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Chapter 33 The first hunting

The next morning, Li Ke and Yang En finished practicing guns in the backyard. After returning to the front hall and eating, they saw Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Huailiang and others walking in. Chai Zhewei said the first: "Third brother, today, the brothers finally have a day of leisure. Are you discussing going to hunting on the Xishan Mountain outside the city together? Are we here to ask your opinions?"

When Li Ke saw the brothers, he was also happy. When he heard everyone coming to him to "hunting?" He thought to himself that he had come to the Tang Dynasty and had not yet gone out of the city to see it. Since everyone is interested today, why not go and watch it?

"Brothers are here?" Li Ke asked.

"Third brother, you have arrived, and I'm waiting for you to issue orders." Yuchi Jun said loudly.

"Third brother, we all look forward to having a leisure day every day. Today we finally have a chance, so there is no one who doesn't want to go. You should pack up your things quickly and we will leave the city now. Otherwise, we won't be able to come back tonight." Qin Huaiyu said.

"Well, brothers, I'll arrange for someone to prepare now." Li Ke was also very excited and said to Yang En beside him, "Old Yang, prepare horses and bows for me."

Then, he said to Chen Qi, "You go and prepare and take ten Eagle Guards with me."

Chen Qi had hunted several times before, and when Li Ke said that he happily went out to prepare for hunting things.

At this time, Cheng Huailiang suddenly asked, "Third brother, how did you discover his talent under your command Chen Qi? This person has strong arms and extraordinary courage, which is not simple."

When Li Ke saw Cheng Huailiang applauding Chen Qi, he felt a lot of emotion. How did he discover Chen Qi's story come to everyone one by one. Everyone sighed. There were really hidden dragons and tigers in the Tang Dynasty army. Then Li Ke asked, "How are you practicing martial arts recently? Today we must go out and compete to see who can get the first place."

Before everyone could speak, Chai Zhewei said, "Third Brother, I have been practicing horse riding and archery in the mansion every day recently, just for this hunting. I never thought of losing to you."

Qin Huaiyu smiled and said, "Actually, there is still a difference in the archery skills of several of us compared to our third brother. No one could beat you when we were hunting back then. I wonder if anyone could challenge you this time?"

Cheng Huailiang shouted, "Yes, third brother, you are an archer among the six. However, today we are here to find you, and we are all thinking of competing with you."

If it was Li Ke who had just arrived in the Tang Dynasty, he might be stage frightened. However, today's Li Ke not only integrated the memory of the real Li Ke. Moreover, practicing volleys with Yang En this month, he made rapid progress. Even Yang En's archery skills were praised. Therefore, Li Ke was not afraid of everyone's challenges, and his heart aroused a sense of passion, "Okay, since brothers all want to compete with me, let us show our strength today. However, what people with poor grades should do, I know what I know, and I don't want to say anything more."

Everyone knew what Li Ke was talking about, which was what they had previously stipulated that if they became the last one, they would invite everyone to eat in the most expensive restaurant in Chang'an for a month.

At this time, Yang En and Chen Qi walked in, "Your Highness, the horse is ready."

"Set out." Li Ke ordered with great enthusiasm, and then, surrounded by everyone, left the Han Palace.

The streets of Chang'an City were crowded and very prosperous. Therefore, Li Ke and others did not dare to gallop quickly to avoid hurting pedestrians. However, when leaving Chang'an City, everyone was like a tiger returning to the mountains and forests, showing their riding skills to the fullest. They saw everyone galloping on the endless hillside, making many actions that even nomadic peoples could do. Li Ke realized that although these brothers were eating, drinking and having fun, they were typical rich children. Once they were on the horse, they were invincible cavalry and real warriors in the Tang Dynasty.

Riding on the green horse that Yang En chose for him in the palace, Li Ke rushed to the first place with great enthusiasm, and Chen Qi followed him slowly. Li Ke turned around and asked Chen Qi, "Chen Qi, did you hunt often before?"

Chen Qi waved his whip and stood with Li Ke. "Your Highness, I have beaten him a few times occasionally."

"Oh." Li Ke said, "Then you can perform well today and let me see your riding skills and archery skills."

"I will not disappoint Your Highness." Chen Qi said confidently.

"Well, what I want is someone like you who is full of confidence in yourself, haha." After Li Ke said that, he took the lead and rushed forward.

Qin Huaiyu and others were all trying hard to catch up, and instantly left Li Ke and Chen Qi behind. In this way, they chased each other, and soon everyone came to the West Mountain.

