Chapter 136: Sending Troops (1)
Chapter 136: Sending troops (Part 1)
The brilliance of the sun was reflected on the plains of thousands of miles, and below were three hundred cavalrymen galloping on the field.
An eagle hovered in the sky, flying very fast, high and low, and at an amazing speed.
Its agile figure is like a king in the air, with awesome spirit and looks so uncomfortable!
White clouds float around it, eagles sing loudly and crisply.
"Woo..." At this time, a strange whistle sounded on the ground, as if the man holding a kite suddenly retracted his thread. The king of heaven lowered his head and swooped down, and obediently put away his wings in the hands of the eagle-raising man.
"Is this the falcon your master wants to offer to me?" The cavalry stopped, and a burly man in the middle handed the reins of the horse to the servant beside him. He walked over to see the well-behaved falcon in the man's hand. His face was faint, and he couldn't tell whether he was satisfied with the gift or not.
The eagle raising man said respectfully: "When you say to Da Zheng, the little master knows that Da Zheng, you like hunting, but you have always lacked a falcon around you, so you find this eagle from the deep mountains and train it to help you relieve your boredom."
"Did this eagle be caught in the mountains?"
"Master, this eagle is the young eagle caught from the deep mountains." Seeing Guo Wentong's eyes falling on the falcon, he hurriedly explained: "Don't look ferocious, it has actually been trained to be wild, it is the most listen to flowers. You only need to keep it for a while and be able to drive it freely."
Hearing this, Guo Wentong frowned.
His sharp eyes turned around the seemingly mighty eagle, and after a while, he said, "You, let it fly up again. I need to see if this thing is worthy of being raised by me!"
"Yes, Grandmaster!"
The eagle raising man was happy, shook his hands and issued an order at the same time. After receiving the order, the falcon spread its wings again and flew towards the sky.
Guo Wentong stood on the ground and looked up at the scene. A hint of mockery flashed in his slightly lowered eyes: "Zhang Cheng, take my handsome bow and arrow."
"No." An escort beside him listened to the order, hurriedly took a few steps, and handed over a large carved bow in his hand.
This big bow looks extremely majestic, but in fact it is indeed a good bow, made of good materials. If it is not enough to reach the strength of three hundred kilograms of arms, it will not be able to pull it away at all.
In Guo Wentong's hands, he didn't have much effort to pull him apart.
Draw the bow, take the arrow, aim!
Whoosh-bang!
With a crisp sound, the flying falcon in the sky fell down and fell to the ground with a thump.
A soldier ran over and lifted the eagle up. Everyone saw an arrow piercing the eagle's neck.
"The general is worthy of being a sharpshooter!" An attendant immediately applauded.
A civil servant standing next to Guo Wentong even stroked his short beard and nodded with a smile.
Guo Wentong laughed, threw the bow to the servant, and walked to the eagle raising man.
"You are just a good eagle. You can't even hide from your coach's arrow. What's the good eagle?"
The Eagle Raiser had long been frightened to the point of being ashes and could not even speak. He was afraid that Guo Wentong would not lose interest, so he even shot him as a target.
I was originally trying to say that when Guo Wentong saw the other party's appearance, he was lazy to pay attention to it.
"My lord is such a good archery technique!" At this time, the short-bearded and white-faced civil servant came over and said in admiration.
Guo Wentong asked his servant to lead his mount over and patted his horse's head: "This is nothing. Which general is born, and he won't be able to do it a lot? I want me to say, Huaiyuan, you are in poor health, so you can go hunting more and run horses, and you won't lose money."
"I am still living in my body, but it's nothing. If I lose my ambition and delay my lord's affairs due to playing things, I will apologize for my death."
"You, Chang Huaiyuan, are you scolding me in a corner!" Guo Wentong shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will hunt a few more wild game and go back immediately."
After hearing what Guo Wentong said, Chang Huaiyuan smiled and stopped talking.
"I'm afraid there is no prey here, so go there." Guo Wentong looked around and said.
"There are some money for him. Even if I bought the eagle, don't let me say that this eagle is unreasonable." Without looking at the frightened eagle raising man, Guo Wentong turned over and his horse.
"How dare you use this eagle to fool my boss? Do you want it? Do your master still want it? Do you want it? Is this money for you? Let me leave immediately!" A piece of silver was thrown on the ground, and the guard scolded him.
"Lord, is that falcon not good?" Chang Huaiyuan, the strategist who followed Guo Wentong out to hunt, also got on the horse and followed. He couldn't help but look back and asked.
"The eagle is indeed good, but it's a pity that it's been kept." Guo Wentong rode on the horse and said disdainfully: "The real falcon should be taller than the sky. What kind of wildness can it raise in the hands of such a woman-like person? If the eagle loses its wildness, how can it be worthy of the name of the king of the sky?"
