"Your Majesty has a will, shoot willow skills, start now!"

With a long shout from the ceremonial officer, the drums beat loudly, and the trumpets sounded.

The audience immediately fell silent, and there was silence, and the sons and daughters of the nobles were waiting for Prince Zhu and His Majesty to shoot the willows first.

The second prince, Zhu He, glanced at the guards behind him, and someone immediately led the horse forward.

"What? The second brother is going to compete with the eldest brother? The third prince Zhu Hedai said with a smile.

A cold light flashed in Zhu Heqi's eyes: "Prince, you always need an opponent to look good, the third brother doesn't go, only the second brother can cooperate!" ”

As he spoke, he instigated the war horse under his crotch, tightened his hands, and grabbed the reins, and the horse let out a long cry and kicked the ground uneasily, raising the soil on the ground in an instant.

Xu Mingwu on the opposite side saw this scene, and secretly said that the second prince wanted to behave in front of the palace again, but his posture of riding a horse and whipping is quite handsome, it is estimated that after practicing for a while, my generation is not as good as ah!

In front of everyone's eyes, Zhu Heyuan's legs were clamped, and the mount immediately jumped out, rushed to the artificial willow tree in the middle of the teaching field, and shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince, let the courtiers come to throw bricks and lead the jade first!" ”

Prince Zhu and His Majesty were just about to shoot first, when they saw the sound of horses' hooves rushing behind them, their faces suddenly tightened, their eyes flashed slightly, and then they grabbed the reins and flashed aside.

In the smoke and dust, Zhu Heyuan held a gun in one hand, took out a bullet from the leather bag in the saddle with the other, and loaded it to aim in the gallop.

"Bang", at the same time as the gunshot, the gourd hanging on the willow tree burst, a pigeon fluttered its wings and flew up from it, seven or eight white feathers fell, and it flew out more than ten meters and fell down.

Zhu and the horse rode around the willow tree, firing several shots in succession, all of which hit the gourd, and the flying pigeon flew away.

"Second Highness, all five shots were hit!"

The surrounding school guards and ministers immediately cheered loudly, and for a while, there was thunderous applause in the martial arts arena.

Zhu Heqi rode his horse back, his face was full of pride, and when he staggered with Zhu and His Majesty, he said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the performance of the younger brother is over, it's your turn!" ”

On the viewing platform, there were ministers of civil and military affairs who were active, and His Royal Highness the Second Highness grabbed the limelight this time, and really suppressed the morale of the prince in public.

Just looking at His Majesty's face, he didn't show the slightest discoloration, could it be that the Holy One deliberately let it go?

The noble sons and daughters of the prince's lineage all looked at the second prince with a gloomy face.

The crown prince Zhu and His Majesty smiled slightly, and said: "The second brother is very skilled, in terms of martial arts alone, the eldest brother is not as good as you!" ”

Xu Mingwu on the side was amazed, the prince was not only calm and calm, but also very witty and comparable.

When he said this, even if he played again, it was a forenotice, not only showing humility to his brother in front of others, but also finding a step for himself in the next performance.

What's more, the sentence "Brother Wuyi is not as good as you" is even more vaguely expressed by the prince, I am not as good as you in martial arts, and I am much better than you in governing the country!

Masters!

After Zhu He politely put down this sentence, he raised his head slightly, beat his horse forward, and gradually accelerated.

The prince was polite on the surface, but he was neat in action, and when he rode his horse around the willows, he actually fired several shots in succession, and he also hit all five shots.

It's just that I don't know if I was angry in my heart, or what's going on, but a shot hit the center of the gourd and killed the pigeon inside

As he himself said, the eldest brother is not as good as you, and now he is really inferior to the second prince, but he greeted him in advance, and no one laughed at him, but felt that the prince was really humble.

Zhu Cihong on the stage looked at it, didn't speak, and gently raised his hand to signal the willow shooting competition to continue.

