Qin Hu

Chapter 170 Four Dragons Meeting, Xiangjiazhuang actually caught a tripod
What Xiang Yu needs to learn today is the art of driving chariots.

Before that, Xiang Liang spent a lot of money to buy a chariot with a descendant of a declining family in Wu County, just like buying an antique.

The old buyer also said that this chariot was used by Wu Zixu when he defeated the Vietnamese army, and it has a history of hundreds of years.

When Xiang Liang heard it, he smiled and didn't reveal it.

All the good horses in Pengcheng were confiscated for military and official use, and they could only buy ordinary horses above the middle level to make up for it.

Before teaching Xiang Yu the imperial chariot, Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng also took a lot of effort to train the four crossbow horses.

Today, the training ground was set in the pasture in front of the manor. Hearing Xiang Yu's almost mechanical recitation of the oath, Fan Zeng sat on the ground behind a table, nodded, and shook his head, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Long Qie was putting the frame on the two crossbow horses and fastening them securely. Xiang Liang was feeding the horses with a few radishes in his hands, and the two of them took turns combing their manes, rubbing their faces face to face, softly listening to each other. talking loudly.

They also patted the buttocks of the two horses lightly, and then asked Xiang Yu to get in the car and ride.

Before Xiang Liang also stepped on the frame and was about to swing his whip, Xiang Yu inevitably asked curiously: "Daddy! Why did you and Brother Longqie both do that just now?"

"Horses are spiritual! This is what I told you when you were learning riding skills. The so-called good horse protector is actually the same as well-trained crossbow horses." Xiang Liang said cheerfully.

Then, he flicked the whip lightly, and the two horses slowly pulled the chariot: "My actions just now seem simple, but they contain great knowledge..."

"That is, before employing people or animals, you must teach them to like you and obey you. Remember! Leading troops in battle in the future and leading troops on weekdays, this big radish strategy is very effective."

Xiang Liang took a glance and found that Xiao Xiang Yu was still confused. He didn't say anything more, just smiled and blew a loud whistle, and the two horses quickened their pace and started running.

The two horses ran as smoothly as a straight line, as if only one horse was pulling the carriage.

Xiang Liang held the bridle rope in one hand and the whip in the other, or operated it with one hand, or shook the bridle with both hands...

With a whip, a whistle or a shout, the two horses will not be disobedient, and follow his signal to go fast or slow, go left or right, or stop moving, completely as comfortable as their arms.

After the chariot stopped again and let the horse breathe for a while, Xiang Liang said seriously to Xiang Yu: "Yu'er! Now it's your turn to do it."

"Little dad! You haven't explained it to me just now, so you want me to drive the chariot right away?" Xiang Yu asked, but took the bridle and whip unceremoniously.

"Look at the car I drove earlier, isn't it very simple?"

"Exactly."

Xiang Liang nodded his head: "I just want to explain to you the principle of 'nothing is difficult until it has happened'! You think it's easy, that's because I've worked hard."

Responding with a half-understandable "Yes", they began to follow the signal specified by Xiang Liang, with a wave of the whip and a whistle, the two horses started to walk again.

But the situation changed in the blink of an eye. Either when they were turning, one of them disobeyed the instructions and collided with each other, or when they were moving forward, one of them slowed down, causing the frame to almost lose its balance.

As a result, Xiang Yu became even more flustered, flailing his whip, shaking the bridle, and sweating profusely, but his condition became worse and worse...

Accompanied by the neighing of the two horses who refused to accept the other, the carriage frame was about to roll over.

Don't talk about standing anymore, Xiang Liang even swayed like sitting in a lonely boat in the sea.

At this time, it would be dangerous for him to jump out of the car, and it would be dangerous even if he didn't jump out of the car.

At this juncture, except for the dragon who dared to rush forward to rescue, the rest of the disciples and servants were all frightened and avoided them.

In the blink of an eye, Xiang Yu grabbed Xiang Liang's collar without hesitation, looked at Long Qi who was rushing, threw it violently, and shouted: "Connect it!"

And he also took advantage of the momentum and kicked on the edge of the frame, jumped down, but before he could stand still, he suddenly turned around, stretched out both palms, and pressed hard on the edge of the frame.

There were two muffled "bang dang" sounds, and the heavy frame that tipped over to the other side was immediately pressed to the ground, and it couldn't be more stable.

Not only that, Xiang Yu didn't wait for the frame to stabilize, he took a few steps quickly, and walked around to the two horses, ignoring that they were still striding forward, with his hands left and right, grabbing the two bridle ropes, he bent his knees and sank The waist is pulled down.

"Whoa! Stop it!"