"So that's the case, I've been taught." Chang Huaiyuan said with a smile: "The lord's mind and ambition can only be seen from the eagle's theory."
His equestrian skills are good, and it is not difficult to walk almost side by side with Guo Wentong. However, it seems that he is walking side by side, but he has to miss some positions slightly.
"You guy, you said these words to fool me." Guo Wentong chuckled lightly, but there was a look on his face. Obviously, Chang Huaiyuan's words made him deeply agree.
"Huh?" Suddenly an animal ran past in the grass in front. Guo Wentong suddenly tied his mount, pulled his bow, and shot the arrow out. The whole process was completed in one go!
A pheasant running past in front was shot directly.
"I haven't eaten this rabbit meat for a long time. Today, I happened to be out and shot seven or eight people in a row." Guo Wentong said this, but he was really not satisfied with the results of today's hunting: "Huaiyuan, you can divide this rabbit meat later, and leave one for me."
"Yes, lord." Chang Huaiyuan said with a smile.
In fact, Chang Huaiyuan doesn’t need to do it at all, someone has already done it.
There were 300 guards who followed Guo Wentong out to hunt, saying that they were all divided, but only a few relatives and Chang Huaiyuan had a share.
After taking a fat pheasant that he gave him, Chang Huaiyuan smiled and said, "Today is the blessing of lord, so you can eat such wild game. If you ask me to catch him, I am afraid that there will be less than one in ten days."
"This may not be necessary. You literati can kill people by writing and mouth. How many pheasants can stump you, a resourceful person?" Guo Wentong said, which made Chang Huaiyuan feel terrified.
The handsome man is good at everything, but he is a little too heroic and not close to literati. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.
After a while of busyness, no other prey appeared. Guo Wentong's interest was greatly reduced and he went home.
As soon as he returned to the mansion, the butler ran over and waited for the order.
Guo Wentong threw the prey to the housekeeper: "According to the last method, I will stew it well. I will have to eat with it."
"Please rest assured, the little one told you to stew it on the stove." The butler was holding the fat pheasant and was about to go down.
"By the way, Master, I have something to report to you. Just about half an hour ago, Lord Qin came to the mansion and said that he had something to ask to see you and knew that you were not leaving." The housekeeper suddenly remembered something, turned around, and said respectfully to Guo Wentong.
"Qin Yi?" This person is Guo Wentong's confidant. A few days ago, he just sent him out to do business. I guess he has returned after getting it done.
Guo Wentong thought for a moment and said, "He comes again, and then bring him to see me directly."
"Yes, master." The housekeeper responded and retreated.
Before dark, Qin Yi came again and was taken directly to the small flower hall where Guo Wentong was.
"My minister, Qin Yi, have met the lord." As soon as he entered the small flower hall, Qin Yi immediately bowed to Guo Wen.
Unlike the weak civil servants and the weak civil servants and the generals, this person tends to be capable.
Guo Wentong sat on the main seat, holding a white jade cup in his hand, and was drinking tea with a calm expression. Seeing him bowing, the party said lightly: "Get up, you are here to find me this time, but what is going on?"
"Lord, I have investigated it clearly. I am here to report it to you." Qin Yi stood up straight, lowered his head a little, and said to him.
Guo Wentong slowly drank a small sip of tea and placed the cup aside: "Then let's talk."
Guo Wentong is like others who are equivalent to him. He has many wives and concubines and many servants in his family. However, he has always been very sensible in his work. When he is doing serious business, he will never allow irrelevant people to interfere.
Qin Yi didn't have to worry about being heard by outsiders. When Guo Wentong asked about it, he directly told the situation he found.
"Lord, after you assigned me a few days ago, I immediately took people and rushed to Shu overnight. Fortunately, Wang Hongyi stayed for a few days, and the imperial envoy has not returned yet."
"I found an opportunity to contact the imperial envoy and bribed one of the accompanying servants. From him, I learned that the imperial court sent envoys to Shu this time in order to confer the Duke of Shu Hongyi as the King of Qin and reward the Guanzhong map."
"What?" Guo Wentong stood up suddenly after hearing this, but he knew that he had lost his composure in an instant. He raised his face and smiled a little, and asked, "What about below? Can Wang Hongyi accept the order?"
"No, it was confirmed that Wang Hongyi rejected the title of King Qin, but accepted the Guanzhong map, rewarded the special envoys highly, and drove them out of Shu."
"You mean, Wang Hongyi rejected the title of King Qin given to him by the imperial court and only accepted the Guanzhong map?" Guo Wentong's face changed after hearing this: "This matter is serious?"
"The news from the messenger team is this." Qin Yihui said.
Guo Wentong was a little worried and said instructed: "Qin Yi, this matter is quite a bit of negligence. It is just that the information heard from the special envoy of the court is not enough to make people believe that you will send people to Shu and the court to investigate, and then report it to me if you find the exact news."
Chapter completed!