Chapter 59: The King's Tent Assembly (1)
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xie Ra put forward the will of King Turus of Xi, and asked Sunu and Qihe Kun to bring their subordinates closer to King Xi's tooth tent, and all the young and strong tribes should send seventy percent of each of them, and Turus sent people to send people to conduct unified drills to deal with the invasion of the Khitans after the autumn.
Zhuang Yi strongly supported this, and at this point, Shuli and Hegu Nu naturally echoed and agreed, and Sunu and Qihekun had no choice but to express their position, agreed to Turus's request, promised to make a little preparation, and began to let the tribe move five days later.
Why five days? Instead of four days, six days?
For it is said that four days later, on the twentieth day of the seventh month, the king of Tulus will be at the Tooth Tent Assembly of the chiefs of the tribes, and the foreign envoys, and there will be a great announcement at that time.
Xie Ra was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately took out the map given to him by Turus, and divided the pastures one by one, of course, according to the distribution of tribes during the war, the distance between the tribes was at most fifty or sixty miles, and Sunu's Ao Lost Department would move to the area adjacent to King Xi's Ahui Department at the end of the White Wolf Water; The Duji Department of Qihekun was moved to the north of Wulieshui, that is, to the north of the Yuanqi Fold, which was located in the west of the Hebu. In this way, the five Xi people hugged tightly together, which could better guard against the Khitans.
Of course, such a delicate tribal distribution situation shows that Turus used the scheming of the superiors. Everyone here is a human spirit, although they understand that among them, the various departments check and balance each other, but no one is stupid enough to say it directly, unless they don't want to abide by the rules of the game, and there are already examples of people who don't abide by the rules. As long as it is human, everyone wants to live a few more years.
The next morning, Bao En took his leave, full of grumbling and resentment, and went back to his Everest steppe to report to the patriarch Bla. His trip made people see enough good shows, and when he left, he was only very reluctant to go, comforted him vigorously, and promised to benefit him again in the future.
After all, this trip is extremely embarrassing, not to mention that with thousands of cavalry, it is to consume grain and grass in vain, and the operation is angry with the bone slave, the nose is crooked, I don't want to stay for a long time, and then I also say goodbye and leave, only Zhuang Yi and Xie Ra plan to be here to go to the tooth tent with Sunu, Qihekun and others on a certain day.
In the next two days, Zhuang Yi and Xie Ra were idle, each with their elite horses, in the open grassland to carry out cross-country training, combat exercises, etc., the two of them have their own wins and losses, Zhuang Yi is even more ruthless to show off, so that Xie Ra also knows what is called "infantry". Naturally, some soldiers were inevitably injured in such a thing, and Zhang Yitai also showed his skills.
A person with the ability will always be respected, not to mention Lang Zhong, who is a skilled doctor, every time he looks at the awe and love in the eyes of the Xi soldiers, Zhang Yitai enjoys it very much. And Zhuang Yi's soldiers, both in terms of knowledge and tactical literacy, are higher than the soldiers from the Xi herdsmen, and they have seen a lot more about Langzhong, but their performance is very bland.
In the early morning of this day, Sunu and Qihekun each explained the affairs of the tribe, and asked their subordinates to slowly nomadize on their own, move to the newly demarcated pastoral land, and bring more than 100 guards and followers, and go to the Xi Wangya tent with Zhuang Yi and Xie Ra and others.
Because the time was not urgent, everyone crossed the wet water of the Ji Department all the way, rushed to the Yuan Qi Folding Department on the bank of the Wulie River, camped for a night, and arrived near the tent of King Xi in the morning of July 20.
Tules had already received the news, and personally went out to greet him for more than ten miles, and played out the king of Xi's royal driving book, as well as the full guard of honor, and the scene was grand and grand. Of course, his style contains multiple meanings, not only to praise and appreciate Zhuang Yi, Xie Ra and others, but also to express the welcome to Sunu and Qihe Kun and others, and he needs to properly show his majesty as King Xi, and he can't overdo it, and personally go out to welcome Shili, which is extremely face-saving.
And as a superior, although this is just a gesture, it is enough. Sure enough, Sunu and Qihekun immediately got off their horses very acquaintedly, stepped forward and bowed their waists ninety degrees, and saluted according to their chests, looking trembling and frightened. After all, they were once subordinates who were at fault, and they didn't dare to show the slightest disrespect.
Turus also turned over and dismounted, laughed and stepped forward to bow slightly, stretched out his hand to help the two of them get up, and the three of them immediately hugged each other, talking about the old love, and each sighed. When this kind of hypocrisy is pretended, people with a kind and upright temperament are often very unaccustomed, but it is the best opportunity for those who are servile and knee-defying to make a big slap.
Chehekun was squirming and pinching, and when Turus asked, he replied, very shy and clumsy; Sunu, on the other hand, has a clever and cunning personality, but he behaves the opposite, with a mouth that is simply a lotus flower, so sweet that it is like being smeared with honey, and Tullus bursts into laughter.
Zhuang Yi and Xie Ra glanced at each other, and also stepped forward to salute, Tules was not good to say anything here, greeted him one by one, and said some innocuous words, which led everyone back to the camp to camp and rest.
Everyone went all the way, only to see that a few miles outside the tooth tent station, there were already camp tents, laughter and laughter, and it was very lively, because the assembly of the king's tent was about to begin. The herdsmen came from afar with their families and goods, and the leaders of the tribes came with their retinues to meet King Xi diligently.
In fact, there is no exact opening date for the royal horde, and there is no specific content. It is often held in July and August every year, and the date is temporarily announced by King Xi, starting from this early morning, and continuing to carnival until the night, and may even last for half a month.
The crowd was not only the upper class aristocrats, but also merchants, herdsmen and even slaves. The festival was held once a year, mainly for entertainment and the selection of elite warriors to guard them with tents, as well as to celebrate the harvest and trade between the tribes.
The herdsmen at the bottom of the day began to dismantle the tents of their homes, take out the surplus materials at home, and use horse-drawn carriages or small carts to drive the goods to the place of the conference for a while. In the evening, when the melodious sound of the huqin sounds, young men and women hold hands and sing and dance around the huge bonfire, enthusiastic and unrestrained.
Perhaps overnight, many girls will become women in this grand event, and will bear the great responsibility of the multiplication and survival of the tribe. Most of their parents will not stop them, and their daughters always have to marry when they are old, and it is a happy event for them to find a young man who likes and is suitable for them, and to add to the clan as soon as possible.
In the customs of the steppe people, there is no such thing as wild and relentless. But robbery or animal acts are also subject to contempt or punishment, and it does not mean that a man can be dragged into the grass when he sees a beautiful girl.
Unless you are a respected warrior, perhaps no one will say anything, people will take the initiative to marry their daughters to you, and even in the middle of the night, there will be little girls who admire you and take the initiative to get into your tent. In short, the steppe people are extremely respectful of force, because they have lived in this harsh environment since childhood.