Li Yuanying spoke convincingly, saying that His Majesty Li Er was extremely busy with all kinds of affairs, so he would never know that they went to the "secret base" to play after they went to the sunflower garden.
The younger ones were blindly convinced by Li Yuanying, happily sat in the car and went to the place where the whole lamb was roasted last time.
Perhaps it is because this "secret base" has passed the clear road in front of His Majesty Li Er and the ministers, the big oven has survived safely until now, and has not been dismantled like the last one.
Li Zhi thought a little more than Li Yuanying, and felt that Li Yuanying was a little naive. There was no way His Majesty Li Er didn't know that so many of them followed his elder brother to play. He told Li Yuanying about his worries, and told Li Yuanying to take it easy and not go too far.
Gao Yang said: "You are the one who worries a lot, what are you afraid of, let's talk about it after playing first." As for what happens after being found out, of course, you have to think about it after you are found out.
This is the place where Gao Yang and Li Yuanying have similar tastes. The two of them persuaded Sizi and the others with their rich experience in death. When they arrived at the place, they happily jumped out of the carriage to see how the whole roasted cow was roasted.
The cow was very fat and strong, and Li Chengqian spent a lot of money to buy it. The main reason was that someone from another family also wanted it at that time, and the people he sent had to bid with others, and the price was raised up.
Li Chengqian was very willing to spend money on eating and playing, and remembering that he and Li Yuanying had agreed to make roast whole cattle, so he spent a lot of money.
Knowing that they were coming over today, the "Secret Base" was already busy, slaughtering the wounded cattle that had been raised for several days. This cow was much bigger than the sheep last time, and the number of people turning over manually and applying seasoning by the side had doubled, all of them staring intently at the red-hot stove, for fear that such a big cow would be ruined!
Li Yuanying and the others looked at it for a while, and felt that roasting a whole cow is not much different from roasting a whole lamb, and suddenly lost the interest to wait for it to be roasted, and pulled Li Chengqian and said that he would go to see the "elephants" he had recruited. military".
Li Chengqian led them to a high ground with an excellent view, and gently clapped their hands left and right. The left and right led the way, and the people took out two flags and waved them against the wind, and saw two teams of people and horses appearing in the mountains and forests on both sides of the wilderness: there were no more than a dozen people on both sides, the one on the left was riding a horse, and the one on the right was riding an elephant!
Before reaching the place where the two sides can meet, those Turkic people with high noses and wide eyes have already driven the horses under their crotches to a rhythm.
On the other side, perhaps the elephants are extraordinarily tall, so the Nan people on the backs of the elephants appear to be much smaller. However, the elephants they are riding also walk forward with their trunks raised high and their huge ears flapping. Everywhere we went, the weeds that grew wildly due to the abundant spring rain were trampled to this side, and the thick elephant feet forcibly made a way out!
Probably because they had never seen an elephant before, as the huge beast approached, the Turkic horses suddenly became disobedient and neighed in panic. If these Turkic people hadn't domesticated their horses very well, they would have fled in all directions when encountering such a battle!
Even so, the situation of these Turkic people is not much better, and no matter how hard they try, they can't let the horse go any further!
To be able to hunt and have fun with Li Chengqian all day long, if you really want to say how capable it is, it is definitely impossible. At most, it is just that the riding skills are better than some people.
Can you really expect them to be fearless in the face of danger, and fight to the death with the other side? Of course it's impossible!
As the "Elephant Army" composed of nearly ten colossal monsters approached step by step, the group of Turkic people, who were far from being called brave cavalry, finally broke up, and were embarrassed by the thin and thin Nanmen riding on the backs of the elephants. People run away!
You can't escape, if you don't escape, the horse will be frightened! When the time comes, the horse under the crotch will throw them off in horror, and they will most likely be trampled into meat paste by the elephant's hoof that looks like a thousand weights!
Li Yuanying had a good time watching it from a high place, and felt that the Xiangjun was indeed very energetic, and the Turkic people were very embarrassed by it, and they did not have the usual brave appearance at all. He was a little ready to move, and leaned over to Li Chengqian and asked, "Is this elephant easy to raise?"
Not only Li Yuanying was moved, but Li Chengqian was also a little moved, so he invited a quick-spoken southerner to come forward and ask him carefully.
In the past, he had a good time with the Turkic people, and felt that the Turkic people lived very freely. He liked to take them out hunting, sitting around and having fun. Looking at them now, they really lost their former charm to the Elephant Rider!
Several people sat down on the grass on the high ground, and looked at the nervous southerner together. This southerner is thin and dark, obviously exposed to the sun and wind all year round.
Under the urging of Li Yuanying, this southerner began to talk about his childhood elephant taming career. His name is Yang Liulang. Because there are many elephants in his hometown, his family has been mahout tamers for generations, and he even adopted a baby elephant since he was a child!
