Spring and Autumn I Am King

From Rongyi on the edge of Cao State to the east, the Jishui River is gurgling, and its south bank is a vast grassland and forest. (Baidu search network updates the fastest and most stable) In mid-May, when Yingfei grass was growing, a huge hunting team was galloping through the forest garden.

There are more than ten in the team riding a huge chariot of horses and horses, followed by a hundred soldiers armed with guns, which is the standard preparation of aristocratic field hunting. The car in the lead was a young monarch wearing a leather jacket with narrow sleeves and a field hunting pattern. He had a short beard on his lips, and his eyes were fixed on the dozen or so black hounds running in front of the team.

"Chen Jiu goes to the beginning, night and day, strong crossbow and tall birds, walking dogs chasing cunning rabbits, this is also a pleasure." Hunting with dogs as guides is something that the middle-Xia nobility are very keen on. For this reason, a well-bred Zhongshan Di dog can be sold for a sky-high price of a pound of gold in Taoyi. There is no other reason. Because of the way of hunting.

In addition to the convoy, there were more than twenty light knights with bows and arrows. The leader was a young gentleman in a black leather jacket and a Di Qian. He sat on the saddle with the cavalry. Legs tucked tightly around the horse's belly.

The young gentleman was none other than Zhao Wuxi. After they entered the country of Cao, they traveled east for a day before reaching the suburbs, where they met Cao Boyang who had previously invited him to "hunt in Jiyin".

At this moment, the long and narrow hounds barked wildly when they found their prey, and then accelerated towards the forest like arrows from the string.

The hunting chariots gave a whistle and then divided into three groups. The soldiers poured into the dense forest and kept hitting the guns in their hands, making noises and panic, and the chariots and light cavalry flanked from left and right. After a while, the birds and beasts in the forest fled in panic and were driven out of the jungle habitat by the disciples, just in time for the trap set by the hunters.

The skill of hunting is to surround and drive the prey to the predetermined hunting ground, which can not only improve the efficiency of hunting. There is also a strong military training significance.

After a while, there were more than a hundred elk, deer, deer, rabbit, fox, and even a large scorpion that was already rare in the north. They all ran to the open grassland, just in time to be blocked by the outflanking cyclists.

Cao Boyang excitedly drew his bow and aimed at the chariot. Not to be outdone, Zhao Wuxi and his followers drove their horses to shoot, arrows fell into the prey group like rain, and the prey fled in panic in the small grassland, but no matter which direction they fled, they would be used by the soldiers. Fight back.

A year ago, Zhao Wushi was able to shoot a deer on horseback, and now he still bows his horse and whistle. The bow with a pulling force of half a stone is aimed at Ye She, the largest, and the arrow leaves the string. Da She, who is fifty paces away, snorts. Then fell down.

The horseman Yu Xi, who was following him, suddenly shouted: "The gentleman hunted wildly!"

It turned out that most of the chariots were Cao Guo scholar-officials led by Cao Bo. He and Zhao Wuxi had a faint intention to compete in this hunt.

Uncle Cao didn't give in, and used the chariot as an archery platform for a while, and the arrows suddenly became denser. If this kind of fixed-position hunting, Cao people who could stand on the chariot and shoot a bow would have an advantage.

Zhao Wuxi unhurriedly bent the bow to shoot, almost every arrow would take the life of a prey. However, he had already agreed with the cavalry that he only needed to shoot the majesty and skill of a light knight today, and he didn't have to fight desperately.

When the hunting was finished, the chariots caught a little more than the light cavalry. Zhao Wuxi smiled and used Cheng Zhou Yayan to flatter Cao Bo who could not hide his pride:

"Poetry words. Xiao Xiao Ma Ming, leisurely and jingling; I am not surprised, but I am not profitable. Foreign ministers haven't hunted so smoothly for a long time. Today I saw Cao Uncle's hunting skills, and I saw Cao's generals. If you cooperate properly, it is really embarrassing, and the foreign minister wished he could break the bow and be the Rong Right to help you move the prey."

