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A vegetable farmer walked towards Xiaoling. There were many newly dug wine cellars at the foot of the mountain, and on the other side of the Qianhu Lake, the lake water was used to make wine.

The vegetable farmer stopped under the wine trick, walked back and forth repeatedly, and finally took out the bamboo tube and bought a few taels of bad newly brewed wine.

A child jumped up and down and ran to the soy sauce shop by the lake. It might be a housewife who found out that the soy sauce was gone while cooking.The child held up the soy sauce bottle, and the store proprietress asked a few words before making soy sauce with bamboo raisins.In the middle of the call, he turned back to talk to the shop, as if arguing with his husband.

There are also some ten-year-old children who came to cover collectively with their schoolbags on their backs. There is an elementary school by the Xuanwu Lake, and they are all students returning home after school.

The plan to cancel the free lunch has been advanced. In several southern provinces, the free lunch is only reserved in impoverished mountainous areas.

Most of the students were laughing and playing, chasing and running wildly.

There are also those who love learning, and on the way from school, they still hold books and recite along the way.

Suddenly, students who were laughing and playing, or walking and memorizing, all gave way one after another, and many children still covered their mouths and noses.

But it was the farmers who went to the city to collect dung, pushing the dung truck, with a joyful smile on their face, and there was hope for a good harvest in that smile.

Gradually, cooking smoke rose from the fishing boats in the lake.

They set up a small stove on the boat and cooked simple and convenient food. Most of the time they just made bowls of noodles.If there is someone who cooks rice, before the rice is cooked, there is still time to cast two nets.

The lake breeze blows ripples, and the sun shines down sparkling.The fishing net was scattered very round, and once the net was covered, the waves of light suddenly shattered into stars.

"Your Majesty, the ladies are calling for dinner." Captain Zhu Youdong reminded.

Zhao Han pointed to the distance, turned his head and said with a smile: "This is much more interesting than hunting. I will never get tired of watching it. It's a pity that there is no Zhang Zeduan."

Zhu Youdong was born in the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally understood, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to find a painter?"

"Who can find a painter by himself? The world is stable and prosperous, and there are painters here." Zhao Hanle turned his horse's head, waved his whip and shouted, "Drive!"

Zhu Youdong scratched his head, and couldn't help but glance down the mountain.

Everyone sat down on the east bank of the Qianhu Lake, and besides pastries, they also prepared rice and dishes, and they could move their chopsticks just waiting for Zhao Han to come over.

Zhao Han jumped off the horse, walked over and said, "Let's serve dinner."

Having said that, everyone dared to move the chopsticks after he picked up the chopsticks.

During the meal, Fei Rulan said: "My husband, if you want to hunt, you can go in the afternoon. We sisters can play by the lake."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "This early summer is not the hunting season, just find an excuse to relax."

Fei Rulan said, "I've inquired about it. There are a lot of prey around here. There are especially many wild boars. Even the observatory on the top of the mountain is often harassed by wild boars."

The entire Zijin Mountain is enclosed by the Nanjing Outer City Wall.In a big city with a population of over one million, wild boars are flooding the mountains, which is very rare.

There is no way, Xiaoling Mausoleum is a restricted area of ​​Ming Dynasty, the common people dare not enter, and the nearby wild animals have multiplied for 300 years.

The army stationed in Xiaolingwei also occasionally went to hunt some game.But the army guarding the mausoleum is also very small, and many military households have become serfs, and they are assigned to farm nearby military fields. Eat nothing to earn money!

After lunch, Zhao Han decided to give it a try, picked up the flintlock and stepped on the horse.He also asked with a smile: "Anyone who wants to hunt can go together. There are so many people."

"Your Majesty, I would like to go along with you to help you enjoy yourself!" You Julian said, patting her chest.

"Your Majesty, I'm willing to go too!" Another female official who was a missionary said.

Concubine Tian Gui felt that this was an opportunity to gain the appreciation of the emperor, so she said: "Your Majesty, the daughter of the people has hunted before."

"Then we all go together," Zhao Han said.

Concubine Tian Gui chose a vigorous horse. She bent over to tie up the hem of her skirt, stepped on the stirrups and rolled up, her light figure seemed to be dancing.

Zhao Han praised: "Good skill! Give her a horse bow."

Chapter 472 [Amateur Royal Hunting]

Among Zhao Han's emperor's personal guards, there are only about a hundred people with excellent riding skills.

