After Han You learned about the situation, he went up the official road and rushed to the south without waiting for the fish elephant.
It's night, the snow seems to have stopped, but the cold wind is blowing.
It is most difficult to travel at night with ice and snow.
Han You could have taken a carriage, but he didn't want to.
After leaving the city, Han You suddenly realized something.
He remembered a composition.
The lamp in my father’s study, I later learned, illuminated not the study but the people of the entire district.
Now he suddenly understood that many times, many things, many people, their direction, fate, life and death, really depended on one person.
"Under the hooves of the war horse, there is no broad official road."
Han You looked up to the sky and sighed: "I later found out that it was the life-or-death line for thousands of people in Changyuan."
Jiang Zhui and Teacher Gong looked at each other, wondering what Han You was doing there.
Han You scratched the back of his head and felt something was not going well.
After thinking about it, Han You looked up to the sky and sighed: "The illness immediately was not my young master, but later I found out, it was the future of the people of Changyuan?"
Jiang Zhui asked in confusion: "Colonel Han, what are you mumbling about?"
"You know what the heck, it's called later, and you realize later that what you thought was just an appearance, do you understand?"
Jiang Zhui seemed to understand: "I found out later that salty things are not necessarily tears?"
Han You: "..."
Jiang Zhui asked uncertainly: "Later I found out that the person calling daddy is not necessarily the daughter?"
Han You was dumbfounded: "Who did you listen to tell me about this set of tricks?"
"Miss Yuqi."
"Yu Qi?"
"A few days ago in the cafeteria, I saw her giggling there, so I eavesdropped for a while, and that's what she said."
Han You started gossiping: "Who did she talk to?"
"Two young ladies."
Han You: "..."
Young Master Han suddenly remembered, no wonder they are so familiar with this trick. These two girls are so talkative, why do they say everything.
Three people and three horses, Han You, Ah Zhui, Teacher Gong, and Fu Yuxiang, if they don't delay, leave Shangguan Road of the villa and circle the city from west to south, they will catch up in less than half an hour.
Changyuan is a lower county of the capital, and the distance is actually not that far, one hundred and seventy-nine miles.
If you are riding a horse, even if you control your horse speed within a safe range, you will arrive before dawn.
People are divided into three, six or nine grades, and the same is true for horses.
If the military horses used in the army are used for long-distance operations, they are usually ridden by mares and geldings instead of male horses.
Although male horses are stronger and taller in physique and are easier to obey discipline, they are not as easy to tame and control as female horses and geldings. The latter two horses are also more emotionally stable on the battlefield.
Of course, there are also those who ride stallions, but there are few. Either there are no horses available, or the horses are very obedient. There are very few people in the army who ride stallions to fight.
Few does not mean none, there are only a handful of them, and Han Bairen is one of them.
Lao Han likes to ride stallions, and his method of training horses is relatively rough. He will knock them down directly, and then he will beat them while riding on the horse. When the time comes, it will be treated honestly.
Han You was riding a stallion with a rare docile temper. Ma Laoer gave it to him, and its name was Heifeng. Han You didn't think it sounded good, so he called it Akui because the horse was black and had long hair on its temples. It's a bit like a beard. A big beard is inserted into the horse's belly with two axes hanging on both sides.
Under normal circumstances, if a good war horse runs wildly on a flat and slightly soft ground, the theoretical speed can reach an astonishing fifty kilometers per hour. Of course, this is a theory. There are many such horses, but they cannot run for too long. .
In fact, horses are the same as people. If you only pursue speed regardless of the intensity of the exercise, you will not be able to persist for too long or can't stand it. If you don't pursue speed, you will be able to maintain your physical strength for a longer time.
Ordinary military horses, if you care about horsepower and are not afraid of wear and tear, can run at thirty or forty per minute... No, at twenty to thirty kilometers per hour, they can run for five or six hours, which is about two hundred miles.
We only took the official road to rush to Changyuan. The actual distance was just over two hundred miles, and we would definitely arrive before dawn.
The speed of the three people riding horses was not very fast. In less than half an hour, Lu Baichuan, Fu Yuxiang, and Ji Ying arrived with a large group of people.
Fifty-three people, and fifty "troops". In addition to the thirty Southern Army killers, there are also twenty miscellaneous soldiers, those unlucky ones who cheated on the scientific examination, Feng Bai is also there.
Han You didn't really expect these twenty people to do anything, just don't hold them back.
Han You had his own reasons for calling twenty scholars.