Strange to say, the two horses' heads fell down on the spot after being pulled by him like this, the four horses' hooves couldn't stand up any more, they slowly bent their knees, and knelt down on the pasture. After a while, I couldn't even stand up with my hind hooves.

After a while, after finally getting both horses to obey, Xiang Yu let go of the bridle rope, breathed a sigh of relief and said to Xiang Liang, who was no longer seriously injured, "I didn't expect that driving a chariot would be so troublesome..."

However, before he finished speaking, Fan Zeng jumped up from the table not far away, and cheered, "Good! Good! You did a good job, boy. You really deserve to be born with supernatural power!"

People around, including Long Qi, raised their hands high and cheered one after another.

"Hey hey! Thank you, Mr. Fan, for your compliment." Xiang Yu scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.Xiang Liang hadn't died yet, and Fan Zeng didn't agree to be a master, so he didn't call him "Yafu" or "Fan Shi".

"However, the reason why this chariot will roll over is because you haven't grasped the trick yet." Fan Zeng said with a serious face, and sat back again, looking at Xiang Liang.

Xiang Yu also looked at Xiang Liang, bowed his head in admiration and asked, "Daddy! Please tell me, what is the trick?"

Xiang Liang sighed in false alarm: "Hey! Yu'er. You have to remember that there are great knowledge hidden in any small matter! So you can use the small to explain the big, and by extension, the imperial chariot is the same as governing the country and leading the army. reason..."

"Lao Tzu said, 'Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish'. Don't disturb too much, and grasp the fundamentals of everything. When two horses turn around, the one on the outside is left and the right, and the one on the inside is left and right. The main burden of the chariot The weight and direction are maintained, all on the server..."

"Another horse will follow its lead. You just need to be sure that the horse obeys the command. But some horses are unwilling to follow when turning or accelerating or decelerating. What should we do? A little whip is enough, but the signal must be Be clear, don’t smoke indiscriminately!”

When Xiang Yu heard this, he couldn't help but retorted, "It's because one of the horses didn't obey the command, so I beat it hard."

"Humph! There is no horse that does not obey orders, and the same is true for leading people. There are only people who do not know how to command. Kuafu drives every day, and every horse becomes a horse; sheep lead a herd of tigers, and the tigers also become sheep!" Fan Zeng sneered. He interrupted and waved his hand.

Xiang Yu turned his eyes, bowed his hands to the two elders respectfully, and suddenly said: "Little dad! Old Fan! I think the chariot is too heavy, and the restrictions on fighting in the mountains and crossing the river are too great. It should be abolished."

Xiang Liang was slightly taken aback, turned his head and exchanged glances with Fan Zeng, but saw the elder staring at Xiang Yu for a long time, before saying something lightly: "But you can't ignore its overall impact..."

"It also has archers for long-distance combat, shields and armor to protect against enemy arrows, and riders with broadswords and halberds for close combat!" Fan Zeng said this with the intention of testing Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu was lost in thought for a while, and then he said to himself: "One day, when I organize an army, the cavalry must be the main force, with horses wearing armor and men holding halberds, ignoring bows and arrows, and coming and going."

Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng were so shocked that their breaths became short of breath. They stared at the boy's overly tall figure and thought together, this boy is absolutely extraordinary. Thank God, the Xiang family produced a cross-cutter that surpassed their ancestors...

Although he rejects chariots, which are not very practical for combat preparation, Xiang Yu did not refuse to practice the art of driving chariots. He believes that this is the principle of knowing oneself and knowing the enemy, and it will definitely be useful in fighting against the Qin army in the future.

He got back into the car and drove it himself. Thanks to the explanations from the two elders, he also generally knew how to behave, and gradually controlled the two horses with ease.

However, Xiang Yu's temper is still quite impetuous, and he doesn't like things. He feels that as long as he has mastered the basics, he doesn't need to practice and plan to give up...

Guan Shidao trotted suddenly, and came to report: "Patriarch! Yang came with a strange face, saying that he wanted to introduce him and ten of his relatives as housekeepers."

"Oh? It's okay to say that one or two came to my Xiangjiazhuang. More than a dozen came at once, or when the news is tight?" Xiang Liang asked Xiang Yu to stop the chariot.

He jumped out of the car, and before he could stand still, his eyes met Fan Zeng's again, thinking, "There's no fraud, right? It seems like we haven't gotten anything new in the past two days!"

"What are you afraid of? It's just right to be deceitful, please enter the urn, and catch the turtle in the urn! I'm already thinking, if those people really came to defect, who would lead it?" Fan Zeng said with a sad smile.

Xiang Liang felt even more anxious: "I knew that while helping to salvage Qin's lost Yuzhou tripod, you would secretly throw such a strange rock and cause riots prematurely. I shouldn't have listened to your arrangements!"