He had already heard Zigong say in his letter that Cao Boyang had a good face, and he was half-successful in the competition, resulting in a narrow defeat, and this monarch who was addicted to hunting would be happy.

really. Cao Boyang's face was full of joy, and his mouth was modest. He was more affectionate to Zhao Wuxi than when they first arrived.

The whole morning was hunted three times, and the trophies were transported to the carriage and pulled away. The cooks dug a stove outside the temporary hut to set up a fire, hung a kettle, and set up a copper rack. The tripods and gui, which were transported from a few dozen miles away from the pottery yard, were neatly arranged and began to cook the food.

Zhao Wuxi was warmly arranged by Uncle Cao as the guest of honor. Cao is a small country with only one army and two ministers, and the Zhao family is more powerful than them, so no one of Cao's Sima and scholar-bureaucrats is dissatisfied. .

Wu Xie accompanies Cao Bo to drink and eat Cao's food that tastes different from Jin and Song, while thinking about the matter of passing Cao this time.

The state of Cao has a long history. The first emperor was Cao Shuzhenduo, the son of King Wen of Zhou and the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou.

According to the rules of the early Western Zhou Dynasty, Hou is a big country, Bo is a small country, and Cao State did not have the courage to counterattack from a vassal to a big country like the previous Qin Bo, and it has always been unknown in the Jishui Basin.

If we want to say the most famous monarch in this country, it must be the ** Cao Gonggong who peeped at Jin Chong'er bath. Zhao Wuxi secretly said that fortunately, this generation of Cao Cao did not have such a strange hobby.

In fact, this Cao Boyang has only been on the throne for four months, let alone three years of filial piety, not even three months. The dead Cao Jinggong had just been buried, and he set up a forest garden in Cao Guoguang, prohibiting the Chinese people from entering it for felling, fishing and hunting.

No, just after the banquet, he began to study the shirtless light knights with interest.

"It's much better than a chariot when riding a horse alone in a forest garden, crossing rivers, hills, and sparse forests, but it's a bit difficult to ride and shoot."

He took the bow and arrow that Zhao Wuxi handed over and tried to open it, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, it is lighter than a walking bow. The thick-skinned Da She and Xiong She can't be shot to death."

Cao Boyang is worthy of being an expert in hunting, and after just a few glances, he can see the advantages and disadvantages of light knights and bow riding.

Zhao Wushi pushed back the bow that Cao Bo handed over, and at the same time presented his saddle-mounted mount to him.

"Jewels are given to beautiful women, and BMWs are given to heroes. Although this single ride is not perfect, it is good as a hunting aid. I hope Cao Bo will accept it. The state of Cao also cultivated a group of light cavalry for hunting."

Cao Boli happily accepted it, but he was a man with a lot of money. In the evening, they sent someone to give back fifty pairs of leather armor made of the fur of the prey without a shirt.

When returning to the low hill where Zhao Wu's soldiers camped outside Linyuan, Yu Xi asked in a puzzled way: "Brigade Commander. Light cavalry and saddles are our sharp weapons. It's really good to give them to princes of other countries so easily. Is it?"

Zhao Wuxi tapped the leather crown on Xia Yuxi's head with a horse whip, and taught him a lesson: "Look farther, whether it is a saddle or a light ride, it is not difficult to imitate, and it has actually spread around Xinjiang. It's just that no one can be more proficient than you, so it's better to be a personal favor than to wait for others to learn. As for what hidden dangers will it leave behind for the future?"

He sneered and said: "If the hero is a heroic hero, he will follow my example of riding and shooting, and form a team of light knights to fight. But Cao Boyang, who is addicted to hunting, will only equip his hunters. Play more tricks from time to time, nothing to worry about.”

What's more, in the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the short-term opportunity for a small country to suddenly rise to become a strong state has long since ended. The small state of Cao State was limited to the Jishuihuaihe River. Even if Duke Wen of Jin possessed Uncle Cao, and even if Guan Yiwu was reborn here to assist him, it would be difficult for him to make waves.

