"Huh...... I'm here to inform you that the young and strong people of all the departments are almost here, and there are not a few people who eat and chew every day, and the construction of the city must also be carried out, what else do you have to prepare, tell me as soon as possible, and return to the king. Of course, you can report it yourself, and in addition, the king intends to convene the chiefs of all tribes in the tooth tent tomorrow morning to review the thousand soldiers in public, do you think it can be done? Elder Yuda rolled his eyes, but said with a smile.

"Of course, there is no problem with this, and it can be reviewed at any time. In that case, I will go to see the king tonight, and there are many details that need to be consulted before making a decision. ”

"That's good...... The training could be over, and I brought food and drink to reward the soldiers. Alan is waiting for you there! You talk to her, and leave me alone......"

Zhuang Yi nodded, and immediately gave a lecture to the soldiers, explained the next day's task, dismissed the soldiers, and ordered them to go back to the camp to rest, and then walked to the corner of the school field, Ailan had been waiting for a while.

"Look at you're always full of big talk, let people not let go, this time it's a bit of a skill, if these soldiers train for a year and a half!" Ailan looked at the soldiers in the school yard who were lining up to return to the camp and said with a smile.

"Hey...... It's not that I'm bragging, even if it's such a soldier, let alone training for a year, as long as it takes half a year, if the soldiers are used properly, it's no problem to have five thousand Khitans for a thousand! ”

"Seeing that you have worked hard, I have brought a lot of delicious things, and I plan to spare you, and when you say this, I will go back!"

"Ahem...... To be honest, no one believes it these days! Prepare what you brought with you, I'll have to take a shower! ”

"Then hurry up! I'll be back later! Are you used to living here? ”

"This training is over, I'll go back to the tent with you later."

"I mean the prairie ......"

"With you here, what else do I have that I can't get ......used to," Zhuang Yi replied casually, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Hearing this, Ailan looked at Zhuang Yi's back, couldn't help laughing silently, and then called the maidservant to come in and help clean up the weapons and some supplies that were messily placed in the tent.

At the end of July, just after the summer season, the day on the grassland is still hot, but the night is a little cool. On this day, the last day of the assembly of the king's horde, the herdsmen and merchants from all the tribes hurriedly put away their tents and hurried back with their harvest.

Zhuang Yi followed Elder Yuda and Princess Ailan back to the tent overnight, visited Turus, and made a detailed report on the details of the construction of the city and the training of troops. Turles was more and more satisfied with his efficiency and ability, and he did not tolerate some of the demands he made. After returning to the camp, he brought in Zhang Yitai, Zhu Yongji, and Monk Yangguang, carefully deliberated one by one, and finally drew up a detailed plan for various affairs.

The next day, Turus convened the chiefs and leaders of the tribes, held a meeting in the open air in the wilderness, and reviewed and demonstrated the military formation and tactics of the 1,000 old and weak infantry trained by Zhuang Yi in public.

Although the clan leaders still doubted Zhuang Yi's ability to command the army, it was no longer good to pick on the thorns, and there was no way to blame the Shu Li and the bone slaves, so they had to express their agreement.

Turus immediately announced at the meeting that Zhuang Yi was the commander of the five military divisions of the Xi people, holding the festival and awarding a silver arrow, and from now on, with the assistance of the prince of Shuli, he presided over the defense of the city, and trained the young men of the various departments that had been assembled in the tooth tent, and formed a strong army of infantry and cavalry to prepare for a decisive battle with the Khitans.

The silver arrow is only held by two people in the five divisions of Xi Ren, one is Shuli and the other is Elder Yuda. It represents not only the power to act cheaply, but also the ability to mobilize a certain number of troops.

The silver arrow held by Zhuang Yi is equivalent to the general seal of the whole army, of course, the training of the whole army needs this power, and in addition, he presides over the construction of the city, and the deployment of manpower is also needed. The reason why Turus is willing to grant him this power is entirely because Zhuang Yi is an outsider, and at the same time he is young and capable, and he will become his son-in-law, and he can take it back when the matter is done, otherwise it will be a very big threat to his royal power. Therefore, the bone slave was excluded, and the power in the operation was weakened.

In the days that followed, the tribes began to move closer to the tents, and the young and strong men were all in order, led by the chiefs of the tribes or their close relatives, a total of twenty-five thousand. All of them are between eighteen and forty years old, if you want to be old and weak, of course, you can have more, this includes the headquarters of King Xi, but does not include the 1,000 guards of the tooth tent.

Zhuang Yi consulted with Shuli and approved Turus, and finally decided to train 8,000 foot soldiers, in fact, he wanted to train 15,000 infantry, but Turus disagreed.

Zhuang Yi had no choice but to carefully select 8,000 people among the 25,000 young men to practice, and the training of the cavalry was temporarily handed over to the Shuli, he was good at the cavalry, and the herdsmen on the grassland were originally riders, and the subjects that needed to be trained could be reduced first and then added. At the same time, the preparation of materials for the construction of the city also requires manpower, and he is also very happy to work separately from Zhuang Yi.

Zhuang Yi attaches great importance to these 8,000 foot soldiers, because if he borrows troops after the war, he must be selected from these 8,000 people. Therefore, he has strict requirements for the selection of these 8,000 soldiers, the establishment of equipment, and combat skills, but the equipment is always a problem. What equipment is there to train what soldiers, although the tooth tent is in stock, and the Bohai people also supported a batch last time, but for this, Elder Yuda is very stuck. Therefore, during training, all self-prepared weapons are used, and they will be replaced again when the war starts.

For this reason, Zhuang Yi had to personally inspect the tooth tent arsenal and found that the weapons of the Xi people were a bit miscellaneous, and their sources were self-made, some from Youzhou, and some from Bohai. In terms of shape, the Xi people's self-made ones are almost the same as those in Youzhou, but the weapons of the Bohai Sea are slightly different. This is mainly knives, shields, and armor, and the Bohai people use scimitars, light shields and light armor, which are not as good as Youzhou in texture. The weapons and equipment from Youzhou are good, and there are even a lot of heavy armor and a small number of horse armor and crossbows, horizontal knives and spear heads, and all kinds of arrows, shields, and horse harnesses are the most.

Half a month has passed quickly, and it has entered the middle of August. Zhuang Yi's large-scale military training work was in full swing, the construction of the royal city began to be carried out gradually, the moat had been excavated, and the foundation of the city had been leveled, but the large amount of bricks, wood, labor, and craftsmen required were completely insufficient.

For this reason, Tules had to order that the entire Xi people with a population of nearly 200,000 began to be mobilized in batches, except for daily grazing and a small amount of farming, the surplus population was all involved in collecting stones and firing city bricks.

But the craftsman can't think about it, this is the only factor that slows down the project, Zhuang Yi has to let the experienced old craftsman bring more apprentices, which is relieved, but it is still a drop in the bucket.