Chapter 335 Flowers are beautiful and the moon is full (1)
Hearing the sharp sound of breaking through the air, before everyone could catch up, they saw the hydrangea falling rapidly and being caught by the guests guarding under the tree.
Amid the cheers, the guests presented the hydrangeas as if they were treasures. Aunt Liu took a look and said, "This is just a small test of skills. Please move to the martial arts arena. The Han family has a gift for my uncle."
Everyone gathered around Chen Ke and went to the martial arts field of Liu Mansion. On the empty school ground, there was a solitary horse-tethering post, and tied to the horse-tethering post was a tall and strong horse, all black like satin, without any
A variegated horse. The horse was eating fodder. Suddenly seeing so many people pouring in, it snorted anxiously. Its long and powerful front legs kicked up the dust on the ground.
"This horse was newly bought from the Western Regions. It is unruly and like fire. It doesn't even allow a saddle." The Liu family's aunt glanced at Chen Ke and said, "I heard that my uncle is also a horse lover, so he must have some experience in training horses.
How about a set? If you're sure, show off and let us all open our eyes. If you're not sure, it doesn't matter, we'll take it back and train it slowly. When it's ready, we can send it to my uncle."
When designing yesterday, the last two sentences were not actually included. The women of the Liu family were angry at the Chen family. Instigated by some women with ulterior motives, they actually led out the fierce horse that injured several people and wanted to give it to Chen Ke.
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But today, Aunt Liu realized that it would be a big trouble if she really hurt her uncle, so she temporarily installed a step for Chen Ke.
Everyone also advised Chen Ke not to show off. Losing in the Su family would only be embarrassing. He would be injured here, so how could the wedding go ahead?
Chen Ke looked at Zhao Zongji. The two looked at each other and smiled, thinking of the days when they were with fierce horses on the grasslands of the north.
"Let me give it a try." Fierce horses are like courtesans, the objects that men desire to conquer. What's more, everything that happened today will soon spread throughout the capital. How can the students of the Royal Martial Arts Academy think that their judge is a coward?
?How to establish prestige in the future?
"It's better to let someone try it first and show it to my uncle." Aunt Liu's family originally thought that he would quit in the face of difficulties. Unexpectedly, this guy became interested and let her son go first.
Many people in the field knew this stocky and agile young man named Liu Yi. He was one of the few horse racing experts in the capital.
Of course, Chen Ke would not refuse others' kindness, so he nodded and stepped aside.
Liu Yi must be familiar with the horse, at least when he walked in, it didn't react at all. He untied the reins and quickly jumped onto the bare horse's back. Unexpectedly, as soon as his butt touched the horse's back, his wild nature
The horse, which is very fierce, got angry. First, the front half of its body stood up high, and it began to neigh. After the front hooves fell to the ground, it raised its buttocks high, and violently jerked its hind hooves, causing violent bumps up and down.
Get up. The onlookers were so frightened that they backed away.
Liu Yi was indeed very skilled. Although Lie Ma struggled fiercely, he could not be thrown off. Just as people were about to cheer loudly, the big black horse suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, and suddenly fell to the ground with a 'flutter' sound.
The moment the horse lay on the ground, Chen Ke and Zhao Zongji exclaimed at the same time:
"Danger! Get out of the way!"
Fortunately, Liu Yi was on high alert. When he heard this sound, he let go of the horse's neck. He was violently thrown out, and rolled away far away with his head in his arms.
But the beast had its hooves raised to the sky and rolled violently on the ground. The dust kicked up by the horse's back was as high as a man.
Zhao Zongji lifted up Liu Yi who rolled to his side. Seeing that although he was in a miserable state, he was not injured, he said: "This beast is too cruel! It wants to crush you to death!"
When Liu Yi heard this, he became furious, picked up the riding crop from the ground, and whipped the horse hard.
"Stop whipping it. The more you whip it, the more aggressive it will be." Zhao Zongji said with a smile, "Unless you beat it to death."
"Wouldn't it be a pity to kill it? I tried to train it." Chen Ke had already changed his shoes and walked towards the fierce horse that was finally under control again.
"Be careful." Seeing that Chen Ke was indeed an expert, everyone stopped trying to stop him.
Nodding, Chen Ke took the reins, glanced at the fierce horse that was panting with its tongue hanging out, grabbed the horse's mane, and jumped onto the horse's back. The beast had already developed a conditioned reflex, and when it felt someone was riding on it, it would resist fiercely.
He knew that he had just raised his front hooves, but before he had time to show off his power, he suddenly dropped his front hooves to the ground and stood still on the ground.
The onlookers were surprised. They didn't know what magic Chen Ke had used to control the fierce horse's wildness.
After a while, people woke up and found that the big black horse's tongue was pulled out of the horse's mouth by Chen Ke who was leaning on the horse's neck the moment it opened its mouth and neighed.
He held it tightly in his hand. The fierce horse's tongue was pinched, and his whole body trembled with fear. He stood there obediently, not daring to move.
This is a horse-training stunt that Chen Ke learned from the masters of the Liao Kingdom. It sounds simple, but if you want to succeed, in addition to being fast, accurate, and stable, you also have to consume the horse's fierceness, so Liu Yi did it for him.
about this.