The state of Cao was bullied by the state of Song more than ten years ago. Duke Cao Miao went to see Song Dynasty, but was imprisoned and died by Duke Song. Afterwards, the Cao Kingdom was in chaos for three generations. Duke Sheng, Duke Yin, and Duke Cao Jing successively murdered their brothers and uncles, resulting in a change in the number of rulers, and this small country became even more unbearable.

Not to mention that Cao Boyang, a living treasure who doesn't care about anything other than hunting and collecting money, is now on the market, and his state affairs have not even improved.

The hunting was over on the second day, and the group went east along the Jishui camp.

Although Cao Boyang was very nervous and dared to let Zhao Wuxi's fully armed 700 people cross the border, the state of Cao was the same as the state of Song. It is also a strong monarchy, and the authority of the public office is still there. The Sima of the State of Cao led more than a thousand Cao soldiers with Zhao Wu's soldiers behind him. The vigilant gaze never left them.

Wu Xie naturally knew what this meant, and while telling everyone to be careful but not to overreact and misunderstand. Facing the army officials, he said with emotion: "As the saying goes, in a town of ten families, there must be loyal men. Although the state of Cao is small and its monarch is not good, it also has more than ten middle towns with a population of 300,000. There are also many talented people in the countryside, so we can't underestimate them."

Everyone agreed, and on the way, Zhao Wuxi also received news that the three ministers of Jin State had begun to attack the border towns of Wei State.

Holding the silk book sent by Zhao Yang, he talked to Zhang Meng: "The battle between Jin and Wei has already opened. My father said that in the first ten days of June, they will definitely cross the river and besiege Puyang. To settle the matter in the country of Cao and enter the Wei Jing, so that we can meet him!"

Zhao Wuxi's so-called "things that need to be solved" makes people laugh and cry.

The original purpose of the seal of the state of Cao was a chess piece placed by Duke Zhou to guard against the Song state of the Yin survivors. For historical reasons, the two countries have always regarded each other as enemies. Coupled with the fact that Duke Cao Miao was imprisoned and killed by Song more than ten years ago, Cao was extremely hostile to Song. In international relations, as long as Song was in favor of Cao, he opposed it, and as long as Song opposed Cao, he agreed.

So when Song State was still in the Jin State Alliance, Cao State sent people to the alliance meeting of Qihou Chujiu to kneel and lick; when Song State became independent between Jin and Qi because of Le Qi's detention and assassination, The state of Cao also ended his close contacts with the state of Qi, and only interacted with the state of Zheng, who was a feud with Song.

Therefore, when Zhao Wuxi asked Zigong to go to Taoyi and establish a settlement, he was met with such a mess: because Zhao Wuxi was the son-in-law of Song Guole, and he was treated by the Song Gong, he hated him together with him. When he got up, he even kept Zigong and the others under strict supervision in the post house, like a prisoner.

However, Cao Boyang had also heard the rumors that Zhao Wuxi hunted the white elk in the Jin state~www.wuxiahere.com~ and was arbitrarily calculated by some Wu Zhu, he felt that if this exiled prince entered Cao, he would definitely be able to Bring the auspicious spirit with him to help him achieve great success in Xia Miao.

So more than a month ago, Cao Cao asked Zigong to write a letter, and he also wrote it in the brief book, solemnly telling Wu Xie not to stay in Song State, or to abandon the darkness and go to the Ming Dynasty, and join the Cao Hui to hunt in the suburbs of Jiyin.

Now that Zhao Wuxi is doing what he likes, he is hunting with him, and he is giving out new toys for hunting, such as a single ride, a saddle, etc. The relationship between the two has improved. As for the matter of the acquisition of goods, Cao Bo said with a smile that it would not be too late to discuss it in the Taoyi Gong Palace.

However, Zhao Wuxi knew that things would not be so easy, because Zigong described in the letter that the obstacles he encountered in the state of Cao were not only from Cao Boyang. (To be continued)

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