Zhi Xuan

According to the etiquette system of the Xiyuan Kingdom, before conferring the crown prince, the monarch and the prince hunted in the suburbs, and hunted wild animals to worship the gods as a ritual sacrifice.

When Marquis Xiyuan was established as his son, he hunted and killed a fierce tiger with his own hands. The tiger's skin was in the monarch's mansion, and Zhixuan had seen it twice.

On the day of hunting in the suburbs, the sky was just dawn, and drums were beating outside the city of Xidu, and people were noisy and horses were neighing.

The big and small clans walked out of the camp and led their troops in formation.

In front of the formation, banners were flying, and there were many halberds in the formation.

The clan's chariots were arranged in a staggered manner. The horses in front of the chariots held their heads high and neighed. The driver held the reins firmly, and two war horses stood up, almost causing chaos.Fortunately, the situation was quickly brought under control, and the clans in the car cupped their hands around to express their guilt.

When Zhixuan drove out of the camp, most of the clans had already lined up.

The square battle formation was lined up, and the clans of all sizes stood in front of the formation, guarding the Marquis of Xiyuan who had the sword bestowed by the king hanging from his waist.

The black divine bird flag fluttered in the wind, making a sound of hunting.

Amid the sound of desolate horns, two thousand soldiers marched out of the camp, adjusting their footsteps as they marched, and their voices gradually merged into one, like one person.

Zhi Xuan was very willing to spend money for the new army. The soldiers under his command were fully armed. The black leather armor was inlaid with copper pieces, and there was a visor hidden under the helmet. When it was pulled down, only a pair of eyes were exposed, which could protect the vital points to the greatest extent.

The armored soldiers hold halberds, short axes and long swords on their waists, more than one-third of them carry continuous crossbows, and the rest wear hard bows.

The appearance of the new army is undoubtedly a success.

Although I haven't witnessed this army fighting with my own eyes, but judging from the orders and prohibitions, it can be seen that thousands of people are the same when marching. Once on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness is definitely not low, and it will become a strong army in time.

Among the 2000 people, there are many armored soldiers lent by the clan.Seeing these armored soldiers' equipment, the clan's eyes lit up, and they secretly thought in their hearts, whether they can bring back these armored weapons from Young Master Xuan in the future, they will not take them for nothing, and are willing to exchange them at a high price.

Zhi Xuan raised his right arm, and Chief Jia ordered at the same time that the new army would stop marching and stop at the same place.

The sound of footsteps stopped, followed by neat halberds.

The morning fog dissipated, the dazzling morning light broke through the clouds, and the whole land seemed to be covered with a layer of gold.

Zhixuan stepped forward on his bicycle, ten steps away from Xiyuanhou, the driver skillfully pulled the reins, and the chariot came to a stop.Zhi Xuan clasped his hands in the car, and saluted Xi Yuanhou from a distance.

Marquis Xiyuan returned the gift and praised the appearance of the new army.

"color!"

The clan headed by Liuqing exchanged salutes with Zhixuan, and the sons and daughters of the Marquis of Xiyuan stood behind the line and bowed their hands together to Zhixuan.

There was no sign of Young Master Kang in the team, and the excuse was that he was too injured to go out of the city, let alone participate in activities such as hunting.However, most people don't agree with it, and they all think that it was Young Master Kang who lost in the battle, and he did a disgraceful job in the battle. Open suburban hunting.

More than a dozen witches appeared in front of the formation, all bare to the waist, with animal skins around their waists, their hair loose, or a leather rope tied in front of their foreheads, or a few bird feathers in their hair, or a beast tail hanging behind them , looks strange.

The witch's chest and back were painted with totems, red and black, soaked in sweat, not only did not blur, but became more vivid.

The drum sounded, and the witch stretched out his arms, imitating the shape of wild beasts and birds, jumping and jumping, roaring and singing birds, and soon changed to prayers, with an upturned ending, with a unique rhythm, which is very different from hunting .

The blessing lasted for half an hour, and when it was over, all the witches were sweating profusely, as if washing with water.

After Wu retreated, the trumpets sounded again, the war drums rumbled, and the war horses stamped their hoofs violently, but the soldiers in the formation remained motionless, as always.

Marquis Xiyuan grabbed the hard bow presented by his clan, took a bronze sword, and pulled the bowstring steadily.

The bowstring was like a full moon, Xi Yuanhou looked ahead, and when the target appeared, an arrow flew out.

A stag fell down in response, and the soldiers shouted in unison: "Cai!"

The stag is arranged in advance, and the monarchs of all dynasties have the same process for hunting in the suburbs.

The dead stag was carried up, and the arrow pierced the stag's neck, killing it instantly.The servant trotted forward, pulled out the arrow, and without wiping off the blood on it, he raised his hands above his head.

