Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

It was September,

it was already late autumn,

a thousand miles away from Bianjing,

beside the Great Zhou Post Road,

the autumn rain had just ended.

Looking far away, the official trees planted by the postmen or the government organized the people, the autumn colors were renewed.

Another cold autumn wind blew,

blowing a few yellow leaves hanging on the treetops on both sides of the road to the official road of the post road.

When the leaves fell,

the unknown bird that landed on the post road was frightened and hid a few steps to the side.

After seeing that it was a leaf, the unknown bird just raised one leg, but the bird's head suddenly looked far away from the post road.

As if it felt something,

"Puff puff"

the bird flapped its wings vigorously, left the road and flew to a tree not far away.

After a few fallen leaves continued to fall on the ground,

the ground began to tremble slightly,

a team of excellent Great Zhou cavalry without armor came from a distance on horseback.

The bird on the tree seemed to sense something, flapping its wings and flying towards the forest beside the road.

"Swoosh~"

A sharp feather arrow shot out and pierced the bird's head directly.

"Pah~"

The bird's body fell on the post road.

In the distance,

He Guan, who was drawing the bow on horseback, let go of the arrow in his hand, and looked at Xu Zaijing beside him helplessly.

Xun Shu behind Xu Zaijing smiled, and when he was about to stand out from the crowd, another horseman from Northern Liao beside him, Alan, had already whipped his horse away.

Alan approached and did not dismount, and directly grabbed the prey from the ground with a monkey catching the moon.

Holding the prey back to Xu Zaijing, Alan smiled and said, "Sir, what a fat pheasant."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded, "I'll cook it!"

"Yes, sir!"

Alan went to the side of the road, drained the blood of the prey skillfully, and tied it with a rope to the saddle behind the saddle.

When he was about to step on the stirrup, Alan stopped, frowned and looked carefully at the many prey behind the saddle, and looked around.

Afterwards, Alan adjusted the position of the pheasant and put it together with the rabbit that was also hanging upside down and silent.

Alan looked at it again, and seeing the color arrangement that was much more pleasing to the eye, he nodded, stepped on the stirrup, and chased after it.

The sound of horse hooves faded away,

Beside the post road,

The vines and weeds that began to turn yellow in the woods swayed gently in the autumn wind, and it seemed that there were living things passing through them.

In the forest a little way off the post road,

some wild deer were chewing grass and trees with their heads raised and looking around alertly, while others were lowering their heads and tearing the bushes and then quickly raising their heads.

Behind a tree some distance away from the wild deer,

Xu Zaijing, who first discovered the herd of deer, made a gesture to silence them, asked everyone to crouch down, and pointed to the distance.

Then,

"I'll shoot the one on the far left."

Xu Zaijing was distributing the prey in a low voice, while he and He Guan, Qingyun and other archers with good archery skills gently drew their bows.

"Hu——"

Qingyun slowly exhaled.

"Not a single one left, what a sin."

He Guan muttered.

"Bang Bang Bang"

A few bowstrings sounded, and the feather arrows shot out.

But at this moment, the herd of wild deer was suddenly startled and scattered.

"Who startled you?"

This incident made He Guan stand up suddenly. When he was about to draw his arrow and shoot again, he saw a yellow and black figure rushing out from the side of the deer.

"Leopard!"

As soon as He Guan finished speaking, he saw another feather arrow shooting out from his side.

"Hit!"

Amid Qingyun's loud shouts, everyone rushed over there.

When they got closer,

there was also a wild deer that was shot by an arrow and was struggling to death, and the violent movements made the ground soil fly everywhere.

"Sir, one arrow killed two deer!"

Qingyun shouted beside the struggling wild deer.

He Guan, who was following behind, saw two wild deer lying on the ground. One was shot in the neck and was still struggling, but because the feather arrow was deeply nailed into the head of the second wild deer, it couldn't struggle away at all.

It was unknown whether the second deer was shot dead directly or killed by its companion's violent struggle.

The other side was somewhat similar, but two feather arrows shot the wild deer.

A feather arrow pierced through the neck of the wild deer, shot into the mouth of the leopard biting the neck of the wild deer, and came out from the back of the leopard's head.

Another arrow hit the hind leg of the wild deer.

Seeing this, He Guan pulled out the feather arrow that hit the hind leg helplessly. This arrow was his, and he was originally aiming at the deer's head, but it hit here due to a strange movement.

Qingyun on the side checked and said, "Sir, I'll go to the front to find the wild deer I shot."

Xu Zaijing, who was drawing a short knife to deal with the prey, nodded.

After a while,

"Wow, deer whip! Good stuff!"

Alan on the side shouted happily.

"There is also a leopard whip here."

He Guan, who was dealing with the prey with Xu Zaijing, shouted.

"Don't worry, it's all yours tonight!"

Xu Zaijing, with blood on his hands, laughed and shouted.