An elephant takes longer to conceive than a human, and it takes more than ten years to grow up. It can be said that his elephant grew up with him, and he can command it like a man.
If it weren't for this kind of elephant that has been domesticated since childhood, ordinary people would have a headache when they encounter elephants. After all, they are big and like to gather together. If the vegetation in the mountains and grasslands is not enough for them to eat, they will eat crops!
Li Yuanying had never been to the south, so he heard it with great interest.
Yang Liulang mentioned to Li Yuanying how hard it is to raise an elephant: an elephant may have to eat hundreds of catties of vegetation a day, and after eating it, it can't chew it all, and most of it turns into feces and excretes. Its feces may weigh hundreds of catties a day, the kind that can bury a whole person!
If it weren't for a generational elephant family like theirs, I'm afraid it would be really difficult to take care of such a big guy, let alone domesticate them.
Li Yuanying's eyes widened when he heard that an elephant could produce hundreds of catties of elephant dung a day, and he couldn't imagine how high the pile of dung would be if he raised a hundred elephants! Li Yuanying, Sizi and the others sighed: "It's not easy for the Duke of Wei. I'm afraid his family needs someone to clean up the elephant dung, or the Duke of Wei's mansion will have the elephant dung buried in a few days!"
Gao Yang was eager to play with an elephant, but she gave up after hearing what Li Yuanying said. She was afraid that her mansion would be filled with elephant dung in the future. After all, she is a stinky girl, even if Yang Liulang said that elephant dung doesn't stink, and she can pick it up to scatter in the fields to fertilize the fields, she is not willing to raise such a capable animal.
Li Yuanying was not as concerned about elephant dung as Gao Yang was, he asked curiously: "You brought elephants to Chang'an, do you want them to help you carry your goods?"
Yang Liulang said proudly: "Yes, we were hired by the caravan to help them carry their goods and attract the attention of the common people. It just so happened that His Royal Highness wanted to find elephants to fight against the Turks, so the person who hired us discussed with us. Let's give it a try. Our elephants are still docile, and the fiercer group once defeated the Tubo army, making them dare not attack again for more than ten years!"
Li Chengqian also became interested: "Is it really so powerful?"
Naturally, Yang Liulang would not tell lies, and told Li Chengqian and the others happily out of the Xiangjun story he had been used to since childhood.
All the children were very excited when they heard it.
Li Yuanying said: "Although elephants eat a lot and have too much dung, it is really useful if used well!"
Both Li Chengqian and Li Zhi nodded.
Wei Shu saw that Li Yuanying had obviously moved to raise a group of elephants, thought for a while, and said to Li Yuanying who was sitting next to him: "Although the elephant army is brave and scary enough, I don't think it is invincible. "
All the eyes of the others were on Wei Shu.
Wei Shu was not flustered, and still said unhurriedly: "During the Warring States Period, a man named Tian Dan in Qi State invented a tactic called 'Fire Bull Formation'. Tian Dan collected more than a thousand cattle in the city, decorated them with crimson Then tie oil-soaked reeds to their tails, light the reeds and drive them into the enemy's formation. The enemy panicked when they saw nearly a thousand fiery 'monsters' rushing towards them overnight. Hands and feet, fled here and there, and was defeated by the people of Qi all at once."
Li Yuanying said: "I've seen this too, it's written in "Historical Records." He was a little puzzled, "What does this have to do with the Xiang army? Could it be that the Fire Bull Formation was also used to deal with the Xiang army?"
Wei Shu nodded, and said eloquently: "Didn't you just say that elephants are afraid of fire? If you use this fire bull formation, when a herd of fire tails rushes into the elephant army, they will scramble to avoid it. How much better was the rider just now, and he might even let his own people die under the trampling of the elephant's feet."
Li Yuanying imagined what Wei Shu said in his mind, and found that the fire bull formation seems to be really feasible against the Xiang army!
You must know that the battlefield for cavalry or elephant soldiers is not in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but many nomadic peoples in the north or west. Their cattle and sheep are not as precious as those in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. They can raise them in batches if they have water and grass. I heard that in the territory of Tubo There are also many wild yaks. If someone drives those wild yaks into the elephant army in this way, the elephants' original advantages will become disadvantages again!
Li Yuanying boasted, "Sister Shu, why are you so smart!"
Yang Liulang said unconvinced: "Not everyone can use the fire bull formation. How can you ensure that the bulls will run towards the opponent instead of running back and hitting their own people? If the tail is really burned, they can't judge the direction."
Wei Shu said: "There is a way to tame elephants, so naturally there is a way to drive cattle."
Li Yuanying agreed with Wei Shu's words: "That's the reason. You can make elephants listen to you, and others may have a way to make cows listen to them."
