It is true that in the land of Shu where supplies are scarce, poverty and backwardness, having a war horse is like a tiger gaining wings for the bandits who fell into the trap. It is conceivable that the ruthless bandits will take off the heads of kind people with their swords.
How miserable?
The three kingdoms are in turmoil, and the lives of the people are like grass. The weak have no sense of security at all. The banditry makes the hungry people miserable. If these war horses are not killed, they will fall into the hands of the enemy invaders, and the disaster will be endless!
Liu Qi looked at the dozens of war horses that could not control his own destiny, and couldn't help but feel compassion. Killing would eliminate future troubles, and the bandits would infringe on the people less without the war horses; if they did not kill, once the war horses were taken by the bandits, the bandits would
More rampant.
As for the battles on the battlefield, I remember the confrontation with Cai Mao's generals Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng in front of the prince's mansion. When he first entered the new country, he fought with the Black Mountain bandit Du Chang. In Yecheng, he and Zhao Yun attacked Gongsun Zan with more than 10,000 troops. Liu Qi commanded
When fighting generals with swords, he never felt the slightest fear, and Liu Qi never shed a tear when hundreds of soldiers died. That was because those who chose to eat the soldiers' food, and being shrouded in horse leather were mostly the soldiers' fate. For the enemies and ourselves who died in battle,
Liu Qi, a soldier on both sides, could not sympathize with him.
But now, facing more than a dozen war horses, Liu Qi became more benevolent. Although horses are beasts, as the saying goes, "Beasts are beasts, they should be killed sooner rather than later", but these are war horses, not meat horses, and they have not yet entered the battlefield.
It would be a tragedy to be abandoned and killed by one's own master.
"Sir, please tell me, this horse can't be killed." Huan's voice was childish, but it was loud and clear. He raised his eyes and begged Liu Qi, almost crying.
Huan'er stretched out his hands, his chest close to the tip of Huang Xu's sword, and stopped Huang Xu from killing the war horse. He showed no fear at all, and was a bit more heroic than the chivalrous Huang Wudie!
Huang Xu didn't expect Huan'er to make this move. He put his sword into its sheath and said with a smile: "Huan'er, if you have something to say, please tell me. I'm waiting for the master's order."
"Huan'er..." Liu Qi stopped Huan'er and gave up.
"Sir, you are also a student of medicine. Doctors have the heart of a parent. Mr. Hua Tuo once taught that doctors should save lives and heal the wounded without killing. If two armies are facing each other and soldiers are injured, a doctor will save them. Even if a war horse is injured and a veterinarian takes care of it, how can the war horse be treated?
Are you going to kill them before the battle begins? Isn't this unfair to the war horses? Killing them before fighting is not the style of your general, sir?" Huan'er pouted, her temper became strong, and she was quite eloquent.
Chen Wen looked at Huan'er with admiration. He didn't expect that Huan'er, who had grown up in the Young Master's Mansion since childhood, would be so courageous. He took two steps forward, bowed to Liu Qi, and said: "Young Master, if you release the horse, you may not be able to fight the horse."
Did he fall into the wrong hands? If he was taken away by the common people, it would be a good deed."
Chen Wu disagreed and said: "Brother Wen, even if the war horse is taken away by the common people, which kind-hearted and fearful commoner would dare to hide the war horse secretly? It will end up in the hands of bandits."
"This..." Chen Wen was speechless. Even though Chen Wen had literary skills and military skills, and was eloquent and eloquent in his arguments, he really couldn't say that Chen Wu's words were unreasonable regarding Chen Wu's gangster logic.
Chen Wen wanted to know, must the people be kind and fearful of trouble? Which of those tough bandits were not transformed from kind-hearted people? If brave soldiers like the young master and his subordinates had war horses, they could protect the people.
Can't we say that people must be afraid of trouble? But Chen Wen couldn't distinguish these words from Chen Wu, so he was speechless.
Seeing that his subordinates had different opinions on whether to kill the war horse, whether to kill or not was all waiting for Liu Qi's word. The road to Shu was originally difficult, and it would be delayed for another day after the sun moved westward. Naturally, Liu Qi would not be obsessed with whether to kill the war horse.