Seeing that he didn't dare to act wild again, Chen Ke let go of the horse's tongue, jumped off the horse's back, walked to the front of the horse's head, raised his hand and slapped the horse's face hard twice. The originally stubborn horse now stood up obediently.
He straightened up and didn't dare to move. Chen Ke jumped on the horse again, shook the reins, and the horse walked obediently and circled around the school grounds. All the onlookers could see it.
I was in a daze. Besides giving birth to children, is there anything else this guy can't do well?
Chen Ke rode back to Aunt Liu's side and said with a smile, "Thank you very much for the gift."
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The Liu family was calmed down by Chen Ke, and it took a long time before they remembered that there was another problem.
Aunt Liu's attitude towards Chen Ke also became very respectful: "The groom's official is indeed very good, but my uncle is a civil servant, and his future actions depend on the counselor's planning, rather than the temple. So this third question is to test my uncle's skills.
Strategy." He said and looked at his eldest uncle who was the general in the northwest. Liu Shuo was under the command of soldiers and horses on the Yanyan Road.
Liu Shuo came to Beijing to report on his duties and happened to attend his niece's wedding. Hearing this, he said seriously: "I heard that my uncle is in charge of the martial arts academy and teaches the future officers of the Song Dynasty. I just don't know what my uncle thinks about how to resist the invasion of Xixia?"
This question was relatively mild. As long as Chen Ke’s answer was not outrageous, it would not be wrong. However, in his own capacity, he still had to strive for excellence. Then he said sternly: "To resist the invasion of Xixia, in addition to cultivating military equipment, selecting generals, and
In addition to learning the art of warfare, the soldiers must first recruit the Tibetan tribes south of Xixia and in the Hehuang area, so as to achieve a situation in which Xixia is "worried about enemies from the front and back."
"Go to Tubo first?" Everyone couldn't help but be in an uproar. Tubo has always paid tribute to the Song Dynasty and has never rebelled or fought. If you leave the enemy alone and attack your friends first, what's the benefit of making everyone rebel and alienate their relatives?
But on such a happy day, words should not be said too harshly. Liu Shuo said: "The first hero is Zunsiluo. He led the Tubo army to defeat Xixia twice. Can you guarantee that we will win?" There is another layer that he did not say, but no one knows.
I can imagine that... if they fail to win or are beaten to a pulp, the situation of the Song Dynasty uniting with Tubo to fight against Xixia will turn into being defeated by Xixia and Tubo.
"Hehuang and Tubo have reached their peak and declined. After defeating Xixia and forming an alliance with Liao, their internal contradictions became apparent as soon as the external pressure was gone. When Xi Siluo got old, he favored the queen he married later, loved the house and Wu, and actually stood up
The younger son Dong Xiang was the heir. So the eldest son and the second son, who had made great achievements and had great strength, led their troops to run away angrily." Chen Ke said lightly: "Now, for the sake of Xi Siluo, the three brothers still
We can live in peace and harmony, but how long can he live? Once he dies, he will definitely be divided."
Liu Shuo was naturally very aware of these recent military situations, but the heads of the Song Dynasty warriors were no longer used to twists and turns. At this moment, they realized that once Tubo split, Xixia would definitely attack first. If they captured Hehuang first, the Song Dynasty would
You will be attacked from both sides.
"So the national destiny of the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty depends on who captures Hehuang first." The brewing of a national policy takes a long time. Chen Ke deliberately told the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty so that they could be mentally prepared.
: "If Xixia is allowed to get Hehuang first, the consequences will be disastrous. Before, even if Li Yuanhao penetrated Shaanxi, there was only one way to go, and that was to continue to advance into the hinterland of the Song Dynasty. This may seem tempting, but unless he can
We must fight to secure the Central Plains, otherwise we will never dare to advance."
"But once the Xixia people get Hehuang, they can invade the Taohe River at any time in addition to Shaanxi, and the lands of Longshu and Longshu will be under threat. I would like to ask, does the Song Dynasty still have the ability to set up defense zones?" Chen
Ke asked in a deep voice.
Everyone knows the answer. Nowadays, the national treasury cannot make ends meet. If you want to build the Yellow River, you have to disarm first. How can you have the ability to open a third theater?
When they thought that the Great Song Dynasty would be killed by the little Xixia, everyone wanted to hit him with a piece of tofu. So everyone had a surprisingly unanimous view - Xixia must not be allowed to get Hehuang. Of course, it would be better to get it himself. If there is
As for that strength... once it came to war, the people of the Song Dynasty lost confidence.
However, some people choked and said: "Even if we get Hehuang, doesn't it also open up a new battlefield? How can the imperial court afford it?"
"Think about it with the stupidest logic. The land of Hehuang can support the Xixia resistance against Xixia. In any case, it is rich in products and does not need the court to allocate more money to transport grain." Chen Ke said with a smile: "So who belongs to Hehuang?
, whoever takes the initiative, this is the biggest difference."
Although Chen Ke did not put forward the concept of logic, his speech was very logical, and people had to listen to it. It was a civil and military manner that cared about side affairs. He wanted to ask more, but the Liu family's sister-in-law on the side couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted.
He said: "Let's talk about it later. The auspicious time has come. Groom, please take the bride back quickly!"
Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief, grandma, is the hard work finally over?
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Sorry, I fell asleep while writing last night and didn't ask for leave. This chapter counts as yesterday, and there will be at least three more chapters today, so I mean what I say.
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