Chapter 610: Tiger and Wolf

Outside Xinghua City is a beautiful water and grass. Only dozens of miles northward is an endless desert. It seems like a huge oasis, with a large river rolling over continuously, the river water is clear and deep.

There are camps near the river, upstream and downstream, and there are scouts walking back and forth along the river, especially a small group of Song army captains, who monitored a camp in the upstream early in the morning.

The camp of the lieutenant was located in the middle and the upper reaches were the camp of the Jin army. Li Qing had already explained that to prevent the Jin army from destroying the river, we should keep an eye on it at all times and immediately repay the news.

The Jin army camp seemed a little lazy. It was not that the martial arts were lax, but that they were disdainful of their opponents. On the lookout, Wanyan Zongjie rushed out of the city and looked at the small black dots in the distance. His face was cold. A golden samurai with braids behind him said, "Your Highness, these people came at dawn and have been wandering around there. I wonder if they were spying on our movements, but they sent a scout here. It must be the Southern Barbarian."

Wanyan Zongjie sneered: "They are not here to spy on the scene, but are afraid that we will make trouble in the river." Then he smiled and said: "Don't pay attention to them. In the words of the Nanman, they are judging the gentleman with the heart of villains. My Dajin warriors can destroy them in an instant on the battlefield without using conspiracies."

The Jin warrior smiled and said, "But these southern barbarians are really annoying, like flies."

Wanyan Zongjie laughed and said, "Call my guards and I'm going to go out of the camp."

Down from the observation deck, dozens of Jin soldiers had already turned over and horses. Waiting at the gate, someone brought a horse to Wanyan Zongjie. Wanyan Zongjie turned over and sat on the horse's back. His whole person instantly became arrogant. His bucket-like waist also became much more heroic at this time. He pulled out the saber from his waist and shouted: "Eagles, follow me to drive away the flies, drive..."

He kicked the horse's belly with a spur, and the horse sitting down was like taking off a bow and arrow, and rushed out of the gate as fast as an enclave.

"Oh..." The cavalry behind him cheered loudly, then followed quickly and ran towards the Song army scout.

There were only a dozen scouts. When they saw the Jin army leaving the camp, they rushed towards them, and they did not contact them head-on. They rode their horses and left. The Song army's horses were not slow. The ones brought by a thousand lieutenants were all war horses paid by the Khitans. After careful selection, they were all selected ponies from outside the desert. This kind of horse was called Mongolian horses in later generations, and its endurance was most amazing. At first, the Jin people were about to catch up, but gradually, they threw them down.

These lieutenants sat on horseback for a whole year, and their riding skills were not worse than those of the Jin people. They were also very familiar with the characteristics of war horses. After a few efforts, they left the world and gradually opened the distance.

This time, Wanyan Zongjie was stunned. The Jin Dynasty war horses used extremely divine horses. Especially the guards brought this trip were even one in a thousand Dayuan horses. The horses were extremely fur and extremely explosive. They were invincible when charging in the front, but who knew they could not compare to these southern barbarians.

He smiled grimly and strangled the horse. The Jin army behind him also pulled the horses around him. Looking at the back of the Song army scout who disappeared from the horizon in the distance, gradually turning into black spots. A Jin army said in Jin's words: "Your Highness, the horse of the Southern Barbarian is so fast."

Wanyan Zongjie shook his head and said disdainfully: "They are not wearing armor and do not carry weapons. The war horses carry less weight, so they are naturally faster than us. These southern barbarians are as timid as mice, hateful, hateful." After that, they dragged the horse back to the camp in a disappointment.

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In the middle of the barracks, there was a very wide Happy Valley surrounded by the middle of the barracks. There were targets in all directions, and fifty lieutenants were in a team. Each team of lieutenants rode horses and ran in the Happy Valley. Although the area here was large, it seemed a bit cramped and unreleased compared to the cavalry. Especially when running quickly, teams of cavalry might meet head-on at any time. In order to prevent collisions, the lieutenants had to use all their strength to control the seated horses, rush down, run, sprint, and turn directions at any time.

Twenty squads kept running, but they seemed to be unconfused, and there would be no bumps. This kind of exercise has been going on for half a year. At the beginning, countless people collided. In the past few months, seven or eight lieutenants were seriously injured and everyone was injured. Later, the situation gradually improved and the lieutenants gradually became proficient.

However, just letting the horse run in the 20th team horse formation is just the beginning. The real difficulty lies in the fact that the current team officer suddenly called a command: "In the south and northeast corner, the No. 14 arrow target to No. 18 arrow target." This order was heard, and the instructor required all the lieutenants in the team to bend their bows as fast as possible, and take out arrows from behind and from the quiver that was straddling the horse slanted. While running and preventing collisions with other horse teams, they shot arrows at the target.

