The ensuing negotiations were extremely difficult, and Qu Zhidao, who was the deputy envoy of the Northern Desert, quoted scriptures and classics in the negotiations, which made the negotiation group headed by Chen Yinguang of the Great Zheng Fang often speechless. The prince of the Northern Desert, Liman, seemed to be indifferent to the negotiations, and took his subordinates to play in various squares in the capital all day long, buying a lot of things, food, clothing, toys, etc., all-inclusive, looking at the meaning, I can't wait to buy all the things in Yongchang City.

After three days of negotiations, Chen Yinguang had a headache when he remembered that he wanted to negotiate with Qu Contrarian Dao, not only Chen Yinguang, but the entire negotiation group was afraid of Qu Contrarian Dao. So, the Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple discussed sending people in turn, and Jiang Anyi had the opportunity to see this person's demeanor.

The two sides are arguing about whether Princess Anshou should be married, and the head of Qu Contradiction's argument is the Tao, which is reasonable and irrefutable, so that the negotiation group feels that the Son of Heaven should be persuaded to marry Princess Anshou in the Northern Desert.

An accident turns things around.

On October 3, Prince Liman decided to take a day off and personally participated in the talks. Seeing Qu Zhidao and Chen Yinguang arguing, Li Man yawned and interjected: "It doesn't matter if the princess or the county lord is the princess, the key is to marry more, there are so many good things in the Central Plains, this king likes it very much." ”

Chen Yinguang grasped Prince Liman's slip of the tongue and pressed forward step by step, forcing Qu Zhidao to loosen his mouth, so the two envoys launched a new round of disputes over the items to be married.

On the 10th, Chen Yinguang played the son of tomorrow, after his own arduous and outstanding negotiations, the Northern Desert finally no longer insisted on marrying Princess Anshou, but asked the Central Plains to marry a large number of craftsmen, masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, pharmacists, carvers and others, the reason is to build a palace for the princess in the Northern Desert to relieve the pain of homesickness, in addition, but also to silver taels, silk, wine, tea, and a number of delicacies.

Seeing that winter is coming again, I don't know if the Northern Desert will suffer from the white disaster this year, Shi Fang is really anxious to achieve peace and pro-exemption from the military disaster, and after a little thought, he agreed.

In the North Pavilion, Li Man, who learned the news, smiled and said, "The master really has no last resort, and with these dowries, my father Khan must be impressed by me." ”

Qu Zhidao asked: "Second prince, I asked you to find out the identities of those county lords to be married, have you ever been clear?" ”

"Master, don't worry, how can you not take the matter you confess to heart." Then Qu went against the road and brought the identities of the six county lords to be married one by one. Qu Zhidao pondered for a long time, and said to Li Man: "You chose the daughter of the King of Anyang, the county lord of Lihua, the father of this daughter, the king of Anyang, is the loser of the competition for the throne, and now he is sitting in Renzhou, and his strength is strong, maybe he will become a help one day." ”

On the 15th of the Great Dynasty, the two countries exchanged documents between Dazheng and Damo, and they were forever married. Shi Fang Zhenjin named the daughter of the king of Anyang, Lihua County Lord, the princess of Lihua, married to the second prince of the desert, Batu Liman, and married a large number of people and things according to the requirements of the desert.

Li Man proposed at the court meeting that the desert is close to winter, and the road is difficult to travel, and he admires the prosperity of Middle-earth, hoping to leave for the desert again in April next year. The foreign prince was envious of his country, which made Shi Fangzhen feel very face-saving, and promised to let the Sifang Pavilion entertain him during this time.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Shi Fangzhen announced that on October 23, he would go to the Imperial Garden for autumn hunting, and invited the prince of the Northern Desert and his entourage to participate together. Shi Fangzhen and the throne since advocating moderation, Emperor Xuan's annual autumn hunt was changed by him to once every three years, this time with the Northern Desert signed a friendship treaty, in a short period of time the border can be peaceful, so that Shi Fangzhen breathed a sigh of relief, want to take advantage of this happy event to relax.