When he got off the horse and rested, Li Ke chanted, "But let the flying general in Longcheng be there, and it is not a Hu horse to cross the Yin Mountain." Then, looking at the vast mountains in front of him, he sighed. "Such a great river and mountain, are our seven-foot man watching the Turkic cavalry drive straight in?"

"No, we will no longer make the Turks so arrogant and despise the Tang Dynasty so much." Cheng Huailiang said firmly, "Today we can only hunt in the West Mountains. However, in a few years we will definitely drink in the royal court of the Turks."

"Yes, we all have dreams. We are all soldiers. But if we let the flying generals in Longcheng be there, we will never let the Turkish cavalry rage on the land of the Tang Dynasty again." Qin Huaiyu said loudly, and he was very excited when he said this.

"Brothers, we are not the flying general Li Guang." Li Ke said, "But we are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. As long as we have ours, we cannot let the Turks invade our country and massacre our people. Can you do this?"

"We can do it, we can do it!" Not only Qin Huaiyu and others shouted loudly, but more than a hundred master generals following behind them also shouted loudly.

"Okay!" Li Ke said loudly, "Get off and hunt."

As soon as the words came, the war horses neighed, and they instantly saw Cheng Huailiang's horse rushing out of the crowd. The generals of the Chengfu family followed him. Cheng Hualiang tightened the reins and made the horse turn around suddenly as he was galloping, saying to Li Ke, "Third brother, I remember what you said today. I will not teach Hu horses to cross Yinshan. Today, I, Cheng Huailiang, are the first to challenge archery with you to see who we hunt more prey." After that, without waiting for everyone to speak, the horse disappeared from the west.

"Okay! OK... Second brother is so good, we support you." Chai Zhewei and others cheered Cheng Huailiang.

Li Ke also said, "Second brother, let me see your sword skills this year today." After that, he waved the horse whip and disappeared from everyone's sight with Chen Qi and others.

The remaining few people were also excited and each brought their own generals to find their prey in Xishan. However, besides Chen Qi, Chai Zhewei also quietly joined Li Ke.

Li Ke saw Chai Zhewei beside him and asked, "Zhewei, why don't you go find prey, why do you follow me?"

Chai Zhewei smiled and said, "I'll shoot and hunt together with my third brother, and I'll learn from my third brother's magical arrows."

Li Ke ignored him and began to look for his prey in the mountains.

The trees in Xishan seemed a little withered at the end of October, and the grass was not as tender as in summer, and some even began to wither. After the wind blew, the trees in Xishan swayed in the wind, making them look even older and lifeless. Li Ke stared at the edges of a pile of fresh green grass, observing a hare.

The hare obviously often encounters similar hunting scenes. He was ready to escape while Li Ke was staring at him. Just as Li Ke took out the bow, took the arrow, and aimed, it suddenly ran away. Li Ke didn't have time to think about it, the arrow broke through the string and just rubbed the hare's body and nailed to the ground.

The general behind him saw an arrow that failed and couldn't help feeling sorry for Li Ke. Li Ke sighed inwardly and waved his horse to chase him. However, the rabbit's escape route made Li Ke chasing a lot. It specially picked places with dense trees and overgrown weeds to run. This was a big test for Li Ke's riding skills. However, Li Ke's riding skills had been trained by Yang En, which was no less than the nomadic cavalry, so he always followed the rabbit slowly.

Behind Li Ke, only Chen Qi and Chai Zhewei could still keep up. Others did not have their riding skills and were left with a long distance.

The hare ran for a long time and found that she had not thrown Li Ke away. She seemed a little panicked and ran out of the woods as she ran.

When Li Ke saw the open land in front of him, he felt happy. He took out his bow, put on an arrow, and drove the green horse with his legs, chasing behind the hare. The hare suddenly turned around and wanted to throw Li Ke away. However, Li Ke had already judged its route, "Hare, hare, you are the honor of today. You are the first prey I shot in the Tang Dynasty." As he spoke, with a "swoosh", an arrow feather broke out of the air and nailed the hare to the ground.

Chen Qi and Chai Zhewei, who were behind him, saw Li Ke shooting the hare while running, quickly cheered for him. At this time, Li Ke's Eagle Guard and Chai Zhewei's generals also caught up with him, cheered loudly, and praised Li Ke's archery skills.

A small school handed the hare to Li Ke, "Your Highness, the arrow is impartial and hits the head."

