Nanjiao Forest Farm, as the name suggests, is located in the southern suburbs of Beiguan.
But in reality, it is more vast than the entire North Pass. The dense forest is the second natural defense line in the North Pass besides the pass. All the wood needed to build the pass wall is also collected from here. At present, the area that has been mined in the forest farm is less than 30% of the entire forest.
The place where Qiu Yuehua invited the young ladies to hunt was located in the southern part of the forest farm that had already been mined, next to the foot of the mountain, an area waiting to be mined.
The area had just been cleared by the Northern Army and there were no ferocious wild beasts around, otherwise the families would not dare to let them come here to hunt.
Tu You, who had just threatened to compete with Wei Yunlan again, disappeared as soon as he entered the woods.
Several young ladies from military families followed closely behind, and then scattered in the woods.
On the other hand, Huang Yuling and Qiu Yuehua, who won the first and second place in the previous horse race, were walking leisurely. One was wiping the spear in her hand with a handkerchief, while the other took an extremely exquisite longbow from a maid and slowly climbed onto the horse.
Wei Yunlan was wondering which direction to go first, when he turned around he saw Huang Yuling and Qiu Yuehua who had just set out.
Seeing the surprise in Wei Yunlan's eyes, Huang Yuling said confidently: "The first one to go may not necessarily catch more prey. Hunting is about accuracy, not time."
Although her best weapon is the spear, her archery accuracy is no worse than that of an ordinary soldier in the barracks!
Qiu Yuehua shrugged and said calmly, "I'm not that proficient in horseback riding and archery. The reason I got second place before was not because of my riding skills, but because of the horse I was riding. As for hunting... my bow is good, but it can't make me hit the target every time."
"As long as I can return with something, I'm fine. I won't compete with you for first or second place."
Wei Yunlan did not expect that Qiu Yuehua, who looked so arrogant and contemptuous, would say such a thing.
Miss Qiu is a straightforward person who speaks her mind. She is indeed cute.
"Yunlan, I'm going to the foot of the mountain. Do you want to come with me?"
There were not many prey outside the forest farm, and Huang Yuling had no intention of circling the outermost circle from the beginning. After putting on her longbow and quiver, she invited Wei Yunlan.
"Miss Wei, if I were you, I would not go with her. If she snatches all the prey away, how can I compete with Miss Tu?" Qiu Yuehua interrupted.
If you didn't already know that this is how Qiu Yuehua speaks, you would have thought it was a bit weird if you heard it for the first time.
Wei Yunlan didn't take it to heart. He pointed to the west ahead and said, "I'm going to go that way."
"Then I'll go ahead and see you later." Huang Yuling said, squeezing the horse's belly with both feet and shouting, "Go!"
The Arabian horse under her immediately ran towards the southern hillside.
Seeing this, the maid behind him hurriedly rode her horse to catch up. If she was any slower, she would be left far behind and not even her shadow could be found.
The two horses ridden by Qiu Yuehua and Wei Yunlan were running side by side.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared from the side of the forest and stopped in the grass about seven or eight feet ahead.
"It's a hare." Qiu Yuehua's eyes lit up and he immediately drew his bow and shot an arrow.
The force required to pull her bow was obviously lighter than that of an ordinary bow, so she pulled the string to its full length without much effort.
With a "whoosh" sound, the arrow flew out.
But it was in a completely different direction than expected.
Wei Yunlan was still staring at the rabbit, but the arrow did not even enter his field of vision.
I turned my head to the side and saw that the bullet had hit a tree three meters away.
This deviation is extremely far!
Miss Qiu was indeed frank. She was indeed not proficient in archery.
"This rabbit is so timid." Seeing the rabbit that was eating grass suddenly run away after hearing the sound of arrows, Qiu Yuehua, who was about to shoot the second arrow, said regretfully.
"I should have let you cum first."
Just as he finished speaking, the rabbit popped up again, and Qiu Yuehua's second arrow still hit a position three or four feet away.
Fortunately, there was no one else around, otherwise this accuracy would be really scary.
Just as her second arrow missed, Wei Yunlan also pulled out an arrow from her quiver, put the arrow on the string, aimed at two inches in front of the rabbit's head, and shot it out with a whoosh.
Right in the middle of the neck.
Tingxue, who followed Wei Yunlan, stepped forward and took the prey back.
Seeing the rabbit being killed by an arrow, and dying very cleanly, Qiu Yuehua's eyes twitched, "Let's go our separate ways, or I'll be really sad to see you."
She could accept that her aim was poor and she couldn't shoot the prey, but she really couldn't bear to see herself return empty-handed while her companions returned with full loads.
"Miss Wei, I'll just hang out here outside."
"But don't go too deep into the forest. Although the surrounding area has been cleared by the Northern Army and is very safe, there are still some ferocious beasts deep in the forest, especially in the direction of the mountain."
"I understand. Thank you Miss Qiu for the reminder." Wei Yunlan clasped his hands and bowed, then continued to move forward.
Perhaps because this place is not open to the outside world, there are many small animals running around in the woods.
Not long after walking forward, Wei Yunlan hunted a wild rabbit and a pheasant.
There happened to be two young ladies passing by, chasing a deer.
Seeing the prey hanging on the back of the Tingxue horse behind Wei Yunlan, he was surprised and asked, "Miss Wei, you got something so soon?"
"That deer is running too fast. The two of us can't catch up with it. Why don't you try, Miss Wei, to see if you can shoot the deer as well?"
Wei Yunlan had also set his eyes on the deer, but when he saw someone chasing it, he did not act rashly.
Now that even the people chasing me don’t mind, there is absolutely no reason for me to give up.
Wei Yunlan chased the deer for a while, drew the bowstring, and shot an arrow.
The arrow missed slightly and hit the ground next to the deer.
A frightened deer runs faster and becomes more difficult to shoot than before.
Wei Yunlan remembered what Mr. Xiao had said when he taught him archery, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.
Then, on horseback, he aimed at the direction the deer was moving and shot the arrow out with a whoosh.
This time the bullet finally hit the deer's hindquarters.
The reminders that Zou Yun gave me last night when he taught me how to use hidden weapons seemed to ring in my ears again: plan before you act, stay calm, leave no room for future trouble, and every move will be fatal.
Thinking of this, she calmly fired a second arrow.
An arrow hit the neck.
With a loud "bang", the running deer fell to the ground.
A burst of sand splashed up, and even the leaves on the branches seemed to tremble, making a rustling sound.
The sound quickly disappeared before Wei Yunlan and his men approached.
From beginning to end, no one noticed this abnormality.
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