When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

This competition is an obstacle race.

Just run three laps in total.

There are several obstacles along the way, and the rider has to control the horse to successfully jump over the obstacles. Then on the third lap, the rider has to grab the lambskin at the finish line. Whoever gets it first wins.

The second and third place winners of the race were competing for the red silk at the finish line. The red silk was hung on a pole lower than the horse's legs, which required the rider to be able to get the red silk on horseback, which was very difficult.

The riders are ready. All the riders and horses are standing on the track. The cowhide drums are struck, the riders are on their horses, and the horses can't contain their eagerness to try.

The pole blocking the road was pushed down by someone, and the horses rushed forward. The first obstacle was a wooden frame, and the riders easily steered their horses over it.

The first obstacle was not very difficult and was just a warm-up, so all the riders passed it.

The second obstacle turned out to be a large sand pit!

The rectangular pit is about ten meters long and five feet deep (about one and a half meters). This is too difficult. A horse without long legs and super jumping ability will definitely not be able to pass this level.

Sure enough, when they reached the pit, many horses were afraid to jump and braked suddenly. Many riders who were not prepared were thrown out by the inertia of the horses' sudden stop.

The onlookers were all exclaiming, some were cheering the rider on, some were scolding the rider for being useless, the crowd was outraged, and everyone was motivated to participate.

Weidong's mouth curled up. Altan would never have thought of this setting of his own, right?

This is care for the Red Sun Tribe.

This was considered as a test question that was leaked to them in advance, so that they knew about this link in advance. They trained the horses in advance, and both the riders and horses were familiar with this big pit.

They suffered a lot during training and were thrown off by horses so many times that they have gained experience.

Fortunately, for safety reasons, a thick layer of fine sand is laid around, so even if someone falls down, there is no danger to life, but injuries to a few people are inevitable.

In front of this obstacle pit, about half of the contestants were abandoned by their horses. A few horses jumped courageously, but fell into the pit because they were timid or lacked strength.

The pit was also filled with thick fine sand. Horses and riders would get stuck if they fell into it. They could only slowly crawl out through the slope that had a gap deliberately left on the side. They looked very embarrassed.

The remaining half made it through and ran to the next obstacle, a row of fires.

Alatan angrily threw the whip to the ground. This obstacle was too difficult! How could there be such a big pit to jump over? How many horses could jump over it?

And what the hell is a fire?

Animals are afraid of fire, okay?!

Isn't it too much to ask a horse to jump into a fire?

Altan: "How many untrained horses dare to jump? Isn't this nonsense?"

As soon as Altan shouted this, he saw several horses jumping over, some from the Red Sun Tribe and some from other tribes.

Altan was dumbfounded. This was not right! When did they become so powerful?

He looked up at the sun in the sky. It was correct! The sun did not rise from the west!

Ouch! He felt dizzy and felt like Xiao Qianqian was about to wave goodbye to him. How could this be possible?

Altan was anxious, and he shouted loudly to the rider beside him,

"Go ahead! Go ahead! Look, they are all going ahead. Why are you still standing there like an idiot? Go ahead! Go ahead..."

The rider brought by Altan gritted his teeth and whipped his beloved horse. The horse neighed and rushed towards the fire. The horse in front also jumped over successfully.

The two behind were not so lucky. When the horses saw the fire, they turned around and ran away. No matter how hard the riders pulled the reins, it was of no use. The horses only stopped slowly after running enough out of fear.

Altan stamped his feet anxiously, and there was nothing he could do as he watched the horse running away. Fortunately, there was still a rider and he had hope of passing.

Altan followed his rider closely, watching him run to the next obstacle, the horse drinking trough. This level tested the horse's discipline.

Yes, if a horse sees a water trough, it will unconsciously want to drink water. If the owner does not let it drink water, but jumps over, the obedient horse will follow the rider's instructions.

A disobedient horse will throw a tantrum and either drink water without paying attention or throw the rider off and run away.

Horses can be trained to resist the temptation of food and water troughs, but this is not usually done.

There is no need for it, especially on the prairie, this skill is useless.

But his appearance on the track now was very surprising. Many horses were slowing down because they wanted to drink water, but experienced riders clamped their legs around the horses' bellies and shouted at them to speed up.

The horses neighed in dissatisfaction, but most of them obeyed the riders' orders and jumped over.

Only two horses hesitated for a moment, and it was too late for them to jump. The riders gave up, turned their horses around, started running again, and then jumped over.

However, this delay caused him to fall far behind the others. However, the rider did not lose heart and continued to catch up with the horses in front.

This is how you complete one lap of obstacles, and you can complete the race by running two more laps.

Riders who can successfully complete a lap don’t want to give up, because once the horse overcomes its fear, if it can run once, it can run twice, and by the third time it will be almost done in one go.

The horse ran smoother and smoother, and the rider became more and more confident, because there were not many opponents left.

Altan's throat was about to smoke from shouting. Although he only had one rider left this time, he was still in the front position. He kept waving his arms and shouting encouragement, but if his voice was too soft it could not be heard at all.

In fact, even if you shout loudly, the riders may not be able to hear you. The running horses make the wind whistling in their ears, and people's shouting does not sound clear.

Altan jumped with his fat body, holding the colorful silk in his hand, which he had untied on the roadside. He waved it to attract the rider's attention.

Unfortunately, the riders in the obstacle race were all highly focused and no one looked to the sides of the track.

Weidong couldn't help laughing when he saw what Altan did. Xie Jiu also raised the corners of his mouth and looked very happy.

The caravan members were also discussing enthusiastically whether Alatan's riders would make it into the top three. Weidong gave a fair evaluation:

"Alatan's riders are indeed very experienced. They didn't know what the obstacles were in advance, but they were still able to run so well. This is definitely a display of their strong ability. I wish our own riders could reach this level! Tsk tsk... that would be great!"

Caravan Guard: Manager Weidong, are your expectations of us a bit too high?