Fan Zeng did not argue, silently stood up again, and slowly walked around with his stick.In fact, he has made a thorough plan. It depends on whether Xiang Liang is decisive and worthy of his own death.

Looking deeply at the elder, Xiang Liang also understood that he had now reached the point where he had to die and survive. He nodded and said, "Reward Yang first, and a gold! Make an appointment with him tomorrow morning..."

"Bring those people in, and I will meet them personally! Sir, do you think these ten people are all those people? Could they be from the Wang family, the Meng family, or simply sent by Zhao Gao?"

Fan Zeng stood still leaning on his stick, turned his head and squinted at Xiang Liang with a smile. After a while, he asked, "What do you think? Patriarch. Is it possible that Ying Zheng came personally?"

"This……"

Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, Long Qie and Xiang Dao all looked at each other in blank dismay. Their first reaction was, Ying Zheng is here in person?Just take more than a dozen people to risk themselves?
This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!

Even with the soldiers and horses of Pengcheng outside...

For their Xiangjiazhuang, it is far from enough.

Everyone prefers that Ying Zheng sits in the driving force of the East Patrol Troop and comes to Pengcheng to investigate...

Then they angered Xiangjiazhuang and sent people to encircle and suppress them, but only saw an empty shell.

"I'm also leaning towards the impossible! Yingzheng spared his life, and a while ago he was soliciting alchemists, why did he go to sea to visit immortals to find medicine?"

Fan Zeng smiled, shook his head and said, "Secretly sending someone to pretend to defect to find out what happened, this is very similar to Zhao Gao and Li Si's trick..."

"Besides, the county magistrate of Pengcheng is Li Si's nephew, so it's more convenient to meet him." He murmured, then bowed his head and walked away.

Xiang Liang agreed quite a bit, turned his gaze away, and winked at Xiang Dao.

Xiang Dao understood and retreated quickly.

At the gate of Xiangjiazhuang, he stuffed a piece of gold into Yang's hand, and while explaining the situation, he glanced back and forth at Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Tuo was a little frightened and put his hand on his sword, but when he saw the steward turned around and left, he joked.

"Zhao Zhuangshi! Please take care, there will be a period later..."

Zhao Tuo was even more confused by this nonsense. He returned to the inn and reported it in front of the emperor before he understood.

Zhao Zihu thought so: "The manager is obviously provocative, knowing that if you go to Xiang's house again, you will definitely die..."

"The other party has Fan Zeng as an old villain, and Xiang Liang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. It is not unusual to guess that we are pretending to defect!"

Zhuo said: "But even Fan Zeng probably couldn't figure it out. In the past three months, how many of their recruits are our Tie Ying Rui Shi?"

"Hehe! Is this a series of tricks? I didn't expect that once this iron eagle warrior is activated, it will have such a miraculous effect." Ying Zheng said maliciously.

Immediately afterwards, he let go of his hands from the beard, shook his sleeves and said, "Then let's wait for the appointment tomorrow morning and enter his game before making a decision."

The people who held another meeting in this large guest room bowed their hands again, retreated, and left separately.

This time, Lu Zhi, a woman, did not participate in it, she stayed in the room very sensible.

And when Zhao Zihu came back, he pushed open the door, and Lu Pheasant pounced on him like a ghost.

Zhao Zihu froze, let her hang in front of him like an octopus, and asked amusedly.

"What are you doing? Don't you really hate me? We've only been together for less than a day, and then we changed sides..."

Lu Fei's whole body was already feeling hot. He took off his sword without hesitation and came to undress his armor, his voice full of spring.

"Anyway, from now on, I can only have a man like you. It's better to accept fate honestly!"

Zhao Zihu slapped her little hand off, and shouted: "Don't make trouble! There is business tomorrow, and I don't want to be punished by military law because of you."

Lu Pheasant had his own tricks, and the corner of his mouth curled up and said: "Oh! So you are so afraid of the family's military law. Are you a man after all..."

"I'm already like this, can you still bear it, and want to put it aside? Isn't it because you are more afraid of the housewife at home?"

This provocative method is really useful, Zhao Zihu was actually provoked intolerably, and his anger really came up all of a sudden.

He stared wide-eyed, let Lu Zhi continue to mess around, took a few big steps back, closed the door frame with his hands behind his back, and said bitterly, "Why are you doing this? I don't think there is any sincerity at all..."

"If you really want something, do you, Lu Zhi, dare to come down and take the ten army sticks yourself!"

Women in the pre-Qin period were quite reserved, and with Xiangliyue, most of Zhao Zihu's demands could be met.

Only this is the same, no matter how coaxed it won't work...

(End of this chapter)