Chapter 172: The Autumn Hunting
The following negotiations were extremely difficult. Qu Andao, the deputy envoy of Beimo, quoted the classics during the negotiations, refuting the negotiation groups led by Chen Yinguang, which often remained speechless. Prince Liman of Beimo seemed to be indifferent to the negotiations. He took his subordinates to visit various workshops in the capital all day long and bought a lot of things, food, clothing, toys, etc., all inclusive. He wanted to buy everything from the entire Yongchang City according to his meaning.
After three days of negotiations, Chen Yinguang felt a headache when he remembered that he wanted to go to Qundao to negotiate. Not only Chen Yinguang, but also the entire negotiation group was afraid of Qundao. So, the Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple discussed in turn to send people to fight, so Jiang Anyi had the opportunity to see this person's style.
The two sides argued whether Princess Anshou should get married, and Qu Nidao's words were very informal and had no arguments, so the negotiation group felt that the emperor should persuade Princess Anshou to marry Princess Anshou to Beimo. Thinking of the emperor's love for his daughter and Princess Anshou would become the prime minister's granddaughter-in-law, Chen Yinguang gritted his teeth and Qu Nidao to fight with him every day.
An accident brought things a turnaround.
On October 3rd, Prince Liman decided to take a day off, so he personally participated in the negotiations. Seeing Qu Nidao and Chen Yinguang's fight, Liman yawned and interrupted, "It doesn't matter whether the princess or the princess is. The key is that there are many dowryes. There are so many good things in the Central Plains. I like them very much."
Chen Yinguang seized Prince Liman's slip of the tongue and stepped forward step by step, forcing Qu Andao to let go, so the delegations of both sides started a new round of debate on the items of the dowry.
On the tenth day, Chen Yinguang reported to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After his arduous and outstanding negotiations, the Beimo side finally stopped insisting on marrying Princess Anshou, but asked the Central Plains to marry a large number of craftsmen, masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, pharmacists, carpenters, etc. to build a palace for the princess in Beimo to relieve the pain of homesickness. In addition, they also needed silver, silk, wine, tea, and food.
Seeing that winter was coming again, I wonder if the Beimo would suffer a white disaster this year. Shi Fang was really eager to reach a marriage to avoid the war. After a little thought, he agreed.
In the Beiguan, Li Man, who heard the news, smiled and said, "The master is indeed completely unscrupulous. With these dowry, my father Khan must be impressed by me."
Qu Nidao asked, "Second Prince, I asked you to find out the identities of the princesses to be married, have you ever known?"
"Master, don't worry, why don't you take what you told me about?" Then Qu Nidao told him the identities of six princesses to marry one by one. Qu Nidao calculated for a while and said to Liman: "You chose Princess Lihua, the daughter of the King of Anyang. The father of this daughter, King Anyang, is the loser in the throne. Now he is in Renzhou and has a strong strength. Maybe one day he will become a supporter."
On the fifteenth day of the dynasty, Da Zheng and the two countries exchanged documents and made friends forever. Shi Fangzhen was promoted to Princess Lihua, the daughter of the Anyang King, as Princess Lihua, and married to the second prince of the desert, Baduliman, and married a large number of people and things according to the requirements put forward by the desert.
Liman suggested at the court meeting that the desert is approaching winter roads, and he admired the prosperity of Middle Earth, hoping that he could set off to the desert until April next year. The Gentile prince envied his country, which made Shi Fang really feel very proud and agreed to let the Sifang Pavilion entertain him well during this period.
When people were happy, Shi Fangzhen announced that on October 23, he would go to the Imperial Garden Qiushou and invite the prince and his followers to participate. Shi Fangzhen has been in office and advocated peace and concentration. During the reign of Emperor Xuan, he changed the autumn hunting every year to once every three years. This time, he signed a friendly treaty with Beimo. The border could be peaceful in a short period of time, which made Shi Fangzhen relieved and wanted to relax with this happy event.
The Imperial Garden, a hundred miles southwest of Yongchang City, the vast Danyang Mountains are like huge arms holding the grassland in front of them. This vast land is rich in water and grass, and animals reproduce, becoming a royal hunting ground. The purpose of the Imperial Garden was to allow the troops in the capital and the children of nobles to fight against tigers, leopards, wolfs and insects, practice martial arts, courage, military discipline, and tactics, and later gradually evolved into a fixed program - Qiushou.
Dazheng won the world with his martial arts. Emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to Qiu Hunting. Every year, they had to participate in Qiu Hunting. The sixteen guards in the capital (left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right military guards, left and right Jinwu guards, left and right supervisor guards and left and right Qianniu guards) each sent 500 elite troops to participate. On the one hand, they protected the emperor and ministers, and on the other hand, they competed on the hunting field. Many generals took advantage of the opportunity of Qiu Hunting to stand out and entered the eyes of the emperor.
The competition is dominated by those with a large number of animals. This requires the assessment of mutual cooperation tactics. During this period, there are equestrians and archery competitions. The sharpshooter is a talent that the army is looking for. After learning about Qiushou, the sixteen guards in the capital all accumulated enough energy to make a big splash on Qiushou, becoming a "hot product" in the army and changing their destiny.
The prince has already entered the Eastern Palace. This year's Qiushou Emperor will take the prince out for hunting. As a direct scholar at Chongwenguan, Jiang Anyi will accompany the prince to participate in Qiushou. A team of nearly 10,000 people stretched for more than ten miles and drove to the Imperial Garden. Birds and beasts were shocked along the way. The Dazheng army was disciplined and strict. Even if it was close, no one was bent his bow and shot arrows.