On top of the little things.
Liu Qi was already moved by Huan'er's actions at the moment when Huan'er stood up to protect the horse with his life. He had already felt compassion for the horse, but it had not been revealed yet. Chen Wen, Chen Wu, Huang Xu, Huang
Wu Die, Huan'er and others were naturally unsure of Liu Qi's attitude towards killing the war horse.
There is no doubt that there is no place for people to set foot when climbing on the cliff, let alone carriages and horses. Looking around the countryside, there are no villages, let alone smoke. Deserted is the most appropriate description. If you want to find a restaurant or farm
It is impossible to store these precious war horses.
Liu Qi didn't want the war horses to fall into the hands of the bandits in Shu. He thought that he could not only free the war horses, but also invite the sword god Pu Yuan back. When he comes back, he would be lucky enough to ride these war horses back to the new wilderness. Is it possible to have the cake and eat it too?
Yes, I have?
As Liu Qi was thinking, he opened his eyes and looked around, turned around, and suddenly found a valley in the mist on the left side of the mountain, which was a good place to let his horse go.
"Brother Wen, look." Liu Qi looked happy and pointed to the mountain concave road on the left in front of him.
Chen Wen looked at the mountain concave and immediately understood what Liu Qi was referring to, and asked: "Let the horses go in the mountain concave?"
Liu Qi nodded and said: "Exactly, let's go and have a look."
Huan'er breathed a sigh of relief, and a happy smile appeared on his red apple-like face. More than a dozen war horses were finally saved. I dared to admit that Liu Qi was not so hard-hearted. His action of standing up to protect the horses moved the young master, and he couldn't help but quietly look around.
I got off the small cloth bag hanging next to the carriage. In that bag was the small wooden box containing fish bubbles that was a gift from Sister Huang.
Liu Qi called Chen Wen, Chen Wu, Huang Xu and others to rush towards the alcove. They arrived at the alcove in just a moment, but were dumbfounded.
The mountain recess is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces water on one side. There is a flat place with a radius of three to five miles. There is abundant water and grass on the ground. There is a huge stone in the sky, which is like a natural cave to hide from the rain and wind. The Feng Shui is very good, and it is a livable place for horses.
A good place to go. The only regret is that the valley is more than five feet deep, which is about 16 to 17 meters high when converted into national standard length units. How can horses get down there?
The height of the mountain is 16 to 7 meters, which is equivalent to jumping from a six or seven-storey building. Even an adult weighing more than 100 kilograms will fall to death, let alone a four-legged animal weighing several hundred kilograms - a war horse?
The most troublesome thing for Liu Qi is that even if these war horses are stronger than humans and can jump into the water grassland without dying, it is almost impossible for the war horses to jump up again, unless these war horses are carrying the hero Liu Bei and can jump several feet.
High magical "de Lu" horse?
Men all love horses, swords or even beautiful women. To say that Liu Qi loves horses, when he went north to Changshan to look for Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, he met Gongsun Zan in Yecheng with three thousand white horse righteous soldiers coming to the city. He ordered that he only shoot the cavalry but not the white horses.
, but the battle was not won, and none of the three thousand white horses could be brought to Jingzhou, which made Liu Qi still grudge. When the time comes, he will have to fight Gongsun Zan sooner or later.
Chen Wu didn't think so much. Seeing that the horses could be hidden in the cave and released, he said happily: "Sir, this is a natural place to let horses go. We can bring all the horses to the cave to get rid of the trouble."
Chen Wen understood Liu Qi's dazed eyes, faced Chen Wu, and said, "Brother Wu, at such a height, won't the horse fall to death if it falls?"
Chen Wu smiled and said: "Brother Wen, that's a water grassland. The horse leaps into the valley with its four legs in the mud, standing like beams and pillars. There is no big danger."
Chen Wen made a sound, looked at Chen Wu doubtfully, and said: "How come the war horse only touches the ground with all four limbs, instead of falling upside down on the onion or cracking the gourd?"
Chen Wudao: "Brother Wen, there is no need to worry. Survival is a human instinct, and it is also an instinct of animals. Horses can land on all fours without being taught how to jump over a mountain cave. Brother Wen is known as Wenqu's star descends to the earth, and knows astronomy from above and dawn from below.
