Chapter 78: Swords Overwhelm Mountains and Rivers While Singing (2)
Zhangye River and Juyanhai are very beautiful in April.
The Populus euphratica growing along the river has straight trunks and strange leaves, resembling willows and poplars. When reflected on the slowly flowing river, it looks like a girl dressing up.
Populus euphratica, which is farther away, is lush and green, standing tenaciously in the Gobi loess, like a traveler who has walked out of the long road of history.
Xu Guangliang was riding a horse, his body undulating slightly with the horse. He looked at these trees two or three feet high, his eyes full of admiration.
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"Popular euphratica survives for a thousand years when it is born, it survives for a thousand years when it dies, and it survives for a thousand years when it falls. It is really a good tree."
Just twenty miles away to the south, he signed in on behalf of his headquarters, and his nervousness relaxed.
Now I was in the mood to sigh to the entourage around me, and then said solemnly: "The officials have issued an order, and the ministries are not allowed to cut down trees, and they are not allowed to harm the river bank shrubs. We must let everyone in the department understand, and don't show off. If they go to break trees and get grass, if the judge sees them, I won’t be able to protect them."
"Here!"
"Brother-in-law, why don't the officials let hungry people cut down these trees? Cut these branches and pile them together for a bonfire at night. It's so refreshing." A young man next to him, with a face as dark and round as the bottom of a pot, leaned over and asked. road.
His words were out of tune and very strange. While he was talking, he was tossing his head back and forth, so that the little braids on his head were like the tail of a horse chasing away the gadfly.
Xu Guangliang's eyes widened, he looked at the young man fiercely, and said in a bad tone: "Just follow the official edict. Where did you come up with all those weird words!"
"Brother-in-law, you're being mean to me again! Before we left, my sister told you to take good care of me, but you've only been out for a few days, and you're actually being mean to me?"
The young man said aggrievedly.
Xu Guangliang's face changed a few times, and he said sarcastically: "Why am I being cruel to you? I don't mean to be mean to you, I am trying to reason with you."
After saying that, he looked around, as if he was afraid that someone might quietly stand beside him and see what happened.
Seeing that his brother-in-law had been grasped, the young man immediately said: "Brother-in-law, have you agreed to recommend me to be a disciple of Hulu Hujun?"
"What do you promise? What do I promise?" Xu Guangliang said, jumping on his feet, like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.
"I'm very familiar with Mr. Hu Lv, but it's not appropriate to recommend you to be his disciple. I recommend you your Three-Legged Cat Kung Fu because you're afraid of losing my face. Wait, I'll find an opportunity to recommend you to him. Others."
"Haha, I want to become a disciple of Gao Yijian and Wang Baizhong, can you do it? Do you think my riding and archery skills are not good? Haha, I wonder who lost more in the competitions along the way these days?"
The young man said unceremoniously.
At this time, someone in front shouted: "It's time to compete. Gao Hujun and Wang Hujun are competing in front!"
The last few words were still echoing in Xu Guangliang's ears. The young man had already driven his mount and bounced out like a rabbit. By the time the last words fell in his ears, the young man and his mount were already several feet away.
The subordinate next to him took the opportunity to come forward and said to Xu Guangliang: "Qianhu, you are so kind to your brother-in-law."
Xu Guangliang smiled awkwardly: "My wife and her brother have been dependent on each other since they were young. At that time, their family fled from Hangai Mountain to Juyanhai, and then to the West Sea. Only the two siblings were left, and they have been close since they were young. I will be my brother-in-law.
Yes, of course you have to take good care of it."
After finishing speaking, he himself felt that these words could only coax the children, so he quickly changed the subject: "Gao Hujun and Wang Hujun are both here?"
"Here we come, we arrived two days ago with the troops recruited by Golden Sheep Wing and Tu Deer Wing."
"Oh, our Rima Yi and Yue Lu Yi are two days behind." Xu Guangliang asked for something to say, "I wonder if the Hulu Guards will feel embarrassed. What are they competing against?"
"It seems like they are competing in horse riding and archery. In the past two days, Gao Hujun and Wang Hujun first competed in hunting, then in horse racing, and today they are competing in riding and archery."
Xu Guangliang's eyes lit up.
There has always been a huge controversy in the Western Army. Who does the first arrow in this army belong to? Gao Shixuan, who is known as the best arrow, or Wang Shunchen, who is Wang Baizhong?
