This horse from the grassland, accustomed to the unrestrained vast grassland, has been locked up in the stable of Luoyang for two days, and has nowhere to use his strength, but now when he has the opportunity, he will take off with all four hooves and gallop like not touching the ground.

Zhou Yafu has been by his father Zhou Bo's side since he was a child, and he has been practicing hard in the duties of Lang Guan for several months, and he has long been familiar with horseback riding.

He clamped the horse's belly, adjusted his sitting position, and tugged at the reins at the right time, and the vast horse, which was already intelligent, did not run two or three laps, and the horse ceased to gallop madly and became obedient, as he had been trained in his hands since childhood.

Lu Pheasant saw that Ma had listened to the order, so he asked the palace people around him in a loud voice,

"Have you brought the bow and arrows and the hemp rope?

Give him a bow and an arrow. ”

Although the people in the Beigong Palace who are used to the queen's side are all women, they are all bold and smart, and they are well-trained, and a young palace maid has already galloped to get a bow and arrow, and threw it at Zhou Yafu on horseback in turn.

The speed of the horse's gallop did not decrease, Zhou Yafu caught the bow steadily with his left hand, received the arrow with his right hand, avoided the crowd, aimed at the bare branches of the plane tree in the distance, opened the bow and arrows, and calmly scattered.

With a "whoosh", the white feather arrow left his hand in response, passed through the layers of branches, and landed in the open space a hundred paces away.

"Okay, this kid of yours, although he is still young, he really has a good practice."

Liu Ji cheered, turned his head and praised Zhou Bo.

Zhou Bo said humbly,

"It's all by the minister's side, learning a little bit of three-legged cat kung fu, and today in front of the heroes, it's really ridiculous and generous."

***

"Eh, who told you to be humble on behalf of your son,"

Liu Ji waved his hand, ignored Zhou Bo anymore, leaned closer again, and asked Lu Pheasant in a low voice,

"What are you going to do? Let the Hun horse run a few laps for everyone to see? ”

In front of the Manchu civil and military forces, although the emperor had a warm smile on his face, his tone was already faintly revealing impatience. Since ascending to the throne, his patience has become less and less, and his temper has become more and more violent.

Lu Pheasant glanced at him with his peripheral vision and whispered,

"Just sit back and watch."

"Ride as fast as you can."

She looked up to the young man on horseback and said,

"Everything is safe first, don't sit still, pay attention to the saddle and fall down."

Even if the horseback is not Zhou Yafu, a famous minister through the ages, but a civilian boy who is about the same age as Liu Ying, she will still advise like this.

The horse ran faster and faster, and the palace man threw Zhou Yafu an arrow, and he reluctantly took it, but because it was too bumpy, his hands could only hold the horse's mane tightly, and he had no strength to pull the bow.

Seeing this, a smile appeared at the corner of Lu Pheasant's mouth, and he asked loudly,

"You can't open your bow when you're fast, can you?

However, the Huns have been trained since childhood, and their riding skills are stronger than ours, and they can shoot arrows on the back of galloping horses, which is their strength passed down from generation to generation, and we can't catch up for a while.

Bows and arrows aside, can you wield a halberd on a horse at the moment? ”

"I'm afraid not...... No. ”

Zhou Yafu tried to spread the horse's neck with both hands again, but he didn't succeed, and imagined in his mind the strength required to hold the halberd, so he had to reply stupidly.

"All right, come down and bring the horses with you.

I'm going to add something to this horse. ”

***

Zhou Yafu dismounted panting, and led the horse to Lu Pheasant in frustration, unable to lift his head.

She took a closer look at the stubborn young man, and then glanced to the left and right, and the four palace maids carried two long hemp ropes nearly four fingers thick, and walked to the horse.

These little palace maids were short in stature, and they wore deep clothes, and they were constrained everywhere with their gestures, and they could only barely throw the heavy hemp rope on the saddle.

Lu Pheasant was about to go to help, when he suddenly saw a tall figure walking quickly, and without much effort, he put the hemp rope neatly on the saddle, and the two ends of the hemp rope hung loosely from both sides of the horse's belly.

"What to do next, wait for the queen to make it clear."

The man turned his face and asked, but his handsome face was full of gloom, it turned out to be Han Xin.

"Then there is King Laochu.

First twist the two hemp ropes together, and then press the length of Zhou Yafu's legs, and make a circle at the feet of each of his feet. ”

Han Xin hummed and didn't speak again, but felt that his heart was beating like a drum, like a person who had been trapped in a cave for a long time saw the light of day at first glance, and vaguely felt that when this hemp rope was knotted, the rest of his life would be turned upside down.

He acted quickly, and with the assistance of the palace maid and Zhou Yafu, the effort was completed in a few moments.

Han Xin was particularly careful to wrap the hemp rope in the felt blanket under the saddle, and pulled it violently a few times to ensure that the hemp rope would not break or bruise the horse's back when it was loaded.

Seeing his move, Lu Pheasant bowed slightly, and the corners of his lips that were red raised in an affirmative arc, it seemed that Han Xin had first comprehended her intentions.

Han Xin's military genius is really talented, she is very proud that she is not wrong, the crested crested on her hair is gorgeous, shaking, majestic, as if she is alive.

***

"Alright, let's get on the horse."

Han Xin stretched out his big hand, dragged Zhou Yafu onto the horse, and tightly stuffed his feet into the traps on both sides.

"Don't be afraid, put your feet firmly in the rope loop."

As he spoke, his eyes shining with excitement and anticipation, he raised his hand and struck the horse's buttocks.

The vast horse Fu ran out again, circle by circle, the speed became faster and faster, Zhou Yafu was still dragging the horse's mane at the beginning, but suddenly felt that his feet had stepped into the rope ring, and the soles of his feet seemed to be stepping on the flat ground, no longer empty, but extremely solid.

Gradually, he dared to let go of his hands, and controlled the horse's speed with the force of his legs gripping the horse's belly, and only held the reins in one hand, his face full of incredible surprise.

Han Xin asked him loudly, "Do you dare to draw a bow?" ”

"Dare!"

The bow and arrow were thrown again, he took it, pulled the bow string, and released it calmly, and the white-feathered arrow flew faster and farther, instantly piercing the ground a few feet away from the arrow.

"Good!"

Han Xin praised, and then asked loudly,

"Do you dare to use weapons?"

"I don't know, let me try!"

He gently threw out a bamboo-handled copper thorn-shaped halberd, "The halberd is here, take it!" ”

Zhou Yafu stepped on the solid rope, sat up straight, stretched out his hands to catch the halberd that was much higher than himself, and swung it hard, and the speed of the horse under him did not decrease at all.

The Xiongnu were unable to produce copper and iron weapons on a large scale, and the only weapons they relied on were bows and arrows. And drawing a bow and shooting arrows, even if the hand speed is fast, its lethality is not as good as the spears, halberds, and spears of the Central Plains people.

Since the riding and archery skills are not as good as those on horseback, then find another way to find a more suitable tactic for themselves -

The cavalry charged nimbly and stabbed the enemy off their horses with combat weapons such as halberds.

In the absence of stirrups, if the Han cavalry sprinted with a halberd, they would inevitably fall to the ground while stabbing the opponent off their horses;

And once the stirrups are used, the cavalry is on the ground under their feet, and the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides will be completely reversed.

Thinking of this, Han Xin was surprised, turned his head suddenly, and looked straight at the smiling queen behind him. She seems to have an impenetrable smile on her face, but her eyes are shining in the sun, full of compassion and understanding, as well as trust and hope.