Chapter 32 Test the Horse
Li Shimin had more than ten sons, but Li Ke was the only one who could speak and archer.
This horse is fierce and wild and untamed. If it were the crown prince Li Chengqian, the king of Wei Li Tai, and the king of Yan Li You, the reason why Li Shimin had no agreement. If anyone among the princes could tame this horse, it would be Li Ke.
Li Ke was a young man and was good at Turkic. He had already established a good foundation. Later, he returned to Beijing and became a famous general Qin Shubao as his teacher. He learned a good martial arts. In addition to shooting skills and archery, his riding skills were also excellent. Even Qin Shubao praised it very much.
When in Yangzhou, Li Ke was able to defeat Niu Jinda with a tiger-headed golden spear, which proved that Li Ke's martial arts was excellent. Li Ke's martial arts were even higher than most generals in the imperial guards, and he was only higher than Li Shimin's grandfather. He was quite sure of Li Ke's ability.
Outside Furong Garden, beside the Qujiang Pool, there was a flat grassland. The imperial guards had already surrounded a wide fence and arranged it as a temporary horse farm. Li Ke was calm and stood in it with his hands behind his back.
At this time, Li Ke had already taken off the long and wide-sleeved royal clothes, changed into a simple beard suit with narrow sleeves, and put on leather boots. He was staring at the white horse being held.
All the ministers in the court, both civil and military, looked at Li Ke with a serious expression.
Li Ke was an official in the court and was also the prince favored by Li Shimin. There were many people in the court who were incompatible with Li Ke. In the past, people often expected Li Ke to suffer losses, but at this time, Li Ke stood in the yard and represented the face of the Tang Dynasty. Even Changsun Wuji, who had always been incompatible with Li Ke, had a heart and did not expect Li Ke to fail and lost the face of the Tang Dynasty in front of his ministers.
"Your Highness, be careful." Xi Junmai was worried about others, so he pulled the reins himself and handed them slowly to Li Ke's hands.
"It's okay." Li Ke smiled softly and took the reins from Xi Junmai.
Li Ke held the reins of the horse in one hand and pressed them on the horse's back with the other. He jumped, and drew a beautiful arc with his feet and clothes. He turned over the horse and sat steadily on the horse's back.
"Okay!" The next one, Li Ke's move to get on the horse was not an idiot. It was impossible to achieve success without years of hard practice. Most of the people in the field were equestrian experts. As soon as Li Ke got on the horse, everyone immediately drank a lot of fun.
When Li Ke got on the horse, the face of the grandmother who looked at him suddenly became a little ugly. He put himself in the north of the world and his riding skills were not bad. He only saw Li Ke's posture of getting on the horse and knew that Li Ke was not an ordinary person, at least not as unbearable as he originally thought. Now the only thing he hoped for is that these horses are too wild and Li Ke was unable to tame them.
Since this horse was taken out at today's banquet, it was naturally prepared. Before Dadu ordered people to lead the horse into the garden, the horse had already been fed with fodder, which was when it was full of strength.
As soon as Li Kefang got on the horse, the white horse felt an abnormality on his back and was crushed, and he felt very uncomfortable.
This white horse is a rare horse in the world. It is also very proud. How can someone hold onto his back and jump and rush, and then he wants to throw Li Ke off his back.
If the ordinary person sitting on the horse's back was probably going to be knocked down like this, but Li Ke was very skilled in equestrianism and was prepared for it. He tightly clamped the horse's belly with his legs and tightly held the reins. Without the horse's jumping several times, Li Ke sat steadily on the horse's back, without moving at all.
After a while, the white horse seemed to realize something was wrong, and even changed the method. While jumping up and down, he ran quickly on the field, trying to throw Li Ke off his back.
This white horse is indeed a rare good horse. It kicked its back leg and accelerated suddenly, like a storm. Li Ke was not in a hurry to deal with it. He struggled to get off the horse and was thrown off the back and almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Li Ke was agile. Just as Li Ke was about to be thrown out of the horse's back, Li Ke closed his feet and tightly stuck the horse's neck like a hook. His legs rebounded, pulled his whole body back, and sat back on the horse's back.
"Be careful!" As soon as Li Ke came out, everyone onlookers in the audience felt nervous. Wu Meiniang, who was determined to be Li Ke, was shocked and exclaimed softly.
On the other side of the horse farm, seeing Li Ke as if he was suddenly alive, Qin Shubao, the general of the Left Wu Guard, had already accidentally grabbed the sword at his hand. Just when Li Ke was in danger, he would come forward and kill this group of rare horses under the sword to ensure that Li Ke was fully prepared.
Now Li Ke naturally has no energy to estimate the situation outside the field, and he has never heard of the beauty's exclamation, and he has devoted himself to how to tame this horse.
"hiss!"
The horse failed to throw Li Ke off his back twice and seemed to be angry. With a long neigh, Li Ke's ears were a little numb. Then, the white horse jumped madly a few times, and with his four hooves as circles, he kept turning around in the field.
The white horse was extremely fast and its physical strength was much stronger than that of an ordinary horse. It turned out to be like a whirlwind. Not only did Li Ke, who was riding on the horse, feel a little dizzy when he was surrounded by the ground, but even everyone watching outside the field was a little dazed.
The white horse under him instinctively carried Li Ke around and tried to throw Li Ke out of his own body. Li Ke was skilled in riding and knew how to deal with it. So he tightly clamped the horse's belly and flipped his wrist, wrapping the horse's reins tightly around his wrist, and pulling it hard towards the other side of the horse's head.
The method of Li Ke training horses is a way of experience. In the past, Li Ke used it when he trained horses, but it was quite useful, but the same method used on different horses has completely different effects.
The horses Li Ke used to ride were also excellent, but now the group of white horses Li Ke rode under his crotch were a divine horse, and no matter how fast or strong the horses in Li Ke's mansion could compare. When Li Ke wrapped his hand around the reins and tried to pull the reins back, he found that his arm was in pain. He just twisted the horse's head slightly, which was extremely laborious.
If Li Ke wants to surrender, he must make the horse turn back, and the white horse admits his fate and throws Li Ke out of his back. For a moment, the situation on the field is a little frozen. Even Li Shimin, who is watching off the field, can't help but feel worried about Li Ke.
Now, either the white horse was exhausted and turned around by Li Ke, or Li Ke was exhausted and eventually was thrown away by the white horse.
Li Ke’s strength since childhood is different from that of ordinary people. If it is an ordinary horse, the people onlookers on the field will not worry, but this horse is the King of Xueyantuo, which is extraordinary. I am afraid that Li Ke may not be able to survive until the white horse is exhausted.
As expected, just as everyone was worried, the deadlock was still there after the cup of tea, and Li Ke's face gradually became a little pale. I don't know how long it could last, but the white horse under Li Ke seemed to have strength. Although the speed was a little full, the momentum was still there.
Li Ke seemed to be exhausted not far away, and everyone suddenly felt that Li Ke was in his throat, but just when everyone felt that Li Ke was gradually unable to turn the world back, a sudden change occurred.
"Rumbling."
Chapter completed!