Next, it is the performance of the sons and daughters of each noble family.

One by one, in order to behave in front of the emperor, it was like playing chicken blood, only Xu Mingwu was absent-minded and shot a few shots at will.

However, he has a foundation, shooting sparrows is not a problem, shooting such a big gourd, naturally not a problem, any shot can hit all of them, but he didn't consider the situation of the pigeons, and he also injured one or two, and he didn't fly high.

About half an hour later, Zhu Cihong looked at the report cards of these noble children, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

This second generation of officials is okay, and it can be seen through the results that they have usually practiced seriously, and there is no full straw bag.

Next, it is to test this group of milky nobles to see if they are fancy or really capable!

Zhu Cihong stood on the platform, looked up to the sky and laughed, and said loudly: "Your fathers or ancestors are all outstanding generals who have followed me to fight the world, and they are the ones who have laid the vast territory of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Now that they are old, the future of the Ming Dynasty, this vast territory needs you to protect and continue to develop! Answer me, can you hold on? Can we carry forward the past and forge ahead? ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Dozens of noble sons and daughters were stirred with emotions, their faces were resolute, and they shouted in unison, expressing lofty ideals.

"Good!"

Zhu Cihong Longyan was happy, and the words changed and said: "Then you will perform well today, and in the next siege and hunting, those who perform well will follow me to the Western Regions!" Pacify Dzungaria, break Tsarist Russia, and march into Central Asia! ”

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison, their faces excited.

However, Zhu Cihong's words made the expressions of the civil and military officials present change, and they had not received the news that the emperor was going to conquer the Western Regions in advance, so the sudden announcement really frightened everyone.

The wolf smoke is everywhere, the horns are all famous, the cavalry of the Tianwu Army and the Longwu Army who came to the exercise held the battle flag, rushed to all directions, formed a vast flag array, circled the hunting ground, and the most brilliant hunting link began!

Seeing the army moving and exuding a strong battlefield atmosphere, the sons and daughters of Xun Gui had an indescribable feeling, and everyone's hearts were boiling, and they couldn't wait to ride their horses and rush over to hunt their prey now!

Finally, the drums and trumpets of the attack sounded, and these freshly clothed and angry horses, like wild horses off the leash, roared and rushed straight into the deep forest under the Shenlie Mountain.

Xu Mingwu rode his horse and ran at the rear, carrying a Wushi rifle on his back and a waist knife on his waist, and his heart was surprisingly calm.

He didn't understand why there was no escort to follow him during this siege, and the holy decree specifically required that only one personal guard per person should be allowed to follow? Emperor Lao Tzu is not afraid that the prince will be taken away by a tiger?

Xu Mingwu shook his head, didn't think much about it, took out the topographic map and quickly swept it, and then chased in the direction of Princess Zhaoyang, he wanted to protect the little beauty.

On the stage, Zhu Cihong leaned on the dragon throne slightly, looked at the children of the royal family who had gone away, and sighed lightly.

Beside him, Cao Minghao, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, will this siege be too dangerous, after all, they are all golden branches and jade leaves."

As a close minister of the emperor's side, Cao Minghao knew that this year's autumn hunt was very different from previous years, in the past, it was all about hunting wild beasts, but this year, it was about hunting a group of fierce madmen

Most of those fanatics were Japanese prisoners of war back then, and there were some Cossack prisoners who were escorted into Beijing by the Northern Protectorate in previous years.

Releasing these veterans who have been on the battlefield to be the prey of the noble children, Cao Minghao has a deep worry in his heart, after all, the crown prince and the two highnesses are also among them, in case there is a good one

Zhu Cihong said in a deep voice: "The battlefield is far more cruel than the hunting ground, and you can't even pass this level, how can you go into battle to kill the enemy and become the commander of one side in the future?" ”

Looking at the expressionless, cold and calm Son of Heaven, Cao Minghao kept wiping his sweat and could only pray silently in his heart.

(End of chapter)