Li Ke glanced at the rabbit and said to everyone behind him, "Do you know? When hunting, as long as you can understand the route of prey running away, even if it grows wings, it will not escape from your arrow."

Then, everyone heard everyone shouting, "The King of Han is mighty, the King of Han is mighty!"

Li Ke smiled, ignored everyone and began to look for prey.

When Chen Qi heard what Li Ke said just now, he suddenly understood something. A ray of light shot out from his eyes, which made Chai Zhewei, who was with him, confused for a long time. What was wrong with this person?

At noon, when Li Ke, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Huailiang and others gathered together. After counting everyone's prey, Li Ke had three hares, one sika deer, and one roe deer, which was a rich harvest. Cheng Huailiang had three roe deer, two hares, which were equal to Li Ke. However, the hares were faster than roe deer. Therefore, Li Ke's skills were obviously better. The rest of Qin Huaiyu and others also had several preys, but Chen Qi shot one and half of them.

Cheng Huailiang said to Li Ke, "Third brother, divine arrow, I'm still not as good as you when I practice hard at home for a year."

Li Ke said modestly, "What did the second brother say? You and I have the same prey, so it should be right."

Cheng Huailiang knew what Li Ke meant and laughed, "The third brother is right, they are all brothers, and they are all right."

Li Ke suddenly asked, "Chen Qi, why didn't you shoot prey?"

Chen Qi said, "Your Highness's safety is important. We will come to protect Your Highness, not to hunt."

"Nothing." Li Ke said unhappily, "How did you promise me in the morning? Don't follow me in the afternoon. Shoot a few more prey to show me your riding skills and archery skills. We are all my brothers here, so there will be no problem with safety."

"No." Chen Qi said, and then he and the Eagle Guard began to clean up their lunch.

Qin Huaiyu said after Chen Qi left, "Third brother, you, the chief guard, are very dedicated. But when I saw his four stones on the horse's back, he showed that his archery skills are no worse than you." Li Ke heard Qin Huaiyu's words and laughed. He knew that Chen Qi was born with divine power, so he took a four stone because he didn't have a five stone bow. Then, he told everyone about Chen Qi's carrying the tripod. After listening to Li Ke's narration, everyone began to admire Chen Qi.

Everyone began to talk about their wonderful performances in the hunting process again, and at this time Qin Huaiyu asked Chai Zhewei, "Zhewei, I found that you have gained a lot today?"

Chai Zhewei glanced at Li Ke and smiled, "How can I not gain anything if I follow my third brother?"

Everyone was surprised, and Li Zong asked, "Fourth brother, is it okay for the third brother to teach you any secrets? You might as well tell us and let us listen."

"Fourth brother, how do you know that there are prey behind the third brother?" Yuchi Jun asked stupidly.

"It's nothing. After hearing what the third brother said, I seemed to have some clarity. Therefore, I was accurate in the hunting process." Chai Zhewei said proudly, "The third brother said a sentence: When hunting, as long as you can understand the route of prey running, even if it grows wings, it will not escape from your arrow." Everyone was obviously in deep thought after hearing Chai Zhewei say Li Ke's words. After a long time, Qin Huaiyu suddenly said, "The third brother's words are so incisive, it is simply the true meaning of archery."

Cheng Huailiang also said, "With this third brother's words, I lost today, it's not unfair."

Li Zong also had an expression of understanding. Only Yuchi Jun was young and he was a little confused.

Seeing that Yuchi Jun had not understood the meaning of this sentence, Li Ke said, "Sixth brother, whether it is hunting or fighting, it ultimately depends on strength."

"I know, third brother." Yuchi Jun said.

Li Ke said seriously, "You must remember the third brother's words. Taking the lead is an important factor in undefeated on the battlefield. It is the same as hunting. As long as you judge the route of prey escape in advance, you can accurately grasp its purpose and take the lead to defeating the enemy. Another important thing is that it is to believe in yourself. Many times our judgment is correct, but we will hesitate, not decisive enough, and doubt ourselves, which will lead to losing the opportunity."

"Thank you for your teachings from third brother. Xiaojun understands that he will work hard in the future and will not disappoint your third brother." Yuchi Jun said firmly.

Li Ke's words were not only about educating Yuchi Jun, but also hearing the military strategy contained in his words in Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Huailiang, Li Zong and others. They couldn't help but be surprised when Li Ke was so proficient in military warfare. Could it be that he had any famous masters?
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