"I dare not eat it again," He Guan beside him shook his head.

At this time,

Qingyun came over dragging a wild deer with an arrow in its abdomen.

After throwing it on the ground, Qingyun walked to Xu Zaijing and said, "Sir, I found a pile of fresh animal feces over there, and there is also urine next to it. It smells very strong."

As he said this, Qingyun wrinkled his nose. Both his and his master's noses had been specially trained. When Qingyun went to sniff, he suffered a lot.

Xu Zaijing, who was squatting on the ground with his sleeves rolled up and looking at the leopard, turned his head and said, "Huh? Is it his?"

Qingyun looked at the leopard's paws, shook his head and said, "It looks like the footprints are much bigger than this leopard's."

When Xu Zaijing heard this, he stopped and said, "There is a leopard here. Normally there shouldn't be other beasts."

"Sir, it seems to me that this leopard has entered the territory of another beast."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

When He Guan heard this, his eyes lit up and he said:

"Huh? Are there other beasts?"

As he spoke, he stood up and looked around.

Beside the post road,

The horses of Xu Zaijing and others stayed here.

"唏伦~"

The little Liju shook his horse's head anxiously, tearing at his reins, and pawing anxiously on the ground with his hoofed front hooves.

Alan, who was taking care of the horse at the side, said: "Xunshu, please take off the reins of the little Liju. It is so smart that it doesn't need to be tied up."

Xun Shu, who was using a water bag on the roadside in front of Xiao Liju to wash away the blood stains of his prey, said in Beiliao dialect: "Got it!"

After saying that, Xun Shu put the prey down on the grass and walked towards the little Liju.

Just walked near Xiao Liju,

"Hissing~"

"Xilulu~~"

After the little Liju snorted, he suddenly raised his front hooves and neighed.

This action startled Xun Shu, and he quickly took a step back and stretched out his hands as a gesture of comfort.

An uncastrated stallion like Little Liju has a very bad temper, so it's better not to get close to it when it neighs like this.

Unexpectedly, the action of searching for books made the little Liju neigh louder, and at the same time, it dug its front hooves harder on the ground.

Xun Shu quickly stopped trying to pick up the prey.

Alan, who was not far away, let go of the reins of the other horses in his hands and said as he walked: "Xunshu, you have been away from the Marquis Mansion for a long time, and Xiao Liju doesn't recognize you anymore."

Xun Shu smiled helplessly, walked around to the side, and walked towards Alan.

As soon as Xun Shu left, Xiao Liju was no longer so anxious.

Alan came over and helped the little Liju untie the reins tied to the tree. Just as he tied the reins to the little Liju's saddle, another horse not far away neighed, kicking and pulling desperately. Holding his own reins.

Alan was stunned for a moment and was about to go over to comfort him, but he felt Xiao Liju leaning towards him and squeezing him aside.

Before Alan could understand what was going on, the little Liju took a few steps and began to neigh at the weeds on the side, digging hard at the ground with its front hooves from time to time.

Alan turned around in surprise and looked at Xun Shu, then looked back at Xiao Liju's behavior.

"Alan! Back off!"

Xun Shu shouted softly with some anxiety and fear in his eyes.

"ah?"

"Big bug, there is a big bug in the grass!!"

After hearing the words of Xun Shu, Alan looked in the direction of Xiao Liju:

"!!!"

Alan was so frightened that he took two steps back, sat down directly on the ground, and then moved back.

In the grass a dozen steps away, a pair of animal eyes with extremely small pupils were staring at him!

The big insect, which was watching eagerly, saw Alan's panic and wanted to rush forward, but was frightened by the movement of the tall and majestic little Liju in front of Alan and stopped.

Alan, who was sitting on the ground, took a few deep breaths, then slowly stood up and walked towards his somewhat panicked mount.

After pulling out the long knife in front of the saddle, Alan held the knife in his hand and shouted: "Look for the book, take it. Take the bow and arrow!"

"oh!"

"Ho~~~~"

The big insect in the grass showed its terrifying fangs and let out a low growl of warning.

This low roar caused the other horses tied to the tree to start neighing and causing even more confusion.

Some horses were so frightened that they excreted and peed, and eggs flew everywhere.

"Whoosh"

The arrow shot by Xun Shu missed the mark by piercing into the grass next to the big insect, making the big insect jump to the side in shock.

After the jump,

This large insect in its prime fell back to the ground and lay on the ground. It moved its pink nose and looked towards the mountain forest.

"roar"

The big insect stopped lying on the ground, stood up, roared, glanced at the little Liju, and then slowly walked away towards the mountain forest.

As a result, I barely took a few steps.

"咻~咻~"

Two arrows roared,

Two sharp feather arrows pierced the big insect's body from the side.

"Ouch~~~"

Under the severe pain of being hit by the arrow, the big insect rushed out suddenly.

This action caused several arrows shot behind him to miss.