"Your Majesty hunts deer!"

Marquis Xiyuan took the blood-stained arrow and handed it to Zhi Xuan together with the hard bow in his hand.

"The father passed it on to me, and now it is passed on to my son."

Zhi Xuan jumped off the chariot, walked to Marquis Xiyuan on foot, and took the bow and arrow with both hands.

The hard bow sank as soon as he touched it, Zhi Xuan kept his composure, caught the bow and arrow firmly, then returned to the car, ordered the driver to set off, and drove to the designated hunting ground first.

After him, the Monarch clan also set off by car one after another.

It's a grand ceremony involving clans big and small.

The wheels rolled over the crisp grass, leaving ruts and broken grass stems.

The soldiers opened up the encirclement, and no prey could escape this hunting ground.

A large cloud of colorful clouds rises in the forest, which is a flock of frightened birds.

Not long after, there was a waiter in front of him passing the good news: "Young Master Xuan is hunting deer!"

Before everyone applauded, No.2 waiter appeared: "Young Master Xuan Cheetah!"

Followed by the third and fourth.

The fifth person who appeared was no longer a servant, but a soldier. He rode his horse to the front of Xi Yuanhou and Doctor Qing, and said loudly, "Young Master Xuan is hunting the tiger!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, how long did it take to hunt so many beasts in one breath.

Back then, Marquis Xiyuan had spent most of a day hunting that fierce tiger.All because the beasts that are sacrificed must be hunted and killed by the prince himself, and no one else is allowed to do it for him.

When Zhixuan set off, there were clan members and historians by the side of the car, and if he dared to order someone to pass it on to the emperor, it could not be a fraud.

So what is going on?

Not only the Marquis of Xiyuan, but also the high officials were confused and wanted to find out.

When everyone was full of doubts and discussions, Mi Wu and Mi Ji looked at each other, and at the same time slowed down the speed of the car, and gradually distanced themselves from Xi Yuanhou.

Su Hu, Fan Xu and Luan Hui kept an eye on the two of them all the time. Seeing this, they also exchanged glances and nodded.

Yang Hao observed both sides, out of self-preservation, he no longer approached the Marquis of Xiyuan, but walked with several other Patriarchs from the Yang family.

The atmosphere gradually became tense, and when some clans noticed something strange and were feeling puzzled, Zhixuan delivered another good news.

"Young Master Xuan is hunting bears!"

Appearing with the soldiers are the prey dragged by ropes, tigers, leopards, bears and deer, and there is no shortage of everything.

Behind the prey is Zhixuan's chariot, beside the chariot are two huge wild wolves, bigger than anyone has ever seen, their shoulders reach Zhixuan's waist, their mouths are full of sharp teeth, and their cold light is frightening.

Zhi Xuan was able to harvest prey so quickly, thanks to the two wild wolves.

They lie in ambush at night, search for the scent and trace of the prey, and drive Zhixuan when he enters the hunting ground, forcing the target to approach the chariot actively.

The cooperating white wolf and wolf pack did not show up.Although they are tamed, they are still not used to crowds. They hide their bodies among the dense vegetation, making it difficult for people to find them.

The fellow clan members were still in shock, unable to recover for a long time.

No one who has experienced everything just now can remain calm.

He had heard that Young Master Xuan raised wolves, and he had also heard that there were wolves in Young Master Xuan's camp, but he never thought that these wolves would help Young Master Xuan hunt as if they were instructing him!

He saw with his own eyes that the wolves cooperated with each other and drove the prey to Zhixuan's chariot.Zhi Xuan didn't need to search hard for the prey, he only needed to shoot the bow in the car, without even aiming, and he could catch it with his hands.

What's more, he clearly saw that Young Master Xuan's shot missed, and the brown bear almost ran away, but was frightened by the golden eagle swooping over his head, changed direction in a panic, and greeted the flying bow and arrow with his nose.

This is unreasonable!

Gong Zixuan did not use the hard bow given by Xi Yuanhou for hunting, but a strange looking crossbow.This crossbow is smaller than the one on a soldier, but it is so powerful that it can penetrate a tree trunk several meters away, with only a section of arrow tail exposed.

In addition to its strength, this crossbow can also fire continuously.

The five crossbow arrows were fired together, and fierce beasts like tigers and bears couldn't resist them, and even the leopards that could climb trees couldn't escape.

Zong Ren was in shock, only to find that Zhi Xuan had finished hunting and was driving away from the hunting ground when he came back to his senses.

How long has it been since the hunting started, less than half an hour.Even the former Marquis Xiyuan, who was famous for his martial arts, could not do this!

Compared to the shock of the clan, the official historian was calm on the surface, and he was writing hard all the way, faithfully recording the whole process of Zhixuan's hunting.However, even with the simplest language and the shortest sentences, this hunt is full of fantasy.