Imperial Garden, 100 miles southwest of Yongchang City, the reckless and vast Danyang Mountains are like huge arms to hold the grassland in front of them in their arms, this vast land is rich in water and grass, birds and beasts breed, and has become a royal hunting ground. At the beginning, the purpose of setting up the Imperial Garden was to allow the troops and nobles in Beijing to fight against tigers, leopards, wolves and insects, practice martial arts, courage, military discipline, and tactics, and later gradually evolved into a fixed program - autumn hunting.

Da Zheng won the world with martial arts, the emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to the autumn hunting, every year the autumn hunt had to participate in person, the sixteen guards in Beijing (the left and right guards, the left and right Xiao Wei, the left and right Wu Wei, the left and right Wei Wei, the left and right leading guards and the left and right Jinwu guards, the left and right prison guards and the left and right Qianniu Wei) will each send 500 elites to participate, on the one hand, to protect the Son of Heaven and the ministers, on the other hand, to compete in the hunting field, many generals take the opportunity of the autumn hunt to stand out and enter the eyes of the emperor.

The competition is won by the largest number of birds and beasts, which tests the tactics of cooperation between each other, and there are also equestrian and archery competitions during the period, and the marksman is a talent that cannot be sought after in the army. After learning the news of the autumn hunt, the sixteen guards in Beijing were ready to make a splash in the autumn hunt, become a "hot commodity" in the army, and change their fate.

The prince has settled in the East Palace, this year's autumn hunting emperor is going to take the prince out hunting, as a straight bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion, Jiang Anyi wants to accompany the prince to participate in the autumn hunt. The procession of nearly 10,000 people stretched for more than ten miles, all the way to the Imperial Garden. Along the way, the birds and beasts were frightened, and the Da Zheng army was strictly disciplined, even if it was close at hand, no one bent the bow and shot arrows.

On the 25th of October, the sun was rising, the dew on the grass tips had not yet faded, and the sound of trumpets began to echo in the valley.

The flag fluttered, Shi Fangzhen rode on the yellow fat horse, took the lead, and marched towards the depths of the grassland with the knight with bright armor behind him. From the grass, among the trees, beside the ravines, and from the caves, countless beasts and birds were astonished. Emperor Dazheng has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and Shi Fangzhen's kung fu is not bad, bending his bow and arrows, and shooting down the wild deer running several zhang away with an arrow. The three armies waved their flags and cheered, shouting long live in unison, Shi Fangzhen also felt that he was wise and powerful, and raised the longbow in his hand to signal to the three armies.

Shi Fangzhen rode and shot for half an hour, feeling a little tired, and returned to the palace with the prince and the civil and military retinue to rest, at this time, the guards participating in the autumn hunt began to disperse, and the division of labor and cooperation to outflank the prey, began the competition between the sixteen guards.

The trumpets were raised, the valley reverberate, and the beasts were frightened by the sound of the golden drums. Emperor Jing took the lead and chased after the fleeing prey. Behind him, groups of well-disciplined guards spread out in all directions in an orderly manner, dividing labor and cooperating, and began the competition between them.

Because he followed the brigade of men and horses, Jiang Anyi did not ride charcoal, but rode a tame flower horse to follow the prince honestly, and followed in a proper manner, like other ministers. The others were thinking about the autumn hunting fu in their hearts, preparing to show their talents to the Son of Heaven at night.

Jiang Anyi was sullen on the horse, after knowing Xinfei's whereabouts, he was at a loss, he couldn't go to the Wuliang Mountains in Bingzhou to find someone, it was better not to know if he really knew.

The crown prince Shi Chongwei rode a pony and held a small bow, eager to try, but his strength was weak, and the bow and arrow shot fell to the ground in less than two feet. The prince's left and right guards and Zhurate's mansion are fictitious, there are only 1,000 guards in the East Palace, with Zhu Yifeng as the captain of the guard, and the rank of General Ning Yuan under the fifth grade, the starting point of the Zhu family is high. At this moment, Zhu Yifeng's silver-armored spear was by the prince's side, looking nervously around to prevent accidents.

