Tang Xuan

Emperor Ming held a grand ceremony, and even took out a jade-encrusted sky-chasing bow as a prize for the first name of the winter hunt.

"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the expansion of the territory has been inseparable from immediate efforts." The Emperor Ming also put on his military uniform, smiled at the enthusiastic children of the Chang'an family, and said loudly: "This winter hunting, regardless of your status, you children, They all show their true skills. Whoever wins the first place with their own skills will not only have this Heaven Chasing Bow, but I will also reward them heavily!"

The children from every family in Chang'an City cheered like a wolf cub in heat.After all, members of the Li clan have Xianbei blood and have intermarried all year round. Every family in the Longxi family has married the Li clan, and they all have the adventurous spirit of the Hu people in their bones.

This time, only Gucheng accompanied the princess.Everyone was speculating that maybe the son of the family who won the first name would be married to Gucheng by the Emperor Ming.Gucheng is the younger sister of Huaiwang Li Qian's mother and compatriot, and she is also very popular with Ming Emperor.Now that she is eighteen this year, it's time to get married.These men naturally had a great drive for Ruhuameijuan.

With the sound of gongs and drums and the firing of arrows, many men in fur coats and their servants rushed out with the sound of hounds barking.

Huai King Li Qian and Shu King Li Jin'an sat on horseback, watching the scene of panic in front of them side by side, and did not rush out.

"Fourth brother, I don't think Lang Huai is in a hurry at all. Do you think she can win the first place?" Li Jin looked, Lang Huai was leading a black horse, followed by Li Mingda, but Li Yu couldn't see anyone.

"She was ordered to protect Li Mingda, so naturally she couldn't leave her post without permission." Li Qian sneered, "Now in Chang'an City, how many do you think are really capable?"Pointing to his toes, Li Qian left with his entourage, regardless of Li Jin's face.

"Hmph, I just forgot my mother and asked for glory! What's so glorious about it!" Li Jin blushed, and walked in the opposite direction of Li Qian, muttering and cursing, and his followers followed the persuasion, but they didn't know how to mutter What.

"Brother Huai, this horse is so good." Mingda knew how to ride a horse, not to mention her status, Weiyang Juzhong already raised a dozen fine horses that were paid tribute from the Western Regions and Turks.But this time she listened to Lang Huai and rode the horse.The body of the maroon horse, the fur is smooth and supple, and the ponytail is tied up short according to the rules of military horses.The saddles were also chosen by Lang Huai himself, and hunting pictures were embroidered with gold thread on Persian blankets, wrapped in the best huanghuali, and made into saddles.Just this set of saddles is already worth thousands of gold, not to mention whips and head chews.

Lang Huai took off his armor, and wore a round-necked Hu suit with a moon-white face and a black cloak.The horse she rides is a horse that she got in the city after the First World War in Khotan.She was all dark, not so tall and heroic by nature, but unruly.Lang Huai saw that it had superb foot strength and cold temper, so he named it Tayun and brought it back to Chang'an from Anxi.

"Let's go, find a place, and I'll teach you how to hunt." Lang Huai patted Tayun and walked towards the direction with few people.

Since ancient times, hunting has been a natural training ground.Lang Huai rode on the right side of Mingda, telling her some interesting stories about hunting in Anxi.Tao Jun took a few light cavalry early to explore the way ahead, and also checked where it would be better to hunt.

"Listen to you, isn't hunting the same as fighting? You also have to pay attention to speed and timing, and grasp the rhythm of the battlefield." Mingda became more and more anxious, wanting to try his skills.Lang Huai shook his head and said: "Although there are certain similarities, how can they be all the same? You must know that people's hearts are unpredictable, and the battlefield changes rapidly. If you don't pay attention, you have to face life and death. How can hunting be so easy?"

The two of them were talking, and after a while, Tao Jun came back alone and said, "Girl, sir, we have to go around the front, otherwise there will be too many people, and it's useless to just shoot some rabbits and roe deer."

Lang Huai said with a smile: "You are quite ambitious? Forget it, I went to lead the hunting dog to find a place. Since I want to do it, I can't ruin my reputation."

"Decree!" Tao Jun smiled and went to attract more than a dozen hounds.Many nobles from aristocratic families have this hobby, and they often compare each other by hunting. Such a fashion has become popular in Chang'an these years.

"Brother Huai, what's wrong with your reputation?" Li Mingda seemed very proud when he heard Tao Jun's words, and he was inevitably curious.A guard behind Lang Huai knew a lot about the battle in Anxi. His name was Weiss, and he explained to Mingda with a smile: "During the war in Anxi, it is inevitable that there will be insufficient armaments. It's not our Central Plains over there, just find a forest to hunt. But in the area of ​​Anxi , many horse gang robbers. The Zhengxi army hunted at the time, and they hunted the horse gang robbers scattered in Anxi. It is said that the Zhengxi army Lang cavaliers followed them back then, and they couldn't catch them. Although he was named a flying cavalry captain by His Majesty, the Anxi people He is often called Lang Duwei Hu Kesa, which means the leader of the killing caravan."

Mingda was taken aback. She didn't expect Lang Huai to have this side. Before she had time to ask, Lang Huai had already blocked what Weiss wanted to say.

