Chapter 352 Horse King
When Helian Shuchi arrived at the Hu army camp, the chaos had just subsided.
The fire in the granary was finally put out.
Several generals and soldiers died.
There was a horse farm with ten thousand horses and not a single one was left.
Everyone took stock of the losses.
There were so many of them that the death of a few dozen people wouldn't be that bad.
The worst part was that the fire burned one-tenth of the food and grass and killed one-fifth of the horses.
"The Horse King ran away too?"
"Being ridden away?"
Helian Shuchi was surprised.
The stables are full of war horses that they have carefully trained, and they will not leave at will.
There was only one horse in the farm, a wild horse they had captured from the wild, which took a lot of effort.
That one is the horse king.
The Horse King not only understands human nature, but also has a very strong temperament.
It can sense the thoughts of its conquerors, and anyone who wants to tame and master it finds it difficult to get close to it.
Helian Shuchi tried many methods, both soft and hard, but failed to really tame the horse.
She was able to tame the slaves by using cruel methods because those slaves had fear.
But the horse king had only pride and no fear.
Helian Shuchi regretted that he could not tame the Horse King to become his mount, but he would never let the Horse King go, so he tied it up in the stable.
But now, the soldiers said that the Horse King had been ridden away.
The stubborn and proud horse was ridden away, taking away all the other horses in the stable.
Helian Shuchi squeezed out a sinister smile from between his teeth:
"Okay, Dayu really has a master."
"What's the big deal about burning food and stealing horses? We can burn their food too. If they're so cowardly as to only attack from the sidelines instead of fighting, then we'll attack first!"
At the gate of Xianyun Manor.
A lot of snow has melted and the air is moist.
The dry grass roots were exposed under the snow and were bitten off by the horse's open mouth.
The horse king was chewing dry grass, standing on all four legs straight, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking very enjoyable.
Su Zhizhi stood on a high stool, holding a brush wet with clean water in her hand, and slowly scrubbed the horse king's back and abdomen.
The brush brushed across the horse king's hair, making a rustling sound.
When the brush got dirty, she handed it to Wuzhen who was sitting next to the stool.
The hardworking Wu Zhen saw Su Zhizhi bathing a horse, so he came over to help. He had never had much contact with horses and was a little curious.
Wuzhen took the brush, washed it in the bucket, and then handed it back to Su Zhizhi.
"Look, your hair is all tangled. Let me comb it out for you. It's painful to have tangled hair..."
Su Zhizhi said as she combed the horse king's hair.
"Amitabha, Amitabha."
Although Wuzhen didn't understand the pain of having tangled hair, he saw the scars on the horse king's body and felt that it must be very painful.
Su Zhizhi said to the Horse King:
"I got some medicine from Doctor Yu. I'll apply it to you after I give you a bath. Hey, don't be embarrassed. We owe you a big favor last night."
A series of dull sounds came out of the horse king's throat again, and no one knew what he was saying.
Su Zhizhi was also very surprised last night. She originally wanted to let the horse king go, but the horse king carried her away with a group of younger brothers behind him.
Ten thousand horses ran to the Black Mountain Army's stronghold.
When the east was already bright, the soldiers who had just woken up were startled and thought there was an earthquake.
When everyone came out to look, they saw a large herd of horses, as if they had fallen from the sky.
Everyone rubbed their eyes, feeling that they were still sleepy and their vision was blurry.
After Wei Dashuan realized what was happening, he quickly organized people to arrange the horses and feed them with fodder.
The horses feasted on the food.
The horse king did not stay for the delicious fodder. Instead, it followed Su Zhizhi's lead and went to Xianyun Manor.
It was also very tired, but refused to enter Xianyun Villa.
Su Zhizhi didn't force it, and just gave it a bath and applied medicine at the gate of Xianyun Manor to repay it a big favor.
After Su Zhizhi and Wuzhen gave Ma Wang a bath and applied medicine:
"Okay, you can go now."
The horse king's eyes were wide open, like a dark pool covered with mist.
The fatigue in its eyes disappeared a little, and it turned its head to the side and rubbed Su Zhizhi's body.
Su Zhizhi patted its neck generously: "Okay, no need to be so polite."
hiss--
The horse king raised his head and neighed, as if saying goodbye.
Then the horses raised their hooves and galloped away towards the sunrise.
Wu Zhen watched the horse king's departing figure and murmured, "It's injured and doesn't know where to go."
Su Zhizhi: "It can go wherever it wants. It is the horse king and can run wherever it wants."
Wuzhen: "Where is its home?"
Su Zhizhi: "It should be in the north, but as long as it wants, anywhere can be its home. Just like the villagers of us in Black Bandit Mountain, as long as we live comfortably, anywhere can be our home."
"Amitabha."
Wuzhen felt compassion again.
During war, not only the people are pitiful, but the horses are also pitiful.
The master told him to talk less, to talk less about his hopes for the future, but since the master was not around, Wuzhen blurted out:
"I hope these Huma can go home soon and stop fighting here."
After Ma Wang left, Su Zhizhi yawned and went back to her room to catch up on some sleep.
When she woke up, the surprise attack team from Xianyun Manor gathered together for a meeting.
The villagers were obviously excited.
It feels like I made a big profit last night.
Ning An and Yuan Caiwei looked at Su Zhizhi with admiration:
"Zhizhi, you were amazing last night."
They had never seen Su Zhizhi's luck before, and it was only last night that they were truly enlightened.
The villagers have always known that Zhizhi is good at picking up things. When he was a child, he would pick up an eagle, a person, a mineral, etc.
Now that he has grown up a little, he actually picked up a group of horses with one move.
“We all worked hard last night, and the overall result was very good.”
Wu Yingniang spoke up and praised everyone's performance last night without hesitation.
"But last night was our surprise attack team's first time. Maybe we can do better next time in some aspects."
Wu Yingniang first reflected on herself:
"Last night, I was too conservative. I should have burned two more granaries."
Hua Erniang shook her head: "Last night the wind blew, and the concentration of the poison powder dispersed was too low. It's not suitable for use in a situation with so many people. I need to think about it again."
Old man Qin said embarrassedly, "I feel bad about the darts. I used them too sparingly and they didn't stab many people. Next time I'll pick up some broken porcelain pieces and carry them with me. I won't feel bad about them if they're more useful."
Ning An: "I shouldn't have poked the horse's butt with my gun. It was too slow."
Yuan Caiwei: "I think I chopped it pretty well last night."
Bai Xun nodded with satisfaction.
Su Zhizhi sighed at this time, revealing a somewhat distressed expression:
"I just think it's a shame to burn the food last night. I can't move the food here to use it, and I can only watch it burn."
"Maintaining an army consumes a lot of food. We have so many people now, and it's winter, so we need to save as much as we can. If we don't have enough food, it will be terrible."
Old Man Qin shook his head and said, "Zhizhi, don't worry about food and fodder. Our Black Mountain Army had already made arrangements before setting off."
"Don't forget, the entire Lingnan belongs to us."
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