"hunt?"

Su Shi was stunned. Although he was the key player of the Wuhaogu system, he was the first time he came to Jiehe Market. Therefore, he didn't know that Wuhaogu, the head of Jiehe, loved hunting... This activity was not very popular in the Song Dynasty, and it was quite negative. Even if he was in a brothel, it was better than killing small animals outside all day!

Wu Yanzhao also remembered that it was Su Shi's first time to come to Jiehe Market, so he explained with a smile: "Jiehe Market is different from Kaifeng Prefecture. The people are so handsome, so the things they play are not very different. Many people play hunting, horse racing, polo, archery, and fencing. Moreover, the Political Office and Maritime Bureau of Jiehe Market often organize some related competitions, and the winner of the competition can get high rewards."

"So that's it." Su Shi nodded, not too surprised. In fact, the folk customs of the Song Dynasty were not particularly weak. Even in Kaifeng Prefecture, sumo wrestling was very popular, and the palace often held competitions.

However, those who participated in the competition were vulgar and had no officials or scholars. Oh, not without them. As early as the Taizu Dynasty, there were even cases where talented people who participated in the imperial examinations wrestled and competed for the top scorer! The Jinshi of that era was able to shoot archery and fencing. Now, a Jinshi who was on the right-list of Wen and Wu has caused a huge controversy, which is really speechless.

...

With a whoosh, a three-uneven feather arrow was seen leaving the string. It was extremely fast and rushed straight towards a sika deer running in panic. Then it pounced into the sika deer's body. The injured animal struggled and ran for a while before kneeling to the ground.

"The adoptive father is mighty!"

As the sika deer fell, the sound of cheering rang throughout the wasteland.

The one who shot the deer was Wu Haogu, who was still slacking off his hands and letting go. His face was as calm as water, without any joy or anger. There were many young knights surrounded by him, and the cheering sounds were made by them. Needless to say, these young knights belonged to Wu Haogu's fake legion.

A fourteen-five-year-old knight immediately rode out and ran towards the seriously injured sika deer, drew out his long sword, leaned forward, aimed the blade at the sika deer's neck, and gently stroked it, and blood sprayed out.

Drive the horse, draw the sword, and stab the deer, and do it in one go, each movement is just right. Then, the young knight put his sword into the sheath, turned his head, and ran towards the dying sika deer again, leaned over again, grabbed the hind legs of the deer, and lifted it onto the horse's back.

Needless to say, this action is extremely chic.

"Wu Tian, ​​it's not bad!" Wu Haogu said to the young man with a smile, "The kung fu on the horse's back is great."

This young man was one of the four earliest fakes of Wu Haogu, named Wu Tian. He was a slave of the Shubu family who was bought when Wu Haogu was on a mission to Xijin Mansion in his early years. He was only ten years old at the time, but now more than five years have passed, and he has grown into a fifteen-year-old handsome young man.

"It's all because of the adoptive father's cultivation!"

When the young Wu Tian heard Wu Haogu’s praise, he bowed his hand on the horse’s back and did not forget to compliment his kind father.

Wu Haogu really deserves his compliments because he did spend a lot of money to cultivate Wutian.

Wu Tian is a "slave cavalry", but he is by no means a "cheap cannon fodder". On the contrary, he is an elite knight who Wu Haogu spent a lot of money to train and equip.

The kung fu on the horse and the skills of fighting horses, the archery technique of passing through the sun for a hundred steps, and of course the amazing endurance are all indispensable, long-term hard training and dedication.

In addition, Wu Haogu also equipped Wu Tian with a war horse with four feet and six inches shoulder height, a composite bow with buffalo horns, a good three-in-one arrow, an excellent horse snare and a long sword, as well as a good leather armor, cloth armor, helmets, and other miscellaneous auxiliary weapons. Recently, he even equipped him with a strange-looking crossbow machine. The cost of this equipment and horses alone has exceeded 600 pieces.

As he grew up, he also broke a lot of equipment, rode many horses, and coaches with very skilled martial arts and riding skills were responsible for training.

Wu Haogu spent at least 1,200 yuan to be able to have the skills of Wu Tian today! And in the years to come, Wu Haogu would have to continue to spend a lot of money on him!

It is not an exaggeration to say that such slave cavalry was piled up with silk and copper coins!

Today, following Wu Haogu on the north bank of Jiehe River, more than a thousand riders and horses were hunting on a wasteland belonging to the Liao Kingdom. Everyone, like Wu Tian, ​​was the elite who was trained and equipped with at all costs.

Thousands of Damn Knights spent at least one million Wu Haogu, and it was not included in the investment in establishing Damn Corps barracks, horse farms and training grounds on the north bank of the Jiehe River.