Nominally, one hundred miscellaneous soldiers belong to the Yi Dao Battalion, although they are only auxiliary soldiers.
If Han You only used Fu Yuxiang's men every time something happened, he would give others a handle.
Yidao Camp needs inheritance again, and it needs to select some people who can truly pass on the inheritance. Even if Han You does not have expectations for these 100 people, deep down in his heart, he still hopes that there will be a few candidates who will be both civil and military in the future. Potency.
After everyone gathered together, without any unnecessary nonsense, Han You clamped his horse's belly and increased the speed of the horse. More than fifty people galloped on the official road.
It is worth mentioning that the twenty scholars on the horse, including Feng Bai, have all ridden horses, but only three or four of them, including Feng Bai, are proficient in riding skills and can ride fast horses.
Most of the horses in the villa are military horses. If they can't handle people, it's fine. Horses can handle them.
War horses all have the ability to follow the herd. As the horse speed gets faster and faster, the war horse can keep up. As long as the knight on the horse keeps his center of gravity close to the horse's back and does not fall off.
In fact, this was also Han You's first time riding a horse and running wildly. He rarely rode so fast when leaving and entering Beijing.
The faster the horse is, the colder the wind is. Lu Baichuan and Fu Yuxiang are the best riders. They hold the reins with one hand and hold the torch high with the other hand. The light of the fire flickers on and off, making the sound of hunting.
This is also what must be done when galloping on horseback at night, with the leader holding a torch high.
Lu Baichuan was riding a horse and was closest to Han You, fearing that something might happen to the latter.
Fuyuxiang turned around and shouted from time to time.
"Lower your posture and don't use too much force on your thighs..."
"Don't fucking pull on the reins so hard that you lose your foot and break your bones..."
"Hide your face and exhale, don't face the wind, don't care how the horse runs, just hold on..."
"Don't shout loudly like me, the horses will run faster and faster..."
Before this, the auxiliary barracks did not have any riding training. They only played football. Except for Feng Bai, the other nineteen people rode decently. Their riding skills were not good, they were a little embarrassed, but they could ride.
Han You looked back from time to time, extremely surprised.
Of the twenty people, more than half were quite calm and composed, so it was no wonder they were picked out by the Fish-Fighting Elephant.
After galloping for almost an hour, the horse's breathing became heavier and heavier, and white air puffs came out of its nostrils.
Lu Baichuan roared and handed the torch to Jiang Zhui.
This is the case in the army. When galloping at night, one person cannot hold a torch all the time. If the arm is sore for a long time, he will lose his hand.
In addition, the lead horse is also trained in this way.
Horses are naturally afraid of flames, and they are easily frightened when they feel the heat, or when the flames of a torch reach their eyes.
When Jiang Zhui took the torch, Fu Yuxiang also roared and handed the torch out. The person who took the torch was Feng Bai.
After taking over, Jiang Zhui and Feng Bai ran ahead to lead the way.
Han You looked at the back of Feng Bai's galloping horse with an incomprehensible look.
"Leading the race" is usually done by those who scout horses or have excellent riding skills in the army. Especially at night, when the line of sight is not as good as the others, they will stumble if they make the slightest mistake, which is a great test for the knight's riding skills.
After all, Jiang Zhui was from a semi-famous family. He had a good family background and was a good scholar but not a martial artist. It was understandable that he could lead the way.
But this Feng Bai was obviously from a noble family, so it was really surprising that he could have such good riding skills.
Again, "leading" is a kind of riding skill, but most people will not train this kind of riding skill specifically, unless they are strong men in the army, at least at the rank of captain, who are accustomed to leading the charge into battle.
Or he is a detective, and his riding skills are amazing.
It doesn't make sense that a son from a noble family has such superb riding skills and knows how to "lead".
Now is not the time to ask, and Han You wouldn't ask if he could. He has things he cares more about.
After riding for nearly half an hour, Lu Baichuan was at the end of the team and shouted a few times. The team was getting longer and longer, and the six or seven soldiers could no longer keep up.
You must know that horseback riding is not only a test of technique, but also a test of physical strength. It requires maintaining balance for a long time and adjusting the posture slightly as the horse rises and falls. In addition, horseback riding at night requires a high degree of concentration and consumes a lot of physical strength.
Han You yelled: "How long does it take to get to Changyuan?"
Jiang Zhui turned around and said, "We're almost at Xunxian Station."
"Rest for two-quarters of an hour when we arrive at the inn."