Both of them have many fans and are evenly matched.
"Let's go and have a look!" Xu Guangliang shouted loudly, leading a group of subordinates who were also eager to try, and galloped forward on horseback, leaving behind several cavalrymen who came to lead the way.
"Xu Qianhu is still a person who has won the Medal of Cavalry after all. Why did he become so henpecked after he got married?"
"This is not henpecking, this is respecting your wife. Mrs. Xu Qianhu is known as a flower in the West Sea. Beauties love heroes. She immediately fell in love with Xu Qianhu, who was awarded the Medal of Cavalry. Oh, at that time he was only a hundred households, married
She gave it to him and gave birth to a big fat boy, why didn’t Xu Qianhu hold her in his hands and love her?"
"That's right!" The cavalry leading the way nodded.
Everyone knew that Xu Guangliang was formerly a manu of the Hehuang tribe. His parents were unknown, and he had no brothers or sisters. He relied on the opportunity given by the officials and was willing to die in Hehuang and Kaluochuan in the second year of Yuanfu.
After making great contributions in the battles such as Lingbo Mountain, he was exempted from his status as a slave and was promoted step by step from the main household, the first household, and the hundred households.
Although their identities are different, the humility in their hearts still exists.
His wife fell in love with him from Baihu at first sight, married him, and took good care of the inside and outside of the home. Of course, Xu Qianhu loved his wife very much in his heart, and it was understandable that he also loved his brother-in-law.
After all, he only has so many relatives in the world.
When Xu Guangliang arrived, he found that it was not Gao Shixuan and Wang Shunchen who were competing in person, and he felt a little discouraged. However, the knights running back and forth, holding their bows and arrows, all had extraordinary archery skills, and they were quickly attracted.
They shoot living things, not dead things.
I don't know who caught the wild geese resting by the river. There were about thirty or forty of them, and they were put into a cage. Then a cavalryman carried a cage and ran in front, followed by five or six cavalrymen chasing each other.
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These five or six cavalrymen all wore bare shirts over leather armor, with black and white cloth belts tied on their left arms respectively.
Thousands of other people on horseback stood watching from a distance.
The horses' hooves flew like a hammer hitting an anvil, and the dull sound seemed to hit everyone's chest directly. It was dense and rapid, like the thunder rolling across the sky in the midsummer of May. Running all the way, the strong wind blew every cavalryman away.
Her red shirt bulged out like the half-exposed wings of a seven-star ladybug.
The cavalry in front kept galloping, turning left and right, and the line was erratic, which made it more difficult for the cavalry behind them. But the six cavalry behind were also masters. They controlled their mounts flexibly and held on tightly.
Didn't fall.
These were selected by Gao Shixuan and Wang Shunchen from tens of thousands of cavalry to be skilled riders and good shooters. Such performance was expected by everyone.
Time passed little by little, and the seven riders, one behind the other, made a long circle in the open space by the river. As time passed, everyone knew that the time to release the geese was coming, and maybe it would be the next moment.
Therefore, the more attention everyone paid to it, the more tense the atmosphere became.
Suddenly, with a few pops, the cage was opened for no apparent reason, and four wild geese suddenly jumped up from behind the rider in front and flew into the air.
The rider in front turned his horse's head and galloped away in the opposite direction to the wild goose.
The six riders behind him did not chase him, but only pursued the four wild geese.
Then the strings banged and the arrows flew away. Wild geese were flying halfway up, which was a good time to shoot. The six experienced archers shot out all the arrows without hesitation and flew to their respective directions.
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The four wild geese that had just found their way fell down in response and landed on the ground with a thud. None of them slipped through the net.
"good!"
With loud cheers, the two cavalrymen spurred their mounts and ran forward to the place where the birds landed. The horse speed only stagnated slightly. Then the cavalrymen leaned on the saddle, bent down and stretched out their hands, one on the left and one on the right, respectively.
He caught all four wild birds, then continued to turn the horse's head and ran back again. He presented the four wild birds to Gao Shixuan and Wang Shunchen who were the referees.
"Who shot this arrow?" Wang Shunchen raised a wild goose and asked loudly.
Everyone could clearly see that an arrow missed the wild goose and pierced the slender neck. This accuracy was much more difficult than shooting directly into the goose's body.
Who is it? Who is so good at archery?
Amidst the buzzing discussion, a crisp voice shouted loudly: "I'm hungry!" This chapter has been completed!