do you know that this horse is also naughty, as soon as Xiang Ye jumped up, it took two steps forward, just so that Xiang Ye in mid-air fell to the ground against its tail.
After falling to the ground, Xiang Ye still maintained the posture of pressing the horse's back with both hands, and he stared blankly at the flat ground in front of him, and there was a sharp pain from the bones on his fart. If he fell a little unexpectedly just now, this time he couldn't find any excuse to defend himself.
The troops who had already stepped forward saw Xiang Ye's embarrassed appearance, and all the officers and soldiers covered their stomachs and laughed, and this laughter was actually louder than their majestic slogan when they set off.
Xiang Ye patted his ass very depressedly and got up, glanced at everyone, and shouted at them, "What are you laughing at?" What are you laughing at? Haven't seen anyone who can't ride a horse? ”
It was fine that he didn't shout, but this shout immediately caused another burst of laughter.
Yu Fanjun also held his stomach and laughed so much that he couldn't breathe, and it took a long time for him to hold back his smile, straighten up and wave his hand to the army behind him and said, "Okay, okay, don't laugh, it's just a fall, hurry up." ”
As he spoke, Xiang Ye clearly saw the strange look on his face that was still holding back a forced smile, and he suddenly felt even more depressed.
"Sample, I don't believe I can't ride you!" As he spoke, Xiang Ye jumped towards the war horse again, this time he did not hesitate at all, when he was about to run in front of the war horse, he suddenly increased his speed, rushed to the front of the war horse, and jumped up in the air with both hands on the horse's back.
His leap exerted all his strength, just like a vaulter competing on the field, leaping chic and free, leaping elegantly and extraordinary, this leap shocked everyone present. Including Yu Fanjun, everyone who saw this scene opened their mouths wide in surprise and looked at him with admiration on their faces.
Perhaps frightened by his leap full of powerful aura, the war horse did not move again, but stood there honestly, as if waiting for him to ride on horseback.
Xiang Ye's upper and lower bodies were bent at forty-five degrees in mid-air, lined with his flowing clothes and jeans that tied his thighs, and his strong curves were vividly displayed.
"Smack!" With a crisp sound, he sat down on the ground again, and the war horse that he had left behind looked at Xiang Ye who was sitting on the ground, as if he couldn't understand why this person didn't ride on its back, but instead jumped over its back.
The army of thousands of people was silent, and everyone stopped to look at Xiang Ye, who was still holding a vaulting posture with both hands forward after landing on the ground, and on the road where thousands of people gathered, even the breathing of people could be heard clearly for a while.
I don't know who suddenly burst out into a wild laugh, and then the wild laughter infected everyone present like a plague, and there was a burst of laughter on the march. Xiang Ye's fall inadvertently brought interest to the dull march, and on the way to Lixian County, his fall became a topic of conversation among many people.
In the end, he still did not learn to ride a horse, and the horse, as if he had a grudge against him, never let him ride on his back.
After five consecutive close contact with the ground, Xiang Ye gave up, and he had to look up to the sky and sigh: "I'm really not a person who can ride a horse!" ”
"General! The Qin army has been found ahead! When the team was still more than ten miles away from Li County, a cavalry galloped towards Yu Fanjun from the direction of Li County, and the cavalry came to Yu Fanjun with both hands and fists in front of him and said: "Zhang Han heard that our army was coming, and personally led the army out of the city, and now it is only five miles away from us!" ”
When Yu Fanjun heard that Zhang Han was coming in person, he hurriedly raised his head and looked into the distance, the sun was setting in the west, and the sun was shining on the road, covering the scenery along the way with a layer of orange and red. At the end of this orange patch, the sky was full of smoke and dust rolling towards them.
"How many people are there in the Qin army?" Seeing the billowing smoke and dust, Yu Fanjun hurriedly asked the cavalry who came to report.
The cavalry grabbed the reins of the horse and pointed in the direction of Li County, and said to Yu Fanjun: "Most of the soldiers and horses of the Qin army are still in Li County, and Zhang Han only led 20,000 or 30,000 people to meet him. ”
Yu Fanjun turned his head and looked at the thousands of soldiers and horses behind him and couldn't help but smile bitterly, most of the soldiers and horses of the Qin army were still in Lixian County, and only twenty or thirty thousand people came. It can be seen that the number of people coming from the Qin army this time is not at all what they can contend with, and there is no difference between forcibly fighting and sending them to death.
Although he knew that there was a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and me, Yu Fanjun had no choice, in the eyes of the Qin army, they were rebels, once they were caught by the Qin army, there was nothing waiting for them but death. There are only two roads in front of him, one is to fight to the death with Zhu Jishi, waiting for Xiang Liang to come to the rescue; The other is to flee with these people behind him, but the sky and the earth are big, where can they be accommodated?
"Soldiers!" Without the slightest hesitation, Yu Fanjun turned his horse's head and shouted at the army behind him: "The Qin army is here, they are more than us, we are surviving in a desperate situation in this battle, I believe that the general will definitely send troops to the rescue." Behind us, there are 10,000 soldiers and horses led by General Zhu Jishi, as long as we resist the attack of the Qin army, General Zhu will definitely be able to respond from the rear and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop! Do you have confidence in victory? ”
Yu Fanjun's shout shook the hearts of everyone present, and even Xiang Ye, who knew the outcome of the battle, couldn't help but have some hope for victory.
"Yes!" The shout that shook the heavens and the earth suddenly rang out, and this shout echoed in the sky with the wind, and perhaps the Qin army that was rushing towards them could clearly hear their determination before the battle.
"Crossbowman! Get ready! As he gave an order, a group of officers and soldiers armed with crossbows and arrows walked out of the queue and formed a phalanx in front of the team, while the army behind quickly changed their formation, turning into a formation with shields in the center and spears in the back.