Temporary resting grounds were built on high slopes. Shi Fangzhen stood on the top of the slope, looking at the sons and daughters of the sixteen guards like wolves and tigers, surrounding the bear and shooting the tiger, extremely brave, and spontaneously gave birth to a sense of pride, and turned his face to ask Liman beside him: "Second prince, how is my big Zheng army riding better than your desert wolf?" ”

Li Man's face was strange, and he responded for a long time: "It's okay to take a look." ”

The guard beside Li Man, Chang Anba, sneered: "This kind of cavalry shooting can be compared with my desert woman at most, and it is still inferior to a teenager-year-old underage man. ”

Shi Fang's true color changed, and Ning Tao, the general of the Left Guard beside him, scolded angrily: "Don't be ashamed to speak. ”

An Ba "hehe" said with a strange smile: "The Central Plains has a saying called 'is a horse or a mule pulling out to see', just try it." ”

Shi Fang's heart moved, the Northern Desert Cavalry Archery was dominant in the world, he really wanted to see where the strength was, how much higher than Da Zheng Zhuwei. So, Shi Fangzhen smiled and said to Li Man: "Second Prince, since you are an autumn hunt, you might as well let your guards relax a little, and let me see the riding and archery kung fu of the Northern Desert." ”

Li Man nodded to An Ba beside him, and An Ba whistled, and half of the hundred wolf riders who came today were divided into fifty horses, and they flowed into the depths of the grassland like mercury.

Shi Fangzhen thinks that the sixteen guards are skilled in archery and horses, and cooperates tacitly, but when fifty golden wolves rode in, the performance of the sixteen guards became a joke. The same frightened bird, the sixteen guards are still opening their bows, and the wolf rider is casually hit; For prey that is about the same distance, the wolf rider must be one step ahead; Not to mention that the wolf rode on the horse's back and moved at will, moving or dodging or dodging, as if it had grown on the horse's back. Less than half an hour after the wolf rode in, the horseback was quickly filled with prey, and the sixteen guards were obviously inferior.

The more Shi Fangzhen looked at it, the more heavy his face became, and An Bao sneered at Ning Tao: "This general, what do you think of my cavalry shooting in the Northern Desert?" ”

The generals of the guards who accompanied Shi Fangzhen collectively lost their voices, and the fifty wolf riders brought them a huge impact and greatly hit their self-confidence. Liman, Anba, and the other wolf riders looked sneering.

Taiwei Zhu stood beside Shi Fangzhen in light armor, and he had not spoken since the wolf rode out, seeing that everyone looked depressed, the old lady laughed and said: "I heard that the most elite troops in the Northern Desert are called wolf horses, which are selected from 400,000 people who control the strings, but there are only 25,000 numbers, and these 25,000 are divided into golden wolves, blue wolves and black wolves, among which the most elite golden wolves are only 5,000. Although there is no sign of the golden wolf horse, there are gold ornaments on the scabbard of the scimitar worn by these wolf riders, which should be the most elite golden wolf rider in the Northern Desert. ”

An Ba replied proudly: "Old general, your vision is very sharp, yes, these sons are all eagles of the grassland, and they are much stronger than the people of the Central Plains." ”

When the generals heard that the wolf rode no more than 25,000 people, and the golden wolf rode only 5,000 people, their faces softened, and the dark clouds on Shi Fangzhen's face also dispersed a little.

Taiwei Zhu continued: "Long live, although the wolf rider is brave, my big Zheng Cheng is strong and sharp, and I am not inferior to the wolf rider. As the saying goes, there are long and short inches, and because the living environment is different, I don't have to compare with the Northern Desert in horseback archery. As for the rest, the old minister said to Banzai in the evening, long live don't worry. ”