The young man shoots tigers and is famous, and he is waiting for a thousand men with red feathers to eat. The golden bells and brocade collars, the plains with thousands of horses, the stars are turning. The road is cut off, the fog is boiling, and the long and high curls are high. Watching the empty valley of the river is quiet, the flags are moving, and it seems to be proud.
, a life-long battle.
The moon is far away in the city, and the horns are drumming. How is the night? There is a high banquet in the army. The vegetation of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, and the foxes and rabbits of the Central Plains, are heard from far away. The unparalleled Han Peng may only handle ordinary eagles and dogs. He asks Yuan Rong whether it is morning or not, and goes off with a whip to catch arrows from Tianshan Mountain.
——"Shuilongyin: From Shang Shuai's national utensil hunting in Nanyang, Tong Zhongze and Dingyu wrote this" Yuan Haowen (Jin Dynasty)
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Along the way, Zhong Yaya was like a little bird in spring, chirping and asking questions: "Your Highness, spring is the time when all things reproduce and recuperate. Why are you killing antelopes in large numbers? Is it against the weather?"
The deputy general next to King Jianning Li Tan looked displeased and glared at Zhong Yaya fiercely.
Li Tan, King of Jianning, didn't mind, and spoke in an easy-going manner, saying: "Antelopes are a big danger to the grassland. They run fast and eat a lot. They eat grass very cleanly, even the grass roots and grass seeds. Wherever they go, they eat a lot of grass.
Not a blade of grass grows. It has only been an hour. How much grass have they eaten? In just a few days, they have destroyed less than half of this lush pasture.
Once antelopes become a disaster, they are more terrifying than jackals, tigers and leopards. They eat to their heart's content day and night, and the grassland will not be able to recover for several years.
A grassland without grass is like a lake without water, and other animals cannot survive.
Last winter, there was a heavy snowfall in the north. These antelopes came over the mountains from the north in large numbers. They were like a plague of locusts wherever they went. If we don't control them, this grassland will be destroyed. That's why I asked the Holy One to follow Uncle Sixteenth Emperor.
Come and hunt."
Zhong Yaya was stunned, overturning her own understanding. She never expected that this docile and kind-hearted antelope could bring trouble to the grassland. It can be seen that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.
Li Tan, King of Jianning, rode his horse to the south of the encirclement. Many antelopes were shot with arrows and fell into a pool of blood. More antelopes fell into traps and were entangled in hooks and nets and were captured alive. Some antelopes stopped in front of the traps and hooks.
, half kneeling on the ground, shivering.
Li Tan, King of Jianning, waved his hand and ordered: "Remove the fence and let the uninjured antelopes, lambs and pregnant ewes go."
Zhong Yaya couldn't help but be curious and stepped forward again to ask: "Your Highness, I understand you letting go of the lambs and pregnant ewes, but why should you let the other antelopes go? Aren't they one of the scourges of the grassland? If you let them go like this,
Why go to all the trouble to catch them just now?"
Li Tan, the king of Jianning, smiled and said: "You are really the 'girl of 100,000 whys'! There are not many girls in Chang'an who are as beautiful and love to ask questions as you are?"
Zhong Yaya curled her lips and said angrily: "I don't like to compare myself with others. I'm a girl who is smart on the outside, but good on the inside!"
Li Tan, the king of Jianning, laughed loudly and said: "She is indeed a chivalrous woman in the world. She speaks like a sword! Well, let me tell you the reason why these antelopes were released.
Letting these antelopes go is also for the sake of this grassland. This grassland is also a royal pasture. In addition to the forbidden garden in Chang'an City, the royal family's Dawan horses and Turkic horses are raised, bred, and fattened here.
Now that spring has just begun, it is the time when wild beasts have survived the winter and are hungry, especially wolves. With antelopes to eat, these tigers, leopards and jackals will not cause too much trouble to humans and livestock.
Before the hunt just now, the scouts detected that there was a group of three to forty wolves not far from the antelope group. It is estimated that they have been watching this group of antelopes for a long time. Even if we hunt, we can't do everything. Here we go.
They also keep some spring rations."