Most of the rest of the guards came to Xiaoling Racecourse to learn horse riding after they were responsible for protecting the emperor, and they were able to run on horses.

Not only are there few who are proficient in riding, but almost none are proficient in hunting.

When they learned that Zhao Han was going to hunt, they collected more than a dozen hounds in advance, and practiced them quietly in private.But their ability to command the hounds was about the same as Zhao Han's ability to ride horses, and they couldn't handle the falcons even more.

This may be the most amateur emperor hunting operation in Chinese history!

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Oh, oh~~~~"

The hounds kept barking, and the guards galloped on horseback, trying to scare the prey out of the forest.

After tossing for a long time, only the lost rabbit popped out.

"Your Majesty, there are prey!" The guards shouted in surprise, more excited than killing a few Tartars on the battlefield.

Because the Tartars are everywhere, but the prey in the mountains is rare.

Zhao Han didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and shouted, "Who is going to hunt this rabbit?"

"I go!"

You Julian rode out on her horse, bowed her bow, and shot an arrow, which was three feet away from the hare.

Tian Xiuying also galloped forward, but she didn't know that she performed supernormally, she was still not up to standard, and the arrow flew past the rabbit.

The hare fled in panic, and finally got into the grass and disappeared.

Zhao Han praised: "Good arrow skills."

You Julian blushed and said, "I haven't touched a bow and arrow for almost four years, next time I will definitely hit it."

Tian Xiuying explained: "Minnv hasn't drawn a bow for several years."

The guards could only lead the hounds and go back to the mountains to look for wild animals.After entering the mountain a little deeper, it was finally much easier, and soon a deer was driven out.

Zhao Han was about to pick up the flintlock and take aim, when Liu Rushi who followed along shouted, "Your Majesty, that's a pregnant female beast!"

"Sure enough it's not the hunting season." Zhao Han had no choice but to put down the shotgun.

Most wild animals mate in spring.Take the roe deer as an example, they mate in late winter and early spring, and now the rapeseed has just been harvested, and the wheat is about to be harvested. These two months are the season for giving birth.

The pregnant female deer was allowed to escape, and after a while, another wild boar was driven out.

The body is not very big, only about two hundred catties.

Tian Xiuying chased after her horse, let go of the rein with both hands, and on the undulating horse's back, unexpectedly pulled the standard horse bow to [-]% full, and then shot at a high speed.

Uh, shot crooked again...

Tian Xiuying was immediately embarrassed, and when the guards drove the wild boar back, she blushed again and stood in the horse bow.

call out!

An arrow pierced the boar's body, only piercing through the fur, and the arrow dangled dangling from the boar's body.Under the pain, the wild boar was hunted by hundreds of people, and fled down the mountain in a panic.

There are also guards at the foot of the mountain, beating the gong to drive them back.

"boom!"

With a gunshot, the wild boar fell to the ground.

Zhao Han put down the flintlock gun and reloaded the ammunition slowly.

"Good shot!"

"Your Majesty shoots!"

Everyone immediately cheered and flattered.

The wild boar was shot and arrowed, but it was still alive.After falling to the ground for only two or three seconds, he got up again and ran away, and rushed straight to Zhao Han's side.

call out!call out!call out!

Tian Xiuying, You Julian, and another female official all shot arrows at the same time.Due to the close distance, all three arrows hit, but the wild boar still survived.

Zhu Youdong, the captain of the personal guard, was afraid that the emperor would be in danger, so he immediately galloped out, leaned out after a few steps of charge, and slammed a hammer on the wild boar's forehead.

The wild boar staggered and ran a few steps, and finally fell down.

Another guard said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this beast is not dead, so you can take another shot."

Zhao Han didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "One more shot, will it be considered as my hunting?"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed instantly, and the sycophant guard scratched his head in embarrassment.

Tian Xiuying said: "Your Majesty, some prey have thick fur, and special arrow clusters must be used, otherwise they will not die if they hit ten arrows."

"So it is." Zhao Han suddenly realized.

For example, the emperor in the early Qing Dynasty had special heavy hunting arrows.When shooting tigers and other ferocious animals, the arrows are not sharp, but oval iron cones.Instead of piercing damage, it deals hammer damage.

Zhao Han was just playing around today, he was very amateurish in everything, and he didn't even prepare hunting arrows.

Tian Xiuying asked curiously, "Your Majesty is holding a firecracker, why isn't there a matchlock?"

Zhao Han explained: "The flintlock is fast, and the flint is fired." Then he asked, "Do you still use firecrackers?"

