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For the first day of the contest, the Dragon King was to compete with Prince Duodun over who was more popular among the soldiers.

Shulitu had brought 90,000 or so horsemen with him. This meant that there were 50,000 horsemen of the Court Attendants Army that had been left at the site of the Royal Court to guard the Khan's tomb until next summer.

Shulitu had spent great effort in choosing the location of the camp, ultimately deciding to settle down about thirty miles to the north of the midpoint between Heaven's Pass and the capital city of the Xiaowan Kingdom. This meant that it was about a day's travel on a fast horse for both allying members.

The two competitors demonstrated their different approaches from the very beginning. Gu Shenwei had only brought two hundred guards with him while Duodun had brought three thousand of his best horsemen. When the two sides met outside the camp, the ostentatious and extravagant side was immediately obvious.