Chapter 106 Warhorse 'Fire Cloud'

Zizizi!
The war horses lay on the ground under the command of the horse trainers.

Cast from bronze, the arc-shaped horseshoe was branded on the horny hoof of the warhorse. Then, wisps of green smoke rose from the hoof, and there was a faint smell of meat.

Call!
It is true that the horseshoes were embedded in the horny hooves of the warhorses, and strictly speaking, they did not touch the flesh and blood of the horses. However, not every warhorse could accept that there was something suddenly added to its soles. There were a total of 100 warhorses with horseshoes embedded in them, and even with the comfort of the horse trainers and knights, four or five of the hot-tempered warhorses still neighed loudly.

With long neighs, these war horses, which had not yet adapted to horseshoes, struggled violently, raising fine dust, making it impossible for the grooms and shepherds holding the high-bridge saddles and reins to move forward for a while.

"What a stupid horse that doesn't know what's good for you!"

Wang Jian, the top general of the Qin State, stood outside the horse farm that smelled of horse manure. Although the air smelled of horse manure, Wang Jian, who had long been accustomed to it, didn't care at all. His eyes, which contained divine light, saw the horses struggling and said unhappily.

As an expert in leading troops in battle, when Gongshu Qiufu brought horse harnesses to Wang Jian's house, Wang Jian understood the effect these things would have on the war horses and immediately urged them to change their equipment. The stupid horse resisted the use of the harnesses, which made Wang Jian unhappy.

"hehe."

Tianxuan was wearing a gray-white robe, which highlighted his much taller body than his peers. Hearing Wang Jian's resentful words, he laughed. While laughing, Tianxuan looked at the war horses in the horse farm with relish, wanting to find one as his mount. Finally, a war horse caught his attention.

After a while, the horses that resisted hard were subdued by lassoes and had to accept the high-bridge saddles and reins.

Call!
After all 100 sets of horse harnesses were equipped, an experienced horse trainer suddenly let out a long whistle. Accompanied by the long whistle that sounded like a horse's neigh, all the war horses were startled and scrambled to get up from the ground and scattered on the horse field. Even though the dust had not yet dispersed and the horse manure was thick, the 100 war horses equipped with horse harnesses still released a murderous aura, as if once they started running, even a solid wall of steel would be smashed.

"Good, good, good!"

Wang Jian had been immersed in the battlefield for his entire life and knew everything about war. When he saw the smell of the 100 horses equipped with harnesses, he was overjoyed, stroked his beard with his hand, and said three good words in a row.

"General Wang Jian," Tian Xuan was sent by Zheng Ge to Wang Jian's army to attack Yan. Looking at the one hundred horses equipped with harnesses, his heart was moved. He turned his head to Wang Jian and said, "Would you let me have a try?"

"of course can."

Hearing Tianxuan say this, Wang Jian was slightly stunned and then agreed.

call out!
With Wang Jian's permission, Tian Xuan used his Cloud Phantom Light Kung Fu, and like a flying swan, he passed through the dust and locked onto a warhorse in the herd that was completely red, like a leaping flame. His short and flexible body flipped gracefully in the air. Finally, he landed squarely on the back of the red warhorse, and deftly inserted his feet into the stirrups.

Call!
The red warhorse hadn't reacted at first, but when it felt a slight heaviness on its body, the proud warhorse realized that there was an extra person on its back. Immediately, the horse's nose trembled, and the whole horse's body shook violently, intending to throw Tianxuan off its back.

"It's strong enough, I like it!"

Tianxuan knew that if he wanted to survive in troubled times, knowing military skills was the most basic thing. And if he wanted to know military skills, he needed to start from the most basic. Facing the horse's struggle, Tianxuan clamped the horse's belly firmly with his feet and held the reins tightly with both hands. No matter how the horse struggled, even rolling on the ground, it could not throw Tianxuan off the horse's back.

Amidst his words of admiration, Tianxuan focused all his energy on the warhorse under his crotch, and regarded taming it as the first step in his military career.

[He is indeed a talented person, and one who is willing to learn from others with an open mind! ]

Wang Jian, standing at the edge of the horse farm with several personal soldiers, witnessed the scene of Tian Xuan taming the fierce horse. If it were an adult, it would not be surprising. However, this Taoist Tian Zong Tian Xuan Zi, was only a ten-year-old child, and he had such perseverance that Wang Jian had to admire him.

[During this expedition against Yan, I might as well teach him a few things, so that we can make some good connections! ]

...Oh!
After half an hour, the red warhorse tried its best, even sweating profusely, but still failed to throw the human off its back, so it finally stopped struggling. With a reluctant neigh, the warhorse stopped struggling and stood still.

Having successfully tamed a warhorse, Tianxuan felt a little proud and slapped it on the body.

"Huoyun, from today on, you will be called Huoyun!"

Call!
The psychic warhorse snorted when he heard Tianxuan give it a name, indicating that he had no objection.

"Good boy," seeing Tianxuan successfully subdue the red warhorse as his mount, Wang Jian, who was dressed in mighty armor, came forward and laughed, "Do you know that the horse you subdued is the horse king from outside the Great Wall?"

"Horse King?" Tianxuan was shocked when he heard Wang Jian's words.

Facing Tianxuan's surprised look, Wang Jian nodded and smiled, "That's right. This warhorse you named Huoyun is the king of horses from the grasslands outside the Great Wall." As he spoke, Wang Jian's eyes swept over Huoyun's perfect and slender body with envy, "If I hadn't personally not braved arrows and stones for many years, I would never have taken out this horse."

"Wild horses outside the Great Wall are far superior to domesticated war horses, let alone the king of horses. They are unrivaled in the world!"

[Unparalleled in the world? Isn't that right? No matter how powerful the horse king outside the Great Wall is, he is still inferior to the Ferghana horse! ]

Hearing Wang Jian say this, Tianxuan subconsciously wanted to refute it. However, the words turned in his mind and were finally swallowed back. Because Tianxuan remembered that even in the heyday of the Qin State, it was unable to open up the route to the Western Regions, not to mention the various specialties of the Western Regions, including the Ferghana horses.

[It seems that when Qin unifies the world, I will need to...]

The moment he reacted, such a thought arose from the bottom of Tianxuan's heart.

"Really?" Tian Xuan said calmly, "So, I chose a good mount?"

As a sixth-rank officer in the army, Tianxuan has the right to choose a mount that belongs only to him and claim it as his own. This is an unspoken rule in the army, and even Zhengge lets it go.

"Of course." Wang Jian said, "You might as well take this horse back and get used to it."

"Thank you, old general."

…………

Tianxuan Temple.

"let me out!"

"Uncle Master, I beg you, please let me out, okay?"

"Get out of my way!"

……

The howlings of unwillingness, despair and pain echoed in the Tianxuan Temple, like the wailing of evil spirits or ferocious beasts released from their cages.

(End of this chapter)