Geography, how can we forget that all living things have a survival instinct?"
Chen Wen chuckled, still puzzled and said: "Brother Wu, you treat me like a brother. Humans and living things will naturally have the instinct to survive when facing death, but it doesn't necessarily mean that a war horse must be on all fours when it jumps over a mountain valley? From ancient times to the present
There seems to be no research in this area? When did Wu Di become an expert on war horses?"
Chen Wu laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Sir, you are serious. I am not an expert. I was just playful when I was young. I once saw a fast running wild horse unable to stop on a cliff and fell off.
When I came down the cliff, all four hooves were flying in the air, and I fell steadily into the water and grass at the bottom of the cliff. I was stunned on all fours, but nothing happened."
When Chen Wen heard this, he punched Chen Wu in the chest and was very happy: "Haha, brother Wu, you kid is going around the corner to make me your brother..."
Chen Wu took a step back, rubbed his shoulders, cupped his fists, and said with a smile: "How dare you, how dare you."
Huang Xu was also happy and said: "Haha, young master, let the horse go."
Liu Qi didn't laugh loudly, but just smiled in a friendly manner. Chen Wu's words were not unreasonable. Horses and people have the same survival instinct. When the horse is driven down a five-foot-deep mountain valley, no one needs to teach the war horse.
Injuries or landing postures that can minimize the damage.
Basically making up his mind to ride the horses into the valley, Chen Wen said: "Brother Wen, in order to keep the horses from being lost to bandits, there is no other good place to go. Only by riding the horses into the valley can we find a way for these horses that have not yet gone to the battlefield."
There is a way out."
Huang Xu said: "Well, sir, General Wu and I will go and bring those war horses over."
Chen Wen waved his hand: "Okay, go."
Huang Xu and Chen Wu left on horseback. Liu Qi looked at the valley that was more than five feet deep and filled with water plants, and said unwillingly: "Brother Wen, what I want is that the horse can jump down and release it, but I don't want to ask the sword god in the future."
Pu Yuan, when we pass through the Shu Road again, how will we take away these war horses? If we go back to Xinye without these war horses, we will be late, and I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the bandits on the road!"
After hearing Liu Qi's question, Chen Wen frowned, couldn't help but take a few steps closer, looked at the deep mountain valley, water and grassland, shook his head and said: "Surrounded by walls on three sides and facing water on one side, unless the horse has wings and flies up."
Liu Qi felt a little regretful and sighed slightly: "It would be a pity for these war horses."
Chen Wen also sighed: "Well, for these war horses, releasing them means waiting to die."
While he was talking, there was a sound of horseshoes, and more than a dozen war horses, ridden by Chen Wu, Huang Xu and ten bronze-armored guards, came towards Liu Qi. The carriage carrying Huang Wudie and Huan'er also came galloping.
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Huang Wudie and Huan'er got off the carriage, looked at the five-foot-deep valley, and looked at each other. There were barren mountains and wild ridges everywhere, and letting their horses go was tantamount to falling into the hands of bandits. There was no other way but to ride their horses across the valley.
Already.
Chen Wu and several bronze-armored guards had unloaded some necessary supplies carried on their horses. More than a dozen war horses were standing near the abyss, and the tragic atmosphere that the horses were about to jump off the cliff slowly spread.
"Master, give me an order." Chen Wu brought a war horse.
"Come one by one," Chen Wen said.
Chen Wu looked at Liu Qi, and Liu Qi nodded. Chen Wu did not hesitate at all. He shook the reins, hit the horse's buttocks with his palms, and at the same time loosened the reins. As if the war horse had heard a battle order, it hissed, opened its front hooves, and jumped down the mountain without hesitation.
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"Slow down!" Liu Qi shouted and stretched out his hand to stop him.
When the war horse jumped out of the edge of the mountain concave, and its limbs were gesticulating in the air just as Chen Wu said, Liu Qi looked at the green water plants at the bottom of the concave area, and a flash of thought flashed in his mind, could the lush water grass plants at the bottom of the concave area be beautiful?
Is it a swamp where the horse's head will be submerged if it gets caught in its hooves?