The black-faced stall owner quickly brought five or six pairs of boots inlaid with armor, Zhuang Yi tried them one by one, and finally chose a pair of long iron-inlaid calfskin boots, put them away after paying, and Zhang Yitai and Yangguang Monk continued to move forward with the crowd, and suddenly saw Bian Wu and Ai Zhela with guards turned out from the side of the road, and the two teenagers grabbed a roast leg of lamb and tore their mouths full of oil.

Zhuang Yi beckoned the two of them to go along, and a group of people quickly walked out of the end of this temporary street, and saw a large black crowd in front of them from a distance, gathering in one place like a wall.

Zhuang Yi didn't have any interest in watching the excitement, but Bian Wu and Ai Zhela had already rushed over to watch, and Zhuang Yi and the other three had to follow with the guards. Finally squeezing out the dense crowd, the line of sight suddenly broadened, only to see that the circle was a field of forty or fifty acres, and about twenty shirtless bearded knights held bow sticks in their hands, galloping back and forth in pursuit, competing for the bow ball rolling on the ground.

"Hah! It turned out to be a bow, and this is interesting to participate in, and there is nothing to see......" Zhuang Yi said.

Hitting the ball, that is, riding on a horse and holding a cane, pay attention to team coordination and cooperation, and the first to hit the ball and cross the goal wins, and the first winner gets the first prize. This kind of activity has been popular in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, including the Tang Dynasty, and is one of the main entertainment activities of the royal family.

"This is the warriors of our Ahui Department who are practicing and preparing for tomorrow's event, why is it not good-looking......" Agera listened and glared at Zhuang Yi very unhappily.

"Yo...... I see! Since it's an event, who will participate? ”

"All the tribes have sent warriors, and they have reported to my father, or you will join tomorrow!" I can sign you up! Ajella smiled expectantly.

"Say it again! Let's go back first, don't let your sister wait......" Zhuang Yi was perfunctory, he was not familiar with the bow, and the soldiers under his command had never trained, and it was only for the sake of accompanying the fight, but Aijla didn't follow, he still had to watch.

Zhuang Yi didn't care about him, he pulled Bian Wu and left, Ai Zhela saw that Bian Wu was gone, and he felt bored, so he reluctantly called the guards to come with him. After waiting for a long time at the intersection when they came, Ailan and Yan Wu arrived, and the four maidservants behind them carried large bags of things, and Zhuang Yi's twenty personal guards were not idle, holding cloths, utensils, etc., and the group returned with a full load.

As soon as I returned to camp, the rain was pouring down.

Zhang Yitai came and asked Zhuang Yi about his birthday, and then went happily. Zhuang Yi was a little puzzled, when did this old guy make a cameo appearance as a fortune teller.

While there is nothing to do, Zhuang Yi summoned a group of officers of all sizes to give a lecture, during the royal tent meeting, people from all sides gathered, the situation will be more complicated, officers and soldiers are never allowed to leave the camp alone, can only act under the leadership of the captain, after all, it is a guest place, and it is not good to cause trouble. He also inspected the health and living conditions of the soldiers' tents, and they were quite clean, and one hundred and fifty people, plus logistics and miscellaneous items, built a total of twenty large tents, and added a stable, which was still easy to manage.

In this season, there is no need to prepare additional forage, just let the horses out and let the soldiers graze them. But the life of the soldiers is a little bad, it is very greasy to eat too much beef and mutton, except for this is cheese and a small amount of pasta, these are provided by the tooth tent, the soldiers are not used to eating and living and complaining, eager to return to Madu Mountain as soon as possible, but this is also a helpless thing, Zhuang Yi himself is not used to it.

The heavy rain came and went quickly, but the grassland was drenched, and the low-lying areas were filled with water, but happiness was everywhere, which did not affect the herdsmen's revelry, and the grassland was still lively, drinking smoke was everywhere, bonfires began to ignite, and the smell of barbecued meat filled the air.

King Xi Tules set up a night banquet, sent people to invite, Zhuang Yi happily went, took Zhang Yitai with him, and let Bian Wu and Sha Gu follow, and the group was led by the soldiers, and introduced the big tent of King Xi, only to see that the big tent was brightly lit, and there were already twenty or thirty people seated, and the specifications of the banquet were extraordinary.

The four tribal chiefs and tribal leaders were all present, and the envoys of the Bohai Kingdom, Wu Liguo and Zhu Yongji, sat on the left side. Under him sat two richly dressed men, one of whom had bare hair on the top of his head, a circle of pigtails hanging down all around, and a sea of eyebrows on his forehead, about thirty years old; The other man looked older with a fur hat and a short beard on his chin.

Zhuang Yi asked the chief of the Xie Lai clan on the side to know that it was a messenger sent by the Khitans, and the person with the hair was the eldest son of the Tulu Bu patriarch, named Kusi, who should have come for the death of his uncle Lu Lige. The other person was his deputy envoy, named Durle, who was from the Khitan Ministry.

At most, Kus and they are pretending to be here, and they are destined to have no results. Zhuang Yi didn't care, he didn't know many people here, so he took Zhang Yitai to sit at the patriarch of Xie Ra.

In a short time, Turus finally arrived, and took his seat on the throne, and all the people in the tent rose up to salute. Tules looked around the tent, bowed slightly and said: "Our annual conference in Kumoxi has started again, and I hope that all departments can communicate with each other in this conference and return with a full load!" In addition, the envoy of the Bohai Kingdom came from afar to congratulate him, and Xiao Wang was very honored! As for the Khitan envoys, please have fun......"

Hearing this, the Bohai State envoy Wu Liguo smiled on his face, and hurriedly got up and congratulated with a smile.

The Khitan envoy Kus, with a very arrogant attitude, stood up and saluted casually, and then spoke: "I was sent by the Khan of Trace Dejin this time, and I only asked about King Xi, and your men and horses went to my Khitan people's Benniuyuan territory for no reason, and attacked and killed the head of my Khitan Tulu Bububu, please give an explanation!" ”

"Hmph...... Swear black is white.! When did the pastures of Benniu Plain become your territory? If you want to get rid of the body of the leatherhead, you have to exchange it for a war horse, can you bring it? Yao Yuan Qinde still wants to say the law, he is really brazen! Turus laughed angrily and snorted.

Yaoran Qinde is the real name of the Khitan Khan, who was elected as the Khan by the Khitan Eight Ministries in March at the beginning of the year.

"At this time and that time, King Xi has long been unable to lead the five departments, and Benniu has already been handed over to our department, so why should he never forget it? If King Xi refuses to hand over my uncle's body, then handing over the five hundred miles of grassland between Renchen Water and Wulieshui can also be guaranteed, otherwise, I am afraid that the entire Raoleshui grassland will not be protected, and please be cautious! Kuss said slowly.