The training is extremely difficult and cannot be completed overnight. It took more than half a year to get a little bit for this alone. It was quite difficult to listen to all directions while shooting, and even hit the target as much as possible. Not to mention the Khitans and Xixia people, even the Jin cavalry could not do it. The Jin people are indeed brave, but their discipline is much worse than the lieutenant. To complete this kind of training, discipline is the top priority. If one person keeps dispatching, hesitates when he drops the team or shoots the arrow, the next moment, the entire training ground may become chaotic, and even the haphazard may hurt people.

The southerners are good at boats, and the northerners are good at horses. This is indeed not wrong. In fact, it is nothing more than a living habit. There is plenty of water in the south, and there is no boat to make a journey. The north is flat and there is no horse to travel far away. The horse army lieutenant practices day and night, and does not stop all year round. In the end, it still responds to the old saying that practice makes perfect.

The lieutenants on the horses were covered in hot sweat, and the horses sitting there were gradually no support. Each of them shot twenty arrows. After running for an hour and a half, Li Qing ordered a temporary rest. All the horses in the horse farm gradually stopped. The lieutenants shot thirty arrows in a row, but their arms were no longer supported. The last few arrows were almost shot out with all their might. Many people turned over and got off the horses, led their horses out of the horse farm, and went to the stable to feed the horses some water and fed them to the stables.

The doctors began to go in with paper and pens, collect arrows from various targets, and marks were set on the shafts of each team. Using this method, you can record the number of times each team hit the target. After half an hour, after summarizing it, you will report to the camp.

On the side of the camp, Chen Ao was accompanied by Li Qing from the horse farm in a fox cloak, pointed out some mistakes with several coaches, then looked at the results sent by the doctor, and laughed: "I made some progress today, and I actually got 3,200 arrows, which is not bad..."

After saying a good thing, Li Qing and the instructor at the bottom immediately smiled happily. As instructors and coaches, their grades have improved, so they naturally feel relieved.

Chen Ao continued: "The third battalion and fourth teams had the best results, and they had a total of 193 arrows, but the problem still lies in the third battalion. Why did the third battalion and the first team only hit 72 arrows? Who is the coach of the third battalion?"

A coach was happy at first, and then his face turned into pig liver again, and he blushed and looked ashamed: "The team's usual results are pretty good, but today, but for some reason, it's so bad."

Chen Ao said, "I'll just call out for a training session later, but the rewards and punishments cannot be missed. The third team will have extra meals in these three days, and the monthly salary will be increased by 10%. As for the first team, I will leave all the horse-drawn things to them in the past few days, telling them that it is useless to just shout, and show their real skills."

After hearing this, the coach said impatiently: "I'm so humble and go to do some training."

Chen Ao sat in the camp, talked to the coaches again, and planned the afternoon exercises before saying: "The night class cannot be stopped. Although the match will be played in two days, there is no need to cram the Buddha temporarily. How to practice should be followed by the rules."

After almost the order was completed, the coach went to work on his own affairs.

Li Qing stayed specially and said to Chen Ao: "Prince, I released the scout this morning. The Jin army came out to drive it away, but I tried the Jin army's horsepower."

Chen Ao raised his eyebrows and said, "Continue."

Li Qing said: "The war horses of the Jin army are all from Dayuan. The divine horse is very powerful and the sprinting power is also very strong. However, after running a few steps, they still couldn't catch up with our scout. The prince was right. The desert horse looked short and inconspicuous, but its foot strength was very good. It was not visible at first, but after running for a long time, its characteristics came out."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Besides, this kind of horse is easy to support, right?"

Li Qing smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm afraid that the Jin army will be alert in advance if they discover this."

Chen Ao curled his lips and said, "There is nothing to worry about. Even if they know our methods, they can't learn them. We have targeted practices. To complete this tactic, it is not possible to complete it overnight. We must be consistent in commands. The Jin people are brave, but they are not binding."

Li Qing looked at Chen Ao strangely and couldn't help but say, "The prince is obviously a scholar, but he seems to know everything, and he can't see through it."

Chen Ao laughed and said, "Scholars will know the world without going out. You who are riding on horseback cannot see through it thoroughly. I just pointed out some methods. You want you to do the specifics. You can leave me, but I can't live without you, otherwise you will be talking about war on paper."

Li Qing also laughed and said, "The prince is so serious, but then again, when he was not back to Xixia, he missed him very much. This time he came back, there was not much change. He was still more relaxed and comfortable with the lieutenants. From then on, Li Qing will always follow the prince. No matter what the prince wants to do in the future, Li Qing will accompany him to the end."

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Chapter completed!