Wolves, golden eagles, driven tigers, and brown bears catching arrows with their faces.

The historian can swear to the sky that everything he recorded is true, there is absolutely no exaggeration, and there is no mythical son Xuan.But when he stopped writing and looked back at what he wrote down, he felt unrealistic no matter how he looked at it.

Adhering to the ethics of a historian, he will not change.

Facts are facts, no matter how unreal they are!

When Zhi Xuan walked out of the hunting ground, what he faced was not cheers, but the stunned big and small clans, and the witch who didn't know how to react.

Especially for witches, according to the experience passed down by the ancestors, the hunting of the princes will continue until the evening, and the next sacrifice will not begin until the sun goes down.

It's not even past noon now!

Without the experience passed down by their predecessors, they were a little at a loss.Immediately to sacrifice, the fire platform for the sacrifice was not set up.If you don't sacrifice, is it possible to stare and stare, and just stand like this until dark?

Mi Wu and Mi Ji are as bad as Wu.

According to the arrangement of the two, the attack will be launched when Zhi Xuan is out of the hunting grounds, they never expected him to come out so quickly.In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, some dead soldiers have not yet been in place, and if they launch an attack hastily, the success rate will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

"Brother, what should we do?" Mi Ji approached Mi Wu with the chariot and said in a low voice.

The success rate of a hasty move is not high. If you don't make a move and let Zhi Xuan and Xi Yuanhou leave, it will be even more difficult to find a chance to make a move.

Mi Wu gritted his teeth fiercely, and finally made up his mind to do it!

Not wanting to make a sudden change, before he could send an order to the dead soldiers hiding in other teams, dozens of people from his own team suddenly rushed out, rushed towards Zhixuan and Xiyuanhou, first threw a round of stone axes, and then Pulled out the long sword, intending to kill the two of them.

"assassin!"

Before Mi Wu and Mi Ji could react, the soldiers guarding Zhi Xuan and Xi Yuanhou had already rushed forward, fighting with the assassin.

"Michael Rebellion!"

During the battle, the assassins attacking Xi Yuanhou were taken down one after another, but the group targeting Zhi Xuan was extremely difficult to deal with. The long sword in their hands was smeared with poison, and their throats were sealed with blood.

Zhixuan stood on the car, and the soldiers erected shields around him, forming a solid wall of iron and steel, surrounding him tightly and not allowing an assassin to approach.

The assassins rushed forward regardless of life and death, and some jumped on the arms of their companions, trying to jump over the shield wall.

At the critical moment, the sound of string control sounded from behind the shield, and black arrows rained down from the sky. No matter how brave the assassin was, he was still flesh and blood after all.

From the beginning to the end, Zhi Xuan's attention was not on the assassin, he was paying attention to Xi Yuanhou, and he did not miss every expression on Xi Yuanhou's face.

When the last assassin fell and Mi Wu Mi Ji was surrounded by Su Hu's men, he caught a trace of unwillingness on the opponent's face.It's fast, fleeting, but adequate.

Zhi Xuan raised the corners of his mouth and looked away.

Mother's vengeance needs to be avenged, since Mrs. Mi is charged with the crime, it is better to carry another one.

Miwu and Miji were surrounded, knowing that the situation was not good, they had no time to think about who arranged the assassin just now, and the two sent out a signal at the same time, ordering the troops ambushing outside and inside the city to act immediately.

Su Hu, Fan Xu and Luan Hui also shot loud arrows, and the encirclement and suppression of the Mi family officially began!

The suburban hunt ended too quickly, and unidentified assassins rushed out halfway. Both sides acted hastily, and the unsuspecting clans were forced to get involved, and the situation fell into chaos from the very beginning.

During the battle, Marquis Xiyuan intended to rush out and drove back to the city. Zhi Xuan ordered the chariot to follow, and raised his voice: "Father, I will protect you!"

While Zhi Xuan shouted, the chariot chased after Xi Yuanhou.

As the distance between the two sides drew closer, Zhi Xuan raised his crossbow, seemingly aiming at the Mi Clan soldiers blocking the way, but actually aiming at Xi Yuanhou's chariot.

The arrow flew out, passed Marquis Xiyuan, and hit the horse in front of the chariot.

Marquis Xiyuan turned his head to look at Zhixuan, who was anxious, shouting "Protect Your Majesty", shot the crossbow in the air, and raised the hard bow that Marquis Xiyuan gave him.

Marquis Xiyuan turned pale with fright, and was about to shout "Nizi", but the surroundings were in chaos, and everyone from the clan, willing or not, was involved in the battle.

Zhi Xuan's chariot was getting closer and closer, his face was anxious, but his eyes were as cold as ice.

"Father, my son will give you a ride!"