Yang Liulang fell silent.
After Li Chengqian said this, he was also quite touched: "It seems that there is no way to win in the world. You have a good plan and I have a wall ladder. It depends on whose method is better in the battle." In the past, Li Chengqian thought that galloping immediately is the best Chic, just now seeing his Turkic friends have no strength to fight against the "Elephant Army" and fled in embarrassment, Li Chengqian felt that the hunting with horses that he used to love had become boring.
Li Yuanying took the opportunity to say: "Then we need to learn more about various methods and think about how to deal with them in advance, so that we won't be in a hurry when we encounter them in the future." His Majesty saw it through, and began to encourage Li Chengqian, "It's okay for us to sneak out once or twice, but it's still too eye-catching if we come out too many times, why don't you write another article to tell the emperor about this idea, and ask the emperor to allow you?" Get in touch with these things more. By then, we'll have enough fun!"
After Li Chengqian thought about it, he felt that Li Yuanying's words were feasible. There were so many guards accompanying him this time, it was difficult to hide the fact that he brought Li Yuanying and the others over to play, so why not write a booklet and ask Father for instructions!
The whole roasted ox was not ready yet, Li Chengqian was afraid that he would forget about it later, so he asked someone to fetch a pen and ink on the spot, and wrote quickly under the watchful eyes of Li Yuanying and his younger brothers and sisters. The examples are ready-made, and the insights are also ready-made. Li Chengqian's writing is more neat than when Li Yuanying praised him last time.
This time there were so many people, Li Yuanying didn't read and boast paragraph by paragraph, instead he chose good sentences and paragraphs to get his friends to praise together: "This sentence is so well written, I can't think of it!"
Sizi praised the venue and responded: "Brother is amazing!"
Li Zhi followed up and said, "It's really good!"
Cheng Yang and Heng Shan nodded.
Although Gao Yang didn't like to play with words and ink, he still watched them patiently, and occasionally boasted following the trend. After all, Li Yuanying said that if the article was written well, their father would not only not scold them, but would even praise them!
On the other hand, Wei Shu, who first proposed the "Fire Cow Formation", stood by Li Yuanying's side and didn't say anything more. "The beginning of the article.
Seeing that Wei Shu has been silent, Li Yuanying was afraid that she would feel bored, so he couldn't help sharing with her the reason why he likes to encourage Li Chengqian to write articles recently: "I learned this method of writing articles from Yu Zhanshi. Does Yu Zhanshi know?" The one named Yu Zhining is not as old as your grandfather, but he is just as powerful at scolding people as your grandfather. You don't know, a few days ago he wrote 20 volumes of "Jianyuan" to scold Chengqian, it's scary !” He briefly told Wei Shu about meeting Yu Zhining head-on that day, and said happily to Wei Shu, “At that time, I thought, if I could follow his method and change things to serve the interests of the family and the country Rely on me, I'm sure I can pass the emperor's brother for anything, and maybe even get their praise! It's a pity that I don't know how to write articles, so I have to let Cheng Qian do it."
Wei Shu was dumbfounded.
If Yu Zhining knew about Li Yuanying's thoughts, he might have the intention of killing him!
After Li Chengqian finished writing the article and put it away, the person guarding the stove also came over and said that the whole roasted ox was cooked. After playing for a long time, Li Yuanying was hungry. Hearing this, he immediately took Li Chengqian over to share the whole roasted cow. This time His Majesty Li Er and the others did not come, and the hooves were distributed to the winning "Xiang Army".
Li Chengqian was the oldest according to his age, and he shouldered the responsibility of dividing the meat. Li Yuanying waited one by one with a group of radish heads, not treating him as a prince at all, and wanted to cut this piece or that piece. Be sure to share a large piece of delicious roast beef with everyone.
Li Chengqian saw that he was ordering him so smoothly, so he intentionally cut the steak crookedly, and the grilled steak that Li Yuanying got was particularly spectacular, it looked bigger than his face and longer than his arm!
Sizi looked at it and opened his round eyes in amazement: "Uncle Yao, can you eat so much?"
How can you say no to a manly man? Li Yuanying straightened his small body and boasted: "Of course!"
So when they returned to the palace, Li Yuanying failed to ride his pony with Li Chengqian, but leaned on the carriage and rubbed his chubby stomach to digest food.
I ate until I was full!
He found out that the eldest nephew is a bit bad!
The author has something to say:
Little Prince: Son is like a father (pointing)
His Majesty Li Er:? ?
Note:
①Fire bull array related from "Historical Records. Biography of Tian Dan
②Elephant-related content, reference papers such as poop "Research on Chinese Elephant Culture", but the data has been converted by my superb mathematics level, it may not be correct!