On October 25th, the sun was rising, the dewdrops on the tip of the grass had not yet faded, and the sound of the horn began to echo in the valley.
The flags were flying, and Shi Fangzhen rode on the yellow horse, taking the lead, and headed deep into the grassland with a knight with bright armor behind her. Countless beasts and birds were scared out from the grass, among the trees, bent and bent, and the caves were filled with martial arts. Emperor Dazheng all practiced martial arts since childhood. Shi Fangzhen was not bad at bowing and horse kung fu, bent his bow and arrow, and shot down the wild deer running several feet away with one arrow. The three armies waved the flag and cheered, shouting long live together. Shi Fangzhen also felt that he was wise and magical, and raised the long bow in his hand high to signal to the three armies.
Shi Fangzhen rode a horse and shot for half an hour, feeling a little exhausted, so he took the prince and the civil and military entourage back to the palace to rest. At this time, the guards participating in the Qiushou began to disperse, divided the labor and cooperated to cover the prey, and began the competition among the sixteen guards.
The trumpets rose everywhere, the valley echoed, and the beasts rushed out by the sound of golden drums. Emperor Jing took the lead and chased the fleeing prey. Behind him, a team of disciplined guards scattered in an orderly manner, divided the work and cooperated to start their competition.
Because he followed the brigade of troops, Jiang Anyi did not ride charcoal, but followed the prince honestly on a gentle flower horse, just like other civil officials, following in a regular manner. The others were thinking about the autumn hunting fu in their hearts and preparing to show their talents to the emperor at night.
Jiang Anyi was depressed immediately. Since he learned about Xinfei's whereabouts, he was at a loss. He could not find someone in Bingzhou Wuliang Mountains. It's better not to know it.
Prince Shi Chongwei rode a pony and held Zhang Xiaogong, eager to try, but his strength was weak, and the arrow shot fell to the ground after less than two feet. The Prince's left and right guards and Zhu Shu Mansion were in vain. There were only a thousand people from the Eastern Palace Guard, with Zhu Yifeng as the guard leader, and the rank of General Ningyuan under the fifth rank, the starting point of the Zhu family was high. At this moment, Zhu Yifeng was accompanied by the prince's side, staring at the surroundings nervously to prevent accidents.
A temporary resting place was built on the high slope. Shi Fangzhen stood on the top of the slope, watching the children of the Sixteen Guards beside him look like wolves and tigers, surrounded by bears and shot tigers, and were extremely brave, and suddenly felt a sense of pride. He turned to ask Li Man beside him: "Second Prince, how about my Great Zheng Army cavalry than Ru's Desert Wolf Cavalry?"
Li Man's face looked strange and replied for a long time: "You can still see it."
Chang'anba, the guard beside Li Man, sneered: "This kind of riding and shooting can be at most compared to my desert woman, and is even worse than a minor man in his teens."
Shi Fang's true face changed, and Ning Tao, the general of the left guard beside him, angrily scolded: "I'm so arrogant."
Anba smiled strangely and said, "There is a saying in the Central Plains that is 'pull out and take a look'. Just try it out."
Shi Fangzhen's heart moved, Beimo riding and shooting was the dominant world. He really wanted to see where the strength was and how much higher than the Great Zheng guards. So Shi Fangzhen smiled and said to Li Man: "The Second Prince, since it is Qiu Shou, you might as well let your guards relax and let me see Beimo riding and shooting skills."
Li Man nodded to Anba beside him, and Anba whistled. The hundred cavalry and wolf cavalry who came today divided half of the 50 cavalry, flowing into the depths of the grassland like mercury.
Not afraid of not knowing the goods, but fear of comparing goods. Shi Fangzhen believed that the Sixteen Guards were skilled in bows and horses and cooperated with tacit understanding, but when fifty Golden Wolf Cavalry entered the field, the Sixteen Guards' performance became a joke. The same bird that flew, the Sixteen Guards were still arching their bows, and the wolf cavalry hit them casually; the wolf cavalry with a similar distance must be one step ahead; not to mention that the wolf cavalry was moving on the horse's back, moving or dodging, as if growing on the horse's back. Less than half an hour after the wolf cavalry entered the field, the horse's back was soon filled with prey, while the Sixteen Guards were obviously inferior.
The more Shi Fangzhen looked, the heavier his face became. Anba sneered at Ning Tao: "General, how about my cavalry in Beimo?"
The generals of the guards who were accompanying Shi Fangzhen collectively lost their voices. The fifty wolf cavalry brought a huge impact on them, greatly damaging their self-confidence. Liman, Anba and other wolf cavalry were gloomy and mocking.
Taiwei Zhu stood beside Shi Fangzhen in light armor, and he had not spoken since he set out from the wolf cavalry. Seeing everyone's expressions depressed, the old Taiwei sneered: "I heard that the most elite troops in Beimo are called wolf cavalry, which are selected from 400,000 string control men, but only 25,000. The 25,000 numbers are divided into golden wolf, blue wolf and black wolf. The most elite golden wolf is only 5,000. Although there is no Golden Wolf Cavalry logo, the scimitar scabbard worn by these wolf cavalry should be the most elite golden wolf cavalry in Beimo."
Anba replied proudly: "Old General, you have a very good vision, right. These guys are all eagles on the grassland, and they are much better than the people in the Central Plains."
The generals heard that there were only 25,000 Wolf Cavalrymen, and there were only 5,000 Golden Wolf Cavalrymen. Their faces were a little more relaxed, and the dark clouds on Shi Fangzhen's face also dissipated.
Chapter completed!