If it weren't for the dispatch of the Tiju Jiehe Maritime Bureau and the "North Grain Transportation South" which could generate a large amount of cash flow, even if Wu Haogu was as rich as Wu Haogu, he would have been unable to turn around because of these thousand knights.

How much is the cost of raising an elite cavalry in an agricultural society? Just look at the expense of these knights.

In order to make this huge expenditure practical, as long as Wu Haogu is in Jiehe Market, he will try his best to find time to come to Hebei and hunt in the wild with his own group of young knights.

In the eyes of civil servants and officials of the Song Dynasty, hunting was completely a waste of life and was not doing their jobs, which was worse than being prostitutes. But Wu Haogu, who really raised an elite cavalry, knew that hunting was the best way to train and test cavalry tactics.

If the cavalry were not pulled out of the field and just leaning on the military camp in Kaifeng Prefecture City to exhibit, there would be no way to know if this cavalry had real skills.

The cavalry that Wu Haogu spent a lot of money to raise obviously had real skills!

Needless to say, the knight martial arts of these young knights are mostly juveniles from the grassland. They were sold as commodities after being captured by the Khitans. They also grew up on horseback, so they are naturally easy to practice.

In addition, they have a big difference compared to the group of knights in Beicangzhou. They are not scattered and returned to their own homes, but live together and practice together for many years. Moreover, they are equipped with the same set of standard training, and their intimacy and familiarity are at the level of "uninterrupted". Therefore, they can play almost perfect tactical cooperation!

During the past few days of hunting, Wu Haogu's vagues demonstrated the tactical cooperation of various ten-cavalry teams. Don't underestimate this "ten-cavalry cooperation". According to Murong Wangyou, the military tactician, the importance of the ten-cavalry battle is actually a decisive battle of more than a thousand cavalry and ten-cavalry.

Because the most important role of cavalry on the battlefield is not to conduct formation battles, but to disperse into teams for reconnaissance, search and cover. Wu Haogu’s thousand-man scattered into one hundred ten-cavalry teams, and the front lines of thousands of miles can be blocked and controlled. If the opponent does not have cavalry that can be fought against, it is a blind man, a deaf man, who doesn’t know anything, and he still has to beat him up?

If the opponent has many light cavalry available, then it will be better than whose cavalry can fight. At this time, the ten cavalry teams that can play tactical cooperation will definitely be more powerful than the light cavalry that gets together temporarily!

The cooperation between Wu Haogu is very good. In recent days, these tactics of various cavalry squads have been demonstrated, including tracking, joint attack, ambush, luring the enemy, ten cavalry charges and crossbow raids.

It seems to be very good to Wu Haogu, a half-outsider, but I don’t know what kind of performance it can be in actual combat?

"Fifth Brother!" Wu Haogu skillfully put away his bow and arrows, and then called Murong Tu, who was in charge of the fake sub-legion, to the forefront, "How is the method of the hundred-knight war?"

"Hundred Cavalry Round Battle" is a tactic designed by Murong Wangyou based on the report sent by Zhao Zhongge and Ma Zheng from the Wanyan tribe of the Jurchen. In fact, it is a wall-type charge with the Hundred Cavalry team, and it is a wheel battle! The thousand-man army is divided into ten Hundred Cavalry teams, launching turns to attack the weak links of the enemy's formation. And it only impacts, does not fight, and retreats after the rush, giving up the channel for subsequent impact.

This kind of fighting style is easy to say, but it is very difficult to practice. For example, the Western Xia Iron Harrier and the Khitan Iron Lin Army were also in a wave of charge on the battlefield, and they rushed up and fought hand in hand.

However, Wu Haogu's fake sub-legion is easier to practice this kind of wall-type and wheel-type fighting style, because they are cavalrymen who live together all day long to train. Murong Wangyou also drafted "character scriptures" for them according to Wu Haogu's instructions, so there is a unified training standard, so it is easy to cooperate.

"First of the People," Murong Gu said immediately, "There is no problem with wheel battles, but it's not enough to move forward like a wall."

“Is it difficult to enter like a wall?”

"It's very difficult!" Murong Mu shook his head, "I have to control the horse's pace, and the horse's legs are also long and short, so it's not easy to control."

Wall-style charge is not a technique that can be practiced in a few months.

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Then let's take a look at the children's wheel battle today... I have to fight at least ten rounds today! Children, after the fight, I'll treat you to a good meal for my father. The slut Yan Po'er also brought the lady to us, everyone have fun!"

With a bang, a group of 15 or 16-year-old boys laughed and clapped their hands: "Let's see, the adopted father, the children have practiced hard, and you will be satisfied!"

These children grew up day by day and were already at the age of a woman. In a few years, they would have to start a family and start a business and reproduce the next generation of "Mamruk". As their adoptive father and master, Wu Haogu would have to spend more money.

However, for the sake of the Tianqing twenty years later, the money that should be burned has to be burned without hesitation!
Chapter completed!