"You talk too much." Lang Huai couldn't say anything to reprimand his subordinates, so he explained to Mingda: "After Anxi was settled, I never did this business again. But it's not that exaggerated. "Lang Huai took the bow and arrow again, made a gesture, and said to Mingda: "You are still young and your arms are not strong enough. I am afraid you can't open a strong bow. When you get older in the future, you can grow taller, stronger and stronger. If you are willing to learn, I will leave it to you. But now, let’s try the crossbow first.”

Li'er jokingly said: "The captain is also joking, the master is a woman, and when she grows up in the future, her arm strength will not be comparable to that of you men."

Mingda turned her head and scolded her maid: "I'm not a delicate and contrived person! Stop talking nonsense." She lost her temper, but she didn't know why.Li'er naturally dared not speak, Lang Huai was bored, stopped his horse, approached Mingda, and handed the crossbow to Mingda.

"As long as you practice well, it is a strong bow of three stones, so why not use it?" Lang Huai said seriously, and Mingda asked her: "Have you seen it?"

Lang Huai froze for a moment, really not knowing how to answer.But Mingda had a look of disbelief on her face, but she couldn't stop her from thinking too much, and hurriedly said: "I've seen it! I have seen a woman draw a five-stone bow with my own eyes. Come to think of it, the three stones should not be able to stop her." Lang Huai himself The bows and arrows he carries are three-stone ones.But at the Khotan battlefield, she used the eight-stone strong bow.

She was always telling the truth, and when she was not lying, Mingda was relieved and concentrated on learning the crossbow.As a result, the walk was actually slow.After Tao Jun scouted the terrain, he also hunted a few foxes that were disturbed and ran away, and they came back happily.

"Grandpa, look, this Firefox doesn't have any stray hairs. It's really lucky." This fox was caught by the hound in one bite, and it didn't hurt anything, and it was alive.Tao Jun was about to kill it with a knife, Ming Da hurriedly said, "Show me!"

Tao Jun was taken aback, and said, "Girl, this little fellow is cunning and will hurt you."

"Give it to me!" Mingda jumped off the horse while speaking, trying to save the fox.Lang Huai nodded to Tao Jun as a sign of approval.Only then did Tao Jun let go of his hand carefully, and gave the Firefox to Mingda.

It was trembling, its big eyes were watery, and Lang Huai knew it was still a young fox at a glance.I'm afraid that one of the litters will survive. If it is not killed and released alive, it will only have a dead end.It seems that Mingda really likes it, so let her play around on weekdays.

Lang Huai was thinking about it, but he heard Mingda's ouch, and saw a red shadow rushing out, running towards the depths of the dense forest like lightning.The hound did not dare to chase after the command of its master.Amidst the sound of barking, Lang Huai chased after him.

Tayun spread his hooves, turned left and right in the forest, and chased after the little fox in front of him.It is really amazing, after running for a long time, it is so fast.Lang Huai praised secretly, not wanting to really hurt the little fox's life.On the bumpy horseback, she took down the bow and arrow, picked up the bow and set the arrow, and let go of the string facing the fox a few steps away.

The arrow was so powerful that it aimed straight in front of Firefox, and it was only a hair's breadth away from hitting Firefox's head.It is also considered smart, and immediately turned its direction, and the speed did not decrease.

Lang Huai shot another arrow, barely stopping where it turned.

In this way, the little guy finally stopped, the little paw made a gesture of protecting himself, panting heavily.Lang Huai didn't get off his horse either, Tayun walked up to the fox with a tacit understanding.

Lang Huai bent down, stretched out his hand, pinched the fur on the back of its neck, and hugged the little Firefox into his arms.She thought to herself, the fox is psychic, it seems that this fox is completely obedient.

When he found his way back to the team, Mingda was already in a panic. "Brother Huai! Are you okay?" Li Yu, the Seventh King, was beside her, also looking anxious.

"It's okay," Lang Huai pointed to her chest. Firefox's head was exposed from her cloak. Seeing Mingda, she seemed to understand that if it wasn't for this little girl, the fox would have died long ago.

Lang Huai jumped off the horse, took out the little guy from his cloak, handed it to Mingda, and said, "Don't worry, it won't run away now. It's just a toss for a while, we have to find a place to set up camp so that we can rest."

"It's all up to you." Mingda was caring about the fox, how could he care about others?She went to get some meat from the side of her mount, while Lang Huai asked Li Yu with a smile, "Why did I meet you here?"

"Hate me so much?" Li Yu joked, "Then I still wink, let's go early!"

He pretended to leave, but Lang Huai ignored him, and only said to Tao Jun, "Get ready to camp, it's getting late."

Li Yu was making fun of himself, so he had the cheek to keep up.The camp chosen by Tao Jun is very insightful, leeward, hidden in a forest, just a relatively open place, and a certain distance from the mountain, not afraid of wild beasts.

After Lang Huai looked at it, he arranged for his subordinates to set up camp.Looking at Li Yu, he said, "You can join us in a joint operation, and put your guards on the outside, okay?"

"Listen to Captain Lang's orders." Li Yu nodded with a smile, and nodded to the following Jin Wuwei, signaling to follow Lang Huai's orders.

After setting up camp, Lang Huai inspected twice more, and according to the habit of fighting in Anxi, he sent two teams to act as scouts to investigate the situation everywhere.After everything was in order, she was relieved and walked to the tent in the middle.