Zhong Yaya hummed: "Wolf ambitions, bad wolves are all Mr. Dongguo, how can I accept your favor!"
King Jianning Li Tan laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, the Wolf King knows what's going on."
Seeing Zhong Yaya and Wang Huyi's eyes widening, as if they didn't believe it, King Li Tan of Jianning explained: "Wolves are much smarter than humans! From the Xiongnu to the Turks, the grassland peoples come and go like the wind, are fierce and fierce, and are brave and good at fighting. They all learn from wolves.
. They regard wolves as their ancestors, and brave warriors have wolf heads tattooed on their chests.
Although most of the grassland warriors are illiterate and do not understand military strategies such as Sun Tzu's Art of War and Wu Zi's Art of War, they also know strategies such as encircling a point for reinforcements, encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao. These strategies are all learned from wolves, learning how to hunt with wolves, and fighting with wolves.
, learn in actual combat and apply in actual combat.
Therefore, when our Central Plains army sees them, they are like sheep or wolves, ready to be slaughtered. Throughout the ages, only a few generals such as Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, and Li Jing can compete with them. At other times, they have relied on fighting with the grassland peoples.
Come and surrender, and maintain peace and stability on the border."
While the generals were chatting, the soldiers cleared a clearing, piled the firewood into several large pyres, and lit a bonfire.
The kitchen masters brought out milk tea, shochu, and all kinds of tableware. The kitchen masters beheaded the live sheep, skinned them, eviscerated them, put on strips of fresh meat with iron skewers, and handed them over to the soldiers.
The generals lightly sprinkle salt, cumin, and chili powder on the meat strips, and sit next to the fire to grill. The spicy aroma will tempt your appetite.
Fresh barbecue is a hunting delicacy, especially after a hunt, setting up a fire on the hunting ground, grilling and eating it freshly is a favorite enjoyment of the emperors and nobles.
The excitement and fatigue of hunting made everyone work up an appetite and wolf down their food. They drank from big bowls and ate meat with big mouthfuls, enjoying themselves heartily.
Zhong Yaya has never been so barbaric, camping in a primitive place for a picnic. At this moment, she did not care about the grace that a lady should have, and took the two skewers of mutton that Jianning King Li Tan had roasted for her. She drank shochu and ate with a bold look. She sucked it from time to time to coat it.
The greasy fingers of cumin are addicting and delicious.
The slaughtered antelopes were eaten cleanly, and after having had enough wine and food, the Fifth Army broke out and returned to camp.
On the way back to the camp of the Fifth Army, the sky was like an arch, and the sunset was long. More than thirty giant wolves squatting on the hills saw the army passing by, and they all stood up with a roar. They were huge, as strong as tigers and leopards.
.The wolf's eyes are evil and ferocious, he stares covetously, he is condescending, and his mane is thick. He looks like he is not afraid of the army and can come down the mountain to attack at any time.
A big wolf in the pack was surrounded by giant wolves. Its fur was golden and it was majestic. It exuded an unruly, ferocious and aloof aura.
With this appearance, even Zhong Yaya knew it was the Wolf King!
The Wolf King stared fiercely at the Tiger Army, and suddenly let out a long roar, leading the pack of wolves to run to the north. Like the tide receding, they disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Only then did Zhong Yaya realize that her back was soaked. Even though she was in the army, with swords, guns, swords and halberds arrayed in array, she still didn't feel safe.
Zhong Yaya ran to Jianning King Li Tan and asked: Your Highness, the wolves have suffered a big loss this time, will they come to take revenge? Don't you often say that wolves have the best memory, remembering food, beatings and taking revenge?
Li Tan, King of Jianning, said: How many sheep have we hunted just now, and half of them have been left by wolves. If I were greedy, I could still kill all the antelopes. If I don't do this, it is for the sake of the pasture. This year
In spring, when the wolves have sheep to eat, they won't cause trouble for the shepherds and horses in the pasture. Besides, the wolves have done good things for people, so let's not do anything wrong. Don't worry, the Wolf King knows what he's doing.
In the next six months, nothing serious happened to the horses in the ranch. The wolves followed the antelope herd and ran away.