"Quick! Don't let it get away, I'm going to eat tiger whip tonight!"

There was a sound coming from a distance.

Both humans and insects are gone.

Alan came to the little Liju, who had returned to his usual calm appearance, and touched the horse's head very lovingly.

Xun Shu also weakly put down the bow and arrow in his hand, walked to Alan and patted his shoulder, then hugged the little Liju's thick horse neck from the other side in the same posture as Alan.

Thinking about it now,

If Xiao Liju, a majestic and uncastrated stallion, hadn't warned him in time and threatened the big bug, Xun Shu might have been eaten by the big bug.

"Xi Lv Lv"

Little Liju neighed again, but it sounded a bit proud and disgusted.

Ganquan County

On the city wall, the local magistrate looked at the Beiluo River.

There are many carriages and tents there,

There were eight or nine hundred people from Baigao's clan and important ministers, plus the "escorting" cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty. With so many people, ordinary post stations simply could not handle them.

Ganquan County also received the news in advance and only dared to receive such a large number of people after receiving additional information.

"It's really strange. Our Zhou army and Bai Gao's clan can't live in a good county seat. They insist on living in tents."

The magistrate on the city wall shook his head in confusion and said.

"Maybe it's to avoid disturbing the people!"

The staff on the side said.

"That's right! By the way, they were blocked by the autumn rain for a day, do they still have enough food and grass?"

"Sir, that's enough!"

As soon as he finished speaking,

The sound of horse hooves in the distance attracted the county magistrate's attention.

"Sir, look, what the cavalry is dragging behind them looks like a big insect!"

"Hiss! It's true!"

"Coming towards us."

"Let's go down and have a look."

At the gate outside the county town,

Xu Zaijing and others dismounted,

He looked a little surprised when he saw the local magistrate walking out of the gate of the county town.

"It turned out to be Wu Lang's face."

The county magistrate said as he cupped his hands and looked behind Xiao Liju curiously.

Xu Zaijing turned over and dismounted, holding his hands in his hands: "Master Nan, you are polite! Today, Pao Ze and I were shooting outside and shot a big insect."

"While following the traces, I found a remains in the insect's lair."

As Xu Zaijing spoke, Qingyun behind him brought something wrapped in cloth.

"At that time, please also ask your Excellency to find the relatives of the deceased and let them rest in peace."

The staff on the side hurriedly stepped forward to take the things.

"Wu Lang Gaoyi, I will search carefully."

"Sorry, sir!"

"Wu Lang made a serious statement. This is my duty."

After saying that, Xu Zaijing got on the horse, handed over his hands and left.

Under the city gate, the county magistrate looked at Xu Zaijing's retreating figure and didn't know what he was thinking.

"grown ups?"

the staff member asked.

The county magistrate came back to his senses and looked at the bundle and said, "Give it to the Yazhong office. After inspection, a notice will be issued."

After finishing speaking, I was about to return to the city.

There was a sound of horse hooves,

"Sir, stay!"

Qingyun stopped his mount, dismounted and said, "Sir, if you find the victim, if you live in poverty, please give these coins as a gift for burial."

"We did it casually and don't need to repay you."

"If you really want to ask, just say it was done by the Great Zhou Cavalry."

The county magistrate quickly handed over his hand: "I know!"

Qingyun returned the favor and rode away again.

Outside the tent by the river,

He Guan watched the fire-headed army peel off the skin and bones of the big insect.

Qingyun beside him said: "Brother He, this big insect has eaten people before, and you still want to eat this tiger whip?"

He Guan looked at the cavalry soldiers around him and said, "Eat! It eats people, I'll eat it, tit for tat!"

"Besides, they are all killers on the battlefield. They may kill more people than they do. There is no taboo!"

"I'll give you some then?"

Qingyun shook his head and said: "Forget it, you and the other brothers can eat it!"

"Ignorance."

He Guan waved his hands.

In the tent,

Xu Zaijing was drinking wine and eating chicken stew with Zhang Fangyan, the eldest son of the British father-in-law.

Xu Zaijing raised his glass to Zhang Fangyan's cup and said:

"Brother Zhang, you told me before that heavy cavalry like the Hengsai Army are extremely valuable. Then why did Bai Gao charge at our military formation with his iron kite outside the Keyi Gate?"

"According to what you said, the cavalry shouldn't be used like this!"

Zhang Fangyan drank the wine in one gulp and said: "Wu Lang, their white high-speed rail kites are riding heavy horses to charge into the formation, but it is different from ordinary battles. The purpose is not to defeat your father's military formation."

Xu Zaijing patted his forehead and said with some annoyance: "Yes, yes, they are here to capture the Zhou army so that the ambush can surround them."

Zhang Fangyan smiled and continued:

"Speaking of the role of the cavalry, some of the actions are similar to what your mount did to the big insect today!"

"Brother Zhang, what does it do?"

"intimidate!"