Tian Xiuying said: "It was fired with a matchlock."

This imperial concubine of the old dynasty was born in a family of hereditary military officials in Shaanxi.In the year she was born, her father Tian Hongyu was already working as the general manager in Yangzhou. He was an officer who liked to make friends with heroes, nicknamed "Xiao Mengchang".

Officials who are generally called "Xiao Mengchang" can be directly replaced by Song Jiang.

Anyway, with the three teachings and nine streams, the rivers and lakes are reckless, Tian Hongyu can make friends with anyone.

Unofficial history said that he brought Chen Yuanyuan to Beijing and tried to dedicate it to Emperor Chongzhen, but it ended up in Wu Sangui's hands. It is not impossible.

Because Tian Guifei's stepmother and temperament teacher is a geisha in Yangzhou.

"Give her a flintlock." Zhao Han said.

The mass production of flintlock guns started last year, and the first batch was delivered this spring, giving priority to refitting the dragoons in Liaodong. Now [-] dragoons have been equipped.

In addition, [-] pairs of breastplates were also built, which were used to change some of the cavalry.

Although Li Dingguo won more with less last year, he was able to hedge against the Wanman Qing cavalry, and he also captured the opponent's cavalry leader on the spot.However, the Datong cavalry also suffered heavy losses, because the cavalry of the newly formed Xiao cavalry was far inferior to the Qing cavalry in terms of cavalry skills.

Lu Xiangsheng and Zhao Han exchanged letters to discuss changing the cavalry tactics. Zhao Han suggested that [-] of the cavalry should conduct a wall charge.

The existing Xiaoqi armor is too heavy, so replace it with a breastplate that only weighs [-] to [-] kilograms, and then use a wall charge to exchange lives with the Manchu cavalry.

The wall charge is not so mysterious. To put it more bluntly, it is the "queue to shoot" in the cavalry world.

Use a group of soldiers with strict discipline, high organization, and insufficient cavalry skills to line up densely, rush forward regardless of life and death, and use organization to make up for personal combat skills.This is a very clumsy, but completely unreasonable cavalry tactic that is very suitable for countries with a large number of people and a solid foundation.

Traditional cavalry formations are very sparse, allowing enough space to avoid obstacles on the battlefield, avoid dead bodies and horse bodies on both sides, and even rescue generals who fall from their horses.

With wall charging, there is no room for maneuver at all. Most of them will fall when they encounter obstacles. When their generals fall to the ground, they can only step on them.Its actual combat premise is: the army is highly disciplined, highly organized, and all soldiers are not afraid of death.

If a traditional cavalry unit encounters a wall charge, the first reaction is to turn around and run away-the cavalry is not so desperate.

Even if you dare to hedge, if you encounter a dense cavalry formation with a loose cavalry formation, it is equivalent to being beaten by several, and there is basically no possibility of winning.

But the disadvantage of wall charge is also obvious. Once you charge, you cannot change formations, attack, or even command, and lose all tactical capabilities except charge in an instant.

If both sides use the wall charge, there is only one result left: people are turned on their backs and the battlefield is chaotic.It's like queuing up to shoot at close range, with heavy casualties for each other!

Cavalry generals like Li Dingguo, as well as cavalry soldiers with superb combat skills, are absolutely impossible to charge against the wall.Because they couldn't display their talents, they could only shrink in the cavalry wall and become an ordinary unit desperately rushing to kill.

It is impossible to use the scarce Indian Mawarima for wall charging, because...waste!

However, after Tian Xiuying got the flintlock gun and figured out how to operate it, she began to practice with prey.

"boom!"

With a gunshot, the prey ran, and the bullet flew to nowhere.

"Hahahaha!"

Zhao Han was amused, and he raised his gun to aim at the elk.With the sound of gunfire, the bullets splashed fine gravel, although they also missed, but they were only half a foot away from the prey.

"drive!"

Zhao Han took the flintlock handed over by the guard, and this one was already loaded.Immediately, the horse chased after him, and the "chasing electricity" under his crotch was incomparable. Zhao Han fired another shot while running at high speed.

Shooting on horseback with a flintlock should be considered riding and archery skills, right?

After two shots in a row, the guards wanted to drive the elk back. Zhao Han said with a smile, "Let it escape. If the two shots miss, you shouldn't die."

Liu Rushi also wanted a flintlock, and after asking the guards for advice, he practiced towards the trees.Seeing her shyness, the guards around stepped aside one after another, for fear that she would accidentally become a prey.

"boom!"